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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. 47 WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1915 MUSQLIT CLUB IN A MUDDLE Lacking in Adhesion as Well as Cohesion This Club Breaks its Contractual Obligations. As indicated in The Bee, from time to time, the hyphenated coterile, known as the Mu-So-Lit Club—sometimes called the Mu-Cl-Lage Club, quite erroneously of course, as the organization is lacking in stick-to-liveness to a degree almost lamentable—has a queer idea of the fitness of things. Having among its members a bunch of "irresponsibles" sadly lacking in the proprieties that are conventional with all well balanced citizens, which bunch is prone to run riot on all occasions, unless the presiding officer handles them with a strong and "Reed" like hand, the club is generally in a turmoil. From September last, a month before the Club's season opened, until January, they plotted and caucuser in an attempt to capture the presidency of the club and thereby the executive committee. To this end in every election to membership lately they have banded together and turned down representative citizens, as indicated by The Bee, electing in their stead only such men as they could pledge to their cause. Failing to gain the presidency and the fall control of the club in this manner they become plued and seek to embarrass the club's chosen president at every opportunity. In a stormy session last Friday night when many of the more representative members were absent, they caucused in the reading room of the Y. M. C. A., and later entering the meeting in the general assembly hall, this bunch, acting more in the spirit of a mob than a deliberative body of citizens, rescinded the club's action taken some weeks ago, to honor the ladies in a function to be held in Odd Fellows Hall, April 21st. This function which the club decided to hold as long ago as January was planned and arranged for by the executive committee, upon the basis of a two dollar assessment per capita, voted March 12th without a dissenting vote or voice being raised in The executive committee, composed of Edward H. Lawson, chairman; Prof. Kelly Miller, Judge R. H. Terrell, Arthur C, Newman, Robert A. Pelham, Haley G. Douglass, and G. Luthier Sidgwar, acting under the advice and instruction of the club, as stated in a circular letter to each member, announcing among other things the following: "The Mu-So-Lit Decennial Celebration will be held in the Odd Fellows Hall on April 21st, 1915, from 8:30 o'clock p. m., until 2 a.m. It will consist of a formal reception in the main auditorium, in honor of the ladies, and thoroughly in keeping with the traditions of the club." Acting upon this information twenty or more members paid their assessment and others went to the meeting prepared to pay theirs and get the alloted invitations on the evening of April 9th. The ladies were duly notified and the usual feminine activities prior to such an event were under way when the "irresponsibles," figuring that the 21st was too far from pay day for them to be prepared with the necessary wherewithall, got busy and like the bull in the china shop proceeded to break things up. By balting the N. A. A. C. P. adherents to turn the function into a charity entertainment for the benefit of that organization and gaining the support of a number of others, by clearly misrepresenting the entire situation, the buildozed and taunted the presiding officer and almost by force took the meeting from his hands. After voting to rescind the $2.00 assessment they floundered around without guide or sense of discretion and upon adjournment awoke to the realization that no change had authorized in the arrangements and no assessment to meet the contracted debts of the club had been levied, and in general that "things were up in the air." Now that the ladies are commenting on the action the responsible "irresponsible" are ashamed to face the music and no two of them can agree upon a definite explanation of their ill-advised and unheard of action, in voting against a proposition that only carried sixty-six and two-third cents per capita for the entertainment of the club members and their guests. When asked about the mix-up one club member said: "The movement was worked up by a disgruntled element in the club who failed to control the presidency and gain for themselves places on the executive committee. With the support of the N. A. A. C. P. fellows who are anxious to grab every cent in sight and send it over to New York, and aided by some others that were mislead upon one pretext or another they were able to vent their spite, but in doing so pulled the house down on their own heads before they realized it." Chagrinned beyond measure they are the butt of ridicule now. Meanwhile the Hall Association, the musicians, the caterer and others are wondering who is to foot the bills contracted for and still there is more to follow. As pointed out by The Bee on sev- eral occasions this club is not a well balanced organization of level-headed citizens, but an aggregation containing some good men and a big "bunch of irresponsible," who are charter members of the club and add to their own number by voting against representative citizens who allow their names to be proposed for membership. This was most clearly shown at a recent meeting when representative citizens, guests of the club at the time, were turned down and men elected who were unknown except to the "bunch." Among the guests at this stormy meeting was Salem Tutt Whitney, the well-known comedian, who after witnessing the riotous proceedings gave the club notice that he had gained a fund of material for a new skirt, and that the club might expect to see itself in action in a tabloid soon. He said "M Quod's Brother Gardner at the Llme Klin Club" might have been fiction but it had nothing on the Muso-Lit Club in action." This well-directed sally tended to sober the rampant but before they could fully recover from the blow the meeting adjourned and the ladies—well it is to laugh. Many, ladies had prepared their gowns, indeed had them made to order. Attorney Cobb who led the opposition in the absence of the majority that defeated him before, moved to reconsider the vote for the reception. There was almost riot, but Mr. Cobb and his adherents carried it. The gowns will have to be returned to Uncle Isaac and those that were not rented will be kept until the next inauguration. Smarting over the former defeat, the opposition was determined to get even. Bob Pelham refused to state what his program would be, which offended the Cobbites, the Graylites and all other disgruntled Mu-So-Lits, have the reservation of the reception. War-why these Mu-So-Lits cared nothing for the war in Europe, and neither were they bothered about the Association for the Advancement of Colored People so long as the Mu-So-Lit reception would take place. Attorney Cobb will have to organize a new Mu-So-Lit. DR. LUCY MOTEN. The Greatest Educator In the World, ( White or Black, Says Lawyer The complaint that was held to Dr. Lucy Moten, principal of Normal School No. 2, by a member of the board of education, Attorney Larner was to a deserving woman. Among other things in speaking of Dr. Lucy Moten he said that she was the greatest educator in the United States. When the investigation of the Normal School takes place there will be startling developments. The opposition to Mrs. Moten is social and investigated by a woman who has no more respect for the Colored people than to use them to advance her personal ambition. The people will be surprised when all the facts are made known to the people. The only offense that Mrs. Moten has committed was to prevent a woman who stood high in social life from drawing the color line. The people ought to know; certain members of the board of education know that there will be no harmony in the schools until all of their objectable features are removed from the public schools. Why should any woman in the Normal Schools be kept there against the will of the principal if what the principal has stated is correct? Beat the Combination. There is some displeasure at Howard University because Prof. James Turner passed successfully the examination for a full-fieded professor. It is claimed that a few of the old professors at the University who have been there from the time the memory of man runneth not to the contrary are very much displeased. Prof. Turner is a bright individual and he will make good. How to get the St. Luke Automobile. Just buy a 50-cent ticket, be present Friday, April 23d, 1915, and wait till a voice calls—you. LAUGH AND GROW FAT. PROF. CHARLES STEWART OF CHICAGO, ILL., THE SECOND D. WEBSTER DAVIS. NUMOROUS LECTURE Subject: "Uncle Ned and His Son" at Shiloh Baptist Church, L street, between 16th and 17th streets, N. W., Tuesday night, April 20th, 1915. Single admission, 15 cents. Two persons for 25 cents. The Lecture is given under the auspices of The Social Reapers' Club, Mrs. Susan Peterson, President, and is for the purpose of raising funds for the debt upon the Church edifice. Prof. Stewart is one of the most witty, eloquent and forceful orators upon the American platform and he is sure to please, instruct and interest all why mayb e fortunate enough to hear him. PLANSAN EXPANSION JONES' SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION PLANS EXPANSION. 500 Members Added to the Roll, Community Work to be Broadened. Committees Report Success in New Efforts for Finances. Social Service the Keynote Struck by Speakers. At a recent meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Alfred Jones School, a movement was launched which increased the membership to five hundred. Plans were set on foot also to vitalize the school as a social center and a composite report of the various committees as read by Mrs. Dean, Business Manager of the Association, shown that $70 had been raised as the result of a week's campaign. Each grade has a committee with definite aims. The most important work of the 8th grade committee is to establish a fund to purchase books for indigent and meritorious high school children who have graduated from Jones. Realizing the great possibilities of the moving picture film and the consequent necessity for directing and giving intellectual trend to this social factor, the 7th grade has chosen as its work the installation of an apparatus in the school house. Another project for the indigent is the plan of the 6th grade to create a shoe fund for the children of its own building. The task of providing a Printing fund is the most vital work of the 5th grade. To cultivate the appreciation of good music in the pupils and to thus touch with an awakening wand the potent latent musical characteristics of our boys and girls is the aim which the 4th grade hopes to attain through the purchase of a Victrola. Athletics is also another important branch for which this committee is creating a fund. In order to further the financing of projects the 3rd grade has constituted itself into an entertainment committee. That the school surroundings of the child may be ennobling wholly and that this approach be stressed through the aesthetic the 2D grade is recognized as the decoration committee. The 2A grade is to control the sick Beneficial Fund of the association. For larger social effectiveness the 2D grade devotes itself to establishing a community library. The membership committee of the 1A grade is explained fully by its title: Dr. Montgomery, the principal speaker of the evening, said: "The most satisfactory solution in our democracy is the school, a common center, a common agency to meet the educational responsibilities. The school house becomes the rendezvous the trysting place of parent and teacher, the common meeting ground of all interested in the uplift of the young. Heretofore the school has been regarded as an investment for the future. To-day it is being recognized as the mightiest force in life for present and future, for both young and grown-ups." In his closing words the speaker, in a most forceful and illuminating way, vivified the idea of social service in the following words: "Where may the individual be better regenerated, built up in the service of civilization, patriotism, neighborhood and righteousness than in the school house? When the temper swept Jesus fresh from baptism into the wilderness, the Holy One met temptation by the unforgetful words, "Man shall not live by bread alone," and realizing the efficacy of the perennial truth the school, while aiming to make each pupil a bread winner, in addition aims to make each a respecter of law and order, with sound and sane views of personal liberty; and thus, by not neglecting ethical training, becomes also a moral institution." Mrs. Kern, of the Board of Education, prefaced her remarks by complimenting the school on its spirit as manifested to her by the reception she was accorded by the pupils, teachers, and parents, as well as by the cultural atmosphere of the eighth room, the meeting place. Her talk, she held, was to be of a general, practical type, to be filled in by the scientific demonstration to follow. Mrs. Kern said, in part, "Probably no factor is more vital in the education of youth than proper and wholesome food carefully and fittingly prepared." Mrs. Shaw said: "Foods for children are to be chosen especially with the upholding idea in view, but those of adults are to be selected largely on the basis of repair; and after this has been done, a still important work remains, namely, to preserve rather than to waste the nutriment in cooking." The speaker then proceeded, assisted by Misses Piper and Clarke, to give a demonstration. Mrs. A. E. Waddleton, in the course of her advice to the mothers, said: "You must open the doors of your own home to the company of your girls. You must keep them off the streets by a home—truly home—a place of enjoyment, a place presenting interesting environing conditions." Miss Clara Vole, of New York, emphasized the need of physical training for growing children. Her conclusion was: "Your boys and girls must of necessity be vigorous and healthy in body if they are to start the race of life with an even chance." Mr. J. W. Conway read reports to enlighten the members as to what they are doing in other parents' as- sociations. He proved that the Johes Association is working along progressive, up to date, and accepted lines. Musical features lent to the evening's pleasure. Miss Lucy Moten and Mrs. Eva Height rendered very effective instrumental solos. Miss Marie James came as the climax to the evening's musical program. She was in rare voice, and her rendition of heavy selections was carried out with such finesse, finish, and effectiveness as to provoke endless encore. She shone equally well also in lighter vein. Mrs. Kern, in particular, was overwhelmed by the clarity, sweetness, interpretation, and technique of Miss James' solos. The audience also received well the work of a quartette headed by Mr. Horace Dean. The literary feature of the program was Mr. B. F. Petway's reciting of Rudyard Kipling's "If." Dr. Russell, the president, presided ably, assisted by Miss Josephine Green, the secretary who took the minutes. TO MOTHERS AND NURSES. Special for The Washington Bee. Mr. Editor: With your permission I wish to submit a few thoughts for future guidance of mothers. We have the best doctors and nurses. We have a clean, sanitary city and clear water. Therefore, I believe love, attraction and haste is the principle cause of our high death rate of babies. Mother's love is often the cause of babies death. To please the child it can sit in draft or sunshine and play with unsanitary toys, and is oftimes kissed too much. I think it is best not to allow any one to kiss the mouth of the baby and give them too much sweets. Ice cream and ice water are too cold for infants. In many cases attraction takes the mother's and nurses's attention from the baby on the street. Oftimes I have seen mothers and nurses shoving the carriage with the baby's face exposed to the sun or heavy atmosphere. Show windows and other attractions take their attention. I believe some mothers are too hasty and do not give nature its time. Early exertion has a damaging effect on the baby. I think it is best for mothers to obey the advice of the doctor and have less trouble with the baby. I think mothers should be careful about taking their young babies to move or detur shows in summer or winter. They are too warm when it is cold out and too cool and dark when the sun is shining and hot out. It gives the little ones a bad cough which will either effect the stomach or lungs in winter, and in summer the darkness effects the tender eyes when so quickly ushered in the sunlight and heat. A mother should never nurse a baby when she is much fatigued and warm. It may make the baby sick. I don't think mothers should allow baby's clothes to go to the laundry until the child is ninety days old. Have them washed at home, using castel soap and well rinsed and dried. A clean muslin cloth should be placed between the hot fron and the pieces, then hang them up and cover them over with netting. Fingers must be kept out of the child's mouth and eyes. Doctors must be consulted in time to mothers and babies in order that future generations may be wise, healthy and strong. MRS. L. C. MOORE BETHEL LITERARY. The Bethel Literary and Historical Association was addressed last Tuesday evening by Edward S. Steele of this city. During the period when an effort was being made to have Congress pass a separate car law for the District, Mr. Steele wrote a very strong letter to the Star which was read by Vice President Pinckett, protesting against the passage of such a law. For this reason the president of the Literary desired to have the one who had spoken for a people speak directly to the people in whose welfare he was interested. The speaker said in part that his ancestors were strong abolitionists, and that he had imbibed these principles in his early youth. He gave a brief history of Oberlin College, saying it was the first college to admit female students and that when it was first opened there had been no thought of admitting Colored pupils, but when the question came before the board the result was a tie vote, and the president of the college cast the deciding vote in favor of the Colored applicant. He referred to his experience as a student at Oberlin and the good impressions made upon him by the Colored contingent. Discussing the race question, he said the feeling is that we have reached the worst point and that a change for the better must come. That an element in the south seems to be carrying on a propaganda to create race prejudice in the north. He believed that the better class of people in the south had come to feel that the uneducated poorer classes, irrespective of color, were objects of rightful help. The speaker went fully into the subject of caste, saying that this spirit was much in evidence among the Colored people themselves. That the professional man felt himself very much above the tradesman, and that the tradesman considered himself superior to the laborer. So long as this feeling of superiority continues there will be a division or separation between the races as well as among the races themselves. He said the Colored people preferred their own society. He advised that we do not fret; that we stand on manly dignity; preserve an independence; build up a large class of skilled labor; learn to do something worth doing; qualify for citizenship; lend aid to the one who it less fortunate. Dr. W. S. Lofton discussed the paper and said that civilization would not be complete until every citizen received equality and justice before the law. 