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Share & Share Alike The Washington Bee A NATION'S STRENGTH IS IN ITS FOOD SUPPLY Eat Less — Waste nothing Create a Reserve AMERICA MUST FEED 120, 000, 000 ALLIES Signal Corps OL. XXXIX. NO. 34 Sigr LAURELS FOR THE FIEL nly Colored Signal Unit in the American Army Shows Rare Courage and Skill Under Fire. Maintaining Connection by Telegraph and Telephone as Dangerous as Work of Combatant Regiments — Croix de Guerre for Eighth Illinois. By Ralph W. Tyler, accredited Representative of The Committee on Public Infor- Article X. With the American Army in France, Mans, Dec. 30.—One of the units of the American Army to arrive here route for embarkation to America, that has made good without having the glamor and spectacular settings of combat, is the 325th Field Signalattalion of the 92nd Army Division—the only colored signal unit of the American Army. While this battalion has not had to occupy front line trenches, make raids for prisoners, or march in battle formation into big engagements, must not be supposed that it did not have a dangerous and very dangerous, duty to perform. The boys of this battalion had to string the wires for telegraphic and telephone connections at times when the enemy guns were trained upon them; so in many respects, their duty took them into situations fully as dangerous as combatant units. This battalion is composed of all young colored men, save the lieutenant-colonel, major and two or three white line officers. They are all, with few exceptions, college or high-school boys—not a few of them, experts in radio and electric engineering—and those who were not experts in the work when the battalion was formed are low most proficient men. Major Spencer, now Lieut.-Colonel, who was responsible for the formation of this unit, was firm in the belief that colored boys could make good, and he has remained with it long enough to experience his belief becoming a realization. After arriving at Brest, June 19th, the battalion proceeded to Vitrey, and from that town began a four-day hike to Bourbonne les Bains, a distance of more than twenty miles. From this point it proceeded, after a few days, to Voisey, and at Voisey the boys got their first taste of what was to be, later, their daily duties. Here the radio company received its quota of the latest type of French instruments; a battery plant was established, and a full supply of telephones and wire was issued to Companies B and C. Here, too, the Infantry Signal Plaoons of the battalion joined the outit and shared in the training. n I a c h p s t s , The first test of real courage given the men, and their first introduction into real fighting, in addition to stringing wires and sending and receiving radio messages, came on the afternoon of September 27th, when a party of laison men, including the Colonel and Lieut. Herbert—lafter being Colonel—advanced beyond the Battalion P. C., and at the suggestion of a French soldier, turned to the left. They soon found themselves beyond their lines, and directly in front of a German machine-gun nest. The Colonel divided his men into small groups and advanced on the enemy's position. This sortie resulted in the signal boys capturing eight German prisoners and two machine guns; but the attack caused the loss of Corporal Charles E. Boykin, who did not return. Two days later, during general advance, Sergt. Henry i be t k w a r c at E. Moody, of the battalion, was mortally wounded while at his post. Boykin was killed outsight, while Sergt. Moody died in the hospital from wounds received—these being the first two of the Signal Battalion to make the supreme sacrifice. On the 10th of October the 92nd Division took over the Marcache sector, relieving the 167th, French Division, and here, also, the 325th Field Signal Battalion took over all existing lines of communications, and in the days following installed new lines and maintained connections between the various units of the 92nd Division. This was no small duty, when it is remembered that an army "sector" extends over a wide area of many square miles, including in it from fifty to one hundred cities and towns. The Marcache sector was an active front, and time and time again did these boys go ahead repairing lines, establishing new communications under shell fire, with no thought of personal danger—inspired only by that ideal of the Signal Corps men—get communication through at any cost, but get it through. On the morning of November 10th, when the Second Army launched its attack on the famous Hindenberg line before Metz, the 92nd Division, with which I was during this big attack, was holding the line of Vandieres-St. Michel-Xon-Norry: During the entire engagement, which lasted from 7 o'clock on the morning of the 10th to 11 a.m. of the 11th, the entire Signal Corps functioned splendidly and as one man, keeping up communications, installing new lines, repairing those shelled out. In writing the "finis" to this brief mention of this important army unit, made up of young colored men, it is fitting that I tell of the particular work done by the boys of the First Platoon on the first day of the Metz battle. Shortly after the barrage was lifted, the big guns of