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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Congrès Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE WASHINGTON ELKS Full Delegation Preparing to. Leave The National Capital for the Con- vention in Cleveland - Morning Star and Columbia Lodges Have Candidate for the Grand Exalted Rulership - Splitted Contest Expected. From the Cleveland (Ohio) Advocate. The Washington, D. C. Elks are busily engaged in their preparation for the annual convention of the Grand Lodge, to be held in Chicago during the week of August 26. Both Lodges are offering full corps of delegates, all of whom are preparing for a spirted contest in election of the Grand Exalted Ruler. A unique situation developed owing to the fact that each Lodge has offered a cant date for the highest position in Elkdom. Morning- Star Lodge has not instructed her delegates, but it is understood that unless the unforeseen happens they will probably vote for the re-election of their own member, Armand W. Scott. Columbia Lodge with it's five hundred members, will present as their candidate for the same Elected Ruler, W. Bundy. Exalted Ruler, who has been instrumental in placing the Lodge on a sound financial basis. The members of this lodge point with pride to the rapid growth of the Lodge during his administration, and feel that his record will commend him to the order in general. E. W. BUNDY Since the announcement of the candidacy of Brother Bundy, the Scott forces have been seriously disturbed. They realize the strength of Brother Bundy in the Grand Lodge, and have reason to believe that he will use every effort to land the honored place. The Bundy campaign plans have thus far been kept somewhat secret but it has leaked out that he and his legal advisor, Harry L. Tignor, will leave Washington about August 10, and make a whirlwind campaign tour through Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Ohio. Several days will be spent in Chicago and other points west, after which they will proceed to Cleveland, reaching there not later than August 22. By the time the Grand Lodge is called to order, they expect everything to be "out and dried" as far as the election is concerned. Great saprise has been expressed throughout the order that the National Capital should present two candidates, as the Washington members have heretofore stood solidly for one candidate. Delegates to the Philadelphia convention last year remember well how the eight delegates from Columbia Lodge were uniring in their efforts to elect brother, Scott, and they are at a loss to know the meaning of the change in sentiment. Well, with two distinguished candidates for the office, the Grand Exalted Rulership certainly is "Washington bound." HER HONOR DEFENDED Honor that must be defended with resolution is like virtue that must be defended by the shot gun. Mrs. Lela Amos Pendleton introduced a resolution in the Publicity Committee of these prayer meetings to keep anyone from stealing the honor of these prayer services and the work done by Miss Burroughs of protests and petitions, from her. Mrs. Pendleton was so emphatic about not going to have the honor stolen until a member of the committee had to tell her that she did not think any one wanted to steal the honor unless it was she, Mrs. Pendleton, Think of it, right out of a prayer service, quarrelling over such a trifle. Then what? Miss Nannie Burroughs, Mrs. Rebecca Gray and Miss Ida Plummer came to the "Bee Office" and told the editor they had admitted a member of the committee that this member was the cause of the others being there. That she, Miss Burroughs and Miss Hallee Queen were the only ones called to the conference. The Bee would like to know it a crime for any other American citizen to be at the hearing? Now we find the true object of these meetings. Miss Burroughs wanted a weekly newspaper, a campaign sheet, she said, to educate the colored and white people, to country, three thousand copies a week, to be sold through the drug stores, etc., everywhere; free sup ply to Congressmen and the Senators each week. The paper must be gotten out here in the District of Columbia. It looks as if Miss Burroughs wants to take the place of the late Booker T. Washington. The Bee has for 39 years been making protests and sending in petitions. In 1913 the late Booker T. Washington designated June 8, as a National Praver day. National Prayer day. The Bee would suggest that the committee go on their knees and get right. Miss Burroughs wants a clean sheet, she explained, that what she means by a clean sheet is clean paper, clean type. The Bee suggests to all colored papers to get clean paper and clean type. ANTIACH BAPSTIST CHURCH Interesting Exercises Sunday in the New Place of Worship. The new Antich Bapstist church of which Rev. Peter Alter is pastor, held interesting religious exercises all day last sabbath. The church was formerly located in Jackson Street northeast, now the pastor and his members have secured a new place of worship, 220 Massachusetts Avenue, northwest. There were large crowds present during the three services. At 11 a.m. m. Rev. Aller preached a very interesting and instructive sermon. At 2:30 o'clock Rev. Hawkins preached and Miss Martha Aller played the organ and rendered very sweetly a vocal solo. At the evening services Rev. Smith preached. His subject was, Jurles visits to Egypt. Services will be held all day Sunday. In the evening Rev. Aller will preach the anniversary sermon of the Labor's Union of America. An interesting program has been prepared for the all day services. The membership is increasing rapidly. GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESS AND AMERICAN FRIGHTFULNESS. Can any campaign of frightfulness that has been, or is being, carried on by Germany, be more frightful than the horrible deeds and unspeakable outrages which have been perpetrated against the colored people by the white people of the United States? Little by little the monstrous crimes committed by the white mob in East St. Louis, July 2, are coming to light. Pearson's Magazine for September, contains the story of the acts of the inhuman, savage, cowardly mob at whose hands the Lord only knows how many Negro men, women and children were four murdered by Martha Cuiengo, who was sent by the magazine to investigate that massacre. The details are blood-curdling and sickening. It is hard to realize that human brutishness and fliendishness could go so far. The following paragraph describes an act more horrible than any yet committed by the Germans in Belgium of which we have any account: "A few—very few—white men and women tried to protect the colored people and they did so at the risk of their lives. It is significant that the majority of them prefer to remain unknown, as life is none too safe for Negroes and their protectors in East St. Louis. One of them, however, Mrs. Luella Cox of the Volunteers of America, is known to have saved the lives of a dozen or more wounded Negroes by sheer nerve, staying by them after they were down and protecting them against further attack until ambulances could reach them, and this was no small service to render, for finishing off the wounded was one of the mob's diversions. It was Mrs. Cox who told me of seeing a crowd of white women tear a colored woman's baby from her arms and fling it into a blazing house. The mother herself was shot by the mob while these women held her, and her body also was flung into the flames. This is one of the many unbelievable things I have learned to believe since I came to East St Louis. And to add to the enormity of the crimes perpetrated by these, the police and militia, in some instances joined with the mob in shooting down the fleeing negroes. So far no member of that mob has been arrested and tried for murder, nor will any of the murderers ever be punished. And we are told that we are fighting to "make the world safe for democracy." Bah! Miss Ethelyn Proctor Claimed By Death. Mrs. Luke A. 'Scott, professionally known as Miss Elythen Proctor, died a few days ago at the family home near Arlington, Va., after a long sledge of illness. She was a sufferer from a form of tuberculosis, which resisted the most skillful specialists, but she bore her ailments with a fortitude that was remarkable, and was conscious up to a few moments before her passing to the Great Beyond. she lived up to high ideals as a performer and was satisfied with nothing short of perfection in whatever she attempted, being ambitious far in excess of her physical strength. She was a capable singer, dancer and sketch artist, and was one of the most promising of the younger set of the musical and dramatic fraternity. She had a lovable disposition and enjoyed the affection of a host of friends here and wherever she cast her lot for any period. The passing of Mrs. Scott is a distinct loss to the protector, in which she seemed destined to shine. Mr. Scott, who is an esteemed ed Washingtonian, has the sincere sympathy of the entire theatrical craft in his hour of sad bereavement PUBLIC MEN AND THINGS [By the Sage of the Potomac.] I went to Buckroe Beach last week. I saw quite a number of Washingtonians there. You would be surprised to know the number of Washingtonians hiding in the woods and they are not making any fuss about it either. Harry L. Tignore went to Atlantic City last week. He has caused a split in the ranks of the Elks.on candidates. He has created a division in the Atlantic City delegation as well as in the home delegation. All is not sunshine. Tignor will leave for Cleveland Ohio today, or next week. Things are now warm. Bundy is a tough proposition and a good fighter. He is not opposing any particular candidate. Attorney A. Williams declares that he will have a walk-over, but Mr. Bundy declares that no one will have a walk-over and when he gets to Cleveland, Ohio some one will strike a snag. His legal advisor is all smiles, he says "just wait and see the cat jump." I favor a colored president of Howard University. He should be on the order of Kelly, Miller or Wm. A. Sclaire. Either would make a good president. The idea of a colored man not being capable is all bosh. There is my good friend James E. Sheperd, of Durham, N.C., who is the greatest organizer in the United States. He would make a great president of a great institution. All that a colored man wants is an opportunity to do. I shall continue to advocate a colored president of Howard University. If a Colored man is not given an opportunity how is he to succeed? Take every college that has a colored president and see how they are succeeding None of them have failed, but they are doing well. The colored colleges south are doing well with their colored presidents. I have been, discussing to myself the inconsistency of some of our public affairs. Out of a great number of drafted colored men. None of them have tried to get behind petticoats. The colored men are brave and will fight no matter what the consequences may be. Hundreds of some of the best educated men in the country have joined the officers camp. They are willing and ready to fight for a country that fails to protect them. I never worry because I know that the black man is, coming out all right. This war will end in the elimination of race prejudice. This war will cause ethiplis to stretch forth her hand again with God. The time is drawing near when the enemies of the Colored Americans will be convinced that our God rules the destinies of all nations. I understand that there is a Colored Citizens Committee in town. This committee never rests until these is an offer in sight or a big fish to fry. Just when the Colored people authorized the establishment of this company the sage doesn't know. I am to go so wise this week. I am going to take a trip to Atlantic City and look the field over and see whether Harry Tignor has made a hole in the sea wall, Armond says that he can fill up any hole there. He may make everybody well by singing praise to the victor after the Cleveland, Ohio, contest Some people will sing another song The sage will have more to say next week. TREASURY NOTES. Dr. Segeria received a promotion recently. The Doctor is rapidly going up. Mr. Wilson A. Evans, son of the late John M. Evans, well known citizen of the city, received a promotion as clerk in the 4th Auditors' office, July 1. Mr. Evans is quite a popular young benedict and a native of Washington. Mr. Wilson Gray, of the Treasury, is receiving great praise on the signal success of his young and enterprising son, Prof. Clarence Gray. Attorney and Mrs. Archibald S. Pinkett and little daughter, Lillian Louise Pinkett, left the city for Luray, Va., Saturday to attend the reunion of the Attorney's family. Little Miss Thela Smith, daughter of Mrs. Mary Brown-Smith, left the city, the 15th of July, to visit her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Perey Brown, of 159 W. 138th street, New York City. Leaving New York City, she short visit to Long Branch, New Jersey, motorized over to Cape May, New Jersey, the party is stopping at Hotel Dale for a few weeks, until the 18th of August, when Mrs. Smith will join them to visit the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, at Amyteville, New Jersey. Mrs. Brown was formerly Miss Josephine Morgan, a popular school teacher of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Vivian Lucile Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thomas was recently promoted at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Mrs. Beatrice McGwinn Brown and Miss Phoebe Purse were recently promoted. Mrs. Louise Patterson, wife of Captain Patterson, in company with her cousins, Mrs. Cynthia Shorter and daughter, Mrs. Lucinda Shorter-Walker, motored to the camp to pay a visit to the Captain. Dr. Morris A. Dodson, formerly of this city but now of Detroit, Michigan, paled a visit to his parents and ran a visit to his 3rd street northwest, a few weeks ago, spending a while in Toronto, Canada. Mrs. Lottie Evans, of 5th street, LeDoit Park, has returned home after a delightful stay of several weeks in the hills of Virginia. Mrs. Evans was accompanied by her daughter and grand-daughter, Mrs. Louise Evans-Pinkett and little Lillian Louise Pinkett. NEWS NOTES HERE AND THERE. The funeral of the late Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, D. D., LL. D., from Metropolitan Baptist Church, R St., between 12th and 13th Sts, N. W., on Friday, August 3, was indeed an impressive occasion. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Norman, as Master of Ceremonies, conducted a program of funeral procession of in and around two hundred ministers and churchmen, song, touching resolutions, eulogies, sermons, addresses, telegrams and letters that, beyond any question, proved a most fitting final tribute to the greatest Negro Baptist on the American Continent. The floral offerings were profuse, varied in design, and most beautiful; the part played by the undertaker being unsurpassed in all of its service. Truly, was it an occasion the memory of which will never die. The Baptist Ministers' Conference, in its closing session at Mt. Alary Baptist Church, Monday, August 6, was an interesting one. The principal feature was the address by Rev. A. Sayles, D. D., on the subject "The Church as a Center." Dr. Sayles paper was a masterpiece of church history, polity, and full of meaning. The Conference voted its most cordial appreciation of the Doctor's message. Rev. Dr. J. Harvey Randolph and wife left on their vacation for Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Tuesday, August 7. The Mt. Morail Baptist Church, of which Dr. Randolph is pastor, will begin an evangelical campaign; Dr. S. L. Johnson of Boydton, Va., assisting, on September 16, running into October. Rev. Dr. J. H. Jernagin and daughters Misses Lottie and Rosa left for Atlantic City, N. Y., on Tuesday, August 7, to spend their vacation there. The organization council for the Mission at 7th and K Sts., S. E., met and organized the St. Mark Baptist Church there on Friday evening, at 8:45 o'clock, August 3, with Bro. Augustus Mann, pastor. A recognition council will be called at an early date. 10,000 PETITIONS FROM 36 STATES. My friend: Praise the Lord. I got a hearing for the National Association of Colored Women before House Rules Committee Friday. A few hours later, Mr. Tyler called me up to tell me of profound impression and to urge me to stay with him in the fight. He told me he had good news for me and then said—The Committee decided to report favorably on Resolution after recess of House. In the meantime, I am to get my people to flood Congressmen with petitions. Will you help me? The fight is on. I am talking to the Lord and I am working with and for Him. We are going to win, not easily, but sweeter will be the fruits of victory. A few of "your" would be leaders, rushed in at the last minute to have it appear that they had worked. Father, forgive our spineless, friends who seek the lime light and the newspaper and are satisfied. I carried 10,000 appeals from 36 States. I showed what a mountain of protest and appeal is back of this drive. Sincerely. NANNIE H. BURROUGHS Baltimore Afro-American, Aug. 11. Prof. Kelly Miller, Bishop I. Ross, Geo W. Cook, and others were at the hear- ing. The above were the would be leaders referred to by Miss Burroughs. FAIRMONT HEIGHTS. Miss Marie Choates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Choates, of Washington, is the guest of Mrs. Harry Pinkney for several weeks at Fairmont Heights. HOTEL DALE. Cape May, N. J. August 11 1917. The following have registered at the Hotel Dale, Cape May, This Week. PHILADLEPHIA Henry Hoskins, Florence Brooks, Marie A. Potter, Oliver Tate, Ebon E. Cumberbach, Wm. H. Jackson, Wm. B. Jackson, John A. Carrington, Miss Stella Wallace, Henry Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hall, J. H. Nudget and wife, C. H. Bythewood, Lucien M. Parrish, A. Ducan, Miss Belle Peterson, John C. G. Temple, wife and family. New York. Mr. W. H. Willis and wife, Alice Purdy, Jno. Harris. Wilmington. Jno. Hopkins, Mrs. Jno. Hopkins, Delancey P. Hamilton, and Mrs. Delancey P. Hamilton Atlantic City. Mrs. Claudius Nelson, Maurice Clifford, Washington, D. C. Baltimore. F. Williams, Robt. Darfield, N. Williams Mrs. R. Linberry, Richard Thompkins Jr. Richmond Geo. W. Wilkerson Jr., Wm. H. Tinsley, Maurice P. Tyler, Robt. A. Crump, Chas, Wadley, Archie L. Ferris, A. C. Johnson M. D. Octavia Waters, Norfolk Va., Miss Davis, Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. J. H. Harden, Opelika Ala., Miss Morrice, Charlotte, N. C., A. W. Newton, Camden, N. J. C., Camey, Durham, N. C., Miss Pondee Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Holland, Coatsvill, Mrs. Cercpy Caps and daughter, Walter P. Smith, Pitts' Mrs. Wm. Proctor and daughter Pitts'g. AUTOMOBILES A local paper advises every man to buy an automobile, and buy it now. This is very bad advice. For some people an automobile is a necessity; for most people it is an expensive luxury. The initial cost price is often the smallest part of the cost. The most of our readers are comparatively poor. They should avoid all forms of expensive luxuries. Our advice to every one of our readers is—buy a home. If you already own one house, buy another. That is the simplest and easiest way to gain wealth. It is often better than simple saving. Do not buy an expensive house. It is not always necessary for you to live in your own house. Remember that the rent pays for the house. Buy a house. Buy it.at a bargain. Stint yourself, if necessary, to pay for it. After the first house is paid for the sailing will be smoother. Avoid: The inferior type of woman or man—the are the ones who enter into the lives of our daughter and sons seeking to defame their good names. The woman who seems to know your personal affairs more than you do yourself. The common class of women who seeks to slander and lower you in a crowd. They are not worth your hire. That woman who has a lease on a glass house—yet dares to throw a stone. That woman, to gain a point, says: "You know you told me that so and so." She prevaricates. Those low, common, coarse women who say: "You are common." Your superiority is so pronounced. They are jealous and will dare anything. Pretenders. The flat-footed snake-eyed demons who use filthy linen to further their purposes, harming every helpless victim that comes in their path. Shun them as you would a black snake in the grass. An argument with your inferior in intelligence, class, etc. HOWARD THEATRE. The picture at the Howard this week is beneficial to the people. No person should fail to see this picture. It is a great object lesson to Colored Americans. The patrons of this theatre, are invited to look for a high class of Vaudeville acts hereafter, such as have never been at the Howard Theatre. Mr. Andrew J. Thomas is the greatest Colored theatrical producer in the United States. His assistant Mr. Byers is popular with the movies and he generally caters to their wants. Lookout for high class Vaudeville Twinklers on the Dudley Circuit in Washington The Dudley circuit "twinklers" this week at the local houses are distributed as follows:— Howard—Mrs. Billy Kersands, Dare-Devil Reynolds and Harrington and Mills. Foraker—Gray and Dunlop and Thomas Melton. Iceland Airdrome—Bell and Jackson, Annie St. Clair and Bobbie Briggs. Blue Mouse—Pope and Dallas Dudley's U Street House—Ross and Ross and Lockhart and Mason. Mid City—McClennon and McClennon. MR. CLIFFORD ENTERTAINS. I have heard you say that we shall see and know our friends in heaven—Shakespeare. Quite a distinguished and enjoyable gathering met at the residence of Mr. U. H. Clifford on 9th street at a smoker, Thursday evening, August 2, 1917. Among those present were Attorney John E. Collins, Messrs. Charles Hall, Frank Byron, Peter Bruce, Charles Slocum Polk, Judge Robert H. Terrell, Jesse Powell, Thos. Brown, of New York, of the Quality Amusement Co.. Billy was at his best. He called the boys to a spread that would have done honor to the Gods. SATURDAY SERMONS. It is rare that an unfortunate person has friends. Fortune sells herself at a dear rate to those who seek after her; but often courts those who seem less-solicitous about her favors. Modesty ought to be the virtue of those who are deficient in other virtues. Praises are satire when insincere. Almost always the most indignant are the most generous. FAIRFAX NEWS. Special exercises were held by the Shiloh Baptist Sunday School, of Odrick Corner Virginia, the afternoon of Sunday August 12, 1917. The great success was due to the, uniting efforts of Mr. R. T. Jackson, assisted by Mrs. Ada Borgus and Mrs. Washington. There were many visitors from Washington, Langley and Chesterbrook. AUTOMOBILE GIFTS Representatives of the Gift to the Manager of the National Benefit Greviance Company Called on The Bee—A Voluntary Contribution and Not a Compulsion, They Say. The Bee is not responsible for the utterances by the Sage of the Potomac to the extent of disclosing his or her identity. Legally, the Editor of The Bee would be held for any truthless utterances or publication. This is not for the public's good. The Sage stated last week that a certain Insurance Company, it didn't say where or who was the party or the employees of the Insurance Company had been "taxed" for the purpose of giving the manager an automobile. Tuesday morning, August 14, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, two of the leading representatives 'educar' (A quor eq) 1) Sunisrio National Secretary and Browenax. National Secretary: called at The Bee office and stated among other things, that The Bee had misrepresented this gift of an automobile to the manager. In what particular, they were asked. Mr. Broodenax said: "No one is taxed." Question. "How did the body employees know about this gift to the manager?" Answer: "Well the National officers of the automobile gift have this in charge; and believe that the manager desires a gift from the loyal employees." Question—" Don't you think that the loyal employees are entitled to a gift from the manager, who is rich and controls the insurance company. Don't you think that these two gentlemen ought to be compensated by the manager for your loyalty and for making your insurance company a success? Answer—"Well," remarked Mr. Broedenax, "you see that he is the whole thing and he has directed the company and made it a success." Question—"What makes this automobile scheme National?" Answer—"By Mr. Dennis. We operate in several states." Question.—"Is that your answer?" Answer.—(Mr. Broodwax) "Well, we are not National in the strickest sense." The Bee.—"There you modify your statement! Don't you think that you two men should be given an automobile instead of the manager? who is the manager, anyway?" Answer.—(Mr. Dennis) "We have a typical and we would not accept an automobile from employees." The Bee.—"Why would you ask the employees there to make a voluntary contribution for the benefit of the manager? And then again, why are you so much interested in the manager? Have you been promoted?" Answer.—(Mr. Dennis) "I was offered a promotion but I refused it." Answer.—(Mr. Dennis) "I was offered a promotion but I refused it." The Bee.—"Why?" Answer.—(Mr. Dennis) "I would have to leave the field and take up an out-of-town office which I didn't want." The Bee.—"How about your, Mr. Broodenax, have you been promoted?" Answer.—"O! yes, I have been promoted. as District Superintendent." The Bee.—"Is this the reason that you want to give the manager an automobile?" Answer.—"No, not at all. We, the agents, are getting up the donations. The females are not compelled to contribute." The Bee.—"They refused to contribute, you wouldn't take it would you?" The Bee.—"If they refused to contribute. (Mr. Broodenax) "We would not care." The Bee.—"I am of the opinion that you two agents are more entitled to an automobile than your manager and I am going to say so." Answer.—(Mr. Broodenax) "We can't prevent you from saying that, but all we want you to say is that no one compelled to contribute." The Bee.—"I have full information concerning this automobile-gift, gentlemen, and I don't think that the females in the company should be asked to contribute. The manager is rich. He has a big income and the employees are poor and if The Bee was in his place it would decline the gift from the employees." Answer.—(Mr. Broodenax) "Do you think that Rev. Clair, of Asbery Chinds, should have declined his automobile, gift?" "The Bee—"No he erected a large church to save souls, you bury them after death. That is the difference. I am glad to have met you gentlemen. Call again and in the mean time share up your interview to the Sage. ROSSLYN, VA. Miss Gladys Johnson, the charming daughter of Mrs. Harriet Johnson, of Rosslyn, Va., is spending three weeks with her uncle, Dr. R. B. Milliner, of Annapolis, Md. She hopes to return much benefited for her senior year at the Dunbar High School, where she has been most successful during the past three years. RICHARD8 DRUG 8TORE. One of the best established Drug stores is that of Dr. Richards, four- and one half and F st., southwest. Nothing but pure drugs can be found in this store. Everybody in the southwest knows Dr. Richards. SATURDAY SERMONS. “ By Unus. “and he played on-2 harp of @ thou- eand strings.” Good reader, editor«Chase thinks I can” preach—preach on. worldy sub- fects. He has extended mea proba- Gonary call He promises to pay my board and lodging it-I make good, but to give me an early conge if I do not. heretore, pray for me. And some ‘times tell the editor.that you like my sermons. a . "Tuam. got an ordained’ preachet anointed of God, and hence I shall) hot attempt to invade the: field: of the regular: pastors. My. main: con: corn is with the life here below. - My. motto shall be, “Live honestly, hurt nobody, lend @ hand.” This’ will fnclude .the giving of, advice. And while I purpose to play strings, 1 shall’ aim to play on: one, string at @ * time. PBs os Hditor Chase says he wants me-to fl this column onée aweek. Laws a mercy! That means I must put on my tiinking cap, and do a lot of scout- ing for ideas, If the thinking cap fails me at times, I must fall back on the writings of wise men and women who have gone before. I may often cull grom_ the. Scriptures,” Hyer Socrates, Plato Epictetus, Confuctus, Seneca Montaigne, Bacon, Emerson, Longfellow; Fred Douglass and Josh Billings..,Thelr thoughts. are_ public property now. I sha.-take my own - Wherever 1 see it, and I,may not, often give credit. ‘These introductory. remarks have taken up so much of my column that T cannot preach a regular sermon this week. But I here announce that my subject for next Saturday will be CONVERSATION. Of all the ‘social usages and art conversation fs oné often most ompro tant for our people to cultivate ané use to advantage. ‘Our people are not yet, “clos students of books and periodicals ‘They. do not read much except in th daily papers. The most of their ox changes of ideas is by conservation ‘They spend much time in conversa tion. This 1s their principal. mode ‘6 social recreation. . Since ‘they rea little and talk miuch, they should tur talking, to an. advantage. ~ Conversation can be made a powel ful agency for the promotion of ‘thin! ing and for the dissemination of usi ful knowledge. ‘The most of th preaching of all the great teacher prophets and philosophers of ear! times was in the form of convers tions. It is not certain “that any the great teachers of antiquity év wrote anything themselves. Son ‘of them probably could not ‘write. ‘However, the standards of conv sation, a8 far as utility 4s ‘concerne _ are not the same nowadays as elden times. In olden times peor + Were mainly: interested. in questio relating to ontology, religion, mora ‘and small property,rights. The soc organization was then not compl ‘There :was then little science, Nt art and little property. And the wo! . Was more roomy. Little was know and little needed to’be known. But today we have a vast body science and art, which for the mc - part is recorded in print. Knowled of these continues to increaso 2 what was useful knowledge last ¥¢ Woken useress Loday. J Today it is necessary for every 0 + to. have considerable exact knc ledge, Deductive: logic has had day:as a;sole means of the advan ment of “learning. It” was” alwe faulty. Induetiye logic is now the p vailing: methods of research. Eve © thing must.now be tried: or test No longer can the philosopher foot. in air and mount to the ski No longer fs the foundation of. knc ledge mere assertions, flats, adas and ipse dixits.' Now every: propc tloa must withstand the acid test. 1 ductive logic {s the logic of the bu ness. ‘All knowledge is not written dor Much of the most important busine {s transacted’ by speech and the m important knowledge by word « mouth. i : . ‘This is coaversation. Conversat! ig the best means’ for the prelimina sifting of every proposition. By: c versation we can convey and rece! information, uncover truth, disco ‘error. It §8 common means of ‘ent tainment. It can he a means of | falling delight. It is contended by some that in ¢ times conversation {s almost a 1 art. There are cortain rules of conv sation. that aro: riecessary and ligatory as tho rules of pleading, jaw. We shall discuss some these in our next Saturday serm - "| Phe word of, God proves the tr Of religion;, the corruption of m its necessity; government, its adv tages. ° ‘Where religion speaks, reason | only a right to hear. ° ‘Nothing: but religion. {s capablo changing pains into pleasure. ‘To make good use of life, one sho _ ‘The word of, God proves the truth Of religion;, the corruption of men, its necessity; government, its advan- tages. ‘Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.” ‘Nothing: hut religion. 1s capable ‘of changing pains into pleasure. ‘To make good use of life, onv should have, in youth tae experlenco -of ad- vanced years, and in old age the vig- or of youth. If we had a fore-feeling of correct. ing ourselves, wo should have none in, keeping ourselves free from faults “"In order to be applauded. for what we do, we must pot too much ap plaud ourselves. a os Hope makes time very long, and en joymenit very short. Long ailments wear out pain, an¢ Jong hopes Joy. soe ‘Those who ought to be secure from calamit{es,"are- general those whc avold it least. oe ‘We wish no-evil to those we des pise, but to those who have a righ * to dispise us. ‘We ought to be more offended a extravagant praise than injuries. It is more honorable to-acknowledg our faults than boast of our merit: How can we love a life that lead to death and by ways set with thorns ‘Good humor is the health of th oul, sadness its poison. ‘Reason shows us our duty. He wh makes us love our duty is mor * powerful than reason itself. ‘An implacable hatred fs 9 sreate burden than we usually think it is. Tt is as natural to fear as to hop when one ‘s unfortunate. ~~ Ybelieve; indeed, that ft 1s° mor laudable to suffer great misfortune than to do great things. THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT. By An Old First-Nighter. An Evening with the “Boss” of. the Dudley Cireult. - The head.of the’S. H. Dudley Theat tical Enterprise-is an, “easy boss,” but one who gets better. results than @ martinet, if the earnest ‘and eloquent tributes ‘of affection and loyalty ox- pressed by the employees of the bis heel Inst Saturday night at the office, 1223 7th street, N. W. torm, any criterion for judgment. 