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SPIRITUAL CAMPAIGN SPIRITUAL CAMPAIGN At the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Third and Eye Streets N.W. A spiritual campaign at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Third and Eye Streets N.W., beginning Sunday, April 7th to 26th, conducted by Dr. S. L. Johnson, of Virginia, one of the greatest evangelists in this country, and who has had the greatest success of any evangelist who has ever visited Washington. Hear his opening sermon, Sunday, April 7th, at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12—Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Rev. J. H. Randolph, pastor, and Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Rev. J. E. Willis, pastor. Second Week—State Nights. All persons in the city who are from the following States, are cordially invited to be present on their State night—including their clubs: Monday, April 15—Virginia night. Tuesday, April 16—North and South Carolina night. Wednesday, April 17—Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas night. Thursday, April 18—Alabama, Florida and Georgia night. Friday, April 19—Tennessee and Kentucky night. Third Week. Monday, April 22—District of Columbia and Maryland night. Tuesday, April 23—Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas night. Wednesday, April 24—Missouri, Illinois and Minnesota night. Thursday, April 25—Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts night. Friday, April 26—New York, New Jersey and Delaware night. Special Meetings. Sunday, April 7th, at 3 p. m., women only. Dr. Johnson will deliver a special message to women. Sunday, April 14th, at 3 p. m., men only. All fraternal orders are cordially invited to be present, wearing the uniform of their order if possible. Dr. Johnson has a special message to lodge men. At this service Prof. J. Henry Lewis, leader of the Amphion Glee Club, will direct the singing, with Prof. R. J. Daniels, of Zion Baptist Church, presiding at the organ. Special solos by Mr. William Lewis, the national singer. At 8 p. m., thanksgiving and memorial services of Columbia Lodge No. 8s, of Elks. Note.—All sister churches and pastors are cordially invited to join us in this great fight against sin and the devil. Every member of the church is requested to become a personal worker in this meeting. Prayer services begin each evening at 7:45. Sinners, where will you spend eternity? Remember, there is only one step between you and death! W. H. Jernagin, Minister. EASTER AT ANTIOCH. There was a large and appreciative congregation at the Antioch Baptist Church Easter Sunday morning: Rev. Peter Ailer, pastor, delivered an eloquent and patriotic sermon. The singing by the congregation was excellent. Interesting papers were read by Miss Martha Cornelia Ailer and Miss Emma F. Crump. Miss Ailer's paper was an Easter greeting interspersed with existing crisis in this country and what it meant. She was highly commended. Miss Crump has a sweet voice, and her paper was on the Resurrection of Christ. Little Victoria Ailer, a child five years old, is a wonder for her age. After she recited an entertaining recitation, sse was anxious to make a speech. The services ended by all singing "Columbia." The Antioch Baptist Church is fast growing in popular favor. How. It Is Growing Under Its New Management. The association at present has a membership of 285 men and 117 boys, making a total of 402. Membership July 1, 1917: Men, 77; boys, 5; total, 82. Indebtedness July 1, 1917, $2,600. Indebtedness April 1, 1918, $1,100. Our City. Washington is "home" and will be what we make it. Anything falling short of the best at home is a reflection upon the home folk. The Y. M. C. A. is a valuable asset to our home city and community. We must have the best Y. M. C. A. here. We have the building. We need now men. The men need the association also. The estimated amount for all memberships in a year will not be one-fourth of the money necessary to finance the association. No man can pay for what the association offers. Fellowship and service, given and received, cannot be bought. There are splendid men in our city who will come into the association to serve. The Campaign. During the time—April 12 to 17—two hundred workers will approach men and boys for their membership in the Y. M. C. A. The modern community is tested by the degree of its interest in the Young Men's Christian Association. The workers in our campaign are out for 1,000 memberships. Let 700 men and 300 boys show interest in themselves and in the community. The rates are within the reach of all. Boys' membership (one year), $2; boys' summer (1918), $1. Men: Social (one years), $2; full membership, $5; sustaining membership, $10. APRIL MEETING. The April meeting of the District Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be held at the Twelfth Street Branch, Y. M. C. A., on Wednesday evening, April roth, at 8 o'clock. The machinery for producing five thousand new members during the Moorfield Storey drive has all been worked out, and a general resume of the situation to date will be given by Mr. Banton, general chairman of campaign activities. Business Section Destroyed by Fire. Attorney Lightfoot Lost a $2,500 Library and Other Valuable Alliance Papers. Atlantic City, N. J., April 2.—Not since the fire of 1902 has this city witnessed such a fire as was seen here Easter Monday. A half million dollars' worth of property was lost. Attorney James Lightfoot and the colored Alliance offices were completely destroyed. Mr. Lightfoot's library, valued at $2,500, and papers of the colored Alliance were soaked. The furnishings of one room was lost. Important papers and dockets of cases were in steel cabinets. Most of the Alliance records were lost. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Ninety Branches in Existence—A Testimonial to Hon. Moorfield, Storey. Ninety branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, scattered throughout WASHINGTON HON. MOORF Boston, Mass., National V. the country in all the principal cities, are to join from April 17th to 27th in a nation-wide "Moorfield Storey Drive" for 50,000 members. This membership drive has been undertaken by these branches as a testimonial to Moorfield Storey, of Boston, the association's president, in recognition of his service to the colored people of the nation in the Louisville segregation case. In that case compulsory residential segregation of colored people was declared unconstitutional by unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, handed down last November. The colored people and their friends declare the anti-segregation victory to be the greatest legal landmark affecting the Negro since the Fifteenth Amendment was enacted. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded on Lincoln's Birthday, 1900, and has its headquarters in New York. From its New York office an appeal for public support in its membership campaign is made in the following statement issued today: "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ap- FLOWERS AT By Ralph At Eastertide flowers convey an artistic mind—the mere love for Easter time, a depth of religious At Eastertide flowers convey more than the mere sentiments of an artistic mind—the mere love for nature. There is, in flowers, at Easter time, a depth of religious sentiment. Their blooms and their perfumes are hallowed with the belief that "Christ has risen"—with the hope, even when, as now, merciless Mars struts the earth devastating cities and blighting millions of human lives with his ungodly reverence for tragic grief and sorrow, and the horrible. But at all times the love of flowers—the love of nature—redeems man from sin. It's a common thing, an old familiar cry, to see the poor man's florists in the big cities, to hear their loud-voiced invitation to buy their violets, carnations and roses—a bit faded—discards, perhaps, from the big florists, but nature, nevertheless, and yet it is a call, a conjuration of the heart of man overlabored and desponding—walled in by the gloom of the city—divorced from the fields and their sweet, healthful influence—almost shut out from the sky that reeks in vapour over him. It is a call that tells him there are things on earth beside food and covering to live for, and that God in His great bounty made them for ALL men. Really the strong-lunged bawler of violets, and carnations, and roses, at the congested corners in the big cities of avarice, is a high benevolence, a peripatetic priest of nature. Adown dark, crowded streets he carries sweet remembrances—touching records of the loveliness of earth—that with their bright looks and balmy odors cheer and uplift the dumpish heart of man; that makes his soul, especially at Eastertide, stir within him, and acknowledge the beautiful—acknowledge God. The jitney—the ill-spared jitney—for it would buy a bit of bread—the poor woman pays for a flower at Eastertide is her offering to the hopeful loveliness of nature; is her testimony of the soul. struggling with the blighting, crushing circumstances of sordid earth, and sometimes yearning towards earth's sweetest aspects; is her testimony to the belief that "My Redeemer liveth." Amidst the violence, the coarseness, and the suffering that may surround and defile the wretched, there must be moments when the heart escapes; craving for the innocent and lovely; when the soul makes for itself even of a flower a comfort and refuge; when it finds, on Easter day, that in the lily there breathes the spirit of Him who said "Consider the lilies as they grow." There is always hope for him who loves the irresistible, dewey flowers, whose fragrance we should know and remember—a lovable, luring thing, that haunts us with its suggestions of unforgettable memories. SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1918 WELD STOREY President, N. A. A. C. P. peals to all fair-minded citizens, white and colored, to join with it in the effort to secure simple justice under the law for our colored citizens. They represent over one-tenth of our American citizenship. