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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Congressional Library. Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE President Taft Breaking the Record NEGRO APPOINTED IN BOSTON Negro Appointed Assistant Attorney at Boston. Another fine appointment has come to the race from the Taft administration. and the Department of Justice, over which presides that sterling, friend of the race. Attorney General Wickersham, will have the honor for the appointment. Wm. C. Mathews, of Boston, has been appointed Assistant District Attorney for that city, the position previously held by Wm. H. Lewis before his elevation to Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Mathews is one of the best known young colored lawyers in Massachusetts. He is a product of Tuskegee Institute, Andover College and Harvard College. Like ns predecessor, Mr. Lewis, he was a famous football player on both the Andover and Harvard team, and a famous base ball player on the teams of both colleges. For three years he was the crack brilliant shortstop on the All-American college team. After his graduation from Tuskegee, where he was the validictorian of his class, Mr. Mathews entered Andover College in Massachusetts. So popular was he at Andover that for several years he was made captain of the team, a place never before or since held by a man of his race, and he was also one of the editors of the college paper. In the fall of 1901 he entered Harvard College, where he finished his law studies, and afterward was admitted to practice. He is a very popular member of his race in the-old Bay State, and a bright, capable lawyer. The matter of his appointment was taken up at the White House by colored friends here, and that locality favoring it, it was put up to Attorney General Wickersham. Mr. Wickersham favored it at once, and as soon as he was convinced that Mr. Mathews had the required legal ability he ordered the appointment made, for Hon. Geo. W. Wickersham knows no color line. The appointment of Mr. Mathews only confirms what President Taft has privately and publicly said, that when his administration was completed the Negro would have no reason to complain. This appointment totals three colored assistant district attorneys under this administration and one assistant attorney general. MISS CLARA BARTON. A Tribute by a Worthy Woman. Editor of The Bee: Will you kindly allow me a space in your valuable paper that I might pay a tribute to one so worthy of emulation. Miss Clara Barton. It was in the fall of 1885 that I first became acquainted with Miss Clara Barton, so appropriately and so lovingly called universally almost, "Angel of Mercy." I was then a prince miss. It was in no ordinary way that she was attracted to me. We met in a Ninth street car, and I was accompanied by my mother at the time. It was growing quite late, and approaching dusk. I was absorbed in reading Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, when I was arounded by a sweet voice filled with anxiety, the possessor of which, occupied a seat next to me, to desist reading, as it would be injurious to my sight. She then asked the privilege of looking at the book, after which she passed it to Dr. Hubbel, who sat on the other side of her and who accompanied her, and so pleased were they with the taste of my selection that they left with me their cards and an invitation to call. From then until her demise her interest never flagged. I was the happy recipient of interesting literature along the line of her work, and other work not pertaining to the Red Cross Society, all of which is in my library today. She and Dr. Hubbel attended my graduation from the high school, as my special guest, which took place at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M Street N. W., June 11, 1886, and she presented me with three volumes of the life of Geo. Elliott. I also received flowers from Dr. Hubbel, the remembrance of which I shall cherish as long as I live, and shall hand down to my posterity. Upon learning of my marriage to Judge Davis, an old acquaintance of hers, during a visit to her at Glen Echo, in 1903, she expressed her pleasure at the marriage and extended us an invitation to dine. Her good deeds were both inspiring and edifying to me, who entertain profound sorrow and regret at her passing. When I graduated from the high school she besought my mother to permit her to take me to Europe with her as her assistant secretary, but my health was poor and notwithstanding she was impressed by Miss Barton, of the probability of the trip improving me, would not consent. I speak of these episodes for the benefit of those of my race who had not the pleasure of personal contact that they might know of her as a woman whose interest in mankind was not limited to race, color, creed nor station. Her friendship was, when once attached, as firm as the rocks of Gibraltar. Her passing fills me with profound sorrow and regret. HELEN A. DAVIS. DR. SHEPARD IN WEST. (Special to The Bee.) Omaha, Neb., April 15- Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C. the great expounder of a new religious propaganda, who has been heralded broadcast throughout the country in The Washington Bee, received a great ovation in this city last night. He leaves tonight for Denver, Coll., thence to Salt Lake City, speaking in Los Angeles, Cal., April 27. While here he made a profound impression on the white citizens, regard- less of political faith or religious creed. The people regard him as being the greatest reasoner in the Nevo race. Register and Leader, of Des Moines, has the following to say: Dr James E. Shepard, president of the National Religious Training School, at Durham, N. C., spoke to a large and interested audience at Plymouth Congregational Church last night in advocacy of religious education as the best means of advancing the Negro race. He declared that no education is worth while that does not come from within. The object of education was not simply to teach men how to make a living, but how to make serviceable lives. The speaker stated that a religious education would check the large amount of wa-te material found in the jails and penitentiaries and on the chain gangs. It would arouse dormant energies and turn these into channels of usefulness and servicee. It would cause a man to see himself. That no man can be saved who is not awakened, and when he is awakened he becomes a useful citizen to the State and nation. It would check crime and arrest violence. The speaker stated that in New Jersey he was confronted with the statement that the Negro furnished only 2 per cent of the total population and yet furnished 30 per cent of the criminal population. He attributed this to the fact that the Negro has not learned that liberty does not mean license. A religious education, he said, will develop self-control and will give to one well disciplined powers! Mr. Shepard arraigned that because emotionalism furnished the chief asset of the Negro it should be made a means of uplift instead of a means of destruction. That religion means thoroughness of work, means being practical and never means shouting on Sunday and doing all kind, of devilment on Monday THE BROOKLYN PRESS He told the story of the Negro who was giving his testimony. He acknowledged he had stolen a little, shot craps and told a few lies, but he had kept his heart right with God. This too often has been the curse of the black man's religion—a religion of fullest license instead of restraint. The speaker then told of the work of the National Religious Training School, which was founded on the idea that religious education was the thing absolutely essential. There are 30,000 Negro ministers and yet only 10 per cent of them are trained. By extension courses, summer schools, etc., the school reaches them. It trains young men and women as secretaries of the Y. M. C. A, and Y. W. C. A, settlement workers who are to go to all large cities and teach sanitation, right living, etc. It trains missionaries for home and foreign fields, he-sides teaching the literary and industrial branches. The motto being, "Religion, literary and industrial training must go, hand in hand in order to make the complete man." This school has had a marvelous growth. Two years ago the first tree was cut, today there are ten buildings with over $100,000 worth of property. The control of the school is vested in a board, of whom Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, of the United States District Court of Appeals, Richmond, Va., is chairman. The school is interdenominational in character and national in its scope. The Elks. The Elks' parade and reception last Tuesday. April 16th. were two of the most imposing events in the progress of the colored people in this city. The visiting Elks and the local organizations commanded the admiration of everybody. The reception at Convention hall was attended by over 3,000 people. WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1912 On the Negro Held at Tuskegee—Dr. Washington's Address—Many Distinguished Guests. (Special to The Bee) TUSKEGEE, Ala., April 16.—The first regular session of the first International Conference on the Negro was called together at 10 o'clock last Tuesday morning. Dr. Washington's opening address contains this statement in regard to the purpose of the conference and the circumstances under which it came to be summoned: "For some time past, I have received an increasing number of letters and inquiries every year, from persons outside the United States, who have wanted to learn something in regard to the work and methods of the Tuskegee Institute. These letters have come from many parts of the world; they have come from missionaries in Africa, Australia and India, from officials of the Colonial Governments in Europe, and from all sorts of persons who are interested, directly or indirectly, in lifting up the man at the bottom in any part of the world. "I recall at one time that I received a letter from a man in the South of Russia, who wanted to establish a school for the Muzhiks, or Russian peasants. At another time, I received a letter from a missionary in the New Hebrides, who was engaged in teaching a type of black people there, of whom I had never before heard. In addition to these letters I have referred to, we have at Tuskegee, every year, I should say, from fifty to a hundred visitors, who come here for the express purpose of studying the work of the school. Sometimes we entertain visitors of that kind PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. without knowing that we are doing so. At one time we found that we had with us as a student, the son of a wealthy Chinese merchant, who, without at first disclosing his purpose or identity, had come here as a student in order to get acquainted with the school from the inside, with a view to establishing a somewhat similar institution in his own country. Before, and since then, we have had students from India and Japan, who came here with a similar purpose in view. For a number of years past, we have had at Tuskegee from 100 to 125 students from different parts of the West Indies, Africa, and South America, who have been sent here, not merely to get an education in the trades, such as they do not have an opportunity to do at home, but likewise to get acquainted with the plans and methods of this school, in order that they might be more helpful to their own people, either as teachers or in some other capacity, when they returned home. "I mention these facts here because they indicate to my mind, not so much an interest in any one particular institution or in one particular form of education, but rather a very widespread unrest in regard to educational matters in general, and at the same time, a hope and faith that there are opportunities for broadening, improving and applying education to the actual needs of life, in ways of which we are just beginning to realize the possibilities. "This is the reason, I take it, that so many of you have come from distant parts of the world: from Europe, from Africa and the West Indies, to attend this conference. You have come to Tuskegee, in other words, not so much because you believe we have discovered or invented any new and specific remedy for the problems you have encountered in the different lines of work in which you are engaged, but rather, because you have heard that we have been trying experiments, and that we are earnestly seeking to add something to our knowledge of what education can practically do, particularly in the solution of some of these new and difficult problems, which have sprung up in different parts of the world, as a result of the closer contacts of the white and colored races." Distinguished guests from this country, Africa, West Indies, India, and other foreign governments were present. The representatives present represented many religious and educational organizations, practically all denominations were represented. It was the greatest conference of its kind ever held, and the result of it cannot help but be far reaching in its influence for good. DEATH OF MAMA WARE. Negro Mama of the Late Frank Hume Dead—Regarded as One of the Family—Mrs. Hume, the Widow, Honors the Old Lady. There are but few of the anti-bellum day colored Americans left, but those who are seem to command the respect and grateful consideration of those who know them. Another one of the old mama's, Mrs. Louisa Ware, the old Negro Mama of the late Frank Hume, died at her late residence, 1908 13th street Northwest, April 15th, at 3 o'clock P. M. Mama ware, as she was called and known by, was the property of Levi Rollins, of Spotsylvania Court House, Va. Although a slave, she was treated with the greatest respect and conglomeration. Mrs. Ware was born May 11, 1817, in Spotsylvania, Va., and died April THE LATE FRANK HUME. 15, 1912, at 2:30 P. M., at the age of 95. Rollins, to whom Mama Ware belonged, had a daughter who married Charles Hume, the father of the late Frank Hume, whose name was a household word in city and the State of Virginia. Mrs. Ware, after this union of the Rollins and Hume, became the property of Charles Hume. The late Frank Hume was highly respected by the people in this city for his kindness. He re-created Mama Ware as his own mother, and no one respected and loved her more than the wife of Mr. Frank Hume, who is living today. She is a noble woman who possesses a human soul and a kind heart, and knows no one by the color of his skin. Fifty years last Tuesday, Charles Hume, who was Chief Clerk in the 6th Auditor's office, gave freedom to his slaves, as will be evidenced by the three certificates annexed MRS. LOUISA WARE. District of Columbia, Washington County, to wit: Washington County, to wit: I, John A. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, do hereby certify that the bearer, Louisa Ware, 5 feet 3 inches high, about 44 years of age, copper color, lately owning service or labor to Charles Hume, is a free woman; that she was manumitted and set free by act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," approved April 16, 1862. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, this 14th day of February, 1863. JNO. A. SMITH. Clerk. District of Columbia. Washington County, to wit. I. John A. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, do hereby certify that the bearer herofol. Juliet Ware, 5 feet 11 inches high, about 15 years of age, copper color, lately owing service or labor to Charles Hume, is a free girl: that she was manumitted and set free by act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," approved April 16, 1862. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, this 14th day of February, 1863. JNO. A. SMITH, Clerk. District of Columbia. Washington County, to wit: Washington County, to wit: I, John A. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, do hereby certify that the bearer hereof, Richard Ware, 4 feet $ \frac{2}{3} $ inches high, about 10 years of age, lately owing service or labor to Charles Hume, is a free boy; that he was manumitted and set free by act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," approved April 16, 1862. