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How to Invest Your Money—Don't Delay—Invest Today. New Orleans, La.—We should invest our money to protect the young men and women of our race. Why don't you do it? A race or nation that has no confidence in its own race is already a failure, regardless of its private affiliations. If this nation as a whole were to exert every last bit of its financial race, how much harder should we power to win over the enemy, as a work to overcome our enemies who have racial hatred toward us? Any nationality in time of peace which puts its feet on American soil will receive a greater protection than those of our race, who are born here. Fight for democracy now, and later ask for a national law that will operate in every State in the Union, giving justice to every American citizen, by birth or naturalization. Mr. A. O. Smith presents to the qualified part of his race a digest or an analysis that is used by the Anglo-Saxon and is properly called the science of financing—that brings about millionaires—they are the financial philosophers—that are now controlling the finance of all civilized countries, and the people therein. The war is largely fought on the protection of finance and democracy. The Caucasian man today of means employs the son of his neighbor, though they are of moderate circumstances. If of rich blood, of good character, he has prepared a legal mate for his daughter that in a very few years will also be a millionaire. Let us look at the movement of our professors. They are competent to teach arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, in the abstract, but not in the concrete, to us. Regardless of our power to teach, it is much like the book of the seven seals. We have not yet revealed a way but for a very limited number of the more advanced scholars to use their scholarship. The professors have been able to convince your fathers and mothers of the great advantage of a finished education, but they have used no perceptible effort or any tangible way for them to use their professions or education. If a plan of investment is placed before you for the parents who are financially able to place their money without risk in real estate that will bring them not less than 100 per cent on their investment in the next seven years, no bank security can be greater to you. The bank lends your money out on mortgages, while we ask you to become one of four persons to purchase $40,000 worth of property for $30,000. As all real estate is slow in sales, owing to the war, you have not only an opportunity of employing the competent young of our race, but you can sell the real estate that you purchased for the sum of $30,000. You four persons can sell legitimately the same holdings for $300,000. This is the same investment that cost four of you $30,000. A letter from you of inquiry from those with money to invest, disposed to learn how they can invest their money without any risk and yet give employment to their sons and daughters. Sixty-five per cent of our girls wed whom they can get, instead of whom they should have. God or His servants have recommended legal marriage. No father should stand against his daughter getting an equal companion. We have spent fifty years in preparing ourselves on this line of financial thought, that you have not had time to take up, as a real scientific study, brought to the concrete, or that studied thought that can be made practicable, many of us feel that we are losing time to give attention to, that does not bring a ready dollar; but we are reminded that great success comes, through sacrifice of someone, and we have sacrificed many thousand dollars. It all has been spent in the interest of your daughter or son. Experience and observation have shown us that many a boy or girl does not go astray on their own account, but because of our non-provision or thought of what is neces- sary to make great men and women of them. I speak of the college or high school graduate. You persons of means belonging to the race, let us build out of the strongest blood that the world has ever known some of the strongest people intellectually that the world has ever owned. Dr. Booker T. Washington did his part and left it well done. Are you willing to do yours? For the same building all architects do not draw the same plan, but to have a finished building as the Doctor has shown in his workmanship no one but God knows the many sacrifices that he had to make to reach the goal of his ambition. If we give you the financial solution, that carries with it no risk whatever, and takes care of the young men and women who have properly fitted themselves for the position—Professor, will you do your part, as Dr. Washington has done? If not in the same way that the Doctor did it, do it in your own way; but do it. You may be the other architect of whom I speak. Ask the colored wealth of your community to correspond with us about this great financial digest. I know that you have been in the habit of reading men whose only purpose was the percentage that they would make out of your invested money. The profits of each one's investment will be much greater than all of the percentage that could be given. And for you to add a word for this plan will leave a national legacy to your progeny. All money will be handled by one of the most responsible banks in New Orleans. All banks of our great city are equally responsible. The banks will have the titles examined and pass the abstract title to the four persons who advance the $7,500 each. This money will purchase the present Chicago Hotel site and four squares of land for a colored amusement park. We pay from $200 to $300 for the use of the fair grounds for one night and day. This will be our last year that we can secure the use of the fair grounds, as they are going to establish a permanent national farm and live stock show. We have one hundred thousand colored people in New Orleans. Just think of it—one hundred thousand colored people in one city! Fifty thousand of them throw their money away each week as they earn it. We should have the wasted money of our race. That fifty thousand that is wasting it each week should wake up and arrange to keep your children financially awake. Some of us have been dead so far as race uplift is concerned for more than twenty years. Do you know that it was once a crime to teach any member of our race to read and write? Can you remember that every male member of our race of sound mind and of legal age could and did vote in every State in the Union? But we do not do so now. Can you see without a strong effort on your part that the young, of which I am earnestly pleading, will not have any property rights in this country? Does not the signs of the times indicate to you that the prohibition of the ballot in the South, the attempted segregation of the North—can you read between the lines and see just what is coming, or are you yet asleep? Our success will come through scientific financial business management. You, professor, tell your patrons of that which will be necessary for us to do to maintain our unabridged American citizenship. As whiskey will soon be a thing of the past, we will secure wine and beer licenses for the restaurants, and also to be used in the park. We have fifty out of the one hundred colored organizations that would be willing to pay the above price, if they could secure a place to hold their annual festivities. This is the largest city in the South and one of the most agreeable cities to live in the United States. The hotel property overlooks a large park. It is within five minutes' walk of Canal Street, which is considered the center of the city. The reason of my earnest appeal to you for you to invest your money in New Orleans as I have suggested is the rapid growth in real estate. After the war you will have two direct values. First, the real estate value, of which I have spoken, and MR. A. O. SMITH the other will be the value of operation, and the great need of operation. No amusement for our people in this city; as the other fellow controls our patronage in the moving picture business. We will admit our people to the park for five cents. If the truly great persons of our race of financial and intellectual power, by name Mrs. Maggie Walker of Indianapolis; Ind.; Mrs. John Trower of Germantown, Pa. We mention these very distinguished ladies from the fact that it will only be a short time until all ladies will exercise their right of suffrage. We do not only invite them, but we have a few thousand men and women who are financially able to help start the youths of our race upward. Those of you who are guardians for orphan children, who have money, what better way can you invest it than in this real estate deal, with no chance to lose, and give employment to the child between school terms? It is not often that we are made guardians of our own flesh and blood, for we have not made business a scientific study, and then we are compelled as a rule to turn it over to the other fellow for use and our own protection. The average man of our race would rather work hard five long years than to give five months of hard study for the same amount. Are you willing to recognize the efforts of your fellow man with that same justice that you would have your own efforts recognized? If in your life's struggles you find that you will have some left for charity, would it not serve a better purpose to leave your investment to whatever person or persons or charity that you wish, and the yield will be great—serving a double purpose—giving a quarterly stipend to the person or charitable institution. Let us appeal to every race man and woman who has accumulated any thing and have no direct heirs to place it in this position and give the earnings to any institution or person that you may desire, otherwise it will go to the State, and your race will not only lose the money that rightfully belongs to them from a racial standpoint, but from a statistical standpoint. All races and nations are measured by what they own, first, and what they know next. We are known as a people of great wealth or knowledge, but let us be consistent with what we have. May I humbly subscribe my name as— A. O. Smith, 1201 Orleans Street, New Orleans, La. P. S.