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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE. VOL. XXXIV, NO. 28 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1913 MUST GIVE AHSWER MR. GLENN MUST ANSWER. Are the People Above the Servants? A High-handed Outrage—Does Favoritism Reign and Poor Rejected? Letter to President Blair Self-Explanatory. Henry J. Blair, Esq., President, and Members of Board of Education. Ladies and Gentlemen: In compliance with the following notice, published in the daily press and The Washington Bee: Special Notice. Board of Education of the District of of Columbia Franklin School Building, November 25, 1913. Examinations will be held December 22 and 23, 1913, by the Board of Examiners for the colored schools, to create eligible lists in the following subjects: Accounting and finance, commercial geography, commercial law, stenography and typewriting, drawing, biology, applied electricity, civics and economics. Latin, Spanish in the high Schools; education, psychology in the Normal School; cooking and millinery in the Vocational Schools. Circulars stating the conditions and the scope of the examinations may be had on request of A. H. Glenn, secretary of the Board of Examiners for Colored Schools. WILLIAM M. DAVIDSON, Superintendent of Public Schools. Miss Lola Le Brendt, Miss Pauline Graham, Mrs. Blanche Parks and Miss Gulielma E. Jones, three of whom are graduates from the Washington Colored Normal School, and Miss Jones is not only a graduate from the Normal School, but a graduate in Domestic Science. When these ladies sent in their applications according to certain rules and regulations promulgated by an examining committee, which is contrary to law and the rules governing school examinations, they were informed that they were not qualified and yet certain applicants were admitted who had but little, if any, qualifications required by this alleged board of examiners. I have been, informed that the reason such rules were made was to prevent or disqualify all applicants in a domestic science examination for the benefit of one particular individual, as will be more fully shown by an investigation, if you will so order one. I herewith enclose a copy of a letter sent by the secretary of the examining board, December 16—Exhibit A—and on the 21st this applicant was notified on a Sunday night to appear in the examination the following Monday, December 22. If Miss Jones was disqualified December 16, who qualified her Sunday, December 21? What law, rule or regulation can be produced to justify such an action on the part of the examining committee or the secretary, Mr. Glenn, of said committee? It will be seen by exhibit marked B that Miss Lola Le Brendt is the pioneer in Domestic Science and in every way qualified, but was refused admission to the examination. I respectfully ask that the president of the Board of Education appoint a special committee for the purpose of making an investigation as follows: 1. By what authority did the examining committee exclude from the examination December 21 and 22 certain applicants for Domestic Science teachers? 2. Has any such rule ever been issued heretofore and why should such a rule be issued at this particular time? 3. Was said rule issued to benefit any member of the Board of Education or any relative of any member of the Board of Education 4. Why were the Normal School graduates and graduates in Domestic Science informed that they could not enter the examination and others with less qualifications be permitted to enter? In the name of 90,000 colored citizens in the District of Columbia, I respectfully urge that a special committee be appointed and on that committee I ask that either Dr. Charles H. Marshall or Mrs. Harris, or both, with one white member of the board, be appointed and report to the Board of Education at once. I also ask in the name of those rejected applicants that the report of the special committee be not confirmed until a thorough and full investigation be made of all the facts in connection with the examination. Very respectfully. W. CALVIN CHASE. Attorney for Rejected Applicants. Exhibit A. Board of Education of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C., Dec. 16, 1913. Board of Examiners for Colored Schools, A. H. Glenn, Secretary. Miss Gulielma E. Jones, 1939 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. My Dear Miss Jones: I regret very much to inform you that I find you are ineligible for the examinations scheduled for the 22d and 23rd of December, 1913, under Clause C. Clause C: Each applicant must have either two years' experience in teaching, cooking or millinery, ex- clusive of the two years devoted to professional training in the trade in which she is to teach or a satisfactory practical experience in the trade. Very truly. Exhibit B. To Whom It May Concern: Before the course in Domestic Science was introduced into the Normal School, we had great trouble in getting trained teachers. From the Armstrong Senior Class of 1904-5 a class was formed of girls who were especially interested in Domestic Science. The work was put under my supervision and the time allotl was one and one-half hours per week. My work was theoretical and included food production and manufacture, chemistry of food, sanitation, physiology, and dietetics. In addition to this, two of the academic teachers gave to this class instruction in planning and presenting lessons. Several of these girls were sent out to the surrounding country school to introduce this work. This was done under my supervision. This is to certify that Miss Lola Leibrant was a member of this class and took all of this work. She was sent to Bladenburg, Md., to start the work there. Miss Leibrant taught in the public night schools of this city, for five years, and has taught for two years at Princess Anne, Md. For several years she was employed as a substitute in the graded cooking schools and has been in charge of the lunch room at Armstrong since its introduction in 1908. Yours very truly. Yours very truly, Asst. Director of Domestic Science. Washington, D. C., Dec. 19, 1913. Special Notice. Board of Education of the District of Columbia. Franklin School Building, November 25, 1913. Examinations will be held December 22 and 23, 1913, by the Board of Examiners for the colored schools, to create eligible lists in the following subjects: Accounting and finance, commercial geography, commercial law, stenography and typewriting, drawing, biology, applied electricity, civics and economics, Latin, Spanish in the High Schools; education, psychology in the Normal School; cooking and millinery in the Vocational Schools. Circulars stating the conditions and the scope of the examinations may be had on request of A.H. Glenn, secretary of the Board of Examiners for Colored Schools. WILLIAM M. DAVIDSON, Superintendent of Public Schools. THE LETTER. Board of Education of the District of Columbia. Washington, D. C. Board of Examiners Colored Schools, A. H. Glenn, Secretary. December 16, 1913. Miss Gulielm B. Jones, 1939 Twelfth Street N. W., Washington, D. C. My Dear Miss Jones: I regret very much to inform you that I find you are ineligible for the examinations scheduled for the 22d and 23rd of December, 1913, under Clause C. Clause C: Each applicant must have either two years' experience in teaching, cooking or millinery, exclusive of two years devoted to professional training in the trade in which she is to teach or a satisfactory practical experience in the trade. HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES. Negro-Valor and Patriotism As Well As Negro Traitors. (By Dr. J. E. Olden.) Representative James B. Aswell, of Louisiana, said in his reply to a speech made by Mr. Oswell Garrison Villard, of New York, at a segregation meeting at the Metropolitan A. Church on Monday night, October 27, that "every informed and right-thinking white man sympathizes with and is willing to help the Negro in his sphere. He says it is the duty of the white man to help the Negro in his proper place and give him a correct idea of his circumseried position in society and the Republic. Here I would ask Mr. Aswell if he or any other man can comprehend the capacity of the Negro; he has held places of honor in every station of life, society, and the Republic, except the Presidency of the United States of America, and I will venture to say he can fill that office with credit, should he be allowed the opportunity and a square deal. We have had Negro Senators, Representatives, generals, judges, professors, lawyers, doctors, inventors, financiers and soldiers. Such Honorable men as: Senator B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, On March 4, 1875, he took his seat in the highest council of the nation. He often presided over the Senate, and was chairman of many important committees. Honorable H. R. Revels, from the same State, who was elected to fill the place of Jefferson Davis. He took his seat February 25, 1870. After his senatorial term he was elected president of Alcorn University at a salary of $2,500 per annum. Hon. Robert Smalls was elected to a seat in the House of Representa- THE MUSIC OF THE WESTERN MUSIC DR. JAMES E. SHEPARD The Great Educator and College President, Will Address the Sunday School Convention Tomorrow, Sunday, January 4, at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church, at 3 O'clock. M. H. JUDGE WENDALL PHILLIP STAFFORD His New Book Containing His Twenty-eight Master Speeches—The Greatest Literary Production That Has Ever Been Introduced. tives of the United States in 1868. He continued in this capacity until Judge Wright was elected associate judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, when he was elected to fill his unexpired time in the Senate, and in 1872 he was elected Senator, by defeating Gen. W. J. Whipper. He was also appointed lieutenant colonel of the Third regiment, South Carolina State Militia. Afterwards he was promoted to brigadier general of the Second brigade, South Carolina Militia, and later to major general of the Second division South Carolina State Militia, which position he held until in 1877. Hon. Henry W. Chandler was nominated and elected State Senator for the Nineteenth Senatorial district of Florida, comprising the county of Marion. At the expiration of his term of four years, in 1884 he was re-nominated and elected for a term of four years more. Hon. Robert B. Eliott, Representative from South Carolina, was elected to the Forty-second Congress. He served until March 4, 1871, when he resigned. He was re-elected to the Forty-third Congress December, 1873. Hon. Josiah T. Settles in the spring of 1885 was appointed attorney general of the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, which position he held until the expiration of General Turner's term of office. - Hon. Mifflin W. Gibbs in 1870 went to Little Rock, Ark., entering the law firm of Benjamin & Barnes of that place. One year after he was appointed county attorney of tary affairs. I would like to call Mr. Aswell's attention to a few incidents of bravery, valor and patriotism. First we Harrisburg, Pa. He was superintendent of the recaptured Africans from American slavers. He remained in Africa until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he returned by way of England. He assisted in the enlistment of colored soldiers in the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts regiments. In 1873 he was appointed ade-de-camp on the staff of Governor Kellogg, with the rank of brigadier general, and afterward placed in command of the First Brigade, Louisiana State National Guards. Next we have a soldier in the person of Colonel James Lewis, of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Miss. When the war broke out he was steward on board the Confederate transport De Soto. Gladdened by the hope of the liberation of his race, Mr. Lewis made his way by a dangerous route to New Orleans. He at once resolved to become a soldier. When Hon. William P. Kellogg became Collector of the Port at New Orleans, he appointed Colonel Lewis U. S. Inspector of Customs in 1870. He was elected administrator of police at a salary of six thousand dollars per annum. We have still another worthy of notice in the person of Hon. C. C. Antoine. His grandmother was the daughter of an African chief. It happened during our late Civil War. After the Federal troops occupied the city, and colored men were admitted to the army, he devoted his energies to recruiting men for the Native Guards. In forty-eight hours he had raised a company, known as Company I, Seventh Louisiana Colored Regiment. As captain of this company he served at Brashear, now Morgan City, to the close of the war. He was elected to the State Senate. While Senator he faithfully served his State. His term expired in 1872. At the State nominating convention held at Baton Rouge, La., in August of that year, he was unanimously nominated Lieutenant Governor, a position which he filled with credit to his party. In conclusion, I would like to call Mr. Aswell's attention to a few martyrs of the Negro race. He may differ as to what makes a martyr, but martyrts are made of such material as fit men to attempt great things for what they believe to be right: Denmark Veazie (Black John Brown) at 14 years old was purchased by a man named Veazie. Twenty-two years later he formed a plan to liberate the slaves of Charleston, S. C. His plan was to put the whole city to fire and sword on June 16. At 10 o'clock at night the Governor, having been informed of the conspiracy by the treachery of some of the Negroes, had the city guarded by militia, and no one was allowed to pass in or out. All the conspirators, finding the town so well protected, did not attempt that which they intended. He died a martyr upon the gallows, and the slave who betrayed him was purchased by the Legislature. The number of blacks arrested was 131. Of these 35 were executed, 41 acquitted, and the rest sentenced to be transported. Last, but not least, is Crispus Attucks, the first martyr of the Revolutionary War—a Negro whose blood was given for liberty. On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred. The people had been oppressed by British tyranny. They had been treated as inferiors; they were taxed without representation and their souls galled until they were mad. Crispus Attucks was the first to resist and the first slain. His patriotism was the declaration of war. It was liberty to the oppressed; it opened the way to modern civilization and independence. Crispus Attucks had lifted his arm against Captain Preston and fell a victim to the mortal fire. A fiery patriotism burned in his breast: he was anxious to avenge oppression in every form, not by fighting alone, but by the sacrifice of his life if necessary. The Boston journals, announced his death and wrote the name of this Negro patriot, soldier and martyr to the ripening cause of the American Revolution in fadeless letters of gold. His memory will never fade from the history of the American Negro. Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. "Out of one blood God created all men to dwell in peace upon the face of the earth." No right thinking white man will deny this truth declared by Paul upon Mars Hill. The Great Educator Will Speak Tomorrow, January 4. Tomorrow afternoon, January 4, at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church, Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., and president of the National Training School, will address the Sunday School convention. This distinguished educator is no stranger to the people in this city. He will speak on a new theme and give new thoughts. Don't fail to hear him. Don't fail to attend the Sunday concert by the Hoffman Band at the Howard Theater Sunday, January 11. Go early and secure a good seat. Pulaski County, the capital county of the State. In 1873 he was elected to the office of City Judge. In June, 1876, he was appointed by President Hayes Register of the United States Land Office at Little Rock, Ark. He was reappointed to this position in 1881. Hon. George L. Ruffin was born in Richmond, Va. Graduated from the public schools in Boston, and later from Harvard Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and on November 7, 1883, was appointed Judge, of the District Court of Charlestown, Mass. Hon. Pinckney B. S. Pinchback, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and United States Senator. On March 18, 1871, he was appointed by the State Board of Education School Director of the City of New Orleans, and served until March, 1877. Richard H. Cain was elected Senator in the South Carolina Legislature and President of Paul Quinn College and President of Paul Quinn College. Hon. James J. Spelman, in July, 1869, was appointed a justice of the peace and alderman of the city of Canton, O. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the Legislature from Madison County. He remained in the Legislature six years, serving as chairman of the Committee on Corporations, and a member of the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Aswell knows, as well as I or any good thinking man, that the Negro has given, is giving and will give a good account of himself in society, in the Republic, in civic and in milli- Sunday Concert. JUDGE WENDALL PHILLIPS STAFFORD One of the Greatest American Jurists in the United States—Jurist, Orator and Poet. The speeches of Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, have just been published in a handsome bound book of 350 pages. Many of these speeches are among the greatest that have ever been written and delivered by any one. This book should be in the library of every true and honest American. As Judge of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, he is numbered among those whose ability is recognized by the ablest writers and thinkers in the United States. He believes in equality of citizenship and his speeches always point to the emancipation of man. The contents of the new book are: "Sons in Exile," "A Free Library and Its Use," "Lincoln and His Time." "The Lawyer," "Israel's Ideal of Justice," "At Grant's Tomb," "A Decoration Address," "One of the Fourth Estate," "Brady Stewart," "Wages," "A City Without Citizens," "Robert Burns," "A Poet for the World," "Lake Champlain in History," "Thomas Bartlett," "An Old-time Advocate," "Who Did Sin—This Man or His Parents?" "Whittier," "A Quaker," "Who Became a Martial Poet," "The Measure of a Man," "The Puritan Ideal," "On the Armenian Massacre," "The Old Commoner," "Thaddeus Stevens," "A Capital of Capital," "The Future of Washington," "Four Brothers," "A Grave in Ailington," "The Negro and the Nation," "Russia and the Jew," "The Making of Vermont," "The State and Its Criminals," "Ann Story, a-Woman Who Helped to Found a State," and Wendell Phillip's "The Tribune of the People." In all there are twenty-eight master speeches which should be in the library of every patriotic American regardless of color or condition. This handsomely bound and printed book is published by Arthur F. Stone, of St. Johnburg, Vermont. Send for a copy. Young Men's Bible Class Meeting. The Young Men's Bible Class of Metropolitan A. M. E. Sunday School gave a literary and musical concert December 12 and realized $10.05. This money was donated to Numbers. 2, 5 and 10 of the fourteen opportunities printed in the various papers of this city. They are making minor donations to those who are in need. The program was as follows: Invocation—Dr. I. N. Ross. Remarks—By Master of Ceremonies, L. E. Johnson. Select Reading—Miss Julia Brooks. Solo—Mrs. C. M. J. Key. Two Selections—Elks' Quartette. Solo—Miss Olive M. Wells. Two Select Solos—Mme. E. L. Bruce: Miss Eva Dykes, pianist. Miss Lee Brands The Citizens' Association of South Washington, being indignant over the treatment of Miss Lee Brandt by the Board of Examiners of the colored schools, Dr. Charles H. Marshall has been appealed to by the people in South Washington to request the Board of Education to investigate the action of the Board of Examiners. Never before in the history of the colored schools has there been so much dissatisfaction expressed against the present Board of Examiners. There need not be the least doubt as to the ability of the colored people of this city properly caring for the meeting of the National Negro Business League next August. Even though that meeting is eight months hence the citizens here, and throughout the entire State, are as much interested, and are working as hard as if the meeting was but a week or two off. It is the intention of Oklahomaans to far exceed the entertainment given the delegates at Philadelphia last August, and working to this end they are now at work raising a fund of $5,000, and this fund is to be raised exclusively among Negroes. The colored people of the entire State are working in conjunction with the Muskogee Business League, and a spirited, though friendly, rival is already on as to which city will send the largest delegation and which city will make the best showing in the industrial parade planned to be given during the meeting. Visiting delegates when they arrive here will be amazed at the progress made and the wealth possessed by these Oklahoma Negroes, and will marvel at their beautiful homes, and the beautiful streets of this and other Oklahoma cities. Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, national organizer of the Negro Business League, arrived in the city this week from a long and extensive Southern and Western trip. Mr. Tyler has a great deal to say about the progress of the colored business men and women in this country. He will spend the holidays with his family. Under American Guidance Is- land Has Greatly Improved. MANY NATIVES EDUCATED. Interest Shown In Agriculture, and Good Roads Are Constructed—Telegraph and Telephones Installed All Over the Island—Fruit Industry Grows—Schools Improved. Washington—Since Uncle Sam assumed charge there has been wonderful progress on the island of Porto Rico, notably in the dissipation of ignorance that prevailed under Spanish rule, giving place to modern intelligence through the education received in the American school, which has spread all over the new territory acquired by the United States. Commercially the island is one of the most prosperous sections of the world, and only more American capital and brains are awaited to bring millions more out of its soil resources. An extensive educational work is done by the museums throughout Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, large collections of exhibits being sent out to schools. To get material for the school exhibits and for the general exhibit in the buildings of the museums in West Philadelphia William L. Fisher was A. H. GOVERNOR YAGER OF PORTO RICO. sent to Porto Rico, and he brought home many things that will be placed in the school exhibits and a large quantity of new specimens that will be put on exhibition in the museums; also a great deal of material for lectures. More articles of growth that show the progress of the island are still to be shipped to the museums. All the specimens Mr. Fisher brought home and ordered shipped will do much to advertise the new section of Uncle Sam's domain, declared the museum's emissary. Where formerly the Spanish had ruled the island for what they could get out of it, taxing the people to the top limit and leaving them poor and ignorant. Uncle Sam has made the taxes much less, and all the people are better off, with good schools all over the island, in condition that followed the efforts of United States Commissioner of Education Martin G. Brumbaugh, the present superintendent of the Philadelphia schools. The schools are now all over the island. In the cities and country districts, and new buildings where the young may be instructed are being erected in every direction. When the United States government took charge of Porto Rico Spain transferred just one school building. In the country schools the teachers are 'natives, and in the city schools the superintendents and principals are Americans, with the majority of the teachers native, the latter having been taught at a good normal school at Rio Piedras. The instruction in the schools is in Spanish up to the fifth grade, with lessons in English. After that, the instruction is in English, with lessons in Spanish and other languages. In the lower grades the textbooks are in Spanish, and in the higher grades they are in English. Mr. Flsher stated that one great improvement in Porto Rico has been in road construction. Up to the time the island came into the possession of this country Spain had built only a military road across the island for the purpose of moving the army. It was found by Mr. Flsher that since 1898 the road building under Uncle Sam had progressed so rapidly that now there are over 1,000 miles of first class macadam roads in Porto Rico, opening up agricultural sections in all parts of the country. There are about 400 miles of railroad as against a few scattered pieces of railroad under Spanish rule, the present roads being connected up into a trunk line that extends about two-thirds the distance around the island. The telegraph and telephone have been installed practically all over the island. St. Louis Girl Wins Suit Against a "Beauty Specialist." St. Louis. A tiny photograph, smaller than a postage stamp, was the evidence upon which a jury in Circuit Judge Fisher's court based a verdict awarding Miss Edna Schonlaub, twenty years old, a judgment for $1,750 against Dr. James Taylor Pinkstaff, a "beauty specialist." Miss Schonlaub sued for $10,000 damages on the ground of having been disfigured by an operation on her nose. The picture was introduced to show how she looked before the operation and how her beauty had been marred. Her petition alleged, Dr. Pinkstaff agreed to correct a deformity in her nose for $25 and that in treating her he injected an excessive quantity of paraffin, causing the nose to swell and her eyeballs to become irritated. This, she alleged, permanently disfigured her. FINDS "DEAD" WIFE ALIVE. Man Identifies Aphasia Victim—Sees Plot In Illness. Newark, N. J.-Harold Garrison of Irvington, N. J., visited the City hospital and identified the young woman who was brought to the institution apparently an aphasia victim as his wife, Florence Garrison, twenty-four years old. Garrison said that he had been separated from his wife for two years. He heard that she was in an institution in Rhode Island and thought she was dead. He visited her sister in Brooklyn and learned otherwise. Garrison says he believes she was brought here and abandoned by her relatives. The woman was found at noon near Center market. She carried a card on which was written: "Please send this woman to the city dispensary." She can't talk." WITH BLANK MIND HE MYSTIFIES A COLLEGE Man Can Only Remember Three Events In His Life. Pullman, Wash.—The most remarkable case of lost identity ever brought to the attention of the instructors in psychology at the State college is that of a man about thirty-five years old, intelligent and of studious inclinations, who enrolled in the department lining at the e year. He gives Summerville, but lites have no p rue name. collection of his p bioted from his memory wi ceception of three items. Summerville says that he remembers clearly that his parents were drowned in the Galveston flood. Besides this, he has a faint remembrance of seeing Maude Adams, the actress, and of being a member of a surveying crew in central Washington some months ago. An examination of Summerville by the college professors in psychology shows that he has an acquaintance of surveying instruments, but that he is deficient in a knowledge of mathematics essential to the practical surveyor. He has proved an industrious student and spends much spare time in the college library reading works on history and science. He seems familiar with textbooks on botany and trigonometry. Summerville is tall and well built and speaks with a southern accent. He is paying his expenses at the college by day labor on the new college building. HAM BACK AFTER 54 YEARS. Civil War Soldier Repays Man Who Assuaged His Hunger. Rahway, N. J.-Thompson Thorne was surprised to find a bag of potatoes at his back door. In turning the bag over to look for an address he discovered a fifteen pound ham. Under the ham was a note which read: "This is returned to you in honor of the fifty-fourth anniversary since you gave a ham and potatoes to an old hungry soldier at Valley Springs, Va., during the late rebellion." Mr. Thorne in talking of the affair said he was the commissary sergeant at Valley Springs. He recalls the circumstances, but never knew who received the bag of potatoes and the ham. The potatoes and ham had been purchased at a local grocery by a stranger, who refused to give his name or address to the merchant. FARMERS' WIVES BLAMED. High Prices of Eggs Laid to Poor Methods of Handling. Atlantic City, N. J.-In discussing at their annual convention here the high prices of eggs members of the American Warehousemen's association placed some of the blame at the door of farmers' wives, who mostly have charge of the poultry. It was declared that many wives of the farmers do not know the proper method of handling eggs and do not realize the necessity of promptly gathering and shipping them. According to reports made by representatives of forty-five of the largest warehouses in the country, there was a shortage of 340,000,000 eggs on the 1st of December. --- BROOKLYN TABERNACLE BIBLE-STUDY ON "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Becompton Son, that whoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." THE closing of the year is propterly considered an opportune time for balancing books, carrying forward profit and loss, and determining for the future. We may safely say, however, that no human soul can strike a thoroughly satisfactory balance of accounts unless Jesus has been partner and counsellor. And every one finding himself perplexed and discouraged, we would have know how to begin the new year right by order. aright, by entering into covenant relationship with the Redsemer, who declares, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden; and I will give you rest." DEVILS Today's Study is, full of helpful instructions. The very first lesson is that "God so would the world." very first lesson Creedal Image of God is that "God so loved the world." The difficulty in the past has been that we have not emphasized the Love of God. How could we, when our eyes of understanding were mlsdirected by our creeds away from the God of the Bible to a creedal image picturing the Heavenly Father in most Satanic colors—more loveless than any demon we can possibly imagine. But while we have gotten away from "the doctrines of demons" as St. Paul calls them (1 Timothy 4:1), Christendom still holds up those horribly slanderous creeds before the world, hindering them from getting even a glimpse of "the Love of God, which passeth understanding," and giving them. Instead, terrible misrepresentations of Divine injustice. But God's people are awakening to the Truth, and gradually gaining courage to assert it. We are now met with the difficulty that the world has so thoroughly believed our blasphemy of the Divine character that they can scarcely believe the gracious Message of the Bible—the Message of Divine Love. Our text illustrates our former blindness. It does not say, as once we supposed, that God gave His Son to save us from eternal torture. Quite to the contrary, it declares that His mission was to save from perishing. When brute beasts die, they perish. God has made no provision for their resurrece- if you openly to see the grace of God. Thus we read, "As all in Adam die, even so all in Christ shall be made alive." "Since by man came death, by a man also [Christ Jesus] comes the resurrection of the dead"—"every man in his own order." "The Better Resurrection." The chief resurrection to glory, honor and immortality is only for those called during this Gospel Age, who lay aside every weight and run the race with patience. These saintly ones will constitute the Royal Priesthood, who with Jesus as Royal Chief Priest, will bless the world, resurrecting mankind from sin and death conditions, during His Messianic Reign. The Divine Plan is purposely so arranged that none can obtain everlasting life except through personal rea- tionship to Christ, the Redeemer, and faith in His redeeming blood and obedience to His counsels. This being true, the heathen are yet unsaved. None living before Jesus came into the world are saved. The great mass of GOD'S BLESSINGS THROUGH CHRIST WORLD-WIDE thought to Christ, the Redeemer, and faith in His deeming blood and obedience to His counsels. This being true, the hea- then are yet un- saved. None living before Jesus came into the world are saved. The great mass of "Testified in Due Time," our friends and neighbors, one of neighbors, ye; or our own families, are still unsaved; for they have not come into vital relationship with the Savior. "He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son shall not see life." "Testified In Due Time." St. Paul, commenting upon the fact that Jesus died a Ransom-price for all, declares that this will be testified in due time. (1 Timothy 2:5, 6) God's due time for the testimony to reach the world "evidently has not yet arrived. The testimony began when Jesus "brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel." "So great salvation began to be spoken by our Lord."