3, H. Dudley, on the eve. of his de- parture tor New York to join the Dave Marion “World of Frolic for. 1917”, to be gone through the season, conceived fhe'idea of giving a “spread” for as Inany of his staff as could be reached, ag a testimonial of ‘his appreciation of their long and faithfal service. ‘The affair was carefully planned ‘and was pulled off on schedule time, the festivities begining just after ‘the performances at the several houses Saturday night and ending . when Sverybody had hfs fill of the good things handcd out. ‘The. menu was Siaborate and plentiful}: embracing & ce oorage qollds that nourished and liquide that cheered the inner man. To all this, it is needless to say, ample “justice was done. Then came ‘|the speech making and there wore ,| some speeches ‘made—not empty plat Hitudes and hotair flubdub—but sobsr, Jadmirably -poiged interchanges Oo! '|ideas between & proad-visioned and ‘liberal employer and a group of friends who were assisting. him tc »|make business success in which al! t| were partners and profit-sharers, 3| “the efrout 1s now enjoying ite great yest wave of prosperity. mee »|°"Mr. Dudley told in detail: of th enterprise he is trying to build up— s}one which will give steady and in | creasingly renumerative salaries t« djail kinds. of colored people, wher ‘they may be assured of fair treat e\ment and’ an opportunity to develo! 8.) along ;whatever line their talents per e|mited. In the company were assist lant managers, advertising agents a eke curtain re:sers, specie a-|Sfficers, door-keepers, scene painter: ot | electricians and. caretakers~and som d}of them combined these useful ‘fu 2|ctions with a clever turn before th footlights. Mr. Dudley. belioves in th r-| power of the press-and the press we k-| there, as it always is when ‘Mr.. Dudle e-|has the “sayeo” about the invitation ne | Mr. Dudley stated that ho may not 1 8, | paying his people all. they (eught ; ly | receive, but.he is doing’ the best tl a-| business will stand in its present of {of developnient; more will come wh er|the harvest grows richer: He ‘col ne| mended their loyalty, their patien and many. evidences .of sympateht er-\jnterest and asked that the sar ed, |spirit of co-operation vontinue: | in| this sentiment.all heartly subserib ple}and it was the consensus of opin! ns |around tho festive board that it ¥ Ig, pleasure’ and a pfivilege to be . ial | sociated with Mr. Dudley in a calli ex.|that promised so .well for the futu tle|It was a veritable “love-teast,”. 2 rid|the “boss” and his belpers part ya,| with assurance that each in his ple would do his bit to the full extent of | his ability. ost| ‘Among the festive gathering w ige | Miss Desdemona. W. Barnett, Mr. Di nd |ley's~ chief leutenart and gene ear inna re R. W._Thomeson. . of national press; ‘Ethel Ewing, M one ; Rich, Massie Abbot, Grece Mors ow- | Carter ‘Lockart, Lillian Buchan: its! Fredrico DeBotts, J. W. Minor, V ce-{lis Lucas, Frank Anderson, Char ays | ("Green Grass”) Mason, ‘Harry H re-{Charlie Ost, Roland Brown, Al ry-| Miller, and others.: Mr. Dudley, ed.}host, was given a rousing farev put }at the close. “CLOSE-UP VIEWS” OF PLAYS Ae eee ve ane: J; it’ is reported that. the Chelsea ‘Theater, M street between 19th and [20th streets, fs. tobe reopened under ‘new ‘management: Picture and vaud- eville are to be offered. ‘he Dudley circuit will book the v/udéville at- tractions. . George Martin is_ making things hum at the Blue.Méuse. One. vaude- yille act is used weekly along with high class phot-plays. Washington,s -miovie lovers: are anxious to get a peep at ‘The Bar Sinister,” a photo-play in which the racé problem is dealt with on the square, and which has. made such a hit with New Yorkers. The folks here would also be glad to pass judgement on the much-talked of “Trooper of Troop K." a picture featuring an al colored cast, led by Noble M. Johngon This film 1s owned by the Douglass Zompany, of which Clarence B: Wells, of Philadelphia, fs tho eastern mana ger. “Tho Bar ‘Sinister” comes to the Howard next weok., S.-H. Dudley has gone to New York to join the Dave Marlon burlesquer: In a revised, edition of “The World of Frolic.” Dudley, who was featurer strong.last season, has a part this year that i9 said to ‘outrank his forme! | work, He ‘is to present an entirel new. specialty, with - nothing old .ré maining but “Patrick,” the mule an‘ he ‘will have new “lines.” 'Thé complaint of Speaker. Cham) Clark that all of the national anthems like “Star-Spangled Banner,” “Amer | ca.” “Battle Hymn of the Republic, ete. lack “pep,” leads us to remar { that here is a fine chance for some 0 | our crack colored composers. to im mortalize themselves by putting fort :|an American tune that. will inspir ,] our troops to victory in the trenche of France. Mr. Clark is-not strong to “Tipperary,” and others say “Dixie is local,“Yankee Doodle” is open t ,|the. same objection, and that “Ho .| Time in Old Town”: is without moti! ;|1¢ tho right air, with, sentiment, an ?|punch combined, : is written, ‘pag 2| Harry T. Lemonier, Frank B. William or some of the other brainy boys tha | have made the welkin ring in the pas ol with timely tunes. _ 7 r{ “Senora. Georgia Gomez, late ‘Downs and. Gomez, the singing du , |sustained a painful accident last wee ‘on the stage of the Howard Theatr e{ while witnessing # rehearsal of th 8} Quality Amusement “Company } Quality, Amusement : ompeny . . Fe ee ee ee ae Seen ee eral days with Mrs. Gordon, 1918 9th street, for recuperation, She has gone to New York for-a brief rest, after. which she will be soon with a strong road show “or go into concert work. ‘The well-known team of Downs and Gomez; the foremost if its kind on the stage, is said to be dissolved for good. ‘They were last seen hero with Irvin C, Miller's “Broadway Rastus,” and “went big.” | The‘ death of Miss Pearl Meredith was a-great shock to her host of friends in this vicinity, who well re- member her excellent work of some years, ago, with Ieham's “Orlental jerlea.” = Luke-A. Scott, ‘singer, comedian and legitamate actor, is to join the Whit: ney and Tutt forces In “My People.” He ‘will be a strong addition to “The Smarter Set.” Miss Esther Bigeou, the vital spark of “Broadway Rastus,” cut short her rest here, Suecumbing to the lure of the footlights, ehe has rejoined. her company, which {s in Norfolk, Va., put- ting on a summer season of musical comedy stock at the Palace Theatre. Now that Miss Blanche Thompson, the sweetest. singer today’ in musical comedy, lias recovered from her re- cet indisposition, it fs barely possible that she may resume her place as lead- |ing lady of ‘the Whitney and Tutt “Smarter Set.” If the persuasions of |ner friends are effective, she will be | found doing the tigh spots this season | in the new Whitney: and. Tutt offering, “My People.”. A role haé been written || in for her, which’ will show off het brilliant yocal talents to better ad vantage than in anything she has yet *| done. s as "| Manager M: Coleman is operating *| both the Iceland Airdome’and the Pal ,| aco Summer Garden in the southwest *| section and is doing an immense busi ess. By @ special arrangement he P|running. a Saturday night “Countr3 -|Store” that is packing.‘em in‘and th | the really worth-while prizes are send ‘|| ing the lucky ones home happy: He i {splitting bis audivilie between the tw | parks, changing on Thursday nights °|" ‘The suggestion of » new and com %|modious theatre on U street, for th S|accomodation of novelty ' vaudiville g|musical. comedy, stock, local produc 4 |tloa, c Heerts, benefit entertainments ¥ Jete., has. struck a popular chord an “j\the. people say “It's just the thin o|that the town needs.” ‘There is am ie |ple room for two big houses for th ra northwest section, just’ as there is fo sn both the Lincoln and the Lafayette | m|the Harlem district of New York Cit ce|"They serve entirely different and di ic |tinet needs. - ne| Of the ladies of “The Smarter Set To|none showed such marked develo ed {ment over former, appearances here on | Miss Estelle Cast, in private life, Mr as|Al Watts. Six yéars' of hard and co as-|sctentious study! with such’ maste ng lof music as Rosamond Johnson a1 re, Jothers in New York City, Chicago a nd|Boston, has worked wonders with h ed |naturally sweet.and sympathetic vol ‘ee|Sho has attained .skill as a dane of|and all-round aftist, one of the tc notchers, of’ musical comedy. She 2re|tall and statuesque and has a sta ud- | presence that is/attractive and impr rallsive, ‘Though phenomenally succo: he leul, Driv Cusn nas lost none of t 8.| charming simplicity that made her au,|warm ‘favorite in-other days on @ an. loft the stage.* et vil | edward Tolliver, a well-kilown p 1e8 former; 18 spending a few days in t all, | city. He may enlist as one of the st ma |iar lights of “The Smarter Set” for t ‘#8 | coming season. “Mr. Tolliver is a cl ll er impersonator and character arti and has been seen with the Whitn ites before. ; |, Miss Goldie Chappelle is in the el the guest of Miss B. H. Brock, of C joa |Coran street... She madé the hit of f se3.!careor here’ during the production nd \«Broadway Rastus.” in the role der “Mineola,” succeeding Sadie MeCar Mi-|on short notice: | Miss: Chappell ley | particularly. good in her two solo-nu bers, “Remember” and the India m ody, “The Lover Bold.” ‘Temporar ngs | Miss Chappelle, has, retired from | is. | stage. de-| All things considered it has be a long time since: Washington has s¢ 80 good a team as Ross and Ro arg|Charles and Bessie. Their work gr | clean ard’ classy, full of riotous f eas [yet so delicately put that it would {he [acceptable in a parlor. Their rat {ne |hre conversation fairly, bubbles no | with wit, and the pair are so W ere | matched that they prove a perfect ent |for each other's shafts of ‘humor. at} Ross 1s o natural comedian and ¢ at |his laughs without. apparent eff Son |Hexis a good singer and a nim fis, |daneer. Miss Ross is a beauty, | na.|dignified and’ graceful, and. we the |some pretty. gowns, Her Hawal number is daintily done and her v¢ withal is of a timbre that pleases : ork enchants. Miss Ross isan. Indis ors | polis product—the home.of more di ior [sified talent than any other city tn red land: Ross and Ross are making Sam Gray, one of the mainstays of the Whitney “Smarter Set,” now fat the Foraker, was understudy for ‘Whitney: last season “and was highly commended by the critics for his con- ception of the comedy role of “George ‘Washington Bullion.” ‘The part fell:to him on the very closing night of the show in June, owing: to the. sudden ill- ness of Mr. Whitney, and he acquitted himself with great credit. It ie ex pected’ that Mr. Gray end Miss Dunlop ‘his partner, will both be aesigned to responsible roles in the new “Smarter Set” production piece, “My People.” Gray and Dunlop are experienced per- formers and have worked their way to the top by constant ‘and intelligent labor. *. es Harty Brown, Hudging and Bum- bray and. Means’ and Means are in Baltimore, |" “Manager Robert Levy, of the Qual ‘lity Amusement Company, anhounnces a monster production of Gilbert. and Sullivan's “The Mikado” for early in |tho fall “Robin Hood” may be given ‘ister. Tt is expected that tho Quality ‘leorporatiion will came to the Howard onan average of twice @ month or at Yeast once in three weeks. The people are growing more and more apprecia- tive of high-class offerings and, will pay the ‘price: : S, H. Dudley, nothing daunted by mewapaper reports, visited his mother in Chester, Pa., in the helght of the riot period, but was unburt. He rode in his own white steamer, accompanied by bis gon, ‘Master Sherman Dudley, sr. 3 + Salem Tutt Whitney and compan; ‘arrived in the city Sunday. On Mon day they will defy the socalled “13! fand begin rehearsals of “My People’ ol: the stage of the Howard usec through the courtesy dt-Manager A. J ‘Thomas:. The regular rests: is sched ‘uled to open on the 27th. MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH. ‘The past two Sundays have been days of unusual interest at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. On the night of the twenty-ninth ‘Miss Hallie Queen, who has recently returned from St. Louls,, where: she had been in the interest of the Red Cross Association of Howard Univer- sity, made a report of the recent riots there and much information that has been withheld from the press was glv- en by.her and also Miss Dorothy Pel- tham, who accompanied her on the trip. . ‘Then on last Sunday a special ser- ‘vice was held at eleven o'clock A, M. jn the interest of the men of the Dis- trict of.Columbia who had‘been dratt- ea tor.the U. S. Ariay. ‘Two magnificent addresses were de livered-by Mr. John M. Davis, the new secretary of the ¥. BM. C. A. and Mr Noah Magowan, respectively. ; Mrs. Charlotte Wallace Murray |rendered as only she can “By Thé Rivers of Babylon”, and Dr. Sumner | Wormley,. with, his rich, soulful voic ‘Jcharmed’ the “audience with a se }lection;, |°A short sermon wa delivered by th '| pastor on the"Divine Call"” and durin ‘|the rendition of “The Péarly Whit | City”, . by Mrs. L. T. Gibbons, fow '|persons offered ‘themselves for churcl |membership and @ number stood fo || special prayer. | At night, Miss Lula, May Butler, 0 ‘| Texas, was present and rendered sey {eral gospel selections, She is a go% i| ple singer of the highest order, THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTUBE SCHOOL (ING.) offers an excellent oppor- tunity for the woman who desires to enter the business world, by taking up a course in BEAUTY CULTURE. Nobody nowadays can: say, “I: have no chance.” There are and always will be new lines: with each woman ' whether she will be one of those to create and take advantage of the oppor- tunities that THE FOUNTAIN OF ‘YOUTH. BEAUTY OUL- TURE SCHOOL OFFERS. . We. teach the _ following courses: Hair Dressing, Facial Massage, Manicuring, Seale ‘Treatment, Instantaneous Bleach. ing, Electric Treatment for the Face and Scalp. ~ . ‘There is a constant demand fot THE. FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL’S GRADUATES. THE ABILITY TO USE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITY: DE PENDS UPON: INDIVIDUAI VALUE, and value depends ox training, and training depends o1 learnest, well directed effort to in erease skill, * THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTE BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL’ branches are taught from five dol Jars up. COME IN AND R&GIS TER. DAY ‘AND NIGH! CLASSES. | MME. AGNES J. SMITH, = Prineipal. | Pel. North 4017, | 935° R St. N: W.; % . ‘Washington, D. 0. | = iS Tm, | wee get i « U for : may wey K ; Ye 4 | =e ©) Nels | Re j MS no ornen ice er. | > NO OTHER AS GOOD. oes sey cote ie esau GSP epee hey one TarARRANTED, FOR, ALL TIME, “THE NeW HOME BENING HAGSINE CO, ORANGE, MASS Gustave Oppenheim, 800 5 across ‘northwest, Washington, De TO BANISH EGG SHAMPOOS. Barbers Gay Plan Would Save 250,000,- 000 @ Year. South Bend, Ind.