—Any publication that should mention this article, please mark and mail us a copy, either pro or con. Letters of individuals who have immediate attention. "HE IS A CATHOLIC." The Attack of the Baptist Pulpit- Election of a Community Secretary—How the Beneficiaries Dr. A. A. Russell the Object of Religious Attack-An Enthusiastic Meeting. The election of a Community Secretary took place at the Dunbar High School last Monday night. There were five hundred or more votes cast for the respective candi- dates — Miss Green, Mrs. Tabscott and Dr. A. A. Russell. It took the combined efforts of three Baptist churches and one Methodist church to defeat the candidate that was named by the Parents-Teachers' Association of the Alfred Jones School. This is the strongest association in the city, with a membership of some of the leading citizens of Washington. There was much personal feeling injected in the campaign by the Baptist and Methodist churches. Rev. W. H. Jernagin, pastor of Mt Carmel Baptist Church, made an attack on the religion of Dr. Russell, who is a Catholic. He advised his members and others not to vote for him because he was a Catholic. Dr. Russell in his work in this center, although a Catholic, never stopped to consider the religion of an individual when they needed help. Indeed, the assistance he gave as president of the Parents-Teachers' Association of the Jones School showed that the Baptists and Methodists were 90 per cent of the needy who accepted his aid. A comparison of the records of all the opposing candidates shows they do not compare to that of Dr. Russell. One of the strong supporters of the opposing candidates was doubtful whether the churches would be able to do as much good as the Parents-Teachers' Association of the Jones School. None of these churches can show any material assistance rendered to the poor in the neighborhood. They will have an opportunity to show what they can do. The Catholic Church is always willing and ready to help the poor, regardless of religious tendencies. The Bee ventures the assertion that no money has been declined by the Baptist that has ever been offered by a Catholic. Visit the many Catholic churches in this city and see how colored Americans are treated. Witness the religious parades and compare them to those given by white Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians and other denominations. The Holy Name parades are object lessons to other religious denominations. Mrs. Tabscott was elected Community Secretary. She received 220 votes. Dr. Russell received 198, and Miss Green 152. On the second ballot Miss Green was eliminated, and on the third ballot, which was taken about 1 o'clock a.m., about one-half of the people had left the hall, but enough of the Tabscott voters remained to elect her. Officers elected were as follows: President, Dr. W. A. Tolson; vicepresident, Miss Sarah Lewis; recording secretary, Prof. F. L. Cardoza; corresponding secretary and treasurer, Miss Julia Mason Lawton. These are the permanent officers of this Community Center. What Dr. Russell Has Done What Dr. Russell Has Done for the Community. 1. He opened lunch room, where many hungry children whose parents were compelled to go to work early in the morning were fed. 2. He gave shoes to children whose parents could not afford to get them, thus keeping them in school. 3. He gave books to indigent High School children rahter than let them drop out of school and fail in life. 4. He bought a victrola for the Community. 5. He is building up an organization in this community, known as the James F. Bundy Fraternity, which will help care for its sick and bury its dead. 6. He has held educational meetings in the homes and churches in this community. 7. His was the first organization in the District of Columbia to recognize the great worth of the parents to the community through joint organized effort with the teacher. 8. During War Congress week this organization secured the names of one thousand persons who signed pledges of loyalty to country and love to flag. 9. This organization has contributed $30.00 to the Red Cross and is making an effort to do more. 10. It is now collecting for the Red Cross canned vegetables, preserved fruits and jellies, products from the summer gardens. 11. Its members bought Liberty Bonds of the first and second issue of the latter, every teacher of the school, all the officers of the association, and two junior members buying bonds. 12. This association has to its credit and deposited in bank $100.00 and about $50.00 more to be banked. What Mrs. Tabscott Has Done. Nothing. What Miss Green Has Done. Nothing. As Dr. Russell's reward, he received an attack on his religion by a Baptist minister and a repudiation of his aid to the meeting. DR. E. O. JOHNSON The Woman of the Hour. The person who is able to ease pains in your feet, caused by bad corns and bunions, is a factor in the community. It is well known that white chiropodists will not treat the feet of colored people. That being a fact, why don't you suffer with bad feet to go to a lady graduate of the greatest chiropodist college in the United States, in the person of Dr. E. O. Johnson, of 633 T Street N. W. If you have a fallen arch go to Dr. Johnson. If you have corns and bunions go to Dr. Johnson. If she fails to cure the most' stubborn corn or bunion your money is returned. Mention The Bee when you call. Have your feet examined and ask her if she can cure them. No charge for calling and asking her a question: MADAME AGNES J: SMITH. This well-known beauty culturist, whose school is at 935 R Street, opened this year with a large school. Madame Smith knows her business, and her pupils are fully equipped to do the work in beauty culture when they graduate from this school. JUBILEE SINGERS. The Williams' world famous jubilee singers, of Chicago, Ill., will appear at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, corner Third and I Streets N. W., November 27, 1917, at 8 p. m. General admission, 35c.; reserve seats, 50c. W. H. Jernagin, pastor. WARREN. If you want a first-class photo, go to Warren, 803 Florida Ave. N. W. Ask for Mr. Warren and he will do the rest.-Advt: THE DUNBAR CENTER THE DUNBAR CENTER. The people in the vicinity of the Dunbar Center will leave it to the four churches whose membership is all over the city to run the association. The vote of Miss Green and Dr. Russell would have combined Streets N. W. Thursday, November had it not been for the lateness of the hour. Civilized people are not used to sitting up all night. The combined vote of the two was 324. It can be seen that 241 of the combination had left. This vote is opposed to the election of Mrs. Tapscott, and it will be to the best interest of the organization that she resign. Some preachers always make a mess of everything. It was 2 o'clock when the chairman, Dr. Tolson, declared the meeting adjourned. This center will be supported by the church vote that has no interest in the immediate center. Mr. Oran, who led the forces for Miss Green, never lost his head. He brought forward a strong silent vote. He is a good-natured fighter. J. C. Payne thought he knew parliamentary law. Lucius H. Peterson was on all sides and lost out in the end. Attorney A. W. Gray made a strong run for the chairmanship. Rev. Peter Ailes was a strong supporter of Dr. Russell. DEDICATION SERVICE. The Knights of Pythias of the District of Columbia will dedicate their hall, corner of Twelfth and You 20th, Thanksgiving Day. The ceremonies at 3 p. m. will be performed by the Supreme and Vice-Chancellors; Mr. S. W. Green of Louisiana and Mr. Joseph L. Jones of Ohio, assisted by the Grand Lodge officers of the District of Columbia—J. S. Johnson, Grand Chancellor; J. Clay Smith, Grand K. of R. and S. Addresses and fraternal greetings will be given by Mr. Armond W. Scott, grand exalted ruler. Order of Elks; Mr. George M. Cook D. C. grand master, G. U. O. of O. F.; Dr. A. C. Garner, D. C. deputy, I. O. of St. Luke; Mr. J. A. Munnerlyn, grand master, Independent Order of Moses; Mr. Aaron Russell, president Dannaker's Relief Association; Prof. Kelly Miller, Hon. Emmett J. Scott, special assistant secretary, etc.; Thos. L. Jones, Esq., and W. Calvin Chase. The Uniformed Rank of Knights of Pythias, escorted by the Georgetown Patriarchs and the Knights of Jerusalem, will give a grand street parade from 1 to 3 p. m. Mr. L. E. Murray, chairman of committee; F. D. Lee, chairman committee on speakers; J. S. Johnson, grand chancellor; J. Cloy Smith, grand K. of R. and S. BETHEL LITERARY Rev. Wm. C. Brown, pastor of the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, will address Bethel Literary on November 27th on "The Making of a Race." The choir of Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church is invited to sing. Mrs. Daisy Austin will sing a solo. December 4th, Prof. L. M. Hershaw will address the association on "The Jones Report on Negro Education." ECHOS OF THE ELECTION. Principal Wilkinson took things philosophically. He took sides with no faction. He would make a good Community Secretary. The Dunbar is entitled to the highest type of ability. J. C. Payne should go 'way back and sit down. His occupation, like Othello's, is gone. Miss Morton, the general Community Secretary, is an intellectual and refined lady. Dr. A. A. Russell had the vote of the substantial people, who have done the work. Miss Green was backed also by a strong combination of talent. SATURDAY SERMONS BY UNUS And he played on a harp of a thousand strings.** By Unus. GUMPTION—No. 2. I made a preachment last Saturday about gumption. I suggested an easy short cut for teaching mankind gumption—teaching people what to do and how to act as to themselves, their fellowmen and God. I said I thought all the past teaching on this subject could be boiled down and put in a nutshell. I said that the world is befuddled, and I called attention to the slow, bunglesome and inefficient means of teaching it. I promised to recommend a plan for doing it more successfully. What is gumption? Look in the dictionary. But here is my definition: Gumption: Knowledge what to do or how to act in a given circumstance; common sense; common wit; savoir faire (to know to do). The most of the writings and preachments of the past have been aimed at telling people what to do and how to act in given situations, circumstances or emergencies. Such teachings have constituted the main business of preachers, essayists, casuists, philosophers. For example, I myself have lately set up as a voluntary exhorter on gumption—seeing the need of it. But if my plan were adopted, there would probably be no more need for my sermons. Here are four alternative plans: 1. Let some man or woman-glean over all the wisdom books of the past and present and from them compile a handbook embodying all of the every-day wisdom or common sense that has been recognized and conceded by mankind to be good. Call the new handbook "The Book of Gumption" or "The Gumption Book." 2. Or let some publisher appoint a corps of compilers and editors to do the work after the manner of compiling a dictionary or encyclopedia. 