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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. 31 WASHINGTON, I. D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914 BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN NEGATIVE GREAT BRITAIN FINDS NO EMULSION AND BRITISH NE BRITISH PREJUDICE SOUTH AFRICAN NEGROES NOT WANTED GREAT BRITAIN FINDS NO EMULATION IN HER POLICY. DUTCH AND BRITISH NEGROES DISLIKED British Worse Than the Dutch Towards Native Negroes—British South Africa. Editor of The Bee. Cape Town, October 9. Dear Sir: In your leader of October 3, under caption of "Small Diplomacy," you observed "These qualities are called forth by reason of the policy of Great Britain, which recognizes merit and human rights wherever she sees them, without stopping to consider as to the color of the skin" etc. Sir, true to that racial impulse for gratitude for favors received, a characteristic which is always reserved for and observed towards the Caucasian, and our race journals in America all singing the praises of Great Britain for her treatment of the colored races under her control. Candor demands the admission, however, that this admirable policy of Great Britain finds no echo or emulation in her colonies, certainly not in South Africa, where the line of demarkation as to color is rigidly drawn and "Tell it not in Gath," not a whit more rigidly drawn by the Dutchman than is by the English colonial, be his residence short or long. Indeed, the latter outherods "Herod" in this direction in his anxiety to demonstrate his hatred of and for his contempt for the "blarsted nigger," and the more respectable the nigger the more intense is the irre displayed toward him. The enclosed correspondence will no doubt give the readers of The Bee some idea as to conditions here. By the by, it is worthy here to note that copies were sent to the great dailies here—the Cape Times and the Cape Argus—the former merely used and circulated an extract since the censor has ruled that its publication would be inadvisable at this juncture. But "the thief sees in every bush a policeman." And the knowledge of the bad treatment of which the natives and colored people have been the victims in the past operates in the mind of the white man; hence, the fear to trust them with the gun, lest peradventure that gun rebounds. Union of South Africa, Pestoria, October 7 Sir: In reply to your letter of the 39th ult., addressed to General the Hon. Louis Botha, P. C., I am directed to state that the Union Government greatly appreciates the loyal sentiments which are being expressed by the colored native citizens of the Union. I am, however, to refer you to the provisions of Section 7 of the South African Defence Act, 1912, and to state that the Union Government does not desire to avail itself of the services in a combatant capacity of citizens not of European descent in the present hostilities. Apart from other consideration, the present war is one which has its origin among the white peoples of Europe, and the government is anxious to avoid the employment of its colored and native citizens in a warfare against whites. I have the honor to be, sir, yours obediently, H. RILL BOURNE, Secretary for Defence. Cape Town, October 23. H. R. M. Bourne, Esq., Secretary of Defence, Pretoria. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor dated October 9, the same being reply to a communication addressed by me to General the Rt. Hon. 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To the Manager. Find enclosed $1.00 for which send The Bee for one year, beginning January 1, 1915, and to continue to December 31, 1915. I also enclose $..... amount due you for arrears. Respectfully, Address ..... This offer expires December 31, 1914. instance of the colored peoples' Vigilance Committee of Cape Town on the above subject. The colored people and natives are highly gratified for the appreciation by the Union Government of the sentiments of loyalty which have been expressed by the colored people and natives, and I beg to be permitted to add that these expressions are genuine and unfeigned. In your reply before me, sir, attention is called to the provisions of Section 7 of the South Africa Defence Act of 1912. I beg to submit the fact that this committee was not unacquainted (while addressing the Prime Minister on this question) with the fact of the presence in the act of the discriminatory clause, although it was hoped that the recent course of the Imperial Government in the introduction as combatants into Europe of the Indian troops might have found emulation by the Union Government in the reconsideration and the abrogation of its own decision on that point. And in addressing this letter of inquiry to the Prime Minister with regard to the position of the colored man as to the Prime Minister's recent call, there was no intention to suggest or to stipulate as to where the colored man's services as a continental ought to be employed, nor need it be necessarily in Europe or elsewhere. Sir, history presents a precedent in the act of a trans-Atlantic United States Government, in whose own internecine war was declared to be "a white man's war" and a war wherein the black man, as a combatant, would be entirely out of place, and that such a step would prove injudicious. And history further presents the fact that later on, in the conflict, the reversal of that dictum became necessary and imperative, and with the most satisfactory results, nor did the relationship between the two races become diversely affected by reason of such contact. In the present war, too, the war office of the French Republic has demonstrated the practicability and the wisdom of black troops being employed in a combatant capacity in Europe, and the successes attained by the British troops in Togoland, wherein the majority on the list of casualties were black soldiers, and in a war which had its origin among the white peoples of Europe, is a fact too which leads support to my contention. The colored man is not particularly anxious to be employed to fight the white 'man per se. He, however, realizes in himself a citizen fully entitled to all the rights and privileges incidental thereto, rights long withheld, but of which he may now definitely be deprived, and reciproction of every obligation, he offers himself for every sacrifice and would willingly assume every responsibility in common with others, inseparable therefrom. I am sir, your most faithful servant, F. Z. S. PEREGRINO, Secretary Colored Peoples' Vigilance Committee. (From the Union Review.) Editor W. Calvin Chase, of The Bee, of Washington, D. C., who is as able as he is fearless in the expression of opinion, had this to say of a fellow barrister in his issue of October 31, and it is a manly man's tribute to a manly man: A Tribute. WASHINGTON,I D.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914 M. GOVERNOR-ELECT FRANK B. WILLIS Who Was Named As the Next President of the United States-A Great Speech Friday Night, December 18. GREAT MEETING FORTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY Of the Adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States—Eighty-eighth Anniversary of the Birth of Senator Henderson—Governor-elect Willis of Ohio Speaks—Two People Give Him An Ovation—Nominated for President of the United States. The Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor, was a scene of the wildest enthusiasm last Friday evening, December 18. The occasion was the forty-ninth anniversary of the adoption of the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the eighty-eighth anniversary of the birthday of the late Senator John B. Henderson, the author of the amendment. There was a mixed audience of about two thousand people. The occasion was a great event in the history of the church. Seated in the pulpit were many distinguished people to do honor to the occasion. Rev. Dean called the meeting to order, who in a well prepared and eloquent address stated its object and briefly referred to the author of the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution and the great friendship the late Senator Henderson entertained for the recently emancipated colored citizens. Throughout its delivery the wildest applause was demonstrated, especially when he mentioned the name of the late Senator Henderson and Governor-elect Willis of Ohio, who occupied a seat in the pulpit. "Oh," said Rev. Drew, "when I shall have concluded I purpose to introduce to you the next President of the United States. Long ago I predicted that he would be the next Governor of Ohio and tonight, in the presence of this vast audience, I name him as the next President of the United States." The applause lasted fully five minutes. The people stood and the women waved their handkerchiefs, while a chorus of one hundred voices of little children sang victory. It was a scene most gratifying. At the conclusion of his address the Cosmopolitan choir, under Prof. James Wright, rendered the opening selection. Next was a solo by Miss Hattie P. Ivy, of Howard University. Then followed Hon. Frank B. Willis, Governor-elect of Ohio. This introduction was the signal for the wildest demonstration, whose address was a great defense of the Negro, and those who fought for his emancipation. He paid a most eloquent tribute to the late Senator Henderson and the part he played in this great republic. For one hour Governor-elect Willis held his audience in eloquent silence and when he concluded the ovation that he received was no doubt the greatest that has ever been given any man in public life. Governor-elect Willis said: "I have always been inspired whenever I come to this church. I have been here on several occasions to rallies and I am glad to be here tonight to lend a helping hand on such an occasion as the forty-ninth anniversary of the adoption of the thirteenth amendment to the United States Constitution and the 88th birthday of Senator John B. Henderson, the author of the amendment. We are organized in the language of our Martyred Lincoln:--"With malice towards none and charity for all." "Read elsewhere in this paper what the Editor has to say about this movement." Tickets on Sale at Harlan's Toggery - Shop 1105 You St., N. W. Tickets on sale at Pride's Drug Store, 28th and P Sts., N. W., Pope's Drug Store, 1319 H St., N. E. Dr. L. H. Harris, 3d and F Sts. Southwest "To my mind, it was undoubtedly one of the greatest actions of history. The colored people deserve the greatest praise for its celebration. You have made a great progress since you have been freed as American citizens. One of the secrets of your success has been your devotion to the Almighty God. Like all other successful people, you can be proud of one thing that only a few other races can be proud of, and that is, that you have always been loyal to the American flag. "The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments should go together and carried out to the letter of the Constitution. Every public officer should see to it that it is enforced. For myself, I will see that while I am Governor of Ohio it shall be respected. No citizen should be denied his or her rights as a citizen or ballot on account of color or pre- vious conditions of servitude. Such action reflects upon the United States Constitution. These amendments should stand forever. (Loud applause.) I am glad my old friend, Dr. Drew, is trying to teach this to the unborn generation." Mr. W. Calvin Chase, Editor of The Bee, and a member of the bar, was next introduced by Rev. Drew. In prefacing his remarks he told the vast audience that The Bee molded sentiment and that it was the only paper in the District of Columbia that the colored people recognized and cared anything for. Mr. Chase in a brief address paid a high compliment to Governor-elect Willis and remarked with a great deal of emphasis that we want a Republican in the White House like the Governor-elect of Ohio. Such a man would be an honor and a credit to the nation Loud applause. He concluded by paying a deserving tribute to Mrs. Belva Lockwood, who occupied a seat in the pulpit as the first female lawyer and a woman who had always defended the Negro. At the conclusion of his address Dr. Drew introduced Mrs. Julia M. Layton. Mrs. Layton delivered a most eloquent speech. She assured the people that if the women were allowed to vote we would send Mr. Chase to the next Republican National Convention to vote for Mr. Willis. A great demonstration greeted this remark. After complimenting Mr. Willis' speech and his worth, she concluded by paying a tribute to Mrs. Lockwood. Other speakers were Dr. Belva A. Lockwood, Mr. W. C. Amos of New York, Congressman J. A. Falconer, and Miss Sidney Davis dedicated a poem to Senator Henderson which was sung by the congregation. Invocation by Rev. A. A. Lott of the First Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va. A resolution was adopted authorizing Dr. Drew to arrange for the fiftieth anniversary of the thirteenth amendment and the 89th birthday of Senator Henderson and the 100th birthday of Sarah Bolton, author of the battle hymn, "Union Forever." Elocutionist Miss Hattie Brock recited. Eighty-eight school children under the direction of Miss Henrietta Attrrell, Mrs. Carrie Griffin and Miss Hattie Mackell, forty-nine young ladies, Miss Hattie Brock and Miss Rebecca McDaniel. Mr. Chase further said that the colored people want no social equality, but merely their civil and political rights. The entire program was well carried out and Dr. Drew deserves great credit for the success of the meeting. The meeting closed with the benediction by Rev. W. F. Dixon of the Berean Baptist Church. D. W. Dutton, Acting Recorder of Deeds, Republican, has appointed a white woman reader to the comparer. Best and Most Benefit TY BAL 8 TO 2 ON Hall Fri. Mrs. John A. Logan, Chairman the language of our Martyred y for all." is paper what the Editor has SLANDERTHEPEOPLE Who They Are and What They Are Doing—What An Alleged London Correspondent Says. (From the New York Age.) London. Eng., Dec. 10.