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is making a nation-wide appeal for membership not on any narrow grounds of race or class privileges but on the broad ground of justice, of equal protection of all citizens under the law without distinction of race or creed or class. The maintenance of these just principles is of equal interest to all classes of citizens and an essential element of national strength. We therefore feel justified in asking all classes of citizens to join our association for this common principle of justice and civil liberty. The Association admits members upon payment of any amount from one dollar per year upwards. "The association feels that the American people have a right to be proud of the one hundred thousand colored soldiers now serving in the regular army of the national army. As a result of an active campaign on the part of this association, an officers' training camp for colored men EASTERTIDE. W. Tyler. more than the mere sentiments of our nature. There is, in flowers, at sentiment: Their blooms and their was inaugurated at Des Moines, Iowa, as a consequence of which nearly seven hundred Negro officers were commissioned. "The association, through an antilynching fund contributed by believers in law and order, investigates as many cases as possible of lynching and mob violence, gives publicity to the facts regarding them, and endeavors to arouse public opinion against the mob spirit. Annually, through the gift of the chairman of the board of directors of the association the Spingarn medal is awarded for the highest or noblest achievement by a Negro American during the preceding year." Rev. Dora Kelley is still in the city in the interest of fallen humanity. She is stopping at 1021 Twenty-second Street N.W. She wants the help of all Christian workers. She was invited to sing before the Baptist Ministers' Conference on Monday afternoon, on which occasion Rev. E. C. Morris was the guest of honor. Rev. Mrs. Kelley feels very keenly, the cool reception given her last Monday by the Conference. She felt that she should have been given greater consideration than what was given her, after she had been invited to sing, which seemed to please all present. At the conclusion of her singing she was not even tendered a vote of thanks. As a rule, wherever she sings a donation of not less than four dollars is given her, although she did not ask for nor did she expect a contribution. She has also been treated equally as cool in other churches. Rev. Mrs. Kelley has been sent out by Bishop J. S. Caldwell of the A. M.E. Zion connection. She has also recommendations from other prominent ministers. She is expected to bring in $65 for her part of her mission and needs the help of Christian people. In a very few weeks she will have her hymns put in book form and will sell them for the benefit of building a home for aged people. This is her life's ambition, and if she can accomplish this she will die happy. She is confident that she can, with the aid of the people. HOME DEFENSE LEAGUE. The Home Defense League, District of Columbia Volunteer Guard Division, held its regular drill at the armory of the Dunbar High School last Thursday, March 28th. Owing to the inclementy of the weather, drills had been suspended for several weeks. The attendance was good and applications were numerous. In view of the critical condition of affairs in the United States, and especially at the Capitol of the Nation, it becomes the duty of every able-bodied citizen to join the Home Guards. Again the meetings are harmonious and pleasant. In view of the fact that the District of Columbia has a large territory, the police, owing to lack of proper numbers in event of trouble and owing to war, etc., would be unable to cope with the situation; hence the Home Defense League. Mr. Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent of schools, will address the division during the month. A letter of encouragement is expected from Major John Van Schaick, at present in France. Lieut.-Col. A. J. Brooks will have charge of the new company to be formed. Mr. Andrew Thomas, of the Howard Theatre, has very generously agreed to give the proceeds of the matinee April 18th for the benefit of the treasury of the division. Mr. Garnet C. Wilkinson is treasurer. The principal officers of the division are Major R. P. Pullman, superintendent Metropolitan Police, District of Columbia; Dr. W. A. Warfield, captain; pro-captain, M. Grant Lucas; military instructors, Captain Rae and Lieut. Hall; inspector of rifle practice, Major Webster. The regular drills are every Thursday night. PEW RALLY. The Emergency Club of the Second Baptist Church held a pew rally on Sunday, March 24th, and realized the sum of $189.52. Mrs. Ella Cawthorne is president of this club. 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. AUTOCRACY IN THE CHURCH. President of the Progressive Church. The Man of the Hour. to Speak at the Bethel Literary Next Tuesday Night. Dr. J. E. Mason, the enemy to Church autocracy, will address the Bethel Literary next Tuesday evening. Rev. Mason is an orator and a scholar. Go and hear him. Rev. Mason is secretary of Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C. He will speak on Dr. Price and his work: the institution and the man. He has done the principal lecture work for Livingston since Dr. Price's demise, and spoken several times in the famous Plymouth-Beecher Church in Brooklyn, N. Y. He toured Canada and was the first Negro guest of the great Empire Club, composed of the leading literary and business men. This association has as its guest annually the leading authors and lecturers from both sides of the Atlantic. He is an independent thinker, and his last annual address on "The Signs of the Times, or Sounding the Alarm" has been published, creating a sensation in his denomination, and is still widely discussed. The facts presented against official autocracy in high places are striking and impressive. He also spoke upon the same platform with Colonel Roosevelt. Y. M. C. A. SERVING NOW. The cry of the secretary is for an opportunity to do larger service. Already we reach 10,000 people a month. We place about 100 a month in homes to lodge; 300 and more men in uniform come in during a month. We send men to different churches in the city. Through us about forty men have connected themselves with churches since January 1st. We have a safe place for men and boys to enjoy themselves. Help us then by joining if you are not a member and encouraging someone to join if you are a member. Over the top for 1,000 memberships. PATRIOTIC NIGHT. A rare treat for all men in the District of Columbia to hear the soul-stirring ovator, Rev. Clyde F. Armitage, Federal Council of Churches of American, on "Team Work in the World's War." The speakers will be introduced by Rev. Walter H. Brooks, D. D., pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, where the exercises will be held, Sunday, April 7th, at 8 p.m., under the auspices of the Trustees' Auxiliary, Miss Ella M. Boston, president: Music by the choir. The O. P. Morton and Sumner W. R. C.'s will be present—Miss Julia B. Collier and Mrs. Julia W. Hamilton, presidents. Remarks, "Woman's Part in the World's War." Silver offering for the rally. Come and bring a crowd. Miss Gertrude P. Early, Sec'y. A 4 iF, : CARR VAEN ZR EAS J-(h—— And he played on a hi otathetondariagee : By Uons, "SATURDAY SERMONS. PROOF. No.3. Proof vs. Inference. ee ge en re we ce eae ee edly insufficient) in order to’ endeavo to. deduce from it. conclusions in: ac cordance with facts which are know: " to be real; under the idea that if th conclusions to which the hypnothesi leads are known truths, the hypothe sis itself either must be, or at leas likely to be, true. * *. * A hypothe sis* being’ a mere supposition, thers are no other limits to- hynothese: than those of the human imagina tion."