the enemy began shelling Pout-a-Moussion. The first shells, as I vividly recall, hit on the edge of the city, and then gradually began peppering the Signal Battalion's station. Sergeant Rufus B. Atwood, of the First Platoon, was seated in the cellar near the switchboard; Private Edgar White was operating the switchboard and Private Clark the buzzerphone. Several officers and men were down in the "dugout" cellar. Suddenly a German shell struck the top, passed through the ceiling and wall and exploded, making havoc of the cellar. Lieut. Walker, colored, who arrived just at this time, displayed admirable courage. He took immediate charge and directed things. Sergeant Atwood tried out the switchboard, and found all the lines broken. He found on trying it the buzzerphone out. Private White then received orders to stay on the switchboard and Corporal Adolphus Johnson on the buzzerphone. The 12-drop moncord board was nailed up by White, and then began the connecting up of the lines from the outside to the moncord board. All this time the shelling around this point by the Germans was fierce and deadly, shells hitting all around the boys, and struck a nearby ammunition dump, causing the explosion of thousands of rounds of ammunition, which caused a terrific shock, and all lights to be extinguished. But still these men worked on, and would not leave this dangerous post, a veritable target for the enemy's big guns, until the lieutenant of the military police arrived and ordered them out. What these boys of the 325th Signal Battalion have not learned re- WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1919 specting radio, telephonic and telegraphic work is of little advantage to anyone. What they have learned about it will be of great advantage to them when they return in making a living. The 325th Field Signal Battalion, whose rank and file is made up of young colored men, has been a marvelous success. Croix De Guerre for Gallant Men of Old Eighth Illinois. C. Annel Roberts has requested that the following officers and enlisted men of the old Eighth Illinois Regiment, which has been brigaded with the French since being in France, be decorated with the Croix de Guerre for distinguished service; the request being made to the commanding general of the 59th Division, French Army: Lieutenant Colonel Otis B. Major James R. White, Captains John H. Patten, John T. Prout, Samuel R. Gwynne, Devere J. Warner, George M. Allen, James H. Hall, Stuart Alexander, Mathew Jackson, First Lieutenants Park Tancil, Osceola A. Browning, George Lacey, Frank Robinson, Claudis Ballard, Charles C. Jackson, William Warfield, Samuel S. Gordon, Robert L. Hurd, Harry W. Shelton, Second Lieutenants Henry P. Cheatham, Stanley B. Norwell, Roy Tisdell, Thomas A. Painter, Lawson Price, Lincoln D. Reid, Elmer J. Meyers, Sergeants Narmon Henry and Clarence B. Gibson, Corporals James R. Brown, Lewis Warner, Joseph Henderson, Maceo A. Tervalon, William Stevenson and Elmer Laurent, Privates Nathaniel White, Robert Pride, George B. White, Howard Sheffield, Ulysses Sayles, Cornelius Robinson, William Cuff, Hugh Givens, Arthur Johnson, Charles T. Monroe, Rufus Pitts, Deery Brown, Albert Dorsey, William Hurdle, Bee McKissie, Jonas Paxton, Harry Pearson, Paul Turlington, Reed J. Brown, Paul Johnson, Reedy Jones, Alonza Kelle Leroy Lindsay, Lavern Massey, Josiah Nevees, Ira Taylor and Jesse Ferguson. A MOST BRUTAL MURDER. Not in the History of All Washington Has Ever a More Brutal Crime Been Committed. The Victim Was Mutilated, Tied and His Body Soaked in Coal Oil and Then Set on Fire—No Reward Has as Yet-Been Offered for the Apprehension and Conviction of the Murderers. Never in the history of all Washington has there been a more heinous and brutal murder committed than that of Alexander Warren, one of the most competent photographers in the country. The body showed that he had been struck and his hands and legs tied and his body soaked in coal oil and set on fire. One side of his face was burned to a crisp. His legs were tied to his neck and his body thrown into a ditch, and not a trace of the perpetrators of this most brutal murder has been found as yet. It would seem that a reward would have been offered long ago. Strange that more activity has not been exercised for the apprehension of those who committed this crime. Many clues have been pursued, but nothing tangible has been found. Will the Police Department offer a reward? President Grimke to Retire at End of Term on Account of Age. The District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its annual meeting at the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. last Friday evening, the 17th. Reports were submitted by the secretary, treasurer and chairman of several committees, a number of the chairmen being absent. A very interesting report was submitted by J. A. Cobb, chairman of the legal committee, who gave some details of his activities in connection with the Moens case, in which a Prof. Moens, a subect of Holland, is under indictment in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for alleged violation of a section of the penal code. Mr. Cobb also made a statement as to the assistance which he and other colored