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, this 14th day of February, 1863. JNO. A. SMITH, Clerk. Louisa Ware, as will be seen, was given her freedom by an act of Congress, who at the time was in the employment of Charles Hume. Mrs. Ware is in a garb which was so much admired by the late Frank Hume, when she called at his store on Pennsylvania avenue several years ago. She had a basket, and while passing Mr. Hume's store Mama Ware asked him for some groceries. Mr. Hume consented to give her as many different kinds and as much as she could carry if she would give him her picture. She readily consented. So Mr. Hume escorted his old mama to Bell's, across the avenue opposite his great store and had a photo taken, as will be seen above. A few days thereafter a Bee representative was presented one of Mama Ware's photos, as well as one of his, from which the cubs were made. No man was a greater friend to the Editor of The Bee than the late Frank Hume. He was a friend to the meek and lowly, and would never turn a beggar from his door. Although a Democrat, no man had a larger following among the colored people than Mr. Hume. He possessed many noble qualities, and so popular was he among the colored people his memory is yet fresh among them. Mrs. Hume, the widow of the late Frank Hume, is today in the prime of life. She is the happy mother of several noble sons. One is a prominent lawyer in this city and the others are now managing the business of their late and noble father. The life of Mama Ware is a lesson to those who allow color prejudice to control their better judgment, but the name of the Humes will be handed down to posterity. COMMITTEE TO ARRANGE THE TESTIMONIAL From the Colored Citizens of the District of Columbia to Captain James F. Oyster, of the Board of Education. Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Rev. O. L. Mitchel Rev. F. I. A. Bannett, Rev. M. W. Clair, Rev. Wm. J. Howard, Judge W L. Houston, Dr John R. Francis, W Calvin Chase, Esq., Judge Robert H Terrell, Hon Ralph W M. Tyler, Dr C W. Childs, Dr Charles H. Marshall. Hon. Wm. H. Lewis. Hon. Henry L. Johnson, Hon. Whitefield McKinlay. Prof. " M. Hershaw. Hon. John C. Dancy, Rev. J. H. Van Loo. Mr. H. C. Tyson. Hon. James A. Cobb, Prof. Lewis B. Moore, Mr. Andrew F. Hilyer, Major Charles R. Douglass. Hon. J C. Napier, Rev. J. E. Wiseman. REV. GARNER RELENTS. Thinks the Colored Members Made Mistakes—He Becomes Disgusted. Rev. A. C. Garner, who was leading the fight against the colored assistant superintendent of schools, said to a representative of The Bee last Monday evening that he has become disgusted with the action of the colored members of the Board of Education. That so far as he is concerned he really had nothing against Mr. Bruce, except he promised to do a favor for him but failed. The colored members of the Board had promised changes, but produced none, and he so informed Dr. Waldron. Dr. Garner admits that The Bee defeated them, and he was satisfied. He took his defeat good naturelly, and said that he had no ill will toward Mr. Bruce at all, and the Terrell testimonial meeting at the Lincoln Temple Church last Friday night was strictly a Bruce meeting. He highly complimented Captain Oyster, and enjoyed the joke the Captain got off on him. Rev. Garner has decided to leave the colored members of the Board of Education to pull their own chestnuts out of the fire. Another important colored appointment will be made shortly. Eight hundred candidates took the examination for the police force in Philadelphia; 300 whites passed, but no Negroes. Rumor has it that several changes will take place in the public schools shortly. Major Fitzgerald, of Boston, has been informed by "the Art Commissioners" there, that they will give to the best artist who offers the best design for a statue to Wendell Phillips, one, thousand dollars, and to the second best five hundred dollars. State Representative Harry W. Bass, the first and only colored member of the Pennsylvania Legislature at Harrisburg, has announced his candidacy for re-election. Col. Edward H. R. Green, son of Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, said "I have received more than 1,000 letters from girls, young women, old maids and widows in which they boldly propose marriage. As I am interested only in business these proposals do not interest me. Miss Fanhie Crosby, the blind song writer and author, celebrated her ninety-second birthday at her home in Bridgeport, Conn. A movement is on foot to give Miss'Nannie H. Burroughs a testimonial for the benefit of her school. Every denomination in this city will take part. Assistant Attorney General W. H. Lewis will not address the Constitutional Convention of Ohio. A movement has been started to tender Capt. James F. Oyster a testimonial by the colored citizens of this city. The ministerial conference at Durham, N. C., will be a great event in the history of that State. Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., has been declared to be the greatest religious advocate of the Negro race. His oratory and logic are unsurpassed. The American Red Cross Society has cabled to China for famine and revolution sufferers $4,000. This makes a total since January 1, of $121,000. Hawaii is for Taft. J. P. Cook, chairman of the Taft Republican League, sent the following message: "Taft League victorious. Delegates Kuhio, Frear, Reuton, Rice, Baldwin and Moir instructed unanimously for Taft. The Amsterdam News and Baltimore Times have declared for ex-President Roosevelt. The Lily-whitees and Black-and-Tans, of Louisiana, are having a hot time R. D Ruffin, the black prince, formerly of this city, is a candidate for Congress in Chicago, Ill. Attorney Royal Hughes was ined $10 for contempt of court Tuesday by Judge Mullowney, in the U. S. Branch of the Police Court. Attorney T L. Jones complained to the court that Attorney Hughes had interfered with his case and also threatened him. Ex President Roosevelt is charged with attempting to disrupt the party. Emancipation day parades are things of the past now Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia. In addition to a valuable shipment of diamonds aboard the "Titanic," it is said that among almost priceless jewels carried by the passengers are pearls belonging to an American woman valued at $600,000. Miss Caroline, Griesheimer, an examiner in the Civil Service Commission, was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Miss Griesheimer has had an extensive knowledge of law during the twenty years of experience with the Civil Service Commission, and in Ohio, Miss Griesheimer was deputy clerk to the probate judge in Chillicothe, Ohio. Fifty years ago April 16th, France declared war against the Mexican Government. It was also the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Peabody Institute at Baltimore in 1859. Germany wants a larger army. A bill sent to the Reichstag by the government provides for 40,000 more men for the army. 246 additional field guns and 636 additional machine guns. Church of God and Saints of Christ. The convention of the Church of God and Saints of Christ was another big event in the city this week. The convention at True Reformers' Hall was largely attended. This is a most orderly organization. Emancipation of Slaves. The fiftieth anniversary celebration of the emancipation of slaves was held in the Second Baptist Church Tuesday evening. Mr. L. C. Moore presided. Addresses were delivered by B. C. Lee, R. R. Horner and others. Resolutions were adopted in commemoration of the death' of Abraham Lincoln and his great work- a i ees eg ep ty SALAMANDER SUPERSTITION. How the Reptile: May Have Got Its Reputation Fer Being Immune ) Against Fire. There is a very ancient bellef that the reptile known as the salamander 1s proof against fire. It is not known bow this’ superstition had its rise, but it will probably always continue to be held by some people, although it has been conclusively shown that the fire- Proof qualities of the creature exist only in imagination. Dr. Stejneger, reptilian expert at the Smithsonian institution, tells a story which may furnish a reason for the continuance of the belief in question. “Once I was camping out,” he says, “with a party of friends, hunting and fishing. We had lighted a big fire, using for fuel several old logs, While ‘we were seated around watching the progress of some cookery In which we were engaged a young lady at my sidé gave a little scream and polnted Into the flames. 1 looked, and there was 2 small salamander crawling right out from among the glowing embers. It walked away unhurt and made its escape. “Now, that salamander had occu- pled a hole in oné of the logs used for fuel. Several species of its ‘kind live. in old tree trunks. Doubtless this one found that it. was getting uncom- fortably hot and crawled out. Being moist and slimy, its body was protect- ed from injury by fire long enough to enable it to escape through the em- bers. But the sight of the lizard de- Uberately making {ts appearance from the midst of the fire was certainly very surprising. Any ignorant person might easily Lave been led to imagine that the creature was .freproof. It seemed to me quite probable that the superstition took its origin from just such otcurrences.”—New York World MEN WHO MAKE SAFES. Closely Watched After They Resign or Are Discharged. A number of years ago two prospec- ttve safe breakers succeeded in obtain- ing employment in two different safe factories, worked over a period of years in the various departments, gatn- ed all the information that they desired and, subsequently working together, managed to baffle the safemBkers by their skill in opening complicated safes tn different parts of the country, ‘Tho police were at loss to understand how the safes had been opened, and only upon the apprehension of the two men several years later was {t learned that the Jobs had not been “Inside” ones, a8 was originally suspected, but had really been the work of two men who had been initiated {nto the mys- terlescof safecraft and had put their knowledge to criminal use. ‘This put the safemakers on thelr guard, and an exceedingly complicated system was iménediately pnt Into force, whereby not only was the pedigree of every workman looked into closely, but the work among the employees was 80 separated that no one man or two men could gather enough Information about a safe to put it to dangerous use after- ward. Furthermore, when an employee fs discharged or when he voluntarily leaves his position hfs actions are watched, and, although safe companies refuse to discuss this particular polnt, it 1s a matter of record that any for- mer employee of 2 safe company who {s possessed of Intimate information regarding the secrets of that com- Ppany'’s safes 13 kept under constant survelllance.—Harper’s Weekly. Our Modern Factory Spoon. For our modern factory made spoon the stock {s first rolled and cross roll- ed to get the graded thickness that 1s needed. The spoon outline Is then ob- tained by means of cutting out dies. The blanks thus forméd are struck up by another set of dies, which orna- ment the front and buck and eren bend the spoon into Its proper shape, at the same -time stamping the re- quired “sterling” and the maker's mark. If a spoon is made by this latest of processes the sterling mark can be found ratsed on the surface {n- stead of incised, ay was the cise wher the marking was done separately.— Handicraft. Cee Ree Ge The burden of Prussia military state. not spared even to the babes in their cradles, has proved too much for some of the younger members of the royal families. In “The House of tfohenzollern™ Mr. Rrayley Hodgetts mentions that the two sons whom the lsrst crown princess of Prussia bore her bushand (at the beginning of the elzhteenth century) both died in thelr cradies, one from a nervous shock caused by the xulute from beary guns with which his arrival was heralded ‘and the other fiom the burden of a golden crown which was placed on hls head after baptism. Coin Profiles. . ‘Where a face is used on a plece of money it is always In profile, because the cameo {fs more readily struck with the die in that manner and if a full or three-quarter face were represented the nose of the gentleman or lady would get damaged in circulation and pro- duce a ridiculous effect. Staved That Way. “Hello, Stubbs! Haven't seen you for months, The last time Wwe met, I remember, you were trying to break into Uterature. Did you succeed?” “Yes, and I've been broke ever since.”—Bostou Transcript. ‘To fret and fume ts undignified, sul- cfdally foolish and theologically un- pardonable.—Robert Louis Stevenson. : BOGUS ANTIQUES. ‘In Italy Dealers’ Have Brought the Art of Forgery of Old Curios | . to Perfection. = ‘There are dealers in curios, a cratty set of tradesmen, all over Europe, but it is in Italy that they have carried the art of deceit and forgery, the substitu- tion of modern products for ancient, to the acme of perfection. Verona, Ven- ice, Siena and Rome swarm with shops in which lurk these dealers in the antique, and they are keen to spot any American that may pass their way. Next to the American In gulll- bility is the Englishman, but he does not eo freely give up his money. Sir James Yorxall, the English con- noisseur, thus describes one of these dealers: “He knew how to crackle new ivories by boiling them like eggs, ‘how to cook new pictures In the oven, how to smoke new prints and how to green new bronzes with nitrate of potas- slum. It was so amusing to see the things age in a minute! He would bring a new earthenware dish out of the over, burning hot, and plunge It into iced oll; result, contraction, chill— chilblains, so to speak—and the enamel all cracked into the wrinkles ‘of age. And then he would rub the surface upon a dirty paving stone till signs of wear and tear appeared that might out- wit anybody. “As for pictures, it was easy to find an old canvas or an old pane! for a Lo- renzo. It was when the artist's work was over that the real science and art began—first of all, a wash of var- nish that had been colored with sepia; next, on the more raised portions, rub- bings with licorice juice to attract the files. He could even imitate fy marks with india ink, A few drops of salty water left on the canvas would pro- duce moldiness and mildew. A needle deftly used would cover the picture with a network of cracks.” THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Classed as a Tavern and Has the Right to Hetail Beer, In the census records of the city of London the Bank of England ts class- ed as a tavern. This 1s because it has the right In common with some other old establish- ed city -businesses to sell beer by re- tail. The power to do this was grant- ed it by charter under the great seal in 1694, and it has never been taken away from It. The bank could therefore, It It chose, start In business as a public house to- morrow, or {t could send round a spe- cial “Bank of England brand” of, say, bottled stout, ‘delivered in its own drays ut your door, with a fatsimlle of the chief cashfer's signature on the label of each bottle as a guarantee of purity. The dean and chapter of St. Paul's cathedral can also lay claim to a simi- lar privilege, with the rigbt, in addi- tion, to brew their own beer. Paul's brew house formerly stood at the cor- ner of the entrance to Doctor's com- mons from the churchyard, and an ay- erage of between 60,000 and 70,000 gal- léns of “strong ale” were brewed there every year. ‘The sale of this, however, ‘was con- fined to the cathedral precincts. They must Liave been thirsty souls, those old time ecclesiastics. But, then, it must be remembered that In those days tea and coffee were unknown ‘and beer was drunk at every meal. Even very lit- tle children had their allowance, two ‘quarts a day, sent up to the nursery regularly each morning from the but- tery below.