—John Stuart Mill, “Logic,” p = 290. ’ _ I quote -this explanation of -hypo- thesis because it nearly explains. a kind of inference which I wish to dis- tinguish from proof. .The word: “in- ference” is often used ‘to mean proof. , This is unfortunate, hecause the: word is.as often used for another purpose, viz, to denote a mere supposition based ‘on doubtful grounds. I note that, Mr. Mill throughout his great book system of “Logic” uniformly tises the word “inference” to desig- nate the process of reasoning com- monly, known as proof: .For in- stance (page 5), he says: “The prov- ince of logic must: be’ restricted to. that portion of our knowledge which consists of inferences ‘from truths previously known.” As Mr. Mill is consistent in this use of the word, it does not matter ‘so far as his book is concerned; but this is not the most common or popular ‘notion of infer- ence. | ‘ About a week ago, some time after the big ‘snow ‘here, Charlie C., who had not been outside of the city for several months, said to me, in the course of some argument: “The snow is still.on the. ground in the country.” 1 asked, “Is that so?” He replied: “I suppose so; it always lingers longer ih the’ woods than in. the city.” He’ had no evidence for his first assertion, and’offered none. “What he gave me was a mere guess, which was based.probably on indefi- nite past experiences; hearsay or’ be- liefs. It was a mere hypothesis, or what I call ap infererice. ‘Such an inference is at best a’ mere preparar tion for, or first step towards, proof. Thinking “I had a good joke on Charlie C., I mentioned this conver- sation the same day to Henry H. Henry is one of those éocksure mén who décide ‘first and think after. “Charlie is right,” said Henry, “every- body knows that.the snow remains longer in the country than in the city.” Here are samples‘of the rea- soning ‘methods of two men with | whom. I am- compelled to associate almost | daily — slipshod,’ do-nothing habits of thought. .In the first’ place, |: it was not ‘necessary’ for either of | them to make the cocksure assertion. |1 Proof is another sost of thing. If || it had been a question of any impor-|; tance whether the snow was still on |; the ground in some spots in the |; woods near Washington, Charlié or |; Henry could have given: me reason- able proof of it in one or more of], several well-known ways by trust-| worthy testimony’ from some’ one], just from the country, or by our joint personal inspection, or by citing local |: weather reports of past years. Bishop Whately tells us that “Rea- soning comprehends inferring and |S proving, which .are not two different |¢ things, but the same thing regarded‘ in. two different. points- of | view.” |! Like the road from Washington to |‘ Baltimore. and. the road from|\ Balti-'t more to Washington. -If Washing: |\ ton happens to be the place we|want |: to reach, it is a matter of some im- { portance to distinguish: carefully. be- |. tween the two different-directions. . It will not suit to find ourselves either |; in Baltimore or wandering between |< Laurel and Camp Meade. i Before we can infer: safely, we must |, prove something. Before . we, ‘can], prove, there must already’ have been |, an inference or a guess having some |; set’ up for proof. Belief always draws |, a large part-of its life from’prior be- |, liefs, some. more or less vagye and |; indirect. Some’ inferences are our |” first vague guesses, some are the last |: assured results of careful inquiry. To infer we must scout forward; to rea- son we must go back. and bring for- Se eT ee aE is a proposition to be tested; the test is proof. Between guesses, hypothe- ses, theories, “impirical laws” and ‘lawa of nature” there-are only: con- tinuous degrees of certainty, each succeéding one being“only a degree more certain than the next préceding. The exact point where inference ends in this scale, afd proof begins, is not always the same, not always ‘certain. But proof should. always establish something more than a theory, -at least. * * 3 , In practical affairs it is often neces- sary for a person to act on a mere inference, and act promptly, because there is not sufficient time for proof. This is ‘always risky, however. Of a man who usually infers successfully we say that he has good intuition, is quick-witted. He can often dispense with the slow steps of. ratiocination, or reasoning. It is said that-women are specially gifted in intuition. The most.of us had better try to rely mainly on the slower process of rea- soning. . The average cocksure fellow relies gn inference when there is no real something resembling a reasonable need to do so. He jumps-at conclu- sions; he ‘is impatient of investiga- tion; his habit of mind is slipshod or Jo-nothing; he is fond of epigrams; t-is easier for him to “argufy” than ‘© hunt for proof. ; ; (To be continued.) LYNCHING CONTINUES. Governor of Louisiana Asked by the National Association to Act. New “York, March 28—The Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People today sent to Governor R. G. Pleasant of Louisiana a telegram of protest against the lynching of: the Negro in. the Court House yard at Monroe, La., on March 16th. The association’s telegram calls attention to the fact that this is the third protest which it has been com- pelled to maké: against .lynchings in Louisiana within the last six weks in- volving altogether five’ Negroes lynched-on three separate, occasions and that no reply.to the association's previous: requests for information or public statement as to Louisiana's. at- titude toward. these lynchings has been made :by Goverrior Pleasant. Similar’ telegrams were sent to. the Chambers of Commerce of. New Or- ‘Jeans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport and ‘Monroe. “The telegram follows: a March 18, 1918. "Hon. R. G. Pleasant, + Governor, Baton Rouge, La: ‘Sir: - | Associated Press dispatches of March 16, report that George Mc- Neel, a Negro, suspected, of a crime, but neither tried nor found guilty, was lynched in the. Court House yard at Monroe,-La., on the above date. The TO MAKE THE HAIR BROW. LONG There are so many so-called hair- ‘growers on the market, a large num- ber ‘of which are nothing more thar perfumed grease; it is no wonder peo- ple get discouraged and lose faith in all hair tonics. In decidiny what-to usé 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 nourishés the roots of the hair, caus- ing a natural\growth of long hair.” Quinade is the invention of an‘ ex- pert chemist and is made under the supervision of an experenced regis- tered pharmacist. It.makes the hair soft and smooth and easy to. put up in the style desired. . To. get best results from the use of Quinade, it is necessary. to shampoo the scalp about every two weeks with Seeby’s Quinasoap. ~ Quinasoap is made. entirely out of. pure vegetable oils, priricipally cocoanut oil, and is a thorough cleanser. Quinasoap Iathers very freely. It leaves. the hair soft and. fluffy and imparts. a’ refreshing feeling to the scalp unequalled by any other shampoo.’ ” Do. not accept any substitute, but insist on getting Seeby’s Quinade and Seeby’s, Ointment, asking for them ‘by the full namie. Price is 25 cents each. If your druge‘st or dealer does, not stock these two articles, ask him to obtain them for you from his wholesaler or send’ us the price and we will mail them to you. Write to Seeby Drug Co., 79 East. 130th St., New York City, for a sample of Quin- ade, mentioning the name of ‘this paper. ae. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES. Quinade and Quinasoap are sold at all of the-People’s Drug Stores, as follows: ~ * Store No. 1. 7th and K Sts. N, W. Store No. 2. 7th and BH Sts. N. W. . Store ‘No. 3. 14th and You Sts. N. Store No, 4. 7th and M Sts. N. W Store No. §: Sth aad H Sta N. B Hi. Edgar ‘Lewis a, PUREDRUGS __ 63rd & Bastern Ave.,N-E. Chesapeake Station DRUGS, SODA WATER; CIGARS Phone Lincoln 3136 * National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, composed of representative citizens of both races, addresses you for the third time with- in six weeks to'ask, in the name of its one hundred. branches and ten thou- sand “members, for whom ‘it ‘speaks directly, and jn the name. of the law- abiding ‘citizens ‘of the whole country, what steps.Louisiana proposes to take tq vindicate“her law. On February 6th, we addressed you concerning the lynching ef one Negro; of March 6th, concerning the lynching of three. Ne- ‘Broes. “No reply has been made. to us nor ‘havé we seen ‘any statement in ‘the public press which would indicate your appreciation as Governor of the State of the position in which Louisi- ana’s mob actions plaée the nation at this’ time,- when national prestige abroad demands high regard: for law and order at home. Does Louisiana wish the nation and her thousands of colored soldiers now serving their country in the’ battle for democracy to understand, that she will not pro- fect black men accused. oi crime, and. that mobs may visit their vengeance upon Negroes without: let or hin- lrance by the constituted authorities. of your State? What shail we inform ° he’ newspapers who receive our press ervice regarding Louisiana’s atti- ude? °° . ; : John R. 