Washington Bee
Saturday, June 1, 1912
Washington, D.C.
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VOL.XXXII NO52
GOOD MAN WANTED
GOOD MAN WANTED
The Kind of Man Needed MAN AS DR. THIRKIELD'S SUCESSOR.
No Sky Rocket Wanted-A Solid Man-Higher Education-No Industrialism.
To the Editor:
In connection with the unholy scramble for the presidency of Howard University which began in this city several months ago, and became acute yesterday, within ten minutes after the news of Dr. Thirkield's elevation to the bishopric was received, I beg leave to submit the following memorandum. I speak as an alumnus of two colleges of Howard University. I therefore speak for myself and for as many others of the alumni of Howard as entertain views identical with my own. At the proper time it will be found that there are hundreds of graduates and students of Howard University who think the same things I think in respect of the matters referred to herein.
In the first place, last place and forever, let the clarion note be sounded that no Booker-Washingtonized, "back-to-the-farm," industrial education fanatic is wanted as president of Howard University. It is to be hoped that this truth, if no other, will sink into the very bottom of the hearts of those charged with selecting a successor to President Thirkield.
Howard University is dedicated to the higher education of colored men and women. Here at the seat of the National Government, with its Congressional aid, its superb faculty, its growing and enthusiastic student body, Howard stands like Stromboli, seen by the millions afar off. It is the one institution in America of its kind where men and women of every race and cline are welcome. Within its doors every man may enter without let or hindrance, and pursue his course from beginning to end without once being made to feel the effects of invidious distinctions and galling discriminations.
In addition to the kind of man mentioned above, there are some others who are not wanted. First among these is the time serving, self-seeking, intellectual sky-rocket specialist. Such a man is well versed in cults, isms and theories, but as a practical man he has the grace of Caliban. He soars beyond the heights where sits the eagle's aeric. Howard University needs a president who can get within hailing distance of the student body. Let if be remembered that the eagle isn't the only bird that soars. In the technique of that aerial art the buzzard is equally proficient. We admire the man who can turn a phrase or dazzle us, at times, with scintilating discourse replete with syllogistic climaxes, but when it comes to the selection of a man to head the leading educational institution of the race, the colored people want a plain, common-sense educator; that's all.
Another aspirant whose claims are to be cast into the junk heap (and there are several of this class already "on the job") is the educational parvenu. Let the Board of Trustees of Howard University elect one of these chaps to the presidency of the institution and I warrant that in less than one year the Alma Mater of whom we all are proud, will be as blasted as any defunct "nymphe du pave" that ever became the slave of an "apache" in Paris. Disorder, ending in total disruption, such will be the result. If it be true that "the best laid columns of mice and men gang oft agley," it is a good thing, for if ever it was planned to hand an educational "lemon" to an un-suspecting student body and alumni organization, those who train their glasses on Howard University will very soon see that the coup planned by certain pin-heads in this city in respect of the presidency of Howard University ranks second only to the conspiracy of Catline.
The young men of the Negro race are sick and tired of having their birthright bartered away by a lot of handkerchief heads. We have borne it so long it is now time for every decent, respectable worm on earth to turn. We, therefore, call on the trustees of Howard University to give us as President Thirkields successor a man who will be at once a polished gentleman, a finished educator, a practical man and a true believer in the capacity of the Negro race. Let him be also a good mixer and a fearless spokesman, and if he be one who has consecrated his life to the ideal of "culture for service," he will be the man around whom the young men of the race will rally, students and alumni, alike, and we will make him the greatest president of a university upon the face of the globe.
Very sincerely,
JAMES C. WATERS, JR.
1339 F Street N. W.
May 23, 1912.
Eight: Day Dedicatory Program of the Y. M. C. A. Closed With a Monster Men's Mass Meeting in the New Gymnasium.
The opening exercises of the new Twelth Street Y. M. C. A., which lasted eight days, were brought to a close on last Sunday with a men's meeting in the new gymnasium, the attendance taxing the seating capacity of the main floor and both the balcony and the running track that encircle the "gym." About a thousand men were present. Introductory remarks were made by the secretary, Mr. Lewis E. Johnson, and devotional exercises were conducted
by the chairman. The following pastors were introduced, who congratulated the members of the association on their grand building and tendering their aid and co-operation. Rev. I N Ross, pastor of the Metropolitan As M E. Church; Dr. Fickling, of Boston Mass.; Rev. Simon P W. Drew; Rev. Lampkins; Rev. C. H. Young; Rev Quinn, of Baltimore, and Dr. A. C. Garner. Rev M. W. Clair delivered the address of the afternoon. He portrayed the strong character of Joseph and made an earnest appeal to the men for right living and the cultivation of an unassailable character The 'Elks' Glee' Club rendered several selections, and the congregational singing, under the direction of Mr. J. T. Layton, was one of the features of the afternoon. After the meeting, a number of men joined the association and inspected the building
Saturday night, Ladies' Night, was one of the best evenings of the entire week, the house being crowded with ladies, and they presented a very beautiful sight, dressed in their white dresses. The exercises were under the auspices of the C. Y. W. C. A. and Mrs. Bettie Frangis, president, presided. The program consisted of musical selections by Miss Lottie Wallace, Miss Nettie Murray, a piano solo by Miss Williams, of the Treble Clef Club, and addresses by the following named ladies: Mrs. Daniel Murray, representing the National Kindergarten Association; Mrs. Rosetta Lawson, the Home of Friendless Girls; Miss Merritt, the Young Women's Christian Association; Miss Cooper. Social Settlement; Miss Lelia Pendleton, Social Purity Club; Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, Relief Corps; Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford, N. A. A. C. P.; Mrs. B. K. Bruce, W. C. T. U.; Mrs. Daisy Glenn, the Ben Lindsey Social Center; Mrs. Geo. W. Cook, Storer College, Miss Bundy rendered a piano solo, representing the Conservatory of Music. The Baptist Union Missionary Society was represented.
Friday night was school night. Addresses were made by Mr. Roscoe C. Bruce, assistant superintendent of schools, Mr. Hawkins, principal of the Baltimore High School, Mr. Williams, of Hampton Institute, and Prof. L. B. Moore, of Howard University.
Thursday night was fraternal night. Addresses were made by Mr. Harris, representing the Odd Fellows, Mr. N. E. Weatherless, deputy, representing the Masons, and Mr. James Langhorne, representing the Knights of Pythias.
It is estimated that between fifteen and twenty thousand people have inspected, the building during the past week. Although it was not intended to put the dormitories into service until June 1, the demand was so strong last week that a number of rooms were thrown open for immediate use.
Elder Lewis C. Sheafe will address the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday, and the Harmonica Quartette and the Miller Musical Family will render the music.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Program for Commencement Week, 1918.
Friday. May 31.
The School of Theology.
Annual Alumni Conference, 11:30
A. M. Alumni Reunion and Iuncheon,
1:30 to 2:30 P. M.
Graduation Exercises, Rankin Memorial Hall. 8 P.M.
School of Liberal Arts, Class Day Exercises. 3 P.M.
Saturday, June 1.
Normal Training Classes, Class Day
Exercises, 8 P.M.
Baccalaureate Sermon, Dr. Oliver Huckel, of Baltimore, 4 P. M.
Monday. June 3.
The Academy Class Day Exercise
7:15 P.M.
The Teachers' College Alumni Reunion. 7:30 P. M.
Tuesday, June 4.
The Commercial College, Class Day Exercises.
Graduating Exercises. The Normal Training Classes, the Academy, the Commercial College, 8 P. M.
Wednesday, June 5.
Alumni Day.
Business session, 10 A. M. Annual address, Prof. H. C. Scurlock. 12 M. Luncheon to University Alumni, Main Hall, 1 P. M.
Breaking of ground for the new gymnasium building, 3 P. M.
March by classes to Commencement Exercises, 4 P. M.
ment Exercises, 4 P. M.
Alumni Banquet, Miner Hall, 8 P. M.
Commencement, conferring of degrees, address by the Hon. William H. Lewis, Assistant United States Attorney General, University campus, 4:30 P. M.
Death of Mrs. Storun.
Mrs. E. E. Storun, wife of the late James Storun, who died this week, was buried Wednesday afternoon, the 20th inst. Mrs. Storun was a highly respected citizen and her death is a great loss to the community.
Mr. Wm. H. Brown, her son, who is now living in New York City, attended the funeral. He has the sympathy of a large circle of friends and The Bee especially.
M. H.
PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT. Has 570 Votes and More in Sight
MINISTERS'ALLIANCE'COSTELLO SWEEPS
Excitement Among the Brethren—Revs. Brooks and Waldron Discuss the School Question—Letter from the Colored Board Members—Rev. Garner Sustained.
There was lively set-too at the Ministers' Meeting this week. Rev Waldron pre-ented letters from the three colored members of the Board of Education, which he wanted read, but Rev. Garner objected, which caused Rev. Waldron to leave his chair as presiding officer, and in an exciting manner declared that he wanted the letters from the three colored members of the Board of Education read. Rev. Bennett got the floor and declared that the whole matter was a closed incident. After much debate it was decided to read the letters.
Mrs. Harris stated in her letter that the ministerial committee never called upon her. Rev. Tunnell made a similar statement. Mr. Horner stated that the committee called to see him, but he didn't have the time to discuss the school matter freely with it.
Rev. Brooks took the floor and said that somebody has lied. Rev. Garner remarked that he didn't think that his committee should be reflected upon, and so far as he was concerned he was satisfied that every colored member of the Board of Education had been given an opportunity to tell all he knew concerning the school question. For a few moments it looked as if a physical scrap would be indulged in. There were only a few moments left before adjournment, which time was consumed by Rev A. C. Garner, who talked the time away, which resulted in an adjournment without action. The sole action of Rev. Waldron was to have the three letters read, which he accomplished, and Rev Garner was determined to defeat further action, and sustain his committee, which was done.
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Rev. W. P. THIRKIELD, President of Howard University. Elected Bishop
The Little Napoleon Too Much for Them—Negro Democrats Vote.
Walter J. Costello, the leader of the Clark jorges, won a victory in the primaries last Monday The Newman forces represented what is known as the silk stocking Democrats, who like silk stocking Republicans, are out of reach of the people. In the 8th district many colored men calling themselves Democrats voted the Democratic ticket. These alleged colored Democrats were Republicans who voted in the late Republican primaries. W. J. Donnovan was at the local of the Democratic party in this district. Two of the boxes in the Republican primaries were taken, one of them was found, but the other has never been found. Two of the boxes in the Democratic primaries were taken possession of by the police and are at police headquarters.
The judges of two other districts absolutely refused to give out a statement as to the results, and the unofficial figures of the Democratic primaries held in the District show that the Costello ticket, instructed for Champ Clark, carried twelve of the twenty-two legislative districts by large majorities. Walter J. Costello, leader of the faction, claims three of the four districts returns from which had not been made public at last accounts. This makes a total of fifteen districts for the Costello wing of the party.