—Anita Hodges Westlake in a recent issue of the Fashion Plate and Social Mirror, writing under the head of "Random Notes from the New World's Capitol," has the following to say regarding colored society in Washington, D. C. "No reference to the society here in the New World's Capital would be complete without at least a side glance at its colored society. There was a time, back in those palmy days when the conservative and exacting real Washingtonians occupied the stage, when colored society was a delightful assemblage of culture and stability and purity of character. But to hear the delightful old matrons, who were the social leaders twenty-five years ago, tell it, Washington colored society has deteriorated. "Mrs. John Marcer Langston, wife of a former minister to Haiti, was among those who made Washington colored society such a delightful assemblage a few years ago. She and her husband, both Oberlin College products, possessed all the charm of culture and rare intelligence so characteristic of those who enter and come out of that famed old-conservative Ohio educational institution. Mrs. Langston is a delightful, fascinating matron now, but her nearly 80 years takes her from out the social swim. But nevertheless her home is still a retreat for many of the best in Washington's colored society who love the dear old lady, and who love to swap reminiscences of the days when it required a real introduction buttressed by a pedigree from home to break through the stiff crust of colored society in Washington. Celebrides of the Olden Days. "Then for a while Mrs. Bruce, a charming lady of rare culture and self-consciousness—the wife of the former and only colored United States Senator—held court, and chose with rare discretion those who would receive one of those coveted missives inviting one to tea at her home. And there were the Wormleys, the Cooks, the Francisces, the Douglasses, and a line of other celebrities who blossomed, bloomed and led in Washington's colored society. "But, alas I those days have gone and now Washington colored society is hardly a replica of other days. It is now a sort of conglomeration into which enters good, bad and indifferent upon an equality—a bizarre alignment of the fit and. unfit, to hear the Continued to page 5. Future Histories With Records War In Europe Makes Past Year a Most Notable New York.-The war in Europe, the most titanic struggle between nations of the world in history, overshadows all other events of the last twelve months. This fight for supremacy, on the outcome of which hinges the fate of the strongest powers, has placed other events, which ordinarily would occupy pages in our history, in the background. The landing of troops in Mexico, the completion of the Panama canal, the changes in the fundamental principles of the currency law of the nation, the death of the pope, the election of his successor and the usual number of disasters and deaths of prominent per- ```markdown ``` © 1914, by American Press Association. GERMAN EMPEROR AND POPE BENEDICT XV. (TOP), XX-PRESIDENT HUERTA AND GENERAL FUNSTON (CENTER), COLONEL GOETHALS AND GEORGE STALLINGS, MAN- AGER OF BOSTON BRAVES (BELOW). sons added to the European fight, combine to make 1914 one of the most notable years in history. A brief history of the war to date follows: July 23, Austria made demands on Servin for murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand; 25, most of Austria's demands agreed to, but Servin refused an official investigation by Austria, Russia backs Servin; 26, Germany indicated she would support Austria; 28, Austria declared war on Servin; 31, Germany demanded that Russia cease mobilizing and proclaimed martial law. Aug. 1, Germany declared war on Russia, France ordered mobilization; 4, German troops began attack on Liege; 5, England announced state of war with Germany for invading Belgium; President Wilson offered to mediate; 15, Japan sent ultimatum to Germany; 20, Germans captured Brussels, Antwerp became capital; 27, Germans burned Louvain; 28, British fleet won first naval battle near Helgoland. Sept. 2, French government removed capital from Paris to Bordeaux; 5, battle of the Marne, ending in German retreat, begun; 12, German retreat halted at the Alsine; 20, Germans bombarded Rhelms; 22, German submarine U-0 sank British cruisers Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue in the North sea; 28, Germans began attack on Antwerp, Russians advanced into Hungary. Oct. 5, Belgian government moved to Ostend; 9, Antwerp occupied by Germans; 13, Belgian government moved to Havre, France; 10, British cruiser Hawke sunk by German submarine; 24, Germans defeated after ten day battle before Warsaw, Russia; 27, British Dreadnought Audacious sunk by mine; 29, Turkey entered war-by making naval attack on Black sea Russian ports. Nov. 1, Germans defeated British in naval battle off Chilean coast; 5, England and France declared war on Turkey, bombarding Dardanelles forts; 6, Tsingtao, German port in China, surrenders to Japanese; 10, German cruiser Emden, destroyer of commerce, captured; 23, the German naval base at Zeebrugge shelled by British warships; 20, 15,000 ton battleship Bulwark sunk by an explosion at Sheerness, England, costing 800 lives. Dec. 8, in a naval action off Falkland islands, in the south Atlantic, Admiral Sturdee's British squadron defeated Admiral von Spee's German fleet, snaking the cruisers Nurnberg, Scharnhorst, Guelsenau and Lelpzig, with a loss of 1,825 men to the vanquished. The most daring naval action of the war occurred on Dec. 16, when a fleet of German cruisers slipped across the North sea under cover of darkness and at dawn bombarded Scarborough, Harlepool and Whitby, killing several persons and destroying much property. Chicago Professor Tells Scientists Starvation is an Easy Death. Chicago.-Death by starvation would be a painless one if- The "if" was explained by Dr. A. J. Carlson, assistant professor of physiology at the University of Chicago, in a lecture before the National Academy of Science. He asserted that the pangs of hunger are only imaginary to a great extent and that if one can succeed in fooling his stomach into "believing" it is full then to all practical purposes save that of nutrition it is full. "If any one could keep his mind occupied about other things except his stomach while he was starving," said Dr. Carlson; "death by starvation would be about as painless a death as any one could hope to have." Here are some of the ways he said the stomach could be fooled: By chewing gum. By holding a stick in the mouth. By forgetting all about hunger. By taking a drink of beer or water. By becoming so frightened you don't care anything about meals. By swallowing a small balloon and pulling it up again with a string. The latter method is the one used by Dr. Carlson in conducting a series of experiments on himself, his assistant and a patient who has been fed through a tube inserted in his stomach for twenty-eight years. He used a machine called a manometer, with a small inflated balloon attached to a device for measuring the effort of the muscular action of the stomach on the balloon. He exhibited a chart and explained the wavy little lines to his audience. FRENCHMAN WALKS 1,300 MILES TO WAR Tells of Journey From Canadian Northwest to a Railroad. New York. — Fernand Tromeur, a hunter and fur collector, with a line of traps running 150 miles north of Fort Providence on the Mackenzie river in the far northwest of Canada, arrived in New York and sailed for France the other day. He is a reservist in the French navy and goes to join his ship. He is twenty-nine years old. So far away in the forests is Fort Providence that he did not hear of the war until it had been going on a month and a half. Then he started afoot and walked most of the way, 1,300 miles, he estimates, to the nearest railroad station. "Eight years ago I went to Canada and became a fur trapper, he said. "At Fort Providence there is a tribe of Indians whose chief's name is Peter Squirrel. The only other white men besides myself are the company's two or three agents. "I liked the life in the forest, got a government lot, built a log house and established my line of traps. It is a wild, cold country, but there is good money there, and my brother-in-law last winter gathered $16,000 worth of furs and sold them, but in the spring he found himself $600 in debt to the company. "Peter Squirrel has a daughter, Magdalene, the prettiest Indian girl in the province. I was lonely and far away from my people. She was good to look upon and bright, and a good housekeeper. We were married a year ago. Then came word that my country was at war. I was far out on my line of traps and was making my way back to the cabin home, where I expected to find a baby when I arrived. "Then, with the call to come home and fight ringing in my heart, I left. With blankets, a gun, bannock bread, flour and dried moose meat I started up the Mackenzie river toward the south until I met voyageurs paddling the way I wanted to go. They gave me lifts over some of the bad places, which I was grateful for, as I had 1,700 miles to walk to get to the nearest railroad station. Their lifts made my walking trip only 1,300, as I figure it out. "It was 600 miles of walking to Fort Chipewyan, on Athabaska lake. The ice closed the river, and I had to walk this, following the windings of the river to Great Slave lake and then the Athabaska river to Fort Chipewyan. "If I live I shall be back on the Mackenzie after the war, for I want to see that little fellow. My wife has taken him and gone home to her folks at Fort Smith, I expect. It is a wonderful country up there, and once the lure of the trapper's life gets into your blood you will be drawn back to it in spite of yourself." LOST, TOOK "NATURE CURE." Missing Woman Lived Six Weeks Alone in the Woods. 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B.—No letters will receive any attention. Cut this adv. out; it will not appear daily. SUPREME COURT DECISION. Public Meeting by Citizens—Speakers and Resolutions. On Wednesday evening, December 9, at 8:30 o'clock, a public mass meeting was held under the auspices of the Civic Club of Mt. Carmel Baptis, Church, Rev. W. H. Jernagin, pastor, for the purpose of discussing the recent decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court in the celebrated Oklahoma, "Jim Crow" case. After a selection by the choir of the church and prayer by Rev. Reed, the presiding officer, Rev. Jernigan, stated the object of the meeting and gave a brief history of the case as presented to the Court by Lawyer Wm. Harrison of Oklahoma. The decision of the Court was read by Mr. L. M. Hershaw, of the General Land Office, and discussed by Editor W. Calvin Chase of The Bee, Drs. C. W. Childs, Chas. H. Marshall of the Board of Education, Mr. J. Findley Wilson of The Eagle, Mrs. Julia M. Layton, Miles C. Maxfield and others. The prevailing opinion of each speaker was that the "race," through the untiring efforts of Lawyer Harrison and Rev. Jernigan, had gained a splendid victory in the decision. This was expressed in a more definite way in the form of a resolution offered by Lawyer Chase, Rev. S. P. W. Drew and Mr. J. Louis Taylor, the Committee on Resolutions, and adopted by the meeting. Musical numbers were rendered by Mr. Scott Mayo of the St. Luke choir and Miss Thelma Deane. Preamble and Resolutions. Whereas, the colored citizens of Oklahoma, through their attorney, William Harrison, Esq., argued before the Supreme Court of the United States, November 30, 1914, an appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, relating to discrimination against colored citizens practiced by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, and others, and Whereas, the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States was read by Justice Hughes, declaring unconstitutional the Oklahoma law relating to certain common carriers which gives the colored citizens of the United States a part of that for which they have been contending for: equal accommodations by railroads, and Whereas, that the colored citizens of Oklahoma did not get their entire relief for which they were contending; therefore, be it Resolved, that the colored citizens of Oklahoma and of the United States will take courage by reason of this opinion and further contend for their full manhood rights. Resolved, second, that the civic organization of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, and all the citizens herein assembled, do all in their power to aid the colored citizens of Oklahoma and the United States to obtain their entire relief, for which they have been contending. Resolved, third, that the thanks of Ave., Northwest B. BRUNCE CALMISTandCLAIRVOYANT European and American press to be of Mysteries. He is infallible in his never seen his equal. Can be con-Place S. E. Hours: 9 a. m. to 10 Phone Linc. 1061W. N. B.—No. Cut this adv. out; it will not appear the. colored citizens of the United States are tendered to Lawyer William Harrison of Oklahoma and Rev. W. H. Jernagin, of Washington, D. C., for the excellent fight they made in behalf of the colored citizens of Oklahoma and the United States. LOVE ON THE WATER. By L. C. Moore. Out on the water with Sadie smiling. The happiest moments of all my life, The question to pop was awaiting, And I said, "Sadie, will you be my wife?" She gave me a look, and smiling said "Yes." That you loved me better than all the rest. And would take me to be your wife so soon. My dear, you are my heart's delight, I will care for you and your mother; Build us a house and live out of sight. Your sister come, and all be together. Sister will marry and do her part. I pray her selection will be like mine; mine; Love mother with all his heart, And sail life's seas in peace- sublime. Pull to the shore, there comes a storm, This boat will go down and all be lost. Sit still, it will do us no harm, The waves are raging, in God we trust. What did I tell you? We are at shore, Take my arm, Sadie, near to my Be husband and wife and sail evermore, On life's joyful tide, no more to part. The church bells are ringing just in time, Let's push to the front as groom and bride, We care not for dressing, cake or wine, Just so we're married, we'll be satisfied. The boyhood home of General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, at Weston, W. Va., was destroyed by fire December 2. It is thought leaves burned by children are believed to have ignited the building. All the germs and microbes fasten themselves on the fly's feet. He brings them into the house and wipes them off his feet. Watch him as he stands on the food wiping his feet, wiping the disease germs off on the food you are about to eat. Keep the fly out of the house. [Portrait of a man in a suit with a tie and a headband, looking serious and confident]. REV W H. JERNAGIN Presiding Officer of the Citizens' Meeting Wednesday Evening Dec. 9th. THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK WILLIAM HARRISON ESQ The Lawyer Who Argued the Oklahoma "Jim Crow Car Law Before the United States Supreme Court. Made of Cocoanut Oil and Lily-White Petrolatum Combined with a well-known skin food, it is the finest scalp massage ever offered for the growing and preservation of the hair. Makes and keeps the hair straight, soft and silky. For Sale by all Druggists—Price 10c and 25c Manufactured by LaRUE CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Md. Price from 25c to $2.00 a Quart Cor. 9th and D Sts. N. W. Phone Main 2188 ecotalum Fine Soft, Silky Hair Is Yours By the use of the new Wonderful VON HAESELER IS SEEKING LOST RIB Famous Oid barman Gedieral ‘Sees Service In Four Wars, SEVENTY-EIGHT, STILL ACTIVE Veteran of War With Denmark, War Wjyth Austria and War of 1870-1 Goes Back to Battlefields and Lends Valuable Aid In Directing Destinies of Army Operating In Belgium. Berla.