—Pearson'’s Weekly. Trade In Skeletons. ‘The principal center for the distribu- tlon of articulated skeletons for pur- poses of study by the.medical profes- ston 1s in Paris, from which point they are shipped to every part of the globe. ‘The price of 2 well mounted articulat- ed skeleton varies from $50 to $300. ‘This difference has little to do with the condition of the subject while alive. In the cheap skeletons only the barest framework {s offered, but in the ex- pensive specimens every detail s work- ed out with sedulous care, and often both the nertous and the circulatory systems are shown.—Cineiunati Com- mercial Tribune. é A Preference. “After ull,” said Mrs. Oldcastle as they were returning from the picture gallery to the drawing room, “I think my’ preference fs for Botticelli.” “Well,” repticd her hostess, “1 can't say that mine Is. For me it doesn't seem that there's anything to beat good old fashioned raspberry jam.”"— Chicago Record-Herald. 7 * Quick Work. “That editor is terribly slow at read- ing manuscript.” “Think so? Why, I know the time he went through twelve stories in less than a minute.” | “Gracious! When was that?” “When the elevator broke.”—Phila- delphia Press. / , . . Appropriate to the Occasion. “My tallor always hag a touch of the appropriate in his work.” “Yes; I've known him to press mourning suits with sadirons.”—Balti- more American. * : Fitting Procedure. If you want money, go to strangers. If you want advice, go to friends. If | You want nothing, go to relations. — | Lippincott’s. | Prosperity 1s a great teacher; adver sity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains end ptrencthens it. * WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY ; NEGROES, , "Washmeton, D.C. ular practice of the trade and me-| chanic work here have recently gone over the entire teade and business situation with those interested from an educational point of view, includ- ing the past history and the present status of trades among colored men in Washington. They have expressed the hope that a trade school or se- ties of trade schools will relieve the Present great demand for colored tradesmen, and have pledged their support to such institytions wherever established. Several interesting facts have been brought out which would seem to indicate that it is more than strange that a school for.bricklayers, plasterers, good printerseskilled’ car- penters. plumbers and cement work- ers has not been as yet established in this city, the nearest approach to such a school being the Cardoza Vo- cational School in the Southwest sec- tion, recently established, : There are now in Washington one hundred ‘colored bricklayers, thirty- five colored plastérers, fifty colored carpenters. twenty-five cement work= ers and one colored plumber and a few colored printers. Daniel G. Green, the first colored| contractor of note, operated directly after the civil war, building the Johi F. Cook, Jefferson. Lincoin. Stevens and Lovejoy schools, the Seventh Street wing of the Center Market, the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, the Metropolitan Baptist Church and a large number of private residences. Allen G. Farris, considered in his time one of the most expert brick- layers in the District of Columbia, built Clark Hall at Howard Univer- sity, the old Freedman’s Bank build- ing. Sumner school, the Israei CM. E Church, and residences to a large number. ° James _G. Ashton, Thoma- Cham- hers, Harrison Smith, George. P. Taylor and his brother, John R. Tay- Jor, Isaac Alexander and John” Mei- bourne. all colored. bricklayers, con-| structed over five thousand hou-es: during the early period of brick con- struction in this city. ~ | Most of these men are deceased, and the demand for those to fill their places has not been adequately met. The only one of the number named who still lives, John R. Taylor, was employed during the McKinley _ad- ministration at the Washington Bar- racks down the Potomac River, di- rectly beyond the arsenal. When the bricklayers who worked besde him leatned that he was colored. all quit their job and demanded his dis- missal. Upon refusal of this demand an appeal was made ty McKinley, then President, who fefused to inter- fere. Twenty-eight colored brick- layers were employed in place of the white strikers, and remained fyr a space of two years at the barracks until their work was completed, yiv- ing entire satisfaction. Of this twenty-cight. Richard Brooks and John R. Taylor held pasitions as fore- men, ; “Richard Brooks. since that time. has done an énormous volume of work for the well-kilown white cont tractor, Larry Wardman, and as foreman, in the past four years has paid out $50,000 to colored brick- layers, “In Schutzen's Park subdi- vision on Georgia Avenue. he has constructed 110 houses: in 14th Street extended, 40 houses; and in lligh View, 21 houses, as well as a round dozen in Buchanan Street. Charles Green, a colored contrac- Jtor. constructed the Northumberland Apartments, ten stories high, and the Brighton, as well a+ various other buildings of similar nature. He has builtin reeent years 60 houses’ on 14th Street extended, 40 houses in Addison |Street, 140 houses in High View on Rhode Island Avenue and_ vicinity. and is now constructing seven apart- ment houses on R Street’ between 1yth and 15th Streets to the value oi -} $600.000. | Samuel Bolin constructed the, True -| Reformers’ Hall some years ago, and Ja recent evidence of his ability as a builder is shown in the magniticent _|colored Y. M. C. A. building on rath Street, soon to be occupied. ‘| Thomas Yates, a white foremar ‘}for Wardman, used colored — brick: ‘Hayers in building the Dresden Apart. t|mientS facing Rock Creek Bridge, or "| Connecticut Avenue. He alsn usec -|them in constructing the Saratog: yfand the Breslin and fifteen otlie ‘apartments in the vicinity. On th -| Dresden the colored workmen dem onstrated their superior workman ship. as. this apartment is said. t be the finest in the District, ‘Other colored bricklayers wh * {have contracts at present are Willian >| Clinkin:, 90 houses: Walter Rann, | :|houses: George Mabry, 40 house: -Jand Will Johnson, “one busines t | block. Brooks has ten colored brick t | layers at work and needs twenty-tive t|Green needs fifteen, and each of th _|others mentioned can use’ at presen five or six extra men, paying ther from $4 to $4.30 a day. Ten o twelve “Hampton ‘students are em ployed by these men to help suppl -|the demand, the same being on .tu Goldheim: says— ° English cut clothes are riding on a great “wave of popularity this sprmg 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 more? ° Asa Special Easter Offering We Feature : ' a Suit, Made to Measure, for —- | On y$20 . Never before has any one establishment shown so many attrac- tive fabrics at such an attractive price. We have scoured the wool- en markets for extraordinrary values which we could offer at this ° extraordinary price. Our efforts were well rewarded, and now we Rs show all the novelty cloths, as well as the staple blues and blacks, : which we will tailor to you 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, we offer our wide experience and exten- . sive displays to aid you.» o Imported and Domestic Suitings, Made to Your Measure, - $15 to $40 - ‘ Idh ° The Young . | 310 CIM] Man's Tailor - ; . . 2 03-405 Seventh Street cen MalM@iigiifz 2° ft 7 ANNOUNCEMENT Le . wae) ae : a. relly i ¥ ° THE BOUKS OF THE PALATIAL IRON STEAMER . ANGLER, = ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTER . AT THE OFFICE ew WATER AND N STREETS SOUTHWEST * TO WASHINGTON PARK AND LOWER RIVER LANDINGS FOR -* |” SEASON, 1912. . SPECIAL RATES FOR EARLY CHARTERS. ° LEWIS’ JEFFERSON, a : ‘ General Manager. Tee Acie mero nuts CAncea man merurtt 18 gh Lowy <a a 3 os : SHAMPOO). Cy area o BTMAGIC DRIER: neenatatnccuraaangastansasssaasanasseg onan FOU IRSSTRAIGHTENER. J ee __ Ss HARSSTRACHTENER, J" PAA HMMA TASS ame ANYWHERE INUS $100 HOHERUEMUSSSS PSHE, J) MAILED SeSrusht ate $122 LADIES 1 Every lady can hore a beau’iful sod ttxarfant head of LOQK hair if she uses a MAGIC. Aftera Adampoo or bath the Pari dries tae hair, removing thedaadratts aad It wal 2 straighten the curtiest head of hair. ‘The Mazic will not burt or Infure the hair, bevattoe 12 comdis never heated. The steel heas- | lag bam whivh [rons tha ha‘, is alone. put ln’o-the faine Of the alcohui Ur gas heater. ‘The Alymaum Commis easy detache from the beatinz bar, tien, after the bar {s heat ed the comb cons baci ia » plane and {y held bya tern ef the handle. “@ Toe Magic Tfeater iso's» suirante for curling iron}. basa cover and can be carried to a | hyadbig Mazi Shampoo Drier 31 0. ‘Magic Alcohol Heater #050. Lideralterms tu ageats. Write for terature today ~ se Magic Shampoo Drier Co., _Minzeapolis, Minnesota, KRAMER, THE FLORIST | Buy from the wan who grows his own Flowers | 916 F—722 9th—Center Market . —— extended and vicinity. twenty-one|cotored men. They are now ‘putting houses built by colored men were] out a class of work resembling stone; sole before their completion—easily | ornamental concrete work more dura- the biggest selling operation in the) ble than solid rock. This is used for history of the District of Columbia, | sills and steps. Im the construction Cement work in Washington ‘is al-Jof the seven apartment houses on R most, if not entirely in the hands of*Street the contractors figured that colored men. They are now ‘putting out a class of work resembling stone; ornamental concrete work more dura- ble than solid rock. This is used for sills and steps. In the construction of the seven apartment houses on R Street the contractors figured that evad do this urn.amente. Wook ut cnerete thes sated Stoo sone being much t , expensn The most prominent plasterers among the colored men at the capital are James H Douglass, and the firm of Brooks & Taylor. The former does all of the plastering for Ken- nedy Brotiers. and 13 employed at present on 33 houses on Georg.a Avenue and Adams Mul Road Br voks and- Taylur have ther men on Georgia Avemie near the Corby bakery. Wiliam Swann _is the only colored plumber in the District. and he is never tle For the fulniling st contracts Swann employs white plumbers. | The greatest pornon of carpentry wth done By coivred men in Wash- rigton is conined to the Northeast section of tite city. One of the most successful contrastors 13 Ed- ward Ray, wh has constructed over fifty houses dering the_past year. em- )ploying from hiteen to twenty men | The foregoing cieariy evidences the fact that the colerei mechanic as withstood the test that advancing buitling psoblems kave placed upon Tum, and his future a5 a tactor in thé construction work of the District 13 Practicaliy assured to be marked with the greatest 9 strecess Y TAUDY BROWN, JR. < baee Wreck Ga St.RegisHotel ' 1832 Foureenth Street N. W Washington, D.C. One of the finest apported din- ing rooms in the country, »wned 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 tashionable, serv- ed in our private dining rooms. Special attention paid to Banquet service. Our steam heated, well lighted ‘rooms are not surpassed for beauty and comfort. Spacious tile bath rooms, with all modern appointments. MRS. GRACE T. MERCER, Proprictress. THE HOME OF GOOD CHEER and Satisfaction. All Bever- _ ages Absolutely pure at ' D. RIORDAN, New Jersey Ave and L St. N. W. Wastington, D. C. m-30-2t 7 J. A. ANDERSON 3. SCDANTEL | SOCIAL SERVICE LUNCH - , Meals at all Hours. NEVER CLOSED LADIES’ TABLE, 1531 14th St N. W. Washington, D. C. ~~ sey P ee Sas ee Se UT 7 - ey «« ». «= = = a . =e Eee 1 + * * oe . ss ie + «8 Te . ' Pas 5 4 bas . = « « a” spas ee THE ADMIRAL FLED, An Incident of the Great- Naval Battle Off Santiago. SCARED BY THE FIRST SHOT ‘The Thundering Boom of the Oregon’s Big Gun In Opening the Attack on Cervera’s Fleet Proved Too Much For the Nerves of the Old Veteran. eee eae Sb. = Sa tee captain, “that almost always in any great event of exciting experience, even one in which human lives are in- volved, there is likely to be some little minor feature with a humorous side to it that will call forth a emile, If not & ‘sudden burst of laughter. It seems asif in such trying moments one's feelngs seek a quick vent and selze upon any little incident as a safety valve.” This particular plece of philosophy ‘was expressed by the grim old captain of our steamer as we were lazily churn- ing along the lower coast of Florida. “T never ret down on these southern eeas,” continued the captain, “without thinking of that 3d of July, 1898, when our fellows pushed the Spanish fleet up on the shore after their attempt to steal out of Santiago harbor. “I was first officer of the Dasher, one of the auxiliary steamers that the gor- ernment hed chartered and rushed into service. We had been engaged in car- rying provisfons from Tampa down to the ships of the fleet, and it was ticklish business, too, because no one really knew up to the last few'days just where the Spanish fleet actually was, and We expected to be orerbauled and captured almost any time. “This particular trip had been an eventful one, and after rounding Cape Matsi, on the eastern end of Cubs, we soon sighted our splendid fleet of fight- ere ranged in that fatal semicircle round the entrance of Santiago like a pack of hounds watching for a fox to ‘come out of his hole. It was a great sight, I tell you! The smoke was lari- ty curling up out of each stack, show- ing that steam was up and everything ready for the spring from the leash the moment the fox showed his head. “We had our orders and.in a short time were close alongside the big old Oregon, which, you remember, had just made that wonderful trip round the Horn to take part in the fracas. I don't believe there ever was a hot: ter dey even in the tropics than this Sunday, the 3d of July. Things were ximply sizzling everywhere, and the ocean itself seemed to be steaming. “After we had warped alongside and the crew had begun carrying aboard the consignment of bread, potatoes, on- ions and other stuff I stepped Into the captain's room to ree if I could get any comfort out of the electric fan which was working overtime. I had Just spoken to old Admtral, the cap- tain’s pet tomcat—and a huge, fellow be was—who was lying on the floor stretched out as wide as possible, fair ly gaeping for air, when, holy mack ere], there were a concussion and 4 deafening rear which sent me sprawl. ing and nearly knocked my head off All I remember seeing that instant was 2 Dig cat going almost to the celling, with a tall as big around a: @ grapefruit and evéry leg, claw sat hair standing straight out. The Ore gon had let go one of its big forwarc turret cuns right alongside of us, for the Spanish fox had started out of it hole. g “In just one instant everything o1 earth in the way of activity scemed t be doing. I rushed to the door, anc the thing that caught my ere was tha oid tomeat going aft on the upper dec! Uke a streak of greased Hghtning, wit every sail sect to eatch the wind an¢ fairly clawing at the deck in his effor to make time. 7 . “In almost less time than it has tak en to tell you that one shot had grows into a deafening roar from almost ev ery gun in the cet that could bear o1 the fox. Our lashings had been cu Joose, and away went the fleet in tha dramatic rush to victory for us an death to the Spaniards. “As my captain and I stood on th bridge and watched the sight he turne to me and said: ‘Knight, I'm an ol man and haven't but a few years mor to live at. best. I'll give the rest 0 my years to see this fight to the finist and, by the rods, I'm roing to follor ‘emf And he gave the signal for fu! speedahead. “Say, but that was a sight! No ma who saw it will ever forget it, Th rae war all.in front of us, the Spar Jards running for cover and putting u the best fight they could fn their hal baked condition and our fellows plnj wing them fast and furiously. “We followed until the fight was a over and then came about to return 1 Santiago. The captain ave orders 1 serve supper in the officers’ mess, {¢ neither of us in the excitement of tt day had thought a thing about eatin; As we