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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE Congressional Library. Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE. OYSTERTESTIMONIAL SPLENDID AUDIENCE GREETS CAPTAIN OYSTER. Testimonial a Great Success—Rev. Brooks and Judge Houston vie for Oratorical Honors. The testimonial to Captain James F Oyster, president of the Board of Education, by the colored citizens of the District of Columbia, was held in the 10th Street Baptist Church Wednesday evening, May 22. An audience of about 1,100 people were present, representing the best thought and feeling among the colored people of Washington. A very large percentage of those present were tax payers. Practically all of the old Washington families were well represented. From the moment that Chairman H C Tyson, of the General Committee opened the meeting to the moment Rev. O. L. Mitchell pronounced the benediction, the attention of the audience was notable. Enthusiasm ran high in response to the oratorical brilliance and to the complimentary references to Captain Oyster. The invocation was pronounced by Rev. M. W. Clair, of the Asbury Church. Then Mary Europe played an overture with sare taste and ability. Prof. J. H. Douglass delighted the audience with a violin solo which was so much appreciated that it was followed by prolonged applause; regret was expressed that the artist was so modest as to refuse an encore. Miss M. P. Burrill, of the Armstrong school, recited by request Kipping's "East and West." The thought of this poem is that human character and ability are recognized and honored wherever they are found. Miss Burrill was in excellent voice and her interpretation was highly commended by all of the critics and appreciated deeply by all the plain people. Rev. W. H. Brooks in the course of his address, expressed the feeling of the substantial colored citizens of Washington that Captain Oyster's justice, frankness, and courage has been of the greatest possible benefit to the children in the colored schools. Rev. Brooks brought forth applause from the audience when he stated that one thing of the many things which the citizens admired in Captain Oyster was the fact that he is as fair-minded to the humblest citizen who approaches him as he is the highest. Miss B. L. Chase rendered by special request a piano solo which won golden opinions. Her technique was well nigh perfect. Owing to the failure of a member of the quartet to put in an appearance on account of illness, Dr. C. Sumner Wormley sang one of his beautiful selections to the masterful accompaniment of Mr. Harry Williams. Dr. Wormley was never in better voice, and no artist ever had a more appreciated audience. Dr. Wormley was forced to give an encore, being the only artist who bowed to the recall during the evening. When the presiding officer, Hon. J. C. Napier, Register of the U. S. Treasury, introduced Judge W. L. Houston, Mr. Napier said that the Judge had begged him to omit his speech. But the audience was delighted that the Register did not grant the Judge's request. Judge Houston gave a short biographical sketch of Captain Oyster's life, including not only the Captain's achievements in getting grounds and buildings for the colored schools as a member of the board of Education, but also in getting around to third base as a member of the Capitol Hill baseball nine. In his closing remarks, Judge Houston referred to the fact that all who came to Washington stay here as the cause of the high class citizenship of the community. In flaming words of eloquence the speaker paid tribute to the great commoner of the District of Columbia—Captain Oyster. Honorable J. A. Colb presented the report of the Committee on Resolutions. This report was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the audience. The resolutions read as follows: Resolutions. Washington, D. C. May 22, 1912. Adopted by Representatives of the Colored Citizens of the District of Columbia in Appreciation of the Services of CAPTAIN JAMES F. OYSTER, President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Board of Education. Whereas, The Capital of the Nation is a great community of rich and poor, of white and black, in which the just solution of the entangled human problems and the very tone of civic life depend largely upon the quality of leadership displayed by the ablest men; and Whereas, James Frederick Oyster has attained a leadership to which his fellow-citizens are proud to bow in respect, by alert and steadfast loyalty to the common good, by courageous honesty, by instinctive democracy; and Whereas, Captain Oyster's public service has been cramped by no distinctions of wealth or race or color, but has known only the individual man and his merit and human justice; and Whereas, This good man had devoted his personality, his great energies, and his courage to the vital task of making all the schools of all the children of all the people in this District as good as the best in the land; therefore Be it Resolved, That the colored citizens of Washington do express their sincere and lasting appreciation to James F Oyster, do assert that of right is he called "the great Commander of the District of Columbia," do bear witness to the fact that in deed and in truth he has lived up to his principle that "the best is none too good for our children," and do indulge the hope that even at some further sacrifice of comfort and of dollars he may still heed the call of duty-and continue his services as president of the Board of Education Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions he engrossed and transmitted to Captain Oyster. After being presented with a beautifully engrossed copy of the resolutions by Mr. Colb (who took advantage of the opportunity to deliver an admirable extemporaneous speech), Captain Oyster was presented to the audience and was received with prolonged applause. The applause lasted at least five minutes, during which time the Captain was visibly embarrassed because of his modesty. He introduced his remarks with a few very pointed and delightful references to the creators of the evening and then proceeded to take their laurels away from them by winning laurels for himself. Captain Oyster spoke in part as follows: "When a man undertakes to serve the public he ought to realize that the greatest reward he can ever receive is the esteem and appreciation of the public. You have given me tonight this most precious reward, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. "You have given me an opportunity to tell you what my educational credo is, and I am going to use the opportunity. "I believe in absolutely equal opportunities for all the children of all the people. "I believe in such a type and such a scope of education for every child as will develop his own powers to the utmost limit. "I believe in free public education, so that the children of the poor and the children of the rich may work and learn side by side, and catch the true American spirit. "I believe that a complete elementary education is the minimum preparation for citizenship in a democracy." "I believe in free high schools, because a democracy may not safely leave the education of its leaders to accident, and genius springs often from the cottage as from the palace. "I believe in academic high schools and in high schools of the mechanic arts; and most emphatically I believe in high schools that lay the foundations of business careers. "I believe in free normal schools because the State may not intrust its children to teachers whose training is not the very best that can be obtained. "I believe in free vocational training, not only for teaching, and for business, but also for the common trades and industries, since public schools, must serve not merely the classes, but primarily the masses." Continuing Captain Oyster stated that he believes in training girls for home-making, in physical education, in vocation schools, in liberal appropriations for school buildings and grounds, in higher salaries for school teachers, in pensions for school teachers, the merit system for employees in the schools from janitor to superintendent, in keeping the school in intimate touch with all the people as the people's schools, that American schools should teach Americanism and a practical devotion to the doctrine of "the square deal." At Justice Robert H. Terrell's timely suggestion, Chairman Napier called upon Superintendent of Schools Dr. W. M. Davidson, to come to the platform and say a few words. Dr. Davidson was received with great enthusiasm and he spoke with great tact and felicity. One of the most delightful incidents in the program was the speech in which Mrs. A. M. Curtis presented to Captain Oyster a magnificent bouquet of flowers. Mrs. Curtis' words were well chosen, and the sentiments expressed were obviously those of the audience. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. O. L. Mitchell, of St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church, after which Captain Oyster shook hands with almost every member of the great audience. The Richards Literary Club. The Richards Literary Club met at the residence of Miss Louise Evans, 2149 L Street, Northwest, on last Thursday. Arrangements were made for a closing program on May 30, at the residence of Miss H. J. Moore, 1834 13th Street. Mr Pinkett, the president, will lecture on his recent trip through Central and South America with Secretary of State Mr. Knov. Men and women prominent in educational and literary circles will be invited. Men's Club of Asbury M. E. Church Elegion The Men's Club of Ashbury M. E. Church, corner of 11th and K Streets Northwest, held its annual business meeting and election of officers Monday night, May 20. The following officers were elected: President—Henry Jarvis. 1st Vice-President—George E. Brown. 2d Vice-President—Joseph G. Logan. 3d Vice-President—B. F. Turner. 4th Vice-President—W. H. Jackson. Secretary—Hamilton Clark (re- elected). Treasurer—Charles H. Harris. M. B. EDITOR AT DURHAM Y.M.C.A. DEDICATION EDITOR AT DURHAM. The South and the Negro—What is Being Done for Him—The Editor at Dr. Shepard's School—A Great Day at Durham—Remarkable Progress of the National Religious Training School. Special to The Bee. Durham, N. C., May 19. I arrived here this morning and was driven to the home of Dr. James E. Shepard. I have been religiously inclined all day. I attended White Rock Baptist Church Sabbath school, the church of which Rev. A. Shepard, the father of Dr. Shepard, was pastor. There are fully 500 pupils in this school. It is the largest Sabbath school in Durham. Dr. Moore is the superintendent. He is a wide-awake man. After Sabbath school I remained to church and baptizing, and would have remained to the business meeting of the church had I been permitted. The church is about to call a new pastor. When Rev. Shepard died he left the people obedient to his wishes. He was one man the people loved. Every effort was made to have Dr. J. E. Shepard succeed his distinguished father, but his school would not permit him. This will be. A Holiday Week with the people here. Dr. Shepard's school is largely attended by the people, and then it is a kind of a holiday. Services will be held up to Thursday night. The coming of Assistant U. S. Attorney W. H. Lewis is looked for with a great deal of anxiety. -The baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W. R. Smith, was a practical one, and was listened to with great interest. Tonight Dr. Shepard addressed the undergraduates. He seems to be a drawing card whenever he is announced to speak. His address was full of advice and good service. The people of Durham are grateful to the citizens of Washington for their treatment of Dr. Shepard last March, when they gave him a public and private reception. There is an envious set that doesn't like the idea of Dr. Shepard receiving such an ovation upon his first public appearance in the city. I have met several of the hustlers and men of note who are leading the Negro business, namely, Messrs. Spaulding, Merritt, Dr. Moore, Amy and others, who give their undivided support to this great school. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, of New York, will deliver the commencement address to the graduates. The graduating class is larger this year than it was last. I was invited to dine with the students this evening. My escort was Mrs. Shepard, a very accomplished lady. There are about one hundred twenty students, here now. Many have gone home for the summer. One of the most commendable things in this school is, the young ladies are taught to work. Miss M. B. Savage has charge of this department. She knows her business. Miss Ella J. Jackson, of Malden, Mass., is also a successful teacher. There are two Washingtonians here, Misses Childs and Porter. They are making good as teachers. Dr. Childs will address the public schools here shortly. W. C. C. Conservatory Commencement. Commencement of Washington Conservatory of Music at Howard Theater Saturday, June 15, at 8 o'clock P. M., supported by the Washington Conservatory Choral Society. Given a Testimonial by the Citizens Baptist Church, Wednesday Evening Secretary Stimson Speaks—Interesting Exercises. The Young Men's Christian Association, Twelfth street branch, threw open its doors last Sunday after a very appropriate and interesting dedication program. The big massive doors were thrown open and the extras were held on the steps leading to the entrance. Hon. Henry Lewis Stimson was the speaker on the day, and delivered a very appropriate address. He congratulated the men on their achievements and on the fact that it had been substantially built with the labor of the colored race. He stated in closing, that the Young Men's Christian Association would prove to be a wonderful agency for uplift and that the community was fortunate in having it established. Mr. Richard C. Morse, of the Y. M. C. A., International Committee, New York City, spoke, bringing a greeting from the brotherhood of the Young Men's Christian Association of America. Mr. Ben Davies, a member of the Polytechnic Y. M. C. A., of London, England, brought the greetings from that association. He made a strong plea for the men to give their lives in Christian Service. About 10,000 inspected the building after the opening, and the beautiful structure, with its equipment, was the constant admiration of the throng. The officers of the association were kept busy receiving the congratulations of the many people who visited the building. The program is scheduled to last throughout the week. On Monday morning, the allied Ministers' Union of the city held a meeting in the new gymnasium. Rev. Jarvis presided. After the address of welcome by Mr. Lewis E. Johnson, the secretary of the branch, addresses were made by Dr. A. C. Garner, Rev. J. Milton Waldron. Prof. W. V. Tunnell, Rev. E. Tperkins, Miss Lucy Moten, Dr. J. E. Moreland. On Monday night, addresses were made by Mr. Wm. N. Wood, secretary at Philadelphia, and Mr. W. H. Morris, secretary at Baltimore. Mr. W. H. Porter, secretary of the Colored Men's Branch of Philadelphia, brought greetings from that branch. The Red Cap Porters' Association attended the meeting in a body, and it was stated that they are going to act as the Y. M. C. A reception committee at the Union Station. Further remarks were made by Mr. R. P. Hamlin, Mr. H. W. Chase, a S500 contributor, and Dr. J. E. Moreland. "Tuesday night, the first Separate Battalion, N. G. D. C., attended in a body and rendered a program entitled 'A Day in Camp,' starting with the raising of the flag, and going through with mess call, fatigue, athletic exercises, jblanket initiation, and revellie. Addresses were made by Mr. S. W. Woodward, Thomas H. Clark, and Judge Robert H. Terrell. Wednesday night, an athletic exhibition was given under the direction of Mr. W. H. J. Beckett, physical director. A team of apparatus experts from the Central Association gave a very enjoyable exhibition Big times are looked for on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Thursday night is fraternal night. Friday night will be known as school night, and Saturday night will be Ladies' night, under the auspices of the C. Y. W. C. A. Sunday, May 26, a big men's meeting will be addressed by Rev. M. W. Clair. HON HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War, Representing President Taft, Takes Part in Dedication of Building—Services During Week. Representing President Taft, Secretary of War Stimson assured a large crowd which assembled in front of the new colored branch of the M. C. A., in Twelfth street last Sunday afternoon to take part in the dedication of the new building, of his sincere interest in their work and his deep and lasting feeling for the young men for whose benefit the building had been erected. Mr. Stimson's