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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. XXXV, NO. 12 WASHINGTON, J. D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914 BUSINESS LEAGUE The Gretest Meeting in the History of the Organization DR. WASHINGTON ELECTRIFIED FIED THE LEAGUE AND THE PEOPLE OF MUSKOGEE (By Roscoe C. Simmons) (By Roscoe C. Simmons.) Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 20.—This wonderful city of the awakened West is crowded today with thousands of progressive people gathered from the four corners of the country to attend the Fifteenth Annual Session of the National Negro Business League, and to listen to Booker T. Washington and his victorious followers tell how their people have overcome. Fourteen cities have played host to the famous Business League, but no city, from Boston to Philadelphia, has presented a livelier scene in its preparation for the comfort and entertainment of the delegates of the League than this Wizard City of an engaging commonwealth. Nor has such a crowd of believers ever gathered for a feast of a new Israel's Passover. The capital of a wonderful province of daring and achieving black people—black in appellation, if democratic in the hue, Muskogee invited the black population of the whole country to come; and here they are by the inch, yard and league—countable, but uncounted! The delegates began arriving Monday, and Wednesday finds them still arriving. Special trains and Special League Pullman cars, an idea fathered and promoted by the ever planning Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of the League, as he is Secretary of Tuskegee Institute, brought them in by the hundreas. And from far away points Special Pullmans came, laden with a cargo of purpose, dignity and achievement; black and proud of it; having and determined to have more. The homes of this thriving city, homes of comfort, convenience, homes set in the West, but fashioned in the East, are open houses to the delegates. The heart of the West is worn on the sleeve, and the sleeve is too long to measure. Muskogee presents the attire of the holiday. Everywhere is the picture of Booker T. Washington, and no color line has been drawn in the placing of that picture, nor in the flags and hunting hanging everywhere, nor in the heart-touching welcome seen in every eye and heard in every "How d'ye do." Music is as free as oil, and the rich blacks out here are present to tell about having "too much oil to burn." ways of wisdom. The people saluted him with the voice of pride. He finished a wonderful appeal to his army of peace and progress more than ever the unmatched leader! "Lord, spare him until the harvest days," prayed one brother overcome, but balanced. Dr. Washington's Annual Address. Dr. Washington spoke in part as follows: Throughout the world the ten millions and more of black people in the United States are being observed and studied in a larger measure than is true of any similar group of black people in existence, or perhaps that has ever existed. People from all parts of the world interested in the civilization of black people are coming to the United States to study the conditions and the progress of the American Negro; for after all is said, if there is any place where the Negro has a chance to show his mettle, it is right here in the United States. For this reason, as well as for the sake of ourselves it is a matter of extreme importance that we do not disappoint ourselves nor those who are studying and observing us: Within the fifty years of our freedom, and even before physical freedom came, great and almost marvelous progress has been made, but we must not rest upon the past; we must continue to go forward. Hon. John L. Morris, the Secretary of the Trasury for the Republic of Liberia, a man who has come into contact with black people in many parts of the world, after meeting our people in this country and nearly every section for several weeks, remarked to me that the Negro in America is making more progress than anywhere else in the world; I state this not to tempt us to swell with pride, but that we may note the responsibility that rests upon us and to cause us to double our efforts. The National Negro Business League, under whose auspices we are gathered today in the new State of Oklahoma in such large numbers, is simply one of the many agencies employed to promote further progress among us. (Continued to page 2.) RESOLUTIONS And Election of Officers of the N. A. C. W. at Wilberforce, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1914—Next Meeting in Baltimore, Md.—The Bee the Only Journal to Publish a Full Report. Whereas, the Illinois Commission, which was appointed, by Governor Dunne to arrange an exposition to celebrate the half-century of Negro freedom in August, 1915, at Chicago, Ill., has asked the endorsement of the National Association of Colored Women, and whereas, this is a worthy project; therefore, be it resolved that a committee of seven representing every section shall be appointed from this body to co-operate with the Illinois Commission in its efforts to make this exposition a success. Science has declared alcohol to be a narcotic poison, destructive to life, affecting the race yet unborn. Each child has the right to be well born, and whereas, alcohol is the arch enemy of the home and the nation, undermining the government; therefore, be resolved that we endorse National constitutional prohibition. Resolved, that the honies established by the different clubs of this association throughout the country be given pleasing names rather than those suggesting vice and crime. We claim that the Negro is not subject to tuberculosis any more than any other race, but that it is insanitary conditions under which thousands of them are forced to live; therefore, be it resolved that we endorse the National Tuberculosis Movement. Whereas, there is such a tendency for our young girls and women to follow the extremes of fashion and to so dress as to invite criticism upon their moral integrity; therefore, be it resolved, we do all within our power to urge our women to adopt a more sensible and more modest attire that will be indicative of true womanhood. Owing to the great influence which teachers exert over the youth of our race, be it resolved that they, the teachers, refrain from indulging in this extreme and extravagant display of finery. Whereas, much time has been given in the past to papers and addresses to the exclusion of club reports and discussions that would be helpful to the women in their club and race problems; therefore, be it resolved, that no papers or addresses be placed on program except for evening sessions and that all the daytime outside of regular business sessions be given to the discussions of such national topics as labor, disfranchisement, equal suffrage, segregation, prohibition and how our clubs can help to advance the progress of these great forces. Resolved, that we urge our men to show greater respect to the women of our race. That we resent the unfortunate insult given to one of our most respected women by Bishop Chapelle, and that we commend Bishop Coppin for the manly stand he took in her defense. Whereas, the Negro women are uplifted and benefited by the granting to women the right of franchise in the several States already enjoying the privilege. Therefore, be it resolved that we endorse the N. A. C. W. Woman's Suffrage. Resolved, that we endorse the work of the N. A. C. W. for the advancement of colored people by donating the sum of fifty dollars to said organization. Be it resolved that the N. A. C. W. offer a prize of one hundred dollars to the colored woman who shall in the next biennial produce a work of real literary merit. The award to be made by a committee of competent judges. That the competition is not limited to members of the N. A. C. W., but extended to any colored women of the United States of America. Be it resolved, that, in order to encourage the musical talent of our women, the National Association of Colored Women offer biennial prizes for the best original composition, vocal and instrumental, twenty-five dollars each—the awards to be made by a committee of competent judges. Resolved, that we begin a movement within the next two years looking to the establishment at the capital of the nation of permanent headquarters for this National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. Whereas, one of the broadest movements of the present time is for Social Service for social uplift. Therefore, be it resolved that our clubs give more attention to the incorrigible, neglected, dependent, delinquent classes of the children in our various cities, rendering such service for their uplift as may be necessary and making this subject of special report at our next biennial. Resolved, that we endorse the boycott movement as advanced by the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs, and that a similar department be added to the National Association of Colored Women and that each State organization be urged to form such a department report on the same at the next biennial. Resolved, that a letter of sympathy be sent to the daughter of the late Mrs. Mary H. Dickenson, of Newport, R. L., former vice president, N. A. C. W., founder of the N. E. Federation. Resolved, that the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs co-operate with the trustees of the DR BOOKER T WASHINGTON President of the National Negro Business League His Great Speech at Muskogee, Oklahoma Received the Greatest Ovation that has ever been given an American citizen. Frederick Douglass Home in the effort to lift the mortgage from the estate by sending a donation of fifty dollars. Resolved further, that each club in the Biennial make it a part of its work to celebrate Douglass Day—February 14—at which time efforts should be made to raise money for this fund. Resolved further, that we endorse the Dunbar Home and donate to same fifty dollars. Whereas, the news from across the waters indicate that the centers of civilization are on the threshold of a terrible war which will mean horrible slaughter and frightful suffering to thousands, of helpless human beings; therefore, be it resolved, that this national association most earnestly deplores that the gospel of the Prince of Peace is made such a mockery in this twentieth century of Christian civilization and solemnly appeals to the Christian, moral and economic forces of the world to use their influence to prove that peace hath its victories no less renowned than those of war. Resolved, that we deplore the wholesale segregation of the colored people at the National capital and other parts of the country; also be it resolved that we protest against the lynching of two colored women in this country during the present year. Resolved, that we commend Dr. L. N. Ross and Hon. J. C. Napier for the manly stand they have taken against segregation. Resolved, that the individual clubs of this association pledge themselves to do all in their power for abolition of the Jim Crow car throughout the South. The gods help those who help themselves, and if every club in the National Association would condemn and prevent the excursions and Sunday travel which waste so much money—and let the railroads know that we refuse to spend money until we have better accommodations—the Jim Crow car would soon be a thing of the past. Resolved, that there shall be a report from the National Council of Women to this national body and place on program be given to same. Resolved, that a historian be appointed, for the present, to collect and compile the history of this organization. Credit for faith in the ability of Wilberforce to care for the N. A. C. W. is due Miss Hallie Q. Brown and her uniring work. Therefore, be it resolved that the hospitality of Wilberforce has been unbounded and that we extend to President W. S. Scarborough, Miss Hallie Q. Brown, the Neighborhood Club, State Federation and all loyal co-workers our heartfelt thanks, for the splendid entertainment accorded the N. A. C. W. Resolved, that we can in no better way show said appreciation of the hospitality we have received than by petitioning Mr. Samuel Ray, president of Pennsylvania, to erect a railway station at Wilberforce for the benefit of the traveling public. Report of Heads of Departments. The reports of the heads of departments were made, after which addresses were made by Bishop Lee, Mrs. S. B. Jones of Peoria, Dr. Mary F. Waring of Chicago and Mrs. W. T. B. Williams of Hampton. The installation of officers followed, after which the meeting adjourned to hold next biennial at Baltimore in 1916. The following officers were elected for the term of 1915 and 1916: Mrs. Margaret Washington, president, Tuskegee, Ala. Mrs. Mary E. Tolbert, vice president. Buffalo, N. Y. Georgia A. Nugent, corresponding secretary, Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, treasurer, Columbus, Ohio. Elizabeth Linsey Davis, national organizer, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Anna Lewis, chairman of Ways and Means Committee, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Nettie Langston Napier, auditor, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Charlotte H. Brown, parliamentarian, Sedalia, N.C. Heads of Departments. Social Science—Mrs. S. Joe Brown, Des Moines, Iowa. Literature—Mrs. G. W. Clinton, Charlotte, N. C. Young Women's Work—Miss N. H. Burroughs, Washington, D. C. Suffrage—Mrs. Warren Logan, Tuskegee, Ala. Art—Mrs. C. W. Posey, Homestead, Pa. Mothers—Mrs. Syllania Williams, New Orleans, La. Rescue—Mrs. E. G. Jackson, Lexington, Ky. Humane—Mrs. J. A. Handy, Baltimore, Md. Music—Mrs. W. T. B. Williams, Hampton, Va. Kindergarten—Mrs. H. D. Jacobson, Oklahoma City, Okla. Business-Mrs. Maggie Walker, Richmond, Va. Juvenile Court—Mrs. Sadie B. Hamilton Pittsburg, Pa. Civics and Forestry—Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Washington, D. C. Religious Work—Mrs. Wm. Alphin, Waco, Texas. Health and Hygiene—Dr. Mary F. Waring, Chicago, Ill. Waring, Chicago, M. Children—Mrs. F. C. Dorroh, Ocala, Fla. Associated Charities—Mrs. A. M. Wiley, secretary, Brooklyn, N. Y. Landscape Gardening and Road Building. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Aug. 17. Since the Federal government took a hand in road building and highway improvement almost every State in the Union has gone in for better roads. Many States have joined in appropriations to increase or improve the highways adjoining State to State, and counties in, States of every section are issuing bonds for road building or road improvement. This has all come about through the steady progress in agricultural development and the rise of the farmer in big affairs of our government. New England, of course, has long been noted for its fine roads. Officials interested in the products and improvements of the farms have great faith in decent roads as an incentive to farmers to improve their land and stay on it. The section that has made the big effort to put its roads in good condition is the South, the highways of which for many years have been miserable for travel and more miserable for big hauls. The plans for road improvement are usually made by men trained for that work, but in almost every instance of road improvement the real work, the grading and the digging and finish, is being done by colored men. Tuskegee institute has put in a new course. It is devoted to a study of surveying and road building, and is designed to fit young men to pre- pare to do the head work as well as the hand work in road improvement. for this is to be the big job in the South during the next fifty years Colored surveyors are scarce and road bosses and contractors are scarce also, but only because colored men have not been trained to do the work as scientific workmen. The fine roads around Tuskegee Institute, and the roads all through the big grounds. were all surveyed and made under the direction of the road building division of the school. Every county in the South will be improving its roads in progressive fashion in the future and young colored men will get in on the jobs if they know how to survey and grade and finish. NEW AMERICAN THEATER. Thomas and Dudley, the Leseses. Progressive and Enterprising. The New American Theater, at the corner of Eleventh and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, will, after next Monday open with the Smart Set, headed by Salem Tutt Whitney, J. Jerome Tutt and Miss Blanch Thompson, and forty of the prettiest women upon the American Stage. The American Theater, which is under the management of Messrs. Thomas and Dudley, is a new acqui- THE WORLD'S FIRST WOMAN sition to the theater going people in this city. Mr. Dudley, who is an actor himself, is no doubt one of America's greatest producers and a man of great executive ability. There is no man in the show business who has a greater range of theater experience than Mr. Dudley. The American Theater, of which he is one of the lessees, is what the people have waited for some time, and Mr. Dudley is the man who will be able to please. MR. S. H DUDLEY One of America's Greatest Comedians and one of the lessees of the New American Theater. Mr. Thomas is also the sole lessee and manager of the Howard Theater, to whom the people in this city are indebted for giving them the habit of attending theaters. This young man is from a musical family. All of his brothers are musical geniuses. They are good musical producers and composers. Mr. Andrew J. Thomas is a great theater manager, to whom all classes are indebted for giving them an opportunity of presenting many of their compositions to the people. The prices at the new theater will reach everybody's pockets. They are reasonable and all the plays will be first-class. Secure your tickets at once for the Smart Set. Oldest Inhabitants The entertainment given by the oldest inhabitants at Green Willows Park was a brilliant success.. Music was furnished by the Smart Set Orchestra, which rendered all the latest one and two-steps. They were the oldest only in name, for the onlookers say they were all young, seemingly, by the way they tripped the fantastic toe. There were prominent men and women present—judges, majors, generals, captains, lieutenants, colonels, sergeants, doctors, lawyers and men and women of all professions. They forgot their years and cares. 