—J. D. Kimerer, 8 parber of this city, has a echeme to ‘eB ve 250,000,000 eggs a year for the con- sumption of the people. He bas ‘put bis plan before National Food Director Hoover and récelved from bim sseur ‘anco of ite consideration, Kimerer would do away with the egg shampoo uring the war. Hoe says that on an average, which is considered low, each barber in the United States gives three egg shampoos 2 week, using two eggs. Recent statistics ahow that thore are ‘Thue if the government placed a ban on egg shampoos for men it would | mean the saving of 98,600,000 egss ‘| each year, provided each barber aver | aged but three shampoos. But other ‘barbers in the city say the average of || three 1s too low and that it would be >| nearer six or eight. Figured at: thal || Fate, more than 200,000,000 eggs could '} be saved. It 1s a hard matter to get @ *| the number of eggs used by womer | for shampooing, inasmuch as many d S| their own work. However, a hatrdress ter estimates that 50,000,000 eggs ar gj used each year. - | UNUSUAL RELICS FOUND. . by Discovery. Santa Fe, N. M—An extraordinary ‘find of historic pottery and relics has been made by Earl Morris, excavating Pueblo ruins at Aztec, San Juan coun- ty, with a force of twenty-five men for the American Museum of Natural Eils- tory. ‘The discovery includes sixty plecés of rare pottery, over 20,000 carved red ‘and black stone heads, baskets, mat- tisg, knives, battleaxes and other stone implements. ‘The turquoise beads, mo- sates and shell ornaments are clagsed ‘as among the finest ever excavated in the southwest. ‘ Grains of corn with cobs, tassels and husks were found iotact, as were also beans and bean pods, pumpkin seeds, pine cones, cotton fiber, yucca leaves, rushés,-cotton yarn and cloth, sandals, snowshoes, beaver teeth and bones of animals arid human beings. One skele- ton in a sitting position indicated, the man had been decapitated. ‘The ‘find was made in an underground com- minal dwelling buried for centuries. BEES .MAKE HOME .IN HOUSE. Store Honey Unmolested For Three Years In Doctor’a Residence.’ St, Loula—A swarm of bees has lived and made honey for three, years in the brick wall at the home of Dr, -Allen ‘Wilson, Wagoner place. Dr, Wilson has nover interfered with the bees, and they have never harmed him, nor has he ever eaten any of the honey. ‘The bees’ improvised hive 1s a cav- ity in the” wall about halfway to, the top of the-two story house on the Kitchen side. ‘The entrance is a small hole apparently left by the bricklayer when placing the bricks around the anchor of an iron wall brace. ‘Dr, Wilson sald he had investigated and found that the cavity now extend: into the wall about a foot, apparently having been hollowed out by the’ bees themselves, ‘The swarm is not a vers large one, and Dr. Wilson thinks it ba: not produced more honey than it need. ed. Ho does not expect to try to re | move the bees. TRANSPLANTING BONE. That of Stockman's Leg Now In Hie Arm. Ringling, Olda—Ten inches of bone that supported his leg between the knee and ankle now 1s filing that amount ‘of space in the forearm of Jim Herring, stockman, of Grady, hay- ing been transplanted there by a sur- geon as the only remedy that would save the arm, Tlie leg, now bearing @ allver plate, bas healed, and the arm promises to be as good as new before long. . ‘Ten months ago Herring sprained his arm, Not having ready access to 8 surgeon and, thinking the injury slight, he set the member himself, At Jength ‘a bone trouble developed and continued to grow more and more malignant for elght.months. Taking out the impaired bone was the surgical cure decided upon, and tho spaco was’ filled with ‘pone from bis leg. * COMES FROM A BIG FAMILY. Recrult Is°Six Feet Four and © tls Brother, Taller, Also to Enlist. ‘SpringSeld, Mo.—John ¥F. Haley, @ twenty-three-year-old farmer near Ozark, Christian county, holds the rec- ord for the tallest man accepted at the ‘United States army recruiting station here since the declaration of war. He ig six feet four and one-half inches.in bis bare feet. He had to-stoop when he entered the door of the recruiting station to enlist. : “You fellows may think I'm big,” he told the recruiting force, “but just wait ti you see my brother. He's two inches taller than I. He'll be here in two or three days to enlist too. He hasn't quite finished helping dad with the planting.* Wife Beater Ducked. Kansas Oity,. Mo—A new form of ponishment has been devised by Judge Frerrod of the city court for wite beat- ‘qs. After sentencing George Martin $a hundred days on the rock pile Sodge Herrod ordered the patrolmen Who escorted him to the “farm” tc stop on thelr way past the Missourr fiver and duck thelr prisoner three fimes, Martin Beat bis wife because ae could not snake the baby stop exp HE WALKS MILES TO) ENLIST. IN CAVALRY i - . * ‘National Guardeinan,, Broke, Couldn't tina t Fok Hia Pinal Discharge. | Ban Antonio, Tex—Grover C. Weems, ‘twenty-one years of age, a member of, Company M, Second Fiorida regiment ‘ef the national guard, reached San An- tonio ‘the other day on foot, ‘having walked ali the way from Miami, Fla., to secure his final discharge trom the militie and join the regular army. : ‘Ho walked, he said, becatise he want- ‘eA to transfer: to” the’ regular. army, was broke and couldn't arrange for his final discharge from the company with- out coming here. . ‘He was arrested tour times on the road—at Monroe, La.; at Jewett, Tex.; near Guifport, Miss, and ‘at Pasca- goula, La, While he wore his national guard uniform, he was arrested twice ‘on suspicion that.he had deserted. He was arrested twice for failute to reg: ister. ‘He was released each thne after showing that he was a member of Company M, Second Florida infantry, mustered ot March 17 and beld in re -gerve. He had the misfortune tobe arrested once at Jewett, Tex. while stopping there to vislt a young lady to whose father he was persona non grata, ‘The people along the way, he sald treated him right.. He was well fe¢ ‘and frequently given a lift by auto SOLDIER RISKS LIFE, WINS NURSE AS BRIDE Private, Injured In Burning Build- | ing, Weds Girl Who Took ~: Care of Him. “New York.—His heroism in rushing into a burning biulding and extingulsh- ing the blaze may result in causing Leo Heck, menfoer of,.Company Hy Seventy-first regiment, national guard; to undergo an operation at Beverue hospital, but it algo brought } 1 @ bride: ‘The girl in the case is fle Helen Maud Lymer, a, nurse, of-Toron- to. They wero married at Hamilton, Ontario. 5 Heck was in a military camp up state when he saw a fre in a big welling house. While he was fight- ing the blaze in, the third story the floor gave way and he fell'to the floor below.’ He was taken to a hospital near by, where Miss Lymer, who was employed there, was assigned to nutse him. : ‘ Before he left the ‘hospital the pa- tient and bis nurse had fallen in love. Heck recently came to Bellevue bos- pital on furlough to consult di -tors ‘and was told that an dperation proba- bly would be necessary. ‘While awaiting an X ray examine- ton he learned that bis flanceo had gone to Hamilton to serve as nurse in @ hospital ‘for wounded British s0l- dlers. Heck left’ for Hamilton on the frat train, and the pair were married by the Rev. W. B, Figle of the Hamilton Baptist church, “Heck has returned here for the X ray examination. COWBELLS SAVE CHERRIES. Farmer Rigged a Water Wheel’ on Wife's Churn to Ring Them. Redding, Cal.—WW. A. Bull of Igo has saved his big cherry crop with cowbell operated by a waterwheel. ‘Bull has an orchard up South Fork cfeck, His cherrles ripened, but as fast as they matured birds picked them off. Bull rigged up some ordinary scarecrows. They did well enough for ‘a day or 50, or until the wise birds de- tected the fraud. ‘As a last resort Bull tled scveral cowbells'in, the treetops and to tho tinklers attached strings, which ho jerked from hls front porch. ‘The cow- delle’ jangling scared tho birds away ‘all right and bid fair to gave the cherry crop, but Bull got tired of jerking the strings all day long. ~ ‘Now, he has a water wheel that runs his wife's chur. .So Bull attached the strings to the churn dasher. As tho water wheel went its rounds the churn Gasher bobbed up and:down, and tho cowbells kept.up their Jangling in tho treetops all day long. The birds were scated away effectually, and Bull saved his cherry crop. COAL MINE IN BACK YARD. ‘Thia Man Doosn’t Have to Worry ‘About Next Winters Prices. eee ee aed oe Woe ee Roanoke, Va.—With the promise of winter coal being around $10 « ton, how would you lke to‘have a coal ‘imine right in your back yard? That's what P. HL Rover of Bluefield bas just Alscovered. Mr, Royer’s back yard runs north to the same way that north appeared to ‘the Uttle boy at school—toward the top of the page—or it fs Just a moun tainside. A coal seam bad been dis- ‘covered on the ‘opposite side of the ridge, and Mr, Rover thought it would be worth investigating on his side But Uttla digging was needed to re ‘yeal the séam, which was four feet in! thickness. 2 ey Old Man Climbs Windmill. Hiawatha, Kan—Though Henry Ade ams of this city 1s elghty-two years 414; he doesn't have to call'in help when a Uttle something goes wrong with bis windmill. Recently he climb, ed to the top of a forty foot ‘windmet ‘and rade some needed repairs. 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Re Re ee OO eae ee ae ee Ee, | OT mio Sok ee a ele be ee Se ee Ce escere | ; ‘ee ee ee eee ee a eg ee ee Beetle «i ceeen er 2 4, : A De eee te ah ee Me ee ee ts ae fe em Soe ae es eas Ba 8 ae ee s Bape ee Pea Ce uae Pe Re GT ee ag eee eee ae Po eee "ot Cae BSR" 5 ag ee pl eee RS aera ee eel SIE GS ae peg see B eet pie ee Ae Sg ee OE Pg ace hel ee ed e Coe “I cordially commend the school’s interest and needs to all who believe in the 7 . = *. Negro race and iu our obligation to help promote its intellectual, ‘moral and religious : uplift.’"—Rev. Dr. Charles. H. Parkhurst, New York City. - 8 . IT IS MORE THAN-A MERE SCHOOL—IT’IS A COMMUNITY OF SERVICE 4ND UPLIFT Its influence is destined to be felt.in all se tions of the country in improved Negro cummunity z life wherever our trained, ‘workers ‘locate. ° : 4 . ‘ Settlement workers, :iicsiouaries for home and foreign mission ficlds, Y. M. C- A..and -Y, W. C. A.” : secretaries and district nurses receive a coitiprehensive. grasp .of heir studiés under a Wellesley graduate and “experienced co-workers and actual every-day practice through the school’s SOCIAL 7 ‘ SERVICE DEPARTMENT. : ” _. A HIGH STANDARD COLLEGE DEPARTMENT has now been established. ‘We aim also to créaté ‘a better ‘qualified :ministry. . 3 Industrial training, ‘advanced literary branches, business szhool. _* < . Thirty-two acres; ten modern, buildings; heathful locatior: : . “We can accommodate é few more carnest, ambitious students. 1 . Communities requiring gocal workers should write us. . . + NEXT SCHOOL TERM OPENS OCT. 4, 1916, . : . * For catalog and detailed informition, address: . . PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD a0 oN . NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL ERR, ; DURHAM, N. 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We often deplore the lack of race pride among our colored people. But after all it may be that the importance of race pride is over estimated. All sorts of pride are an unknown quantity and have an uncertain basis. Much of the personal, family, race and national pride is a mythical or minor quantity. More important than race pride, is race solidarity. The one is an unattained ideal; the other can be a potent fact. Race solidarity can be a definite and determinable quantity; it can have an adequate reason; it can produce tangible results. A man does not always favor and aid a member of his household because of pride in the person. He may have a son or a brother in whom he takes no pride, yet lends him a hand. He does it because his interest and moral instinct require it. And where every member of a family acts on the same principle, we have a good illustration of practical community of interest. It is not often family pride that is the motive; it is interest. It pays. The same law applies to a neighborhood, circle, race, class or nation. It is not pride, although pride may follow as an incident of success. Solidarity must be based primarily on self interest. But a broad and enlightened self interest in large affairs will give rise to numerous acts of free service and sacrifice. Such acts most often return some form of benefit or pleasure to the actor. Every man is more or less drawn by one or more of several forms of community interest—interest of family, town, state, nation, political party, church, secret society or race. Where he is influenced by two or more of such interests he is drawn by the strongest, which is usually the most important to him. It is analogous to the principle of "composition of forces" in physics: It is paramounty that determines the alliance. Pride has little to do with it. It is on this principle that people act together in groups for special objects. In economic affairs-industry and trade, for example-it seems doubtful that any larger number of people act from a motive of race pride. If a colored American sought to do an importing or exporting business with Hayti, he would doubtless find that the factor of race would secure him no special favor. It is said that some years ago the British, with the object of influencing their own people to buy only English made cutlery, required that all German made cutlery should be stamped "made in Germany." This did not lessen the sale of German goods in England. The price, quality and style proved to be paramount. So also in the United States. The unthinking masses follow their individual interest or fancy, and they buy regardless of race or national considerations. Today an article stamped "made in Germany" would not sell in England, and little better in our country. It usually requires a rude awakening to show the average person, the populace, his true paramount interest. In the city of Washington, the average colored man will probably not go far out of his way to buy a cigar at a store kept by a colored man, the price and quali- being the same. Race pride not enter into the question as a rule. But in such a case there are some colored men who will inconvenience . themselves slightly to buy with equal satisfaction of a colored store keeper. Such a man is more of a thinker and philosopher. He consults something besides his immediate personal convenience. He consults the interest of his class as a whole, and in doing this, he really consults his own interest. But in the example mentioned, if the smoker knew that he could not get as favorable a bargain at the colored store, the chances are reduced that he would go there to buy, and less probable still that he would go out of his way to buy there. Whether or not he is right in this, it is not profitable here to discuss, since the remedy lies in the power of the dealer. The spirit and motive of race solidarity will cause a colored butcher to go out of his way to buy his cigars of a colored dealer at a fair price, because he hopes that the cigar man will come to him for meat at a fair price. The two transactions are practical, mutual self interest, and many such instances constitute a sort of race solidarity. But there should be a sufficiency of such shops well distributed throughout the city, because an important factor of business, is convenience. Other things equal, a man usually buys where it is most convenient. A great thing is convenience. Let us attach less importance to race pride in business, but aim at race solidarity, which is to be maintained by efficiency, quality, politeness and convenience. The proposed Commercial Exchange cannot create race pride in Washington in a day. But it can sooner, bring race solidarity. The one is not of prime importance; the other is absolutely essential. The one is fatuous; the other is feasible. Let the slogan be Race Solidarity. DOG EAT DOG We are very much interested in the Commercial Study Club recently organized here. We await with impatience the announcement of their plans. We shall be glad to print them. There is one economic principle that this Club should make plain to the people. It is the business principle opposed to the practice of "dog eat dog." Everybody knows what it is. The thing to do is discourage the practice. Individuals, families, races, nations grow rich or prosper in three main ways: by labor, by saving, by trading. Of course, these methods must be combined. One man cannot grow rich by simply trading with himself. Little less can a family, and unless a race or nation is very extensive and possessed of all the necessary natural resources, the principle applies with almost equal force to races and nations. The greatest profits are made by trading. Trading is a sort of rivalry very much akin to contest or war. The most industrious or most efficient or shrewdest win the larger advantage. Now let us bring the subject close home to our colored race in this country, this city. It is legitimate and proper for them to trade among themselves. This will bring profit to individuals among them, and if many individuals among them so profit, that means substantial prosperity for the whole race. But colored traders and schemers must not confine their