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VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 39 Resolution to Organize Colored Men Passed. At the last annual meeting of the American Federation of Labor, held at Buffalo, N. Y., a resolution was passed looking to the organization of colored wage-earners, engaged in various trades and occupations throughout the country, with a view to having them affiliated with the national labor organization. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor has been in session in Washington, D. C., since Sunday, February 10th. At a special meeting held February 12th (Lincoln's birthday) at the headquarters of the national organization, corner Ninth and Massachusetts Avenue N.W., a group of colored men were invited to be present, including Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (successor to Booker T. Washington); Mr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary of Tuskegee Institute, and now serving in the Nation's Capital as special assistant to the Secretary of War; Mr. George W. Harris, editor of the New York News of New York City, a colored man who has had much experience in labor circles and has given much time to the study of labor problems among colored people. Present also at this special conference was a delegation representing the National League or Urban Conditions' Among Negroes Mr. E. Kinckle Jones, executive secretary; Mr. John Shillady, secretary of the National Advancement Society and Mr. Fred R. Moore, editor of the New York Age. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War, who is assisting Secretary Newton D. Baker in looking after all matters affecting the interests of colored soldiers and colored citizens generally, spoke in part as follows: "In my opinion, one of the most vitally important war measures that could have been suggested, is the one which President Samuel Gompers had in mind when he addressed his recent message to American, organized labor, ordering the observance of National Labor Loyalty Week, during which week the wage-earners through our country will actively demonstrate their loyalty in order that pro-Germans here as well as other enemies abroad may have convincing and terrorizing evidence that the essential forces of America are united and determined in the prosecution of the war. "Also, in my opinion, one of the wisest, most just and generous steps ever taken by the American Federation of Labor is the action of that organization in adopting at its last annual meeting at Buffalo, N. Y., a resolution to throw down the bars which had been for years serving as an almost insurmountable barrier to colored wage-earners who desired to enlist in the ranks and enjoy the benefit of organized labor. "For reasons which need not be discussed at this time, there had been a general disinclination to admit colored artisans, mechanics, etc., into affiliation with the American, Federation of Labor on terms of equality with other wage-earners of this country, except in a number of isolated cases, as, for instance, the longshoremen of New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, etc., and other laborers in the mining districts of Birmingham and a few other places. This splendid action, taken at the last meeting of your organization in Buffalo, is hailed by Negro toilers throughout our country as portending complete unity of desire on the part of organized labor to welcome what will prove one of its most important constituent elements, without whose whole-soule co-operation the success of this war can hardly be assured. can naturally "Even as labor organizations have been in a state of foment, so colored wage-earners throughout various sections of this country during the past three or four years have faced entirely new conditions, and, in view of the present national emergency, as well as economic problems which American labor will be expected to solve in the future, it is well that there should be the closest possible friendly co-ordination between all forces in America who can contribute to mu tual welfare and national security. The heavy emigration from the South is an evidence of the fact that the Negro workman is 'making good' in quite a number of useful occupations—in many of which heretofore he has had but very limited opportunity. The Negro has always been desirous of aligning himself with organized labor, if organized labor would 'play fair' with him, and he has never pre- workman. ferred to be a scab workman. "In the present struggle for freedom and democracy, the Negro element of this country is no unappreciable factor. All that Negro labor asks for at the hands of capital and organized labor alike is a fair chance and a square deal. "The Negro has pledged his loyalty to our nation's cause in this, as he has in every other national crisis, and whether he labors in ship or upon shore, in field, in forest or in the mines, in munition works, or factory or foundry, he means to do his part to the utmost of his ability, even as thousands of Negro soldiers in America's fighting units are likewise determined to do their bit, and, if necessary, more than their bit." OUR SCHOOLS. The Atmosphere at Armstrong. There. is something in the very name "Arm-strong" suggestive of achievement. There is something in the general appearance and architecture of the building that suggests compactness, economy of space, lack of unnecessary detail, and utility. From the gun racks and lockers in the hallways to the washrooms and shops nearby, from the domestic science room and the shops to the artistic work in the studio for freehand drawing, from the classroom in mathematics to the coal pile in the boiler room, there is a brisk, consciously directed movement of pupils by the nearest route and in the least time without rush and confusion. Everywhere one sees evidences of necessary and practical additions and improvements made by student labor, just as one sees in the administrative office the use of every available inch up to the ceiling and back in the alcoves. There is a brevity and directness of the speech and questions of the student body such as one finds associated with the handling of materials in constructive work, yet the humane side of the students' nature is kept uppermost through the occasional rhetorical exercises and assemblies for purely cultural or social purposes. When we recall that the immortal Frederick Douglass fathered just the kind of education made available at Armstrong, and that he so declared himself in a letter to Mrs. Stowe in 1853, and when we remember how sincere he was in his hopes, work and plans for his people, we realize how his message of work, courage, hope, loyalty and nobility is being repeated to each successive generation presenting itself at the doors of Armstrong. It needs but a glance at the industrial and economic demands made evident by the great war to show us how far-seeing and wise were those who, like Douglass, Armstrong and Booker Washington, advised and devised opportunities for the mutual instruction now made possible and freely offered here in Washington. "Man is the only animal that ever made a fire, fashioned a weapon or cooked a meal." Even a low grade of mentality can be strengthened by a manual exercise which is in keeping with its muscular control and coordination; surely a general training in various forms of manual skill, accompanied by a general knowledge of the underlying scientific principles of all industrial processes, is no mean preparation for a useful and large life. "Man is the first animal to oppose every finger to the thumb." All his manual dexterity hinges on that opposibility. Mental analysis, by which we hope for so much in the training of the intellect, is but an imaged activity of the hands in taking things to pieces. What the kindergarten is to the infant in discovering his control of the world, that the vocational and manual training school are to the adolescent in rediscovering man's general plan of economic and industrial mastery. Should the time ever come when the public will demand educational Attorney Wm. Parrison, Oklahoma City has been called to Washington, D.C. by the National Public Speakers Bureau of the War Saving Committee. He leaves today at 2:30 for Va., N.C. S. C. Ga. & Fla. programs, judging them by their results through the passing years, rather than by their personal responsiveness to whims and moods of the public, then we may expect to see schools like Armstrong co-ordinated in their every branch. Until that time comes, America must lag behind those countries which plan (1) to stimulate to 100 per cent the production of resources and their manufacture, (2) to make markets for their products, (3) to find markets for any surplus, and (4) to create and supply new demands. every demand of justice. The world, history and posterity will not fail, in passing upon the guilt of these men and the punishment meted out to them, to take into account the great provocation in the face of which they acted as they did. It is assumed that if they were properly and competently defended the record of the trial will show what this provocation was. It is not, therefore, deemed necessary here to rehearse the facts constituting it. This unhappy affair had its inception in the determination of an over May the time come soon when Armstrong will develop through to Owe Street, where its shops will be in easy reach of the classrooms of Dunbar; for then we may have the "Cosmopolitan High School," which is the type of school designed to meet the varied needs of a normal youth. Charles M. Thomas. COLORED PEOPLE Throughout the Country Rallying to the Call. Colored women throughout the country are organizing local branches of the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee in their communities and raising and sending funds to the national body here. Among the generous contributions received this week by the committee were those coming from the race in Prescot, Ariz.