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--- VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 38 Competent and Deserving Colored Employees Safe—The Bee Endorsed by Director Wilmeth. In The Bee last week an article was published denying the false and slanderous publication of a local paper in this city to the effect that the recent order issued by President Wilson revoking Civil Service examinations to enable the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to appoint anybody in the Bureau without an examination. The Bee has always maintained that the new Director is a man of the highest integrity and that colored employees would be given a square deal. The letter of the Director fully substantiates The Bee's publication. Director Wilmeth'a Letter. Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D. C. February 9, 1918. Mr. W. Calvin Chase, Editor of The Bee. I am in receipt of a copy of your paper dated the 9th instant, and my attention has been called to an article on the front page which relates to colored employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. I am very much gratified that you gave this timely notice, and want to thank you for its fairness and the straightforward way in which it is put. You may rest assured that faithful colored employees will have nothing to fear or dread under my administration as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Anyone who wants to know how I treat colored people or what I have done for them, but has to refer to my record as Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department. I made no discrimination there between people on account of race and I am making none here, and your notice to the oclored people that they would be treated fairly is, as I stated, a source of gratification to me, and I know that through the wide influence your/paper exerts among the colored people of the District of Columbia this notice will have a most salutary effect. With every good wish, I am, Yours sincerely, James L. Wilmeth, Director. DR. ROBT. R. MOTEN Guest of Honor—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lassiter Entertain at Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lassiter, 1215 Seventeenth Street N.W., entertained last Tuesday evening at their magnificent home Dr. R. R. Moten, principal of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Special Assistant Secretary of War Hon. Emmett J. Scott, Ex-Governor P. B. S. Pinchback and Editor W. Calvin Chase of The Bee, were also present. It was a brilliant affair, such as Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter can give. Besides the others mentioned at the dinner table were Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter, two of the most congenial host and hostess in the city. During the evening Dr. Jesse Jones and Bishop Scott called to pay their respects to the distinguished visitor, Dr. Moten, who left on an early train Wednesday morning for the South. MASONIC NEWS. By. Thomas Tascoe. The members of the Order of the Eastern Star are taking a breathing space after the annual session of the Grand Chapter in January. Miss Emma S. Williams, the newly elected Matron, is a young lady who is well known and highly esteemed. With her Masonic adviser, Mr. W. H. Anderson, the Grand Patron, we prophesy a successful year. * * * Miriam Chapter, No. 8, O. E. S., met Thursday, February 7, 1918, at the Masonic Temple, Fifth Street and Virginia Avenue S. E.. There was a large number present and the meeting was a very interesting one. The following honored ladies were reported sick: Mrs. Alice Robinson, Past Matron; Mrs. Helen Ricks. Wells, and Mrs. Catherine Mitchell. Plans were given by the Royal Matron, Mrs. Lottie Barnes, for the upbuilding of the Chapter. Past Patron, Dr. John P. Turner, gave one of his forceful talks. *** Gethsemane Chapter, No. 4, meets on the second Wednesday. Hon. Lady Rosie B. Myers, Royal Matron; Sir Knight Wm. P. Thomas, Royal Patron. Will conver the first and second degrees February 26, 1918. ** * * Prince Hall Chapter, No. 12, will confer the Eastern Star degree on the regular meeting night, the first Monday in March. ** * * Hon. Lady Emma Miller and her husband, Sir Knight Wm. H. Miller, are the Matron and Patron in Electa, No. 14, which meets on the second Thursday. ** * * Mecca Temple, No. 10, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, meets on the fourth Thursday. ** * * Ionic Lodge, No. 17, F. A. A. M., buried Bro. Lonnie Scatterfield on Saturday, February 9th, from the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. \*\*\* Bro. James A. Jackson, of Progressive Lodge, No. 181, F. A. A. M., of Atlanta, Ga., called upon P. D. G. M. J. Thomas Tascoe Tuesday, February 12, 1918, and looks to a very bright future for the craft. SPARKS FROM MARTINSBURG Martinsburg, W. Va. One of the eleven colored boys sent from here to Camp Lee, Mr. E. Turner, was in the city last week looking like a real soldier. He spent a few pleasant days with his mother and friends. The Red Cross (Crispus Attucks) of which Mrs. M. E. Corsey is president gave a successful banquet. The following members took a leading part: Mrs. Edith Busey, P. R. Fletcher, James Hutton, Sadie Crane, Susie Braxton, Georgia Busey, Bertie Cook, Misses Annie Scott and F. Childs. Many proud children, including four very proud teachers—and they have reason to be proud, for they have been laboring under cramped conditions and in congested quarters since September—assembled for the first time last Monday morning in the chapel of the new eight-room brick building located on West Martin Street. This is said to be one of the most uniquely built public school structures in the State; modern throughout, drinking fountains and playrooms. The parents, too, are proud of the realized educational facilities. Present on this occasion were the following gentlemen who made timely speeches: Mr. M. G. Tabler, vice-president of the Board of Education; Rev. E. T. Johnson, pastor of Dudley Baptist Church, and Rev. J. T. Reid, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. After the singing of "America," Principal Fred R. Ramer tapped the bell, giving a few instructions, sending each division to its assigned room. Mrs. M. E. Corsey, Mrs. Sadie B. Crane, and Miss Matilda Green are the teachers. The tidy, industrious and happy looking children soon settled down to work, while the teachers busied themselves, presenting the air and dignity of real pedagogues. It is a pleasure to see and hear the chariots toot by, but more so to be the tooter of the horn of your own chariot. So in having our own school (brick)', our own churches (brick and stone) and reading our own journals. The Bee is at your service. Yes, we like it. Dr. Gray reads it. He has a splendid practice among both white and colored. Dr. Boyle finds time to read it amidst his ever-growing practice and earnest and regular church duties. Revs. E. T. Johnson, J. T. Reid and S. R. Hughes are expecting great things of their churches along with the coming of spring. No slackers wanted in and about these cantonments. Prof. J. W. Corsey, who has been indisposed for several days, is able to be out again and to attend school duties. The people will know of it, if it appears in The Bee. WASHINGTON IS SNOWDEN GUILTY? Dr. Hughes Questions the Testimony of Witnesses. A jury of twelve men who heard the testimony in the case of John Snowden, accused of the murder of Mrs. Brandon, said he killed her. Few who heard the proceedings in this trial believed any jury could find Snowden guilty, but when the State had finished its awful appeal to the prejudices of these men, and had reminded them that even then some "nigger" might be in their homes to commit violence, these men, who were a few minutes before perceptibly moved by the appeals of the defense, slowly, and noticeably set themselves to do just what was done, and John Snowden was found guilty. Who believed Snowden guilty except that jury? Very few people of either race. One walking through the corridors of the Court House between sessions of the court could hear white men openly express themselves that Snowden was innocent, and before that awful appeal to the prejudices of the jury by the State hardly a man would have bet at any odds on his conviction. The testimony of the Perkins woman had been offset by that of two ministers and a gentleman who is the Deputy Grand Master of the Masons in Maryland. These three were within twenty feet of the Brandon door at the time Mary Perkins is supposed to have heard a loud noise in the home and seen someone lifting a chair with which to strike down Mrs. Brandon. These same gentlemen were in front of the house when Snowden is supposed to have sneaked out of the house, and walked down the street. The Perkins woman was at least one hundred feet away in a closed house, heard and saw all through closed shutters, while men almost opposite the house and but a very few feet off heard nothing. Several days passed before this woman told anybody of Snowden, although she knew the authorities were looking for the murderer. She said she was advised not to tell for fear of a riot, but this was not so, according to the Rev. Williams, whom she at first said advised her. The Perkins woman was the State's main witness. Edith Creditt simply saw what the Perkins woman showed her. Would you hang Snowden on this evidence? Snowden made a good impression by the straightforwardness of his testimony. He told how the police beat him up and threatened him with revolver in hand in their attempt to force a confession. He withstood the terrible third degree, and to the end maintained his innocence. Mrs. Murray, who was told by the mother of the Perkins woman that her daughter saw Snowden come from the Brandon home, is now convinced that a grave injustice has been done Snowden. It seems that Snowden is a scapegoat. Must he pay with his life for some other's wrongdoing? Shall he not have a chance to get his case passed upon by a jury unswayed by prejudice? He has no money and few friends, except such as have been made for him through what appears to be grave injustice. Personally, I firmly believe in the innocence of this man, and have contributed toward his defense. The women in Annapolis collected for his defense $223.81. There is need now of further assistance. There will be a meeting in the lecture room of Asbury M. E. Church, Eleventh and K. Streets N.W., Tuesday night, promptly at 8 to 9 o'clock. If you are disposed to assist, come. W. A. C. Hughes, 1909 Third Street N.W. HOWARD THEATRE. Large and appreciative audiences have witnessed the performances of "Common Clay" at the Howard this week. The company is well balanced and gives a very creditable performance. The title suggests Editor of The Bee: what is strongly brought out—that, although some reach high and ornamental stations, yet the fact remains that common clay is the basis of the human structure. Briefly, the story tells of a girl lured by wealth, falling prey to the baser part of society, and must sacrifice herself for the protection of those higher up—one whom is her father, another is the father of her child. Right, as usual, asserts itself in the end, but at the price of suffering for all. Miss Mitchell, as the girl, gives an artistic interpretation of the character she portrays and shows an intelligent regard for dramatic value. Townsend as the lawyer-friend and the father of the girl has a fine chance to show his stage ability and makes good use of it. Miss Clough as the mother does all that the character requires. She is very painstaking and competent. Tom Brown's frequent impersonations of the part of father has made him to be looked on as perfectly at home in the part. His efforts are usually rewarded by appreciative applause. Mores unhends enough to be jubilant as the so-called shyster lawyer in the court scene, a piece of comedy that met instant appreciation and applause. Olden plays the son of the house in his usually breezy style and does well. De Comethiere as the society souse does clever work. Miss Sutton appears only for a short time, but gave a really fine picture of the sad and distressed foster-mother. Cook was the starched and ironed butler. Miss Gargas looked very chic and very much a young girl. She seems capable of larger parts. The others in the cast filled their roles acceptably. SHILOH'S SPRING REVIVAL To Begin Sunday, February 17th, 1991 Run Through Sunday, March 19th, A. D. 1918—Rev. Dr. S. L. Johnson of Boydton, Va., Will Conduct the Meetings. Chorus of One Hundred Voices Will Lead the Singing. Shiloh Baptist Church (Strangers' Home). L Street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets N.W., and her host of members and friends are making large preparation for their spring revival, which will open on Sunday, February 17th, and run through Sunday, March 10th. Numerous cottage prayer meetings are being held in various parts of the city each week; the C. E. Society and other members of the church are being instructed each Sunday by Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron in the work of soul saving, and a chorus of one hundred voices is being trained by Prof. A. D. Gilmore to lead the singing. "Songs for Service," one of Rodeheaver's famous song books, prepared especially for use in Billy Sunday's tabernacle meetings, will be used in the revival service, and "Spirituals" and Jubilee Hymns, led by adepts in this class of music, will be a special feature in the song service. Rev. Dr. S. L. Johnson, of Boydton, Va., who recently conducted large and successful revivals at the Nineteenth Street and Vermont Avenue Baptist Churches in this city, will have charge of the meetings at Shiloh. Dr. Johnson has devoted more work of an evangelist, and he is well and favorably known throughout this country, and he is one of the ablest, most eloquent and most successful evangelists in the American pulpit. A Warm Room. Arrangements have been made to accommodate all who may attend these revival meetings, and to have the meeting rooms well heated and comfortable at all times. Special Meetings. Meetings for men only will be held at 3.30 p. m. on Sunday, February 24th, and on Sunday, March 3rd; and on Friday night, March 8th, a meeting for young converts will be led by Rev. Dr. Waldron. Special meetings for children will be held by Rev. Dr. Johnson from 10.30 to 11 a. m. on Sunday, February 24th, and on March 3rd. Other Meetings and Their The various organizations in the church are planning to co-operate heartily in making the spring revival a splendid success, and they will have Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE the first following January 18th, 39TH ANNIVERSARY --- A cordial invitation has been extended to sister churches and their pastors to be present and assist in the meetings. The doors will be opened at 7.30 o'clock each night, and everybody will be made welcome. Admission to all the meetings will be free. WOULD UNIONIZE NEGRO. E. J. Scott Proposes Organization of Workers as Remedy. Organization of colored labor in the United States will do much to remove the causes of industrial unrest and afford greater efficiency for the Government. Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War, presented this opinion before a conference of colored labor and educational leaders and officials of the American Federation of Labor, at Federation Headquarters, Ninth Street and Massachusetts Avenue, Tuesday. The conference was called to consider the admission of colored labor unions to the national labor organization. A resolution looking to this end was passed at the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor at Buffalo. Among those taking part in the conferences were Dr. Robert R. Moten, principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War, and George W. Harris, editor of the New York News. FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE BEST LETTER. Very shortly there will appear in the colored newspapers a series of short articles entitled "Business League Boosters." As the title suggests, the discussions will be confined to matters such as advertising, selling, business methods, and other subjects of interest to National Negro Business League members and business men generally. In order to secure the very best material for this series, I am asking the readers of this paper to write me a letter relating some interesting experience they have had in dealing with Negro merchants. If the letters are praise, all the better; but if it is necessary to criticize, do so; but be sure that the criticism is wholly confined to an experience which exhibits some principle in merchandising. If letters are critical, please avoid siames as far as expedient without sacrificing clarity. All letters must be signed, but names of writers will not be published without their written consent. This contest is open to everyone, and there are no conditions except that the letters should not exceed 300 words and should be in my hands any time before March 20, 1918. For the best and most interesting letter submitted the sum of $5.00 will be sent to the writer. Address your letter to The National Negro Business League Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. "THE KNIFE." This was the play that the Quality Amusement Company presented at the Howard Theatre last week. Miss Abbie Mitchell was good, as usual. Miss Susie Sutton never acted to better advantage. Babe Townsend, Charles Older, Tom Brown and J. Francis Maris were excellent. It was a play that brought out all Washing- Of The Bee. To Be Celebrated—A Monster Edition Will Be Issued. The thirty-ninth anniversary of The Bee will be celebrated June 3d this year. It will be one of the greatest events in the history of its publication. Special space may be obtained by writing to the manager. Don't miss appearing in this edition. Past Record One of Justice for the Race. Editor of The Bee: When I learned that J. L. Wilmeth had been appointed Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, I quite naturally concluded, from my knowledge gained of him through official connection when I was Auditor of the Navy, that my race would receive a square deal under him; that he would recognize efficiency in colored employees of the Bureau without reference to color. I found Mr. Wilmeth, during the six years I was connected with the Treasury Department, and with which he was connected during the same time, a most just and sympathetic man; who, from all I could gain, was devoid of color-prejudice, and a man who merely insisted on efficiency and fidelity to duty. Ralph W. Tyler. ACTED IN LINE OF DUTY. Privates Laird and McCarthy Acquitted of Killing. Spartanburg, S. C., Feb. 5.—Privates Earle K. Laird and Charles P. McCarthy, Company L, 108th Infantry, have been tried by a court-martial at Camp Wadsworth on the charge of killing Private Floyd Dickey, and wounding Lewis F. Scoville. A verdict of acquittal has been announced by the court-martial, and Gen. John F. O'Ryan, commanding the 27th Division, has issued a statement in which he praises the two soldiers charged with the offense. The evidence showed that Privates Laird and McCarthy were acting in line of duty when they shot the two men to prevent their escape from the regimental guardhouse. BETHEL LITERARY Next Tuesday evening Mr. B. B. Church, executive secretary of the Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp Meade, will address Bethel Literary on "Camp Life and the 'Y.'" Music by the choir of Lincoln Congregational Temple. Families of the boys in army camps are especially invited. WORKINGMEN'S CIVIC LEAGUE Hold an Interesting Meeting—Address of the Evening Delivered by Joseph M. Trigg. At the monthly meeting of the Workingmen's Civic League, Mr. Jos. M. Trigg, the president, made a patriotic address to the members. In part, he said: "If we would make a small sacrifice each day, denying ourselves of some trivial luxury, and invade that saving in War Savings' Stamps, we would be doing a patriotic bit in helping to finance the war." Dr. Ernest H. Lyon, chairman of the colored branch of the Council of National Defense of the State of Maryland, told me a few days ago the colored citizens of his State had bought one million dollars worth of Second Liberty Loan bonds; that 20,000 colored men and women had joined the American Red Cross, paying one dollar for each membership, and that a War Savings Stamp campaign is now on. This is a record to be proud of, and I trust our league will co-operate with other agencies in the District of Columbia to make a record as creditable, as the Baltimore organizations of our race. When this war is over, let it not be said of colored citizens that they were lagards with their own. Our sons have joined the colors, let us stand by Uncle Sam. Read The Bee if you want to know who is in the city. I HEAR YOUVE GOT A NEW PURP MOSE? LET ME SEE HIM ILL HOLD BENGAL IT AINT NOT NO PURP! HE AM A AFFECTIONATE DAWG! WHY ONLY A PURP COULD GET IN AND OUT OF THAT HOUSE NOT A REAL LIVE SIZED DOG! AM DAT SO? I DONT THINK! WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! HA! HA! AM HE OR AINT HE A DAWG! CALL HIM OFF! CALL HIM OFF! YUM! YUM! I DUN TOLD YOU HE WAS A AFFECTIONATE DAWG! I TINKS AS MUCH OF HIM AS I DO MY OWN MAMMY HE AM SO AFFECTIONATE! ISE GOING AWAY FROM HERE SIMON! WHEN I GETS BACK ILL INTRODUCE TO A REAL DAWG! Catching up the account of the Sengalese feast, which we began in week befort last's edition of this valuable palladium, known to sundry people as The Washington Bee, and to many as William Calvin Chase's own, individual, personal organ, we arrive at the stage of the banquet when Aaron Gaskins has the floor. Aaron, sometimes called the Prince of Eighth Street, responded to the toast, "Some Spendthrifts I Have Entertained When Washington Was Moist." When the Grand Diatribe announced this elongated toast, and introduced the Prince of Eighth Street with a flourish that reminded old stagers of the grace with which George Street used to hold (after catching) the 72-centimeter fires of Walter Johnson, there were furtive glances indulged in by almost all those present. Aaron arose from his seat with the same wonderful cast of countenance that camouflaged his benign visage the time his horse ran away with him and dumped him out on the hard street. Aaron recalled all the old-time spendthrifts who used to attend his daily and nightly performances; order sea game and land game, with every sort of drinkable known, from vodka to distilled hops, and then have same charged. He stated that if he could get his books audited by a lightening calculator of cost, like John Dancy; have them approved by so able a statistician as Charley Hall, and liquidated by so liberal a Christmas provider as Jim Cobb, instead of running just an ordinary hash house and near-been plant as he is doing today, he would be on Wall Street advising Pierpon Morgan, Jr., that his (Gaskin's) bank was the safest depository for all moneys running into the millions. When Aaron feelingly spoke of the many bad accounts he was keeping in cold storage; when he referred, with tears running down his near-alabaster cheeks, how sundry fellows who work for the Government had drunk his thirst-appeasing fluids, and eaten his Virginia-style cooking, just as if they had the cash to pay for it, there was hardly a man at the festal board but what breathed heavily, sighed ominously, batted his eyes sub-consciously, and hit a sort of near-guilty pose. All through Aaron's remarks, gesticulations and wonderful gyrations and expostulations you could hear the throb of a gnat's heart, so still and calm was everything and everybody. When Aaron sat down the oozing form of John Collins moved over to him, and after encircling his arms about Aaron's shoulders, said: "Prince of Eighth Street, your delectable illusions and elusions containing not a scintilla of personality, or reference to those here assembled, have hit the centerpiece of our hearts, just like Wahoo Sam Crawford use to hit a slow ball for a race to the left-field fence: We, here assembled, can sympathize with you, for oft in the stilly, night, without a suggestion of remuneration from us, we know that you have given many of us a life-saver, for which, in the stress and hurry of legal occupation and privation, we have failed to flip the coin to see whether you or we should stand the cost of the aforesaid life-preserver. I, for one, am proud of having entertained your acquaintance: To me your credulity, generosity and lack of animosity has been a source of elusive joy. To Judge Terrell and John Dancy, the black "Scotty" of this later period, your consideration for their feelings, when you proffered them liquid and otherwise salvage, with the remark, 'That's on the house,' has charmed them, and induced them to become regular patrons under the same terms and conditions as heretofore existing. Your indulgence of my esteemed friend and connoisseur, that William Evarts style of lawyer, that delectable contributor to sundry Negro journals over his own personal name—Henry A. Clark—has been an oasis in a desert of despair. Your catering, like the Prince you are, to the wants of your namesake, Ben Gaskins, the premier of stucco-colored attorneys, when he is sub-conscious, has been the act of a Good Samaritan. And there is Clinckscale, of blessed memory, who made our Grand Chef famous with his briefs, I cannot begin to assemble the times you have watched the fizz-water run down his gullet while he returned you a smile and a wink of his erroneously-cast eye in exchange for the kindness bestowed. I am aware, sir, had all your patrons refunded their indebtedness to you as promptly as they repudiated it by resuming specie payments at some other cafe and pig-sfeet joint, you would, today, be a multi-millionaire residing on Riverside Drive, New York, or in the castle of the Duke of Morocco; I am aware of all this, sir, but I must confess I think it is a damnable outrage that you should come here to our feast, and fling into our faces, with all the facility McAdoo floated the Liberty Loan, that we are a set of impeccable spendthrifts who saw our money by ignoring our debts." And then John Collins sat down exhausted, or nearly so, while the entire assembly gave evidence of heavy breathing and mental distres Again Aaron Gaskins arose from his leonian period chair, and facing the assemblage, like a maddened bull as to mechanical progress, practically faces a fresh field of grass, and like John McGraw faces the taunts of the bleacherites, and pointing his finger at John, and then to every man present, he said, stentorian-like, and clear-visioned-like, and with a knowledge of direct expression that would have caused Dan Webster to assemble his bones together in his grave: "When they voted out red liquor in this vale of tears, I destroyed all ledger accounts. Now, from this day on, and thereafter, pig's feet will be 15 cents, cash in advance, and soups will be 10 cents, payable in Liberty Loans or what not, cash down, and old Trust is discharged from my place of business—you big stiffs." The Grand Diatribe, just before John Collins and several confederates were about to emerge like slackers from the room, arose and said that Mr. Gaskins, from all that he could learn, and from all he knew, was never a profiteer, and had a right to resent in language more stern than graceful the imputation that he ought to, of a necessity, keep open house for a lot of filigreed bits of driftwood from No Man's Land. Then, and thereon, he dismissed the assemblage, stating that there would be no more toasts responded to until Roscoe Bruce, Jim Cobb and Dr. Kelly Miller had become members. This stipulation convinced all that the banquet had reached, as it had, the period when, as frequently do gifted authors, like Rev: Simon Peter and Manning Jones, "finis" could appropriately be written. propriably be but But, oh, boy, didn't Aaron hand them an uppercut? Didn't he slug himself into the four hundred hitters' class? Didn't he remove the camouflage from constitutional spendthrifts? "Atta boy!" old Prince of Eighth Street, you are "some man." Dear Sir: We are pleased to announce that authority has just been granted by the War Department whereby colored men of suitable ages may enlist voluntarily for military service and be transferred to the 92nd Army Division. This authority will greatly facilitate the proper organization of this division and bring our technical units up to the desired standard. Up to this time we have been handicapped by a woeful shortage of spe- HOWARD'S HAIR POMADE cially trained men—men skilled in the various trades—such as civil engineers, stenographers, typists, auto repairers, electricians, telegraph and radio operators, linemen, cable splicers, draftmen, plumbers, pharmacists, harness makers, clerks, etc. During a brief publicity campaign we secured a number of such men, but the need is still far greater than the supply. Under the authority referred to above, we hope to secure a full quota of men of this class, and in furtherance of this object we ask your earnest co-operation. It is requested that you make an appeal through your estimable paper, presenting our needs to your readers. It may also be shown that the 92nd Army Division is the Negro Army Division—the race's offering in the "war for democracy and world liberty"—and it is officered largely by men of their own race, whereby the obligation devolves upon the race to insure a maximum of efficiency for the division, without which we cannot discharge fully that duty of patriotism and loyalty we all owe to home and country. The strength of the division as a whole must depend upon the strength of its component parts. Our highest purpose is to make every arm and branch of this division as strong as the best material in the race will make it. In addition to the native pride of the Negro in his country and race, there are other strong incentives which should lead the qualified Negro to answer the call of his country at this time. Splendid opportunities are open to men of special training, such as many of our young men possess, in the army. Brains and ability are at a premium in the army more so than civil life. Rapid adveancement and promotion invariably fall to the lot of men of ability, whether they enter as drafted men or as volunteers. The great advantage, however, to the man of draft age who volunteers is that he begins his advancement sooner than the man who waits to be drafted. Large numbers of men of proper qualifications are needed for commissioned and non-commissioned officers: Men who were drafted only two months ago are now candidate-students in the officers' training camp. These camps are open to men of proven ability. The first step is to enlist, The National Administration, the War Department, the officers directly in charge of the division, the Negro race, the United States and the world at large are watching to see how we shall play our part. Those who know us best believe we will do our full duty. The past record of the race, whether as civilian or soldier, indicates that they will not be disappointed. At the same time it must be impressed upon the civilians—the members of the race who are not in ranks—that there is much they can do to bring the Negro army division up to the full measure of the nation's expectation, and there is no doubt that a full and just measure of appreciation will be accorded the race in proportion to the manner in which it responds to the country's need in this emergency. We shall be very thankful for any publicity you may be able to give this matter, directing that all correspondence be addressed to: "Personnel Office 92nd Division, Camp Funston, Kansas." Very respectfullp, T. T. Thompson, First Lieut. Inf., N. A., Assistant Personnel Officer, 92nd Division. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court. No. 23,850, Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters Testamentary on the estate of John E. Anderson, 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 28th day of January, A. D. 1919; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 28th day of January, 1918. John W. Lewis, Industrial Savings Bank. Attest: Wm. Clark Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. DR. W. L. SMITH'S INDIGATION REMEDY. This remedy will relieve all forms of Indigestion, Catarrh of the Stomach, Heartburn, Sour Stomach, Flatulency, Pain in the Stomach, Water Brash, Acid Fermentation, Gaseous Accumulations and Mal-Assimilations of Foods. When taken in the Stomach it thoroughly digests the albuminous foods, relieves the indigestion, by resting, and assisting the stomach until normal or natural digestion is restored. DIRECTIONS Take a teasaponful 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 genuine article. Washington, D. C. A RELIABLE PHARMACIST (is the one you can always depend upon to use no substitutes, but compound prescriptions from pure and fresh drugs, with accuracy and care. The real test of drug store's capabilities is its prescription department, and ours is perfect. We fill your physician's prescriptions to the letter and no mistake is possible. [A black-and-white photograph of a large, open field with a building in the background, likely a prison or a military base. The field is surrounded by trees and buildings, suggesting a rural or semi-urban setting.] uplift."—Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, New York City. 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. Settlement workers, missionaries for home and foreign mission fields, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. secretaries and district nurses receive a comprehensive grasp of their studies under a Wellesley graduate and experienced co-workers and actual every-day practice through the school's SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. A HIGH STANDARD COLLEGE DEPARTMENT has now been established. We aim also to create a better qualified ministry. Industrial training, advanced literary branches, business school. Thirty-two acres; ten modern buildings; heathful location. We can accommodate a few more earnest, ambitious students. Communities requiring social workers should write us. NEXT SCHOOL TERM OPENS OCT. 4, 1916. For catalog and detailed information, address: PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPAKD NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL A. T. BRONAUGH, Pharmacist S. W. COR 7TH and P. Prescriptions Filled Pro Patr Agent for M. AGENTS FOR Preparations, Soaps, Bleas BRONAUGH.— Agents Temple Grower and Glossing Hair Dressing and Powder BRONAUGH Carter's I You Cannot Be Constipated and Happy Small Pill Small Dose Small Price ABSENCE of Iron in the Blood is the reason for many colorless faces but S. W. COR 7TH and P STS. N. W., WASHINGTON Prescriptions Filled Promptly. All the Lead Patronize Tnis Store Agent for Madam Walker's Good AGENTS FOR ALL HIGH BROW preparations, Soaps, Bleach, Hair Perfumes and BRONAUGH.— Agents for Grower, Shampoo Apple Grower and Glossine; Agents for Fred P. Hair Dressing and Powder. BRONAUGHS, 7th and P STS. N. Carter's Little Liver You Cannot Be Constipated and Happy Small Pill Small Dose Small Price ABSENCE of Iron in the Blood is the reason for many colorless faces but CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PHILS. CARTER'S IRON will greatly help most Agent for Madam Walker's Goods AGENTS FOR ALL HIGH BROWN. Preparations, Soaps, Bleach, Hair Perfumes and Face Powder. BRONAUGH.— Agents for Grower, Shampoo, Tetter Salve, Temple Grower and Glossine; Agents for Fred Palmer's Whitener, Hair Dressing and Powder. BRONAUGHS, 7th and P Carter's Little Liver Pills "BLUE BONNETS" The Aristocrat of New Fabrics. The exquisite quality of this new cloth is only equaled by its practical utility. Transcendently beautiful, yet firm, full bodied and wonderfully durable. Wears without wrinkling, repels dust, launers beautifully. Absolutely dye fast. Eminently suitable for all manner of costumes in or out of doors. Also for draperies and furniture coverings. In a broad range of patterns and colorings. If your dealer doesn't carry "Blue Bonnet" send us this ad with name of dealer and we will send him samples and notify him of your request. LESHER WHITMAN & Co., Inc., 831 Broadway, N. Y. ON FREE TRIAL NO DEPOSIT, NO EXPENSE, we will send you a new Acousticom. This is the small instrument that has positively enabled over 300,000 deaf people to hear. GENERAL ACOUSTIC CO THE EAST IN NO DEPOSIT, NO EXPENSE, we will send you a new Acoustic. This is the small instrument that has positively enabled over 300,000 deaf people to hear. GENERAL ACOUSTIC COMPANY, 1300 Candler Bu HE EAST INDIA HAIR THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER try ER pri sti its Perfumed with best known ren Eye-Brows, als Color. Can be Price Sent b Perfumed with a balm of a thousand flowers. The best known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot Iron for Straightening. Perfumed with a balm of a, thousand best known remedy for Heavy and I Eye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair Color. Can be used with Hot Iron for Price Sent by Mail, 50c; 10c. extra AGENTS OUTFIT 1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Oil, 1 Shampoo, 1 Pressing Oil, 1 Face Cream and direction for selling. $2.00 25c Extra for Postage S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 31 Oklahoma City, --- "I cordially commend the school' interest and needs to all who believe in the Negro race and in our obligation to help promote its intellectual, moral and religious P STS. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. O. Promptly. All the Leading Physicians Patronize This Store Madam Walker's Goods S FOR ALL HIGH BROWN Bleach, Hair Perfumes and Face Powder. Agents for Grower, Shampoo, Tetter Salve, Ossine; Agents for Fred Palmer's Whitener, Powder. GHS, 7th and P STS N W Little Liver Pills CARTER'S IRON PILLS will greatly help most pale-faced people. INDIA HAIR GROWER 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 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 use with Hot Iron for Straightening. nt by Mail, 50c; 10c.extra for Postage S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 314 East Second St. Oklahoma City, Okla. --- A Remedy That Makes Life Worth Living Genuine bears signature A ou Can Hear With the Acousticoon hear conversation of your friends, music — every sound — just as you used to. We guarantee it or you can return the Acousticon at our expense without its coating you 1 cent. Write nt once for ten days free homer trial. Building, New York "Onyx" Hosiery You Get GOOD Value at ANY Price—Silk; Lisle or Cotton 25c to $5.00 per pair Emery-Beers Company, Inc. WHOLESALE 153-161 EAST 24th ST. NEW YORK AT ALL GOOD DEALERS 50¢ UP STYLE 4523 "Onyx" You Get GOOD Value at A 25c to $5 Emery-Beers WHOLESALE 153-161 E KATZ' MARKETS. Two Stores in One Ninth and Florida Avenue N. W. and the Great NORTHEAST GROCERY, 1644 Montello Avenue N. E. Goods Delivered Free II. KATZ AND CO. Is the Cheapest Store in the City Ninth and Florida Averie N W. NEWHOME "I'll get it for my wife" NO OTHER LIKE IT. 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 minsm cost. Insist on having the "NEW HOME" WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. Known the world over to superior sewing qualities. Not sold under any other name. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO., ORANGE, MASS. FOR SALE BY Gustave Jppenheim, 800 E street northwest, Washington, The Bee is a representative organ of the people. DURHAM, N. C. 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. BEN JOLE (DE AN JOLE) BRASSIERES put the bust back where it belongs, prevent the full bust from having the appearance of fabbiness, eliminate the danger of dragging muscles and continue the height of the shoulder, giving a graceful line to the entire upper body. They are the daintiest and most serviceable garments imaginable—come in all materials and styles; Cress Back, Hook Front, Surplice, Bandau, etc. Boned with "Walohn," the rustless boning—permitting washing without removal. Have your dealer show you Bien Jolie Brassieres, if not stocked, we will gladly send him, prepaid, samples to show you. BENJAMIN & JOHNES 51 Warren Street Newark, N. J Hosiery e at ANY Price—Silk; Lisle or Cotton to $5.00 per pair Beers Company, Inc. 161 EAST 24th ST. NEW YORK 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 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. Open Day and Night Livery and Chapel JOHN T. STEWAR, Undertaker and Embalmer. 30 H Street, Northeast. Main 1124 Washington, D. C. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE Article I. Section 1. The name of this society shall be the COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE. Article II. 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. Section 2. The particular business and objects of this society shall be to encourage and foster vocational edn- cation, 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 regulator 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 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 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. BRODT. The greatest hat manufacturers in the United States and the most fashionable are Karl F. and Alexander G. Brodt, whose factory and sale stores are at 419 Eleventh Street N. W. and 503-5 Ninth Street N. W. If you want an up-to-date hat for a Christmas present or a fine winter hat of any description, go and see the new hats at Brodt's. Mention The Bee. WIN HIGH HONOR BY HEROIC DEEDS Recent Examples of Courage and Self-Sacrifice in British Records. GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS Second Lieutenant, in Face of Liquid Fire Attack, Holds Enemy Off Until Help Comes—Sergeant Who Was Born to Command. London, England—The London Gazette, with official brevity, recently gave accounts of the heroism and devotion to duty of nine British soldiers, who have been rewarded by the highest honor the British soldier can win—the Victoria cross. The brief stories from their very reticence tell all the more effectively of thrilling bravery and of the exhibition of capacity for leadership on the part of an officer, N. C. O.'s and men. The case of Second Lieut. H. F. Parsons, who belonged to the Gloucester regiment, is one where a junior officer grasped the importance of the post he was holding, and at the cost of his own life, and despite severe burns from liquid fire, saved the situation on his part of the line. The bombers holding the post were forced back, but Lieutenant Parsons hung on, bombing the advancing enemy, and delayed them long enough to enable a bombing party to be formed and come into action. The party succeeded in driving the enemy out of the line before they reached any of the British trenches. How long Lieutenant Parsons held the position, is not stated, but we do know that he was severely burned before the situation developed and that during the time he held the enemy he received such severe wounds that he died from them. Another man who displayed the same grasp of the facts of a situation, and gave his life to hold an important post, was a Canadian infantry sergeant, Frederick Hobson. During a strong hostile counter-attack, an enemy shell exploded on a forward post where there was a Lewis gun, and buried the gun, killing all the crew but one man. Sergeant Hobson climbed from his trench and ran up to the gun. He helped to dig it out and got it into action against the advancing enemy. The post lay in a communication trench that led to the hostile lines, and the enemy were coming down the trench and across the open. No doubt the burial of the gun had something to do with the fact that it jammed and stopped firing. There was nothing now to hold the enemy. Sergeant Hobson had been wounded, but he told the gunner to correct the stoppage, and rushed forward. Single handed, he fought the enemy with bayonet and clubbed rifle until at last he was killed with a rifle shot. But his bravery had saved the situation. The Lewis gun again came into action and held the enemy until re-enforcements arrived, when the attack was completely defeated. It sometimes occurs in a difficult situation that one man will stand out as a born leader. He is the man of the party who understands, the position and is quick to seize the most menager opportunity that presents itself. It is apparent that Lance Sergt. John Meyney of the Irish guards is such a man. This Irishman, from Rathdowney, in Queens county, won the Victoria cross for most conspicuous bravery and not a little ability as a leader. He was in command of 15 men forming two advanced posts. With no water and little food, he held the position for 96 hours, though surrounded by the enemy. The morning of the fifth day, a greatly superior force of the enemy advanced to dislodge this party, which was apparently a thorn in their flesh. Sergeant Moyney ordered his men out of their shellholes, and taking the initiative, attacked the enemy with bombs. He had a Lewis gun with his party and used it with deadly effect from the flank. The enemy got round him, but by a charge he broke through, himself leading the rush. Half-way across the path of his retirement was a stream, and the sergeant took advantage of this to cover the retirement of his men. He was helped by a Lancashire man. Private Thomas Woodcock. Between them they held up the enemy until the whole party had got across the stream, when both retired under a shower of bombs. Private Woodcock helped the sergeant by using his Lewis gun until the very last moment. The enemy were almost right up at the post before he and his N. C. O. cleared out. The enemy were throwing bombs as quickly as they could, and the "bursts" were all around the stream. Private Woodcock was nearly clear of the stream when he heard the cries of some man left behind. A member of the party was calling for help. In spite of the bombs, Woodcock waded back into the stream and picked up the man who was calling for help. He took him out of the water and carried him, in broad daylight, right across the open ground under heavy machine gun fire; so the entire party got safely away. Private Thomas Woodcock of Wigan, Lancashire, receives the Victoria cross as does his N. C. O. lance sergeant, Moyney. Their adventure is a very fine example of the initiative and courage of the British soldier. The Bee Published at 1109 Eye Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One year in advance.....