sat down to our meal be turne * A QUICK TWIST. A Goed Reason Why the Watchful Owl Did Not Wring Off Its Own Head. Ss Boys who have tried to “put salt on a bird's tail” generally come to the conclision that birds can “see behind them,” and some may balf believe that the heads of these Little creatures dre hung on pivots. How easily one could conceive such a notion is Illustrated by the experience of a Maryland man who had read a story about an owl wringing {ts own neck by looking at a man who was walking around him. The Marylander decided to experiment along these Ines and 0 procured a fine speclmensof an owl and placed him on a post. It was not difficult for the experi- menter to secure the owl's attention, tor the bird never diverted his gaze from the man ‘hile the latter was present. The man began walking rap- {@y around the post a few feet from it, keeping bis eyes fixed upon the bird all the while. | The owl's body remained motionless, ‘but his bead turned exattly with the man’s movements. When the man was halfway round the owl's head was Girectly behind. ‘Three-quarters of a circle were completed, and still the same twist of the neck and the same Stare followed the man. ~ One circle and no change. On the man went, twice around, and still that watchful stare and'steady turn of the head, Three times the man went around, and he began to wonder why the owl's head did not drop off, when all at once the man discovered what he had failed to notice before. When the man reached a distance halfway around from the front, which was as far as the owl could tura bis head to follow the experlmenter's movements with comfort, the owl whisked It back through the whole cir- cle so instantaneously and brought it facing the man again with such pre- cision that the Intter failed to detect the movement, although he was look- ing intently all the while at the bind. ‘The Marylander repeated the expert- ment many times afterward on the same bird, and he had always to watch carefully to detect the move- ment of the readjustment of the ow!’s gare—Philadelpbia Record. SOBERED AND LABELED. ‘The Pre-Raphaelite Treatment For : Drunken Geniuses. | Nothing in Mr. Ford Madox Huef- era “Ancient Lights” ts more amus- ing than the account of his sllustrious grandfather's efforts to reclaim the many drunken geniuses of bis ac- quaintance. It appears that he “was In the habit of providing several of them with labels, upon which were Inscribed bis own name and address. ‘Thus when one of these geniuses was found incapable in the neighborhood he would be brought by cabmen and oth- ers fo Fitzroy square. The poet, be- ing thus recaptured, would be carried upstairs by Charlotte and !aid in the bath and would be reduced to sobriety by cups of the strongest coffee that could be made (the bath was selected because he would not be able to roll out and injure himself). And, having been thus reduced to sobriety, he would be lectured, and he would be kept in the house, being given nothing but lemonade to drink until he found the regime Intoleraole. Then he would dis- appear, the label sewed inside bis coat collar, to reappear once more in charge of a cabman.” Whistler was not among the wine- bibbers, but be had other pecullarities. “Upon one occasion,” says Mr. Huef- fer, “Madox Brown, going to a ten party at the Whistlers’ at Chelsea, was met in the hall by Mrs. Whistler, who begged him to Ko to the poulterer’s and purchase a pound of butter. The bread was cut, but there was nothing to put upon it. There was uo money In the house, the poulterer had cut of his credit, and Mrs. Whistler said she dare not send her husband, for he would cert:tinly punch that tradesman’s , bead.” A Nice Sandwich For a Pink Tea Various counties in England have their especial brand of sandwiches. In some upple aud meat are mingled to- gether; in others the customary slices of bread are supplanted by slices of parkin, Devonshire perhaps can boast the most luscious sandwich of all Eng- Ush counties. To make a Devon sand- wich a “split” or scone 4s cut in half, each side is buttered, then Jam is spread upon the buttes, upon that again a thick coating of marmalade. Finally clotted cream is added with equal lberality, and the split, thus Jswollen beyond’ recognition, 1s ‘ready Sor consumption.—London Globe. Gupid In Caledonia. Am ancient Scotswoman rallied her ‘@aughter. “Meg, for why canna ye encounter Bandy boy but ye must go red as red?” she asked. . “Mither,” the girl shyly confessed, “he glares at me that fercely I maun deem he’s in loo’ wi’ me!”"—Woman's Home Companion. Juet Like Hie Dad. “Bliggins says he has one -of the smartest and handsomest youngsterg in the country.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Growcher; “that’s past comes of so many people think- ing {t necessary to tell a man that his children take after him.”—Wasbing- ton Star. Where He Went. “Did the prisoner go beyond well de- fined ethical bounds In his defense?” “Nope. He just went to jall”—Ex- chance. - 7 The American Home Life Insurance 5th and GSTREETS,N. W. | WASHINGTON, D.C. a eee aad, nN “Se | soe a el , i | ; = . Eel Y FEE pee ; i a ‘ wht: * Fo 1 iw ee a gS a Lome CrgEcs Reh, eg s - fs ‘a ees - Bi i oe a > Te a ig. : a ean SO ta. i <e reerats © ae 5 3 no ee er oe 7 y. 4 : ‘ OS | Me ae a @ a Pro ea Pan: a ea ie | ae Oe eee ane ey E 4 | ; ir B ee gen B - oo et oe ee | ai aS AE -_* Sore eet ee a ete ae ae ae PRE oEL . ann ime dee G ne = ’ } ' ce oo ne LG re ; eh oS ae LLL eZ GP a — a wee eee Oe th te RR a BE OLS ELE ms Swims aes Ke , - RES sw KP . _ a ‘ rt - ; . Sgn nr ne here eS see ee Se hs ee ne Li im OEE aS ne ‘Incorporated Under Act of Congress Approved June26, 1887 . GAPITAL and ASSETS over $50,000.00 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. has paid over 7,000 claims to its policy holders, amounting to over $250.000.00. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. owns the largest building owned by any insurance company in Washington, D. C., and is one of the first companies to comply with the new insurance law. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. issues Policies in FULL BENEFITS and INCONTESTABLE from date of issue, and payable ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. = His Objection. Mr. Richquick—John, I want you to buy a new parlor sult. Mr. Rich. quick—Maria, I've been agreeable enough 0 far to get different clothes for morning, noon, afternoon and night, bat I'm consarned if I'll clange ‘em every time I go into a different room.—Brooklyn Life. Sestent Snvcde and Meliss: It tg a curious fact that musica} sounds fly farther and are heard at a greater distance than those which are more loud and noisy. If we go on the ontside of n town during a fair at the distance of a mile we hear the musica) instruments, but the din of the mult!- tude, which 1s so overpowering in the place, can scarcely be heard, the noise dying on the spot. To those who are conversant with the power of musical instruments the following observations will be understood: The violins made at Cremona about the year 1600 are superior in tone to any of a later date, age seeming to dispossess them of thelr noisy qualities and leaving noth- ing but the pure tone. If 7 modern violin fs played by the side of one ot those instruments ft will appear much the louder of the two, but on receding a hundred paces when compared with the Cremona ft will scarcely be heard. —London Globe. Tia: Mainiter tonetheiie: The- nebular hypothesis is the name generally given to the theory put fortk by the celebrated Laplace in “Systeme du Monde” In the year 1796. His idea was that the solar system was evolved mechanically from a vast diffused re volving nebula, and that nebulae were the early stages in the formation ot planets and thelr satellites by cooling condensation and contraction, accord ing to certain laws of mathematics This theory was accepted by Sir Wit Mam Herschel and, though at first bit terly opposed iu many quarters, is now generally accepted by astronomers ant scholars and is taught in most school: and colleges—New York American. Twa Machines: “Bubbles has bought two new ma- chines—one for himself and one for his wife.” . : “That's generous.” “Well. you see, her machine keeps his gome.”” eo “How's that?” ° “Hers is a sewing machine.”—Balti. more American. Mother’s Diagnosis.. “Haye you spoken of our love te your mother yet?” “Not yet,” murmured the dear girl “Mother has noticed that I've bees actin; queer of late, but she thinks it's -Diliousness.”—Pitrsburg ,Post. f dias thie Basne.. . Solicitor (cross examining)—-Now, didn't you tell the prisoner that you doubted Lis veracity? Witnéss—No. I ‘merely told ‘lm “e was a bloomin’ Mar. London M. a. P. I've never any pity for conceited people, because they carry their com- fort about with them.—George Eliot. = ow Boa OU TA Ne .; & &¢ FS © 4 * & tery, ¥ Ms Sve nde y ah ae * Fis, ee “RS oe Raa om MATT” inser LT pee ge oe ee ‘Ry " ads DBCS Tate aly yee Bee MG tot OS wet Vane os oy oh sce . Oe i. wae ot eee Pia at Frees OS “es : sas cae |; 4 -_ AB -¢ foe “8 CAAT. NOW 48 fPs : f ae : OR ca ee F a RE ‘ A ee soe ee bi if F * 8 a eo i P Pee hae, - 9 Be ‘ via ~ ia fo SE “sf a F Fe fF ? vg GB peer citan eee ' On a “fie AY ee ere Georg | final ok gt Ey - as ae Ee AS Pe 3 lee abe tis a, aa a aN: Reet ah 1 jae ey cae a ae He ae 3 <y Ae Ses - oie ~~ faa Laat eee oe aia Rat ae" Rea it i | PY ene a ed weer gS Bese at ae oe i4 l Re ; ee 5) aa a ee E ce Be ioral 6 een aan naa ae ees se ree oat A Great Colored Hotel at Last G The colored Americans are to have an up-to-date first-class hatel with every modern convenience with buf- fet, barbershop, kitchen, billiard par- lors, 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 cit- izen -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 im- punity and with reservation. Thou- sands of the best and well known colored people have visited this \city and do visit it now, but they. avd no place of diginity to go with their fam- ilies and feel at home. Dr. Booker 'T. Washington, about. a year 2g0 made a special plea to the Nekro Business League of this city to tee to it that a hotel be erected, for the ‘accommodation of the colored pzop}e: that when he, Dr. Washington, comes to the city he is compelled to go to some private home. i The Lexington Hotel. . s 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 accor 4 **4> for gusst . _ THE LEXINGTON HOTEL. (ahe Fron, ontrance wis be on dt. of. “The entrance to the Rathskeller will be on L street er main entrance lead- ing 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 ca- pacity for one hundred and dity guests. The barber shop will be managed by a first class tonsorial artist with exery modern convenience. The, bil- liard parlor, office, lobby and waiting room will be unsurpassed. The wait- ing parlor will be on the first floor, handsomely furnished. There Will _te 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 accom- modation 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 accomodation 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 wit the city, 2 card to.the manager > the hotel will be promptly re- sponded te, 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 ty cf magnificent distances will be an honor 23 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 deter- mined not to be behind in meeting the demands of strangers and visitors: Capital Stock. The company is incorporated with a capital stock of fity thousand dol- Jars. of this amount the company has decided to sell fifteen thousand dol- Jars of it. A greater opportunity has never been offered the people. of this city, who arg enterprising and wish a goed investment. The Sole Manager. is Mr. Nathaniel Ruffin, a wel! known citizen of Washington, who is known to the president of the United States, to the cabinet officess 2nu other pub- lic men of character and influence. He needs no introducton to the peo- ple, because he is prominently con- nected with some of the best, strong- est, and leading organizations in the sity. For honesty. and integrity and influence zmong his people no better man could have been selected for the position of manager. The country is asked to keep its eyes on The Bes for advertisement and full particulars, of the opening of this new up-to-date hotel and for other particulars ad- dress Nathaniel Ruffin, manager, the Lexington Hotel, 21st and L street, N. W, Washiugton, D C 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. Miss Mattie G. Scurlock, a teacher in the city schools, spent Easter vacation in Baltimore, the guest of Miss Kate Shepard, and was pleasantly entertained socially. Miss Erminie Shimm, one of the leading school teachers, has a her house guest, Mrs. Henry P. Payne, wife of Dr. Payne, of Pittsburg, Pa. The popularity of Miss Shimm as a member of the cultured society of this city alone assures much enjoyment for Mrs. Payne during her visit. She will be in this city a while longer, and later will visit Abbeville, S. C., the place of her birth, where she will be the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. Young. Attorney W. C. Martin, who has been quite ill, is up and out again. Rev. F. J. Grimke, who has been East for several days, has returned to the city. Attorney Jabez Lee has resigned his position in the Government Printing Office to persue the practice of his legal profession and enter into the real estate business. Miss M. J. Thompson, who has been wintering in Georgia, was in the city during the Easter holidays, the guest of Miss Ida G. Mason, of 1909 11th Street. Northwest, has returned to her home in Chicago, Ill. Miss Thompson is a very interesting young lady, and her brief visit was a source of pleasure to everybody who met her. Mrs. M. C. Maxfield, who is quite ill at her home, is improving. Mr. W. Sidney Pittman, who left for Dallas, Texas, two weeks ago, returned to the city last Saturday. They met at Dr. Morse's Gem Drug Store and saw themselves in front of that beautiful fountain, 19th and L streets Northwest. Mr. Joseph T. Newman, director of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church, gave a reception at his home, 410 E street Southeast. Mrs. Mariette Clinksecales presided at the piano. Select music was rendered by the full choir. Dr. John O Plummer, a practicing physician of Raleigh, N. C., passed through the city last Monday en route to Atlantic City for recuperation, after an operation. While here he stopped with his aunt, Mrs. P Pope, of No. 12 N Street Northwest. Mrs. Florence Harrison and daughter spent the holidays in this city, the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Miss Maude Young and Miss Lula V. Childress paid a flying visit to Mrs. Bishop Small, of York, Pa., while en route to Harrisburg, where they participate in a musical. Miss Josephine Hebron, of this city, spent the holidays in Lawnside, Pa. Mrs. Sylvia Gray, who has been visiting in Connecticut, while en route for her home in Rocky Mount, N. C., was entertained by Mr. Clinton Battle, while in this city. Dr. A. M. Curtis, of this city, performed a difficult operation in Baltimore last week. The Misses Seward and Aleine Chandler, of Baltimore, spent the Easter holidays in this city. Mrs. Anna J. Cooper and Miss Emma Merritt, were royally entertained while in Harrisburg, Pa. They were the house guests of Mrs. A. L. Jackson. They were entertained by the Misses Rachel Middleton and Maude Sample, also by the Coterie Club Dr. S. J. Lewis, of Harrisburg, Pa. spent a few days in this city last week. Read The Bee if you want a live parer. Mrs. Hattie Cole, of this city, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, of Baltimore, during the holidays. Mr. George W. White, a medical student at Howard University, spent Easter holidays with his parents in Richmond, Va. Miss Arsine E. Jones, assistant clerk at Freedman's Hospital, was called to New Haven, Conn., on account of death in her family. Miss Viola Parker, of Baltimore, was pleasantly entertained by friends in this city last week. Prof. L. B Moore, Dean of Teachers' College, Howard University, was a visitor to Atlantic City last week. Mr. Noel Brooks, of this city, was the guest of A. J Lightfoot, Esq., of Atlantic City, N. J. Miss Jessie Dillard, of this city, spent the holidays in Philadelphia, the guest of her cousin, Mrs. C Dillard Dean. 