lawyers rendered draftees in filling out their questionnaires. Another interesting feature of the annual meeting was the announcement of Mr. A. H. Grimke that, as he would reach his seventieth year of age during the present year, he would retire from the presidency of the local branch at the end of the term for which he was elected that evening. OFFICERS ELECTED. The District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its annual meeting Friday evening, January 17th. The election of officers were as follows: President, Hon. Archibald H. Grimke; secretary S. M. Kendrick treasurer, Garnet C. Wilkinson; members of executive committee, Neval H. Thomas and John M. Quander (re-elected). HOWARD UNIVERSITY Some very important changes will be made at Howard University next month. The old century chains will be broken. There will be some sensational developments in the Moens case when it comes to trial. Some very interesting pictures of prominent females will be shown. Rev. George Frazier Miller, of Brooklyn, N. Y., socialist candidate for Congress, will address Bethel Literary in the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church next Tuesday evening. His subject will be "Radicalism the Basis of Our Social Reconstruction." He will be introduced by Mr. Hubert H. Harrison, of New York City. The Dunbar High School Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Mary L. Europe, will sing, and Mr. James R. C. Pinn will render a piano solo. If you want a vision of the new day, then hear Rev. Miller. NO PASSPORT GRANTED. American Colored Agitators Must Remain on This Side of the Ocean. Every Conceivable Organization Wants a Passport. The great interest colored Americans manifest in securing their civil and political passports has been fully demonstrated by the great number of applications made to the Department of State for passports. A colored representative who will be one of the individuals, to receive a passport for France was asked many questions and was also informed that every kind of organization, not alone among the colored, but whites, has applied for a passport. The representative of the National Independent League, of which Editor William Monroe Trotter is secretary, will not receive a passport, and more especially Editor Trotter, the American agitator. This great organization, of which Editor is secretary, notwithstanding the knocks it has received from rivals Roosevelt. Resolutions concerning Col. Roosevelt's death were adopted and tribute was paid to his memory by representatives of nearly every state—friends and former foes alike. The expressed sentiment of the chairman and many members of the committee was that the Republican party should press forward imbued with the spirit and the purpose, which had inspired Roosevelt in his political life. This meeting of the committee was notable on account of the fact that for the first time women were admitted and voted, as holders of the proxies of absent members. Mr. Colladay expressed gratification at the adoption of a resolution favoring the prompt passage of the national woman suffrage amendment now pending in the Senate. There was but one contest before the committee, which involved the representation from the State of Louisiana. Two factions sought recognition, one of them representing the exclusively white—or "lily white"—faction of the party, the other including both white and colored elements. The contest was submitted to a sub-committee, which was instructed to report to the full committee. Both sub-committee and the full committee decided in favor of that faction of the party which made no distinction of color. This decision was declared to be in line with the policy of the Republican party to secure for every man his political right, regardless of race, ered or station. Mr. Colladay strongly supported this view. The Chicago meeting was in reality the first gun in the campaign of 1920, and the political work of the Republican party will be actively prosecuted in every state, and in the District of Columbia. Mr. Colladay states that the work of the party will be actively advanced here as elsewhere. that it was an insult to him and his crew and that such would not be tolerated. He was told there were no strings tied to him or his men. This statement was used by Mr. Gustav Gumpert, the hotel's manager. The manager was soon convinced that the waiters were not tied, and neither would they allow strings to be placed on them. At the noon hour the waitresses, waiters, the reserve watch No. 2, called a conference to consider what was best to be done, and a general strike was declared, not only because of the term "nigger," but for living wages. At noon the three dining rooms were tagged "Closed." GARNET COMMUNITY CENTER Garnet Center was very pleased to have with them Mr. Fred McCracken of the Department of Labor last Thursday evening, who spoke on the labor situation in the city, both in regard in employer and wage earner. His address was very instructive and interesting. Mrs. Seabrook also gave a very interesting demonstration on food preparation and conservation. The Red Cross and Patriotic Section of the Center is planning an old-time country dinner for soldier boys in the near