Edwin A. Newman, Democratic national committeeman, carried four of the districts, according to unofficial figures, and claims one of the districts results from which have not been made public. The Darr-Carr-Benton facton, generally considered to be in favor of Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic nomination, carried one district, the Twenty-second. The Harmon forces likewise carried one district, the Ninth.
The Unofficial Returns.
The unofficial returns, as given out
by the representatives of the various
districts are as follows:
First District—Costello, 370; New-
mum, 382.
Nineteenth District—Costello, 295;
Newman, 189; Darr-Carr-Benton, 56.
Twentieth District—Costello, 233;
Newman, 58; Darr-Carr-Benton, 76.
Twenty-first District—Judges refused to give out-unofficial statement to the public.
Twenty-second District—Costello, 187; Newman, 111, and Darr-Carr-Benton, 19.
Holds Up Certificates.
The figures are unofficial, as J. Fred Kelley, chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, absolutely refused to open the certificates submitted to him by the judges of the various districts. Mr. Kelley, with the bundle of envelopes containing the certificates in his coat pocket, contended that the resolution adopted by the central committee provided that the official returns should be opened by the committee itself.
Members of the Newman faction supported him in this stand. Representatives of the Costello faction, shouting and shaking their lists in the very face of the chairman of the committee, declared that they would not leave the room until the certificates were opened.
Wrangle at Outset.
The returns were received in the office of Mr. Kelley, on the second floor of the Ouray Building, Eighth and G Streets Northwest. It had been intended that the returns should be made at old Masonic Temple, but at the last moment plans were changed. This caused much complaint from the Costello forces, who contended that Mr. Kelley was attempting to manage the primaries with an iron-hand rule. Costello had the workers with him, and those colored Democrats who voted, except in the 8th district, supported the Costello ticket. The happiest men in the fight were L. C Moore and C. C. Curtis, whose voting number was 33 for the Costello ticket
THE ZION BAPTIST
Brilliant Services Last Sabbath.
There was a large congregation present last Sabbath morning at Zion Baptist Church, Rev. J. W. Howard, pastor, preached a most eloquent and logical sermon. For three quarters of an hour, Rev. Howard spoke. His test was the 6th chapter of Romans. He was pointed and logical. Rev. White read the scripture lesson, and the choir sang sweetly. This is one of the largest choirs in the city. Rev. Howard is certainly loved by his people, and when a request is made for funds to pay off the indebtedness of the church the people never fail to respond.
Official Ballot Taken at Election for Bishops at Charlotte, N. C. May 1st, 1912—Nine Ballots Cast Because of Dead-Lock.
The leading delegates were Dr. J. S. Jackson, the financial secretary; G. C. Clement, of "The Star of Zion," Charlotte, N. C.; R. C. Bruce, of the Sunday School Literature; and Dr. S. L. Corrothers, of Washington, D. C.
Ballots as Cast.
First Ballot—Jackson, 165; Clemont, 75; Bruce, 72; Corrothers, 59.
Second Ballot—Jackson, 146; Clemont, 91; Bruce, 94; Corrothers, 41.
Third Ballot—Jackson, 102; Clemont, 99; Bruce, 148; Corrothers, 45.
Fourth Ballot—Jackson, 165; Clemont, 76; Bruce, 149; Corrothers, 45.
Fifth Ballot—Jackson, 158; Clemont, 74; Bruce, 132; Corrothers, 73.
Sixth Ballot—Jackson, 178; Clemont, 69; Bruce, 123; Corrothers, 122.
Seventh Ballot—Jackson, 172; Clemont, 63; Bruce 130; Corrothers, 119.
Eighth Ballot—Jackson, 180; Clemont, 69; Bruce, 139; Corrothers, 125.
Ninth Ballot—Jackson, 169; Clemont, 67; Bruce, 123; Corrothers, 120.
See Blue Beard, at True Reformers' Hall, June 14.
Go on the Angler, June 7th.
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
Important News Happening of the Week
DEVOTED TO GENERALINTERESTS
(By Miss G. B. Maxfield.)
The colored Y. M. C. A. building, which has just been completed at the cost of $100,000. John D. Rockefeller and Julius Rosenthal gave $25,000 each, the colored citizens of the city subscribed $27,000, of which amount $24,000 has been paid, and the white Y. M. C. A. gave the remainder.
One thousand four hundred Negroes are employed in the Treasury Department, receiving salaries that aggregate more than $1,000,000.
Declaring that the pension bill for District firemen and policemen, which has passed the Senate, is a makeshift, District Auditor Alonzo Tweedale said six years from now the District would have no pension money. What is needed is an indefinite appropriation by Congress each year. It takes just one minute and 48 seconds to close one of the 488-ton electrically controlled steel lock gates of the Panama Canal, according to the report of the first test. The great lock leaf, 54 feet high, 65 feet long and 7 feet thick; the like of which has never been seen in any other canal. It is under perfect control, and is swung without noise or vibration.
The American Red Cross Society faces a deficit of $10,000 on account of the International Conference held here recently. The cost for holding the conference was $30,000, and Congress appropriated only $20,000.
A mob of 2,000 persons, May 25, witnessed the burning at the stake of Daniel Davis, who is alleged to have confessed to the assaulting of Carrie Johnson, both of Tyler, Texas. A mob of two hundred more was reported to be en route to Waco, Texas, in search of an alleged accomplice.
Democratic politicians in New York City were puzzled when they learned that William Jennings Bryan had written letters to his closest friends in the East, which is construed only to read that he is an active seeker for the nomination at Baltimore.
The colored normal school, which is to be erected on Georgia Avenue just above Howard Place, will be of colonial style, having a width of 187 feet and a depth of 190 feet. It is to cost $200,000. Plans have been accepted and it will probably be occupied September, 1913.
Col. John R. Baldwin, treasurer of the Roos-evelt campaign in Maryland, reported the cost of the Colonel's primary in Baltimore. It shows a total of $15,450.69 contributions, and $15,337.71 disbursements.
Opium smuggling across the Mexican border has grown so recently that Secretary of Treasury MacVeagh will confer with custom officers, about its suppression. This is the only source practically, of illegitimate traffic in this country.
By a vote of 557, thirty-eight more than necessary to elect the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected as bishops Dr. W. P. Thirkield, president of Howard University, Bishop Thirkield will be a great loss, not only to Howard University, but to the entire colored race, and his place will be hard to fill.
Mrs. John Hay, widow of the late Honorable John Hay, who was Secretary of State in the Cabinets of both President McKinley and President Roosevelt, has agreed to give to Fisk University one thousand dollars annually for five years, to be applied to current expenses of this great school.
Three large contributions were received by the Woman's Titanic Memorial Association toward the erection of an arch in in the National Capital which will typify "Woman's Tribute to Heroic Manhood". The largest contribution amounted to $5,000.
Germany has launched a steamer much larger than the Titanic, containing every comfort and every precaution for safety has been considered.
The most extraordinary coal mine in the world, as well as the smallest, is situated on a tiny island in the Japan Sea; it has just sufficient room upon its surface for the shafts and machinery. The workings, which are very extensive, extend in all directions under the sea. The Cleveland Plain Dealer says nineteen hundred and twelve will be recorded as an important year in American history.
IT IS RUMORED.
That a certain lame lady teacher tried to make the Oyster testimonial a failure.
That the fake delegates of Georgia, headed by Rucker, will get the black-eye at Chicago.
That the holters at Chicago headed by Roosevelt, will receive a lesson shortly.
What can that teacher gain who endeavored to make the Oyster testimonial a failure? She was always thought highly of by the genial Captain, and aided when she needed aid.
Why did she come to the committee meeting and offer her services?
Dr. Tunnell will have to go. His successor has been decided on.
A few changes in the schools would help matters mightily.
All St. Lukes have a holiday June 7.
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, and 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 footment 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 heeled 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 Taft 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-carved 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. Bavless, 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
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BOGUS ANTIQUES.
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, Siena and Rome swarm with shops in which lurk these dealers in the antique, and they are keen to spot any American that may pass their way. Next to the American in guilt-bility 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 out-wit anybody.
"As for pictures, it was easy to find an old canvas or an old panel for a Loreno. 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 files. 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 to morrow, 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 tea 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 battery 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.
"That editor is terribly slow at reading manuscript."
"Think so? Why, I know the time he weht through twelve stories in less than a minute."4
"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.
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.
LEPROSY IN INDIA.
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 watched 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, eighty-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 Air 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 In Scottish Mines.
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 1709 ere the law gave the working miner of Scotland his complete freedom."—London Chronicle.
The Word "Terse."
"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 circumcution, 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.
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District Delegate Says He Was Urged to Bolt—Tells of Dixon's Talk—Taft Delegate Declares Refusal is Reason for Contest.
Would Not Sign Repudiation—District Republican Asserts Roosevelt Manager Planned to Publish It Broadcast.
That Senator Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt campaign, has made overtures to W. Calvin Chase, one of the two Taft delegates in the District of Columbia, in an effort to have them both sign a repudiation of President Taft, is the statement made today by Mr. Chase.
Senator Dixon was shown the statement made by Chase this afternoon. He declined to make any comment whatsoever in regard to it at this time.
W Calvin Chase's statement is as follows
I accompanied a prominent Georgia politician to the residence of Senator Dixon about three weeks ago and remained with him two hours or more. He wanted me to repudiate President Taft and declare for Theoreore Roosevelt. He was anxious that I should prepare a document similar to the one prepared by the two bolting South Carolina Taft delegates, which, he said, would have a great effect upon the country. He outlined to me what the Roosevelt committee intended to do. He declared that the Georgia delegation, headed by Col. Lincoln Johnson, would not be admitted to the convention. He also spoke of certain delegates that had been elected in Virginia and what would be done with them. He assured me that Roosevelt had control of the National Committee, and if I would prepare a repudiation of President Taft and bring it to him next morning he would have it telegramed throughout the country.
He assured me that I would not lose anything, and that it would be better for me to do this, because I would get privileges from Theodore Roosevelt that others would not get, Bradshaw, Too.
He was anxious that Aaron Bradshaw, the other Taft delegate from the District of Columbia, should join me in the repudiation. Of course, Bradshaw knew that I as going to confer with Senator Dixon. After I had the interview, which lasted two hours or more, I was requested by Senator Dixon to have Mr. Bradshaw go to the Senator's residence the next morning. When I told Bradshaw what Senator Dixon wanted, Bradshaw became frightened. The next morning, while Bradshaw was in my office, Senator Dixon called me on the telephone and said:
"I have been waiting for you and Bradshaw since 9 o'clock and it is now 10:30."
I turned to Bradshaw and told him what Senator Dixon had said. Bradshaw requested me to ask the Senator what assurance he, Bradshaw, would be given that he would not be discharged. Bradshaw knew, of course, that he would not be touched; but we wanted to find out the interest certain District government officials have in the candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt. When I put the question to Senator Dixon the night previous and also on the morning he telephoned to me I was assured that Bradshaw would not be disturbed in his position at the District building. This satisfied both of us in what we wanted to know.