Speech. "Mr. Chairman, my friends—and I may say I see among your faces some special friends whom I see,every day in the Department; "I thank you sincerely for this opportunity to share with you in the dedication of this building. I deeply appreciate the honor which that confers upon me, and I appreciate still further the honor of representing here my Chief, President Taft. You well know of his deep and sincere and lasting interest in this work, and I think you all know of his assistance in obtaining, for the construction of this building, the very large and generous gift which made its construction possible. I can only say that that effort on his part only represents his deep and lasting feeling of the significance of this movement, and his interest in the young men for whom this building is to be dedicated. I have never known a man who was more free from prejudice of class or section or race than President Taft, and I have never known a man whose interest in the welfare of the young men, and the young men who share in the Young Men's Christian Association outlying possessions and in our outlying possessions and in their occasion. I want to congratulate you first on what you have done towards the creation of this building—what has been done by the colored people of this city and this land. I want to congratulate you on the fact that this magnificent building, which I have just inspected, in its design, is the work of the brain of a colored architect, Mr. Pittman. I want to congratulate you on the fact that it has been substantially built by the labor of your own race and your own hands. There is a message of hope for all of us in our common country. We have face to face with us a problem that is national, that is American and we must meet it under the grace of God—like Americans. "When, a few months ago, the flag was raised on the top of this building, we who sit here in the doorway could not see that flag, but we knew it was going up by the glory that was reflected in your faces. Let that be an emblem for us here, in the glory of our common citizen-hip, under that flag and under God. May this institution represented by this building go on towards a good and grand citizenship." The programme was introduced by a vocal service, after which H. W. Porter, secretary of the colored Y. M. C. A., of Philadelphia, read extracts from Scripture. Prayer was offered by Rev. Walter H. Brooks, and the Amphion Glee Club, under the direction of Prof. Lewis E. Johnson, rendered a number of selections. Dr. George Otis Smith, president of the Y. M. C. A., was introduced by E. J. Morton, chairman of the colored branch, and congratulated the members and their friends who had assisted in the work. William Knowle-Cooper, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and R. C. Morse also spoke. Is Well Equipped. The building contains four floors and a basement, and has a fully equipped gymnasium, swimming pool, library, committee rooms, class rooms, restaurant, kitchen, howling alley, pool and billiard rooms, barber shop, Turkish bath, locker room, game room, assembly hall, and other facilities. The total cost was $100,000 and the corner stone was laid by former President Roosevelt, November 26, 1907. RUCKER SUPPORTS DIXON What the Georgia Contestant Said—His Visit to The Bee Office—How He Was Trapped and What He Said. R. A. Rucker, of Georgia, the contestant anti-administration delegate from Georgia, said in an interview in the Atlanta Georgian and News is reported to have said that W. Calvin Chase came to hints etc. Rucker has only published a part of what he said. The Editor of The Bee was all that Saturday looking for certain information which he had to secure. About 3'clock in the afternoon Rucker phoned to The Bee office and asked if Mr. Chase was in. He was out at the time, and he was so informed. However, he came in the evening ostensibly to pay his yearly subscription for The Bee, which he paid promptly after a few exchange of words. Mr. Chase readily saw that Rucker was the man from whom the required information could be obtained. His hair was curled, and with a soft powder brush, the Editor delicately asked certain questions which were readily answered. The Georgian was caught in the trap. He was easy to pump. He went so far as to abuse Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson and his supporters, and what he intended or (Continued to page 4.) PARAGRAPHIC NEWS Important News Happening of the Week DEVOTED TO GENERALINTERES? (By Miss G. B. Maxfield) Because their honesty and reliability in handling money far exceeds that of men, women are being rapidly advanced to positions formerly held by men in the Auditor's office of the New York Telephone Company. Fortunately the music for the Bach Festival, which went down on the Titanic, can be reproduced here in America by a man in New York, so the choirs concert can proceed. Because her husband was hanged by the riot mobs in Springfield, Ill.; Mrs. Sarah E. Donnegan was given judgment for $1,500. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight L. Woolf, better known as the "Walking Woolfs," have started their 10,000 mile hike through the Western part of the United States and Canada. Justice seemed to have been tempered with mercy in the trial of ex-Grand Worthy Secretary W. P. Burrell, of the United Order of True Reformers, as the jury after deliberating for two days and a half they were unable to come to a verdict. During President Tafts administration more Afro-Americans have been appointed in the government service than ever before. Approximately there are about 15,000. The Enjoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Haiti, receives the highest salary which is $10,000, per annum. In 1911 the Bible Society of New York issued 3,691,201 volumes. Since its organization 95 years ago, it has printed and distributed 92,219,105 volumes. It is said that if you kill seven flies at once you may claim to have destroyed 1,303,000,000,000,000. The dedication of a monument indicating the spot where the first telegraphic order was sent in the Morse code occurred the other day at Harriman, N.Y. The works of Nathaniel Hawthorn remain the flavor of American fiction. He was one of the most sensitive of literary artists, avoiding all literary society, associated with none of the great literary figures of his day. He was satisfied enough with the old sea captains and the hangers-on about ports, but his literary personality was kept to himself and his hooks. The wetted town for its size is Winthrop, Mo., which has 83 inhabitants and 12 saloons. "Women have now begun to wield their influence, for in Dayton, Wyo., Mrs. Susie Wizzler, a widow, has been elected as mayor. Attending the public school in New York is a most accomplished young linguist, whose home is in Manila. He is seven years of age, and speaks English, Spanish, Japanese and four other languages. A chest containing 144 pieces of flat silver, a massive meat, platter with side dishes and a forringer was presented to Dr. Wiley as a farewell gift by members of the Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture. A decrease in the population of Southwest Washington since 1900 is shown by the annual census just completed. At that time the population was 33,644; now it is 31,558; 18,636 whites and 12,022 colored residents. A farmer of Gettysburg, Pa., has been offered $7,500 for a violin which he thought of small value. The purchaser first offered $30 for it, being refused, gradually increased his offer to the above amount. The farmer has had several offers, but refuses now to sell until he learns the actual value of his instrument. Quite a mathematician it is who can calculate the number of mosquitoes a stagnant pool can yield. But Edward S. Ellis, of Montclair, N. J., says a pool opposite his house yields 11,840,673 mosquitoes a day. Two animals which had been put to death were brought to life by new methods of artificial respiration. The experiment being successful the same may be used on man. The U. S. Wireless Station at Ft. Myer, Va. is to be the largest ever erected. It will have a radius which will extend as far west as San Francisco, and east to Africa. It will permit the operators to talk with the nation's battleships and stations in all parts of the world. Special Notice The Morning Star Lodge, No. 40, B. P. I. Elks will hold their annual Memorial Services at the Miles Memorial Church, Sunday, May 26, at 8 P. M. Dr. L. E. B. Rosser will preach the sermon The Frederick Douglass Post, G. A. R. will have their memorial service at the same time and place. Maj. Chas. R. Douglass, commander. Sunday Musicale There will be a musicale Sunday, May 26th, at the Howard Theater, at 4 P. M., in the interest of Lindsey Center (Blagden's Alley). An address will be delivered by Judge William H. DeLacy, of the Juvenile Court. Representative Madden will be inattendance. It is hoped that the public will appreciate the efforts of Mesdames Glen and Tyler by filling the theater, as these two ladies have worked ardouly for the success of this affair. There will be a silver offering. WHITE HOUSE APPOINTMENTS. Many Worthy Colored Promotions Made. When the President assumed office March 4, 1909, six colored messengers and laborers were employed in the Executive Office, as follows: In the reorganization of the office in 1911, Anderson and Ayler were transferred to positions in the Departmental service. Joseph Boardley was afflicted with tuberculosis, and the President had him transferred to a good position in the War Department in New Mexico on the advice of his physician. He died there. Since the President's inauguration three colored employees have been added: Arthur Brooks, William Pannell, Harry L. Mickey. In the Executive Mansion the following colored men, in addition to several others who are still on the rolls, were employed at the time the President came into office: Duncan was transferred to the Treasury Department at an increased in salary; Amos was made an inspector in the customs service at New York at an increased salary; Brent was transferred as a clerk to the city post office at an increased salary; Reeder was transferred to the State Department, and Pinckney was given a place as messenger in the Executive Office. All these places were filled by the President with colored men. In addition the President appointed the following colored employees at the Executive Mansion: Anne Brooks. When the President came into office there were five colored coachmen and hostlers at the White House stables. On account of changing from carriages to automobiles, chauffeurs and footmen were employed, but places were found in the Departments for four of these colored coachmen and hostlers. The other two voluntarily accepted positions in New York. In his speech at Salisbury, Md., today, Colonel Roosevelt pharsically asked "every decent colored man in this State to see to it that no colored man sells his vote in this primary" and declared "that unscrupulous white men are willing to debauch the colored man, taking advantage of his needs; the colored man who sells his vote is doing immeasurable harm to his own race." In these words Colonel Roosevelt places a very low estimate upon the honesty and integrity of the colored men of Maryland. He seems to think that they are human chattels to be bought and sold. His words do not comport with the known boasts of his adherents, who have openly declared that no matter what the Taft people do legitimately to influence colored voters through the usual methods of meetings, literature, etc., they will see to it that the colored men are delivered bodily to the Colonel on election day by the use of the large slush fund at their disposal. It is a well known fact in Maryland, which the Roosevelt people have not attempted to disguise or dispute, that they, well hecked with the money of Perkins and the interests and are using it freely in behalf of the Colonel. Also that additional funds were intended to be forthcoming had Massachusetts declared for Roosevelt, in order to more vigorously carry on the campaign to debauch colored voters, in Maryland. The Taft victory in Massachusetts put a crimp in their plans and now Col. Roosevelt realizing that Maryland is lost to him, assumes the attitude of a purist and insults every intelligent and self-respecting colored man in the State. It has been known for some time that "unscrupulous" white men in Maryland would try to corrupt all classes of voters, but the colored men have been forewarned of the attempt and have indignantly resented such efforts. They will go to the polls on Monday and vote their preference for President and for Tait delegates. The percentage of literacy among the colored people of Maryland is higher than in the States of the South and these intelligent men are capable of exercising their hard-carned right of suffrage and will exercise it in behalf of the man in whose keeping they know their real interests will be safeguarded. Mr. W. P. Bayless, formerly of the Census Bureau, is on the staff of The Courier, at Pittsburgh. Miss Ray Bailey, the popular vaudeville artist, is at the St. Regis. Judge Robert H. Terrell went to Pittsburgh Sunday night. Mr. John Braithwaite, secretary to Bishop Walters, is spending a few days in the city. Mr. J. W. Henderson, editor of the New England Torch Light, at Providence, R. L. is stopping with Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Jarvis, 944 T Street N. W. Mr. Henderson's paper is giving Malarious Fever "Myself and whole household had suffered very much for some time with Malarial Fever. 'Elixir Babek' has cured us perfectly, so that we en-Elixir Babek, a splendid remedy for Causing loss of appetite, headache and billious attacks prevented by such ailments. to. D. C. Va. Elixir Babek, 50 cents, all drugjoy at present the best of health." Jacob Elberly, Fairfax Court House, gists or Lloczewski & Co., Washing- Mr. Joseph H. Jones has the finest cigar and news stand in the city. The Bee is on sale there. In Italy Dealers Have Brought the Art of Forgery of Old Curios to Perfection. There are dealers in curios, a crafty set of tradesmen, all over Europe, but it is in Italy that they have carried the art of deceit and forgery, the substitution of modern products for ancient, to the acme of perfection. Verona, Venice, Slena 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 guiltibility is the Englishman, but he does not so freely give up his money. Sir James Yoxall, the English connoisseur, 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 potassium. 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 oil; 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 outwit anybody. "As for pictures, it was easy to find an old canvas or an old panel for a Lorenzo. It was when the artist's work was over that the real science and art began—first of all, a wash of varnish that had been colored with sepia; next, on the more raised portions, rubbings with licorice juice to attract the flies. He could even imitate fly marks with india ink. A few drops of salty water left on the canvas would produce 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 Retail Beer. In the census records of the city of London the Bank of England is classed as a tavern. This is because it has the right in common with some other old established city businesses to sell beer by retail. The power to do this was granted 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 toorrow, or it could send round a special "Bank of England brand" of, say, bottled stout, delivered in its own drays at your door, with a facsimile of the chief cashier'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 similar privilege, with the right, in addition, to brew their own beer. Paul's brew house formerly stood at the corner of the entrance to Doctor's commons from the churchyard, and an average of between 60,000 and 70,000 gallons of "strong ale" were brewed there every year. The sale of this, however, was confined to the cathedral precincts. They must have been thirsty souls, those old time ecclesiastics. But, then, it must be remembered that in those days ten and coffee were unknown and beer was drunk at every meal. Even very little children had their allowance, two quarts a day, sent up to the nursery regularly each morning from the buttery below.—Pearson's Weekly. Trade In Skeletons The principal center for the distribution of articulated skeletons for purposes of study by the medical profession is in Paris, from which point they are shipped to every part of the globe. The price of a well mounted articulated 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 is offered, but in the expensive specimens every detail is worked out with sedulous care, and often both the nervous and the circulatory systems are shown.