3. Or let some group of men and women be appointed by our American colleges, churches and bar associations to do the work. Call this group the National Committee for the Codification of Rules of Conduct. 4. Or let the work be done by a body of wise men and women selected from all lands—an International Committee for the Codification of Rules of Conduct. I think the task would be too big for any single individual. Probably it could not be finished by any committee of one hundred editors in a single generation. The work would require extensive reading and laborious copying, collocation and digestion. In a less degree the work might be too much for accomplishment by plan 2. It might be done fairly well by plan 3. However, plan 4 would be the best of all, because the result would represent the composite view of all races, nations, religions, creeds and political systems; and this result would be the more desirable because the business, social and other relations of all the peoples of the world are becoming more intimate. The Gumption Book should be a comprehensive, rule book, embodying a suitable rule for every typical situation where any person may be required to decide how to act or what to do or say. Every rule should be based on justice, expediency, convenience and politeness—in short, should be the essence of the accumulated experience of mankind. The Gumption Book should be arranged topically, so that every essential subject or topic is shown and every co-ordinate and subordinate relation is indicated, and, if possible, every similar or analogous situation. There should be numerous cross references and an exhaustive index. The Gumption Book would show a man or child at a glance how best to prominote his own interest; how best to serve and cooperate with others; how best to deal with the foolish or wicked; how best to become an aid and ornament to the society or group in which he lives. The Gumption Book, if constructed on the plan here, suggested, would become the Bible of Human Conduct. And, because it would cover every essential point of business, law, etiquette, conversation, retribution, war, etc., there would be little use for any other book on common sense. It is a privilege of preachers to repeat and enlarge. Let me do it here: My main reasons for advocating a Gumption Book are: First, that the human race may be able more easily to ascertain the simple rules of common sense; to find them readily without much aid from others. Second, to save valuable time for the members of the human race. Compare that race with the tiny bee, that most wonderful and wise of all animate creatures. The bee doubtless attains fullness of knowledge in less than a year. The members of the human race must now spend the most of their lives "seeking after knowledge," and with all that the most of them die fools. Third, to put the most of the great army of preachers, moralists and lecturers (including myself) out of business, so that they may turn to farming or to other useful business pursuits. Fourth, to save printers' ink and white paper. I would like to see a condition of things wherein mankind spent very little time in the quest of common sense or gumption, instead of, as now, spending the most of their lives seeking it and not finding it. I would wherein men, women and children, when not compelled to labor, might devote their surplus time to the cultivation of aesthetics, the contemplation of the true and the beautiful and the performance of charitable deeds, instead of reading padded and be-fuddling books and listening to inter- minable sermions and lectures in an effort to learn ordinary common sense. But what is the actual fact today? The religious systems the world over are devoted almost exclusively to the teaching of sensible human conduct. Probably one-half of all the time in our schools and colleges is devoted to quibbling on the same subject. The great bulk of our current literature is devoted to the same object. Is it not all very frivolous and senseless? Can we not simplify our systems of education so far as they relate to rights, morals and manners? What a waste of money, what a wasto of time, what a waste of energy? 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DIRECTIONS Take a teaspoonful in a little water after meals or when suffering. Repeat in an hour if necessary. W. L. SMITH, Druggist. 801 Florida Avenue N. W., Where you may purchase the gen uline article. Washington, D. C. POWER BY Thuribo MISSOURI ING HAIR, ITCHING BEAUTY, COLOR GROWTH TEO JUNE 12,1915. CENTS LEGE CO. I. St. Louis, Mo. This offer may seem very generous, but it has resulted up to the present in making nearly 300,000 delighted customers for us, who now hear clearly once more. MRS. S. J. TAYLOR Furnished rooms by the day, week or month. Transient accommodations a speciality. 128 F street northwest, Washington, D. C. One block from Union Station Telephone, Main 10129 The Drug Store 4½ and F sts a.w. owned by Dr. W. S. Richardson who needs no introduction to the people of South West Washington: is one of the neatest and up-to-date Drug Stores in that section stocked with everything in the Drug: line, and this neat Drug Store can be bought and at a reasonable price. Dr. Richardson can be seen at his uptown store 14th and R N.W. Atlantic City HOTEL, GROTTO AND SALOON 32 Room Hotel Grotto Seating Five Hundred Saloon doing Year Round Business CORNER PROPERTY ON ONE OF THE MAIN AVENUES Lot 85 x 90 Central Lucation 5 blocks from Pennsylvania Station, 2 blocks Reading Station Electric and Gas Light Baths 5 SMALL STORES CONNECTED WITH PROPERTY EARNING OVER $900.00 IN ANNUAL RENTALS. W. CALVIN CHASE 1109 Eye Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. Buy now, before the Xmas rush. Terms: Up to $25.00, $1.00 down, 50c. week. Larger amounts in equal proportions. Drop me a card and I will call with samples. RALPH E. EVANS With Castelberg's National Jewelry Company, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Residence: 1917 Vermont Ave. FOR RENT. A fine store suitable for any kind of business 110714 Eye street northwest. Good business center. J. A. LIGHTFOOT CO. 23-24-25 Riddle Building Atlantic City, N. J. HANK SCHLOSBERG 1207 E St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Gent's Furnishings Cooks' and Waiters' Supplies. Wear our $8, $10 and $12 well-made Suits. Our prices are the lowest and our goods the best. Try our $1.50. $2 and $3 Wear Well Shoes. Men's fine Dress Pants. $1.50. $2 and $3. Popular prices. Outfitter of Waiters' and Cooks' Supplies. Read The Bee if you want to know who is in the city. The Week in Society We sometimes cut prices, when it can be done without cutting quality; we always cut cost to you in giving a superior quality of medicines and drugs. Inferior medicines are costly at any price. Quality before everything else with us. Don't take chances; buy at a safe drug store, and run no risks. Whether you pay five cents or five dollars you get your money's full worth at BOARD'S DRUG STORE, 1912½ Fourteenth Street N. W. Mrs. Cecelia Alexander, who recently underwent an operation, is slowly recovering, much to the delight of her many relatives and friends. Mrs. Belle Hundley returned to the city last week from Connecticut. The District Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. held its monthly meeting at the Y. M. C. A., Wednesday last. The program was a helpful and an interesting one. The audience was quite a large and appreciative one. Rev. W. Clair and many of his members visited Dr. E. S. Williams and his church at Annapolis, Md., Sunday last. Sunday The Paramount Club held its regular meeting last Wednesday. This club is a worthy one, founded on strictly a business basis. The members are energetic young men. Miss Marie Jackson, who has been confined to her bed for the past two weeks, is convalescing. An afternoon tea was heartily enjoyed at the residence of Mr. James Lee, in Corcoran Street N. W., in honor of several visitors of Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Eucebia Johnson, youngest daughter of the Mrs. Ellen Johnson, of S Street, and the late Griffin Johnson, an old and highly respected family of this city, was quietly married Thursday, November 15, 1917, by Rev. Clair. The happy couple are continually receiving congratulations and wedding presents. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Brown, of New York, are in the city, the house guest of Dr. Mary Smith, the culturist ist. Prof. Kelly Miller is spoken of as the next president of Howard University. The people want him. Must a person's religion be a bar to his admission to the Kingdom? Great people will consult worthy people and not blacklegs, renegades and mountebanks; for that reason the principal of Jones School was consulted by the General Community Secretary. If you doubt, the Editor of The Bee is in his office any time between the hours of 1 and 2. Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., passed through the city Friday en route to his home from the Northwest, where he has been on business. Mr. Roscoe Patrick, of Galveston, Texas, has been given a position in the Government here. Mrs. Marie H. Lucas, of this city president of the Woman's Department of the Northern Virginia Baptist Association, died recently at Port Gibson, Miss. Mr. L. Lee, of this city, is now visiting friends in Texas. Dr, C. U. Anderson, of Philadelphia, Pa., celebrated her birthday recently. Among her guests was Dr. Emory W. Williams, of this city. a Mrs. James D. Corrothers, widow of Dr. Corrothers, is leaving West Chester, Pa., for this city; her former home. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Myers, 1816 Fourth Street N. W., were the hosts Tuesday evening, November 20th, of the Inter Se Art Circle of the Quarterly Entertainment by the club members of their husbands and invited guests. The following were present besides the hosts: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. J. Beckett, Mrs. J. Boyd and guests, Miss Elizabeth Ferguson and Mrs. Evadna Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W. Brooks and guest, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. He. and guests, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tate, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Key and guest, her mother, Mrs. G Mr. Spears, of Kentucky, was in the city again this week. Miss Ruth Butler has returned to New York after a delightful visit here with her friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. Watts entertained for ten days relatives from New York. Mrs. Julia Grisby is out again and is improving rapidly. We wish her good health and a speedy recovery. Mrs. Mary Watkins has resumed her duties at the National Museum after having been indisposed for two weeks. Mrs. Maunie Mena, sister of Rev. D. DeWitt Turpeau, left the city on Monday. She will stop in Greensboro, N. C., and Jennings, La... after which en route to her home, which W. Jones, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. H. Parker and guest, Miss L. B. Peters; Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Reed and guests, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Woodson; Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Thornton and guests, Mrs. H. Boone and Mrs. E. B. Jordan. In the men's sewing contest, Mr. J. H. Tate won first prize for best work and Mr. H. Parker booby prize for worst work. Time, 30 minutes. In the display of needlework Mrs. W. H. J. Beckett won the prize for the best display. Mrs. E. W. Harrison was awarded the prize for the most pieces on display. The president, Mrs. A. V. Thornton, presented each member of the club with a surprise gift. Mrs. H. Parker acted as mistress of ceremonies and Mrs. Boone and Mrs. Jordan as judges. Mr. Beckett played and Mrs. Key sang. Ice cream and cake served. A pleasant evening was spent by all. MANLEY-LANE WEDDING. Wednesday evening, November 14 at 7 o'clock, Miss Orleane V. Lane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lane, Sr., of 502 T Street N. W., became the bride of Mr. Andrew J. Manley, of Philadelphia, Pa. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. F. I. A. Bennett officiating. Amidst a background of autumn leaves and chrysanthemums the bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a tailored suit of brown broadcloth with a velvet hat of contrasting shades and ostrich feathers. Her flowers were an old-fashioned nosegay of white chrysanthemums. Mrs. Charles E. Lane, Jr., as matron of honor, attended the bride, and wore a handsome gown of blue silk and a large hat of black princess lace. She carried a bouquet of pale lavender chrysanthemums. The best man was Mr. Philip Cuney, of this city. The guests present were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Holland, Mrs. A. M. Curtis, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Douglas, Mrs. Raymond Middleton of Chicago; Mrs. Carrie Grimishaw, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Amos, Miss Ruby Holland, Mr. Waverly Holland Miss Julia Taylor, Mrs. F. I. A. Bennett, Mrs. Eva Fletcher and Miss Hattie Gillane. After the ceremony the happy couple left for their home in Philadelphia. WEST WASHINGTON. Mr. W. Wright has returned to the city after a pleasant visit through Pennsylvania. The wedding bells are ringing, and Miss Cornelia Clifford is all smiles: Keep your eyes open. Mr. William H. Jackson has accepted a position in the Quartermaster's Department. The funeral of Mrs. Annie Baines, an old and faithful member of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, was held Sunday at 1 p.m. A large attendance was present. The stork visited Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Michins' residence, 2451 P Street N. W., and left a fine boy. Mother and son are doing well. Mrs. Helen L. Richard, who has been quite ill for several weeks,, to the delight of her family and many friends has improved and hopes to be out soon. is Niçaragua, Central America. The Queen's Rally, held at Alexander Memorial Baptist Church on Thursday evening, was the scene of much comment and splendid success. The following queens did their parts well: Mrs. Fannie Duffin, Queen of England; Mrs. Mary Ware, Queen of Sheba; Mrs. Smith, Queen of Belgium; Mrs. Nellie Washington, Queen of Africa, and Mrs. S. T. Pryor, Queen of Spain. Johnson's Juvenile Band deserves much credit. It attracted much attention and played well. The amount to date is $159.50, for which the congregation and pastor, Rev. J. L. Garfield, wish to thank all who assisted. Last Sunday at Ebenezer A. M. E. Church was Stewards' Day. Rev. Jones, preached in the morning; Rev. J. L. Pinn, pastor of First Baptist, in the afternoon, and then Worthy Pastor Rev: A. R. Greene at night. There was a large gathering at each meeting and a large collection was realized. Next Sunday is Rally Day and all are welcome. At the night services Bishop I. N. Ross will preach. Don't miss the treat. Rev. Pinn is doing well at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Turpin is popular with his congregation. There are not many of the old families in this section now. Howard Theatre Offers Next Week the Very Latest Broadway Success. "Branded," the play which has just will be the offering the coming week closed its run at the Fulton Theatre, at the Howard. This play was a sensation in New York right from its opening, the early part of the past August, and ran till the latter part of October, when it was compelled to be taken off on account of other bookings. The play is one of the most tense ly dramatic productions yet offered, at the Howard, which is saying a great deal, but it is safe to state that "Branded" is the most tense drama ever done by this company. The theme of the story is: Can a girl, the daughter of a famous "infamous" woman, who is brought up in the best society, away from her mother's surroundings, live down the sins of the mother? The author of "Branded" has constructed a play on this subject that is not alone dramatic, but bold and straight from the shoulder. The author's heroine is the daughter of notorious and "infamous" woman, who after being hounded from one girls' seminary to another, is compelled to flee the country. In a strange land she marries, becomes a happy mothgo to a doctor who is fully competent and of your own race? The Bee is not drawing the color line, but it is only pointing out to those who er, when again her mother's "fame" finds her out. She is compelled to leave her husband, whom she loves dearly, and go into hiding. We find her some years later living in obscurity, slaving for her child, whom she has had placed in a girls' seminary. The child grows up in the belief that her mother is dead, the mother sacrifices all, so that the family past shall not blight her child's life, as it did hers. But fate again takes a hand and visits the sins onto her child. By the above can be seen that the author has woven a story for his play the sins of the world. "I say unto ye, your sins will follow you, even unto the third generation." While the theme is tragic to a degree, the ending is happy, for a "mother's love" conquers all. MISS COLLIER AND ANDREW THOMAS IN THE LEAD. Standing of the Nominees in the Great Moving Picture Contest. All Star Cast - Abbie Mitchell, Inez Clough, Lillian Gilliam, Susie Sutton, Alice Gorgan, Ivy Hubbard, Tom Brown, Chas. Olden: Babe Towensend, J. Frances Mores, Willie Cook. Williams' Colored Singers THE MUSIC BAND Reserved Seats 50 Cen. Gen. Tick Miss Annie Payne ..... 500 Miss May Miller ..... 615 Miss Gladys Moran ..... 620 Miss Valeria Chase ..... 615 Miss Dorothy Pelham ..... 575 Miss Esther Freeman ..... 500 Miss Ollie Kibble ..... 500 Miss Martha Ailer ..... 500 Mrs. Lizzie E. Jones ..... 500 Men. Prof. J. Henry Lewis 575 Andrew J. Thomas 700 Lieut. Jay Clifford 680 Barrington Guy 615 Lieut. Muriel Curtis 575 William Welch 500 Thomas Gardiner 615 Arthur Hayes 615 Lieut. Eugene Davidson 680 Capt. Harry Atwood 680 Maj. Walter Loving 575 Prof. W. A. Adams 615 General Forest 565 William J. Curry 575 Harry Williams 500 The lady and gentleman having the highest number of votes at the end of this contest will be cast as the leading characters in a beautiful scenario, the films of which will be shown in movie theatres throughout the United States. The scenario will provide for perhaps twenty-five parts, thus assuring many Washington colored people an opportunity to appear in the movies. Call at once at the headquarters of the National Cofored Soldiers' Committee, 1105 You Street N. W., and secure coupon books, and get busy securing votes, and you may be seen in a moving picture that will be shown throughout the entire country. Get your friends busy; organize teams to work for you. Never before was such an opportunity presented to colored men and women to appear in movie pictures. Get busy. Get The Bee each week for the standing of the contestants. MY PHOTO. When did you have your picture taken? At Warren's, 803 Florida Avenue N. W.—Advt. Matinee All Seats 25c COMING TO The 19th Street Baptist Church 19th and Eye Sts. N. W. Monday, November 26th 8 P. M. Mational Training Schools for Women and girls — Benefit Mt. Carmel Baptist Church 3rd and Eye Sts. N. W. Tuesday, November 27th 8 P. M. for the Benefit of the Church The First Congregationa Church 10th and G Sts. N. W. Wednesday, Novem. 28th,8 P. M. National Training School for Women and Girls — Benefit Child or Student 25 Cents This coupon will count for five hundred votes for the nominees if delivered or mailed to committee headquarters at 1105 You Street Northwest Name____ Address____ Name____ Address____ By whom nominated____ Address____ Excellent for Dry Stubborn Hair Produces a fine glossy appearance SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY. Atlanta, Ga.—Atlanta University has had a remarkable opening. The enrollment so far is 551, excluding the Oglethorpe Practice School: This represents a greater enrollment than was had all of last year. Despite the draft made by the war upon our student body, the enrollment and the student activities have constantly gained. The university is represented by twenty-one officers, of which two are captains, thirteen are first lieutenants and eight are second lieutenants, besides Y. M. C. A. workers and two or three in private ranks. A heavy draft was made upon our football team. Nevertheless, the team scored a victory in its first game against Talladega, College, which resulted in a score of 12-6. Captain Elder executing a forward pass for a touchdown, and Maxwell making a seventy-yard run in the last twenty seconds of the game for the second touchdown. Higher education applied to farming at Atlanta University is pretty well demonstrated in a sweet potato crop which yielded one potato weighing 17 lbs 5 ounces, and several that weighed from 7 to 12 pounds. On December 22nd the Alumni of Atlanta University celebrates the birth of the founder of the school because he was a man who lived real democracy, now so much talked about. It is hoped that graduates all over the country will do the same thing. Durham, N. C.