Contest Result of Retusar "Had we declared for Roosevelt there would be no contest. I am thoroughly convinced of the methods that are being resorted to by the Roosevelt managers. Right or wrong—if you are for Roosevelt there will be no contest. I have more to say of Senator Dixon denies what I have charged against him. My existence doesn't depend on my being admitted to the Chicago convention, and if I am not admitted it will not be because I was not elected, but because the Roosevelt clan are in control of the temporary organization. I am for the renomination and reelection of President Taft because he deserves it and because the fight against him is cowardly."
Suiney Bieber, one of the defeated candidates for the District delegation to Chicago, is preparing to file a contest against the Bradshaw-Chase delegation Bieber is at present National Republican Committeeman for the District of Columbia, and is confident that he has considerable strength with the committee. In the papers which Bieber is preparing are affidavits from two men who allege that the ballot box in one district was tampered with; and other affidavits have been prepared with a view to strengthening the Bieber-Wilder claim that the Bradshaw-Chase people juggled with the polling places in other ways. Regarding this Calvin Chase said today:
Sauve Rieber Named Board.
Says Bieber Named Board
I don't know why Messrs. Bieber
and Wilder filed such a contest.
These two were defeated at the polls
by the voters who favored President
Taft! The defeated candidates cried
'fraud' the moment the vote was announced by the returning board. Sidney Bieber, national committeeman for the District, selected the election board that arranged for the election of delegates. I had nothing whatever to do with the appointment of any one member of the board and neither did I name a judge. I selected several names of good men for election judges, but not one was appointed. It is a fact, however, that both Bieber and Wilder submitted two complete lists of judges through Bieber's 'man Friday,' Andrew J. Thomas, his special member of the election board, and who refused to sign the majority report of the judges of election."
CHASE COMES BACK AT SENATOR DIXON.
To the Editor:
I read with a great deal of merriment the statement of Senator Dixon, chief of the Roosevelt headquarters, in your issue of May 17, in reply to
my charge against him. It is quite natural for him to deny what I charged against him because I caught him in a trap. Mr. Rucker, to whom the political prophet referred in his denial, came to my office and I didn't have much trouble in finding out what I had been looking for that Saturday. He was my man, and I used him to my advantage. I led Col. Rucker to believe that I was a Roosevelt, admirer. He bit immediately, and asked me to go with him to see Senator Dixon. He made the engagement and set the time. He called for me and we had a carriage to carry us there. I was ushered into the spacious library of this distinguished prophet, and enjoyed one of his perfectes. I found him very talkative. I was convinced with a little diplomacy I could find out what I wanted. I not only found out what I wanted but more I agreed with all he said. Had I dissented I would not have found out anything. He was convinced that he had two Taft delegates, and was willing to do and say anything. I protested that Bradshaw was afraid of being dismissed from the District government it be repudiated President Taft. I was assured by Mr. Dixon that Bradshaw would not be disturbed. There was volumes in this declaration. The Senator asked me whether Bradshaw could be trusted. I assured him that he could. "If you and Bradshaw will come to my house in the morning with the document repudiating Taft, I will send it to the press all over the country. I must have this document before the Massachusetts primaries. It will have the same effect as the election in Illinois and Pennsylvania had" he said.
I led him to believe that I would come with the document. He went so far as to outline what I should say. I was advised to find Bradshaw that night. I told him that I would. As a matter of fact Bradshaw was waiting for me at my office. I was informed by Mr. Dixon that he had everything. He told me what he intended to do with the Virginia delegates and what the committee intended to do with the Georgia delegation, headed by Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson." He was an easy mark for a great national political manager. I was thoroughly convinced that an amateur in politics could run a campaign better than he was running the Roosevelt campaign. He readily answered every question I asked him, and I found out everything I went for. I was to return to him the next day with the Signed document. I was promised everything.
I did not call at the hour, 9:30 A.M., the next day, as I promised, so he 'phoned me. Previous to the 'phone call which caught me, he had 'phoned three-times to my office. When he did catch me Bradshaw was in my office and requested me to put a certain question to him, which I did, and he readily "but" to our satisfaction. This question caused him to smell a mouse, so he said that he would have a friend present. I immediately said I would come with Bradshaw, but he would come alone. Neither had any idea of going. That day he called up four or five times. If this statement is doubted the telephone company will correct it. He left word, if Mr. Chase can't come to him he would come there. He was desperate, and he has been desperate ever since. Wednsday, May 15, this week, he sent a message to George W. Hall for me to come to his office at once.
Will he deny this? Will he deny that Rev. S. L. Corrothers, a few weeks ago, 'phoned him from my office, and he was informed by Corrothers that he was making a deal with Chase to vote for Roosevelt? Was not his answer "All right?" In this connection will he deny that Rev. Corrothers offered me $700 to turn The Bee over to Roosevelt, and $1,000 later on? Is it not a fact that I would only publish matter for the Roosevelt committee as advertising matter and not coming from the paper? I found Senator Dixon an easy man to handle. I gave him to understand in plain English that I wanted none of his money. Will he deny this? He is like all other politicians that cannot use me. I am a good fellow if I can be used. I am the Lord's anointed, if I will do what I am asked to benefit others. He only found out that I was so bad when he could not use me. Why would this bad man's document have such a telling effect on the country, if he had given it to Senator Dixon and when he has been convinced that I caught him in his own trap he has suddenly found him so bad? In speaking about the jail, I venture the assertion that there are many Senators who, no doubt, ought to be in jail, and there have been many who have been sent to jail. It depends on what they go to jail for. Many an innocent man is sent to jail and many a guilty Senator is only waiting to be sent. I started out to catch Mrs. Dixon, smart as he claims to be, and I caught him. He did endeavor to influence me to repudiate Mr. Taft. He did make me promise, and I am thoroughly convinced that the Roosevelt campaign committee, controlled by Senator Dixon, will resort to anything to win this fight, and in this fight I am prepared to meet him, notwithstanding the millions behind him.
W. CALVIN CHASE.
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What a wonderful country is India! There is only one India. Its marvels are its own. There is the plague, the black death. India invented it. The car of Juggernaut was also India's invention. So was the suttee, and within the time of men still living 800 widows willingly and, in fact rejoicingly burned themselves to death on the bodies of their dead husbands in a single year. And 800 would do it this year if the British government would let them. Famine belongs especially to India. India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. On top of all this she is the mother and home of that wonder of wonders, caste, and also that mystery of mysteries, the Satanic Brotherhood of the Thugs.—Churchman.
Setting Her Right.
"The pretty and petulant wife of a congressman stood for a moment before the window of the receiving teller in a Washington bank, then tapped the window with her parasol, exclaiming: "Why don't you pay attention to us?" "We pay nothing here, madam," was the reply. "Please go to the next window." - Denver Republican.
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A great Colored Hotel at Last
The colored Americans are to have an up-to-date first-class hotel with every modern convenience with buffet, barbershop, kitchen, billiard parlors, office, lobby and waiting room, automobile to convey guests to and from the Union Station, etc.
A Long Felt Want Fulfiled
Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen is sole manager.
Ever since the foundation of this government the colored citizens of this city have been in need of a first class hotel where families and guests from other cities may go with impunity and with reservation. Thousands of the best and well known colored people have visited this city and do visit it now, but they have no place of dignity to go with their families and feel at home. Dr. Booker T. Washington, about a year ago made a special plea to the Negro Business League of this city to see to it that a hotel be erected, for the accommodation of the colored people; that when he, Dr. Washington, comes to the city he is compelled to go to some private home.
The Lexington Hotel.
has been erected at the southwest corner of twenty-first and L streets, northwest. It is a beautiful three story edifice to contain every modern convenience and accommodation for guest.
THE LEXINGTON HOTEL.
The Front Entrance Will be on L St.
The entrance to the Rathskeller will be on L street or main entrance leading to the basement.
The Rathskeller will be fitted up equal to any in the United States.
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The Buffet Cannot be Surpassed.
The dining-room which will be large and commodious with a seating capacity for one hundred and fifty guests. The barber shop will be managed by a first class tonsorial artist with every modern convenience. The billiard parlor, office, lobby and waiting room will be unsurpassed. The waiting parlor will be on the first floor, handsomely furnished.
There Will be Thirty-Eight Large Airy Bed Rooms and Nine Baths.
There will be at least two private bath rooms connected with the suite of rooms on the second and third floors.
The Lexington Will be Conducted on the Basis of Any Up To Date First Class Hotel.
The banquet hall which is so much needed in this city for the accommodation of first class visitors and patrons will be one of the features of this hotel. The automobile will run to and from the Union Station to the hotel for the accommodation of the guests. This has been just what the city has needed for a long time for the Colored Americans, who visit here. Whenever a person intends to visit the city, a card to the manager of the hotel will be promptly re-
sponded to, and the guest or guests be driven immediately to the hotel in the hotel's automobile which will meet any train that comes into the Union Station or Steamboat wharf. The erection of this hotel in the city of magnificent distances will be an honor as well as a benefit to the colored people. Almost any city in the South has a first class hotel and the people in Washington have determined not to be behind in meeting the demands of strangers and visitors.
Capital Stock
The company is incorporated with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, of this amount the company has decided to sell fifteen thousand dollars of it. A greater opportunity has never been offered the people of this city, who are enterprising and wish a good investment.
The Sole Manager.
is Mr. Nathaniel Ruffin, a well known citizen of Washington, who is known to the president of the United States, to the cabinet officers and other public men of character and influence. He needs no introduction to the people, because he is prominently connected with some of the best, strongest, and leading organizations in the city. For honesty and integrity and influence among his people no better man could have been selected for the position of manager. The country is asked to keep its eyes on The Bee for advertisement and full particulars, of the opening of this new up-to-date hotel and for other particulars address Nathaniel Ruffin, manager, the Lexington Hotel, 21st and L street. N.W. Washi-gton, D.C.
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ROOSEVELT’S BID.
In his address to the New Jersey
colored Republicans, Théodore
Roosevelt tried to impress them
that he has always been their
friend. This is all rot. He dem-
onstrated his friendship for them
by his unwarrantable attack on in-
nocent colored soldiers, The car-
toon on the front page will demon-
strate the love'that he had and has
for the colored citizens. Now is
the time for the colored Americans
to act and not be fooled by Roose-
velt’s subterfuges. The colored
American should show his man-
hood. This is the time and the
hour. He has suffered long enough
the outrages of false leadership.