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. Mr Jos. Smith, of this city, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Smith, of West Chester, Pa. Dr. W. P. Thirkield paid a flying visit to New York last week. 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. Miss Sadie Merriweather was the guest of her brother-in-law, Dr. B. P. Brownley, while in Charleston, W. Va. Dr. J. E. Ellis, who is practicing in West Virginia, spent several days in this city with relatives and friends. Miss Sadie Harmond, of this city, and Mr. Tobias Robinson, of Philadelphia, were quietly married last week. They will make their future home in Philadelphia, where Mr. Robinson is engaged in business. The testimonial to Prof. Geo. Wm. Cook has been postponed from April 19th inst., to Friday evening, May 31. The Misses Rae Randolph, Alice Diggs, Lottie Penn and Irene Middleton, will spend several days in Baltimore, with friends. Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson left for Atlantic City, N. J., Tuesday. Attorney Thomas L. Jones, and Attorneys Thomas L. Jones and M. T. Clinkscales spoke in Virginia on Emanciipation day. Dr. John W. Moss is now prepared to serve you with soda water and the best cream manufactured in this city When in the neighborhood of Dr. Moss' drug store, call in. It is so refreshing to be able to drink a delicious glass of soda water. If you want a live paper, have The Bee sent to your house. The Bee is the people's paper. Why don't, you have it sent to your home? A·Leap Year Dance. The Neapolitan Club, composed of the following, Misses Alice M. Diggs, president; Rae Randolph, secretary and treasurer; Lucy Shaw, Marie Jarvis, Mary Taylor, Rosa Keating, Irene Middleton, Addie Solomon, Julia Jenkins, Lottie Penn, Lizzie Tancil, Bertie Stevens, Roberta Diggs, Jennie Clark, Messdames Geneva Evans, Pauline Nugent and Sarah Winston, entertained at a leap year dante Friday evening, April 12th, at True Reformers' Hall. The leap year spirit was manifest all evening, but was particularly noticeable when the young ladies sought partners for the dances. During the evening refreshments were served, after which dancing was continued. The following invited guests were present: Misses Janie Cole., Isabel Wood, Effie Nelson, Blyden Wilkinson, Pearl Fisher, of Baltimore; Marie Orme, Mrs. Lula McDaniels and Messrs Henry Booker, Steve Pluniner, Warren Noble Brooks, Hilliard Lewis, Curtus, Roy Hawkins, Henry Hardy, Shirley Turner, Geo. Jenkias, Wm. G Johnson, Vernon Talbert, James Minor, John Williams, Dr. John Day, of Baltimore. Md.; Dr Frank Pearl, Edward French. Eugene Starks, Westmoreland, and Mason Wiftonst. Appropriate souvenirs were given each guest A Symposium. As a token of esteem and appreciation for the pleasant and instructive night school, term, the pupils of Mr. J. Moria Saunders, superintended by Mrs. Morris, tendered him a reception at the residence of Mrs. Morris, 2016 13th Street Northwest, Wednesday evening, April 17. The guests were Miss Ellen Lee, Comora B. Carter, Messrs J Moria Saunders, Payne, James Williams, and others. After being pleasantly entertained they retired to the dining room and enjoyed the toothsome delicacies which had been prepared for them FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS. The public schools of Prince George County for colored pupils have been ordered closed by the honorable Board of County School Commissioners. Rev. Dr E. S Williams, district superintendent, and Rev Washington, the acting pastor of Fairmount Heights M. E. Church, were in full charge Sunday, April 14, 1912. It was announced that Rev O. C. Sprague, the new pastor, who will graduate from Gammon Theological School, Atlanta, Ga., will arrive April 28, 1912, and will take charge of the work on that date. At a meeting of the members of the Presbyterian Church Wednesday evening, the Rev. Chas: Thompson was called to take charge of the work that has been carried on by Rev Smith Mrs. Helen Cardoza is doing much to help the church. The Christian Endeavor meetings are well attended. The Sunday school is steadily increasing in membership, and the Easter exercises are still on .the tongues of those who attended. Mrs. Gilliam, the mother of Mr Robt. W. Gilliam, Mrs. H. Marsee, Mrs. S. M. Cousins and Miss Letitia T. Gilliam, died Friday morning. April 12. Services were held at Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. W. J. Howard officiating. Mrs. Katherine Smart and the Young Ladies Christian Association, of Deanwood, gave a concert and entertainment at the public hall April 16, for the benefit of the Catholic Church, which they are laboring to build Seasons may come and seasons may change, but the crowds go on forever at the two drug stores of Board & McGuire, 1912% 174th St. and 9th and You Sts. N. W. Two places (By R. H. Brooks, 723 So. Fairfax St.) Mrs. Maggie Darnell Evans and Miss Hattie Darnell entertained twenty-five of the younger set Saturday evening in honor of Mrs. Charles Gazaway, of New York. Out of town guests, including Mrs. Gazaway, were Miss Elizabeth Tancil, Messrs Minor. Grady and Savoy, of Washington Whitfield H. Brooks presided at the piano, and Geo. Munday played the violin. Rev. Stewart H Brown. D D. Roberts Chapel's progressive pastor, with the hearty co-operation of his official board, has arranged for a big rally on Sunday, June 23, at which time it is expected that several of the sister M. E. Churches of Washington, together, with their choir, will be over and help make the effort one of the most successful in the annals of the church Dr. Brown has arranged a series of seven sermons for the boys and men of the church and community. He will preach the first of the series at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow, and at 3 P. M. he has been invited to fill the pulpit at Alfred Street Baptist Church for Rev. Alexander Truat Mrs. Bessie. Springs, niece of Mr Orlando B. Williams, died April 15, at her residence on N. Henry street, and was buried Wednesday at 3 P. M. from Roberts Chapel M. E. Church. Rev S. H. Brown, D. D., officiated. Mrs. Cassie Davis, of Providence, R. I., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Davis, her mother-in-law and father-in-law. Mrs. Bertha Truat Mansfield expects to sail for London, England, on or about May 15, where she will remain all summer. Miss Rose Clark left for Asbury Park, N. J., Tuesday, where she will spend the summer. Mr. Howard A. Barrett, of the G O. P. force was somewhat indisposed for a few days last week. Mrs. Mabel Cooper Gassaway, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Matilda Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lumpkins, has returned to her home in Brooklyn, N Y. On Wednesday evening Mrs. Gassaway and Miss Maud Crump and Lydia Adkinson, of Washington, were entertained at tea at the residence of Miss Mary E. Dorsey and Miss Laura M. Dorsey. Master Luther Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Brown, who died Sunday, was buried from Ebenezer Baptist Church Tuesday at 3 P. M The deceased has been employed at the Paff Shoe Factory for a long time, where he has won the esteem of his employers and fellow workmen The meeting of the Colored School Improvement League on Friday evening was a great success. Mr Edward P Dixon, Jr., presided There were interesting talks by Mrs Molly Tancil, Mr. White, one of Alexandria's graded school teachers. Mrs Susie Punn, Lawyer T M Watson and others At the meeting of the Republicans of the Eighth Congressional District of Virginia, held at Whitings Hall Monday, April 15, for the purpose of arranging matters preparatory to sending delegates to the Republican National Convention, which meets in Chicago June 18th. Lawyer T Montgomery Watson, Geeo Preston, Decatur Thompson and Washington Jackson, were elected to meet at Richmond, with the State Committee and perfect plans The Waldorf Pleasure Club expects a very large crowd at their reception on Wednesday evening, April 24, at Odd Fellows' Hall. The boys will have the hall elaborately decorated The table will be supplied with all the delicacies of the season and served by a corps of pretty girls The Columbian Orchestra, of Washington (Alexandria's favorite), under the direction of Mr Sylvester Thomas. will render all the latest hits of the season. The Bee on sale at David Wair's barber shop, 106 N. Columbia street, and Miss Julia Brown, 200 N. Payne. WEST WASHINGTON. Mrs. Fannie Smothers and children gave a very pleasant surprise Wednesday evening to Mr. Jos E. Smothers in honor of his birthday. The guests, who had been privately invited, gathered, much to the surprise of Mr. Smothers, and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. Among those present were: Rev. E. E. Ricks, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, Mrs. Fannie Bailey and daughter, Mrs. Maly Diggs, Mrs. Lydia Dixon, Mrs. Mary Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Smothers, Miss F. Smothers, Mr. J Smothers, Jr., and Mr. Jas L. Turner. A testimonial is to be tendered to M- Jas. T. Beason, the leader of Mt. Zion M. E. Church choir, at an early date. The Junior Epworth League of Mt. Zion M E. Church, will have a grand public union revival and recitation Sunday afternoon at 3:30. Selections will be rendered by the different Endeavorors and Leaguers of the city, and an excellent program will be given, so come and hear it. The seventeenth anniversary of the Young Men's Protective League of the District of Columbia was cele- BARNARDS COMPLEXION CREAM 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. brated Sunday evening, April 14, at Asbury M E Church The annual sermon was delivered by Rev M W Clair, D D. from first chapter or Corinthians, 13-10 verses The address was one of the best ever given the league since its organization seventeen years ago Mr G. L Walton read a very well prepared paper, giving the history of the league, which has a membership of $86 members, with a cash bank account of $7,000 The officers are: A. T. Lewis, president; J L Turner, first vice-president; E. Holland, second vice-president; A L Alexander, financial secretary; A Woodson, assistant secretary; J B. Smith, recording secretary; N. Ruffin, assistant secretary; Daniel Freeman, treasurer Rev J H. Lee, chaplain. HOWARD UNIVERSITY "GYM" FUND. The Alumni of Howard University through its Central (Gymnasium) Committee, of which Prof Kelly Miller is chairman, Mr. Robert A Pelham secretary-treasurer, and Mr Shelby J Davidson financial agent, reached its high-water mark in the campaign which has been in progress all over the country among the alumni and friends of the University Tuesday evening April 9th, when President Taft addressed the alumni under the auspices of the financial department of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association Besides saying many things of the need of the gymnasium in the physical development of the colored race, he spoke in no uncertain tone against the lynching outrages, and denounced it in strong and vigorous language Since January the alumni has been systematically circulating and cating the alumni body throughout the country and appealing to them as to the necessity for the building of the gymnasium for which the trustees of the university has promised a donation of $15,000 on the condition that the alumni raise $10,000, the building to be known as the Alumni Building. The response from the alumni and friends have been encouraging and at the rally Mr Shelby J. Davidson, financial agent, reported that since the inauguration of the campaign the amount of pledges has been raised from about $3,000 at that time, to more than $4,000; of the cash in hand at the outset, $1,000, he reports that an addition of $500 has been made, making the total collections about $1,500 The effort to personally reach as many of the alumni is being tried with much success, on February 15th, the Philadelphia branch of the Alumni Association held its annual meeting and, banquet at which financial agent Mr Davidson was present; and in response to the appeal the Alumni of Philadelphia voted to pledge themselves to the extent of $1,000 towards the gymnasium fund. Preparations are now under way at Baltimore for a meeting of the local alumni on the 18th inst., and it is believed that with the strong and interested contingent of that city, the outcome will be favorable to boosting the gymnasium proposition. Mr Davidson has been invited and will be present with them on this occasion. With the graduates of the university numbering more than three thousand, many, if not all of them deeply indebted to Howard University for what they have accomplished in life, there seems no reason why the gymnasium as a tangible evidence of the alumni interest in alma mater should not prove a success. Surely no one who has been through Howard University, in its earlier days, will hesitate to not only contribute his or her quota, but will go out of his or her way to speak a word of encouragement for the project. June 6th has been designated as commencement day, as well as alumni day, and plans are on foot for one of the greatest commencements and alumni gatherings in the history of the University. Every alumnus is invited to come back, each class which has gone from the university is expected to be represented, and under the banner of the year of graduation there will be a grand class march, and Howard University, with a united alumni at its back, will take its place among the colleges of the country. Let every alumnus get in touch with the Gymnasium Committee. If they have not reached you, you reach them at Dietz Building, Rooms 21-23, Washington, D.C. HOWARD THEATRE Tst.near7th,N.W. The Theatre for the People Positively the Last Week Commencing Mon. Apr. 15 Matinee: Thursday and Saturday SMART SET With that Funny Fellow S. H. DUDLEY In the Best of all Colored Song Shows Dr. Beans from Boston "The House of Plainly Marked Prices." 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. Extends a cordial greeting to the ministers of all denominations to be the guests of the school for one week, beginning July 6, 1912, and closing July 13, 1912, for the purpose of discussing the following and kindred questions. What is the moral condition of the people of your community? Is crime on the increase? If not, what is the cause of its reduction? What is the sanitary condition? What effort, if any, has been made to improve the sanitary conditions? Is the death rate increasing? KNOCKERS. Preachers are the greatest knockers and the most deceptive What did the preacher say against The Bee at the Roosevelt headquarters? Some people think that they are smart, but they will get caught. It is not the preacher who always laughs in your face that you can trust. To what extent do you co-operate with the Civic Improvement Leagues? Has settlement work been conducted to any extent in your community, and with what results? What has been the effect of the Temperance Organizations, and have you co-operated with them? To what extent has the work of the Y M C. A and Y W. C. A been effective in your community? Do you approve them? What is the general fitness of the city and country school teacher? What has been the attitude of the day school teacher towards the church and Sunday school? What is the real religious condition of your people? Revivals, how conducted? Rev Dr Jesse L. Hurlbut and Rev. Dr. W. Y. Chapman will be in charge of the expository features during conference week. All ministers who intend attending this conference should make it known at an early date, addressing the President, National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C., so that reservation can be made for them. There will be no charge while in attendance upon the conference. The Summer School and Chautauqua of the National Religious Training School will open July 3, 1912, and continue for six weeks. The most complete and most up-to-date Summer School for the colored race in the United States. For particulars KNOCKERS. Preachers are the greatest knockers and the most deceptive What did the preacher say against The Bee at the Roosevelt headquarters? Some people think that they are smart, but they will get caught. It is not the preacher who always laughs in your face that you can trust. Brother C. The Bee knows what you said. Don't fall when you receive the jolt. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rose celebrated the 25th anniversary of their marriage Friday evening, April 12. The presents were many, valuable and beautiful. Sunday afternoon, at their residence, Twenty-first street Northwest, they gave a dinner to a number of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Rose were a pleasing host and hostess. Mrs. Ida R. Richardson, who has been ill for several weeks at her home, is able to be out again. Mr. J. T. C. Newsm, who has been ill for some time, and whose life was despaired of, has sufficiently improved to be out again. Attorney James H. Hayes, who has been east, returned to the city this week. Emancipation day celebration was held at the Friendship Baptist Church Tuesday evening, Rev. Wilbanks, pastor. Ex-Senator J. M. Thurston spoke BARGAINS. Go to Grogan, the oldest furniture house in the city. It is the place where everything in household furniture may be purchased. Mention The Bee. WORK WITH DEATH. Powder Makers Toil In Constant Peril of Their Lives. THEY, DON'T WANT VISITORS Men Callers Are Permitted In the Plant Only With Extreme Reluctance and After Drastic Precautions, and Women Are Absolutely Barred. In all the vocations in which a man can make a living in the United States there is none more perilous than the manufacture of gunpowder and none in which the public, which usually suffers severely in case of accident, takes so small an interest. The word gunpowder itself carries a suggestion of peril which is reflected in all the superstitions of the men who work in the trade. The men who work in powder plants are a study in themselves. Probably in no other business do the human agents take more precautions against disaster with such pitiful results. Men who work in powder plants are in constant fear of death. They are face to face with peril every second. Instead of growing hardened to it, as do the laborers in many other fields of danger, they appear to be the most superstitious class of men on earth. They are well paid. A man who has nerve enough to work at this trade is worthy of his hire. He can command $10 a day, sometimes $20. He practically makes his own rules, since he is the one to suffer from an infraction of them. His every suspicion is respected by his employer. He cannot dictate the hours of labor, since that is a matter eternally in dispute, as in other kinds of labor, but he can dictate the conditions under which he works from the moment he enters the factory until he leaves. These superstitions seem absurd sometimes, but they are the law of the gunpowder factory. If you are an employer you break the law at the risk of financial loss; if you are a fellow employee you violate it at the risk of your life. One of the first laws among the employees is that of self preservation. They have a deep rooted fear of the casual visitor. Few men have gone through a gunpowder plant out of mere curiosity. They are not wanted and are told so frankly. If they succeed in obtaining the permission of the superintendent or possibly of some one higher in authority they are subjected to an extraordinary ordeal before they are admitted to the sacred precincts. First they are searched, and no police official is more adept in the art of "frisking" than is the outer guardian of the average gunpowder plant. Every piece of metal, from pocketknife to garter clasp—every coin, match, suspender buckle, everything that could possibly strike a spark, is removed. The hatband of the most fashionable derby is examined with care to see that it carries no metal initials. And this examination is not carried on alone by the official whose favor you have gained. A representative of the employees takes an active part in the examination, and if he has any doubts he will politely request you to strip to the skin. Once inside the powder factory you are under even more careful scrutiny. Your shoes are taken away, and you are provided with felt slippers. Convinced that on your person there is no piece of metal which under any provocation could strike a spark, you may feel at liberty to roam around, but you are not. Your every movement is watched carefully, and should you make a gesture calculated to inspire distrust you would be hustled out of the building and told to leave the neighborhood within a given time. I had a graphic illustration of the extreme care taken by these men to prevent an accident and to save their own lives. After having been carefully searched and after having surrendered everything which might come under the classification of metal I was admitted to the plant. Secure in the knowledge that I was thoroughly "disinfected," I assumed a nonchalance which I was far from feeling as I watched the various processes of making gunpowder. I was so well at ease that I drew a toothpick from my pocket and calmly picked my teeth. Instantly I was thrown to the floor and while two husky men held me a third searched my clothing. When finally I was released it was explained to me that they feared the toothpick might be a match. Laboring under the constant fear of death, the employees grow extraordinarily superstitious. Once allow a woman to set foot within a powder factory and the entire force will quit. It is one of the axioms of the trade that a woman brings misfortune, and it is useless to argue the question. A woman photographer for a newspaper on a "Sunday assignment" once was admitted into an Illinois powder factory by an inexperienced official, and the next day the plant was shut down. The employees struck. The plant remained idle until an entire new force was recruited.-Chicago News. Natural Longing However old, humble, plain, desolate, afflicted, we may be, so long as our hearts preserve the feeblest spark of life they preserve also, shivering near that pale ember, a starred, ghostly longing for appreciation and affection. 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The following article was prepared by representatives of the national council of horticulture to stimulate interest in gardening: While plants can stand great extremes in temperature, corresponding extremes in moisture surely will tend to ruin if not to kill the strongest of them. Water should be given only when needed, then in such quantity that the soil is soaked. Soft stemmed plants, especially those with large leaves, need much more water than hard wooded, slow growing varieties, and, while the former kind easily recover from drought, the latter usually suffer permanent injury from extremes. Heavy clayey soils sour easily, while light loamy soils dry out quickly, and unless carefully watched the plants in such soil soon will wilt. In either case it is better to water thoroughly and only when needed than to water sparingly and often. The season and time of day should be considered in watering. Plants not in active, growth should be watered sparingly until they have regained their foliage. Watering in the evening, just before dark, will greatly aid the growth of fungous diseases, as the foliage will continue wet through the night. It also causes "damping off" of young cuttings and plants. Never water during heavy, cloudy weather. PHYSICAL STRAINS. Men Over Forty-five Should Take No Excessive Exercise. The physical decay of men over forty must be more frequently mentioned lest we forget the fact that our physique was evolved for only thirty-five or forty years of strenuous use, says American Medicine. It was not so long ago that forty-five was extreme old age—counting time in the large way of evolution. Lengthening of life has been possible only because civilization has let up the physical strains, so if we continue them we must expect to break as of old. 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James & E. !(Late of McKenzie Scott)\ UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALM 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. UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS 1824-6 L St. N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAPEL - SHOW ROOM VISIBLE WELLINGTON VISIBLE Only $60.00. SOLD ON E Only Typewriter Sold Which is O Two Dollars per Month Will Rent Rental Applies on Purchase. SHOW ROOM PHOTO VISIBLE WELLINGTON VISIBLE TYPEWRITE oo. - - - Y SOLD ON EASY TERMS. Newwriter Sold Which is Guaranteed for Two years per Month Will Rent the Wellington. Applies on Purchase. Freed by the WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY Ninth St. N. W. - - - Wa VISIBLE WELLINGTON WELLINGTON VISIBLE TYPEWRITER Only $60.00. You Save $40.00. SOLD ON EASY TERMS. Only Typewriter Sold Which is Guaranteed for Two Years. Two Dollars per Month Will Rent the Wellington. 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This is satisfy you. Morris M Fine If you su Directory business places in the city, alphabeti- this Company send us a card, and down to the business world. DIRECTORY CO., at N. W. mes & Bro. enzie' Scott) AND EMBALMERS The Price of C clus Coat, Suits PHONE: MAIN 428 WELLINGTON ABLE TYPEWRITER You Save $40.00. EASY TERMS. Guaranteed for Two Years. the Wellington. CTURING COMPANY, Chas. H. Jarvins & Sons FISH POULTRY AND OYSTER DEALERS, 930 C Street Northwest, and Center Market. Phone, Main 4480. Washington, D. C. Dr. W. S. Richardson 316 41-2 St. Southwest 14th and R Sts. N.W. Two of the best known drug stores in the city. Drugs and toilet arcles of all kinds A H. Underdown Employment Emporium. Reliable help furnished. Employment secured. 1742 14th Street. N.W. Phone North 864. Dec. 1-tf DURHAM, N. C.. J. ARTHUR JAMES Washington, D. C. 6. Department of Literary Training 7. Department of Industries. 8. Extension Home Classes. There are special scholarships for deserving young men and women, in the Departments of Theology and Religious Training. The next Summer School and Chautauqua will open July 3, 1912. For further information and catalogue, address PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD. Durham, N. C. rmann N. W. Beautiful Lounges Morris Chairs Writing Desks Music Boxes Beds Fine Bedsteads and Mattresses If you want a first-class Bed-room suite, call after you have been elsewhere E. MURRAY The : Up-to-date : Cafe FIRST-CLASS PLACE FOR MEALS Ice Cream, cut, $1.20 per gal. Plain Ice Cream 90c per gal Public and private receptions served in our large dining room. E. Murray 1216 You St. N. W. THE ENTERPRISE CLEANING AND PRESSING. CO. The Proper Cleansing and Pressing of Gent's Clothing. Our Exclusive Work. 75c per Suit. Coat, 40c. Pants, 20c. Vest, 15c. Suits Pressed, 35c. Four for $1.00. 1537 Fourteenth St. N. W. ROBERT DOUGLASS, Manager. North Mountain Sana- torium FOR COLORED CONSUMPTIVES SITUATED AT NORTH MOUNTAIN BERKELY CO., W. VA. Elevation 1200 Feet P. Franklin Scott, Samuel Gray. Supterintendent 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 dove 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 dong, don't fail to go to Cooper's. Read his announcement. Douglass Directory. 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. Fosters DYE Works FOSTER'S DYE AND CLEANING WORKS. (You Street, between 17th 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. Go 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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To the Editor: Referring to my letter of recent date in the matter of the rumored sale of the Law School building of Howard University and President Thirkield's "canned letter" answer thereto, I respectfully request the courtesy of your columns for a reply. The discussion having been precipitated by me, you will concede it to be only fair, I believe, that I should close. McCall Patterns Lead all others in style, fit, simplicity, economy and number sold. More dealers sell McCall Patterns than any other two makes combined. None higher than 15 cents. Buy from your dealer, or by mail from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St., New York City New-Sample Copy, Premium Catalogs and Pattern Catalogs Dose, a request. One of the newspapers which published President Thirkield's statement included in its heading the words "Story branded as false." Let us see, then, to what extent falsity is involved ```markdown ``` I said the sale was rumored. When I tell you, as I do now tell you, that even before I had heard anything at all of the latest developments in the matter, a petition protesting against any effort to remove the Law School or sell its present home had already been drawn up and signed by all the law Students except two, and I am sure you will believe me. This pair of shadow-dodgers would probably be afraid to sign a pay-roll, and it may be chalked up right here that they will constitute two "lemons" which Howard University will contribute to the legal profession if she never contributes any more. Add to this President Thirkield's own admission that the matter was considered and that a committee was appointed to inquire into the feasibility of selling the Law School site, and I think there will remain no doubt as to the truth or falsity of my statement there were sales and rumors of sales. Let not the issue be clouded by me, President Thirkield, nor any one else. To say no definite action was taken, and then admit that a committee was appointed to look into a proposition to sell the Law School is to hand us all the definite action we are looking for at this time, and more, too. The question is, "shall the Law School building be sold?" The answer is, "No." Let the committee, therefore, lay aside its labors, "beat it" back to the Hill as quickly as possible and report as follows: "We, your committee sent out to consider the feasibility of selling The Moose House 625 D Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Special Liquor Sale Every Saturday. MADAME K. L COLEMAN 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 estimates. 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. Wm. Evarts Hall, the home of the Law Department of Howard University, after a careful consideration of all the facts and all the interests involved, including a special inquiry into the economic status of the men who attend and who are likely to attend the Law School for some years to come, find and do hereby accordingly recommend, that no proposition whatever to remove the Law School from its present location be considered by the Board of Trustees of Howard University for the next twenty years. If anything is to be done at present, let the Law School be enlarged where it is, as has been done by Georgetown University, whose Law School now holds first place in the United States." President Thirkield refers, by way of comparison, to Columbia University and the things done there. I am so delighted at this that, like the nity nincompoop in the "Rose of the Rancho," I could "throw myself at his feet." At last my time has come—and I've waited for it for years. You can imagine how my countenance is lighted up as I glance over the pound of letters and memoranda on my desk before me as I write; for these papers set forth with more or less detail just how things are done at Columbia. Harvard. Yale, Cornell and other leading American universities For instance, I have full data showing how the upper classmen at Cornell have been granted a fine share in the government of the student body at that great school. (When the Council of Upper Classmen sent me, and others to seek a similar dignity for our organization at Howard, a tabloid "University Council" made up of President Thirkield and four and a half deans, sat and heard our petition Results—ZERO.) At the last annual meeting of the General Muniun Association in May, 1911, when I attempted to show the conditions applying to alumni eligibles in other universities, Dr. Kelly Miller was allowed to "settle my hash" by curtly informing me that "this is Howard University." For instance, also, I have before me the details of how the Alumni on Harvard College RAISED $2,500,000 for their Alma Mater, using the very identical plan advocated by President Holm and myself at the January meeting of the Executive Committee of our alumni organization. Yet, we must understand that "this is Howard University; we have no interest in what other universities do," and, therefore, we are justified in ignoring Harvard's stupendous undertaking and the success of the plan undertaken by her, while we hire a "Financial" Department of a Central Committee" at a wage of 25 per cent of practically all contributions to accomplish one two-hundred-and-ninth of what Harvard accomplished without hiring anybody. And so I might go on Sullice it to say, however, that from now on there'll be no squeeling of me and other alumni by declining to hear of what is done at other universities. That "big stick" may now be used in the furnace to help keep warm the heavenly pream Clark Hall. (I have made the sign of the cross.) Returning to the issue, there is no malice, no ill will in this matter. All the law men want is "Hands off the Law School." As loyalists we do our hats to no Howardite We are WITI President Thirkield, not against him. What he wants to do is to get with us. Wild Onion Place In a bulletin issued by the United States geological survey service giving derivations of local names in the United States is this entry: "Chicago, city and river in Illinois; the Ojibwa Indian form. 