—“Your majesty, In the war of 1870-1 1 teft a rib in France. Now 1 want to go bach and get it.” Thus Count von Haescler, “father of the meilera German army,” the sole serviring leader of the old school of miHtarkwn and now attached to the general stuf of the German crown prince's army operating in Belgium, requested the German emperor to as- “sigu bim to new duties on the outbreak of the war. Vor Maeseler is a great organizer aad has done much to retain the princt- pes as laid down by the elder Von Moltke, uncle of the present fleld mar- shal, We belongs to an old Prussian house ef the nobility which was ennobled more than two centuries ago. His name Is Gottlieb Count von Haeseler, and he was born on Jan. 19, 1836. Competing his education, lie was made Neutenant In the hussar regiment at the age of serentcen and soon attract ed attention by his devotion:to duty and bis remarkable skill as a rider, Tn the war azainst Denmark in 1864 he served with distinction and was re warded with a promotion by the king. big . a pat am if J Pe BF a a 7 a Z Pa Oe aa = é eo Ret 2 : my £ «lt a ca Photo by American Press Association. COUNT VOR HAESELER. ‘When the war against Austria began in 1868 he was with the army of the crown prince. In the war of 1870-1 he distinguish- ed himself upon many battleflelds and was decorated with the iron cross of the second and then of the first class in 1873. Later he was given the order Pour le Merite, He continued to take an active part in German military affairs until 1903, when he was raised to the rank of field marshal general, and having com- Pleted fifty years of distinguished serv- Ice asked to be retired. As Kalser Wilhelm did not wish to relinquish all claim on his services he appointed him felong member of the Prussiau up- rer house of parliament, where he took an active part in all debates on military questions. When the present war broke out he was one of the first volunteers to offer his services to the fatherland and, al- though weventy-elght years old, is now doing active duty at the front, sharing the responsibilities and devising strate- gic movements for the army of the crown prince operating against the al- Yes’ forces. The following story tells of an Inter- esting Incident in connection with the army to which Count von Haeseler is attached: Since the German occupation of Mau- beuge the inhabitants have been niuch interested in a nameless young officer whom the Germans treat with the Greatest deference. He is generally believed to be the kaiser’s fourth son Prince August Willlam, A complaint was raised by 2 towns man that the Germans had selzed his wagon without payment, whereupon the young officer, who until then had been unnoticed, came forward and proffered a bond for the value, which the paymaster honored without demur. Later another cltizen expressed 1 - wish to change 20,000 francs In five franc pleces for paper. Suddenly thc same officer appeared, produced Frenct notes to that amount and ordered ¢ passing soldier to take the money t¢ headquarters. The soldier obeyed al most reverently. 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W.” c THE THOMPSON 61 Hamilton Street, ~ SARATOGA‘SPRINGS OPEN- JUNE 15," to OCT., 15 Ideal location near Springs and- Parks . Largé Piazza Excellent Table Elegantly Appointed rooms Moderate Prices E. T. Marshall, Prop. R. H. Marshall, Mer. Furnished by the National Negro Business League. A Little Story from Life-—When I entered the store at 6 P. M. on my way home, the proprietor was sound asleep, “I stopped by to get the lamp. which you promised to have ready for me,” 1 began very loudly. “Oh, yes,” he replied, arising from his seat behind a desk covered with a three months’ layer of dust and a hodge-podge of circulars and pa- pers. “I er—am sorry but I couldn't find a burner to fit the size of lamp you wanted.” . “Well,” I said, somewhat discour- aged, “that leaves me in a nice fix for tonight. No light, the stores up town all closed and Jones across the street only carries burners and chim- neys.” Opening his cash drawer he picked up a nickel and, handing it to a little boy who had sauntered in, said: , "Run over to Jones's and ask him to let me have a No. 2 burner. Hur- ry up now.” , “Iam glad to see that you recog- nize the importance of not disap- pointing your customers,” I ventured as hope returned. “Um-hum,” he grunted. A few minutes later the phone rang and TI listened-to this: “Hellol” “Yes!” “What?” (very loud). “Wait a minute." Then to me he said: “Jones wants ten cents for his burner. Are you willing to pay a nickel extra for the outfit?” “No, sir,” I replied. “You promised "| to sell me the complete outfit for 50c and you promised to let me have it tonight and it’s up to you to do it.” Then over the phone he. said: “Never mind, don't get it,” and hung up the receiver with a bang. 5 “Sorry, sir, but I can’t pay ter cents for a burner wot I can get fo: three cents. Stop in. tomorrow anc Til have it for you.” she As I passed out of the door, I said “Never mind! don’t bother,about get | ting one for me tomorrow. Goox night.” 11] Some time later this man was hearc to say: “It’s a funny thing why col ored folks don’t patternize their owr folks wot run stores.” Moral—Satisfied customers copsti tute the bone and sinew of every suc cessful business. | (Sequel—It developed later tha! s,Jeven if this man had paid tem (10 q | cents for the burner and sold the out fit for fifty (50) cents, he would stil have made a profit of four (4) cents.) The Tuskegee. 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WRITEOR CALL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED 2 2 ——?F Mme. A. J.Smith 935 R Street, N. W. . ~~ ot Washington, D.C. . Phone North 4017 : AGENTS{ WANTED Mr. W. P. Burrell of East Orange, N. J., the National Secretary of the National Negro Insurance League, an affiliation of the National Negro Busi- ness League, is conducting a national educational campaign for the purpose of securing sounder insurance protec- tion for the race and a higher degree of efficiency among the colored insur- ones agents. THE BEE Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1860 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance.....$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months.....50 Subscription monthly.....20 TAKE HOLD. ored people all the available methods of improvement, when they have shown an interest equal to that of whites in the elevation of society generally, then may we expect and demand that recognition which is the reward of merit. Let the spirit of Christmas enter into our souls to strengthen our resolutions and give vigor to our hearts and hands. WHEN IS A WOMAN SAFE? The task of a female is a hard one. No woman is safe, no matter what she does and how she may act. The tongues of the libertines are constantly against the good name of a woman no matter what she may do or say. Always watch the man and follow him to his home, who stands upon a street corner and watches every woman with a ravishing eye and pass complimentary or uncomplimentary remarks. Men have licenses and they can do and act as they please. The woman must act according to the rules of Howel and the rules of Lord Chesterfield. A man may or may not follow the rules of "Queensbery," he is regarded a man just the same. We reproduce for the benefit of the Washington people an article alleged to have been taken from a recent issue of the Fashion Plate and Social Mirror and reproduced in last week's New York Age. The article is a reflection on the society of this city. There is no class of people more abused or stigmatized than the colored people in this city. Speaking of Washington society, the article states that it is not like it was in the days of Bruce, Douglass and Wormly. The author shows his ignorance of Washington. Compare the society of today with the society, referred to. Compare the colored society prior to both, with the society of today. The Bee could a tale unfold. The Washington society of today, like all other social organizations in other cities, allows snakes, thieves and blacklegs to enter. There are more blacklegs attempting to control Washington society than there are in any other city. These same backlegs can find no virtue in our women and they, like hounds and wolves, ready and waiting to destroy them. The class referred to in this article doesn't represent the good people in this city. There can be no society among colored people, because they are not in a position. A thief, a bootblack, or outcast from other cities have as much to say who shall and shall not be admitted or invited to certain social functions. Take many of the social functions of today and compare them with those during our grandfather's days. Some colored people in this city have an idea that dress, office and the like make them social elites. There are thousands of good chambermaids, scrub women, washerwomen and the like who have more business to be recognized as the social elites of this city than the curbstone libertines who daily take their place upon the corners of our streets and pass uncomplimentary remarks about our women. Whoever wrote the article referred to knows nothing about the society of Washington. The real society of Washington doesn't belong to the class referred to in this alleged London article, and in a few weeks The Bee will tell you who the real people of Washington are and have been since the fall of the Lotus Club and the Freedmen's Bank ring. WHITE MAN'S WAR On the first page of The Bee this week will be seen and read with interest a letter from Cape Town, South Africa, which should not be overlooked. The South African Negroes are told that their service in the European War were not wanted, because it was a, white man's war, as the letter of R. Rice Bourn, the Secretary for Defense, as he is called, will show. While it is true that the South African Negroes are receiving similar treatment as the American Negroes, they continue to be loyal to the flag. In the South the American Negroes are not permitted to organize a militia or to carry a gun. The same discrimination exists in South Africa. The South African Negro is not permitted to carry a gun for fear that he will turn upon the white Europeans, and yet there is no evidence of a colored man being a traitor to his government. Wherever the Southern white man goes, there you will find his prejudice. In almost every civilized country, you will see a growing hatred toward the colored man. The colored man must possess great power and qualities, that causes the white races to fear him. The day is fast approaching when the services of the colored man are needed. The blacks must be respected, and his services are daily growing in demand. The white man might as well realize the fact that the services of the colored man will soon be needed in this country, notwithstanding the attempt of the administration to prevent this country from having war. It is bound to come, and this country might as well prepare for it. The prediction of The Bee is as certain as the sun; the next war in this country will teach the prejudiced white man his place. The doctrine of Vardaman, Hoke Smith, Daniels, and all others who are opposed to human treatment of their fellow being, will die. Great Britain boasts of her human treatment of her African possessions, but if we are to believe what The Bee's Cape Town correspondent says, her treatment of Negroes is just as bad as the treatment of the United States Southern Negroes. If the European war is a white man's war as the Secretary for the Defense alleged, their let the Cape Town African Negro remain neutral and permit the white man to do the fighting. Germany declares that the black soldiers are the best fighters in this European war. The black soldiers showed their superiority over the whites in the late civil war, and had if not have been for those faithful black allies the South would have been King long ago. As it is, what the South lost by the bullet she won by the pen, and the latter has been the most effective, as is evidenced by the treatment of the Negroes in South Africa. Let every Negro remain neutral, and when he is wanted, let him be called. The day is fast approaching when he will be badly needed. SCHOOL INVESTIGATION. The advice of The Bee is to cease this school agitation for the present at least. If the school authorities had have acted there would have been no need of a resolution in Congress calling for an investigation of the schools. This resolution is aimed at the colored schools, and should the author of that resolution succeed in having it passed, the teachers will suffer and not the agitators. Mr. Thurston is able to remedy the evils complained of if he will, and the sooner he makes a few changes, of which he has a thorough knowledge, The Bee is confident that the school agitation will cease. Why doesn't Mr. Thurston act? He has been given the information in a certain direction; why not act? If those who are in charge of our schools are unable to remedy the evil