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VOL.XXXII NO 45. WORK OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY Thousands of citizens of all classes greeted President Taft last Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Methodist Church. The occasion was a memorable one Howard University and its president received a great ovation. Dr. Thirkield followed President Taft and received an ovation. There were quite a number of white citizens present who vied with the colored Americans. For arousing interest in a movement to raise $10000 among the alumni and alumnae of Howard University for the construction of a gymnasium at that institution the meeting was held. Prof. Kelly Miller, an alumnus and chairman of the central committee in charge of the campaign for the gymnasium, presided. Rev. I. N. Ross opened the proceeding with the invocation and Rev. T. B. Livingston pronounced the benediction. Joseph H. Douglass, a grandson of Fred Douglass, played a violin solo, and led the Howard University Orchestra, which provided the music of the evening. President Thirkield was addressing the audience when the President was announced. All rising to their seats, the visitor was greeted with cheers. Dr. Thirkield concluded his remarks, and the President was presented. The Howard University "clap" was given for him as he arose to his feet. "I think that rather more sensible," remarked the President, "than the Yale yell. You notice I use the comparative." The President declared himself in favor of higher education for the Negro, so that its leaders may have the best culture. In no other way can the race elevate itself, he said, and was an advocate of institutions of higher learning for the race scattered over the country. He could be counted on to give support to any project for the development of Howard University. President Taft's Address. Continuing, the President said: "We have very good courts if they are only respected. The trouble about it is that we don't always have public opinion strong enough to support the authority of the courts. We don't always find that individuals are stiff enough and rigid enough in their view of the enforcement of the law and the respect for law to make the courts respected as they ought to be throughout the length and breadth of the land. "Take the matter of lynching. That, as well as the administration of our criminal law, form a disgraceful page in our social history. I think it is well to take a text on that subject. I know that our courts are not perfect. I know that they don't apply the law with the certainty and dispatch in criminal cases that they ought to, and I believe that part of this departure from law into lynching and disorder is due to the fact that courts are not full of dispatch in disposing of criminal cases. Ignore the Law. "But we must not attribute it all to the courts. There is among our people a disposition to forget the sanctity of the law, and to ignore the fact that no civilized country can live unless the law is respected. Now lynching is justified because it is said to only apply to one offense that is particularly heinous in the minds of all of us. That is not true. Statistics show that lynching is applied to a great many crimes. "The moment that the mob acquires that wollh-h desire for human blood the example is dreadful to the community in which that exhibition of lawlessness is given. There is not any crime—I don't care what it is—that justifies a departure from law in the punishment of the person who is charged with guilt. "One of the serious questions we have to face in this country is that we have not among all our people as profound a respect for the law and the necessity for obedience to it as we ought to have, and that is part of the reason why we have these exhibitions of lawlessness over the country and these cruel murders, for that is all they are. Points Out a Remedy. "It is not any less a murder because 400 men take part in it than because one man does. Ordinarily, it is accompanied by a good deal more cowardice because 400 are in it instead of one. The only way by which it can be suppressed is that some time we shall have men as sheriffs, and as governors and as prosecutors and as jurors who will see to it that the men who are engaged in pulling the rope under those conditions shall themselves swing by the rope. We need not sit snugly by, those of us in any particular section and think we are better than those in any other section, because that lawlessness has shown its ugly head both north and south of Mason and Dixon's line, and it is to be condemned wherever it appears, and it is to be suppressed only by an improvement in the individual opinion of the necessity for the enforcement of law. "Everything—and I am bound to say I believe this thoroughly—that goes to minimize the respect for the courts, the respect for the enforcement of law and the following of law just as it is contributed to the continuance of that abuse and to the continuance of that lawlessness which all deplore theoretically, but which, I am sorry to say, we at times express too much sympathy with. It is the courts upon which our entire civilization rests. It is through the courts that our individual liberty, our right to pursuit of happiness and our right to hold property are to be secured. No Lynching in England. "They don't have lynching in England. Now, why don't they have it? It is because the criminal law in England is enforced with certainty and dispatch They punish crime, and they punish it promptly. They have the same guaranties with respect to life, liberty and property, the same guaranties as to those accused of crime as we have. And yet they go on and try every case, and convictions follow? "They don't have to have a murder case take six weeks, and have it tried in the newspapers, with all the headlines and all the maudlin sentiment and all the flowers that are sent to the murderers: When a man is tried there, the question is, is he guilty or not. They call the wit nesses, and they don't take four or five weeks to get a jury. They get a jury in a day, and they put it through. Now that kind of enforcement of law shows first, respect for law, and, second, such enforcement of it that no one can make an excuse for lynch law. "I believe we can improve matters. I believe we can improve matters by making our courts more expeditious, and I think in so doing we shall take away part of the excuse but on the other hand the best way to improve a people after all—I don't mean to deprecate the usefulness of instrumentalities in a change of government and a change of method and a change of law—but the real method of improving a community is to improve and make higher the standard of the individual. Boosts the Gymnasium. "Now I sincerely hope that you will raise money enough to build this gymnasium. I hope that Howard University will continue to grow in usefulness. I am glad to know that the number of its scholars is increasing. They ought to increase. "It is a pleasure to know that you have such an effective and efficient president who has given his mind and heart and soul to the development of the institution, and I am glad that you have a body of alumni and alumnae that make for the strength of the university and create a public opinion that will work for its growth and will give sufficient support to it throughout your community to call for a proper respect for it by the community at large and by Congress in its most useful appropriations." Sane Mind in Sound Body. Dr. Thirkield in his address declared for the gymnasium as part of an education system with the aim to develop all the faculties of a man so that he would have a sane mind in a sound body. Higher education, he maintained, should be an opportunity for all men of all races, for the training of their intellects, morals and physiques. Prof. Miller, the presiding officer, in presenting the President, thanked him for the appointment to an office subordinate only to a cabinet position of a member of the Negro race, Assistant Attorney General Lewis. He thanked him also for "a celebrated appointment that he did not make," referring to the defeated aspirations of Judge Hook for the Supreme Court bench, although not mentioning the name. "The black cabinet," which advises the President in respect to the appointments of Negroes to office and other matters concerning the race, Prof. Miller said, had three of its seven members from the alumni of Howard University. THE GREAT INDIGNATION MEETING. Seventy-five out of 90,000 People the Colored Board Members Represent ? and Forty of Those Curiosity Seekers—Chairman Garner's Great Speech?—Gag Rule Applied. A mass meeting called in the name of the various citizens' committees of Washington, was held at Plymouth Congregational Church on Wednesday, April 3d. The dodgers that were distributed throughout the city stated that it would be a public meeting of the hundred thousand colored people of the city, and out of the 90,000 which one of the members of the board stated that he represented. 75 were present. It might also be stated that out of these 70 persons present 35 or 40 were drawn into the place out of mere curiosity, leaving 30 or 35 sympathizing with the indignant insurgents. Rev. A. C. Garner, the disappointed, held the gavel and proceeded to deliver his address, which was in effect the same words which he used at the hearing before the Commissioners on the Bingham bill: There was not a thought or a new word in anything he said, the same being repeated in parrot-like fashion as on a previous occasion. He then introduced Mr. Daniel Murray, but stated that he would limit Mr Murray's time to 15 minutes. The greatly displeased Citizen Dan, who had come prepared to speak from five to fifteen hours. Citizen Dan said that he felt aggrieved because the teachers had combined against the colored trustees by sending flowers to the [Picture of a man with a mustache and a suit. The background is black.] [The text is not clearly visible in the image. It appears to be a title or heading.] PRESIDENT WM H. TAFT Thousands Greet Him at the Metropolitan Church Tuesday Night. His Great Plea for the Negro assistant superintendent as a token of joy over the discomfiture of the trustees. He stated that the trustees had suffered at the hands of the white members and were mere figureheads in their position; that in the forty-two years which he had lived in this community he had never asked a favor of any trustee. He stated that he did not get a square deal in this system because working for the removal of Mr. Bruce he had discovered that Superintendent David-on's mind was already made up in the matter of retaining him (Bruce); and that the investigation was not sincere in any respect. He then presented what he termed the "platform" of his party, but in the excitement the meeting failed to adopt the platform. Next the Rev. Waldron was introduced, and for 15 minutes he entertained his hearers with a recital of his objections to the conditions as they exist on the Board of Education and in the schools. He said that he wished to enter a protest against the action of the majority of the board in voting for measures not approved by the minority, and stated that he wanted the assistant superintendent to go to the colored members for instruction instead of to the president and to the white members. He complained that the colored schools were not getting one-third of their appropriations, and that he wanted two more truant officers appointed. He waved eloquent when he said that the present colored membership on the board should remain intact, that they should not resign, and that as their terms of office expired, they should be reappointed to succeed themselves because they represent the views of that mass meeting, which constituted 70 citizens out of 100,000. He said that he hoped for Congressional investigation of the school system, and with that he retired to the wings. Judge Hewlett was next introduced, and said he spoke for the "black battle-scarred veterans of this republic." He said that the matter had reached the point where colored people were not allowed to ride on the subway leading from sand to the Capitol and Office Buildings of Congressmen; he charged that the sentiment of opposition to the race enamates from the White House. He then frankly uttered these words "I know nothing about the matter that this meeting has been called for I have heard that the colored trustees have been in sulted and I want to say right here that whenever three colored members unite that the white members ought to give in and agree with them." After this the Judge wiped the perspiration from his heated brow and sat down exhausted. Rev. Garner then introduced Dr. Corrothers, who is a candidate for the bishopric in his church. Dr. Corrothers is a very cautious man, especially when he is running for office. Rev. Corrothers said he was not informed as to the purpose of the meeting, but just dropped in and would not attempt to discuss the matters before the house. He wanted the public to know that he was a fighter of bull dog propensities, and was willing to fight anybody who engaged in a "scrap." The Doctor, having thrown his gloves "in the ring," retired to the ropes to await Jack Johnson's challenge. At this point Rev. Garner, desiring to provide office for his constituents, arose and gracefully announced the names of those who have the honor of serving on the committee to petition Congress for an investigation of the schools, as follows. * * * The parson, not being able to connect up with the salary of a truant officer, deemed it wise to increase his meagre monthly allowance as "a preacher of the gospel," by holding (Continued to page 8.) PITTMAN IN SOUTH Architect Pittman Secures Hundred Thousand Dollar Contract in Texas. Mr W Sidney Pittman has just returned to his offices in Washington from an extended trip through the far Southwestern part of the country. Mr. Pittman, who has a national reputation as the leading architect of the race, was called to Dallas, Texas, about two weeks ago to meet the Colored State Pythian Commission for a joint conference on the large State people they are about to build in Dallas. The contract for planning and supervising the construction of the building was unanimously awarded to Mr. Pittman, and it is learned that it is, to cost approximately $100,000. While in Texas he also visited Houston, the home of Mr. Emmett J. Scott, and reports a most healthful and enterprising spirit of material progress among the Negroes of that city. Sometimes ago Mr. Pittman, designed the colored Carnegie Library building for the city of Houston, Texas, and this building, which will be built this [Image of a man with a serious expression, wearing a suit and tie.] spring, will also have the constant professional oversight of Mr. Pittman, as he reports also that while visiting Houston the committee in charge voted to amend his original contract to include personal supervision of its construction according to his plans. Mr. Pittman is to return to Durham, N. C., soon, where he is engaged in the construction of a President's residence and a Theological Hall on the campus of the National Religious Training School, of which Dr. James E. Shepard is president and founder. The Election: Bill. The proposed election bill in the House, which has been approved by Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, is about as crazy as the segregation resolution of the East Washington Citizens' Association Poor white people are as bad as lily white Negroes. Both need to be sent on farms and taught how to work. All fools are not dead yet. Coming to Durham. Durham, N. C., April 11. Dr C H. Parkhurst, pastor of Madison Square Presbyterian Church New York City, will be the orator at the National Religious Training School this place, May 23. and Hon. W. H. Lewis, assistant attorney general of the United States, will speak here May 22. Dr. Shepard left for the North and West this week. THE BINGHAM BILL Hearing Before the Commissioners CITIZENS OPPOSE PASSAGE At the hearing on the Bingham bill before the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on Friday, March 22, Citizen Dan Murray, Preacher Garner, Bible College Lawson, and Publicist Sam Lacey appeared in favor of the Bill; Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, Dr. C. W. Childs, and Judge W. L. Houston appeared in opposition. The Bingham bill, which seeks to change the law affecting our school government by granting certain powers to the Commissioners of the District, embodies five important points: (1) It authorizes the Commissioners to appoint members of the Board of Education. (2) It provides for the reduction of the membership from 9 to 7. (3) It provides for a Director of Education whose term of office shall be four years. (4) It provides for six assistant directors, two of whom shall be of the colored race. (5) It provides that all graduates of the normal school seeking positions in the schools of the District shall enter into competitive examination for such positions, and be appointed in accordance with their rating therein. Of course, the merits of the bill were not discussed by those in favor of it, with the single exception of Publicist Sam. The other persons associated with Lacey, contented themselves with airing their grievances, relating their disappointments over the failure of members of their families to secure positions in the schools, and attacking school officials. Citizen Dan, instead of discussing the provisions of the bill, addressed himself to his well-known catalog of personal grievances and charged among other things that the Board of Education by a process of elimination had reduced itself to a membership of one. He stated that three members of the present Board of Education were in favor of the Bingham bill; Exhibits A, B, and C, however, were not present to speak for themselves. Citizen Dan asserted that it was the intention of the school authorities to oppose any recommendation for any measure favored by any member of the Murray tribe; this he thought was "orful." He complained of the system of changing teachers in their assignments because in one instance he felt, it had interfered with his son's course of study. He further stated that Dr. Tunnell had a similar grievance. He was oblivious to the fact that the school authorities consult the best interests of the schools and not the personal desires of the Murrays. Murray asserted that the attendance was falling off in the colored schools, and that there were twenty schools in operation with less than the minimum number of pupils: He also stated that somebody was appointed to the 8th grade as a teacher and that for one entire month he performed (in Citizen Murray's judgment) no service. He also stated that Mr. Horner, a colored member of the Board of Education, told him that he (Horner) could get no official information touching upon the schools. Citizen Dan rambled all around; he rambled for nearly an hour without ever once touching upon the bill, and finally presented a mass of letters which he desired made a part of