-Hebrews 2:3. God has permitted this blindness, but declares that under the blessed influences of the Kingdom the true light shall shine everywhere. What a blessed vista this opens before us on behalf of the poor world! We thus see that God has special grace and blessing for His faithful Church, the salants, and we also perceive that He has a blessing for the world, although a different blessing from that provided for the Church. The latter are to have life on the 'Divine plane, sharers of the glory, honor and immortality of the Master, while the world, by faith and obedience during the Messianic Kingdom, may reattain earthly life and perfection, lost by Adam, but redeemed by Jesus at Calvary. GOD OUR PATTERN IN GIVING GIFTS THE BIRTH AT BETHLEHEM. The Greatest Gift of God to Men—The Pleasure of Giving—God the Great Exemplar—He Giveth All Things Richly to Be Enjoyed—Every Good and Every Perfect Gift—Gifts to Angels—Gifts to Men—Gifts to the Saints—Gifts to Sinners—All Should Imitate Him—Precious Gifts Which All May Lavishly Bestow. PASTOR RUSSELL Louisville, Ky. December 21. Of the two discourses which Pastor Russell gave, here today we are reporting the one from the text, "Every good and every perfect gift is from Above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, in whom is no varia- bleness nor shadow of turning." (James 1:17). He said: Christmas is a delightful season in many respects. Admitting the claim that it is the date of the Annunciation, and that our Lord's birth was nine months later, in October, it matters not. It is a delightful custom that draws the attention of the whole world to the birth of Bethlehem, and memorializes to men the great Gift of God on our behalf. We rejoice in it, even though the Higher Critics have wrought such destruction of faith in Christendom that to many the day and the events it commemorates have lost their meaning. The custom of giving little tokens of remembrance and esteem is still a blessing in the world. To the extent that we enter into it heartily, we are exercising a godlike quality. God is the great Gliver, from whom cometh every good gift and every perfect gift. Some of God's Gifts. Let us begin with some of the common things that God has given all men richly to enjoy. How delightfully adapted to our needs is the air we it carries life and reour lungs and to every lies! Think of the great refreshing, exhilaration necessity to our habe. Take the sunshine grandeur in which it th, and the life and imparts—not only to our bodies and minds, but to all nature. Even in the matter of colors God is gracious to us. The predominating colors are well adapted to our sight, and restful to the eye. The variegated colors of the flowers brighten the landscape, refreshing and pleasing us. Not only so, but the infinite variety of these flowers in size and shape is wonderful. Even the storm clouds are beautiful. The Creator, who gave us the organs 'appreciative of shape, beauty and color, provided us also gratification of these senses. Additionally, He gave us the sense of smell, and then provided in all nature wonderful varieties of odors to gratify us. Do not all these gifts come from the Father of Mercles? Time would fall us to examine these common blessings which God has given all men richly to enjoy—not only His consecrated saints, but every creature. We can readily see that a grand provision was made for the race in its original perfection. All these things are blessings to mankind, notwithstanding our fallen condition, notwithstanding our weaknesses of mind and body which hinder us from proper conception, appreciation and use of these. When we remember that the sick, lose their appetite and fall in all their powers of appreciation, and when we remember that our entire race is sin-sick, we may well wonder how much more a perfect man might have enjoyed the various blessings which are still precious to us. Richly to Enjoy. God has given gifts. They are on every hand, and may be richly enjoyed or not richly enjoyed. But as the majority of people swallow their food without richly enjoying its flavor, so the majority receive and use God's favors in a stupid, unappreciative manner, and do not richly enjoy—indeed are unconscious of the blessings that they have. What is the matter? The reply of the Bible is that they have the wrong spirit. But where did they get the wrong spirit? The Bible answers that sin vilifies every, good quality of mind and of body. The world, through deprravity, through losing its relationship with God, has lost the sense of appreciation of many of God's gifts. Mankind have them, and use them, but do not enjoy them. Consequently they are unhappy, unholy, unthankful. Alas, poor world! It is rushing madly hither and thither, seeking pleasure, seeking joy, seeking happiness, but finding discontent, disappointment. Only one class of people are really able to highly enjoy Heaven's gifts. These have passed through a certain mental experience which is for them transforming all of life's affairs. They have caught a glimpse of the Almighty. Father, and have learned that all these gifts and blessings of nature are of His Wisdom and His beatowing. More than this, before their eyes were opened to see deeply and clearly, their hearts were regenerated. They had given their hearts to the Lord, and He had given them new hearts. With these new hearts, new minds, transformed wills, old things have become new. They open their eyes upon the world and the fulness thereof; and recognizing the relationship between these and the Heavenly Father, their hearts are warmed and enlightened. The spirit of love and appreciation is shed abroad. God's Unspeakable Gift. The Apostle exclaimed. "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift!" He refers to the Gift of God's dear Son to be man's deedemer—to pay the price, the penalty, of sin—the death penalty on our behalf. Ah, yes! that is an unspeakable Gift, far beyond anything that could be asked or imagined. The death sentence passed upon Adam by the Supreme Court of the Universe could not be revoked, and that sentence included all of his posterity; for we were flesh of his flesh, bone of his bone. If an unblemished human life could be substituted for his, the majesty of the Divine. Law could stand, and he and all of his race might be granted a fresh trial for life everlasting or death everlasting. But no such perfect man was in the world. And had there been such a one, who knows that he would have been willing to sacrifice his life for a race? The will of the Redeemer was not ignored. He was not sacrificed. On the contrary, the Scriptures make very clear that the Father presented His Plan for the approval of the Son, and attached to the proposition exceeding great and precious promises, and that the Son willingly and joyfully co-operated in the Plan. As we read, "For the joy that was set before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame, and is [now, as a reward] set down at the right hand of the Throne of God"—awaiting the still further glories and honors of His Millennial Kingdom and of eternity. Gifts to the Church. God's time has not yet come for giving the gifts of the Redeemer's sacrifice to the world. The distribution to the world of mankind of those blessings is held in abeyance, waiting for the glorious Thousand-Year Day—earth's Jubilee. Meantime God has been preparing for a special class of humanity other gifts, the richness and value of which "eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man." God has a right to give different gifts to His different creatures. He has given to the angels the gifts, blessings, which cause their everlasting happiness; and now He is selecting from amongst men by various trials, tests, a very special class—a saintly class, of all nations and denominations. While He calls all perfect intelligent beings (angelic and human) "sons of God," He purposes that the saintly ones now being selected shall be His sons on a still higher plane, to which Jesus has been exalted as a reward for His obedience—"far above angels, principalities and powers and every name that's named." To such of these as respond to the drawings and leadings and tests, God is giving special gifts at the present time—not earthly gifts, tangible and seen of men, but spiritual gifts—new hearts of appreciation, new eyes of understanding, new ears of comprehension, new powers of spiritual enjoyment. To them "old things are passed away, and all things have become new."-2 Corinthians 5:17. The Most Helpful Gifts. Give without hoping for gifts in return—every gift at this season should be a love token. We value the gift not so much for its monetary worth as because of the love and fellowship of which it is a reminder. It is eminently proper that friends and parents should prepare gifts for others in secret, and keep them until the opportunity time for presentation. In all this they are merely copying the Heavenly Father, who is thus preparing for the world the wonderful gifts of the Messianic Kingdom, described as a "feast of fat thinners for all people." But there are other gifts which should not be kept back merely for Christmas time. Each one, and especially each Christian, should every day shed forth on life's pathway gifts and blessings that would bring joy, cheer, to many hearts—the kindly word, the nod of recognition, especially to one in less favored circumstances, the kindly look, the word or act of sympathy. Oh, how much these gifts mean to the poor world, whom the Apostle Paul describes as the grouning creation! Many of them have little that they know how to enjoy in the present life, and no prospect beyond. How blank such lives! What a godly pleasure comes from casting upon them an occasional ray of sunshine! At times financial help may be appropriate in proportion to our ability. At times counsel and friendship and sympathy would be of more value than money. What we all need is to be more and more filled with the Spirit of our Father in Heaven—the Spirit of our Savior—the Spirit of love, joy, peace. This Spirit, like radium, is continually giving off, yet never lacking in quality. God is the abundant supply. He who thus loves and gives is continually a recipient from God more abundantly; and his treasure store of joy and pleasure is an ever-increasing one, regardless of what his outward circumstances and conditions may be. "Gave Gifts Unto Men." "Gave Gifts Unto Men." Writing to the Ephesians (4:5). St. Paul notes gifts specially bestowed upon the Church—of the Father, by the Son. He says, "When He [Christ] ascended up on High, He led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men." More literally it reads, "He led forth a multitude of captives, bestowing gifts unto men." The Apostle quotes from the Psalms a poetic description representing Jesus as a great Conqueror who had vanquished the enemy and was returning home with the spoils. The enemy is Sin and Death. Jesus by His sacrifice gained the victory and the right to control the millions of Adam's race who were in bondage to Sin and Death. He had humbled Himself, had become a man, had given His life a Ransom for all, had been raised from the dead by the power of the Father, and had then ascended a conquering Hero, welcomed by the Father and acclaimed by the angelic hosts. The multitude of captives in His train have not yet come into sight—merely the vanguard, the Church. And the Church will not be fully delivered until all of its members shall have been changed to glory, honor and immortality beyond the vell, as sharers in the First Resurrection. Soon the Heavenly portion of the delivered captive will have followed the Leader into the presence of the Father. Then for a thousand years the other captives will be following on. As S Paul declares, it will be "every man in his own oppler" or company, or reiment. The ranks will ultimately include the entire race of Adam ar himself. All those willing to be forth from captivity will attain again the full liberty of the sons of God, lost through Adam's disobedience, and the right to recovery of the same—redeemed for them at Calvary. But the Apostle mentions the triumphal entry of Jesus into Heaven itself merely as an incidental, prefacing his statement that our Lord immediately began to give gifts to men. The first gifts, bestowed at Pentecost, were to the Church. Indeed, all of Jesus' gifts thus far have been to His followers. The prophecy from which the Apostle quotes takes in the world, however, declaring that the gifts are "for the rebellious also." -Psalm 68:18. . Jesus' Gifts to the Church. Jesus' Gifts to the Church. St. Paul, continuing, tells us the special gifts bestowed by Jesus upon His Church: "And He gave some Apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers." Jesus tells us about some false apostles. We can readily suppose that there have crept into the Church also false teachers, false pastors, associating godliness with gain, as the Apostle explains. All the same we are to have in mind that there are true Apostles, prophets, pastors, and teachers appointed by the Redeemer as His special gifts to the Church, as His special representatives in the Church, for their guidance and blessing. We further read of the object and purpose of these gifts: they were "for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect Man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." Only in proportion as Apostles, prophets, pastors and teachers fulfill this mission are they really the Lord's gifts to His Church. Consider that these were not appointed for the world, but for the saints—and not merely to start them in the way of saintship, but especially to perfect them as saints. And this perfecting of the saints is not merely an instruction of them in knowledge, nor merely the bringing of them to an appreciation of the joys and the peace of the Lord, but a preparation of them for the work of ministry—the work of service. All the saints are to be servants, even as the Lord Jesus, the greatest Saint, was Servant of all. Whoever does not learn to be a servant of God, a servant of righteousness, a servant of the brethren, will not have learned the lessons necessary for a share in the Kingdom. Besides, the Kingdom itself will be a service to mankind for human uplift, and only those who have come to an appreciation of the privileges of service in the present conditions will be granted a share with the Lord in the more glorious service of the future. The edifying of the Body of Christ, in modern language, means the upbuilding, the strengthening, the development of the Church, which is the Body of Christ. Not merely with sinners and with the heathen, therefore, are the pastors and teachers to be engaged, but chiefly with the Church, edifying it, strengthening it, educating it, with the knowledge of God, and building it up in all the fruits and graces of the Spirit. The Apostles, prophets, pastors and teachers who are the Lord's gifts to the Church will be found doing this work, whatever may be said of others. How Long It Will Last. Their work will not be finished until the Church completed shall have entered into glory. This is the Apostle's statement. "Till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect Man." The perfect Man signifies the glorious, complete Christ, of which Jesus is the Head and of which every member of the Church is a part. 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New York.-It costs just 39 cents to distribute a dollar's worth of food in this city. The bureau of food supply of the New York Association For Improving the Condition of the Poor has been conducting a cost of living inquiry and has made public a report showing that 61 cents represents the cost of food on its arrival at the terminal markets here, while the rest of the consumer's dollar is divided between wholesaler and retailer in the process of getting the food to the consumer's kitchen. "Every consumer." Bailey B. Burett, who directed the inquiry, said, "is amazed at the constantly diminishing quantity of food that his dollar brings to him, and every producer is equally amazed at the small proportion of the consumer's dollar that finds its way into his pocket." The remedy, the report asserts, is a reorganization of the food distribution system based on the result of careful experiments with the economic efficiency of various methods of retail distribution. These experiments, it is set forth, should be made by a group of individuals with no thought of profit. Cow In Woman's Lap. London.