let the people petition the Judges for a new Board of Education who will, in return, give new school officials. It is a notorious fact that the District appropriation bill doesn't contain or place the assistant directors upon a proper footing. There are teachers who are receiving more pay than these assistant directors. Certainly this is neither fair nor just. Just whose fault this is The Bee is umble to state. If the alleged charges of Oldest Inhabitants School Committee had been given proper consideration by the school authorities there would have been no trouble or complaint to make. In the case of Mr. Hershaw's daughter, in particular, the evil complained of and was fully shown to the satisfaction of the school authorities, should have been corrected. If such errors were made in the marking of Miss Hershaw and not corrected, who is to blame? Let this school agitation cease for the good of the schools. The Bee had fully decided to say nothing on the school question, because it believes that it will eventually operate to the detriment of our school system and the sooner it comes the better it will be for our schools. The recent law suit filed was a mistake, and it will be shown that it was. It was the duty of the Board of Education to have investigated the charges and report its findings and made such recommendations as, in its judgment it found to be just and proper. The Bee is not aware who advised this recent law suit, but it will be found to have been a blunder, and the sooner it, is dismissed the better it will be as for parties concerned. WHY NOT? A great deal has been said by the citizens of Washington about race unity. There is more diversion among colored people than any other class in this city. Now, why is it that out of such a large colored population in this city that many of them insist upon patronizing business houses that discriminate against them. Many of the greatest business houses in this city will not permit colored citizens to eat a lunch or to drink a glass of soda water at their tables or fountains. Thousands of dollars are spent yearly by the teachers in our schools; many of them find more The Bee has often advised the colored people to support their own institutions and business houses when it is convenient for them to do so. Why should they continue to spend their money in places that don't want them, and when they do go to these places they are reluctantly waited on. There is one big store in this city that has declared that it is for white people only. Why go there? Why not go to such places as Lansburg's, Kings Palace, Dodek's, Grogan's House and Hermann, Kraft Bros., where your patronage is appreciated. We have but one shoe store conducted by colored people, where all kinds of shoes can be had. Our drug stores are equal to any in the city, such as Dr. W. L. Board, Dr. John W. Morse, Dr. Will Davis, Dr. Smith. Then we have jewelry stores that welcome our people, such as Voigt, and Sellingers. The colored citizens must show some race pride. As the year of 1915 approaches let us as a people show to the world that we are united for our own advancement and progress, and loyal to our flag and country. SUBSCRIBE NOW. From now until December 31, The Bee will be sent to any part of the United States for ONE DOLLAR. The Bee and the McCall's great fashion magazine will be sent for one year beginning January 1, 1915, for one dollar and fifty cents. Those in arrears are invited to take advantage of this liberal offer by paying up and sending one dollar, with arrears included, or $1.50 with arrears for both The Bee and McCall's magazine. The Bee is the greatest race advocate in the United States. McCall's fashion magazine is the leading and the greatest fashion magazine for ladies and children in the world. Don't delay, but send today. Remember that this offer expires December 31, Midnight. HOWARD'S LAW SCHOOL. The Bee briefly spoke about the Howard University secretorship of the law department. The Bee said last week that the successor of the late Mr. Bundy should be a practicing attorney and a man of diplomacy. No man should be selected because he may be a favorite of some individual, because there has been too much favoritism already. The Bee has several lawyers in view from whom the faculty could select and give entire satisfaction. Any one The Bee has in view would be a credit to the law school. LEON WORMLEY The appointment of Mr. Leon Wormley chairman of the General Committee for the benefit of the Belgian sufferers meets the hearty approval of the citizens of this city. The appointment of Dr. Geo. W. Cabiness as chairman of the Finance Committee was a happy selection. Dr. Cabiness is popular with the people and a man of the highest integrity. Those people who don't desire to serve under the leadership of Mr. Wormley can resign, just the same as the gentleman who wanted Mr. Mastor chairman of the Printing Committee in the place of a practical printer. It might as well be understood that Mr. Wormley is chairman. The Bee, The Eagle and the people will support him. No one man is going to run things in this city and the sooner it is realized the better the people will succeed. Mr. R. R. Hainer has been added to the Executive Committee. NEW CALENDAR. National Benefit Association Surpasses Them All. Two of the most beautiful and unique calendars have just been received from the National Benefit Association, with one main office at 609 F Street Northwest, one in Philadelphia, Pa., and one in Chester, Pa. The association is one of the greatest in the world among colored people. Mr. S. W. Rutherford is the general secretary and one of the most progressive and active men in the United States. The son of the general secretary is also an active and progressive young man who has the combined characteristics of his father. These two calendars ought to be in the home of every citizen. PUT IN WRITING. Will any competitor in the recent library examination, who went out of his way to abuse others, put his statement in writing. A person who has a suspicious record and is himself guilty of crime should know what he is saying. A hint to the blackguard is sufficient. Perhaps The Bee will tell all it knows. A woman's good name is all she possesses and when a blackleg attempts to degrade her, he must suffer the consequences. PUBLIC MEN AND THINGS (By the Sage of the Potomac.) There has been quite a controversy on between Hughy Fullerton, Grantlin Rice, J. Ed. Grillo and myself as to who should officially write up the Sun-Eagle two-round go for the police court purse for the Congressional Record. Finally, it was decided that I was the very bestest authority on the prize ring, and the lot fell to me, so here it goes, uncensored by the Beligerants' League, but unanimously approved by the Gossip League: Long before the hour, the best seats at the ring side were occupied with the elect, handsome hair-vimmed women, wearing French heels and a smile, and bald-pated and vandyked men, eager to catch the first glimpse of the fighters as they entered the ring. The first to enter the ring was the Eagle, wearing the emblem of an Elk. He seemed nervous, and ever anon cast furtive glances toward the point of exit. Wild cheers went up from the Harlan persimmon box to the right as the Eagle entered. The all of faces, now occupying all the seats, had their eyes glued on the Eagle, who had fought some hard battles under the sobriquet of "The Fraternal Tramp." Quickly, however, did the scene shift, and all heads were turned when a wild Fortunesque cheer went up, and, rebounding on the ambient air, was caught up and boiled along by the Thompsonian clackers, who occupied a reserved box on free Howard Theatre tickets. This wild cheering bespoke the entrance into the ring of The Sun. "It" entered jaintly, tossing its hair-vimmed locks back, over its shoulder with a saucy shake of the head. Its eyes sparkled with pharmaceutical fire. The Eagle stood in his corner and eyed it, then turned nervously and began sharpening his tallons on some Newspaper Union boiler plate, and his beak on an old subscription list. In the Eagle's corner stood William Calvanistic Chase, hero of an hundred sanguinary prize ring contests, and Armond Wildfire Scott, the Wilmington valler champion. In the Sun's corner, close observation developed the dark, spot to be Barrister Taylor, the tall, grim-s言aged, heavyweight Blackstonian—literally and figuratively dark. By legal rules, Reappointed Given was accepted as the referee. Handshaking was dispensed with, as neither the Eagle nor the Sun carried sufficient generosity and harmony in their tenounce gloves to grasp the hand of the other. After being warned by the referee that there should be no fouling, such as pulling hair, calling names and "talking" it, the word was given to begin hostilities. Immediately the Eagle, with feathers ruffled and roughed, and pinions spread, made a straight-arm jab at the Sun's pulsometer, which it cleverly ducked, and came back with a Missmurray upper cut, which caught the Eagle in the region of the vein of truth. Immediately there was confusion, and for a few moments pandemonia reigned. The Eagle claimed a foul, and the Sun claimed a knock-out. Referee Givens turned to his lexicon of prize ring rules, and being unable to decide whether it was a foul or a knock-out, quit the game as referee in disgust and suggested that Judge Mullowney take his place. There being no alternative, the Isle of Erwin, Alabama Hope, entered the ring as the brand new referee. Here ended round one. Attendants Chase and Scott spunged the Eagle off, poured a half pint of advice down his gullet, and showed him hack in the center of the ring. The Eagle appeared a bit groggy. He did not rush at the Sun in the second round with the feverish impetuosity that characterized his first round. The Sun, encouraged by that Missmurray upper-cut it landed on the Eagle, looked fit and ready. Cautiously sparing for an opening, the Eagle made a feint at the Sun's hair with his left, and then swung viciously with his right at the Sun's vassalined hajrvim, but missed. So vicious was his lunge that he almost fell to the center of the dustdust. Before he had fairly recovered his equilibrium, the Sun made a savage boardbill right-arm swing, landing plumb on the Eagle's debit vein. Again the Eagle claimed a foul, and the Sun as stoutly claimed a knock-out. Again there was confusion. The occupants of the Harlan persimmon box waved the contents of a haberdasher, and demanded that the decision be given to their favorite, the Eagle, alias "The Frateral Tramp," on a foul. The admirers, and better on the Sun, alias "The Hairwin Wonder," alias "The Pharmaceutical Expert," howled in derision, and demanded that the decision be given their favorite on that boardbill punch to the debit vein. I forgot to mention that just before the beginning of the second round one of Captain Doyle's minions rushed to the Captain corner and waved a hundred dollar cash bail in his face. His backers claimed this was unsportsmanlike, again the Marquis of Queensberry, and the London Prize Ring Rules, and had the effect of intimidating their favorite. But Captain Doyle's minion, possessing the pleasant powers of the Court of the Eighth Police Precinct, continued and insisted until satisfied. Still confusion reigned, and from all sections of the vast audience came cries of "foul, foul," and "knock-out, knock-out." Judgit Pugh, advancing to the ropes, waved his Alabama hand for silence, and then in measured words that flowed from his mouth and rippled over his thin-cut lips with the precision of German Uhlans meeting an attack from Russian Cossacks, he declared the fight a draw, and all belf. The brilliant (?) correspondent of the Indianapolis Barber's Gazette who was not present, and had two copecks bet on both the Eagle and the Sun, declared, quoting from Shilock, that the referee of the second round was a "most just and upright judge." The Harlan kid, who had a cotton handkerchief, a pair of fireman's galluses and one 1492 shirt bet on the Eagle, declared that the decision was not a surprise. Timfortuesque, who had considerable future bet on the Sun, shouted, with ironical effect, as he made his exit, that "the decision was a raw throw-down." William Calvanistic Chase and Armond Wildfire Scott, with visions of a long wait for their fee hanging like a pall over their legal-lore countenance, accepted the decision complacently, declaring that their man, under the circumstances, which were sort of mixed-pickles, had met their expectations. But the public, the members of the Gossip League and Rumor Brigade, declared the whole thing was a frame-up, and that they had failed to get their money's worth. After the fight, the Eagle appeared at the Jimgray Club and issued a statement to the effect that, in spite of the board bill jab, that he claims was a foul, he believed he had scored the most points, and would continue to claim the championship, being still--very still--the windy champion. The Sun repaired to its hairwired domicile, and shortly thereafter grabbed a hair-straightening iron and wrote out the following statement "Had the decision been given in accordance with hair culture rules, or had the fight been permitted to proceed to another round, I would have won. As it is, I claim the victory, and insist that I rendered the Eagle hors de combat." Some amusement was occasioned during the progress of the first round by the brilliant (2) correspondent of The Indianapolis Barber's Gagette, in his enthusiasm, rising in his complimentary seat and yelling: "Sun, Bee an Eagle." Immediately both Chase and Timfortunesque were on their feet, the former hurling back in defiance: "While I am in the Eagle's corner, I am still a neutral. Curse upon both your houses." Timfortunesque, trembling with rage, his eyes snapping with the fire of a Seminole Indian, and his gray locks frizzled like a New York Age editorial, fairly screamed: "Be he dead or Be he live. I'll save the Sun's 'chee-ild' from the Eagle's tallons or from the pesky swarm issuing from the Beechive." The night following the night, a bunch of prize fight dopesters, while discussing it up at Barry's with Green River, Cascade, Schlitz, Pabst, Heurick, and a few other liquid authorities, declared that if the Sun and Eagle ever stage another boute for the Police Court purse, a few heavyweights, welterweights, featherweights and bantumweights might be drawn into the contest just to increase interest in the Gossip League and appease the Rumor Brigade. My advice to both of 'em is—stay away from that there Police Court, cause next time Judgits Pugh and Mullowney might hand down another decision what will hurt. P. S.