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Preference. "After all," said Mrs. Oldcastle as they were returning from the picture gallery to the drawing room, "I think my preference is for Botticelli." "Well," replied her hostess, "I 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. Quick Work. "That editor is terribly slow at reading manuscript." "Think so? Why, I know the time he went through twelve stories in less than a minute." "Gracious! When was that?" "Gracious! When was that?" "When the elevator broke."—Philadelphia Press. Appropriate to the Occasion. "My tailor always has a touch of the appropriate in his work." "Yes; I've known him to press mourning suits with sadirons."—Baltimore 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 is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. The "Untouchables," Whose Life Is Spent in the Lowest Depth of Human Woe. The "untouchables" of India reside in little huts made of palm leaves or mud, without windows, and with a single doorway, usually so small that even a child must stoop in order to enter it, containing absolutely no furniture, except a few rudely baked earthen pots and pans. Generally there is no bedstead of any kind, the whole family sleeping huddled up on the bare dirt floor, which is commonly plastered with cow dung. A few rags cover their persons, and these are worn night and day. Their financial condition precludes eating more than one meal a day, and this oftener than not is far from hunger appeasing and is seldom calculated to appeal to the palate. For this wretched existence they must work hard and long hours. On account of the filthy condition in which they live disease is rampant among them. According to the last census, elghty-eight out of every 100,000 people of the depressed classes are afflicted with leprosy. In the matter of education they are as deficient as they are in every other virtue. According to the report of the director general of public instruction of Bombay, barely five out of 1,000 of the pariah children of the presidency of school going age attend school. In one word, these fifty-three odd millions of Hindus are not only socially but also intellectually, physically, financially and morally submerged. Saint Nihal Singh in Southern Workman. FREEZES THE LUNGS. When Intensely Cold Ain Is Breathed In Through the Mouth. "I asked an Alaskan pioneer who was crossing to his old home in Sweden what happened when the thermometer goes down to 60 and 80 degrees below zero," said a Seattle man. "At 60 degrees below," he said, "the exposed ears, hands or nose will freeze in going a quarter of a mile under ordinary circumstances, but the children go to and come from school as usual without suffering from the cold, provided their faces and hands are protected." "They soon get used to it. But caution must be used to avoid drawing the cold air into the lungs, and it is dangerous to breathe through the mouth. More die from pneumonia brought on by freezing the lungs in that way than from any other form of exposure. Horses are protected by breathing bags, which extend down from the nose of the animal about eighteen inches and are open at the bottom. The breath which is exhaled warms the air in the bag before it is inhaled and drawn into the lungs. And men wear a 'parky' or headdress which extends over the face and affords similar protection. "In the Canadian districts the northwest mounted police regulate the treatment of horses on the freight wagons and stage lines in a most humane manner, so as to prevent them from suffering in this way."—Washington Herald. Slavery lingered in the Scottish mine until the very eve of the nineteenth century. Mr. Hackwood, in "The Good Old Times," draws a picture of the Scottish miner's unhappy lot in the past; "From about the year 1445 until 1775 the miners of Scotland were bought and sold with the soil. It is stated in old chronicles that bloodhounds were kept to trace them if they left their employment and to aid in bringing them back. By statute law miners were bound to work all days in the year except Paschal and Yule, and if they did not work they were to be 'whipped in the bodies for the glory of God and for the good of their masters.' Not until 1775 was the first law passed in an attempt to better this state of things, but it was 1790 ere the law gave the working miner of Scotland his complete freedom."—London Chronicle. The Word "Tarse." "Terse" is a word that has an understood meaning nowadays. Shadwell in the fourth act of "The'Humorists" (1671) put this question into the mouth of one of his characters: "Must I stay till by the strength of terse claret you have wet yourself into courage?" It is probably an allusion to what is still sometimes called "Dutch courage"—bravery inspired by alcohol. Claret was in those times imported in "tierces," and "terse" may be a condensed form of that word; also "terse claret" may have been a drink that did its business without any circumlocution, like the terse speaker or writer. Circular Plates All our plates are circular in shape. Now, a square or oval plate would be just as convenient. Is there any reason why plates should be of their present shape? It seems that if we dip into the far past we may discover the cause. Our remote ancestors ate their food off flat pieces of wood cut from a tree trunk. The tree trunk being cylindrical in shape, the earliest plates were therefore roughly circular, and the shape has been used ever since. Taking Her Down Miss Elderbud (triumphantly)—Just think of it! At the ball last night I listened to five declarations of love. Her Friend—How mean of you, Alice! Who was the pretty girl you were sitting near?—Boston Transcript. Good breeding is a letter of credit all over the world. LEON'S LIQUID POMADE T. H. 11 Excellent Perfumed Toilet Preparation Will Soften and Invigorate Your Hair Leon's Liquid Pomade is an excellent hair dressing. Softens and invigorates the hair, removes dandruff and relieves irritated scalp, giving rich, long and luxurious hair. It is the best preparation you can use on your head. Perfectly harmless, and can be used every day if desired. Goldheim says English cut clothes are riding on a great wave of popularity this spring with the young men. And it is to these young men we are addressing this particular advertisement. Almost every tailor in this country is endeavoring 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, gracefully-draped English model suit, but we guarantee our work to you or ask no pay. Can we do more? As a Special Easter Offering We Feature a Suit, Made to Measure, for Never before has any one establishment shown so many attractive fabrics at such an attractive price. We have scoured the woolen markets for extraordinary values which we could offer at this extraordinary price. Our efforts were well rewarded, and now we show all the novelty cloths, as well as the staple blues and blacks, which we will tailor to your measure for as little as $20. And, remember, 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 extensive displays to aid you. Goldheim The Young Man's Tailor Smith's, 4th and Elm St. N. W. Pope's Pharmacy, 1319 H St. N. E. Jackson & Whipp's, 1513 7th St N. W. Board & McGuire's, 9th and You Sts. N. W. Reeves', 626 T St. N. W. Jones, 1020 You St. N. W. Gray, 12th and You St. N. W. Board & McGuire, 1912½ 14th St. N. W. Simmons', 20th and K Sts. N. W. Throckmorton, 1500 14th St. N. W Morse's, 1904 L St. N. W. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton ave. Leonard Blagburn, 201 Morris R.I. Anacostia, D. C. 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. Only $20 are has any one establishment shown such an attractive price. We have s or extraordinary values which we c price. Our efforts were well reward novelty cloths, as well as the staple b tailor to your measure for as little guarantee the fit or we ask no pay. I not quite decided as to what style this spring, we offer our wide exper to aid you. Imported and Domestic Suit Made to Your Measure $15 to $40 The Young Man's Tailor North Street J. A. ANDERSON M. MCDANIEL Imported and Domestic Suitings Made to Your Measure, $15 to $40 --- SOCIAL SERVICE LUNCH Meals at all Hours. NEVER CLOSED LADIES TABLE 1531 14th St. N. W. Washington, D. C. THE HOME OF GOOD CHEER and Satisfaction. All Beverages Absolutely pure at New Jersey Ave and L St. N. W. Washington, D. C. House & Herrman. The next oldest house in the city is House & Herrman. If you can't be satisfied elsewhere, call at this house. To the Druggist: This coupon is redeemable for 5c. from your local jobber. Druggist's Name..... Address..... This coupon and 10c. is good for a 15c. bottle of Leon's Liquid Pomade at all druggists. Please sign name and address below. Name..... Address..... Date.... ing on a great with the young men we are ad- sement. The country is en- er, unpadded English we mastered the art. We concentrated our period of months past. perfect-fitting, grace- guarantee our work? We Feature ture, for 20 shown so many attrac- have scoured the wool- we could offer at this rewarded, and now we staple blues and blacks, is little as $20. And, re- pay. Style or what pattern experience and exten- Suitings, ture, 0 LADIES' NURSE MADAME K. L. COLEMAN 3335 Sherman Avenue N. W. Phone Columbia 466. BEST IN THE CITY. Why do you go elsewhere and buy your ice cream when you can get better at Murrays. Murrays cream is pure and is delivered to any section of the city. This is an old established firm First class meals at all hours in the day may be had at Murrays—1216 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. Phone M. 6396, James Enright, Brookland Rye,. fine wines, liquors, at.1 domestic cigars. 306 Four-and-a Half Street S. W., Washington, D. C. Incident of the Great Naval Battle Off Santiago. The Thundering Boom of the Oregon's Big Gum in Opening the Attack on Corvera's Fleet Proved Too Much For the Nerves of the Old Vateran. "It's a remarkable thing," said the captain, "that almost always in any great event of exciting experience, even one in which human lives are involved, there is likely to be some little minor feature with a humorous side to it that will call forth a smile, if not a sudden burst of laughter. It seems as if in such trying moments one's feelings seek a quick vent and seize upon any little incident as a safety valve." This particular piece of philosophy was expressed by the grim old captain of our steamer as we were lazily churning along the lower coast of Florida. "I never get down on these southern sens," continued the captain, "without thinking of that 3d of July, 1893, 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 government had chartered and rushed into service. We had been engaged in carrying provisions from Tampa down to the ships of the fleet, and it was ticklish business, too, because no one really know up to the last few days just where the Spanish fleet actually was, and we expected to be overhauled and captured almost any time. This particular trip had been an eventful one, and after rounding Cape Malibu, on the eastern end of Cuba, we soon sighted our splendid fleet of fighters 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 lazily curling up out of each stack, showing 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 hotter day even in the tropics than this Sunday, the 3d of July. Things were simply 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, onions and other stuff I stepped into the captain's room to see if I could get any comfort out of the electric fan which was working overtime. I had just spoken to old Admiral, the captain's pet tomcat—and a huge fellow he was—who was lying on the floor stretched out as wide as possible, fairly gasping for air, when, holy mackerel, there were a concussion and a deafening roar which sent me sprawling and nearly knocked my head off. All I remember seeing that instant was a big cat going almost to the ceiling, with a tall as big around as a grapefruit and every leg, claw and hair standing straight out. The Oregon had let go one of its big forward turret guns right alongside of us, for the Spanish fox had started out of its hole. "In just one instant everything on earth in the way of activity seemed to be doing. I rushed to the door, and the thing that caught my eye was that old tomcat going nft on the upper deck like a streak of greased lightning, with every sail set to catch the wind and firmly clawing at the deck in his effort to make time. "In almost less time than it has taken to tell you that one shot had grown into a deafening roar from almost every gun in the fleet that could bear on the fox. Our lashings had been cut loose, and away went the fleet in that dramatic rush to victory for us and death to the Spanlarda. "As my captain and I stood on the bridge, and watched the sight he turned to me and said: 'Knight, I'm an old man and haven't but a few years more to live at best. I'll give the rest of my years to see this fight to the finish, and, by the gods, I'm going to follow 'un!' And he gave the signal for full speed ahead. "Say, but that was a sight! No man who saw it will ever forget it. The race was all in front of us, the Spanards running for cover and putting up the best sight they could in their half baked condition and our fellows plugging them fast and furiously. "We followed until the fight was all over and then came about to return to Santiago. The captain gave orders to serve supper in the officers' mess, for neither of us in the excitement of the day had thought a thing about eating. As we sat down to our meal he turned to me and said: 'Knight, have you seen my old tomcat Admiral? I've hunted for him all over the ship.' "Well, I replied, pulling out my watch and looking at it, 'if he has kept up the pace he was making when I saw him last going aft on the upper deck he's due in about six minutes now on his third lap around the world.' "We never did see old Admiral again, and the captain mourned him till his dying day."—Frank Presbrey in Chicago Record-Herald. ABDUE BAHA Revolution in Religious Worship. On Tuesday, April 23d, Abdue Baha, the venerable Persian, leader of the Baha movement, which has several millions of followers throughout the world, and is attracting considerable attention in Washington, addressed the student and faculty of Howard University. The occasion was impressive and most interesting, as in flowing Oriental robes this speaker gave his message. He was received with such fervor that the breathless silence during his address was followed by prolonged applause, causing him to how his acknowledgments and give a second greeting. His address has been reported for The Bee as follows: Today I am most happy, for I see here a gathering of the servants of God. I see the white and the colored people together. In the estimation of God there is no distinction of color. All are unicolored. There is one color, and that is the color of service—servitude to God. Color is not important. The heart is all-important. If the heart be pure, if it be white, no matter what color be the exterior it will have no effect. God does not look at colors and differences of hue, but He looks at the hearts. He whose morals are good and praiseworthy, he is to be preferred. He who is more devoted to the kingdom is more to be loved. In the realm of genesis the question of color is of the lowest importance. We find in the mineral kingdom variegated objects, and there we find no strife amongst them. In the vegetable kingdom we find also distinct hues. We find the variegated flowers, but they do not have any strife amongst them. Nay, rather, the very fact that there is a difference in the colors of the vegetable kingdom lends a charm to the garden. Were all to be of one color, it would be exceedingly unpleasant. But when you enter into a rose garden and you and various flowers of different hues, you indeed have before you a spectacle of charm. And the world of humanity is akin to that garden, and humanity, the various races, are the various flowers of that garden. These various colors are the very means of adornment and decoration for that garden. Likewise, when we observe in the animal kingdom we find there the various colors. Just watch a flock of doves, and see how varied in color they are. But they are in perfect peace, and they deeply love one another. They never look at the difference of color, nor do they have a basis of discord therefor. They look at the kind. They know that the kind is one. Very often it happens that a white dove soars together with a black one. Likewise all the other animals. They live in the utmost state of peace and accord. They are not separated because of color. Their gaze is extended to the unity of the race and the oneness of the kind. And this is so in the animal kingdom, where we do not expect intelligence or reason! There we do not find this difference or distinction of color. How is it permissible—how is it allowed that in the human kingdom there shall be any consideration of color or any distinction whatever with regard to it? There, in the human kingdom, where there is reason, it is not at all allowable. Especially when we recall that the white and colored have come from the same source. They belong to the same household. In origin they have been one. They have been one in quality. For Adam was one and was not of two colors, and his help-meet, Eve, did not have two colors, and all humanity as far as our sacred history is concerned is traceable to that family. Therefore the origin is one. These distinctions of color have crept in afterward. Therefore they are all not good. Therefore today I am exceedingly glad to see some of the white and to see the colored people here gathered together, and I hope the day will come when there shall be no distinction. When they shall live together in the utmost peace and accord and unity and fellowship. But I wish to say one thing, and that is of importance, so that the colored people may also appreciate the white people, and that the whites may be duly kind to the colored, and that is this: that you, the colored population of the United States of America, are not probably fully informed of your brethren in Asia and Africa. Were you to recall the conditions in Africa, you would see that you are most fortunate, for, praise be to God, you are not in a state or position to have any difference between you. There is not much difference in the attainments. But the colored population of Africa still owing to the lack of opportunity of education, they are not worthy even of being your own servants! And let us recall the fact that the first proclamation of liberty of freedom from slavery was accomplished in this continent! They went into war for the sake of the colored. They were forfeiting possessions and sacrificing lives therefore in order that the colored might be freed from bondage of the whites, and this has had its tremendous effects upon the The American Home Life Insurance 5th and G STREETS, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. is a real home company, organized and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, and has been doing a life, health, and accident insurance business in Washington for nearly twenty years. THE AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. 