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Coatesville, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Canton, Miss., and various towns in Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi and other States. The voluntary contributions of white men and women is most gratifying. In Prescott, Ariz., white business houses joined with the race there in contributing. LOCAL N. A. A. C. P. Memorializes the President in Behalf of Condemned Soldiers. The President: Sir: Pursuant to directions contained in a motion passed at the monthly meeting of the District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, held the 13th inst., we hereby petition you for the exercise of clemency in the cases of the five colored soldiers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry now under sentence of death by judgment of court-martial. The execution for the same offense of thirteen of the comrades of the men now under sentence of death, without review, or opportunity, for review of the findings of the trial court would seem to have satisfied every demand of justice. The world, history and posterity will not fail, in passing upon the guilt of these men and the punishment meted out to them, to take into account the great provocation in the face of which they acted as they did. It is assumed that if they were properly and competently defended the record of the trial will show what this provocation was. It is not, therefore, deemed necessary here to rehearse the facts constituting it. This unhappy affair had its inception in the determination of an overwhelming majority of the white people of the community in which it occurred to treat colored people according to standards erected to maintain relations subsisting between master and slave, and not between freemen. We respectfully ask that the record of the trial of these men be reviewed with this ultimate fact in mind, together with the specific facts contained in the record, or of such notoriety as to call for judicial notice, and that the extreme penalty be not visited upon them. Very respectfully, District of Columbia Branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People By A. H. Grimke, President. MISS VALORIE CHASE Who Is to Be Cast for One of the Leads in the Motion Picture, "Loyalty to a Race." REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. The Republican Executive Committee of the National Republican Committee, from the report sent from St. Louis, Mo., refused to seat the regu- lar Republican National Committee man from Mississippi. If it is shown that the colored Republican was unjustly defeated, it is quite evident that the Republican party is anxious to unload the colored brother. All of the hypocrisy in politics is not in the Democratic party, so far as colored Americans are concerned. There is a great deal of demagoguery in Republicans and in the Republican party. If the Democratic party had any sense, it could secure the colored vote. The colored voter must think and act in the coming contest. RESIGNS HIS JOB. Dr. R. W. Christian, one of the most scholarly colored men in the country and a member of the Democratic party, who was appointed a special agent in the Census Office at a salary of $1,500 per annum, sent his resignation to Director S. L. Rogers of the Census Office a few days ago. In speaking to a Bee representative, Dr. Christian said that it doesn't require a lawyer, a doctor or any other kind of a professional colored man to hold a place that no first-class white man refuses or a high school pupil can fill. "I look with disgust," remarked Dr. Christian, with emphasis, "at so many of our highly educated colored professional men, slaves in petty places. I have a profession and I am going to practice it, so good-bye to Uncle Sam. The world was not made for Caesar alone." Dr. Christian is now pastor of St. John's Church of Arlington, Va. He will be heard from soon. COLORED OFFICERS PRESENT MEMENTO TO EMMETT L SCOTT. The Seyententh Provisional Regiment Association, composed of the colored officers who received military training at the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, June 15 to October 15, 1917, has presented to Mr. Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War, a heavy gold monogramed ring designed by the association. The ring bears the insignia of the association, surrounding the letters "U. S. A." Raised eagles, with the coat-of-arms of the United States, support the seal on either side. By reason of the sentiment attaching to the gift and the fact that it will serve as a precious souvenir that may be handed down as a family heirloom, Mr. Scott values it very highly, and is deeply touched by this additional evidence of the esteem in which he is held by the gallant men of the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, many of whom are personal friends of long standing: Mr. Scott's visit to this hallowed ground, as the bearer of a message of cheer from Secretary of War Baker, was the first official act of his honored and helpful career in connection with the War Department. RALPH W. TYLER. The Famous Journalist of the Colored Race. Special arrangements have been made with Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, the race's famous journalist, to prepare the sketches of those who will appear in the forthcoming anniversary edition of The Bee. tion of The Bee. No progressive individual should miss this issue of The Bee. This issue will circulate throughout the United States and abroad. TO SUBSCRIBERS. Subscribers who have received notice that their subscriptions have expired and fail to receive The Bee will know that their names have been transferred to the "deadhead" record, which is kept in this office for public inspection. If you want your paper continued remit at once. THE BEE. The people will know of it, if it appears in The Bee. 39TH ANNIVERSARY 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. SPARKS FROM MARTINSBURG, W. VA. Women's Day exercises were held at the Mt. Zion M. E. Church last Sunday night, which proved to be quite a success. The pastor's son, Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, passed through the city last week en route to Washington, and there he hopes to secure both friends and means to get Mr. Snowden, of Maryland, convicted of murder, another hearing. Rev. E. T. Johnson, pastor of Dudley, preached Sunday morning in Winchester, Va. He returned to his charge Sunday night. He was called hurriedly to Washington Monday on business Rev. J. T. Reid, pastor of Ebenezer and secretary of Martinsburg Ministerial Alliance, has been instructed to get in touch with Rev. S. L. Johnson looking forward to a union revival. Masters Edward T. and Claiborne and Johnson, representatives of The Bee in this city, are in Washington visiting their grandparents, George and Ella B. Jenkins. and Ella B. Jensen Dudley Baptist, with her thirty divisions, expects a record-breaking crowd Sunday night—known as the "Pew Rally" Sister Blakey, who underwent a very serious operation, is home again to the joy of her family and friends. Sister J. F. Carter, who has been ill for a long time, was in the Dudley audience Sunday night. audience Sunday Mr. James Hutton, the successful Mt. Zion Sunday School superintendent, bought out the business of the late Mr. Lou Ransom, who was one of the trustees of Dudley. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY ASKED. President Wilson was urged Tuesday by a committee from the New York branch of the National Association of Colored People to extend clemency to the five members of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry, sentenced to be hanged for the part they played in riots at Houston, Texas. August last. Texas, August A review of the cases of forty-one other Negro soldiers sentenced to life imprisonment as a result of the rioting was also requested. The committee consisted of James W. Johnson, Rev. Frederick A. Cullen, Rev. Frank M. Hyden and Rev. George Frazier Miller. To the petition presented to, the President were attached the names of 14,000 citizens of New York. The committee was well pleased with the kindly and favorable reception accorded it by the President. BETHEL LITERARY. Bethel Literary will be addressed next Tuesday evening by Mr. John W. Davis, executive secretary of the Y. M. C. A. The Washington public is invited to hear the man who is electrifying our young men. RAILROAD SABBATH. Dr. Alfred Young, of Baltimore, Md., will preach his famous railroad sermon at Ebenezer M. E. Church, Fourth and D Streets S. E., Sunday evening at 7.30 p. m. All invited. W. H. Dean, pastor. Dr. James B. Shepard, president of the National Training School of Durham, N. C., is to make an educational tour of Florida, beginning Sunday, February 24th. This tour is arranged by a party of distinguished religious and business leaders of that State, and is to be one of the most extensive tours of a State yet arranged. Read The Bee if you want to know who is in the city. SATURDAY SERMONS BY UNUS Last week I talked about the waste of minerals and ores—that class of raw materials which once consumed can never be replaced or restored. I will now speak of that class of materials which by some possibility can be restored. The waste of forests and soil, a very serious matter, falls under this head. The waste of minerals and ores is a blow at the continuous progress and permanent attainment of the nation. The waste of replaceable materials and articles is an impairment of the contemporary wealth and comfort of the nation. The one is national suicide; the other makes for national backwardness, is a stunting of growth. The one is opposed to good morals; the other opposed to common sense and expediency. Waste of the latter kind has a near relation to contemporary comfort, refinement and art. When we speak of the wealth of a nation we do not refer to the average yearly supply of its necessary food resources; neither do we ordinarily refer to its supply of raw materials. Rather, in common parlance at least, do we refer to the accumulation of those articles, facilities and utilities that afford comfort, refinement and art. In a highly developed society, or above the primitive, we also refer to a nation's monetar, power, with reference to other nations, represented by its specie reserve, or its equivalent in the form of trade balance. Let us designate all these forms of wealth by the terms conveniences and levers. The most of them—clothing, houses, etc.—are mere conveniences. Money and bills receivable are both conveniences and levers. A nation that produces from year to year only what it need for food and warmth is not wealthy. Where a nation is truly wealthy, its wealth is to be measured by the number and quality of its accumulated conveniences at home and its leverage with reference to foreign trade. This wealth is produced by all the labor not necessary for bare subsistence and rude comfort. In other words, the labor that creates national wealth consists in the fabricating of better conveniences for use at home and the producing of surplus products for sale abroad. If we assume that the prime work of man is to produce from year to year just enough to feed, clothe and warm him, which is a reasonable assumption, it will be convenient to suppose here that all his time not necessary for that purpose is "spare time." It is in this spare time, with the consequent spare labor, that he creates his wealth. It follows that the more spare time he has the more wealth he can create by spare labor. But if he wastes any necessary of life and is under the necessity to restore it, he will have less spare time. The greater the necessary food producing time, the less the wealth producing time. Waste prolongs the former; thrift and saving permits more of the latter. The nearer the condition of "root, hog or die" the less time for wealth producing labor. As this is true of the individual, so it is true of the whole nation. But in a more advanced stage of social development many things besides food, clothing and fuel are reckoned as necessaries; and it requires no further argument to show that a nation that habitually wastes extensively those conveniences it regards as necessaries and is under the necessity constantly to replace them has less time for the creation of wealth. The making and buying of trash is a form of pure waste. If the labor is steady