-Major Sylvester has just issued an order prohibiting the pictures of the fight to be shown either at the Howard or Hiawatha, and the Excise Board threatens to annull the lisence of any thirst parlor that permits a discussion of the fight before the bar, for fear such discussion may incite a riot. In all drug stores, barbers shops and at card clubs, however free discussion of the fight will be allowed. Take The Bee for best accounts of all sporting events. 100,000 Colored People Read, Reflect and Act. There is no young man in this city who deserves greater credit than Mr Richard Ware, the proprietor of the only colored shoe store in this city. Will the hundred thousand colored citizens in this city call and purchase one pair of shoes from this firm? Mr. Ware keeps all the shoes that any white firm in this city handles. Will the 100,000 colored people read the following 'precepts? This shoe store is at the northwest corner of Eleventh and You Streets Northwest. It is owned and managed by Richard Ware. Richard Ware's picture is above these precepts M. B. He sells them as cheaply as any other store and as high-class and as good. Give him a call and be convinced. If you are not satisfied inform Mr. Ware after you have worn his shoes and he will do what no other firm will do: give you another pair if the shoes don't prove what he tells you. How many colored teachers wear Ware's shoes? How many colored government employees patronize this firm? Will you mention The Bee when you call. Is there any excuse for colored citizens to go elsewhere and purchase their shoes? If there is any race pride among the 100,000 colored people in this city let them show it. The Week in Society Have your prescriptions filled at Board's Drug Store, 1912 1-2 Fourteenth Street Northwest and insure your health by getting the best in drugs and medicines of the highest grade. Your doctor knows this. To assure prompt service call up Telephone N. 2221, when a messenger boy will be at your disposal for both Miss Roberta Wilson, of New Jersey, is in the city, spending Xmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Wilson, of 1023 Nineteenth Street. Miss Adella Champhor, of New Jersey, will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Thomas Johns, of this city, until after the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Grimshaw will give in marriage their daughter, Ruth Marie, to Dr. William Henry Green, Saturday, January 2, 1915, 924 S Street Northwest. Reception from 7 to 9 o'clock. At Home after January 15, 58 East Kinney Street, Newark, N. J. Miss Elaine Welch, a former student of Howard University, has been appointed head of the sales department of the E. W. D. Welch Furniture Company of Dallas, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker, of this city, who have been visiting in Atlantic City, have departed for New York, where they will attend the Howard-St. Christopher basketball game. Mr. George Foster, of Atlantic City, is in the city visiting his mother for a few days before going south for the winter. Mr. Regis Ray, of Atlantic City, is in the city for a two-weeks' stay. Miss Mary Pate, of this city, is home after a very delightful stay in Atlantic City.. Miss R. E. Orme has been promoted to fourth grade, Montgomery School. Rev. Emery B. Smith, of Howard University, 1914, who is now attending the Yale Theological Seminary, has accepted the pastorate of the Lincoln Temple Congregational Church. The students of Howard University are beginning a series of inter-class debates, the first of which will be between the freshmen and sophomore classes on Monday evening, December 21. Dr. and Mrs. Creed Winston Childs requests the honor of your presence at the wedding reception of their daughter, Rosa Belle, to Mr. Charles Henry Baughman, on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 26th, 1914, from 3 to 5 o'clock, 1911 L Street Northwest. At Home after January 1, 1915, at 1116 Cornell Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. Thompson, James O. Bampfield and R. L. Pendleton, of this city, spent last Sunday in Baltimore. Miss M. A. D. Madre, of this city, delivered an excellent address last Sunday at the Woman's Day meeting of St. James A. M. E. Church, Havre de Grace, Md. Detective and Mrs. H. R. Beckley are occupying their handsome residence, 1880 New Jersey Avenue. Mrs. Smith, of 1826 Riggs Street, who has been very ill, is improving rapidly. At the annual election of the Mutual Benefit Association of the Government Printing Office, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. James W. Jackson; vice president, G. W. Fearing; recording secretary, G. W. Shaed; financial secretary, Sylvester Blackwell; treasurer, William Mason; chaplain, Thomas Shelton; chairman of Relief Committee, Garfield Larkin. The election took place at St. Luke's Hall, Friday evening, December 18. Mrs. Dora Brooks, of Portsmouth, Va., is in the city spending the holidays with her mother. Dr. S. M. Pierre is sick at his home in Arlington, Va. Dr. Pierre will take up residence in Maryland next year. A Surprise. On Tuesday night, December 13, the Southern Magnolia Club, of which Mrs. L. C. Moore is president, gave a surprise party to Mrs. Lutia Harris at her residence, 1922 Ninth Street Northwest. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity and refreshments were served in the greatest abundance. Music was furnished on this occasion by the Famous Montello Orchestra. HALL'S HILL, VA. Sunday, December 20, saw the dedication of the new parsonage of Calloway's M. E. Church. The building was presented to the trustee board by Rev. W. C. Thompson, of Mt. Zion Church, West Washington. D. C., who preached the dedication sermon. The services were very impressive and proved a benefit to those present. At the evening services the congregation was favored by a visit from Dr. Sterling N. Brown of Howard University, who delivered a masterful sermon, taken from Ezra 3:1, the subject being "Unanimity of the Church." Mr. R. E. Ferguson, who is convalescing from a severe illness, was paid a flying visit Sunday by his eld- est son, Howard L. Ferguson, of Philadelphia, who also was delighted to meet so many of his old friends, and expressed his regret at having to return on the same day. Mrs. W. H. Wright and two children and Mrs. Wm. J. Ballard, both daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, accompanied their brother to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Ferguson, their younger brother, where all joined in a family reunion. All those on the sick list in this community seem to be on the mend and we wish them all a speedy recovery. On Christmas night the choir of Calloway M. E. Church will give a cantata entitled "The Meaning of Christmas." Mr. Wm. Rhubottom is the leader. Amphions Will Entertain in January. Cards have been issued announcing a public reception by the Amphion Clee Club, at St. Luke's Hall, 1934 Thirteenth Street Northwest, Friday, January 1, 1915, from 8 to 10 P. M. Selections by the club and dance music by an orchestra will be among the features. The club will be assisted by a bevy of well-known ladies. A SLANDER ON THE PEOPLE. Continued from page 1. social recluses tell it. "I asked one charming matron whose family is proudly enumerated among what is styled 'Old Citizens,' the reason for the degeneracy of Washington's colored society; why the once charming collection of artists had become 'a mixed quartette of discordant voices'; why the former temple of culture had become an apartment house of gossips. With a Parisian shrug of her shoulders, and a haughty poise of her beautifully endowed head, she said: 'Schools and automobiles.' Society Entree in An Automobile. "Puzzled as to how these could contribute to delinquency, as it were, I begged this social recluse with a coldly reserve temperament but brilliantly rediant mentality to explain. And she said: "You know, but you don't know, our schools have proved, of late, to be the bête noire for Washington colored society, and an automobile is a carte blanche granted to enter the best society. Let's take a hypothetical case," said she, suspiciously sarcastically, and intimately permitting a sort of captious smile to play about her firmly set mouth. And if you own an automobile its rubber-tired wheels may roll you right into the maison de ville of a social queen. And it is these that have changed Washington's colored society. Whether nolens volens, such of us as complain against the entrance of these conscripts into our social circle must either accept or withdraw ourselves." "It is said the ideal in colored society has been shifted from the city to Howard Hill, the site of Howard University, where the professors, their wives, daughters and selected friends from the city form what is now 'the best society,' if you refer to Washington colored society." Hiram Lodge of Masons. The annual election of officers for the ensuing year of Hiram Lodge No. 4, F. A. A. M., was held Monday night, and the following officers were elected: Garfield Larkins, master; Henry B. Gee, senior warden; John D. Chapman, junior warden; O. N. Butler, treasurer; Wm. H. Brown, secretary; Silas James, senior deacon; Alfred P. Brent, junior deacon; Daniel Richardson, chaplain; H. C. Walker, senior master of ceremonies; James E. Ferguson, junior master of ceremonies; J. C. Pollard, senior steward; Chas. W. Scott, junior steward; Chas. W. Hale, marshal; R. D. Duffin, tiler. The officers were duly installed by the past deputy grand master, Richard Steward, in very creditable manner. Rev. Wm. Beckham Dead. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 20.—After an illness covering several months Rev. Wm. Beckham, D. D., of this city, died in Independence, Mo., this morning. This news was flashed over the wires by Rev. S. W. Bacote, D. D., who was well known to Dr. Beckham. Dr. Beckham was field secretary of the National Baptist Publishing Board, a position he had held for more than a dozen years. He was born in Zebulon, Pike County, Texas, April 26, 1866, but moved to Texas with his parents when quite a youngster. He was ordained as a Baptist minister November 23, 1891, at Albany, Texas, by a presbytery of the First Baptist Church of that place, composed of Rev. C. H. Chinn, moderator; Rev. H. Maxic, clerk, and Revs. J. Copes and S. Dejennett. He pastored in Texas for some years, after which he was a missionary under Rev. R. H. Boyd, who was at the time superintendent of missions of the General Baptist Convention of Texas. Dr. Beckham afterwards succeeded Dr. Boyd, when Dr. Boyd came to Tennessee to start the publishing SPECIAL NOTICE. Chairmen and members of all committees are requested to meet at St. Lukes Hall, Saturday night at 8 o'clock. By order of chairman, LEON S. WORMLEY. house. After working for several years in Texas, he became field secretary for the Publishing Home Mission Boards in 1902, working with Dr. Boyd. When the boards were separated last September, the Publishing Board elected Dr. Beckham as its field secretary, and it was while on his first trip of the fiscal year that he took his fatal illness. The funeral will be held at the First Baptist Church of this city where the deceased was a member, but at this early hour no definite arrangements have been made. ELECTION OF OFFICERS St. John's Lodge No. 12, F. A. A. M. On Tuesday night, at the stated communication of the lodge, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: John T. Ayers, worshipful master; Joseph W. Woodland, senior warden; Richard Adams, junior warden; Nathaniel Robinson, secretary; John A. Smith, treasurer; Henry Broades, senior deacon; Edw. Willis, junior deacon; Chas. P. Comer, P. M. chaplain; R. H. Perrin marshal; Ferdinand Ryles, tiler; Dr. J. E. Rattley, P. M., organist. The officers were installed by William G. Smith, P. D. G. M., assisted by Past Masters William H. Mason and Spriggs. The retiring master, Robert H. Perrin, was highly commended for his loyal and efficient services during the year. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION CELEBRATION. January 1st, 1915, at 8 P. M., at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Third and I Streets Northwest. Judge Terrell will preside. Ex-Register of the Treasury Hon. J. C. Napier, of Nashville, Tenn., Hon. Archibald H. Grimke, president of N. A.A. C. P., M. Niss, H. Burroughs, President National Training School for Women and Girls, and others will deliver addresses. Excellent music by some of the leading soloists of the city, and the chorus of the National Training School for Women and Girls. advt. A CHRISTMAS PRAYER. O! blessed Son of Mary, To whom all nations pray; O! Bethlehem's royal stranger, We praise Thy name today. Grant that the power that gave Thee A lost world to reclaim May hear earth's suffering children Above earth's sin and stain. O! hear us, Son of Mary, For nations now oppressed. For thousands broken-hearted. For happy homes distressed. For all Thy precepts broken, For blood and fire and pain. For those who dare defy Thee, And Thy just laws disdain. O! little Son of Mary, The great and rich were they Who would not give Thee shelter That far-off Christmas day, And still they are rejoicing In crime and sin and war crime and war and war, Still they, like fools, reject Thue, Like fools disguyn Thy law. But O! Thou Son of Mary, Some have not bowed to Baal. Whose prayers rise daily upward From hearts that will not fail. For these we ask Thy mercy, For these Thy vengeance stay. Blot out this dread confusion. And grant them peace today. O! blessed Son of Mary. Spread wide love's sheltering wing Till all shall kneel before Thee Till all shall crown Thee King. Till great and small are equal, Till Thy strange mysteries clear, We pray for all Thy people, O! Son of Mary, hear. —BESSIE A. BRENT. OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT. Mr. President: March 4th, 1915, will be two years since your inauguration. The colored Democrats or colored men who said that they were Democrats had great and glorious hopes of receiving a slice of your patronage pie. Their hopes have been blighted. Mr. President, that is, some of them. There are a few remaining faithful allies, to your policies and doctrines still remaining. Mr. President that you will keep your Christmas promise to appoint one of their number to the office of Recorder of Detds. Now, Mr. President, I know you, and I know that you fear no one, the Democratic party in particular when you make up your mind to do what you want to do. It has been said, that the Democrats in the South, I mean, the Democrats in the Senate will oppose the appointment of any colored man to the office of Recorder of Deeds, Mr. Cleveland, Mr. President, was similarly threatened, but he nominated three colored men to that office and the last one nominated was confirmed. Of course, Mr. President, if you don't care for the colored vote, I am confident that you care for the solemn promise you made to Bishop Alexander Walters that you would appoint a colored man to that office, notwithstanding what your enemies may say. Mr. Cleveland also appointed some very good Democratic Judges to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and also to the District Court of Appeals. There is one yet, remaining, Mr. President, and he is a mighty good man in whom the bar and the people have confidence. You have named Mr. F. L. Siddons, Mr. President, who is one of the fairest and most Christian gentlemen, who ought to be confirmed without opposition. Men must be made to order, in this city, Mr. President, and then the fault finders would find a defect in one of his eyes if not his feet or ear. We all know Mr. Siddons to be a Christian gentleman and a man of the highest integrity. Reverting to the office of Recorder of Deeds, Mr. President, there is no reason why a colored man should not be appointed. You know, Mr. President, there are a few colored men who supported you, and I hope that you may be able to select from this few an acceptable candidate. I will take the liberty, Mr. President, to name a few men if you will permit me, and I will assure you that the Senate will not be able to raise the least objection: Mr. Howard, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Langston, of New Jersey. Mr. Patterson, of Oklahoma, and Mr. Cosey, of New Jersey. Bishop Alexander Walters, Mr. President, who is the recognized leader of Negro Democracy, still has hopes. He says, in fact, he reiterates the declaration that he made some time ago, that you intend to keep your promise to him, and to his faithful allies. You have some good Democrats in your Cabinet, Mr. President, and some good officials controlling your administration. The Auditor for the Navy, the successor of Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, is a high-class official and a man who is an honor to your administration. Since his appointment to the Auditorship for the Navy, his treatment of colored employees has been most exemplary. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is also a good man. I hear nothing but the highest commendations of him. Your Public Printer is highly commended by the colored printers and other colored employees in that office; the colored printers in particular believe in him. I am informed by many that their treatment under the present administration of the Government Printing Office is a great deal better than under many former administrations. Many of the subbosses treat them better. The Director of the Census and the Commissioner of Persia are men of the highest integrity and fairness toward colored employees. Now, Mr. President, the persons the colored employees most fear are two of the hold-over Republicans, under your administration. They demote and transfer colored clerks and other competent colored employees, thinking that it will please certain, Southern Democrats, knowing as they do that many Democrats from the South are inimical to the colored man. These Republican hold-overs, with but only one exception, do these acts of catering, as I said, to please our alleged enemies. But we have lots of good Democrats who don't approve of the acts of these hold-overs, and the sooner you get rid of them, Mr. President, there will be some smooth sailing. In conclusion, permit me to say that the people of this country, irrespective of party, have the highest praise and commendation for your excellent Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. He is a humanitarian and an efficient official in whom we all have confidence and respect. With no disrespect, Mr. President, in these few hints, believe me to be sincerely yours, OLD FOLKS' HOME. Its First Public Reception—Many, Distinguished People Called—Rev. Gordon's Success and the Success He Is Meeting With. The first reception of the Old Folks' Home took place last Friday night at 1312 Corcoran Street Northwest. The affair was a brilliant success and Dr. E. B. Gordon, the manager, did all in his power to meet the expectations of the people. A stream of visitors called from 8:30 to 11 o'clock P. M. The table was beautifully decorated. The ladies in attendance served a nice supper. BABE IN MANGER. Christmas Cantata—Fifty Persons in Original Costumes, Spot Light. "Babe in Manger," a Christmas cantata, with persons in original costumes, and spot light, will be presented at the Ebenezer M. E. Church, Fourth and D Streets Southeast, on Sunday, December 27, 1914, at 7:30 P. M. Silver offering at the door. Rev. W. H. Dean, pastor. COLORED FOLKS OF WASH INGTQN. (In the New York News.) "Hot air merchants," was a name conferred upon Washingtonians in general by a new deceased statesman. It is true there is much discussion there and frequently little of this discussion terminates in anything tangible: But those who live outside of Washington must give the colored people of that city credit for being, as a rule, the first to protest, and strongly, against all forms of discrimination affecting the race. The average colored man in Washington is just as quick to protest against race discrimination in Georgia, as he is to protest against discrimination right there in Washington under his nose. No matter how much of a rough, uncut diamond one may be on going to Washington, the delightful culture there, the contact with its many clever colored men and women, serves as an emory wheel to polish off that roughness and make one agreeable, or at least tolerable, to the wit and wisdom that abounds in Washington among its colored population. No one can count the time as utterly lost spent in Washington, unless that time constitutes too long a period. Up on Howard Hill, where is located Howard University, by far the greatest institution for higher education in the country for colored young men and women, there is a delightful assemblage of brainy men and women with the highest ideals. There is Prof. Kelly Miller, "the race's man of letters;" Prof. Geo. W. Cook, resourceful, energetic—a regular human TRUE REFORMERS' HALL Twelfth and You Sts. N. W. Dawson's Select Orchestra Admission, 25 cents. dynamo; Prof. Ernest Just, one of the prodigies of the race when it comes to preparedness—a biologist with but few equals; Doctors Warfield, Carson and McNeill are physicians of whom any race might be proud, the two former being, with Doctors A. M. Curtis, Mitchell and West, surgeons that are the peer of the best the country affords. No city in the wide country can boast of as many exceptionally bright and prepared teachers as may be found in the public schools of Washington. The educational world could draw upon the colored public schools of Washington for a sufficient number to form the faculties of a dozen or more most excellent colleges. It is true that the Washington colored schools are almost continuously in a state of censurable agitation, but this is due, in a large measure, to outside interference, to political pull, which is so prevalent in Washington, as in all government capitals, and to the assumption on the part of so many politicians and office holders of the duties that properly belong to the members of the Board of Education, and to the officials of the schools. And the politicians and office holders who rush in to control the schools are not wholly to blame, for too frequently are they sought and importuned to assist when some official or teacher presumes he or she is not being justly dealt with in the matter of appointment, assignment or promotion. But, however, in no city that I have visited, in which are maintained separate schools, is there absolute freedom from discord, and while the Washington colored schools, perhaps, suffer from more than their share of discord, they are no exception to the rule. But it is among the older residents—among the "Old Cits" and those whose residence in Washington has covered perhaps a period of a quarter of a century or more, does the visitor, who is so fortunate as to meet them, find delight. Reserved and sedate, cultured and clever, they form a delightful assemblage of real artists, who impress you with their accomplishments, entertain you with their cleverness, and make you feel at home with their unstinted hospitality, the latter being traditional. Washington's professional class, as a whole, is superior to the colored professional class found in any city The opportunities afforded there for research, the contact among themselves, and with the ablest in the country who frequent the city of magnificent distance, makes for this In Attorneys Scott, Cobb, Peyton, Jones, Collins, Martin, Houston, Stuart, and others I might name, Washington presents a galaxy of attorneys who have demonstrated their ability by establishing themselves and making good in a field that was almost, apparently, pre-emptied. In Doctors Sumner Wormley, Gaskin, Gwathney and others, Washington has a coterie of dentists who are the equal of the best to be found in any city on the continent, and in pharmacy the colored pharmacists there easily rank up among the leaders, Doctors Davis, Board, Gray and McGuire forming a nestor reflecting the highest credit upon the profession and the race. Washington is distinctively a residential city. It is a national capital, and, like all distinctively residential cities in which the curling smoke from tall factory stacks, the hustle and bustle of business animation is absent, there is lacking that energy to be found in commercial cities. But commercial cities are minus that culture, ripe intelligence and delightful society which makes Washington the mecca for all who enjoy a life of leisure, which at the same time is not wholly bereft of compensation. In Washington is to be found the most beautiful and the best dressed women of the race—clever women, keen-minded women, women who are an ornament not only to society, but to the home. Washington grows on one. To pass a few weeks there makes you feel as if you have crossed a desert and at last have reached an oasis where you can be refreshed. Later I shall have more to say of the colored people of this (Washington) city of magnificent distance; and to some, "barren hopes," as that prince of gentlemen, Emmett Scott once laconically and not inappropriately, said. HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN. Grand Celebration of the Fifty-second Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The fifty-second anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation will be celebrated with appropriate exercises on New Year's Night. Friday, Jan. 1, 1915, at New John Wesley Church, corner of Fourteenth and Corcoran Streets, between Q and R Streets Northwest, at 8 o'clock. Hon. Martin B. Madden of Illinois and other prominent speakers will address the gathering. A company of singers with Mrs. Lucy Blagburn will give excellent musical entertainment. Grand Army Posts and all benevolent organizations and the general public are cordially invited. Seats free WARE'S SHOE STORE. Don't fail to patronize the only colored up-to-date shoe store in the city Call and inspect his store and tell him you saw it in The Bee. THE BELGIAN RELIEF A. LEON S. WORMLEY. The young man who is pushing the Belgian Charity Ball. Popular with the masses, progressive and active. ? DR. GEO W CABANISS, Chairman Finance Committee 1920 Dr.Jas. T. Walker, Treas. Joshua Fleming. If anyone can furnish The Bee with the address of Joshua Fleming of South Brownville, Pa., kindly send any information to this office. Address The Bee, 1109 Eye Street Northwest. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. Bad temper often loses us love and friends that in after years we would dearly love to have. Mrs. Samuel Chapman Armstrong, widow of General Armstrong, and his sister, Mrs. Weaver, visited the Armstrong Manual Training School last week. They addressed the pupils, relating reminiscences of the personal life of General Armstrong. They were accompanied by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern, Mrs. Coralie F. Cook and Dr. C. W. Childs, members of the Board of Education; R. C. Bruce, Assistant Superintendent of Colored Schools; Mrs. B. K. Bruce and Mrs. R. C. Bruce. Mrs. Rhodes presided. If there is anything worse than knowing too little, it's knowing too much. Education will broaden a narrow mind, but there's no known cure for a big head. The best you can hope for is that it will swell up and bust, and then, of course, there is nothing left. French dairymen are experimenting with cocoa shells as fodder for their cattle. Geo. F. Collins Attorney Geo. F. Collins, one of the leading members of the bar and librarian of the Law School, has been appointed secretary of the Law School of Howard University to succeed the late James F. Brady. DR. MORSE'SDRUG STORE Holiday.Goods on Exhibition All Kinds of First Class Toilet Articles High Class Class Cembs and Brushes. Domestic and Imported Perfumes. Domestic and Imported Soaps Candies, Ice Cream and Soda Water with Fruit Syrups Prescriptions Compounded by Registered Pharmacists JOHN W. MORSE 1904 L Street, Northwest Gaskins Restaurant Famous for a dozen years as the house of quality A quiet and attractive place for ladies and gentlemen To lunch or dine The food and liquid refreshments served to our pntions are of The Velvet Kind 320 8th Street between Penn. Ave. and D St. N. W. A. J. GASKINS PROP. Phone Main 1033 Washington, D. C Wellington Only $60.00. Guaranteed Sold on Easy T Only $60.00. Guaranteed for 2 years P. D. Wash P. D. Washington 636 D Street, N. W. Formerly Grays ONE OF THE MOST UP TO DATE REGULAR LUNCH AT FISH OYSTERS AND ALL KINDS 636 D Street, N PAST MASTERS IN RINGDOM. ONE OF THE MOST UP TO DATE PLACES IN THE CITY REGULAR LUNCH AT 12 N. DAILY FISH OYSTERS AND ALL KINDS OF GAMES IN SEASON 636 D Street, N. W. Negroes Who Have Starred from Past to Present Times. By Edward B. Henderson Since pugilism became an institution, there have been numerous colored pugilists who have been prominent in prize ring battles. The championship of England has often been the stake, and while most pugilists of the past were from British provinces, the majority were Americans. Thomas Molineaux and Bill Richmond were Americans of African origin. Among the most prominent of colored pugilists are: Thomas Molineaux, Bill Richmond, Massa Kendricks, Bob Travers, Bob Smith, George Godfrey, George Taylor, Mervine Thompson, Peter Jackson, C. A. C. Smith, Charles Hadley, George Dixon, Joe Walcott, Joe Gans, Sam Langford and Jack Johnson. Thomas Molineaux was born in Georgetown, D. C., and was reared in Virginia. In 1809 he entered England an unheralded, unknown pugilist. He rose to fame by battering to pieces a Bristol pugilist of some reputation. He next met "Tough" Tom Blake and in eight rounds Blake passed into dreamland. Tom Cribb, the English champion, was then challenged by Molineaux. No one thought that the battle would last fifteen minutes, but after thirty-three rounds of desperate fighting both men were carried from the ring having bee A. J. Smith Agent Phone North 4017 The Ideal Christmas Gift A WELLINGTON STANDARD VISIBLE TYPEWRITER —Perfdct alignment, Easy Action and Wonderful Durability. granteed for 2 years easy Terms Main Office 2550 14th St., N. W. B. F. Watts, Manager Phone Columbia 2984 shington DATE PLACES IN THE CITY H AT 12 N. DAILY INDS OF GAMES IN SEASON et, N. W. cumbed to exhaustion. In the twenty-eighth round Cribb could hardly rise from his second's knee, but a little cunning on the part of his seconds delayed matters so that the champion was enabled to pull through. About 20,000 people saw the second contest between these two at Leicestershire, England, on September 28, 1811. The execution on both sides was terrific. Cribb's face suffered dreadfully, but he successfully landed a blow that fractured the colored man's jaw and ended the contest. It was the same story of one man trained and the other the victim of the flowing cup. Molineaux made a tour through England and Scotland giving sparring exhibitions. He fought several more striking battles. He was feted everywhere and soon his iron system succumbed to the effects of intemperance. Bill Richmond, born on Staten Island, New York, in 1763, after becoming of age, left for England and went all the way in pugilism to the challenger for the title after defeating all opponents between, but lost in the end to Tom Cribb, the demollisher of pugilists. Bob Smith, a well known pugilist of the weight of 146 pounds, was born in Washington, D. C., in 1840. He left the United States and lived in Liverpool, England. Smith defeated all of the pugilists of his weight on the islands and gained much fame. Bob Travers, "The Black Wonder," fought more battles in the orthodox twenty-four foot ring than any pu The National Religious Training School, Durham, N.C. PARKS Offers superior advantages for the training of young men and women in many departments of work. The following Departments are in successful operation: 1. Department of Religious Training. This department is intended especially for the training of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries. Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. 2. Department of Theology. 3. Commercial Department. gilist living or dead. His great fight with Jem Mace, which was sought in two rings, proved Trayers to be a wonder, and then the great colored pugilist was not knocked out, but lost on a foul. His fighting weight was about 145 pounds. Mace was three inches taller and a much heavier man. George Godfrey, of Boston, Mass., welghed, in condition, 170 pounds. His title, the champion colored heavyweight of America, was won after many hard battles. He was matched to fight John L. Sullivan, but it fell through. He finally lost to Peter Jackson for a purse of $2,000 in nineteen rounds before the California Athletic Club in 1888. of all kinds and description, House and Herrmann 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. Prof Charles Hadley, or Bridgeport, Conn., was a famous glove fighter. He flourished in 1882. He won the Police Gazette championship medal, which represented the colored boxing championship of America. Hadley weighed 160 pounds. He never engaged in a regular prize fight, but engaged in numerous contests with gloves. Hadley defeated all challengers and retired. Mervine Thompson, "The Cleveland Thunderbolt," came into prominence in 1884. He weighed about 190 pounds and was most prominent of heavyweights until Peter Jackson invaded America in 1888. Besides being a great ringmaster, he was a wrestler and athlete of note. Peter Jackson, the champion of Australia and the champion of the world, was born in the West Indies in 1861, but spent most of his life in Australia. He was a giant in strength, weighing 205 pounds and standing six feet one and one-half inches in height. He became known as a pugilist in 1883. Over fifteen of the cream of Australian pugilists fell before his nighty arm. He defeated Dooley, a noted pugilist of Australia, in a hurricane battle of three rounds. Tom Lees, the acknowledged champion of the colonies and champion of Australia, in the thirtieth round succumbed to a shot from Jackson's right. On December 28, 1888, Jackson took on the pride of Pacific sluggers, Jack McAuliffe. McAuliffe weighed 220 pounds and Jackson 205 pounds. After one of the most scientific battles the world had ever seen, Jackson by a well-directed blow in the twenty-fourth sound sent McAuliffe down and out for the count. In April, 1889, Jackson met Patsy Cardiff for a purse of $3,000 on the Pacific slope and won in ten rounds, up to which time from the sixth round the white man was a chopping block for the Negro. Jackson then made a tour of the United States and afterwards sailed for London, England. Then he was matched with England's champion, Jem Smith, whom he knocked through ropes out of the ring in two rounds. He was the first colored champion of the world. His memorable draw with Jim Corbett is too recent to be commented on. George Dixon, the premier colored featherweight, is a pugilist whose name will live in prize ring history, he being one of the few pugilists who ever won a prize fight in England while battling as a representative of the United States. He was born in 1861, at Halifax, N. S., his great grandfather being a white man. His most noted fight was with Nunc Wallace, the English featherweight champion, before the Pelican Club, London, England. Only eighteen rounds were fought, when the American representative won by knocking out the English champion. His fight with Dan Murphy, of New York, was a corker, and after its result Dixon was hailed as the best in the world. His later fights and his sad end are still in mind. Of our present-day pugilists, the class is too well known. Sam Langford is the only one whose true merits as a fighter no white man of his weight has yet brought to test. In conclusion it is a source of pride to note that no Negro of the many mentioned ever showed cowardice in the face of defeat and bore themselves manfully amidst the plaudits or jeers of the multitudes of spectators. COLUMBUS LUNCH One Block from Union Station Home-made Pies, Cakes, Puddings, Etc. All Baked in Our Own Ovens. Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Ete., 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. There are special scholarships for deserving young men and women, in the Departments of Theology and Religious Training. The next Summer School and Chautauqua will open July 3, 1914. For further information and catalogue, address House & Herrmann Beautiful Lounges Morris,Chairs Writing Desks Music Boxes Beds Fine Bedsteads and Mattresses If you want a first-class Bed-room suite, call after you have been elsewhere If you knew Nelson's Hair Dressing as we do you would never use anything else on your hair. We want you to know it— know it personally by actual use; don't take our word for it, or any- one elses,—test it yourself. You can do this, send us your name and address and we will send you, Free of cost, a sample box of Nelson's Hair Dressing, also a sample of Nel- son's Scalp and Hair Cleaner and a sample cake of Nelson's Skin and Complexion Soap. Test them in your own home, if they are not what we claim, you are not out anything. We have confidence in them and are ready and anx- ious to prove every claim we take. Write to day, enclosing two cent stamp to pay postage on samples. NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond, Virginia NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING q Has no superior as a hair beautifier. q Thousands of men and women have improved the appearance of their hair by using NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING. q For those who know—it is a toilet necessity. q Why not try it yourself; q Ask your druggist. If he cannot supply you, send us his name and address and we will send you a free sample. NELSON MFG. CO. RICHMOND, VA. THE NELSON GIRL q Are you satisfied with your hair? q Is it as long as it should be? q Is it soft and glossy and full of life? q Can you comb it out easily or is it full of tangles? q Are you proud of your hair? The Answer Is:— NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING 25¢ 50¢ Industrial Savings Bank 2006 ELEVENTH STREET, NORTHWEST Under the United States Government Supervision. Our location, generour support and business methods have established a permanency in a growing and popular section of the city, where all matters pertaining to the banking business may be transacted We solicit your patrogage. We pay 3 per cent interest on savings accounts. John W. Lewis, President William A. Bowie, Cashier Edward W. Turner, Secretary HARLAN'S Toggery Shop NEW YORK CANDY KITCHEN 1506 Seventh Street Northwest. FRESH CANDIES MADE DAILY. is, 25 cents; 1 pound, 10 cents; 3 pound, 15 cents. Candy, 10 cents candy, 15 cents a box; 4 boxes, 50 06 Seventh Street Northwest. One pound, 15 cents; 2 pounds, 25 cents; 1 pound, 10 cents; 3 pounds, 25 cents. New Nuts, 1 pound, 15 cents. Candy, 10 cents a box; 6 boxes for 50 cents. Candy, 15 cents a box; 4 boxes, 50 cents. Don't miss the number—1506 Seventh Street Northwest. NEW YORK CANDY KITCHEN, Stand 16, O Street Market. All kinds of Candies made daily. The best and Cheapest Candies for Christmas. Stand 16, O Street Market. Open Saturday Evenings Houses for Rent by Thomas Walker, Attorney All kinds of Candies made daily. The best and Cheapest Candies for Christmas. Stand 16, O Street Market. 3100 Warder St. N. W., 3 rooms and bath, $10.50 106 Benning Road, 6 rooms, $8.00. 1 Capital Ave., Ivy City, D. C., 6 rooms, water in kitchen, $10.00. 3 Capital Ave., Ivy City, D. C., 6 rooms, water in kitchen, $10.00. 2004 17th St. N. W., 8 rooms, bath, latrobe, gas, hot and cold water, $30.50. 36 Defrees St., N. W., 6 rooms and bath, all in good condition, $18.50. Flats. 415 Irving St. N. W., 4 rooms and bath, perfect condition, $8.50. 415 Irving St. N. W., 4 rooms and bath, perfect condition, $8.50. 415 Irving St. N. W., 4 rooms and bath, perfect condition, $8.50. 415 Irving St. N. W., 4 rooms and bath, perfect condition, $8.50. 2631 Sherman Ave. N. W., 6 rooms, bath, cellar, hot water heat, gas range, electric light, $25.50. 720 6th St. N. E., 3 upper rooms and bath, heat furnished. 106 Prospect St. N. E., 6 rooms, in good condition, $12.50. Owner obliged to sell beautiful $3,500 home, 6 rooms and tiled bath, all modern conveniences, front and back porches. Convenient to three car lines. Terms very reasonable. 732 Harvard Street Northwest. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—923 R Street Northwest. One large furnished room, hot water and bath on same floor. ROOMS FOR RENT. Two furnished or unfurnished rooms, hot and cold baths and heat; for gentlemen only. 2124 L Street Northwest. N7-tf Beautifully located furnished rooms, hot and cold baths, and all modern improvements. Everythin convenient. 1833 Fifth Street Northwest. For Rent-One room, all modern improvements, for either a lady or gentleman-1737 Ninth Street Northwest. Furnished or unfurnished. Mrs. Agnes J. Smith. One among the leading hair culturists in this country is Mrs. Agnes J. Smith. She is a remarkable woman, who has made hair cultivation a study. Her school is an up-to-date institution and it will pay any young lady to attend it. Call and inspect her work. Persons who desire to express themselves through the columns of The Bee must sign their names, especially if they want the articles published. Please remember this. THE BEE. Your Credit Is Good 829 Seventh Street Between H and I. WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Pharmacist. 11th and U Steets, N. W., JUSTH'S OLD STAND It is business with us to sell so the buyer is well pleased and comes again, sure to save cash on what you buy here; if it's a pair of new pants, $1.50 to $3; there's 25 per cent saved. There's slightly used rain coats low as $1.50 to $5, and overcoats, oh, such a lot, at $3.00 to $10, and good stock it is. One price. JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 619 D. Laundry Agency. Open Saturday Evenings Alterations Free. LOWEST CASH PRICES STYLE, QUALITY AND WEAR ASSURED Wear them While Paying for them, at the Rate of ONE DOLLAR a week. No red tape. DODEK'S 829 Seventh Street Between H and I. Your Credit Is Good. DOES YOUR HEAD ACHE? LIFT FOR HEADACHE It's liquid—Pleasant to Take. Effects immediate. Good to Prevent Sick Headaches and Nervous Headaches. 