The colored voter must act for
himself, He is sensible enough to
act and think for himself. The
discharge of the Negro soldiers
without trial and those who were
not within five hundred miles of
the alleged blow-up of Brownsville,
Texas, should be a lesson to all
loyal and patriotic colored Ameri.
cans. Let every colored voter think
quickly and ask himself the ques
tion, if he can vote for Theodore
Roosevelt, should misfortune nomi.
nate him. This bid for the colored
vote, by Mr. Roosevelt, in New
Jersey last week, is another act of
political deception. We see the
opening of a new era for the col
ored American. The time is fas
approaching when the colored vote
will be known, not by his color; bu
bv what he does.
DR. THIRKIELD.
It is to the regret of The Bee
that Dr. W. P. Thirkield, president
of Howard University, is to retire
from the presidency of that institu-
tion by virtue of his election as a
bishop. There has never been a
man at the head of that institution
who has done as much for it as Dr.
Thirkield. Who will be his succes-
sor? The Bee would suggest to
the trustee board of Howard Uni-
versity in the selection of a-succes-
sor to Dr, Thirkield, it will pick
out a man as strong in personality,
influence, character and education
as he is. No weak man should be
selected his successor, and neither
should sentiment be allowed to en-
ter the discussion for a successor
to him. Before the retirement of
Dr. Thirkield a rousing testimonial
reception should be tendered him,
He deserves it,
A committee of representative
citizens should be appointed to
make the necessary arrangements,
The Bee would suggest that Dr.
John R. Francis take the matter in
charge and call around him a work-
ing committee, which can be en-
larged to one or five hundred, Let
the reception take place on the cam:
pus of Howard University. The
- Bee. while it regrets the retiremen
of Dr. Thirkield, extends its com
gratulations and’may.he be as suc
cessful in his new field of labor a:
he has been as president of How
ard University.
ROOSEVELT.
When Theodore Roosevelt went
through Ohio last week and attack-
ed the Editor of The Bee he fail-
ed to call the attention of the Ohio
voters to the character of his
Rough Rider appointments. He
also failed to inform the voters
that he was a member of the Civil
Service Commission that found C
Hi. J. Taylor guilty, and very soon
after this verdict he resigned from
the Commission. - The rumor was
at that time, that President Cleve-
land was displeased, and another
rumor was that Mr. Roosevelt re:
signed the Commission because
President Cleveland refused to re:
move Taylor. Taylor remaine¢
throughout the Cleveland ,adminis.
tration. It was the failure of the
removal of Taylor that caused The
Bee to write the editorial entitled
“Our Defense.” which was the ba-
sis of the celebrated libel suit.
Theodore Rosevelt knew that he
had investigated the charges
against Taylor. O! butwhy didn’t
he explain this to the Ohio voters?
Teddy didn’t object to the Editor
voting for him for Vice President
Jin 1900 when he was a delegate to
the Philadelphia Convention.
Neither Teddy nor Dixon would
have objected this time if the Edi-
tor of The Bee had consented to
do what Senator Dixon wanted
done. ~
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
Theodore Roosevelt has no faith
in Dr. Wilder and less in Chase, so
he would prefer that the entire Dis-
trict delegation be thrown out.
Wilder proposed to President Taft
that he was for him, and would
vote for him. But, the adminis-
tration didn’t accept him. Wilder
since he was repudiated by the
administration, has declared for
Roosevelt, but Teddy doesn’t be-
lieve him, hence he would prefer
that the entire District delegation
be thrown out. This will not be
done to satisfy the, whims of
Teddy. He must take his medicine
and accept his defeat more becom-
ingly Teddy would have every
delegate that is opposed to him
thrown out of the convention.
This of coitrse will not be done.
“Me Too” Senator, Dixon claims
more votes for Teddy than there
will be delegates. This is noth-
ing strange for this politica
prophet Dixon. *
WAKE UP.
Ever since the emancipation of
the Negro. h¢ has been asleep. It
is now time for him to wake up.
There is danger ahead, and unless
the Negro opens his eyes he will
fall into a pit. There never was
a time when the. colored voter has
been in such demand as he is now,
The Northern Democrat is anxious
for the Negro vote. The Southern
Demograt continues to denounce
him and demand that he be placed in
the position of a serg ora slave. It
is quite evident that both wings of
the Republican party want him, but
so far as Roosevelt is concerned the
Negro had better stay clear of him,
Remember his door of hope policy
that was so prevalent at the begin:
ning of the Roosevelt administra.
tion, and how quickly it banishec
soon after his visit South. -The
colored voters should not forget s¢
soon. Wake up, colored voters
and cease sleeping at your post.
SPEAKER CLARK.
Speaker Clark, Mr. Costello and
his friends, would not stand for
Negro Democrats “being _ barred
irom taking part in the primaries.
In the Sth district an attempt was
made to run ina large number ‘of
colored Republicans who had par-
ticipated in the recent Republican
primaries, but Mr. Costello was'too
shrewd for his political enemies.
The Costello Democrats gave it out
that all colored Democrats would be
permitted, to vote. Col. L. C.
Moore, an original Negrq Demo-
crat, hustled his forces ‘Yor the
Costelto ticket. Col. Moore is now
jubilant, 5
THE REPUBLIC.
The nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt means the dissolution ‘of
this republic. He has no love for
the Negro except to use him.
‘As an evidence, of his hatred. for
the colored people is his discharge
of the colored soldiers, and - the
statement he made to the Senate.
Colored Americans should not for-
get so soon. This is a republic
which stands among the foremost
in this civilized world.» The time
hae now come for the colored man
to act and throw away sentiment,
Roosevelt has done nothing to pro
tect the Negro in the South an}
more than any one else. -
DIXON'S BLUFF.
Senator Dixon. the campaign
bluffer of Theodore Roosevelt, will
wake up and find himself’ in the
soup. Dixon has been claiming
everything in. sight. He hasn't
claimed himself as yet. for fear that
the would be lost as he lost_ his:
State. As a bluffer Senator Dixon
is the head and front of his chief,
Theodore Roosevelt. The ex-Pres-
ident may bluff some people, but he
can't bluff all the people. His bluff
as to what he intends to do at Chi-
cago doesn't frightén our little In-
diana chief, New.
The councils of the I. O. St. Luke
in the District of Columbia will go to
Washington Park Friday, June 7th, on
the Angler. Boats leave at 1, 4 and 7
PM. Trip. 25 cents.
Public Mend Things
(iy the sage of the Potomac.) &
Twas amused as T was standing in,
iront of Union Station to see a taxi
cab roll up contaming Cavin Dele-
gate Chase, two large satchels and his
usual amount of lugeage, en route
for his annual visit to Durham, D. C.
to the commencement of Dr’ Shep-
ard’. Religious Training Schoo! It
seems strange about the wonderiul in-
Auence these two men have over ach
ether Chase, a lawyer, editor and
politician, and Shepard a teacher,
preacher and educator, The saying
must be true thar it takes twa oppe-
sites to get on together However,
there seems to be a genuine iriend-
ship existing between these two men,
dating back to when Shepard gave his
first cheque, for The Bec. While
watching and musing how delegate
Chase could leave Washington just
now in the mjdst of the great pen
batile raging With the Honorable
Senator, who, although he has noth:
ing to Say, sat up and took notice:
hurried and found out “I don't want
him, because [can’t use him.” T
caught sight of a federal office holder
looking as if meditating whether to
resign or come out and. declare his
choice, or continue to make eyes hth
ways,
2. a ®
Now, seriously “talking, have _ you
noticed of watched the antics of the
Federal office holders? Have you no-
ticed that unesplained vacant stare
when you get to talking about the
political situation? They surely seem
on the anxious seat. The bread and
Hutter brigade with but a few excep-
Jtjons, have not come out as yet and
declared for their choice, When they
J speak, it is ina whisper with a very
soft pedal attached. Rut when it
J comes to nerve, watch the movements
Hof Ralph W. Tyler and Col, Henry
| Lincoln Johnson. They possess the
bravery which is seldom seen or dis-
played during these political brain:
storms, and, by the way, T have just
been in formed that my friend Ralph
is quite ill at his home in Columbus,
| Oliv. as the result of overwork, which
| Uhope is not serious
Big e
| My friend Armond W. Scott. whe
| meets occasionally with us at the em:
{J porium down town where every ong
.|knows more than the other, and every
Jone seems to he next to the real
‘Jscems to be very quiet. Armond is
{holding his own and keeping his ow
s|counsel, while Clinkscates keeps. vers
:| busy: with his brief business, | T firmly
{believe Bob As We See [t Waring i
*) endeavoring to comply with the Chris
{tian precepts. Influence is a real
t| benefit any time; the second edlities
f| As It Now Is. is likely to appear.
t ‘ vie Te
Speaking of books, this seems to b
e}a banner year for Negro authors
.| Mrs. Pendlcton’s “Narrative of th
:| Negro” is making such a hit and sell
"ling so fast that it has influenced m3
friends Joseph IL. Stewart, tw com
-lplete his book on the Negro Race
d| Just when it will be given to th
e| printer Tam unable to say, but fron
p{the action of my friend Stewart.
PT presume the time ix not far distant
“I This brings in remembrance my an
cient friend Brother Maxfield: wh
seems to he enchiinted with the wor
af the Negro soldiers, and can te
you as the: National Training itl
Sing. “every battle fought and won,
do fate, place and results has at la
rficeided to stop talking on this, ii
dlouly subject. to get them together o
s.|paner. in book form Bro. Maxtiel
+e now soliloquizing whether. to gis
S} the Negro soldiers. the American N
vi}iere. or the ancient Negro the mo:
{prominent place. Whenever ye
{want a diversion during the tryin
My political times. drop_in and see ho
Ol happy Brother, Maxticld will be, en
s.|phasizing the fact that the 23th Ts
it|iantry. the bravest soldiers ever dre
Ne their swords, hhave been unjustly. dea
ey ith, and the time is not far dietas
>. | Mtien all wrongs shall be righted
D- eo?
ie] Right here, the latest report is th:
| Wilder is busy in New Jersey. | Ju
haw many conyerts this opinionate
political physician has made for’ th
Uvemiscer of the black troops. the pe
ple would like to know. The denizer
tn the 1th and 18th districts in Sout
_ |AWashington have 3, high regard fi
re] the promises made by the Biche
of Wilder ticket. As you heard, Tiebi
orlexpects to be admitted to the co
Yention, in the event that his cand
or{ date succeeds in obtaining the Feat
‘d number of delegates. " Neither |
Ze|nor Wilder will succeed otherwis
he| The National Committeeman for t
¢,| District. which Bieber is figuring |
: [heing, will be given to a man who b
T=] he confidence and respect of the pe
ic| fies and in. the language of t
st| Psalmist, “will do them good and nm
ne| eviliall the days of Ins Wife”
*
an} -patking about the Roosevelt crov
tit seems so strange that the Hon
o-{able Senator Dixon did not see a
nyfof Delegate Chase's faults until
{could not use him. It is the gene
opinion among Us Folks that if |
Tlonorable Senator wants to thr
mud he could hase done’a wor
should be a general ‘clean sweep teith
some of the members of the Board of
Education. Prof. Tunnell will be the
Srst retired. Dr Tunnell graces the
faculty of Howard University _ with!
credit, but when it comes to the Board’
of Education, he got hooked up with
the wrong fellow. Oh, well, vacan-
ciey will exist untit perfect harmony
exists in the colored schools. Dr.