'Vice President McLaurin complimented the speaker upon his address and urged that we follow the advice given. Rev. E. H. Hicks gave the invocation. Rev. Mr. Draper, the benediction. Miss Madre presided. GENIE WALKER—A TPIBUTE. (M. H. R.) "Genie Walker, Colored seamstress, dead in Washington." Merely a ticking of the keys, only a news items in the day's history, unimportant in the larger issues of life but it brings a quickening of the pulse, a catch in the voice and a heart throb of sorrow to the scores of white friends of Genie Walker. Just a seamstress—her sittings had made ready for the arrival of the heaven-sent mite of humanity; with joy in the happiness of the young bride-to-be she planned and fashioned the wedding garments; in time of trouble and death, again was she requisitioned—in joy and in sorrow she was helper and friend, with always a ready sympathy, a genuine interest and devotion. Genie Walker, Colored seamstress but white of heart and soul and instinct; white in every characteristic that makes for that true nobility of living—a life of service and self-sacrifice. As to the writer, the death of this good woman will bring a torrent of bitter tears, to many a friend in Selma today. Miss Walker is the sister of Attorney Thomas Walker. The Bee's distinguished townsman. Mr. Walker attended the funeral and it has been 20 years since he visited the state of his nativity. His friends and the people were glad to see him. Mrs. Maggie L. Walker keeps in the St. Luke's archives at Richmond, bombs, etc., for $101,000 to protect faithful St. Luke's. OBSERVATIONS I took a peep at the Howard Theater this week and I certainly did enjoy myself. I saw Evan Robinson. She is just as fascinating as ever. Miss Robinson and her dancing partner are very clever. The pictures were excellent during the entire week. There is some class to the pictures at this theater. Next week there will be some new stunts that will enliven the natives. In all theaters there is a free list, but those who don't contribute to the support of a theater should not take advantage of their friends who conduct theaters. Some people will dead head it no matter how small the fee is. I would suggest that a man should not dead head it if he can't give anything in return. Have you heard the latest stunts? Brother Gardner's new play alias the Mu-So-Lit Club at the Howard Theater shortly. The more you polish the Colored brother the blacker he shines to his disadvantage. Last Tuesday night was South Washington night at the Howard. Southwest didn't keep up its record. Prof. W. G. Craig is one of the best teachers in the M street High School. He will be elevated in the new shuffle. He is no man's slave and don't you forget it. He is popular with his pupils. The National Association for the Advancement of the Colored people, falling to reform the men, will try its hand with children. OUR OLD FRIEND. Returned to Business to Serve the People. Mr. Thomas Ruppert and Son, stand 16, 17, and 18, Center Market, who are well known to the Colored people in this city, have reopened. Mr. Ruppert is well-known to the Colored in this city and South Washington especially, where he has been such a benefactor. Mr. Ruppert has the best meats and at the lowest prices. Salt meats that are unsurpassed. Cooked ham, cheaper and better than anywhere in the market. All kinds of fresh beef, lamb, veal, sausages, smoked and fresh pork. Call and see your old reliable friends who stand by the people when they were in need. Their. Canned Beef is the best in market. They are accommodating and genial. When the Colored people in this city needed friends they found them in Thomas Ruppert and Son. Fresh pork dally, Ham at 16 cents. BOSTON BARGAIN HOUSE BOSTON BARGAIN HOUSE Do you want the best stationery in of every description? Go to the Boston Bargain House, 627 F St., N. W. SUPT.BRUCE ISTO GO To be Succeeded by Prof. W. S. Montgomery it is Said—Coming Additional Charges—Many Candidates in the Field—Board Tired of His Administration. Whether the superintendent, Mr. E. L. Thurston, decided to recommend a successor to Rosco C. Bruce or not, he is to be displaced. There will be dissatisfaction in the schools as long as he remains. Since the Glenn trial he has become very unpopular with the people as well as with the schools and it is said that his removal and the appointment of Dr. W. S. Montgomery or some other man more acceptable with the teachers and pupils is looked for. Dr. W. S. Montgomery is the idol of the teachers. They love him. Bruce has lost his influence and the respect with the teachers. Today there are not a dozen teachers that would support his retention if they were asked to endorse him. The byword of the pupils upon the street is what he subscribed under his picture to the editor of The Bee and his explanation. It is used in derision. Among the many spoken of in connection with Prof. Montgomery are Prof. Charles M. Thomas of the Normal School, Prof. James T. Walker, supervisor; Prof. Thomas McGregory, Prof. L. M. Hershaw and a few others. Any of the foregoing would bring the schools upon a higher plane. Prof. Montgomery being the favorite among the people and teachers, he stands a better chance for appointment than any other candidate. Changes in the Armstrong Manual Training School, the High School are suggested. The next move is to combine the Vocational and Armstrong Training School and have one head in the person of Prof. Newman. He is the best manual and vocational training principal in this city and country. He is beyond all doubt the most competent man to be placed at the head of the consolidated school. The people are more interested in the success of the schools than in anything else. It may be that Mr. Thurston will not act. Whether he does or does not, Congress will next. Colored Man 'Will Be First Buried in Arlington. The dying wish of a Colored commissioned officer of the regular army, that is to be given a grave in the Arlington National Cemetery, at Washington, will be fulfilled, thanks to Mayor Curley. The interment of Lieutenant Beverly Perea, U. S. A. (retired), who died in Cambridge hospital, will mark the first occasion that a Colored commissioned officer has been buried in the National Cemetery. Some days ago Lieutenant Perea's widow visited Mayor Curley and repeated the request her husband had gasped as he lay dying. At once the Mayor transmitted the request to Secretary of War Garrison. He made a personal appeal to Secretary Garrison that the Colored soldier's wish be granted. The Mayor was much gratified yesterday on securing a favorable answer. Perea was appointed to a first Lieutenant's commission by President McKinley. The remains will be placed in the officer's division at the cemetery. Clipping from Boston Sunday Post. Mrs. Julla Mason Layton of Department of Potomac W. R. C., has been notified by Boston friends that the body will arrive in this city Friday morning about 10.30 o'clock, and proceed to Arlington. She will represent her organization in doing honor to this splendid citizen and soldier. WOMEN TO GET TOGETHER. Every Baptist woman in the District is called to meet at the Florida avenue Baptist church, Monday, April 19, 1915, 8 p. m., for the purpose of forming a District Union of Baptist women. The organization is to devote its efforts to quickening and deepening interest by publicity in all the work in which the Baptist churches in Washington are interested. Each church is requested to send ten of its most active workers. Miss Nannie Burroughs will preside. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT AND SALE. See and buy something, "Made at the Training School." Mid season exhibition, demonstration and sale of work done by the National Training School for women and girls at the Y. M. C. A., 1816 Twelfth street northwest, Friday, April 23, frm 4 to 10 p.m. Basket ball game at 8:30 p. m. Sewing and handcraft prizes awarded for the best work. The Domestic Science Department will give an amusing, but instructive demonstration of the right and wrong way of doing things. Departments represented: Dressmaking, plain sewing, domestic science, Missionary training and athletics. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs is president. Mrs. Bessie B. Anderson is State Deputy for Maryland but is still a leader in this city also. NEGROES IN THE UNITED STATES. A Bulletin Containing the Most Recent Statistics Relative to the Race. Bulletin 129, entitled "Negroes in the United States," presenting statistics derived from the Thirteenth Census, Department of Commerce, has been issued and is now being distributed. The bulletin, which consists of 207 pages of text and tables, will be followed by a more complete and comprehensive report on the same subject. The Director of the Census in transmitting the report to the Secretary of Commerce states: "The object in view is to embody in a single publication the principal and most recent census statistics relative to the Negro, arranged and presented in such a way as to contribute as much information as possible regarding the status and progress of the Negro race in the United States. "A similar publication was issued in 1904 following the completion of the Twelfth Census taken in 1900; and there has been a very general demand for a report covering the same field but based upon the more recent statistics of the Thirteenth Census. "The need for a monographic presentation arises from the fact that the census statistics relating to the Negro must otherwise be sought for in many different volumes covering population, agriculture, mortality, and other general subjects. The reason is that these statistics are not easily accessible to the general public until brought together in a single publication." The bulletin was prepared in the division of Revision and Results, Bureau of the Census, under the general supervision of Dr. Joseph A. Hill, expert special agent. The statistical tables were planned and arranged by three Negro employees of the bureau—Charles E. Hall, William Jennifer, and Robert A. Pelham, or under their direction by other Negro clerks. Mr. Hall's assignment covered population and occupations, Mr. Jennifer's agriculture and religious statistics, and Mr. Pelham's, mortality and ownership of homes statistics. As a government document the bulletin is for free distribution and can be obtained by application to the Director of the Census, Washington, D.C. NEGROES IN THE UNITED STATES. The bulletin on Negroes in the United States, soon to be issued by Director Sam. L. Rogers, of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, indicates that there has been among Negroes an increasing tendency toward home ownership, a marked increase in the percentage of school attendance, a pronounced decrease in the percentage of illiteracy, a decrease in the mortality rate, and an increase in the proportion of church membership. This bulletin, which is a special compilation of information derived from the Thirteenth Census and from other inquiries conducted by the Census Bureau, brings together in one publication all the principal data pertaining to the Negro race which are in the possession of the bureau. The work of planning and arranging the statistical tables, as well as all the clerical work, was done by Negro employees. Increase In Negro Population. Increase in Negro Population. The Negro population of the United States increased from 757,208, or 19.3 per cent of the total population, in 1790, to 8,927,763, or 10.7 per cent of the total, in 1910. The increase between 1900 and 1910 was at the rate of 11.2 per cent, while during the same period the white population increased by 22.3 per cent. Since 1810 there has been a continuous decrease in the proportion which Negroes have formed of the total population, due, at least in part, to the fact that the white population has been continually augmented by immigration, while there has been very little immigration of Negroes during the past hundred years. The largest Negro population in any State in 1910 was that of Georgia, 1,176,987; Mississippi was second, with 1,009,487; and Alabama third, with 908,282. Of the 9,827,763 Negroes in the United States in 1910, 7,777,077, or 79.1 per cent, were reported as of pure Negro blood, the remaining 2,050,656, or 29.9 per cent, being classed as "mulattoes." For census purposes this term covers all persons of mixed white and Negro blood, whatever the proportion. The figures indicates a continuous increase in the percentage of mulattoes during the past 40 years. Density and Center of Negro Popu- lation. In Mississippi and South Carolina the Negro population was more than 50 per cent of the total in 1910—56.2 per cent and 55.2 per cent, respectively: and in Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida the percentages ranged between 40 and 50—45.1, 42.5, and 41, respectively. In each of 53 counties of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, and Tennessee, at least 75 per cent of the total population was Negro in 1910. Of the Southern states, West Virginia had the smallest percentage of Negroes, 5.3 Outside of the South there was no state in which the percentage was as high as 5, the highest being that for Missouri. 4.8. There were only five other Northern States—New Jersey, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana—in which the proportion of Negroes exceeded 2 per cent. The "center of population" for the Negro race in the United States is now located about 5.4 miles north-northeast of Fort Payne, Dekalb County, in northeastern Alabama, s it movement ever since 1790 has been in a south-westier direction, but during the decade 1900-1910 it moved only 5.8 miles to the west-southwest, while during the same period the center of total population moved 39 miles to the westward. Negroes in Urban and Rural Communities. The percentage of Negroes in rural communities—that is, outside of incorporated places and New England towns of 2,500 inhabitants or more—decreased from 80.2 in 1890 to 77.3 in 1900 and to 72.6 in 1910. The corresponding percentages for the total population were 63.9 in 1890, 59.5 in 1900, and 53.7 in 1910. There are 43 cities each of which had more than 10,000 Negro inhabitants in 1910. Ten of these cities lie outside of the Southern states. The total Negro population of these 43 cities was 1,341,468. Washington stood at the head of this list with a Negro population of 94,446, while New York, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Philadelphia occupied second, third, fourth and fifth places, with 91,709, 89,262, 84,749, and 84,459, respectively. The percentage of increase in Negro population in Washington between 1900 and 1910, however, was lower than for most of the other cities in the list, being only 8.9. The greatest gain, both numerically and proportionally, was shown by Birmingham, Ala., whose Negro population increased by 35,730 or 215.6 per cent. New York and Philadelphia showed the next largest numerical gains, 31,043 and 21,486, respectively, the rates of increase for these cities being 51.2 per cent and 34.9 per cent, respectively. Nativity, Sex and Marital Condition. Ninety-nine and two-tenths per cent of all Negroes in the United States in 1910 were natives of native parentage, only four-tenths of 1 per cent being foreign born, while the remaining four-tenths of 1 per cent were natives of foreign, or mixed native and foreign, parentage. Of the 40,339 foreign born Negroes in the United States, 24,426, or a trifle more than 60 per cent, came from Cuba and the West Indies. Only 473 were born in Africa. The sex distribution of the Negroes in the United States is on the basis of 98.9 males to 100 females, while the native whites of native parentage the ratio is 104 males to 100 females. The statistics show a tendency on the part of the Negroes to marry at earlier ages than whites. This is bought out most clearly by the percentages which married, widowed and divorced persons, taken as a group, form of the total numbers between the ages of 20 and 24, inclusive, namely, 39.6 for Negroes and 27 for whites. Interstate Migration. Interstate migration is apparently less extensive among the Negro population than among the whites. In 1910, 83.4 per cent of the native Negroes in the United States were living in the states in which they were born, while only 77.6 percent of the American-born whites were residing in their native states. Twelve states—Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, Delaware, and Maine—have lost more than they have gained in Negro population through interstate migration, while all other states have gained more than they have lost from this cause. The net losses of the first-named three states were: Virginia, 206,764; South Carolina, 121,479; North Carolina, 109,751. It is a noteworthy fact that the greatest net gain in Negro population from this cause, 105,516, was shown by Arkansas, a southern state. School Attendance and Illiteracy. Of the Negro, population 6 to 20 years of age, inclusive, 47.3 per cent were attending school in 1910, as compared with 66.9 per cent of the native whites of native parentage in the same group. In thirteen cities—Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mo., Louisville, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Washington—each of which had in 1910 a total population of 200,000 or more and a Negro population of 10,000 or more, the highest percentage of school attendance among Negroes 6 to 20 years of age was found in Boston, where it was 67.2 per cent, as compared with 73.3 per cent for native whites of native parentage. The percentage of school attendance for Negroes in Boston is higher than for native whites of native parentage in 10 of the other 12 cities. The highest percentage of school attendance among Negroes 6 to 20 years of age from states was found in Connecticut, 67.1, and the lowest in Louisiana, 28.9. The percentage of illiteracy (inability to write) among the Negro population 10 years of age and over was 30.4 for the United States as a whole, as compared with 3.7 percent for the native whites of native parentage. The continual improvement in educational opportunities offered to the Negro race is strikingly shown by the fact that in almost every state and city the percentage of illiteracy among Negroes is consistently lower in the younger generations than in the older. For example, in Georgia the percentage of illiteracy among Negroes 10 to 14 years of age was 22.1; 15 to 24 years; 26.9 to 29 to 34 years; 32.7; 35 to 44 years; 45; 45 to 54 years; 57.6; 55 to 64 years; 70.3; and 65 years and over. 79.2. The lowest percentage of illiteracy among the Negro population 10 years of age and over in any of the states. 