efforts "profitteering" to their own race. That is the principle of "dog eat dog." We see too much of this spirit and practice. The tendency of the shrewd colored business man, trader, and schemer, is to look for his patronage solely among his own people. That is about the extent of his business vision and capacity. Wherever this is legitimate, it is to be commended. Wherever it is not legitimate, it is pernicious and to be condemned. The result of the one practice is to retain among the colored race money that otherwise would be spent among the rival race. The result of the other practice is simply to support in comparative ease a vast number of parasites who feed on their own people which is "dog eat dog." Better to illustrate, let us suppose that the colored people of Washington spend $50,000,000 a year; that of this they spend $45,000,000 with the white race, and that they spend $5,000,000 of it among their own race. If $4,000,000 of this latter sum is spent among their own race for legitimate purposes, very good. But if the remaining $1,000,000 goes to colored fakirs, and schemers, it is not good. It is a plain case of "dog eat dog." Of course it would be the ideal thing if the colored people spent much more than $5,000,000 a year with their own race, but that is not the point here—that is another story. It is plain to see that the $1,000,000,000 in question is erased to the colored race as a whole. It goes to a few schemers who render no adequate service in return Now let us give these schemers a little pointer. It is probable that more than $1,000,000 of the $45,000,000 spent with the whites was also spent on useless schemes, the white man's schemes. Would it not be better for the colored community as a whole if these colored schemers should rig up traps and nets for the white schemers, and try to get from them some of the money improperly taken from the colored race? That would be "tit for tat." A race cannot profit and prosper as a whole by preying solely on its own members. CHAOS For some time the Bee has been calling attention to the bad social and economic condition of the colored people in the United States, and Washington in particular. The Bee has been the first colored journal to speak out plainly on this subject. But we said nothing new in the sense that it was not already known to everybody. The surprising thing is that we have not heard a single note of denial or disapproval. Everybody says: "It is the God's truth. Something should be done." But The Bee has not stopped at simply lifting the curtain. We have pointed out the remedy. For Wahington, we have persistently advocated the Commercial Exchange. We have pointed out what a commercial exchange should and could accomplish here. The business of the commercial exchange will be to bring order out of chaos. The Bee cannot do this alone. No man can do it. No ten or hundred men and women can do it. It must be the work of the many. It must be the work of all. The social condition of the colored people of Washington is a condition of chaos. What is chaos? Chaos is a condition without form or order or purpose. There are various kinds of chaos—chaos of mind, chaos of matter, chaos of mind and matter combined. Ours is a social chaos, which is a chaos of matter and mind. The first requisite to bringing order out of chaos, is mind. There must be a single mind or a unity of many minds. This involves some form of leadership. The next step is ordination. Ordination involves study and classification, which includes co-ordination and subordination. These processes include the discovery of and assigning of like unto like. When ordination is complete we have order. A vast aggregation well ordered is a machine capable of great possibilities. Each co-ordinate and subordinate part has its useful function. A great aggregation of people well ordered, or organized is a machine. It is a social machine. It is society. It would be incorrect to say that our colored people are in a condition of absolute social chaos. It is not quite so bad as that, for the simple reason that our colored people form a part of the white social machines. As individuals they are cogs and rivets in that machin. They perform useful individual functions in that machine, but in that capacity they are mere tools and aids. They are merely minor parts in the white man's social machine. They have no part in the regulating of that machine. They have no partnership in its ultimate purpose. They receive few of the profits of its operation. As individual cogs and rivets they can be eliminated at any time, as they often are. As a whole they could be eventually eliminated without any impairment to the white man's machine. Indeed, this is often done or attempted here and there. As a matter of fact, the white man in this country now desires, as far as is practicable, to dispense with the colored man as cogs and rivets in his social machine. The employment of the colored man for these purposes is subject to caprice, convenience and necessary, all of which vary with time and locality. The social machine of the white man to which we refer is his industrial and commercial organization. On the whole, his machine works pretty well. It is far from perfect, but it exists, and it works. The colored man plays only a parts in it, except in cogs and rivets and material. He simply supplies certain low grades of un- Madame Walker's Goods We have the exclusive Wholesale Agency for Madame Walker's Preparations Wholesale and Retail AGENTS SUPPLIED Peoples Drug Store - Agency. 7th & M, N. W. skilled labor. The colored man must have his industrial and commercial machine. This means he must have organization. There is a difference between organization and organizations. Organization is the reverse of chaos. EDUCATION In the last fifty years the colored people have made education their main goal. They did not exactly know what it was, but they thought it something very fine; and they pursued it. Has it not proved to be something of an ignus fatuis? Have they not seized the shadow for the substantial? At first their main ambition was to spell and parse and read and write. Soon they could read the Bible. They needed many teachers for the primary schools. Many colleges were established to teach colored men and women how to teach. But common sense tells us that the main object of colored colleges was only temporary. It seems it has not been regarded as temporary. The colored colleges still go on teaching the same subjects they taught the colored youths forty years ago. The ideal and pace were set by those good Northern people, who were interested mainly in religion and good morals and manners. And so the Southern colored colleges copied the curriculums of Harvard and Yale. They taught Latin, Greek, literature and mental and moral philosophy, and they are still teaching these subjects—and little else. In the meantime, Harvard and Yale are gradually and surely turning aside from those subjects. They are teaching sociology, economics. They are going in strong for vocational studies. They have introduced the elective system. They are now preparing to go further in this direction than ever before. The new idea is to start a youth early in life along the road he means to travel—to shape him for his life work. Whether this new ideal is to be commended, it is almost useless to discuss. The fact is, this is the spirit of the times. It is a material age. The struggles of the nations and races and classes have become very acute. They are economic struggles. They relate to bread and meat. The colored man cannot afford to stop to discuss the purely academie question whether this is right or wrong. He has got to fall into line. What is education? Every nation, race, class and community must answer this question to suit its own purposes. The colored people must answer this question independently. Here is our definition of education: "A training best suited to the deficiencies, needs, hopes and ambitions of the individual or economic class." The colored people are a distinct economic class. Why should we aim to teach in our high schools and colleges precisely what the white ones teach? Let us consider our own condition and needs. Drat the Harvard curriculum. Let Atlanta and Fisk and Howard make their own standards, and let Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones give them full credit for efficient work done. COOKERY. We have received some compliments on our recent articles about cooks and cooking. We would like to say something about the subject every week, but the truth is, we are at a disadvantage. The most we can do is to laud the art of cookery and praise the good cook. Cooking is a subject that must be taught scientifically. It must be learned by combined theory and practice.. For many centuries cookery was neglected as a science. It is only lately that in England and the United States the science has begun to receive proper recognition. We repeat, it is a great and promising field for our people. One of the most famous authorities on cookery and correct dining was a French gentleman named Brillat Savarin. He wrote a famous book on the subject entitled "Physiologie du gout. (Physiology of the Taste.) He was not himself a cook, but a connoisseur in good eating. He was what the French call a gourmet. A gourmet is not the same as a gourmond. A gourmet is an artist at the table; a gourmond is a glutton. The literature on the artistic aspects of cookery is abundant and easily accessible, and moreover, it is exceedingly interesting. We advise our lady readers to examine some of those books at the free Public Library. But what would be better still, would be for our ladies to form a Cookery Club, and have a small and select cookery library and reading room of their own. Who will make the first move in that direction? The Editor will be glad to discuss the subject with any ladies who may be interested. PETER GROGAN SONS AND COMPANY. If you want anything in the line of furniture, the firm of Peter Grogan Sons and Co., should be visited. This is one of the greatest firms in the city and terms arranged to suit our customers. Mention the Bee when you call. THE GREAT NORMAN. An Intellectual and Spiritual Treat at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, Corner of Ninth and S Streets, Northwest. Wednesday evening, August 22, S o'clock p. m., Rev. M. W. N. Norman, D. D., L. L. D., the learn- A. B. president of the Baptist Ministers' Conference, and pastor of the great Metropolitan Baptist Church, and platform orator, will deliver an address. Subject: "Is the present war Amagelon of the end of the age? Cards of admission 10 cents. Persons selling 100 tickets will receive $2.50 in gold; 200 tickets, a ton of coal; 300 tickets, a barrel of flour. Doors open at 7:30 p. m. W. J. SIMMS. Clerk MR. E. W. BUNDY. Mr. E. W. Brundy, Exalted Ruler of Columbia Lodge 85, P. B. O. E., has acclaimed for National Grand Exalted Ruler. Attorney H. L. Tignor and his friends are making a lively campaign. More particulars next week. Tignor and Bundy will leave the city for Cleveland, Ohio, next week. FACED DANGERS TO REGISTER Oil Man Walked Eleven Miles and Swam, Flooded Streams. Ellsworth, Kan.—Heavy rains and swollen streams almost compelled Carl Holt of this city to miss registering. Holt is a tool dresser for the Shamrock-Cushing oil drill. eleven miles southeast of Ellsworth. He was required to register here. When Holt, late in the afternoon, started to drive into Ellsworth with his car he found himself cut off by streams which had flooded and washed out the bridges. He promptly discarded the car, swam the creek and started to walk the eleven miles to Ellsworth. In the course of his walk he found it necessary to navigate other streams in a like manner. Fifteen minutes before 9, wet, muddy and tired, he rushed into the registration hall and signed his name to the card. TOWN KEEPS UNTO ITSELF. Loudville, Me., Seceded From Union in '81 and Never Came Back. Augusta, Me.-Loudville, the home of 150 persons living on Loud's island, enjoys an anomalous distinction as an American town. Loudville is legally part of Maine and the United States, but it won't admit it. Loudville seceded from the United States when the south did and never came back. When a federal officer went to Loudville to enforce the civil war draft he was met with a shower of hot potatoes. He went away. Loudville pays no taxes, has no streets, no sewers, no lights, no boat landings and pays for no mail. It merely permits mall to be thrown ashore twice a week. Loudville claims it is neutral in the war. WILL PROTECT TENANTS. Way Found to Keep Tradesmen Away From Apartment Dwellers Milwaukee. — Tradesmen, including the butcher, the baker and the candle-stick maker, will not swarm about apartment houses to the annoyance of tenants if the recommendations, devised by the management of one of Milwaukee's most modern establishments are generally adopted. In brief, patrons are urged to do their trading with but one grocer, one milkman, one iceman, one laundryman and the like. The quality of service rendered is expected to determine the selection of favorites. By this means the leascholder, it is expected, will not be awakened at an unseemly hour by the merry rattle of cans or clink of bottles as squad after squad of milkmen go trooping over the premises. GETS BACK HIS $55. Doctor's Money Returned After Going Through Laundry Processes Danyville, Ill.—Dr. W. A. Surratt of this city is broken of the habit of putting money in his sock, following the temporary loss of $55 in currency a few days ago. He is now of the opinion that the "women's national" is not a safe place, despite the testimony of hundreds of women to the contrary. The money disappeared in some mysterious manner, and he inserted an advertisement in a newspaper in the faint hope of obtaining some trace of it. He was surprised when called up on the telephone and informed by the proprietor of a laundry that his money had been found after it had gone through all the processes of the laundry. FINGER PRINTS LEGAL. Court Holds They Are, but Tracings of Lines Upon the Fingers. New York.—It is not unconstitutional to finger print a person convicted of a crime, according to a decision by Judge Wadhams in general sessions, upholding the finger printing statute. The decision was given in the case of Anna Sallow, convicted recently of disorderly conduct. After reviewing the history of the case and the previous decisions on the question the court says: "Finger prints are but the tracings of physical characteristics or the lines upon the fingers. Nothing further is required in finger printing than has been sustained heretofore by the courts in making proofs of identification." CARP WAR ON JAPANESE. Truck Farmer Harvests Immature Crop to Save It. Hood River, Ore.-T. Matsumoto; Japanese truck gardener whose acres were inundated when the Columbia freshet broke over his dikes, is conducting the most unique harvest ever witnessed in Hood River. Pushing a flatboat along his water covered truck rows, the Japanese is cutting off immature cabbage heads three feet under water. The Japanese is having to hurry this operation in order to save any of his crop, for swarms of carp have come in at the break in the dike and are ravenously eating the gardener's fresh vegetables. Infant's Secret Railroad Ride. Warsaw, Ind.