the Commissioners' report to Congress. Chairman Rudolph took the papers, but told Citizen Dan that he would not promise to incorporate the letters in the report. Preacher Garner nest undertook to discuss the bill, but all that he stated was that he wanted a school board composed of people that he could get next to, that he objected to anyone as assistant superintendent being paid in hard cash for work which he is not performing satisfactorily. When questioned as to whom the work should please, he replied that he wanted it to be such to himself and folks of that sort. This closed Preacher Garner's ecclesiastical argument in support of the Bingham bill. The next to trip the light fantastic before the footlights was Bible College Lawson, who informed the Commissioners that he is president of a Bible College and that his collegiate course consisted in chasing about the alleys teaching the Bible and working everything workable for the uplift, incidentally keeping his own graceful form in the spotlight. He then stated that he was in favor of the bill because he had four children, graduates of colleges, and that not one of them could get a position in the public schools of Washington. He complained that one of his little ones was appointed Librarian in the M Street High School, but was relieved of her position at the end of eighteen days without any notice to him and without a bouquet. This ended his stunt. Finally, came Publicist Lacey. (Note-If The Bee's reporter is in error as to Sam Lacey being a Publicist. The Bee would humbly apologize to its readers. In a confidential note to the editor, the reporter alleges that he really is not certain as to Mr. Lacey's occupation. The reporter also states that some U street critic told him that Mr. Sam Lacey's occupation is military rather than civil, that he comprises Dan Mur- Continued on seventh page. Important News Happening of the Week DEVOTED TO GENERALINTERES (By Miss G. B. Maxfield.) The oldest city in the United States is St Augustine, Fla. The first house was erected in 1504. Miss Mary Hannah Johnson, city librarian of Nashville, Tenn., in making her annual report, emphasized the fact among other things the need of a library for Negroes. Bishop Yoitsu Honda, Bishop of the Japan Methodist Church, died the 26th of March. He was born in 1848, was baptized in 1872, and was elected Bishop in 1907. A concrete image of what appears to be a god of some prehistoric race was dug up at a depth of seventeen feet below the surface of the ground; in clay soil, which had apparently not been disturbed for ages, was dug up at Preston, Kan. During the year of 1911 there were 792 killed by automobiles and 3,329 seriously injured. Eighteen lives were lost during or resulting from football games. It is said Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, is a part owner of 14,000 acres of land in Alabama, and it is her plan to raise cattle, pigs and chickens on the farm. Senator Jonathan Burne's campaign expenses for re-election in Oregon cost him, according to his statement, $778.95. The account is one of the smallest on record. Although the hotel management pleaded ignorance, porters followed example of management, and elevator conductors would not discuss the affair, Senator Mark Smith, of Arizona himself declared that he slapped a colored boy's face for impudence on the elevator at the Ebbit House. The American Red Cross Society has already ordered 75,000,000 of the Red Cross Christmas seals, for use this year. Last year 98,000,000 seals were printed. The government in Lisbon is making urgent appeals for more lunatic asylums. Madness in Portugal has recently greatly increased. Statistics show of a total of 12,000 insane, only 1,300 are in asylums, the remainder at large. Women will supplant men as wireless operators on the steamships in the North Pacific, if the wishes of R. H. Armstrong, manager of the Wireless Telegraph Company, are followed. Men are not satisfactory. Two young ladies have already begun instructions. They will be taught to repair the apparatus when it is disabled. There still survive in New York 170 horse-drawn street cars, according to a report by the public service commission. There are 2,000 real horse still in service for drawing the 170 surviving cars. Plans for the unveiling on June 8, of the Columbus-memorial, which is being set up in the plaza of the Union Station, have been completed. Eighty thousand Knights of Columbus are expected to attend. The total number of gifts for 1911 were $26,830,100, which is more than twice the amount given in 1910. Andrew Carnegie headed the list of big givers with $40,860,300: Dr. Samuel Balla came second, with $10,000,000, and John D Rocketfeller came sixth, giving only $3,820,000. Admitted to the Bar On Monday last, on motion of Mr. Asst. Atty. Genl. John Q. Thompson. Mr. John R. Wright was admitted to practice before the U. S. Court of Claims. Judge Thompson in presenting Mr. Wright to the court paid high tribute to his character, ability and services in the Department of Justice, extending over a period of twelve years. Mr. Wright received the congratulations of many of the leading members of the bar. It must have been exceedingly gratifying to his father, Mr. Thomas H. Wright, who was present to witness the admission of his son to a court with which he himself has been so long connected, and where for many years he has held an important position. Dr. Shepard. Dr. James E. Shepard arrived in the city from New York City Tuesday evening, accompanied by Prof. W. G. Pearson, of Durham, N. C Prof. Pearson visited a few friends while here, and left for his home, on the 10.45 P. M. train, over the Southern, for his home, and Dr. Shepard left on the 3.45 P. M. limited on Wednesday, over the Pennsylvania R. R., for Chicago, Ill., where he is booked to speak. Smart Set. Next week is absolutely the last week of the Smart Set Company. Those who have not seen it should secure their tickets at once. It is one of the greatest shows upon the road today. Miss Tyson, of the Howard Theater, is a business woman. She handles the great crowds that fill the theater nightly, with ease. If you want to hear good singing and the master tenor singer in the country, go and see Smart Set. Ce Tee ae FERRE ap eee RENT Oe eT S OG EE Ow dae tse ainda bbe Leth ence ath te 5 ES a chine: Cathie bm Sintsae wig tebe a’ ot A baste eGR L fone» cDamabad at abet GELS Sp ase Le cst Site seat Atl ohne oS oc site Lik te Roca at eee hte... we SY wy THETRAINING SCHOOL DEDICATION SERVICES HELO FOR_NEN AL See ee | It was a real spring day last Sun- day, and the National Training School for Women and Girls was a scene never before witnessed. The commanding figure was Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, the woman who is teaching young women and girls to live the life of righteousness. The occasion was the dedicatory exercises of Pioneer Hall, a new building that has just been erected by this enter- prising and worthy woman. Every available space from the platform to twenty feet from the entrance to the hall was at a premium. Revs. I. N. Ross and M, W. Clair delivered very entertaining addresses, the former in a most eloquent flight of oratory, which electrified the vast audience, pronounced Miss Burroughs the “Queen of True Womanhood.” The crowning of Miss Burroughs with such a title received the hearty ap- plause of the people. Pioneer Hall, an imposing new building on the campus of the insti- tution, was dedicated at 3 o'clock. The people from every walk of life and from all parts of the city, turned out en masse, Hundreds who could not gain admission into the already over packed building, strolled about the beautiful campus, marveling at the rapid strides that the institution has made during its short existence of two and a half years. The sight was inspiring, and we only regret that we haven't a picture to present the readers of The Bee. The chapel was decorated with Amer- ican flags, together with blue and gold—the colors of the institution. ‘he splendid choir of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, under the di- rection of its masterly leader, Dr. James T. Walker, furnished the mu- sic. Nearly every denomination bore greetings and best wishes for the continued success of the school. Prominent among the distinguished ys were Drs. M. W. Clair, of the |. E, Church, I. N. Ross, of the A. M. E,, Rev. A. C. Garner, of the Con- gresational, W. H. Brooks, Baptist, rs. J. M. Layton, Secretary of the Trustee Board, Mrs. Alice Tucker, of Philadelphia, Pa. who was sent as special representative by the Union Baptist Church, Hon. Chas. R. Doug- lass, son of the late Fred Douglass, Mr. Henry P. Slaughter, editor of the Odd Fellows’ Journal; a special mes- senger bore greetings and a neat con- tribution from Hon, J C. Napier, Register of the Treasury: and the editor of The Bee was on hand to represent the “Press anjl Laymen.” Miss NH Burroughs, president of the. institution, presided. The addresses were eloquent, in- spiring and enthusiastic. They were characterized by the ring .of sincerity in a pledge of everlasting support to the school that has dedicated itself to the special work of uplifting the wo- manhood of the race, and of sending out consecrated, well-trained work- ers in the various walks of life. Greetings were read from friends of the institution throughout the country. The president has asked for one thousand dollars of the eight thousand dollars that must be raised to pay’ for the improvements. The following report shows that she came pretty near getting what she asked for: Alabama. | Mrs. Rebecca Pitts........... $2'50 Colorado. | Miss Naney Carter,.....--.-.-. .75 Miss Mary E. Johnson........ 1.30, Maryland. Mrs, Bettie B: Holmes......... 1.00 “Mr. John Toadvin............ 1.00 Mrs. L. E. Saunders........+++ 09 Illinois. Baptist Congress. per Mrs. Eva . - Hooper .....-...s..-eseeeeee 5.00 Mrs. H. J. Wells....-..---242+- 100 Mrs. L. H, Kemp...--..-.see0. 1.00 Mrs. Emily Boyer...-..-.---- | Miss Goo ....-.sseeseeeseeees 1.00 Mr. Jones... cespreceererene 10.00 Mrs. Kate L. Cosby.........+. 1.00 Kentucky. Rev. J. E. Wood.......;..-.+. 10.00 Miss Georgia G. Moore (in Miss Turroughe’ report).......-.- Miss Alice Nugent (in Miss Burroughs’ report)...-...... Miss Geneva R. Cowles....... 1.00 Mrs. F. Rerryman............. «50 Mississippi. . Mrs, Louisa Hicks...ccsse6. 5.00 Mrs, S. A. Mims.......seeee004 1,00 . Missouri, 7 Mrs. Jennie Thurston.....01... 1.0¢ Miss Gladvs E. Hamlet....... 1.0¢ Mrs. C M. Jackson........... 2.00 Mrs. Ruth L. Benneft......... 1.00 ‘New York as Rev. J. Edward Nash.......-2. 1.00 Miss. So. per Mrs. Edw. Slaugh- POP eaves Bees ceeereaceccede DOC Pennsylvania. Rev. W. T. Hemsley........06. 1.06 Mrs. Posey .....ccessescsceces TX Mrs, Julia Chapman.........22 5.0 Dr. q Phillips..........-.000. 1.00 Mrs, Marie Tyson......ceeeee. 1.0 Mrs. Mattie Thornton......... 1.0 Mrs. Janie Payne........s0-06 1.0 Mrs, Marion Towns.......0.0. 1.0 Mrs. Parker........ececeeeeees 1.00 Mrs. Bowser ...cssessessseeees TOC Mrs, Emma Coleman........2+ 1.00 Mrs. Katie A. Sawyer......... 25.00 Miss Grace Sawyer.......2.--- 2.0¢ Lydia, Miss. Circle, per Mrs, y >. , , an Nos is = ty ie eke aaa af te : pe Se ae a \ “ae i Gee ae a * Re - * * Re Ss. S ARs : Se id . +3 aw as a’ 4 aa Be ™: Yur 3 i 4° ma eR " —_— - e i : AA sj 7 * oT Z e ¥ ry ‘ fi RO AE " ae ® 3 ‘ “ ES . , ‘eo , “ ; aan ad os % | / Seep ¥ #3 a = \ . SIRS UBS / 7 e . ORES . MISS NANNIE H. BURROUGHS . “THE QUEEN OF TRUE WOMANHOOD" Was the Benediction of Rev. I. N. Ross—Lincoln’s Great Day. 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Bell (in Miss Staulz’ Mr. and Mrs. J. M, Dabney... ope Teaased sapeeeeselsiccgs Mr. W. Calvin Chase ........ 1.00 - Bushnell............ 1.00[ Mrs. Martha Webb........... 1.00 ce Eaton..........:.. 100] Mr. Eugene Foster..........+. 1.00 per Mrs. M. E. Ham- Mrs. Cordia Brown............ 1.00 seeseeeeeesseeeereseee TOO Mr. Cabaniss .......0.-00.056. 1.00 — ee Charity .........seeeeeaees 1.00 Virginia, * Dr. Porter, ss. eccscitsisssveesss 5.00 J. Peyton............. 1.00 Mrs. Annie Gilmore........... 1.00 e Graham............. 5.00° Mr, F. M. Thompson.......... 1.00 ggie L. Walker (in ie Johnson ........e.eeeeeee 1.00 urroughs’ repor{)..... 4 Mrs. Tossett .,..:.:6e2eee.e. 1.00) Mrs. C. E. Jones..... #100 Mr. J. B. Brown...........04. 1.00 Miss Dandridge ...-.........+. , 1.00 Ohio. ‘ | Mrs, Sadie T. Henderson...... ‘1.00 "Mrs. E. M. Adams..:.......0. 1.00 M. Saunders......... 100 Mrs. M. A. Wilson............ 1.00 rd Miller (Miss Kim- _ |, Mrs. Hettie Williams.......... 1.00 eport ...--+e2-;ese0++ 5.00 Mrs. Laura Queen............. 2.00 tist’ Miss. So., (Miss Mrs. Roxie Burrell............ 1.00 "S TePOrt ..seeeeeeeeee 1.00 J, P. H. Coleman.............. 1.00 Mrs. Jones: sesceecccceeseceses 1,00 { Georgia. (Mr, B. F, Hendersoti.......... 1.00 : * Miss M. V. Chapman........-. 1.00 Boynton.....0....-.. 100, Mrs. Fannie Ruffin............ 2.00 = an pEHends sscsusaseversnis ace. 1026 Texas, | Summary. A. Weekley.....-.2-++ 10,00 . lia M. Jackson....... ,1.00/ Contributed by Faculty.......$142.75 Handley...-...s+++e- +50] Contributed by friends........ 334.17 . Wilkerson.......... 1.00] Contributed by Domestic Sci- \. M. Williams....... 1.00] ence Department .:........ 2300 A. Lights.........-.+. 1.00) Contributed by students..../. 60.75 tie A. Shaw.....-ee+- +00 | Contributed by office......... 15.00 M, Codwell.......se2 1,001 Special gifts ..............006 255.00 A. ScOtt.....-eeeeeeee 1.00 . a — . . { Te ccdvcvcnscnsegassn Ses Jr. Miss. So. Metropolitan | Baptist Church ......----+++ 14.50; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker... 1.00 Fairmount Heights M.E. Ch.. 5.00| Mrs. J, M. Layton.........00. 145 G, E. Carter...csscsceseseteves 1.00 ‘Mrs. Rachel Brownbill......... 1.25 Rev. James Lee.......-.-eee24 1.00 Miss Gladys H. Powell........ 1.00 Nineteenth St. Bap. Ch........ 13.99 W. T. Chapman....,.....-.4.. 1.00 C. O. Fairman.......eseeeeee2 1,00 Wim. H. Lacey......seeeeeeees 1.00 Mrs. George O'Neil.......0... 1.00 Mrs. 1. N. Ross.....seseeseenes 1.00 |Miss Alice Jackson........... 1.00 ‘John % a Wesley....ss+ee+4+ 10,00 John W. Lewis......esseeeeees Mrs. Mahala Hill,..........-. i Mrs, Sallie Johnson........+... 1.00 Hon. J. C. Napier.....-.....-2. 5.00 Mr. Charles Douglass... ...... 1.00 Rev. I. N. Ross..scesessseeees 1.00 Rey. Walter H. Brooks........ 5.00 Rev. M. W. Clair....sessssee0. 1.00 Dr, Walker .......-s2eeeeeeees ° 1.00 'Mr. J. W. Williams............ 1.00 W. H, Lewis....,sseseseeeees 1.00 | Miss Violet Tibbs............. 2.00 Mr. Dawson......sssseessseon. + 1,00 Mr. Green ..sseeseeeseeeeeeses 1.00 Mrs, J. ,Collier.....s0.es--sse0. 1.00 Jsrael Bapt. Ch, per Rev. Burke ....ccsevcccees soecee’ 5.07 M. Scott -.sesscccsscccsesssees 1.00 Mrs. Wormley ...-ses+sseseee. 1.00 Mr. Addison ..--sseseceseseees 1.00 Mrs. M, Johnson.............. 1.00 IMr. L. M. King....--.+++.+2.. 10.00 Mr. CS. Jones...-+..-+-002++- 5.00 “The Washington Colony of Ken- tuckians” turned out in full. | The Independent Order of St. Luke was on hand to show its love and loyalty to the school, whose president is one of its members, : Miss Burroughs called upon friends to furnish rooms. | There are seventeen dormitories, each requiring a wash stand, two beds, ont chiffonier, one table and three chairs. Nine friends have fur- |nished rooms, thus leaving eight | Tooms yet to be furnished. | .The following is the report of the | gifts of furniture: The National Baptist, Church Sup- | ply, Rev. Henry Allen Boyd, mana ger, Nashville, Tenn., contributed < handsome platform set,, including three chairs and table, | The District Board, Mrs. Emm: | Cabaniss, president, furniture ‘for one room. : ! Mrs, Pettit, Washington, D. Cl, t {furnish room, $40.00, ' Mrs, Maggie Waldron, Muncy, Pa. ‘$50. Ushers’ Board, 19th Street Baptis | Church, Washington, D.C. $25.00. 1, A friend, New York, $100.00, i Rev. L. G. Jordan, D. D.,. Louis ville, Ky., $35.00. | __ Mrs. M. M. W. Arter, Red Star, W Va. on a room, $5.00. | Making a total of $255.00. - | The interest of the students in thi special effort to provide necessar, ) accommodations is attested by th ) beautiful way in which they respond ed to the appeal of the president } They laid on the table Sunday $60.75 }) The faculty is to be commende: | for its tangible interest. The fol | lowing is a report of the.money con . tributed by them: Miss Jennie L. Peck......... $25.00 Mrs. Julia A. Foster.......... 25.00 Miss Laura Austin.....0000.. 15:75 Miss Rosalie Hanna.......,.. 17.50 Miss Geneva L. Staulz...... 15.00 Miss N.- H. Burroughs....... 25.00 Miss Fannie Blackburn....... 14.50 “English cut clothes are riding on a. great wave of popularity this spring with the young men. And it is to these young men we are ad- dressing this particular advertisement. ; Almost every tailor in this country is en- _ deavoring to make these narrow shoulder, unpadded English - coats, but only a few—a very few—have mastered the art. . . We have succeeded because we have concentrated our efforts along these lines for a number of months past. . We not only say we can produce a perfect-fitting, grace- * _, _ fully-draped English model suit, but we guarantee our work to you or ask no pay.- Can we do moreP ‘ As a Special Easter Offering We Feature i a a Suit, Made to Measure, for _ 7 Never before has any one establishment shown so many attrac- tive Expr such an attractive price. We have scoured the Wwool- en markets for extraordinrary values which we could offer at this extraordinary price. Our efforts were well rewarded. and now we show all the novelty cloths, as well as the staple blues and blacks, which we will tailor to ys measure for as little as $20. And, re- "member, we guarantee the fit or we ask no pay. , : If you are not quite decided as to what style or what pattern you want for this spring, wé offer our wide experience and exten- sive displays to aid you. . . ot . Imported and ‘Domestic Suitings, | ' Made to Your Measure, _ $15 to $40 _ i. s . 5 . . NU ] dh 7 The Young ‘ : 310 CLM) Man’s Tailor - 03-405 Seventh Street <¢-cememssemersess: ANNOUNCEMENT we MY dew Ye ei 4 kee . e " a E ee ae . « om e & = - § 3° 7° > al ROE eg Aig ol i . ae ae | en is s y att 7 : payer wd a . Tabeiamae ola iw THE BOUKS OF THE ~ PALATIAL IRON STEAMER 7 ANGLER, . ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTER : ~ AT THE OFFICE WATER AND N STREETS SOUTHWEST TO WASHINGTON PARK AND : LOWER RIVER LANDINGS FOR _ SEASON, 1912, SPECIAL RATES FOR EARLY CHARTERS. LEWIS JEFFERSON, ‘“ . General Manager. The AAGICIS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN MCTURE-IT IS 91m LONG, eat Stiee Neatine was a sans maa A THE Gic?ere Ce arsenate nn 18 ihe DRIER. ) He ince cE RH ent parC FEZ ano HAIR-STRAIGHTENER, sui rr \ Sees i tint ANYWHERE INU.S $100 BI ul He a li ci i i tH MAILED SSOrce8F pas S$] 22 ss Yiba « Wit) Seno Monty BY POSTOFICE MONEY OROER, |. % Erery lady can bare a beautiful and Inxuriant head of i hair if she uses a MACIC. Aftera Shampoo or bath the, Magie dries the halr, removing thedandruft; acd it will 8 staighten the curliest head of hair. ‘The Mazic will not burn cr Injure the hair, because the comb Is never heated. The steel heat- ing bar which irons the halr, {y alone, put into the flame of the aleohol or gas heater. ‘The Aluminum Combis easily detached from the heating bar, then, after the bar Is heat- ed the comb goes bacit into place ard is held hy a turn ¢f the handie. @ The Magic Heater Is also suliable for curling irons bas a cover sod can be carried in a heud bag. Mame Shampoo Drier 1.0, Magic Alcohol Heater $050. Libderalterms to agents. | White for lterature today. . 