3.4, was found in Minnesota and Oregon, while the highest, 45.4, was shown by Louisiana. Ownership of Homes In 1910 there were in the Southern states 1,917,331 Negro homes, of which 430,449, or 22.4 per cent, were owned, including 314,340, or 16.4 per cent of all Negro homes, which were owned free of incumbrance. In 1900 the percentage of owned homes was 20. The highest percentage of owned Negro homes in any of the Southern states in 1910 was that for Virginia, 41.3, while the lowest, 14.7, was found in Georgia. Statistics are also shown for all southern municipalities of 5,000 or more Negro inhabitants. Occupations Occupations. Of the total number of 7,317,922 Negroes 10 years of age and over, enumerated in 1910, 5,192,535, or 71 per cent, were reported as gainfully employed, the percentages for males males and females being 87.4 and 54.7, respectively. The corresponding percentages for native whites were 77.9 and 19.2. Of the gainfully employed Negro males, 30.9 per cent—almost one-third—were farm laborers, and 25 per cent were farmers. The other leading occupation groups for Negro males, with the percentage of the total represented by each, were as follows: Laborers, building and hand trades,5.2; laborers, saw and planing mills, 2.9; laborers, steam railroad, 2.7; porters, except in stores, 1.6; draymen, teamsters, and expressmen, 1.6; coal mine opera- tives, 1.2; laborers, porters, and helpers in stores, 1.2; waiters, 1.1; laborers, road and street building and repairing, 1.1; cooks, 1.0; deliverymen, stores, 1.0; carpenters, 1.0. For females, the leading capacities in which employed, with the percentage represented by each, were as follows: Farm laborers, 48.1; laundresses (not in laundry), 17.9; cooks, 10.2; farmers, 3.9; dressmakers and seamstresses (not in factory), 1.9; school-teachers, 1.1. Agriculture. Farms operated by Negroes in 1910 numbered 893,370, and were valued at $1,142,000,000. The total number of farms in the United States in that year was 6,361,502, and their- value was $40,991,449,000. Ninety-eight and six-tenths per cent of the Negro farms were situated in the South. The increases between 1900 and 1910 in number and value of farms operated by Negroes were at the rate of 19.6 per cent and 128.4 per cent, respectively, while the corresponding increases for farms operated by whites were 9.5 per cent and 99.6 per cent, respectively. The average acreage per farm operated by Negroes was 47.3, as compared with an average acreage of 153 for farms operated by whites. Three-fourths of the Negro farmers were tenants and one-fourth owners, in 1910, while more than two-twothirds of the white farm operators were owners. Mississippi showed the highest aggregate value of farms operated by Negroes, followed by Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. Mortality. The bulletin presents for the first time data regarding mortality among Negroes. All previous publications have given statistics for the total Colored population, which included the Chinese, Japanese, Indians, and other nonwhites. The death rate in 1910 for the "registration area," which in that year comprised 58.3 per cent of the total population of the United States, but only 19.7 per cent of the Negro population, was 25.5 per cent per 1,000 population for the Negroes and 14.6 per cent per 1,000 for the whites; a decrease of 3.9 per cent for the former and 2.5 per cent for the latter, as compared with 1900. The average death rate among Negroes in 33 northern cities, each having a Negro population of at least 2,500 in 1910, was 25.1 per cent per 1,000 as compared with 15.7 per cent for the whites, a decrease of 2.0 per cent for the Negroes and 2.5 per cent for the whites. A similar comparison for 24 southern cities shows a rate of 29.6 for Negroes, a decrease of 4.0 per cent, and 16.9 per cent for the whites, a decrease of 2.9 per cent, when compared with 1900. Deaths caused by malaia, tuberculosis of the lungs, other forms of tuberculosis, pneumonia, and whooping cough are relatively more numerous among Negroes than among whites; while the mortality due to measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, cancer, appendicitis, diarrhea and violence (including sulcide) is noticeably higher among whites. Religious Bodies. The latest statistics of religious bodies which have been collected by the Bureau of the Census relate to the year 1906. In that year there were 36,770 Negro church organizations with 3,685,097 communicants or members. Between 1890 and 1906 the number of Negro church organizations increased by 56.7 per cent and the number of communicants or members by 37.8 per cent, the increase in Negro population during the same period being 26.1 per cent. New York. — "Never again!" This was the whole souled utterance of Rutledge F. Gardner of Baltimore, a seven foot (almost) passenger who went to England in December and enlisted in King Edward's horse and went to France with his regiment. He returned with much experience and a wrist watch. This is his chronicle: "We were sent to France in February, where we mounted at Calais and rode to Neuve Chapelle. There we spent a lot of time in holes in the ground, shooting at an unseen enemy and being shot at ad lib. "As I was a pretty big man I was often detailed as a 'creeper.' They're quite an institution in the service now. The duty of the 'creeper' is to sneak toward the German lines at night to locate snippers. The way you locate them is by letting the fire at you. You catch the flash of the rifle, see? Then your side fires at the flashes. It's quite a game, believe me! "A trench fell in on me, and I was sent back to England and there discharged. "The Americans fighting with the English are not very popular. They are called Yanks and come in for a lot of spoofing. In my regiment there wasn't much future." EAT, DRINK, SING FOR PEACE. Milwaukee Thirty-niners Organize For Goodfellowship. Madison. Wls.—"To promote the use of the stem, the soothing weed and the story: to induce bolsterous laughter and to use such nicknames, terms of affection, handclaps and caresses as will promote good feeling" are some of the purposes of the Society of Thirty-niners, Milwaukee, which has asked permission to incorporate. Whether this organization can be sanctioned by the state is being considered. Another aim of the society is "to calm the rising tide of warfare which may be raging in our breasts by smoking the pipe of peace and smilingly watch our troubles float away." Souvenira Are Valuable. London.—Pieces of German shells dropped in December raids at West Hartlepool, are so valuable as souvenirs a bricklayer and a real estate agent had a lawsuit over a fragment weighing forty-seven pounds: They value it at $2 a pound. The bricklayer claimed it because he saw it first, the other man because it hit the house of a client, and the latter got it. LEGAL NOTICES CHARLES S. HILL, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court. No. 21504, 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 Thomas N. Williams, 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 24th day of February, A. D. 1916; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 24th day of February, 1915. LOUIS N. HARRIS. Care Chas. S. Hill. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Charles S. Hill, Attorney. ROYAL A HUGHES, ATTORNEY. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Hattle White, plaintiff, vs. William G. White and Nettie Philips, defendants. No. 32962, Equity Doc. 71. On motion of the plaintiff, it is this 12th day of February, 1915, ordered that the defendants, William G. White and Nettle Phillips, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Reporter, and the Washington Bee before said day. F. L. SIDDONS, Justice. A true copy. Test: J. R. YOUNG, Clerk. By F. E. Cunningham, Astst. Clerk. W. C. MARTIN, ATTORNEY. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Ann Minor, et al, vs. The Unknown Heirs, Allenees and Devisees of John Craig. No. 33,204, Equity Doc. 72. The object of this suit is to establish of record by averted possession in the plaintiffs as set forth in the bill a good and perfect title in fee simple to part of Original Lot 5, in Square 538, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia: Beginning for the same at the Southeast corner of said lot on F street and running thence west 16 feet, thence north 65 feet, thence east 16 feet, and thence South 65 feet to the place of beginning. On motion of the complainants, it is this 16th day of February, 1915, ordered that the defendants. The Unknown Heirs, Allenees and Devieees of John Craig, deceased, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the first rule day occurring after the expiration of forty days exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, from this date, otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published twice during the month of February and twice during the month of March in the Washington Law Reporter, and the Washington Bee, before said day. For good cause shown the period and method of publication are shortened and modified as above set forth. A true copy. Test: AUGUSTUS W. GRAY, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court—No. 21,576, 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 of administration on the estate of Richard H. Taylor, 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 26th day of March, A. D. 1916; otherwise they may be law be excluded from all benefit or said estate. Given under my hand this 26th day of March, 1915. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. AUGUSTUS W. GRAY FARMERS' WIVES ARE NEGLECTED Department of Agriculture In Attempting to Better Their Opportunities Will Issue Special Instructions. Letters From 2241 Women on the Farm Say They Are Overworked. Washington.—A picture of farm life in the United States which has never been equaled and perhaps never will be, because it is told in the testimony of thousands of farmers' wives, is contained in a document which has taken the department of agriculture a year and a half to prepare and which is now only just completed. It is an appealing, human and in many respects a pitiful story. It reveals in a vivid way the truth of a complaint that has been frequently made in past years—that of all the factors in the rural problem the one that has been most neglected is the farmer's wife. This was called forcibly to the attention of the department in a letter in the summer of July, 1913. Secretary Houston decided to find out for himself. He wrote to 55,000 farmers' wives throughout the United States asking them to tell him their greatest needs and what they thought the department of agriculture could do to help them. He received 2,241 replies, representing, however, the opinion of many thousand women, because many of the writers had submitted his inquiry to their neighbors or women's clubs, granges or church organizations. One Michigan woman expressed her hopelessness in the following: "The farm is run for the benefit of the farm and not the family. Of what use is it to buy more land to raise more corn to feed more hogs to buy more land?" Interesting extracts from other letters from north, south, east and west are as follows: "Not one farmer in 100 watches his wife to see if she is overworking, as he does his horses." "I would have a law passed whereby no man should be allowed to have a farm unless he would provide for his wife as well as he does for his stock." "The busy housewife can get along with any old thing as long as she lives, and a fine monument at the grave is enough for her." "Get out a government bulletin on The Care of the Wives and Daughters' to be sent out along with the stock bulletins or poultry circulars." "Taxes and interest are our undoing. Put the taxes upon the rich man, the millionaire, the woman who wears diamonds and velvets and give us poor farmers' wives a chance to buy a 'best dress' a few times in our lives." "The farm woman is about the only individual we know of who earns an income and doesn't get it." "It is not the lack of cosmetics that ages us women of the farm before our time. It is the inationtion of the treadmill, the life of hard, incessant labor without reward." Some of the letters have an element of humor. One says: "It is the women's own fault if they are imposed on. I get nearly everything I need. If I don't get it one year I keep on until I do, and I don't think I am a very nagging woman." Another writes: "Invent some kind of an adjustable aluminium chain shirt so us women won't have to be always patching." Still another: "We need a law to prevent a doctor from using an opiate for everything from the toothache to cancer." Again, there are pleas for Instruction in cooking. One letter contains the following: "In one home the mother put eggs to fry for supper before she put her biscuit into the oven to bake, and fried them steadily during the entire time the biscuits were baking. The next day I saw her, while getting a quick lunch, place a frying pan over the fire with at least a pint of lard in it, and as soon as it was warm, but not all melted, break three eggs into it from which she finally took them tough, leathery and altogether indisputable." Perhaps the most general complaint is that the wife benefits less than any other person, or even animal, on the farm, from the progress made in labor saving devices and other improvements. As one puts it "A sheep dip, but no bathtub; a fine buggy and a poor baby carriage." The letters, as a whole, paint country life in America anything but the rosette hues with which it is usually pictured. The reasons ascribed are many, but, as one farmer's wife, probably the most philosophic of all, expresses it: "It seems to me, after all, it is just according to the man we live with." The document of the department of agriculture, is prepared in four reports, dealing with the social and labor, economic, domestic and educational needs of farm women. Fifty-one Relatives In Army. London.-Private Mooney, sixty. in a British convalescent hospital, has fifty-one relatives in the army, including four of his nineteen children. Brought Down German Taube and Made Two Prisoners. Paria. — Another during exploit has been added to the long list of those successfully carried out by Adolphe Pegoud, the famous French aviator, who is reported to have attacked and brought down a German taube near St. Meuhould while he was alone on patrol duty. The report of the incident says that when Pegoud saw the German approaching he flew rapidly toward the hostile air craft and sent it to earth with a few well placed shots. Pegoud then landed beside the taube and took B Photo by American Press Association. ADOLPHE PEGOUD. prisoner the German pilot and observer, neither of whom was injured. Earlier in the same day Pegoud is reported to have driven off three other German aeroplanes, one of which had dropped nine bombs on a railroad station. Pegoud, who first gained fame in 1913 as the originator of the feat of flying upside down in an aeroplane, was awarded the French military medal early in March for services rendered to the army during the war. PAIN ENGRAVED ON HEART OF D'AMADE Son Died In Battle Just Before He Left For Dardanelles. Paris—General A. G. L. d'Amade, commander of the French expeditionary forces at the Dardanelles and hero of many hard fought campaigns, has lost his youngest son, aged eighteen, who was a second lieutenant of Infantry. A friend of the general has just received from him the following letter, written while he was on the way to the Dardanelles: "Dear Sir-I am very late in acknowledging the receipt of your letter. The cause of the delay is a great misfortune which has come upon us. I have lost my youngest son. Gerard d'Amade, a second lieutenant, of eighteen years, who had only just been received at St Cyr in the last competition of July, 1914. "He fell gloriously for France during a night reconnaissance expedition in the Argonne. Mortally wounded, he fell upon the very treacherous of the enemy which he had received instructions to reconnaître. "Two German generals who were witnesses of his bravery and courage wrote me expressing spontaneously their admiration and informed me that our poor child had been buried near V-, in the great forest of Argonne. "I have no need to tell you that it is a great pain, but we could offer to God and to France nothing more beautiful, nothing more pure, nothing more generous, than that child. We are proud of him, but after the war we shall mourn him until death. "I carry with me in my new mission this pain, engraved deeply in my heart, as an example of courage and as a great reason to hope you may never know the pain that we have suffered." WILEY DEFENDS KISSING. Says Women Should Be Kissed on the Cheek—He Was Never In Danger. Chicago—Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food expert, who is on a tour urging better care of the nation's teeth, took up the question of kissing in an address before the Club city. "Girls must have good teeth if they want to be kissable," he said. "Babies should be kissed, too, but not on the mouth, and women may be safely kissed on the cheek unless they are beautified with poisonous paint or rouge. "If there is any danger in kissing," he concluded, "nobody ever threatened me." "JEHOVAH IS MY SHEPHERD" Vae Heavenly Shepherd's Interest In His Flock—His Sheep Shall Not Lack—He Gives Them Rest—He Feeds Them—He Refreshes Them With the Water of Life—He Restoreth My Soul—He Leadeth Me. NLY God's people, in covenant relationship with Him, can properly appreciate this Psalm and apply its gracious sentiments to themselves. The Psalmist David could do this, because he belonged to the favored nation taken into covenant relationship with God at Mount Sinai. Of those Jews who did their best to keep the Law, David evidently was one; for the Lord declared him "a man after His own heart." When David made failures, he confessed them, repented, received his punishment and rejoiced in restoration to Divine favor, striving thereafter the more to maintain his fellowship with God. Jesus and His Church, however, are more particularly the sheep of Jehovah's Rock than were the Jews; for the relationship of the Jews was through Moses, while that of the Church is through Christ and the superior Covenant centered in Him. Whoever would be the Lord's sheep must make this Covenant of Sacrifice (Psalm 50:5). Only through Christ can we enter the higher sheepfold. Once having entered, we ```markdown ``` thereafter have God's Message, saying, "All things are yours; for ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's." All Wants Abundantly Supplied. The Lord's sheep are New Creatures, spirit beings, temporarily dwelling in the flesh, but waiting for their change, to be completed in the First Resurrection. The Lord's blessings to Natural Israel were earthly; His blessings to Spiritual Israel are spiritual favors. "No good thing will He withhold" from these—yea, even chastisements and sorrowful experiences necessary, for spiritual development. As the Lord's sheep we shall be provided with green pastures and cool, refreshing water. Moreover, we shall have the peace of God, as implied in the suggestion that the sheep lie down in the green pastures. But alas! Some sheep wander off, goatlike, into the desert, attempting to feed themselves on the indigestible things of this life, on which no spiritual nature can thrive. Yet even such straying sheep the Shepherd will not leave, but goes after them. With His rod He beats off the volves; and with His staff He caretly assists the entangled sheep out in amongst the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches and the besetments of sin and Satan. Many of the Lord's flock thus can sing, "He restoreth my soul"—brings me back to appreciate how much better His provision than anything I could provide. Only Adam was ever on the mountain-top of life. He lost his footing there, and gradually descended into this great Valley of the Shadow of Death. Here all his children were born. We are dying daily, surrounded by dying conditions. But the New Day is about to dawn. Then the whole world will begin to emerge from this Valley of Death's Shadow. For a thousand years they will be rising to the heights of human perfection from which Adam fell, and to which the right to return is secured by Jesus' death. The Lord's people have an especially prepared table, where they may partake even in the presence of their enemies. How true it is that even when misunderstood, misrepresented, defamed and opposed, God's consecrated people are still privileged to feast on the Divine promises, assurances of favor, etc.! Another evidence that this Psalm belongs especially to the Church is the statement, "Thou anointest my Head with oil." The holy anointing oil used on Israel's priests and kings typified the Holy Spirit, which came upon the Church representa tively in Jesus and has come down over all the members of Christ's Body.