7TH'ANNUAL MEETING Of the National Independent Political League Is Called. Hillburn, N. Y., August 5, 1914. Dear Fellow Comrades: The preliminary call for the seventh annual meeting of the National Independent Political League has already been published in several issues of the Guardian and other of our papers. The call, however, was issued before the exact date and place for the meeting could be determined. Now that it is settled as to when and where we shall convene, it remains only to announce the same and to add a brief word of earnest appeal to our people in all sections of the United States to awake and to get together in self-defense of their own most vital civil, social and political interests. Meeting September 7-9, 1914, at Bethel Church, New York City. We feel peculiarly fortunate in being able to announce that the seventh annual meeting of the N. I. P. L. is to be held in New York City, in the new edifice of the Bethel A. M. E. Church, of which the Rev. B. W. Arnett, D. D., is pastor. We are to meet on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the 7th, 8th and 9th, just previous to the great national Baptist convention to be held in the city of Philadelphia. The Prime Objects. The determined purpose of the League is to assist in leading our Negro-American population out of political bondage, to wage perpetual and eternal war against any and all kinds of segregation based on race or color, and to restore the federal franchise to our oppressed brethren in the Southern States. These needed reforms cannot, we believe, be successfully accomplished for us by our friends of other races. While we appreciate their interest and welcome their assistance, we know that "They who would be free must themselves strike the blow." We must, as a fundamental factor in the struggle, produce and follow our own leaders, and we must get together and work and fight for ourselves or we can never be free. Do this, our necessary part. Kill the Idea We Are a Child Race. At any necessary cost and sacrifice we must educate the masses of our people to become an independent, race-loving people. The impression that has been deliberately built up and published worldwide that we are a child race and, therefore, are not to be dealt with as with other races, is a false claim that we must, as people, blow to atoms. This false impression has been studiously disseminated throughout this and other civilized countries, taken up and expounded by teachers, editors and politicians everywhere. Such damaging impressions of our people should begin to stir us to action. All Self concession Moved Woman All Self-respecting Men and Women of Color. We therefore call upon, not only the members of the League, but upon all self-respecting men and women of color to co-operate and join with us in our struggle for equal civil, social and political rights as American citizens. Come to our annual meeting, join the League, or give it your moral and financial support. Let all who read this call do all within their power to start the ball rolling in their respective communities, form local committees, organize branch leagues, plan to attend the meeting, assist financially and in every way possible. Let all churches, lodges, civic, literary and equal rights societies send delegates and let us demonstrate to the world that we are determined to become American free men. Yours for freedom. BYRON GUNNER, President. We have had a crying need for a band in Washington. Bands have come and bands have gone, such as the "Capital City," the "National," the "Hiram," the "Howard," the Willis "Concert" and the Hoffman's Concert "Band." Still the Washington music lovers say we ought to have a good band. It was this cry that caused the present Exalted Ruler of Columbia Lodge No. 85, B. P. O. E., Mr. Edward Bundy, to call on Mr. J. E. Olden, the former director of the "Hiram Band," and a man who has some knowledge of arranging and directing bands, to organize a band for the above named lodge. Mr. Olden, with the aid of some friends, are putting forth every effort to get together the best musical talent in this city in order to have just the kind of a band that this city—the capital of the nation—needs. There are a number of first-class band men in this city with first-class instruments, who have nothing to do. If you can and want to do something, now is the time. There is going to be a great revival in bands in this city: Two Contests. Two of the greatest contests in the history of benevolent orders will be that of the Elks, which is predicted that Armond W. Scott will sweep the country, and H. P. Slaughter, who will swing the Odd-Fellows. Morris will never be defeated. The AMERICAN Theater Always A New Show THE SMART SET 40 People...Nearly All Girls... In the New Musical Comedy HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT with Salem Tutt Whitney And the Bronze Beauty Chorus Screrie & Electrical Effects: New Costumes THE CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN J. Homer Tutt, who is theformulator of the popular dance, "Tutt's Todalo," which promises to take the place of the tango among the dancing public thecoming season. Mr. Tutt will be with the "Smart Set" Company at the American Theatre week starting Monday, August 21, withmatinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. PRICES: Evening, 15, 25, 35 and 50 Cents NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. Continued from page one This National Negro Business League has a unique history. Organized by a small group of men and women in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1900, it has grown in power and influence till its spirit is felt and is being carried on in the form of Local Business Leagues, or similar organizations, in nearly every centre of Negro population throughout the United States. Getting its strength and its standing from these Local Leagues, the National Negro business League at each annual session grows in dignity and influence. Before beginning the body of my remarks, there are a few simple but fundamental things to which I wish to direct the special attention of each Local League. These things I ask in order that the usefulness of the League may be still further felt among the ten millions of our people. First of all, do not fritter away too much time in your meetings in technicalities known as parliamentary rules. 2. Let each Local League study the condition and needs of our people in its community, and devote itself to doing that which will promote the commercial, industrial, educational, professional and moral life of our race in that community. 3. Have a regular time of meeting, and always have a meeting at that time. 4. Strive to have a regular place of meeting, one that shall be attractive and convenient. 5. Have for each meeting a carefully arranged program that shall strike at some definite thing. A general program means little; serving refreshments often helps. 6. Each Local League should strive to gather into its membership every man and woman who is interested in any kind of honorable business, no matter how humble that business may appear to be. 7. Each League should have for one of its objects the bringing of the white man, by whose side we live, into friendly and sympathetic contact with the progress of the race. One way to do this is to invite successful white men to visit and speak to the Local Leagues. The white man will help and we will be helped. 8. Try to stimulate competition and up-to-date business methods. 9. Having said this much covering some of the deals of this organization, let me give attention as best I may to the main thought in my mind. I believe that the time has come when we as a race should begin preparing to enter upon a new policy and a new program. In plain but in emphatic words I want to suggest whether the time has not come when we should get off the defensive in things that concern our present and future, and begin to inaugurate everywhere an aggressive and constructive progressive policy in business, industry, education, moral and religious life and in our conduct generally. We must follow the teachings of the Master when he said, "Overcome evil with good." A general, however able, who contents himself with merely holding the territory that he occupies, or merely devotes himself to defending himself against the assaults of the enemy, is not the general who gains renown for genuine leadership or gains the confidence of the world. A general who occupies much of his time in explaining the weakness of the enemy or the unjust assaults or tactics of the enemy is not the general who wins many battles; so it is in business of every kind. For example, the merchant who merely contents himself with holding his present trade, without covering new ground in the way of increased patronage and trading in new territory, is not the merchant who gets much of a rating for success in the business world. The merchant again, who spends his time pointing out the weakness of another's business is not getting very far on the road to business success. All the energy you have to "knock" with, all the energy you have to voice complaints, coin that-energy into improved methods of handling your merchandise. And so with general race matters, damning the other fellow does not push us forward. His damn- 11th & Pa. Avenue, N. W. MONDAY, AUGUST 24 with the Celebrated SMART SET THE NEW YORKER Salem Tutt. Whitney, who writes- his own plays with the "Smart Set" Company, at the American Theatre, week of August 24. ing us cannot permanently hold us back Of the 20,000 colored farmers in Oklahoma, 1,300 of them are without live stock and 3,300 are without poultry on their farms. Get off the defensive and put the world to wondering how we have been able to secure so much live stock and poultry instead of so little. Many farmers in this section, and likewise in every section of the South, are not making the most of their opportunities. They are living over riches in the form of chickens, hogs and cattle, which they can possess by simply letting down their buckets where they are. While the Negro farmer is neglecting his opportunity of raising live stock, the prices are continually getting higher. Beef is being imported from Australia and from South America. Eggs by the shipload are being sent to us from China. There is no special color line look and pity the little man who would retard our progress. We call too many meetings to resent something, and not enough to construct something. All this is in the direction of progress that will be lasting, and In connection with the same line of thought, we must give, as business men and women, less attention to lines of business which simply cater to miseries and misfortune and the weaknesses and follies of our, race and more attention to the lines of business that create wealth by dealing with nature at first hand. The fact is to be deplored that so much time and money in the larger cities are being spent in encouraging our young people to spend money instead of to save money. The dancing hall, the billiard room, the bar room, the card parties and excursions are not the places where wealth is created. Nothing gets an individual or a race permanently upon its feet except definite, progressive, constructive work. One of the gratifying evidences of what we can accomplish by concentrated and united effort is in the success that recently attended us in the recognition of "Railroad Day" in all parts of the country; from nearly every part of the South have come reports to the effect that railroad conditions have been bettered by reason of our efforts. I think the National Negro Business League can justly claim credit for inaugurating this movement. Another gratifying evidence of the strength and growing prosperity of the race is shown in the fact that whereas a few years ago the wholesale merchant either in the North or South scarcely gave the Negro merchant any attention, today, the wholesale merchant in every part of the country is giving as much attention to catering to the trade and good wishes of the Negro merchant as is true in the white merchant; all this in the way if business relationships between the races means better things for both races throughout the country. The Negro business and professional men have in the past few years made remarkable progress. Their progress in the future, however, is going to depend more and more upon the progress and development that the Negro who remains on the soil THE FASHION WEEK Miss Blanche Thompson, who occupies the leading female role with the "Smart Set" Company at the American Theatre week starting Monday, August 24, with matinees Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. In the successful musical comedy, "His Excellency, the President." makes. As they acquire more land, raise more cotton and corn to the acre, raise more live stock and poultry, they will be able to support more banks, more drug stores, more dry goods stores and pay the teachers and preachers better salaries. When 2,000,000 Negroes of the Southwest have made the most of their opportunities and have let down their buckets deep into the earth and brought up the riches contained therein in the forms of cotton, corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, chickens, turkeys, hogs, horses, mules and cattle, they will be able to support in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma, 1,000 more grocery stores owned by Negroes, 500 additional dry goods stores, 300 more shoe stores, 200 more good restaurants and hotels, 300 additional millinery stores, 200 additional drug stores and 40 more banks. Whenever we think of agricultural progress among Negroes we invariably associate it with the mule. The most modern vehicle for transportation is the automobile. It is doing almost as much for the Negro as the mule has done. The business man, the professional man, and the planter in all parts of the South are using the automobile. This has necessitated the building of good roads in every section of the South. The building of these roads has brought the country nearer the town and is carrying the town into the country. The rural free delivery, the parcel post and the telephone have all helped to bring the remotest sections of the South into close touch with the cities. All this has tended to make conditions in the country better for the Negro. With these facilities for the Negro in the country, with the opportunities for the Negro business man of the city growing brighter, let us press forward to that goal of American citizenship of which not only we and our children shall be proud, but at which the whole world shall marvel and do us honor. If there are those who are inclined to be discouraged concerning racial conditions in this country, we have but to turn our minds in the direction which should always be con- Europe growing largely out of racial bitterness and friction. When we contrast what has taken place there with the peaceful manner in which black people and white people are living together in this country, not withstanding now and then there are evidences of injustice and friction of the deplorable conditions in denned, we have the greatest cause for thanksgiving. Perhaps nowhere else in the world can be found so many white people living side by side with so many of dark skin in so much of peace and harmony as in the United States. WILL GET $3,000,000. Creek Chickasaw and Cherokee Nations Successful. About three years ago, Rev. L. C. Moore, attorney for the Creek Chickasaw and Creek Nation, in company with Thechum 'Fexico, Speaker Euforla Hargo and Interpreter James L. Gray, called at The Bee office and gave a history of the claim of the nations to The Bee. The Bee has for years been interested in those Indians and has from time to time spoken of the merit of the claim. It has been decided to recognize the claim of those Indians, and Rev. L. C. Moore deserves great credit for the work he has done. Regulations for completing this month's payment of the members of the Creek, Chickasaw and Cherokee nations in Oklahoma more than $3,000,000, as provided for in the Indian appropriation recently passed by Congress, were issued today by Commissioner Sells of the bureau of Indian Affairs. He has directed Dana H. Kelsey, superintendent, to detail field clerks of the five civilized tribes to points where the payments will reach the Indians so that they may be fully protected from any possible immoral or other influence which might result in their being defrauded. Have The Bee sent to your home ALL SERVIAN MEN ENLIST IN ARMY Even Women Aid In Protecting Country From Enemies. A MOST PATRIOTIC RACE If United States Were to Call to Colors as Many Men In Proportion to Her Size It Would Mean an Army of Perhaps 12,000,000 Men — Compulsory Service Is Personal. Washington.