and judiciously applied, the true agency of wealth is saving—the avoidance of waste. The fact that a country, as ours, may have natural resources and a fertile soil does not alter the principle. In the problem of wealth fertility is seldom an offset for unthrift. Our own country affords a conspicuous object lesson of national waste. In the 300 years that we have possessed this rich domain we have had the opportunity to create an ideal condition of wealth-to provide every reasonable private and public convenience and a vast reserve of capital and international trade balance. The fact is, we have done poorly in this. Today the vast majority of our inhabitants are poorly fed, rudely or insufficiently houses, crudely or insufficiently clad; our rural school houses mere shacks, our soils depleted, our farms in a bad state of repair, our public highways for the most part a discredit, our transportation systems admitted failures, our national treasury gone begging. This national condition is due largely to absolute waste. We have wasted billions in the pretended aim to make navigable rivers of almost dry creeks; billions for useless public buildings in insignificant towns; billions in the reckless bestowal of pensions. These billions simply mean so much time, labor and material that we should have applied to useful or necessary permanent improvements. During these 300 years we have been living riotously on our newfound rich natural resources—and all the time boasting. Our public lands are now nearly all taken up. Our best lumber forests are all cut down. We now face the necessity of learning the real science of agriculture and horticulture. We must plant new forests. It has taken a great international crisis to show this nation how inefficient, shiftless and poor we are. Can we not see that the main trouble is waste? Nationally we must stop waste. If sumptuary laws will do it, let us have sumptuary laws. BILLIONS FOR DEFENSE. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo will offer for subscription every two weeks between now and the opening of the next Liberay Loan, Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness in amounts of five hundred million dollars or more. If all the banks of the country do their share, and it is contemplated that they will, three billion dollars of the certificates will be taken by them between now and the flotation of the next Liberty Loan. The raising of five hundred million dollars every two weeks seems a tremendous task, yet in relation to the banking resources of the United States it seems easy of accomplishment. The resources of the national banks of the United States on November 20 last were more than eighteen and a half billion dollars, and the resources of State banks and trust companies on June 20, 1917, were practically twenty-one billion. The resources of both have increased since the dates named when the latest reports were made. The three billion expected by the Secretary of the Treasury is less than 10 per cent of the banking resources of the nation. The banking power of the world in 1890 was estimated at fifteen and a half billion dollars; the banking power of the United States is now two and a half times as great as the banking power of the world as late as that year. The United States is just beginning TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW LONG 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. Seeby'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. 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JOHNSON 633 T Street N. W. THE BEST PLACE TO EAT 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. JUSTH'S OLD STAND Workingmen, on the shrewd advice of economists, it pays to find a side street store that on account of low rent can sell for less—a whole lot less—and this is the very identical spot, so come like a shot. See the new shoes and pants priced low—very low—$2 to $4. JUSTH'S OLD STAND 619 D Street SCHMITTER ON PUBLIC INFORMATION This type of camera which no doubt will be used by: American aviation corps men for reconnaissance work is attached to the airplane and is operated by the pulling of strings or the pressing of buttons. The camera is almost automatic, as everything can be set in advance and the entire operation, of taking the picture is the pressing of the button or the pulling of the strings. The camera makes an almost perfect view of the terrain and will be invaluable in the reconnaissance work of the army. The camera is loaded with plates and a number of pictures can be taken successively without additional work. A British royal flying corps man is in the machine. MARS AND STORK COMBINE Male Predominate in Denver Since the United States Entered the War. Denver, Colo.—That old man Mars, the god of war and destruction, has a working agreement with that humble and beloved bird, the stork, to leave hoy bables instead of little sisters on his visits to Denver homes since the United States entered the struggle against Germany, is claimed by those who dote on vital statistics in this city. John W. Flintham, deputy health commissioner of Denver, has compiled figures showing that of the 1,861 children born here from January 1 to August 1, of this year, 1,141 were boys. Several physicians maintain that male children are more numerous during war times than at any other period, and say that during the past six months five out of every eight children born have been boys. And, despite the fact that she would prefer to see suffragists increasing, Dr. Alice T. Moore reports that of the last 54 babies she has ushered into the world, 48 have been boys. WOMEN OF PRINCETON ADOPT ENTIRE VILLAGE Princeton, N. J.—The committee of women in charge of the Rose Cottage tea house annex, which provides lodging and meals at very reasonable rates, have "adopted" the little village of St. Paul-aux-Bols in the Alsine region of France. In the great drive on Paris in 1914 the Germans swept through the little village, which was held in the grasp of the invaders until the retreat after the battle of the Somme. The 575 inhabitants were left destitute. Through the operation of the annex, the committee regularly realizes a neat sum, which is being steadily forwarded to the French villagers. $45,000 PEARLS ARE SOUGHT Package Containing 535 Gems Stolen From Vessel Which Recently Arrived at New York. New York.—A search of New York city pawnshops is being made by Pinkerton detectives for $45,000 worth of pearls which were stolen from a French ship that arrived on November 26. There were 585 pearls in the missing package, of which the three largest weighed between 25 and 28 grains each. The others weighed from one to three grains each. It is said that the pearls were sent by a Paris dealer to one here; that to avoid an extra rate the shipper did not reveal to the company the character of the shipment, and that it was not placed in the ship's strong room. LAST OF HORSE CAR LINES Electricity Displaces Horse Drawn Vehicle on Line Between Kansas Towns. Cottonwood Fells, Kan.—The last horse car line in Kansas, and one of the last in the West, has quit business. It has been in operation for thirty years, between this city and Strong City, Kan. The horse car line will be replaced with a single electric car, and while the track is being relaid to accommodate the heavier equipment, a hack is taking care of the business. GORITZ TORN TO PIECES IN LAST GERMAN DRIVE Correspondent Sees Shell-Battered City Just Before the Italians Retreated. Newspaper Men Have Narrow Escape as They Watch Artillery Battle—Outlines of City Still There, but It Is a City Sieved by Bombardment. Headquarters of the Italian Army Northern Italy.—Goritz is a symbol. "On to Goritz!" was the cry of the duke of Aosta's soldiers as they pressed through the little town of Lucinico a few months ago, fighting their way down to the Isonzo river, then across the western bridge leading to the city, when the cry changed to "Goritz at last!" Then this was reversed when the overwhelming invading force of Austro-Germans took up this same cry, "On to Goritz!" pressing down from the north, across the northern bridge to the city and ending with "Goritz at last!" Thus Goritz has become a symbol of the huge change which has occurred. It was one of the furthest points forward on the Italian line, the center of a vast arc of fighting front stretching from Pizzo, far in the north, down to the Adriatic at Montefalcone, and it was the most populous and important city in the great crescent of territory which the Italian army had sliced off southwestern Austria—some six hundred square miles in all. And so Goritz was symbolic of that entire region which has twice changed hands in this war, and of the furthest advance in the first Italian campaigns. I went to Goritz and saw the city on the eve of its agony. It was the last trip made there by anyone outside the military before the retreat began. The roar of the great Austro-German offensive already had commenced, though for the moment it was taken for a spasmodic renewal of the cannonade which had been going on for weeks. Within twenty-four hours the enemy had crossed the Isonzo 15 miles further north, turned the Italian left wing, beaten back the second army under General Capello, threatened to envelop the third army under the duke of Aosta, brother of the king of Italy, and put in execution that gigantic hammer stroke by which they hoped to finish Italy and cripple the whole entente. Roads Left Clear. My trip was made by invitation of the supreme command, with staff editor from headquarters as escort. As we sped along the road in the big army automobile I noted there were no troops along the road and bordering fields as one sees approaching Verdun or in the Somme or Flanders. This absence of troops in the rear was part of the system adopted, it was explained. All the reprovisioning of the army was done at night and the roads were left clear by day most of the time. Ten miles out we crossed the Italian-Austrian frontier and entered Austria. At Cormons, an Austrian village on the road, the signs above the shops were all in Italian, showing the Italians were right in the claim that all this section was racially Italian. The cannonade, began to be heard for the first time ten miles west of Goritz—a low rumble to the north and east, with now and then the muffled boom of a great gun. Day by day the fire was getting heavier, said our escort, who knew the ground by heart, and he added that the enemy forces had been increased from 120 battalions to 830 battalions. As we passed through the town of Lucinico, a far-out suburb of Goritz, it was seen to be half destroyed. Along the main street ran rows of battered buildings, with walls half down and shell holes making ugly gashes. But business was going on, men were at the cafes and women and girls strolled the street unconcernedly. Now the automobile turned up the steep side of Padgera hill, one of the outer defenses of Goritz where bloody hand-to-hand fighting occurred. One could see the old trench and wire system, now grass grown. All this' hill had been swept bare by shell fire, but nature had kindly obliterated the scars and the hillside was again