4 Magic Shampoo Drier Co.. Minneapolis, Minnesota. i ae eee ie ae ee ||Ca(i‘<é(U*#*CLMD ee. pie FLOWERS FOR KRAMER, THE FLORIST Buy from the wan who grows his own Flowers - | + 916 F722 9th—Center Market asi Elizabeth Joh: ede oas th ident, contributed $10.00; iss: Elisabeth. Jobseon oS Miss Gertrude L. Johnson, $5.00. : i $142.75] “The Domestic Science Department, | one of. the most successful depart- | The office force was on hand with}ments in the institution, contributed gifts to help carry on the good work.[ $25.00. | a Mrs, Emily E Boyer, secretary tof Waskington is justly proud of the the president, contributed $10.00; Miss Gertrude L. Johnson, $5.00. + ‘The Domestic Science Department, one of. the most successful depart- ments in the institution, contributed $25.00, . Waskington is justly proud of the Training School. Local interest is moving to high.water mark. The in- stitution is “Making Good,” and will establish itself in the hearts of the people of the National Capital as well as in the hearts of friends through- out the country. The Bee hopes that the eight thou- sand dollars needed to pay the pres- ent pressing obligations will be forthcoming. A visit to the school will convince you that every dollar is wisely spent, and that the young women in training ayill be of ‘inval- uable service in helping the race to solve its various problems. Wi 'Y SUFFER WITH PILES, Browns Pile Remedy is used success- fatty for Internal and External Piles. medy No.-1. An ointment, makes soreness, inflimation and initation vanish. Remedy No. 2. An internal remedy to aid the ointment by expelling the poison caused by constipation. To be used together. Both for soc postpaid. * J.GQBROWN, Registered Pharmacist 609 Third Street, N. W. «Washington, D. C. St.RegisHotel 7 1832 Fourteenth Street N. W. a Washington, D. C. One of the finest appointed din- ing rooms in the country, owned by and managed fo. colored people. The excellence of St. Regis meals cannot be surpassed. The service is courteous and quick. St. Regis dinner parties are fashionable, serv- ed in our private dining rooms. Special attention paid to Banquet service. Our steam heated, well lightéd rooms are not surpassed for beauty and comfort. Spacious tile bath rooms, with all modern appointments. MRS. GRACE T. MERCER, Proprietress. THE HOME OF GOOD CHEER and Satisfaction. All Bever- ages Absolutely pure at D. RIORDAN, New Jersey Ave and L St. N. W. Washington, D.C. m-30-2t ————————— | J. A. ANDERSON At, MCDANJEL SOCIAL SERVICE LUNCH 4 Meals at all Hours, : NEVER CLOSED LADIES’ TABLE 153 14th St. N. WL ashington, D.C. EX-SENATOR BLAIR HIS POLITICAL PREDICTION IS THAT TAFT WILL WIN Champion of Human Rights and Author of the Blair Educational Bill Interviewed by the Editor of The Bee—Champ Clark Will Not Win, Says Mr. Blair—Taft as Good as Nominated — Will Be Elected—Democratic Party the Negro's Enemy. Question. Who will be the best Democratic candidate for the Presidency? Answer. I don't know about that. The best Democratic candidate for the country is the one who can be beaten the easiest. But there are several able and honorable gentlemen now canvassing for the Democratic nomination, and it is a source of pride and satisfaction that whoever of them is successful the Republicans will have a good man for an opponent so that his defeat will be an account of his bad principles rather than his bad character. I think on the whole, that Champ Clark is most likely to be the Democratic candidate. It is too bad to beat such a man, but we have got to do it for the good of our country, just as Grant conquered Lee to save the Union—and after it was all over, Lee was glad of it, because in his heart he felt that he had fought on the wrong side, and really against the interests of the South as well as of the whole country. Q. Who do you think the Republicans should nominate? A. Oh President Taft will be, and I think ought to be the Republican candidate of this I have no doubt. He is the only man we can elect. The campaign next fall will be the most tremendous political contest since the first election of Abraham Lincoln. We have but three candidates in sight, and it is no year for a dark horse. Mr La Follette lacks that general support geographically, which is in- J. dispen- able to success. But he is a great statesman, thoroughly acquainted with all the mighty problems and issues of the present and coming times, and if he preserves his health, stands firm as a party man, as I am sure that he will, and just naturally keeps on growing, he will be very formidable in the year 1016. There are millions of Republicans who will either vote against a "third term" candidate, or refuse to vote at all, and that disposes of Mr. Roosevelt as an available candidate, to say nothing of his recent political utterances, which are so imponderable or so supernaturally wise, that we common mortals cannot master them in season for the next November election. All the same though, he may be a mighty asset on the stump for the Republican party, and may do as much good after the nomination as he does harm before it. There is one benefit about all this superfluous noise, and that is it will-bring out a full vote, which generally means Republican success. I do not believe any dark horse can win. There must be a certain amount of organized force behind any candidate in order to make a successful campaign, but the feeling is so strong between the several factions that they are not likely to unite upon any new man—and besides this there is no new man, in my belief, available, for Mr. Justice Hughes is said to refuse to run, and what other man but Taft can carry New York and Ohio? No other Republican is so strong in either State as Taft, and whoever carries those two States is elected. Still further, the President is already as good as renominated, and the only duty remaining is to elect him, and that duty will be done. It would not be human nature for the administration to support any other candidate, as zealous as it will its own head. I can see no other probably successful candidate for either the nomination or the election but Mr. Taft. Q. What do you think the duty of the colored people under the circumstances? A. To support President Taft in the A. June convention, and to vote the Republican ticket, as they always did ever since they could vote at all. The colored people have always done their duty to their country. Crispus Attucks was the first martyr to Liberty in the Revolution, and there are thousands of the names of colored soldiers on the muster rolls of that war, who fought for independence, from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. Jackson specially thanked the colored troops who did their full share of patriotic service at New Orleans, albeit that they proffered their lives to protect their masters while their own limbs remained in chains. There were hundreds of thousands of them fighting and dying for the old flag in the mighty strife for the preservation of the Union. It was my fortune to witness their valor on the battle fields at Port Hudson, when first they wore the uniform of their country, and to mingle my own blood with theirs when white and black men died together that free institutions might not perish from the earth, and I gladly hear testimony that our colored countrymen are as true soldiers and patriotic men as live. They worthily won freedom in that mighty contest. But still the fact remains that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, and that it was a Republican administration of the government that set the Negro free. Jefferson Davis was a Democrat and the spirits of Lincoln and Davis are living yet. Something is due the old Republican party still. I do not claim that full justice has been done to the colored people since the war. But we have done all for them that any party has done. We would have done more, but for the opposition of the same party and policy which we together fought in the war. We have done the best that we could. And further, as God and time give us ability, we shall do more, and that more shall include our Southern white brethren as it does you. Behold the progress of less than fifty years! You were four millions. Now you are ten. Consider your progress from rags and nakedness to education and wealth—to a civilization vastly superior to the condition of England two hundred years ago. You are a great nation yourselves, twice larger than the England of Elizabeth, when she destroyed the invincible Armada, broke forever the despotic power of Spain, gave the North American Continent to the Anglo Saxon and free institutions to mankind. The Abolitionists set you free. As the descendant of one of them, I charge you to remember all these things before you lay violent hands upon the Republican party which, under God, transmuted their principles into your freedom, with all its wonderful realizations and radiant hones. But further, in this campaign the greatest issue is that of protection to American labor against the competition of the far cheaper labor of foreign lands. Millions of these cheap laborers come here and seize upon the work by which our own labor lives and all parties join in permitting this, from motives of humanity. But the Democratic party is Free Trade in foreign goods also, imposing tax or tariff only so far as it may be desirable for public revenue—but protection to American labor, they say, is robbery. Now ninety-eight per cent of the value of the total value of American production (some thirty billions of dollars) is labor—American labor—and it is paid an average of at least fifty per cent more than like labor receives abroad. If foreign goods and farming products come into this country free, then foreign goods, etc., will stop American production—or reduce American wages of the laborer on the farm, in the mine and the factory, and all trades and occupations, one half. The poorer the laborer, the harder he has to work, the more he is interested to have his labor and wages protected by keeping the foreign products out. How is the colored man ever to improve his condition if he loses half his pay or his whole employment entirely? But you say that he raises cotton and foreign nations cannot—but the truth is that Russia, and all Europe, are sure to get cotton elsewhere before long, and with their cheap labor unless we protect ours, they will sell us not only cotton goods, but raw cotton also—and so of other labor and products of labor unless wages here sink to the level paid abroad. So here we have in this very campaign a vital issue to all, but more and most of all to poor, and especially wage-working men. What is freedom worth if we can get nothing to do? or if working like slaves, we get only pay of slaves, and have to take care of ourselves in sickness and age—which last, before emancipation, was a charge upon the owner of the slave. No portion of the American people are so interested in a protective tariff, which is a great principle with the Republican party and the chief issue in this campaign, as the colored man, especially the laborer, of the South—because he is the poorest man, and whoever would help him, or poor men anywhere, should vote the Republican ticket next November. It is impossible to say everything in one interview, but I pray you to ponder these things and remember that in this campaign candidates are less important than principles; and that the Protective Tariff is the principal thing—no other great issue can be forced into this campaign. The colored men of the North have imposed upon them a sacred trust of voting, not alone for themselves, but also for their disfranchised fellow-citizens elsewhere—a trust always to be discharged by devotion to great principles rather than by the attainment of official station or material advantages of any kind. Will some one mention a single thing for the good of the Negro ever proposed by the national Democratic party?—and in some States they have re-enslaved him, in all but the name. But President Taft is opposed because, in the goodness of his heart he had lioped vainly, perhaps too trustingly, to make the general condition of the colored man better by surrendering local office to conciliate local prejudice. A President, like other men, has to learn by experience, and as Henry Clay, in like case, asked the mountaineer if he would throw away his rifle because it missed fire at first or would rather pick the flint and next time bring down the game—so let us try President Taft once more Every campaign turns upon a single supreme issue, no matter what else may be in the platforms; and now it is Democracy, Free Trade, and industrial ruin on the one hand, or, on the other, Republicanism, Protection and prosperity. Choose ye now whom will ye serve, and which will you have? HENRY W. BLAIR. Mr. Joseph H. Jones has the finest cigar and news stand in the city. The Bee is on sale there. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. is a real home company, organized and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, and has been doing a life, health, and accident insurance business in Washington for nearly twenty years. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. issues Policies in FULL BENEFITS and INCONTESTABLE from date of issue, and pavable ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. BUYING A VASE. W. Simmer's Clever Coup by Which He Secured a Very Valuable Piece of Chinese Workmanship. The late Charles Werthelmer when asked on one occasion what he considered to be his astutest business coup thought for awhile and then told how once when he was walking through a Brighton square he esploded through an open window what he knew to be a priceless Chinese vase. He went to the nearest postoffice, examined a local directory and found the name of the resident. Then he called and asked for the gentleman and was shown into the study under the name of "Hamilton." He briefly explained that he was looking for a modest house in Brighton and had taken a fancy to this one. Would the gentleman entertain an offer for the place as it stood—"lock, stock and barrel?" The owner, a little nonplused, hesitated. "If your offer is reasonable," interrupted Hamilton. "I will give you an extra thousand." "Call tomorrow at 10:30, then," replied the owner. Hamilton did and found him prepared to accept £18,000 for the twenty-two years' unexpired term and the contents of the residence. Although this was well over market value, Hamilton at once closed, adding the extra thousand, according to promise. As, however, he afterward sold the vase for £35,000, his coup was unmistakable—London Telegraph. WHISTLER THE FIGHTER. The Artist Always Took His Revenues in a Refined Way. In "Whistler as I Knew Him" Mortimer Menpes, the author, has a good deal to say about Whistler the fighter and his quickness in resenting an affront. He is careful to add that Whistler was always refined in his methods: While he was severe he was not actually brutal. He never treated his enemies in a coarse way. Any man who had offended him Whistler would rap sharply over the shoulders with his cane, and then by the time the sufferer had recovered the master would be in the next room explaining to every one how he had just felled his enemy. Once he caught a man with whom he was for the moment enraged washing his face. Without a moment's hesitation Whistler dashed the unfortunate head straight into the basin of water, and while the foe was endeavoring to clear the soap from his eyes to see the cause of this sudden immersion Whistler was in the smoking room setting the men there in a roar with the account of his adventures. When I first met Whistler he was in the act of searching for a man who had dared to criticise his Venetian etchings. "If you want to see some fun. Menpes," he said. "come with me." Fortunately the man had been warned and was nowhere to be found. Incorporated Under Act of Congress Approved June26.1887 CAPITAL and ASSETS over $50,000.00 THE MUSEUM THE LEXINGTON HOTEL A Great Colored Hotel at Last The colored Americans are to have an up-to-date first-class hotel with every modern convenience with buffet, barbershop, kitchen, billiard parlors, office, lobby and waiting room, automobile to convey guests to and from the Union Station, etc. A Long Felt Want Fulfiled. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen is sole manager. Ever since the foundation of this government the colored citizens of this city have been in need of a first class hotel where families and guests from other cities may go with impunity and with reservation. Thousands of the best and well known colored people have visited this city and do visit it now, but they have no place of dignity to go with their families and feel at home. Dr. Booker T. Washington, about a year ago made a special plea to the Negro Business League of this city to see to it that a hotel be erected, for the accommodation of the colored people; that when he, Dr. Washington, comes to the city he is compelled to go to some private home. The Lexington Hotel. has been erected at the southwest corner of twenty-first and L streets, northwest. It is a beautiful three story edifice to contain every modern convenience and accommodation for guest.. THE LEXINGTON HOTEL. The Front Entrance Will be on L St. The entrance to the Rathskeller will be on L street or main entrance leading to the basement. The Rathskeller will be fitted up equal to any in the United States. the L street entrance. The Buffet Cannot be Surpassed. The dining-room which will be large and commodious with a seating capacity for one hundred and fifty guests. The barber shop will be managed by a first class tonsorial artist with every modern convenience. The billiard parlor, office, lobby and waiting room will be unsurpassed. The waiting parlor will be on the first floor, handsomely furnished. There Will be Thirty-Eight Large Airy Bed Rooms and Nine Baths. There will be at least two private bath rooms connected with the suite of rooms on the second and third floors. The Lexington Will be Conducted on the Basis of Any Up To Date First Class Hotel. The banquet hall which is so much needed in this city for the accommodation of first class visitors and patrons will be one of the features of this hotel. The automobile will run to and from the Union Station to the hotel for the accommodation of the guests. This has been just what the city has needed for a long time for the Colored Americans, who visit here. Whenever a person intends to visit the city, a card to the manager of the hotel will be promptly re- sponded to, and the guest or guests be driven immediately to the hotel in the hotel's automobile which will meet any train that comes into the Union Station or Steamboat wharf. The erection of this hotel in the city of magnificent distances will be an honor as well as a benefit to the colored people. Almost any city in the South has a first class hotel and the people in Washington have determined not to be behind in meeting the demands of strangers and visitors. Capital Stock. The company is incorporated with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, of this amount the company has decided to sell fifteen thousand dollars of it. A greater opportunity has never been offered the people of this city, who are enterprising and wish a good investment. The Sole Manager. is Mr. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen of Washington, who is known to the president of the United States, to the cabinet officers and other public men of character and influence. He needs no introduction to the people, because he is prominently connected with some of the best, strongest, and leading organizations in the city. For honesty and integrity and influence among his people no better man could have been selected for the position of manager. The country is asked to keep its eyes on The Bee for advertisement and full particulars, of the opening of this new up-to-date hotel and for other particulars address Nathaniel Ruffin, manager, the Lexington Hotel, 21st and L street, N. W., Washi-gton, D C. THE BEE Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months.....$0 Subscription monthly.....$0 GRATITUDE? The poet says: "Gratitude is the fairest flower that blooms in the human heart, and ingratitude is stronger than traitors' arms." Well do these terms apply to some Negroes of the State of Maryland in their relation to President Taft. It was he who came down from his exalted and lofty position as President of the United States and appealed to the sober judgment and reasoning faculties of the more patriotic whites voters of the State of Maryland and asked them not to be a party to an unconstitutional act of allowing the violators of the Constitution of the United States to disfranchise the colored Americans of the State. Cardinal Gibbons, a Catholic priest, joined hands with President Taft in his patriotic defense of the Negro and condemnation of such a deed. The Catholic Church, as The Bee stated some time ago, has never been found in aiding mobs to disfranchise and lynch colored Americans. Why then, don't these Ebony citizens of Maryland show their gratitude? Is not this act of President Taft more beneficial to the colored Americans of Maryland than the alleged declaration of President Taft in his inaugural address, which has been said has worked to a limited disadvantage to the Southern colored applicant for office? President Roosevelt, with all his alleged love for the colored man and his dove of hope policy soon vanished and he demonstrated that neither reason nor equity stayed his hand in the discharge of the Negro troops. Is it for the love the colored American has for the ex-President or the fifth lucre that is being distributed so freely among the deceived and easily influenced colored citizens? Men who were the loudest in their condemnation and ostracism of Mr. Roosevelt at the time the Negro soldiers were discharged without honor, are now singing his praises and condemning the man who was the first and only man of the administration to hold up the order of dismissal to enable Mr. Roosevelt to reflect. But, did he relent? Mr. Roosevelt's second arraignment of the colored soldiers was more severe than the first. What has become of the manhood and gratitude of these colored citizens? The time will soon come when the colored citizens of Maryland will regret their action. Right will prevail. TAFT ON LYNCHING. In his address before Howard University Alumni Association last Tuesday evening, President Tait digressed a little from speaking on the object of the meeting—a gymnasium for the university—and touched upon lynching. He more than touched on lynching. He delivered the strongest broadside against this form of law violation ever recorded in this city, and ever delivered by any President. And all those who were present were impressed, by his vigorous denunciation of lynching, with his sincerity. The President did not mince words. He was not solicitous as to his choice of words for fear they might offend the cars of one section of this country; he apparently was only solicitous about being able to find words plain enough and strong enough to convey his opposition to lynching. In short he recommended the rope for the lynchers, and he described lynching as nothing less than brutal, cowardly murder, and said the greater number engaged in the crime of lynching made the murder the more cowardly. It is well known that State jurisdiction prevents the President of the United States from envoicing any law or legal restraint against lynching. He must content himself with an expression of opinion against it—a denunciation of the crime. However, a President's denunciation cannot help but have moral effect, and when that denunciation is expressed in such strong, vigorous words as characterized President Taft's denunciation; the effect must be such as to go a long ways towards estopping lynching, or at least arousing a healthy sentiment, in every section, against the brutal crime. Those who have asked where President Taft stands in the matter of lynching received his answer last Wednesday evening, and that answer was the strongest and ablest condemnation of lynching ever delivered by any President, or by any opponent of the South-propagated, but now non-sectional, crime against law and morals. THE ARIZONA SENATOR. Senator Smith, the new Senator from the new State of Arizona, had hardly taken the oath of office before he assumed the role of a bull, if the accounts in the daily newspapers can be relied upon as being true. Last Saturday night, because the elevator boy at the Elbitt House, who happened to be a colored boy, observed the rule in all buildings and hotels where elevators are installed, to take the car to the top floor, once started, and not to stop for intermediate passengers and immediately return to the groud floor, assaulted the boy. Senator Smith's action was not only unbecoming a law maker, but it, was unbecoming any man who lays claim to being a gentleman. We have not been apprised as to whether the new Senator lays claim to being a gentleman or not. When men occupying places of dignity and honor so far forget themselves as to attack men who happen to hold menial positions, just because they do hold menial positions, or just because they happen to be members of the colored race, the day may come when the menial, like the worm, may turn, and the pompous, arrogant man in high official life, who descends to the plane of a ruffian, may meet his match. It may be that Senator Smith, of Arizona, desires to make himselfqfl popular with the bitter enemies of the race, rather than popular with the best element of the whites. If so, his course, as related in the public press was the quickest and surest road to that popularity. But it is a mighty small man who attacks an humble employee, with his fists, because that employee is following instructions. It may be, however, that out in Arizona they have no elevators, and no standard of right action, and if so, then the new Democratic Senator from Arizona can be excused as a man who knows no better. Up to date every Congressman who has brutally assaulted a colored man has been a Democrat—this is significant. TUNNELL'S RECALL OF DECISIONS. When the three colored representatives (possibly in the light of events, we should say the three colored misrepresentatives), on the Board of Education first began their unwarranted, unreasonable, and perfectly selfish fight on Assistant Superintendent Bruce, Prof. Tunnell made a statement to the press to the effect that he would abide by and acquiesce in the findings of the superintendent, Dr. Davidson. The superintendent, after a careful, impartial and thorough investigation of each and every allegation made against Mr. Bruce, completely exonerated the head of the colored school, and the Board of Education, by a majority vote, sustained him. In Prof. Tunnell's letter to the two ministers—and God save the mark—Reverend Waldron and Garner, etc., who were responsible for the fizzle meeting recently held in Rev. Garner's church, there appeared the following sentence: "The matter has consequently passed beyond them (the Board of Education), into the hands of citizens of the District of Columbia, who are practically the final arbiters of the question. For me, I am quite willing to accept and acquiesce in their (the citizens) action." In effect Prof. Tunnell, most inconsistantly, after having said in advance that he would accept and abide by the superintendent's findings, now, after the superintendent finds contrary to his hopes and desires, proposes to appeal to a rump mass meeting of a few selfish agitators to recall the decision of the superintendent and the Board of Education. Prof. Tunnell's letter is not consistent, but it is on a par with what might be expected from persons who have no regard for their word or the right of others. What would Prof. Tunnell say if the recall was applied to him as a FRAUD ? Every defeat that the followers and supporters of the Roosevelt combination meet with, you depend on it, that the cry of fraud is raised. The election held in this city February 10th, to elect delegates to the National Republican Convention, was tainted with fraud by the supporters of Roosevelt. Every effort was made by the opposition to influence one of the election board to vote with another member to enable the opposition to perpetrate fraud. This member was too much of a man to fall into the hands of corrupt politicians. The Senator from Kansas, who has been pregnant with some kind of a primary scheme failed to see the frauds of those who actually perpetrated them, but the men who really conducted a fair election were condemned and denounced. The fraud was committed by those who were defeated. NOT THE ONLY ONE In another column of The Bee will be seen two excerpts from two Philippine newspapers. The Free Press and the Cable News American, which should be read by Americans. It will be seen that colored Americans are not always guilty of the crime of rape and burglary. Who knows but what this white man from America is not guilty of a similar offense in this country. The man who was caught housebreaking is an American. These outlaws have transferred their depredations from this country to the Philippine Islands. THE BEE IN DEMAND On account of the great demand for The Bee last week, by special request of its patrons and extra orders, two important articles have been reproduced in this issue, namely, the report of the National Training School for Women and Girls, and ex-Senator Henry W. Blair's interview. Each week The Bee is growing in popular favor. The New Era, the organ of the colored "democrats for revenue" still carries articles from workless Napoleon. Some of the signers to the call for that anti-Bruce meeting are scrambling from under, and the rest are saying: "love's labor lost." The anti-Bruce meeting called to abuse Bruce and to support the three colored members of the Board of Education was the greatest fizzle ever recorded in Washington. President Taft is going along picking up delegates every day, and saying not one, word against the Colonel. President Taft is just too busy harvesting delegates to waste time in criticism. Brother Murphy, of the Baltimore Afro-American Ledger, used up two columns, more or less, last week, for a bitter criticism of President Taft. And had it not been for President Taft the editor of the Afro-American Ledger would be without a vote in his State today. But some colored men are quick to forget many favors while remembering one, lone seeming fault. The Amsterdam News, of New York, up to within a few weeks of the New York primaries, frequently had nice things, and only nice things, to say about President Taft. Not a word of criticism of him appeared in its columns. A few weeks, about two or three, before the primaries, the breezy, newsy Amsterdam News broke out in a trade against Taft, and revealed in praise for Roosevelt. Why the sudden change, contemporary? What great light did you see? The sudden change, to say the least, was surprising, if not suspicious! O! ask Shylock? Honoring Mrs. Terrell. Honoring Mrs. Terrell. The testimonial in honor of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Friday evening was eminently proper, and a tribute to a deserving public-spirited woman. The old saying that a prophet is not without honor save in his own land, has, in her case, been disproved. Unquestionably the best known, most brilliant and aggressive of colored women, Mrs. Terrell has reflected the highest credit upon her race, and rendered it very great service. Now that she is no longer a member of the Board of Education, colored parents and teachers and pupils have awakened to the great power for good she was, and the great loss the race sustained when she gave up the burdens of school board membership. The Bee did not always agree with Mrs. Terrell in all her contentions as a member of the board, but it does agree that she is a very able woman, a very useful woman, and one who is a distinct credit to the city and to the race. Public Men And Things (By the Sage of the Potomac.) Some years ago, when I used to carry the tray, there was a chef employed at the same feed establishment where I "trayed it," who had a beautiful pair of gollways—a lot of mohair, of the texture' they use for upholstering furniture, permanently grown on and in his face. We waiters used to just long for an opportunity to catch him asleep and run the lawn mower over his gollways, for every time we carried a trap of dainties to a customer we usually found it garnished with a few straggling strands from the chef's gollways. One day the chef's feet got to going wrong, and he fell and one side of his face came in contact with a bowl of New Orleans molasses, with the result that his gollways were so matted with the sweetness of New Orleans that he had to shave them off. I never see Murray, the caterer, and his pair of scene-shifted gollways but I don't wish they might come in immediate and successful contact with either a bowl of molasses or some hurts to mat them up beyond saving. Anything but to see a chef or a caterer with a shaggy, unkempt bundle of whiskers I can stand for. Mr. Murray is a nice, accommodating gentleman, and at times tolerably well as a caterer; but all his efforts are spoiled by a bundle of hair decorations that makes him look like a relic of the stony age. When you are seated at a banquet that Mr. Murray is serving, and he passes around the table and you catch sight of that bundle of hair reserves, it takes all your appetite away, for you begin to imagine that the next piece de resistance you pick up will be decorated with a few choice refences from Murray's face film protector. Now I know Mr. Murray has held first trust on that crop of long, iron-gray duke's mixture that hides a portion of his facial preserves, and I know he is stuck on them, but I am just gently reminding him that if he would slip down a block on You, and see Bill Kennedy, and after depositing about the price of one meal in Bill's hands, tell Bill to go as far as he likes with his mohair adornment, he would confer a most delightful and needed favor on his suffering patrons. In plain English, my dear Mr. You Street Caterer, those whiskers of yours are harder on a patron's or a banqueter's stomach than a two-day old crab shifted down the alimentary canal to revel on a bed of sweet milk. If you take my advice, and I am petitioning for the rest of your patrons, you will shoot those whiskers of yours before a capias is issued on you at the instigation of the health department. Well, I attended the mass meeting held at the Right Reverend Garner's church the other Wednesday night. I attended just to hear Dan Murray's matchless oratory, to hear Rev. Disappointed Garner cross-swords with ideas and to see Rev. Waldron beat his favorite tom-tom—Roscoe Bruce. Of all the dismal swamp affairs this blooming meeting eat up the first prize. I really did think they would have a crowd for the reason they had littered up the town with dodgers calling attention to it, but seventy-two people, by actual count, were all that responded to the call of "the booerane-sanad," and fifty-three of these seventy-two were simply curio seekers and not sympathizers. If that meeting is an index of the support the three colored board members have, than all I have to say is "you gotta stop kickin' my houn' dawg aroun'." If that meeting is to me that the assistant librarian of Congress in embryo, Dannie Murray, would let up, and chase the rest of his tropical artists to cover. Outside of this, Dan Murray is a tractible, sane, useful citizen, and the kind of a fellow we need, but when he stops to think of Roscoe Bruce he just goes wandering off. Rev. Garner is a harmless critter, and just as soon as the baseball season opens he will forget about the school question. Roscoe Bruce, and everything else, but baseball. He is a 24-karat baseball fan, and a quite likely minister. I intended to say a few things about Sam Laey, too. But Chase tells me he will not stand for mentioning small things in this valuable column. I can't for my life understand why a bright fellow like Jim Hayes, who is really a good lawyer, will hang around a political headquarters chasing Will-o'-winds, and, like Barkis, waiting for something to turn up wait for sunshine. Now Jim, so they tell me, along with that lesser distinguished fellow of Blackstone, R. L. Waring, is making a bluff at controlling the colored vote, and telling Senator Dixon just how he can recruit several hundred regiments of Negro voters under the Teddy banner. Jim Hayes may have a sneaking notion that if the Colonel of Oyster Bay should be nominated and elected, he will hold a plum. And Bob Waring may have a sneaking notion that, with the same contingency happening, he may land Jim Cobb's place. In the words of Bert Williams, all I have to say to these two steeple-climbers, one with a sort of Red Cloud complexion, and the other with a King Menelik coloring, is, "dream on," and also to them that when the headquarters are closed up, and they receive their check for their last week's pay they will be entered in the forgotten class, and a brilliant-hue sign with the wording "reducto ad absurdum" will be hung on their back. And renewing their acquaintance with Poet Moore, both of these ought-to-be lawyers will likely soliloquize thusly: "It was ever thus; from childhood's day, I've seen my fondest hopes decay." Now Jim Hayes, let me penetrate your brain secretion with the suggestion that you are too bright a fellow, and too good a lawyer to be fishing for minows when