—Little Servia, the excuse for the great European war, has one of the best armies—perhaps the best—of any country in proportion to its size. There is not a more patriotic race in the world. Servia's sons are always ready to take up arms and defend their country. Even Servian women carry arms in battle. If the United States should call to the colors as many men in proportion to the population as Servia has it would mean an army of upward of 8,000,000 men. This does not take into account the fact that the recent wars in the little country have made such fatal inroads into the percentage of adult male population. Probably, if the United States called as many men to the colors in KU KING PETER OF SERVIA. proportion to the adult male population, it would mean an army of 12,000,000 men. These figures show what a heavy hand Austria-Hungary laid upon the little country whose army gave such a remarkable account of itself during the two wars it has just passed through before this third descended upon it. How terrible the ravages of the wars in the near east have been is indicated by the census of conquered territory taken by Bulgaria in the early months of the present year. That count showed that where previous to the wars there had been a population of 702,000 there is now a population of only 301,000. Of course Servia did not suffer that much, but these figures are indicative of the great wars it had to face. Military critics everywhere admit that in matters of discipline, leadership, adamantine spirit and elan there is no army its size in the world that can make a better showing than the Servian army made during its wars with Turkey and Bulgaria. It is a fighting force that is conceded to have every quality of strength that a military machine may possess. Its plan of organization is distinctive. Compulsory service is personal for all ablebodied men and pecunialy for all who are incapable of personal service. These latter must pay an indirect tax of 30 per cent additional. The military forces are divided into a national army and the landsturm, which forms the last line of defense. Service in the national army begins at twenty-one and ends after forty-five. In the landsturm it begins at seventeen, ends at twenty-one, begins again at forty-six and ends at fifty. The national army consists of three bans, the first ban including all ablebodied men between twenty-one and thirty-one, the second ban all between thirty-one and thirty-eight and the third those between thirty-eight and forty-five. The first ban has its cadre, a school through which every ablebodied man of twenty-one must pass. No one is allowed to change his nationality while belonging to the first ban, nor can any member thereof receive any outside appointment or become even a monk until he has served his term in the army. The term of service in the standing cadre is two years in the cavalry and artillery and one and a half years in the other branches of the establishment. There is a six months' service for those in the schools of the country who can pass an examination for lieutenant of reserves. All those who possess cattle and suitable carts are under obligation to turn them over to the army when needed. Those who do not possess cattle and carts have 5 per cent added to their taxes for the remount fund. Specialty made of Constitutions and Pamphlets BUSINESS OFFICE and PLANT. 1109 EYE STREET. N. W. 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Buy from your dealer, or by mail from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St, New York City New England Gayry, Presbyterian Church and Pattern Catalogue Store on request ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 14th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. THE BEE Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months.....50 Subscription monthly.....20 A CONSUMERS' LEAGUE. The Business League is certainly a movement making the right direction. It tends to bring together representatives of the various business enterprises constantly multiplying among our people, to establish a community of interest, a better mutual understanding, and to give greater impulse and stimulus to every form of business activity. Moreover, if the subjects discussed and the papers contributed at the various League conventions are of the proper theme and character, they must tend to broaden the business horizon, thus opening to clear vision the vast possibilities of a constantly increasing variety and amplitude of industrial and co-operative business effort and material race advancement. If on the contrary the Business League is nothing more than a sort of mutual administration society, designed to promote individual interests and concoct cabals for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining race leadership for political purposes, or exploiting whatever substantial philanthropy may fall to the lot of the colored people, it were far better that the League had never been born; and the sooner it sinks into innocuous desutude the better. There is no disposition to charge insincerity to the body of noble men and women who have contributed to the honor and whatever real success the League has achieved; as a body they are the vanguard of the steady racial movement toward race power, race advancement and race efficiency. But we view with regret a disposition on the part of some of the so-called promoters of the League to over-advertise their merits, influence and greatness, entitizing themselves as the whole show, while the actual workmen and doers are left to carry water to the elephants. If the League is to do much for industrial and business development, it must put forward the work being done and the progress being made, and not the super personality, finesse or organizing capabilities of certain individuals who are in fact doing but little more than propitiating Aeolus. The absence of comprehensive reports upon the progress of the League leaves those deeply interested in normal race development unfortunately in the dark, much to their disappointment. The field, as to area of business activity among colored people is extensive. What degree of progress has been made in any particular line, and what the opportunities for profitable investment, either individual or co-operative, are matters of mere conjecture. What has been the capital invested and what the growth or profits of any particular line of trade, or of the total investment or profits of the combined trade are, if ascertained, either unpublished or practically inaccessible. The consequence is that in so far as local manifestations of business are concerned, there has been no marked progress. Indeed, we have noted a falling off in business enterprises which reach the masses. In seeking for the real cause of the present lethargic business spirit in this city, it might be well to consider what if any thing, is being done by the League or other organization to create conditions which would make the subject of individual or co-operative business among our people impelling. Is it 'advisable to spend the greater portion of time and money in organizing business men? What about devoting the greater part of the time and money toward interesting the masses upon the subject of race patronage of race enterprises? Would it not be better to first form a 'Consumers' League before devoting all of the time and money in organizing the persons who happen to be engaged in business? If not, should not the effort to educate the race up to the point of supporting race enterprises be contemporaneous with the endeavor to cultivate a community of interest and expansion among persons already in business? When we come to consider the vast colored population in this city and reflect that there are practically no business houses conducted by colored people, we cannot refrain the assertion of our suspicion that something must be radically inadequate in the present business propaganda. When we figure on the vast aggregate sum expended by our people for the necessaries—food, clothing and fuel—only to realize that the millions thus spent go to the pockets of the dominant race, and that too, among those most inclined to deny us our manhood-rights, we become the more forcibly impressed that a League of Colored Consumers is a crying need. Let us dispense with this eternal advertisement of Doctor So and So, and Hon. So and So, and get busy formulating a plan by which colored consumers may become alive to the necessity of organizing for the purpose of establishing and encouraging race enterprises and race patronage. Every colored person of the ten millions can contribute to the development of a powerful business fraternity; and while the individual contribution may be small, the aggregate may be made to swell into prodigious financial proportions. Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce and the like, as well as Business Leagues, have their uses; but they are practically without beneficial or constructive effect, if they lack the support of the inexhaustible popular service of all wealth—the consumer. No more sky rockets and bonfires, toot-thorns and mutual admiration societies; but more bedrock, genuine missionary work and the arousal of the people, the common people, the whole people of the race. IN THE SOUP: It has been said that the United States Government would not be materially affected by the European embroglio. It may be true that it may not be necessary to mobilize a large military contingent to prevent invasion by a continental army; but from present indications this country will have troubles of its own, the same being incident to the European war. Just now the Democrats are in a peel of trouble. They have passed a tax bill which greatly reduced the revenues of the government, and by launching any number of useless smelling committees which have had the effect of only unsettling business. In addition to this they have by a policy of bullying shaken confidence in financial and manufacturing circles to an extent which has almost paralyzed business and locked up industrial capital. The consequence is that the depletion of the Federal finances is now threatened, and the Democrats who are responsible for the present business and financial depression are beating about to find the means of the threatened panic. Funds the government must have, otherwise the wheels will not run. A new source of revenue must be increased, increased taxes must be levied. What species of property can be taxed that is not already overtaxed? Shall it be on articles of consumption—sugar, coffee, liquors and tobacco? Of course, they dare not tax the necessaries. Shall it be by lowering the minimum of taxable incomes or an increase of the present tax without altering the limit? In their extremity, the Democrats are calling the emergency a war effect, and hence they are talking about levying what they are pleased to call a war tax. A war tax for what? It may be that the prospective deficit may call for an assessment quite as formidable and oppressive as a war tax, and most likely such a tax may follow. But why should such an emergency as this ever have occurred. It is because, and only because, the Democrats have in their endeavor to disastrously affect Northern industries in the hope of conserving the Southern staples—cotton, tobacco, and rice—overreached themselves they reckoned without their host. Now, they are floundering around for an expedient which will hoodwink the American voter into a belief that it is all on account of the European war. Under normal conditions, such as obtain under Republican rule, and with such bumper crops as we now have, hard times or the scarcity of government funds would be impossible. But under the phenomenally incompetent rule of the Democratic prosperity, under any conditions would be a miracle. All the same the Democrats are in it, and let them hold the bag, until the Republicans come in and take possession and transform the present land of famine into a paradise of plenty. MAKNIG GOOD Commissioner F. L. Siddons made no mistake when he appointed Messrs. Carroll and Buckley on the detective force, because they are making good. Now, if Commissioner Siddons will take the bit in his own mouth and appoint a few colored men on the police force, he will be convinced that they will also make good. All that the colored man wants is a chance and he will make good. THE ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN The Bee is the only journal edited by white or colored, that published a full report of the National Association of Colored Women. This issue contains a list of the officers elected until 1915. The next meeting of the association will be held in Baltimore, Md. This association should be commended because it is better organized and is doing better work than the men. Attorney A. W. Scott is pushing his enemies to the rear. When the Elks fight is over, The Bee suggests that both lawyers, Scott and Nutter, kiss and join the holy bonds of Elk-leck. R. Wordy Thompson is quite uneasy about the O street Vocational School, and Moria Saunders. The Bee says he will go, and The Bee don't lie. The principal of the O Street Vocational School has been in New York four or five weeks trying to master four subjects which will ordinarily take an expert three years to master. The taxpayer will not stand for it. Make Prof. Newman principal of both vocational schools. We acknowledge with thanks an invitation and ticket of admission from James A. Lightfoot, president of the University Club, to its fourth annual dance and garden party, Thursday evening, August 20th, at Fitzgerald's Auditorium, Atlantic City, N. J., from 8:30 to 2 A. M. PU LIC MEN AND THINGS (By the Sage of the Potomac.) Speaking about treacherous friends, take it from me, that you must watch them. It is dangerous to trust your supposed intimate friends. I had occasion a few days ago to test the loyalty of my friends, but it wasn't long before I was convinced that human beings, no matter who they may be, must be watched. There always a day of retribution. When a man will stab his best friend to get even with his alleged enemy, he is a dangerous element in society. The gutter snipe who telegraphed and wrote to his boy at Tuskegee should be on the traveling line organizing loafers. Some people are like some men: they are not happy unless they are telling tales. The slave man is a diplomatic liar and dangerous to society. Never trust a suave man or a grinning woman. The greatest thoroughbred in town is Ex-Governor P. B. S. Pinchback. Now, there is a man who has never lost his identity with his race. He is the Lord Chesterfield of the colored American race. Speaking of banquets and dinners, there is an old veteran who should be honored. I for one will suggest that a complimentary dinner he given the old governor by his friends irre-pective of politics. He has served his people well and has been one man who is entitled to their highest commendation. Judge Terrell, start the n-ovement. Let this be national in character. There never was a cowardly bone in his body. Let the number be one hundred, with one hour for dinner and one and a half hours for speech making, limiting each speaker to one and one-half minutes. That will enable every banqueter to pay his respects, to one of the greatest in our ranks. August 23rd the Elks of the World will convene in Norfolk, Va., and elect an exalted ruler. The contest will be between Messrs. Nutte and Scott. The friends of each candidate are working hard. The Scott forces declare that their man will win, while the Nutter forces, with a single rooter, J. Finley Wilson, declares that his man will win. I have made a careful investigation and I find that Scott is far in the lead. He is being supported by some of the leading men in the organization. If I am to judge by the number of indorsements that Scott is receiving, I feel confident that he will be elected. The Odd Fellows are in a muddle. Henry Lincoln Johnson will go to Boston with a determination to win. This throwing mud at Morris by Johnson will not help his cause. If all what Johnson says be true, why is he belching it out now? Why make this expose at this late date? Who is going to give him credit for exposing Morris now? I am an Odd Fellow, and I am led to believe that politics and politicians should be eliminated from the B. M. C. There is too much politics in this affair. I am opposed to electing any politician. There has been too much mud slinging. Can Johnson he elected? Will Johnson's election as grand master help the order? Will the longer retention of Morris increase its popularity. I think, therefore, that it will be best for the Odd Fellows to elect a new man. I predict a great fuss at Boston next month. From what I read in the public press, a campaign of mud slinging is going on, which It is not every man who grins in your face that you can trust. A dog that will bring a bone will carry one, and don't you forget it. I have seen so much hypocrisy among individualials. I understand that the United States Drafting Bureau sent out a few recruiting officers the other day to ascertain how many loyal colored Americans would volunteer to join the army. The drafting officers met Thomas L. Jones entering Gray's, but Tom was long in telling the recruiting officers that he was suffering with rheumatism and a weak