future, at which time one hundred victory girls are requested to chaperon the brave lads during the evening. Addresses, music and songs will be part of the program. Friends and kindred organizations are cordially invited to attend the Center Thursday evening at Phelps School, Vermont Avenue between T and U Streets N. W. E. F. Colladay Describes the Meeting of Party Committee in Chicago. Woman's Part in Council. Edward F. Colladay, Republican national committeeman for the District of Columbia, returned this morning from Chicago, where he has been in attendance at the meeting of the Republican national committee. He was accompanied by Galen L. Tait, chairman of the Republican state committee of Maryland, who sat on the committee as the proxy of former Senator Jackson, national committeeman of that state. Mr. Colladay states that the meeting was in every respect a complete success and revealed the steadfast purpose of the Republican party under the leadership of the national chairman, Will H. Hays, to press forward the organization and work of the party in preparation for the presidential contest in 1920. The committee placed full power in the hands of Mr. Hays for the prosecution of this work, and that such action was wise, Mr. Colladay states, is fully demonstrated by the great success which has attended Mr. Hays' efforts since his election as party chairman. The policy of Mr. Hays respecting the Republican candidate for President is indicated by his statement that the function of the committee is to elect candidates and not to select them, and that the party organization should provide the cause and the vehicle upon which the party candidate, when nominated, should ride into power. There was comparatively little discussion of party candidates for President, not only because it is too early for such candidates to be seriously considered, but by reason of the fact that this meeting of the committee was held under the shadow of the untimely death of republicanism's great leader. Colonel Theodore has received from all sources throughout the United States, has over three thousand dollars to pay the expenses of the delegates recently elected. The organization has aroused the people to the extent that they are contributing liberally to the cause of liberty. Thomas Walker, a member of the local bar and treasurer of the special fund, doesn't feel despondent. He refuses to talk at present, nor will he tell what course will be pursued by his organization, which is a great factor in the United States. COLORED WAITERS STRIKE. Resenting a. Cheap Tip and "Nigger" Caused Ebbitt Colored Waiters to Strike Last Monday Morning. Last Monday morning, when all was quiet in the Ebbitt House dining room and hundreds of guests were preparing to be served with breakfast, an army officer, who had just finished his breakfast and was about to leave, tipped the waiter with a nickel. The waiter, who is not a cheap individual, politely returned the nickel to the officer and walked away. In the meantime the guest, who felt insulted because the waiter had returned the nickel, went to the captain on duty and asked him "What's the d—n nigger's name?" Mr. James H. Harris, the captain, who is a colored man, replied, "We have no niggers here." Shortly thereafter a call was received from the captain on duty to report to the manager's office. The captain was very polite to the manager, who was irritated by the occurrence. The captain explained t t t a a v a s a t m h m I have wondered at times why some colored individuals are so anxious to be white. This is a very delicate question, and when discussing it I am very careful. I don't want to offend anyone, and at the same time I don't want to step on anybody's corn. There are two druggists in this town whose heads are fairly white; but not white enough to be distinguished from the race to which they belong. If you visit their drug stores the help may be on the Caucassian order and their soda fountain attendant may be ebony, and perhaps the other has no fountain running at all. These two individuals very seldom or at all employ ebony help for fear that their white patrons might think they are running a colored drug store. Now, if the colored people were wise, they would pass up these two unidentified individuals and go to drug stores in which there is no mistaken identity. It will not be very long before the ebony brother and sister will occupy front seats and the unidentified will be weighed in the balance and found wanting. There are a few individuals in town who are very anxious to be classed with the other race. These people must be very lonesome at times. Their lives must be miserable, because the white man only wants them for a time and the colored people do not want them at all, and when they have enlisted in the cause and remain awhile, they are mustered out of service unit for a hospital. There is only one race in the world that discriminates against itself—and that is the colored race. It is the only race that sets up a separate business institution and the first race to cry out against other races for discriminating against it. Speaking about inconsistency, there is more inconsistency among certain classes of colored people than