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. sociology of other ports. The colored people of Africa were in a most terrible state of bondage, and the European Powers, emulating the American altruism, accomplished a proclamation of universal liberty. So you were the means here of liberating your fellow-beings elsewhere, and this effort on the part of the white people in America should never be lost sight of, and therefore you must be very grateful and must be very kind to the whites here. And the white people in this country should be most happy and pleased and grateful to you, so that both may develop in the degrees of altruism and of humanitarianism. May you be further drawn together with the whites in order that extraordinary development may be accomplished by you and in order that fellowship may become a reality, a true fact, among you. In short, you must be grateful to the whites, for they were liberators of your people not only in this country, in the continent of America, but elsewhere, in Africa. Were it not for your friends here, one can see that freedom elsewhere would not have been present. But now, praise be to God, the bondage has passed away and the white and colored are both free from it, and I pray in your half that you may develop and advance in the degrees of ethics and morality. That you may achieve such a superlative degree of it that there shall be no name other than one human kind. Just as we apply the term "flock of doves." We do not say the colored doves and the white doves. We say doves. We apply the name horse, for example, to the horse kingdom, so to speak. We do not say colored horses and white horses. No such distinction of color is realizable. We do not have any distinction among the deers or gazelles. There is no such name as white or colored deer. And my hope is this, that we may advance to such a degree, and this can be accomplished through love and fellowship. Therefore, strive yourselves also and put forth efforts toward the accomplishment of this fellowship, so that the greatest bond may be achieved, and this cannot be done without effort on your part, namely, expressions of gratification and expressions of kindness and altruism on the part of the other. Each one should endeavor to develop and assist the other. They must endeavor to help you in your advancement. They must assist in your development. And this is feasible only from your joining heartily and being inclined toward this advancement. This will be conducive to love and unity, and you will be the means of bringing about real unity amongst mankind. For the colored and the whites should accomplish this unity, then the world's peace and accord will be assured! Then racial prejudice, national prejudice, patriotism of the limited sort and religious bias will remain no longer. I am very pleased to see you at this gathering, white and dark, and I praise God that I have had the pleasure of being here where the two are gathered together and where they are loving each other. And this I can see is the means of the glory of humanity. This is the means of the good pleasure of God! This is the means of the eternal bliss in the kingdom of God! Therefore I pray in your behalf that you may attain to the fullest degree of love, and that the day may come when all differences shall cease. Incorporated Under Act of Congress Approved June26,1887 CAPITAL and ASSETS over $50,000.00 100 THE LEXINGTON HOTEL THE LEXINGTON HOTEL A Great Colored Hotel at Last The colored Americans are to have an up-to-date first-class hotel with every modern convenience with buffet, barbershop, kitchen, billiard parlors, lobby, and waiting room, automobile to convey guests to and from the Union Station, etc. A Long Felt Want Fulfiled. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen is sole manager. Ever since the foundation of this government the colored citizens of this city have been in need of a first class hotel where families and guests from other cities may go with impunity and with reservation. Thousands of the best and well known colored people have visited this city and do visit it now, but they have no place of dignity to go with their families and feel at home. Dr. Booker T. Washington, about a year ago made a special plea to the Negro Business League of this city to see to it that a hotel be erected, for the accommodation of the colored people; that when he, Dr. Washington, comes to the city he is compelled to go to some private home. The Lexington Hotel has been erected at the southwest corner of twenty-first and L streets, northwest. It is a beautiful three story edifice to contain every modern convenience and accommodation for guest. THE LEXINGTON HOTEL. The Front Entrance Will be on L St. The entrance to the Rathskeller will be on L street or main entrance leading to the basement. The Rathskeller will be fitted up equal to any in the United States. the L street entrance. The Buffet Cannot be Surpassed. The dining-room which will be large and commodious with a seating capacity for one hundred and fifty guests. The barber shop will be managed by a first class tonsorial artist with every modern convenience. The billiard parlor, office, lobby and waiting room will be unsurpassed. The waiting parlor will be on the first floor, handsomely furnished. There Will be Thirty-Eight Large Airy Bed Rooms and Nine Baths. There will be at least two private bath rooms connected with the suite of rooms on the second and third floors. The Lexington Will be Conducted on the Basis of Any Up To Date First Class Hotel. The banquet hall which is so much needed in this city for the accommodation of first class visitors and patrons will be one of the features of this hotel. The automobile will run to and from the Union Station to the hotel for the accommodation of the guests. This has been just what the city has needed for a long time for the Colored Americans, who visit here. Whenever a person intends to visit the city, a card to the manager of the hotel will be promptly re- sponded to, and the guest or guests be driven immediately to the hotel in the hotel's automobile which will meet any train that comes into the Union Station or Steamboat wharf. The erection of this hotel in the city of magnificent distances will be an honor as well as a benefit to the colored people. Almost any city in the South has a first class hotel and the people in Washington have determined not to be behind in meeting the demands of strangers and visitors. Capital Stock The company is incorporated with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, of this amount the company has decided to sell fifteen thousand dollars of it. A greater opportunity has never been offered the people of this city, who are enterprising and wish a good investment. The Sole Manager. is Mr. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen of Washington, who is known to the president of the United States, to the cabinet officers and other public men of character and influence. He needs no introduction to the people, because he is prominently connected with some of the best, strongest, and leading organizations in the city. For honesty and integrity and influence among his people no better man could have been selected for the position of manager. The country is asked to keep its eyes on The Bee for advertisement and full particulars, of the opening of this new up-to-date hotel and for other particulars address Nathaniel Ruffin, manager, the Lexington Hotel, 21st and L street, N.W., Washi-ghton, D C. --- Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance... $2.00 Six months..... Three months..... Subscription monthly.... ROOSEVELT'S ATTACK. How weak Mr. Roosevelt talks. Every man who opposes him and supports the alleged bosses is a scoundrel or a rascal. Every man is a patriot, no matter what his reputation or character may be who supports Mr. Roosevelt and his policies. OUR VISIT TO DURHAM. It is a pleasure to go among your people in the Southland and witness their success and progress in business. This is the Editor's second visit to Durham, N. C. He found that the colored people in Durham, N. C., continue to succeed and advance in civilization. It is remarkable to witness the progress that they have made. The greatest industrial enterprise at Durham is the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which covers the entire State of North Carolina. It is a pleasure to note that nine-tenths of the colored people in Durham support their own enterprises. They no longer depend upon the insurance companies of other people, but they have three of their own and don't hesitate to support them. The North Carolina Mutual has invaded the State of Georgia, and from what the Editor was informed by that very competent and genial manager, Mr. Spaulding, this city may, at no distant date, be supporting a branch of this great Southern enterprise. There are all kinds of industries at Durham among the colored people. Their own paper, The Reformer, is handsomely supported by the people. They no longer depend upon the white drug-gist for their drugs, soda water, ice cream and other necessaries of life. They have their own horses and carriages, hence the "Jim Crow" cars are given a wide berth. There are many a white citizen who believe in the colored man and will aid them. General Julian S. Carr, the Dukes and others employ hundreds in the factories. Colored citizens from 14 to 40 years of age are employed in the factories. The National Religious Training School, under the direction of Dr. James E. Shepard, is doing a good work for the masses. The very best white and colored citizens in the State and the entire country give him their aid and support. It is, indeed, a great pleasure to be seated upon one of the verandas and make an observation of the grounds and buildings and admire a hundred or more students promenading the great campus of this school. Our friend, Dr. Shepard, is the admired of all admirers. He deserves the plaudits of the people. His two years' work speak for itself. The monuments speak for themselves. The Editor of The Bee doesn't have to ask his readers to take what he says, but let them visit Durham and spend a day observing. The colored as well as the white people support this coming man. They believe in him. Such men as Merritt, Spaulding, Dr. Moore and others of like character and reputation are proud of their school and the president, Dr. Shepard. The exercises this week were very imposing and successful. Two more large buildings are to be erected shortly, and before many years it will be the black city for colored Americans. CHASE VS. ROOSEVELT. Theodore Roosevelt, one time President of the United States, now a candidate for the same office, went a long way out of his way to attack the Editor of The Bee. But, why should the Editor of The Bee care. He is not the only President the Editor has made holler. The Bee would not answer his silly attack, but there is a little inside history in connection with Roosevelt's reference to the Editor which the people ought to know. It is a fact that Theodore Roosevelt, one time President of the United States, but a Civil Service Commissioner before he was made Assistant Secretary of the Navy or War, tried C. H. J. Taylor, then Recorder of Deeds, for a violation of the Civil Service law and other misdemeanors. Mr. Roosevelt, with his other assistants, found Taylor guilty of the charges preferred by W. Calvin Chase. The entire civilized world is acquainted with the celebrated libel suit which was the result of the conviction and recommendation for dismissal of Taylor by the Civil Service Commission, of which Theodore Roosevelt was a member and voted and recommended his dismissal. Now, if Roosevelt, who knew all about the Taylor case, found sufficient evidence to find him guilty and recommend his dismissal, why should Mr. Roosevelt denounce Mr. Chase for exposing a man he found guilty? Why didn't Mr. Roosevelt, before he attacked Mr. Chase, explain to the country that the, Roosevelt, found the man guilty for whom Mr. Chase was unjustly persecuted? The civilized world knew that the late Grover Cleveland sent his mandate to the court of Justice. O! the Court of Justice! There are persons living today who have a knowledge of this celebrated libel case. What Cleveland didn't do, the lamented President McKinley and the Christian people of this community, vindicated the Editor of The Bee, when the resignation of Taylor was asked for. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt regarded the Editor of The Bee a good man three months prior to his leaving the Executive Mansion. Two Presidents have felt the sting of The Bee; now let an unbiased public judge for itself. THE NEGRO VOTER. Now that the Negro voter has a duty to perform, in the coming political contest, will he perform it? Will he show his manhood and exercise the right of citizenship? What claim has Theodore Roosevelt upon the Negro vote? Has he not insulted the manhood rights of every colored American when he has stated in a recent speech in Baltimore. Md., that the Negro voter should not be bought, as if to say that he could? He disregarded the fact that white men do the buying when purchasing votes are to be made. The Negro voter possesses as much honesty and integrity as the white man who attempts to purchase his vote. If rotten inducements are not offered the colored voter he will not be tempted. Theodore Roosevelt wants the Negro vote. At the time he discharged the Brownisville soldiers, no explanation could be obtained from him. Now that he wants his vote, he is full of explanation and excuses. He wants to blame President Taft, and say that Mr. Taft recommended the discharge. If the discharge was wrong and he knew the prejudice of his man Garlington, why didn't he. Roosevelt, refuse to execute his order of dismissal? Why did he after he had ordered a second investigation, say that he was convinced that the Negro soldiers were guilty? Admitting all he said concerning Mr. Taft was true, he went out of his way to denounce and rebuke those who were not even at Brownsville. As a matter of fact. Roosevelt wanted to satisfy a Southern prejudice. The colored voters have been deceived. Roosevelt and not President Taft is guilty of injustice. THE NEGRO TROOPER. HENRY A. RUCKER. 