-The National Training School in this city is sustaining its well-earned record for efficient management and ability to master its problems in a most effective manner. Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and president, is on the alert at all times for the good of the institution. From a small beginning about six years ago with a poor equipment and hardly money enough to meet its expenses a month in advance, President Shepard and the board of trustees have put the institution upon a firm footing and given it a rating among the foremost schools of its kind in America. By hard work and shrewd business tact Dr. Shepard has been able for the past two years to close the fiscal year without a deficit. One big factor showing the worth of the institution to our people has been the wholesome influence exerted by the graduates and students themselves in their deportment and service in the various communities in which they reside. Groups of white people in the South as well as in the North have contributed liberally to the support of the school because of the good that it is doing in fostering thrift and intelligence among the colored people both in urban and rural communities. The courses of study are arranged so as to meet the needs of the student who wishes to prepare himself for a definite work in the shortest possible time and in the most thorough manner. Besides the higher literary branches taught, special attention is given to those students who wish to prepare themselves for social service, secretaries, missionaries, teachers, the ministry and young men and women's Christian association work. At this time of the nation's peril, Dr. Shepard is urging every member of the faculty and every student to practice strict economy, that the best interest of the school and the nation may be conserved. BUREAU NOTES Miss Mary Clark, of 1617 Third Street N. W., is one of the happy new additions to the many colored girls in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Mrs. Lucinda Shorter-Walker and Mrs. Glovie Sewall-Johnson are now on the midnight force as counters and examiners in the Surface Division. Everyone, white and colored, is still talking about that wonderful presentation speech of Mrs. Jennie Brown, one of the efficient counters and examiners, made in the concourse of the B. E. P. before a large audience of white and colored. Mrs. Maude Johnson-Hawkins was recently appointed and is assigned in Section 10. Mdmes. Mamie Cheatham-Wormley, Georgia Marston-Burke, Misses Mary Chaney and Irene Johnson were among the recent appointees. "Bureau Night," representing the talent of that plant, will be observed at the Asbury A. M. E. Church. Eleventh and K Streets, Tuesday, November 27th. An interesting program has been carefully arranged Mrs. Sara Daniels of the Examining Division has spared no pains in selecting the very best talent of the building. Miss Mattie Stewart of the Bindery lost her father week before last. Outfit consists of Durham Duplex Domino Razor with white American Ivory band safety card strap mounting attachment and Durham Duplex Blades packed in a genuine red leather Kit. GET IT FROM YOUR DEALER OR FROM US. Every reader of this paper may secure THE $5. DURHAM DUPLEX DOMINO RAZOR FOR $1. DURING THE LIFE OF THIS ADVERTISMENT DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO. JERSEY CITY, N.J. LEGAL NOTICES. WM. I. LEE, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court. No. 24,107, Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters of administration on the estate of Sarah E. Williams, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 9th day of November, A. D. 1918; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 9th day of November, 1917. Cora M. Williams, 1511 First Street N. W. Attest: W. Clark Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Wm. I. Lee, Attorney, 1630 Corcoran Street N. W. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL (INC.) offers an excellent opportunity 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 opportunities that THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL OFFERS. We teach the following courses: Hair Dressing, Facial Massage, Manicuring, Scalp Treatment, Instantaneous Bleaching, Electric Treatment for the Face and Scalp. There is a constant demand for THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL'S GRADUATES. THE ABILITY TO USE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITY DEPENDS UPON INDIVIDUAL VALUE, and value depends on training, and training depends on earnest, well directed effort to increase skill. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL's branches are taught from five dollars up. COME IN AND REGISTER. DAY AND NIGHT CLASSES. MME. AGNES J. SMITH, Principal. RICHARDSONS' DRUG STORE 41% AND F ST.. W. Everything here that is found in any first-class Drug Store. Prescriptions promptly filled. RICH- ARDSONS' PURE STORE, 4 1/2 BLICK BROTHERS The best place in this city to purchase coal is Blick Brothers, 8th and Fla. ave northwest. Send in a deposit now. One of the most reliable firms in this city. Miss Stewart is one of our estimable and efficient workers. Mrs. W. A. Hughes was recently appointed, being assigned to Section o. Mrs. Beatrice Langhorne-Gray received a recent appointment in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The Bureau Laborers' Relief Association is progressing rapidly, many new members having been added to the roll. This is a commendable organization and should be encouraged by each colored employee. The spirit of unity is triumphant in the great Printery. Mrs. Emma Younger received a recent appointment at the Bureau. Mrs. Josephine Lawrence-Wycks was notified of her appointment at the Bureau, but will continue at her post teaching in the public schools. HELPS RED CROSS International Film Service Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, who has aided the Red Cross funds by singing at many entertainments. BIG PAY FOR STEEL WORKERS Some Workmen in the Industry Draw as High as $800 a Month. Youngstown.—Higher wages than ever known before in the steel industry are being paid workers in local steel mills. Some workmen make as much as $800 monthly. This is due to the sliding scale of wages, based on the selling prices of steel, for sheet and tin plate, workmen under the Amalgamated association ruling. Tremendous profits followed in the wake of the declaration of the European war. The highest wages go to the "rollers." Henters, roughers, and other workmen receive correspondingly high wages. It is not uncommon for laborers to get from $12 to $15 a day. In some cases, from $5 to $0 daily is made by unskilled 'workmen after a few weeks' experience. TRY TO LIVE ON $5 A WEEK Two Sisters Collapse After Attempt to Exist on Earnings of Third. Brooklyn.—After an attempt of three sisters to live on $5 a week in Brooklyn, N. Y., two of them collapsed from starvation and their case was brought to the attention of the authorities. Edna, Anna and Eleanor Williams were the devoted sisters who made the attempt. The trio went to Brooklyn after their parents died two months ago. Edna was ill and Anna remained at home to care for her. Eleanor worked in a store, earning $7 a week. Of this amount $2 went for rent and $5 was all there was left for living expenses. GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S SON A FARM-LABORER Berlin.—Willy Michaels, the youngest son of the new German chancellor, is working as a common laborer on a large farm in Langmeng, near Gruenberg, in Silesia. The young man is a student of one of the Berlin high schools. When the summer vacation, began in July he offered his services for the harvest with thousands of other pupils, and was sent to Silesia, where he works hard every day from four o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock at night. After the harvest he will, of course, return to school. Katz's big grocery store 1644 Melle, Ave. N. E., is attracting new customers every day. It is one of the best grocery stores in the North East everything strictly fresh and at prices to meet the high cost of living, people living in that section don't have to go Market. This store is really BRITISH VESSELS WORK FOR ALLIES Merchant Marine Is First Line of Naval Defense in This War. ARE FEEDING MANY LANDS English Freighters Flight U-Boats While Neutral Craft Ply to Safe Zones—Half Tonnage Working for France Sent by England. London.—An analysis of the present status of Great Britain's merchant fleet as affected by the war will indicate more clearly than any statement heretofore issued the extent to which the merchant marine has been absorbed into national service. under the immediate control of the government. There is no more emphatic proof of the measure in which England has placed her resources at the disposal of the war cause than this analysis of the merchant-fleet's disposition. British ships are working for France, for Italy, for the unfortunate neutral states that would be threatened with starvation if the allies did not help to keep them alive. Troops, munitions, equipment, food supplies have been brought from all quarters of the world in British ships, not exclusively for British consumption, but for all of Britain's allies and for neutrals. Without the British merchant marine the world's international commerce would be almost at a standstill. A famous authority on shipping and naval affairs recently pointed out that the merchant marine has become the first line of naval defense in this war; and it is literally true. A majority of merchant ships are now armed, and therefore take the same chances as warships. They are attacked by the enemy on sight and they fight the enemy on sight. Keep Out of Danger. Neutral vessels have-sought the less dangerous zones of operation and ply their trade in waters far from the German submarine bases, where they may reasonably be certain to remain unmolested. To the British merchant fleet is left the uncomfortable duty of serving in those waters where submarines are thickest, where mines are strewn, where the Germans show the least concern for humanity, where every hour and every mile represents the seious chance of death and destruction. The French ministry of mercantile marine has issued a statement which sets forth the condition of the French merchant fleet. It is stated