you will find in any other race. The colored barber will set up a barber shop for white people only, and the white barber will post a sign which reads "White Barber Shop," and in that colored barbers are not allowed in it, to the shame of his white brothers. Every colored barber that conducts a barber shop for white people only should be ostracised. He should not be pillowed to enter colored society. There are one or two colored boarding houses that cater to white people only, and these same proprietors are often seen in colored public meetings condemning race discrimination. Now, what will you do with such people? The man or woman who is ashamed of his or her race identity should be allowed to go to themselves. You know, we had a kingdom in this town some few years ago which was officered by a king and a queen. The organization became so obnoxious that the atmosphere in which it was surrounded, made the vicinity deathly sick. Then we had a Lotus Club, of which I made a brief mention some time ago. Only school teachers, bank thieves and other nationalities belonged. Have you ever read a book entitled "Behind the Scenes"? It was written by Madame Keckly. The revelations that the Sage has in store far surpasses Madame Keckly's book. Of course, this town has been the recipient of a number of social cranks within the past ten years. Social outcasts from other cities and towns. Many of these sharks are trying to dictate the social policy in this city. A gentle reminder as to a few of their escapades would tend to regulate their social functions. This is a great town to get eats. The best social element here follow the eats, no matter by whom given. Invitations were issued a few weeks ago by Mr. and Mrs. — for an "at home." If you only knew who this Mr. and Mrs. — were, you would close your eyes in disgust. In a few weeks there will be a social outburst. The actors are way up in the social skies. I regret and sympathize with the parties. They have been the wonders of the social circle. Indeed, they have wondered themselves. Well, such things will happen sometimes, and when things go beyond your reach you can't stop them. Someone has circulated a report that a bootlegger was defended in the Police Court a few weeks ago and his defender mulleted from him, aside from his fee, three bottles of whiskey—one for himself, one for another party, and still another for someone else. It was called to the attention of the eagle-eyed prosecutor, who doesn't stand any foolishness where crooks are involved. I have not learned how the case terminated. Dr. G. Sumner Holmes was afraid to face the music. His friends waited for an invitation to the great event, only to be disappointed. He invited a few special guests to be present on the evening of his tie-up, but the reception was on another date. I always gave Dr. Holmes credit for bravery. He has no sand whatever. He quietly erased himself in his little but at Arlington, Va., and invited just three persons to see him tied for life. The boys had, arranged to give him a reception that he would not have forgotten. He knew that, or anticipated such. He is now married, but only the three specially invited guests know it. Dr. Holmes is one of the best entertainers in Arlington. He knows how to market and how to fix a dinner. Gen. Henry Forrest has never annotated whether he was a bachelor or a married man. He is never seen with any females, and when you meet him his only company is about a hundred papers of all nationalities and denominations. He has always something to tell you. And he can tell you something—don't you forget. He is still holding the Industrial Savings Bank down, and if Secretary McAdoo had not resigned, General Forrest may have been retired on full pay to enable him to take a trip abroad. General Forrest is one of those individuals whose name will be handed down to posterity. Now that the termination of the war will reduce the ranks of officers and lessen the ambition and desire of females to marry, I have been wondering what the boys have decided to do. There would have been quite a number of marriages had the war been continued longer. And, don't you know, the girls are not so enthusiastic to marry now. One remarked a few days ago that she had been cured of the fever and she had decided to hold her job as long as Director Wilmeth would permit her. I see that preparations are being made by the old-time promoters to welcome the white District boys. I have been wondering to myself what has become of Ferdinand Lee. Certainly there can be no homosexuality of the colored boys with Ferdinand left out. The recent call made by Prof. Wright to address him at Dunbog doesn't bear the name of our Ferdinand. BASKET BALL. St. Christopher in A. A. U. Basket Ball Championship Tournament. New York City, Jan. 14. St. Christopher has entered its team in the 145-pound class for the basket ball championship tournament that is being staged by the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union. This is the first basket ball tournament that the Metropolitan Association has staged for many a year, and the interest that it has aroused among the well wishers of the game is remarkable. The first game of the tournament will be