10c and 25c. Ask for a Dose at the Fountain. KLOCZEWSKI'S & CO., 701 G Street Northwest J. H. BUSCHER Wholesale and Retail Dealer in CHOICE BEEF, LAMB and VEAL Corner of Eleventh and You Sts. Northwest. The only shoe store in the National Capital under colored ownership and management. WILSON WOULD AID NE- GROES Says South Desires Advancement of Face on Sensible Lines Outlining his attitude toward the Negro, President Wilson on December 15 told the University Commission on Southern Race Questions, made up of representatives of eleven Southern colleges, that "our object is to know the needs of the Negro and sympathetically help him in every way that is possible for his good and our good." Dr. C. H. Brough of the University of Arkansas, chairman of the commission, told the President the commission was organized to make an impartial study of the race question from the standpoint of the Negroes' economic, hygienic, civic and moral betterment. "I think that men like yourselves can be trusted to see this great question at every angle," said the President. "There isn't any question, it seems to me, into which more can dor needs to be put, or more thorough human good feeling, than this. I know myself as a Southern man how sincerely the heart of the South desires the good of the Negro and the advancement of his race on all sound and sensible lines, and everything that can be done in that direction is of the highest value. It is a matter of common understanding." ADDRESSES WANTED. Nannie O. Sheffey. If any one can furnish The Bee with the address of Nannie O. Sheffey, formerly of Zanesville, Ohio, niece of James F. Sheffey $ _{2} $ deceased, he will do the paper a favor as well as rendering a benefit to Nannie O. Sheffey Any information leading to her whereabouts will be a financial benefit to her. Address The Bee Office, 1109 Eye Street Northwest. NOTICE. LEGAL NOTICES W. C. Martin, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court.—No. 21106, Administration. This is to Give Notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters testamentary on the estate of Randall C. Cain, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 23rd day of November, A. D. 1915; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 23rd day of November, 1914. CHARLES B. WALKER, 107 F Street Southwest. Attest: JAMES TANNER, register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court.- (Seal) W. C. MARTIN, Attorney. Mr. M. Hennessy. There is no man any more popular with the masses of all denominations or religious creeds than Mr. M. Hennessy, 216 Ninth Street Northwest. He was one of the successful ones under the new excise law. There is no reason wily he should not succeed. His place is one of the best in the city for quietness and cleanliness This is one place where everybody meets everybody and partake of liquid refreshments without being permitted to go above the capacity of your receiving receptacle. Mr. Hennessy serves breakfast, lunch and dinner at surprisingly low prices. His cooks are first class and above everything else, his service is under sanitary rules, which govern all first-class places. Mr. Hennessy is a polite and energetic business man who caters to the wishes of his patrons. If you want to enjoy holiday beverages don't fail to call on Mr. Hennessy, 216 Ninth Street Northwest. Attorneys A. W. Scott and W. C. Martin. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court—No. 21284, Administration. That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of administration on the estate of Priscilla Butler, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 21st day of December, 1914. LOUISA BRADFORD, 42 F Street Northwest. Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. A. W. SCOTT and W. C. MARTIN, Attorneys. SUBURBAN TRAINING SCHOOL Boarding for boys under 16 years Thorough training in industrial work and in graded school work Telephone- Lincoln 2400 O. F. N. Madden, Supt Corner Stanton & Douglass Rd., Anacostia, D. C. Hot Rolls, 7 to 8:30 A. M. Hot Bread, 4 to 5:30 P. M. Everything Made of the Best. THE BOARDWALK HOME BAKERY Cakes and Pies Baked to Order Salads of all kinds served for Home or Parties The Reliable Dispenser W. S. DUFFIELD 1111 U Street N. W. CHAS. H. JAVINS & SONS Dealers in Fresh Fish, Oysters, Terrapin, Poultry, Game, Etc. Center Market, B Street Wing. Phone Main 4480. Oyster House, 930 C Street N. W. 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 clearing the complexion. DR. W. L. SMITH Fourth and Elm Streets, Washington, D. C. Phone Main-5421 MARTIN P. KEANE Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars 501 K St. N. W. Washington, D. C. SPECIAL NOTICE. Optical work in all its branches. Your old glasses taken in exchange. It will pay you to see Dr. C. A. Miller, Graduate Optician, 1935 Eleventh Street Northwest. Phone N.7437. The Best Goods at the Best Prices and The Most Reasonable Terms Every person who starts out to buy Furniture has just these objects in view. They form the buying problem. Now consider how thoroughly and satisfactorily we solve this problem for you. No goods can be more reliable than the lines we have sold and tested for years. In case of any dissatisfaction you can always come back to us with absolute certainty that the matter will be adjusted to your satisfaction. Prices here are marked in figures you can read. There's no greater protection for you—no better proof that we are giving the greatest amount of actual value. We're glad to have you know just what we ask, and to have you make comparisons with the very best to be found elsewhere. Our selling policy has always been to consider the individual case of the customer in the matter of terms, and to arrange these in the most helpful way. We charge your purchases at the plainly marked prices and accept your promise to pay a certain amount each week or month. No notes are required and no interest is added. Your buying and paying problems are solved here—made easy for you because we actually carry out our promises to help. It's a thing for young married couples, in particular, to remember. Goods in which you're most likely to be interested right now are Carpets, Rugs, or other styles of floor-coverings; Blankets, Comforts and all bed furnishings; Curtains and Draperies of all kinds; Heating and Cooking Stoves. Remember that we save you from $4 to $6 in the cost of covering a floor of ordinary size by making, lining, and laying the Carpet free, and no charge is made for the two or three yards that may be wasted in cutting to match figures. Of the other seasonable goods mentioned above we carry large and attractive lines, giving you the opportunity to buy, on credit, at prices as low or lower than those of stores handling such goods exclusively. Peter Grogan AND SONS CO. 817 to 823 Seventh St. Unrivaled Stock of 35 Foreign and Domestic Whiskies 909 7th St. Phone Main 274 No Branch Houses Auto Deliveries to All Sections Annual Holiday ANNOUNCEMENT E. VOIGT Manufacturing Jeweler and Dealer 725 Seventh Street N. W., between Established 1880. We are entering upon another Christmas station to achieve greater success than ever, to serve our old as well as new customers, and determined to place our goods before the sole profit consistent with good workmanship. You will be pleased with our Christmas new items—designs that are absolutely new ones offered you by other jewelers, and even mented, backed by a reputation of thirty-one. Select your Christmas Presents now, and wanted. Experienced and polite clerks to attend, will receive prompt attention. Promptness specially at the busy season of Christmas. ENGRAVING FREE OF DIAMONDS Put Your Money in Diamonds—No Be DIAMONDS mean money, and the be are constantly increasing in value. Why waste valuable time experiment without trouble or loss of time you can secu- class for class—obtainable anywhere. This theory or assertion. Examine the various grades of Diamond convinced that we stand without a peer am- ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150 ladies' Diamond Broaches, $5.50 to $ HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT E. VOIGT Resturing Jeweler and Dealer in Catholic Street 725 Seventh Street N. W., between G. and H. 1880. Telephone: entering upon another Christmas Season, full believe greater success than ever before—full of our old as well as new customers better than needed to place our goods before the Public at the resistant with good workmanship. will be pleased with our Christmas line. It con- designs that are absolutely new, entirely di- vine you by other jewelers, and every article exac- ced by a reputation of thirty-one years' hones. your Christmas Presents now, and have them de- nced and polite clerks to attend to your wants, prompt attention. Promptness means a whie- busy season of Christmas. ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE DIAMONDS Our Money in Diamonds—No Better Investment ONDS mean money, and the best kind of mor- ally increasing in value. Lastest valuable time experimenting with Diam- ble or loss of time you can secure from us the loss—obtainable anywhere. This is a question assertion. Use the various grades of Diamonds we carry in that we stand without a peer among our compa- Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150.00. Diamond Broaches, $5.50 to $1,000.00. Annual Holiday ANNOUNCEMENT We are entering upon another Christmas Season, full of determination to achieve greater success than ever before—full of determination to serve our old as well as new customers better than ever before, and determined to place our goods before the Public at the lowest possible profit consistent with good workmanship. You will be pleased with our Christmas line. It contains many new items—designs that are absolutely new, entirely different from lines offered you by other jewelers, and every article exactly as represented, backed by a reputation of thirty-one years' honest trading. Select your Christmas Presents now, and have them delivered when wanted. Experienced and polite clerks to attend to your wants, all of which will receive prompt attention. Promptness means a whole lot, especially at the busy season of Christmas. Put Your Money in Diamonds—No Better Investment Today DIAMONDS mean money, and the best kind of money, for they are constantly increasing in value. Why waste valuable time experimenting with Diamonds, when without trouble or loss of time you can secure from us the best goods class for class—obtainable anywhere. This is a question of fact, not a theory or assertion. Examine the various grades of Diamonds we carry in stock, and be convinced that we stand without a peer among our competitors. Diamond Earrings, $15.00 to $500.00. Diamond Scarf Pins, $7.00 up. Diamond Suff Buttons, $7.00 up. Diamond Studs, $10.00 up. We have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Rings, set in Tiffany Mounting, which we are selling at $30.00. This will make an appropriate present for Christmas. Every stone a ball of fire. We have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Mounting, which we are selling at $30.00. priate present for Christmas. Every stone We Have Been Manufacturers of We All Sizes and Styles in Stock. We wo Ring. The latest style. have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Rings, set which we are selling at $30.00. This will make it for Christmas. Every stone a ball of fire. Have Been Manufacturers of Wedding Rings for Cases and Styles in Stock. We would suggest the latest style. We Have Been Manufacturers of Wedding Rings for 30 Years. All Sizes and Styles in Stock. We would suggest the Tiffany plain Ring. The latest style. DEALER IN Fresh Fruits and Vegetables SALT MEATS Fine Line of Groceries, Imported Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobacco 1121 V Street N. W. THE NORTH END GROCERY CO. Phone North 4818. Home Cafe LEE'S LUNCH ROOM Geo. H. Lee, Prop. 1231 E-Street N. W. Meals.15c and 25c MEALS AT ALL HOURS GEO. C. HILLEARY Dealer in POULTRY, FISH AND GAME. 906 Louisiana Ave. N. W. Tel. Main 3381. Washington, D. C. ENOUCEMENT GT Dealer in Catholic Supplies between G. and H. Telephone Main 2435 Christmas Season, full of determination ever before—full of determina-tomers better than ever before, more the Public at the lowest possi- manship. Christmas line. It contains many newly new, entirely different from and every article exactly as repre- tirty-one-years' honest trading. Now, and have them delivered when attend to your wants, all of which aptness means a whole lot, espe- TE OF CHARGE NDS No Better Investment Today the best kind of money, for they drimenting with Diamonds, when in secure from us the best goods— This is a question of fact, not a Diamonds we carry in stock, and be peer among our competitors. to $150.00. to $1,000.00. to 00.00. Diamond Rings, set in Tiffany $30.00. This will make an appro- stone a ball of fire. of Wedding Rings for 30 Years. We would suggest the Tiffany plain Home Cafe LEE'S LUNCH ROOM Geo. H. Lee, Prop. 1231 E-Street N. W. Meals.15c and 25c MEALS AT ALL HOURS It is an up-to-date Lunch Room. It is the Sanitary Lunch Room where you and your family are requested to come. Electric fans. 1231 E Street Northwest Phone Main 3631. Phone Main 6165-W Come and Learn How to Make Your Own Clothes Graduation After Completion of Course. Other Courses if Desired. Terms Reasonable. MISS R. E. BELL LADIES TAILOR 1111 Eye Street Northwest Washington, D. C. TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. 1109 EYE STREET, N.W. GO TO HOLMES' HOTEL 333 Virginia Ave., S. W. Finest Afro-American Accomo dations in the District European & American Plan Good Rooms and Lodging, 50c, 75c and $1.00. Comfortably heated by steam. Give us a Call JAMES OTTOWAY HOLMES, Prop Washington, D.C. Phone, Main 2315 T. W. DUNWORTH 1002 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. WINES AND LIQUORS The Most Central Place in the City Phone Main 6329 Drives Malaria out of the System BABEK for Chills and Fever Keep It In Your Bedi- tian Chest For Sale by all Bruggletts CONTAINS NO QUININE DR. W. L. SMITH'S INDIGESTION CURE This remedy will relieve and cure all forms of Indigestion, Catarrh of the Stomach, Heart burn, Sour Stomach, Flatulency, Pain in the Stomach, Water Brash, Acid Fermentation, Gaseous Accumulations and Mal-Assimilations of Foods. When taken into the Stomach it thoroughly digests the albuminous foods, and cures the indigestion, by resting and assisting the stomach until normal or natural digestion is restored. W. L. SMITH, Druggist Fourth and Elm Sts. N. W. Washington, D. C.