that the French merchant marine amounts to $4,167,000 tons, of which 2,100,000 tons has been loaned to France by Great Britain. Thus it appears that half the tonnage working for France is furnished by Great Britain. This is particularly interesting in view of the well-known fact that French shipping has been dealt with rather tenderly by the German submarines. The greatest of French shipping corporations has been particularly fortunate in this regard, and a curious explanation of the fact is current in both France and England. It is that this corporation represents a large investment by one of the most powerful and influential religious orders of the Roman Catholic, and that the Germans have made it a policy not unnecessarily to give offense in this quarter. Secondly, it is a matter of frequent note that certain French ships are always permitted to escape, while other vessels in the same waters are invariably attacked. Almost Cut Off. France is now almost as completely cut off from the privilege of commerce with her neighbors by land as Great Britain. To put it in the reverse, she is almost as dependable on shipping as England. Before the war, according to the French ministry of marine, France imported by land 18,000,000 tons annually, while last year her imports by land amounted to only 1,000,000. Inasmuch as the total of imports in 1916 was 44,000,000 tons, the proportion received by land is very small indeed. Inasmuch as France is at present much less capable of living within itself than is England, by reason of the necessity particularly to import metals and coal, it may fairly be said that France is even more dependent upon maintaining her touch with the sea than is England. The French government is co-operating with England in every possible way to increase the production of new tonnage; but France's contribution must necessarily be small compared to those of England and the United States. The French minister of marine said that Great Britain would shortly have to recall a part of the 700 vessels which she had lent to France. British needs are increasing rapidly, and no vessel will be recalled from the service of an ally unless it is agreed between the two countries that it is more necessary to England than to the ally. The British nation before the war was importing 58,000,000 tons of goods a year, which fell to 43,000,000 tons in 1916 and will be considerably further reduced this year. Before the war foodstuffs represented less than 25 percent of the imports; in 1916 two-thirds of all imports consisted of foodstuffs, munitions of war and the manufacture of war supplies. CARRIES "BIG STICK" Washington. — Senator Bankhead of Alabama startled his colleagues by stalking into the chamber just before the recent adjournment with the aid of a hickory stick six feet long. The senator is no lightweight and he towers over the average man, but a prop entirely out of all accepted proportions caused comment. Senator Knox's curiosity was such that he demanded an explanation. "It's the stoutest bit of wood ever cut in Virginia," said the owner. "Quite a good deal of it," observed the Pennsylvania senator. "Do you know that if that stick were cut in two, and one of the parts had a nice silver head on it, it would make a most appropriate gift for a friend?" "Not on your life," responded the gentleman from Alabama, quick to reject the hint. "This was sent to me by a friend. I am going to take it down home if you fellows ever get through wind-jamming here and adjourn. It will be just the thing for me to use when I go prowling around my farm." GET LEATHER FROM SHARKS Series of Tests by Government Shows That Product is Durable and Satisfactory. New London, Conn.—A contract for 1,000 shark hooks, 300 to be completed in ten days and 700 in twenty days after the first consignment, has been awarded by the government to J. W. Fordham, a blacksmith, of this vicinity. There are to be three varieties of hook, eleven, ten and nine inches in length. A chain and swivel are to be attached to each hook. It is reported from a Washington correspondent that the government is about to prospect in a new leather field, that of shark skins. In a series of tests a durable and satisfactory leather has been evolved from the skins of these fish. It is believed there is no reason why an industry may not be profitably started. WORKS FOR NATIONAL UNITY From Kaline Massey, New Theodore N. Vall, who is head of the League for National Unity, organized recently with the approval of President Wilson, is preparing an intensive campaign for the unification of public opinion in the war. Mr. Vall is president of the American Telegraph and Telephone company. NICK CARTER IS IN ECLIPSE Boy Readers Want Airmen or Submarine Captains for Heroes Instead of Old Thrillers. Denver, Colo.—A canvas of book-stalls in Denver—the very center of romantic "wild and wooly"—shows that the kaiser has put the western brand of romance out of business. As one dealer explained it "with the war sentiment sweeping the land, young America has tired of Deadwood Dick, Old Broad Brim, King Brady and Nick Carter, and demands a hero patterned after the dashing aviation captain or the submarine commander." Gaine 200 Pounds as Soldier. Syracuse, N. Y.—There is nothing the matter with United States army "chuck." Sergeant Imhoff, quartermaster's corps, stationed at the Syracuse expansion camp, retired after living on Uncle Sam's "chuck" for twenty-seven years. Imhoff weighed 125 when he enlisted and 325 when he retired, and, as he is said to be the largest soldier in the world, credit cannot be withheld. Draft Leaves Only Aliens. Weirtown, W. Va.-The selective draft will leave only foreigners in this steel mill town. Of the 950 registrants here it has been found that 700 are aliens who are exempt from military service. Practically every physically fit American will be taken in the first National army. Officer, Many Times Injured, Loud In Praise of Hospital Service. TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCES Many American Girls Among Nurses on the Western Front—Man With Artificial Hand Pulls Grew some Joke on Vistitors. Washington.—"The hospital service on the western front is excellent," said Lieutenant _____, of the Royal Flying corps. "I ought to know. I've had enough experience with it. Everything is done to make the less seriously wounded man comfortable, and no effort is spared to save the more critically wounded man's life. "I used to get into the hospital at Boulogne so often that the nurses got to know me very well. They are splendid women, these nurses, and there are more American girls among them than you might suppose. They got to saying he's back again,' after I had been there four or five times. I seldom heard them because I usually was unconscious. But they always gave me my favorite bed and the attendants I liked best. "One Thursday morning, after I had been unconscious for more than a week, I woke up in England, instead of at Boulogne. I knew then that I must have been seriously injured. The men most seriously injured—those not expected to live—usually are sent to Ramsgate. From London I went to Ramsgate. They have a wonderful hospital there. Take the Sea Air. "Down along the water-front there is a great promenade. It is perhaps 75 feet wide. When 'hopeless' cases have been cured they are given wheel chairs which they propel with their hands and sent down to the promenade for the sea air. I saw many funny things on that promenade. The favorite sport was for about fifty of these men, some without legs, some without arms, to join their chairs together and, after getting up speed, play at 'crack the whip.' Then there would be jousting matches, the men charging at each other with their chairs. The winner was the one who succeeded in throwing the other man out of his chair. Frequently the results doctors had secured after months of painful work were undone in this way. "It used to be funny and sometimes, pathetic to see the men trying out their artificial limbs. There were two long iron rails supported by posts between which the men with artificial legs would practice. They would grip the rails with their hands and walk from one end of the path to the other. The stunt was to turn around with hands of the rails. Many a time I have seen a man go sprawling when one of his legs went out from under him. Rather Grewsome Joke. "There was one chap at Ramsgate who used to have a great deal of fun out of an artificial hand. It got to g point where his companion invalids would make him pledge that he wouldn't pull his 'hand joke' when they introduced him to their women friends. "You're right, he'd said, 'that joke is pretty crude. I won't pull it again.' But when the time for the introduction came the impulse was irresistible. The chap would put out his false hand for the girl to shake and then would pull his arm away, leaving the hand in her grip. More than once I've seen that hand drop on the hard floor of the promenade while the girl shrieked in horror." WANTS TO SHINE SHOES FOR PERSHING'S ARMY Pueblo, Colo.—Thomas Price, twenty-seven, a legless boot-black here, wants the job of shining shoes for General Pershing's Sammies "over there." His crippled condition prevents him from entering the army, so he has written President Wilson, requesting that he be given a chance to "do his bit." "I am told that soldiers have to keep their boots-polished," wrote Price, who conducts a shoe-shining parlor here, "and that they have to do it themselves. If you can make a place for me to do the shining for them I don't think you'll find me loading on the job." CLUB FOR ARMY OFFICERS Lord Leconfield's House in London Being Fitted Up for Use of Americans. London—Officers of the American forces on leave in London or passing through will soon have a regular American club where they can while away their spare time. Lord Leconfield has given up his palatial home in Chesterfield gardens and a committee of the Pilgrims are busy transforming it into one of the coziest clubs in the city. It will be at the disposal of the American officers within a few weeks. THE PRISON IT IS MORE THAN A MERE SCHOOL—IT IS A COMMUNITY OF SERVICE AND UPLIFT Its influence is destined to be felt in all sections of the country in improved Negro community life wherever our trained workers locate. 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Open Day and Night Livery and Chapel JOHN T. STEWART; Undertaker and Embalmer. 