—Unknown to her parents. Helen, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Keplinger of Silver Lake, boarded a Big Four train at Silver Lake and rode to North Manchester. Five hours later the little girl arrived in Warsaw on another Big Four train, having been sent here by railroad men at North Manchester. The Week in Society "Broken through all previous records this season in the sale of soda water and ice cream soda is a fact we are pleased to tell our patrons," declares BOARD'S DRUG STORE at 1912% 14th Street, N. W. This shows that the public appreciates a refreshing, invigorating and wholesome beverage. When you feel tired and languid there is nothing that will restore your vitality and spirits as a glass of cold, sparkling soda water or a sundae with that luscious, rich fruity flavor served at Board's Drug Store on Fourteenth Street. Miss Ada Albert, daughter of Attorney and Mrs. Albert, of 1952 3rd street, northwest, is detailed in the Examining Division at the B. E. P. The home of Mrs. Mayme Fletcher, of Le Droit Park, was the scene of a unique party, tendered Miss. Grace Tanner in honor of her birthday, Aug. 3, 1917. The charming hostesses were Mrs. Mayme Borwn-Smith, Mayme Fletcher and Miss Effie Middleton. Among the guests were Miss Abbie Mitchell and Miss Susie Sutton Mr. Jas. Fletcher, of Washington, D. C., is having a delightful time in Providence, B. J. Providence, R. T. Mrs. Madge Brooks, daughter of Mrs. Eva Branson, of 15th street, northwest; is exceedingly ill at their residence. Their many friends wish her a speedy recovery. her a speedy Miss Mary L. Greene is a member of the Bee force. Miss Greene is a bright and intelligent young clerk. Mrs. Belle Ingham, of S street, northwest, mother of Mrs. Dr. Williston, spent a delightful im in New York, visiting relatives and friends. Miss Katie Stewart-Wilson, of Brookland, New York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart, of 1626 15th street, is in the city visiting her parents and sister. parents Miss Notalele Cole, the young daughter Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Cole, of 142 S street, is spending a delightful time out of the city. out of the city: Mrs. Belle Harris, of Swann street, northwest, who has been quite indi- posed for several weeks, is recovering, much to the delight of her, devoted children and friends. children and Miss Lulla Briles was recently promoted as an examiner in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Miss Briles is well known in Washington, being a product of our schools. The Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, of the District of Columbia, have their headquarters at Clark's Training School, 1600 13th street, northwest, corner 13th and Q streets, northwest, formerly, the Chilean Lea- gation. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson, of Lynchburg, Va., are the guests of the Misses Moten, 620 R street, northwest. Mrs. Jackson was formerly Miss Hittie Moten. Hittie Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Giles, of Chicago, are in the city, the guests of Mrs. Marie Morgan-Jumper, of 911 Street N.W. S Street. N. Dr. C. E. Giles has been very ill in Freedman's Hospital, but is now much improved. Dr. Bullock, of this city, will open his dental office in the Southern Aid Building in Danyville, Virginia. B Miss Sarah G. Becker, a beauty culturist of Roanoke, Va., is spending two weeks visiting her brother, of this city. the city. Hattie Quett Gibbs, who has been visiting friends in Summit Point, W. Va., and this city has returned to her home in Winchester, Va. her home in Winchester, Va. Miss Cora Brumley, who made a brief visit to this city, has returned her home in Winchester, Va. to her home in Wheaton, Mr. Ray Williams, of Portland, Oregon, is traveling to this city as a pastor on a special car. Mrs. C. Q. Harris, of Montgomery, Alabama, her daughter, Mrs. Holley, wife of Dr. G. W. Holley, of Hinton, West Virginia, and their two boys, are in the city for a few days, visiting relatives and are stopping with her sister, Mrs. Sager, 1518 Columbia street. Mrs. F. C. Caffey, wife of Dr. F. C. Caffey, and son are visiting in this city, enroute to New York to join husband. her husband Mrs. Wm. Webb is visiting in Newport, R. I. having been to Boston to see her son who was drafted: Mrs. Henry Coates, of the Cameron Apartments, is visiting in Atlantic City for a few weeks. City for a re Mrs. A. J. Webster, of this city, will spend the week-end at LaPlata, Md. Miss Carrie Webster, is making a good record in the Government Printing Office. ing Office. Miss Annie Montier, of Tyrone, Pa. has accepted a position in the Govern-Printing Office. ment Printing Mr. Noble T. Weddington, of this city, is in Charlotte, N. C., for a few weeks, visiting relatives. Miss Jennie Wilson, of N. C., is attending the Howard University summer school at this city. her school Miss Helen Fisher, secretary to the Commonwealth of Baltimore, Md., is spending her vacation in this city. oppening Dr. C. C. Middleton, of Baltimore, Md., received a telegram from the War Department offering him an appointment as First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, which he wired acceptance. He is probably the first Negro physician of Maryland to receive such recognition at the hand of the War Department. Dr. Middleton has a younger brother, Mr. L. G. Middleton, who is now at the Army Officers Training Camp at Des Moines, Iowa. 10. Mrs. Ida Jackson, who has been at the bedside of her son and brother in Connellsville, Pa., has returned to the city. Mr. James Wood, of this city, is visiting his mother in Jonesville, South Carolina. South Mrs. Robert Connolly and Mrs. Estelle Taylor, mayor of this city are taking a summer course at Columbia University, New York. Miss Laura Hammond, the cheerful cashier at the Howard Theatre spent the week-end at Rockville, Md. Mrs. Gortrue Sherky, in street, will visit Atlantic City and New York, and join her husband in New Haven, Conn., for the summer. Mr. J. Williams and wife, of Winchester, Va., were in the city last week. women of N. E. Weatherless and wife, of this city, motored to Chicago, guest of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Cassie H. Siria, 3953. Wentworth avenue Sims, 1995. Wesley Mrs. J. B. Cherry and baby, of this city, is visiting Prof.' and Mrs. L. E. White of Arken, S. E. White, of Arlington, Among the Washingtonians, who attended the picnic, "The Frogs Outing," in Pittsburgh, were Dr. M. W. Ward, Miss Irene Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Savoy, Miss Lillian Murdock and Mrs. Floyd Bell. Multifaceted Miss Lillian Murdock, of this city, we given a complimentary reception in Wilkinsburg, the guest of Miss Green Jackson. Grace J. Miss Margaret Brown, of Wilkinsburg, Fa., entertained at breakfast, Thursday morning, in honor of Miss M. F. Brent, of this city. M. E. Brennan Rev. and Mrs. R. S. Jones, of Wilkinsburg, Pa., gave a six-course dinner on Tuesday night in honor of Miss T. Brenton, of this city. M. E. Brent, of M. E. Brent, Johnson, of Howard Miss Irene Johnson, of Howard University, of this city, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Thomas R. Jones, of Wilkinsburg, Pa. Mr W. Calvin Chase Jr will leave the city next week for Richmond, Va. Mrs. Mary Etta Harris has returned to her home in Boston after spending four weeks visiting her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Carrington of 334 Elm St. N. W. St. N. Mrs Harris formerly Miss Mayetta Campbell of Washinton D., G., had a delightful time, being highly enter- tained by her many friends. tained by her husband. For Rent—One single-room, or two in suite to desirable people. Call 4 P. M. 1425. Que St. North West. M. 1429 Quincy Wm. H. Gainer the husband of Hattie W. Gainer departed this life on Monday Evening August 13, at 9:30 o'clock. Services were conducted from the late residence, 1033 21st St., N. W. Rev. Geo. W. Harris officiating Internment was at the Plains, Va. The Peoples Funeral Corporation conducted the services. ed the ser- Mrs. S. W. Williams wife of attorney Chas. S. W. Williams has gone to Philadelphia Pa. Atlantic City and other polls. Eastern Miss. Martha C. Aller accompanied by the little sister Victoria, left the city this evening for Orange Va., the home of their grand parents Elder Lewis C. Sheafe is again in Washington conducting splendid meetings in the tent at the corner of Tenth V. st. N. W. and vus B. Frank A. Byron of Chicago who has been with the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives for the past sixteen years, left Washington last Wednesday with the Committee or a trip to Gulfport, Pensacola, Key West, Havana, Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico and other points in the West India Islands. points in the Elder and Mrs. Lewis C. Sheafe and their daughter Doris Elizabeth, are in the city trooping with Miss Harriet 1432 S. st. N. W. Beason 1435 S. 81 Miss Louise Marshal the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas L. Marshall of Fairmont Heights is spending her vacation with her parents. She will resume her position at Tuskegee in Sent. Sept. Mr. and Mrs. John Green of 1732 12 st. N. W. entertained at dinner Saturday August 11th, in honor of Mrs. Stella Borclay and Mrs. Lena Wilson, of Bowling Green, Ky. Those present were Lieutenant and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Palk, Mrs. E. Euckett, Mrs. Martha West, and Mrs. E. L. Fortune. E. L. FORMAN The table was beautifully decorated and all present enjoyed a most sumptuous feast. Prof. Edward S. Arnold of Independence Texas has accepted a position in the War Dept. of this city. Miss Sophia Nash of Q st. is spending the summer in Spring Lake N. J. Mr. John Fairfax of McLean Virginia was recently appointed to a position in the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Mr. Joseph T. Newman who has been out of the city for a few months has returned and has opened up one of the most up-to-date Barber shops in the city at 405 41/2 st S. W. His shop when fully completed will be a shop of beauty. Mrs. Mattle A. Boston, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has been promoted as an Examiner in the Surface Division. the Surface Division Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur James have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Miller and daughter of Tennessee. They have been the recipients of so much social attention that their return to their native land has been postponed indefinitely. postponed indenture Mr. Delaney, Henry, 1911 2nd, street, northwest, has received a de- dring promotion in the Post Office department. department. Mrs. Hugh J. McEntree, of this city is now the guest of Mrs. Wm. East, 600 Walnut street. 609 Waltham street. Rev. P. F. King, pastor of Shiloh Baptist church, Williamsport, who is a brother of Mrs. McEntree is assisting Mrs. East in entertaining his sister during her visit here. BUREAU NOTES. In spite of the intense heat the Bureau force are holding their own. The Bureau Laborers' Relief Association is still doing commendable work and promise to be a stronger organization in many ways. The colored force of B. E. P. women and men alike, are performing their separate tasks commendably. Mrs. Matilde Canty, Miss Elinorna Hall, Mamie Forrest, Misses Ruth Peters, Ada Albert received promotions. Miss Ruth Peters will go off on a ten days leave soon. Miss Annie Lucas-Lawrence is back at the B. E. P. much to the delight of her many well wishers and coworkers. FALLS CHURCH, VA., NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomas were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Burrell Mc Daniel at Clifton, Va., Sunday, August 5. Mrs. Lena V' Dixon entertained her sister, Mrs. Mattle I. Tolbert, and Mrs. Tolbert's friend Miss Rosa Scott, Sunday August 5. A delightful day spent and a good "old-fashioned country dinner" made it an occasion long to be remembered. The Mothers' Progressive Council held a sympathetic meeting over their "sons of war" on Sunday night, August 5, led by Mrs. Susie Campbell, president, and Mrs. Lena Dixon, vice president, of the Council. The Sons and Daughters of Liberty held their annual Supreme Grand Lodge session here on Monday, August 6. It was a most enjoyable occasion. custion. "Men's Night," Sunday night, August 12, at Second Baptist Church is to be a great meeting of men, according to preparations being made. The pastor, Rev. G. W. Powell, D. D., hopes to see a crowded house. Special program. Let everybody come out and encourage our men. Rev. W. R. Manly and his good people at First Baptist Church, Merrifield. Va., are making great preparations for their annual rally, Sunday, August 19. There will be three services, 11 a. m., 3 p. m., and 8 p. m., conducted by Revs. Dr. Powell, W.A. Price, and the pastbr. Good preaching and singing will be the order of the day. Misses A. Noel Johnson and Hattie Tyler of Baltimore, Md., are spending the week end with Rev. and Mrs. Julius C. Johnson, Jr., the former being Rev. Johnson's sister. Rev. I. L. Thomas, D. D., District Superintendent of Washington District of the Methodist Church, spent a week with his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Johnson, Jr. Miss Blanche Gantt, a popular teacher of Macon, Ga., is visiting Rev. and Mrs. Johnson, en route to the Doctors' Convention in Philadelphia. Little Miss Pauline and Moselle Lowery, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel and Beatrice Lowery, of Washington, D. C., little Miss Minnie Gorham, and Miss Gladys Moore, also of Washington, were happy week-end visitors to the uncle of the Misses Lowerys, Mr. Merritt Sutton, one of the leading citizens of Falls Church, August 4 to 6. Mrs. Inez Moore and husband., Mr. Geo. Moore, parents of Miss Gladys Moore, are spending a very pleasant summer vacation in and around Philadelphia. Miss Gladys is one of the advanced pupils in St. Ann's Academy, Saint Ciprian's Church, S. E., Washington, D. C., having made a pleasing school record in that excelpast year. Falls Church is taking on its oldtime life and interest now, and is calling strongly for The Bee.. FAMOUS TWILIGHT SLEEP FILMS TO BE SHOWN AT HOWARD THEATRE The management of the Howard Theatre has through extraordinary circumstances secured the famous Twilight sleep films for three days commencing Friday 24th of August. This wonderful production has been shown at the Belasco Theatre and so large was the attendance that it was found necessary to keep it up for about four weeks. The films deal with the latest method of painless child birth as discovered by Doctors, Gause and Kronic of Frieberg, showing how womankind is emancipated from her ordeal and how the curse of Eve is lifted from the human race. Dr. Arthur H. Rollwick will deliver a very interesting lecture before the films are shown, and according to various newspapers comments the doctor shows his wonderful ability as an orator. Owing to the delictae subject with which the films deal they will be shown strictly to separate audiences only, and no children will be admitted. The hours of performances will be as follows: Women only, Friday and Saturday afternoon at 3:00, and at 8:00 p. m., and a special matinee for women only will be given on Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Men only, Friday and Saturday nights at 9:00 and a special matinee for men only will be given on Sunday afternoon at 8:45. Every man and woman who is interested in the progress of the human race, should make it their business to attend this wonderful performance The HOWARD THEATRE 7th and Tea Streets. Northwest Andrew J. Thomas Theatre Co., Props. Days Commencing Friday, August Otherhood League Announces Science's Gr The Modern Motherhood League Announces Science's Greatest Triupmh "Twilight Sleep" IN MOTION PICTURES AND LECTURE BY THE FAMOUS DR. ARTHUR ROLLNICK. Painless Child Birth, A Boon to Mother-hood, Emancipating Woman-kind from Her Ordeal. Lifting the Curse of Eve from Humanity. Never Before Seen by Human Eye. Every Man and Woman should see this most Extraordinary Production. Women Can Positively not Afford to Miss it. Special Notice. Owing to the Delicate Subject t with which this Film deals, it will be shown to Friday and Saturday Matinee, 3 o'clock. Friday and Saturday Night Show, 8 o'clock. Sunday—2:30 o'clock, Sharp. Positively no Children Allowed to any of said Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Robb Entertains After entertaining Mrs. J. L. Butt at the Howard Theatre last Tuesday evening and enjoying the musical comedy which was well presented. Mrs. R. P. Robb was the hostess of a surprise supper to Mrs. Britt who is planing to leave the city in a few days on her vacation. The full success of this business is due to our trade sticking to us. They get full big value and some buy new and slightly used suit cases from us at $1.00 to $4.00 and go off and have a good time besides there's sightly used suits at $5.00 and new pants at $1.00 to $3.00 to save a lot of cash. Justh's Old Stand, 619 D Street. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Friday and Saturday at 9 o'clock each Night. Special Matinee, for Men Only, Sunday, 3:45 P.M. Performances. Admission All Seats—25 cents. PEOPLE WHO NEED GLASSES—SHOULD WEAR GLASSES. You all know what the Block Optical Co. means in the optical world. Few concerns have made the studies they have. Naturally, there's a reason. We want to prove it to you. Therefore, take advantage of the following: Good at Block Optical Co.