smiling with its verdure. The sound of firing had now increased to an enormous roar as we passed Padgera hill. Turning the corner of a shattered wall we saw the Isonzo river lying ahead and on the further side Goritz rising in terraces with the huge battlements of the citadel towering on the right. The river looked about the width of the Potomac at Washington, but with swifter current from the mountain feeders. Along the edge of the river ran rows of shell-torn walls with gaping windows. This whole water front had been torn to pieces, and yet many of the demolished remnants of the buildings were occupied and work along the river wharves was proceeding. Old Bridges Replaced. The Isonzo river was crossed by the wooden bridge which Italian engineers built after all the old bridges had been blown up. On one side lay the wreck of a big pontoon. It was on pontoon bridges that the Italians entered the city and this wreck was one of the remnants of that crossing. The big railroad bridge was lying in a wreck from artillery fire. Further on was the massive stone bridge, with one of its main arches blown to pieces. Near these bridges lie several important paper mills, where paper is made for government notes. All these mills were masses of ruins, with a few tall chimneys still standing among the debris. Goritz itself was under the rain of terrific bombardment, for the full force of the great offensive was now only a few hours off. And yet with the imminent danger many persons still clung to their homes and belongings with that same tenacity which makes the Vesuvian peasants cling to the mountainside when the volcano is raging and threatening to bury them. But most of these people on the streets are the poor who could not get away and the small shopkeepers who cannot afford to abandon their goods. The big stores are all closed and the place has an air of a deserted city; with only a few stragglers bringing up the rear. Goritz had 30,000 people, but only 5,000 are left, and these make only a scattered showing in the wide main street fringed on either-side with its shell-torn fronts. It was raining hard and this added to the lugubrious spectacle. Entering the city we passed the extensive Jesuit establishment where 600 seminarians are located. One corner was knocked off, the cornices were hanging and several big holes told where the shells had found a mark. The main contour of the street was preserved and the buildings were intact as a whole, but every second or third had been hit, some collapsing entirely, others with their front wall gone and their upper rooms with household goods showing from the street. But there was no vast area of completely leveled debris, as at Dunver or Monastir. The outlines of a city were still there, but it was a city sieved by bombardment. Trip to the Citadel. The trip to the citadel was the event of the day. This is a huge pile, with old-time moat and battlements and a great tower dominating the whole country for miles around. Here we were to view Mount Gabriel, Mount Micael, the Blansizza plateau and the whole range of ground, which had passed through this upheaval. It was uphill to the citadel. Everything showed the havoc of long continued fire. In one great court there was a pretty little chapel which had come through the ordeal untouched, though all around was a wreck. Once upon the battlements a commanding view was ahead. There was one point of vantage where this view was particularly good, known as the observation post. We halted a moment, about to enter the post, but others wished to push on to the very front of the wall; and this view prevailed. It was a most fortunate decision, as we soon after had reason to know. On the battlements a splendid view stretched out for miles, over this battleground of mountains, valleys and plains, with the city houses clustered below and the roads winding off through the valleys and foothills. There in front was Mount Gabriel, this side held by the Italians, the other by the Austrians. "There runs the dividing line," said the escort, pointing to a line of trees and depressions near the summit. The Italian trenches could be plainly seen, but there was no need of indicating a dividing line, for the bursts of smoke along one side of the summit and the answering bursts from the other side told where the line was. Off to the left was Mount Michael, once swept clean by shell fire, but now green again. Nestled in a hollow was the convent of St. Catarina. The Blansziza plateau was off to the left, and through the mist were the dim out- VIEWING Sergt. Leon H. Caverly, United States = marine corps, one of the "movie" camera men of Uncle Sam's fighting forces in France, photographing our participation in the great war for the nation's archives. These men daily risk their lives recording the world's greatest drama for future generations. Enemy soldiers spot him with powerful glasses and because they fear his records, train their guns on him. 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 COMMUTATION OF QUARTERS. The Government now faces the problem of insufficient quarters to house its workers. The District of Columbia, originally called the Federal District, was specially selected and created for the purposes of the general Government. Those purposes were to provide sites for the Government offices and homes for the Government employees. In the space of a little over one hundred years we seem almost to have forgotten the one essential object for which the Federal District was established. The general plan was excellent, but from the very beginning the Government fell into two fundamental errors with reference to pursuing the original purpose and object; viz: (1) It failed to set aside enough land for future Government buildings; (2) it failed to take precaution to guarantee that there should be in the District for all time an adequacy of low-priced homes for its employees. The planners evidently overlooked the future great increase of the Government business, the multiplication of the consequent necessary Government employees, the vast increase in the District's population and the vast increase in land values As results of these oversights the Government has from time to time met with some expensive and awkward difficulties: It has been compelled to condemn at great cost additional land for new office buildings. Increased land values and the consequent higher cost of living for its employees has forced it to pay higher salaries. Increased land values without proportional increase in salaries has forced thousands of Government employees to quit the city and live in distant suburbs — inconvenient to their work, incompatible with the purposes for which they are employed and incompatible with the primary reason for the existence of the Federal District. Washington seems destined to become a city of vast population. It is not an idle dream to suppose that fifty years hence the population of the District will be 1,000,000,000. This probably means that in that time land values will have increased several fold above the present. An inevitable consequence will be corresponding higher rents in the District. The same house that now in the city rents for $25 would doubtless cost at least $50 then. Under the present conditions the Government must go on indefinitely increasing the salary of its employee, for the city will continue to grow. The solution of the problem is to be had in the furnishing by the Government of quarters for its employees. This is not a new theory or principle. It is already done for the employees of the Army and Navy. In a case where the Government does not furnish actual quarters to a soldier or sailor, it pays him the equivalent in money. For example, the domiciliary allowance of a captain in the Army is four rooms at the valuation of $12 a month, or $48. This is a part of his monthly pay. Because soldiers and sailors change stations often, they more commonly get their quarters in the form of money, called "commutation of quarters." An additional reason is that soldiers and sailors are more often than not unmarried, and hence must rent rooms when not on duty at regular posts. The Government employees at Washington are nearly all permanently stationed here; the majority of them are married. It would be a simple matter for the Government to provide them with actual quarters, in the same manner that they are provided for officers and men at Fort Myer. Assuming that 50,000 Government employees permanently reside at Washington, it might require approximately 10,000 houses of moderate size. It would be good business for the Government to build and provide these houses. The houses should be of different sizes and styles, to meet the needs and tastes of the employees. They should be located near the departments. If any employee chose to take his commutation in lieu of actual quarters, let him do so. While the present and prospective-conditions in Washington constitute the strongest reason why the Government should allow quarters or commutation of quarters to its workers, the application of the principle need not be confined to Washington. It is desirable in any large city where much Government business is done. The amount of commutation paid in money should never exceed the actual value of modest and comfortable quarters. These Government domiciles, if erected in Washington, not being subject to taxation or the boosting of land values, would permanently insure the housing of the Government officials and other employees at a moderate cost. The Government would never be under the necessity to increase salaries by reason of increased land values. THAT LABOR CONFERENCE There was a very interesting and far from unimportant conference held in this city on Tuesday of last week between the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor and four colored men. The colored men in that conference were Emmett J. Scott, Major R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute; W. K. Jones, of New York, representing the Urban League, and George W. Harris, publisher of the New York News. The purposes of that conference which, it is said, was initiated by the A. F. of L., was to discuss the affiliation of colored labor with organized labor. The Bee is not prepared, at this time, to advise either the acceptance or rejection of the A. F. of L.'s invitation to colored labor to become affiliated with it. Like everything else, there are two angles to the proposition. That the American Federation of Labor, the long-time objector, to the giving to colored men the right to learn trades, and follow those trades after having learned them, should extend to colored labor an invitation to join, it is, to say the least, one more evidence that the race is making some gains. However, we recall the little ditty, "Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly," and we wonder, should colored labor become affiliated with the A. F. of L., if it will find itself in the predicament of the fly, that accepted the spider's invitation. Because of organized labor being unable to supply, from its own ranks, all the men now needed to man the trades, capital has been permitted to use colored labor in