$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months.....50 Subscription monthly.....20 SOCIALISM IS HERE. A few weeks ago we made some reflections on the signs of the times. We now feel justified to speak even plainer. Socialism is now here. Not in full force, but the first couriers have arrived. We call the signs and symptoms "war measures," and there are those who console themselves that the principle for which they stand will depart when the war is over. We refer particularly to the present government control of the means of transportation and of the common necessaries of life. No, the principle will not depart, certainly not entirely. The social world is in a state of foment. The pot is boiling furiously. There are divers friendly and unfriendly elements in the retort. The affinitive and repugnant elements are adjusting themselves. The result must necessarily be a new product, a new social order. No one can predict just what the new product will be, but it will be new. An egg broken can never all be returned to its shell. As to the causes of the foment, the aim of the instigators was not to better the condition of general society, not the plain common man, but to heighten the advantage of a few kings, a few nations, certain ranks of society and a few Napoleons of commerce and finance who are the masters of labor. Even some of the nations unwillingly forced into the war entered it to protect or maintain conditions not much dissimilar to those for which the aggressors began the struggle in order to advance. And so, nearly all the antagonists have gone into the fray with like ambitions, like hopes and like weapons, if we except our own country, which has gone in "to make the world safe for democracy." The ruling classes nearly everywhere, or the bourgeoisie, would like to emerge from the struggle with no impairment of former status or advantage at home. The recent wail of Lord Lansdowne shows what they hope for or fear. But they will be disappointed. The ruling classes, or those responsible for instigating the war, overlooked one important ingredient in the caldron, one factor that will do much to shape the social result. That factor is the spirit of democracy, communism, socialism. The ruling classes did not mean to put this ingredient in the caldron, but it is there, and as the pot boils it must boil, too. The yeast of socialism has been set to work with a vigor and universality never before seen in history. The proletariat of Russia, the common people, have seized the reins of government; the same class in Great Britain give signs of a like inclination, as do those in nearly every other country of Europe. Even in benighted Mexico the poor, downtrodden masses are beginning to "see a great light." Our own country in the short time of a half year has swallowed the principle of communism "hide and hair." The government has grimly assumed control of the necessaries of life and of transportation. This is a stride towards the socialistic ideals which under normal conditions would not have come in perhaps a century. It is a real "phenomenal stride." The credit is due to President Wilson. None but a wise man, a brave man; could have done such a thing. It is well. Russia will emerge purified and better. America for her sacrifices will reap an abundant reward. Other countries will doubtless seize and utilize the same opportunity. There has grown up in America, in the United States and a few other American republics, a form of despotism scarcely paralleled in any historic time—a despotism of money and landlordism. It is rapacity in the form of industrial slavery. America abolished body slavery only to turn to a form more disguised, more insidious and more universal, but scarcely less obnoxious. This slavery spares no race or condition. What slave-owner in Louisiana ever made millions of profit? Today our millionaires are too numerous to count. The promoters have seized upon our forests, water power and mines, the particular rights and heritage of the whole people and of many generations. The trusts control and manipulate mainly for private profit our agencies of transportation and nearly all extensive production, and they have made a mess of it. The profiteers brazenly fix and exact prices beyond the endurance of the people. In short, the money kings rule the nation. The colored people are the worst sufferers from this system, because they are mainly humble producing laborers and have small share in the fruits of any of these forms of rapacity. The system allows them barely enough wages to keep soul and body together. The colored people should welcome any signs of approach to the ideals of the moderate scientific socialists. Most real socialists are men of broad sympathies not confined to race or country. We speak here not in the small, partisan spirit. We welcome the signs of the times so far as they relate to the under dog; we welcome the tendencies. We predict that Woodrow Wilson will go down in history as one of a great trio of American Presidents—George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson—the first the liberator of the land from kingship (though not slavery); the second the liberator of a race from body slavery (though not industrial slavery); the third the liberator of a whole nation from industrial slavery, from the curse of individualism, from the sinful waste of competition. Socialism is already here. Let there be no step backward. DIRECTOR WILMETH. In another column of The Bee will be read with much gratification, which fully agrees with The Bee of last week, that Director James L. Wilmeth of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing shows no color line in his department. Ex-Auditor of the Navy, Hon. Ralph W. Tyler, who had dealings with the new Director at the time he was Auditor, writes The Bee that he knows him and the fairness he has herefore demonstrated towards everybody regardless of color or condition. The Bee has always given credit to officials under every administration who treat those under them as American citizens. The Bee has endeavored to show to its readers that there are as many good men under this administration as there were under former Republican administrations, and so far as colored employees are concerned they will be treated as other employees if they are competent and behave themselves. The Bee has from time to time advised the great army of colored employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to so conduct themselves that they will command respect and consideration of those over them. Colored females will be treated with respect if they respect themselves and so conduct themselves as to command respect. It doesn't cost anything to be polite and accommodating to those with whom and under whom you work. War conditions have made it necessary for the government to employ a large number of people regardless of their color, and in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing one-third of the employees are colored. No such condition exists in any other department under the government. It is up to these colored employees to make a record which will be a sufficient recommendation for their retention when a reduction in this department becomes necessary. Similar conditions exist in the Government Printing Office. The Bee has frequently been informed by colored employees in that department that Public Printer Ford offers colored employees better opportunities and gives them more consideration than they received under former Republican administrations. The Bee embraced the opportunity of publishing those facts some time ago. It is also true that there is some discrimination made towards colored employees in some other departments of the government, but men who have a heart and a conscience and some humanity in them and Christian religion in their souls recognize the fact that out of the clay of the earth God made man. The letter of Mr. Tyler to The Bee endorses its stand concerning the new Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Let us continue to pray until equality of man has been established, which can only be done by our loyalty to our government. No employee can hope to be retained in office if his or her conduct doesn't justify it. Let the colored employees do their work properly and conduct themselves properly. This is what the Government wants, and this is what the government will have, or out you go. DIRECTOR WILMETH'S LETTER. The letter of Director Wilmeth of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, seen elsewhere in The Bee, ought to be a sufficient guarantee to the colored employees that liars are frequent and prominent and many good men are often maliciously misrepresented. Worthy and competent employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing need have no fear. The Bee will always give credit to those who deserve it, notwithstanding their political affiliations or beliefs. This administration, with but a few exceptions, has been quite liberal towards the colored people, as many of them have expressed themselves. The Bee extends its thanks and gratitude to Director Wilmeth, and on behalf of the colored employees under him, they also extend their thanks and gratitude. --- Washington has adopted the new regulation of the Food Commission after a conference with Mr. Wilson of the Commission last Saturday, in which Mr. Height, president of the Hotel Men's Association and manager, of the New Willard, asked that concerted action be taken regarding the new wheatless and meatless meals each day. It was decided that breakfast would be the meatless meal for the local hotels as well as the wheatless meal, and rolls should not weigh over one ounce, except when corn, oatmeal, or brown bread or rolls are served Saturdays, according to the new regulations, which has been adopted as porkless day, and not exceeding two ounces of wheat bread should be served the guest at a meal. Since the regulation has been put in force it has caused the waiter to be the instructor, although the daily papers gave the cause and reasons for the drastic food measure, and large signs were displayed in the hotels and restaurants. Guests are very unpatriotic when they are limited on certain foodstuffs, but gradually they are coming around to accept the measure in a more patriotic spirit, just like the average business house has accepted heatless Mondays. Capt. John Hicklin of the New Ebbitt. grill room was a guest at the Roadside Hotel for the past week, in Philadelphia, before leaving for camp. Mr. Bryant, head waiter at the National Hotel, has resumed his duties after several weeks' illness. Mr. W. E. Scott was the acting head waiter during his absence. The colored crew of bellmen installed at the Stafford Hotel in Baltimore New Year's Day is making good. Harry Brown, of Kernan's, will be a new addition to the crew. Mr. Aaron J. Gaskins is doing business at the same old stand, but it is an entirely new place, remodeled in every respect. The colored people of Washington have at last got a first-class restaurant, backed by colored capital. Mr. Gaskins deserves the credit and support of the people. The most careful dining-room critic could say nothing but words of praise for the service and modern electrical installments in the new Gaskins' Restaurant, Eighth and E Streets N.W. Richard Watkins, a waiter at the New Ebbitt, was hit by a motor truck last Friday afternoon. He is improving at the Emergency Hospital, where he is suffering with a fractured foot. COLORED FOLKS FLAG. By Nanette C. B. Schlatter. (Copyright, 1918.) Who says the colored folks haven't a flag of their own? Oh, yes, they have, and it's one of renown. Its broad red and white stripes; its stars on blue, Is as much to my colored friends as it is, my white friend, to you. Tell me who was it that fought and is fighting still? How about the "Negro" at San Juan Hill? Did his face turn pale? Did he tremble and shake? And his blood turn to water? Did he quiver or quake? Not he, dear friends. With a broad grin and quick yell They went up that hill with its hot shot and shell— And they would have captured it, tho they had gone thru hell! They have fought, bled and died without a groan; Gone the way their fathers have gone. Oh, they fought well and bravely, as gallant men should; Gave of their liberty as any white man would; Gave up their sweethearts, children and wives, Gave to our flag their body, blood and lives. I once had a good, true friend, and, tho she was black, I've often wished she could come back. To comfort me in my sorrow and woe, But God knew best—she had to go. And how about Booker Washington and the fame he so hardly won? Both white and colored give him his due, now his work is done. Yet it lives, and will live, and will always thrive So please don't say the colored folks haven't a flag, Else I'll renounce mine own, as a dishonored rag, And I'd have you all remember this It wasn't a colored man that betrayed Christ with a kiss. "COMMON·CLAY" This is a play that, Washington theatregoers have never seen. The reception that was given the company Monday evening was an indication that the play met the approval of the audience. All the stars of last week participated in "Common Clay" this week. MAKES DIVE OF 10,000 FEET Aviator Resches Ground Safely Although All the Wires on His Machine Are Loosened — Spend Holiday in Air. Washington.—Word pictures of the work of the members of the Lafayette Squadron and other American aviators in France are given in letters which Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, has received from his son, E. S. Walcott, whose airplane fell "somewhere behind the German lines" along the western front. The allusions to the work of the American aviators contained in these letters are all the more interesting at this time in view of the fact that the men about whom Walcott wrote have just been commissioned in the American air service on the recommendation of General Pershing. Doctor Walcott has received a dispatch from Paris informing him that his son fell within the enemy lines' December 12 while fighting three single-seaters, after having demolished an enemy two-seater, and that his fate is uncertain. Inquiries are being made to ascertain, if possible, from Germany whether young Walcott was seriously injured or not. In a letter dated November 13, in response to an inquiry about Campbell, an aviator from Chicago, who was reported lost, young Walcott wrote as follows: "Campbell was in the Lafayette Escadrille, and they are a member of the same group as Squadron 84, so I have asked them about him. He was on a patrol with another chap; they attacked some Boches, and when it was over the other chap was alone. Campbell was brought down in German territory and so reported missing. I believe the chap he was with has seen and talked to Campbell's father or some close relative since. "Another chap named Bulkely was brought down in similar circumstances about the 1st of September. Ten days ago word was received from the American embassy that he had communicated with them, a prisoner in Germany. "There are many similar cases where men brought down with crippled machines, or wounded, escaped destruction by a miracle." The only sure thing is when a machine goes down in flames or is seen to lose a wing or two. "For instance, there are two officers in the group who are in the best of health and daily working. Several months ago they were on patrol together and collided in the alr. One machine cut the tall rigging completely off the other plane, and then they separated, one plane without a tail and the other machine with various parts of a tail mixed among the cables and struts of one side of his machine. They both landed in France, one on his wheels, followed by a capotage, or somersault turnover, the other quite completely upside down. Then a term in the hospital, and back they are again. "Kenneth Marr, an American and a friend of Pete's, had the commands of both his controls cut in a combat, the rudder and elevator, leaving him nothing but the alteron, the lateral balance control, and the motor. He landed with only a skinned nose for casualties, and got a decoration for it. Dives Vertically 10,000 Feet. "Another chap, in an attack on captive balloons, dived for something like 10,000 feet vertically and with full motor on, thereby gaining considerable speed, as you can imagine. He came right on top of the balloon, shot and, to keep from hitting it, yanked as roughly as he could, flattening out his dive in the merest fraction of a second. Imagine the strain on the machine! When he got home all the wires had several inches sag in them; the metal connections of the cables into the struts and wood of the wings had bit into the wood enough to give the sag. "Machines are built to stand immense pressure on the under side of their wings. In some acrobatic maneuvers I was trying the other day I made mistakes and caused the machine to stall and then fall in such a way that the full weight was supported by the upper surface—by the wires which in most machines are supposed merely to support the weight of the wings when the machine is on the ground. "Yes, the Spad is a well-built machine, the nearest thing to perfection in point of strength, speed, and climbing power I've seen yet. Of course, it's heavy, and that's why they put 150-230 horse power in them. The other school, that of a light machine with a light motor, depending for its success on lack of weight rather than excess of power, may supplant the heavier machine in time; I can't tell. "Yesterday there was a review here in honor of Guynemer, and decorations for the pilots of the group who had won them. Three Americans received the Croix de Guerre—members of the Lafayette Escadrille. Lufbery, the American ace, carried the American flag presented to the escadrille by Mrs. McAdoo and the employees of the treasury department, besides the two aviation emblems of France. He was called to receive his decoration for having in the course of one day held seven combats, descended (six) one German plane in flames, and forced five others to land behind their lines, (which means that he is officially credited with one—his thirteenth—and that the other five, though probably brought down, do not count for him because there were not the necessary witnesses required by the French regulation.) "Aviators are not very military. The chief of one of the escadrilles was commissioned to command the mechanics, who are plain soldiers with rifles and steel helmets, for the occasion. He is a bit of a clown and amused the entire gathering, kidding with the officers. The