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Acton this edrice,—If your dealer dace not keop | shea ce noes ean Wem P< eri Ce. owemi es 2 & Orn fh paar A pee Cie af) yA He FA \ Shes o> CAO a ma i he oh i ie 4, Ps oe lene isa Ne | Glee 7, | | HRD | USS ei K\, ae BR ayy. } 3 aA Lf \4, NS aa NSA; : Sea _* Spee a ae : id 2 — ad < ? DR. BOARD. © | wifes: of Philadelphia, are ‘visiting i _ Confidence is the best paying asset to:any business. Confidence to hold must be -built on good. deeds, not claims. That is the whole secret of business success. Your patrons must have confidence in. the “purity and quality of: your wares—confidence in the honesty of your’ prices. * Whether it be a -linament, ‘a prescription or soda water, be sure, it is bona-fide, pure, full-strength~the best—and that the customer is getting in worth the full value of his money. That is the policy that has” brought success to BOARD'S DRUG STORE, 1912% Fourteenth Street N.W., the place where everybody meets everybody else for quality, service and satiefac- tion, : ‘Mr. Cornelius Burkley, uncle of Mrs. Fannie Lewis, is quite ill, under the care of Dr. W. E. Lewis. . eee Rev. W. W. Edwards, financial agent of the National Training School af Durham, N. C., was. in the city last week. He left Monday evening for the East. - ” eee ® Dr. James E, Shepard, of Durham, N..C., paésed through the city. Mon- day en route for the East. ¥ “Mrs. Mary Jones, wife of Attorney ‘Thomas L. Jones, who has been suf- fering with an’ attack of rhetimatism, is improving.” : eee “Prof. and: Mrs. Hawkins, of Balti- ~more, Md., were the guests of their ‘mother, Mrs. “Fanny Gregory, the widow of the late James M. Gregory. . . “5 * 5 Editor-W. Calvin Chase attendec the band concert at Camp’ Meade last Sunday.. ‘Hundreds of citizens ‘from this city were present. - re ‘eo “Rev. C: H. Stepteau, of” Baltimore formerly pastor of the Metropolitar M.-.E. Church, was in the city thi: week. hail + eee Rev. C. M. Tanner, D. D., pastor 0 Metropolitan M. E. Church, receives an ovation last Sabbath. The. anni versary exercises were’ largely attend ed, He is doing great work and. hi congregation is supporting him,+ SOCIAL CHIT. CHAT. ‘Curporal Otis Allen, — National Guard of the District, . stationed -at Newport News, Va. visited relatives and friends here, last week, : fees Several female ‘employees of the G. P. O. ‘have received permanent ap- pointmenes. i a wee Dé. Roscoe C. Brown, who -met with a painful accident recently, is _now convalescent and will be pleased to see his many friends -at his par- _ ents’: residence, 1756 Oregon Avenue N.W., on‘and after April rsth. “+ Mr: L, N.-B., of the Naval Reserve Force, was’ seen out with ‘his intend- ed last Sunday- e cae oO Mr; Earl H. Ross, of the Delivery section, G. P. O. is niaking a fine gecord. a eee Mr. Thomas L. Wynne, G. P. O. ~ has entered the Naval Reserve Force eee * pe, and Mrs.B. F. Browne, of Bal timore, and their little son, Benjamin Jr, are visiting. relatives .and , friend: here. eke tS “ sia eee Rev. John W. Pope, of the Pyes Division, an employee of the G. P.O for sixteen years, died last Saturda; : afternoon. eae "me funeral of Miss Katie M Diggs was held Sunday mofning ‘April rst, from the chapel, of Joe L Bailey, Third and K Streets ‘N.W The body Was shipped to Tye Rive: Va, for interme, . - William Davis, of this city, wa visiting in Baltimore Sunday of las mee gee a ape” Charles Scott, U.S. A. .an wife, of Philadelphia, are ‘visiting in this city. , ene 7 | Miss Ethel Ewing was to ‘have spent Easter in Atlantic City, but ow- Jing to a little mishap she was unable to do 50. : : eee “ | Hon. John.C. Dancy: delivered two ‘patriotic speeches at Camp Meade last week. tae Miss, Nannie Burroughs spoke at the Fifth Baptist Church in Louis- ville, Ky., Easter Monday night, and Will be the guest of Mrs.-C. H. Par- rish while there. - . ¢ = 4 Rev, James E. Mason is in’ the city TOWN TOPICS. Miss Estella. Coffey, the wel-kKnown modiste and fashion designer, was married Tuesday evening to Mr. Fred Carr, of Boston,Mass. : a8 |. Mi. Arlington B. Chaney, of Brook- lyn, N. ¥., and Fall River, Mass. came down to spend the Eastertide with his family. eee ‘The .War Department has invited a number ‘of. colored orators to serve as members of the spéakers’ commit- tee, ‘to deliver’ addresses,: write arti- cles-and otherwise stimulating the pa- triotism of the Negro people. They will speak diréctly and plainly on the issues of the day and enlighten in’ their own way the masses’of the race se the war aims of the Government. eH ves | * WBie Loyalty of a Race” is being filmed this week by Messts. Hamburg and Miller, representing a national movie syndicate, and the-work is pfo- gressing satisfactorily under the su- pervision of Mr. Ralph W-Tyler,, sec- retary’ of the National Colored: Sol- diers' Comfort Committee.. The. goal sought by the committee is to raise a $2,000,000 fund for the. relief of the dependents’ of the colored soldiers in the national army, and it is expected that: this elaborate picturization. “of the -valor, loyalty and achievement of the Negro race willbe instrumental in bringing in a large portion ‘of this amount. The picture will be present- ed: at the Washington theatres at an early date and will then go”to the country for aun, © ee Mr. and Mrs, Walter Scott Turner Jr., spent Easter Monday with friends in Baltimore. ! wee Miss Henrietta Vinton. Davis, ‘the popular elocutionist and ‘lecturer, is | continuing her successful’ series’ ol ‘| queens’ pageants in Pittsburgh, and i: giving dramatic recitals and \ travel: ogues in Ohio, sear anc | West: Virginia: ‘The press of both Jraces teem ‘with praise of Miss Da || vist work and testify warnily to its ‘cultural value:to all classes of people '\She is doing the most brilliant work of her career. ; eee ‘| Mr. John Reddick, a performer anc ‘| manager: of experience, is ‘to. join th Dudley forces in this-city. .He' scorec big successes in Detroit during his so ; journ there.- * = ‘i + ee . ‘The Chelsea and Dunbar theatres— both good ‘stands for the right men— *Jare “dark.” - . . . -_* * Charles Anderson, the yodler an -| double-voiced’ singer and impersona r|tor, has been putting in two goo $} weeks here at the: Mid-City'and For aker theatres. -He now goes to Vir : ginia to make the rounds of the Dud ley circuit: : : eu Y| - Emmett. J. Scott, special assistan to the Secretary’ of. War, is at, Tus _.|Kegee Institute, Alabama, this wel “| attending, the exercises commemora : tive of founder's day. April sth,-s¢ r. apart as founder's day, is the anni "| versary of the birth of the late,Booh +l er T. Washington. WEST WASHINGTON. ” .Miss Sadie Creeke, who has ‘been sick with la grippe, is able to be up and out again. .- | | SPECIAL NOTICES. Metropolitan A. M. E, Church, M Street between Fifteenth -and Six- teenth Streets N: W.—A big welcome for you. Services: Preaching, 11 a m. and 8 p:-m.; Sunday School, 9.30; Allen C. E.,°6.30 p. m.; prayer 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 at Corporal Lawrence Hawkins, of Camp Meade, visited Washington on Sunday to attend the Easter services at Mt. Zion M. E. Church. = ee = Miss Anna Contee has an excellent record at the Bureau of Engraving. s+ The S£* Augustine’s Convention Club was reorganized last Friday eve- ning. ‘The following officers were elected: Miss I. M. Smackum, presi- dent; E..Smackum,,, secretary; - Mrs. M. E. Dent, treastser, and Mrs. K. V. Brown, ‘chaplain. Thus far this cluk has been a great success. * ae . Question: : What will Miss G. T. S. do when Mr. F. B. P: joins the Naval Reserves? . . a _ ALFRED F. FOLEY. ' ‘There is a file cle.kin the file room of the Supreme Court of the District of Colimbia by the name of Alfred F. Foley. There’ are thousands of files in his room and tnillions of cases and there is no case filed that cannot readily. be reached: by this well-known) and competent man. Not only is he, ‘a file clerk, but he is a man that does three or four clerks’ work, He'is an invaluable acquisition to this branch ‘of the court: He is polite.and at no time is he too busy or toa tired to give satisfaction to the lawyers and judgés who may call:for cases. He, certainly ought to be rewarded. “BEE” VISITORS. Dr. E. C. Morris, president of the Nationai-Duptist-Assotiation, and~Dr. W. H. Jernagin. see Examining Board of Bishops of the Baltimore Annual Conference, Drs. C: H.Stepteau, J. W.