'The Editor of the Bee desires to make one statement as to Henry A. Rucker, of Atlanta. Ga., to the effect that he stated an untruth when he published in the Atlanta Georgian and News that he hunted Rucker up. Rucker came to The Bee office without an invitation and paid his year's subscription for The Bee. When the Editor saw him, he was assured that Rucker was the man from whom the Editor could get the information he wanted. He was as easy to pump as Senator Dixon. Rucker's introduction of Chase to Dixon was profound. "Why, he told Dixon that the Editor could be relied on to do what he said." The in formation the Editor wanted was secured from Rucker without any trouble. Of course, Rucker consented to escort the Editor to Dixon's house. Dixon was as easy to pump as Rucker. Both Dixon and Rucker thought that they had Chase. But, how they were fooled. Chase is now a very, very bad man. He was an angel before, and when they thought they had Chase. Both Dixon and Rucker must learn politics before they run against the Editor of The Bee. MR. TAFT WILL WIN. There is no doubt that President Taft will be nominated. The dirty methods that are being resorted to by the Roosevelt campaign committee will be rebuked by the American people. The Brownsville incident will not down, and the attempt of the Roosevelt managers to saddle the responsibility on President Taft will not work. It will be remembered that ex-President Roosevelt named the man who made the investigation of the Brownsville affair. President Taft, then Secretary of War, transmitted the report to the President. Ex-President Roosevelt's second recommendation on the Negro troops was worse than the first one. The Negro soldiers were characterized as assassins who had entered into a conspiracy of silence. DR. THIRKIELD. It will be a sad day for Howard University if Dr. Thirkield should resign. There has never been a man who has done so much for that institution as he has. Dr. J. E. Shepard, of Durham, would come nearer filling the bill if any colored man should ever succeed Dr. Thirkield. OHIO. Is it any worse for President Taft to lose Ohio than it is for Col. Roosevelt to lose New York or Senator Cummus to lose Iowa? THE OYSTER TESTIMOXIAL The testimonial to Captain James Oyster at the 19th Street Baptist Church last Wednesday evening was a great success. President Taft will be nominated. When a man can't use you you are regarded as a rascal in his estimation. A rascal is an honest man in the eyes of those who can use him. It is funny, isn't it? Money doesn't always win, no matter how much you use. Col. Roosevelt must have felt the sting of The Bee. The enemies may succeed in accomplishing a wrong, but they will never defeat the right or crush the truth. Voters at five dollars, per head doesn't indicate a spontaneous outpouring of the people, does it? Spontaneous outpouring of the people needs no money to be distributed among them. Alumni Day at Howard University. The Committee of Arrangements for Alumni Day at Howard University, anticipates the most enthusiastic meeting in the history of the association. Already many graduates, from far distant points, have signified their intention of attending, and each day brings word of a like tenor from others far and near. The following program of the day has been prepared: 10 A. M.-Business session. 12 M.-Annual address, Prof. Herbert C. Scurlock. 14 P. M.-Luncheon, the guests of the University. 13 P. M.-Breaking of ground for new gymnasium building. 14 P. M.-March by classes to commencement exercises on University campus. S P. M.—Annual dinner. A Beautifully Arranged Dinner. A Beautifully Arranged Dinner. A beautifully arranged dinner was given on Monday evening, May 13. Ir and Mrs. Edward Parker, at their residence, 1125 N. Carsey street, in honor of Dr. A. J. Gwattney, of 1517 Eleventh Street, and Mr. Daniel Freeman, the photographer. Of 1833 14th street, N. W., Washington, D. C. The evening was pleasantly spent with appropriate amusements, after which the guests were led to the dining room where a nine course dinner was served. Much credit was given by those present to Mr. and Mrs. Parker for the most commendable way the dinner was arranged and served. The floral decorations lent much beauty to the occasion, blending with the colors throughout the house, which were pink and green, supported by soft shaded lights. After the close of the meal a flash-light was taken by Mr. Freeman, both in the parlor and dining room. Then the guests departed for their several homes feeling none the worse after the great ordeal through which they had successfully passed. Buffet Service. Mr. J. J. Ronayne, who secured the saloon formerly run by Mike Kane, 436 L Street Northwest, has made extensive improvement. The place looks entirely new, and he is conducting one of the cleanest saloons in this city. His Buffet Lunch from 12 to 2 P. M. cannot be surpassed for the money. Public MenAnd Things I met my old fellow-Virginian, Richard Horner, the other day, and he said he had been out stumping in Ohio for Roosevelt. They used to say down around Opecequin that "when a nigger's done got his eyes sot on a gal what looks good to him there no use trying to change his focus." Now when a colored man gets it into his head that he wants an office there is no use trying to change his views. You just either got to let him land the office or bust his brains out trying. Now I recollect just the same as if it were yesterday, hearing Richard Horner speak at True Reimers' Hall four years ago in which he everlastingly lambasted Roosevelt; charged him with dismissing the Brownville soldiers, and simply worked himself to a frenzy to incite his audience against Roosevelt. Now bless your long lost brother, he has been praising Teddy, and saying the dismissal of the colored soldiers by Teddy is a false issue. Of course, I reckon, if Brother Horner had landed that Recorder of Deeds Office under Tait, or had gotten Judge Terrell's place, or had landed Whittie McKinley's job, he would not now be opposing Tait. But he didn't look office size to Tait, and so he failed to land. But the man will never be happy until he gets a political office or bust his brains out trying to land it. And when a fellow gets to hunting a political office consistency is just the same as sanskrit to him. Mebbe a copy of that speech Horner delivered four years ago roasting Teddy is still in existence. I know one certain man, one of those methodical cusses, who had taken down in shorthand and preserved. Now that's the mean thing about hunting political office; there is always some painstaking methodical cuss who rushes to the front, at an awkward moment for you, with some historical data that put a crimp in your aspiration for office. Now I would like to see Horner get some political job—members of the whitwing force. It's perfectly natural, for every able-bodied and thought-to-be sane Negro I ever met. except Booker Washington, wants a political job. It's the nature of the beast. Booker don't want any himself, but he grabain in sight for his friends. It's a pity Horner never could get on Booker's staff. It aint his fault though, I am told. But I am just going to hand this little bit of exclusive news to my friend, Mr. Horner. If ever you do get so far as to have your name sent to the Senate some of your painstaking, methodical friends will drag all Virginia for stuff to file against you. They already have enough. I am told, to keep a Senate committee busy and undecided for steen weeks. Of course, I think it's all wrong, but it is one of the things a fellow must expect in politics. Horner has had on his fighting clothes for about four years. He ought not to be surprised if some of the fellows he's been fighting put in an order for a suit of armor plate and a few Galling guns. I use to warn Horner to slow down and use diplomacy more and beligerance less, but the fellow just thought he had to have his hat in the ring. But getting back to office, if the former Warrenton, Va., lawyer feels his practice ain't what it ought to be, or feels a nice office would round out an eventful career, why, let him have a taste of the pie. My honeybunch has been busy all week cleaning house. Like all good reasonable wives she has made a common laborer out of her husband at house cleaning time. As a result I am too tired, too sore, and too cross to grind out the regulation amount of sage stuff for this week. My den, in which I usually do my writing, looks like a transient hotel immediately after the police has sent everybody down to be held as witnesses. Everything, and anything has been dumped in my den, so I am writing this dope on the kitchen table, and the kitchen looks like a mess of spaghetti. If a marriage ceremony required the groom's to say they would help at house cleaning time, believe me, mighty few fellows would fall for the game. Willis Mitchell told me once in the presence of Dr. Gwathney and Charley Barnes, that if it were not for house cleaning he would have been married years ago, but just because of it he never will get married. And Willis is a pretty brave sort of a cuss after all. He's just brave enough to be always seen with a new girl. How he ever squares himself with the last one he was with, I don't know. But he gets by without a spot or a blemish. Some one remarked in Jones' cigar store one night that any fellow who lives through a political campaign in Ohio can eat cracked glass without causing indigestion. Mitchell is from Ohio, and I guess that accounts for his facility in handling the ladies. He is one more dream, though, when it comes to handling a half dozen prospects at the same time. What do you think? My old friend Dan Murray has issued the prospectus for his proposed bibliology. If the thing itself takes as long to arrive as did the prospectus, most of us will be in Judge Gibbs' class when the thing itself materializes. Dan deserves credit, however, and I certainly wish him well with the work. RUCKER SUPPORTS DIXON. (Continued from page 1.) what his friends intended to do in Georgia. He criticised the conduct of the Recorder's office under Col. Johnson, and concluded by agreeing to make an engagement for the Editor with Senator Dixon. The Editor followed him to the house of Roosevelt's campaign manager, Rucker told Dixon that he had known Chase for a number of years; and when "I tell you that he is alright, you may rely on it." "I will," said Rucker, "be responsible for Chase." Rucker in his interview noted that Dixon had investigated Chase's record and could not afford to be alone, says Rucker. In connection Rucker had vouchered Chase, hence the alleged investigation of Chase's record was a subjugue. This is now, Rucker's ex-The Editor agreed with every suggested by Dixon. There was one way to get what was needed, that was to agree with everything the nibbling fish wanted. They bled at the Editor's bait for two ho or more, and when the time came the bite, was when the agreement was made to write a document of pudiation of Mr. Taft. They not took the bait, but the entire linehook. Both of these men clashed the astute politicians Rucker, to the Bee office unsolicited. He looking for game and so was the tor looking for information. Too the information wanted the design game and everything else was prised. The Editor was a right person in the estimation of Rue and Dixon, when they thought they had the game. It is said that Sector Dixon is from Rock Hill, N. The Bee doesn't know whether he related to Dixon, the author of Clansman, or not. Maybe he is a Editor of The Bee is satisfied with the result. Why should Rucker a Dixon cry? Rucker is any because he failed to retain his office aslector because he said so. He had any claim on the party of what was given him by Col. Lincoln ohson and his friends FROM LABORER TO STENG RAPHER. Remarkably Rapid Rise of an A American Who Had Ambition Brains and Was Asisted by the T Administration. A few years ago Wesley W K. An Afro-American, was a labor working for $548 a year in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, but no thanks to the Taft administration, is a stenographer in the Treasury Department, employed in the Division of Printing and Stationery at an annual salary of $1,400. The story of the rise of this your man is interesting. Hall was born in Washington and educated in the public schools of the city. When he completed his course in the his school, instead of accepting a plan as a teacher, he decided to enter a Government service, begin at the bottom and work his way to the top. He went into the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as a laborer at $48 a year. He toiled hard during the career but studied stenography at night a soon became proficient. In the winter of 1905 Hon J Minton Turner, of Missouri, was before Congress fighting for the interest of the Freedmen of the Chuckawan Chickasaw Indian Tribes, and the bulk of the testimony and evidence necessary to be presented to the committee of Congress being too voluminous for his regular stenographer, employed Hall after department hours. Mr. Turner's sponsor in Congress was Hon. Richard Bartholdt, St. Louis, the then chairman of House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and the clerk of this committee at that time, Mr. Howard E. Miller, mentioned. Mr. Turner that he was overrun work and would like to secure the services of a stenographer until the run was over. Mr. Turner inquired about the stenographer's color or race with a consideration. Mr. Miller replied that the only qualification required by Congressman Bartholdt Rodberg and himself was proficient Turner then took Hall to the Capitol and introduced him to Miller who turned fortune has seemed to smite on his pathway, for Congressman Rodberg interested himself in Hall worked with him over confidential legislative and personal correspondence, thus giving Young Hall the best and most practical stenographic education it is possible to receive, and a climax to this work, in 1908, when Mr. Miller found the work of handling the aminibus public buildings by the 60th Congress to require more stenographic help and asked the some arrangement be made to deta Hall to the committee. Congressman Rodberg prevailed upon Chairman Bartholdt to request the House to a appropriate for an assistant clerk to the committee and when the place was created, had Hall appointed When Hon. Franklin MacVeagh became Secretary of the Treasury in 1909, Hall had reached the grade of messenger in the office of an assistant Secretary of the Treasury at $1,000 per annum. Mr. Rodenbent told Hall that that a young man who was qualified by experience and competent examination, for a clerical place should not be retarded in life and kept a messenger even at $1,000 a year, and without solicitation on Hall's part. Congressman Rodenberg, of Illinois, whose interest in the race is well known, called upon Secretary MacVeagh and after a short consultation received a promotion from the divisions of the Secretary office as a clerk at $000 (the regular entrance salary) and shortly thereafter he was promoted to $1,200, skipping the $1,000 grade. He has again been promoted by Secretary MacVeagh to $1,400. Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh is known as the "square deal secretary," and he well deserves the title, because the employees in his department get a square deal. When the Secretary "discovers" a young colored man who has made good he does not hesitate in giving him a promotion. There are 1,400 Afro-Americans in the Treasury Department, and their annual salaries aggregate more than $1,000,000. DINING ROOM. J. A. Anderson, Social Service Lunch, Meals to Order, Ladies' Table. 