a little farther out there are some fine shad. Hanging around a political headquarters at garbage haulers' pay is a stop watch for energy. You remember George Wilson, o the old time Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West minstrels, don't you? Well, if you don't, it makes no sort of difference. Well, George Wilson used to get off the saying: "waltz me some more." What made me think of this was reading a notice that the Washington American might be revived by a "prominent business man." It would be a regular cheese sandwich for my old college chum R. Worley Thompson, if they could resuscitate the American. But my experience in Washington is that it's pretty hard work to waltz some more a colored newspaper that has taken this count. It has been pretty well established and proven that only one newspaper published in the interest of souls of black folks and especially for the editor, can run along in this burg without dislocating its carburer, getting the spark out of order and bursting all four of the tires at once. I'm of the opinion that no real business man will do it. Some fellow with a grievance and a hobby and a little credit may undertake it, but no business man. There may be room in Washington for more than one brown people's newspaper, but up to date in body has made the room look respectable or homelike. And speaking of colored newspapers, I heard the other day that some of our Democratic friends with a seal-brown cast of countenance, were saving up a file of newspapers to which my ample-girted friend Thompson sends political stuff to, and were going to relay same over to the "swivel swervice" commission with a complaint drawn in legal form by one of the black Blackstonians who cavorts around in Democratic pastures. Now all I got to say, Dick, old boy, they are after you, and these colored Democrats who like to have you spill printer's ink over them when there aren't no campaign on, may want to spill you out of your job for writing "political stuff." They are funny—the Negro "Dimjcrats" for revenue. FIRST TO BE FOUNDED AND FIRST TO INCORPORATE. The Parents'Teachers' Association of the Alfred Jones School, which has recently been incorporated under the title of the Original Citizens' Association of Patrons of Schools, an organization founded by Miss E. A. Chase, the principal, for the promotion of good citizenship, held its fourth anniversary celebration last Thursday afternoon at that building. The meeting was preceded by exercises given by the children of the school. After the articles of incorporation were read by Miss Josephine Green, secretary of the association, and address was delivered by the president, Dr. A. A. Russell, a man who is noted for his sterling worth in the community where he resides and practices dentistry. Dr. Russell is the son of Mr. A. A. Russell, president of the Banneker Relief Association, which is one of the largest organizations in the city Hence the doctor inherits leadership Under his regime a bright and prosperous future is looked forward to for the Parent-Teachers' Association. Among the speakers were Captain James F. Oyster, president of the Board of Education, who was greeted by both parents and pupils with the greatest enthusiasm and loud applause. He was warmly welcomed as the friend of the children and parents present. In the course of his remarks he said that he aimed to look out for the welfare of all children alike, whether they be rich or poor. "Everything has been done and will be done for the best interest of the children." The next speaker was Dr. W. M. Davidson, superintendent of schools, whose scholarly and inspiring address at once made a strong appeal to the audience on the importance and possibility of the child. Dr. Davidson said in part: "It is a great thing when public school system can draw the parent beneath its influence without effort. The factor which has served to draw the parent here is the child, who is, or should be, here for three distinct purposes: to know something, to do something, to be somebody." Dr. Davidson referred to the work of the teacher as an exalted vocation responsible for the moulding of the world's best character—and effort and attainments. He insisted that co-operation between the home and school was essential in developing the heart and affections of children, a thing far more desirable than the mere teaching of the specific subjects of the curriculum. The next speaker was Dr. W. S Montgomery, whose masterly mind has always thought that there should be a close co-operation and community of effort between the home and the school, to establish the effective results desired in child development. Mrs. Birney, president and founder of the Mothers' Congress, brought out the idea that children should live up to the ideals brought out in their recitation and exemplified in the games which they play. In such a course of action, she said, there would be no fear as to their achieving the desired goal of the education. Miss Nannie Burroughs brought out the idea that the parents were present with others of the company on account of their love for children. She heartily indorsed the sentiment previously expressed, and emphasized their value as pointing the way to success in community life. Rev. I. N. Ross, of the Metropolitan Church, was in hearty accord with the sentiments expressed, and wished a bright future for the association. Mrs. J. T. Layton, the people's idol, at the close of the meeting, paid a glowing tribute to Miss Chase, principal of Jones School, as the organizer and founder of the Parent-Teachers' Association of the District of Columbia, and made a strong plea in behalf of the continuance of the work of the society. As the Association aims to add a new brick to its structure each year, they planned to incorporate into its activities the thought embodied in its articles of incorporation: to look after its needy, its sick, and dead. To promote the education of its community. The teachers of this school are: Miss E. A. Chase, principal. Mr. J. T. Chestnut, Miss M. F. Quander, Miss I. I. Saunders, Miss M. E. Clarke, Miss G. A. Dyson, Miss B. M. Shippen, Miss L. E. Jean, Miss T. Corrothers. The Officers. Dr. A. A. Russell president. Mr. W. J. Conway, first vice-president. Mrs. C. Green, second vice-president. Mrs. A. Thomas, third vice-president. Mrs. A. Lyles, treasurer. Mrs. R. Tolson, assistant treasurer. Miss Josephine Green, secretary. Assistant Secretaries—Miss Minnie Cardoza, Miss Magdalene Lyles, Miss Esther Tolson. Chairmen of Committees. Banking—Mrs. A. Dean. Auditing—Mrs. R. Farley. Social Purity—Mrs. L. A. Pendleton. Patriotism—Mrs. J. T. Layton. Constitution—Mrs. K. Johnson. Athletics—Mr. B. G. Henderson. Membership—Miss. T. Corrothers. Charities—Miss R. E. Bell. Parents, Exhibit—Miss Harris. Hygiene—Dr. C. A. Tignor. Peace—Rev. W. J. Howard. E. A. Chase, (Principal) Founder and Organizer. Advisory Board. Mrs. A. A. Russell, Mrs. A. Dean, Mrs. K. Johnson, Mrs. Chestnut, Mrs. R. Tolson, Mrs. M. Youn, Mrs. Holcomb, Mrs. Jackson. Miss E. A. Chase, who presided over this part of the program, gave a brief outline of the work of the association. This was the fourth annual celebration of the Parent-Teachers' Association, known as the Original Citizens' Association of Patrons of Schools. Children's Program Children's Program. Prayer—Rev. S. L. Corrothers. Flag Salute — Seymour — Eighth Grade. Flag Salute—School. Pledge—School. Gem—Graduation—School. Chorus—God is Good—School. Wholesome Thoughts—Wm. Lyles, Lloyd Conway, Aaron Russell, Thomas Shaw. Piano Solo—(Selected) —Alston Burley, Sixth Grade. Chorus — Easter Voices — Fifth Grade. Rose Drill—Sixth Grade. Recitation—Christ is Risen—Gladys Jones. Gem—Eighth Grade. Chorus—Psalm of Peace—Eighth Grade. Recitation — Thanatopsis — Ruth Howard. Solo—Character Building —Viola Thomas. Exercise—Fourth Grade. Easter Lily Drill—Seventh and Eighth Grade Recitation — Easter Song—Beulah Kenney, Seventh Grade. Chorus—Love's Old Sweet Song—Eighth Grade. Introduction of President of Parent-Teachers' Association. Introduction of guests. Program—Parent-Teachers' Associa- Minutes of last meeting—Miss Josephine Green, Secretary. Solo—Prof. J. T. Layton, assistant director of music. Reading of Articles of Incorporation—Miss Josephine Green. Opening Address—The President, Dr. A. A. Russell. Address—Mrs. Birney, President of the Mother- Congress. Address—Dr. W. S. Montgomery, supervising principal, Co-Operation. Violin Solo—Selected—Mr. Felix Weir. Dr. W. M. Davidson, superintendent of schools, Ideals. Dr. Tignor, medical inspector—Hygiene. Miss Nannie Burroughs—National Training School. Rev. B. Johnson—The Season's Meaning. Violin Solo—Selected—Mr. Felix Weir. Mrs. J. T. Layton—Chairman of Committee on Patriotism. Presiding Officer—Dr. A. A. Russell. Refreshments were served and a social time was enjoyed at the conclusion of the program. RECENT DEATHS. Among the well-known Washingtonians who have died within the past week were John Francis Wilkerson, one of the best known and oldest citizens in this city. Mr. Wilkerson was a 33d degree Mason, and a Knight Templar. For a number of years he was assistant librarian in the Law Library of Congress. John A. Pierce, who died last week, is connected with one of the oldest families in this city. He was highly respected for his honesty and integrity. He leaves a wife but no children. He was buried from the Berean Baptist Church last Sabbath afternoon. Mrs. Unice Wormley Dickie, the daughter of the late Wm. Wormley, died at her residence last week. Mrs. Dickie was a belle of this city before her marriage. At the time of her father's death she had been left an estate of fifty thousand dollars. She leaves five children. The Week in Society Your doctor wants your prescriptions filled right. He wants results. Neither you nor the doctor will be disappointed if your prescriptions are filled at the drug store of Board & McGuire, 1912½ 14th St., and oth and You Sts. N. W. They employ four graduates in pharmacy, skilled and experienced, and you get the results in perfect service. Master Robt. Johnson, of Pierce Place, went to Jacksonville, Fla., with his uncle, and will return soon. Mrs. M. L. Mays, of 514 U Street Northwest, left Sunday for Orange, Va., on a trip for her health. Dr. S. S. Thompson is quite ill at his home. Judge W. L. Houston left the city on last Thursday for Chicago, and St. Paul, Minn., where he has gone on business for the Odd Fellows. Dr. and Mrs. Charles I. West spent the Easter holidays in Atlantic City the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Terry. Miss Margaret L. Deville, of this city is the guest of Mrs. Logan, in Asbury Park. Mr. Aldrich Lewis and Lawrence Bradley spent a few days last week in Princeton, N. J., visiting Sol. Harris and Mrs. Jennie M. Sloane. Mrs. Rosetta E. Lawson was in Lynchburg, Va., last week, in the interest of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. Fred. Alexander, of Binghamton, New York, has returned to her home after a pleasant visit to this city. Dr. W. S. Lofton, of this city, spent last week in New York City, attending the clinical exhibition of the Dental Manufacturers' Club. While there he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Givens, 418 East 155th Street. Mr. Fred. Williams, father of Bert W. Williams, the noted colored comedian, died last week in New York. Mrs. N. Nickens, of this city, will open a music class in Annapolis, Md., very soon. Miss Maud R. Miller, of this city, spent three days in Baltimore, Md., the guest of Miss Ester Gatewood, of Argyle Avenue Miss Marie Wright, of Baltimore, and Dr. Ernest Lyon, former minister to Liberia, were married in Philadelphia last week. Dr. and Mrs. Lyon were at home to their friends in Laurel, Md., last Tuesday. They met at Dr. Morse's Gem Drug Store and saw themselves in front of that beautiful fountain, 19th and L streets Northwest. Mrs William White has returned to her home in Baltimore, after spending a few days in this city. Miss Katherine George, of this city, spent the holidays in Pittsburgh, the house guest of Mrs. Dr. Page. Read The Bee if you want a live paper. Captain and Mrs. G. W. Posey, who ame here to attend the M. E. convention returned to their home in Pittsburg Mrs. Lovett, who accompanied them, remained for an indefinite period Mrs. Varginia Lee has returned to her home in Harrisburg, Pa., after a plea-aant visit to this city, Maryland and Philadelphia. The engagement of Mr. Lester A. Walton, dramatic editor of the New York Age, to Miss Gladys Moore, daughter of Mr. Fred. R. Moore, the editor-m-chief of the Age, is announced. The wedding is to take place in June Mrs. E. A. Andrews, of Sumter, S C is visiting her son, who is a student at Howard University and who celebrated his 21st birthday last week Mr. C A. Langston was in Norfolk, Va., last week. Mrs Anna J. Cooper, who delivered in address in Harrisburg, Pa., was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew I. Jackson. Mrs. Cooper was accompanied by Miss Laura Merritt. Mrs E H. Oxley, of Harrisburg, Pa. who has been spending two weeks in this city with her parents, returned home last week. Bishop I. B. Scott has been doing some good work in Africa, and is gain on American soil. Miss Comora Carter is one of the Merks in The Bee office. The song service at Asbury Church last Sunday was well attended. Miss Anna Speaks, of Indian Head, Md., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Benjamin Proctor, of No. 10 N Street Northwest. Drs. Board and McGuire, 14th St. N W., and 9th and You Streets N. W., continue to treat their patrons in a manner that continues to draw them. Mrs S H. Samuel, of Lexington, Mass., is spending a few weeks in this city and in Virginia. Miss Lucy Elizabeth Lumpkins was married to Mr. Richard H. T. Johnson Wednesday evening, April 10. Mr and Mrs. Johnson will be at home after May 1, at Kenilworth, D. C. Miss Florence Johnson, of 445 N Street Northwest, who has been on the sick list, is out again. The Fisk Jubilee Singers were at the Second Baptist Church last Sunday evening. Mrs. Eli Burrell, of Denver, Colo. is in this city for a thirty-day stay. Dr. J. W. Morse is about tired of "deer" hunting, and has decided to offer his best cream and soda to the public at surprising prices. He wears a smile that will not come off. The Bee is the people's paper. Why don't you have it sent to your home? Miss Rachel E. Bell has proven herself an energetic and stalwart worker in all civic and religious affairs in the District of Columbia. She comes from one of the oldest and best families of this city, a family noted for its high religious devotion and loyalty to the church, to which they belong, St. Augustine's. Miss Bell is an active worker in the Original Citizens' Association of Patrons of Schools, an organization of about 2,000 members, being chairman of the committee on charities. Mrs. Blanch C. Drew, wife of Rev. Drew, arrived in the city this week from Philadelphia, Pa., where she has been with friends for some time. She will leave the city next week for the home of her father in Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. John Lottieus, accompanied by her little daughter, wife and daughter of Officer Lottieus, left the city last week for North Carolina, to attend the funeral of her father, who died in Richmond, Va. Mr. Jennings in Town. Mr. Charles C. Jennings, of Baltimore, Md., spent Easter Sunday and Monday in the city. He attended services at the Asbury Church Sunday evening. Mr. Jennings was the guest of his cousin in Tenth street, Northwest. He is with Attorney Mm. C. McCord. In speaking of the political outlook in Maryland, he stated that the Negroes in the State are for Roosevelt. He also paid a compliment to the industry of the colored people in Maryland, and said it would not be very long before they were all united. He left for his home Monday evening with the anticipation of returning again soon. Going Abroad. Mr. Uriah Sumpter Richards, the world's foremost basso has been booked for forty-eight yecks in Australia, to tour that country in concert, under the management of the Spencer Co. He will leave April 23. April 16th. The 50th anniversary celebration of the emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia will be observed in the Second Baptist Church, Tuesday evening, April 16th. Among those who are published to speak are: Messrs. T. L. Jones, Miss Mattie E. Bowen, Mrs. Julia M. Layton, B. C. Lee and others. Seasons may come and seasons may change, but the crowds go on forever at the two drug stores of Board & McGuire, 1912½ 14th St. and 9th and You Sts. N. W. Two places (By R. H. Brooks, 723 So. Fairfax St.) Owing to the inclemency of the weather Sunday afternoon, the meeting of the Young Men's Bible Class was not well attended. Prof. Just, of Howard University, addressed the meeting Mrs. Susie Belle Brooks and Mr. Albert Tucker sang solos. There were recitations by Misses Helden Johnson and Beatrice Brown, and remarks by the president, Mr. Edw. P. Dixon The program was highly appreciated by all who attended. The Junior League, under the direction of their able superintendent, Mrs. Maggie Darnell Evans, gave the community a real Easter treat Sunday. The little folk's saig and recited in a most pleasing manner and in a way that showed conclusively that Mrs. Evans and her assistants, Miss. Martha E. Buckner, had made great preparation for the occasion. The male choir of the Methodist Brotherhood of Roberts Chapel M. E. Church, sang "The Resurrection," by Manney, at the 6 o'clock morning service of the E. G. Andrews Chapter of the Brotherhood. Masters Jas. Robinson, Henry Coleman and Robert Burke sang the soprano solos; Master Purnell Lee sang the alto, and Mr. P. H. Lumpkins, choirmaster of the church choir, sang the tenor solos in his usual finished and pleasing style. Miss Martha E. Buckner presided at the organ. Mr. Richard H. Brooks conducted. Mrs. Delilah Murray is yet at Freedman's Hospital, Washington. Her condition- is said to be very favorable. Mrs. Susie Turner, of Washington, was the week-end guest of her brother and sister, Rev. Henry H. Waring and Mrs. Luvenia Jackson. Mr. John F. Parker, principal of Snowden School, was confined to the house Sunday and Monday with 'an attack of gout. Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Brown, who have been stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Berry, expect to move into the parsonage as soon as repairs are completed. The trustees and the parsonage committee are working hard to make the parsonage what the Doctor and Mrs. Brown would have it, and, what it should be. Mr. F. Lane is sleek at his home on Gibbon Street. Miss Hattie Darnell is out again. Mr. Philip Beander is somewhat improved. Alexandria is somewhat infested with "newspaper hogs" (persons who borrow a paper rather than buy) Chief among these is an ex-minister, who, "finasmuch as a preacher is a teacher, should set a better example, in view of the fact that we do not have "The Bee" on sale in the city merely for our health and the good of the community, but also for the "long green," the "thin dimes" and the thick nickels that can be gotten out of the sales, advertisements, etc. Now, Byron Dear, ask yourself this question: If every "Bee" reader I am yet your friend, old boy, but please don't try to put me in the "tea-cup;" but go, like a man, when you wish to purchase the brilliant, newsy columns of The Bee, to the places where they are for sale—David Wair's barber shop, 106 N. Columbus Street, and Miss Julia Brown, 200 N. Payne Street. WEST WASHINGTON. The Heliotrope Circle monthly meeting was largely attended Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs. Alice Carroll, the hostess for the evening. Miss Maria Morgan made it more than pleasant to those who attended the gathering. The Junior Epworth League of Mt. Zion M. E. Church are arranging for a grand sacred musical for Sunday evening, April 21, of which a full announcement will appear in the next issue. Mt. Zion M. E. Church. At the first quarterly conference, held Wednesday, April 3, the trustees voluntarily tendered their resignations, which were unanimously accepted, and their successors were immediately appointed and confirmed with loud applause by the conference. A large number of the members of the church were present, and congratulated the pastor for his selection of the following: Augustus Bruce, Wm. Watts, Hillary Campbell, Thornton Rhoades, Leroy Veney, Robt Robinson, Wm. Audrick, Benj. Wayne and Robt Denal, as trustees of the church. It is said that several other changes will be made in the officiary. The beautiful Easter sacred musical entitled "Gates Mar," was very acceptably rendered Sunday evening by the Sunday School of Mt. Zion M. E. Church. A large number was present and enjoyed the program, which was interesting throughout. Miss Fannie Hays was in charge of the exercises A Musical. Mr Douglass Fickland gave a musical at his home, 1216 Fourth street Northwest. On account of the recent bereavement in his family, only a few of his and his father's personal and intimate friends were invited. Mr. Fickland showed skill in playing masterpieces, with ease. He expects to go to Boston next fall to complete his musical education. After playing three hours, and ending by one of his compositions, which he expects to publish very soon, the friends were invited into the dining room, where a dainty repast was served DR. BEANS FROM BOSTON Was the Role of S. H. Dudley, at the Howard Theater This Week—Great Crowds Greeted Comedian. Monday night at Howard theater was one of the record-breaking nights for this playhouse. Mr. S. H. Dudley and the new Smart Set Company were greeted Monday night by a fashionable audience. This great comedian shows to a great 'advantage in his new play. Dr. Beans from Boston. Those who have not seen this new Smart Set Company and Mr. S. H. Dudley in his new play, should not fail to do so. The scenery is all new and beautiful. The choruses are by the company and are good, especially the bathing chorus and messenger boys. The latter chorus was recalled several times. Miss Daisy Martin, Arthur Talbot, James Burrus, as Bill Simmons, and Miss Ella Beavans deserves special mention. This new Smart Set is no doubt one of the most expensive shows upon the boards today. Mr. Will H. Vodery, the famous musical writer and pianist is with the Smart Set Company. The lyrics of this play is by Harry S. Cramer, and the music by Mr. Vodery. Secure your tickets at once for next week's play. Mr. Dudley's mule is the greatest genius of the animal kingdom. Cast of Characters. Mr. Waterbury Lee—Arthur Talbot. Proprietor of the Bay Shore Hotel. Miss Susie Lee, his daughter—Daisy Martin. Bill Simmons, a hustler—James Burris. Larry Smith, a druggist—Henry Troy. Jimmy Quickstep, a messenger—Roley Gibson. Alex., a waiter—William Ramsey. Dr. Beans of Boston—Frank DeLyons. Madam Sahara Heartburne, prima donna—Ella Bevans. Queen Sophenia, a fortune teller—Albert Ormes. Beauty Cream Guaranteed or money re-refunded BARNARD'S COMPLEXION CREAM BEAUTIFUL SMOQTH SKIN follows the use of Barnard's Complexion Cream. Freckles, Tan and Liverspots are quickly removed, by its use. The best flesh cream for bleaching the skin. Attractive offer to agents. Special offer free; a 25c cake of Barnard's Clearo Complexion Soap free to every one purchasing a jar of Barnard's Complexion Cream and presenting this advertisement PEOPLES DRUG STORE On sale at all first-class drug and department stores. Jessie Jenkins, a telephone agent—Robt. Williams A cash girl—Hattie Burris. A Drug Clerk—Jessie Harris. Patrick, Butts' friend—The Mule And S. H. Dudley, as Gymnasium Butts, (an examinstrel) Guests, Bathing Girls, Waitresses, etc. Bathung Girls — Misses Hattie Smith, Marie Hendricks, Earhe Brown, Carrie Sutton. Babies—Tillie Cottman, Rosena Alexander, Ida Bludiord, Maggie Sewell. Auto Girls—Jennie Hillman, Jessie Harris, Belle Morgan, Dora Weaver Matrons—Hattie Burns, Lizzie Carrington, Beatrice Owens, Robt Walcott. Boys—Wm. Ramsey, Robt. Williams, Harry Watson, Billy Moore, James Reed, Frank Delyons Arthur Wilson, J. Harris. Synopsis Act I.—Scene: Exterior of the Bay Shore Hotel. Act II.—The Beach Drug Store. Act III.—The Summer Garden at Bay Shore Hotel. Time—In June. Place—Buckroe Beach, Va. Synopsis Note.—Buckroe Beach is a summer resort for colored people, and during the season is crowded with visitors from all over the country and is considered one of the prettiest spots in Virginia. Musical Program—Act I. Opening Chorus-Ensemble. Sunshine—Susie Lee and Chorus Messenger Boy—Jim Quickstep and Male Quartet. Virginia—Bill Simmons and Chorus. Bathing—Madame Heartburne and Girls. Rain. Finale—Entire Company. Act II. Idle Dreams—Chorus. Dearest Memories—Larry Smith and chorus. Let's Make Love—Susie Lee and chorus. Dr. Beans from Boston—Gym. Butts and chorus. Old Virginia Dance—Butts, Susie and chorus. Act III. Drinking—Chorus. Eternity—Larry Smith. What did I say that for?—Butts. Grand Finale—Entire Company. Law Class of 1913, Howard University, Gives Smoker. The second annual smoker was given Tue-day evening, April 9th, 1912, by the middle classmen of Howard University Law Department, at Martin's Cafe, 11th and You Streets Northwest. P. C Reed was master of ceremonies. The speakers for the occasion were: Alonzo Ware, Joseph A. Thornton, William Bruce, Ernest S. Hunter, Jacob L. Reid, John H. Clinton, Harry J. Caperhart, William H. Martin, Henry E. Dunn and William Thomas. Mt. Bruce's Stag. Saturday evening Mr. Rošcoe C. Bruce, assistant superintendent of schools entertained very gracefully a number of his friends at a stag. It was a most enjoyable event. In the library of the young Chesterfield the invited guests discussed many weighty subjects until 10:30 o'clock, after which the host and his guests repaired to the dining room, where a sumptuous repast was served in twelve courses. Among those present were: Assistant Attorney General W. H. Lewis, Auditor Ralph W. Tyler, Judge Robert H. Terrell, Assistant U. S., Attorney James A. Cobb, Judge W. L. Houston, Dr. A. M. Curtis, Mr. John H. Durham, ex-United States Minister to Hayti, Major Arthur Brooks, Prof. Glenn, of the High School, and Mr. W. Calvin Chase. DONT MISS IT. A Cure for the Blues Found. Three laughs a minute throughout the performance is what is promised amusement seekers at the Howard Theater next Monday, April 15, when HOWARD THEATRE We could tell you fifty reasons —why it will be to your advantage to buy Furniture and Carpets from us. Just one is sufficient We make it possible for you to have everything necessary for home comfort AT ONCE. Anything you wish will be charged on an open account which is made payable as your circumstances may suggest. Come where you can read every price and do the buying before there's a question about how or when you desire to pay. PETER GROGAN and Sons Co the Smart Set, with S. H. Dudley, commences its second and last week in the new musical comedy, "Dr. Beans from Boston," which will be presented by a company headed by such favorites as Henry Troy, Arthur Talbot, James Burris, Roley Gibson, Daisy Martin, Frank DeLyons, Albert Ormes, William Ramsey, Ella Bevan and Jessie Harris. Musical comedy of big proportions is a sign of the times, and there appear to be a fierce struggle for supremacy going on; all the while the majority of theatre-goers keep in a receptive mood for entertainment of that character. Few managers have given much thought to the necessity of a plot, or at least some sort of comprehensive story as a background for the fun and musical features that come in for a great share of the favors accorded, and it is therefore noteworthy to record an instance like "Dr. Beans from Boston," which has earned the sight of way as much for its solidity of plot purpose as is due to the liberality that is said to characterize its other novel features. "Dr. Beans from Boston," in addition to telling a really funny and consistent story, will court comparisons concerning everything that tends toward actual greatness, and will aim to set the pace for cleverness and originality and make an honest attempt in the direction of picturesqueness. The book is the work of S. H. Dudley and Henry Troy, music and lyrics by Will H. Vodery and Henry S. Cramer. Matinees will be given on Thursday and Saturday. Go and see the great Dudley, Miss Daisy Martin and others. GARFIELD, D. C. More than three hundred attended the third annual musical given by the Eighth Grade pupils of the Garfield School, in the assembly hall, Wednesday evening, April 3. Piano Solo—Selected—Miss B. Ruffin. Chorus—(a) Open Wide the Gates, in A Flat—(b) Easter Skies Aflame, in B Flat. Duet and Chorus—Hail Dawn Immortal—In F—Miss F. M. Barker and Mr. Harry Wythe Lewis. Bass Solo—Selected—Prof. John T. Layton. Chorus—(a) The Stone is Rolled Away; in D Flat. (b) Joy Bells, in D. Soprano Solo—Selected—Miss F. M. Barker. Chorus—He Arose—In C. Tenor Solo—Redemption — Mr. Harry Wythe Lewis. Anthem—Christ Our Passover—by Schilling—In F. Miss B. Mr. Ruffin, accompanist. Mr. H. Wythe Lewis, director. New Southern Hand Laundry. This new laundry is something new to Washington. Hand made work is just what the people want. Mr. H. B. Dismon, the proprietor, is a son of the late Dr. Dismon, of Richmond, Va., and an all-round business man. This young Virginian will give our Northern friends cards and spades on doing business. Let the race show that it is a race by sending their work to the Southern Laundry. The work is neat and up-to-date, and much cheaper than any laundry in the city. Let us all, as Negroes, stand by this new enterprise. Bethel Literary and Historical Association Address by Prof. D. J. Jordan, president, Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C. Subject: "The Greatest Need in the World" Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M Street, between 15th and 16th Streets, N. W., Tuesday evening, April 16, at 8 P. M. Prof. Jordan will be introduced by Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of Deeds. Washington, D.C. March 27, 1912 Hon. Joseph L. Jones, N. E. corner 8th and Plum Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. Dear Sir: Your kind favor of March 14th, 1912, was received and referred to the National Roosevelt Committee. Your opinions and suggestions have received the most careful consideration, and the committee thanks you for your interest and enthusiasm. I was amused by a fling that my friend Chase, of the Washington Bee, took at me in his last issue. The squib purports to be a communication from Cincinnati, referring to the fact that I am in touch with Ohio voters and a reproduction of the letter which I sent you. Bill's methods are well known to us. From the tenor of all the communications received by this committee, from your State, the Negroes are four to one in favor of Col. Roosevelt. And why should we not be for him? He is the only President since Grant who has stood by us. He kept Dr. Crum in office, as colector of the port of Charleston, S. C., for three years, in spite of Tillman. President Taft sent Dr. Crum to Monrovia, Liberia, within a few weeks after he became President. Col. Roosevelt closed up postoffices in the South where objections were made to Negro postmasters. President Taft put the Negro postmasters out, hence, today they do not number one dozen in the whole of the South. As to other public offices in the South, not one is filled by a Negro. President Taft was advised, so it is claimed, not to appoint a Negro to an office where opposition to him was raised by the whites of his community, who had business with that office. He seems to have followed out that advice to the letter. Col. Roosevelt, when he was President, would not listen to any objections based on color. President Taft makes the color of of the man a disqualification. Can anything be more unjust? You know, as I do; you feel as I feel; what a terrible, crushing thing it is to have ever before you, and your children, that no matter how good a citizen you may be, you can hope to go just so far, that the President of these United States will permit you to go to the borders of manhood, full citizenship, and no further—will permit you to enter upon the full enjoyment of the rights which he accords every other citizen of this country, be he naturalized or what not. What other President ever gauged a man's fitness to come in contact with the general public, in the discharge of a public trust, by the color of his skin? . What other President ever humiliated whole communities, ten and fifteen Negroes to one white man, by putting a Negro out of federal office where he was serving that community, simply because of his color, and putting a white man in his place? I call your attention to these facts, not because a Negro has more rights or should be accorded more privileges than any other citizen, but to urge you to protest against such treatment by word of mouth and above all by urging the nomination and election of Col. Roosevelt, who believes in the ability of the plain people to govern themselves and who knows no man by the color of his skin. Stop and consider well what four years more of "Taft's policies" will mean to us! In the government departments here in Washington, the Bureau chiefs took their cues from President Taft's inaugural address, in which he enunciated his Negro policy, and a sequel Negro clerks are now "jim-crowed" in some departments, dead lines in point of salaries are marked out. No Negro clerk may hope to pass above fourteen hundred dollars per year. These conditions did not obtain during Col Roosevelt's administration. Have you considered what it means to you and to me to have ex-rebel brigadiers on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States? (And they, being Democrats, receiving their appointments from the hand of a Republican President) It means that so long as they live, be it one year or twenty, no decision will be handed down by that tribunal, affecting our rights as American citizens, which will be favorable to us. This condition on the Supreme Bench is brought about by a weak President for political purposes, who thereby hopes to break the solid South. He may as well try to drive a spike with a tack hammer as to try to break the solid, South by such means. These men will, by their opinions, strengthen the doctrines peculiar to the South, should occasion arise. Can you support the man who has brought about this condition? Do not your own interests lie with the man who believes in the rule of the masses and not the rule of the classes? I am appealing to you as an American citizen of a class burdened with opposition, as a father entrusted with the care and upbuilding of a family, as a good citizen with the welfare of his country at heart, and above all, as a staunch race man, bent on working out the manhood rights of his race, to do all in your power to bring about the defeat of these "Taft policies" by the nomination and election of Col. Roosevelt to the Presidency in November, 1912. I have the honor to remain, Achy feeling, pain in Limbs and all Malarious indications removed by Elixir Babek, that well known remedy for all such diseases. "I have taken up the three bottles of your 'Elixir Babek,' and have not felt so well and entirely free from pain in limbs for five years. Please send me on dozen more."—Mrs. E. Higgins, Jacksonville, Fla. Elixir Babek so cents, all druggists or Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D. C. Cured by that wonderful remedy Elixir Babek. Once used, nothing else will be even considered. It removes the strongest and most obstinate Fevers. "I have used 'Elixir Babek' for past eight years as a preventative and cure for Malaria. I take pleasure in recommending it to my friends.—P. A. Simpson, W. U. Tel. Co., Washington, D. C. Elixir Babek 50 cents, all druggists or Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D. C. and LaGrippe. Rapidly disappear on using Elixib Babek, a preventative for all Malarial diseases. "I recommend 'Elixir Babek' to all sufferers of Malaria and Chills. Have suffered for several years, have tried everything, but failed, until I came across your wonderful medicine. Can truly say it has cured me."—George Inscoe, Company G, 4th Batalion. Elixir Babek 50 cents, all druggists or Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D. C. For Malaria, Chills, Fever. Colds and La Grippe take Elixir Babek, a preventative against Miasmatic Fever, and a remedy for all Malarial Fever. "I have used 'Elixir Babek' for four years for Malaria, and found it all that is claimed for it. Without it I would be obliged to change my residence, as I can not take quinine in any of its forms."—J. Middleton, Four-Mile-Bur, Va. Elixir Babek 50 cents, all druggists or Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D. C. THEIR AWFUL SECRET. It Caused the Real Estate Agent to Change His Mind. When the family who admitted that they were moving because the tenants at the old address made their lives miserable confided to the renting agent that they had one peculiarity which they wished him not to mention to their neighbors in his building the agent got uneasy and executed a mental quickstep trying to devise some way to break the lease. But aloud he said very courteously: "I shall be glad to oblige you if I can. What is it you wish me to keep a secret?" "The fact that we pay our rent promptly on the 1st of every month," said the head of the family. "That was something that nobody else in the other house did, and the agent as an incentive to quick action on their part published the news of our promptness. The only action it stirred them into persecution of us, and they carried that to such extremes that we had to move. If you will kindly refrain from using us as a club to whack your delinquents into obedience we will appreciate it." The agent resolved not to cancel the lease, but at the same time he relinquished a hastily conceived plan for procuring prompt remittances.