'She-Kag-Ong,' signifies 'wild onion place,' from a root form implying 'bad smell.' Several derivations were dug up, but the definition of the word Chicago was generally admitted to be the most unpleasantly outspoken of them all, according to the Chicago Tribune. Two Fatal Mistakes. Marle Autoinette, escaping from the Tulleries, turned to the right instead of to the left after passing the inner arch. She lost her way, lost time and by this means lost her own head and the head of Louis XIV. So the story of Carlyle runs. Queen Dragoa of Servja meant to leave Belgrade, but waited for a going away gown, being anxious that as a fugitive she should appear in becoming attire. It was a fatal delay. An Inexpensive Amusement "An inexpensive Amusement "Did you ever," said Belinda, "try standing cents on edge? It can be done if the cents are not worn. They can most easily be made to stand on blotting paper, but they will stand on a smooth, polished table. Try it some time when other amusements flag."—New York Sun. Economy. Wifie—Dearie. I started today to economize on our household expenses. Hubby—Good! How did you do it? Wifie—I went to all the bakeries for blocks around, and then I bought a dozen doughnuts at the bakery that puts the smallest holes in them. Judge. What: Would Happen. "What would your father do if I told him I loved you?" "I'd refer you to the young man who proposed and was accepted by me while you were trying to make up your mind." His Mean Comment: Mrs. Doty (reprovingly)—Mrs. Enpeck told me today that her husband always keeps her photograph on his office desk. Mr. Doty—I guess that explains why he's always late getting home to dinner.—Puck. PHAIR VIM 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. "BABEK" CURES MALARIA READ WHAT PROMINENT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY: Gentlemen: I wish to state that two bottles of "Elixir Babek" I purchased of you at the recommendation of a friend has proven of incalculable benefit to my daughter a health. 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The Jane Freeman Booth School of Industries announces courses in Cooking, Sewing, Shampooing, Manicuring, Millinery. Special course in the making of Braids, Puffs, Dyeing, &c. For further particulars, address. RAPIST IN THE PHILIPPINES. White Men the Offenders—Burglar Caught. Manila, P. I., Feb. 20. In these islands as well as in the United States, you will find white men stealing and raping innocent young girls. The most outrageous act that has thus far been perpetrated is the following account of a rape committed by a white man, published in The Cable News, American, Tuesday February 20, 1912: "Lewis Allen, a former member of the police force, who has been dismissed from the force and confined to the Meisie police station pending the result of an investigation which was conducted by the prosecuting attorney, will have to answer to a charge of rape, which was preterested against him yesterday by the prosecuting attorney. "The native girl he is alleged to have violated is under 11 years of age, and was at the time of the alleged commission of the act, under the protection of Allen." White Man's Crime in Manila. Residents of Paco have been alarmed during the past week by the operations of a bold American burglar, who, under the guise of being an electrician, has entered several houses and made way with valuable property of the owners. Last Saturday the man came to the home of Cephas Shults, at 628 Union. Paco, while Mrs. Shults was away, told the house boy that he had come to fix the lights, and ordered him to bring a hammer and screw-driver. With these he broke open the aparadores and bureaus and secured a large amount of valuables. In the loot was a suit of clothes belonging to Mr. Shults. The clothes were his undoing. With a minute description of the missing apparel in his mind, Secret Service Agent Beatle discovered the erstwhile electrician Sunday, bedecked in his stolen garb: On examination at secret service headquarters, he proved to be John Smith, alias Fred Jackson, an escaped military prisoner from, Fort William McKinley, for whom a reward of $50 had been offered. Washington, D.C., April 11, 1992. 1000 Maryland Avenue, S. W. W. Washington, D. C., April 9, 1900. Kiessey's favorite gift live months I have sold 3,600 bottles of "Elixir Babek," for Malaria. Chills and Fever. Our customers speak very well of it. Yours truly, HENRY N. F. W. N. DY KITCHEN St. N. W. Indies Daily Good Taffy 10c lb. $1.00 gal. 30c ot. Booth School school of Industries announces courses Manicuring, Millinery, of Braids, Puffs, Dyeing, &c. ess F. BOOTH. washington, D. C. Jackson is a typical New York yeggman. He was entirely unconcerned over his capture, saying "You fellows don't know me as well as they do in New York." He will be turned over to the military authorities with a record of his criminal activities while loose in Manila. Why the Public Has No Confidence in This Government. (Philippine Free Press) Throughout the narrative of Captain Green, as published in the Free Press, some weeks ago in the form of and affidavit, frequent reference was made to the "higher-ups" and having been told by a number of men in the police department that they were too stronggirl Him and that he would "lose or" At the time many persons were inclined to soff at these remarks, and took little stock in such suspicion. We wonder, in the face of the continued non-suspension of Chief Harding, and the farcal leave of absence or temporary relief of Chief Trowbridge, if those same persons still think as they did For weeks past the press of Manila has been almost unanimous in its demand for at least the suspension of Chief Harding; but as for any influence on the government the press might as well have been shouting itself hoarse on the sands of the Sahara. If the truth were known, it would probably be found that with Major Hartigan and the Catholic church behind him Chief Harding can afford to laugh at the public and its demands. Not that this government doesn't dare offend May Hartigan and the church, but that it won't. For the church has influence, that terror of the politician and the office holder with aspirations If there are any persons who think that the power of the church passed with Spanish sovereignty, they have something to learn. Today the church, through its attorneys, Messrs. Hartigan and Kincaid, is practically controlling the two political conventions being held here, the first the Republican and the second the Democratic. So, whichever way Fortune goes, the church cannot lose. And in a hundred other ways the power of the church is making itself felt in these islands, subtly and insidiously but irresistibly. In many respects it is still as it was in Spanish days: "The CHURCH and the State." All of which helps to explain why, in this matter of Chief Harding, the government prefers to offend the people to offending the church. For the people have, no power, while the church is pretty nearly all powerful. The people can not depose a governor or general; the church may. The present police investigation will soon be over. It will accomplish something. But not a great deal. And even now the Free Press predicts it will fail of results just where most needed—at the top. And thus will the predictions of those men who warned Captain Green come true. They knew what they were talking about. For our part, we look for nothing—we hope for nothing, from this present administration. Only a Democratic victory and a thorough cleaning out from top to bottom can bring about a change WHY SUFFER WITH PILES. WHY SUFFER WITH PILES. Browns Pile Remedy is used successfully for Internal and External Piles. Remedy No. 1. An ointment, makes soreness, inflammation and initiation vanish. Remedy No. 2. An internal remedy to aid the ointment by expelling the poison caused by constipation. To be used together. Both for 502 postpaid. J.C.BROWN, Registered Pharmacist 609 Third Street. N.W. Washington. D.C. ROBERT ALLEN ROBERT ALLER Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 4th Street, N. 'W. Washington, D. C. Ox Marrow. We want our readers to patronize us; it helps all around. The Ozonized 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. 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—12t6 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 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 stories in which 27 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', 666 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. Christian Xander's Sweet NORTON An excellent port wine $1 a gallon Family Quality House 909 7th St. Phone M-274 NoBranch Houses LEGAL NOTICES. ATTORNEYS BECKETT AND GRAY. Supreme Court of of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court. No. 12805. Administration. No. 17895, Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of Administration on the estate of Mary L. D. Cooper, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, 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, 2319 L St. N. W. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. GEO .F. COLLINS, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court. No. 18,850, Administration Docket. Estate of Willis Hunnicut, Deceased. Application having been made herein in for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by Mildred Hunnicut, it is ordered this 5th day of April, A. D. 1912, that Dollie Thomas and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Tuesday, the 21st day of May, A. D. 1912, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and "The Bee" once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned, the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. WRIGHT, Justice. ATTORNEYS JONES AND WARING. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court, No. 18543, Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters of administration, on the estate of Lucy Robb, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 17th day of April, A. D. 1013, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate: Given under my hand this 17th day of April, 1912. SUSIE R. ROBB. 1431 11th St. N. W. Attest: JAMES TANNER. Register of Wills of the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court JONES AND WARING WONDERFUL RESULTS ON SHORT NOTICE I have used your Pomade. Its the best thing I ever used for making curly hair lie smooth. I have not finished my first bottle, but can see wonderful results, writes Mrs. Louise E. Hayes of Pineville, S. C. Try Ford's Hair Pomade for harsh stubborn and unruly hair and Ford's Royal White Skin Lotion for the complexion. Ask your druggist for them. Be sure and get the genuine (Ford's) manufactured by the Ozonized Ox Marrow Company, Chicago, Ill. Eor sale by Nichols' Pharmacy. Corner 19th Street and Penn. Ave.; S. A. Richardson & Co., 7th and Q Sts., N. W.; Morse's Pharmacy, 19th and L Sts. N. W.; W. S. Richardson, 316 Four-and-a-Half St. S. W.; Daniel H. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton Ave., N. W.; J. F. Simpson, corner 27th St. Rhode Island Ave. and R St. N. W.; Singleton's Pharmacy, 20th and E Sts. N. W.; Market Pharmacy, corner 20th and K-Sts. N. W.; John R. Major, 716 7th St. N. W.; Ideal Pharmacy, 11th St. and N. Y. Ave. N. W.; R. A. Veitch, corner 20th and M Sts. N. W.; E. E. Cissell, 10th St.; and N. Y. Ave.; W. P. Herbst, Penn. Ave. and 25th St. N. W.; Hutton & Hilton, 22d and L Sts. N. W.; R. W. Duffey, Penn. Ave and 22d St. N. W.; Whiteside Pharmacy, 1921 Pa Ave. Board & McGuire, corner 9th and U Sts.; F. M. Criswell, 1901 7th St. N. W.; Quigley's Pharmacy, corner 21st and G Sts. N. W.; Daw's Drug Store, corner 23d and H Sts. N. W.; Howard Pharmacy, 10th and R Sts. N. W People's Pharmacy, 7th and Mass Ave., N. W. NAPOLEON CARICATURES. The First Was Drawn by a Fellow Student of the Future Emperor at Brienne. Napoleon in caricature is one of the most prolific of subjects. Indeed, European political caricature from 1798 until 1815 may be said to have been Napoleon. Although in France this form of pictorial art was rigidly suppressed, Gilray and Rowlandson in England and a score of artists in Germany and Austria were depicting the great emperor as the most infamous of monsters. The first known caricature of Bonaparte was drawn years before the first consulate, when the Bourbons still sat upon the throne of France. It is reproduced in Norwood Young's "The Growth of Napoleon." Young Bonaparte's years at the military academy at Brienne were not happy ones. He was a Corsican, and at that time Corsica was a recently conquered province. The cartoon, which was drawn by a schoolmate, represents the future emperor standing, a severe and determined look upon his face, with both hands on the top of a musket, resting the butt on the ground. A smaller figure behind him, an old man whose nose nearly reaches his chin, is pulling him back by his wig. Napoleon's feet face in two directions—one forward, the other backward. Underneath is written, "Bonaparte rushes to the aid of Paoll to rescue him from the hand of his enemies." These words have been struck through with a pen, which has also been drawn across the face of Napoleon. THE PERSIANS. Not Rulled by Caste, but Are Great Sticklers For Etiquette. The pleasures of the Persians are in the main refined. They have not many kinds of recreation. Conversation is one of their chief enjoyments. Although a large proportion of them can neither read nor write, I think we must call them an intellectual people. They are natural linguists, and since their country is inhabited by many different races they are obliged to speak several different languages. It is not uncommon to find a man who scarcely knows his right hand from his left who can speak two or three languages fluently. To this number a man of any education whatever would add two or three more. There is no caste among any of the races found in Persia. A son of Nasir-I-Din Shah's butler became his prime minister; a peasant girl once became the first favorite of this same king's anderun because she lifted her vell as the king was passing through her native village and her beauty appealed to the royal fancy. But while there is no caste the Persians are in some ways great sticklers for etiquette. The Zi-i-Sultan, the oldest and most capable son of Nasir-I-Din, could not succeed his father on the throne because his mother was not of royal birth. All social functions, moreover, are attended with the most rigid ceremonies, and woe to the person who attempts to overstep the bounds which custom has prescribed for his rank.