heart. He was quickly passed by and John E. Collins, who is on a diet of buttermilk and Quaker oats, was physically incapacitated. Charles Hemmen has been under the care of a doctor for some time and his is the strangest diet—beef stew and pure water. A. W. Scott, who is always on the firing line, told the recruiting officer that he would agree to enlist if he were drafted after August 25. He had troubles of his own and he didn't know what the outcome would be. Frank Bundy would make a good soldier, but he declared that he was about the age limit. Members of the bar are not inclined to be grafted in the service of Uncle Sam. Don't you know that I have not heard a word from Vardaman since the war. Vardaman will keep as much in the background as he possible can. It is not safe to make yourself too conspicuous. There is only one man who can stand the limelight and that is Col. Roosevelt. Rev. S. J. Lamkins has been added to the contributing staff of The Bee. Any favors shown him will be appreciated. · THE BAPTIST CHURCHES. Ordination Services—Delegated Conference. The pastor and two delegates of thirty-seven Baptist Churches convened in the New Bethel Baptist Church, Fifteenth Street between Euclid and Fuller Streets Northwest, Dr. Wm. D. Jarvin, pastor, last Sunday at 1 o'clock for the purpose of ordaining Rev. R. F. Carter to the full work of the gospel ministry. The council was organized by electing Rev. Dr. Wm. J. Howard, pastor of Zion Baptist Church, as moderator, Dr. Wm. D. Jarvis, pastor of New Bethel, as catechiser, and Dr. J. I. Loving, pastor of Enon Baptist Church, as clerk. The candidate was examined regarding his knowledge of regeneration, his call to the ministry and his view on Bible doctrine according to the eighteenth article of faith as recorded in the Baptist Church polity. He passed a fine examination. He is a graduate of Howard University. The following order of exercises were carried out: Hymn by Rev. Mr. Hunter, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Fairmount Heights, D. C. Reading of the scriptures by Rev. E. E. Ricks, pastor of the First Baptist Church, West Washington. Prayer by Rev. Dr. H. Powell, pastor of the Liberty Baptist Church. Hymn by Rev. Mr. Lewis, pastor of the Baptist Church, Ivey City, D. C. The sermon was preached by Dr. J. I. Loving, pastor of Enon Baptist Church. The presentation of the Bible by Rev. Dr. S. Geriah Lankmis, pastor of the McKinley Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Wm. D. Jarvis delivered the charge to the candidate. The collection for the newly ordained minister was lifted by Mr. Dr. A. Sayles, pastor of Providence Baptist Church, and others. A grand collation was served on the lawn in the rear of the church to all present. It was judged to be one of the best councils ever held in the District of Columbia. NATIONAL · MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. The City Alive With Doctors. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 15. Our city is alive with excitement in anticipation of the Grand National Convention of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists which will be held here August 25, 26 and 27. We are expecting visitors from every State. Special preparations along social lines are being made for this occasion. Accommodations for delegates as well as visiting ladies and gentlemen have been arranged at Shaw University at the rate of $1.50 per day. The social affairs to be accorded the guests under the supervision of the Women's Department, are lawn fetes, roof garden parties, Japanese reception outings, trolley rides, sight seeing tours, picnics, trips to St. Aug. School Grounds, informals and hay rides. Then, of course will follow the regular and customary features of State—the grand reception and banquet. A real Barbecue is expected, also a "Kitty Wilkes Smoker" will be tendered the delegates by Dr. W. A. Jones, of Winston, N. C. Raleigh is proud of the honor of entertaining the noted body and all who come we offer the warm and hearty welcome of customary hospitality accorded by Tar Heels of the Old North State everywhere and especially by those of our city—The City of Oaks. Garage accommodations have been secured. For information write to Drs. Pope and W. T. Coleman. For full information concerning boarding and lodging accommodations at the N. M. A., write Prof. Chas. Frazier, Dean of Shaw University. MRS. WASHINGTON ELECTED. Wilberforce, O., August 15.—The National Association of Colored Women, organized in 1896, has just closed its biennial session by re-electing Mrs. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, as president for another term of two years. Mrs. Washington was first elected at Hampton Institute two years ago, having served as chairman of the Executive Committee, as vice president, and as editor of the official organ of the Association. The meetings were altogether harmonious with much manifested enthusiasm. A check for fifty dollars "to be used in making the Frederick Douglass Home at Washington, D.C., secure" was contributed by the women of the Association. GREAT DEFENSE Of Colored Soldiers Made by White Paper—Severely Criticises Proposal of Ungrateful Congressman Who Has Forgotten Deeds of Patriotic Valor by Black Man. Indianapolis, Ind., August 7.—The Star of this city carries a strong editorial in defense of the colored soldier in opposition to a rotten proposal of a Bourbon Congressman. The article is as follows Negro Army Officers. It is reported that the War Department is in danger of becoming "embarrassed" over a congressional request for an opinion as to the merits of a bill introduced by Congressman Frank Park which would make it unlawful for a Negro to be appointed an officer or a non-commissioned officer in the army. Where the embarrassment comes in it is not easy to see. The bill, on the face of it, is absurd and plainly unconstitutional. It is, indeed, high time that the Federal government should in no uncertain terms make its position clear in regard to the status of our Negro citizens. Being here, part of our citizenship, their status clearly defined by law, they are entitled to all the dignities and emoluments they can honorably win. In the army, particularly, the Negro has made an enviable record for himself. The Negro soldier has always been loyal to the colors; able, efficient, brave. To rob Negro noncommissioned officers' of the rank they have won would mean, at once, the disestablishment of four highly efficient Negro regiments. The history of the Negro in connection with the army has always been one to which the race can point with pride. The first bloodshed in the war for American independence was the blood of Negroes; at the battle of Lake Erie half of Commodore Perry's men were Negroes; the service the Negro soldier rendered in the Civil War has not been forgotten; our modern army officers can testify as to what the Negro soldier suffered and accomplished in the jungle fighting in the Philippines. There have been colored officers in the United States Army since the Civil War; most of them have been held in honor by their comrades, and if the difference in color brought about any social clashes the world has not heard of them. In the French Army the Negro is held in high esteem and Field Marshall Dodds of the French Army, who retired two years ago, was a Negro who won honor for himself and his flag in Africa and China. Napoleon's ideal army was based on the fact that in the knapsack of even the humblest private lay the potential marshal's baton. How much more should similar conditions prevail in the army of this free Republic. Under certain rather strict conditions promotion to commissioned rank is open to any private soldier; it must, unless our vaunted freedom is a sham, be as open to the Negro as to any other citizen—Louisville News. WHY SCOTT WILL WIN. The Best Men Are for Him. Just on the eve of the great landslide at Norfolk, Va., in favor of Armond W. Scott for the office of grand exalted ruler of the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World, a few final observations why the Elks throughout the world have almost unanimously rallied to his support are: Everybody knows, both in and out of Elkdom, that Mr. *Armond W. Scott*, whom the Elks of this country will elect at Norfolk next week, as grand exalted ruler of the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World, is a man of re- markable attainments and personality. The impression which he has made upon the members of the Elks throughout the world is but a little short of phenomenal. Ever since he has been in the order he has diligently striven to curtail needless expenditures, and has been bold enough to set himself against the continuance of needless offices in this order, which have from time immemorial drawn heavily upon the treasury. He has certainly shown more interest in the legal status of this order than any man who has ever been connected with it. He has been an active practicing lawyer for sixteen years, and for ten years has been a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, and he is one of the most successful colored lawyers in America. He has certainly called a halt to the paying out of exorbitant attorneys' fees from the legal defense fund. And the best test by which we can measure one's ability to succeed is to find out how he makes himself succeed. Mr. Scott has never been compelled to abandon his practice, and pursue some other calling for a livelihood. He thinks that no quarter should be given any man who would perpetrate a fraud upon this order. Further, he does not believe that any man should be allowed to hold himself out as an official of this order when at the same time that man is not even a financial member of this order. Arnold W. Scott is the idol of the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World, as will be demonstrated in his overwhelming victory which will be accomplished next week at the Grand Lodge session in Norfolk, Va. Automobile Exports in Fiscal Year 1914 Largest on Record. 1914 Largest on Record. Exports of automobiles from the United States in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, were the largest on record. Their total, including shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, amounted to $40,136,565, against $39,250,000 in 1913 the high-record year. The year's total included 30,136 complete cars, valued at $27,797,642; automobile tires, $1,159,454; automobile engines, $1,391,893; and miscellaneous parts not specified, $6,787,575. With the sole exception of 1908, every year during the past decade has shown an advance in value of American automobiles sold to foreign countries. In the fiscal year 1904, according to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, the value of automobiles exported was $1,895,605; in 1909, $2,357,021, and in 1914, exclusive of parts and shipments to our own noncontiguous territories. $26,574,574, having quintupled in five years and increased thirteen-fold in a decade. Europe bought nearly one-half of our entire sales of automobiles to foreign countries last year, although some shipments thither are for reshipment to other parts of the world. To the United Kingdom the exports amounted to 7,223 cars, valued at $8,533,127; to Germany, 1,435, valued at $1,030,249; to France, 1,429, valued at $2,113,130; and to other countries of Europe, 3,271, valued at $2,580,428. Canada and Australia are also important markets, the former having taken 1,624 cars, valued at $5,919,776, and the latter, including other British Oceania, 4,244 valued at $3,695,395. To South America, as a whole, we sold last year 1,953 automobiles, valued at $1,939,212, and to Mexico, 167, valued at $256,675. The growth in exports of automobiles has been accompanied by a corresponding decline in imports of like articles, the total having fallen from 1,621, valued at $49,351 in 1909 to 300 cars, valued at $62,493 in 1914, a new low record for the decade. Of the year's imports, 134 were from France, 40 from the United Kingdom, 35 from Italy, and 31 from Germany. Mt. Olive Baptist Church Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Sixth-between L. and M Streets Northeast, under the leadership of its pastor, Rev. M. S. Cover and his wife, Mrs. M. E. Cover, held special rally services Sunday, August 16, for the purpose of paying off a mortgage debt against the church which was more than twenty-six years old. Their efforts were a complete success. Rev. Cover, who is a graduate of Howard University School of Theology, was called to the pastorate about three months ago and when he took charge found what looked like a dead church, and many of his friends wondered what is attractive in that particular field. It was a question of just what could be done, as the spiritual side of the work was seemingly gone. But within the three months he has been there there has come out of nothing a live spiritual and working church. Dr. W. Bishop Johnson, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Washington, and Dr. Wm. A. Cudit, pastor of Cheny Street Memorial Baptist Church of Philadelphia, Pa., were with them Sunday afternoon and both of these divines spoke. Mt. Olive raised in the Sunday's collection over $200. For the past three months they have been paying on their mortgage and other debts and Sundays' collections paid off all balances. They have done wonderfully well in the short time Rev. Cover has been with them. They have paid off over $700 worth of outstanding debts. Now they are breathing the air of freedom so-far as debt is concerned. Within the next thirty days they expect to have a mortgage burning and will soon begin revival services. THE B. M. C. Mrs. Spencer Cheatham, formerly of Washington, D.C., will accommodate visitors to the B. M. C. at Boston, Mass., week of Sept. 13. First-class accommodations, $2 to $2.50. Address 686 Shawmut Ave. Tel. Roxbury 3671W. Boston, Mass. The Week in Society "You will have a soda or a sundae, won't you, dear?" "Sure, if you go to Board's Pharmacy, at 1912½ Fourteenth Street. The sodas there are so pure and delicious and the service is first-class." The place "Where everybody meets everybody else." Miss Virginia Tinney and daughter, Mrs. Arnetta Fagans, and her two granddaughters, Gladys and Madeline, are spending vacation in Midland, Va. Miss Dora E. Allen, of Sparrows Point, Md., has returned to her home after an extensive sojourn with her aunt, Mrs. Melissa E. Steward, who resides at 2009 Twelfth Street Northwest. Mr. Hermond L. Steward, of 2009 Twelfth Street, left yesterday for Sparrows Point, Md., where he will visit relatives. He will return within two or three weeks. The marriage of Mr. Joseph Luckett and Miss Sadie Allen took place at the residence of Mr. J. Cole. 1638 Fifth Street Northwest, August 12, at 8:30 P. M. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins, pastor of the McKinley Memorial Baptist Church. It was a very delightful occasion. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Ollie Irving. Mr. Wm. Gilmore acted as best man and Miss Maude-Cole as bridesmaid. Among those present we noticed: Mrs. G. Dabney, Mrs. C. Arnold, Mrs. S. G. Lamkins, Mr. and Mrs. Everman, Mr. Sands and Miss Margaret Reed. Mr. Robert K. Smith and Miss Addie Cooper, both of North Carolina, were quietly married at 2543 Mozart Place Northwest, Monday night of this week. Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins performed the ceremony. Among the Washingtonians who visited Atlantic City last Sunday were Mrs. Julia Swan, Miss Ruth Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Eliza J. Mason, Miss Jessie C. Mason, Ollie Kibble, Maria Montgomery, Ray Cornish, Lula and Gertie Cornish, Daisy Gibson, Helen Edmonds, Bertie Mason, Willie Smith, Lydia Atkinson, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Hattie Boyd, Miss Rosa Belle Lane, Mrs. Jeanette Davis, Mrs. Younger, Mrs. Crusoe, Mrs. McCoy, Drs. Napper, and Robert Wilson, Messrs. Lee, Cox, T. Holmes, J. Clifford, J. Burwell, J. Jackson, Nixon, Escoffery, Scott, Mrs. J. A. Thomas and mother, Mrs. J. H. Burke and hundreds of others. Mrs. B. Bolden and Wellington J. Bonner, St. Louis, Mo., have been spending several days here with relatives and friends. Mrs. Iola C. Freeman and daughter, Melba, returned from Colham, Va., last Saturday after a pleasant stay of two weeks. Miss Desiree Clark is spending a few weeks in Atlantic City. Among the Washingtonians in Richmond, Va., this week, attending the St. Luke convention were Rev. A.C. Garner, Mrs. Julia Hayes, Miss Marie Dade, Mrs. Bessie B. Anderson, Mr. Albert Hughes, Mrs. S. A. Barton and others. Mrs. Alice Jefferson is visiting friends in Atlantic City. Mr. Henry Edwards is spending his vacation in Orange and Asbury Park, N. J. Miss Ruth Walker is visiting in Atlantic City. Miss Rosa Belle Lane spent three days in Atlantic City, the guest of Mrs. Henry Marshall. Mr. Walter T. Dade, of Philadelphia, Pa., was a recent visitor to this city. Mrs. Ella B. M. Hall, of Philadelphia. Pa., spent last Friday evening in this city the guest of her brother, Mr. Harry Ricks. Mrs. B. Bolden left the city Monday for her home in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Wm. Escoffrey was the guest of his parents in Atlantic City. Sunday. Dr. Robert Wilson is spending the week at Atlantic City, after which he will visit in New York. Mrs. Robert H. Carroll and daughters, Miss Alice M. and Miss Emma D. Carroll, with little, Miss Ruby Edwardina, left for a stay in Asbury Park, returning sometime in September. About five hundred or more people assembled at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church Monday evening, August 17, with anticipation of a glorious auto ride. The first ride was scheduled to take place at 7 o'clock, and enough trips were to have been made to accommodate all the crowd, but after vainly waiting till after 7 o'clock, the superintendent, Mr. E. W Harrison, announced to throng that the ride was postponed until Monday, August 24, and in the event of rain, the fair night. The committee and the affair is much disc that planned the alarm is much displeased over the disappointment. The superintendent promises several machines for the 24th, and a guarantee that no one will be disappointed, first trip to be made at 6:30 P. M. All friends and visitors are invited to be present. Mrs. J M. Marquess, of 2010 N. Sixth Street, Kansas City, Kans., arrived in the city Thursday, August 6, and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Burke, of 531 T Street Northwest, until her departure, Saturday, August 15, for Philadelphia, accompanied by her two little children, Maria Jean and John M. Jr. Prof. J. M. Marquess has been principal of the high school at Kansas City for the past six years, and for five years Miss Burke has been one of his assistants. Mrs. Marquess is a native of Springfield, Ohio, an alumnus of Wilberforce, and during her stay here met many friends and was royally entertained. "High-Brown" face powder and toilet articles are now all the rage. Get the genuine at Board's Pharmacy, 1912½. Fourteenth Street. Mail orders filled. 