the St. Anselm-Mohawk game on January 16. The first St. Chrostopher game will be in the St. Phillips' Parish House on Monday evening, January 20, when the Red and Black meet the Salem Crescents. Ten teams have been entered. St. Anselm, Mohawk, Saleim Crescents, Bronx Church, House, Union, Settlement, Rutgers Gymnasium, St. George, National Turn Verein of Newark, N. J.; Titan A. C. of Orange, N. J., and St. Christopher. Last Friday night at Manhattan Casino, St. Christopher Red and Black rode over its most formidable opponent for the basket ball title by defeating the Spartans in one of the hardest games ever witnessed here. THE FUNERAL SERVICE CORPORATION REPORT Special Committee on Investigation Finds Thirty Thousand Dollars or More Collected—Twelve Thousand Dollars' Worth of Shares Sold. There is a mixup in the People's Funeral Corporation. Members who have purchased shares are making a demand for the return of their money. Many claim that they were assured that they could draw their money whenever needed. Threats of criminal prosecution have been made. The special committee on investigation has reported that over thirty thousand dollars have been collected and twelve thousand dollars' worth of shares have been sold. Much of the money is in the hands of one individual. Checks were drawn by the treasurer without knowing what they were for. An automobile was purchased for $450 and sold to the corporation for $850. The people are indignant. Many exposures have been made. Some time ago Treasurer John W. Lewis declared that he resigned because the manager refused to make his report. He said to a Bee representative a few days ago that someone would get in jail. He referred to a lady member who has been active in exposing the loose manner in which the business has been conducted. Attorney Zeph P. Moore said a few days ago that he had been removed as attorney for the corporation because he insisted on declaring that the people's money should be refunded. MR. SCOTT ATTENDS COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S FUNERAL. (Special to The Bee.) Oyster Bay; L. L., New York.—Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, attended the funeral services of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt held here Wednesday, January 8th, in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church; and was one of the many sorrowing friends who journeyed to this quiet little town to pay his last tribute of respect to the memory of America's acknowledged "first citizen." Mr. Scott came as the official representative of Tuskegee Institute, being so designated by the executive council of the school and by the chairman of the board of trustees. INSANITY BREAKS OUT AGAIN Race discrimination broke out in the forge shop at the Washington Navy Yard last week. The faithful colored workers were told to use the wash room basins Nos. 1 to 8 only. The others were for whites only. All of these colored workers are heavy subscribers to every Liberty Bond that was issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. A committee is now being formed to protest to the high officials. HONOR THE DISTRICT BQYS. Prepare to Receive Them-Get Busy-Watch the Date. Busy—Watch the Date. Under the auspices of the Alumni Association of the Dundalk High School a home-coming reception will be given in honor of the riten in service on their return from overseas. The general committee of arrangements has planned to convert the spacious armory and balls at Dundalk High School into a maze of part light and spiceridor, with a frieze of American and Allied flags, intermingled with a generous profusion of pathos and lanterns befitting the occasion, and no effort will be spared in making the home-coming reception distinctively military and patriotic, as wall as the record event of civic and social achievements in historic Washington. All forfeited commissioned officers of the High School Cadet Corps and officers of all academic and business graduating classes are requested to co-operate and communicate with the chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for special committee assignments. The Association of Oldest Inhabitants, Bethel Literary and Historical Association, the Mu-So-Lit Club, the Business League, the several citizens association, the Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the various Community Centers and other civic, fraternal, professional and social organizations will be invited to fraternize with Dunbar Alumni Association in making the home-coming reception a fitting tribute to the incomparable valor and heroic service of the brave and gallant men in service. Full particulars will be announced upon receipt of information from the War Department concerning the debarkation of the overseas men. Address all communications to Mr. James C. Wright, Chairman Committee on Arrangements, Dunbar High School. For centuries the American Negro has borne—as scarcely any race has—the bitter chains of slavery, and since his liberation for scores of years has suffered the bitter pangs of prejudice, the outrageous shame of disfranchisement and Jim Crowism, and the fury of relentless hate. These evil things he has borne with a patience which should