-Norris, R. E.. Ford and P. W. Wortham. . ‘Dr. J. E. Mason, of Livingston Col: lege. : . HIS BIRTHDAY. On Saturday, March’ 23d ‘inst, a birthday surprise party was given Mr. Elwood G. ‘Hubert by, his wife, Mrs. Vernetta M., at their residence, 922 Seventeenth Street N.W. The house ‘was beautifully decorated and a lafge host of relatives and friends from Philadelphia, Gersréntown, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., were present to complete the surprise. ‘Those present were’ Mrs. Ruth A Carmichael; his sister; Mr. Raymond F.. Hubert; deputy of the State -of Delaware, American Protestants; Mr John L. Hubert, Grand Master F. A. ‘A. M. of the State-of Delaware, his brothers; Mrs. ‘John L. Hubert, Wil: mington, Del.; Miss Neonta Jones Wilmington; Del.; Mr. and Mrs. Johr Chipping, Mrs. Julia Gréén, Wilming ton, Del.; Miss Nettie -Mornish, Mrs John. Newman’and Mr.. Robert Wil son, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. Florence Wright“and Mrs. Mary Gannon,’ o} Philadelphia, Pa.,and Miss Katherine Hubert, Germantown, Pa. 3 Washington friends present wert Ms. and Mrs. Henry: Dorsey, Mr. an¢ Mrs... Simmons, Mrs. C. Watts, Mr Paul Simmons and ‘many others. IRIS CIRCLE, Mr. Charles A. Reeder entertained the ladies of the Iris Sewing Circle and their escorts at a supper dansante at 909 R Street Tuesday, April 2d. he guests included the Misses Breda Bustele, Mrs. Florence Brown, Miss Gertrude Carroll, Miss Maude Wil- kerson, Miss Beatrice Wifkerson, Miss Emma Tate, Miss Mabel Sayles, Miss Beulah Roland, Miss Mayme. Thomas and Miss Rose. Brooks, Messrs. Paul. A. Simmons, Robert Ford, Arm. R. Darr, Jr. Cuntheel Sayles, ‘W. H. L.*Logwood, C. C. Powell and Joseph Blunt, ¢ LOCAL BRIEFS. _Mr. Joseph S. Jones, confidential messenger to Commissioner Louis Brownlow; lias been promoted to a clerkship, Colonel’ Brownlow will re- ward merit wherever found, ° ; eee Mrs. Lightfoot and.her baby are visiting Washington. . BETHEL LITERARY. Dr. James*E. Mason, of Rochester, N.‘Y¥s will: address Bethel Literary next Tuesday evening in the Metro- politan A: M.-E. Church. - His: sub- ject will be “Dr. J. C. Price and His , "7th and Tea St. N. W. : as a. Andrew J. Thomas Theatre Co. Prop's Entire Week Starting Monday, April 8th, Mat. Sat. 2:30 P.M . ; THE PARAGON FILM Inc. : * D Presents = The World’s Biggest Motion Picture - ‘THE WHIP Direct from New York City. Great Racing Scenes, Wonderful Hunting Scenes, the Best-Train Wreck aad the ‘Nost Thrilling Automobile Accident ever seen in motion pictures. ~ Night Prices: 15c; 25c Meat. all seais 1 5c . Next Week—‘'The Master Mind’ with.Clarence Muse and all Star Cast © ‘ : 9 , 2 s * eo ‘ ‘We're Ready! Our Spring Drive! A - Ora Baily, Pianist-Demonstrafor —will have charge of our sheet music department from 10:a. m. to 4:30 -p. m.. daily. begining the first week of April. A big bunch of the latest: musical hits await you.: A colored store, colored clerks too. Go where you are acceptedand buy. JM. Miller, New Manager a (W. A. Adams, Prop.) | BY MISTY Steer, N.w Work.” Special invitation is S . FORAKER THEATRE ed to the alumni of’ Livingston Col- - - lege and friends of the late Dr. Price.} - ‘Twentieth Street Between L and M Streets Northwest Musie will be furnished by the choir RAYMOND H. MURRAY, Manager * of the Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church. HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE WEEKLY > April 16—Dr. R. R. Wright; of Sa-} Pane —and— vannah, Ga. Q NEW MOTION PICTURES DAILY . - April -23—-Medico- Chirurgical So- First Class in Every Particular. Come Early for Seats . cietys;Dr. U. L. Houston, president. | : ——— : Oe eet te. MISS EVA HARVEY MARRIED. Mrs. Fannie Ware Taylor: an- nounced the marriage of Miss Eva ‘Hortense Harvey to Mr. “William Isaac Blike, which’ togk place Satur- day,{March goth. Mr.-and Mrs: Blake are “at home” after April 6th at'717 S Street N.W. ANNULLMENT OF MARRIAGE. Mrj Evans E. Murray has filed in the Supreme Court of-the District of [Columbia his petition for the annull- ‘meht of his marriage, alleging infancy and, his failure of the ratification of the same upon reaching his twenty- first birthday. He is represented by Attorney’ Perri W. Frisby. . } OUR PLAYGROUNDS. ‘Mie Georgetown’ public” play- grounds, under Miss Minnie Price, continue to improve. The Willow Tree. Alley play- grounds, under Miss Ollie Kibble, had two: hundred on the’list Saturday. A skating carnival is in’ preparation at this popular ground. “28 . Mis. Underdown is doing ‘well at the Howard playgrounds. ‘ COLORED. TROOPS IN FRANCE. N.‘Marcell Kanecht of the French Army, lias agreed to deliver an ad- dress before the colored citizens of Washington on thé heroic efforts of the colored troops’ of France in the near future. Watch The Bee for day and date. : ‘ MR. DONALDSON. Mr. Donaldson, one of the most | competent and energetic young men, under Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, the | director of the public playgrounds, will resign, it is said, The Bee hopes ghat. the rumor is not true, No young man is more popular and bet- ter liked by the authorities than Mr. ‘Donaldson. 3 “The colored playgrounds have never been in a better working condition than they are’ now. . F. H. KRAMER ‘The Greatest Florist in the Country. The Man Who Knows No’ * Color Prejudice. . Mz, Frank H. Kramer, 916 F Street NW; is considered . today, as the greatest: florist in the United States. *. FORAKER THEATRE ‘ ‘Twentieth Street Between L and M Streets Northwest RAYMOND H. MURRAY, Manager x HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE WEEKLY oe —and— . NEW MOTION PICTURES DAILY. _ First Class in Every Particular. Come Early for Seats ‘ % HIAWATHA THEATRE . : ‘ 1906 Eleventh Street Ni W. , Raymond H. Murray, Manager ‘This Theatre is close to two lines of cars. The best pictures shown daily. If you want an evening of pleasure—come to the Hiawatha. = se) gad Be, ee {|@| ESS FY = (fitee ed SS. ae CaS. SI ~~ Qa ie pis Wied. ory og Bl Ves Ba Tris iS A nce A Ca Se uw. oS = A 3, E SD Bess “ ° <P ; w+ PVRZLE-FIND THE SLACKER, He grows his own flowers, and they are unsurpassed. Mr. Kramer has served some of the best known citi- zens in the United States with flow- ers from his own garden. His' fa- mous Beatrice flower is one that-has made him famous. He,employes col- ored help, and many of them he has placed in responsible positions. The colored citizens who continue to pa- tronize him have the most implicit confidence in his honesty and integ- rity,-and he extends to them his greeting and an invitation to call and inspect his greatest collection of flowers. If you are looking for flow- ers‘and all kinds’ of wedding; party and funeral designs, “call at 916 F Street N.W. F. H. Kramer, Men- tion The Bee. ACTOR SIMMONS. © . - (Detroit, Mich.) ‘For the second time Roscoe Sim- mons delivered’ the same talk in this city. As an entertainer he is very good, for he succeeds in keeping the audience. wrapt’in laughter during his entire performance. He reminds one of a clever actor who has com: mitted his part well, and when the audience fails to respond to- that which has amused other audiences, he performs a clever bit of pantomime, as if inwardly “chuckling” that would do a Vaudette comedian great credit. His reference to “My People” is as- sumed as though ‘he was a leader of the calibre of the late Booker T. Washington type. In these days, the man that would lead any people must be more.than a play actor, He must rather be a man ‘that has succeeded in, some field of endeavor, and we are. unable to find any constructiveness ever performed by, ‘this . self-styled leader of the race’ and excellent press agent. Of course, he says many good things. So do some of the boys pond, the barber “shops and pool halls; some can easily surpass him.