—737 7th St., N..W. This coupon brought by a member of one family entitles them to an examination and a reduction of $2.00 on any pair of glasses. BLOCK OPTICAL CO. MEN ONLY. A HUGE NAVY YARD|X:RAY FOR SOLDIER)“ suioe’ 110° reer up| HOF ROMOMOT=0 OOO FOO GOO a : ae iuecisivn env digane Howacanaa coml@ CONSULT US FIRST | ALL KINDS OF PRINTING ‘© Proposed to Increase Force by} New Tuberculosis Test. In Army ‘Two Miles With Injured Man [| . so : i : : : i = 1,500 Men. < Proves Quick Method. each Is Linotype Composition Electric Power Presses HUNDREDS ALREADY ADDED.| TRIED ON WHOLE REGIMENT. of himeelt on te cuore acter || TDIANCT C DDINIT Ie CO fi Secretary _ Daniéle’ Recommendation For $7,500,000 Contemplates Bullding and Machinery, and:Large Number of . Experts Is Expected to Be Called For If Monpy fy Granted, -Washington.—Tiis elty's greatly aug: niented number of government em- ployees since the, beginning :of war preparations is to be still further add- ed to should congress ‘grant an. appro- priation for $7,500,000 asked for by Secretary Dantels to increaso the -ca- pacity of the naval. gun factory at the Wavhington navy yard.. While the im- mediate need of this appropriation fs for buildings and machinery, the nec- essary ‘men to operate the machines will be required in due time, and it ta estimated that from 1,000 to 1,500 ex- pert, machinists. will be added to the present force. To date more than’ 600 men have been added to tle force at the Washington navy yard since the United States de- clared a state of war to exist between this country and Germany, and Secre- tary, Daniels’ request for a larger gun “factory means that a much larger force of men will be needed here.» * Guns, mounts, torpedoes, mines, tele- scopes, sights, optical instruments and miscellaneous ordnance supplies are to be made at this gun factory in large mumbers,” . ‘The proposed work includes the con- struction of a six story machine shop for mines, mounts and torpedoes, a five story pattern and wood working shop, ‘an extension to the power plant, a new brass foundry, an extension of’ the steel forging plant, an.optical shop, range fitiding “towers, administration buildings, quarters for enlisted person- nel under instruction and the extension of thé yard service system to supply adequately these new structures, Bulld- ings are estimated to cost $5,000,000 and equipment needed will amount to $2,600,000, : . Daniele Discusses Plan, Discussing ‘bis recommendation for ian appropriation, Secretary Daniels “The naval gun factory, possessing as it does @ complete organization and @ large working force, is readily adapt- ed to increasing {ts facilities for deliv. ery of guns, mounts and other munt- tlons: To. develop.any other’ source is not only expensive, but involves a mat- ter of long dolay. It ts therefore con- aldered to tho best interests of the gov- ‘ernment to incrense at once thé capac. ity of the Washington navy yard.” LOCKED DOG IN TOWER. He Stopped the Clock, and There Was No-Time. Rome, Ga—The big city clock in the 600 foot tower on College hill here was stopped by a dog. When City’Time- Keeper Williamson went to wind tho clock two'days before, as he'does every week, a dog followed him on the wind- ing stairway, and when the timekeeper left he did not notice that be had l0ck- ed the dog in the-clock when he closed ‘the door that Jeads to it. For two days, without water or food, the dog whined and burked 600 feet above tho city, but of course was not heard. ‘Then people of the city look- dng at the clock saw that it bad.stop- ped, and some one notified tho-time- Keeper, who went to sce what was tho matter. Ie saw the dog lying against the big pendulim, snarling savagely. A policeman brought the animal safe Jy to earth. It was almost starved by {ts two days’ fast, but has‘recovered. DRAFT NUMBERS TO BE SOLD. tT Ng ene ee gear ee mee eee of Souvenirs, . WashingtonThe original numbers ‘used in drawing the.new national army have been turned ever. to the: Red ‘ross by Provost Marshal General Crowder for sale ag souvenirs, the, pto- ceeds to be turned into the Red Gross fond. : ‘The first eight numbers and the last ‘one, however, will be put back in the bow! and placed in Independence hall, Philadelpbta, beside the Liberty bell. ‘The bowl has been donated for -thts purpose by its owner, Charles R, Mor- ris, a veteran war department clerk.. FAMILY IN. SCHOOLHOUSE. Could Not Rent Any Other Place and So Moved Im. . Smith Center,'Kan.—In nearly.every town in northwest Kansas. an over- crowded condition. prevails, and many families are unable‘to find homes to rent. . og Bo acute became the lack of houses torent in this city that a newly arrived family, after tmportuniig the school Doard, was allowed to begin house- keeping in one of the six rooms of the echoolhouse. Now other families seek the’ same: privilege, and the school board may hate to yield. * Relics of Old Indian Camp. Pierre, 8. D.—Between four’and eight feet under the surface of the ground 0, 2, Deland has found pumpkin seeds in good condition, also a plece of pumpkin vind’ and evidence of an Indian camp at least 100,years old. ‘The soll was windblown and it required many dec- ‘des to cover the relics. The Indiang $f:the period: indicated, were agricul- gasats, not warstors, Hike the later X-RAY FOR SOLDIER new TubiorouloeieTaat In Army ”. Proves Quick Method. _ f TRIED ON WHOLE REGIMENT. Members of the Sixty-ninth of New ‘York Examined to Demonstrate How Easy It Will Be to Cheok Inroads. of White Plague Among Our Boye at the Front. $ e New York.—One ‘of the most ad- ‘vanced steps known to scletice for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among soldiers has been taken: by New York. state in a series of X tay photo- graphs of 1,030’ members of the Sixty- ninth regiment, the object being to Gemonstrate the ysefulness of this method as appited ta large bodies of troops whoge examinations for this dis- ease must of necessity be thorough. if the United States ts to avold the expe- rience of the Canadian and French ar- aies with the disease. A report on the New York city tests was made recently to Governor Whitman and to the State a se Ne re po ee z pi an as Pee ae Bee rem MS Miia: ed "Photo: by American Press Association. DR. NERMANN 3S, BIGOS, Council of Defense at Albany, under whose authorization the experiments were catticd on by a group of lung spe- cialists’ and roentgenologists. State Health .Commisstoner Hermann M. Biggs was {y-charge of the examina: tions. ’ ‘The Sixty-ninYh made an admirable showing in the tests, to judge from the findings’ announced on the 600.plates intérpreted to date.” Of these 600 there wore twenty-two men, or a fraction over 3 per-cent, found with definite tuberculosis sufficient to disqualify ‘them for military service. In’ nddition there were elghteon who showed pul- monary lesions or lung changes, indl- cating arrested tubereulosls.. The twen- ty-two definite eases, taking Canada’s figures: as i basis, If exposed to the strain of life in the-trenches would In- evitably: break down and be invallded home, The’ expense of thelr training, transportation and other items enter- ing into the making of.a soldier would thus be lost, in ‘addition ‘to’ thelr belng a source .of infection to thelr fellow. soldiers. The expense to the govern- ment of care and. pension allowance Would also be entailed, araounting to at Jeast $1,000 annually for each otle, who under ordinary conditions might have continued clyillan activities’ without physical impairment. * ‘These experiments, according to the report, are belleved to have demon- strated the entire practicability of the method’ of determining the presence of the disease among soldiers at a min- imum of time and medical supérvision. Seren and one-half hours were re- quired for the making of the 1,030 ex- Posures, or twenty-six seconds per man; developing the plates by one man sok forty hours, -or two minutes and twenty-four seconds per plate; -inter- Preting the 600 plates was done in eight hours, or at the rate of forty- eight seconds per plate. Thus the total time for making, developing and read- ing ench plate was threo minutes and thirty-eight seconds. .The report states that this time efi be materially cut by :means'of a few mechanical improve- ‘ments. Finds Lost Watch. Bryan, O.—Deer Snow, living near Stryker, lost his watch while plowing three years ago. He found that iden- tical watch dragging along behind his Tiding cultivator several ‘days ago. It ‘Was not ticking, but it will as soon as some slight repairs are made. - Farmers Patriotic Fenca. Findlay, O.—Henry Hall, a Wyandotte county farmer, has given evidences of being decidedly patriotic. Every Bence ost around. ;his. big farm Rag: bean painted olther red, white or¥ wa -._ HUMAN SLED SAVES =~” GUIDE 11,000 FEET ‘UP Lookout on Mount Hood Siides Down ‘Two Miles With Injured Man on Top of Him. Portland, Ore—By making‘a sledge of himself on the snow. clad uppet slopes of Mount Hood, Eljah Coal man, forestry service on the mountain, brought to safety Hans Fubrer, a bad Jy injured mountain guide; who is now in a hospital here, . Fuhrer had guided a party of mex and women to the summit, 11,000 feet up. Wher a mile from the top on the descent Fubrer fell on the sharp blade of an ax, sustaining a, serious wound in the abdomen, Coalman, the lookout, had been ‘Watching the party througt a spyglass from the summit and sav the accident. He: slid, ‘coasted ‘and plunged down the intervening mile and, helped by members of ‘the sight seeing party, hastily stanclied Fubrer’s wound. - Then, throwing himself fat ‘on his back, he drew Fubrer on ‘his body and directed those in the party to attach s rope to his feet. Holdiag the wounded ‘man with bis clasped arms, Coalmar ‘was dragged over the snow two mile: to the timber line, where Fubrer was placed in an automobile and brought here. Provisional Government Publishes Lists Containing 80,000 Names In All. Petrograd.—Thirty-three long Usts of sples, informers and agents provoca: teurs in ex-Emperor Nicholas’ pay have been published by the commission for securing the new system of govern ment appointed by the provisional gov- ernment immediately after the revolu: tion. Fifty more lists may be expected. ‘Tho total number of these secret legion: arles of mutocracy 1s expected to reach 80,000. ‘Thoso whose gullt’ is beyond doubt have been put in jall, but it 4s not yét_settled whether they will be tried and punished or merely kept in Jail until all peril of reactionary coun- ter revolution has passed. _ Tho commission's reports depict pre- “elsely the same system of espionage “and state provocation to erlme as flour- ished in Turkey under Abdul Hamid 1. ‘The distinction is that Abdul Hamid “ran his spy and provocation system dl ‘rectly from the Yildiz klosk, whereas ‘Nicholas intrusted his systera.to the no. torlous “okhrannoe.otdlelenle,” or se- curity department, which occupted’ a big building in the Basil Ostrov dis- trict, - 2 ‘The first act of the triumphant revo- lutlonarles was to selze the security de- partment’s secret. papers. Many of these were burned in Lonfires outside the bullding.’ The more précious docu- ments, especially. those relating to the state orgunization of crime, had been Kopt in snfes, and théy escaped destruc- tlon. ‘Tho. revolutionaries also seized tens of thousarids of secret records in the department's provincial offices, and from these, backed by confessions of imprisoned sples, are being compiled .the lists., The lists will be followed by a five volume: official “History of Espionage Under Nicholas II.” Every spy hada. “kittchka,” or niek- ‘name, by which he was ktown to the police, The department’s records bris- tlé with ‘such nicknaines as “Fatty,” “Longnose,” ‘Sunday © Boy,” “Ele- ‘phant” and “Arsenic.” The spy had also two.or three faked surnames, and he often changed his town and name when he fell undér the reyolutionaries’ suspielon, Many’ spies atid informers (like the famous Father Gapon, whose treachery ‘on “Bloody Sunday,” 1905, led to his be- ing banged by a revolutionist ‘engi- neer) were at one flme ‘genuine revo- lutlonaries: and- became later betrayers and informers. Some seem to have served both’ sides honestly and earned the approval of both, and some. do not seem to lave-known which ‘s{de-they sympathized with. Women Run Sawmill. : Kiln, Miss.—Enlistments from Kiln in the last few weeks in the army. and mavy buve:taken so many men away that a large sawmill is using negro women as mill hands. The commis: sary store is run entirely by a force of White women, “Fully 100. men have enlisted from Kiln,” said F. W. Petti- bone, the mill: manager. “As dost of tliese men Went Trom the mill’ I had to recrilt my laboring .force trom. the negro women. And they make good slab rollers too.” * Coffin For Dead Dos. St. Louis.—Despite a diet of chicken broth, a dentist who cleaned his tect! daily; a regular perfumed bath and dat ly ‘airings in an automobile, Tootsey Toodles Willer, aged fifteen, is dead. ‘A mahogany coffin borne in a big }imou- sine, a specially -prepared grave in an exclusive cemetery. and a formidable train of. mourners attended the funeral. Tootses’is or was a black and tan dog, the pet of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Willer. ° Meet After Forty’ Years. Mahonoy City, Pa—Sepatated forty Years ago when young and moving to different parts of the country, Patrick Hyland of this city and fils elster, Mrs. Jane Young, now of Shipsburg, Mass.. mot .at the. railroad station’ Lete. for the. first time the other night when Sere ayes tn affecting reaniow. + [ HOS =OS=01OL0 10 1010 FO 20 O30 © CONSULT'US FIRST. _—- ALL. KINDS OF PRINTING’ 5 Linotype Composition . Electric Power Presses 5 j f O25 cppeees a 0 H BOOK AND JOB PRINTING fl | Quickest BEST ’ TERMS CASH |, 8 Eye Street, Northwest _ Phone Main 7590 Z OE TIOL OL OL OL ROL OL OLOE IE OLOL0} . . . Jorthwest _ Phone Main 7590 7 iii i cement Th Frazie : AND ’ hae ic ares baie i) ! j | es ‘ | a ‘| | EES | on oe S Seed Cee eee . i ee “4 EA ABE OY . ae ee : : Boies ty Bead A. A ae - i ce a E ee ee Lady Attendant ‘Open All Night ° 723 Tea Street, Northwest. Business. 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Armed Men Watch Over Largest Reflector In World on Way Up—Since Reaching This Country Eight Years Ago It Has Undergone Polishing Precess to Make It Perfect. Los Angeles, Cal.-Accompanied by an armed escort, the priceless concave mirror for the hundred inch reflector telescope was successfully transported from Pasadena to the Mount-Wilson observatory. The mirror, which weighs five tons, was taken up the tortuous mountain road on a specially constructed cradle on a truck geared to run two miles an hour. Because of a report that an effort would be made to wreck the mirror on the steep mountain road special precautions were taken to guard it. Deputy Sheriff P. H. Hayden and Deputy Constable E. L. Rodgers, the one riding ahead and the other behind, the truck and each of them armed, composed the guard. The convoy included about 150 persons in thirty motorcars. The truck with the mirror left the observatory shops in Pasadena at 7 a.m. and arrived at the top of the mountain at 1 p.m. The arrival of the mirror and those who accompanied it was celebrated by a flag ceremony at the observatory. An immense United States flag was draped over the door of the dome which is to be the home of the mirror. When the truck passed inside the, building the flag, was unfurled across the doorway and the crowd of 200 persons applauded. The glass disk, which is the object of intense interest in the scientific world, is 101 inches in diameter and thirteen inches thick and weighs 10,000 pounds. It was cast in France and brought to Pasadena eight years ago, since which time it has been subjected to a slow and careful grinding and polishing process. This was under the supervision of Professor G. W. Ritchey. The framework of the telescope has been built and is ready for the installation of the large mirror and the smaller mirrors which will be used with it. The great apparatus will be ready for use in about three months. It will be the largest telescope in the world, and astronomers declare it will be impossible to make a larger one successfully since the drawbacks increase rapidly as the size and light gathering capacity of the mirrors increase. The telescope is of the reflecting type, with no light passing through the glass, as in the case of the old style refracting telescopes. The immense concave mirror, silvered on the lower side, will repose at the bottom of a tube, where it will reflect the image of the heavens to smaller mirrors set diagonally at the upper end of the tube. The observer will get the image from the small mirrors and not the large one. Because of the size and power of the glass it is believed it will open up vast undiscovered areas in the heavens. The enterprise of building the new telescope was inaugurated by Dr. George E. Hale, director of the observatory. $8,660,480 TO DRAFT ARMY. Secretary Baker Gives Out Cost From Registration to Enrollment. Washington—The cost of drafting America's first great national army—from registration to enrollment—was placed by Secretary Baker at $8,060,480 in his estimates to congress. This amount includes all overhead expense of registration, examination and selection. It is based on registration of 10,000,000, examination of approximately 5,000,000 and enrollment of 1,187,000. "On a tentative estimate that the generous system of exemptions and discharges will result in a necessity for examining four registrants to produce one soldier," said Secretary Baker, "it is apparent the system must be capable of examining 5,000,000 men during the year. For this task the organization includes a personnel of more than 18,000 persons." Ghost Shows Gold. Roseburg, Ore-Chen Waung, a Chinese cook of this city, recently found $200 in gold in the house of Hop Lee, who was a victim of the kong wars two years ago. He says that the ghost of his murdered friend directed him to the treasure. The money was found in a paper bag in plain sight of all who entered a room that had never been occupied since the murder. Chen Waung believes that Hop Lee would have killed, him if he had not obeyed the ghostly summons. Hawaiians Beg to Go to Front. Washington.