redound only to his credit. Have they? If forbearance is a virtue, then eventually the Negro should surely come into his own. He has borne, and waited, and hoped. Waited for what? For justice to creep into the hearts of his traducers. Hoped for what? For the wiping out of those things so detrimental to his welfare and advancement, and so distasteful to his inner self and to his peace of mind. Has he waited in vain? Has he hoped in vain? He wonders. The outlook still is very dark. And there is a great unrest among the race. They clamor as never before for a chance to live as men, to breathe the air of perfect peace and sweet contentment, and the erasing of the things that tear at their vitals and make them hang their heads in shame for living in the mold of men and yet not be men. OUR NEW HOME PORD COLLEGE PENDLETON AVE. ST. FERDINAND AVE. Now, after entering with so much zeal into the conduct of the war, and after the hidden, and open sacrifices they have made towards its successful conclusion, they wonder if their sacrifices and their patriotism will have been spent in vain, or, rather, there is to be the dawning of an America awakened to thegitantic injustices that have been meted out to them for so many years, and the amelioration or eradication of those things. Individually they have done little, collectively much. Can their deeds and patriotism be longer ignored? God has at some time given every nation a cross to bear. For centuries the Negro has had a very heavy one to bear—the cross of shame, of hate, of prejudice. He wonders how much longer. Will not the white man soon see the hidden sufferings of his ambitious soul, the clamor to truly live as men, and the patient waiting for the light to shine (that will not shine) and proclaim to the world "the shame of it," and accord him the rights he justly deserves? Wm. H. Wilkerson, Jr. BUREAU BELLES GIVEN AN ELABORATE RECEPTION Madame Gallagher and Her Daughter Hostesses at a Brilliant Gathering of Money Handlers at a Dance and Reception. Madame Bertha Gallagher and her daughter, Miss Mabel Gallagher, of 1241 Linden Street N. W., gave a reception and dance to the money handlers, or to some of the selects, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing last Thursday. It was one of the most brilliant social events given this year. The parlors were beautifully festooned with Chinese lanterns and the mantels were decorated with cut flowers. 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If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or any Hair trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical proprieties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky. S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 314 East Second St. Oklahoma City, Okla. Store No. 4-1150 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 5-804 H Street N. E. The National Training School, Durham, D. C. THE STREETS OF THE CITY It is more than a mere school. It is a community at 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. The following departments are already in successful operation: Teacher Training, Industrial, Literary, Academic and Collegiate, Commercial, Missionary, Theological, Household Economics and Departments of Music. In equipment and teaching it is not surpassed by any School for the Education of Negro Youth in the South. Grafanolas-from $32.50 to $215.00 Columbia Records 85c to $3.00 House and Herrmann 7th and Eye Streets Carter's Littl You Cannot Be Constipated and Happy Small Pill Small Dose Small Price ABSENCE of Iron in the Blood is the reason for many colorless faces but Carter's Little Liver Pills You Cannot Be Constipated and Happy A Remedy That Makes Life Worth Living Genuine bears signature Small Pill Small Dose Small Price ABSENCE of Iron in the Blood is the reason many colorless faces but CARTER'S IRON PILLS will greatly help most pale-faced people. 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. Quinade is the invention of an expert chemist and is made under the supervision of an experienced registered pharmacist. It makes the hair soft and smooth and easy to put up in the style desired. To get best results from the use of Quinade, it is necessary to shampoo the scalp about every two weeks with Seeby's Quinasoap. Quinasoap is made entirely out of pure vegetable oils, principally cocoan oil, and is a thoroughly cleanser. Quinasoap lathers very freely. It leaves the hair soft and fluffy and imparts a refreshing feeling to the scalp unequaled by any other shampoo. Do not accept any substitute, but insist on getting Seeby's Quinade and Seeby's Quinasoap, asking for them by the full name. Price is 25 cents each. If your druggist or dealer does not stock these two articles, ask him to obtain them for you from his wholesaler or send us the price and we will mail them to you. Write to Seeby Drug Co., 79 East 130th St., Quinade and Quinasoap are sold at all of the People's Drug Stores. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES. 