plots of each of the five escadrilles were in more or less formation, most of them with hands in their pockets, for it was chilly, and presenting a mixture of uniforms unparalleled in its heterogeneity. Every branch of the service represented endless personal ideas in dress. Spent Their Holiday in the Air. "Because of the occasion, repose had been granted to the entire group for the afternoon, another group taking over our patrols. So that after the review every one had the afternoon to waste—a sunny day, which is quite unusual this month. Within a half hour every machine that was in working order was in the air, forming into groups and then off for the lines, just looking for trouble—voluntary patrol, they call it. Which opened my eyes a bit as to the spirit in the French aviation service after three years of war." In another letter, written December 1, young Walcott says: "I tried to give you some idea of the strength of a Spad in a letter a while ago. At home people speak of a factor of safety, meaning the number of times stronger the machine is than is necessary for plain flying. The Spad is made, so that a man can't 'bust' it, no matter what he does in the air—dive as far and as fast as he can and stop as brutally as he can, it stands the racket. Of course, motors do stop, and if it happens over a mountain range—well, that's just hard luck. "Have had a few patrols since last I wrote. One at a big height—4,000 to 4,500 meters, considerably above the clouds, which almost shut out the ground below; a wonderfully beautiful sight, but beastly cold—and a couple when the clouds were low and solid. The patrol stays at just the height of the clouds, hiding in them, slipping out again to look around. If it stays below the enemy antialcraft guns pepper it whenever near the lines, and at a low altitude that is rather awkward, so the patrol shows itself as little as possible. "It's lots of sport to try to keep with the patrol; be behind the chief of patrol, see him disappear; and then bump into a fog bank, a low-hanging cloud, and not see a darn thing. Then dive down out of the cloud, wondering whether the other guy is right underneath or not; dart out of the cloud and see him, maybe 500 yards away, going at right angles. Then back up and turn around fast and give her the gear — full speed to catch up—and so on. See a Boche regulating artillery fire, start to maneuver into range, and, zip; he's out of sight in the clouds, and the next you see he is beating it far back of his lines. Not very dangerous this weather, but lots of fun." In a letter from the front, dated November 80, the following passages occur: Yesterday was Thanksgiving day, and praises be! the Lafayette bunch invited me and my partner to dinner, or rather to the feast. They have the most remarkable chef. Soup and fish prepared the way for a most remarkably big bird called the turkey, barricaded by chestnuts. And then a plum pudding—a regular American one—and as good as I ever tasted. I sat at the table with Captain Thenault, Lieutenants Thaw and Lufbery, and some Frenchmen. "An early patrol this morning, despite low clouds. Lots of fun it was, ducking in and out of the clouds, keeping from hitting other machines in the clouds and from losing the patrol. Saw a few Boches, but all they had to do was to slip up out of sight when the patrol approached. Every now and then their antialrcraft guns would blaze away a bit, but there was lots of room for them to miss and for us to leave the place they were shooting at." USES OVERCOAT AS BANK Negro Proves Ownership to Garment by Disclosing Location of Savings. New York.—Monroe Smith, a negro, insisted in the court of special sessions that he had not stolen the overcoat of Leslie Davis while he entertained Davis in his home. Smith said the coat was his own property and he had a right to pawn it. "I can prove I own the coat," said Davis. "There is nine dollars sewed in the lining." Promptly the justice ordered the lining ripped open and the money was found. KILL DEER TO REDUCE COST Chippewa Falls Park Board Forced to Slay Because of Cost of Keep. Chippewn Falls, Wis.—An increase in the hard of deer at the public park in this city and an increase in the cost of food for the animals, has caused the park board to have five of the deer slain, and the venison placed on sale in one of the markets. Permission to kill the deer had to be obtained from the state conservation commission. The Week in Society QUIT BARKING —and yourself and everybody else miserable, by getting a bottle of BOARD'S COUGH. REMEDY—a cough mixture that stops a cold and clears up the throat and lungs in a short time. BOARD'S Lakative Cold Tablets are famous, for breaking up head colds and la gripe in short order. Sold at Board's Drug Store, 1912½ Fourteenth Street N.W.—Adv. Rev. W. H. Jernagin, the pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, has returned from Cleveland, Ohio, where he conducted a successful revival for Dr. C. G. Fishback, of the Shiloh Baptist Church, with 240 additions, and many went to other churches. Mrs. Jesse H. Foster and little daughter, who has been ill for some time, have improved sufficiently to be up and out again. up and out Miss Nannie Levy returned. Sunday to Keystone, W. Va. from the Freedman's Hospital feeling much improved. Mr. Waverly Holland of the city, is writing in Boston, Mass. Mrs. Banks, of Twelfth Street N.W., has been quite sick, but is improving slowly, to the gratification of her many friends. Mr. E. Mack is improving slowly. Mr. Pinkett Bailey, of Tenth Street N.W., keeps very sick. His many friends hope that he will be greatly improved at the next writing. Miss Lenon Harris, after spending about ten pleasant days in the city, left for her home in Eutaw, Ala. left for her home in Mrs. Willie Minkins' mother, of Norfolk, Va., is visiting her daughter and son-in-law. Mrs. Isabella Frost, of Deanwood, D. C., has recently been appointed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Miss Minnie Price, one of the playground instructors, is substituting in the school during her vacation. Miss Hammond, cashier at the Howard Theatre, is ill with the grip. Howard Thetle, Mrs. Ora Harrison, now acting musical instructor at the Columbia Conservatory of Music, is able to be out again. out again. Mrs. Mary Jones, wife of Attorney T. L. Jones, is ill at her home. T. L. Jones Miss Ethel Wilson has removed to 1207-Eye Street N.W., where she is confined with a severe cold. Her friends hope that she will soon re- cover. Mr. Armistead J. Gray, of New York City, was the guest of his brother, Mr. Wilson Gray, of 1419 Corcoran Street N.W. While here Mr. Gray was the honor guest of many social functions tendered him. Smith who with her Mrs. John Smith, who is a little daughter was visiting relatives and friends in this city, returned to her home on Long Island. her home on living The, William Lloyd Junior Branch of the District of Columbia met at the residence of Mrs. Alice Cole, 1428 S Street N.W. Many Juniors were out and enjoyed the wholesome talks of the speakers. of the speci Rev. E. S. Williams, one of the most scholarly and noted divines in the Methodist Episcopal connection, preached at Mt. Zion Church, West Washington, Sunday night. The annual Valentine party, and reception and queen pageant of the Frelinghuysen University will be one of the remarkable events of this winter at the Washington Conservatory Friday, February 15th. Friday, February Mrs. John Fisher, of 475 Florida Avenue N.W., who has been quite indisposed for several days, has recovered, much to the delight of her many friends. friends. Mr. George P. Oliver, of Troy, N. Y., who was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ramos of S Street N.W., was compelled to curtail his visit here on account of the illness of his father. Mr. Oliver is a thor- ough business man, being a successful contractor of Troy. His many friends learned with regret his sud- den departure. Mr. and Mrs. Dolman, of Baltimore, are in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Harris, of Sixteenth Street N.W. Mrs. Dolman was formerly Miss Hettie Harris, of this Mr. F. E. Johnson and Miss Mamie Jenkins were guests at luncheon tendered by Mrs. John Cleary. Prof. G. W. Carver, of Tuskegee, Ala., is spending a few days in the city Miss Pearl Clarke, of Utica, Miss., is visiting relatives and friends in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Margaret Grant, of Columbus, Ohio, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Scale. Mrs. A. Henry, of Good Hope, D. C., has not been able to get to her school in Maryland on account of the severe weather. Mr. Keary McLane, of Camp Grant, Ill., has been quite sick, but is improving slowly. Mr. Lorenzo McLane has recently been appointed in the branch of the Treasury Department. The marriage ceremony of Mr. Charles M. Shayers and Miss Marie B. Winston was solemnized by Rev. G. V. Fowler, pastor of St. Monica Episcopal Church, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Shavers is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Winston, of 2315 E Street N.W. Mr. and Mrs. Shavers were the recipients of many beautiful and useful presents. BUREAU NOTES. Miss Helen B. Williams, of the Examining Division, was out on six days' leave. Mr. Ottie Jessup is detailed on day work. Mr. Jessup is an experienced pressman of the Hydraulic Division. Miss Henrietta Braxton, of the Examining Division, has returned to her duties. Miss Mattie Stewart is doing commendable work in the Bindery Division. Miss Augusta Glenn and Mrs. Marie Letcher Johnson of the midnight force are detailed on the day force. Mrs. Bertie Fisher, of the Platen Press, has returned to her duties after a slight indisposition. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE NOTES. Mrs. Georgie Jones Tucker received a permanent appointment this week. Miss Jennie Dowling is improving rapidly. Mr. James Cox, one of the experienced employees, is still holding his own. DAMAGE SUIT FILED. Attorney L. Melendez King Files Suit Against Dr. Joseph Benton Cherry—A Second Suit for Slander May Be Filed. Attorney L. Melendez King has filed a damage suit-for $5,000 in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against Dr. Joseph Benton Cherry, a dentist. Mr. King claims to have a clear case against the defendant, and says he is going to push it for all it is worth. Mr. King is a lawyer of standing and a hard fighter. Mr. King says he may file another action against Cherry for slander growing out of certain alleged statements made by said Cherry to Mr. John W. Walker, owner of 1949 Vermont Avenue N. W., to the effect that unfair advantage was taken of Walker by King, who sold Walker the building. Some sensational developments are anticipated when the suit comes to trial. SUCCESSES Washingtonians Who Have Made Good. Arthur F. Boston, George LeCount Cook, Andrew J. Thomas, Louis F. Thomas, Vincent Thomas—in fact the entire Thomas (male and female) family; Dr. Samuel Baxter, W. J. Abrahams, Dr. Freeman, Dr. Collins, Dr. Sewall, Dr. Lewis, W. G. Black and hundreds of others. WHEN A COLD IS NOT A COLD If It Lasts Longer Than Three Days It is a "Nasal Sinusitis," Declares Physician. "A cold in the head which lasts longer than three days is no longer such, but a nasal sinusitis," said Dr. John J. Hurley of Boston in an address reported in the Medical Record. reported in the medical journal Doctor Hurley was arguing that "gripppe" and influenza were nothing but an inflammation of the sinuses of the face, that labyrinth of the passages in the bones of the nose, cheeks and forehead which empty into the nose or pharynx. After comparing all the classic symptoms of influenza as described in the textbooks with those of sinusitis and pointing out their similarity if not identity, he called "influenza" and "gripppe" the "alibis of ignorance." The flamillar influenza bacillus discovered by Pfeiffer is found in many but by no means all cases of so-called gripppe. It has a special affinity for the sinuses of the nose. But there are many other bacilli—all of the pus-forming kinds—that produce the same effects. Sinusis is nothing but the formation of an abscess in the sinuses. The patient needs no drugs; what he needs is to have the sinuses emptied. This is easy in nearly all cases; a specialist can open the swollen passages with a cotton pledget on the tip of a bougle and generally nothing more is needed than the touching of the passages with nitrate of silver. Once they begin to discharge their pus freely the cure is rapid. Cases in which an operation is necessary are the rare exception. DAYS ARE GROWING LONGER Scientists Say It Takes World Three Seconds Longer to Turn Over Than It Did 100 Years Ago. Our earth appears to be slowing down its spin. Two British astronomers who have just finished a long study of the matter report that it now takes almost exactly three seconds longer for the world to turn over once than it took 100 years ago, and, a century hence, still another three seconds will have been added to the day. At this rate, Shakespeare had nearly ten seconds less in his 24 hours than has a modern dramatist, says Saint Nicholas. William the Conqueror was handicapped a half minute in keeping up with his descendants. Julius Caesar was a whole minute to the bad; while even if he had lived to old age, his life would still have been some twenty of our days short of what his biographers would have claimed for him. Abraham and the early Pharaohs would have been still more pressed for time. The earliest men, say in the year 100,000 B. C., would have had no use for How long to live on 24 hours a day, for they had only 24 hours to do their living In and were really only seventy-six years old when they thought they had reached fourscore. May Be Oldest Book Extant. May Be Oldest Book Extant. In an ancient Samaritian synagogue at Shechem a double roll of parchment is guarded jealously and is zealously preserved. It was to Shechem that Abraham came in his first visit to Canaan. Near Shechem Jacob sank his famous well, and the returning Israelites heard here for the last time the voice of Joshua. Shechem was the first residence of the kings, of Israel and was a city of the kings of Israel and was a city of refuge. Here at Jacob's well Jesus met the woman of Samarla. Here the great Justin martyr was born. After the division of Israel into two kingdoms, Shechem became the religious center of the northern kingdom; and Jerobonam's self-appointed faith degenerated into the Samaritian worship of our Lord's day, which is perpetuated in the old synagogue which holds this scroll. This double roll of parchment, possibly the oldest in the world, contains the first five books of the Old Testament and may be as old as the days of Jeremiah —Christian Herald. Why Singers Break Down. Singing is an abnormal exercise of the lungs, to say nothing of the other organs involved. It over exercises the upper portion of the body, forcing abnormal pressure in an upward direction and tending to overheat the upper portion of the body. Up to a certain point, a healthful stimulation of the blood circulation is the happy result; but beyond that point, the increasing motion imparted tends to fever, and a reaction the next day shows that a cooling down period has been forced upon the singer's attention.—Physical Culture. Morning Glories. Wild morning glories, like the lilies of the field, "toll not, neither do they spin." But though arrayed like Solomon, they are not sought after for landscape decoration. In the plant kingdom they are military oppressors, ousting every other aspirant for vegetable, honors from every acre where they obtain a footing. Hence has sprung a strange lawsuit between two wealthy ranchers in Santa Barbara county, the one accusing the other of having seeded his land to these radiant but hostile flowers.