-Mary A. Colquhoun in Los Angeles Times. The Message In the Box. On a table in the waiting room of a specialist is an inlaid box. When one opens it and most visitors to the specialist do—a smaller box is found and one not so large inside that. This continues until finally the last is reached, a tiny thing with a slip of paper inside it. On the paper is a single word, "Curiosity." "I keep it there to amuse waiting patients," explained the specialist. "If there was only one who went through the scale of boxes he might feel sore about it, but he or she leaves the box closed for the next corner, and when there are quite a few in the waiting room it gets to be a pretty good joke, and I can hear laughter as the latest arrival gets stung. I picked the box up on a trip to India and happened to leave it in the waiting room one day. Now it stays there all the time."—New York Sun. Peg Tankards. The pegging or marking of drinking cups was introduced by St. Dunstan to check the intemperate habits of the times by preventing one man from taking a larger draft than his companions. But the device proved the means of increasing the evil it was intended to remedy, for, refining upon St. Dunstan's plan, the most abstemious were required to drink precisely to a pèg or pin, whether they could soberly take such a quantity of liquor or not. Different Positions "What does the man do over there at the desk who seems to be working so hard?" "He checks the cash." "And what does the man do who is leaning back in the easy chair smoking?" "Oh, he caches the checks."—Balti- more American. "Happiness," declaimed the philosopher, "is the pursuit of something, not the catching of it." "Have you ever," interrupted the plain citizen, "chased the last car on a rainy night?"—Toledo Blade. The smallest bird cannot light upon the greatest tree without sending a shock to its most distant fiber. Every mind is at times no less sensitive to the most trifling words—Lew Wallace in "Ben-Hur." BEGGARS OF LONDON. The Hiring of Starved Looking Children as a Means of Rousing Sympathy. There is no city in Europe, according to an American citizen who has returned from a business trip to England, where there may be seen so many beggars in the streets as in the British metropolis, says the Washington Herald. "These beggars—'halt, blind, malmed—come for the most part from the 'beggars' colony,' the most lawless district in all London. It is hidden in the haze of mean streets in the borough of Kensington and is called Nottingdale. "These 'tale pitchers,' as they call themselves, are men and women who hire starved looking children by the day to enlist the sympathy of the benevolent. There are 'old soldiers' and 'sailors,' with bogus beards and records complete; there are 'shabby genteel' men in tattered frock coats and carefully brushed broken boots, who talk of 'college days;' there are the musical beggars, who live by singing; there are the begging letter writers, and, finally, there are the beggars who solicit under the pretext of offering matches, collar buttons or shoe-strings for sale. "A 'tale pitcher' who knows the ropes can hire a sickly infant at the rate of about 12 cents a day. An unusually wretched looking infant will be dearer, but a whole family of neglected mites can be borrowed for 50 cents and 'no questions asked.' Many of these professional beggars make as much as $4 a day." WALTON'S FAST. The "Plunger" Did Even More Than the Doctor Suggested. Race track lovers of some years ago all knew "Plunger" Walton—Francis Theodore Walton, as he was christened. Everything that Walton did he did as thoroughly as he plunged on the races. This habit was illustrated by his famous fast. Rheumatism caused him considerable suffering for years. Across the street from him lived a doctor, who said one day: "Walton, you eat too much. That's what's the matter with you. Do as I say and you will cure your rheumatism. Don't let food tempt you so much. Just taper off your meals, and don't eat except when you really feel like it." Some time passed before the two men met again. The physician inquired what results followed from heeding his directions. He listened thunderstruck to the following report: "That advice of yours sounded easy, and I didn't eat a morsel for twenty-one days. No, sir; not a single particle of food passed my lips. Every hour that I was awake I did drink a glass of water. I suffered no great pangs of hunger. I was comfortable and had a good time. It was my wife's anxiety that made me break my fast. She got the notion that I was losing weight too fast. You see, I once weighed 285 pounds. When I began the fast I weighed 246. At the end of twenty-one days I weighed an even 200. Your advice was all right."—New York Tribune. A Coral Pipe. While a United States warship was off Barbados a few years ago a sailor who was amusing himself fishing for sharks brought up from the depths a long "churchwarden" pipe that evidently had been lying at the bottom of the sea for a hundred years or more. It was unbroken and had either been accidentally dropped overboard or washed out of some old wreck. The coral insects had seized upon it and covered the long stem with delicate, lacelike branches and the bowl with fine "vermicelli" work. So completely was it concealed with the coral coating that it was impossible to determine the original material of the pipe. Oddly enough, the inside of the bowl had been left untouched and still showed the stains of fire and nicotine.—New York Press. Hope. Hope is anticipation. It is an inherent feeling in mankind and a divine provision for the sustenance of interest in life. Hope is a chord which strikes pleasant desires for the future; it is every one's sunshine, the rainbow in the storm, the silver lining to the present cloud, a star set in the firmament of our lives, to brighten, lighten and cheer the way and differs in magnitude and brightness according to occasion. Hope is an antidote of misery, a cordial for the desponding and a chain with many links.—Nellie E. Mate. Patience. There's no music in a "rest," that I know of, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the life melody, always talking of perseverance and courage and fortitude, but patience is the finest and worthiest part of fortitude, and thearest too—Ruskin. Doing It Right. "But, my dear, if I buy you this gown it will put me $50 in debt." "Only $50! If you are going in debt why not go in like a gentleman and make it a hundred!"—Fllegende Blatter. The White Woman's Burden. Of course men have a lot of small worries, but they don't have to carry a chamois skin and a little satchel around with them wherever they go.—Galveston News. He is our friend who loves more than admires us.—Channing. PASSING AND COMING EVENTS Jim Crowism, President Taft, R. C. Bruce, Dr. Corrothers and Others. The Bee, Etc. To the readers of The Bee: To the readers of The Bee: I feel like giving vent to my feelings along political lines; but I am quite sure that the editor will not allow me that sort of space for the time being, at least. I can always tell when Brother Chase is going to put forth his very best efforts to help a man. The first thing he does is to call the fellow up, lay him across his lap, and proceed to give him (the fellow he is going to help) a sound thrashing. He did it in the case of our good and worthy assistant superintendent of schools, Prof. R. C. Bruce. He (Bro. Chase) use to hit Mr. Bruce some terrible blows. But don't you see how he is helping him now? Only a few short months ago he laid Tait across his lap and, with his No. 11 slippers, he gave the President one of the worst wallopings he ever had in all the days of his life. Do you see what a great defender the President has in Brother Chase today? Comment is unnecessary. Feeling that his No. 11 slipper were not heavy enough to administer the proper dose to Dr. S. L. Corrothers, Chase gets so angry he just jumps on the good Doctor with both feet, which are enough to kill any human creature, and proceeds to warm Dr. Corrothers unmercifully. But in a few days—by the time The Bee is ready for its next issue—one can see that in Mr. Chase Dr. Corrothers has a staunch friend. Now, judging by the usual sign, Speaker Clark, of Missouri, or Mr. Rooo-evelt will find in Brother Chase a good friend and helper along the road to the White House. Which shall it be, Brother Chase? You have taken both of them to the wood shed and there brought your lash into play. But I will cease writing along this line, for there comes to my mind another thought relative to the treatment of our race by some of the po' whites of this city.' Up in the jungles of Second and U Streets Northwest, we are told of a band of Christians (?) who eplace of worship is at the Church of the Advent. These Christians (may the good Lord have mercy 'pon them) are greatly stirred up over the seeming probability of the thrifty and cultured class of colored people buying homes, since they are not able to buy, in that section of the city. They have become frightened (2) as if a wild grizzly bear had made its appearance near the Church of the Advent, and is seeking to destroy the "soul of white folks." The members of the Church of the Advent owe it to themselves to pray earnestly to God to let them stay in Washington every day that is allotted to man to stay on the earth; for they will never go to a clime whose atmosphere is chilled with snow and ice And we are led here to the belief that Capt. John Daley, the advocate for jim capt cars for the colored citizens in this city, is one of the shouting members of the Church of the Advent; for he seems to be stuffed full with just that kind of religion—a religion that makes one hate his brother. And there comes to our mind the teachings of the Blessed Master. He spoke as follows (these are no words of mine): "He that sayeth he hates his brother, whom he hath seen, and loves God, whom he hath not seen, is a liar and the truth is not in him." Church of the Advent, you should get out your Bible dust it up, and get busy! As to the jim crow cars, President Tait, while overburdened with the great interest he professes to have in the colored citizens of this country, should have condemned such an act before the Bethel Literary the other night. He could have put the quetus on such a move in his speech. No man should be allowed to remain at the head of public affairs whose heart is filled with prejudice against any class of citizens with which he has to deal. And if we remember correctly Major Sylvester, went on record, some time ago, as against, this jim crow car business. And why, pray tell us, should his subordinate, Capt. John Daley, go out of his way to make such recommendations over the head of his chief? This goes to show that Capt. Daley has about out-lived his usefulness as an officer in the police department, and he ought to be asked to step down and out. False Report. The report that was brought to The Bee office last week by Messrs. Baltimore and ex-Grand Master Houston 1930 to the effect that the illustrious John Francis Wilkinson had died. was untrue Mr Wilkinson is up and out again Some of the best dressed men of moderate means save good money by wearing a slightly used suit. S3 to S10. They come here, as we have a very large stock and can fit you. Justh's Old State. one price. 619 D. Electric Power Presses Linotype Composition Specialty made of Constitutions and Pamphlets BUSINESS OFFICE and PLANT. 1109 EYE STREET. N. W. PHONE MAIN 4078 Uptown Office: 1212 Fla. Ave.. N. W. Phone: North 2642-y Why Can't Washington Have a Colored Laundry. WANTED 100,000 race loving Colored People to patronize The Southern Hand Laundry 2031 7TH STREET, N. W. NEAR FLORIDA AVE. and prove that the Negro can support himself. Phone North 1847 PERFUMED FRUIT. The Curious Five Fingered Oranges Smell Sweet, but Are Not Good to Eat. A most weird looking fruit is the five fingered orange. It grows in exactly the shape of a half open hand. Even the nails are identical, hard pointed and claw-like, tipping the orange flowers with a length equal, in some cases, to three inches. It is no freak, but a proper kind of orange, belonging to a special variety. The tree itself is a rugged little shrub that does not average more than five or six feet in height in its native home, Japan. It does not grow straight, as the ordinary orange tree should, but is curved in all directions. Even the branches grow in spiral or twisted forms, so that the width of the tree is often greater than the height. The fruit itself is of a pale yellow color, of a pure lemon hue, growing greenish toward the stem. The size is immense, considering the smallness of the tree, the largest ones measuring when mature fully ten inches from the wrist to the point of the middle finger, including the nail. But the fruit is not good to eat, though what it lacks in flavor it more than makes good in perfume. Perhaps the strangest thing about this perfume is that it is the fruit and not the flower that is odorous.—Pearson's Weekly. THE SHORTEST SPEECH. It Was Delivered by Caesar and Consisted of a Single Word. Julius Caesar holds the record for brevity of convincing speech. The story is told that while Caesar was in the midst of his struggle for the mastery of the Roman empire the soldiers of his favorite Tenth legion mutinied. He appeared before them, and, uttering the one word "Quirites," paused. That word means, of course, "citizens," but to the veterans to whom it was addressed it meant a great deal more. It was the special term used in addressing Roman voters assembled in a purely civic capacity, not as soldiers, but as civilians. To the mutinous soldiers it meant that the great commander, whom they had followed for ten long years from the Alps to the Thames and from the Rhine to the Pyrenees and across the Rubicon, disowned them as soldiers and dismissed them from his victorious service. Realizing its meaning, the story goes, the mutineers were appalled. Battle scarred veterans burst into tears, implored their leader to pardon them and inflicted summary punishment upon the inciters of the mutiny as a proof of their renegence. TIMOTHY J. HANLON 1300 H Street, N. E. Washington, D. C. Cars to the Northeast Section and Suburbs pass the door. THE ASTORIA PHARMACY (W. ARMSTRONG) Fresh Drugs. Third and G Streets Northwest Drugs and Preparations always fresh. Phone Main 3252. Baltimore and Ohio THE OFFICIAL 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 address S. B. HEGE, District Pass'r Agent 1417 G St. N. W. near 15th st. Wash. FairviewPark Formerly Lakeview Park UNDER MANAGEMENT OF LewisT. Thomas 946 Tea Street, N. W. Open for engagements Beginning May 1st For Sale. For Sale—A Desirable Building lot located in a good colored settlement at BURRVILLE, D. C., cheap to quick buyer. Cash or terms. Address C. C. Jennings, 327 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md. Houses for Rent HOUSES FOR RENT Several houses at Burville, D. C., for rent. Large garden tracts to each house and good water. Four, five and six rooms; 4-room, $8.00; 5-room, $10.00; 6-room, $12.00. Apply to Thomas Walker, 506 5th St. N. W. WANTED—BOYS Boys who want to earn money should call at The Bee office every Friday afternoon and secure The Bee and sell it to the people. More money is earned from selling The Bee than from any other paper in the city. WANTED. A light complexioned colored barber; must be sober. Guara ee $10. Seventy-four miles from Washington, on B. & O. R. R. Address Geo. L. Moxley, Martinsburg, W. Va. Goldheim & Son This is the greatest house in the city, and one that will fit you to order. Call before you purchase your spring suit. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Mention The Rec WARNING! We Keep Open House the Year Round, and We Keep it in Order WHISKEY Bottled by JOHN CASEY 4th and H Streets, N. W. Washington, D. C.