—New York Times. That Yankee Dodge. The description of the first operation under ether in Europe as given by Dr. B. William Cook in the University College Hospital Magazine is reproduced in the London Lancet, and the scene is referred to as the "most dramatic ever enacted in which medical men grouped the stage." The operation was performed by Robert Liston on Dec. 21, 1846. "At 2:15 Liston enters, that magnificent figure of a man six feet two inches in height, and says, 'We are going to try a Yankee dodge today, gentlemen, for making men insensible,' so Liston introduced ether to a London hospital." The subject was a man, thirty-six years old, whose thigh was amputated. The operation was successful, and Liston uttered the epilogue, "This Yankee dodge, gentlemen, beats mesmerism holler." A Kicking Deferred. Aunt Clara (to her young nephew, who, has just brought a bucket into the parlor where she is sitting)—Good gracious, Tommy! What are you doing with that bucket? Take it down to the kitchen at once. Tommy—I want you to kick it. Aunt Clara,'cause I heard papa saying when you kick the bucket we'd get at the very least $25,000. His Objection. Mrs. Richquick—John, I want you to buy a new parlor suit. Mr. Richquick—Marla. I've been agreeable enough so far to get different clothes for morning, noon, afternoon and night, but I'm consarned if I'll change 'em every time I go into a different room.—Brooklyn Life. Her Gain. Mrs. Jones—Does your husband remember your wedding anniversary? Mrs. Smith—No; so I remind him of it in January and June and get two presents.—Harper's Bazar. Painless Extraction of Teeth Filling and Crowning Dr. Robert L. Peyton SURGEON DENTIST First Class Work Guaranteed 1229 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. Gas Administered Hours 9 to 5 National Religious Training School THE LIGHTHOUSE Offers superior advantages for the training of young men and women in many departments of work. The following Departments are in successful operation. 1. Department of Religious Training. This department is intended especially for the training of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries. Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. House & Herrmann of all kinds and description, House and Herrmann is the place to visit. There is no other house of its kind in the city where the people can be satisfied. This is house that will satisfy you. A New Directory THE DOUGLASS DIRECTORY CO. A directory of all the Negro boys cally arranged. If you are not registered with our representative will call. To do business you must be k THE DOUGLASS 609 F Str EUGENE R. JAMES E. R. JAMES (Late of Me) UNDERTAKERS A 1824-6 L WASHING CHAPEL — SHOW ROOM VISIBLE WELLINGTON VIS of all the Negro business places in the are not registered with this Company sen tative will call. business you must be known to the busin THE DOUGLASS DIRECTORY CO A directory of all the Negro business places in the city, alphabetically arranged. If you are not registered with this Company send us a card, and our representative will call. To do business you must be known to the business world. 609 F Street N.W. R. R. James & B. 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North Mountain Sana- torium FOR COLORED CONSUMPTIVES SITUATED AT NORTH MOUNTAIN BERKELY CO., W. VA. Elevation 1200 Feet P. Franklin Scott, Samuel Gray. Suptintendent Medical Director For further information apply to Dr. Sam'l Grav Martinburg, W. Va. Open all the Year For Sale 'ROSENARY' Preparation to straighten hair, guaranteed to be harmless. Will not injure head or scalp. Continued application will take kinl. out. Curly hair will be made straight. Price, one dollar. Address the E.Ed.F.SalesCo. THE BEE Office, Wash., D. C. Northwest Cafe. Regular Board—$11 per month. Half month—$6.00. - Regular breakfast—20 cents. Regular dinner—25 cents. Big special Sunday dinner—35 cents. The love are the popular prices at the Northwest Cafe, 11th and, You Streets Northwest, on the Boulevard. Mr. A. H. Cooper, whose advertisement appears in another column of The Bee. If you want first-class work done, don't fail to go to Cooper's. Read his announcement. There is a new directory that is to be published by Miss Jeannett Carter. Attorney L. M. King is president of the company, Dr. Julia H. P. Coleman is secretary, and Miss Jeannette Carter is treasurer. This is what the colored people have been needing for a number of years. This directory will contain the names and residence of the colored people in this city and their business. A. H. Cooper. Douglass Directory. Durham, N. C. Fosters DYE Works FOSTER'S DYE AND CLEANING WORKS. (You Street, between 13th and 12th Streets, Northwest.) Business and Display Office. 11th and You Streets, Northwest. CALL AND INSPECT OUR WORK. Ladies' suits a specialty. Gentlemen's suits cleaned, pressed and sponged. Gloves cleaned. All goods look like new when they leave our works. FOSTER'S DYE WORKS. G.o. To HOLMES' HOTEL 333 Virginia Ave., S. W. BEST Afro-American Accommodation in the District EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PLAN Good Rooms] and Lodging [50c, 75c and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us a call. 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The Bee opines that the critic here in question is unkind—though doubtless competent. However, what the reporter reports, shall stand as written.) Publicist Lacey spoke up in his sweet voice and said that he is in favor of the bill because he wants more truant officers appointed. (Preacher Garner smiled his nicest at this reference to his needs). The Commissioners promptly ruled Sam's remarks out as having no reference to the matter under consideration. Publicist Lacey then said he wanted the board appointed by the Commissioners, and with this expression of his lifelong thought, he retired exhausted from the scene . PROPRIETOR OF Dr. C. W. Childs spoke first in opposition to the bill. He began by saying that he wanted to answer some of the false and outrageous assertions which had been made by the persons who preceded him concerning officials of the schools. The Commissioners stated to the Doctor that such was unnecessary, as they did not intend to consider the personal grievances which had been introduced by the persons who spoke, supposedly, in favor of the bill. Dr. Childs then began an intelligent, clear, and forceful argument in opposition to the bill by taking up section by section. He presented facts which impressed the Commissioners that he had well defined views, and was capable of presenting them. The Doctor objected to the Commissioners appointing the board to the elimination of such school officials as the assistant superintendent and the supervising principals. He made a strong plea for the support of the present system. He contrasted the splendid condition of the schools under the control of the present Board of Education with what these conditions were when the board was Washington, D. C. Special Liquor Sale Every Saturday. LADIES' NURSE MADAME K. L. COLEMAN Ladies' Nurse 3335 Sherman Avenue N. W. Phone Columbia 466. Printing If you want first-class printing done in the most artistic manner, send it to W. Calvin-Chase, Jr., for estimate. Office, 1109 Eye Street, Northwest, residence 1212 Florida Avenue, Northwest. Phone N. 2642 Y, M. 4078 Every job will entitle you to a free notice in The Bee. appointed by the Commissioners. The next gentleman to speak in opposition to the bill was Rev. F. I. A. Bennett. Dr. Bennett told of the interest that he had in the school system, and that because of this interest he had given careful attention to the present management which he found in every sens: to be satisfactory and meeting with the approval of the community. He objected to a Board of Education appointed by the Commissioners, called attention to the fact that we get better buildings under the present arrangement. than formerly, and explained that if there was any virtue to the complaint that the schools were over-supervised it was because the school boards of the past had located the schools in a large number of small buildings which required, of course, a larger number of officials to supervise them than would be required if there were fewer buildings having a greater number of schoolrooms. His argument was well received and appeared to make a favorable impression upon the Board of Commissioners. At this point Citizen Dan arose and stated that his wife was present, that she was the Mother of Kindergartens in the District schools, and that he desired that she be heard in support of the bill. Commissioner Rudolph waving him aside: "Mr. Murray you have had your inning. We will hear nothing more from you." This effectually squelched the alleged Assistant Librarian of Congress, at whose earnest solicitation the hearing on the Bingham bill was granted. Judge W. L. Houston closed the argument for the opposition and cited in support of the opposition to the bill a number of arguments. He stated that the leading educators of the country, such as Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, President Schurman, of Cornell, and Charles W. Eliott, former president of Harvard, were on record as being opposed to boards of education being influenced by municipal politics. He cited the independence of the school board of St. Louis and had an array of facts and figures in support of his contention. He objected to the director of education being appointed for a term of four years, but stated that he thought the superintendent and all connected with the schools should hold office during good behavior and satisfactory service. He objected to graduates of the Normal School being required to take examination as provided in the bill under consideration, and stated that he thought their records made in the Normal School should be a clear passport to positions on the teaching force. After discussing at length other phases of the bill he closed with saying how surprised he was that the present law was sought to be changed only by colored persons with grudges and grouches and not one single member of the other race was there in support of the bill, which was clear evidence to his mind that the present law was satisfactory in every respect to an overwhelming majority of the patrons of the Washington school system. Regret was expressed on all sides that our own Miss Lucy Moten could not be present to help Citizen Dan out in his powerful argument. Tidings were sent her, however, that barring some failings as to voice, manner, though, fact, and sense, Dan did very well indeed. On the day of the hearing General Bingham was in Philadelphia—sick. When the dear old General got word that Citizen Dan, Preacher Garner, Bible College Lawson, and Publicist Sam Lacey were the only persons who turned out to champion his school bill, he just died from natural causes at 5:30, the day after the hearing—that's all. THEY PASS IN REVIEW. That Never Ending Bruce Case. In connection with the recent announcement which appeared in The Bee and other Washington newspapers, to the effect that Superintendent Davidson's findings in the case of the palaverings against Assistant Superintendent R. C. Bruce had been accepted by the school board, I would hazard just a word. When two distinguished members of the Congress from the South, one a Senator and the other a Representative, announced some time ago that they would not be candidates to succeed themselves as members of the national legislature, for the reason that they were hopelessly at variance with their political associates, their conclusion was applauded or at least acquiesced in by all concerned. That is the situation now in respect of the colored members of the school board. They should hasten to make the only valuable contribution they can now make to the lamentable "Bruce controversy" by tendering their resignations at once. The observation of one of the "immortal three"—may his tribe decrease—about this being "the first time the white members of the board have combined to outvote the colored members on a matter pertaining to the colored schools, etc., etc.", is without force in the present instance. While it may fairly be admitted that in many, perhaps most, cases the opinions of the colored members on questions relative to the colored schools should be deferred to by the white members of the school board, there are other—and most important—times when the opinions of the minority should be swept aside to the end that strife may cease and peace prevail. "The people of Washington" means all the people of Washington. When, therefore, all the people of Washington, by a majority of their accredited representatives, vote to remove a thorn from the side of the community, there can be no question that the removal of such thorn is highly in order. Such is the case in this Bruce matter. How long are the children of the rank and file of this city's colored residents to be broken on the wheel of petty, personal ambition? The conflicting aspirations of the highbrowed, blue-stockings, quasi-aristocratic cliques among the colored people of Washington have turned this city into a bedlam for years. Unless all the people join and put a stop to HAIR VIM TRADE MARK HAIR-VIM is an ideal and elegant hair dressing. Especially prepared for persons who appreciate the ideal and elegant appearance of their hair. It makes the hair soft, silky and glossy, and greatly promotes its luxuriant growth. It cures dandruff, stops falling hair, and prevents the dandruff germ. 25cts the box; the bottle, by mail, 30 cents. BEAU-TE-VIM CREAM-Is a restorer, preserver, beautifier and bleach for the skin. Lubricating the surface, giving it life and adding brilliancy to the complexion. 25cts the box. "BABEK" CURES MALARIA FOR SALE BY ALL'DRUGGISTS. NEW YORK CANDY 1506 7th Fresh Candy Good Chocolate Candy 15c lb. PURE IGE CREAM The Jane B The Jane Freeman Booth School in Cooking, Sewing, Shampooing, Special course in the making of For further particulars, addre MRS. JANE B 1914 Third Street, W a NEW YORK CANDY KITCHEN 1506 7th St. N. W. Fresh Candies Daily Good Chocolate Candy 15c lb. Good Taffy 10c lb. PURE IGE CREAM $1.00 gal. 30c qt. this sort of thing, these clique Don Quixotes, masquerading as leaders, will destroy all law and order in our public schools forever. The board having "come clean" from now on let Superintendent Davidson rule with the rod of the Romanoffs, and let Assistant Superintendent Bruce promise all comers exactly the same thing—Nothing. Last but not least, and by all means, let the "Three Tailors of Tooley Street" "beat it and beat it quick." "Tribute to an Ex-Slave." On March 11, 1912, under the caption noted above, there appeared in one of the Washington evening newspapers an editorial of a type neither needed nor appreciated by colored people anywhere. In the editorial in question wherein the late Joseph Jackson was referred to as "a type of the old-time Southern darky, who has all but passed away," and in the "reminiscence of the era of good feeling which marked the relations of the two races in so many instances in the old South," there seems to lurk a suggestion of a certain sadness over the departed glory of those halcyon days when men, women and children were sold like cattle and hogs, and the infamous doctrine of the Dred Scott decision soothed the bosom of the drawling southron. Not so long ago the Springfield Republican (I think that is the name of the newspaper) spoke editorially of the gradual disappearance of a certain type of Southern white men, and it was the opinion of the editor that it was a good thing for the South and for the nation at large that this type of white man "has all but passed away." The type referred to was (and is) the unregenerate "hold over" or, hanger-on from the "old South" who finds himself hopelessly at variance with the modern world movements for the general uplift of all men everywhere. I fear that at least one of the editorial staff of the Washington newspaper in which the above mentioned editorial 'appeared, belongs to this unregenerate clan. The world, marching on, has left him behind, like the denizens of Hillsvilles mountain surroundings, alone and benighted, America's "contemporaneous ancestors." And, so, he called him a "darky." What a comely word to place in a Phone N. 7681. 1000 Maryland Avenue, S. W. Washington, D. C., April 9, 1900. Klozewski & Co. Sirs:-Within the last five months I have sold 3,600 bottles of "Elirxir Babek" for Malaria, Chills and Fever. Our customers speak very well of it. Yours truly, HENRY EVANS. 