30 H Street, Northeast. Main 1124 Washington, D. C. Convenient to All Leading Theatres. Unsurpassed Service Mr. Robert L. Pratt Druid Hill Avenue at Paca Street Transient Boarding and Lodging to Select People Phone, Mt. Vernon 640 Opposite Smith's Hote BALTIMORE, MD. CONWAY and TUCKER Dealers in Produce Choice Fruits and Vegetables Everything the Best Special Delivery Lowest Prices Stands: 14 and 35 O STREET MARKET. 7th and O Sts., N. W. Open daily from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M. DURHAM, N. Beautiful Bust and Shoulders are possible if you will wear a scientifically constructed Bien Jolie Brassiere. The dragging weight of an unconfined bust so stretches the supporting muscles that the contour of the figure is spoiled. 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Daily Sunday 1 o'clock LET'S HIT AN UP-TO-DAFE CAFE Open Day and Night All Kinds of of Game and Oysters in Season Hot and Cold Lunches for Travellers 15 E Street, N. W FOR RENT. 1423 Corcoran St. N. W.; house with ten rooms, bath, hot and cold water. This house will be thoroughly cleaned, papered and painted; rents for $30.50 per month. Thomas Walker, 506 Fifth St. N. W. Phone, Main 4662. The Bee is a representative organ of the people. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE Section 1. The name of this society shall be the COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE. Section 1. The term for which this society is organized shall be perpetual Article III. Section 1. The general business and objects of this society shall be to promote the education, industrial, commercial and social welfare of the people of the District. of Columbia and vicinity, and to counsel and encourage those in other communities in the same direction. NDIA HAIR GROWER THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered, with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or any Hair trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical proprieties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky with a balm of a thousand flowers. The remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black also restores Gray Hair to its Natural be used with Hot Iron for Straightening. It by Mail, 50c; 10c extra for Postage S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 314 East Second St. Oklahoma City, Okla. Article I. Article II. Secton 2. The particular business and objects of this society shall be to encourage and foster vocational education, skill and efficiency; to stimulate and encourage industrial and commercial enterprises in and near the District of Columbia and to assist in the establishing of such enterprises; to encourage and promote co-operation in business; to establish and maintain a technical economic library in the City of Washington for public use; to promote the establishment of gymnasiums, baths and recreational centers; to promote better household and community sanitation; to encourage improved landscape architecture and gardening for the adornment of home surroundings; to assist poor and needy persons. Section 3. In addition to the power to pursue the objects enumerated in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article III, this society shall also have the following corporate powers, to wit: to foster and regulate any number or branch units in the District of Columbia and vicinity having like objects, which shall be integral parts of this society; to affiliate itself with any national society having similar aims and objects; to accept gifts of money securities, goods, material and real estate for the promotion of its objects; to print and disseminate such literature as may be deemed calculated to advance its objects. Section 4. The powers granted in this charter shall not be construed to exclude any other powers reasonable for the promotion of the public-spirited and charitable objects of this society and consistent with the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia and the laws of the United States. Section 1. The affairs, funds and property of this society shall be in the general charge of a Board of Governors of not more than twenty-four members of the society, who shall be assisted by a Supervisory Committee of three members of the society no one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Governors, and by such executive officers and other employees as may be provided in the bylaws. During the first year the number of Governors shall be not less than twelve. Section 2. The first Board of Governors and first Supervisory Committee shall be chosen by the persons, who sign this certificate of incorporation, and thereafter the members of that board and that committee shall be chosen by ballot by the general body of members at the regular annual meetings. Section 3. The by-laws shall prescribe which of the executive officers, if any, shall be also members of the Board of Governors. Section 4. At the first annual election all members of the Board of Governors and the Supervisory Committee shall be chosen anew by the members tr EL pr st its AGENTS OUTFIT 1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Oil, 1 Shampoo, 1 Pressing Oil, 1 Face Cream and direction for selling. $2.00 256 Extra for Postage of the society, and one-third of the members of that board and of that committee shall be chosen to serve one, two and three years, respectively, and after one year following the first annual election the persons chosen to serve one, two and three years, respectively, and after one year following the first annual election the persons chosen to fill vacancies in those bodies shall be chosen for the term of three years. Section 5. During the first year, or previous to the first annual election, the executive officers of this society shall include a President, at least one Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. But the by-laws may provide additional or other executive officers to be chosen at the first annual election of officers and thereafter. Section 6. All officers and employees charged with the custody or handling of the funds or other property of the society shall be required to furnish an adequate indemnity bond for the faithful performance, of their respective duties, and the amount of any such bond shall be prescribed by the Board of Governors. Article V. Section 1. The Board of Governors shall immediately after its appointment make such prudential by-laws as they may deem proper for the management and business affairs of this society, and thereafter any by-laws so made shall not be changed without the participation and consent of the members of the society. Section 2. The Board of Governors shall have power to make rules and regulations in addition to and in conformity with those embodied in the by-laws, and to amend or abolish the same at will, but while in force such rules and regulations shall have all the force of by-laws. NEWHOME "I'll get it for my wife" NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER AS GOOD. NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER AS GOOD. Purchase the "NEW HOME" and you will have a life asset at the price you pay. The elimination of repair expense by superior workmanship and best quality of material insures life-long service at minimum cost. Insist on having the "NEW HOME". WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. Known the world over to superior sewing qualities. THE NEW HOME SCHOOL NO. 1000 THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO., ORANGE, MASS. FOR SALE BY Gustave Oppenheim, 800 B street northwest, Washington, HAHN'S. Throngs of young and old people have been swarming to Hahn's Shoe Store for several weeks. They are taking advantage of the special inducements offered on their new stock of fall shoes. More than two hundred colored children bought shoes last week. Hahn's Shoe Store is the place to buy shoes. Will promote a Full Growth of Hair. Will also Restore the strength Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER --- PUBLIC MEN AND THINGS By the Sage of the Potomac. The latest rumor is the triple marriage of three school fellows. I would not say that these individuals would not desire to enter the army to fight for democracy. Oh, no! They are too patriotic. You can't doubt the patriotism of these school fellows who have been anxious to serve their country as well as the schools. *** There are some people in the world who imagine that they are greater than they are. Give an unknown individual in a community who has escaped from his own home a little newspaper notoriety, and it will not be long before he imagines that he owns the town. Then, again, it will not be long before he passes into oblivion. A man is as easily broken as he is made. He becomes so conceited that it will not be very long before he breaks his own neck. The coming political contest will be a hot one. Among the prospective candidates for delegates are many statesmen out of jobs and out of money. The new national committeeman will see that the people shall rule and not tainted money. *** Those who attended the Howard Theatre last week were certainly entertained. The play was a lesson for the hypocrites. My friend Byers was on deck, as usual, with that smile that will not come off. Say what you please about Byers, he is one congenial individual. By the way, he is from Texas. Instilled in his veins is Northern blood. Texas-reared individuals are generally full of hot blood and nerve. They are braver than the average Southern colored gentleman. They are differently made up. Talk with a Texas individual and compare him with any other colored individual in the South and you will find the Texas gentleman a nervy individual. Take it from me and try the comparison. Camp Meade is a scene for sweet-hearts who go there to bid their loved ones a long farewell. Well, old Fourteenth Street, around in that section where Barry and other suds parlors sold the "O-Be-Joyful" sure does look like Goldsmith's deserted village now. There used to be a time, before Washington assumed the metropolitan airs of the Desert of Sahara, when old Fourteenth Street, in the immediate vicinity of Barry's thirst parlor, looked like a Democratic National Convention. But, alas and alack!