Davidson means to lave this peace,
sweet peace. Watel this paper as a
prophet Between wow and the next
school : car all_objectionables will be
remove Dr. Davidson is determined|
to have the avs'stant principal recog-
nized as th Tad of the gcolored
schools Ts coming school year
tranquility vill exist as,never before.
aoe
Well. if you want to hear politics|
discussed you should’ drop in MeMul-
en's, the Dew Drop Inn, on Avenue
de Nigg- My friend Mack had made
afew bets with his “friend Childs.
Child thinks that Teddy will be nom-
inated. Poor iellow, he will meet his
waterloo. I rather ‘like Childs, and
I do hate to see him loose his money,
for he seems so anxious to accumu-
late, but it is never too-late to learn.
Rigitt here { am forced to ask about
the Democratic league. Why is it so
quiet? What has become of little
Charley-Curtis, and his Me, I and All
Personal Liberty League, and the lit
tle influential politician Charley
Burns? I have heard_but little con-
cerning the Negro Democrats who
opened up headquarters on You
Street, but were given no quarters in
the local Democratic primaries. This
first shock was so great until it will
take another one equally severe to
arouse them to the starting point
again,
tat
Sunday I took a stroll up on Hovw-
ard Hill, just to get a line on what
activity there was among the aspir
ants dor President Thirkield’s job.
T met a friend who usually keeps his
ears to the ground, and his eyes
peeled, and as a result is usually next
to what is going on. I asked him
if any of the faculty members were
aspirants for president of Howard to
succeed Preay Thirkield. “Are any
of them aspirants?” he snickered,
“why didn't you ask me if there are
any who are not aspirants, Now there
is Kelly Miller, of course he is. the
best known, and has the widest rept
tation, Fact is, Prof, Miller is. the
only one with ‘a national_ reputaion
Well Prof. Kelly Miller is as. busy
asa sailor in a storm. Til bet i
vou happen in his house now you will
find hint sending ont complimentary
copies of "Race Adjustment” to ever}
one whom he thinks has some inf
ence, and he is senting out more let
ters than_the Roosevelt headquarter:
sent out in this campaign.” “How
about Geo, Cook?” I asked. “Well.
he said, “George is more than busy
jtle’s go three typewriters going. an
by Monday he will have another it
commission. George means to Tan
Jéhe jot even if he has to recall hi
Jtemperance convictions, And Proi
J Moore. why, that man is turning
ixeaven and earth toviand. | He fnre
J that he will have at least, one trus
A tee for him. and that is his brother
in-law. Dr. Jim Waring. Then ther
Ji Prof. Torinelly who, har an ey
peeled toward the prize, and ash
thinks that possibly. they may run th
-J steam roller over him next month fo
“| choal hoard member. if he can lan
‘the presidency of Howard it =
Jinore than make up fer the tos
Hee sell is Tying sort of low Th
\Tinnell is lying so i wit
SJiact’ ig everybody cor “t
awae Iniversity. excel
e[iloward. Ua tfdate. and there are
=| erenteide who may take a shine 5
n| fe PNeard that Charley Curtis, mig]
pit, | heard that bi herty League
efxet is Rersenat coh, and. Ge
eVintorse dim for the he os we
Ferby. Col Poe Rev. —— if
Jin Kine for it And Rev. Bt
al nets to look like a politic
zpever kets ttached to its m3
Z} with a few dollars Hearn ow. Wi
nce after it fr Sy thinking of wil
“| Houston is seriously hig cr
-] aeswving, his, candidacy fur the Cr
“I Seerctaryship of the Odd Fer 4
| Secretarystin Or eh of president
tf going after Bruce is debatin
"Ttoward. Roscoe ree the gam
whether or iach Top.” whe b
tfand ever Tr that the principalship
gins to feel, that the Ninn veal
TP Armstrong is ett oe a jab fe
dy] Sime eccupation. may Ma Tired f
Cfin, WT. Vernon eet ihe hands
“| three different places at ne ye
=| fic church conference. and sO! Uy
i} Paite Teft acl times AS UE MG
TL indian and Neato sclOrls ON ein
Hahoma and dren em me. th
jefean te Tonk the utitudamize, Ver
[want a prexy 10 More looking fe
rips the pebble, To ehurch conferen
rl ancy says if his ‘a good job |
e jected him to ta
had not clacton oifeht for the pla
¢ | would get in inteke ‘the job would
re | However, he tne e thim because
Miya Tittle CeO Tr jst has to dress |
‘S] college president Io Freteclass citize
ne] nm and then TT Ye'clothes. Tt h
m{and Dancy Just Woe Horner may f
heen whispered Pr he is not. th
he a candidate, but WM on
has felt he was primarily intended for;
president of Howard. Chase, not to|
be out done, has entered Dr. Shep-
ard as a contingent candidate, There;
is just_a suspicion that Thirkield'
may sugeest his own successor, and
in that case, why the Howard contin-
gent might as well go'and sing their
song to the Aztecs Well, it is a real
sftug job to go aiter. There is about
$7,000 per year hung on to it, and that
is not ty be sneezed at. They tell
me that the mail of the trustees is
pretty heavy now, all the aspirants
“writing them love leters every day.
. coe
And there is another contest on
that is‘looming up pretty strong. and
that is for the presumed vacancy on
the school board, Dr. Tunnel must
resign to be consistent. If he doesn't
resign he may find that some one has
been selected to succeed him, Believ-
ing that he will"resign there area
score of candidates, Dr. Francis, who
has served before on the board, “is
touted as a lively expectant. Henry
Egon. who has been the tenth mem-
er of the board by self-appointment,
believes he has been designated by
Providence to succeed Tunnel. It is
whispered that Dr. Marshall is peep-
ing over the garden wall at the place,
and that Bill Houston has erected a
lightning rod up on the side of the
Dietz Building so that the lightning
can easily run into his room and. hit
kim, Then there are about four other
wide-awake individuals, including Dr.
Childs, who believe they are built
especially for the Board of Education
tae
Now with these two contests on,
the one for president of Howard Uni
versity and the other for member o}
the school board, Washington will be
so interesting for the next few weeks
that ptomain poisoning, and acute in
digestion is liable to carry off severa
prominent ‘individuals during the nex
month. I heard, third-handed, tha
|Dr. Francis, Rev. Grimke, Dr. More
|land and J.'C. Napier, four member:
Jof the Howard trustee board, wer
|thinking seriously of leaving town t
[escape the seige, and in fact they. sa;
}Dr. Moreland has already slipped th
Jtown. Any day next week you see :
[procession moving up Howazd Hill
why that’s Charley Curtis’ Persona
| Liberty League out getting signature
Jive his candidacy, Uf you see
smooth, sleek gentieman, in disguise
Jmoving up Georgia avenue, with
Jsart of touchy-touch feeling abou
‘Jhim, why that’s Rev, Corrothers ou
| getting a line on the job. Tt is rathe
expected that George Cook will d
‘Jiust_as Col. Roosevelt does, accep
“amy support offered him, and that. be
-|ing truc. ever Judg@Terrell can hel
-|boost George if he want} to, withoy
s|fear of having his servites refuse
:) Prof, Miller has lightening rods du
up ail around his house: has remove
his front gate, and took the lock o
his front door, so as to make every
i] body welcome who calls to help hin
Ii Prof Moore. imitating Teddy and a
slother candidates. is smiling on every
-|hody. Tom Jones is not a candidat
>|but if Armond Scott becomes a cat
si didate, just het your last two-bits th:
“iTom will enter as a full-fledged car
-sdidate. Conferences will he held 2
lover the city during the next fe
lwecks, and if yon are not asked i
ton conte af them why, just set it dow
¢|vou ain't as hig as a first-moon_pe
TIitefore he was elected bishop Thi
Wield wasn't so many. Now he
] ereat, just hechuse he is going tor
Isign Tam going to offer a larg
Mize crayon drawing of the next ore
Mident to the person who first guess
{| correctly who he will be. That's li
pet ain't it?
M STREET HIGH SCHOOL WINS.
Largest Attendance in the History of
the School.
| Amid the cheer of several thousand
persons. mainly the pupils of the
School. Conipany A. of the Mi Street
Hieh School, carried off the honors
in the finest-conipetitive slrill ever wit-
-nessed by. ant Only a Washington ait
[dience, but any audience. The cadets
had drilled twice cach week since Tast
Sietaher, and their. youn Hearts were
Afled with the glories of a victory OF
cource alf cannot win and it takes
g good soldiers heart to stand A de-
feat ‘The high school cadets, wha
wwere not fortunate enough to win the
Coveted prize conducted themselves
[ithe honor not only to themselves.
[Int te the school and the nation whom
they represent And it might be said
|scith ine credit, to these hays that
Honurs are Meeting things but | the
[training to make Deiter men of therm
pliysieally and morally ig far more te
Jbe prized than the winnins of a cnm-
petitive drill.
The competitive deill of the separate
battalion af cadets was generally com
[ded to he the best and most superh
[fe the history of the organization, The
{fact that this was a “free drill.” cou:
fled with the additional fact that the
[Park held more than twice as many
[Pebple as in previous years, contribu.
fade make the 18th annual competi
Tee “icill the most spectacular eve
|iinesced, Never before have | s¢
[many colored people—approximatels
/eooo-—ascembled together to de
Jincnor to an occasion But such wa
Jere in this case and it is true als
||that a more orderly assemblage 0
persons has never been known.
| P One of the most beautiful spectacle
Hof the drill was the gorgeous gown:
‘which a number of the ladies wore
:| "They afforded a beautiful backgroun
s|for the green swards of grass on thy
-| drill field and as one stood on th
tl drill field and looked back at ro
-|upon row of people and the donbl
atgeck of humanity, 2 scene whicl
could not be duplicated anywhere wa
I} presented.
| "The High Schoo! Cadet Corps en
-|joys the distinction of being the oul
Jone of its kind in the world. No
[|where can there be found a publi
L{school which has a cadet corps com
$}posed entirely of colored boys. Th
¥| high school cadets drill under the red
El ular army drill regulations. (This ye
S| was the frat, competitive drill unde
[the recently issued regulations. | Be
| this proved go. barrier to the captair
and cadets; they carried out each con
of mand with such clock-like precisio
di that one could easily confuse ther
alwith s company from the regul:
t.barmy.
‘judges, and drew for the order in “
which they were to report on the drill
eld. The companies came upon the
ficld in the following order: B.A. D,
E F G. aud C. Companies A, B, and
G are from the M Street High School,
the remaining companies are at the
Armstrong School and the business
‘department of that school,
The drill was enlivened with pop- /
ular airs rendered by Hoffman's band
-At the conclusion of the drill of the
last gompany the judges repaired from
the field to decide upon the winner
The drilling was so close that it took
the jadges some time to come t> a
conclusion, _ :
During this time the battalion under“
command of Major Clinton Wood.
passed in review, headed by the band.