-C. Sims of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, met with a remarkable accident while motorcycling in South Lincolnshire with Mrs. Sims in his side car. A cow moved across the road in front of the motorcycle and was taken up in the side car, where it reposed on Mrs. Sims' lap. The cow gave Mrs. Sims a somewhat violent "kiss" on the cheek, which, it is stated, "left a headache." The extra weight then tipped up the side car, and the cow slipped off its seat. Secretary Lane Pushes Grusade In Oklahoma. TO MAKE COMPLETE INQUIRY Some Lawyers and Guardians Have Already Been Indicted For Embarking Estate Funds—Commissioner Sella Aiding In Probe—Cheating of Children a Disgrace, He Says. Washington—Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, and his director of the bureau of Indian affairs, Cato Sells, have launched a vigorous campaign against prominent persons in Oklahoma who, it is alleged, have been robbing the minor Indians of the five civilized tribes out of their birthrights. "I am determined that the Indian minors in Oklahoma shall have better protection," said Secretary Lane. "Their property rights must be safe-guarded. "They are on an average the richest children in the United States and have less protection for their property rights than the children of any other state. It is estimated that, while the approximate cost is 3 per cent to settle a white minor's estate, the expense of administering the estate of an Indian minor is at least 20 per cent. Guardian fees, attorney fees and other expenses make up this charge. In many cases gross misappropriation of funds has been found. "Where there has been misappropriation of funds there will be prosecutions." The tribal attorneys of the Five Civilized Tribes have been directed to act at once on cases of alleged frauds: One tribal attorney wired as follows to Secretary Lane: "Began presenting evidence to grand jury on indictments in matters affecting management of Greek minors' estates. Grand-jury just returned true bills against two prominent business men for embezzlement one prominent © 1913, by American Press Association. attorney for embezzlement, another prominent attorney for obtaining money under false pretenses and against guardians in other cases." Later telegrams told of the indictment of two attorneys on a charge of embezzling funds of Creek minors in their hands as guardians. The indictment for embezzlement in cases of two other guardians, the indictment of three leading attorneys charged with practicing deceit upon the court in obtaining approval of exorbitant allowances as attorneys' fees and an indictment against the guardian and former district court clerk for embezzlement of Creek minors' funds. The situation in Oklahoma, Mr. Sells says, is a disgrace to the nation. In forty counties, he says, there are from 800 to 1,500 probate cases pending, and 85 per cent of these involve Indians. It costs seven times as much to settle an Indian minor's estate as it does the estate of a white child. It is charged by Secretary Lane and Mr. Sells that guardians for the Indian minors are almost universally appointed without regard to fitness or responsibility. the purpose being to benefit some other person who would rob the minor. Bonds have been made in many cases without regard to the sovery of the bondman. Mr. Sells declared that in many cases no actual reports have been made by those settling estates, and on final settlement the minors found themselves without property. In numbers of instances guardians absconded and bondsmen were Insolvent, leaving the minors destitute, charges upon the public. This sort of thing has gone on so long, explained Mr. Sells, that there seems to be a common understanding that the property of an Indian minor is common prey. The blame for this state of affairs has not been definitely fixed. The judges of the courts have been handicapped by the enormous amount of probate work and could not give the attention to the matter of minors' estates that it deserved. Mr. Sells has instructed the tribal attorneys to pay attention not only to the tribal affairs, but the individual troubles of the Indians. Assistants will be given to tribal attorneys so that there will be no lack of counsel. The investigation will extend to every probate case. A list of all the cases handled and a history of such case are being prepared. THE BEE Published at 1109 Eye St. N. W., Washington. D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance... $2.00 Six months ... 1.00 Three months ... 5.00 Subscription monthly ... 20 Published VALE. 1013. Now that the old year is about to pass, we may expect to hear and read of all sorts of "good resolutions, embracing every phase of human activity and assuring universal regeneration. Utilitarians, theorists, star-gazers, the good, bad and indifferent are preparing for a "new life," so to speak. But, while the multiplied resolutions evidently indicate good intentions, in the main, and constitute gratifying evidence of exalted idealism, they do not possess any very practical value, as measures of the power or likelihood of really "doing things." It were far better to forego the custom of making-resolutions and to exercise a fixedness of purpose and an indomitable will to meet the exigencies of the future directed by such lights as shall be at our disposal. Were, this done much mental and moral energy and humiliation would be saved, to the advantage of ourselves hose about us. Indeed, the of following a custom bein a very large measure, the of mere formalism, hypocond self-abasement; it weakhe character and encourages sting and oftimes dangerous nischievous fogyism. What, instance, is the use of "reso- about the intemperate intelligence in strong drink? To say that it is customary at certain times to do so, is no strong argument against intemperance; on the contrary, it is an argument in its favor, otherwise the custom must necessarily become absolute, and another iconoclastic outrage is perpetrated. If intemperance is wrong for the individual and for society in general, and it is really desirable to effect its prevention, then action, individual and social, should be administrative without regard to the custom of merely resolving to do so. Just simply quit drinking and begin, instanter, to induce others to do likewise; not in the spirit of the Pharisee, but in that of brotherly love and for social and individual betterment. The propaganda of temperance would succeed far better if condemned in this spirit rather than in that of self-righteousness and self-asserted superiority. The same reasoning applies to individual conduct with reference to civic reformation and social service, to the advancement of popular education and to all the multifarious instrumentalities which make for individual and social purity, happiness and patriotism. Action, immediate, determined, persistent and united, is the sine qua non—there is no use and no time for resolving and following a blind and foolish custom. When we come to consider the many urgent needs now facing the race and imperatively demanding individual and social concerted action for their obtainment, the folly of following a mere custom of "resolving" is at once apparent The eradication of religious fanaticism and bigotry, the securement of our political rights, the protection of our property from practical confiscation or destruction by the application of the hellish expedient of segregation, sanitary improvement, race-respect, race-solidarity and intelligent cooperation, looking toward race recognition, business power and influence, the selection of wise race leadership, call loudly for a less resolving and more immediate and united, vigorous and intelligent action. Let our best men and women talk less and do more. Let the erstwhile "kitchen cabinet" be transformed into a wise council, characterified by less cloture and more representative character, by more manliness and less crooking of the "prugnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning." Let our women talk more about home culture, social service and child development than about woman suffrage; and let them act accordingly. Let religious purity and religious truth be exemplified in practical every day-life, rather than in a useless and demoralizing and unchristlike wrangle about matters of mere denominationalism. Let us all endeavor to "do unto others as we would wish to be done by," to put our shoulders to the plow, to do, to do, to do, instead of to resolve, resolve, and keep on resolving. Finally, let all who are able to pay foc it, subscribe to The Bee and pay their subscription promptly, to the end that it may increase in power and influence as a medium of the latest, most reliable and fullest news affecting the world at large and the colored race in this country and an effective champion and -bold spokesman of those important interests which lie closest to the race and which are best calculated to advance it in power, prestige, purity and public esteem. By all means, begin at once to do things and do not wait until the usual "resolution day." Do it now. But "Deliberate with Caution, but act with Decision and yield with Graciousness, or oppose with Firmness." A TRICK EXAMINATION. November 17th Dr. Wm. M. Davidson caused to be published in the daily press, The Bee included, the following notice: In compliance with this notice a number of young ladies, many of whom are graduates of our Normal and High School, and one in particular a graduate of the Normal School and a graduate in domestic science. After they had sent their papers to the secretary of the Examining Committee, Mr. Glenn, they received a letter from him-to the effect that they were not qualified to enter, the examination, under section or rule B, some kind of a subterfuge recently promulgated by the examining committee, in violation of law and customs. The reason that such a rule or order should be enacted just at this time will be known at the proper time, or when the Board of Education orders an investigation. There is no law enacted by Congress or no order passed by the Board of Education that would give Dr. Davidson and his examining committee any authority to prevent applicants from entering an examination. It will be seen by the published notice in the foregoing that no restriction is made, and neither does the notice state that any qualification is necessary to enter this examination. Indeed, so drastic was the verbal reply of Mr. Glenn to one of the applicants, that the young lady cried. This particular young lady as will be seen, received this letter from Mr Glenn, as well as having been scornfully informed that she could not enter the examination: Letter. Now this young lady is teaching domestic art, and even graduated from the school of domestic science, yet she was informed that she could not enter the examination because she was not qualified. Yet, an investigation will show that others were permitted to enter the examination who have not had one-half the experience and practice that this young lady had. An investigation will show that the law has given no such authority to the superintendent to bar any one from taking the examination. It is an injustice to the young women who have graduated from our schools. If the Board of Education refuses to right this wrong and injustice, an appeal will be made to Congress. Those who were rejected, to a great extent, are the children of poor parents, and in many instances orphans. The Bee is credibly informed that the president of the Board of Education assured one of the rejected applicants that he would see that fair play was accorded her. The Bee is confident President Blair and many others of the Board of Education will not sanction this so-called examining committee. Where does this committee get its authority? Let justice be done and let the chips fall where they may. We are told that it is the object of the committee to raise the standard. Is the standard raised when some applicants were permitted to enter who have failed in other schools as teachers? Conditions got so warm in Miss Jones' case, and the excuse for her rejection so flimsy, she was notified Sunday evening that she could enter the examination. If Miss Jones was not qualified December 16, as will be seen by Mr. Glenn's letter, what qualified her Sunday night, December, 21? Mr. Glenn, explain! Will the Board of Education investigate and ascertain the cause? The Bee knows, and will explain before the committee or the entire Board of Education. In the case of Miss Le Brandt, it is more diabolical and glaring, and when the public is made aware of this examination it will ask that immediate change be made, and some one will have to send in his resignation. The records will how that Miss Le Brandt is the mother domestic science teacher in the colored public schools, and that she has had more experience than the entire examining board that promulgated such rules. The end is not yet, because the people must be informed. IS RACE PRIDE DEAD? Is there any race pride among the colored people in this city? Is there any sincerity in what they say? Are not many of them sailing under false colors? If not, why is it that they don't support their own institutions? They don't want to be buried by their own undertaker, when we have dozens of them in this city, such as the James Brothers, James H. Winslow and others. No, they prefer a white undertaker and they believe in paying them any price they charge. We have first-class drug stores where our wives and daughters may go without being insulted. Such places as Dr. J. W. Morse, Dr. W. L. Smith, in LeDroit Park, Dr. Murray, in South Washington, and others. No, many of us would rather attempt to go in a white drug store where you will be charged 25 cents for a glass of soda. We have our shoe store in the person of Mr. Ware. He has shoes that will equal or surpass any in the city. But, no, we prefer to go to a white shoe store where the clerks will tell you to walk back, or be seated in a rear seat or a seat in the back. Some colored people are more happy when they are patronizing "Jim Crow" institutions. Now, we are going to have another high-class theater where high class and classic plays will be introduced. The Bee feels confident that there will be a few colored people who would rather stand in line upon the pavements to wait their turn to purchase a ticket for the gallery and then to be "Jim Crowed" in the pit. KNOCKERS. We have lots of knockers in this city. We have the political as well as the social knocker. The political knocker is nothing more than a liar. He will betray a friend as readily as he would an enemy. This class of knockers may be found among the men who want to appear as the confidential associate of a real friend. The party to whom he does the knocking has but little confidence in him. He is aware that the knocker is after something What he is after will soon develop if he is permitted to talk long enough. The social knocker is the person who is immorally guilty himself. He lives in open adultery with others, and attempts to degrade others against whom they know nothing. The social knocker is a most dangerous element to society Many an innocent woman is misrepresented by her female acquaintance. This class will knock another female to enable her to hide her own rascality. Always watch the woman who abuses another woman. Investigate her pedigree and you will find out that the light of day dare not shine in her face. This so called social element in any community will more or less attempt to degrade the virtuous. It is only the guilty who pretend to know so much about another. There are women in this community who have been the consorts of men for years, and yet these self-same women would have the world to believe that they live virtuous lives, but their female acquaintance who are honest and reputable should not tolerate them in society. These social vampires always have something uncomplimentary to say of others whose lives are above suspicion. The advice of The Bee is let the social and political knocker alone, because they will die nat- Secretary of State Bryan is a good diplomat when he is dealing with colored Democrats. The vocational school parents' meeting held last week was a great success. The new Majestic Theater, under the auspice of Mr. Frank Brown, will open Monday, January 5th. Don't fail to attend. High class actors. It is unnecessary to be disturbed about a barking dog. He will bark out his own lungs if you will give him a little time. The national organizer of the Negro Business League, Mr. Taylor, is doing great work for his organization. A better man could not have been found. The Bee has no apologizes to offer for what it does. It is the do-nothing person who should apologize. VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. Parents' Meeting—Mr. Bruce, Dr. Childs, and Marshall Speak—Object of Trade Schools—Their Value to the Community. Dr. Creed W. Childs, Dr. C. H. Marshall, of the Board of Education, and Assistant Superintendent Thurston of the white schools and Assistant Superintendent Bruce of the colored schools were the principal speakers at the first parents' meeting of the O Street Vocational School. Mr. Bruce in his eloquent manner stated that the vocational school does not exist for the mentally weak, the incoerrigible, or those who have insufficient academic training, but that the institution exists for the persons who are anxious to learn a given trade in order to meet the present-day demands of this and other communities. The trade school, he said, is supplying a long-felt want in this city in the way of training students to be able to find good employment and to keep it. Speaking further, he said that, although the course is one which is completed in two years, it is not a short-time school, but an institution which considers that those students who enter are sufficiently advanced and have special aptitudes for the particular trade which is desired. The trade school, he said, trains for actual living, for the present-day life. Dr. Childs emphasized the advantages of vocational schools and said that all of the race cannot be professional men and women, and, too, the professional fields are somewhat crowded. The vocational schools, he said, give a training which cannot be duplicated in institutions giving education for the commercial world. In speaking of the vocational school, Dr. Marshall paid tribute to the success which the principal and teachers have already made in the work of the building. To learn to do one thing well, is the purpose of trade schools, he said. Continuing, Dr. Marshall stated that the race wants to get away from the idea of attempting to do a number of things none of which are well done. Assistant Superintendent Thurston stated that he was glad of the opportunity of saying a word to the parents of pupils of the school because he felt that such meetings as was held that evening were of paramount importance in bringing pupils, teachers, parents and high school officials into a closer and a better understanding of the needs of the child and the possibilities of the school. W. Calvin Chase, Jr., teacher of printing at the O Street school, rendered in his excellent style a cornet solo entitled "Columbia." He was accompanied by Miss Erma Russell, a pupil of the school. After the meeting, those present inspected the exhibition of the work of the department of sewing under Miss Ida Washington, the department of dressmaking under Mrs. E. D. Burrell, the department of millinery under Mrs. F. P. Clark, the department of carpentry under W. N. Buckner, Jr., and the department of printing under W. Calvin Chase. Jr. J. Moria Saunders, principal of the school, presided over the meeting in a dignified manner. His opening was concise and logical. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL The Baptist Sunday School Union of the District of Columbia will hold a meeting Sunday, December 28, at 3 o'clock p. m. Rev. Wm. A. Taylor is the pastor. Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C. will deliver one of his famous addresses entitled "The Uplift Force of the World." Every Baptist Sunday School in the District of Columbia will be represented. Go to Phillips' Pharmacy for pure drugs, toilet articles and everything to be had in the drug line. Phone us and we will send for and deliver your medicine free of charge. Phone. M. 3013. Public Men And Things (By the Sage of the Potomac) Well, that Thomas testimonial was pulled off just as advertised. Your Uncle Calvin Chase, who conceived the idea, put it over without a curve. Old Man Eloquence Weatherless speechified just like 'old Patrick Henry used to do the stunt back in the days when the English red coats use to chase continentals around. And that Georgia Peach, Hershaw, was right there. It was a gilt-edged affair. Little Andy Thomas just smiled all over. He felt bigger than old Patsy Flinn when he hit the horse hide for four bases with two out and the bases full. R Wordy Thompson, who has been knocking the affair and said it would never come to pass; is now realizing for the 606th time that a little pebble can't never dam up an ocean current. And its been handed him straight that he don't own and can't run the little teekwood impressario who presides over Howard Theatre. William Calvin said it would, and R Wordy, all puffed up with oxygen, said it wouldn't. Chase put all the balls in the pocket, and the atmosphere man, alias R. Wordy, took the count. But getting back to that testimonial, it just shows that the little six-column; eight-page affair what does business down at 1109 Eye Street Northwest has got just as much "pep" and influence as it had when Calvin used to show. his histrionic ability by wearing the patience of the public with Othelo. But as Schley once remarked, "There's honor enough to go around." Everybody who played in the game, whether on the infield or out, in the outfield, is entitled to some of the credit coming from the success of the Thomas testimonial. It was a corker, and don't let me forget it. And before closing, let me add that Armond W. Scott uncorked a fine brand of eloquence when he presented the cup. Armond ran up into the clouds, hustled around the streets of Paradise, and then parachuted back to earth in eloquent time. \* \* I was talking to a bunch of Villardites Sunday, and they fell to discussing "Jeems" Waters' dissection of that phony edition of an editor who runs the New York Age—Fred Moore, one-time subterranean custodian of certain articles of furniture in a New York bank. The verdict was that "Jeems" Waters had smeared it all over Fredy—and I guess he did. The Age used to be a sort of Bible around Washington, but it's hard to give it away now, and if Fred continues to pull off a few more queer freaks like that stuff he published, for which "Jeems" Waters smothered him, there won't be much left of a once fine opening for a real editor. The Villardites have put Fredy Moore on the gridiron and are roasting him to a brown. And this just reminds 'me that Judge Terrell once suggested that ignorance is a mighty handy thing with which to wreck hope. Now, if Fred would only enter the primary department of a school of journalism for a week, there,might not be no need of the foolkiller to do business. You just can't run a newspaper and run the universe too without running amuck. Whenever you say anything against Villard you just sure will hear "Jeems" Waters' cry-out in the wilderness—"get a hook." UNCLE U. S. SANTA CLAUS. While you're passing Christmas presents so promiscuously, Please remember, Uncle U. S., that all people are not free; Quite ten million faithful black folks are being treated quite unjust, It does seem, dear Uncle U. S., that you have betrayed-your trust. While the Christmas bells are ringing out so merrily, Uncle Samuel, let that old bell ring again sweet liberty; Let her ring in tones of thunder, North and South and East and West. Until Right and Truth and Justice thrill the heart of every breast. As your children, Uncle Samuel, we have rights you see; Lincoln truly said this "nation cannot live half free." We demand that "Social Justice" others prate about. And we humbly ask the reason why we were left out. While the Christmas bells are ringing out so long and loud, Civil rights and social justice hide behind a cloud; Prejudice and Jim crowism, vultures from the South, Seek to ROB the Government's Black Folks' FOOD OUT of their mouth. While the Christmas chimes are chiming good will toward men, We are ignored at the White House, both by word and pen; Peace and good will to all people from the White House seems to mean That the black folks of this country are not counted in the scheme. While the Christmas bells are ringing, hear us, Lord, we pray! Let the hearts of those that hate us soften day by day; Grant that eeer Christmas chimes forth merrily That all nations and All People shall be Wholly Free. JAMES CONWAY JACKSON. PEACE, GOOD WILL TO ALL (?) "Get Together" Is the Slogan. Mr. Editor: It has been some time since I have essayed to send in my little mite to The Bee (I feel that The Defense would be more appropriate just now, for The Bee has been kept so busy defending our race, under the present administration, that it has not had time to do much stinging.) As I was saying, I have been si- lent for some time, and they tell me that "silence is golden." But there are times, Mr. Editor, when silence is criminal. And at this time, when the Vardamans and Bleases, and even citizen associations, are preaching segregation, jim crowism and race discrimination against us, it is the duty of not only our leaders (?) (I use the term leaders advisedly), but the very humblest should speak out so that the world may know that we, as a race, feel and feel deeply the unjust and humiliating criticisms that are being heaped upon us by those who claim to be our best friends, and thus under the guise of friendship seek to hide their hatred, jealousy and fear, and at the same time to reduce us to a state of serfdom, far more humiliating to us than the bodily slavery was to our mothers and fathers, because they had not tasted the fruit of real freedom. But. I started speaking of "Good will to all" (?). Why not the question mark? I remember seeing a brilliantly lighted sign not long ago with the words in flaming letters, "All are welcome." The brilliantly lighted grounds were crowded with men, women and children (white). A little colored girl who had some little friends on the inside, who were her daily playmates (not knowing any better), started to go through the gate, but the gate-keeper stopped her, saying roughly, "You can't come in here!" Nothing unusual, but it goes to show that in many things the "all" does not include Negroes. Good will to all (2). Step into the various departments of the U. S. Government, if you please, and see the colored clerks being parceled to themselves like a lot of goats, shut out of the lunch rooms and being ordered to use separate laboratories as if they were unclean lepers, and I think that even the most cheerful optimist will admit that the "good will to all" proposition is not working overtime in some of the Government Departments. Good will to all (?). If you have been reading the local dailies you may have noticed that the various citizen associations have been discussing segregation, jim crowism, race discrimination in a vein that showed very little good will to the colored folks of this community. And I want to say right here that we cannot be too grateful for being so fortunate as to be able to count among our friends such noble-hearted defenders of human rights and "social justice" as the Northeast Citizens' Association has proved to be. Messrs. Roscoe Jennings, Julian Pierce, Thomas and Dr. Starr Parsons voiced the true good will to all men they did not preach or moralize, but they came nearer voicing the spirit of the angels' song that 'first Christmas morning than thousands of long-faced hypocrites who are preparing elaborate sermons on "Good will to all men, and of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man," and who, if while in midst of preach these same sermons, a few of their darker-skinned brethren were to walk into their houses of worship and take seats, would be too shocked to finish preaching. Such an idea of peace and good will to all is a travesty on the true Christmas spirit. I might go on indefinitely, but what's the use? If the fountain is polluted, the stream is very apt to be more so; and it does seem that if there is any good 'will at the White House for the sons of Ham it is being kept in cold storage, although one cabinet member, and several Senators and Representatives have spoken quite freely, and what they have said showed very plainly that they are certainly not overburdened with good will toward our race So our greatest hope, in so far as I can see, is to get together and hark back to the trusty old weapons that our fathers and mothers used before the war so effectually. Those old weapons have been thrown aside by some of us, and allowed to rust so long that I fear that the majority of us have forgotten how to use them. But if we will go into our secret closets, and, as the Methodists say in class meetings, "send our prayers up as one man's prayer," who knows but that the God of Justice, Truth and Righteousness may so touch the hearts of those that hate us that when the Christmas bells shall again ring out the glad tidings that we all, as full-fledged citizens of this grand old Republic, may be enabled to join in the true Christmas spirit without having that ugly interrogation (2) mark to mar the beauty of "peace and good will to all men." JAMIES CONWAY JACKSON. Death of Mrs. Hicks. Mrs. Maria Hicks, widow of the late John H. Hicks, one of the city's oldest residents, died at her late residence, 511 Twenty-second Street Northwest, on Tuesday, December 16, age 86 years. Mrs. Hicks was born in Richmond, Va., and came to this city in 1863. The funeral services were held at the nineteenth Street Baptist Church, of which she had been a member for forty-eight years, on Friday, December 19, at 1 o'clock p. m. Rev. W. H. Brooks officiated, taking for his text the scripture, "Let me die the death of the righteous." He pictured the grand and useful life of Mrs. Hicks and commended her character to the family and friends to exemplify in their lives. The Ladies' Unity Society, of which she was a founder, were in attendance. Mrs. Hicks leaves two daughters, Mrs. Emily Edmunds and Mrs. Martha Coke, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to mourn her loss. Special Notice. The rooms that were advertised for rent at 1306 S Street Northwest have never been and are not for rent. This notice was brought to The Bee office and paid for by some one who must have had some selfish or mean motive. THE MANAGER Phillips Bros.' Pharmacy. Prescriptions delivered day or night without extra charges. Phone, M. 3013. The Week in Society High-grade candies that are handsomely boxed, fine perfumery that carries and holds the rarest odors of the sweetest flowers, are appropriate and acceptable gifts for all occasions. An assortment of the finest, moderately priced, at Board's Pharmacy, 1912½ Fourteenth Street Northwest. Mrs. Edward Turner, who has spent nine weeks in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Hawley, who presented her grandmother with a fine boy, returned to the city Sunday afternoon. Miss Clarice Jones arrived in the city from the South Sunday morning, where she has been teaching music with much success. She was met at the station by her mother. Dr. James E. Sheppard, of Durham, N. C., left the city Sunday morning for his home at Durham, N. C. Mrs. William Moxely, of this city, is going to visit her aunt in Williamsport, Pa., during the holidays. Dr. E. C. Morris, of Helena, Ark., who attended the Worlds Peace Conference in Richmond, Va., and this city, is the only colored member. The sixth annual convention of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will be held with Beta Chapter at Howard University at Washington December 29, 30 and 31. Dr. Bruce Evans, of this city, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Butler R. Wilson, in Boston, Mass. Mrs. Charles W. Chestnut, of Cleveland, Ohio, is spending the holidays in Washington, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. E. C. Williams, of 1751 T Street Northwest. Mr. William Gilmore, of this city, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. James Dove, of Vinegar Hill, Va., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Davis, of Philadelphia, Pa., entertained Mrs. Jane Wayman, of this city, last week. Mrs. J. L. Crews, who has for some time been under treatment at Freedmen's Hospital, has returned to her home in Roanoke, Va., much improved. Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia is dead. Mrs. F. S. Phillips, of this city, is expecting her sister, of Petersburg, Va., to spend the holidays with her. Mrs. Estelle Mayer and little daughter, Edna, are spending the holidays in New York City, the guests of relatives and friends. Mrs. Minnie Smith, of the Land Records Office, is visiting friends in Pennsylvania. Mrs. James H. Lee continues seriously ill at her residence, 3313 Sherman Avenue Northwest. The Epworth League, of Roberts Chapel, was addressed Sunday, December 14, at 4:45 p. m., by Mr. Benjamin Washington, one of the instructors in the Armstrong School, Washington, D. C. Mr. Washington took for his subject "Denaturalizing Our Holidays and Holy Days." His address was forceful and instructive. Those who were fortunate enough to hear him were much pleased and benefited. The bazaar held in the lecture room of Roberts Chapel during the past week, under the auspices of the Progressive art class, was quite a success. The place was most beautifully decorated. Each evening some special feature was introduced. The ladies deserve great commendation. Mr. Williams, of Baltimore, was the guest of Mr. Chas. W. Preston on Sunday last. Miss Eva Stokes, who has been confined to her home by illness for several weeks, is much improved. Miss Ellen Adkins, of Duke Street, continues sick. Mrs. Marie Bellows, of Washington, D. C., was the guest of her cousin, Miss Katie Boarman, Sunday, December 14. CAROLINE COUNTY NEWS. The farmers in this section of Virginia are blessed with splendid crops of corn this year. But the long rainy spell in September ruined the most of their tobacco by mold and rot. In some instances entire crops have been spoiled. The progressive farmers, of which there are a great many of our people, are working hard planting their wheat, rye and winter oats. Among the leading farmers here may be mentioned Mr. R. B. Fortune, Mr. James Fortune, Mr. P. Latney, Mr. William Lonesome and Mr. George Lonesome. These have climbed up from the bottom rung. There was a splendid gathering of ministers and delegates on the first Sunday in October at 3 p. m. at the Free Mission Sunday School House, below Upper Zion, this county, for the purpose of organizing a regular Baptist Church. The meeting was presided over by Rev. R. W. Young, pastor of Mount Zion and Jerusalem Churches, Carolina and Ebenezer, Essex County. He was ably assisted by Rev. E. A. Johnson, pastor of St. Paul, St. Stephen and St. James Churches. Seeing the urgent need of a church at this point, Brothers R. B. Johnson, Carroll Johnson, R. P. Jones, Sisters Harriett A. Johnson and Jennie J. Jones asked for their letters from their respective churches and called these churches and pastors and asked to be organized into a regular Baptist Church, to be known as the Union Baptist, Carolina County. The meeting was largely attended by the delegates from the churches invited. Rev. Young gave wholesome instruction to this young church and proffered his assistance at any and all times. Rev. Dr. Johnson, with a broad heart and ever pleasing smile and loving disposition, congratulated this band of Christians for their zeal in carrying forward the work of the Master. DEANWOOD. D. C. Last Sunday was a very stormy day. Our church attendance generally was below the average. Rev. E. W. Yancy preached all day at the Zion Baptist and Rev. B. F. Carter for the First Baptist. Rev. Randall, of the M. E. Church, had a good day. There was a happy pair joined in wedlock during the week, the contracting parties being Mr. Charles F. Lonely, of Richmond, Ya., and Miss Sarah Jenifer, of Deanewood. Mr. William Butcher is sick, confined to his bed. Rev. and Mrs. E. Thos. Broadus have returned from a few days' trip in Virginia, where they are preparing for their future home. Philotex Circle. The following young, progressive and charming matrons have formed a Sewing Circle under