92 F. St., N. W. DY KITCHEN St. N. W. Studies Daily Good Taffy 10c lb. $1.00 gal. 30c qt: Booth School School of Industries announces courses Manicuring, Millinery. of Braids, Puffs, Dyeing, &c. ess F. BOOTH, washington, D. C. tribute. I have watched the pages of this journalistic pin-head for upwards of four years, but never once have I seen in its editorial columns one line of encouragement for the present-day Negro, by which I mean that Negro of today who seeks to hold up his head, advance in the esteem of his fellows and walk the earth like other men. Lafcadio Hearn, of lamented memory, after having been buffeted from pillar to post, a veritable "Playboy of the Western world," emigrated to far-off Japan and there erected the altar of his household gods. Though he became a professor in the University of Tokyo, tow to wife one of the daughters of the Orient; though he grasped a finer conception of the "spirit of the cherry tree" than had before, or has since, been granted to one born in the occident, yet he tells us in his letters that he found his "ancestral habit" of looking down on other races different from his own so firmly fixed in its hold upon his entire being that he could never hope to reach that Nirvana wherein no disciple of the commonplace may be permitted ever to enter. Hearn noted this defect in his "own character," and regretted it deeply. I wonder if our editorial writer referred to above has ever experienced a similar regret? I dare say he hasn't. JAMES C. WATERS, JR. SCHOOL ATHLETICS. The High School Games Committee of the Public Schools Athletic League has decided upon a series of six games for the championship. A handsome trophy is to be the reward of the victors. Messrs. John Wilkinson, J. Brown, and A. K. Savoy have been asked to officiate in the series. The games committee consists of Messrs. Henderson, Murray, Campbell, Houston and Chestnut, who will have charge of the sefies. M Street High School baseball team expects a banner season. Coach Menard has had a full squad on his hand for the past three weeks. Nearly all of the veterans are out. Very few were lost through graduation. The team is without a captain, but it is pretty sure that either First Baseman Sudler or Pitcher Thornton Jackson will be made captain. The Armstrong squad looks stronger than the squad of last year. A game with Storer College at Har- per's Ferry is the first event of the season. Commercial High School team was the first of the high school teams to take to the field this year, and are working strenuously to repeat the feat of last year, that of winning the high school championship. Captain Dandridge and Coach Murray are in charge. Chairman J. C. Bruce, of the 13th Division. Athletic League has announced the schedule of games to be played for the championship of the schools of the 13th Division. The ten schools have been paired to play in a series of two winnings of three played. The five winners will play a similar series until the best team in the Division is found. This team will represent the Division in the series for the championship with other Division champions. Most of the games will be played on the Cardozo playground. All games will begin promptly at 3:30 P. M. on school days, and will last for seven innings. Teams that win two straight games will not play the third game, which will be used, for the playing of postponed games. A report of each game will be sent to the office of the secretary of the Public Schools Athletic League, after each game. A handsome trophy, donated by the teachers of the division will be awarded the winners. The Schedule. April 17, 19 and 23: Syphax vs. Ambush School. April 18, 22, 24; Cardozo vs. Bell School. April 22, 24, 26; Birney vs. Garfield School. April 25, 29, May 1; Randall vs. Lincoln School. April 26, 30, May 2; Bowen vs. Giddings School. May 3, 6, 7; winners of Bowen vs. Giddings: 'series matched with winners of Syphax vs. Ambush. May 4, 8, 9; winners of Randall vs. Lincoln, vs. winners of Cardozo vs. Bell. May 10, 11; winners of the first of the second round series vs. winners of Birney vs. Garfield series. Ox Marrow. We want all readers to patronize us; it helps all around. The Ozomized Ox Marrow Co. advertises in this paper, and when you want a first-class dressing for kinky, harsh and unruly hair, go to your druggist's and get a bottle of Ford's Hair Pomade, 25c or 50c a bottle. BEST IN THE CITY. Why do you go elsewhere and buy your ice cream when you can get better at Murrays. Murrays cream is pure and is delivered to any section of the city. This is an old established firm. First class meals at all hours in the day may be had at Murrays—r1216 U street, northwest. Ice cream cut, $1.20 per gallon. Plain ice cream at 90 cents per gallon. His large and commodious dinning room will accommodate any number of people. House & Herrman. House & Herrman. The next oldest house in the city is House & Herrman. If you can't be satisfied elsewhere, call at this house. Astoria Pharmacy The Astoria Pharmacy, Third and G Streets N. W., is doing a rushing business now. Dr. Armstrong, the proprietor, makes a specialty in trying to please his many colored patrons. They are swarming in his store, in order to be in time for Christmas gifts. Dr. Armstrong comes from an old Virginia family with a heart bigger than that of any beef you may kill. This is one of the few drug stores in which our people are treated right. Where to Buy The Bee. Smith's, 4th and Elm St. N. W. Pope's Pharmacy, 1319 H St. N. E. Jackson & Whipp's, 1513 7th St. N. W. Board & McGuire's, 9th and You Sts. N. W. Reeves', 626 T St. N. W. Jones, 1020 You St. N. W. Gray, 12th and You St. N. W. Board & McGuire, 1912½ 14th St. N. W. Simmons', 20th and K Sts. N. W. Throckmorton, 1500 14th St. N. W. Morse's, 1904 L St. N. W. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton Ave. Leonard Blagburn, 201 Morris Rd. Anacostia, D. C. be . ot eam ws Be ee we Eek U8 a, oe BB: SOR Sy wot S gate gh eee . 6 ® 2 ce 7 ee wen oat Bue 7 et See = pa eR I a ee ee Christian Xander’s rae oe - _ es . ears Oi Dixie Rye 2 Ae oe eae SELLE AEE Ee Bee IN eI OOO CES Rn TR may SLO FULL QUT to [ccc nc are . : 2geeN SEs dep SER : ao Rechags © eat f A High Grade Wkiskey, : a bas ae cig a: Family Quality House Bekey OS wg 909 7th St Ree Tosses Ser ae Cars to the Northeast. Section and] ‘Suburbs pass the door. THE ASTORIA PHARMACY : (w. ARMSTRONG) . Fresh Drugs. | Third and G Streets Northwest. Dmigs and Preparations always fresh. rhone Main 3252. — eS LEGAL NOTICES, ATTORNEYS BECKETT AND . GRAY. Supreme Court of of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court. No, 17895, Administration. This is to give notice that the sub- seriber, of the District_of Columbia, “has obtained from the Probate Court oi the District of Columbia, Letters of Administration on thé estate of Mary L. D. Cooper, late of the Dis- trict of Columbia, deceased. All per- sons having claims against the de- ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereoi, Jegally authenticated, to the subscri- ber, on or before the 27th day of March, A. D. 1913, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 27th day of March, 1912, * E, R. JAMES, nt 2319 L St. NL W. Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. : THOMAS BECKETT and AUGUSTUS W. GRAY, Attorneys. GEO .F. COLLINS, ATTORNEY Supreme Court of the District of, Co- lumbia, Holding "Probate Court. No, 18,850, Administration Docket. Estate of Willis Hunnicut, De- ceased. Application having been made here- in for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for Jetters testamentary on said estate, by, Mildred Hunnicut, it_is ordered this 8th day of April, A. D, 1912, that Dollie -Thomas and all others _con- cerned, appear in said Court on Tues- day, the 21st day of May, A. D, 1912. at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cafise why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be pub- lished in the “Washington Law Re- porter” and “The Bee” once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned, thc first ‘publication to be not less that thirty days before said return day. . WRIGHT, a Justice. Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of ‘Wills for the District o Columbia, Clerk of the Probat Court. GEORGE F. COLLINS, . Attorney. * JUSTH’S:OLD STAND | 619 D Street, N. W. 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S Re pee 2 eee, tte Shoe oe tee © a PsN ey see MS... SAR esha oe Ewe ise ARES yay he Es a te ae eee seas” eah es" 4 Se : sae - a. _ weet a , eh ee eh, ce — _ a hay “3 -~ - Sat ; anh reais Sp Fo henge Be Fs " “s I~ <) a om to om! a oe ee yee OT ae ee ee _ 7 _ , Re a Sa paced ON eee Be a LANE C M_ ¥F CHURCH. Kev Rosser, the Pastor, who af Doing Great Work MILES METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Rosser Arranges for the Meth- odist Conference, Which is to Meet Wednesday, April 17th. Réy_ L. E. 1. Rosser. D. D., pastor of Miles Colored Methodist Episco- pal Chureh, and chairman of the joint board of finances of the conference. has been pastor of Miles Chapel. Third and T. Streets Northwest. for six years. In ‘that time he has great ly reduced the debt of the church, and has almost doubled the membership Officials of the church are able to handle the debt of the church with- out trouble. £ The Sunday School, under, the su- perintendency of Miss Maggie West. has an enrollment of two hundred | The Epworth League, under the management of Mr. S. T. Craig. is doing good work. Dr. Rosser is a great worker jor his chyrch, and his good work merits his return to Miles Chapel, or pre- siding teller of this district. Dr_Ros- ser came here from Humboldt, Tenn. where for three years he was paytor of a leading church of his connection, and today his word ‘in the business circles is his bond, He is classed as one af the best pulpit speakers m Washington. His kind and gemal manner and Christian bearing have won the love and respect of all who have met him, : Bishop R. S, Williams, D. D. Dr Williams, of Louisiana, came to the Isracl M. E. Church, First and B Streets Northeast, where he was pastor of that church for three years. He was made a Bishop some tifteen years ago, and js regarded among hig brothers as the prince of Bishops. Bishop Williams is a grad. uate of Wiley University, Marshall Texas, and Howard University, thi: city. He married in the family o Mrs Nichols, one of the leading resi dents of this city, in the last year Bishop Williams built a $20,000 me morial college in Birmingham, Ala. and ane of the largest churches it the connection at Columbia, S. C i] Presiding Elder G. T. Long is on sof the ablest reachers in the con ference. . Rev. C. 1. Nox, pastor Lane Chapel, 14th and C Streets N. E Great Indignation Meeting (Continued from page 1.) was a poor meeting and a poorer col- lection. “He who togk that purse took trash.” As the meeting was about to,close Mr. John White and Mr. W. LL, Houston arose and asked if at the so-called mass meeting only one side was to be heard, to which Rev. Gar- ner responded that it was. Mr. Houston then ashed the Rev. if he wanted te ge on record as saying that a mass mecting to whith the public had been invited.. called for the alleged purpose of discussing a public matter, that it was the inten- tion of those who controlled — the meeting to hear but one side and to absolutely refuse to allow any one holding different views to_ expres- themselves. to which’sthe Rev., re- sponded yes. He was willing v5 0 on record in this way Mr. Houston then said that those who had spoken did not present the views or repre- sent the sentiment of many of the audiencee Hé contended that it wa: but fair to‘give those halding con: trary views an_ opportunity to ex press them. The preacher replied “It is our meeting: we paid for th lights, the heat and the janitor ser vice Ii you want a meeting yo know what you can do. ” Ther came the benediction. which marke the end of the fizzle. The people will hold a mecting o | confidence for the superintendent ani Jhis assistaut shortly, which will dem onstrate that the masses of the peo ple indorse the superintendent an ‘This assistant. *REV. LAMKINS RETRACTS. He Apoligizes ta. His Former Mem- er. Editor Bee: | T have been informed by Rev. J. A. Brown, the noble young pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, corner Tenth and R Streets Northwest, and hs corps of officers that so much of my fetter which appeared in the of : BISHOP R. S. WILLIAMS. . Bishop of the Colored Methpdist Episcopal Church. ae itinsbabisialinnindciaiteetnaieanesaiaiiie where the conference will convene ony augusta, Ga. and A. & Wednesday morning, April rth. at} Secretary, Epworth Leas 19 o'clock. Rev Lane, through the} Mrs. Mary \. Moore, assistance of Rev. J. E. Scott, Hills-}ence president of, th dale, Dr, R: K. Harris, Israel church. | Home Missionary Socie All the arrangements for the annual, pared a splendid progran conference are complete. |easion. The Bishops’ re There will be four members of the;surpass any social functi general conference in attendance at| been given by the conn this conference: Dr, Andrew J. Cobb, reception will be held Th editor Church Index, Jackson, Tenn.; ing. Rev. Rosser-has we Dr. J. A. Hamlett, Topeka, Kan,, friends, and they will d editor of the Western Index: Dr. N. in their power to make t T, Haygood, Missionary Seeretary,fair a success. - __ last issue of The Bee as referred to the financial condition of said church was misleading and had a tendency to_erippleftheir efforts, They futther stated that they were putting forth their best endeavors to raise’ all tfié money that they can on or befotethe first of July, with a view of repurchasing their house of worship, and that they are not, there- fore, faking or trying to fake the public. In view of their statement. T hasten to, withdraw any, and_all statements made in the letter referr- ed to above, and am delighted to have the pleasure of repairing as far ‘as possible any damage that might have been done thereby. + | T have not the slightest desire to do the church or the cause any in- justice. and T am very sorry that such has been the case. Wishing them much success in their efforts, T have the honor to be, 7 * S..GERTAH 1.\MKINS. A Great Man. Waterbury, Conn., April 8. , The address of Dr. James EF. Shep- ard, of Durham, N. C.. in. this city this week electrified the citizens. His religious _ propaganda is gaining friends, The congratulations he re- ceived were enthusiastic. He was crowned the greatest of them all. Smart Set. Well, talking about fun, good act- ing and fine singing, the Simart Set Company surpasses itself at Howard Theater this week. The company is strongly cast. with S. H. Dudley, no douht one of the great cqmedians upon the American stage. He is strongly supported by Mr. James Burris, who takes the character of Bill Simmons, Miss Daisy Martin, a most fascinating and pleasing actress. Mr, Marry Troy is a very polished ac- tor and good singer. He was fault- less in his character as druggist. The entire company ts an up-to-date com- bination, and the people of the city are showing their appreciation by patronizing this show. Mr. Joyce the manager of Smart Set, is popula: with his company, and every membe: does his and her best to please. Don’ fail to attend, Smart Set is at the Howard all of next week - wugusta, Ga. and A. R. Calhoun, Secretary, Epworth League. Mrs. Mary \. Moore, the. confer- ence president of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, has pre- pared a splendid program for the oc- casion. The Bishops’ reception will puepaye any social function that has been given by the connection. The ‘reception will be held Thursday even. ing. Rey. Rosser-has won a host of friends, and they will do everything in their power to make the entire ‘af inir a success. - SCnOOL ATHLE1:cS. The Juniors, of M_ Street High School, won the annual class games with a total of 58 poins, the Sophe- more class scored second place with 48 points, while the Seniors were third and the Freshmen, fourth, with 46 and 21 points respectively as their share The mect took place on the site whereupon the new M Street High School is to be erected. which is temporarily in use as an athletic field. M Street and Armstrong teach- ers served as officials, George Lacy, Harold Tyler, Kelly Miller. Fred SladeRayford Logan, Joseph Lofton, Charles ‘Dickinson, Cyril Miller and Fred Randall“were winners of first places. Summary of Events, * too Yard Dash—Senior, won by Tyler. sophomore; Nicholas, sopho: more. second; Matthews, sophomore third: Lewis, junior, fourth. too Yard Dash—Seninr, won by Miller, junior; Pollard. junior, see: ond: Barnett. sophomore, third: Key. sophomore, fourth. 220 Yard Dash—Senior, won by Slade, junior; Butler, sophomore, sec ond: Holmes, freshman, third. 440 Yard Run—Won by Miller, jun jor: Butler. sophomore. second third. Yates, sohpomore. 880 Yard Run—Won by Logan. jun ior; Bell, freshman, second; Ramsey junior. third; Savoy. senior, fourth. One Mile Run—Won by Lacy freshman; Goines, sophomore. sec ond;* Wade, ‘senior, third: Dixon sophomore, fourth 7 60 Yard Low’ Hurdle Race--Wor |hy Lofton, senier: Randall, juror \ second: third. Weatherless. freshman | 100 Pound Relay Race—Won_ b; |Sohpomore Team—Holton, Staffor¢ | Hines, Dent. 4° 320 Pound Relay Race—\Won b | Junior Team. & |" 880 Relay—Won by Senior Team. ‘} Mile Relay Race—Won by Junio ) Team. | High Jump—Wor by Dickinsor ,jsenior: C. Johnson. junior, seconc -| Tyler, sophomore, third; fourth, Dur +} can, sophomore. t} Broad Jump—Won iv Lofton. ser =| ior; second, C. “Miller, Junior: K. Mi Jer. senior, third: Slade, junior, fourt a v ; Lowest Prices Best Work ; TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING Electric Power Presses * Linotype Gompasition Specialty made of Constitutions and Pamphlets 3 BUSINESS OFFICE and PLANT, 1109 EYE STREET. N. W. 3 PHONE MAIN-4078 _ ' Uptown Office: 1212 Fla. Ave.. N. W. g Phone: North 2642-y > 3 Southern. Hand Laundry - Why Can’t Washington oo Have @ Colored Laundry. WANTED 100,000 race loving Colored People to satronize . The Southern Hand Laundry 2031 7TH STREET, N. W. NEAR FLORIDA AVE. Ls prove thac the Negro can support himself. Phone North [847 Officials. Director of Games--E. B, Hender- son. Referee—E. C. Williams. Starter—H. G. Douglass. Judges. at Finish — Wilkinson, | Cromwell; “Clerk of the: Course—G. D. Hous- ton. Field Judges—T. Holmes, W. P. Montgomery, S. Compton, Menard, Marshal—Glenn. Inspectors—Logan, Malone, Harris, Burwell. es Games Committee—Miss M, Kirk- land, G. D. Houston; E. B. Hender- son. A Wrong Doctrine. Dr. Dubois, the Negro leader who talked to an audience of his people in Indianapolis on Friday night, preach- ed a dangerously misleading doctrine —dangerous both for white and dlacks—when he belittled manual ta- bor as degrading drudgery which it should be the aim for all to escape in order that they may have time to de- velop in themselves the image of God by cultivating their brains. It is an especially injurious doctrine for the members of his race for the reason that by nature a large proportion of them are self-indulgent, easy-going and disinclined to unnecessary exer~ tion of mind or body. The making of them, as Booker Washington very well understands, is to establish among them the habit of industry and, Rae eee to them the benehts of thrift, to arouse their self-respect and their ambition. Mental uplift will then follow in a natural course. ” The man who, by his labor, as a street sweeper, or as ditch digger, or as janitor, has become the owner ofa little home, or the woman who has provided an honest living for herself ‘and her children at the washtub havi not acquired intellectual culture it the process, but they have gained the satisfaction that comes from effective work and achievement and they have won the respect and confidence of the peoole about them. These persons, had their hands been idle, would not, in all probability have been cultivat- ing their minds and secking culture, but would have been a burden on the community. It is wellsenough to exalt education, to spur men and women of ‘whatever race on to making the best of them- selves, but to do this at the expense of labor, to class manual toil as de- grading and a thing to be avoided is Ja fatal error. All honest Jabor i: | dignified and those engaged in it-arc worthy of esteem and good treatment Moreover, they receive this treatment from. all intelligent people. The work of the world—the so-callec | high-grade work, as well as the com: | monplace dindgery—must, be don sJand somebody must ‘do it. Not al or a majority of the members of Dr -| DuBois’ race, or of any race, can be .| doctors. lawyers, preachers, teachers ‘}Some must take the heavier physica tasks and no man can surely say tha -Ithe service they render is less im -| portant than the other. In these days when the importance of manual train -|ing is being more widely recognizes ;|than ever before. Dr. DuBois’ teach ings mark a decidedly backward-ster _|—Editorial, Indianapolis Star , Notice. The Fisk Jubilee Singers will give a sacred concert at the First, Baptist Church, 27th and Dumbarton Avenue Northwest. Sunday, April rat 8 o'clock P. M. Silver offering. E. E. Ricks, pastor. — * “House and Herrman. | If you cannot be satisfied elsewhere go to House and Herrman. ’"Mention The Bee. | BARGAINS. : | Go to Grogan, the oldest furniture house in- the city.- It is the place where everything in household furni- ture may be purchased. Mention The Bee. Baltimore and Ohio THE OPFICIAL ROUTE to the | TWENTY-FIFTH Quadrennial Conference A. M.E.C. KansasCity, Mo. MAY 6-27, 1912 CHOICE OF ROUTES: VIA | ST.LOUIS OR CHICAGO Go one way and return the othee . |For full information call on or addrees. |S, B. HEGE, District Pass’r Agont M417 G St. N. W. near 15th st, Wash. 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