Captain James F. Oyster was the rez
viewing officer and as the battalfon 8
staff and each company passed the re-
viewing officer, “eyes right” were exe-
cuted as the military salute After
passing in review the battalion form-
ed line to await the decision of the
judges.
It was a breathless moment that
spectators as well as cadets experi-
enced while waiting to receive the re-
port of the judges. Adjutant Free-
man, who was to take the news back
to the winning company, was seen tw
advance from the battalion line and
slowly, but with strict military cadence
wind his way to the front and center
Jand up to the judges. The waiting
was for a moment, but it seemed hours
Jto the nervous throngs. After receiv-
| ing the order to march a certain com
| Pany to the front, the adjutant exe
{cuted “about face’ and marched t>
|the center of the battalion. Withour
| hesitating and with a sharp turn to
i] the left he proceeded to the M Street
|cadets. This brought forth an ‘ap-
fplause which could be heard for
-|squares away. Marching past several
s| companies, he proceeded to Company
] A and ordered Captain Arthur Logan
»{to march’ his company to the front
|The enthusiasm of the spectators did
{not surpass that of the boys in the
j| winning company, for the) juggled
,| their hats and in some cases jumped
Ijsix feet from the ground. They
;| were truly boys after all,
|. The company was marched to the
| ffont where the Teachers’ Medal was
a] pinned by Captain James F. Oyster.
t| president of the Board of Education,
t{upon the breast of Captain Logan
r| The Teachers’ Medal was donated by
othe teachers in the colored public
t)schools in 1898. and is put in competi;
-Jtion each year It is solid gold and
pjof handsome design. The ¢medal is
t] studded with four small diamonds
.Jand one large one. The captain re-
n|ceiyed a gold medal which becomes
i] his personal property. Each lieuten-
| ant in the winning company received
-|a_silver medal, and the cadets a sttit-
..| ably inscribed ‘badge.
il Great credit ix «due Major Arthur
-|Rrooks for the splendid showing of
,| the high school boys. From the time
[he took hold of the separate battalion
tof high school, cadets it has made
\-| steady and efficient progress until
Ijnow the high school cadets of the
x] city af Washington are second to
n| none in the world. The annual com-
n|petitive drill is a grand tinale, but
a.| during the year Major Brooks works
;-| with untiring zeal to make better men
is|of high school boys. And judging
e-|from the conduct and manhood ot
e-|those who look back with pride t
s-|the days when Major Brooks wa:
cs|their instructor in the cadet corps,
h-| he has succeeded admirably well. Thi
cadet battalion, unlike any other or:
ganization, teaches a boy to be obe
S.|dient to the instructions of Is su:
perior officer whether that officer he
ofja corporal or the major of the bat
talion. And_aside from the lau o}
obedience the boys are greatly ben
nit efited physically. Many a boy has en
he| tered the battalion a nervous ‘and
et| physical wreck, but with the persist
rsfent effort of Major Brooks and hi
it-l corps of officers, the boy has grows
th]to he an excellent specimen of man
ts] hood. i‘
st]. The chairman “of .the board o
ce| judges at the drill was Lieutenan
Nf] John E. Green, 2sth Infantry, U.S. \
es] who was ordered here by the Secre
je-| tary of War from Wilberforce Uni
ha] versity, where he is military com
he| mandant. The other tuw judges wer
e3| Lieutenants Brown and Davis, fron
es. the National Guard of the District
mf A feature of the drill was the ex
id] tended order which came at the en
at}of each company's ‘program. Th
he} company would advance upon a de
| tachment of men from the Nations
to] Guard, which was deployed in _ th
n-| covered stand at one end of the fel
Some spectacular maneuvering wa
ite] witnessed as each company advance
m-| by squads and platoons and fired upe
rh] the imaginary enemy.
he| The Guardsmen rendered _yeoma
st-| duty as sentinels around the field.
he] ‘The battalion staff officers are
ny] Major Clinton Wood, Armstron
pu-| School (business department)
ti-|” Adjutant J. W. Freeman, M Stree
er| High School. : 7
so] Quartermasters, with rank of liet
ely| tenants: George W. Saunders. Arm
dol strong School: Milton Ward. 3
e . # ct se aay 7 OR Oe CT eS
: . + 7 a m= . ce
——— OO eS QQ
——S—_—-
: <——
. i iers wi v . .
pay|pensions to soldiers who. serveal e e . ‘
MADDEN TO THE RESCUE. |fix-Peountry. can not sit here ationa / e i iou.
Gallant. Defense for® the Soldiers— writhiont saying a word in, sppostvion, Cc Oo Oo
Speech of Hon. Martin B. Madden,{t0 such an-amendment. Jf ought Oct .
cf Milinois, in the House-of Repre-] {0.08 coms eee aeith all my, heart | $e
sentatives,oFriday, May 10, 1912. |™moment. 1 Hope win ae rye bee | ELSE ERR a eco oh De See ST Dee MRS ;
The House having under consid-
eration the bill (H. R. 24016) grant-
ing pensions and increase of pensions
to certain soldiers and sailors of the
Civil War and certain widows and de-
pendent children of soldiers and <ail-
ors of said war—
Mr. Madden said: .
Mr. Speaker. The gentleman irom
Georgia (Mr. Roddenbery) rises in!
his place today for the first time ta:
defend the white veteran soldier of
the Ciyil War. His defense comes in
the form of the following amendment:
Provided, That after July 1, 1912.
no pension under this-act or under
any act.+ general or special, shall be
paid to a pensioner of African de-
scent until such time as all inmates of
National Soldiers’ Homes of African
descent are consolidated, removed.
and domiciled in a National Soldiers’
Home at a place separate and apart
from any other such’ home occupicd
by any other soldiers and veterans of
the Civil War or other wars.
Provided further, That after July 1.
1913, all inmates of National Soldiers’
Homes of Ajrican descent shall he
- domiciled ata distinctly separate home
maintained exclusively for such in-
mates. :
Tt will be remembered that it is the
gentleman irom Georgia who has
fought every pension bill offered on
the fioor of this House ever since he
became a member of Congress. He
Kas taken the pains to express his op.
position to every bill for the relief o
the men who fought to preserve the
Union. It will not do for him_ te
some now in the guise of the Civi
War veteran's friend in order that he
may bettcr express his hatred for th
Negro. No; the white soldier of th
Civil War needs no defense at th
ventlemans hands, and his denuncia
von of the Negro will fall far shor
of accomplishing its purpose. Hi:
professed interest in the white siar
who fought to preserve the Union ii
well understood here. The gentlemar
deceives no one but himself by wha’
he says. The heafts of the America
people beat with gratitude for the
men who fought to save the flag
They. look to their Representative:
here to pass such laws as will provid
the means to keep them from wan
for the few remaining years they are
to be with* us. The country owe:
them a debt of gratitude which it car
never repay. Mere money in the
form of-pensions is no payment. Ev
éry other comfort the country cat
possibly give Should be theirs. Som
seem to think that pensions ar
granted in the nature of a charity
Not at all. The country is great be:
cause it is covered by a single flag
under the protecting folds of whict
every citizen is free. The people fror
Georgia no less than every citizen o'
the North have reason to thank Gor
that the Union arms prevailed in the
great civil conflict. The people o:
,Georgia and of every Southern State
are today enjoying the blessings o
liberty and prosperity which cowl
not have come to them but for the
success of the Northern armies.
. Yes; the gentleman from Georgi:
should today be proclaimnig his ap
Preciation of the sacrifices made bj
the Union soldiers, black and white
instead of pouring out his denuncia
tion on their heads. He the friend o
the Union soldier? No, no; not he
He heads what purports to be a lette:
from a white man against the Negro
Here it is
* National Military Home,
———. April 21, 1912.
Hon. S..A. Roddenbery,
* Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: I write to thank you fo
a ee en ea ee oe
Dear Sir: I write to thank you for
your * * * speech printed in the
Record of April 15. It did surely hit
the nail on the head—one of the best
1 ever read on the subject. Ti it had
included the national home it would
have been perfect. Here the niggers
have one of the most prominent _bar-
racks and tables in the héme, They
are in the first row of seats on the
samp grounds, the first to he seen on
entering’ the gates, and the Jast on
coing out. * * * Iam informed it
3s werce in other homec—they even
sit side by side at tables—not even a
table hy themselves. Oh, the nigger
And when the ohl veterans are lard
away they are laid cide by side by a
nigger. They do not even then have
a place of their own to meet their
Maker. It surely is what Gen. Sher-
man said of war—in the national
hames. z
a
T hope to live long enough to take
you by the hand and personally thank
you again for what you said, and
what you think of the nigger.
T will have to ask that my name he
not- mentioned. * * * It might
make trouble for me.
Again thanking you, T am,
Yours truly,
oy SE OF NCW LOTR FONINCEES.
He omits the name. Why dots he
not give that?) Who knows who this
man is?) We are refused his name.
Mr. Speaker, I think the man who
wrote that Ietter the gentleman from
Georgia has just read is a coward or
he would have signed his name to it.
Mr. Roddenbery. The gentleman
might not be willing to make that_re-
mark to the face of the old man, This
is the first time T ever heard asper-
sions cast on the old soldiers here.
The Speaker. The gentleman from
Georgia ts out of order: the gentle-
man from Illinois has the floor.
Mr. Roddenbery. The soldier's
name is signed to it.
Mr. ‘Madden. Then the gentleman
from Georgia ought to have read the
name. The men against whom this
amendment is leveled fought to pre:
serve the Union no less than the men
they are associated with in the sol-
dier's homes, The black man fought
for the preservation of the Union—
2g valiantly as the white man fough!
-—and every consideration that is due
whe white man for services renderec
to the Union at the time of its dires!
need onght to be given to the black
man who rendered like ‘service.
' J am astonished that any man on
this floor would introduce such ar
-amendment as this to a bill seeking te
a ie
pay|pensions to soldiers who. served \
theit country. I can not sit here
without saymg a word in opposition
to such an amendment. It ought not
to be considered by the House for a
moment. I hope with all my}. heart
that every vote in the House will be
cast against it. No men fought more
bravely than the black men. THey are
entitled to their full share of credit
for preserving the Nation. You say
their liberties were at stake? Yes;
and so was the liberty of every other
person in the land. Thank God the
close of the war brought liberty
alike to the North and to the South.
‘to the whites and to the blacks, and
that teday we live in a land where:
yslavery iv no more, where every citi-
zen is a sovereign. I grieve to see
athe gentleman irom Georgia express
such bitterness toward the .Negro,
Ve should he one of the Negroes
ablest deienders. He should be advo
cating measures to help the Negro to
help himself. The Negro has made
wonderful progress considering is
lack af opportunity. He is a good
citizens, a gallant soldier. He should
be encouraged, not reviled.