unusual numbers—a thing capital would have done long ago had organized labor per- mitted it so to do. The race is under no obligation to Mr. Gompers and his organization for the privileges skilled and unskilled colored labor now enjoys in earning its bread by the sweat of its brow in occupations from which it was heretofore shut out. An unusual demand, incident to the war, and the reduced immigration of foreign labor—organized labor's supply house—has made organized labor impotent to prevent this God-sent privilege. Capital, no matter what others may say of it, has, as a rule, always stood willing to give colored labor employment, and in many instances has contested organized labor's right to exclude this class of labor. It is perhaps well that the conference was held, and it may be well that further conferences be held, and which shall be on a broader scale, including men from the ranks of colored labor, colored employers of labor, and other men who have interested themselves in racial advancement. The race should not be too hasty in accepting the A. F. of L.'s invitation, nor too hasty in rejecting it, and The Bee is of the opinion that the men party to the recent conference are still of the opinion that so grave and far-reaching a proposition as this should be one of serious study. We want to secure the best possible advantages for our race and we want to, at least, be fair with a class that has aided us in the past, as well as just with a class that has stood in the way of our progress. Breaking away from capital that has heretofore shown a disposition to treat us justly, in order to become affiliated with organized labor that has treated us unjustly in the past, is a matter for serious consideration, and The Bee counsels that the conferences continue in order that permanent good may result from whatever decision may be ultimately reached. THE ALLEY LAW: We have heretofore devoted much space to that phase of the Washington housing situation forced on us by alley law due to go into effect next July. But nearly everybody seems disposed to ignore the subject. Nothing is more talked of than plans to house the new Government clerks. It is proposed to expend about $5,000,000 for that purpose—a cost of about $1,000 for every clerk to be accommodated. After we, some time ago, began to call attention to the alley law and to propose several alternative plans to comply with it, there was some sign of public interest, but that interest seems to be flagging. No solution has been agreed on by the interests directly concerned or by the powers and agencies who could solve the problem. So far as we have been able to discern, the local Board of Trade and the Real Estate Brokers' Association have only one interest in the subject, which is simply to guard the purses of the property owners and agents. They show no signs of civic pride. Their policy is simply negative—delay. They attempt to disguise it by the specious term "postponement." Because the practical application of the principle of the alley law is everybody's business; it seems to be nobody's particular business. Consequently, the forces favoring positive action are divided and weak whereas the advocates of delay are united and strong. The Fabian policy of delay is a favorite political trick. For example, Chairman Ben Johnson of the District Committee of the House openly charges that the Real Estate Brokers' Association is now pursuing that policy to defeat the proposed law, to prevent excessive rental charges in the District. He calls them an organized gang of profiteers. If they have any valid argument THE DURHAM'S BIG FIVE. There are many things the people in Durham, N. C., may be thankful for, which, no doubt, are the reasons they succeed. The colored citizens in Durham, N.C., are a paying and church-going people. They are industrious. They are proud of one another, and they do all in their power to succeed. The women as well as the men are industrious and are not afraid to work. They support their educational and religious institutions. The question may be asked, Why is this particular section of the South selected for a subject? That question is easily answered. A people who do things are bound to be in the limelight, hence they command respect and consideration. No people in the South have made the success that the colored people have in the little town of Durham, N. C. They have one of the greatest insurance companies in the United States, and the men at its head have become factors in the body politic. And they claim to have the richest and greatest insurance company in the United States. Oh Its Is Te Ho The men connected with this company are behind one of the greatest educational institutions in the South. They know what a struggle the president of this school has had to succeed. They know it took their combined efforts to put it where it is today—among the leading educators in the world. Hence, they are proud of their success and the success of their enterprises, and no power can destroy them. They are fighters and by that method they have succeeded. They mean to continue to keep their institutions and enterprises upon solid foundations. The Bee refers to Messrs. Merritt, Moore, Spaulding, Dr. Shepard and Prof. Pearson. These are the big five in Durham. These are the men who have succeeded and erected monuments in the South. These men are Durham's big five, who have accomplished more in a few years than their competitors have in a lifetime. The Bee advises the South to keep an eye on Durham and watch the growth of the most progressive town in the South; and the progress of the big five—Merritt, Moore, Pearson, Spaulding and Shepard. SLAVES OR FREEMEN? Are we slaves or freemen, that is the question? Nowhere in this country is the black soldier given that consideration that he deserves or is entitled to under the Constitution. Democracy for all citizens of the United States is the propaganda of American civilization. Even the advocates of religion of the Lord and Saviour are tainted with prejudice and discrimination. When the desciples of Jesus Christ issue a manifesto that separate days will be set apart for a certain class of human beings to hear the doctrine of the Christian religion, what can we expect when the great conflict is at an end? Are we slaves or freemen, that is the question? Are we to be adjudged by the This oppression cannot be continued, no matter what the merits of the claims of America may be. If this Government is right, and we have no reason to disbelieve that she is not, world democracy will triumph. If President Wilson is let alone, The Bee believes that the successful termination of the present war will soon come. If, however, the black man continues to be oppressed and his inability to decide whether he is a slave or freeman, his ambition will lose that vigor and enthusiasm it should naturally possess. In the face of the wrongs that are inflicted upon the black soldier, he knows no other country, neither does he honor any other flag. His children are being taught in his schools that they must help the Government by the purchase of bonds and stamps to perpetuate a government to which the world looks for the redemption of world democracy. Are we freemen or slaves? 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 'tis 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. As long as there is one of his race alive; 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 be traved Christ with a kiss. ALL AMERICANS CAN SERVE. "Every man, woman, and child in this country, who wants to serve the country, can serve it and serve it in a very simple and effective way, Secretary McAdoo says. That service is to lend your money to the Government. Every 25 cents loaned to the Government is a help at this time, and practically every man, woman, and child by making some trifling sacrifice, some denial of a pleasure, or giving up some indulgence, can render the Government that support." Hundreds of men and women are anxious to serve the country, and whenever one offers his services or responds to certain Government departments by virtue of having passed the examination he or she is told that he or she is just too late, or when he or she is wanted he or she will be sent for. If the black clerk is wanted to help to serve the country, throw down barriers that keep him out. The President should be appealed to and informed of the growing discrimination in the civil service of the Government. The black man and woman stand ready to serve the country in any capacity. ITS THIRTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY. The special anniversary issue of The Bee will contain some very important events. Who was who before the War. Colored society in '69. History of the colored schools under George F. Cook and the present regime. Politics under the Bowen regime. Why the right to vote was taken from the people. Growth of the churches and their pastors. Douglass, Langston, Bruce and Lynch compared. The enmity between Douglass and Langston. The cause. History of public men. Banks, building associations in former years, compared with those of today. Why they failed then and how they succeed now. Comparison of bank presidents. Colored business places. Prominent and successful business institutions throughout the country. Leading churches and ministers of all denominations. One hundred of the leading and representative colored men in the United States. What the Catholic Church has done for colored Americans. The leading educators and their schools. These are only a few of the great features that the special anniversary edition of The Bee will contain. Don't fail to apply for space. BIRTH OF A NATION. Mayor Bars the Film Play That Slanders the Race. Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 18. Mayor Harry Bachrach has issued a decree forbidding the Colonial Theatre to show the film play, "Birth of a Nation." Elaborate plans had been made by the theatre management to run the film for three days. The matter was brought to the attention of the Mayor by public-spirited colored citizens. He immediately sent the following message to the Colonial manager: "It has been called to my attention that you are thinking of bringing the 'Birth of a Nation' to Atlantic City on February 14, 15, and 16. I desire to notify you that you should cancel this picture at once, as it will not be permitted to be shown in this city. If you attempt to do so I shall be compelled to use the power vested in me as Mayor of the city and close your theatre. I do this not alone as Mayor of the city, but as vice-president of the State Home Defense Committee." The matter was taken up by the Amusement-Association, which assured the Mayor that it did not wish to give any exhibition that might promote race hatred. Later on the theatre manager called on the Mayor and told him that, although the theatre would lose hundreds of dollars, they accepted his ruling and would not contest the case. THE CAPITAL CITY CLUB. At a meeting of the Capital City Club last week, the question of patronage was discussed. Mr. W. Calvin Chase, among other things, urged the club and its friends to patronize firms that do not discriminate against colored citizens on account of their color. He referred to the Block Optical Company, at 737 Seventh Street N.W., where a citizen can go and have his eyes treated without embarrassment or being discriminated against. There are thousands of colored citizens who must wear glasses or have their eyes treated for glasses, and he would recommend this firm, because it is the best in the city. Visit this place and be convinced Dr. Block is a cultured gentleman Mention The Bee. COULDNT THINK OF ALL. To Editor of The Bee: In reading your paper of February 16th, I note with pleasure your article naming a number of Washingtonians who have made good, but don't see the name of Dr. Joseph F. Dyer, one of our best, young physicians, who has made good and great success in every way. I hope you will add his name to the list of successes. Yours truly, Harry Lucas, 2242 Twelfth Street N.W. Washington, Feb. 19, 1918. The Editor couldn't think of all and gladly adds the name of Dr. J. F. Dyer.