—those are departed days. I took a stroll over that "white way" last Saturday night and, would you believe, it, Harmony Cemetery had more life in it than that stretch of Fourteenth Street from You to V. All the statesmen, near-statesmen, and assorted Rotarians who used to congregate each evening to relieve Barry and others of their stock of foam goods and spirits fermenti now hang around the barber shops, do the theatres on hit the hay along about 9 o'clock Doc Sumner Wormley, one of the most vehement prohibitionists outside of captivity, says that the water is fine now, even much better than when he began using it for bathing purposes. Wash Woods, who has always made his cocktails and sours out of charged sprugel water and diluted grape juice, says Washington is now an ideal city since old John Barleycorn has got his solar plexus. Attorney Tom Jones, however, is of the opinion that if Washington remains dry for a year he will have to turn his touring car in for a six-for-a-quarter. Washington Traction Company tickets, for there won't be any "plain drunks" to buy his gasoline. SHAMS. Why don't those members of Washington's "codfish society" who are protesting against the Pythian Temple move to some exclusive suburb of the city? It is time that colored people in Washington and everywhere else should boost and not knock. COLORED AMERICANS HONEST Mr. Ralph E. Langston, member of Local Board for Division 140, and Hon. Charles W. Anderson, member of Local Board for Division 139, of the City of New York, were both guests at the banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria, given in celebration of the completion of the first draft under the selective service law on last Saturday night. It was a notable gathering, as many of the most prominent New Yorkers are members of the local boards. Hon. Charles E. Hughes was toastmaster, and among the speakers were Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, Provost Marshal General I Crowder, General J. Franklin Bell, commandant of Camp Upton; General CREDIT How Many Homes Are Bought For Cash? Probably not one in a hundred. In what kind of a house would the great majority of people have to live if they could buy only on cash terms? Credit enables them to buy a comfortable home and our system of credits is the most helpful in the world when it comes to the furnishings. Purchases from us are charged on an open account, without notes or interest, and we arrange the small weekly or monthly payments for each individual according to what their circumstances will permit. We make every sale a personal matter, and we take up this matter of terms in such a way that you know we are trying to give you every bit of help in our power. Eli Hoye, commander of the Department of the East at Governors Island; Major, Roscoe. Conkling, assistant to the Provost. Marshal General, and Attorney General Merten E. Lewis of the State of New York. Each board was presented with a bronze badge bearing the inscription "U. S. Army." Provost Marshal General Crowder referred to the work of the local boards of New York City in the most complimentary terms, and stated it was the first time in the history of the world that distinguished civilians had ever placed an army in the field, and that, although military authorities of all countries had always contended that this work could not be done by civilians, this work was performed by them with rare intelligence and discretion and without the aid of a single bayonet or policeman. Attorney General Lewis expressed the hope and belief that in the near future Congress would issue a medal to every member of a local board in the country in recognition of their patriotic service. Secretary Baker also commended the board members and referred with pride to the fact that each one of them was a soldier who was serving his country without compensation. FOOTBALL. The Virginia Union University gave Howard University the severest drubbing that she has ever had—16 to 0. New York, Nov. 20.—At Lenox Oval, 145th street and Lenox avenue, New York, Thanksgiving Day, November 29th; army officers from Des Moines will play Lincoln University's champion team. WEST VIRGINIA NOTES. Death of an Old Resident. The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, and with them sadness has been brought to our homes and churches. Sister Hannah Veney, one of the oldest and most respected residents of this city and member of the Dudley Bap- Peter Grogan & Sons Co. 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street N. W. tist Church, has been called to her reward. For over forty years she had been standing at her post serving as one of the Christian landmarks. She goes down to her grave eulogized by her friends and honored by all. She set a noble example and left a lasting impression as a faithful church worker and dutiful wife. She was a member of the Veney family, one of the oldest and most distinguished of Martinsburg. The young as well as the old are called. Prof. W. O. Turner, director of the Martinsburg Band and leader of Mt. Zion choir, was called home to rest from his very faithfully discharged duties as a business man, a husband and a church worker. An Inquiry. Can anyone tell me the whereabouts of Betsy Pollard Payne, the daughter of Willis and Jonah Pollard? She was born and reared in Fauquier County, Virginia. After marriage she went to Alexandria, Va., to live. I have not heard from her since. If you, know of her whereabouts notify Rev. E. T. Johnson, pastor of the Dudley Baptist Church, Martinsburg, W. Va. A most successful session of the Quarterly Association of the Valley Baptist churches convening with the Dudley has just closed and delegates gone back to their assigned fields carrying with them renewed Christian energy and enthusiasm. The Dudley has taken on a new lease of life under the pastoral charge of Rev. E. T. Johnson, a most successful rally having just ended and a spiirtual campaign now being launched. Sunday morning will see the beginning of a series of sermons. (1) "The Lost." (2) "What Shall I Do to Be Saved?" (3) "Flee From the Wrath to Come." (4) Enter the Straight Gate." (5) The Word of God Is the Way." (6) The Qualification of a Christian." (7) "The City Is on Fire." (8) "The Confusion." (9) "The Inheritance." (10) "I Will Arise and Go to My Father." (11) "Saved." The members of the congregations are urged to bring their Bibles. At a time like this, when market conditions are critical, when it's every person's duty to see that they get the ultimate of service out of every dollar they spend, you can come to us for Furniture with perfect assurance that your confidence will not be misplaced. Our offer of credit will surely help you, and at the same time you will find here the most reliable goods that our experience can select and the lowest prices for which such a class of goods can be sold. A Here's a specimen suite from our department of parlor furniture and its beauty is typical of what you will find throughout our stock. Such furniture as this makes home a place where we are proud to welcome our friends a place that will be so attractive to the children that they'll be happy and contented. There are suites here of every description and we can assure you that many of the very good looking ones are exceedingly low in price. In every department you'll find goods at very low prices, but for the lowest we can still guarantee you reliable quality and satisfactory service. FOR SALE. 1216 Eye Street N. E.—Six-room brick house, all modern improvements; to a quick purchaser, $2,800; colored only; white location. 1248' H Street N. E.—A fine place for a colored grocery store. Six-room brick house; all modern improvements. Apply at 1216 Eye Street N. E., in the morning. FOR RENT. For Rent—Store room and cellar, 304 New York Avenue N. W., $17.50. Three-room flat, second floor, 304 New York Avenue N. W., $11.00. Flat, third floor, 3 rooms, 304 New York Avenue N. W., $10.00. Thomas Walker, 506 Fifth Street Northwest. Phone, M. 4662. HOUSES FOR SALE. Two fine, all modern improvements, and one store in, for sale. One-brick house, 1216 Eye Street N. E., six rooms, all modern improvements, may be purchased for $2,800 to a quick-purchaser, colored only, in a white location. No. 1248 H Street N. E., a fine place for a colored grocery store. Six-room brick house, all modern improvements. Apply at 1216 Eye Street N. E. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Still we sell lower.. Mr. Man, there is nothing helps a business more than low rent. And we are away from the glare and glitter, and if we can suit you, we save our trade a lot of cash. It pays to see us for new, pants at $2 to $3; cost about that by the dozen. But we buy in 500 or more lots. JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 619 D St. TAYLOR'S Dependable Jewelry S 1024 YOU STREET, NOR. WEST Jewelry We are ushering in an unprecedented array some guaranteed Jewisirable sort at prices parison with any other of early shoppers are cial and week end sale of our underselling white diamonds $75 with chip diamond, 75 such values will be f Taylor's New 1024 You Try our Divided Payment Sys Jewelry for Xm are ushering in the Gift season precedented array of the most guaranteed Jewelry of the m sort at prices that challenge with any other stores. The shoppers are profiting by W week end sales. We quote underselling prices. 3-4 g diamonds $75; Solid Gold hip diamond, 79c. These are values will be found at Taylor's New Jewelry Store 1024 You St., N. W. Divided Payment System and pay as is com Jewelry for Xmas We are ushering in the Gift season with an unprecedented array of the most handsome guaranteed Jewelry of the most desirable sort at prices that challenge comparison with any other stores. The crowp of early shoppers are profiting by bur special and week end sales. We quote some of our underselling prices. 3-4 genuine white diamonds $75; Solid Gold Rings with chip diamond, 79c. These and many such values will be found at Try our Divided Payment System and pay as is convenient CHURCH SERVICES. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M Street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets N. W.—A big welcome for you. Services: Preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday School, 9:30: Allen C. E., 6.30 p. m.; prayer meeting. Wednesday, 8 p. m.; class meeting. Tuesday, Thursday. Friday. Strangers always welcome. Rev. C. M. Turner, D. D., pastor. Parsonage, 1444 Q Street N. W. Phone, North 1825 We close at 11:00 every night LOR'S Jewelry Store for Xmas in the Gift season with ray of the most hand- velry of the most de- that challenge com- stores. The crowp profiting by our spe- les. We quote some prices. 3-4 genuine 5; Solid Gold Rings 9c. These and many ound at Jewelry Store St., N. W. item and pay as is convenient SURGICAL CHIROPODIST Special Treatment For Corns and Bunions. Will Cure All Foot Ailments. Graduate of Columbia Institute. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. We close at 11:00 every night