Who led the successinl “charge at
El Caney at San Juan Hill?_ Was it
not the Negro? Who questioned his
color then? Did anyone revile him?
Not at, all. All praised his valor, all
applauded Ins intrepidity. He is
brave, he is fearless, he is easily led.
{he makes a good soldier, he is enti-
tled to be hondred no less than his
white brother. The black veterar
jsoldier should receive the same ten:
s|der care im his declining years that
J we are proud to accord to the white
{men who rendered equal service te
|the Nation. We should know m
-}color: in administering to the want:
Flof those who gave their all in de
-Jiense of the country. Who made th
)}Nation yzreat? Who made us on
l}people, inseparable now and forever
-)\Who questioned the color of th
Jsuldier’s skin when he enlisted t
s{tight for: the preservation of th
2]Union? (Applause.) No man care
-}whether he was black or white Th
ti question then was, Was he a patriot!
s{was lre willing to give his life.te th
1}service of his country? He offere
s}all he had when he offered his life
1] The country owes him a debt o
tigratitude ior the work he did i th
ijdark days of trouble.
»} Gentlemen, strike down the culo
-jline. Defeat the amendment offer
s{ed by the gentleman from Georgi:
ejJand let the news spread into ever:
t}home in this broad land of the fre
s|that Congress will tolerate no_ dis
s}crimination in the treatment of th
1] country’s veteran soldiers on accoun
.Jof the color of their skin. (Applause)
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Clarence King, the ethnologist, once wrote from San Francisco to John Hay the following letter of introduction: "My Dear John—My friend, Horace F. Cutter, in the next geological period will go east. It would be a catastrophe if he did not know you. You will 'swarm in,' as the Germans say, when you meet. Lest I should not be there to expose Mr. Cutter's alias I take this opportunity to dysluge to you that the police are divided in opinion as to whether he is Socrates or Don Quixote. I know better; he is both."
The Macgregors.
The Macgregors were forbidden to use their family name in 1603. The prescription was removed by Charles II., only to be indicted again in the reign of William and Mary. It was not till 1822-that a royal license to use the name was granted to Sir Charles Macgregor, up to then known as "Murray." In the early years of the seventeenth century every man's hand was raised against this persecuted race and they could be mutilated and slain with impunity.—London Spectator.
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.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.
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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 fleth 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.
Daffodils 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 hurried
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 Tontophane.
Queen Nest or the Tontobane.
The oddest of all birds' nests is the one built by the tontobane, 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.
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courtships? Pa—Soft ships, my son.
Ostand—And what kind of ships sail
the sea of matrimony? Pa—Hard-
ships, my son.—London Tit-Bits.
Neither despise nor oppose what
thou dost not understand.—William
Penn.
HARD TO READ
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ANNOUNCEMENT
THE BOOKS OF THE PALATIAL IRON STEAMER ANGLER, ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARGE AT THE OFFICE WATER AND N STREETS SOUTH TO WASHINGTON PARK AND LOWER RIVER LANDINGS FOR SEASON, 1912. SPECIAL RATES FOR EARL
Southern
Why Can't We Have a Colored Laundry. Loving Colored People
The Southern
2031 7TH STREET, N. W.
d prove tna: the Negro can supp
BOOKS OF THE
NAL IRON STEAMER
NEW OPEN FOR CHARTER
OFFICE
AND N STREETS SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON PARK AND
RIVER LANDINGS FOR
1912.
RATES FOR EARLY CHARTERS.
LEWIS JEFF
Gener
Shern|| Hand Laun
Why Can't Washington
Colored Laundry. WANTED 100
moving Colored People to patroni
The Southern Hand Laun
7TH STREET, N. W. NEAK FLORIDA
na: the Negro can support himself. Pho
ANGLER
THE BOOKS OF THE
PALATIAL IRON STEAMER
ANGLER,
ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTER
AT THE OFFICE
WATER AND N STREETS SOUTHWEST
TO WASHINGTON PARK AND
LOWER RIVER LANDINGS FOR
SEASON, 1912.
SPECIAL RATES FOR EARLY CHARTERS.
LEWIS JEFFERSON,
General Manager.
Why Can't Washington Have a Colored Laundry. WANTED 100,000 race loving Colored People to patronize
The Southern Hand Laundry 2031 7TH STREET, N. W. NEAR FLORIDA AVE.
d prove tna: the Negro can support himself.
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.
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SUTHWEST
ND
OR
BY CHARTERS.
LEWIS JEFFERSON,
General Manager.
Hand Laundry
Washington
WANTED 100,000 race
people to patronize
Hand Laundry
NEAR FLORIDA AVE.
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 cease to be imitative, copying men, but will become completely, perfectly and proudly women.—A Woman's Letter in London Times.
Neither Hot Nor Sympatry.
Teacher — Willie, 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.
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-Bite
I MEAN IT!
We Keep Open House the Year Round, and We Keep it in Order
WHISKEY
JOHN CASEY
4th and H Streets. N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Phone North'1847
One Better.
WARNING!
Bottled by
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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
Buffet and Family Liquor Store
Phone North 2340
1917 4th Street, M. 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 10 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 APPARAL.
OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT.
UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FOR SALE.
361 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
FORD'S
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LEGAL NOTICES.
JONES AND WARING.
In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding a Probate Court—No. 18,963.—Administration Docket 45.—In Re Estate of Augustus Stewart, Deceased.
Application having been made herein for Probate of the last Will and Testament of said deceased, and for Letters Testamentary on said estate, by George Washington Blake, it is ordered this 7th day of May, A. D. 1912, that Daniel Stewart, his heirs and the unknown heirs of John H. Stewart, and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Thursday, the twentieth (20) day of June, A. D. 1912, at ten o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and "The 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.
Attest:
JAMES TANNER.
Register of Wills.
FairviewPark
Formerly Lakeview Park
UNDER MANAGEMENT OF
LewisT. Thomas
946 Tea Street, N. W.
Open for engagements
Beginning May 1st
DINING ROOM.
J. A. Anderson,
Social Service Lunch,
Meals to Order,
Ladies' Table.
1531 Fourteenth St. N. W.
Washington, D. C.
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.
M Street Wins
(Continued from page 4)
The boxes about the park were filled with many well known personages, among whom were: Captain James F. Oyster, President of the Board of Education, Henry P. Blair, F. H. Daniel, Superintendent Wm. M. Davidson, assistant superintendent of white schools, Ernest L. Thurston, Assistant Superintendent of colored schools, Roscoe Coconkling Bruce, Prof. G. W. Cook, of Howard University, Dr. John R. Francis, Dr. C. W. Childs, J. C. Napier, Achibald Grimke, Rev F. J. Grimke, Judge Wm. I. Houston, L. A. Cobb and others.
COMMISSIONER DON'T KNOW?
The Bee Knows That Its Finding Was Guilty as Charged.
The Editor of The Bee sent a letter to the Civil Service Commission May 25th, to get official report in the C H. J. Taylor case. This is the case in which ex-President Theodore Roosevelt took part and found Taylor guilty. The Bee also knows that the late Grover Cleveland was President of the United States and appointed Taylor, and when the unanimous report went to him he failed to adopt the recommendations of the Civil Service Commission. Mr. Roosevelt will not deny that he found Taylor guilty, and he failed to tell the Ohio voters so when he attacked the Editor of The Bee.
The Letter.
United States Civil Service Commission. Washington, D. C.
The Commission is in receipt of your letter of May 25, 1912, in which you inquire what the finding of the Commission was in the case of Chas. H. J. Taylor, Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, on charges filed against him in 1894, and who were the Civil Service Commissioners that acted upon his case.
The records of the Commission show that in August, 1894, an investigation of charges against Mr. Taylor and others was conducted by direction of the Commission, and the report of Commission Proctor, together with the documents in the case, was submitted to the President. At
THE LEGEND OF THE
MISSING MAN
REV. SYLVESTER I. CORROTHERS
Who came near being Elected Bishop
page 21 of the Eleventh Report of
the Commission, there is a brief re-
ference to the Taylor case, but there
is not indication of what action was
taken thereon other than that the re-
port was submitted to the President.
The Commissioners at that time
were, John R. Proctor. Theodore
Roosevelt, and Charles Lyman.
By direction of the Commission.
Very respectfully,
Signed. JOHN A. McILHENNY.,
FOR'S
Desirable lots in
MOUNT HEIGHT,
and on the trolly line
takes you to any p.
Three CHURCHES
SCHOOLS, a large
and other attraction
the most desirable
tion near Washington
from ONE HUN
HUNDRED DOLL
While touring abroad a certain citizen of New York found this item in a list of police regulations posted on a highway in Ireland:
"Until further notice every vehicle must carry a light when darkness begins. Darkness begins when the lights are flt."—Saturday Evening Post.
The Family Orchard.
"Could I interest you in our orange grove proposition?"
"Nope; I have already put all my money into a fruit orchard.
"Where?"
"On my wife's hat."—Houston Post.
Next Best Thing.
"Yes; I have just done Europe."
"Can you give me a list of hotels to go to?"
"No; the best I can do is to give you a list of hotels to keep away from."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong, because of weakness.—Browning.
CAPTAIN GREEN WINS.
Defeats Smith and Eubank—The Popular Ohioans Named for the Assembly.
Cleveland, O., May 27.
Captain Wm, R. Green, of Ohio, the son of Hon. John P. Green, has been nominated for the General Assembly of this county. He was nominated in convention Saturday, the 25th. H. T. Eubank, and Harry C. Smith, editor of the Cleveland Gazette, were his competitors, and contested every inch of his nomination. Harry Smith received two votes. Captain Green is one of the most popular young men in Cleveland, and it is quite evident that he will be elected.
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RECORDER HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON Who Put the Georgia Bolter to Flight
Illuminating.
Desirable lots in beautiful FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS, high, healthful, and 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 location near Washington. Lots sell for from ONE HUNDRED to TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, on easy monthly payments. No interest, no taxes; Fairmount has already a population of over 600, and growing rapidly each year.
Come out and see it, and you will be pleased and locate among us. When your lot is paid for we will build you a home, which you pay for in small monthly payments. Take H street cars and go east; get off at 58th or 61st streets, and walk one square north, or call on or write the undersigned and we will call for you, take you out and show you over Fairmount. I also have several beautiful residences in Fairmount for sale on easy monthly payments. Now is the chance to own your home for less than your rent costs you.
JAMES ARMSTRONG,
Fairmount Heights.
Or Address Benning, D. C., R. F. D.
No. 3, Box 157.
INVEST YOUR MONEY
MOUND BAYOIL
We are promoting and financing
The People's Brick Company, one of
the most needed and best paying
enterprises in the town. Our reference:
The Bank of Mound Bayou, or any
citizen. Your money will earn 7 per
cent from the time it is invested, and
much more in the very near future.