—Editor. Pa fil : mS nd G2 ye os Br. See 8 LAY : FY Sead PR OA CNA A) pores agora. +, MOO’ i¢ Ru ee | a G ait @ ss ne i ity Avge a ih” fo Fae < a Nee ee \ alae - Fy} y : . Noa Neh = se: ee ied Ne ; Pe cceecrneetnlene ~ OurT BARKING Le Stamper is a manager who. b —and making 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 short timie.- BOARD'S Laxative Cofd Tablets are famous for breaking «up head colds anid.la grippe in shor! order. Sold at Board’s Drug Storé 19124 Fourteenth: Street N.W.—Adv jets IN ‘THE SOCIAL WHIRL. - Miss Annie Brookes, of Dubalo N. ¥., has returned to the city and is now residing at 1207 S Street N.W. Miss Ollie Kibble, who was de- tained at home this week with a se vere sore throat, is. able -to ‘be -up and out again. « Miss: Julia. Jenkins is one of the most polished writers in the city. The Elks are preparing for a great demonstration in April. . Send your news to The Bee and let the. people know that you are in the city. : : Dr. Plummer, corner’ Third and 3 Streets N.W., is where you can be ac Gommodated with everything in the drug and ‘toitet line. Call’ and tr his ice cream-and soda water. Dr. James ‘E. Shepard, of Durham N. C,, passed through the city Mon day evening en route for his home in Durham. : Mrs. J. W: Morse was one of th patrons of Howard’ Theatre las week, accompanied by Miss Jacksor Mrs. Morse continues to be a beaut: _ spot. ar: i Miss Fannie C. -Chase; who ha been:ill for some time and who ha sulficiently improved, left the ‘city o Sunday morning, accompanied by he sister, Mrs. L. S: Goldsbery, wife ¢ ‘Attorney N. T. Goldsbery, of Rive Virginia. . . THE CITY IN BRIEF. Rev: L. A. Carter, pastor of Nast Memorial M. E. Church, delivered a special sermon-on “What Think Ye of Christ?” to a large, audience: last Friday -evening.,at. Asbury M. E. ‘Church, Eleventh and K_ Streets N.W., by invitation ‘of the Blue, Rib- bon Club of Asbury, of- which Mrs. | Mamie A. Walker and Miss Sadie E. Collins are the chief promoters. A neat sum was realized for the benev- olences of Asbury. ‘The fund will be carried to'Conference by Rev. M. W. Clair March 15th. . at, Mr. “Andrew J. Payne, one of the most capable clerks in the office of _ the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, is now in the $1,600 grade by a receit promotion. Mr. James A. Wetmore, Supervising: Architect, js a square dealer in the administra- tion of his office and recognizes merit regardless’ of color. : ‘ _** ‘The Blue Ribbon Club of Asbury M. E. Church, with: Mrs. Mamie A ‘Walker and Miss Sadie E. Collins a: sponsors, is to give a spectacular re yiew of “The Men of the Bible” a: its next public offering. . a8 ‘The Amphion’ Glee Club is bein: asked by Washington's music lover to present: Reginald DeKoven’s mas terpiece, “Robin Hood.” The -elul has already given many of the prin cipal numbers: of the famous oper and-have handled them with artisti skill, They; could.easily put. over th full. score ‘of the production, if the . get their. heads to, do it. Prof. | “Henry Lewis. director, has the ma ter under advisement. : ee $i H..Dudley is being urged as 1 cal manager of thé Casino ‘Theatr Which is to be leased by the Quali ‘Amusement Corporation of Ne York City as the home of the stan ard’ drama, interpreted by. all-st _ Colored artists. Mr. Dudley ig o1 of the most popular theatrical maj nates of the race, r . * . t's, George Stamper and Miss Hatt James well knows ‘vaudeville artis! \ are:making. the rounds of the loc “< phayhousen oft *the , Dudley, ‘circu achieved no smalr degree of succes | at the head of his own companies. | He. has just recoveréd from a severe itiness, which held him- for several: weeks in Philadelphia, Mr. Stamper and Miss James are guests: of Mrs. | Catherine -Burnaugh, 1928 Sixth | Street N.W. ‘ | as -_* . “Mr. W. P. Curtis is acting assist- | ant custodian in charge of the labor, force of the internal revenue division of the Treasury Department, located in Convention Hall. | : sae Rev. J. Milton Waldron addressed a large audience of patriotic citizens at the Regent Theatre, in Baltimore, last Sunday., A. feature of the’occd- sion was the rendition of the majestic ballad, “Joan of Arc,” by Miss Llew- Lellyn Brown; formerly of this city, a member 6f the sketch team. of Brown and Demont. 8 ~_** . L Miss Goldie ‘Chappelle, the “Flor- ida. Sunbeam,” formerly ‘with “The Smarter Set” and “Broadway Rastus” | companies, is spending a few weeks in the’city, the guest of Miss Hattie E. Brock, of 1620 Corcoran Street. eee | Miss Alice Harrison is the new and Jaccomplished pianist at Dudley’s U -|Street Theatre. . eee : Prof. H. B.. Learned of the Board .|of Education was the principal speak tler at the “Father and Soh Day” ob: |servance last Sunday at the. Twelftl /|Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A Next Sunday, February 24th, Con ;|gressman Martin’ B, Madden of Chi ;|cago will deliver an address. ‘i kee r| ‘The National Association for th f| Advancement of. Colored People o | New zone City sent a telegram t President: Wilson asking hint t speak out in protest against the tor turing and slow-burning of the Negr Jim MclItherron, at, Estill , Spring: h|‘Tenn., a few days ago. The telegras a|was signed by John R. Shilladay, e | ecutive secretary of the N: A. A. C.1 st § m * ee, 3.) There-is a Strong sentiment for th | designation this year of Prof. Cha »-| H.’Moore of Greensboro, N. C., « s.| national organizer for the’ Nation a.|Negro Business League, He is th Albest organizer the Busiress Leagi v-|ever had, as the big meetings pr se | moted-by him will attest, His whi N.| wind campaign here prior to the Bo ton meeting in 1915 will never be fo gotten. President Napier; Secreta he|Scott and other officials ‘are bei of{urged to place Prof. Moore. in 't he| field not later than the; first of Ju de| and let him “cut loose” for a monst es | crowd ‘at Atlantié City next Atigust ct, eee a-\ Prof. G.‘W. Carver, of Tuskeg rit | Institute, cfeated a furore here,amo food experts and.domestic science thorities by his wonderful demonst ry | tions of the possibilities of the use A.|the sweet potato. Prof. Carver al as| handled the tests and proved hi§ «: re-|in every experiment. ~ He: is. fa as|tiotsly dubbed ‘by admiring! frier as the “Bronze “Luther Burbank.” | has, a. speaking ‘acquaintance: w ing|every. known tvpe of vegetati ers| There is but dne- Prof. Carver, as-|Tuskegee’s got him.» lub |- * . ** - in-| If the plans of President Walter era|Singleton of the Miu-So-Lit C stic| work @ut as he expects, it is onl, the| question of time when the. clu hey {membership limit will be extended J.) 150 and a permanent ¢lub home is nat-|.cured: A suitable house is’ be _|sought out and the execitive c mittee’ will soon be able to lay dé lo-|ite terms before, the body for ¢ tre, sideration. “aos lity, x ee at New| Mrs. Enima Lee Williams is tes and-|ing at the Manassas Industrial In star} tute. Mrs, Williams is. Washingt one] favorite elocutionist. ~ nag= ee ee eS Mr. Frederick. Douglass Poll -| Brown University’s celebrated f attie| ball player, delivered an interes cata’ latdrece hefore the Mu-Sao-Tit ¢ . ; ‘ 7th and Tea. St. N. W. . eS is : % Andrew J. ‘Thomas Theatre Co. Prop’s . Entire. Week Starting Monday, Feb. 25th. Special Matineo Sat, 2:30 William S. Hart, “The Two Gun Man in the BARGAIN” : . One of the Finest: Western Characterizations Hart ever made. Can@you beat thisin : connection with an All-Star \ - VAUDEVILLe Bill - f “s : 2 ° a ‘ tg . §-BigTimeActs-5 me - |‘ Foremosr Aztists on the Vaudeville Stage; Novelty; Song. EDancing and Electrical Eféectt Prices 15c and 25c | coos | Next week—A late Broadway Success, ‘*The Tidal Wave” SPECIAL: NOTICES. Fe ‘Mettopotitan A.-M. E. Churchy M Street between Fifteenth and Six- teenth Streets.N. W.—A big welcome for you. Services: Preaching, -i1 & m. and 8 p..m.; Sunday School, 9.303 Allen C. E.; 6.30 ps m5 prayer meet- ing, Wednesday, 8 p. m.; class meet: ing, ‘Tuesday, "Thursday, Friday. Strangers always welcome. Rev. C. M: Tanner, D. D., pastor, Parsonage 1444 Q Street N. W. -Phone, North 1825. . came’ as the guest of Mr. J. W- | Cromwell, Jr.*The famous athlete | has accepted the post of athletic in- structor-at Camp Meade. ' ‘ +e Miss Viola Rowe, of 326 T Street NW, was recently married to Senor Bernito Castello, a. Filipino attached to the staff of an official of the Uni- ted States Army. . os fa cee | Mr. R. W. Thompson visited theat- -rical and journalistic friends in Bal- ‘timore last week. | : ea ‘MISS NELLIE E. JOHNSON |. WEDS LEADING BOSTONIAN : Mrs. J..W. Smith, of 1309 R Street N.W. (widow.of Bishop J. W. Smith lof the A. M. E.. Zion Chufch) ’an- Inowinces the marriage of Miss Nellie Eleanor Johnson, of this city, to Mf. Richard D. Daly, of Baston, Mass. |The ceremony was performed at the Rush Memorial A. M. E. Zion Chuck lof Cambridge, Mass. January 3rd, by ‘Rev. J, A. S. Cole, D: D,, am uncle of the bride. Mr. and’ Mrs. Daly wil be “at home” May 3eth in Boston. Miss Johnson (now Mrs. Daly) wa ‘for a number of years a-member 0 the household of Mrs. Smith and wa a popular figure in the younger socia | circles of the Nation’s Capital, assist Jing Mrs. Smith in many, of the func tions held at the Smith honiestead | recognized as the: official _headquat 'ters of the Zion connection in thi section of the country. She is hand some and accomplished and is a mi: ' tress of all of the domestic arts an }|an industrious worker in movement looking to the civic"and religious uf lift of the race. She will prove a va {|uable addition to the social. and it -| tellectual life of the “Hub.” Mr. Dal .