— Psalm 133:2. 2 "My cup runneth over." In Scripture the word cup represents a draft, sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter, sometimes both. The Lord's Cup signi- files bitter experiences, in the present time. Jesus said, "The Cup which My Father hath poured, shall I not drink it?" This Cup He offered to His disciples; and in becoming such, we propose to share it with Him, symbolically represented in the Communion Cup. It is sweet to participate in the sufferings of Christ, in any sacrifices or services for Him and His Cause. But He promises that the Cup of new wine in the Kingdom shall more than compensate for any bitterness of the present time. 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The New Home Sewing Machine Co. Orange, H. For sale by Gustave Oppenheimer, Cor. E and 8th Sts. N. W. FROM THE OLD UNTO THE NEW. I HAD IT DYED and my friends are mystified." Such is the innocent deception practiced by our patrons. We can effect transformation scientifically. No matter how flimsy or delicate the gown or laces they are safe in our most expert hands. Entrust us with your most exacting commissions for dyeing and dry cleaning. FOSTER'S DYE WORKS Offices: 11th and U Sts. Works: 1937-39 11th St. N. W. Our autos go everywhere. Our suburban service is unequalled. Phone North 2125-2126. ARLINGTN EGG FARM. Settings of Rhode Island Red stock for sale. Address orders to Samuel M. Pierre, Jr., Arlington, Va. ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 14th Street, N. W Washington, D. C. Special Cut Prices for Saturdays and Sundays W. SNYDER'S. MEAT MARKET 313 2d Street S. W. Fresh Bread Every Day. HARLAN'S TOGARY SHOP. This well-known shop has moved. from 1105 You street northwest to 1848 7th street northwest. Don't fail to visit this new store. EUGENE MINOUX Successor to E. Kohler Confectioner and Ice Cream Manufacturer Fancy Cakes and Candies Special Prices to Churches and Societies. Birthday and Wedding Cakes a Specialty. 812 H St. N. E., Washington, D. C. m.13-5t. S. OPPENHEIMER & CO. 41-2 & D S. W. South Washington's Largest Store. Everything to wear for Men, Women and Children. Give us a call. m.13-3t. Phone Main 845 CHAS. B. GREEN, Successor to H. S. ADLER. FINE FOOTWEAR & MEN'S FURNISHINGS 501-503.41-2 St. S. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 10 Per Cent Discount Anyone Bringing This Ad. Phone Main 949 AUSTIN I. JARBOE Fruit and Vegetables Stands 301 to 306, Center Market m.13-6t. THE BEE Published at 1109 Eye St. N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR Published Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 18$0 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months ...1.00 Three months ...5.00 Subscription monthly ...20 TWO THINGS. There are two things that the great Colored population in this city will do, and they are: Take care of the sick and bury the dead. There are at least two dozen or more fraternal organizations with thousands of dollars in banks controlled by white people and who are using this money for the benefit of themselves. As a matter of fact the 100,000 Colored people in this city are doing comparatively nothing in the commercial world and the few who are doing something are not patronized. This is the only nationality that has more faith in other people than they have in themselves. The college Colored man thinks that he is more capable of leading and doing for the Colored people than the unlettered and the uneducated Colored man, and from the investigations that The Bee has made, it has found more Colored men starving to death than the man or woman who makes no claim to higher or a college education. The college graduate with but a few exceptions is unfit, is not competent to operate in the commercial world. After he leaves school he drifts in to a school to teach and there he remains "until death do us part." Take the many college graduates in our schools today and compare them with the Colored business man and then decide for yourselves who makes the better man. Which is doing the better business! Which has the higher standing in the commercial world! There are in the public schools in this city graduates from the leading colleges in the United States; what qualifications do they possess better than a school teacher and many are total failures in that vocation. With thousands of dollars in the banks controlled by white people, what benefit are the masses receiving except the two things The Bee has mentioned in this article? Suppose that money was placed in their own bank see what a benefit it would be to the 100,000 Colored people. "The Crying Baby" with its sham editorial contributor would have no cause to shed a tear. An opportunity would be given him to either practice his profession of law or of medicine, as he is a failure in both. Shams can't advocate virtue any more than they can give advice on the morals in the schools. When the Spaniard chastised his paramour who was advocating virtues' cause, she soon realized her hypoeracy and hung her head in shame. Perhaps a little reminder of the past might bring shams to their sense. A comparison of records would be a good organization. Colored people are great benevolent organizers. Beyond this they are "non est." No provisions are made for our Normal school graduates or those who qualify themselves for greater vocations in life. If these hundreds of thousands of dollars that are locked up in the safes of white banks were used to an advantage fault finders would cease. They would have the more fortunate white man in business coming to them. They would not have to appeal to the white merchants to advertise in their papers or to employ their boys and girls after they have fitted themselves for higher things There are a few business places controlled exclusively by Colored people, but many of the fault-finders would prefer the "Jim Crow" places. Why not follow the example of Ware, Harlon, Moss, Smith, the Palace Pharmacy, Board and men of like characters in business! Manager Thomas has made his theater a necessity. Harlan, Ware, Moss, Board and others The Bee has named, are necessaries in this city. Now let the fault-finder follow the example and there would be less sickness and less burying the dead, and instead of these two propositions having the monopoly the Negro commercial world would stand out before our competitors with admiration. THE NEGRO AND DEMOGRACY The time has come, so far as the Colored Americans are concerned, to throw away all political sentiment and support measures regardless of party affiliation. The Colored voter in politics has been too sentimental which has been greatly to his detriment. The northern Democrat has been apparently fair and just to the Colored Americans. Recent events in the last Congress demonstrated that fact. It is true with but few exceptions northern Democrats stood pat for the rights of the Colored man. It is also true that three Republican Senators voted with the enemies of the Colored voters. It is the duty of every Negro voter to see that his vote is east against those three Republican Senators. The way to teach such men a lesson is to make them feel the effects of their votes. Northern Democrats to a great extent have been as much surprised as those Colored men who supported the Democratic Administration. There are enough Democrats in the Senate who believe in fair play to confirm at this time any Colored man who may be nominated by Mr. Wilson for an office. It is not too late for the Administration to redeem its pledge with those Colored men who had the temerity to cast their lot with the Democratic Administration. The attempt of the South to rule, regardless of right, and justice, should not be tolerated. When Democratic Senators show a disposition by acts and deeds to treat the Colored man fairly, it is his duty to support such Democrats for re-election in return. A test was shown in the last Congress: the Southern Democrats in the House, to a man, lined up against the Colored Americans, and the Northern Democrats with such loyal Republicans who voted with them defeated certain "Jim Crow" legislation, which, if it had passed, would have humiliated every loyal Colored American in this country. If the Republicans in the next presidential campaign nominates the right kind of a Republican the Colored voters should support him. If on the other hand the Democrats should nominate a better man, and assurances are given the Colored voters, they should support him. No matter what kind of a Republican is nominated in West Virginia the Colored voters are in duty bound, not only to support Senator Chilton, but vote to a man for him. The greatest institution in the United States would have been closed against the Colored race had it not have been for him. A disgraceful "Jim Crow" car law would have been passed and one hundred thousand Colored citizens in this city and every Colored citizen who may have visited this city been humiliated and disgraced. Would not have fifteen thousand Clored pupils been confronted with a disgraceful object lesson? Let the Colored voters of West Virginia show their gratitude for once. No more political sentiment for the Colored Americans. The South will die an untimely death at the proper time. There are some southern Democrats today appointed to the bench by a Republican President who believe that the most accomplished Colored American is inferior to the commonest and most degraded white man. Let us reflect. COLLEGE GRADUATES. COLLEGE GRADUATES. Prof. Kelly Miller read a paper before the Bethel Literary Society two weeks ago in which he took the position that college graduates could do more for the masses than the man or woman who was not a college graduate, or words to that effect. From the standpoint of The Bee Colored college graduates to some extent are failures and this city is an asylum for such individuals. Take for example, if you will, the head of the Colored schools; would Prof. Miller say that he is a success! If he is to be taken as an example, how would we judge others! The Colored public schools are full of college graduates and please tell us how many of them are successful in anything! There are many puffed-up popinjays who would have better success upon a cornfield than they would in our schools. For thirty years the public schools of this city had but one college graduate and his name was Geo. F. T. Cook. He graduated more high school students than all the college graduates that ever infested this city. Next to him is Prof. W. S. Montgomery who is able to bring the Colored schools out of their deplorable condition. These two men didn't belong to the modern day college graduates. Let the board of education or Dr. Thurston take a vote between Mr. Bruce and Prof. Montgomery. The Bee ventures the assertion that nine-tenths and three-fourths of the last tenth would vote for Prof. Montgomery. With such popular opposition to the present assistant superintendent of schools a similar individual would not be tolerated in the white schools. The people have one consolation, that they have but a few months to wait before Rosco C. Bruce and his entire cabinet will be retired to private life. SHAMS There are at least one hundred thousand Colored people in this city and if some one will inform The Bee just what they are doing in the commercial world he will receive a valuable gift. The shams are in the majority; the fakers lead and the masses will take more kindly to them than they will to legitimat enterprises. A town of one hundred thousand white people would have from three to four banks, five dozen shoe stores, from twenty to thirty toggery shops, one hundred drug stores, from two to three candy manufacturers, and no end to many other different enterprises. What have we among the one hundred thousand Colored people? About one hundred societies that will take care of the sick and bury the dead; church benevolent associations, one toggery shop, first-class at that and not properly supported; one shoe and bargain store not supported, and several drug stores. It is a surprise that the white business houses tell the Colored people, patronize their firms if you so desire; that you must come and purchase the white man's goods whether or not. The alleged social Colored man or woman are social shams. Give the sham social Colored individual an opportunity to dance his time away, he cares but little what becomes of his future welfare. It is a struggle to the Colored man in business to succeed. Those in his own race dislike to see him succeed. Shams and fakers go hand in hand in this city. SCHOOL LECTURES There have been instituted in the Colored schools certain lectures which from their scope are of no benefit to the Colored teachers. An individual from the south was booked to lecture last week and every Colored school was ordered to be closed at two thirty o'clock, or rather teachers were requested to be at the High School by two thirty o'clock. Teachers at a distance, for instance, Fort Sloeum, Tenantytown, Bunker Hill, Good Hope, must certainly close their schools at an earlier hour. Who authorized the extravagant expenditure of school money to listen to lectures? One individual made attempt by inference to criticise the people for their opposition to the present Colored school administration. The individual had better remained in Georgia from where he came. The people in this city know what they want and they don't want. If these itemerate lecturers have been invited to this city to boost up the present tottering school administration it is about time that the board of education take a hand in it. Did the board of education authorize the early closing of the schools? If not, why are the schools ordered to be closed without the authority of the board of education? The teachers are interested, it is true, in first-class lectures, but they don't propose to close up their schools to listen to harangues in defense of an objectable school administrations. Let the board of education act. THE CRYING BABY The real editor of The Crying Baby who always attacks under cover is the individual with two diplomas, one in medicine and the other in law, but would rather remain behind the scene on the "Weakly Cry Baby" and attack The Bee, will be given some wholesome advice if he continues. The Bee will give him a reminder that he will not soon forget. The real editor is not responsible, because his former associate, the female editor of The Sun, says he cannot write, hence he is relieved of being responsible for attacks on The Bee. When such a man or the editor attempts to uphold virtues cause, it is about time for the graduate who holds two diplomas and successful with neither to put a plaster over his mouth and tie his hands. If any one can tell when he has ever succeeded in anything The Bee will apologise. He has failed in everything that he ever undertook to carry out. The Bee put him on the board of education and it will leave it to him to state why he came off. He was an eighteen hundred dollar clerk in the 6th auditor's office, and The Bee will leave it to him to tell the people why he was separated from the service. NEW REPUBLICAN CLUB The new Republican club which has been launched by certain representative lawyers at the local bar will be one of the strongest in the United States. In a few days first-class headquarters will be opened for the entertainment and reception of visiting Republicans from other states and cities. Applications since the first publication in The Bee are coming in fast and in a few months its membership will reach two thousand. PUBLIC MEN AND THINGS (Sage of the Potomac.) The Mu-So-Lit Cluo snowed its cloven foot at the last meeting. There is a silk stocking crowd that wants to control the president, but he will not be downed. It is doubtful whether there will be a reception for females as was anticipated. Well, there is a crowd that is trying to control, calling themselves the cream of the bowl. If you take the cream and place it on ice, it will have an odor to it that will effect the smellers of the most fastidious. My old friend M. Grant Lucus is the president of this "musilage" club. For some time the bars have been let down and a mob has been admitted to membership which can't stand the rays of an electric light. If Old Diganis were living now, and he peramulated through the club with a lighted lamp, in the day time, could he find a spotless individual? This club discusses more politics in a minute than Brother Gardner's Lime Kiln Club discusses in a week. It would be an excellent idea to place the members of this "musilage" club upon a farm and put put them plowing. There is a great demand for a Colored hotel in this city. I have been wondering whether a Colored hotel would be supported in the proper way. Up to date none have been sustained. I have come to the conclusion that it is an impossibility to run a Colored hotel in this city. Patrons don't remain long enough, I mean Colored patrons. It is my opinion that you can run a Colored hotel on the hour or two hour basis and not otherwise. I am informed that Dr. Marshall is being supported for reappointment by Geo. H. Richardson of East Washington. He is about the only individual, that is supporting him, with not the least chance of success. The next member of the Board of Education will have to go through a fine screen before he is qualified for appointment. I dropped in Robert Allens last week and to my surprise, the place was filled with school politicians. It was decided after a hot discussion that Lord Fauntelroy must go. There is nothing to save him from decapitation. His friend, Captain Oyster, is disgusted with him. His last stunts on the witness stand convinced the Captain that Lord Fauntelroy would make better progress as a book canvasser or a patent medicine man. He would make a better auctioneer, no doubt. A director of auctioneers or a teacher in that business would be just the thing for Lord Fauntelroy. There is no limitation to the tongue of such an individual. Ohio has done itself an honor: Gov. Willis intends to nominate a few Colored politicians for representative places. My old friend Ralph W. Tyler will be among the first to be recognized under the new