—Los Angeles Times. The Hurried Life. Mrs. Uptodate—Have you got the latest record for your phonograph? Mrs. Hurriup—I'm afraid not. I haven't been downtown since this morning. .Howard Theatre. WILLIAM FOX Prosents The Greatest New York Success in the history of Motion Pictures Annette Kellerman in a "Daughter of the Gods" Note-It cost over One Million Dollars to make this wonderful Photo Play. Twenty thousand People in cast and the First time shown to less than a $2.00 price. Don't miss the event of your life. Night Prices 15c and 25c Mat. all Seats 15c I’m Je J. Rosamond Je ON Also Howard Theatre Song Hi Song Hits—"Are You from Heaven There"; beautifu. ballads, walk ring marches; best blues and rags MAIL O W. A. Adams (Uptown) I'm Jealous of You J. Rosamond Johnson's latest and best song hit Also Howard Theatre Song Hits—"Girl from Rector's and "Smarter Set" of recent date Song Hits—"Are You from Heaven?", Over There"; beautifu. ballads, waltzes, stirring marches; best blues and rag hits. Violins, Mandolins, Guitars, from $5.00. Strings, and other accessories. Ask what you want, we'll sell it. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED W. A. Adams (Uptown) Music House Phone North 2367 1911 NINTH STREET, CHURCH NOTICES. Sunday, at,4 p. m., Rev. Dr. Hunnicutt will speak at the Chapel of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, 1635 Eleventh Street N.W. In memory of Aunt Mary Winslow of North Carolina. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M Street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets N. W.—A big welcome for you. Services: Preaching, ii 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. Tanner, D. D., pastor, Parsonage 1444 Q Street N. W. Phone, North 1825. COLORED WOMEN OF GREEN-VILLE HELP BOOST FUND. Greenville, Miss., Feb. 11.—The Women's Aid Society here, composed of our leading and public-spirited race women, last week sent on a check for $100 to the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee to help the committee in its efforts to raise a fund for relief work. Notice was sent to the committee that more would follow from the colored people of Greenville. Mrs. P. G. Lamton Walker, daughter of the late Bishop Lampton, did splendid work in arousing the race here to the necessity of giving- Mr. Charles N. Barker and little daughter, Miss Edith Martha Louise Barker, of 903 Ninth Street N. E., left the city on the 10 o'clock train Friday night, February 8th, for Topeka, Kansas, to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Martha Barker, widow of the late Rev. Peter Barker, of Topeka, Kansas. A. T. BRONAUGH, PHARMACIST, Southwest Corner Seventh Prescriptions filled promptly. All the Agents for Mada Fred Palm Agents for all High Brown Prepare and Face Bronaugh's Grower, Shampoo, Tette Hair Dressin BRONAUGH'S, Seventh and H Southwest Corner Seventh and P Streets Northwest. Prescriptions filled promptly. All the leading physicians patronize this store. Agents for Madam Walker's Goods. Fred Palmer's Whitener. Agents for all High Brown Preparations, Soaps, Bleach, Hair Perfumes and Face Powders. Bronaugh's Grower, Shampoo, Tetter Salve, Temple Grower and Glossine Hair Dressing and Powder. BRONAUGH'S, Seventh and P Streets N.W., Washington, D. C. Just Out! PERSONAL ON SALE HERE ONLY Long Hits—"Girl from Rector's and "Smu Heaven?", Over s, waltzes, stir- and rag hits. Violins, Mandolin Strings, and what you want AIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTEND Pittown) Music House Ph. 191 Mr. Joseph Campbell, of Washington, D. C., spent the week end in Morristown, Pa., visiting relatives. Miss Georgie Jackson, of New York, is visiting in the city. Miss Sarah Defreese, of Hillburn, N. J., has returned to Howard University. While perhaps most violinists know how the gut strings they use are manufactured, there may be those who are uninformed as to the manufacture of such strings. This may be explained in a few words. The gut D, A, and E strings are made from the intestines of the sheep. In the full grown, mature animal, such intestines are from 40 to 50 feet in length. The raw material is obtained from the stock yards, and is first thoroughly cleansed of all fat and flesh fiber, by dull knives arranged on a drum turned by a crank, says the Musician. The white and tough membrane that is left is then split by an expert in this work, by bringing it against the blade of a safety razor set upright in a table before the splitter. The material is thus split into seven strands. These strands are then spun together, and placed on frames where they are thoroughly dried. The E string of European make requires four strands, and the E string of American make six. The strands, at one end secured to an upright post, are twisted together while in a damp, pliable condition by means of a spinning wheel. After removal from the drying frames, the strings are cut in lengths, colled and boxed in oiled paper for shipment. Very fine emery paper laid on a grooved aluminum block is used while the strings are still on the drying frames, by passing the coveted block over the strings, as many strings being polished as there are grooves in the block. THIRTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY Don't fail to apply for space in the thirty-ninth anniversary edition of The Bee. Have The Bee sent to your home. (This special column will be edited by Mr. J. Thomas Tascoe. Masonic of The Bee.) Seventh and P Streets Northwest. All the leading physicians patronize this store. For Madam Walker's Goods. And Palmer's Whitener. Preparations, Soaps, Bleach, Hair Perfumes and Face Powders. Soo, Tetter Salve, Temple Grower and Glossine, Dressing and Powder. H and P Streets N.W., Washington, D. C. Violins, Mandolins, Guitars, from $5.00 down Strings, and other accessories. Ask for what you want, we'll sell it. It's Great You best song hit LY. "Smarter Set" of recent date dolins, Guitars, from $5.00 down and other accessories. Ask for we want, we'll sell it. NDED Phone North 2367 1911 NINTH STREET, N. W. There Is Nothing Else In Which Service Means So Much As In Examining Eyes DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH CLAIMS not even ours. Find out what is behind the clams. Investigate the record of the men who examine your eyes. TEN YEARS -examining eyes and fitting over 20,000 people with proper glasses is Dr. Block's record. We examine your eyes, write the prescription for glasses and make them in our own shop, all for one,charge-a reasonable one. We examine each eye separately in a perfectly dark room. BLOCK OPTICAL CO. Exclusive Optometrists and Opticians. 737 7th St. N. W. Four Doors from H Street Oliver W. Wright is now witn James A .Head and Co. Wholesale and Retail Meats and would be pleased to see his old friends. Stands 10 and 11 O Steet Market WEST VIRGINIA HELPS. Clarksburg, W. Va., Feb. 11.—The Wimdausia Club of this city, of which Mrs. Lutie Tuck is president, has raised $30 and sent on to Washington to the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee to help along the fund the committee is raising for needy dependents of colored soldiers. Colored women here are preparing to soon send another big contribution. SATURDAY SERMONS BY UNUS Every reason urged against waste is an aspect of altruism, opposed to selfishness and vandalism, whether it be world waste, national waste or individual waste. The first aspect is cosmopolitan, the second tribal, the third personal or family. The question of waste is at once utilitarian and moral. Last Saturday I made a plea for world co-operation against waste. Let us now take a view of national waste. Living generations of any particular nation have nearly always concerned themselves only with temporary advantages, fruits for themselves, with small regard for the generations to follow. Indeed, instances are many where one generation has placed great burdens on succeeding ones in the form of bonded debts and inflicted positive injuries by waste of national resources. This spirit is typified in the argument of the crooked "statesman," who said "Posterity never did anything for me." I contend that unborn generations on whom are saddled heavy debts are entitled to some consideration by way of offset. At least a fair share of the natural resources—minerals and other raw materials—should be handed down to them. Because the subject of national waste, is too broad for full treatment in this small space, I will now simply take our own country for an object, citing a few examples, pointing out a few dangers, and suggesting a few safeguards. This is often called the "iron age." It is more truly the "age of coal," or the "age of coal power," if we consider the dependence of our civilization on coal and its twin product, coal oil. Nearly all the great modern utilities on account of which we boast advanced mechanical attainment—really our characteristic civilization—are dependent on coal and petroleum. Without them, notwithstanding our iron, we would still be, in the condition of the Middle Ages. We are wasting our coal and oil at a frightful rate. How long will it last? It is a favorite performance of the rhapsodal panegyrist of our times to give figures to show how many thousand, years our coal supply will last. I read such an article the other day by Mr. Frank Carpenter. In different places the writer stated the period to be 1,300 years and from 3,000 to 5,000 years, respectively. What is a discrepancy of a trifle like a thousand years to some cheerful optimists? If you remark to the average man that our coal or oil supply may run out in a comparatively few years, he will glibly answer, "Oh, we will find a substitute." The fact is that no geologist can estimate how long our easily accessible deposits of coal will last. It is certain that there is a dangerous limit to our wells of petroleum, even if new oil fields are discovered and opened from time to time. Many of our oil wells and flows of natural gas have already "petered out." No reputable scientist has ever suggested a remote possibility of an all-round substitute for either coal or petroleum. Somebody chances to discover oil under his land, in Oklahoma or Texas. Others soon find oil nearby. The first thought of all is: "It must be developed. It must be developed now." Probably the existing normal supply of oil is already sufficient for the proper and legitimate needs of the country and the world. This does not matter. These men want to become rich. They say: "We must find new uses for oil. Let it be substituted for present fuel. It can be substituted for steaming coal. We will sell it cheaper." The result is that it is used to propel railroad trains and steamships. It is little better, if any, for the purpose than coal. The main reason is the insane idea of a few men to get rich quick. The pretended reason is to "develop our resources." About as much reason for a man to squander his winter's supply of hay in a single week because he found a way to do it. Development be d—d. The thing to be done is for the nation to save the new-found coal oil; conserve it for future needs, future generations, and for the future progress and glory of the nation and mankind. Here is where the State or the Nation should step in and assume con- tol. Here is a proper place for the much reviled "sumptuary law." But here is where our dual system of State and National government fails most conspicuously. The individual land owner and exploiter who has found oil wants to be a millionaire; the State wants temporary "riches" to be derived from the traffic; the nation, blind or hand-tied, looks on helpless or indifferent. The most serious comment usually heard is one of frivolous curiosity; for example, that same individual is worth so many millions by reason of his "having in oil," or that some Indian gets from the industry so many hundred dollars a day. Wonderful reasons for national gratification! One is reminded of Nero fiddling as Rome burned. But surely there are many who think of this foolish waste and prodigality. Our oil fields should not be developed merely for development sake. They should not be developed out of pace with the nation's and the world's needs. This orgy of "development" has been going on for about forty years, or since the days of Coal Oil Johnny. How much richer has it made the nation? I question if any. Yes, made some millionaires; and perhaps one billionaire. About as much advantage to the nation as was the wealth of Coal Oil Johnny. Figure it out. The nation should commander, control and limit the development of all its natural resources on which the continuing welfare of the nation is dependent coal, petroleum, iron, copper, lead, zinc, tin, etc., etc. whatever natural product is a universal necessity. This to stop the waste of these mainstays of civilization. It can be done only by co-operation. A national sumptuary law would be a most effective means of co-operation. Editorial Note: Since the writing of the foregoing article by Unus, we note an important announcement from the intelligence bureau of the Government, which we quote in part below. The reference to petroleum is particularly significant: Geological Survey's Investigations. The activities of the experts of the Geological Survey recently have been concentrated on investigations connected with military and industrial preparedness. The Survey's investigations of minerals that have assumed special interest because of the war have been both expanded and made more intensive. Special reports giving results already in hand, the product of years of field and office investigation, have been published for the information of the general public or prepared for the immediate use of some official commission, committee TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW LONG There are so many so-called hairgrowers on the market, a large number of which are nothing more than perfumed grease, it is no wonder people get discouraged and lose faith in all hair tonics. In deciding what to use on your scalp be sure and get a remedy of proven merit. Secby's Quinade is a highly medicated pomade that has stood the test of time. It is a real scalp food; it stimulates and nourishes the roots of the hair, causing a natural growth of long hair. Quinade is the invention of an expert chemist and is made under the supervision of an experienced registered pharmacist. It makes the hair soft and smooth and easy to put up in the style desired. To get best results from the use of Quinade, it is necessary to shampoo the scalp about every two weeks with Seeby's Quinasoap. Quinasoap is made entirely out of pure vegetable oils, principally cocoanut oil, and is a thorough cleanser. Quinasoap lathers very freely. It leaves the hair soft and fluffy and imparts a refreshing feeling to the scalp unequalled by any other shampoo. Do not accept any substitute, but insist on getting Seeby's Quinade and Seeby's Ointment, asking for them by the full name. Price is 25 cents each. If your druggist or dealer does not stock these two articles, ask him to obtain them for you from his wholesaler or send us the price and we will mail them to you. Write to Seeby Drug Co., 79 East 130th St., New York City, for a sample of Quinade, mentioning the name of this paper. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES: Quinade and Quinasoad are sold at all of the People's Drug Stores, as follows: Store No. 1. 7th and K Sts. N. W Store No. 2. 7th and E Sts. N. W Store No. 3. 14th and You Sts. N. W Store No. 4. 7th and M Sts. N. W Store No. 5. 