For complete information address:
The Security Investment and Enter-
prise Corporation, Mound Bayou.
Miss. m-11-aug-11
33d Anniversary.
No good citizen should miss being
in the 33d anniversary edition of The
Tree new
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. Mention this paper when you call.
You will find The Bee in every honest family's home in this city. If you don't see it, it is an oversight. Have it sent to you.
FOR SALE
Specialty made of Constitutions and Pamphlets
BUSINESS OFFICE and PLANT, 1109 EYE STREET. N. W.
PHONE MAIN 4078
Uptown Office: 1212 Fla. Ave.. N. W.
Phone: North 2642-y
Horner's Dairy
Horner's Dairy
Perfect Pasteurized Milk and Cream. Raw milk if desired. Our Specialty.
Fine grades of Creamery Butter, Fresh laid eggs. Eight wagons give you prompt, reliable and efficient service. Corner Eighth and M, Northwest. Phone. North 1872.
UNWRITTEN LAWS.
Man Dare Not Place Them Upon the Statute Books.
THE SHIP CAPTAIN'S CODE
It Demands That the Skipper Shall Go Down With His Vessel if She Be Lost, and It Is Held Sacred—The Iron Law of the Army and Navy.
There is a class of unwritten law which does not and cannot become written law, says Case and Comment, because it approaches so near the danger line, that man dare not recognise it to the extent of publishing it and declaring it as a part of the positive law.
It is the unwritten law of the sea that a captain must go down with his ship. Men dare not write it into the contract, and nations dare not incorporate it in their navy or marine regulations, yet the tyrants of the sea know the law and believe that to obey it better their service, and there are few instances of its being disregarded. It is the unwritten law of the army and navy that an officer shall not seek cover, or at least shall not show apprehension of danger to his person in time of battle and in the presence of enlisted men or common sailors. In the Franco-Prussian war nearly 4,000 officers of the German army were killed, and the great majority of them gave up their lives because they believed in this law of conduct.
In obedience to this law Farragut bound himself to the mast, Lee rode at the head of his charging column at the bloody angle, and Lawton walked coolly in front of the line and was shot in the preemence of his men. $ ^{7} $ The law of the right of revolution has been much talked about and much written about. Every intelligent citizen believes that he has the right under certain conditions to oppose the established government of his own land and join in an effort to establish another in its place. Just prior to and during the war between the states there was much discussion in this country by learned men on either side of the right of revolution and the "other power" and the "greater law."
The law justifying one person in the killing of another has required the serious consideration of every country. Every criminal code provides certain punishments for homicide, and many of them graduate the punishment with minute particularity, according to the circumstances of the killing, so that any one of six crimes may be involved in a single tragedy. Such codes also attempt to define what killing is justifiable and what is excusable and with their interpretation by the courts attempts to describe the only conditions under which one human being can kill another and not be guilty of crime.
The Hebrew code almost stands alone in its recognition of man's desire to kill and his right to have that desire and that climax of all satisfactions which come to him who under great provocation slays another. It is not at all strange that in this branch there should be an extended code of unwritten as written law, unwritten now and always to be unwritten for the reason that the recognition given by its embodiment in the statutes would be taken as a license by dishonest men and would result in harm rather than good.
It is an unwritten law among the officers of the army that if a subordinate officer kills a superior officer because that officer has publicly degraded him by striking him or by other action equally humiliating then the court martial will not convict. During the war between, the states on a memorable occasion at Louisville, Ky., General Nelson said to General Davis: "How many men have you?" General Davis replied, "About"—giving an approximate number. Nelson said: "You an army officer and say 'about!' Why don't you know how many men you have?" And with that he struck Davis in the face with his glove. Davis shot and killed him, and the court martial acquitted Davis.
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C. B. HORNER
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Coupon
Present this coupon to driver or office and a 5 per cent discount on your milk if at retail prices.
HORNER'S DAIRY
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 if there's a fit for
you in a tailored slightly used suit,
$3 to $10, or coats and vests, $2 to $5,
there's money saved sure. One price.
Justh's Old Stand, 619 D.
On a table in the waiting room or a
specialist is an inlaid box. When one
opens it—and most visitors to the
specialist do—a smaller box is found and
one hot so large inside that. This
continues until finally the last is
reached, a tiny thing with a slip of
paper inside it. On the paper is a single
word, "Curiosity."
"I keep it there to amuse waiting patients," explained the specialist. "If there was only one who went through the scale of boxes he might feel sore about it, but he or she leaves the box closed for the next comer, and when there are quite a few in the waiting room it gets to be a pretty good joke, and I can hear laughter as the latest arrival gets stung. I picked the box up on a trip to India and happened to leave it in the waiting room one day. Now it stays there all the time."—New York Sun.
The pegging or marking of drinking cups was introduced by St. Dunstan to check the intemperate habits of the times by preventing one man from taking a larger draft than his companions. But the device proved the means of increasing the evil it was intended to remedy, for, refining upon St. Dunstan's plan, the most absurd ones were required to drink precisely to a peg or pin, whether they could nobly take such a quantity of liquor or not.
"What does the man do over there at the desk who seems to be working so hard?"
"He checks the cash."
"And what does the man do who is leaning back in the easy chair smoking?"
"Oh, he cashes the checks."—Baltimore American.
"Happiness," declaimed the philosopher, "is the pursuit of something, not the catching of it."
"Have you ever," interrupted the plain citizen, "chased the last car on a rainy night?"—Toledo Blade.
As a race we sleep too little. An infant's life is nearly all sleep. Gradually as the child grows older the hours of sleep are shortened to half the day or about eight hours. Youth until the age of twenty is reached requires fully ten hours' sleep. Although nature demands fewer hours' sleep in summer than in winter, it has been proved that eight hours of sleep are required for the average adult in good health. By this, explains the Pittsburgh Dispatch, is meant not simply eight hours in bed, but that amount of good, sound, restful sleep night after night. Our power to work is intimately related to our ability to sleep, and there is no more reliable indication of sound health than the capacity to sleep naturally, and the more active and energetic the waking life the deeper the sleep.
His Light Diet.
The actor's sense of humor is always uppermost. He will jest about his hard luck, his ill luck or almost anything that offers an opportunity for a joke. Generally, too, he has courage—the courage to smile when his heart is heavy. A comedian, who was known to be in desperate straits, was invited to a social gathering one evening. When the poor actor arrived he was seen to be thinly clad, although the weather was bitter cold. He looked also as if he had not had any too much nourishment for some time. The hostess greeted him cordially.
"I am so glad to see you," she said. "How well you are looking."
"Yes," replied the comedian; "the wind has been very nutritious of late." Saturday Evening Post.
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Peg Tankarda
An Exception.
Our Sleep.
Meals to Order at all hours.
Open from 6:30 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Open Sundays, 7 A.M. to 6:15
P. 1.
LEE'S, LUNCH ROOM
GEO. H. LEE, PROP.
Meals 15c. and 25c.
WANTED-BOYS
Boys who want to earn money should call at The bee once every Friday afternoon and secure The Bee and sell it to the people. More money is earned from selling The Bee than from any other paper in the city.
FOR RENT—THREE CHEERful and bright rooms,1342 Corcoran Street, N. W. Joseph H. Hawkins
1509 S ST., N. W.—Four unfurnished rooms, l. h. k. Adults only, private family
FOR RENT AND FOR SALE.
For Rent—1010 7th St. N. E.
6 rooms and modern bath; corner
house; fine condition. Price, $19,
to good tenant.
FOR SALE—AT SACRIFIGE.
S rooms and bath, a. m. i., fine
condition; excellent neighborhood;
lovely home; $4,450. Inquire 124 S
St. N. W.
For Sale.
For Sale—A Desirable Building lot located in a good colored settlement at BURRVILLE, D. C., cheap to quick buyer. Cash or terms. Address C. C. Jennings, 327 St. Paul St., Baltimore; Md.
For Rent—Furnished Rooms. 908 S Street N. W.—Nicely furnished; well lighted; all modern improvements; terms very reasonable. Call at once.
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, 1912, and closing July 13, 1912, for the purpose of discussing the following and kindred questions:
What is the moral condition of the people of your community? Is crime on the increase? If not, what is the cause of its reduction?
What is the sanitary condition? What effort, if any, has been made to improve the sanitary conditions?
Is the death rate increasing?
To what extent do you co-operate with the Civic Improvement Leagues?
Has settlement work been conducted to any extent in your community, and with what results?
What has been the effect of the Temperance Organizations, and have you co-operated with them?
To what extent has the work of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. been effective in your community? Do you approve of them?
What is the general fitness of the city and country school teacher?
What has been the attitude 6f the day school teacher towards the church and Sunday school?
What is the real religious condition of your people? Revivals, how conducted?
Rev. Jesse L. Hurlbut and Rev.
Dr. W. Y. Chapman will be in charge of the expository features during conference week. All ministers who intend attending this conference should make it known at an early date, addressing the President, National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C., so that reservation can be made for them. There will be no charge while in attendance upon the conference.
The Summer School and Chautauqua of the National Religious Training School will open July 3, 1912, and continue for six weeks. The most complete and most up-to-date Summer School for the colored race in the United States. For particulars and terms, address President James E. Sheard, Durham, N. C.
Wonderful Results on Short Notice.
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Try Ford's Hajr Pomade for harsh stubborn and unruly hair and Ford's Royal White Skin Lotion for the complexion. Ask your druggist for them. Be sure and get the genuine (Ford's), manufactured by the Ozonized Ox Marrow Company, Chicago, Ill.
For sale by Nichols' Pharmacy, Corner 19th Street and Penn. Ave.; S. A. Richardson & Co., 7th and Q Sts., N. W.; Morse's Pharmacy, 19th and L Sts. N. W.; W. S. Richardson, 316 Four-and-a-Half St. S. W.; Daniel H. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton Ave., N. W.; J. F. Simpson, corner 7th St. Rhode Island Ave. and R St. N. W.; Singleton's Pharmacy, 20th and E Sts. N. W.; Market Pharmacy, corner 20th and K Sts. N. W.; John R. Major, 716 7th St. N. W.; Ideal Pharmacy, 11th St. and N. Y. Ave. N. W.; R. A. Veitch, corner 20th and M Sts. N. W.; E. E. Cissell, 10th St. and N. Y. Ave.; W. P. Herbst, Penn. Ave. and 25th St. N. W.; Hutton & Hilton, 22d and L Sts. N. W.; R. W. Duffey, Penn. Ave and 22d St. N. W.; Whiteside Pharmacy, 1921 Pa. Ave. Board & McGuire, corner 9th and U Sts.; F. M. Ciswell, 1901 7th St. N. W.; Quigley's Pharmacy, corner 21st and G Sts. N. W.; Daw's Drug Store, corner 23d and H Sts. N. W.; Howard Pharmacy, 10th and R Sts. N. W. People's Pharmacy, 7th and Mass Ave. N. W.