{is prominent: in the. business activ | ties of Boston and undoubtedly hi -|a brilliant future. Watch For the Spring —with one of the best lady piano demonsttators hereabouts and a big fresh bunch of all the latest song hits in the country. a ~ "Get your musical merchandise here * : MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED * W. A. Adams (Uptown) Music House Phone Nerta 2c age, N.W. Bi a ge -, Bg = THE BLOGK OPTICAL CO. ie ; BY ya ie 737 SEVENTH STREET N. W. B Will be reorganized because its present head ‘is about to enter EB | cnilitary service, and. therefore their stock MUST be reduced. Bi i a Now is your opportunity to have your Eyes Examined Hi Es and get.a pair of glasses at a remarkably low: price. . x 4 A Bip Ng EO = BS SE ico =S 4 4 MS Sa "N \I If heh iy, 5 com ply & | set aes ris 7 EC a ie Ch ws ee Minoan Ny NY wet svectant . |. ca ety rie sw’ 3°) | remembers Thin aw oN: a oad | ten eweley | | Cy | 8 eA |e. ais | <4 Pek | SS ah | “We will ft you with the beot spherical lenses in a guaranteed dou- et A blenaught-one-tenth twelvs.:: re: geld-filied frame, ard 7~ur eyes ex ae amined by, a graduate Ovtomctr'st ved backed up by our reputation to ' Ae W sive you absolute SATISFACTION, for $1.50. °° ay _ 7) Ruseds of people nave elreacy taken advantage of this great offer, and x : - "you should-not delay. : Do rot think because we are seiling $3.50 glasses for $1.50 that it is a “BARGAIN or CUT. QQ J. name Guasena” stvertement, bur rather that ye Sd it necessary 0 reduce our stock and y adjust our business to. meet cmcertzin, war comition-the ‘orl'stment of our present head in b + the ariag., It, therfore, behooves everybody to x 3 Tine on tliis sale. - : “For the benefit of the many sfre"cers tm Weshington we wisli to say that we are an estab- ~ fH lished firm in. this city, catering for your. business and ready to refund your money at any time * if yon'are in any way dissstisfied. * “ 4 We Grind Your Lennes tishi—ittent in Your Presence, t is SETAE TSMC EME wie Etat urtees “few. grencrtptton, bifocal, or compound f | Jensen; and Onger-picce mountingy—we only well he genuine Shur-on. . . A jE Sb - 2 = ug EN : if ar a i v . DCLUSE, OPTOMETRISTS & OPTICIANS - R r PHONE : 7 FROM Hi ST 737-7 Ss NW. Noses “ ‘Onen. Brenan, Look for the Optical Store With the Open Saterday PeGntit 6 Ps Me Grinding Machine in the Window... |_Unelt Sou0"P. ff se 3 ad bowen : re cS ~ a wz : Serie of. Special Sermons From the Book of Revelation by Rev... W..D: NORMAN, D. | D., LL. D. Pastor of ‘Metropclitan Baptist Church R 'Stbet 12th and 13th Sts. N, W. Betyioning ‘Stinday, March 3rd and continuing 7 Sunday nights pererrmnen ee EE Ne MS a om hs ieee eee eee ‘ a = ee Sunday March'3:) | The Seven Candlesticks Sunday March 10: The Four and Twenty Eldets Sunday, March: 17° . ,The Seven Seals Sunday March 24, The ‘seven. ‘Trumpets ‘Sunday Merch 31: The Chnrch in Conflict Sunday. April 7: - The Seven: Bowls Sunday April14; * - The Holy City’ Oliver W. Wright is now witn James A Head and Go. Wholesale ard Retail Meats : and would be pleaeed to see his old friends: —_— , +, ' Stands 10 and 11, ' O Steet Market The NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL, Durham, N. President, James E. Shepherd, Durham, N. C "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 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. 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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE 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 edu- 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 regulater 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. Article IV. 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. ITALY IS MAKING SLACKERS FIGHT Minister of Treasury Routs Out 148 Officers and Sends Them to Front. SEARCH IS ON FOR OTHERS Great Disaster to Cadorna's Army May Be Blessing In Disguse—Volunteers In Minority—Deserters Are Shot. By PHILIP B. MACKENZIE By PHILIP R. MACKENZIE. Rome.-On the eve of the great war, while General Cadora was hard at work creating the Italian army destined to unite Trent and Trieste with the kingdom 148 officers of all ranks, from colonels to sub-leutenants, were given special work. This work consisted in finding out how much money was wasted during the Tripoll war. A corridor in the ministry of the treasury accordingly was set apart for the officers, who during the last three years have been auditing accounts and taking their time in doing it, while their comrades fought the Austrians and were wounded or killed in action. There is every reason to believe that the great task of nuditing the accounts of the Tripoli war would have been prolonged indefinitely, but the new minister of the treasury, Signor Nitti, discovered the 148 officers hidden in the corridor. Royal Decree is issued. Signor Nitti was disgusted at the sight of so many professional officers calmly working on the four simple rules of arithmetic, and in 24 hours he had the case brought before a cabinet council and a royal decree was issued postponing the work of the 148 officers, who were ordered without delay to the front. No figures are available as to the number of men physically fit yet exempted from active military service. Cases of so-called "imboscamento," meaning literally "hiding in bushes" to evade military service, have been frequent in Italy. The socialists, who oppose the war and whose peace propaganda contributed toward the recent military disaster, repeatedly told the masses that in Italy the war was being fought by the peasants. The rich people do not fight, said the socialists, as when one has money he can easily "hide in the bush." The sons of well-to-do tradesmen and farmers as a rule, are drivers of motor lorries and ambulances, and those of upper middle classes and nobility, who should be officers, often prefer to drive staff officers' automobiles unless they succeed in getting clerical work in offices away from the front. It is true that many young men volunteered for active service as officers in infantry regiments and sacrificed their lives for their country, but they were a minority. It must be admitted that up to the present the mistaken impression prevailed that the hardest share of fighting was borne by the peasant and laboring classes, who suffered most of all from the war. This impression increased to such an extent that a great proportion of the men who returned on short leave from the front felt discouraged and dissatisfied when they realized that every city and town in the country was crowded with young men who evaded military service or who even if called to the colors succeeded in remaining away from the front and saw no actual fighting. Some Deserters Are Shot. As a result, besides those men who returned to fight when their short leave expired, others felt justified in deserting. Some of the latter were arrested, court-martialled and shot, and their comrades were not impressed with such exemplary punishment, which, instead of serving as a warning, had the opposite effect of exciting pity and provoking dangerous comparisons between the fate of those who evaded military service and that of others who had done their bit and yet paid with their lives for a moment of weakness. There were, no doubt, other concomitant causes that contributed to weaken resistance on the Italian front when the well planned Austro-German offensive was timely initiated. Thanks to their superior intelligence services at the front and their espionage system in this country the Austro-Germans knew where and when to attack with success. They resorted to propaganda among the Italian troops holding positions, where no fighting had been going on for a long time. It is known now that after the riots at Turin most of the munition workers who were socialists had been sent to the front and attached to the units holding these positions. It was among these men that the enemy propaganda was successful, and the deficient resistance, due to weakness or treachery, that rendered the invasion of Italy possible originated at a point which could be easily defended by a handful of men, as it was naturally strong and formidably fortified because it afforded the shortest way for invasion. Unfortunately the men who held this point gave way. Boy, Walks Mile in "Nightle." Monana, Iowa.—Everett Newcomb, an eleven-year-old farm boy, walked barefoot in his night gown from his home to town, one mile, asleep, and was none the worse for the experience when awakened. Miss Alice Gorgas, the sweet singer of the Quality Amusement Corporation, rendered a charming solo last Sunday morning with the choir of St. Luke's P. E. Church, by invitation of Director W. Scott Mayo. Miss Gorgas is a talented artist, gifted alike for dramatic and musical roles, and gives evidence of being fitted for much more important parts than have yet been assigned to her. Great things may be expected of Miss Gorgas, and she should have the opportunity her merits demand. She was once leading soprano of the Choir of St. Thomas' P. E. Church, Philadelphia. She made a very favorable impression upon Washington a few years ago when she appeared here in Alex. Rogers and Henry Creamer's "Old Man's Boy." Buzzin' and a hummin All 'roun' mel Now, dis Bee Ise hearin' hain't got any wing But she kin' sting The right thing ple are iiliary, o Wells o retary. A. War On the wing! Now, youall 'magines Ise usin' de string: No such ting. By ging! Waddayer tink— Ise a gink, Kase Ise got yerall gessin, Dat Ise on de blink? Hee, hee, hah, hah, the aid Prof. the Fo Charlot dressed of.Bidd Mrs. visiting Give yer ad to Calvin an' Dat Busy Bee will do all de res, Fer to set de pace, Ter save de face Ob de colored race— Don' youall tink Dat Chase am fine— All de time, Boys— What time? Mrs. W. G. Pearson, wife of Prof. W. G. Pearson, principal of the Whitted High School at Durham, N. C. spent Sunday in the city en route homeward from the meeting of the Bishops' Council at Louisville, Ky. She was the guest of Miss Sadie Sumner, of 918 Westminster Street. Mrs. Pearson was accompanied by Mrs. Bessie Brawley, chief clerk of the Royal Knights of King David Insurance Company, of Durham, N. C., who was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson, of 1223 S Street. The First Separate Battalion, District National Guard, now a part of the 372nd Infantry, is stationed at Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va. The boys will soon start for "over there." Dat Ise got Bees in mah ole bonnitt! Dat as all de, quilting bees am daid, Dat I mus' have a bee buzzin' in mah head? Sn'matter, I kin hear dat busy Bee Jes as plain as plain kin be The right thing An' she kin do mos' any ole thing. She ketches ole Daddy Time Dah, yer are! Won't youall fellers have lots of fun Wen I tells yer hit's a paper one A paper B! A paper B! Published right here in Wash. D. C. By Calvin Chase of 11th and Eye St. N.W. Leave hit all to Calvin Chase— He's de feller dat kin make haste! He won't let a minnitt waste! All de time! Oh, dat Bee—dat busy hummin' Bee! Dat's fer you.as well as me! An' fer grand and glorious Bishop McDowell will preside over the fifty-fifth annual session of the Washington Conference of the M. E. Church, opening at Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Georgetown, March 15th. Rev. M. W. Clair will be returned to Asbury M. E. Church for his eighteenth year. He recently completed an $85,000 edifice, for the denomination at Eleventh and K Streets, one of the finest houses of worship owned by colored people anywhere. Emmett J. Scott announces that colored soldiers are taking advantage in large numbers of the war risk insurance offered by the Treasury Department. The trustees of Howard University are not giving out any notes as to their