— Detroit (Mich.) Leader. -GRAVES. it Do you want a first-class lunch? _ Do you want a fine dinner? Do.you want a good breakfast? Do you want everything good that is in the market? | If you do, go to Joseph:S. Graves, 16 G Street N.W., where you will re- ceive first-class service. Go and be ‘convinced. —_ TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. If. you want first-class printing done, call at 1109 Eye Street N.W. Triangle Printing Company. NOW MOSE, YOU WELL WOT ITOLD YOU AND WE'LL GET THE COP TO PLAY ROSCOE FOR US YEUM THE GREAT AND ONLY ROSCOE "EATS 'EM ALIVE" EVERY DAY FROM TWO TO SIX DAYS WHAT ILL DO ILL CALL HIM UP ON DE MAGGIPHONE STOP THIEF STOP THIEF DON'T SHOOT THERE IT IS DROR IT OR I'LL SHOOT STEP RIGHT UP GENTS AND SEE THE ONLY ROSCOE HE EATS 'EM ALIVE I WONDER WHAT HE'S STOLEM I BET HE HOLLERS FOR SAINT PATRICK THEY'RE AS TAME AS KITTEN MOSE BUT HE DON'T KNOW IT DITE THE HEAD OFF ROSCOE ROSCOE IS GIBBIN A PUBLIC EXHIBITION AN RELYS ON DE GENEROSITY OF DE PEOPLE While I was standing in line at the Howard Theatre last Saturday night, I watched the face of that little lady ticket seller Andy Thomas has hired for abou: steen dollars per week. Her face was always wreathed in a smile that looked just as real as a bottle of Anheuser Busch alongside of a bottle of Morlo. And she was handing out the pasteboards to all kinds of curious compounds. Some of 'em hove in sight with a grouch as big as one of Milan's when he's caught trying to pilfer second. Some of 'em hung around trying to make her give 'em seat one in row A for Sunday's supper show when it had been sold a week ago. Some of 'em tried to make her sell them Col. Arthur Brook's seat that he has had reserved ever since Andy camouflaged those Baltimore Hebrews into letting him have the Howard all by his lonesome. Some of 'em tried to make her believe she had slim-flammed them out of the proper change. Some of 'em tried the masher's stunt on her, handing her goooo eyes from beneath a baboon-like brow, and all that stuff. Some of 'em when they struck the ticket window had an odor on them like the attar of roses, and some had an odor like a combination of over-ripe chitterlings and limber cheese. To all she had the same smile, the same pleasant reply, all the time keeping her temper—if she has any—hidden somewhere in the recesses of her lingerie. As I watched her I thought that while they are handing out Carnegie hero medals and Spingarn prize badges, hire is one little piece of unadulterated femininity that ought to have both, and then one or two crosses of the Legion of Honor besides; for if anybody can wait on that bunch of Hooverized dudes and spearmint chickens and old rues and deteriorated bachelors with a three-week old grouch, and keep on smiling, they deserve all the hero medals that were ever designed. Believe me, half the charm, delight and pleasure of going to Howard Theatre is just to watch that bundle of good nature and assemblage of smiles that Andy Thomas has hired to hand out the pasteboards to a heterogenius set of fumigated, unfumigated and herbiferous variegated bodies that call regularly for tickets at Howard. She is just some wonder, and Andy couldn't duplicate her this side of Paradise. Old Xenophon, once upon a time, some years before Jesse Foster started in to "dying to live," said that "a woman that can smile through tears, and smile at work, and smile always and ever, is a flower that will never fade." Old mumified Xenophon must have bought tickets from the woman of whom the ticket seller at Howard Theatre is the reincarnation to have been inspired to get off that bit of philosophy. I was standing on the corner of Ninth and R Streets Monday morning looking at my Waterbury and trying to figure out how much earlier I would have to get up to keep going with my watch, now that it has to be turned up a hour, when two good sisters got off a car with a basket of laundry as much as the De Sales Hand Laundry washes in a whole week. They toated it to the curb, then stopped to rest. While they were resting a dandy groomed "cullud" minister, in a toppy auto, breaking the speed limit, sailed by. the speed limit. "Ain't that that yo pastah?" said one of 'em to the other. "Bless de Lawd," said the tother, "sho tis." "Well, you helped to buy dat speedometer he dun spun by in, didn't you?" the first ejaculated: "Sho I did, an' I'm mouty proud of it." "Well, all I got to say is, you doan catch me washin' of white folks rags from Monday to Saturday for to buy dem der artermobuls for no kind of minister 'no time." The lady what was proud she had helped to buy the speedometer, catching the first symptoms of the meaning of her sister, had her face drafted over with about a million question marks, but said nothing. Now, I'm going to ease one over to my brother ministers, my "pastah" as well as youn, and tis this: As long as the sisters in your churches are buying them there "artermobuls" for you, by washin' in the tub from 6 a.m. Monday to 12 p.m. Saturday, ain't no more than proper when you whizz by one of them toutin' a big basket of unlaundered clothes, to hesitate—stop—and pile both her and the clothes in your wash-bought choo-choo car and take her to the little alley home where she does "plain washin' an' ironin'" for to "help buy your artermobul." You know, gentlemen of the cloth, one good turn deserves another, and these "foolish virgins" what dig in the wash tub and stand at the ironing table—stand cause they done been vaccinated on what they sit down on—all week to buy your coal, pay your house rent, feed your family, and throw an extra automobile in now and then, are just the salt of the earth, and you had better not kill the goose that lays the golden egg. If I was a minister, and I ain't, I wouldn't let the washin' and ironin' sisters of OUTFIT CONSIST OF ONE DURHAM DUPLEX DOMINO RAZOR WITH WHITE AMERICAN IVORY HANDLE SAFETY GUARD DRAWL ATTACHMENT AND DURHAM DUPLEX BLades packed in a genuine red leather Kit. GET IT FROM YOUR DEALER OR FROM US. Every reader of this paper may secure THE $5. DURHAM DUPLEX DOMINO RAZOR FOR $1. DURING THE LIFE OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO. JERSEY CITY, N.J. my church buy me any auto 'ceptin' a second-hand Ford, if that, 'cause with all this socialism spreadin' through Russia and Germany there ain't no telling when the washin' and ironin' sisters will just naturally get inoculated with it, and vote to make movie picture theatres out of their churches, and when the women quit the churches, it's good-night and fare-the-well, for most of the male members took a vacation from their churches long ago. Brother ministers what ride about in "artermobuls" take my advice, and when you shoot by some of your sisters carrying a big basket of laundry, stop and make a taxi or truck out of the fliver they bought you, and you will be returning good for evil. As Lafe Hershaw would say, with a sort of hesitation waltz in his start-off enunciation: "There's a lot of logic in that reasoning." Speaking about Lafe Hershaw reminds me that I've often wondered why a fellow with oodles of brain like he's got continues to hang on the rim of this Wilsonized berg. Hershaw has got more gray matter hid away under his No. 71-8 hatband than most department and bureau heads around this vale of tears have in their noodles. And he's got just about enough pugnaciousness to make good, even at his present age, anywhere this side of Ukraine or Katchina, where his ancestors came from. He's got enough affableness secreted underneath his epidermis to make a jolly good fellow even among the unconversational Esquimaux. Why, with his mixing abilities, and his information, and brain, had he happened in Russia about the time that Trotsky undertook to do the leader stunt, he, Hershaw, would have shoved that guy who waited table in little old New York only a few months before off the earth, and everything in Russia would now be like a summer's dream, hypnotized with success. You've got to hand it to Lafe Hershaw, he's got the stuff in him out of which they make real unevaporated statesmen. If he had gone to New York or Chicago when they handed him a certificate testifying to the fact that he roamed aim lessly over Howard University's campus long enough to be registered as an alumnus of that educational factory, he would today be a big corporation lawyer with oodles of money to match his oodles of brain. Now that Washington is dry—just as dry as the interior department of Sahara—I can't figure out what there is here to hold him in this metropolis of near-statesmen. As Petrolium V. 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One block from Union Station Franklin 4633 A WARREN. A RELIABLE PHARMACIST in the one you can always depend upon to use no substitutes, but compound prescriptions from pure and fresh drugs, with accuracy and care. The real test of drug store capabilities is its prescription department, and ours is perfect. We fill your physician's pre- to the letter and no- ble. \RMACY R, Prop. Quality is lon to Our ment nts Phone Frank in 2765 am 6 W, ment. PEL. itary under the aus- Memorial A. M. E. presented a very unique program Monday evening, April 25, before a large and appreciative audience. The program opened with invocation by Rev. Melichior. Miss Pauline E. Mullen recited "The Dying Hebrew's Prayer" with great feeling and force. Miss Alberta Williams, solo; Miss Julia J. Jenkins recited two of her original poems, which won great applause and comment. An oration on Lincoln by Mr. T. L. Taylor was masterful. The quartette composed of Misses Mildred G. Waddleton, Jones, Mesdames Martha Montrey and E. Spencer sang "The and "Mighty Lak a Rose" ladies possess voices of rare sweetness and showed themselves to be real artists. Mrs. M. V. Browner, instrumental solo. Mrs. Marie Letcher Johnson recited two of Dunbar's selections, which were very entertaining. Mr. Stanley Brooks, well known in the music world, sang very sweetly "Absence" and "Mother Machree." Mr. Brooks charmed and swayed his hearers. Mr. Fred Green, instrumental solo. A quintette composed of Mrs. Ruth Larkins, Mrs. Lillian Hammond, Mrs. E. C. Sightler, Mr. Goodloe and Mr. A. R. Sightler. Mrs. Keyes, solo. The participants deserve great credit for making the evening a success. The wife of the pastor, Mrs. M. W. Monokoe, needs great commendation for her untiring efforts in making the program a delightful one. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. Charleston, W. Va.—At a recent meeting of the Executive State Council of Defense thirty colored men and women were appointed as an auxiliary advisory council of defense. J. C. Gilmer, former State Librarian, was named secretary and directing head, with an office in the State Capitol here. Another appointment of more than usual interest was that of Hugh Bess, a colored man, as baggage master of the urion station. Forty passenger trains arrive at and depart from this station daily: The most successful powder ever made for bringing out the beauty of a dark complexion. TEST IT CRITICALLY We want every woman who has never tried SKIN WHITENER FACE POWDER to put it to this test. Powder your face before your mirror on one side with the face powder you have been using; powder the other side of your face with PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER FACE POWDER. Notice how evenly SKIN WHITENER POWDER adheres to the face, and the soft and beautiful appearance it gives to the skin. Compare it to your heart's content. This test will convince the most skeptical that our claims are based on fact, and that SKIN WHITENER FACE POWDER is just what we claim—the best face powder that money can buy. It is put up in a beautiful box, the same size that retails for 50c and upward for other powders not near so good. Price 25c at all druggists and toilet goods dealers, or sent direct for 25c postpaid. Write to PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES. Quinade and Quinasoap are sold at all of the People's Drug Stores, as follows: Store No. 1, 7th and K Sts. N.W. Store No. 2, 7th and E. Sts. N.W. Store No. 3, 14th and U Sts. N.W. Store No. 4, 7th and M Sts. N.W. Store No. 5, 8th and H Sts. N. E. TERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE Article I. Section 1. The name of this society shall be the COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE. Section 1. The term for which this society is organized shall be perpetual. Article III. Section 1. The general business and objects of this society shall be to promote the education, industrial, commercial and social welfare of the people of the District of Columbia and vicinity, and to counsel and encourage those in other communities in the same direction. 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 wilt: 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 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. ARMY SUPPLIES IN CHAIN OF CITIES Three Towns Behind the Lines in France Hold Great Stores. BAKERY SYSTEM A FEATURE Forty Shipments of White Bread Made Daily—All Facilities Being En- Behind the American Front in France.—Less spectacular than the continued arrival of American troops, and their occupation of a definite front sector, yet in its way quite as important for their success, has been the steady development of the system of keeping them in the myriad supplies they must have. Keeping pace with the increasing training-camps there has grown up a storage, transportation and distribution system that not only accurately and efficiently supplies the needs of all our soldiers but is continually being enlarged against future needs. Neither troops nor supplies can come too fast for it. The various functions of the system—bakery, refrigerating plant, warehouses for clothing, non-perishable foods and similar supplies, and the main distributing plant—are located for convenience sake in three towns or cities situated respectively at the three corners of an obtuse triangle, and near enough to the training camps and front so that supplies can reach the furthest points in 24 hours. Bakery is Great industry. No link in the chain between "a port in France" and the American front is, perhaps, more interesting than the bakeries. The supplying of the American troops in France with white bread has become a great industry and is growing all the time. The few bakers originally here have grown into companies; the relatively small daily quantity of bread turned out in July has increased to scores of thousands of pounds, and entire shiploads of flour are arriving weekly and are being stored away in warehouses with capacity of millions of pounds as a reserve against the arrival of still more troops. The American army first took possession of a huge bakery in a central French city, formerly operated by a German, and having a capacity for storing 1,500,000 pounds of flour, in addition to a not inconsiderable daily output of bread from its coke ovens. Those making the arrangements knew that the time would soon come when the city bakery would be inadequate, so they went outside of the city and leased from the French a tract of land consisting of several thousand acres, upon which the conventional military wooden shacks soon sprang up and-where there is room for an indefinite number of additional field bakeries as the need may arise. By the time the city bakery had reached its capacity the shacks were fully equipped with the very latest in baking machinery. Spur tracks have been constructed out to the field from the city, and over them carloads of bread leave each morning and afternoon for the training camps and the front. Forty Shipmenta Dally. Each baking company has for some time been exceeding the limit of 80,000 pounds a day and has been turning out from 83,000 to 85,000 pounds. The men, 101 to a company, work in two 12-hour shifts. Their product, ciliefly great, round, hard-crusted loaves, constitutes about forty separate shipments that are made daily—by train, motor truck and horse-drawn vehicles. The bread is supplemented by biscuits and rolls at breakfast and supper. In the city itself the Americans found one of the largest refrigerating and meat storage warehouses in France, and absorbed it last July, though it was then many times larger than their needs. Its capacity is close to two million pounds, and while it has at times been nearly full, the supply is never permitted to fall below half a million pounds. There are more than 600,000 pounds there now. Direct railroad lines lead not only from the bakery and the refrigerating plant to the camps but also from the seaports and the city. Several miles westward, at the lower apex of the triangle, lies another French town which has been all but bodily taken over by the Americans as a storage center. Here non-perishable foods—canned goods, salt, sugar and vegetables other than those bought fresh from the French peasants—are stored. One of the largest buildings which the Americans have taken over is devoted to equipment. Here are stored many thousands of uniforms and every article of clothing from shoes and caps to buttons and handkerchiefs. The needs of the troops is estimated at several pairs of shoes a year and three or four uniforms. "2 Helmet der Kaiser" Columbus, O.—A unique sign has been tacked above the counting room door in State Auditor Donahey's suite. It bears the numeral "2" then a picture of a helmet, and then the words "dar kaiser," reading "2 helmet der helsen." SPOTS SUBMARINE ON BED OF OCEAN Seaplane Has Important Part In Hunting Down German U-Boats. SNARED WITH STEEL ROPES Enemy Is Given Five Minutes to Rise and Surrender, Then Is Blown Up—Vivid Description by English Writer. London.