-Urgent pleas to be sent to France to join the American forces there are being made by 3,000 Hawaiian militiamen, according to J. Kuho Kalanianaole, the Hawaiian delegate in congress, who is urging favorable action by the war department. The question of food supply enters into the problem, for Hawaii is looked to furnish much of the United States' sugar and rice needs. Finds Long Lost Bing Finds Long Lost Ring. Princeton, Ind.—Mrs. Allie Slater lost her wedding ring thirty-three years ago at her home south of Princeton. The other day while she was passing through the barn lot there she kicked her foot at a bright object peeping through the ground, and out rolled the lost ring, practically as good as ever. She is wearing it again. FRENCH FIGHTERS WILL HAVE ICE CREAM CONES Naval Officers Visiting America Taste Delicacy and Will Give Men at Front a Treat. Chicago.-The ice cream cone will be carried back to France by three French naval lieutenants who made the acquaintance of the delicacy at the Great Lakes Training Station and were so delighted with its crisp succulence that they declared their fellow soldiers abroad must be given a similar treat. The three officers, Lieutenants Fernand Gautier, Paul Prevot and Maurice Laffy, were inspecting the training station when they espied a number of bluejackets buying cones at the canteen operated by the Navy Belief society. Questions led to purchase of cones for the visitors by Mrs. W. A. Moffett, wife of Captain Moffett, commanding the station, and in the midst of admiring spectators the Frenchmen successfully negotiated the cream filled cones, even to the last tip. "Magnifique, delicieuse," was their verdict, after which they announced that they would undertake to obtain a supply of cones to take back to France with them and show the government what the French soldiers are missing. New York.-Captain Bragg, who has arrived at an Atlantic port with the crew of the American bark Hildegaard, which was sunk with bombs by the crew of a German submarine on July 10 off the English coast, gives an interesting account of his meeting with the commander of the U boat. According to the U boat captain, the submarines stay away from their base for a year or more if nothing happens to the machinery. They patrol the seas within a certain radius, he said, and their supplies are brought to them by submarines of an older type, which act as tenders. The Hildegaard, according to Captain Bragg, was blown up within sight of two British patrol boats, which were too slow to come up before the bark was destroyed. The Germans did not seem at all perturbed at the prospective danger. "The commander of the submarine," the captain continued, "spoke perfect English and told me that he did not intend to harm me or any of my crew, 'I am going to sink your ship, though,' he said, 'because there are too many American and British ships on the Atlantic. Get your crew into the life boats quickly and pull for the shore ahead of you, and I wish you luck." "The moss on the top and sides of the submarine was fully an inch thick, with seaweed two inches long, which looked as if the craft was kept lying on the bed of the sea for hours at a time. The crew had a rusty, appearance and could have done with a turn in drydock for overhauling and cleaning up, as well as their craft. After she had submerged one of the British boats picked us up and landed us later at an English port." TAKE BABY'S FOOTPRINTS. System at Baltimore Hospital Helped Mother Prove Claim. Baltimore.—The new footprint system of identifying babies at the Maryland General hospital has cleared up a case of mistaken identity. This system was adopted to make sure that babies in the maternity department did not get mixed. The footprints of every baby born at the institution are kept on file with the name of the mother. Laura Jones of North Carolina became a mother three months ago. The footprints of the child were taken. The mother returned to North Carolina, leaving her baby in charge of another woman. About the same time a baby was found in a vestibule. The police thought Laura Jones had abandoned her infant, and a relative identified the founding as the Jones baby. Recently Laura Jones came back. She knew her own baby. The police authorities were doubtful. At the hospital when the footprints of the two bables were compared with the record the mother proved her claim. Change German Name. Dallas, Tex.-What used to be Germania street, East Dallas, is wearing a new name. Tired, they said, of living on a street utterly un-American in designation patriotic residents took stepladders and paint brushes and made a swift and busy trip from one end of the thoroughfare to the other. When the journey was over the street signs all read "America street." Now the city council is up against the question of deciding whether America street shall have official ratification. Compass For Airmen's Use at Night. Tokyo.-Dr. Alikitsu Tanakadate of Tokyo has invented an instrument for the use of airmen in flights at night or in fog. For several years he has been studying the variations of the compass in different parts of Japan caused by recognized terrestrial' changes due to earthquake and volcanic outbreaks. The inventor is now flying his dirigible Yuhi-Go over the chief cities of the empire, perfecting his instrument. TO GUARD GIRLS Patriotic League to Watch Over Them In Wartime. $250,000 FUND FOR PURPOSE. Organized Movement Will Be Found In All the Cities and Towns Where Boys In Khaki Will Be Quartered—Clubs of All Kinds For Girls Are Also Be- ing Started by the League. New York.—One-quarter of the $1,000,000 the big gathering of representative women of the country which met at the call of the national board, Y. W. C. A. headquarters in New York, 600 Lexington avenue, recently, voted to raise for its contributory war work among women has come in, and the work in the vicinity of training camps is well under way, with a patriotic league for girls as its big idea. This league is being organized in all the cities or towns near the camps. It is under the direction of the junior war work council of the national board and D is open to all girls without regard to race or creed, the member's one obligation being to sign the pledge of the league and to have the spirit to keep it. In its efforts to develop the patriotic spirit the league workers believe there will be a relegation of what they call the "lure of the khaki" to its proper position. The Y. W. C. A. works only with women and girls, but this is distinctly a war work, as the attitude of the young girls in towns and women in the vicinity of the camps will have a definite effect upon the young soldiers. With the league clubs of all kinds for the girls are being formed to give them varied interests of their own. One of these is in the form of a camp for factory girls, workers of a factory now closed, outside Plattsburg... The girls have club leaders, recreation leaders, and they have hikes and athletics. The clubs and organizations are confined to no one class of girls. Many of them are among the high school girls of the different places. The pledge is as follows: I pledge to express my patriotism by doing better than ever before whatever work I have to do; by rendering whatever special service I can at this time to my community and country; by living up to the highest standards of character and honor, and by helping others to do the same. Practically nothing is done for the entertainment and welfare of the young girl when she is at the most impressionable age, the women of the association say. Now they are receiving calls for help from the different places where the bringing together of large bodies of soldiers and the emotional conditions developed in a country at war will be strongly felt by the young girls of the community. Through the patriotic league the girls will learn to express their patriotism worthily, and through the clubs organized they will be entertained and will have an opportunity to normally expend their emotions. Hostess houses, to entertain the friends and relatives of the soldiers of the camps, are being built out of the $1,000,000 war fund. The hostess houses are put up only on invitation of the commandant of a camp or some one else in authority. A feature of the work of the hostess house is the attendance of women of social position in and around New York, who take turns in acting as hostess at the week ends. Among those who have done this are Mrs. James S. Cushman, president of the executive committee of the war work council; Mrs. Francis De Lacy Hyde of Plainfield, N. J., and Mrs. Robert Lovett of Locust Valley, N. Y. Schoolgirl's Perfect Record. Hayward, Ws. — Miss Dagne Brathen, a member of the 1917 graduating class of the Hayward High school, has a perfect mark for regular school attendance, as she did not miss a day nor was tardy from September in 1905, when she entered the kindergarten of the local schools, until this year, when she received a high school diploma. Drags Big Fish Four Miles. Drag Big Fish Four Miles. Arkansas City, Ark.-Unable to pull a seventy-five pound catfish from the Arkansas river dam, Bloomer Allen, an Arkansas City fisherman, chained the fish and dragged it through the river to this city, a distance of four miles. When he reached the city several men assisted him in pulling the fish out of the water. 50 cents per week pays for this Grafonola Outfit Grafonola "25" and six double disc Record $29.50 House, and Herrmann 7th and Eye Sts. We Made It Good It Made Us Famous Poro College FORMULATED 1900 PORO HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Missouri Poro College ST. LOUIS, MO. 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Will also Restore the strength Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair: If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER EAGLE MEDAL PROPOSED. To Be Bestowed Upon Heroic American Soldiers. Washington.—Congress is now being urged to establish a medal to be known as "the American eagle medal," to rank in American deeds of valor with the Victoria cross of England. It is the purpose of the supporters of the measure to bestow this medal only upon those American soldiers whose heroism stands out brilliantly. A bill to this effect has been introduced by Representative O'Shaunessy. A tentative design shows a medal about the size of a half dollar, the front adorned by the figure of Liberty crossing the ocean, the American flag in one haif, a sword in the other. Beneath the figure the inscription appears, "Pacem Arma Teuntur"—peace is preserved through arms. The reverse side shows an American eagle with outstretched wings within an olive wreath. Above is a cloud effect in which appear two clasped hands, signifying the union of the United States and her allies. The ribbon supporting the medal is of red, white, blue and black, the latter one of the enemy's colors and by custom always included. MEANING OF MARINES' RIBBON Mysterious Particolored Strips—Worn on Breasts. Washington: — "The little strips of particolored ribbon so often seen on the breasts of our "soldiers of the sea" are a mystery to most civilians," says Major General George Barnett, commandant of the United-States marine corps. "Every one and three-eighths inches of the strip denotes that the wearer is the possessor of a medal awarded for valor or good conduct or of a badge for service in some famous campaign. "The man with the light blue strip decorated with white stars possesses the greatly coveted medal of honor; the blue, white and red combination means service in the Philippine insurrection; two bands of blue and gray of equal width, service in the civil war; two bands of blue separated by yellow, service in the Spanish-American war; red, yellow, blue, yellow and red bordered with blue, the Cuban occupation. One of the easiest to recognize is the China campaign badge, a band of yellow with edges of blue." HUGGED BY A MONKEY. Swings From a Tree and Throws Arms About Neck of a Young Woman Denver. — The lovable monkey is loose. When he swung from the low branches of a tree at Twelfth avenue and Detroit street and threw his arms about the neck of a young woman pedestrian there was a lot of commotion. Aside from breaking the spooning laws, the monkey shouldn't have chosen broad daylight. A scream from the young woman brought residents to their doors. They saw her running in one direction and the monkey in another. It was difficult for them to ascertain which was the more frightened, the young woman or the lovable monkey. Patrolmen from the Capitol Hill station have been pursuing the lovable monkey. Where the monkey came from is a question. The zoo keeper at City park says all his monkeys are "just where they should be" and that none of them would be ungentlemanly enough to leave home and try to hug pedestrians. CAVE MAN. ENLISTS. Bayer Cured Tuberculosis by Going Naked For Ten Years. San Francisco.—After running naked on a secluded isle of the Santa Barbara group for ten years, during which time he lived as his ancestors had lived thousands of years before him on fish, mussels and game killed with a stone hatchet, Christian L. Bayer is now a soldier of the United States. They told Bayer a decade ago in Burlington, Ia., he had tuberculosis and his days were numbered. But when he came here to enlist he passed a perfect physical examination and was at once accepted. The life of a cave man had effected a complete cure. He stripped down and showed a body as tanned as his face. Bayer is a native of Denmark, thirty-nine years old. GERMANS WEARING ARMOR. Steel Protection Found to Be Vulnerable to Bullets. With the British Armies In France and Belgium. At least a part of the German infantry is now wearing steel armor which covers the chest and stomach. This armor is in the form of a sheet of steel, which is attached to the shoulders and gives the wearer the appearance of just having stepped out of the middle ages. Specimens of the armor found on German prisoners have been examined and found to be vulnerable to rifle fire. On the whole, the armor seems a very unsatisfactory protection, and its weight renders the movements of a man so accoutered most difficult. Eagle Attacks Man. Bryan, O.-Raymond Siebenaler was attacked and injured by an eagle near here recently. Siebenaler was on his way to work near Six Corners. The big bird was perched on a fence. When opposite the eagle flew directly at him, losing no time at opening battle. To ward off the attack he threw up his arm, and the bird's talons sank deep into his wrist. Grasping it by the foot, he threw the eagle to the ground and killed it with a club. It measured four feet and four inches from tip to tip.