1531 Fourteenth St. N. W. Washington, D. C. The Week in Society Your doctor wants your prescriptions filled right. He wants results. either you nor the doctor will be disappointed if your prescriptions are filled at the drug store of Board & McGuire, 1912½ 14th St., and 9th and You Sts. N. W. They employ four graduates in pharmacy, skilled and experienced, and you get the results in perfect service. Dr. S. S. Thompson, who has been quite ill, is much improved. He left Wednesday for Atlantic City, where he hopes to recover entirely from his recent attack. Mr. Clarence Moten is visiting Mr. James Jefferson, of Clarksburg, W. Va. Miss Annabel Ramer, of Martinsburg, W. Va., was brought here to Freedman's Hospital, where she was operated on last Saturday. She is doing nicely, and her many friends are anxious to see her return home improved in health. Mrs. W. W. Malone, of this city, spent a few days with Miss Vertie Miller, of Cumberland, Md. Mrs. D. A. Miller is visiting friends in Cumberland, Md. in Cumberland, Md. Mr J. A. Jackson, of Charleston, W. Va., returned home Sunday after an enjoyable visit to Washington. Mrs Daisy Barbour and children, of Charlottesville, Va., left Saturday for Washington, where they will remain for a short while. Mr. George Jackson, of this city, was called to Richmond, Va., on account of the illness of his mother. Mr. Napoleon B Marshall, of this city, spent the week in Chicago, Ill. The faculty and senior class of Ferguson Williams Normal and Polytechnic College, held their annual commencement May 19 to 24th, at the Third Presbyterian Church, Ableville, S. C. W. Calvin Chase, Jr., spent last Monday in Baltimore, Md., on business. Rev. M. Oliver, pastor of Union Wesley, has returned from conference and filled his pulpit last Sunday. W. S. Rutherford, secretary and general manager of the National Benefit Association, is in Altoona, Pa., attending to some of the work in that field. Mr. Samuel M. Dudley, who has been elected president of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association of this city, is a graduate of Howard University law school. The Oyster testimonial was a brilliant affair, a full account will appear elsewhere. Read it. Rev. E. D. Johnson, of this city, is visiting his sister, Mrs. E-tella West, Clarksburg, W. Va. Mrs. J. E. Ellis, after spending an enjoyable time in Washington, has returned to her home in Salisburg, N. C. Dr Benjamin has opened up a fine drug store, with a full line of everything, at Fourth and N Streets Northwest, where Mayer formerly kept. Dr Childs is the assistant in charge Dr Benjamin is accommodating. Call and take a look in there. They met at Dr. Morse's Gem Drug Store and saw themselves in front of that beautiful fountain, 19th and L streets Northwest. Mrs. Margurette Johnson, formerly of Detroit, Mich., has come to Washington, where she expects to make her permanent home. Hon. J. C. Nanjee Register of the Treasury, is to address the literary societies at the Wilberforce University commencement. George H. Benjamin's Pharmacy, corner Fourth and X Streets Northwest, is the latest addition to Washington's business enterprises. It is a hand-one well-stocked store. Dr. Robert E. Giles is in charge. The Bee is always on sale at Benjamin's Pharmacy. Miss Edna May Coates left the city Sunday for Florida, where, she will engage in district nursing. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, of Portsmouth, Va., are spending a few days in Washington, the guests of Mrs. Mary Lewis. Mr. John Burke spent a few days with his brother in Williamsport, Pa. Mrs. Fannie Matthews is quite ill at her home, 3005 1-2 Sherman Avenue, Northwest. Mr. Calvin Chase, Jr., spent Tuesday in Baltimore, Md. A dance was given by the seniors of Armstrong Manual Training School Wednesday, in the new gymnasium. It was quite a success. Mrs. Richard Moore left the city Monday for Charleston, S. C., where she will spend a few weeks. Mrs. John Allen spent a few days in Atlantic City with her sister, Mrs. Norma Stewart. Mr. Carroll Jackson, of Denver, Col., passed through the city Tuesday en route to Tampa, Fla. Mrs. James Brown, of Blookland, D. C., has her niece, from New Jersey, stopping with her a few weeks. Mr. Colbert, of Linden Street, Northeast, who has been quite sick, is able to be out again. Mrs. Estelle Jones left the city Tuesday for Richmond, Va., where she will remain a month. Read The Bee if you want a live paper. When in the neighborhood of Dr. Moss' drug store, call in. It-is so refreshing to be able to drink a delicious class of soda water. T. Spencer Finley, the premier comedian, is filling an engagement in Norfolk, Va. Hon. Calvin Chase returned Wednesday morning from Durham, N. C., after having a most enjoyable visit. Miss Maude Brown, of Leesburg, Va., was called here suddenly on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. Josephine King. Dr. W. H. Davis, of Chicago, Ill., is in the city on a business trip. is in the city on a business trip. Prof. George W. Cook, who has been connected with Howard University for the last thirty-nine years, was given a banquet last Friday night. William H. Lewis, assistant attorney general, acted as toastmaster. Miss Irene Jackson, after spending a week in the city visiting friends, left Tuesday for Harrisburg, Pa. left Tuesday for Harrisburg, Pa. Seasons may come and seasons may change, but the crowds go on forever at the two drug stores of Board & McGuire, 1912½ 14th St. and 9th and You Sts. N. W. Two places Messrs. Horner and Heim, who conduct one of the finest milk dairies in this city, 8th and M. Streets Northwest, are certainly out for the trade. Think of a reduction on your milk and cream by presenting a coupon found elsewhere in this paper. The milk and cream they sell is just what you pay for. It is simply first-class and will stand the test. 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. FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS. The closing exercises of the Fairmount Heights school were held at the Presbyterian Church Thursday night, May 16. A drama, "The Three Bears," was played, to the satisfaction of the over-crowded house. Misses Justine Wilkes and E. L. Welch, the teachers, proved themselves worthy of the full confidence of all the patrons and friends of the school. They have been elected and will be among the teachers for the school year 1912-1913. There is a great demand for the drama given by the school to be repeated. The teachers have consented. The exercises will be held at the M. E. Church June 7, 1912. Fairmount Heights and vicinity demonstrated beyond a doubt that they know the real value of the public school and that they appreciate the good work which is being accomplished by the teachers and the trustees. The Catholics of Deanwood and their friends from Washington gave a concert at the public hall, May 16, under the leadership of Mrs. Smart. They cleared more than one hundred dollars. The teachers and senior class of the M. E. Church Sunday school gave a concert at the church Friday night, May 17, and realized quite a sum for the benefit of said church. Rev. O. C. Sprague, the worthy pastor, has moved into Fairmount Heights, and is stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coalman. The quarterly conference has been called to meet June 10, 1912, at which time Rev. Dr. Williams, the District superintendent will be home from the General Conference, which is holding its sessions in Minneapolis, Minn., during this month. Rev. E. P. Thomas, the energetic pastor of Central M. E. Church, preached at the church here Sunday May 12 at 3 o'clock, and Thursday night, May 16. His choir sang. The sermons, songs and collections were of the highest character. He agreed to "come back" June 9, a 3 o'clock. Like Rev. Dr. M. W. Clair and many of the city pastors, Rev. E. P. Thomas believes in doing all he can to extend the borders of the grand old church. If this missionary spirit was more deeply felt by more of the pastors of the well-established M. E. Churches throughout the Washington conferences, the banner of Methodism would float from every hill top and cross road. May the spirit of the blessed Christ and St. Paul take full possession of all our pastors that they may reach out and save their weak brethren who are struggling and struggling to extend the borders of the church. All news for this section must come through James Armstrong: Send your news to James Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong is authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements for The Bee. The committee appointed sometime ago to confer with Congressman Thos. Parran relative to legislation providing for the opening up of the District Boulevard from the Sheriff Road eastward to Chesapeake Junction; and 61st street from the District Boulevard southward to Central Avenue, met at the home of the chairman Friday night, May 11, and formed the basis of their petition and transacted such other matters as were properly brought before the same. The committee is composed of Messrs. Frank Coalman, chairman; Eugene L. Silence, secretary; Thomas N. Brown, W. S. Pittman, W. O. Dawson, S. M. Lewis and B. H. Harris. The new bank at Chesapeake Junction, which Hon. Francis S. Carmody is the president, is progressing nicely with its bank building. It is the hope that the building will be completed the latter part of July. Meanwhile the bank is doing business in Mr. Gregory's store. We are reliably informed that a postoffice is soon to be established in this community, also that Mr. Howard Lindsley will soon receive a commission as justice of the peace for Prince George's County. Mr. Lindsley is highly deserving. Rev. G. A. Davis, pastor of Nash Memorial, preached at the M. E. Church, at 3 o'clock. He promises to come back and bring his choir and congregation. The Epworth League was in charge of Mrs. L. E. Crouse, who invited Miss Minnie I. Hill and Miss Caddie Hill, of Washington, D. C., to be present. Miss Minnie Hill opened the League by some very instructive remarks. Several of those present took an active part in the meeting. The anniversary service of the E G. Andrews Chapter, No. 494, Methodist Brotherhood, was a phenomenal success in every particular. Rev Dr. S. H. Brown delivered the sermon, and the male choir, assisted by Mr. W. Calvin Chase, Jr., Herbert Lucas, Miss M. E. Buckner and Mrs. Margaret Brown, wife of the pastor, rendered a program of high-class and most appropriate music for the occasion. The Brotherhood conferred upon the latter the honor of being the first of her sex to sing a solo at one of their meetings. Only men, as a rule, are permitted to take important parts. Mrs. Brown sang the offertory in a most expressive and pleasing manner, displaying a rich mezzosoprano voice of rare volume and sweetness. Mrs. Brown is a valued addition to the musical forces of Roberts Chapel, and is so recognized by the musical fraternity of her church and the city. The anniversary marked the third birthday of the organization, which was founded by Rev. George W. W. Jenkins. D. D., during his pastorate here, Mr. B. F. Watson, the president, made a statement giving a clear and concise history of the chapter. The collection will be used in paying for 100 hymnals which the Brotherhood has arranged to buy and present to the church. The funeral service of Miss Hilda Madden, daughter of Mr. S. W. Madden, and grand daughter of Mrs. Marion Madella, was held Sunday, May 19. 2 P. M., at her fate residence. Service was conducted by Rev. Mitchell, of Meade P. E. Chapel, of which the deceased was a member. music was furnished by the choir. The large attendance and beautiful floral tributes showed the high esteem in which Miss Madden was held. The regular monthly meeting of the Civic League, No. 2, was held at Alfred Street Baptist Church Sunday afternoon last. The program was very interesting, including several instructive addresses and a rare musical treat by the Ehenezer Baptist choir under the able direction of their choir master, Mr. Edgar L. Johnson. The relatives and many friends of Miss Bessie Baltimore are glad to have her with them again. Miss Baltimore has undergone several most successful operations at Freedman's Hospital, and is unstinted in her praise of that institution and its competent corps of doctors and nurses. Miss Carrie Whiting, of New York, paid a flying visit to her mother while en route 40 Petersburg, Va., to be present at the graduation of her sister, Miss Ruth, from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. Mrs. Minnie Davis Fasett, of Philadelphia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Daniel Hopkins, on South Washington street. Mr. Erastus Freeland, of New York, is spending some time in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Barrett and Mrs. Irene Randolph spent Sunday at Hamilton, Va., where Mr. Barrett addressed some Epworth Leaguers. Mrs. Elsie Strother, of Harrisburg, Pa., came to the city Thursday and was present at the funeral of her niece, Miss Hilda Madden. Miss Etta Lyles is in the city. Mrs. Phoebe Williams died at her home on South Columbus Street on Tuesday, May 21, after a brief illness. Her funeral took place from Roberts Chaper. Friday at 4:00 P. M., of which church the deceased had been a faithful member for fifty years. The service was conducted by the pastor, Rev. S. H. Brown. The funeral of Mr. Philip Beanda, who died at his residence on S. St. Asaph street Tuesday, May 21, took place from Roberts Chapel Thursday, at 3 P. M. The deceased was a member of Harmony Lodge, Odd Fellows, also of the P. G. M's. Council and Alexandria Patriarchy. Dr. S. R. Brown, pastor of Roberts Chapel, conducted the services. The Bee is on sale at George H. Lane's barber shop, No. 104 N. Columbus street, by David Wair, and Miss Julia Brown, No. 200, N. Payne street. College Fraternity Has Banquet. The first annual Initiatory Ban- S. H. Dudley Theatre S. H. Dudley Theatre High Class Vaudeville and Motion Photo Plays 1216 U Street, Northwst Lew W. Henry. Acting Manager HAVE YOU HEARD IT? . WHAT? SOMETHING NEW. S. H. DUDLEY THEATER, 1213 You Street N. W. Opens June 1st, with high-class Vaudeville and Photo Plays new every night. The best acts each week, clean and up-to-date. Bring your family. We are here to please. S. H. DUDLEY, Prop. (Smart Set Co.) LEW. W. HENRY, Mgr. Price. 10 Cents. Beauty Cream Guaranteed or money re- refunded BARNARD'S COMPLEXION CREAM BEAUTIFUL SMOOTH SKIN follows the use of Barnard's Complexion Cream. Freckles, Tan and Liver-spots are quickly removed by its use. The best flesh cream for bleaching the skin. Attractive offer to agents. Special offer free; a 25c cake or Barnard's Clearo Complexion Soap free to every one purchasing a jar of Barnard's Complexion Cream and presenting this advertisement On sale at all firstclass drug and department stores. quet of the Beta Chapter of the Alpha Phil Alpha Fraternity at Howard University, was held at the St. Regis Cafe, on 14th street last Friday evening. The banquet was by far the most brilliant ever given, by the Chapter. Besides the regular active members present there were a large number of honorary and visiting members present. Among these may be mentioned. Professors George W. Cook and William V. Tunnell, honorary members: Dr. Whitington Bruce. Alumni member: Mr. A. A. William and Dr. Augustus Purvis. Alumni members of Epilon Chapter, at the University of Michigan, and Mr. Daniel Edmunds. Alumni member of Iota Chapter, at the Syracuse University. The toasts were of the highest order, and enthusiasm ran high among the five new initiates as well as among the old members. The officers for the coming year are Clarence Curley, president; Julius McKelvie, vice president; Edward Chandler, secretary; Felix Butler, corresponding secretary; Porter Lennox, treasurer; William Pollard, chaplain, and Charles H. Garvin, business manager. The year just closed was one of the most successful in the history of the chapter, and from present plans the coming year hides fair to excel the past. WEST WASHINGTON. Church to Soon Have a Jubilee. The First Baptist Church, on 27th street and Dumbarton Avenue, having raised on last Sunday from the efforts of their rally eight hundred dollars on the indebtedness of two thousand dollars, which is to be canceled in a few weeks, are rejoicing and will celebrate the burning of the mortgage with interesting exercises. Rev. E. E. Ricks and his congregation are to be congratulated for the splendid work accomplished within such a short period. The funeral of Mrs. A. Spiller, a very old and prominent members of the First Baptist Church, took place Monday afternoon from the church, and was largely attended. The Moses Society, of which she was a charter member, attended in a body. Rev. E. E. Ricks officiated, assisted by Revs. Wm. J. Howard and Robinson. Interment, Mt. Zion M. E. Cemetery. The Junior Choir, of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, will give a musical Monday, May 27. Mr. Leroy Gaskins, director; Mr. Louis N. Brown, pianist. Howard University Glee Club Concert The well-trained Glee Club, of Howard University, under the direction of Mr. A. R Grant and Mr. Ernest H. Hays, pianist, gave one of their very delightful folk songs, humorous and classic selections, reading from Dunbar, solo, etc., Monday evening, May 20, at Mt. Zion M. E. Church. A very large and appreciative audience enjoyed and applauded the numbers rendered by the club. The members who participated were The WilberforcianOrchestra KARL F. PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR Apartment 43, The Cameron Vt. Ave. & T st.,N.W. 