8th and H Sts. N. F Promptness Neatness Politeness DR. FRED PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER Whitens dark or brown skin. Bleaches and clears sallow complexions, removes all blemishes and causes the skin to grow whiter. See that you get the genuine. Dallas, Texas, November 30, 1916. Jacobs Pharmacy Co., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: It has been some time since I used your Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener. I have not found anything that can compare with it, so please send me two boxes by return mail, and one cake of Dr. Palmer's Soap. Find enclosed 75 cents. Please rush this order, and oblige, Yours truly, Mrs. Victoria Saunders Blair. DO NOT ACCEPT IMITATIONS Sold by druggists or sent direct, for 25c, postpaid. Write JACORS' PHARMACY. Atlanta, Ga. —AGENTS WANTED WRITE FOR OUR LIBERAL TERMS Palmer's Skin Whitener may be be purchased in all the People's Drug stores, as follows: Main 5670, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 5671, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 4119, People's Drug Store. Main 900, Store 2, S. W. Cor. 7th and N. W. Main 3140, Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 3228 Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 2398, Store 4, 7th and M N. W. Lincoln 3496, Store 5, 8th and H N. W. Lincoln 2789, Store 5, N. E. Cor. 8th H N. E. or bureau. Geologic field work has been concentrated on deposits of minerals that are essential to the successful prosecution of the war, especially those of which the domestic supply falls short of present demands Every available oil geologist is at work in petroleum regions where geologic exploration may lead to in- Promptness Ne Joseph I. Bailey AND Co. Undertaker and Embalmer (Formerly with J. H. Dabney) 227 K STREET, N. W. Corner 3rd and K Streets, N. W. Joseph I. Bailey, Manager H. Edgar Lewis PUREDRUGS 63rd & Eastern Ave.,N.E. Chesapeake Station DRUGS, SODA WATER, CIGARS Phone Lincoln 3136 creased production. Other geologists are engaged in a search for commercial deposits of the "war minerals"—manganese, pyrite, platinum, .chromite, tungsten, antimony, potash and nitrate. Have The Bee to follow you. GENERAL DIEC AND MBALMER ea Street, No service ht Res Frazier & Bundy Graduate FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER [Image of two men in formal attire, one with a mustache and the other with a full beard]. Polite and Efficient Service Open Day and Night Phone N.7796 W. Thigpen, Manager PEOPLE'S FUNERAL SERVICE is no more an experiment dearse and cars have been as well as in the rural hitch and all parties co- client service rendered the HOME OF THE PEOPLE'S FUNERAL SERVICE CORPORATION. Automobile Service is no more an experiment, it has proven a complete success and our hearse and cars have been tested in many of the Washington Cemeteries, as well as in the rural districts. We have not encountered the slightest hitch and all parties concerned have been well satisfied with the excellent service rendered them. We have served a number of weddings, also hired out our cars at moderate prices for various purposes, such as receptions, touring by the hour, etc. Whenever you desire quick and polite service call North 2006 and we will always be glad to give you our best service. We have a large store room equipped with the most up to date supplies as well as catalogues which we will be glad to show upon request. We have experienced embalmers and we are ready to give you the best of service at the most reasonable prices. When you need our Funeral Service, Phone North 2006, and we will send Auto for you Free of charge. 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We have served a corps at moderate prices for vari- Reasonabl Prices Lady Attendant Residence Phone N. 1213 per week pays for this Grafonola Outfit Grafonola "25" and six doub e disc Record $34.50 House ana Herrmann 7th and Eye Sts. COLUMBIA CONSERVATION Wellington A. Adams 1911 Ninth Street Northwest. Phone Musical instructions in Vocal Culture, Piano, Violin, Mandolin, Guitar, Harmony, Musical Form, History, and Public School Music. Our course in vocal culture is modern, unequaled in any colored institution from the beginning to the final stage or stage. The reason of our success is the clear, attractive, efficient all the year. Further information is being provided. 10,000 PORO In Principal Cities of THERE IS ONE FORMULATED FOR PORO HAIR GREASE MADE ON MRS. AMBROSE MALLE ST. LOUIS FOR DANDRUFF FALLS SCALP; GIVING LIFE AND ABUNDANCE. THIS STYLE OF BOX ADDITION PRICE 50 PORO COLLINS 3100 Pine St. Dept. IMPROVE YOUR AGE We train, soften, grow and straighten hair. THE NEW "pressing and training the hair" G. A. MORGAN'S HAIR Before PRICE $100 At last we have a hair straighten the hair, and it will remain weeks, and every person in need of advantage of G. A. MORGAN'S training in today by improving your hair the value of this preparation. We have accepted the agency for MORGAN'S wonderful treatment of goods are on sale at all. Columbia Conservatory of Music Wellington A. Adams, President. Street Northwest. Phone North 2637. Washi instructions in Vocal Culture (four-year course in, Violin, Mandolin, Guitar, Clarinet, Pip ny, Musical Form, History of Music, Compo and Public School Music (N. Y. method). A vocal culture is modern in every respect in any colored institution of music; pup- bringing to the final preparation for the or stage. If our success is the fact that the courses ATTRACTIVE, EFFICIENT and MODER ear. Further information upon request by ing the president. 10,000 PORO AGENTS in Principal Cities of the United States THERE IS ONE NEAR YOU FORMULATED 1900 PORO HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs. Amelia Burruko Malone ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI FOR DANDRUFF FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP; GIVING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH THIS STYLE OF BOX ADOPTED JUNE 18, 1915. PRICE 50 CENTS PORO COLLEGE CO. e St. Dept. I. St. Lo PROVE YOUR APPEARANCE often, grow and straighten short, stubborn and k THE NEW IDEA. Pressing and training the Hair while you sleep. MORGAN'S HAIR REFINER CARE PRICE $100. we have a hair straightener that will near hair, and it will remain straight from every person in need of such a preparation. Of G. A. MORGAN'S wonderful refinining today by improving your personal appea- value of this preparation. We accepted the agency for the entire line of wonderful treatments for refining the sale at all COLUMBIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. Wellington A. Adams, President. 1911 Ninth Street Northwest. Phone North 2637. Washington, D. C. Musical instructions in Vocal Culture (four-year course), Solfeggio, Piano, Violin, Mandolin, Guitar, Clarinet, Pipe-organ, Harmony, Musical Form, History of Music, Composition and Public School Music (N. Y. method). Our course in vocal culture is modern in every respect and perhaps unequaled in any colored institution of music; pupils taught from the beginning to the final preparation for the concert or stage. The reason of our success is the fact that the courses taught are CLEAR, ATTRACTIVE, EFFICIENT and MODERN. Open all the year. Further information upon request by addressing the president. FORMULATED 1800 PORO HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs. Ambo Puriibo Malloni ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP, GIVING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH THIS STYLE OF BOX ADOPTED JUNE 12, 1914 PRICE 50 CENTS PORO COLLEGE CO. 3100 Pine St. Dept. I. St. Louis, Mo. IMPROVE YOUR APPEARANCE We train, soften, grow and straighten short, stubborn and kinky hair THE NEW IDEA. "pressing and training the Hair while you sleep" G.A. MORGAN'S HAIR REFINER CREAM Before After TRADE MARK PRICE $100. At last we have a hair straightener that will positively straighten the hair, and it will remain straight from five to teneks, and every person in need of such a preparation should take vantage of G. A. MORGAN'S wonderful refining cream by writing in today by improving your personal appearance and reviving the value of this preparation. We have accepted the agency for the entire line of the G. A. MORGAN'S wonderful treatments for refining the hair. These ods are on sale at all PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES Agents supplied at the Seven Outfit consists of one Durham Duplex Razor with white American every handle safety guard, strap and attachment and Durham Duplex Blades, pointed for manual and another Kit. DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO supplied at the Seventh and M. Sts. 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PRO AGENTS of the United States ONE NEAR YOU DRO GROWER ONLY BY Popularity Mallory MISSOURI FALLING HAIR, ITCHING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR ADVANT GROWTH ADOPTED JUNE 12, 1900 50 CENTS COLLEGE CO. pt. I. St. Louis, Mo. APPEARANCE shiten short, stubborn and kinky hair NEW IDEA. The Hair while you sleep. REFINER CREAM After PRICE 100. Straightener that will positively remain straight from five to ten and of such a preparation should take N'S wonderful refinining cream by giving your personal appearance and re- paration. ency for the entire line of the G. A. elements for refining the hair. These 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 ADVERTISEMENT R CO. JERSEY, CITY, N.J. جامعة مكتبة العلمية مكتبة العلمية on February 19th (Lincoln's Birthday), under the auspices of the National Security League, with the cooperation of representative colored citizens of Chicago: Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your telegram inviting me to be present and to deliver the principal address at a mass meeting to be held at the Coliseum in Chicago on the afternoon of February 12, 1918, under the auspices of the Chicago Branch of the National Security League, in connection with the representatives and leaders of the patriotic colored citizens of your community. As stated, to you in the telegraphic reply which Mr. Emmett J. Scott, my special assistant, forwarded to you at my instance and request, I sincerely wish it were possible for me to be present on the occasion referred to, for I would then have a splendid opportunity to tell of the line spirit with which the great test of the quality of America is being met by the colored people of our country. But the pressure of my official duties here compels me to forego this pleasure. Tel. North 4017, 935 R St. N. W., Washington, D. C. D. C. I wish, however, in view of my enforced absence, to send, especially to the colored Americans of your community and elsewhere, just a few words of encouragement and confidence. Special Treatment For Corns and Bunions. Will Cure All Foot Ailments. Graduate of Columbia Institute. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. In our Reserve Officers' Training Camp, recently held at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, representative young colored men presented themselves for training. They devoted themselves with zeal to the task and they are now imparting to the men under their charge the military lessons which they themselves learned. But more than this, they are teaching to their fellow men the principles for which America is in the war—those vital principles which are the foundation of the hopes of free people, and the keystone of National security. After all, what is this thing we call "Democracy" and about which we hear so much nowadays? Surely it is no catch-phrase or abstraction. It is demonstrating too much vitality for that. It is no social distinction or privilege of the few, for were it that, it could not win the hearts of peoples and make them willing to die for its establishment. But it is, it seems to me, a hope, as wide as the human race, involving men everywhere—a hope which permits each of us to look forward to a time when not only we, but others, will have our respective rights, founded in the generosity of nature, and protected by a system of justice which will adjust its apparent conflicts. Under such a hope nations will do justice to nations, and men to men. Nor can I believe that this democracy will be attained as a finished and complete thing, but rather with increased education and knowledge, its application will enlarge and new meanings be discovered in it. It is not the philosophy of disorder, but of progressive order; not the doctrine of restraint by force, but rather of self-restraint imposed by men who realize that one's own freedom is safest when that of others is equally safe. DR. O. E. JOHNSON 633 T Street N. W. THE BEST PLACE TO EAT In a most encouraging degree, it is being regarded by colored civilians throughout the country as a privilege and as a duty to give liberally of their substance, of their time, of their talents, of their energy, of their influence, and in every way possible to contribute toward the comfort and success of our fighting units and those of our allies across the seas. The colored men, who were subject to draft, are to be commended upon their promptness and eagerness in registering their names for service in the National Army, and likewise mention is made of the relatively low percentage of exemption claims filed by them. Those in the service of their country, I am sure, will prove faithful and efficient, and will uphold the traditions of their race. It is, indeed, most fitting that you should hold your patriotic meeting on the day set apart in honor of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, whose name is synonymous with freedom and true democracy. Hoping that your meeting and all of your worthy efforts may be crowned with success, I am, Read The Bee you want all the news 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. 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. SURGICAL CHIROPODIST 2 EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS Hot Bread Morning and Evening Home-Made Desserts "Joseph Graves' CAFE Ice Cream and Soft Drinks of All Kinds Oysters in Every Style Cigars and Tobacco. Rooms for Rent Open All Night Opposite Government Printing Office Telephone Franklin 4571 16 G Street, Northwest Washington, D. C. MESSAGE OF CONFIDENCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT One's Own Freedom Is Safest When That of Others Is Equally Safe, Says Secretary of War Baker in Letter to the Chicago Branch of N. S. League. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker has written the following letter to be read at a mass meeting to be held in the Coliseum, Chicago, Ill. Cordially yours, (Signed) Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War TAKE LADS OF 20 AS SHIP OFFICERS Many Being Accepted for Training by the United States Shipping Board. GOES BACK TO THE OLD DAYS Traditions of the Service Justify the Choice of Lads for Responsible Positions—Career of Captain Silsbee. Washington.—Lads less than twenty, already experienced sailors, are applying these days to the United States shipping board for training as officers in the new merchant marine. Many of them are accepted, and not a few already are serving as juniors on the bridges of some of the largest liners passing through the war zone waters of Europe. Lads of twenty-were sturdy seafaring men, ruling their quarterdecks and taming the rough company of their forecastles by their own pluck and resourcefulness, in the days when our forwafathers were creating a merchant marine whose achievements form one of the finest pages of American history. Nathaniel Silsbee of Salem, who afterwards became United States senator from Massachusetts in company with Daniel Webster, took command of the new ship Benjamin of 161 tons burden, laden with a costly cargo of merchandise and bound out from Massachusetts bay to the Cape of Good Hope and India, in 1792, when not nineteen years old. The first American flag had entered the harbors of Bombay and Calcutta only four years before, on the ship Atlantic. "Beginning in 1817, with a capital consisting of a Testament, a 'Bowditch', quadrant, chest of sea clothes and a mother's blessing, Nathaniel Silsbee, then only fourteen years old, left the paternal mansion in Salem full of hope and good resolution to embark on his first voyage, which was to Baltimore as captain's clerk; at.twent-eight he had made his fortune and retired from the sea; at thirty-six was the head of the largest American house in China. The resourcefulness of Nathaniel Silsbee was never better illustrated than by his first voyage in command of his first ship, the Benjamin. Sold at Big Profit. On the passage from the Cape of Good Hope to the Isle of France (Mauritius), Captain Silsbee fell in with a French frigate that gave him news of the beginning of the war between France and England. On this news reaching the Isle of France, prices rose by leaps and bounds. The cargo of the Benjamin was quickly sold at a profit that dazzled her commander. As fast as he could, he turned the paper currency he received into Spanish dollars. Then for six months an embargo was laid on all foreign vessels in port. During this time the Spanish dollars increased to three times the value of paper money, and yet, for lack of an outlet, the products of the island did not advance in price. Nathaniel Silsbee abandoned his plan of keeping on to Calcultta. He sold his Spanish dollars, loaded coffee and spices, and started for home. Proceeding no farther than the Cape of Good Hope, he scented another chance to fatten his owner's pocketbook. "The Cape of Good Hope was held by the Dutch," he said in later years, "and it so happened that I was the only master of a foreign vessel then in port of whom a bond had not been required to proceed to a French port. Two other Salem ships were in port; I put on board them such portion of my cargo as I knew would considerably more than pay the whole cost of my ship and cargo, sold the residue, and invested the proceeds in a full cargo of wine and other articles which I knew to be in great demand in those islands." Captain Silsbee sold his cargo for three times its cost at the Isle of France, and again loaded for home. Warned by Governor. He was nearly ready to sail when he got word that another embargo was likely. Hastily putting to sea, he was obliged to anchor next day at the Isle of Bourbon for provisions. A mystifying experience that he met here he related thus: "Just as I was about stepping from the wharf into my boat, the French governor of the island ordered me to his presence. I obeyed with strong prehensions that some restraint was to be put upon me. On meeting the governor, he asked me: 'How long do you contemplate staying in Bourbon?' My answer was, 'Not more than a day or two.' 