administration. The Ohio Colored politicians will demand a few of the plums this time. Gov. Willis is a simon pure republican whose principles are from the old school of politicians. Speaking of the "Muslaga" Club that furnished a subject for the Lime Kiln Club, and from what I understand will be presented at the Howard next winter, will be some stunts. I would suggest a reorganization of this famous (?) social farce and transfer the membership to the Y. M. C. A. a few prayers would do more good than 215 at plates for a social function for the ladies. It is a very bad matter for the social push to organize a social select. Just where to get them is a matter of conjecture. If my friend Ralph Stewart, Dr. Sumner Wormle, and a few others would organize a star chamber inquisition, they might select a select combination. My old friend Andrew J. Thomas is an authority on beauty. It is said that his next stunts will be an exhibition of Washington beauties. If Andrew is to be the chief, you can bet that the beauties must be able to pass the observation test. Just when this beauty show is to take place, I don't know. I would suggest that all entries or anticipated entries apply to him at once. That will be some show. The finest flowers may be seen at Howard anytime and when you see Andrew in his Chesterfieldian strut, you can just bet that one of the beauties has her eyes on him. But, he is too foxy to take the balt. I have never seen a fish yet too smart to be caught. There is always a balt that fishermen use that will catch any kind of a fish that swims in the water. Speaking about fish. Byars thought, as Andrew thinks now. He was caught and is being fast and tight. I have often heard Byars say, that females were out of his reach. Well, believe me, one came in his reach some time ago and caught him with her playing bait. Byars hasn't realized yet what kind of a bait at which he was nibbling until he made a dive and caught the hook. THOMAS B. CLARK The Bee desires to call the attention of its readers to the advertisement of Mr. Thomas R. Clark, at Third and K streets northwest, who is conducting a wood and coal business on easy terms. Responsible purchasers can make arrangements for easy payments. This firm has established a coal club and patrons of small means can pay during the warm season and have their coal stored in the beginning of the cold season. Don't fail to give this firm a call. BEE. The Bee has opened three new agencies in which The Bee can be purchased from the following: Dr. Pride's popular drugstore, 29th Dr. Pride's popular drugstore, 23th and P streets northwest. and streets northwest. Dr. B. K. Conner 4th and Mass. avenue northwest. DAY OF JUBILEE. Mr. M. C. Maxfield Launches His Propaganda in Baltimore, Md. Addresses a Large Audience. Baltimore, Md., April 10—Mr. M. C. Maxfield, the coming author of two books of 250 pages each on the Negro race, addressed to people of this city last night at the Church of Rev. Callis. His new propaganda is, the 9th day of April in each year is the time for the Colored Americans to fast and pray. He discussed fully the history of the Colored soldier and made a comparison between the war in Europe and the great conflict in 1865. His tribute to the Colored Soldier was most eloquent and timely. MUSICAL RECOGNITION Last week for the first time in the history of Joint Song Recitals held in Baltimore, was there ever a Colored performer. Miss Clara R. Wilson was listed among the selected few of the students of eminent artists of Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York. Miss Wilson gave most tenderly a group of Italian songs which placed her first in rank for a scholarship, as stated by a group of artist judges who were German, French and Italian. The audience was delightfully pleased and appreciative. Prof. Gordigiani, an Italian artist, pronounced Miss Wilson as one of the most skillful students, possessing a rich soprano of broad range, displaying much feeling and coloring. Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church. All of the services at the above named church were well attended. At 11 a. m., the pastor, Rev. R. Alexander Carroll, preached a soul-stirring sermon. At 1 o'clock he preached the funeral of Mrs. Katherine Brown, one of the oldest members of the church. At 3 o'clock Dr. Carroll, accompanied by a large number of his congregation, worshipped at Trinity, where a large number were baptized. At 7:30 Rev. R. Henry Sawyer, the southern evangelist, preached from the subject, "O, Thou Man of War, There is Death in the Pot." A large crowd greeted him and a splendid collection was taken. Catholic Reception The largest reception that has ever been given in this city by any church was the reception and dance of St. Clipon Catholic Church at Convention Hall last week. There were fully nine hundred people present from all over the city and out of town. It was not only a financial but a social success. The I. B. St. Luke deputies for the District of Columbia this year are Mrs. Sarah A. Barton and F. D. Lee. DR. B. F. PLUMMER. Returns to His Home and Reenters Business.—The Well-known Pharmacist Greeted by His Old Friends and Acquaintances. Dr. R. F. Plummer, who conducted the drug business for a number of years in South Washington, has returned to the city and reentered business at the corner of Fourth and Massachusetts avenue northwest. No pharmacist is better-known than Dr. Plummer. For the past three years he has been at Cornell University, Ithica, New York, from which his son graduated. On the arrival of Dr. Plummer in the city he was greeted by his old friends and acquaintances who give him a royal reception. He was accompanied by his most amiable wife who has been a great assistance to him. The new drug store which has just been purchased by Dr. Plummer is one of the oldest in the city of Washington and it will not be long before his friends and patrons hope to see him branch out in a larger sphere. He will be pleased to see all friends, patrons and acquaintances at his new stand on the northeast corner of Fourth and Massachusetts avenue north west. The Bee is found at this store. We believe in the St. Luke's because they try to do something. FALLS CHURCH NOTES. The Dunbar Literary Society is proving to be quite interesting and helpful to all who attend. Papers were read Sunday last by Mrs. Gypson Denny and Miss Frances Simmons. Dr. Hugh Gray, of Arlington, Va., will address the Society Sunday, the eighteenth. Miss Ella Gaskins of West Falls Church died in New York recently after a short illness. Mrs. Chester Turner visited Mrs. Kate Fitzhugh Saturday who has been ill for some time at Freedmen's Hospital. The Mothers' Progressive Council held their meeting Tusday evening at the residence of Mrs. Cora Strother. Miss Louise Porter, of Swann street, Washington, D. C., has been the house guest of Miss Katie Sim- mons during the holidays Mr. Louis Campbell, of Washington, D. C., spent the week-end with his cousin, Miss Ethel Powell of Virginia avenue. Mrs. George Rumbles spent Thursday in Washington, D. C. Mr. Guy Tinner who has recently returned from Hot Springs, Ark, visited relatives and friends here Thursday. Miss Lucille Crutchfield, of Washington, D. C., has been spending some time with her aunt, Susie Campbell. Mr. Percy Taylor, of Washington, D. C., visited friends here Sunday. Miss Lucy Robinson left Sunday for Germantown, Pa. Mr. Harris and Miss Beulah Beak, of Washington, D. C., were the guests of Miss Mamie Simmons recently. Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas worshipped at the Alexandria Memorial Church, Washington, D. C., Sunday last. Mrs. James King and Miss Cora of Washington, D. C., visited friends here Sunday. Mrs. Amanda Norman, widow of the late Capt. I. T. Norman, died Friday, April 9. She is survived by a daughter, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Arlington Chaney and Master Roger, of Washington, D. C., paid a visit to our school Wednesday last. Mrs. E. B. Henderson and Master Edwin spent several days with Mr. J. H. Meriweather of Washington, D. C., recently. Rev. Colbert left Tuesday to attend the conference at Baltimore, Md. There is no getting around the fact that the St. Luke's are a progressive set. What other fraternal society in these times offers the Washington public so much for so little? Just think of giving away an automobile of $340 value at a 50 cents entertainment—just to advertise an order that already has over 2,000 members. These St. Luke's are a live people. Insurance Commissioner Nesbit paid the Order the highest compliment after seeing the Richmond headquarters. PROF. TOWNS ON WORDS PROF. TOWNS ON WORDS. Prof. Towns caused Bruce's face to turn red last week. Among other things he said words had a defined meaning. That you cannot twist words to suit your own convenience. The teacher concluded that he must have been referring to Bruce's picture inscription. It was the consensus of opinion that the speaker saw Bruce's picture in The Bee and read his explanation on meaning of words. Bethel Literary. Tuesday night, April 20, High School night, M street, Armstrong and Business schools. Every parent and patron should attend this meeting. Tuesday night, April 27, Rev. Reverdy Ransom of New York. Masonic Reception. The Masonic reception and dance at Odd Fellows Hall last Tuesday evening was a most brilliant affair. Mr. Charles Freeman, the master of ceremonies, showed to a great advantage. NOT TRUE. False Announcement of Engagement Refuted. Thursday afternoon, April 8, Mr. C. C. Anderson, who resides at 2413 Shannon Place, Anacostia, brought to this office an announcement to the effect that Mr. Lucius A. Butler, a senior in the Howard Dental Class, would be married to Miss Evelyn L. Daniels, of Covington, Ga., the wedding to take place after his graduation. This announcement was brought to this office with a malicious intent and purpose. Mr. Butler emphatically denies that any engagement exists between himself and Miss Daniel and that he has no idea of marrying the lady in question and neither is he engaged to her. BOSTON BARGAIN HOUSE Account books, phonograph records notions at the Boston Bargain House, 627 F St., N. W. ANTON FISHER. Send your orders now to Auton Fisher for Easter Sherbert, Cakes NEW DEPARTMENT STORE. The Colored Americans in this city are up to date. That such men as Mr. Ware, who intends to enlarge his business by the establishment of a department store in connection with his great shoe store. Watch The Bee for particulars. GEO. H. SMALLWOOD Subscribers and patrons of the Thee are notified that George H. Smallwood is no longer connected with this paper and no moneys should be paid to ANTON FISHER. Send your orders now to Anton Fisher for Easter Sherbert, Cakes BOSTON BARGAIN HOUSE Carbon paper, typewriters and notions of every description. 627 F St. N. W. Madre's Park. Madre's Park is being refitted up and is now for rent for picnics and all out-door amusements. For terms see Miss M. A. D. Madre, 2227 Cleveland avenue northwest. A little girl had been given a short poem to commit to memory by her teacher. In it these lines occurred: "Sall on, ye marines, the night is gone." Later when requested to repeat the poem, she rendered the lines mentioned thus: "Sall on, ye married men, the light is gone." 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 Fannie B. Lee of 2221 Fifteenth street northwest, who was taken ill Sunday evening with a severe cold, is improving. Miss G. B. Maxfield, who has been quite ill with the pneumonia, is up and out again, greatly to the gratification of her many friends. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Scott, who has been ill with cold and measles, is improving and is pronounced out of danger by his physician. Dr. Williston. Mr. Isaiah Mitchell, Jr., son of Mrs. Lula Mitchell, is quite ill in Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Laura V. Contee continues ill at her home on Twelfth street northwest. Miss Jennie Jones, after having spent a delightful time in Pittsburgh, Pa, with her sister, Mrs. Delphy, returned to the city last week. Mrs. Daisy Miller of 507 You street northwest is quite ill and her friends are very much concerned about her. Mrs. Pet Contee Henderson, wife of Dr. Henderson of New York, who spent the Easter holidays with her mother and sisters, returned to her home in New York Wednesday. The Easter Dansante given by the Beau Brummels at the residence of their president, Rolandus H. Cooper, 217 T street northwest, last Friday evening, April 9, was very elaborate. Those present were the Misses Evelyn Brooks, Ellen Dixon, Marguerite Edwards, Minerva Greeman, Anna Hackney, Nina Garnett, Marguerite Jackson, Jewel Jennifer, Wilma Mason, Phebe Purce, Florence Snowden, Bernice Simms, Maurice and Katherine Thomas, Valera and Vernel Turner, Louise Williams, Meriam Williams, Eunita and Christina Young, Yetta Mauritte and Henrietta Braxton; Mesers. Charles Akers, George Adams, Carroll Boyd, Isaac Luble, Robert Douglass, Julius Dixon, Messer Davils, Arthur Gross, Albert Gaskins, Alonzo Hunt, Dersef Holton, Harold Jennifer, Sheridan Jones, John Lewis, Herbert Marshall, Elsmere Marshall, Alnsworth Rucker, Joseph Summerville, Arthur Swann, John Taylor, Jesse Wallace, Joseph Wilson, and Oscar Randall. The club comprises the following members: Rolandus H. Cooper, president; Walter J. Taylor, vice president; Harry A. Dean, secretary; Ellis B. Weatherless, secretary; Charles S. Dean, business manager; Richard W. Tompkins, sergeant at arms; Arthur Collins, Alfred Lewis, Chauncey Cooper, Robert Carroll. Miss Susie Greene, of Montgomery, Alabama, has entered the National Training School, Lincoln, D. C., of which Miss Nannie Burroughs is president. Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Wallace, of Bridgton, New Jersey, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennie Bond Wallace, to Charles Dewit Branch of this city. Rev. Alfred Morris Green of the Louisiana A. M. E. Diocese died Tuesday, April 6, 1915, at 7:30 p. m., at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Sadle A. Dade, 1251 Wylie street, northeast. The funeral was held from Metropolitan A. M. E. Church last Friday at noon. The railway postal clerks of this city met at the home of Mr. E. A. Bryant, 2317 Sherman avenue, northwest, March 30, 1915, to form a branch of the National Alliance of Postal Employees. Mr. R. H. Lewis was unanimously elected president; Mr. E. A. Bryant, secretary and treasurer, and Mr. Garfield Chapman, vice president. Robert Carter of this city is visiting his sister, Mrs. John Joyce of Atlantic City. Mrs. W. H. Tucler,* of 1929 Fifteenth street, northwest, has moved to 1760 T street northwest. Mr. Thomas Mallory of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is visiting relatives at Campbell, Louisa county, Va., and will be in this week. Miss Bertha M. Gunn of this city is visiting friends in Philadelphia. Miss Tessie Lee spent Easter holidays in Atlantic City. Dr. Walter S. Taylor, of Harrisburg, Pa., spent Easter in this city visiting friends. Mr. William Eldridge of this city was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Early, of Harrisburg, Pa., last week. Mrs. Ollie Lewis of this city was highly entertained recently by Mrs. L. A. Dandridge of Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop John Hunt of the A. M. E. Diocese was fortunate in not sailing last Saturday for South America as the steamer on which he had taken passage was lost at sea with 44 persons. Mrs. John Cornish and niece, Miss Evelyn Diggs, of Auburn, New York, are in the city for a fortnight. Mr. W. M. Freeman and daughter, Miss Amy, of Auburn, New York, are visiting in this city for a few weeks. Mrs. Orlando Holden, of Jamala, New York, is spending a few weeks at her home in this city, in search of health. Mrs. McCaine, of Bayonne, New Jersey, is visiting friends in this city. Miss Laura Burford, of this city, is quite ill. Mrs. Serena Edmonds, of this city, spent Easter Sunday in Baltimore. spent Easter Sunday in Baltimore. Misses Alice Nelson and Dorothy Waring of this city, are the guests of Attorney and Mrs. J. W. Holmes, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. Byrdie E. Gordon of this city was called to her home in Washington, Pa., last Sunday, by the serious illness of her father, G. W. Derkam, who died last Wednesday, at noon. Mrs. W. J. Lore of Buffalo, New York, was called to this city by the serious illness of her mother. Dr. and Mrs. U. S. Wharton of Altoona, Pa., spent the holidays here with relatives and friends. Mr. D. B. Dudley of Philadelphia, Pa., was the guest of friends in this city last Sunday and Monday. Miss Eleanora C. Winkins spent Easter Week in Philadelphia. Miss Janie B. Cole spent Easter Week in Philadelphia. On Friday evening, April 9th, Odd Fellows Hall was a scene of beauty, when the Mercurian Club gave its Easter reception. The gowns worn by the ladies were gorgeous, decorations exquisite and the music sweet. The guests danced until an early hour in the morning. Mrs. Eliza J. Mason is very much better. The Meditators Matinee reception which was one of the most interesting of Easter events brought together a most brilliant gathering of fashionable society. This dance this year was enough to compensate for any self-denial which the previous forty days of Lent may have entailed. The club is composed of Messrs. Oswald J. Burke, H. Teague King, Wm. H. Fode, H. Cyril Irving, Dr. Sherwood Catlett and Arthur Burgess. Mrs. Fannie Gentry, 1834 Oreg. avenue, entertained a number of friends last Wednesday evening. The dining room and parlor was a scene of beauty. The menu comprised all the delicacies of the season. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Ambush, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Waugh, Miss Price, Miss Laws, Mrs. Mary Walker, Mr. Wm. Murphy, Mr. J. Bernard Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephen Fuller, Mrs. L. Proctor, Mrs. Blunt, Mr. and Miss Dorsey, Mr. E. Johnson and Mr. G. Bullock. Mr. W. Stephen Fuller, president of the Young Men's Protective League, had a reception for the members of his board of directors and a few of his many friends. The board members talked a reminiscent mood and expressed great success for the League in the future. Members present: Geo L. Walton, A. F. Boston, W. E. L. Sanford, Wm. H. Johnson, Rev. Wm. H. Galnes, H. A. Goodrich, C. O. Lewis, Wm. B. Harris, Jos. E. Washington, J. Bernard Smith and Lloyd Stewart. The president, Mr. Fuller, and the board members expressed much regret due to the retirement of Chairman Walton and Vice Chairman Sanford from the board. Too much credit cannot be given the Progressive Club of the People's Congregational church for securing the Howard University Glee Club for their recent entertainment. The entertainment was well attended and a financial success. Master Armon W. Scott, Jr., who has been ill with the measles and a severe cold, is fast improving. Rev. M. W. Clair of Asbury M. E. Church will preach at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets northwest, Wednesday, April 21, 1915, at 8 o'clock. His splendid choir, will furnish the music. Rev. C. H. Stepeau, pastor. Third street southwest is being improved on real estate lines: Mr. Robert Campbell, the progressive undertaker, has added an automobile hearse to his livery. Mrs. Melvina Snowden 208 D street is gradually improving. Mrs. Mary Ward 216 D street is on the sick list. Mrs. Mary Day 416 Second street is up and able to be about. Mr. Wm. Shelton 416 Third street southwest has been on our sick list. Mr. John T. Simmons 207 Virginia avenue southwest strained his ankle and is confined to his home. Mrs. James Leinlic, of Winston-Salem, N. C., and her daughter, Etta, are stopping at 422 Third street southwest with Mrs. Lucie Moten and daughter for awhile. BACHELOR DANCING CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS. The Bachelor Dancing Class of Washington, D. C., held its last dansant of the season of 1914-1915 during the Easter Holiday period and was a most delightful affair. This organization of young men which represents the elite of Washington's cultured society entertains the charming and beautiful young ladies with six dances a season as an expression of esteem and admiration of their splendid and magnificent qualities. Mr. Jay Williams Clifford, well known in the social circles of the east was elected President, for next year by unanimous vote. Mr. Clifford has a fine and pleasing personality, is very popular and no better selection could have been made. Dr. Joseph Bently Cherry was elected Treasurer and Mr. Herbert Keney, secretary. A constitution committee was appointed of which Mr. Joseph Murray is chairman, to draw up a new constitution for next year. The incoming administration has in mind many new and pretty features for next year and I understand, is making preparations for a most enjoyable series of dances for-the season of 1915-1916. HONOR DR. GIBBONS. The Monument Day at the Mt. Carmel Baptist church, Third and I streets northwest, Sunday, April 25, 1915, at 3 p. m., to raise money to erect a monument over the grave of the late Dr. W. P. Gibbns, former pastor of the church. A special program will be arranged for the occasion. Dr. W. Bishop Johnson, principal speaker. The Morning Star Lodge No. 40 and the Columbia Lodge No. 85 I. B. P. O. E. W., have been invited to participate in this great effort; and also the Elks Band. We appeal to every member and friend of the church to help us in this effort. We hope to have the unveiling on May 31, 1915, at Charlottesville, Va. ANNOUNCEMENT. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swanne announce the marriage of their daughter, Ruth A., to Mr. Roland W. Valentine, of Annapolis, Md. At home after April 24; 1915, 1430 Swann street, northwest. WEST WASHINGTON. The Elder Ladies Relief Association had their annual celebration and a sermon preached to them on Sunday evening at the First Baptist Church, Twenty-seventh street and Dunbarton avenue, a very large number of the Elder Men's Association accompanying them. Rev. E. E. Rleks officiated and delivered a very eloquent discourse. Potomac Union Lodge 892, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows celebrated their 50th anniversary Sunday afternoon at Odd Fellows Hall, Twenty-eighth street and Dunbarton avenue. Many prominent members were in attendance, among whom were George Cook, Deputy Grand Master; Chas. S. Hall, Grand Secretary; Walter J. Abrams, W. Stephen Fuller, Jas. L. Turner, who made short speeches of congratulations. Rev. Wm H. Gains delivered the sermon which was instructive and eloquently delivered. Music was by Mt. Zion M. E. Church. The friends of Mrs. Wm. Andrick and Mrs. Martha Crusor are delighted to hear of their convalescence from under the skillful operations at Freedmen's Hospital a few weeks ago, each having been discharged as speedily as hopeful of recovery. Young Men's Protective League. Celebrated their 20th anniversary on Sunday evening at Liberty Baptist church, Twenty-third street, between H and I streets northwest. The following interesting program was rendered: Processional; Scripture reading, Rev. H. Powell; prayer, Rev. Wm. H. Gains; History of the League, Walter J, Singleton; introduction of officers, Dr. C. A. Wright; sermon by Rev. H. Powell, who delivered one of the most interesting sermons ever listened to by the large number of members present members of the Ladies' Protective League. The officers of the League are: W. Stephen Fuller, president; Geo. L. Walton, first vice; A. L. Jackson, second vice; B. W. Faire, acting financial secretary; Walter J. Singleton, recording secretary. The choir of the church, under the leadership of Mr. Thomas Walker and Miss C. Lott, organist, deserve special mention for the excellent music rendered upon the occasion. The new church is a splendid piece of architecture and the pastor and members are to be congratulated upon such a beautiful church edifice. The members of Mt. Zion M. E. church, Twenty-ninth street northwest are largely represented at the 52d session of the Washington annual conference now convened at John Wesley M. E. Church, Baltimore, Maryland. A petition asking a change of pastorate will be presented to the conference church. Dissatisfaction has been manifested during the past year under the pastorate of the present pastor and a large majority of the congregation are desirous of a change at the present session. The pioneer Lodge, No. 11, Knights of Pythias, with twenty-six members, was set up by Grand Chancellor Sir Knight John S. Johnson assisted by Maj. Alex. Henson, Jr., and members of the various Pythian Lodges, Saturday night, Apr. 10, 1915. This Lodge bids fair in carrying out the ideas of Pythianism to fill a much needed want in this commandery. The movement to organize this Lodge has been less than two months. Besides the members now composing the Lodge, there ade many applicants for membership. Much, credit is due to Dr. W. W. Jones by whose efforts the Lodge was founded. The following were elected the officers. Dr. W. W. Jones, Chancellor Commander; John F. Collins, Vice Chancellor; Rev. J. S. Pair, Keeper of Records and Seals; Rev. Chas. H. Strother, Master of Finance; Homer Mee, Master of Works; Rev. John M. Beane, Prelate; C. C. Harris, Master of Ex-Checquer; Marshall Anderson, Master at Arms; J. B. Payne, Inner Guard; Wm. Strother, Outer Guard, Wallace Chapman, John Stokes, C. W. James, Trustees. Prof. James F. Armstrong, chairman of the Auditing Committee: The Prince George's County Colored School Supervisor has visited Laurel, Contee, Rossville, Murkirk, Lakeland, Brentwood, Bladensburg and Fairmount Heights Schools recently. With few exceptions he found the work in a flourishing condition. He found the industrial work being carried on in a manner as to aid the academic work. Mrs. I. C. Cole departed this life a few days ago. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Logan Johnson pastor of Contee A. M. E. Zion 721 The local St. Luke Order is giving a big Reception at Auditorium Hall, 516 5th street S. E., Friday, April 23, 1915, from 8 P. M. to 2 A. M. Admission 50 cents. Six prizes to be given away with no additional cost. The admission fee covers both program and prizes. The first is an Automobile valued at $340; the second and third $25. Certificates on Argo Automobiles. The first, second and third best couple dancers draw small cash prizes. Refreshments. Welcome. Church, Burville, D. C., and Rev. McCary, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Falmount Heights, Md. The services were impressive. Miss Fredericka Early, who was very sick is convalescent. very sick, is convalescent. Dr. M. Bates Stephens, State Superintendent of Education of Maryland, delivered a very encouraging address to the Colored School teachers of Montgomery County, Md., at Rockville, Friday, April 9, 1915. Dr. Stephens is indeed a great educator and has at heart the educational development of all the pupils of the State. VERY CAREFULLY AND PROMPTLY. A full supply of choice toilet articles; soaps, face powders, creams, hair tonics, pomades, tooth powders and pastes, etc. A good supply of patent medicines. Fine stationery supplies. Cigars and tobacco. Ice cream, soda water—all flavors. Give us a call. Bring a friend. Tell your friends. THE PALACE PHARMACY, Cor. L St. and New Jersey Avenue. N. W. 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Gzar Stopped Sale of Vodka, Favorite Russian Drink, at the Outbreak of Hostilities— France Then Stopped Teafic in Absinth—Germany and England Expected to Follow Suit. London.—Probibition bas had such a magical effect in Russia that the Brit- ish government is seriously thinking ef forbidding the sale of all alcoholic drinks in England and Scotland. . In France there Is a strong agitation tending in the same direction, and the sale of absinth hay been stopped. In Russia protlbition really probib- its. Lf it be adopted in Great Britatu it will really prohibit. No distinctions will be made between rich and poor. King George has sealed the royal wine cellars ami serves nothing stronzet than ginger ale at the royal table. Lord Kitehener and other leaders have already abolished all liquor from thelr houses. ‘ Bussta ordered prohibition by an im: perial ukase at the beginning of the SRR am ee Ag aed a d=. END} Ps Poe 1 fove ) CL ba ela e @ a ( h & we 5 wes ¢ QS s) = LEADERS IN” PHOHLBITION MOUVEMENT = 1, THE Kagsun, 2TH. ¢Zan, J. KING GEORGE; 4, PRESIDENT roiNcale; 5, DA- VID LLOSDAhOMGE, 6, 2) UKETANY DAN- KIA, UNITED STALIN \abY war. Grand Duke Ne liviax, command: er in chief of the artes. insisted upon it He sald mobili on word be im- possible without it. It was a bold step to take, as the namutacture of vodka —the favorite Russian spivitneus tipple —was the principal somtce ef revenue to the government, aud this was in dire need of fucressimy rather tm of decreasing the revenue at that moment, But the effects bave heen so amazingly beneficial that it ix doubtful ff the general sale ef vodka will ever be re sumed, even after the war. In England an act of parliament will probably be necessary. and the Mquer interests are so vast and so powerful that the passuze of such an act will be fought tooth and nail, There ts an- other way. and Lon! Kitchener fs just the man to adopt it if he can have his will by no other means. This {s to declare martin! jaw and order all the bars, breweries. distilleries and wine shops to be closed. ‘The reason for this seemingly ex- traoniinury measure in Great Britain is the difliculty the military and naval anthorities have had in getting an ade quate supply of munitions of war from the factories and dockyards. ‘There have been strikes and disputes with laborers, und the output of many fac tories has been far below what thosc best able to judze considered it ought to have been. This fs especially true of the shipyards. The original sug. gestion that the trouble was due te drink is sald to have come from the owners of the si'pranis. However this may he, the fact re mains that Great Britain is a falrls hard drinking country. According t Slr Thomas Dewar. ‘3,000,000 person. earn thelr ving by making and selling liquor. In the year 1913 the people o the United Kinzdom spent $833,405.00 —or more than S10 2 head for every man, woman aud child—on Hquor. Thi: ig approximately the amount per capl ta spent in tne United States. Th hardest drinking trts of England ar the northern smd western counties- the great minins and manufacturin; regions. Tbe effect of drink upon se ciety may be judzed from the fact tha in the years 19024%. ont of every 1.00% Anhabitants 6.51 were actually arrestec for drunkenness, and in the years sine 1899 there has been an average of 2,87) Geaths a year from alcoholism, of whic! BO per cent were men and 40 per cen were women ‘The ratie of mortality from alcoholi excess has ‘ucreased ST per cent amon; tales durin. the last twenty years an @mong ferrales it has Increased by ni: Jess than 180 percent. PLAYS TUBA ALL DAY LONG. After Twenty-seven Hours of Blowing He Drank Gallons of Beer, New York.—Lambaertus Johannes de Jeng says he is the champion tuba player of the world. He plays the big horn in the band of the Holland-Amer- fea Mner Potsdam, recently in port bere. Lambaertus says he won the champlonship about a year ago in a contest at Rotterdam with Rintje Vou- terinus, also a celebrated Holland tabfst. In this contest De Jung played for twenty-seven hours continuously, easi- ly outdistancing his competitor, who blew himself out at something over twenty-three hours. After this long period of playing Lambaertus said he Was not particularly tired but very thirsty and had thirty-four seidels, ‘which was also a record, it was said, even for Rotterdam. | From constant playing the lung pow- er of Lambaertus has developed to ‘such an extent that he often has to run around the deck several hours be- ‘fore playing. Otherwise, he says, the tremendous pressure might blow the Uning out of the tuba, When steam is low in the boilers he is often called upon to blow the Potsdam’s whistle. This is especially helpful in a fog, economizing on steam. Lambzaertus hafls from Leyden and has been an expert on the tuba ever since he can remember, as his, father was before him. He has many decora- tions and is also barrel shaped to a great extent, as tuba players often be- come, according to Dr. Taft, the ship's surgeon. This makes him an expert wrestler. He has played the Potsdam 'in and out of Hoboken for six years. KICKED BY MULE; RETALIATES Because Wolton Kicked Back He Was Put In Jail In Kentucky. Independence, Ky.—Were you ever Kicked by n mule? If so, did you ever attempt to kick back? Doing the latter is what caused the arrest of Robert Wolton. He ts charg- ed by an S. P. C, A. officer with being cruel to a mule fn that he “kicked it with so much force that the animai suffered great physical pain and ag- ony.” Wolton declares the mule kicked first. He said he kicked back in self de- ‘fense, and that the special officer only ‘Baw that part of the entertainment jand arrested him. NERO WAS. MODERN | And Hobtle Skirt Reigned In Moses’ Time, Says Scholar, Philadelphia. —'The palace of Nero bad three elevators. % In the year 6 A. D. an income tax Was established in Rome on all In- comes in excess of $4,000. ; The hobble skirt was one of Dame Fashion's decrees In the days of Moses. These and many “other interesting facts geing to show that Ife among the ancients was not so different from that of today were brought out by Professor Camden M. Cobern, explorer and archavologist, who bas just re- turned from a trip to Palestine. Profesor Cobern in a series of lec- tures upon his archaeological discov- erles pointed out that the Jews had three systems of shorthand reporting in the first century and that in every Jewish court a shorthand reporter or clerk sat on each side of the judge. Many of the Roman aristocrats took “stenoxraphers” with them upon their travels. . ‘ - Some of the other advantages enjoy- ‘ed by the ancients according to Pro- fessor Cobern follow: 7 In St. Paul's time there were seventy labor unions in Rome; hence a struggle between capital and labor must have been waxed even then. : ‘ There were seyeral great monopolies in the first century, the greatest of all being the oil business, althotgh no mention of Nockefeller appears on the papyrus examined by the American scholar. ‘The “trust” had not cornered kerosene, which was unknown at that perlod, but dealt in olive oll, There also were monopolies in eggs, perfumes and bricks. As to homes the ancients made the New York millionalres look ike “pik- ers.” Vrofessor Cobern says he has read in manuscripts dug from ancient tombs and houses of a Roman who spent $12.000.000 upon decorations for his house. : Another plutocrat spent $50,000,000 in one year. Even Nero was no slouch when it came to “burning money.” On one occasion he spent $175.000 for roses on his banquet tables. The toses were brought from Ezypt. Electric Light Good Bait. Mount Vernon, I!l.—Chauncey Houch- in, Fred Van Nada and Rex Fowler, White river fishermen. have invented @ plan which has been helpful to them in catching fish. They made an ar- rangement for Ughting the water, which attracted hundreds of fish to the place, and these eagerly bit at the balt @ropped to them on hooks. The catches ‘were unusually large. The arrange- ment for lighting the water consisted of eight dry batteries, to which an electric lizbt was attached and drop- ped into the water. The wire was heavily Insulated to prevent charging the water with. electricity. 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TT ee ee The Exposition to be Held in Chicag August 22 to Semptember 16. At the Colliseum. Governor Dunne of Illinois appointe sometime ago the following commis sion: | Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, presi den. Hon. John Dailey, vice president. Major George W. Ford, treasurer. Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph.D., D.D. Hon. W. Duff Piercy. Hon. R. R. Jackson. Hon, Medill McCormick, Dr. Mary Fitzbutler Waring. Thomas Wallace Swann, secretary. This exposition will be one of the most unique and complete demonstra- tions of the progress of the Colored people that has: ever been placed be- fore the public. The crowning feature will be the celebration of the work of the Great‘Emancipator, Abraham Lin- coin, The hearty cooperation of all progressive people is solicited. The application for space may be. made through the office of the Commission, which is located at 128 N. LaSalle street, room 40. Appropriations for state exhibits have been made by the legislatures of several state. The Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition which is to be held in Richmond, Va. in July, has assured us of valuable contribu- tions.in the line of fine arts, historical jand industrial exhibits, which have been secured at a cost of $35,000. The Miinois Exposition will have many distinct departments. In them will be shown exhibits from every state in which the Negro is a part of the population. These departments In: clude, religion, education, industry, so: cial progress, music, socfology, mili. ltary, liberal arts, professional, frater. jnal, athletics, ete. The following conventions will be {ria in Chicago during the life of the | Exposition: j National Medical Agsociation, physi. cians, dentists, pharniacists. | LB.PLO.of Elks, |. | National Colored Fuberal Directors. {Illinois State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, | Religious Congresses (interdenomt national). j National Baptist Convention: Negro Authors’ Congress. { United Brothers of Friendship and (SoM. Ts. ;__Besides a number of important Con jBresses- “The aim of the exposition is not tc show the prowess of one race ovet another, The ideal of unity and co-op eration will be all pervasive. The firs! thing to do is not to emphasize differ ences, and to formulate platforms, bu :to come together in a spirit of com |mon brotherhqod and to work {61 those things about which there exist: lao difference af opinion.” HOTELS. Mr. D. G. Bryant of Washington and Atlantic City, headwaiter of the Na- tional Hotel of this city, is one of the few Colored men who are able to make good in this present era of changing from black to white. He was trained under some of the best of the old school, is true to his proprietor, ‘cour- teous and obliging to the guest, help- ful and instructive to the men who work for him. His policy Is a “square deal to everybody.” Mr. H. F. Brett, the headwaiter at the Army and Navy Club, - is very much liked and appreciated by the Colored waiters of this city for his very excellent treatment to them dur- ing the winter and’ spring season. Aside from his permgnent force he employs about 20 men every week as an extra squad, half of them being students at Howard University. Mr. Brett exhibits in his fine system of discipline, the most perfect ease and demeanor, never loses his head, but like the general of an army or the commander of a' fleet, directs those serving under him with a directness and manner that they always carry out his orders with obedience and re spect. Colored waiters are glad te serve such officers and offer their best wishes for Mr. Brett’s continued suc cess. PARAGRAPHIC. . A really frank seeker for divorce was the Colored oman who said: “Sam ain’t done nuffin particular, but I jess losed ma taste for him.” 4 It is sad to see family relics sold at auction, but the most painful thing under the hammer ifs generally your thumbnail. Yesterday is-dead: forget it To- morrow does not exist; don’t worry eS = =v 7th and Eye Sts., N. W “+> “JWHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT YOUR Beautiful Jounges , e 7 Morris Chairs Writing. Desxe . Household Furniture Musie Boze Beds of alltkinds and description, Houseand Herrmann is the place | ine Bedsteads and Mattreases to visit. There is no other house of its kind in thecity If you want a first-ciass Bed-rocr where the people can be satisfied. This is m suits, call after you have me house hat will satisfy you. . . been elecwhers [ HOO 0 0 10 10 OY 20 210 10 100205, | © CONSULT US FIRST ALL KINDS OF PRINTING 9 Ws type Composition Electric Power P iN r inotype Composition. ectric rower rresses F 5 TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. s QO a Ham | 6 H BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. i I QUICKEST _ BEST _ TERMS CASH l [ 1109 Eye Street, Northwest ‘Phone Main 7590 [ Cho OF OL OL Ox 00 0LMOL0rz0rzoror | over it; today is here;-use it. * A Colored woman in, Auburn prison, Auburn, New York, gave birth to twin boys last week. «The state law pro- vides that infants born-in penal insti- tutions shall be supported by the state for two years. - Our friends—he that loves me, he that hates me, and he that is indiffer- ent to me; who loves me, teaches me caution; who is indifferent to me, teaches me self-reliance. = With the exception of lovemaking there are many new ways of doing old things. Ice is considered strong enough to bear the weight of a man when two inches thick, When four inches thick will bear men on horseback. . The lily is typical of Easter because of its whiteness and personification of purity. In its national state it blooms about Easter time in France, its na: tive home. The best sermon is one that goe: over your head and hits the othe! chap. Just now the “Easter rabbit” {: greater than tho hen, On the road to success, it is not ev: ery man who knows when, where ant how to change cars. HARLAN'S Why go elsewhere when the Col- ored people have a first-class fur. nishing store. Eyerything is first class. Give him a call. | Richardson's S. P. Cough Balsom. That hacking cough, scoreness in the chest, winter colds. It is a sure cure. Thousands are using it, be- cause it is one of the best remedies today for coughs and colds. Prepared by Dr. W. S.. Richardson. 316 4% Street, S. W. MARES The Ware shoe store, the only shoe store in this city conducted by Col- ored Americans is to have a depart- ment store connected with it. There are to be men’s furnishings, women’s and children’s underwear, etc. It will be the only department store in the city. This new store will be opened shortly. Fall particulars will appear in The Bee shortly. ERB PENIS Se Bel nee ITT 4. Literary Department, 5 5. Department of Music. 6. Department of Literary Training. : 7. Department of Industries, 8. Extension Home Classes. “8 ws 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 MRS. AGNES J. SMITH The FOUNTAIN of YOUTH Beauty Culture School BESET ithe A or . is now open for Young Colored Girls Lessons taught in Manicuring, Facial Massage, Scalp Treat- ment, Instantaneous Bleaching and compounding of facial creams, manufacturing of Hair Goods and Hair Tonics. Ventilation a specialty. 7 e Madame Smith's Wonderful Sage Hair Tonics—Tar and Sage. Tonics, Hair Tonics and Pomades cannot be surpassed for grow- ing the hair, making it soft, fluffy and preventing premature gray hair. e A large assortment of choice human hair good always on sale. Day and evening classes. WH] ap ad. WRITE OR CALL "MATL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED Le: ee Mme. A. J. Smith 935 R Street, N. W. au! FREES Cabo tt oe Washington, D.C. Phone North 4017 AGENTS WANTED CULTIVATE YOUR HAIR BY USING MME. u. J. WALKER’S WONDERFUL HAIR GROWERS : Shampoo, Tetter Salve, Hair Grower, 50 cents per box, each 4 Temple Salve, 35 cents per box. Call at the Branch Office where the goods are on sale, and there you will find some of Mme. Walker’s best agents, who will treat your sealp and advise you concerning it. 4 Wonderful results guaranteed with six-weeks’ treatment if used as directed. Branch Office 1123 First Street Northwest. Mrs. Annie Thompson, Manager. Phone, Lincoln 916 W. TWO OUT OF HELL NO TORMENT THERE Jonah's Escape From Hell—Jesus Was Delivered From Hell—Everybody Goes to the Bible Hell—Jesus Redeemed All From It—Hence All Are to Come Out of It—The Rich Man and Lazarus—Is It a Parable or a Narrative?—Unreasonable as a Statement of Facts—Very Reasonable as a Parable—The Rich Man Soon to Be Let Out of Hades. PASTOR RUSSELL Boston, Mass. April 11 — Pastor Russell spoke here twice today. His discourse, based on Luke 16:23 — "In Heh, he lifted up his eyes" — set forth a most reasonable explanation of a parable which has long perplexed Christians. He said in part: those who wrote the Bible did their duty well. The Old Testament, covering the history of over four thousand years, tells us that all mankind at death go to Sheol—the tomb. The New Testament, written in Greek, tells the same story, using the word Hades as the translation of the Hebrew Sheol. It is in modern translations of the Bible that difficulty is encountered, particularly in the English. Nearly all these translations have been made within the last five hundred years. For 1300 years before the Bible had been little known, because not translated into the languages of the people, and because few could have read it if it had been translated. In the second century the theory prevailed that the bishops were as much inspired as the Apostles and Jesus; for they were called Apostolic bishops. Bible study was considered unnecessary because these Apostolic bishops were on the spot to give up-to-date information and communications from God. Then followed thirteen centuries of no Bible study, during which time, as the Apostles had forewarned, grievous wolves came into the flock, making merchandise of the sheep for their own profit. (Acts 20:26-31.) Gradually the doctrines became so mingled with errors that the false teachers enslaved the people with fear, and then extorted money for the relief of the fears. When Bible study revived in the Fifteenth Century, the errors were so intrenched in men's minds that their thoughts were colored respecting every feature of faith. Those who translated the Bible doubtless did their best to set forth its meaning, but unconsciously gave little twists, in their endeavor to have the Bible say what they thought it meant. As an illustration, note John 5:20. There the translators have given us the expression, "resurrection of damnation," when nothing in the Greek justified the word damnation. The Revised Version renders it properly, "resurrection of judgement"—trial. When the Hebrew word Sheol was being translated, Hell was the nearest word to fit their ideas. Hence they translated it Hell as many times as possible; and only when this was impossible did they give something approaching the proper translation—the grave. There is another word for grave—qeer, a sequche, a mound, a monument. But do their best to make Hell out of Sheol, they could only so translate it less than one-half the whole number of occurrences. The Revised translation retains the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades, saying, Let the reader find out what it means, doubtless he will think that Sheol is the "hot place"; and so the common people will not know what an egregious blunder was made by the theologians. Good men, who know better, permit their congregations to think that they believe in a burning Hell of torture, when privately they confess to the contrary. But they say, Let us not do good, lest evil follow—let us not tell the people, lest fewer would then come to church, and the power of superstition, which holds so many, be broken. Pour men! They seem blind to the fact that these devilish doctrines are driving intelligent people away from God, from the Bible, and from the churches. Two Escape From Hell. The Bible tells of several who were released from Sheol, but of two the very word is used. The Prophet Jonah, swallowed by the great fish, was in its belly parts of three days. He calls it his tomb-belly, a sheol-belly. While there entombed, he cried unto the Lord in prayer, and the Lord delivered him. Jesus tells us that Jonah's experiences typified His own—that as Jonah was buried in the sheol-belly of the fish. Jesus would be buried in the Sheol of earth. As Jonah came forth on the third day, so Jesus came forth. St. Peter points out that this was prophecled of Jesus, saying, "Thou wilt not leave My soul in [Sheol, or] Hades"—the tomb. He says that God fulfilled this by raising Jesus from the dead.—Acts 2:27. Whoever gets the proper focus will see that all, good and bad, go down to the tomb—to Sheol, Hades, called in our Bibles Hell. The Scriptures very distinctly tell us that "the dead know not anything"; that "their sons come to honor, and they know it not; and t dishonor, and they perceive it not of them." Why? Because, as again the Scriptures say, "There is neither wisdom, nor knowledge, nor device, in Sheol, whither thou goest"—whither all go. This exactly accords with the Divine statement, "The wages of sin is death"; "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." There is not a word in the Bible for the commonly accepted thought that those who die go to Heaven or Purgatory or eternal torment. All these teachings are found in the various creeds; the Bible alone tells the simple story, reasonable, harmonious. It is true that Jesus used the word Gehenna fire, and that our translators mixed up the English reader by translating this word Hell, the same as Hades. But as all scholars will admit, Jesus used the word fire here symbolically, just as we use it, to represent destruction. Thus our newspapers tell about the great conflagration in Europe—not literal fire, but war, causing great destruction. So Jesus pointed out that, although He had come to save men from death, and eventually by a resurrection to lift up all who had gone down to Hades, nevertheless the relief would be only temporary, except to those who would conform to Divine Law. All others under that Second Trial would be condemned as unworthy of everlasting life and would die again. This Second Death would be everlasting, because Christ would not die again for those who would sin willfully after being released from the first sentence. Pointing to the valley outside of Jerusalem, used as a garbage furnace and called in the Greek Gehenna, and in Hebrew Valley of Hinnom and also Tophet, Jesus declared that it illustrated the fate of all wilful sinners. Dead cats and dogs, etc., were thrown into the Valley of Hinnom, Gehenna, where fires were kept burning, and where brimstone was burned to kill the germs. It is said that criminals of the worst type, after execution, were thrown into that valley, as intimating that they would not share in the resurrection. This thought Jesus emphasized—the utter destruction. In the Second Death, of any found incorrible after having received full opportunity of return to God through the merit of Christ's sacrifice. The Bible everywhere holds out the thought that the Church now, and the world in its trial Day future, will be in danger of Gehenna destruction—the Second Death. Speaking of wilful sinners against full light, St. Paul says, "Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction." (2 Thess. 1:7-9.) St. Peter says they shall perish "like natural brute beasts."—2 Peter 2:12. Release From Sheol, Hades, the Tomb: Bible students know that Sheol and Hades could not be places of eternal torture; for the Scriptures say that they shall be destroyed. If Sheol and Hades are to be destroyed, how could anybody be tortured there everlastingly? The clergy know these things very well, but hide them from the people. Hosea 13:14 reads, "O grave [Sheol]", I will be thy destruction!" 1 Corinthians 15:55, "O grave [Hades], where is thy victory?" Revelation 20:14, "Death and Hell [Hades] shall be cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the Second Death." These Scriptures mean that the grave shall not always triumph over the human family, that mankind will be delivered by Messiah's Kingdom from the power of the tomb, that we can rely upon God's promise that ultimately Hades, the tomb, will be destroyed in the Second Death, symbolically represented by the Lake of Fire. Note that the symbol, is explained—"the Lake of Fire, which is the Second Death." In other words, all that are in their graves, in the tomb, the prison-house of death, shall ultimately be set free by the great Deliverer, the glorified Christ, who already has laid down His life as the Ransom-price, that sinners might not perish, but have the opportunity of everlasting life. This opportunity has yet come only to the Church, and to her by promise. Her covenant is to follow in her Master's footsteps unto death; and the promise is that she shall have a superior resurrection, because of greater trials of faith and obedience to sacrifice. "The gates of Hell shall not prevail against her." (Matthew Balsa) That is, as the Heavenly Father raised up Jesus Christ from the dead, so the gates of death shall not prevail against the Church.—1 Corinthians 15:42-44. With the world it will be different. Everything under the New Dispensation will prove that the reign of Sin and Satan has terminated, that the Reign of Righteousness has begun. They will find themselves, not only coming back from the tomb, "every man in his own order," but gradually raised out of imperfection and weakness back to all that was lost in Adam and redeemed at Calvary, if they will follow instructions. The great prisonhouse will give up the prisoners; for He who died on Calvary obtained the key of Hades, as He tells us.—Isaiah 49:9; Revelation 118. The Rich Man In Hell. The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus would seem very simple if our minds had not been perverted with error; but, filled with the perversion, many find this parable difficult to understand and are inclined to throw away the entire Bible because of it. We hope to make the matter very plain. To be thorough, we must note the fact that lovers of the eternal torment doctrine insist that this is not a parable, but a literal description. Let us see. Does it seem reasonable to say that with nothing said about his character as being either moral or immoral, but simply on account of his fine clothes, his sumptuous food, and his riches, a man should be eternally roasted? Is that a logical interpretation? Similarly it is not said that Lazarus was moral or immoral, but merely that he was poor, ate crumbs at the rich man's gate, and was full of sores, which dogs licked. Is it reasonable to suppose that sores and destination, without character, would be qualifications for Heaven? Surely not! If all rich people go to eternal torment, if all people who wear fine linen and purple clothing and have plenty to eat must suffer to all eternity, what an aristocratic place Hell would be, and how full it would be! On the other hand, if only those who have sores and dogs to lick them, who lie at a rich man's gate and eat crumbs from his table, go to Heaven, how few of us will get there! Moreover, if it is a literal statement, then Abraham here is a literal person, as well as Lazarus; and when Lazarus would get into his bosom, how many more could Abraham hold without letting some drop! Surely this is not a literal statement, but a parable. Let us treat it from this viewpoint, remembering that a parable never means what it says. For instance, in the parable of the Wheat and Tares, the wheat does not mean wheat, but "children of the Kingdom"; the tares, "children of the Wicked One." Accordingly, the Rich Man does not mean a rich man, but stands for some class; and Lazarus does not mean a poor man, but stands for some class. Let us thus apply the matter. Interpretation of the Parable. We suggest that the Rich Man of the parable represented the Jewish nation, rich in God's favor. Their spiritual table was bountifully supplied with gracious promises from God. They "fared sumptuously," as no other people did. To them belonged the promise of the Kingdom, represented by the purple raiment of royalty. As a people they had the purging of their sins, typical justification, accomplished on their annual Atonement Day. This was their "fine linen," representing that righteousness was thus imputed to them as a people. In A. D. 70, the Rich Man, the Jewish nation, died, when the last vestige of the government was destroyed by Titus, the Roman general. The nation has been asleep in Hades ever since, though the Jews have been very much alive and have suffered many things, especially amongst professed Christians of the tare class. Zionism, which has sprung up within the past thirty years, is the revival of hope that the Rich Man will be resurrected from Hades; and present indications point to this as a matter of speedy accomplishment—as soon as the fulness of the Gentiles shall have come into Spiritual Israel.—Romans 11:25-32. Lazarus represented outcasts who desired favor with God, but were "allens and strangers from the commonwealth of Israel"—Gentiles. They had no table with Divine promises from which to "fare sumptuously every day," no share in the promises of royalty represented by the purple robes, no "fine linen." representing justification from sln. Those things belonged to the Jew exclusively, until his national rejection and the subsequent opening of the door to Gentiles, that they might become fellow-heirs with the saintly Jews, and followers of Jesus in the glorious things of God's arrangement. As the Jew died to his favors, so the Gentile died to his disfavor. As angels carried Lazarus to Abraham's bosom, so the early Jewish Church, messengers of God and Christ, received believing Gentiles into full fellowship as brethren of the Seed of Abraham. This, figuratively, is described as Lazarus in Abraham's bosom—treated as his child. The Rich Man represented especially two tribes—Judah and Benjamin. Proportionately, the five brethren would represent the ten tribes. The parable represents the Rich Man as saying, I have five brethren. May not something be done for them? The answer shows that only Israelites could be meant—"They have Israelites and the Prophets; let them hear them." Only the twelve tribes of Israel had Moses and the Prophets. The Gentiles had them not. "In Hell He Lifted Up His Eyes." The dogs licking the sores, in the parable, represent that the Lazarus class were, companions of dogs—indeed, "dog" was a name which Jews commonly gave Gentiles. Jesus Himself used it, and gives an illustration of how believing Gentiles occasionally ate crumbs from the Ilich Man's table. The Syriacian woman requested healing for her daughter; but Jesus declined, saying, "It would not be proper to take the food from the children's table [the Jews] and give it to dogs [Gentiles]." She answered, "Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the masters' table." Then Jesus said, "O woman, great is thy faith!" and he gave her the crumb of relief which was not hers by right; for He testified, "I am not sent save unto the lost sheep of the House of Israel." The time had not yet come for giving Gentiles a place in God's family as children of Abraham. Who cannot see in this beautiful parable a teaching in full harmony with God's Wisdom, Justice, Love and Power as it has applied during this Gospel Age? The parable does not show how God's favor will return to the Jew in due time; other Scriptures, however, clearly teach this, as we have pointed out. May our eyes of understanding open to a true knowledge of God's Word, and to a true appreciation of His glorious character! Then we shall love Him better, and serve Him, not from fear, but as dear children. I offer free of charge a booklet written with a view to making these figurative statements clear. Whoever will address me—Pastor Russell, Brooklyn, N. X.