25c and 50c. Mrs. Lillian P. Goodman, of 6935 Chanceer Street, East End, Pittsburgh, Pa., is now in the city, visiting her father at 1330 You Street Northwest. She will remain until August 31. Mrs. L. Burr attended the Knight Templars' ball in Pittsburg, Pa., last week. Miss Rosa Belle Childs is the charming guest of Mrs. Stephen Bell, of Louisville, Ky. Mr. John Davis is visiting his parents at Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Richard Green, for many years chief messenger in the Treasury Department, has been promoted to a clerkship by executive order of President Wilson. His compensation from now on will be $1,400. Mr. Stephen Davis, of Monticello, S. C., was a visitor at The Bee office this week. He is the guest of his cousin, Mrs. Blondenia Bolden, while in the city. Mr. Ernest Davidson Washington, younger son of Dr. and Mrs. Booker T. Washington, and the handsome Miss Edith Merriwether, daughter of Mrs. Sara N. Merriwether, and the late J. H. Merriwether, will be married in this city early in September. Mrs. Cora Fons Hill of Richmond. Mrs. Cora Epps Hill, of Richmond, is a visitor here. Misses Martha and Beatrice Harman, of 1528 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, are visiting relatives and friends here. Mrs. Arthur Cumber and Miss Sadie Mossell are guests at Hotel Dade, Cape May. Mrs. Eva Smith is visiting in Cincinnati. Miss Emma Williams is visiting her parents in Frederick, Md. Miss Ethiel Perry and Miss Beatrice Brooks are visiting friends and relatives at Catonsville, Md. Miss Florence Parnell was a guest, last week, at the house party, given by Mrs. Walter Bayard, of Utica, N.Y. Miss Susie Quander is improving rapidly. Miss Ada Chestnut was entertained last week by Mrs. A. Banks, of Marble Street, Boston, Mass. Miss Rosetta Orme, of Swann St., is spending her vacation in New York. Dr. W. A. Warfield, surgeon-in-chief of the Freedman's Hospital, was a visitor in Baltimore, last week. Dr. J. Chigley Bouley, a graduate of the M Street High School, and the medical department of the University of Michigan, has opened an office at 937 S. Sharp Street, Baltimore. He practiced in this city last year. Mrs. F. E. Parks and daughter, Miss Jessie B. are guests at Brunswick Inn, Wildwood, N. J. Dr. Booker T. Washington speaks at Nicetown, Pa., September 9. Miss Pannie L. Robinson is visiting her brothers, Messrs. R. and T. Robinson of Coates Street, Coatsville, Pa. Miss F. E. Parnell, formerly of 207 You Street, Northwest, who has been spending her vacation in Syracuse, N. Y., is now at Buffalo, for ten days, after which she will spend a few days at Niagara Falls and Mount Clair, N. J. She will return home about September 1, and will be located with her parents in their handsome apartments, 1826 Thirteenth Street Northwest. Miss Alice Lewis, of Q Street, is indisposed. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. Cupid's darts have at last pierced the heart of Mr. Dan Thompson, a teacher at the Armstrong Manual Training School. The wedding will take place shortly. Miss Beam is the fortunate young lady. Mrs. Ernestine Wheeler is at home again after a delightful week at the shore. Messrs. W. C. Nixon and Leon Lewis are spending a few days at Hotel Wright, Atlantic City. Messrs. J. H. Holloman and Robert Scott are taking a few days rest at "the shore." Mrs. Mattie S. Springgs is in Lynchburg. Va., visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Reid, on Floyd St. Miss Bertha L. Cooper, stenographer and typewriter for the Hill-Pendleton Co., is spending her vacation at Westmoreland. Va. Mr. Richard McQuinn, of New York City, who has been visiting Mrs. Anna M. Over and his other sisters here for the past week, has returned home. While here he was given much social attention. Mr. George Brooks made a trip to his wife last Sunday, who is visiting in Catonsville, Md. Miss Emma Williams ' and Miss Phoristine Makel are spending their vacation in Frederick, Md. Mr. Phillip Dines is a visitor at Frederick, Md. Mrs. Eila Johnson is the guest of her brother, Mr. Wm. Barber, of Baltimore. Mr. Lemuel Bailey, is at Atlantic City from his labors of trying to find out the amount of taxes colored people pay on their properties in his home town. Mr. Jay Clifford is spending a week of his vacation in Philadelphia. He is the guest of Messrs. Harry and Jos. Duplessis. Mrs. Virginia Taylor was the guest at a whist party last Friday evening, at the home of Mrs. Jas. H. Harris, in Philadelphia. The Y. M. C. A. Orchestra will give a musicale at the Y. M. C. A. Building, Twelfth Street, some time in October. The date will be announced later. On this occasion everybody will be welcomed. The ladies will have a chance to visit the men's branch of the Christian Association, an opportunity that comes to them only occasionally. Ladies' don't miss it. Mr. N. C. Davis, of Nashville, Tenn., is said to be one of the best cornetists in the country. The compass of the cornet is from F sharp below the staff to C natural above the staff. It is said that Mr. Davis can produce on the B flat cornet with good results five tones beyond the compass above the staff. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jennings, of Pittsburg, Pa., were the guests of Mrs. Nana G, Curtis. Having spent four weeks in Lynchburg, Va., they came to Washington and spent a most delightful week. They left Monday en route to Atlantic City, thence to Steubensville, Ohio, returning home the middle of September. Rev. W. H. Barnes, pastor of the Haven M. E. Church, refuses to accept the usual, month's vacation offered him by his official board during the month of August for the reason that spiritual needs are too great to be sustained by such loss. The Epworth League of Haven M. E. Church is on its vacation to reopen September 13. A grand opening is expected, with Rev. James Wills, president, and Sister Lillian Hammond secretary. Miss Annie E. Henderson has been appointed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pope left the city this week to attend the doctors' convention at Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. Mary Booker, of 69 P Street Northwest, and little son are visiting relatives in Virginia. Mrs. E. S. Roberts and her daughter, Evelyn, have gone to North Carolina. Dr. S. M. Pierre and son, Sam, Jr., have gone in the mountains of Virginia. They will be gone several weeks. Dr. W. A. Warfield dropped in the city last week from Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and remained a few days on business. Mr. Jay Clifford is having a delightful time in Atlantic City, N. J. The dance and garden party by the University Club at Fitzgerald's Auditorium this week was the greatest event in the history of that organization. Attorney James H. Hayes left the city for Richmond, Va., this week to attend the St. Luke's Convention. He will return Monday and leave for New York City, accompanied by Attorney W. Calvin Chase. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dangerfield, of Capital Hill, are visiting friends in Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Cora N. Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tilghman Page, of Philadelphia, is the guest of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carter, 1019 V Street. She expects to return to her home 1435 Carpenter street, Philadelphia, about October 25. Miss Elnora Stewart has returned from her trip to New York, after spending a most delightful vocation. Saratoga, N. Y. Guests at the Thompson Cottage, Saratoga Springs, N. W., August 18; Miss Mary M. Orme, Washington, D. C.; Miss Mildred E. Gibbs, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. David B. Martin, Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Anderson, New York; Mr. W. H. Macbeth, Charleston, S. C.; Mr. W. A. McCullogh, Charleston, S. C.; Mr. A. W. Sartar, Augusta, Ga.; Mr. W. H. Smith, New York; Miss Daisy Reed, Harrisburgh, Pa.; Mr. Al Rice, New York, Mr. Haines, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr. Gilchrist Stewart, New York; Mr. Brown, Morristown, N. I.; Mr. John Wynne, Glen Cove, L. I.; Mrs. Deborah Reynolds, New York; Miss Lillian P. Goff, Louisville, KY.; Mr. and Mrs. James Reese, Europe, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Sears, New York. MOUNTAIN VIEW NOTES. Harper's Ferry, W. Va., Aug. 19. Never before in the history of Mt-View have the guests been worked up to such high social interest as last Saturday evening, when the house gave its guests the second annual hall and reception. The hall was tastefully decorated by the lady guests. The music was by the Storer Orchestra, Col. J. W. McKinney, director. The Col. gave us some very fine music from 9 to 11:30. From 11:30 to 12 refreshments were served by W. W. Martin, proprietor. The girls did look good; they turned out in their finest. Many came over from Washington and Baltimore. Those registered from Washington in the last few days are; Dr. I. M. Frascer and daughter, Miss Gregaria Frascer, Mrs. A. N. Scurlock and sister, Miss Gladys Fearing, Mrs. I. B. Ingram, Mrs. Daisy P. Lawrence and baby, Miss Kate E. Moton, Mr. Sydner Williston, Mr. L. G. Gregory, Mr. M. M. Morton and Mr. Leon S. Wormley, who paid us a call between trains. From Baltimore the following guests registered: Dr. and Mrs. Ed. J. Wheatley, Mr. Harry E. Bennett, Mr. Edar H. Brairston, Mrs. C. J. Flagg and daughter, Miss Margaret A. Flagg, Dr. A. O. Reid, Miss Ether A. Lewis and Mr. Ralph V. Cooke. Dr. F. P. Barrier, Mrs. Barrier and Mrs. F. W. Penn motored from Alexandria, Va, and will spend a week or ten days. Mr. J. Frank Bristoe, of Martinsburg, W. Va., Rev. L. O. HARWARDS COMPLEXION CREAM Are the best beauty aids. Fine for facial flaws, tan, sunburn and pimples. 25c Barnard's Complexion Soap free if you cut out this ad and send or bring 25c to the People's Drug Store you may have a 25c jar of Cream and a 25c cake of Barnard's Soap. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE 7th and K Streets. N. W. Bring or send this coupon. FOR RENT High Class Apartments Rent reduced 20 per cent The Minerva 1838 4th Street, N. W. First Class Location Modern Building Beautiful Apartments Five and Slx rooms all convenience AGENTS SHANNON AND LUCHS RENTING SERVICE 713 14th St., N. W. M 2345 Lewis, of Lynchburg, Va., Prof. Decater, Principal of Manassas Inst., Mr. Geo. K. Conway and wife, Cheyney, Pa. Mr. Martin, in speaking of his plans says according to the late booking he will be justified in keeping open until after September 15th. Mrs. Francis, widow of the late Dr. Francis, and Miss Francis spent the week end at the Murray cottage. Mrs. Hearst, wife of Bishop Hearst, is stopping at the Murray cottage for a week or two. Dr. W. A. Warfield will spend his month's vacation at the Herrod cottage with Mrs. Warfield and their two children. WEST WASHINGTON. The ladies of the Heliotrope Circle held a very interesting meeting on Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs. Alice Carroll, the president. At the close of the circle refreshments were served and a pleasant evening was spent. The Penny Mite Club of Mt Zion M. E. Church gave a very successful watermelon feast on Monday night. A very interesting musical was given under the direction of Mrs. Daisy MaGruder, the president. Through the Colemans, of the Afro-American Ledger of Baltimore, Md., the resignation of Rev. Daniel W. Shaw has been announced from the pastorate of Ames Memorial Church on account of ill health, and the name of Rev. W. C. Thompson is listed among others to soon succeed him. The official board of Mt. Zion M. E. Church has received a very vigorous protest against the removal of the junior president, Mrs. Louise Brown, of the Epworth League. It is stated no charges of neglect had been filed against her and the league and church membership desire a full investigation when the pastor, Rev. W. C. Thompson, returns from his vacation. Mrs. Maude Bowman, nee Turner, and Miss Maude Smallwood have recently been appointed to positions in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Miss Sadie Williams, of. 2505 P Street, is spending a few weeks in Maryland, at the beautiful home of Dr. and Mrs. Chas. Marshall. Howard Sworn In Mr. James H. Howard, of Pennsylvania, a colored Democrat, was sworn in as one of the Deputy United States marshals, at the City Hall Tuesday morning, and escorted to the Police Court by Deputy Marshall Robinson and shown, what he had to do. The appointment takes effect September 1. Mr. Howard is a lawyer and a journalist. He was a candidate for Register of the Treasury and Recorder of Deeds. Three resolutions were referred to Secretary Redfield by Chairman Adamson of a House committee, asking for information on foodstuffs, as to "war prices." The muses of the District may have the chance to go to Europe with the Red Cross contingent a Jittle later on. There are about 100 already enrolled for field work. But those in other cities who have had less opportunity for service are receiving first call. Many are anxious to go to the "front." Half Holiday Picnic BY THE BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER "JUST BEFORE THE SCHOOL ING WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS ENDEAVOR SOCIETY OF BEREN MADRE'S PARK—ECKINGTON, N. THE SMART SET ORCHESTRA. 19TH, BEGINNING 12 M.; TO AMUSEMENTS FOR ALL. UNDER S. DUFFIELD. TAKE CARS MARKED BERW OR DISTRICT LINE, AND GET O ROAD FOR MOTORING PARK ISLAND AVENUE, NORTHEAST. REV. D. F. RIVE LEON S. WORMLEY, MIL. Acting President. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. Parker Bridge THE NATIONALLY KNOWN The Avenue J. P. GERM Manufacturer of a Harness And Saddles, Whips, Satchels, He 641 Louisiana A Harness and Trunks Repaired Phone Main BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, MADRID SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER NINETEEN BEFORE THE SCHOOL BELLS RING, ALL YOUR FRIENDS, GIVEN BY 4 SOCIETY OF BEREAN BAPTIST CED MARK—ECKINGTON, D. C. GOOD SET ORCHESTRA. SATURDAY, SAT NINING 12 M. TO 11:30 P. M. GA TS FOR ALL. UNDER DIRECTION O. RS MARKED BERWYN, RIVERDALL, MOTORING PARTIES THROUGH ENUE, NORTHEAST, TO THE GATE REV. D. F. RIVERS—Pastor. ORMLEY, MISS FRANCIS M. Ident. SESSION 25 CENTS. CHILDREN 15 CEN Ker Bridget and TIONALLY KNOWN STORE FOR The Avenue at Ninth P. GERMUILLE Manufacturer of and Dealer In Harness And Trunks s, Whips, Satchels, Horse Clothing Etc. 641 Louisiana Avenue, N. W. Trunks Repaired Phone Main 2524 BY THE BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, MADRE'S PARK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER NINETEENTH. "JUST BEFORE THE SCHOOL BELLS RING," AN OUTING WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS, GIVEN BY CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY OF BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, AT MADRE'S PARK—ECKINGTON, D. C. GOOD MUSIC BY THE SMART SET ORCHESTRA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBFR 19TH, BEGINNING 12 M., TO 11:30 P. M. GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS FOR ALL. UNDER DIRECTION OF MR. W. S. DUFFIELD. TAKE CARS MARKED BERWYN, RIVERDALE, LAUREL OR DISTRICT LINE, AND GET OFF AT THE GATE. FINE ROAD FOR MOTORING PARTIES THROUGH RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, NORTHEAST, TO THE GATE. REV. D. F. RIVERS—Pastor. LEON S. WORMLEY, MISS FRANCIS MIDDLETON, Acting President. Secretary. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. CHILDREN 15 CENTS. THE NATIONALLY KNOWN STORE FOR MEN J. P. GERMUILLER Manufacturer of and Dealer In Harness And Trunks Saddles, Whips, Satchels, Horse Clothing Etc., Ftc. 641 Louisiana Avenue, N. W. Harness and Trunks Repaired Washington, D. C. Phone Main 2524 We Beg to Announce That the New Northwest Family M N. W. Phone for retail grocery trade, with a complete line of provisions, calculated to please the most careless. Visit us once our aim will be to gain a regular satisfaction as to quality of goods, careful promptness in delivery. Separating neither pains nor expense to make Market one of the most reliable both as to quality and to merit your patronage because there. Specialty will be the soliciting of orders in all places communicate with us either by phone or will call at your door to get your order and covered. Errences promptly adjusted and mistakes received and consideration to all. FRED D. JONES, J. E. RATTLEY Proprietors. Northwest Family Market Northwest Family Market 1201 S Street N. W. Phone North 1385 Is now open for retail grocery trade, with a complete line of groceries, Meats and provisions, calculated to please the most careful and particular customers. Is now open for retail grocery trade, with Meats and provisions, calculated to plu- ular customers. If you visit us once our aim will give entire satisfaction as to quality orders and promptness in delivery. We are sparing neither pains nor west Family Market one of the most vice in the city and to merit your better elsewhere. Our specialty will be the soliciting and if you will communicate with us resentative will call at your door to promptly delivered. All differences promptly adjustedous treatment and consideration to all FRED D. JONES, Proprietor If you visit us once our aim will be to gain a regular customer by giving entire satisfaction as to quality of goods, careful attention to orders and promptness in delivery. We are sparing neither pains nor expense to make the Northwest Family Market one of the most reliable both as to goods and service in the city and to merit your patronage because you can't do better elsewhere. Our specialty will be the soliciting of orders in all parts of the city and if you will communicate with us either by phone or card our representative will call at your door to get your order and see that it is promptly delivered. All differences promptly adjusted and mistakes rectified. Courteous treatment and consideration to all. THE MUSEUM Economic Indoor Comfort Inasmuch as the co winter depends more u other one factor— And the cost of heating is living—it is good economy, wh apparatus, to put in McLAIN STEAM A BOILERS AND that will absolutely insure perfect o materially. Full particulars and esti J. C. VAUGHN TODF 1623 Fifth St. N. W. 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The HOWARD Single Rooms at $8.00 Per Month Including Heat, Electric Light and Hot and Cold Water in every room You are welcome to inspect these Apartments at any time—Day or Night The "PROTECTIVE TARIFF CYCLOPEDIA," prepared and published by the American Protective Tariff League, New York, will be ready for distribution on or about August 1st. The CYCLOPEDIA will contain the official text of the Underwood law; the Underwood and Payne-Aldrich laws compared, giving every rate of duty on articles in both laws; what one hundred and fifty-two United States Senators and Congressmen said for and against the Underwood bill; and a copious index of over 8,000 citations. The volume will consist of about nine hundred (900) pages and will answer all questions on the Tariff Question. W. L. SMITH'S SKIN TONIC For Chapped Hands and face and all Roughness of the Skin. This is a Great Skin Bleacher, beautifying and whitening the skin and cleaning the complexion. DR. W. L. 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Berlin-William II., German emperor, is the most widely discussed ruler in the entire world today, for upon his head there has descended the concentrated wrath of the greater part of Europe. A wonderful man is William II. Many worship him, many hate him, and many fear him, but almost everybody admires him. He has all the aggressiveness of Roosevelt and the bulldog tenacity of Grant. He is a veritable human dynamo, and his versatility is the wonder of all those who have made a study of his intensely interesting career. Whether giving orders to an army or composing a song; whether mapping out the course of a war fleet or painting a picture; whether estimating the value of acroplanes as factors in military operations or lecturing on the evils of alcoholic intemperance; whether gunning for big game in forest jungle, or directing an orchestra; whether negotiating a vast business deal or advising a German hausfrau as to the best method of making sauerkraut, Wilhelm II. is equal to the role. Such a kaleidoscopic array of accomplishments may sound paradoxical, yet the kaiser has amply demonstrated his mastery over the variegated mass of technique. And how he has ever elevated himself into such a record of achievement is all the more remarkable when consideration is given to the fact that Wilhelm II. was born with a withered arm and a constitution that because of its comparative frailty would have given him ample excuse for choosing a life along lines of least resistance. One of Wilhelm's mottoes is, "Trust in God; watch everything else." Wilhelm is exceedingly religious, and, while he is not an advocate of also- JACKSON EMPEROR WILLIAM II. OF GERMANY. lute annihilation of the liquor traffic, he is reputed to be a decidedly moderate user of alcoholic beverages, and the German soldiers have received many a lecture on the subject of strong drink. It is generally suggested that the correct private life of the kalser is in large measure responsible for his ability to overcome the physical weakness which nature thrust upon him. In this respect he may be again compared to Theodore Roosevelt, whose evolution from puny boy to acme of vigorous manhood has excited comment the world over. Stubborn and unyielding when he once makes a decision, Wilhelm is of that type which prefers death on the firing line rather than surrender. Wilhelm II. is not an old man, for on Jan. 27 of this year he celebrated the fifty-fifth anniversary of his birth, and despite his somewhat palid face and lack of muscle and girth his mentality is ample and well nourished, and his indomitable spirit and grim determination make him a power not to be lightly reckoned. But, according to the signs of the times, all of the resources of this wonderful man are going to be needed to cope with the situation confronting him—a world's war, the signal for which was given when an eighteen-year-old boy, afire with the pan-Serb spirit, slew the Austrian crown prince, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife at Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 28. The domestic life of Wilhelm II. is said to be fraught with contentment. Despite his wide range of interests he is reputed to be essentially a home loving man, never too busy to take part in the little joys and the little perplexities. VETERAN DIPLOMAT RETIRES. Calvo, Minister From Costa Rica, Quita After Twenty-three Years. Washington.-The retirement recently of Don Joaquin Bernardo Calvo as Costa Rican minister to the United States marked the culmination of one of the most remarkable careers in the annals of diplomacy. Senor Calvo was for twenty-three years the representative of Costa Rica in Washington and for many years dean of the diplomatic corps. He first presented credentials to President Harrison in 1891 and has survived six changes of administration in his own country. Among his literary works is a history of Costa Rica. He was especially well known, however, for his advocacy of closer relations of the Americans by means of better understanding between the republics. He was active in the establishment of the bureau of American republics, since changed to the Pan-American Union; was a large factor in the Central American peace conference in Washington in 1907, at which the Central American court of justice was established at Cartago, Costa Rica; has actively advocated the establishment of a trans-American railroad to link the continents and expects to see its completion in the near future. Senor Calvo was born in San Jose, Costa Rica, July 10, 1857. There he was educated, and there he first entered the service of his government when little more than a youth by organizing the police department of the capital. Journeying through Guatemala he met and married in 1881 Maria de Leon, with whom he returned to found the first daily newspaper in Costa Rica in 1885. In that same year he was made a member of the war claims commission and in the following year abandoned journalism to become governor of Cartago. WARRING NATIONS PROTECT COLONIES Protectorates and Possessions Scattered Over All the World. London.Three out of the six powers of Europe which today are engaged in warfare have colonial possessions, protectorates and dependencies scattered all over the world. Austria-Hungary and Russia have no colonial possessions, though the Russian empire stretches through the continents of Europe and Asia and presents a long coast line on the northern Pacific. Of the others Great Britain has colonies and protectorates the world over; France has colonies and protectorates in Africa, India, China, in South America, in the West Indies, in the north Atlantic and in the Pacific and Indian oceans; Germany has colonial possessions in Africa, in China and in the Pacific ocean. Italy has dependencies in Africa and a concession in China. England's vast empires—India, Canada and Australia; her holdings on the Malay peninsula, her colonies in Africa and her fortified positions in the Mediterranean—Gibraltar and Malta—put her at the head of the colony holding nations of the world. They also increase the field of her protective operations. Many of the minor holdings of the four powers with colonial possessions to defend are themselves without military strength. In many cases the protecting powers have only small garrisons on shore, amounting to nothing more than local police forces. This is particularly true in Africa, outside of the French and British colonies, in the Pacific ocean and in American waters. The continent of Africa presents a notable picture of the juxtaposition of protectorates and colonies belonging to Great Britain, France and Germany. France has a protectorate over Morocco, and her Algerian possessions, facing the Mediterranean, are bounded on the east by Tripoli, a dependency of Italy. Then comes Egypt, where British interests are paramount. On the Red sea and contiguous to Egypt is the Italian dependency of Eritrea. Coming down the east coast are British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, British East Africa, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa and then British South Africa, embracing Rhodesia, the Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, Natal and the Cape of Good Hope. On the west contiguous in the order named are German Southwest Africa, Portuguese West Africa, the Kongo State, belonging to Belgium; the French Kongo, Kamerun, belonging to Germany; the Niger territories, a protectorate of Great Britain; French West Africa; Togoland, belonging to Germany; the Gold Coast, the British Colony and the Ivory Coast, annexed by France twenty years ago. EMPRESS EUGENIE'S REVENGE "Were the Emperor Only Here Now!" "She Exclaima—Prays For France. London.—A dispatch from Rome says: "The aged French Empress Eugenie, who is at Bologna, takes a vivid interest in the war. When Count Pietrl, her faithful companion in her long years of misfortune and exile, announced that fighting had begun her eyes shone and she cried: "This is my revenge! Were the emperor only here now! May God protect France!" "She makes constant comparison with the war of 1870." The National Religious Training School, Durham, N.C. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale image with a blurry background. 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. F12: Offers superior advantages for the训 in many departments of work. The following Departments are in 1. Department of Religious Train especially for the training of Y. M. C Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and sionaries. 2. Department of Theology. 3. Commercial Department. On the Horizon—Week of Aug. 24. The American, formerly the Lyceum, will open the season of 1914-15 on Monday evening, August the 24th under the management of Andrew J. Thomas and S. H. Dudley, who have been for years identified with successful management of amusement enterprises patronized by the colored population of Washington. For the opening week Messrs Thomas and Dudley offer that mirthful musical comedy "His Excellency, the President," by the famous Smart Set Company, recognized as the most capable colored troupe in America. Salem Tutt Whitney, whose ability as a clever colored comedian and dispenser of wholesome mirth is known throughout the country, Homer Tutte and Blanche Thompson head the list of well known colored singers, dancers, and comedians comprising the Smart Set Company. A large chorus is one of the features. The story of "His Excellency, the President," is that of a spurious South American Republic President, and the amusing situations he gets in to afford ample scope oddities of each member of the company. A feature of the production will be the tango, hesitation, maxixe, tango rag, firefly-gavotte and all the other latest dances, and the presentation of many new songs. An orchestra of colored musicians will be a feature. Matinees, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Reserved seats will be placed on sale Thursday, August 20. The management has redecorated, renovated and materially improved the theater, and will conduct it in a first-class manner. Prices—Evening: 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c. Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. All seats 15c and 25c. Has 1.500 Wives. (London Correspondence Milwaukee Journal.) Probably few persons suspect Central Africa of harboring some of the most wonderful cooks in the world, but the fact was announced by Mrs. M. French Shelden, the well known traveler and explorer, in the course of a lecture recently. "These African people are the most wonderful and fastidious cooks in the world," said the lecturer; "their cooking is marvelous, and they know practically every tree and plant that simulates a flavor. For instance, the Negress chef is in no way dismayed by the lack of onions and pepper; she merely gathers the bark of a certain tree and scrapes the inner side to get the one, and searches for a particular plant, which, rightly used, produces the flavor of the other; and her skill and patience in blending new flavors and concocting fresh dishes are unbounded. With these powers at her command, it is scarcely to be wondered at that the wives in Central Africa are in great demand." The possession of many wives is, in fact, a sign of wealth, and as their industry is by no means confined to the kitchen, the chief who owns 1,500 wives is really the owner of an army of workers, who cook, wash, garden and otherwise justify their existence by performing tasks usually regarded as men's work. Marriage laws are rigorous, and some faults or crimes are punished with great severity. A childless wife may find herself returned to her father, provided the gifts she brought her husband go with her. The only consolation she has is that her position in no way damages her market value as a wife if another suitor should happen to present himself. Her matrimonial experience is considered rather a desirable asset as having taught her exactly how a wife should behave. Fifteen thousand dollars have been appropriated for the preparation of the plans for the new colored high school, which is to be located at First and N Streets. The building is to be modern in every respect and will cost $550,000. The old M Street high school will be used as an industrial center, upon the completion of the new school, and will be one of the most complete institutions in the country for vocational training for colored youth. Mr. Arthur C. Newman, now principal of the Cordoza Vocational School, will be principal of the new department. House & Herrmann of all kinds and description, House and Herymann is the place to visit. There is no other house of its kind in the city where the people can be satisfied. This is house hat will satisfy you. MADRES' PARK. This beautiful park situated at Eckington, D. C., has been beautified and ready for picnics and lawn fetes. It has the prettiest and largest dance pavilion of any park in the city. Apply to Miss Madre, 227 Cleveland Street N. W. and relatives at their respective cottages. COLUMBUS LUNCH One Block from Union Station. Home-made Pies, Cakes, Pud- All Baked in Our Own Ovens. Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Etc., and Dairy Lunch Dishes. Good Coffee our Specialty. 628 North Capitol St. N. W. 4. Literary Department. 5. Department of Music. 6. Department of Literary Training. 7. Department of Industries. 8. Extension Home Classes. 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Scriptures Previously Misunderstood. The Man of Sorrows No Longe—He Comes the King of Glory—A Quickened Spirit—Secretly, as a Thief In the Night—Later Revealed to All. Utica, N. X. Aug. 16.—Pastor Russell was present at the opening of the Photo-Drama of Creation here today. The object of the Drama is declared to be the re-establishment of faith in the Bible. Manifestly, it is splendidly adapted to this end. None can PASTOR RUSSELL witness it without experiencing a deeper reverence for God and a stronger desire for righteousness. It tells the simple Bible story from first to last, and it illustrates it all with most beau tiful pictures. Excepting the first part, nearly all the films are richly hand-colored, and in this respect superior to anything ordinarily shown. In the morning address, the Pastor spoke on "The Second Coming of Christ," from the text, "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory."—Colossians 3:4. Sympatty was expressed for the long-held view that Jesus, at His Second Coming, would be a man in the flesh to reign as an earthly monarch; nevertheless, the speaker styled this view absurd. Christ had accomplished the work for which He was made flesh. He was glorified and ascended up to Heaven—"where He was before"—on the spirit plane. The One who is to come again is the Lord of Glory, and not the man of sorrows, and He is to come in power and great glory. The Pastor explained that Jesus at His Second Coming in glory would not be visible to human eyes—even as angels of glory are invisible to men. Nor would it be advantageous to the world that their physical eyes should be opened as were those of Saul of Tarsus. The effect might be the same. The promise of the Bible, that "all the blind eyes shall be opened," and that "Every eye shall see Him" relates not to the natural eye, but to the eyes of understanding, so long darkened, confused, bewildered, by error. The True Light will shine; the True Knowledge of the Lord will fill the earth and all will receive a blessing thereby. Christ's Parousia and Epiphania. Careful Bible study' recalls the fact that different Greek words are used in respect to Christ's Second Coming. One word, parousia, signifies presence—not coming in our ordinary use of the word. Over and over again the Scriptures tell of the Presence of the Son of Man in the end of this Age, and relate that during His Parousia, the world will be unaware of it, and attending to the ordinary affairs of life. The only ones who will know will be the most saintly, people of God. And these wik know, not by some outward sign, but by the Light of the Lamp of God's Word. "Ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief"—though it shall come as a thief and as a spare all the world. on the world. I Thessalonians 6:4. An increasing number of Bible Students all over the world are convinced from the Scriptural testimony, backed by the outward evidences, that the Parousia of our Lord began in October, 1874. The great enlightenment that has come to the world as well as to Bible Students during the period since is accredited to the fact that we have been living in the dawning time of the New Dispensation. But the Scriptures, with equal clearness point out that the Presence of Jesus is to be made manifest to the world. He is to "appear," to be "revealed." His Presence is to be made known to the whole world so that every eye may see Him; that is, that the eyes of understanding of the whole human family may be opened to a realization of the great truth that Messiah's Kingdom has come into power, and is thenceforth to rule the world, to overthrow sin, to uplift righteousness, to bless all the willing and obedient and to destroy in the Second Death all wilful sinners. According to the Bible, it will be a terrible, rude shock that will startle the world and open the eyes and ears of their understanding and prepare them for the Highway of Holliness. The revealing, or manifesting, to the world of Messiah's Presence as the New Ruler of earth, will come with a great Time of Trouble, which the Prophet declares will be severer than anything ever before known—"A time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation" (Daniel 12:1). It will be a time of judgments, of punishments, upon nations, individuals and ecclesiastical systems, as well as upon inequitable financial institutions. The symbolic picture is that the whole fabric of society, ecclesiastical, political, financlal, will be "on fire." St. Peter declares symbolically that "the elements will melt with fervent heat"—the social elements. Concerning that awful trouble, the Bible declares, "He shall be revealed in flaming fire, taking vengeance." All will know, all will see, all the world will mourn and be in terror, the more so because of the false doctrines which have represented that beyond the present life is an eternity of torture for all except the saintly elect few. Such wrong visions of the future make doubly severe the trials and disappointments and losses of the present life which are the real judgments of the Lord, the Bible knowing nothing of an eternity of torture in the future, but telling us everywhere that the deed sleep, waiting for the glorious Kingdom of Him who redeemed them more than eighteen centuries ago by the sacrifice of Himself. Christ will not appear to His Church in, flaming fire—only to the worlds: "When He shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory." Before the consummation of that great Time of Trouble, every saint, every member of the Church of the First-born, whose names are written in Heaven, will have been changed from earthly nature to spirit nature, because "flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom." Neither will the sympathy of Christ, or the sympathy of the Church with poor humanity, interfere to prevent the great catastrophe with which this Age will end. The Kings, Emperors and Czars of the world would no more give over to Jesus their power and rule and government than would the clergy give over the spiritual control. The Divine Program seems to be to allow human institutions to wreck themselves in showing their own incompetency and opposition to the Divine arrangement. Thank God for the better Day beyond—when the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His beams for the blessing of all the families of the earth! Thank God that the Redeemer, full of sympathy, will be wise to know how deeply the plowshare of sorrow and trouble may go to properly prepare the hearts of men for the rich blessings His Millennial Kingdom will have to bestow! Thank God, for the assurance that Messiah's Kingdom will prove to be "the desire of all nations." How Christ Will Come. How unreasonable, how unscriptural, we now see were the theories respecting the Second Coming of Christ handed down from a darker time! We were informed that the Redeemer 'would come again in the flesh, whose only glory would be a kind of shining of the skin. We overlooked entirely the great change which came to our Master after He had finished the sacrificial work given Him to do. His ascension signified a return not only to Heaven, but also to the Heavenly condition which He left when He humbled Himself to be made flesh for the purpose of being man's Redeemer. We overlooked the statement that He was "put to death in flesh, but quickened in spirit." We overlooked the fact that the Master declared, "My flesh I give for the life of the world." We overlooked the fact that the Scriptures assure us that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, and that consequently the elect Church, before entering the Kingdom condition, must be changed by the power of the First Resurrection—made Heavenly, or spirit beings, like our glorified Redeemer. From the foregoing is it not evident that the presence of the Lord will not be discerned except by the few? The masses will not know, even as the masses knew not in the time of Noah. But as Noah and his family knew about the coming Deluge, so the saints of God will know approximately the time of the great trouble with which this Age will close and the Kingdom Age be inaugurated. Thus the Apostle says, "Ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that Day should overtake you as a thief," though it shall come as a snare upon the whole world.—1 Thessalonians 5:1-6. The period of Christ's presence, "as a thief in the night," unknown to the world, will be a time of special scrutiny and judgment in the Church—a time of giving reward to those found faithful. This dealing with the Church includes, we believe, the Resurrection reward that will be given to the Apostles and all the faithful ones of the Church who have fallen asleep and have been waiting for this very hour and its blessings. So the Apostle tells us that those of the Church alive and remaining until that time will not hinder, or prevent, those who have gone before. "The dead in Christ shall rise first." They will enter into the joys of their Lord first, and will experience the resurrection change first. Later on, the brethren then living will be dealt with, down to the last member. Then the Church having been glorified, the next step of the Divine Program will be in order—the Epiphania, or shining forth of the Lord in glory. When speaking of Christ's Epiphania, or revealing, we are not to understand that His Parousia has ceased. Rather, as at the First Advent, Christ's presence covered a number of years, so at His Second Advent His Parousia, His presence, will be for the entire thousand years of His Reign. At the first, however, the Parousia will be known only to the Church, and to them merely by the eye of faith. Subsequently, changed by the First-Resurrection, they will see their present Lord as He is—a spirit Belng. Then will come His Epiphania to the world—His shining forth in power and great glory. But this shining forth (Ephiphania) will bring quite a shock of surprise to the world. It will mean a sudden blazing forth of God's rightequ indignation against everything sinful, against everything unjust. The poetess caught the proper thought when writing respecting the Epiphania of Christ: "I see His flaming judgments As they circle all the earth, The signs and groanings' promised To precede a second birth. I read His righteous sentence In the crumbling thrones of earth— Our King is marching on." Nevertheless, this flaming forth of Messiah's judgments, severely awful as they will be, will be manifestations of the Love of God and of Christ. By the consuming of the dross in the fire of that tribulation, mankind will be blessed, transformed, uplifted, developed. This flaming fire in which Christ and His Church, God's Kingdom in glory, will be revealed to mankind, is elsewhere in the Bible spoken of as the fire of God's anger. Of it we read that the proud and all that wickedly will be as stubble, and that the fire of that time will consume them, root and branch. The hope, of course, is that as they realize the changed conditions they will drop their pride and their wickedness, and turn unto the Lord. He will send the flaming fire of judgments for the very-purpose of consuming the world's impurities, and thus of blessing and purifying all who will learn to love righteousness. When Christ Will Come. Again we were misled by our creeds in respect to the time of Christ's Second Coming. Some of us declared that He already had come the second time and that His Kingdom was set up long ago. Our Catholic friends claim that the establishment of the Kingdom took place in the year 800, under Pope Leo III., and that the thousand years of Christ's Reign are in the past. We sincerely hope that they are in error; for, if that theory be correct, Christ's Kingdom has accomplished far less for the world than the Bible statement would lead us to expect. Protestants have also held that Christ's Kingdom has been established, that His Reign began centuries ago; that the Church of England has been reigning, also the Church of Germany, the Church of Sweden and the Church of Russia—each claiming authority in the earth. The majority of Christian people are much confused, bewildered; but Bible students are of late getting a better focus upon this subject. They are seeing that, according to the Bible, we should still pray, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is done in Heaven;" that we should still wish for the Son of God from Heaven, and that we should still remember St. Peter's words respecting the Times of Restitution, blessing and favor, which will come to the world at the Second Advent of Christ—Acts 3:19-21. Admitting that those who interpret the prophecies to teach that we are now living in the time of the Second Advent of Christ are not infallible in their interpretation, we must, nevertheless, concede that there are signs all about us today which closely tally with what the Bible tells us respecting the condition of things which will obtain at Christ's Second Coming. Let us note some of these: St. Paul told of the end of the Age (also St. Peter), that it would be marked by a form of Godliness but lack the power; that it would be marked by disobedience to parents, by headiness, by high-mindedness, by love of pleasure, by unreliability. (2 Timothy 3:1-5.) Surely we see on every hand what answers well to the apostolic prophecies of the closing time of this Age and the dawning of the New Age. On the other hand, we have prophecies which tell us of glorious blessings due to come to the world in conjunction with Messiah's Second Advent. Hearken to the Lord's Word in the prophecy of Daniel. We read that in the Time of the End (of the present order of things) in the time of the dawning of the new order of things) (1) "Many shall run to and fro;" (2) "Knowledge shall be increased;" (3) "The wise shall understand;" (4) "There shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation." Are we not at the time when the whole world is on the move as never before in the past? Steamboats, steam and electric railways, etc., are only a century old and are only reaching their climax of efficiency. It would seem as though God had prospered human intelligence along these lines just at the opportune moment to bring in the running to and fro at the appropriate time—in the end of this Age. How about the increase of knowledge? Is it not true that greater increase has been made in knowledge within the past fifty years than ever before? Not only is this knowledge exemplified in tunnels, bridges, buildings, machinery, electric-lighting and power, and in every conceivable device for human comfort, but it is especially marked in human education. Within the past thirty years free schools, yea, compulsory education, have seemingly been forced upon the people of every land, as though to fulfill this prophecy, "Knowledge shall be increased." What about the statement that the wise shall understand? Many are perplexed by these things and wonderingly are deserting the Bible and flocking to evolution theories, only to find them unwise. The wise are those who hold fast to the Word of God, and in its increasing light see new beauties. The only satisfactory explanation of the times in which we are living is that these are the days of the Son of Man. Do not these things give the people of God a ground for faith that we are now in the closing of this Age and in the dawning of the Messianic Age, when the world is to be blessed by God's Kingdom? Many, of course, may scoff at the thought; but many others, God's saintly ones, are lifting up their heads and rejoicing. "knowing that their redemption draweth nigh." "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stoneest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!" —Luke 13:34. HERE we have another parable of the Kingdom. Today's lesson shows that God's promises and providences toward Israel under the Law Covenant were to prepare that nation to be God's holy nation and especially to provide at Christ's coming a sufficient number to constitute the elect Church. Messiah's joint-heirs in the Kingdom—His Bride. The parable shows that only a few were "Israelites indeed," in whom was no gulle—not enough to constitute the Kingdom class. Hence the call of this Gospel Age, selecting from the Gentiles sufficient of saintly character to be joint-heirs with the Jewish remnant in the Messianic Kingdom. The Marriage of the Lamb. Jehovah Himself is the King who made a marriage for His Son—arranging before the foundation of the world that there should be joint-heirs with Christ in His Kingdom. This marriage, of course, could not take place until the King's Son had come into the world and, by His obedience unto death, had made the way for His followers and for His Kingdom. At the appropriate time God sent His servants to call them that were hidden to the wedding. But they would not come. John the Baptist and his disciples did this work of calling to the attention of Israel the fact that the King's Son was in their midst.