the name of "The Philotex." These ladies propose to devote their spare time and their pin-money and the proceeds of their sewing to the betterment of the poor and worthy of the city. They will entertain on Saturday, December 27, at St. Luke's Hall. The Circle consists of the following matrons: Mrs. Ernest Amos, Mrs. Arthur Albert, Mrs. Lucius Belcher, Mrs. Thomas Belcher, Mrs. Franklin Childs, Mrs. Merriam Hayson, Mrs. Grayson McGuire, Mrs. Grayer Williams, Mrs. Mason Winston and Mrs. Lorem Wormley. THE MAJESTIC Negro Theatre, Ninth and Pennsylvania Northwest, High-class for the People—Opening Night, January 5. Mr. Frank Brown, a high-class actor and theatrical manager, and a native Washington boy has leased the Majestic Theater for ten years and will open January 5, 1914, with a high-class play. This play will be a special opening night, which will be memorable in the history of all Washington. Mr. Frank Brown is a young and progressive man. There is nothing in the line of theaters that he doesn't know. He is a refined and accommodating gentleman who will be popular with all classes of citizens. The Majestic Theater has been thoroughly overhauled and renovated—newly painted and varnished throughout. New seats have been installed and it is up to date in every particular. The private boxes have been made new. This theater is centrally located and in close proximity to all lines of street cars in the city of Washington. It is the theater the people have been looking for these many years. Mr. Brown will cater to the people and will do everything in his power to please his patrons. The ushers will be selected from the best material obtainable in this city, and all he asks his patrons is to observe the rules of his theater. Opening Night, January 5, 1914. The opening night will be witnessed by some of the best dramatic and musical talent in this country. Mr. Brown will be introduced to the people on the opening night, who will tell his patrons what they may expect while he is the lessee of the Majestic Theater. Short addresses will be delivered by two prominent citizens of Washington, whose names will be announced in the next issue of The Bee. The Majestic Theater was formerly Ford's Opera House, and the first melodrama that was ever played in that house by colored actors was "Pizano at the Death of Rolla." Some of the greatest actors in the United States have walked the boards of the Majestic. It was in this theater that Cole and Johnson, Avery and Hart, Ernest Hogan and many other great actors in this country played. It is one of the largest stages in this city, and before the season closes some of the best shows in the country will be played in this house. All the coming new shows will be seen at this theater. Mr. Brown left for New York City Tuesday morning, where he will arrange for some of the best shows upon the boards. Don't forget the opening date— January 5. See The Bee for full particulars. Prof. Thomas, of the M Street High School, delivered quite an instructive lecture at the First Presbyterian Church here Friday night, December 19. His subject was "The Holy Land." Miss Helen Adams, social worker in charge of "The Centre" for Religious, Industrial and Social Service, was present and sang two beautiful solos. Miss Helen Williams played piano solos. Rev. E. B. Gordon, pastor of Walker Memorial Baptist Church, of Washington, D. C., Rev. Dixon, of the Berean I baptist Church, and the choir of Walker Memorial were out Sunday, December 21. Rev. Dixon preached a sermon on "Wisdom." The choir sang several beautiful selections and the Rev. Gordon took up the collection. Owing to the long and severe illness of Mrs. Blanche Lewis, who was teacher.of Class No. 3, Miss Berdelle Boozer has been assigned as the teacher of, that class. Miss Victoria is the teacher of the class formerly taught by Miss Lillian Knight. Rev. Owen C. Sprague preached at 11 a. m. Thee was held a special Epworth League service at 6 p. m. Mr. A. E. Briscoe is, by the united help of his board of officers, bringing the league back to the high standard which it attained before the summer. Dr. Lucy E. Morten, the principal of the Normal School No. 2, was out December 21 visiting friends. While here she called on the trustees of the Fairmount Heights school and showed by conversation a great interest in the educational work here and was pleased to find the teachers here who are graduates of her School Normal No. 2, doing excellent service and holding up the standard. Mrs. Alice R. Dorsey has installed a hot water heating plant throughout her eight-room dwelling house. It works like a charm. Mr. W. Sidney Pittman, formerly of Fairmount Heights, but now of Dallas, Texas, is doing good business in that section of the United States. Undoubtedly he is classed among the most noted architects of the land. Rev, A. H. Strother, the founder of the First Baptist Church, preached at the M. E. Church Wednesday night, December 24, 1913. The pastor and members of said church expressed themselves as being always glad to have father Strother present and to speak to them. Hon. Charles H. Stanley Dead. We note with most profound regret the death of Hon. Charles H. Stanley, a highly respected citizen of Laurel, Prince George County, Maryland. He was one of the leading members of the Maryland bar and had held some of the most important offices in Prince Georges County and the State of Maryland. He was president of the Prince Georges County School Board at the time when the Fairmount Heights School was established. Mr. Stanley was, we believe, chairman of the committee which came to Fairmount Heights for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the community was entitled to a school. THEIR ANNIVERSARY. Will Celebrate It December 30. Prof. Jeremiah D. Baltimore and his wife, Mrs. Jeannet E. Baltimore, will celebrate the fifth anniversary of their marriage Tuesday evening, January 30, at their residence, 505 You Street Northwest, from 8 to 10 o'clock. Two hundred and fifty invitations have been issued and no doubt it will be a brilliant affair. The invitations are on wood cards and are very unique. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. Uncle Irving, of Detroit, Mich., 104 years old, died Friday, December 5. He lived in slavery until he was 50 years old. Major John C. Buckner, the great politician and soldier, died in Chicago, Ill., Wednesday, December 17. He was born November 18, 1858. Roscoe Conklin Simmons, who founded the Memphis, Tenn. Sun, after he left Chicago, Ill., in the interest of the Chicago Defender, died in Memphis, Tenn., last week and was buried Sunday, December 21. The Board of Education will take action in the case of those applicants who were discriminated against by the examining board. Dr. Booker T. Washington has received a very unique Christmas greeting, with the sentiment in "The Man Furtherest Down." Dr. James E. Shepard, the greatest Southern educator living, will in a few years take the lead. He has made greater progress than any colored educator in the United States. The colored Democrats who realize that they cannot be confirmed if nominated have asked that colored Republicans who hold political offices be retained. Mr. Napoleon Marshall, who is said to be here from New York, has given up all hope of being recognized for his services. Dr. C. W. Childs will not be reappointed a member of the Board of Education. The consensus of opinion is that Mrs. Harris will be reappointed if the entire board is not abolished. Jack Johnson and his white wife have become citizens of Paris. Monroe doctrine. There was a lively time at Santiago. A dispatch from Sidney, New South Wales, reports that 500, people lost their lives by a volcanic eruption. Streams of lava rushed down the slope and cut off all escape. All doubts that the Bible is a protection was eliminated when Rev. D. E. E. McClure, pastor of the Blairsville, Pa., United Presbyterian Church, was fired upon and the bullet struck on the Bible, which it penetrated, thus saving the pastor's life. The Democratic party will teach Republicans how to look out for its friends when victory is won. Mrs. Emma S. Tenney, of the Rochambeau Apartments, denies that her new club will have a bar and smoking room. The English court has put a bar to the Tango. The waltz is the favorite dance of Queen Mary. There is a fine hope of colored lawyers organizing an association for mutual protection. The French government has great respect for and confidence in colored soldiers. There are two colored generals in the French Army and not a one in the American Army. The Democrats in Congress are never happy unless they are attempting to destroy something or somebody. Albert Corey, of New Jersey, still has hopes of being made Recorder of Deeds. There will be no change in the office. Mr. Wilson is of the opinion that the colored race should have something and while one holds the office colored Democrats are satisfied if the present incumbent is retained. Several competitive applicants for teacher positions in the colored schools were barred from the examination Monday and Tuesday. There will be a full change in the Board of Education next year. Report from Abyssinia by way of Rome is that King Menelik's death is confirmed. He died December 12. They have had him dead one or two years ago. M. C. Brown, a venerable man who spent twenty-five years on the police force of London, England, claims to have great healing powers. He cures gout with case and other diseases. He claims that a spirit told him of his power. The colored Mayor of Battersee, London, was invited to the reception of the Lord Mayor. He and his wife attended and were received with profound respect and consideration. DAVIDSON IS HONORED. Citizens, School Officials, and Pupils Bid Him Good-by—Four Hundred at Reception—Captain Oyster Predicts That the Commissioners Themselves May Take Over Control of System. With a Superintendent in Immediate Charge—Regret Davidson's Departure. Paying tribute and saying formal farewell to Dr. William M. Davidson, superintendent of the District schools, 400 prominent men and women, including the members of the Board of Education and their families and many of the teachers, gathered at the James Ormond Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Howard Streets, last Monday night. The reception, which I ok place in the school gymnasium, was followed by several speeches, and the program ended with the singing of Christmas carols by the girls of the school. In the receiving line were President Henry P. Blair, of the Board of Education; Alexander T. Stuart, Dr. Davidson, Mrs. Davidson and Miss Davidson. The gymnasium was beautifully decorated with evergreens, as was practically the entire interior of the school building, while in one corner was a lavishly decorated Christmas tree, surrounded by stockings, which the children of the school had filled for the children of the Bruen Home. Capt. Oyster's Prediction. Capt. James F. Oyster, former president of the Board of Education, declared that, unless Congress showed M. H. H. CAPTAIN JAS. F. OYSTER The Noblest Roman of Them All, Makes His Prediction on the Schools. a disposition to place more trust in the hands of the board, he expected that the schools of the District would shortly be placed under the control of an expert, who would be responsible directly to the District Commissioners. He said that he believed that the people of the District should have some say in such matters. The meeting was opened by Presi- The meeting was opened by President Henry R. Blair, who introduced THE Majestic Theater Under Colored Management MR. FRANK BROWN Opening Night MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5th High Class P Opening Night MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5th, 1913 High Class Play See THE BEE next week Capt. Oyster as the first speaker. He was followed by Alexander T. Stuart, who compared Dr. Davidson to Washington as the exponent of the progressive and modern spirit in education. He ended by reading resolutions which had been prepared by a committee of teachers, and were highly eulogistic of Dr. Davidson. The retiring superintendent responded with a tribute to the Board of Education, the teachers, and finally to the people of Washington, stating that he defied the world to produce people more devoted to the support of the high calling to which they belonged than those employed in the District school system. Some of the Guests Present. Some of the Guests Present. Among those present were Captain and Mrs. James F. Oyster, Henry P. Blair, Miss Susie Rhodes, Ernest H. Daniel, John B. Larner, Ernest L. Thurston, Henry O. Hine, B. T. Janney, B. W. Murch, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ely, Miss Flora L. Hendley, Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Kimball, Miss Elizabeth Brown, Miss Annie Beers, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Johnson, Miss 'A. M. Goding, Miss Edith C. Westcott, Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Small, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Davis, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Wilson, Miss Elizabeth Hummer, Miss P. M. Oberly, Miss Annie Van Horn, Miss Mary Aukward, Miss E. L. Lewis, Miss G. M. Young, Miss E. M. Given, C. N. Thompson, H. W. Draper, C. A. Johnson, Miss M. C. McGill, Miss K. B. Macqueen, M. S. Austin, Dr. W. L. Tomlins, Miss Jessie Fant, J. Evans, S. M. Moore, Charles Hart, Miss Rose Sliney, H. P. Hoover, Dr. and Mrs. Newton, Miss B. M. Toner, Mrs K. S. Outwater, Miss Rose Hardy, Miss A. G. King, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Lowe, Miss M. F. Parkman, Miss K. M. Donovan, Miss M. F. Hoover, Miss Grace Woodward, Miss S. B. Sipe, Miss Katherine Howard, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Galliher, and Miss Rose Whitney. By Rev. L. C. Moore. Omnipotent God who crowned our day With grateful hearts to Thee we pray, Through storm and cloud led by Thee, Peace and justice we long to see. Wilt thou in mercy judge our cause? [Picture of a man with a bald head and a mustache, wearing a dark suit and a white shirt. The background is black.] [The text is not clearly visible in the image. It appears to be a title or heading.] DR. WM. M. DAVIDSON Tendered a Farewell Reception—Distinguished People Present. 9th and Pa. Ave. Night JANUARY 5th, 1913 iss Play Close to all car lines We have tried to keep Thy holy laws, A few men rage and curse in vain, Because Thou didst break the binding chain. Dear Father, grasp their shield and sword, And make Thy righteous judgment known. That they may turn and obey Thy word. Before their kingdom is overthrown. Then in mercy save the blood-stained land, And bring the wanderers to Thy fold, That we may grasp a loving hand, And be our Shepherd as in days of old. This race will then forever sing, To Him that rules the heart of man. And pray that Thou wilt once again, Plant peace on earth, good will among men. And when this righteous work is wrought. Receive us there where peace abides, A place in heaven where thou art At rest with the good and sanctified. Amen. Deut. 28:9—The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto Himself. As He hath sworn unto thee, if thou shall keep the commandments of the Lord thy God and walk in His ways. Why do we buy such immense quantities? Well, there's a fine chance to sell and make a profit, and so it goes. When we talk of slightly used overcoats at $3 to $10 they are here and worth the-cash. Same applies to new pants, $1.50 to $3, and they are selling, and that's the main thing. One price. JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 619 D. PHONE, Main 4471. HIRSH'S SHOE STORES SHOE DESIGENPS AND BUILDERS, 1026-1028 7TH ST. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. --- American Institutions Compared With Those In Germany. NURSES HERE ARE BETTER. In Many Respects This Country Leads, While In Others There Is Room For Great Improvement—Seaside Sanitariums Beneficial For Bone or Glandular Tuberculosis Patients. Wallingford, Conn. — The state of Connecticut, which has been priding itself on the excellence of its institutions for the fight against tuberculosis, has much to learn from Germany, according to the report of Dr. Stephen J. Maher of New Haven, chairman of the state tuberculosis commission. Dr. Maher went to Berlin to attend the recent conference, and his report to Governor Baldwin shows in what respects Connecticut is remiss. First of all he pleads for a seaside sanitarium. Germany, Dr. Maher says, leads the world in the number and variety of its sanitariums. This is largely due to the fact that half or more of the population is enrolled in sickness and disability insurance companies; hence it is advantageous to the organizations to cure their tuberculosis patients as soon as possible. American sanitarium equipment compares favorably with that which Dr. Maher saw abroad. The German sanitariums are of brick or stone, while in this state they are entirely of wood. The grounds about German institutions [Image of a man with a long white beard and a dark suit, facing forward.] GOVERNOR BALDWIN OF CONNECTICUT. are carefully groomed, while here the erection of buildings and systematizing of management have hitherto engrossed attention. German sanitariums make a feature of X ray machines and a tiled douche room, neither of which Connecticut buildings have. To the douche room patients must go every day for a vigorous hose douching. Dr. Maher thinks American nurses are better, quicker and more attentive to details. The wards for infants are wonders in Germany. They are of glass and tile and are really large incubators, with elaborate contrivances for regulating temperature and ventilation. All milk is served pasteurized or sterilized. All babies are carefully tested from birth with tuberculin for evidence of taln of tuberculosis. America leads Germany in its open air treatment of patients, and it does not place a limitation upon the stay of a patient. In Germany the patient remains no longer than four or six months. At the end of that time the improved cases are supposed to know how to continue the treatment at home and the unimproved are sent home as incapable of receiving further benefit. The patients then remain in care of friends until the end. If the incurable has no home the insurance company sends him, as a rule, to the general hospital of the district. Germany, however, is ahead in forest schools and seaside sanitariums for bone or glandular tuberculosis patients. DREAM LOCATES WILL. Document Lost For Many Years Found by Dead Man's Sister. Decatur, Ill.