—One of the methods by which, as the first sea lord, Sir Eric Geddes said recently, the submarine menace is being "held," is vividly described by a writer in the Liverpool Journal of Commerce. A seaplane had "spotted" a submarine lying on the sea bed. Instantly the observer's finger commenced to tap a key. Ten miles away a long, lean destroyer and four squat trawlers detached themselves like a pack of hounds working a covert, and hastened to the kill. Meanwhile the seaplane circled around. When the surface ships arrived, her instructions, delivered by wireless, were curt and precise. Acting upon them the trawlers stationed themselves at the four corners of a wet quadrangle, while the destroyer kept her guns ready to talk to Fritz should he appear above the surface. The trawlers at the corners got out their sweeps—long wire hawers, with a heavy "kite" in the center to keep their bights down on the seabed—and commenced to steam toward each other. As the pairs of vessels met, their wires simultaneously engaged themselves under the U-boat's bow and stern, and commenced to work their sinuous way between her hull and the sea bottom. Then the strange thing happened. Two round, black objects seemed to detach themselves from her hull and float surfaceward, to hover a second and then to commence bobbing down the tide. "Minelayer, eh?" called the seaplane's observer. "That's it, lad," came the telephoned answer, "but her eggs can wait for a minute." Then the trawlers crossed their dependent cables and thus held the U-boat in a kind of wire cat's cradle. She seemed to suddenly awake to her danger, for with a bound she tried to disentangle herself from the meshes which held her. But it was no use; the trawlers had been too long at the game and the submarine was doomed. "Got him," signaled the seaplane. "Thanks," responded the destroyer. "We'll give him five minutes to come up and breathe, but no longer." That time passed but still Fritz made no further move. The End of the U-Boat. At a flag signal from the destroyer the port foremost trawler and the starboard after one clipped a small red tin of high explosive to the bur-taut wire, and allowed it to slide down till it touched the U-boat's hull. It was the seaplane's turn to wave a flag, and immediately there followed the fall of two fists upon two firing-keys; the uprising of two gray mounds of water and a rumbling, muffled explosion. The seaplane circled twice above the patch of rising oil, ascertained that Fritz had been destroyed, and notified the destroyer. Then, with her observer slipping a drum of cartridges into his machine gun, she sped on after those objects bobbing down tide. A burst of rapid firing—and the first of the devil's eggs, its buoyancy chamber punctured, sank with a gurgle; the second gave a better show, for it exploded grandly—and harmlessly—as the bullets reached it. TEACHES SOLDIERS TO ACT James K. Hackett, the Actor, Is Director General of Amusements, at Camp Devens. Camp Devens, Ayres, Mass.—After five months in bed, five months on crutches and five months walking with the aid of a cane, James K. Hackett, the noted actor, is today enjoying army life at this big camp teaching the boys how to act. He is director general of amusements for the Knights of Columbus, and is to make a tour of all the big army camps. He is showing the boys how to put on shows and how to amuse themselves by acting. "We don't need scenery—Shakespeare didn't," declared Hackett. "These men will learn the trick." LIKE HIS FAMOUS ANCESTOR Israel Putnam of Revolutionary Fame, Had Nothing on His Great- Great-Grandson. Boone, Colo.—Israel Putnam of revolutionary fame, who cut his horses loose from the plow and hurried to engage in battle against the British, had nothing on his great-great-grandson, Ralph W. Putnam, a farmer near Boone. When the "war urge" overtook Mr. Putnam he hurried from the farm to the nearest recruiting station, enlisted and left for a cantonment camp, then sent word home by telegraph: "I'm off to grab the German goat." THOMAS WALKER, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia—Holding Probate Court. Estate of George W. Milford, deceased—No. 24,112; Administration Docket 56. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by Carreleon Milford, to be granted unto Thomas J. Brown, it is ordered this 19th day of March, A. D. 1918, that William Smith, of Baltimore, Md., and Mildred Smith, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and all others concerned, appear in said court on Monday, the 29th day of April, A. D. 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and "The Washington Bee" once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentiond, the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Ashley M. Gould, Justice. Attest: W. Clark Taylor. Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Thomas Walker, Attorney. A. W. GRAY, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia—Holding Probate Court: No. 24430. Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters testamentary on the estate of Thomas J. Marshall, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 25th day of March, A. D. 1919; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 25th day of March, 1918. Martha E. Marshall, 812 G Street S. W. Attest: W. Clark Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. A. W. Gray, Attorney. GASKINS & MOORE, Attorneys. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia—Holding Probate Court. No. 24,450, Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters of administration on the estate of Geo. F. Jackson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 21st day of March, A. D. 1919; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 21st day of March, 1918. Frances Frelinghuysen, 1622 Vermont Ave., D.C. Attest: W. Clark Taylor. W. Clark Taylor Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. B. L. Gaskins and Zeph P. Moore, Attorneys. FOR RENT Two nicely furnished front rooms for rent, suitable for young men; reasonable rent. Mrs. Johnson, 474 O St. N. W. Third floor. Wanted—Office for, physician. Address W. H., "The Bee." FOR RENT Rooms for rent. Furnished or unfurnished. Apply 1917 Third Street, N. W. FOR HIRE Two Ford electric trucks for hire by the job or hour; quick and competent service. Address Adam Hite, 332 M St. S. W. Tel. Frank. 1545-M. WANTED Large and small chicken wire; must be in good condition and reasonable. Call in morning or write 1216 Eye Street N. E. WANTED. Wanted - Young colored woman for office work; one capable of operating typewriter preferred. Must be good penman, quick and accurate. Address in own handwriting, N. C. B., Your First Home! "Let us help you make it beautiful" Two Reasons for Buying Furniture on Credit The two reasons are Necessity and Convenience. You may think that practically all the people who buy on credit do so from necessity; but that's far from the real facts about such buying. Hundreds of our customers who are perfectly well able to pay spot cash for their purchases use a charge account because of its convenience and because their ready money can be profitably employed elsewhere. A careful examination of values and a comparison of prices have shown these people that we sell a high grade of furniture without charging an extra penny for credit privileges. Every article is price marked in plain figures and purchases are charged at these prices; without notes or interest. We arrange the terms of an account according to the means of each individual customer, making the small weekly or monthly payments to suit them. Young married couples can do best by coming to us; also the people who have just come to Washington to enter government service. We're glad to give them exceptionally easy terms. Peter Grogan & Sons Co. --- incorporated Branches: Center Market, Phone M 2373 Storh,722 9th N.W. Phone M 2710 Green houses, Anacostia E.C., Phone Lincoln.193 WANTED—Farm laborers, with some knowledge of farm work. Call at Room 618, Union Trust Building. WANTED—Plowmen, with teams, plows and harrows. Call or Write the GARDEN COMMITTEE, Room 618, Union Trust Building. 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 fall. Workingmen, if there ever was a time when cash is most valuable, it's right now, when prices are away up for all you buy. But some hustlers save cash when buying a slightly used suit here, and pay $5 up, getting fine grade tailored garments. LABORERS WANTED. JUSTH'S OLD STAND 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street N. W. DR. W. L. SMITH'S INDICATION REMEDY. This remedy will relieve all forms of Indigestion, Catarrh of the Stomach, Heartburn, Sour Stomach, Flatulency Pain in the Stomach, Water Brush Acid Fermentation, Gaseous Accumulations and Mal-Assimilations of Foods When taken in the Stomach it thoroughly digests the albuminous foods relieves the indigestion, by resting and assisting the stomach until normal or natural digestion is restored. DIRECTIONS Take a teaspoonful in a little water after meals or when suffering. Repeat in an hour if necessary. W. L. SMITH, Druggist. 601 Florida Avenue N. W. Where you may purchase the general article. Washington, D. C. DR. T. THEO. PARKER On Bone, Nerve, Eye and Diseases of Women Blue SERGES Of Pure Wool and Fast Dye Are Scaree BUT NOT AT HORN, The Tailor My large capacity makes it possible for you to get a $25 pure wool and fast dye pure twill blue serge suit for 18.7 TAILORED TO YOUR MEASURE AND PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED Come in and get samples or send your wife in for samples. Give These Goods the Acid Test And then make comparisons. You will then appreciate that Horn's thirty years of good tailoring has enabled you to save at least $8.25 on a suit. HORN THE TAILOR 611 7th N. W. A. T. BRONAUGH, PHARMACIST Southwest Corner Seventh and P Streets N. W. Prescriptions Filled Promptly. All the Leading Physicians patronize this store. Agents for Madam Walker's Goods. TETTER SALVE, TEMPLE GROWER AND GLOSSINE. Agent for Fred Palmer's Whitener, Soap Powder. Agent for All High Brown Preparations, Soaps, Hair Pomade, Pace Powder, Bozal and Ada Pomade. BRONAUGH, PHARMACIST, Seventh and P Streets N. W.