-John 120:329. A man is being beaten by a man. Again, other servants were sent forth, Jesus sent His disciples sent forth. Jesus Gentiles Called. sent His disciples to the Jews, saying to them that were bidden, "All things are ready. Come to the marriage." But the people, under the guidance of the scribes and the Pharisees, the theologians of that day, made light of the Message and went—one to his farm and another to his merchandise—saying, We do not believe this Kingdom Message. Some did even worse than this. They treated these servants shamefully and slew them. Then, as seen in another parable, Jehovah was wroth with Israel. He sent forth armies and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. The fact that it was the Roman army under Titus which destroyed Jerusalem, A. D. 70, did not make it any less Jehovah's army; for He is able to make the wrath of man praise Him and able to use whom He may please as His messengers for good or evil. Gentiles Called to the Wedding. Meantime God said to His servants, the Apostles, and others through them. The wedding is provided for; but the Jewish nation, which was especially invited, has not proved worthy of the honor. Go ye, therefore, into the highways; and as many as ye shall find, bring to the marriage feast. The servants did so, and the wedding was furnished with guests. ```markdown ``` The highways represent public concourse. The Lord's ambassadors were no longer to restrict themselves to Jews, but were to make known everywhere the fact that God is now calling out of the The Man Without a Wobbling Gurment Wedding Garment. calling out of the world a little company, lorers of right coussiness, to become eventually Christ's joint-heirs in His Kingdom. Be it noted that these ambassadors were not to intercept all in the highways, but merely to urge upon all they met in the course the great privilege of the open door to the wedding feast. Inspecting the Guests. The man found without a wedding garment in the presence of the King represents a class, not merely one individual. Today we might find just such a class, professing to be Christ's followers, but declaring that they no longer trust in the merit of His sacrifice for sin. They have rejected Jesus as their Savior, their Redeemer, and retain Him merely as their Teacher, apparently accepting only a part of His teachings. The parable shows that this class will be rejected from the Kingdom privileges. When our minds were filled with hallucinations of the Dark Ages, we assumed that this class, represented by the man without a wedding garment, would be cast into eternal torment. But now we perceive that as the guests were called out of the darkness of the world into the light of the wedding chamber, so the casting of one into the outer darkness would mean merely the taking from him the knowledge and joy represented by the light. Our Lord's statement. "Many are called, but few chosen." does not mean that only an elect few will receive God's favor in the future. For eighteen hundred years the Gospel Call has sounded. Yet comparatively few have accepted and come into the elect condition—the Church, the Bride of Christ. Thus again the Master explained the matter saying, "Fear not, Little Flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." The Little Flock, composed of Jews and Gentiles, will through faithfulness become God's chosen people—the Bride of Christ. Steamer Angler Open for Charter for RIVER VIEW The Excursion Boat Angler may now be chartered for excursions. Churches, Sunday Schools, Societies, and all other organizations. Apply at wharf or at 1259 Third St., S. W. Louis Jefferson, Manager E. VOIGT 727 7th Street, Northwest Congratulations to THE WASHINGTON Trons to his store, where all kinds of j may be seen and purchased at reasonable Extends his congratulations to THE WASHINGTON BEE and invites its patrons to his store, where all kinds of jewelry and other goods may be seen and purchased at reasonable prices. 727 Seventh Street, Northwest CULTIVATE YOUR HAIR ME. C. J. WALKER'S WONDERFUL HAIR Tetter Salve, Hair Grower, 50 cents per box. Temple Salve, 35 cents per box. Branch Office where the goods are on sale, and time. Walker's best agents, who will treat you merging it. Results guaranteed with six weeks' treatment if us 1121 First Street Northwest. Mrs. Annis ne, Lincoln 916Y. LAIS ROYAL GLOVES WHY NOT DEAL 4TH? THE NEW DRUG ST Cor. 63d and Eastern A (Chesapeake Junction) —which will open about APRIL When you want drugs or anything stores sell, you can make assuran- ing right quality and right se- sure by coming to our store. —Begin trading here with the remaining a customer only so RECEIVE COURTEOUS TREATIES WHOLLY RELIABLE GOODS; FOR YOU WANT, AND ARE SATISFI- PRICES. —This is a fair proposition. If aequainted with us ask your neigh- ter yet ask your physician about H. EDGAR LEWIS Formerly with Tyree and Telephone Gaskins' Restuarant 320 Eighth Street Northwest (Opposite Kanns.) ounting around for good things to eat and do ify your hunger and thirst we have IT. It is a quiet and attractive place for Ladies a dine. Gling Luncheons, Dinners and Banquets Our Sp grade of food and Liquid Refreshments GASKINS, Proprietor, 33. DRE'S PARK, Eckington, D. R. PICNICS, LAWN FETES AND ALL MEETINGS. has a spacious pavilion 50x50, a floor as sm modation, basket-ball facilities, excellent fully lighted by electricity. Cars to the gate patrons to the city. marked Berwyn, Riverdale, Laurel or Disc CULTIVATE YOUR HAIR BY USING MME. C. J. WALKER'S WONDERFUL HAIR GROWERS Shampoo, Tetter Salve, Hair Grower, 50 cents per box; each. Temple Salve, 35 cents per box. Call at the Branch Office where the goods are on sale, and there you will find some of Mme. Walker's best agents, who will treat your scalp and advise you concerning it. Wonderful results guaranteed with six weeks' treatment if used as directed. Branche Office 1123 First Street Northwest. Mrs. Annie Thompson, Manager. Phone, Lincoln 916Y. —which will open about APRIL 1, 1914— When you want drugs or anything that drug stores sell, you can make assurance of securing right quality and right service doubly sure by coming to our store. Begin trading here with the intention of remaining a customer only so long as you RECEIVE COURTEOUS TREATMENT; GET, WHOLLY RELIABLE GOODS; FIND WHAT YOU WANT, AND ARE SATISFIED WITH PRICES. No use hunting around for good things to eat and drink. What it takes to satisfy your hunger and thirst we have IT. Our Cafe is a quiet and attractive place for Ladies and Gentlemen to lunch and dine. patrons. AARON J. GASKINS, Proprietor, Phone M. 1033. Washington, D. C. MADRE'S PARK, Eckington, D. G. OPEN FOR PICNICS, LAWN FETES AND ALL OPEN-AIR MEETINGS. This park has a spacious pavilion 50x50, a floor as smooth as glass, dining accommodation, basket-ball facilities, excellent water, swings. It is beautifully lighted by electricity. Cars to the gates and special cars to bring patrons to the city. Take cars marked Berwyn, Riverdale, Laurel or District Line and get off at gate. FOR TERMS, DATES, ETC., SEE MANAGER, MISS M. A. D. MADRE, 2227 CLEVELAND STREET,'N. W. Complet $100 to $150 Funeral for $70 | > COMPLETE $100 TO $150 FUNERAL FOR $70 is Telephone, Main 5168. : Our Service is as follows fora COMPLETE FUNERAL AT $70. Black cloth or colored plush covered casket, lined with silk or satin; six large bar handles, “At Rest” plate, outside case, embalming, opening grave (at Payne’s or Woodlawn Cemetery), burial suit or dress, hearse and two carriages, washing, dressing, shaving, etc. 7 All Other Funerals at Proportionate Savings. WARD & THOMAS FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS, . : 604 Third Street, S, W. ‘Carriages to Hire for all Occasions. Weddings, Receptions, Lodges, etc. Ward and Thomas Funeral Directors and Embalmers - 604 THIRD STREET, S. W. The following properties, desirable for homes or investments, can be purchased by responsible parties on easy terms: * Nos. 2126-2128-2130 Eleventh Street N. W., two-story apartment buildings, rented for $30.00 eaclt per month. Price, $3,750. " Terms, $400.00 cash, balance payable in monthly installments, which includes all interest and payment on principal. No. 34 N Street N. W. Modern 6-room residence, cellar, tiled bath, furnace heat. Rented to desirable tenant. Price, $3,500. Terms, $300.00 cash, balance $30.00 per month, including all interest and principal. No. 761 Girard Street N. W. Six room house in excellent condition, tiled bath, cellar, furnace heat. Rented for $26.00 per month. Price, $3,250.00. Terms, $300.00 cash, balance $30.00 per month, including interest and principal. : Corner Thirteenth and Water Streets S. E., one square Lincoln Park, new store, containing store room and five living rooms. Excellent lo- cation for druggist, grocery, or caterer. Can furnish tenant at $40.00 per month. Price, $4,500. Terms, $500.00 cash, balance $42.50 per month, including principal and interest. Write, phone, or call to be shown the above properties. , : . B. B. PINN 7 " Phone Lincoln 2370 1221 Walter St. S. E. Legal Notices . + Fhomas Walker, Attomey. Supreme Court of the District of Co- Iumbia, Holding Probate Court— No, 20765, Administration. This is to Give Notice: That the subscriber of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Co- lumbia, Letters testamentary on the estate of Alice J. Scott, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the de- ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereoi, legally authenticated, to “the sub- scriber, on or before the Gth day of July, A. D. 1915, otherwise they may by law’ be excluded from all bencfit of said estate. * Given under my hand tnis 19th day ‘of August, 1914. CREED W. CHILDS, - 1911 L Street Northwest, Attest: . JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of lumbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. : THOMAS WALKER, Attorney. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. Savannah, Ga, has “seven, Negro insurance companies, employing 148 young men and women. Their pay roll amounts to $1,766.70 weekly. Ee eae ee Se ee ee een ee ee 5,000 miles. Kindergartens for colored children are being adopted in different parts of the South. An experimental kin- dergarten has lately been opened in Richmond. It has created such inter- est among the parents and the school authoritics that it is expected it will soon be made permanent. One hundred and fifty thousand Africans are in the French army. Jack Johnson has been made a: colo- nel at $500 per month. Should he be killed, his wife draws the same monthly during her lifetime. Charles Reintzel is his name and he holds the high and official posi- tion of guard at the top of the Wash- ington Monument—a five hféndred and fifty foot job—and he Has held it for twenty-five years. Despite the loftiness of his position, he is not 2 hard man to see. He has no secre- tary to stand between him ond a climbing public and, personally, in- terviews 160,000 people a year. Dur- ing his long service about 4,000,000 men, women and children have seen and talked with him. The tiny old church of Upleatham, ten miles from Middleboro, England, is believed to be tis smallest in the world, its seating tapacity being ten. On the inside walls are painted coats of arms of three titléd houses in the district. A quaint inscription rough- ly carved in the stone midway up the tower tells that the church was built in the sixteenth century. Judging from the grave stones and masonry it would appear that the church wa: built at a far earlier date. * A beautiful little hand-made white dress, made in the pioneer days by} “the mother of L. G. Bates, adornec the little five-weeks-old baby wh« was christened in Elsie, Mich. las week. The dress has been in the Bates family nearly 80 years, ever) « grandchild having worn it. Arthur Ennals, a colored man o} Georgetown, Del., has proof that h was struck by lightning. A bolt cam down the chimney of Ennal's hom« and jumped from the stove hole te where the colored man was. sitting He was thrown from the chair. The bolt struck him on the back of the neck and ran straight down his spinal column, leaving a seared furrow. Ex cept for the burns, Ennals was no’ hurt. Physicians marvel at his es- cape from death, | a Hon. John M. Langston made a fight in Congress for the maintenance of a creditable merchant marine ser- vice. It was not worth consideration then, but now the value of govern- ment control of merchant ships is unquestionably proven in the present international war. Al | NAVIES’ BIG PART IN WARS. Outcome of This Struggle to Depend on Success of Ships. London.—What- part will the navies of the world play in the European con- filct? The surest way to get at the answer is to examine thé part navies have Played in other wars and those who turned over the ¢2ges of their histories yesterday, if they went back far enough, foun that twenty great sea fights have molded the history of the world and determined the national boundaries of the globe. It was the fleet of Nelson that twice curbed the activities of Napoleon when all Europe’s armies had been conquer- ed. Perry on Lake Erle with his wood- en fieet of sailing vessels turned the tide in 1812, when 1t looked as if the United States was to be placed com- Pletely under the heel of Great Brit- }ain’s power. Later during the civil war the Union men of war rendered invaluable service to the military by blockading the coast, and finally two battles practically determined the re- sult of the Spanish-American war, | In the spring of 1798 Napoleon’s | armies had swept Europe and the fleet of French ships at Toulon was menac- ing England. More than 400 ships, in- cluding transports, were awalting Na- poleon’s bidding at Toulon in southern France on the Mediterranean, and none knew what thelr objective was. " ‘To Lord Nelson was given the task of coping with the great French fleet and frustrating the purpose of Napo- leon. ‘While Nelson was watching Toulon @ storm scattered his fleet and gaye the French a chance to get out and way unobserved. After cruising about the Mediterranean the fleets came to- gether off the mouth of the Nile Aug. 1, 1798, and the English were victori- ous, : | This defeat proved ‘the forerunner of Napoleon's ultimate downfall, ac- | cording to some historians. TheFrench- man found himself and his army bot- tled up In Egypt and the English tn command of the Mediterranean. SALESGIRLS TAUGHT VALUE OF SMILES School Also Gives tnstruction How to Drass, Milwaukee, Wis.—The money value of a smile and a pleasant voice is be ing taught in a most convincing man- ner to young women clerks of Milwau- kee in salesmanship classes recently established In the city continuation school, an Institution which is attract- ing such wide attention that its meth- ods and results are being investigated by visiting delegations of educators from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Minne- apolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and other cities, even those as far west as the Pacific const. | “Always greet your customer with a smile and wait upon him or her pleas- satly and cheetfully, | NOTICE. Persons who desire to express themselves through the columns of The Bee must sign their names, ¢s- pecially if they want the articles pub- lished. Please remember this. THE BEE. Ray T. Bailey, Phar, D, , DRUGGIST 11th and New York Ave. N. W. PHONES: Main 3021 Main 3022 P .O. Station 49 . SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACATION at the Miller’s Cottage, Luray, Va. Five minutes’ walk from the Lu- Tay cars. . . Healthful, invigorating amuse- ments, tennis courts, croquet grounds, good board.- Reasonable rates, Send for booklet. Mrs. Aldina Hawkins Haines. Promptness - Neatness ANTISEPTIC SHAVING . PARLOR Massaging and Shampooing a specialty. Shoes polished. True Reformers Hall, 1204 U Street northwest. W. S. Hall, Pro- prietor. : Cc. M. EDWARDS 5 DealerIn . Coal, Wood, Ice, Feed, Cement, Sand, Oils, Paints, Building Materials, Etc, 806 Florida Avenue N. W. Phone North 552. MRS. WYATT SMITH . Manufacturer of all kinds of HAIR GOODS Hair Cutting, Curling, Shampooing Manicuring and Facial Mas- . Sage Treatment ALSO GLOVE CLEANING Manufacturer of| Madame Smith's Maiden, Blush,\ Hair Frizcure and Massage Cream. * 134 E. Main St. Ottumwa, Iowa THE OLD RELIABLE DRUG , STORE .. JUST HONEST DRUGS— THAT’S ALL GEO. W. MURRAY Second _and L Streets Southwest ee Ee T. W. DUNWORTH 1002 Pa, Ave. N. W. You may go East and vou may go West But Dunworth always sells the best 1002 Pa. Ave. N. W. SUMMER BOARDERS —THE DENNIS HOUSE. “The Dennis House will open the first day of June to daily, weekly and monthly summer boarders. The resort-is situated on the Chesapeake Bay, Anne Arundel County, Md. There are many pleasures to be had—fishing, bathing and other summer amusements. For further information write to Mrs. Joshua M. Dennis, Shady Side P. O., Anne Arundel County, Md. ——S———— Flat Wanted. : - Wanted—A young lady or widow, unincumbered, to share flat with young widow. Address for full par- ticulars, X. Y. Z., Bee Office, » A Reward, _ A reward of $25 is hereby offered ‘to the first person giving information Heading to the whereabouts of Mr. Joseph B. London, who left his home here in the spring of 1905. Ee G. W. MILFORD, 471 Florida Avenue Northwest, A15-3t Washington, D. C. 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W., rooms..... 10.50 249 W St.N.W., 6 rooms, brick 15.50 245 W St.N.W., 6 rooms, brick 15.50 1115 N.J.Ave..N.W. 7 rooms,bath 20.00 330 Bryant St. N. W.,5 rooms 10.50 906 Ist St. S.W,, 5 rooms, brick 11.50 Jefferson Street, Lincoln, D. C., 2 rooms and sum- mer kitchen .....-2...26. 5.00 Burrville, D. C, (near Burville School) 5 roams and large garden........ 10.00 180% Vermont Ave. N. W., 10 rooms and bath........ 1706 17th St. N. W., 12 rooms and bath, hot water heat. This house will be repa- pered and painted to suit any reliable tenant ..... 35.00 THOMAS WALKER, Attorney-at-Law, 506 Fifth Street Northwest, Phone Main 4662. For Sale. Fe Sale—Three lots, z5x120 feet eacl =o ner Fifty-third and Daytoa Stri Northeast, two blocks west of N¢tional Training School, $6ca Address “N,” Bee office. "Drives Malaria out of the System. | for , hie Test wed a ma weeases Dragstets CONTAINS NO QUININE ® JUSTH’S OLD STAND, 619 1) St NW. , MEM EA he ate We _ You take no chance in buying from us; stock must be right or it’s no sale, and as for fine grade suits at $8 to $18, no man can expect to wear better igiese are made by best tailors and Bought by us for spot cash and sold same way, and that’s why this prosperous business is growing. One Price. JUSTH’S OLD STAND, 619 D. . e Job Printing. If you want first-class work, pat- ronize the Triangle Printing Co. Electric power. W. CALVIN CHASE, JR, at 7 Manager.