progress toward finding a new president. The call of the country seems to be for Dean Kelly Miller. The failure of Miss Phyllis Wheatley Waters to come to Howard University to teach French again calls attention to the woeful inadequacy of the salaries offered to professors at this great center for the higher education and to the smallness of the pay in the city schools as well. The compensation of an expensively trained teacher scarcely equals that paid to the most ordinary day laborer and not as much as is given to a good cook or chauffeur. Better pay must be provided if the schools are to be maintained at the proper standard. HAMPTON DEFEATS HOWARD 22 to 12. Hampton's basket ball quintet demonstrated its superiority over Howard's five on February 15, when they met for the second game of the season in the Armstrong Manual Training School gymnasium. The closeness of the first game, the presence of the loyal and enthusiastic Howard student body, and the playing of the game on a strange court all seemed advantages for the How- If you want a first-class meal and up-to-date service, The Bee would suggest the Joseph Graves' Cafe, 16 G Street N.W. If you enjoy home cooking, this is the place to patronize. Clean service, polite attendants and everything you need to appease your appetite. Call for Mr. Graves and he will do the rest. The name of Mr.Hunt, private secretary to Dr. Robert R. Moton, was inadvertently omitted from the list of guests at the dinner given to Dr Moton by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lassiter last week. Brother Chase, we are with you on this needed change. And at once put in nomination Prof. Kelly Miller, the present Dean of our greatest and leading college Howard University, at Washington, D.C. You have suggested a goodly number of competent men for president—but Miller is the man—The Illinois Anchor. The War Savings Committee is making splendid progress in its drive for the sale of war savings stamps and thrift stamps. The colored people are being stirred through an auxiliary, of which the energetic Frank Wells of the District Building is secretary. The executive heads—Dr. W. A. Warfield, Rev. D. E. Wiseman; Miss Marie A. D. Madre. Judge Robert H. Terrell and others—are holding frequent meetings and enlisting the aid of new workers each week. Prof. A. W. Craig, representing the Food Administration, was in Charlotte, N. C., last week and addressed the people and the students of Biddle University. * * * Mrs. Malinda Davis, of this city, is visiting in Indianapolis, Ind. * * * Mrs. Cordelia Shorter, of this city, is in Newport News, Va., on a visit to her husband. Sergt. Shorter. She is the guest of Mrs. P. A. Scott. Corporal Frank Wilson, of Tallahassee, Fla., and Miss Bertha Kineal, of this city, were married in Newport News, at the home of Dr. James H. Smith. * * * The Pointsettia Sewing Circle is devoting all of its time to knitting for the soldiers. * * * Miss Beatrice Cooper, of 316 A Street N. E., has been at home for a week sick with a slight attack of pneumonia. She is improving rapidly and her many friends hope to see her out again during the coming week. The Fiji islands abound in reputation. To our grandparents they were the last word in burbarism, a simile for anything at once remote and terrible. a place where missionaries got stewed—by the cannibals—and clothes were worn not at all. were worn not at all. The general impression of the South Sea islands as a wild and degenerate part of the world was softened and illumined by the writings of Mark Twain about Hawall and by Robert Louis Stevenson's essays from Samon. But no one wrote anything important about the Fijians, and that is why the islands and people today are so very different from what you would expect to find them. The Fijians are not only no longer savages and cannibals, but they are fast disappearing altogether. Hindus, Englishmen and Samoans are the tollers of the islands. The fierce Solomon Islander is seen here, too, but is more apt to be hunting your laundry than your head. The Fijian, still distinguished by the frizzled aureole of his hair and the scantiness of his attire, is a humorous, good-natured loafer. His native island is rapidly being taken away from him by more industrious peoples, and his race is dying out; but these things worry him not at all. He lives by the fish of his rivers and the wild fruit of the jungle, and by the skill of his wife in pottery and other handicrafts. He has given up cannibalism in deference to poplar opinion, it is true, but in other ways he still lives his life much as he pleases, which is more than most of us ever achieve. GRAVES' CAFE. CORRECTION. PROF. MILLER ITS CHOICE. F. H. Kramer Co. Branches: Center Market,Phone M 2373 Storh,722 9th N.W. Phone M 2710 Greenhouses, Anacostia, E. C., Phone Lincoln 193 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. The Hampton team, in its victorious stride and with the championship in sight, entered the second game, however, undaunted and with a dash that electrified the spectators. WHAT I SAW AND HEARD. Business at the Police Court has created a few idle lawyers. Chesterfield W. C. Martin continues unconcerned. From all indications, Attorney Royal Hughes is silent on his Bar Association. Exalted Ruler E. G. Bundy of Columbia Lodge of Elks looks like a brigadier general. The coming dedicatory exercises by his lodge will be one of the greatest events in the history of his organization. * * * Mr. Moses Dade is contemplating purchasing a Dorst or some other high-class car. * * * Dr. G. Sumner Holmes, the medical prince of Arlington, Va., has all he can do. He is a busy man. The opening of the new theatre doesn't disturb Andrew J. Thomas. The people say that they will not exchange the old for the new. Andrew has struggled to give the people satisfaction and they will stand by him. * * * A colored president of Howard University is urged by the people. * * * Cashier W. A. Bowie of the Industrial Savings Bank is a fixture. * * * Miss Effie M. Middleton, of the Industrial Savings Bank, is a success. The Dunbar Center has proved to be a failure. Nothing has been done since the election of a secretary by the people, who don't live in the neighborhood. NOT TRUE. Washington, Feb. 11.—It is reported that eighty colored girls employed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing were dropped last week and their places filled by white girls. The colored girls secured their appointments under the civil service, having passed the required examination. It it reported that the white girls were not required to take the examination, owing to the fact that the Bureau has been taken out from under civil service.—Richmond (Va.) Planet. Brother Mitchel, your news item is misleading. There was a furlough, but no discharge. Colored girls are not barred from the Burcau. Director Wilmeth is a friend of the colored people.—Editor. MAN WANTED. Wanted-Man, high class, unqueable reference, to handle stock sales; gilt-edge proposition. Address Manufacturer, 3836 Sta. D, Philada., Pa. OMFORT REDIT ONVENIENCE Furniture an everlasting home comfort for your charge account in such a way that your interest is to our interest to enable you to afford it with this object in view we make the circumstances of each individual a tremendous stocks of homefurnishing a variety of attractive patterns. There are also the better grades that range up of the different periods. Every article is marked in figures added for the credit help that enables you to have it at once. Specially easy to married couples, and we are very willing to come to Washington to enter the Gov. Grogan & Son 17 to 823 Seventh Street UNCLE SAM'S FIRST FUEL CO Keep Your Rooms at 68° Uncle S Credit will buy everlasting home comfort for you. We arrange the terms of a charge account in such a way that your credit becomes your greatest help. It is to our interest to enable you to afford the better qualities in Furniture, and with this object in view we make the small weekly or monthly payments suit the circumstances of each individual customer. We have tremendous stocks of homefurnishings in which you will find endless variety of attractive patterns. There are plenty of lines at very low prices; also the better grades that range up to the expensive qualities in patterns of the different periods. The price of every article is marked in figures you can read, and not a penny is added for the credit help that enables you to have what you really want—and to have it at once. Specially easy terms are always arranged for young married couples, and we are very willing to do the same for those who have just come to Washington to enter the Government service. Peter Grogan & Sons Co. SEVERAL WAYS TO SAVE SU How Low Sugar is Tinned Coffee Do not Leave the Coffee Outside Has M M 2710 Has the method of curing Utering Tumors without operation or drugs; also joint and nerve troubles. Hours: Until 9.30 p. m. Phone, North 533-J. 1810 NINTH ST. N. W. FOR SALE. 1216 Eye Street; six-room brick; all modern improvements; through entrances; 110 feet deep and 18 feet wide; front yard and room for garage. 1248 H Street; brick house; six rooms; all modern improvements; good location for store; all white. Will sell to any responsible colored doctor or dentist or any colored business. MADAME AGNES J. SMITH. One of the most successful beauty culture schools in the city is that of Madame Agnes J. Smith, of 935 R Street N.W. Call and inspect her parlors. Don't fail. UNCLE SAM'S FIRST FUEL CONSERVATION SIGN Keep Your Rooms at 68° SAVE COAL Uncle Sam NEEDS it U.S. FUEL ADMINISTRATION Every American householder can help win the war by saving a shovelful of ceal a day, according to the United States Fuel Administration. At the end of a year the saving would amount to fifteen million tons. LET'S HELP KEEP THE WHOLE WORLD SWEET TO SAVE SUGAR-WHICH I Do not Leave Sugar in the Bottom of the Coffee Cup Has No Frosting on Coffee SEVERAL WAYS TO SAVE SUGAR-WHICH IS YOUR WAY? How Low Sugar in Instant Coffee Do not Learn Sugar in the Bottom of the Coffee Cup How Low Sugar Has No Prepping in Coffee Although we have faced a famine in sugar, and have shipped an amount over and above the amount of our shortage to our Allies, the price of JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Workingmen, don't you think it would be nice to buy in a store that has one price? And it's not on ice. Well, we sell that way, and hustlers know where value is to be had. See us for pants at $2 to $4. We want to show you how to sell pants. JUSTH'S OLD STAND... 61g D Street. warm all winter. It would keep 7,500,000 soldiers warm all winter in cantonments. It would send a fleet of twenty-five battleships three thousand times across the Atlantic. UGAR-WHICH IS YOUR WAY? Western Sugar in them of the Miles Cup The Low Draft No Frosting in Coles sugar has not advanced, through the nt co-operation of the patriotic people our of the United States and the Food of Administration. WANTED. Wanted—Young colored woman for office work; one capable of oper- ating typewriter preferred. Must be good penman, quick and accurate. Address in own handwriting, N. C. S., care The Bee. --- WANTED.