-requesting a copy of a pamphlet about Hell, will be promptly served free of charge. That pamphlet will settle all your questions. ```markdown ``` EFFECT ON OUTSIDE WORLD Greatest Naval Power of World Now Attempting to Reduce Strongest Land Fortifications—Mehmed V. Grants Interview to Correspondents and Lauds Valor of His Troops and the Germans. Constantinople.—One of the most interesting developments that the war has brought about is the great effort of the allies to force the Dardanelles strait and the superb resistance that the Turkish defenders, assisted by the German officers, have been able to display. This bombardment, in which the strongest naval powers in the world are attempting to reduce the strongest land fortifications in the world, will go down in history as the most spectacular naval engagement of all time. Each shot fired by the allied fleet is felt in all parts of the world. Stored away in Russia, without an outlet, there are thousands and thousands of bushels of wheat that the world is clamoring for. Unless the forts are forced it must remain there, for there is no other outlet. If the strait is penetrated, however, this grain will flood the world's markets and the price of wheat will be reduced all over the globe. The allies are confident, that they can reduce these remarkable fortifications. The defenders are likewise certain that the task is impossible. This is what the sultan of Turkey said to a group of American correspondents: "I am convinced that the Dardanelles cannot be forced. The brave conduct of the Turkish troops in the recent operations against the strait permits me to conclude that although the allies bend every effort and use every means at their disposal they will be unable to achieve their purpose." The various phases of the bombardment were discussed by his majesty in a manner demonstrating that he was well informed on the affair. Mehmed V. was in a most cordial frame of mind. Many of the incidents related by the correspondents brought to the sultan's face broad smiles of satisfaction, appreciation and amusement. How the correspondents had been obliged to make a hasty retreat when Kale Sultania was reached by the allies' shells appeared to be of special interest to his majesty. When one of the correspondents told the sultan that he had been made nervous in Chanak ka Essl by the explosions of large shells, which impelled him to stoop at every detonation, and how an old interpreter, who also was retreating, touched him on the arm each time, saying, "Yock kismet," the sultan was much amused and touched the newspaper man on the shoulder in a most fatherly fashion and proceeded to explain that the use of the word "kismet," was improper under such circumstances. "The old man should have used the word 'kader,' because that term expresses more fully what he wanted to convey," said his majesty. "The word 'kader' means that our fate is in the hands of a superior force and that what is to happen will happen anyway. The idea is known among you, I believe, as fatalism. But 'kader' alone will not do. We also must work." This incident disposed of, his majesty asked the correspondent to continue his description of the sinking of the French warship Bouvet and the British Irresistible. That the Bouvet had disappeared within three minutes brought a look into the kindly gray eyes of his majesty as if he regretted that so many human beings had perished without a chance to light for life. The sultan then asked if his troops appeared to be happy and contented. The answer being emphatically in the affirmative, a new smile of satisfaction lit up his face. "It has been said that it was the factor of luck that made our victory on March 18 so complete and great," he remarked, "but we in the Turkish have a saying: 'Luck is infatuated with the efficient.'" "It appears very unjust to me that the allies want to force the Dardanelles and take Constantinople just to import foodstuffs from Russia. But our army and coast defense force have shown their ability and willingness to do their duty. I am speaking here not alone of the Turkish defenders of the Dardanelles, but also those Germans who have so efficiently and bravely co-operated with them. "I would thank you if you would say for me that my admiration for the German troops in the east and the west is so great that it is impossible for me to express in words my high opinion of their valor and efficiency. Concerning their chief commander, Emperor William. I can only say that we in Turkey pray that he may enjoy the best of health for many years." The sultan was informed that Emperor William was sending with Field Marshal von der Goltz iron crosses of the first and second classes, with which he intended to decorate his majesty, and the sultan appeared highly pleased. "I am proud of being presented with medals which decorate so many brave men," he said. ROSE GIN IMITATION WHY NOT DEAL AT THE NEW DRUG ST Cor. 63d and Eastern A [Chesapeake Junction] —which opened on APRIL 11. 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Telephone Connectiess Specialties: Best Butter 30 cents Best Eggs 30 cents Idman's WHITE FRONT Market Butter, Eggs, Cheese and Coffee Specialties: Best Butter 30 cents Best Eggs 30 cents Iman's WHITE FRONT Market Butter, Eggs, Cheese and Coffee Coffees Roasted on Premises 916 Louisiana Ave., Northwest THE MAGIC 139 IN LONG THE MAGIC SHAMPOO AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER O DRIER MET CO MAILED ANY WHERE IN POSTAGE PAPER SEND HONEY BY POST OFFICE Address all letters to Mair Shire THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANY WHERE IN U.S.$1PO POSTAGE PAID SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE HONEY ORDER Address all letters to Mazz Shampoo Drier Co. THE MAGIC IS 19 IN LONG THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANY WHERE IN U.S. $100 POSTAGE PAID SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER Address all letters to Magic Shampoo Drier Co. Minneapolis. Minn. not to individuals. A BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF HAIR IS A LADY'S CROWNING GLOBE. And every lady can have it if she will use the Magic. The Magic will dry the hair after a shampoo or bath, and straighten the earliest head of hair. It will also stimulate its growth. The Aluminum Comb cannot injure the hair, because it is never heated direct, but takes its heat from the heating bar when is heated on our Alcohol Heater, or any other heater. We advise the use of Kayes' Kair Pomade. Best on the market. Price per box, $5e. Alcohol Heater, price $5c. Lateral terms to agents. Write for literature today. MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER COMPANY. MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA RICHARDSON'S, 4TH AND F STS. SOUTHWEST Everything that is found in a first class Drug Store is here. A large assortment of Easter Articles, Fancy Soaps, Candies, Perfumes. All shades of Egg Dyes and toilet goods of every kind. The Easter Lily Soap that perfumes the house is here. [Image of a man in a suit with a tie and a hat, facing away from the viewer. The background is dark and indistinct.] When you go in the Southwest, you can hear the name of Dr. Geo. W. Murray. There is no man better liked or estemed more than he is. He is making great preparations for Easter and if you want to inspect some fins Easter Toll articles, call at the Old reliable HOTEL DALE Special Rates Have Been Arranged for Easter. THE HOTEL This magnificent hotel, located in the heart of the most beautiful seashore resort in the world; replete with every modern improvement, superlative in construction, appointments, service and refined patronage. Orchestra daily, garage, bath houses, tennis, etc., on premises. Special attention given to ladies and children. Send for booklet. The Coming Republican Club.—A Club of Legal Talent to Support the Party. An Executive Committee of a District Republican Club is organized in this city and it is composed of Attorneys W. Calvin Chase. B. L. Gaskins, A. W. Scott, Harry L. Tignor, J. M. Ricks, John W. Moss, Thomas L. Jones, L. M. King and others. From this committee twenty-two district Republican Clubs will be organized throughout the city. A suite of three or four rooms will be selected and on or about May 1 or 15th Republican headquarters will be established. This will be the most representative Colored Republican Club that has ever been organized in the District of Columbia. Its membership will not be less than three thousand. All names for membership must be sent to the Executive Committee on the following blank: To the Executive Committee of the Capital City Republican Club, Washington, D. C.: Gentlemen: Kindly enroll my name as a member of your Club. Name ..... Address ..... District ..... Fill out the foregoing blank and mail it to the Executive Committee, 1109 Eye St. N. W. WONDERFUL MEDICINE. For all billious and nervous diseases. Best blood, stomach, liver and kidney tonic on earth. Sick headache, constipation, wind and pain in stomach. Disordered liver and kidneys. Impure blood, bolls, pimples, impaired digestion, etc. It is marvelous in its effect on the stomach, enabling it to obtain from the food taken the elements necessary to create flesh and muscle tissue, bone structure, and pure, rich, red blood. It contains no mercury or other mineral substances, which are injurious to the system. Tones up the Stomach, relieves indigestion and removes that tired feeling. HARRIS CHEMICAL COMPANY. Washington, D. C. Sold by all good druggists. HOTEL OPEN Special Rates Have Been CAPE MAY This magnificent hotel, located in shore resort in the world; replete with perlative in construction, appointment Orchestra daily, garage, bath houses, attention given to ladies and children. The Coming Republican Club.—A new the P An Executive Committee of a organized in this city and it is composed of B. L. Gaskins, A. W. Scott, Harry Moss, Thomas L. Jones, L. M. King. From this committee twenty-twelve be organized throughout the city. be selected and on or about May 11 will be established. This will be the most represens that has ever been organized in the bership will not be less than three. All names for membership must be on the following blank: CAPITAL CITY RE WASHINGTON To the Executive Committee of the Washington, D. C.: Gentlemen: Kindly enroll my name as a member. Name ... Address ... District ... Fill out the foregoing blank a mittee, 1109 Eye St. N. W. Houses for Rent by Thomas Walker, Attorney. $100 Warder St. N. W., 3 rooms and bath, $10.50. 106 Benning Rd., 6 rooms, $8.00. 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. 106 Prespect St. N. E., 6 rooms, in good condition, $12.50. 725 12th St. N. E., 6 rooms, bath, latrobe, range, hot and cold water, $20.50. 1809 8th St. N. W., 5 rooms, water in kitchen, $16.50. FOR SALE. 271 N St. N. W., 3 story brick and stone residence, 8 rooms, hall, dry cellar, bay window, modern bath. 36 Westminster St. N. W., 3 story press brick, bay window residence, 9 rooms, hall, furnace heat, all improvements. THOMAS WALKER, Attorney, Ph. M. 4652. 506 5th St. N. W. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Five rooms with all modern improvements, a large yard, hot and cold water, latrobes. 1614 11th street northwest. Write or call FOR RENT—Six rooms and bath, all modern improvements, 2319 E street, N. W. Apply to George G. Jenkins, Sr., 1443 S Street. M-27-2t FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms with hot and cold water. Furnace and latrobe heat. 2124 L street, northwest. Rooms for rent, 1426 S street, northwest. Large, newly painted and papered, beautiful location. WANTED—A lady wants a number of men to board. Terms very reasonable; $10.00 per month. Inquire at the office of The Bee. WANTED. $5.00 to $10.00 weekly, spare time addressing, mailing, advertising matter for mail order houses. Send 10c for postage, sample and particulars. Johnston & Sons Co., Broad and 25th streets, Richmond, Va. M13-4t Board. Board. If you are looking for a nice, clean place to board, go to the Garrick, 1318 T street northwest. 48 HARRIS TRADE MARK IS2 WELKROODTON REGISTERED. DALE N en Arranged for Easter. Y, N. J. the heart of the most beautiful sea- n every modern improvement, su- nts, service and refined patronage. tennis, etc., on premises. Special Send for booklet. E, W. DALE, Owner. A Club of Legal Talent to Support Party. A District Republican Club is or-posed of Attorneys W. Calvin Chase. By L. Tignor, J. M. Ricks, John W. King and others. Two district Republican Clubs will have a suite of three or four rooms will be 11 or 15th Republican headquarters. Presentative Colored Republican Club the District of Columbia. Its mem- thousand. Must be sent to the Executive Com- REPUBLICAN CLUB of BUTTON, D. C. Washington, D. C., 1915. The Capital City Republican Club, member of your Club. and mail it to the Executive Com- 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. Home Cafe LEE'S LUNCH ROOM Geo. H. Lee, Prop. 1231 E Street N. W. 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 3021 Main 3022 Post Office Station 49 Ray T. Bailey, Jr., Phar. D. Druggist Manufacturing Pharmacist Drugs Medicines Chemicals Prescriptions a specialty Eleventh St. and New York Ave., N. W. Richardson's S. P. Cough Balsom. That hacking cough, soreness in the chest, winter colds, it is sure to come. Thousands are using it, as is one of the best remedies today for coughs and colds. Prepared by Dr. W. S. Richardson, 316 4½ Street, S. W. AUTOMOBILES. Do you want first-class automobile and hack service reasonable? If so call up Wm. E. Bowle, 1811 11th street northwest. One of the finest touring cars in the city. Nort. 7238. 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 Fermenation, 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. GO TO 0 HOLMES' HOTEL 333 Virginia Ave., S. W. Fineet Afro-American Acco 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 Hotel Dale, the great ape May, N. J., resort, is now open. This is one of the greatest hotels in the United States for Colored people. Write now. Establish Christian Famous Fami Whi 75c a FUl Far Superior to many whis ONLY 909 Seventh PHONE M No Branen Houses Join Co Apply at office for Thos. R Dea Wood, Coa Paints, Oil Office and Yard' Third an Washing Day Phone, Main 6693 Established 1865 Christian Xand Famous Family Brand Whisky a FULL QUARTER r to many whiskies at much h ONLY AT 9 Seventh Street, N. 7 PHONE MAIN 274 Houses Prompt Auto to All S In Coal Co. office for further in hos. R. Cla Dealer in Wood, Coal and Coke Paints, Oil and Glass Third and K 'Sts Washington, D. C.! Main 6693 Night Pho Christian Xander's Famous Family Brand Rye Whisky 75c a FULL QUART Far Superior to many whiskies at much higher prices ONLY AT Join Coal Club Apply at office for further information Thos. R. Clark THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN ANNOUNCEMENT M. L. Goldsmith, many years with Chas. C. Hornung (Christiani Pharmacy) and late a member of the firm Christiani Pharmacy, Inc. (Schiffman & Goldsmith) 7th and M Streets, N. W., wishes to announce to his friends and the public that he has opened a First Class Drug Store with a full line G. T. ROBERTSON AND SON Deal Dressed Beef, Lamb, W Club Houses, Restaurants and H Delie Residence Phone Col. 4684 904, 908, 913 Lou Seed Beef, Lamb, Veal, Mutton and restaurants and Hotels Supplied. Delivered. Col. 4684 904, 908, 913 Louisiana Ave., N. W. Dressed Beef, Lamb, Veal, Mutton and Pork Club Houses; Restaurants and Hotels Supplied. Orders promptly Residence Phone Col. 4684 Phone Main 3386 904, 908, 913 Louisiana Ave., N. W. GO TO HOTEL DALE. Spring Displays of Floor Coverings of New and Fresh Drugs, Toilet Articles, Magazines, Camera Supplies, Crutches, Trusses, Abdominal Belts, etc., at 1200 7th Street, N. W. (N. W. Corner 7th and M Streets) and will be pleased to see his old friends and patrons. Appreciating past favors and hoping to have the pleasure of your future business, I am, sincerely, Dealers in Grogan's, 817 to 823 Seventh St. M. L. GOLDSMITH. Each year the designers seem to find added beauty for both the fiber and the wool and fiber creations. More artistic patterns are brought out in beautiful shades. Matting rugs are also unusually pretty, and our new spring stock of roll mattings is superior in variety and qualities. We carry the highest grades made of these goods, at prices that are low for such values. You certainly prefer these better qualities, knowing them to be economical. Our credit offer, with small weekly or monthly payments, enables you to afford what you think it wisest to buy. We lay all mattings free, and we guarantee every grade, to give a proper amount of service or replace it without charge. "Largest Credit Jewelers in the World" Such an event is your opportunity. You can buy gems of the finest quality at prices that make them attractive investments. Special $25 value Special $25 value We make a leader of full-cut, pure white Diamonds, of good size, at this price. Pay at the 50c a Pay at the rate of 50c a week There are hundreds of bargains in the more expensive stones. Higher prices may be paid in the same proportion. At any time in the future we will allow you exactly what you have paid us for any Diamond if you wish to exchange it for a stone of greater value. THE LARGEST CREDIT J 935 F CASTEL THE LARGEST CREDIT JEWELERS IN THE WORLD 935 PA. AVE. ASTELBERG THE LARGEST CREDIT JEWELERS IN THE WORLD 935 PA AVE. CASTELBERG'S J. J. BISCHOF Wholesale and Retail Baker and Confectioner Ice Cream Manufacturer 1339 H St. N. E. Phone Linc. 1194. m.13-4t. ANTON FISHER. Send your orders now to Anton Fisher for Easter Sherbert, Cakes and Cream, 523 41-2 Street Southwest. --- 25 value week TRAVELERS IN THE WORLD A. AVE. BERG'S TYREE & CO. Druggists 15th and H Sts. N. E., Wash. D. C. Open All Night. For a QUICK LUNCH See "Old Chack" JOHN BROOKS 401 41-2 Street, S. W. (With John J. Madden.) Free Soup from 12 to 1 Stop at Madden's Buffet. Finest South of New York. --- ---