福 ROOMS AND BOARD FROM $1.50 m. PER DAY UP TO $3.00 PER DAY. Our rooms for $3.00 per day are exceptionally fine. They afford ocean view and private dining room. We S We can tell you fifty r. why it will be vantage to buy Carpets from us Just one is suff We make it possible to have everything for home comfort. Anything you are charged on and which is made your circumstantial gest. Come where every price and before there's a how or when you PETER C. and SON The Wilberford KARL F. PHILLEN Apartment 43, The Camer Messrs. Chas. W. Preston, Robt. McCant Andrews, J. R. Mosley, J. D. Richmond, Jacob E. Jones, Otto Bohanan, G. H. Hall. The concert was given under the auspices of Group No. 1. Mrs. Daisy Magruder, superintendent, Rev. D. W. Hays, pastor. The annual rally of Mt. Zion M. E. Church will take place on the fourth Sunday in June, at which time the newly organized Trustee Board are endeavoring to raise fifteen hundred dollars, and from present indications it is expected that this sum will be realized, as a marked improvement in the collections of the congregation is noted under their supervision. Washington's 400 Skip the "Grand Fan-Tas-Ma-Go-Rah" at Arm strong Manual. Tuesday night, May 14. The Bee looked upon a vision of beauty, art and culture at the Armstrong Manual in the "gym," and that vision is still with us. The occasion was the last night of the culture dances, directed by Mrs. M. P. Wilson, of Boston, Mass. Everybody was there. That is, all the "Old Folk Dauncers" who still cling to youthfulness. These daunces are new to Washington and to its 400. Mrs. Wilson brought them with her. She stood in the middle of the hall with one arm aloof, the other akimbo, a perfect Goddess of the Dance. "Music—step—t-2-3-4 s-l-i-d-e. They did slide.' Miss _____ Mrs _____ weighed 275 pounds. 584 pounds also s-l-i-d. They slid together—that was all. Mrs. —, tall, elegant and graceful, Slid. Mr. —, athletic and quick of foot, slid. They slid apart, and the music played on. "Music, step, 1-2-3-4. Draw." cried the direstress. They all drew. "Two?" No, one foot. One lady, whose foot seemed to weigh in proportion to her anatomy, simply could not draw that foot, nor could she slide. She did the best she could, however. "Music, step, 1-2-3-4, Waltz." And they did waltz. The tall and the short, the fat and the lean, the fast and the slow, the old girls and the young girls, the mother and the miss paired together: these couples whirled in a grand circle of the hall to the strains of a melodious piano, apparently obvious of the admiring friends clinging to the walls. Grand Fan-Tas-Ma-Go-Rah. "Now girls, the Grand Fan-tas-mago-rah. 1-2-3-4, slide to center, 1-2-3-4, glide back to position," was the instruction. "Now, music, ready, 1-2-3-4, slide to center. They met in the center, one - grand foot-ball rush. 1-2-3-4, glide-back to position, and the first figure of the grand fant-as-mago-rah is cut. At this point in the daunce the "hop step" was introduced. 1-2-3-4, Hop! Well, gout, rheumatism, lumbago, tender feet and tight shoes; Bryan's Villa TWOSQUARES FROM READING STATION CAPE MAY, N. 'J. All modern conveniences and ocean view. 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Six groups of dancers of five couples each paired as before, went through the evolutions of this exquisite dance. Each person at the beginning facing his partner. Ladies' forward from diagonal corners, and bow. Gentlemen ladies from similar corners forward and bow. Ladies' forward and circle. Gentlemen ladies forward and circle. Daunce to your partners. Swing your partners. Head couple arch hands. Remaining couples promenade under arch back to position, Beautiful, artistic, invigorating and grand. Even the black dog present marched gracefully through the human arch, archly flaunting his big, pink bow. These dances were voted a success and will be continued indefinitely. Old girls respectfully invited. Englewood A New Subdivision For Particular People NEAR Fairmount Heights Get in on the ground floor on a good paying proposition. Stock can be bought at the rate of $11.50 per share—$1 down and $1 per month. 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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. 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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. Athletes stop their efforts merely because they are beaten by younger men, but the nonathletic seem to think that it is necessary to keep up excessive exercise, though the tissues simply cannot stand it. 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When the metal cooled and the mold was opened the bell was found to be not only perfect, but of marvelous sweetness of tone. The founder gave himself up to the authorities, was tried and condemned to death. On the day of his execution the bell was rung to call people to attend church and offer a prayer for the unhappy man's soul, and from that it obtained the name of "the poor sinner's bell." SEEING A PURPLE COW. Perfectly Natural Under Certain Conditions, Says an Artist. H. Anthony Dyer, painter of water colors, was explaining the matter to some possible buyers of his wares. "Suppose while you are in the country in summer," said he, "you chance upon a Holstein cow grazing on a hillside. Holsteins, of course you know, are black and white. The pasture is green. Off at one side is a gray unpainted barn. Do you stagger with surprise when you notice that that cow is purple? Not a bit of it. If it were not purple you might reasonably consult an oculist. That would be a'sign that your eyes needed attention. "But you may never have tried to figure out why the cow is purple. Here is the answer: The complementary color of the green pasture is red. The sight of green always suggests red, although, we don't realize it. Flooding the scene is the yellow sunshine. The yellow, the red and the green combine to tint the grazing neutral colored cow purple, and purple it undeniably is, as you must admit when next you encounter one under such circumstances. Nevermore, therefore, may you sing with Gelett Burgess: I never saw a purple cow. I never hope to see one. —New York Press. The Bug Bible. The bug Bible was printed in 1549 by the authority of Edward VI., and its curiosity lies in the rendering of the fifth verse of the Ninety-first Psalm, which, as we know, runs, "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night nor for the arrow which fliteth by day," but in the above version it ran, "So thou shalt not nede to be afraid of any bugges by night." Ludicrous as this sounds, it is not etymologically without justification. "Bug" is derived from the Welsh word "bwg," which meant a hobgoblin or terrifying specter, a signification traceable in the word commonly in use today—"bugbear"—and Shakespeare once or twice uses the word in this primary sense, notably when he makes Hamlet say, "Such bugs and goblins in my life." Daffodil Superstitions Daffodilis are not only poisonous and libelous, but most unlucky flowers, especially when single specimens are encountered. Herrick, who must often have gone through the experience without much harm happening, declares that— When a daffodil I see Hanging down her head to me. Guess I may what I must be. First, I shall decline my head; Secondly, I shall be dead; Lastly, safely buried. In Herrick's own Devon to this day if you place a single daffodil on the table of a farmhouse the farmer will jump up and exclaim, "Now we shall have no young ducks this year." The evil spell can be broken by increasing the single flower to a bunch. St. James' Gazette. Queer Nest of the Tontobane The oddest of all birds' nests is the one built by the toontobane, a South African songster. It is built of cotton and always upon the tree producing the material. In constructing the domicile the female works inside and the male outside, where he builds a sentinel box for his own special use. He sits in the box and keeps watch or sings nearly all the time, and when danger comes in the form of a hawk or a snake he warns the family, but never enters the main nest. A Dodger. "Mobius is a great man to try to deduce a responsibility on technicali- tion." "Yes. He once signed a pledge. Then he forgot about it and called in a handwriting expert to prove that the signature was a forgery."—Washington Star. Various Ships. Ostand—Pa, what kind of ships are courtships? Pa—Soft ships, my son. Ostend—And what kind of ships sell the sea of matrimony? Pa—Hard- ships, my son.—London Tit-Bits. Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost, not understand.—William Penn. TRACE Y NFT 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. HAIR-VIM SOAP is cleansing in its effect and beautifying in its results. Especially adapted for shampooing the hair, and fills every requirement for use in the toilet, bath and nursery. 25cts the cake. BEAU-TE-VIM CREAM—Is a restorer, preserver, beautifier and bleach for the skin. Lubricating the surface, giving it life and adding brilliancy to the complexion. 25cts the box. ANNOUNCEMENT ANGLER THE BOOKS OF THE PALATIAL IRON STEAMER ANGLER. ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTER AT THE OFFICE WATER AND N STREETS SOUTHWEST TO W. SHINGTON PARK AND LOWER RIVER LANDINGS FOR SEASON, 1912. SPECIAL RATES FOR EARLY CHARTERS. LEWIS JEFFERSON, General Manager. 2031 7TH STREET, N. W. NEAR FLORIDA AVE. I prove tna: the Negro can support himself. Phone North 1847 Chas. H. Jarvins & Son FISH POULTRY AND OYSTER DEALERS, 930 C Street Northwest, and Center Market. Phone, Main 4480. Washington, D. C. 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. The Best in the City. If you want a first-class tonsorial service, go to the Citizens' Barbershop, 1024 You, Street Northwest. Ask for the boss, McMullen. Every artist is a gentleman. Clean service on every customer. It is an up-to-date establishment. You will meet the people there. Mention The Bee. Those Useless Questions. "How did you get the bruised face?" "It was caused by the hatrack last night." "Accidentally?" "No; I think it attacked me purposely."—Kansas City Journal. Feminine Ideals. I look for the day when women will coase to be imitative, copying men, but will become completely, perfectly and proudly women.—A Woman's Letter in London Times. Neither Rit Nor Sympathy. Teacher — Willle, did your father cane you for what you did in school yesterday? Pupil—No, ma'am. He said the licking would hurt him more than it would me. Teacher—What rot! Your father is too sympathetic. Pupil—No, ma'am, but he's got the rheumatism in both arms. — Lippincott's. One Better. Prima Donna—I have here a certificate from a doctor to the effect that I can't sing tonight. Manager—Why go to all that trouble? I'll give you a certificate that you never could sing—London Tit-Bits WARNING! I MEAN !T! 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. WHY SUFFER WITH PILES. Browns Pile Remedy is used successfully for Internal and External Piles. Remedy No. 1. An ointment, makes screness, inflamation 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 2oc To be used together. Both for 500 postpaid J. C. BROWN, Registered Pharmacist 609 Third Street, N. W Washington, D. C. St.RegisHotel St.RegisHotel 1832 14th Street N. W. Near the corner of 14th and T. In the heart of the quietest and most refined neighborhood. The finest and best equipped house, owned, and operated by colored management. Our rooms and apartments represent the standard of comfort and beauty. Dining room, finest in the city. Quick and polite service. Reasonable rates. Ice cream and soda fountain. GRACE T. MERCER. ROBERT ALLEN 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. H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE No. 314 Ninth Street, N. W. Loans made on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Etc. If you want to buy a good watch, diamond ring, or jewelry of any kind, look at our stock first. You! Why pay to per cent, when you can get it for 3 per cent. M. K. FULTON BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, GUNS, MECHANICAL TOOLS: LADIES' AND GENTS' WEARING APPARKL. OLD GOLD AND SILVER ROUGHT. UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FOR SALE. 361 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. FORD'S HAIR POMADE MAKES HAIR, SKINY OR CLURY HAIR CLOSSY, SOFTER AND MORE PLiABLE EASY TO COMB AND PIT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT, UNCHECKL FOR PREVENTING HAIR FROM FALLING OUT, BADUFF AND NURSING OF SCALE BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENIUS, POT UP IN 25+ AND 50+ BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S MASK ON EVERY PACKAGE TRY FORD'S ROYAL WHITE SKIN LOTION FOR THE COMPLEXION. MAKES THE SKIN WHITER IMMEDIATELY UPON APPLICATION. WILL NOT IRRITATE THE MOST DELICATE SKIN. UNEXCEELLED FOR ECZEMA, SALT RHEUM, PIMPLES, ROUGH SKIN AND FRECKLES. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOUL WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES. SMALL SIZED BOTTLE 25 LACE SIZED BOTTLE. THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 232 LAKE ST. DEPT. 284 CHICAGO, IL AGENTS WANTED. | Christian Xander’s well known, pure STERLING SILVER RYE 6Oc quart 30c pint Superior to rivai whiskies at its price . ONLY AT go9 7th Sts LEGAL NOTICES. JONES AND WARING. In the Supreme Court of the District oi Columbia, Holding a Probate Court—No. 18,963.—Administzation Docket 45.—In Re Estate of Augus- tus Stewart, Deceased. Application having been made here- in for Brobate of the last Will and Testament oi said deceased, and for Letrers Testamentary on. said_ estate, by George Washington Blake, it is ‘erdered this 7th day of May, A. D. 1912, that, Daniel Stewart, his heirs and the unknown heirs of John H. Stevtart, and, all others concerned. appear in said Court on Thursday, the twentieth (20) day of June, A. D. 1922, at ten o'clock A, M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereo? be publishea in the “Washington Law Reporter? and “The Washington Bee” once each of three consecutive weeks before the return day herein. WRIGHT. Justice. THOMAS L. JONES, - ROBT. L. WARING. . Attorneys.” . A true copy. sAittest: “ JAMES*TANNER. Register of Wills. + FairviewPark Formerly Lakeview Park Bye Lek Masten il UNDER MANAGEMENT OF 7 Sah LewisT. Thomas 946 Tea Street, N. W._ Open for engagements Beginning May Ist A MUSICAL, ‘The National Religious Training School Electrifies Durhdm, - Durham, N.C, May 20. Lact evening was a musical night with the musical authors. The musi- cal directress is Miss \Vby_L. Wil- Hams, of the Washington Conserva- tery of Music, Washington, D.C. She is a very accomplished musician, and quite a favorite among the peo- ple. Avery’s Auditorium was packed last evening with Durham's best so- ciety. It avas a most brilliant gather- ing of the lovers of music. The ladies came ont in their best attire. “The oceasion’ was a scene of beauty. It was a rendition of music from the most celebrated authors. Every par- ticipant showed that‘ he-and she ‘had been carefully taught, and the credit Zor the, success of the program is ‘due to Miss Williams. There are quite a number bi musical geniuses in this school, and-before many years Durham will be a great musical cen- ter, The following is the - Program. ~ Quartette—Over Hill and Dale,”En- gleman—First Piano, Misses Minnie Whitted and. Theresa Shepard. Sec- end Piano, Miss Marjorie Shepard and Mr. Albion Wood. A Little Study, Low—Miss Ruth O'Kelley. $ -_ Joyous Farmer, Schumann—Master George Kirkland. Rip Van Winkle and_the Dwarfs, Atherton—Miss Annic Day Shepard. Awakening of Spring, Harberbier— Miss Marjorie Shepard. Melody’ from “Oberon” (left hand alone, Weber—Miss Gazelle Poole. Tarantelle. Heller—Miss Minnie Whitted. Sextette. Les Sylphes, Bachman— First Piane. Misses Irene Fitzgerald, Anna and Marjarie- Shepard. Sec- ond piann, Misses Enlatia Ruffin, Al- ma_ Fitzgerald and Metta Barham. On the Meadow, Lichner—Miss Theresa Shepard. Vocal, “Sing. Smile and Slumber,’ Gouned—Mrs: C. G O'Kelly. Violin obligato by Mrs, H. F, B. Forbes, A Dialogue. Meyer-Helmund—Miss Grizzell Bus-ell. ta) To a Wild Rese, McDowell. ab) Scar] Dance. Chaminade. Miss Bessie Jehn-an, : Qver the Steppes. Schytte—Mr. Samuel Saunders. * Sonata, Griex—Miss Lille Shepard. Morevau, Wallenhaypt—Miss Mag- zie Poole. wae Quartette—Verses from the Ru- baiyat of Omar Khayyam, Lehmann —Mi-se~ Poole and Holly, Messrs. Robinson and Wilson. ‘ Impromptu. Rheinholdt—Mr. John Digrs. 