-Miss Helen Locklin of Bement, Ill., has finally presented at her lawyer's office here a long lost will, drawn by her late brother, Frank Locklin. She had dreamed of its location and by finding it saved her home and truck garden from sale to satisfy a judgment she had obtained herself. Frank Locklin died in 1910, leaving three sisters. Helen had long helped him make a living and expected that the will would bequeath her the home. No will could be found. A week or two ago a dream gave her a clew which led to her recovery of the document. Student Climbs High Stack. Oberlin, O.-The freshman class of Oberlin college boasts of an anonymous steeplejack who at night climbed to the top of a new 175 foot smoke-stack being erected for the college heating system and decorated the stack with the class numerals. Only recently two workmen fell from the smokestack and were killed. Claim That Marla Teresa's Title to Throne Is Better. Still Maria is Happy With Her Bavarian Throne and Title—Her Eldest Son is Now Forty-four Years Old. No Other Royal Family is Richer Than, This In Romantic Legends. London.—Occasionally a letter passing through the British mall bears another stamp along with the usual one. The customary one, which has on it the picture of King George V., is placed upside down, and the other occupies the normal position. The stamp of King George is the one which assures the letter's delivery, but the other to the knowing clerk is an unmistakable sign that the sender belongs M. MARIA TERESA, QUEEN OF BAVARIA. to those who denounce the present reigning family as illegal and maintain that the throne belongs to a certain old woman who now shares another throne with her husband, for this extra stamp bears the picture of Maria Teresa, now queen of Bavaria. The recent change of rulers in the little kingdom of Bavaria, when the diet removed the insane King Otto from the throne and called as his successor Prince Ludwig, formerly the regent, brings to mind once more that contention against the legitimacy of the enthroned British dynasty. It announces that there are still Jacobites who persist that the rightful ruler is this wife of the Bavarian king, who is also a direct heir to the regal state of Charles I. of England. But if these legitimists do now and then assemble to drink toasts to Queen Mary IV, and do use their own postage stamps, thus proclaiming themselves traitors, nobody in England worries and nobody outside the empire knows such a party exists except as a memory arises from history book days or when, as now, attention is attracted to one involved in this contention. Year by year those who give allegiance to Maria Teresa as, the rightful queen of England become fewer. Long ago the Jacobites ceased to trouble the minds of those who wear the crown. To all but themselves the whole matter has become little more than a romantic idea. Now that Maria Teresa wears one crown it cannot but mean a shadow to the enthusiasm of those who decorate the statue of Charles I. on the anniversary of his execution. It makes still more remote any chance that this descendant of the beheaded monarch or any others who may come after her will ever wear the British crown. She and her husband are firmly fixed on the throne of Bavaria. Their oldest son, Prince Rupert, is now forty-four years old and popular among the people. He, too, has a son, a bright, handsome little fellow, twelve years old. Thus the line reaches unbroken generations into the future. But yet the Jacobites have hopes. Eagerly they watch the marriages and births in this Stuart line, hailing each new arrival as king or queen or heir to the throne, and eagerly, too, they watch the Hanoverian line, hoping that some breach may appear and they be given a chance to gather their strength and force their own "ruler" into his or her "rightful" place. Among us there are few who pay any attention to the study of lineage, but ancestry is too important a thing with kings and queens to be passed over lightly. So it is that the legitimists are able to trace the blood of their Queen Mary back through all the intricacies which come at last to Charles I. And, too, it is equally important to them in an opposite way that they can trace the descent of George V. through the Hanoverian line to Ellizabeth, a sister of Charles I. and daughter of James I, which makes the descent of this line one degree more remote than that of the Stuarts. Among all the royal families none is richer than this one of the Bavarian queen in its romance, legends and bewildering claims. National Religious Training Schoo THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS TRAINING SCHOOL, DUBHAM N. C. Offers superior advantages for the training of young men and women in many departments of work. The following Departments are in successful operation. 1. Department of Religious Training. This department is intended especially for the training of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries. Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. 2. Department of Theology. 3. Commercial Department. 4. Literary Department. 5. Department of Music. PLANS FLEET OF DIRIGIBLES. German Inventor Would Carry 300 Passengers Across the Atlantic Vienna.—The German airship inventor, A. Boerner, is here trying to raise capital to finance a line of transatlantic dirigibles, each capable of carrying 300 passengers and of crossing the Atlantic in fifty hours. French experts state that the new airship certainly is the most practicable yet designed for long voyages. The inventor says it will bring Vienna within sixty hours of New York. The ships are to be as luxurious as the Imperator, with a length of 800 feet and a width of eighty. There are to be 300 cabins, dining and smoking rooms, a promenade deck, kitchens and electric lights. Built in a semi-rigid car running the entire length of the ship will be thirty-four motors of 150 to 200 horsepower each, so arranged that no ballast will be carried. Engine breakdown or explosion will be theoretically impossible. Three separate gas bags in a single envelope will lift the ship. The ship will be able to make a nonstop flight of 4,000 miles at an average of sixty-eight miles hourly, landing without external aid. It can descend on the water, along the top of which it can travel thirty-five miles hourly with no danger of a wreck. Boerner is trying to raise sufficient money to build six ships, requiring $5-000,000. HOW MANY TOES ON TURKEY? The Question is a Puzzler in Smith County, Kan. Smith Center, Kan.-The number of toes possessed by a normal turkey remains a matter of conjecture in the district court of Smith county. Two men were before the court charged with stealing seven big gobblers and bens from a neighbor. The plaintiff identified his fowls by holes he had thoughtfully made in the web between the toes with a harness punch. "How many toes has a turkey, anyway?" asked counsel for the defense. The plaintiff had never counted them. One witness guessed four, another guessed three, and a poultry dealer of twenty years' experience admitted he did not know. SCOURGE OF LEPROSY IS ON THE INCREASE SCOURGE OF LEPROSY IS ON THE INCREASE New York-Leprosy is on the increase, according to the statements of various scientists studying the disease in different parts of the world. In Paraguay the number of cases doubled within ten years, says Dr. J. W. Lindsay, an Englishman. There are 600 lepers at Molokai, in Hawaii, and 100 isolated in Honolulu. The last quoted report of the disease in the United States places the number of leprosy cases at 146. In German East Africa the disease is on the increase. Dr. Albert Serra of the University of Cagliari, Sardinia, says that many more leprosy cases exist in Sardinia than the statistics record. Most of the lepers of Hawaii are isolated on the fertile peninsula of Molokal after they have been subjected to six months' observation at the Honolulu hospital. Much freedom is allowed them in Molokal. They are allowed to marry and to live with their wives in separate cottages. Children are not allowed to remain with an infected parent, however. The question whether leprosy may be inherited is yet an open one. 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'he says we put round it in the heart of an unborn child whose mother had died of the disease. WATCH HANGS IN TREE A YEAR Owner Then Finds It After Many Persons Have Passed. Georgetown, Del.—Lost a year ago, a gold watch owned by Wilfred White, a Georgetown merchant, was found by the owner after it had hung in sight of many persons for a year without being discovered. After White had been gunning last year with a number of friends he found he had lost his watch and fob. He retraced his steps through the whole day's trip, besides advertising, unsuccessfully. Recently White and the same party took a similar trip through the same section. The lost watch was found hanging on a twig. It was in good shape and as soon as it was wound began to keep good time. POVERTY NEAR GEM MINE. Almshouse Property Adjine Arkansas Diamond Digings. Murfreesboro, Ark.-Diamonds and poverty do not go hand in hand in most parts of the world, but here in Pike county, the home of the only diamond mines of any size in the United States, the greatest of chums are the county poor, farm and the diamond bearing property. All that separates the county farm from the diamond property is an imaginary line, on one side of which is supposed to be wealth, on the other side poverty. But to Aunt Polly Cox, the only inmate of the county farm, there is no wealth and there is no line. PRINCE TO ENTER ARMY. Charles of Roumania to Complete Military Training In Two Years. Berlin.—Prince Charles, eldest son of the crown prince of Roumania, will enter the German army on Jan. 1 as lieutenant in the First Foot guards at Potsdam to complete his military education. The prince, who is twenty years old, is to remain with the regiment two years. King Charles of Roumania, who is a Hohenzollern prince and was born at Sigmaringen, Germany, always has had a high opinion of the German military system. The Milk In the Coconut. South Africa natives along the Orange river have a way of producing "milk," which, primitive as it is, vies in ingenuity with the method of those who believe in the synthetic production of what the journalist, hardup for a synonym, has been known to call "the lactical fluid." After cutting the top from a cocoanut, the native places the nut over hot ashes, so that the warmth may cause the fat and "butter" contained in the husk to be absorbed by the milk. This changes the milk's quality and gives it a palatable taste. In order to deal with several nuts at a time the natives construct rough "holders" from old iron hoops. The ashes are placed under the grating and the nuts set in it. Obviously there must be no actual fire beneath the nuts or they would be burned away and the milk be lost—Argonaut. 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GERMULLER ‘Harness and Trunks, Suit Cases, Saddles, Whips, Satchels, Horse sy Hamnest Yee Ht Bie an isiana Ave. N. W. Washington, D. C. Slop Harness and Trunks Repaired. fe " ’ : ~ oe REDMAN’S WHITE FRONT MARKET, g16 Lousiana Ave, N. W. Phone, Main 228. Headquarters for BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE and COFFEE. We roast your coffee every day. Try it—25 cents a pound. 916 Louisiana Ave. N. W. | HOLDS COURT BY PHONE, With Receiver at Ear Judge Asks Questions and Gives Order. : Denver.—A rap of the balliff's gavel, followed by a loud “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!” brought a number of specta- tors to a halt in the first division of the district court. Court attaches as- sumed their accustomed places, and the first judgeless court ever held in Denver was in session. Judge J. E. Little, eighty miles away, ‘was presiding. He was giving orders to the division clerk, Lynton Hubbard, over the long distance telephone from Colorado Springs, “Hello?” greeted his honor. “Is the court in session?” | “The court is In session, your honor,” ‘replied Clerk Hubbard. “Take this message and enter it on the docket,” sald Judge Little. “The judgment in the case of Charles Mlercourt against Charles and Blanche M. Snyder is set aside. The finding of the court is that the judgment was not regularly obtuined. You may adjourn now.” The judgment against the Snyders sraonniing’to $1730, was awardéd bj a jury over which Judge Little pre sided last May. The judgment was se aside on the showing made by Snyder that he bnd not been officially notifiec concerning the date of the trial anc the case was allowed to co by default NAME WOMEN IMMORTALS. Five illustrious Females on List Pre- pared by Professor Matthews. Chicago. — Professor Brander Mat- thews at the American Academy of Arts and Letters named five Amert- cans who, he says, are eligible as “Im- Mortals.” They are Ida M. Tarbell, Yesearch; Mary Wilkins Freeman, fic tion; Edith Wharton, fiction; Mary Cassatt, painting, and Margaret De- land, fiction. “There are other women who might obviously be eligible,” added Mr. ‘Matthews, “but these five came first to my mind. “I want to put you right on the question of the admission of women Mrs MAT sa eden + ¢ alacudsed ai‘this session of the Ameri- gan Acidemy of Arts and Letters, be- cause no woman has been proposed for membership, The subject has not come up officially for ten years, since the ad- mission of Julla Ward Howe. “The five come to mind as women about whom there could be no question of worthiness, but I belleve it would be advisable for them to start an ‘tm- mortals’ of thelr own.” 1,769,889,284 RODE ON NEW YORK GARS Greatness of City Ilustrated ‘by Statistics New York.—Professor Sapan of Go- tha, whose annual “Beyolkerung der Erde” is accounted the authority on such statistics, last year estimated the population of the world at 1,623,300,000. During the year which ended June 80 last the ground, underground and overground transportation lines of New York carried more passengers by 146,589,284 than this total, tables made public by the public service commis- sion giving the number of passengers fx 1,769,889,284. By boroughs the traffic was distribut- a as follows: Manhattan, 1,112,008, $28; Brooklyn, 521,233,913; Bronx, 74,- 711,453; Quéens, 47,467,014; Richmond, 12,578,000. The year’s increase for the city was 90,074,580, which ts al- most equal to the population of the United States. ‘The figures for the subway and ele- vated lines in Manhattan are regarded by the engineers of the commission as being the most significant In the new tables. For the first time the subway carried more passengers than the ele vated lines, its total belng 327,471,510— more than 1,000,000 each working day The elevated Ines carried 306,845, 006, 2 gain of only 2,574,165, while the subway salned 24,497.65 . J. M. 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Bruce 1228 You Street Northwest Open for engagements for singing in churches, concerts and private or public concerts. Her Selections are high-class. Address 1228 You Stteet Northwest. 7 1. In the Supreme Court of the District Columbia. Hallie Steward, Plaintiff, vs. Edward Steward et al., Defendant—No 32,228, Equity Doc. 70. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the defendant, Edward Steward on the grounds of adultery with the co-defendant, Rosa Fitch. On motion of the plantint, it is this 3rd day of December, 1913, ordered that the defendants, Edward Steward and Rosa Fitch, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Reporter, and the Washington Bee before said day. ASHLEY M. GOULD, Justice. A true copy—Test: J. R. Young., Clerk. By F. E. CUNNINGHAM, Assistant Clerk. Fountain Peyton, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court.—Estate of Isaac Toliver, Deceased. No. 20365, Administration Docket. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament and of said deceased, and for letters Testamentary on said estate, by Mamie E. Toliver, executrix, it is ordered this 18th day of December, A. D. 1913, that Robert William Toliver, Calvert, Texas, Clement I. Toliver, New York City, N. Y., and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Monday, the 26th day of January, A. D. 1914, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the Washington Law Reporter and Washington Bee once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned, the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. WENDELL P. STAFFORD, Justice. (Seal) Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. FOUNTAIN PEYTON, Attorney. THE NEW HUDNELL. P. Dallas Washington in Charge One of the Best Known Houses in Town. The New Hudnell, at 107 Sixth Street Northwest, is owned and conducted by Mr. P. Dallas, Washington, one of the best known citizens of Washington. There is not a place in this city that is better conducted than the New Hudnell. Mr. Washington is a successful business man who has a most genial disposition. He is always ready and willing to extend the glad hand to all patrons who visit his house. It is a place where you can be accommodated with all kinds of edibles and liquid refreshments. It is a resort for public men of all descriptions who believe in advancing the race. It is a resort for ladies as well as gentlemen, who want to be entertained in a first-class style. The Hudnell is first-class in every particular and Mr. Washington is ready at all times to accommodate his numerous patrons. All he asks is to treat his house as he would respect yours. The name of Mr. Washington is a household word to the business and social element in this city. No man stands higher in the business and social world. He is reliable, as well as honest, which is a necessary requisite in business. Cut this card out and place it in your pocket: Rooms by the Day or Week Meals at All Hours American and European Plan Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars P. Dallas Washington, Prop. Successor to Hudnell & Washington. 107 Sixth Street Northwest Call M. 3322. Washington, D. C. DR. GEO. W. MURRAY His Success As a Pharmacist. Dr. George W. Murray, Second and D Streets South, the old landmark, extends greeting to his many friends and patrons for the year of 1914. He will endeavor to please in the future as he has in the past and when GHRISTIAN XANDER Apricot Wine 50c qt. 25c pint 90g 7th St. AID ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND. Some fourteen years ago a band of loyal women, both white and colored, met and organized "A Home for the Blind of the District" and then began to get busy and get the blind beggars from standing on street corners, etc. Some of our leading women were among the workers in the beginning and gave splendid service. The workshops opened and blind men who were masters of the science of broom-making, caneing and mattress-making came and worked by the day. The association furnished material, and all over cost of the same, when the job was finished, was turned over to the man who did the work. Nearly all the outside men in the last fourteen years who have thus been benefited have been colored men. They, in addition to pay for work, were given an excellent dinner at 1 o'clock with the inmates of the home. The first inmate was a colored woman. Three other colored women have been in the home. Three are dead and the other was a girl who came in to learn to cane chairs. But circumstances were such that she did not remain very long. The Home was located at 915 E Street Northwest until about three weeks ago, when they went into their new $35,000 Home-on a $10,500 lot at 3050 R Street Northwest. When plans were laid for the new building, one member of the board (the only colored woman who had remained and was unanimously elected a member of the Board of Directors a little over thirteen years ago) was in the political field canvassing for a candidate for President of these United States; plans were perfected for the new home. When she returned they reported to her that for excellent and untiring services as a director they had voted that one entire wing be set apart for the blind Negroes of the District. This honor comes to Mrs. Julia Mason Layton. Every year they hold an annual luncheon at Masonic Temple to help swell their funds, this being a private charity association. So far Congress has not given them an appropriation. This year they decided to hold a bazaar in the Hotel Raleigh in that spacious and magnificent ballroom. Out of a board of fifty directors (only one colored) Mrs. Layton was second table holder appointed to only seven tables. Our good sister was there Thursday afternoon, as crowds of chartiable people, diplomats, etc., came in, made large purchases, were introduced, had a pleasant chat and felt they had done something for "Sweet Charity's sake." At night a section of the Marine Band played, and those handsomely gowned women and noble men glided up and down that great ballroom floor. Our own sister sat and admired and thanked God that not all folks were prejudiced against her race. Friday and Friday night the same. What was left unsold was carried to the Arcade and Mrs. Layton was there, too, and helped to sell out all that was left over Saturday. The whole building has to be furnished. White churches, societies clubs, etc., are furnishing beds, &c. Mrs. Layton is making an appeal to her people to furnish a bed, mattress, springs, etc. Each bed will bear the name of the person or organization donating the same. She will gladly give any and all information. The lines will be wiped out if we stick together and make sacrifices for worthy causes. NATIONAL W. C. T. U. Department Work Among Colored People—An Open Letter. The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union has launched a campaign for National Constitutional Prohibition in 1920. We believe in ourselves; but infinitely more in the God who said: "Be not afraid nor dismayed by rea- you want your prescriptions carefully compounded give him a call. Anything that is needed in the toilet line call and look his goods over. If he hasn't in stock what you want he will secure it for you. Mr. Murray is no stranger to the people. He will keep open house the entire year of 1914, beginning January 1. TELEPHONE MAIN 5805. PIEDMONT HOTEL 489-491 Missouri Ave, and 103- 105 Sixth Street N. W. BUFFET, DINING ROOM POOL ROOM AND BARBER SHOP. Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Visitors: Take Pa. Ave. Cars at Union Station, get off at Sixth Street and walk one half block South. The Triangle Printing Co. 1109 Eye Street, N.W. --- son of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours but God's." We realize that it would be disastrous to the race, if in the final triumph of virtue over vice, the church over the liquor traffic; our women were found poorly represented in the great organization of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which knqws no woman by her creed or color. To forestall such a calamity, we are calling for volunteers all over the nation. January 1, 1914, has been set apart as our fast day, on which day all who are interested in the well-being of the race are called upon to unite with us that there might be a great awakening of our women to this the opportune time to fall into line and help save our race from this vile form of slavery which the white man's civilization has forced upon us. At our national convention in Asbury Park, N. J., in November, Ohio's colored women led the nation in making a great gain of membership; New York came next. The whole nation must rally. The liquor traffic knows no race, section, nor condition in its work of evil. WE MUST BE ON DUTY when the last blow for liberty of home, race and nation is struck. Texas will rally for 1,000 paid members. Tennessee and Arkansas 500 each. Mrs. George E. Haynes, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., has been chosen as our Secretary of Advisory Committees of College Work. Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C., is chairman of Committee on Press Work. I cheerfully introduce these capable earnest women who will help lead our ranks to victory over the greatest enemy we have known since emancipation. We believe in the press as one of the great means of helping to establish truth and justice. We believe that our men will rally to help us as they discover the earnestness of our hearts set to action. We therefore humbly ask that you will give space in your valuable columns of the next issue for this letter. We further beg that you will let appear in a later issue if not along with this letter, the enclosed copy of excerpts from Dr. Booker T: Washington; Prof. Kelly Miller, Howard University, Washington, D. C.; Dr. C. V. Roman, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Sutton E. Griggs, Memphis, Tenn.; Bishop C. R. Harris, Salisbury, N. C.; Dr. R. E. Jones, New Orleans; Dr. J. H. N. Waring, Washington, D. C. This letter goes to not less than 200 newspapers and we call upon all to help by praying with us on January 1 for this special blessing that 1914 may be a year of jubilee for the womanhood of the race and achievement for "God and Home and Native Land." ELIZA E. PETERSON, Texarkana, Tex., Natnoial Supt. AMANDA SMITH, Sebring, Fla. ELLA SHEPPARD MOORE, Nashville, Tenn. Associates. ```markdown ``` DR. CHARLES H. MARSHALL The Citizen of South Washington Appeal to Him to Protect Miss Lee Brandt. The People Are Aroused. The Sex Question and Race Segregation Is the subject of an address Sunday, January 7, by Mr. Archibald H. Grimki in Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel. PETER H. HARRIS CULTIVATE YOUR HAIR. Mme. C. J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower For sale at the branch office— 1123 First Street Northwest. Dec. 13 tf Phillips Bros.' Pharmacy 913 Fourth Street Northwest. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Our motto: Purity and accuracy. Phone, M. 3013. Newly Remodeled, Steam Heat Electric Bells, First Class Accommodations. Local and Long Distance Telephones. CHARLES W. EDWARDS, Proprietor. Co. NEW MONEY ORDER PLAN. Postoffice Department Would Cash Checks at Any Station. Washington.-Officials of the postoffice department have determined to urge congress at the regular session to amend the postal laws so that money orders may be paid at any postoffice in the country, although drawn on a given office. A committee appointed by Alexander M. Dockery, third assistant postmaster general, has worked out details of the plan. Information has reached the department that the express companies already are opposing the plan because it would mean a sharp curtailment of the money order business handled by them. The expectation is that banking interests also will oppose the plan, as it would be likely to cut into the bank draft business. Under such a system a money order would be treated identically as a draft or express money order. The party to whom such an order was made out would indorse it just the same as a draft or check, making it payable to the bank or individual whom he desired to cash it if he did not take it to the postoffice. Postmaster General Burleson will include the proposed change in the money order system in his annual report. Officials of the department are confident that congress will act favorably upon it. fastest Box Maker. Dayton, Ore.—Willis Bellows is believed here to be the fastest apple box maker in the northwest. In a season his average is 600 daily. In La Grande, Ore., he broke a record, manufacturing 7,000 boxes in ten and a half days. On another occasion he made 610 boxes daily for fifty-eight days. In his regular speed he is able to keep ten trained apple pickers filling his boxes as he makes them. --- The Hair Dressing of quality and merit. For Men Women and Children Sold at all drug stores - 25c per box. Agents make big money handling our goods Write for terms and territory HAIR VIM CHEM. CO. 1234 You St., Wash., D. C. J. F. OYSTER BUTTER, CHEESE, 'EGGS 902 Penna.Avenue Square Stands: Center, 5th and K St., Riggs Markets Christmas at Morses DRUG STORE, 1904 L Street Northwest. THE GEM DRUGGIST. If you want fresh candies, If you want the best domestic and imported If you want anything in the toilet article lin If you want imported and domestic cigars, If you want first-class goods that you pay town, If you want the best manufactured ice cree with fresh fruit syrup made daily, If you want your prescriptions prepared by pharmacist, Dr. John W. Morse, 1904 L Street Northwe If you want first-class goods that you pay double prices downtown, If you want the best manufactured ice cream and soda water, with fresh fruit syrup made daily, If you want your prescriptions prepared by first-class registered pharmacist, Dr. John W. Morse, 1904 L Street Northwest, is the place. Select a Present from House & Herrma Seventh and Eye Streets Northwest. This is the House that will guarantee satisfaction to its pat Anything in the line of household goods. If you fail elsewhere and inspect our great variety of goods. One of the oldest established firms in this city. HOUSE & HERMAN. House & Herrman Seventh and Eye Streets Northwest. This is the House that will guarantee satisfaction to its patrons. Anything in the line of household goods. If you fail elsewhere, call and inspect our great variety of goods. One of the oldest established firms in this city. HOUSE & HERMAN, Seventh and Eye Streets Northwest. M. HENNESSY. 316 Ninth Street Northeast. This is one of the best places in the city to purchase your holiday wines and liquors. Hennessy has everything first-class. First-class meals three times daily. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. 316 Ninth St. Northeast. THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT & DELICATESSEN CO., A. H. Underdown, Manager, 1226 You Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. Phone, North 864. Estimates for serving Weddings, Receptions, Dinner and Tea Parties cheerfully given. Dainty China, Silverware, Glassware, Tables and Chairs for rent. A. D. POWELL Dealer in Coal. Wood and Ice. Having purchased the business of Mr. James Winslow, I am now prepared to supply his former patrons and the public in general with best grades of Coal and Wood, and at moderate prices. Prompt and reliable service can always be assured, and a trial order is invited. Phone North 413. Fresh Fish and Oysters. Adjoining the Coal Office has also been opened a stand where the public can secure fresh fish and oysters. Our oysters are shucked daily on the premises and can be obtained by the pint, quart or gallon. Special attention given to supplying oysters for church festivals, banquets, etc. Family trade a specialty. Remember the Location, 1200 R Street N. W. Phone, N. 413. CHAS. H. JAVINS & SONS Dealers in Fresh Fish, Oysters, Terrapin, Poultry, Game, Etc. Center Market, B St. Wing. Oyster House, 930 C St. N. W. Phone, Main 4480. If you want pure drugs, first-class toilet articles and polite treatment, visit Dr. Phillips' drug store, 913 Fourth Street Northwest. First-class in every particular. Prescriptions called for and medicine or other articles delivered without cost. gossip's morsel, will not suffer change by order, finding or decisions of the courts of law of Tennessee, now nor ever. Dr. Smith's drug store, Fourth and Elm Street, is where you may get fresh drugs and prescriptions compounded by a first-class registered pharmacist. and imported perfumeries, let article line, restic cigars, that you pay double prices down- ured ice cream and soda water, prepared by first-class registered teet Northwest, is the place. Herrman streets Northwest. guarantee satisfaction to its patrons. goods. If you fail elsewhere, call goods. forms in this city. HERMAN. THOMAS WALKER 1005 Maryland Ave. S. W., 10 rooms, all improvements, reduced to .....$20.50 106 Benning Road, 6 rooms.....8.40 05 Benning Road, 7 rooms.....12.00 2654 15th St. N. W. 7 rooms.....17.50 2437 Ga. Ave. N. W., 6 rooms, hall, bath, Latrobe, range. Will be thor- oughly cleaned up; $20.50. 235 W St. N. W. 1115 N. J. Ave. S. E., 7 rooms and bath, $20. 330 Bryant St. N., W., 5 rooms, $12.50. 902 First Street S. W., 5 room brick, $11.50 $11.50. 249 W St. N. W., 6 room brick, $15.50. THOMAS WALKER, 506 Fifth St. N. W. Phone M. 4662 For Sale—Three lots, 25x120 feet each, corner Fifty-third and Dayton Streets Northeast, two blocks west of National Training School, $600. Address "N," Bee office. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms, with or without board. Miss Hammond, 1111 Eye St. N. W. For Sale—Organ in good condition; looks like new and nearly as good as new. High top and mirror in front. Will sell for forty-five dollars ($45). Suitable for private family or church. Can be seen at 433 R Street Northwest. For Sale—Lot at Hyattsville, inhome subdivision, two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225). Owner is willing to make terms to suit. Apply to the office of The Bee, or 433 R Street Northwest. Telephone North 7615. HARRY L. TIGNOR, Attorney and Counsellor at Law 541 Florida Avenue N. W. Washington, D. C. Phone, M. 7096. JAS. D. DONNELLY; Wholesale Wines, and Groceries, 1406 Eye Street Northwest, Just Off 14th Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. CALVIN C. CARROTHERS. Mrs. Mary E. Sibut, of Arkansas, is very anxious to communicate with Calvin C. Carrothers, who formerly lived in Washington and who may still be in the city. Any information to this end will be greatly appreciated. Address 1124 Vermont Avenue. Telephone, North 7951, 12-13,20,27 For Sale.