'Can't you leave here tonight?' he asked. I replied, 'If you wish it.' Then he added, 'As you had the politeness to call on me this morning, and as I should be sorry to see you injured, hearken to my advice and leave here tonight if possible.' "He cautioned me to secrecy, and I was on board as soon as possible after leaving him. "There was a war-brig at anchor in the harbor, a little to windward of my own vessel; toward midnight I had the anchor hove up without noise, and let the shiif adrift without making any call until we had lost sight of the war- lines of snow-topped Mount Nero, that outpost of the Italian advance. As we stood surveying this scene there was the steady rumble of guns, with the crack of quick-friers and then the long "whiz" of ever-passing shells. But there was one "whiz" which instantly engaged every attention. We could hear it coming, and it was not going over, nor under, nor at either side. Every one instinctively recolled, and then— Crash! No More Observation Post. Five of us went down in a heap, stunned as with a hammer-blow. There was a great, enveloping noise, with the smash and crack of walls, the flying of fragments, and then the heave of tons of earth, mortar and masonry, plowed up by the huge missile. It had struck that observation post, just 15 feet away, which we were about to enter. There was no more observation post; it was swept clean. But fortunately the shell had gone straight through, battering down massive walls and digging a deep trench into the earth where it had exploded underground, throwing up great geysers. But while the earth and stone few like hull, the underground explosion had held the shell fragments. Stunned as we were, the first impulse was of self-preservation. A hasty glance showed no one was seriously injured, though the trickle of blood on the right temple of one of the party told that a flying stone had found a mark. "They have this range," said the escort as we struggled to our feet, "and one shot means that another will follow." There was a hasty scramble from the battlement, over the tons of debris thrown up, which now completely blocked the three-foot path skirting the wall. The shell had suddenly brought to a close our observation of the battle front with all its tragedy and majestic beauty. But worst of all, it put an end to all trips to Goritz, for the officer said no further chances of this kind could be taken. It was just as well, for now the great offensive of the enemy burst unexpectedly, and with it came the retreat from the Goritz line. Fortunately or unfortunately, I had seen it at the last moment when the tide was turning. Situation Explained. At the cafe where we went for lunch the officer from headquarters laid out the big military map on the table and explained the military situation. It was this: The enemy was bringing great masses of men to the north of the Bianlizza plateau. His design was evident. The Italians by their last advance had swung a ring which was threatening Trieste. To save Trieste the enemy must force the Italians back to the Isonzo river, as another Italian offensive would clear the Carso range and give the Italians the mastery of Trieste. To the enemy the time had come when he must act before the Italians played their final card and held the jewel of the Adriatic. As we pored over the map the increasing roar of the artillery told that the enemy was losing no time in his part of the military game. The proprietor of the cafe was an intelligent old man, and I asked him if the fire we heard was the same as usual. He shook his head and said: "No, it is very much heavier and it seems as though something was going to happen." This was the instinctive feeling of the people on the spot who had gone through this day after day for months. They felt the blow coming. On the corner there were two women of the working class talking together under an umbrella, for it was raining hard. Their indifference to the shelling seemed strange, and I stopped to ask them if the bombardment did not frighten them and keep them awake at night. They were puzzled for a moment, as though not comprehending such an inquiry, and then they shrugged their shoulders. "We are used to it," they said. "It used to frighten us at first, and the children still cry at night. But what can we do?" These were typical townswomen who had become habituated to the danger and destruction all around them and were now stopping on the street corner in the rain to exchange the latest gossip. One of the women had the features of an Austrian, and she smiled as she heard the rumble of the Austrian guns and looked off toward the enemy lines so near. Within three hours when we got back to headquarters the full force of the blow had been struck and the great Austro-German offensive against Italy was in full operation. Big Profit in One Hog.. Lindale, Ga.—Charles Guyton, a farmer, bought a hog last September for $25. He slaughtered the animal the other day and sold it for 30 cents a pound. The hog weighed 900 pounds, dressed, and brought $270, a net profit of $245. The treasury department authorizes the following statement of the totals of credits extended to foreign governments by the treasury since the United States entered the war: Great Britain..... $2,645,000,000 France..... 1,285,000,000 Italy..... 500,000,000 Russia..... 325,000,000 Belgium..... 77,400,000 Serbia..... 4,000,000 President Grimke Speaks Out—Memorandum Submitted on Behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, by Archibald H. Grimke, President of the Washington (D. C.) Branch, in re Equitable Provision for the Buildings and Grounds of the Colored Public Schools of the Capital of the Nation in the Appropriation Bill for 1919. The current estimates for the District of Columbia, as submitted by the Board of Commissioners, do the schools of the colored community a gross injustice. Specifically, the Commissioners ask Congress to give the colored community 10 per cent of the aggregate appropriation for buildings and grounds instead of 30 per cent, the appropriation to which that community is entitled. The situation is the more serious because last year the Appropriation Act of 1918 gave the colored schools buildings and grounds only in the sum of $100,000, which was less than 14 per cent of the aggregate appropriation under the caption, or less than half the just proportion. Moreover, the item of buildings and grounds is fundamental. It is vital to the welfare of future generations of school children. Now, the last census (1910) gave the population of the District of Columbia as 331,069. If we exclude the Indian and Asiatic elements, the population was 330,574, of which Americans of African descent comprised 29 per cent. Since 1910 this population has grown appreciably. But there is no reason to believe that the proportion of Negroes is less. Indeed, it is probably more. Thus, 32 per cent of the total men of draft age registered in the District of Columbia up to date are Negro. And of the men actually sent to camp the Negro percentage is 41. But, the basis for estimating the public school population for 1918-19 is, of course, the actual enrollment for the last school year, 1916-17. And the just published report of the Board of Education shows that in 1916-17, 31 per cent of the total enrollment of pupils was colored. So, it is more than fair to conclude that in 1918-19 not less than 30 per cent of the total enrollment will be colored. On this ratio, estimates for buildings and grounds should be based. Nevertheless, the estimates submitted by the Board of Education itself assign to the colored schools less than 24 per cent of the nearly two and a half millions requested. And the estimates, as revised by the Board of Commissioners, assign to these schools only 10 per cent out of a total of over one and a half millions. Indeed, the president of the Board of Commissioners says frankly: "The Commissioners in making up the estimates did not attempt to proportion the amount of money requested or the projects recommended on the basis of the ratio of colored population to white population in the District of Columbia." (Letter from Hon. Louis Brownlow to Archibald H. Grimke under date of January 5, 1918.) Now, most emphatically, the colored public schools (which in fact compare unfavorably as a whole with the white in respect of buildings and grounds) are entitled to not less than 30 per cent of the aggregate submitted under this caption. In other words, it was the duty of the Board of Education to assign (out of a total estimate of $2,538,441) not $583,450, but $732,195 to the colored schools. And it was the duty of the Board of Commissioners to assign (out of a total estimate of $1,595,583) not $159,600, but $438,717. The more clearly to illustrate the injustice involved, let me cite only three items. Each of these was contained in the estimates formulated by the Board of Education. And each was eliminated by the Commissioners: If an athletic field and stadium is vital to the physical development and moral discipline of the white students of Central High School, are not similar facilities essential to the total efficiency of Dunbar? (2) $21,000 for Completing the Approaches to Miner Normal School. In 1916-17 the white normal school enrolled 172 pupils and the colored 160, or 48 per cent. The white normal school building was completed long ago. Why should the Miner building go-unfinished? (3) $157,500 for Remodelling the Old M Street High School for Vocational Training. In 1916-17 there were 146 white pupils in the vocational schools and 310 colored, or 68 per cent. And who in the North or in the South questions the fundamental importance of industrial training to colored youth? Yet the Board of Commissioners ask of Congress $105,000 for a new trade school for white students and not one penny for the vocational training of colored students. I say that profound injury will be done to the development of the colored community unless Congress insists that the fair and square thing be done for the colored schools in this fundamental item of buildings and grounds. The rights and welfare not only of the present generation of school children are at stake, but the rights and welfare of future generations. This nation is today involved in the great world war; it is aiming to help make the world safe for democracy. This is the spirit in which the Chief Executive of the Nation has spoken to all the peoples of the earth in impassioned and historic language again and again. Does it accord with this spirit for the Capital of the Nation to do its colored community one whit less than justice in any vital matter? Popular education is surely the sine qua non of democracy: And when a people gives freely of its sons to battle for the nation in its time of need, shall the nation make a niggardly and unjust provision for the education and training of that people's children? Respectfully submitted, ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKE, President, District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. January 25, 1918. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA I. Items contained in current estimates of the Board of Commissioners: Schools. Specifications. Burrville Annex $12,600 Smothers To replace building 52,500 Syphax Addition 94,500 Schools. Specifications. Armstrong Manual Training To enlarge site $19,000 Banneker To enlarge site 20,500 Birney To enlarge site 1,100 Bruce To enlarge site 13,500 Deanwood To enlarge site 4,000 Douglass-Simmons To enlarge site 9,000 Dunbar High To enlarge site 99,750 Logan To enlarge site 35,000 M Street To remodel 157,500 Miner Normal To complete approaches 21,000 Payne To enlarge site 7,000 Slater-Langston To enlarge site 4,500 Stevens To enlarge site 31,000 III. Additional items submitted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Washington, D. C., Branch): To erection of annex (on additional ground purchase of which Board of Education requests) ..... $250,000 Specifications. The employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing extend their heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Mattie A. Boston and Mrs. Georgie Henry of the Surface Division, who were bereaved by the sudden death of their brother, Jack Browne, February 2, 1918, who accidentally shot himself. Mr. Browne was highly respected and his death removes from our schools a bright young man. Funeral From St. Augustine's R. C. Church. The funeral of Joseph Brown, 102 Corcoran Street, Ivy City, an employee of the Botanical Garden for twenty years, was held from St. Augustine's Church Monday at 10 a.m. He was a true Christian and a devout member of the Holy Name Society. He leaves to mourn his loss a loving wife, Elizabeth Brown, and a host of relatives and friends, which was attested to by the many floral offerings. The Botanical Gardens was represented by a large number of officials and employees. Father Olds paid a high tribute to his fidelity and worth as a true Christian and husband, having been married forty-five years. The Holy Name Society extends its sympathy to the widow. Peace to his soul. PROMINENT PEOPLE DEAD. There were many funerals last and this week. Mrs. Susie Walker Medella died January 5th and was buried Friday. She was interred in Brothers Cemetery by Messrs. Frazier & Bundy, the two well-known funeral directors. Mother Annie Brown, one of the best known preachers in the United States, was buried from the Asbury Church last Sunday. It was one of the most imposing funerals that has ever been in that church. Ten prominent denominations were represented in the pulpit. She was interred by Messrs. Frazier & Bundy. Frank Davis' body was shipped to Richmond, Va., last Wednesday by Messrs. Frazier & Bundy. The baby of Mrs. Burton, 2211 Fourteenth Street N.W., was buried this week by Messrs. Frazier & Bundy. The most imposing funeral was that of Mrs. Susie Walker Medella. Cardozo Manual Training ..... Chain Bridge Road ..... Cook (John F.) ..... Dunbar High ..... Eleventh Division ..... Fort Slocum ..... Garnet-Patterson ..... O Street Manual Training ..... Tenth Division ..... OBITUARY—MISS SEMMES. The many friends of Miss Julia Semmes were saddened in hearing of her demise. Miss Semmes died in Bedford City, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude. Miss Semmes was a faithful member of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, and was loved by all who knew her. Now looking forth beyond Time's misty shadows, With seers of far-off ages we may sing: "I shall be satisfied when I awake With Thine own likeness, O my God and King." CITY NEWS The undertaking firm of Joseph I. Bailey & Co., Third and K Streets N.W., by their, prompt and attentive service, painstaking, care and up-to-date methods, have largely increased their business. During the past three weeks they had charge of the funerals of the following persons: Pauline Eubank, Emily Brent, Robert Thomas, Jane Vines, Randall Carter, Rulin H. Weicks, Harriet Davis, Ernest Patten and Briscoe Logan. FRAZIER & BUNDY. 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