3 Concerte—Capriccio Brillant, Op. 22, Mendelssohn—Miss Talulu Shep- ard, = At the conclusion of the program Mr. Ws Calvin Chase, of Washing- ton. D. €.. was introduced and re- ceived with applause, He made a short address to the’ vast audience who loudly applauded him during and aitet the conclusion of his address. There were many white people from Trinity College present on thi: eccasion to do honor to Dr, Sheparc en all lines of Christian , endeavor There is no man in this part of the country who is more honored or re. + spected than Dr James E. Shepard : > a F ™ : eo ae As ae = ee oe: ae oe (ees Oe . pan é pra i aa a. Lee , [Ry ae eS Resa et ii i eS ee oa Poi & en scons Fs fee ae iB Vane ea a OS OM cet) ee ig ce Sent af ‘en : - fe se se ere Dee 2 en 4 fe) soe a een Pa aes oa a SL. a . a ene a - Cae : A 1 oh “é DMprerrmrrepr Mtr AICpYpIerT CERES RSE + OPER . . Kite Tn SN ESE. geet > fs eS es : es eee Se “A wy eae 7 a 3 A [SRE am a. [es CSE ERM =a Brera i oe SN. aN cals o£ ee Le. ae La } oer za Ota ees al ae pe eect , 1a — ee Bsc gall seas rahe at F aS Sieg : faa | gee 3 i Bear PH A< f wea Ay) a isd i Sa ee a x . EN earn: eM if A es Ve ks fe? Soe a £e: ee cA AAW KY Ene F Coe er Sy af i / oe Ne ic ay ee y BoE SESS ee CEST 7m amma . NSE ; ee: ' : SR a . : NS 2 “e DR MO VWaORT RE 5 © An \ul Around Hustler. THE NORTH CAROLINA MU-| TUAL AND PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION. The Greatest Negro Life Insurance Company in the United States. (Special ta The Bee.) Durham, N. C.. May 22. Ii you want to see a great life in- suratice company. you should come to Durham, XN. C. It is beyond all doubt the greatest Negro life insurance company in the United States. This company is conducted in a business like manner. The officers are all high class men, and its clerks are compe- tent. in every particular, Miss Bes- sie Johnson is the ‘auditor for the company, and her work, it is said, is very ditfienlt, She is a, very compe- tent young Jady. Miss Lula Shepard is also connected with the company, She is not only a high-class cletk, but she possesses great musical abil- ity. She is one of the most campe- tent, business-like’ young ladies in the State of North Carolina. In fact, the entire force connected with the com- pany, deserve the highest commenda- tion.” The President of the cumnany is \ . John Merrit. Hé is sonbet tie weceamowa ‘ant progressive men in Durham, N.C. He is president and founder of the company, president of Linceln Hos- pital Board. President Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank. He is a man who is highly appreciated in the State. He is a man of enterprise. Mr. C. C. Spaulding is the manager of this great insurance company. He is a man of great foresight and, in- genuity. He is calm and resolute. but very genial in his business relations with the people. There iy not a bet- ter Jiked man in North Carolina. It was threngh his and Mr. Merritt's effort, that this insurance compiny extended its business in the State of Georgia.: There is a strong. inclina tion on the part_of these enterprising men to invade Virginia. the District of Columbia and the State of Mary: land. The enterprising manager thor. oughly understands insurance — bust ness. (Dr. A. M. Moore is secretary am Attorney General Lewis will speak Wednesday night, and Thursday morning Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, of Xew York, will deliver the com- mencement address. A large crowd is expected. DR. WASHINGTON’S "°SENT ADDRESS. Kansas City, Mo. May 20. Dr. Booker T. Washington. prin- cipal of the Tuskegee _Institute. aiter speaking before the General Conjcr- ence of the African Methodist Epis- tl Rarer ae eee treasurer of the North Carolina Mu- imal. Saperintendent and founder of the Lincoln Hospital, President Shaw Alumai Association, trustee Oxford Orphan Asylum, director and_presi- dent Durham Textile Mills. He ‘s alsy interested in the banking and drug business, superintendent of the White Rock Baptist church © Sun- day school. He is an allround useful man, the people of thig place claim. The press vi the State has this to say_oi this company: “The North Carolina Mutual and Provident .\ssociation, home office at Durhamh, this morning paid the Fidel- ity Bank $10,000, this being the last account against the’ association. This necount was for the guarantee re- quired to carry on its business in South Carolina, the guarantee being assured by the Fidelity Bank. Now it has $10,000 in cash on deposit in- stead of having the bank stand jor it. “This organization, which is com- post of colored people, is one of the most prominent and successful in the country, and has the very best oi standing in the business world, | “The associetion is now in its 14th year, and has constantly grown until today it has 63,000 financial member: and over one and one-half. million dollars’ worth of insurance in force. Its business has been ‘one of gradual growth until now it embraces three States, North and South Carolina anc Georgia. “The home otlice, which is locatec in the assuciation’s own building, or Parrish street, is one of the best con ducted to be found anywhere, and ha: liicen highly praised by the State in surance department for the accurate: jne-s of the methods in which it i: fcondneted. In all of its career, it ha: never failed to pay claims and ha: ucyer had a check to go to protest Jiut. on the ‘other hand has fulfilled promptly every promise and has pai every claém up to date. The brief record as set out above [is one that any business, no ‘nmattes by whom conducted, should feel prow Of Hts snegess and the system usec jin its home affice has called fort] iwords of admiration from the busi ‘hess world, Such an institution anc 'uch eflicient management are mos -reditable to that race. Pe copal Zion Churcli at_Charlotte, N. C, came to Kansas City fast’ week and spoke before the General Con. ference of the Airican Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Washington. was welcomed by a,throng numbering over 10,000, con- servatively estimated, when’ he rose to speak*at the anditorinm. which is estimated to be the latgest in the country. Not only were the bishops and officers oi the church present. but thousands had journexed to. Kansas City from other places to hear Dr PrN ae eg eR ee eT ee Lowest Prices Best Work ‘TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. | . BOOK AND JOB PRINTING 3 , —————————— ee: : Electric Power Presses Linotype Compasiion Specialty made of Constitutions and Pamphlets , : » BUSINESS OFFICE and PLANT, 1109 EYE STREET. N- W. g : PHONE MAIN 4078 3 Uptown Office: 1212 Fla. Ave.. N. W. i Eo . Phone: North 2642-5 : i ‘Horners Dairy PROPRIETORS — #£C.F.HEIM Perfect. Pasteurized Mitk and ‘Cream. Raw milk if desired, Our Specialty. Fine grades of Creamery Butter. Fresh laid eggs. Eight wagons give you prompt, reliable and efficient ser- vice. Corner Eighth and M, North- west, Phone, North 1872. 'C.B. HORNER —_ PROI Washington’s address, * 1 __In the morning Dr. Washington, at| ‘the special invitation of Chancellor Frank Strong, of the University of Kansas, Iawrence, delivered a stir- ring address to the ‘students of that university. The audience is said to have been as large as any that has ever gathered to hear any of the no- table who haye spoken there, such as President Tait and Governor Wood- row Wilson. The students them- selyes gave Dr. Washington ene of the warmest welcomes ever extended a visitor at Lawrence. . In his address before the General Conference, Dr. Washington laid par- ticular stress, as he had already done in his address before the General Conference at Charlotte, upon the great need and necessity at the Ne- gro ministry turning its attention t> saving and strengthening thé millions of Negrocs who lives in the country districts of the South. He said in part: ~ “Tn the rural districts the Negre. all things considered, is at his best in body, mind and soul. In the city, he is usually at his worst. Plainly, ‘one of the duties of your church is to help keep the Negro where he has the hest chance. Ina marked degree the Negro is a social being. He, more largely than is true of any other race. uses the church as the rallying point for his social life. Whether it is a meeting relating to farming, business, education, politics or secret societies, the Negro church house is used. “Here is the opportunity for us to improve the church life of ithe Negro in the country and thus to help to Keep him on the Jand where he has a chance to grow a_ strong, healthy body, and be away from the tempta- tons and complexities of large city life. “How can this be done? For one thing, make c\urch life for the Ne- gro in the’ rural districts as_attract- ive as it is now in the city. The Ne- gro problem is to a very considera- ple extent the problem of rural life everywhere. So long as the Negro finds a poor, uncomfortable, unat- tractive church house in the country. and a good church house in, the city. or finds a weak, ignorant minister in the country and a strong, intelligent minister in the city. or finds in the country church services held once month and in the city a church ser- vice held twice cach Sunday; so long will the Negro be tempted to leave the country and migrate to the city “Tn dealing with the millions of the Negroes, let us in America learn : lesson from what has taken place it England where agriculture and the farm have been neglected by churct and State, with the result that the cities of England are filled with mil lions of unfortunate misfits who ar in the gutters instead of being on th soil and ont in the free, bracing ai where God meant that man shoul ive, . = ogy “No class of people should be mor interested in the plans and work © our great Negro church organizatioz than the capitalists, the captains industry, those who directly or indi rectly employ Negro labor. Nothin; pays so well in producing _ efficien Jahor as Christianity. Religion in creases the wants of the laborer. Th man without religion is too often sat ished when he has worked lon; enough to provide himself with a Tit tle cnarse food. a chew of_tobacer and a battle of whiskey. The Xe growarkman with the spirit af Chris in his head and heart wants, land wants a good house, wants anothe house, wants decent furniture. want a newspaper or magazine. He want to provide himself with the mean with which to maintain his churel tand Sunday school, and his famil | with a Rible and hymn hook. ty: “Tonight, as we stand here_and dle Hiberate as to methods of | Cliristia | regeneration, in. the Southland ther tare about one million black childre who entered no school room thi \ year ‘and another million who hav Been in school for only three ar fou months in the year. Putting the is norant under arrest will not, give hit Christianity. Putting him in jail c in the penitentiary will not give hir :. : Christianity. k! “Mine is not a selfish plea to th -ichurch. T want to see the Negr t- saved for his own sake, and T war Ito see the Negro saved in order thi yjthe white race which surrounds hi may he saved. All history: teache c | that wherever the white face hi is!been surrounded by a weaker ra e, and neglected race of any color, th: s { the white man has yielded to tt it temptation to degrade and weake sthimself because of injustice perp ! Coupon Presenl this coupon to driver or: ‘office and a 5 per cent discount! on Your milkif at retail prices. | HORNER'S DAIRY j 8th and M St. N. W. JUSTH’S OLD STAND 619 D Street, N. W. It's the square deal all around that keeps us busy. When a man buys here once the worth and value brings him back again, and ii there's a fit ioz you in a tailored slightly used suit, $3 to $ro, or coats and vests, $2 to $3, there's money saved sure. One price. Justh’s Old Stand, 619 D. The Artist Always Took His Revenges In a Refined Way. In “Whistler es I Knew Him” Mor- timer Menpes, the author, has 2 good deal to say about Whistler the fight- er and his quickness in resenting an affront. “He is careful to add that Whistles was always refined In his methods: ‘While he was severe he was not ac- toally brutal. He never treated his enemies in a coarse way. <Any man who had offended him Whistler would rap sburply over the shoulders with his cane, and then by the time the sufferer hind recovered the master would be in the next room explaining to every one how he had just felled bis enemy. Once he caught a man with whor he was for the moment enraged wash ing his face.” Without a moment's hesitation Whistler dasbed the unfor tunate head straight into the basin of water, and whtle the foe was endeay oring to clear the soap from ‘his eyes to see the cause of this sudden immer sion Whistler was in the smoking room setting the men there in a roa with the account of his adventures. | When I first met Whistler he was i the act of searching for a man wh had dared to criticise his Venetia ‘etchings. “If you want to see som fun, Menpes,” he sald, “come wit! me.” Fortunately the man bad bee: | warned and was nowhere to be found FOR SALE. Desirable lots in beautiful FAIR- MOUNT HEIGHTS, high, healthful, end on the trolly line. One car ticket takes you to any part of the City. Three CHURCHES. two PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a large PUBLIC HALL. and other attractions make Fairmount the most desirable residence loca- tion near Washington. Lots sell for irom ONE HUNDRED to TWO IIUNDRED DOLLARS, on easy monthly payments. No interest, 0 taxes; Fairmount has already a popu lation of over 600; and growing rap- idly each year. Come out and see itand you will he pleased and locate among us When your lot is paid for we will huild you a ‘home, which you pay for in small monthly’ payments. Take 11 street cars and go ‘east: get off at 38th or Gtst streets, and walk one Square north. or call on or write the undersigned and we will eall for you take you out and show you over ‘Fairmiount. I also have several beau: tiful residences in Fairmount for sale on easy monthly vayments. Now is the chance to own your home for les: than your rent co-ts you." » ‘JAMES ARMSTRONG, - Fairmount Heights. Or Address Benning, D.C, R. F. D No. 3, Box 157. INVEST YOUR MONEY IN MOUND BAYOU. We are promoting and financing The People’s Brick Company, one oi; the most needed and best paying en- terpsises in the town, Our reference: The Sank of Mound Bayou. or any’ citizen, Your money will earn 7 per cent jrom the tine it is invested, and much more in the very near future. “_Fer_ complete information address: The Security Investment and Enter- prise Corporation, Mound Bayou, Miss, m-1T-aug-1f 3d Anniversary. No good citizen chon! * miss bing: in the 23d anniversary edition of The: Bee next June. —————_— The Southern Hand Laundry. * Don't you want a first-class laundry service? If so, patronize the great Southern Laundry. See advertisement in another column of The Bee. Men- tion this paper when you call. You will find The Bee in, every ‘honest: family’s home in this city. Té ‘vou dont see it. it is an oversight, Have it sent to you. 2 Meals to Order ‘at all hours. Open from 6:30 A. M. to8 P. M. Open Sundays, 7 A. M-to 6:15 “Peck * “ LEE'S LUNCH ROOM GEO. H. LEE, PROP. * 1100 E St. NU W. WASHINGTON, D.C)” Meals 3c. and 350. es WANTED—BOyYs,- Boys who want to earn money should call at The Bee fice every Friday afternoon and secure The Bee and sell it to the people, More money is earned from selling The Bee than. irom any other paper in the city. . FOK RENT—THREE CHEER. | ful and bright rooms,1342 Cor- coran Street, N. W. Joseph H. | Hawkins 1509S ST., N. W.—Four unfur- nished rooms, l.h.k. Adults only, private family FOR RENT AND FOR SALE. For Rent—1o10 7th St. N. E., 6 rooms and modern bath; corner house; fine condition. Price, $19, to good tenarit. FOR SALE—AT SACRIFICE. 8 rooms and bath, a. m. i., fine condition; excellent neighborhood ; lovely home; $4,350. Inquire 124 S St. N.. AWE. ® 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. Ad- dress C. C. Jennings, 327 St. Paul St, Baltimore, Md. ‘For Rent—Furnished Rooms. 008 S Street N W.—Nicely furnish- ed; well lighted: all modern im- provements: terms very reasonable. Call at once. q Pe Os The National Religious Training School and Chautauqua. Extends a cordial greeting to the ministers of all denominations to be the guests of the school for one week beginning July 6, tor2, and closing July 13, 1912, for the purpose of dis- cussing the following and kindred questions: _ What is the moral condition of the ‘people of your community? Is crime ea 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? ‘To what extent do you co-operate with the Civic Improvement Leagues? Has settlement work been conduct-. ed 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 of 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 condi- tion of your people? Revivals, -how conducted? Rev. ‘'s Jesse L. Hurlbut and Rev. Dr. W. ¥. 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, Na- tional 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 Chautau- qua of the National Religious Train- ing School will open July 3, 1912, and continue for six weeks. 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W.3 Singleton’s Pharmacy, 2oth and E Sts. N. W.: Market Pharmacy: corner 20th and K Sts. N. W.; Tohn R. Major, 716 7th St. N. W.; Ideal Pharmacy, rth St. and N. Y¥. Ave. N, W.; R. A, Veitch, corner 20th and M Sts. N. W.; E. E. Cissell, roth St. and N, Y. Ave.; W. P. Herbst, Penn. Ave. and 25th St. N. W.; Hutton & Hilton, 22d and L Sts. N. W.; RW. Duffey, Penn, Ave and 22d St. N. W.; Whiteside Pharmacy, 1921 Pa Ave.: Board _& McGuire, corner 9th and U Sts; F. M. Criswell, r9or 7th St. N. W.; Quigley’s Pharmacy, corner atst and G Sts. N. W.: Daw’s Drug Store, corrner 23d and H Sts. N. W.; How- ard Pharmacy, oth and R Sts. N. W. People’s Pharmacy, 7th and Mass. ‘Ave, N.W. .