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. Le Liver Pills A Remedy That Makes Life Worth Living Genuine bears signature CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS TER'S IRON PILLS It greatly help most pale-faced people. GREAT HAIR PREPARATION. Madame Agnes J. Smith has a hair dressing preparation that is guaranteed to be absolutely smokeless when pressing the hair. Write for particulars. Address: 935 R Street N. W., Washington, D. C. Phone: North 4017. s27 tf If you want to know who is in the city, have The Bee come to your home. SURGICAL CHIROPODIST Special Treatment For Corns and Bunions. Will Cure All Foot Ailments. Graduate of Columbia Institute. Before After How is it that you don't limp now? I have my feet treated by Dr. O. E. Johnson, the surgeon chiropodist. No foot is too bad for her to cure or to give ease. Ingrowing toenails removed with ease. Give her a trial and be convinced. ALL WORK GUARANTEED: DR. O. E. JOHNSON 633 T Street N. W. HARRY A. BROWN One of the Oldest Inhabitants. Stands 38 and 39 O Street Market, Seventh & O Sts. Finest fresh and salt meats, Loeffer's sausages, lamb, veal, pork, and everything in the line of meats, will be found at this stand. Lunch rooms, societies, eating and other establishments should call before purchasing elsewhere. A. T. BRONAUGH, PHARMACIST Southwest Corner Seventh and P Streets N. W. All of the Leading Perfumes, Domestic and All Grades of Hair Pre- Prescriptions Filled Proptly. re. Agents for Madam Walker's TETTER SALVE, TEMPE Agent for Fred Palmer's White Down Preparations, Soaps, Hair made. 1437 SEVENTH All of the Leading Toilet Preparations, Differences, Domestic and Iniported Toilet Powder, Grades of Hair Preparations Are Found Here. Filled Promptly. All the Leading Physicians pres. for Madam Walker's Goods. SALVE, TEMPLE GROWER AND GLOSS. Fred Palmer's Whitener, Soap Powder. Agent Applications, Soaps, Hair Pomade, Face Powder, EQ 1437 SEVENTH STREET N. All Grades of Hair Preparations Are Found Here. 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, Face Powder, Bozal and Ada Pomade. with a padded hand grip in its fist which "pee and take" with every movement of the body, and preserve the shape of the payment of the long wear and hard washings. It is the year-around underwear, light, medium or heavy weight, as you like. "Remember to Buy It— You'll Forget You Have It On" Ask Your Dealer UTICA KNITTING Sales Room, 350 Broadway ARTHUR DETRI 33 H STREET The only up-to-date Cafe the northeast. Everything t CA KNITTING COMPANY, M Room, 350 Broadway New York, N ARTHUR G. WOODS DETROIT CAFE 33 H STREET NORTHEAST by up-to-date Cafe for all classes, ladies and east. Everything to appease the appetite. THE RESTAURANT The only up-to-date Cafe for all classes, ladies and gentlemen, in the northeast. Everything to appease the appetite. Hot service. FISH AND GAME IN SEASON Meats served at all hours and Supper. It is a place where you can come food and strictly fresh. Modating waitresses. FOR B Ham and Eggs, Bacon and Chops, Pork Chops, Country S served at all hours. Special Breakfast, Lun place where you can bring your family and and strictly fresh. Home cooking. Polite waitresses. Meats served at all hours. Special Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Supper. It is a place where you can bring your family and get wholesome food and strictly fresh. Home cooking. Polite and accommodating waitresses. FOR BREAKFAST Ham and Eggs, Bacon and Eggs, Porterhouse Steak, Lamb Chops, Pork Chops, Country Sausage, Corn Beef Hash, Hamburger Steak, Salt Mackerel, Chicken, fried to order week days. and Eggs, Bacon and Eggs, Porterhouse Ste Chops, Country Sausage, Corn Beef Hash, Mackerel, Chicken, fried to order week days SUNDAY DINNER and try our Sunday Dinner. Roast Lamb, Hamed and Fried Chicken, Boiled Dinner, C everything in the line of Vegetables, and strict commodations for the traveling public. Rocks from the Union Station and one-half moment Printing Office. ARTHUR G. WOOD, Proprietor Main 1055. Call in and try our Sunday Dinner. Roast Lamb, Roast Pork, Baked, Steamed and Fried Chicken, Boiled Dinner, Oysters and Fish, and everything in the line of Vegetables, and strictly palatable and hotel accommodations for the traveling public. Two blocks from the Union Station and one-half block from the Government Printing Office. Bog Toilet Preparations, and Imported Toilet Powders. Preparations Are Found Here. All the Leading Physicians patronize the Goods. THE GROWER AND GLOSSINE. Inner, Soap Powder, Agent for All High Pomade, Face Powder, Bozal and Ad H STREET N. Armintex UNDER SKIN CAR R G. WOODS OIT CAFE ET NORTHEAST for all classes, ladies and gentlemen to appease the appetite. Hot service Special Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner in bring your family and get whole Home cooking. Polite and accor- mend. BREAKFAST And Eggs, Porterhouse Steak, Lam- sage, Corn Beef Hash, Hamburger fried to order week days. Dinner. Roast Lamb, Roast Pork, Chicken, Boiled Dinner, Oysters and Vegetables, and strictly palatable the traveling public. on Station and one-half block from. WOOD, Proprietor BIRTHDAY READING COLUMN. The Bee birthday reading department, as conducted by the wonderful Osman, has caused a sensation. Everyone alive to the wonderful events of the day is taking great interest in this novel feature. The grateful letters and the many applicants for test reading tell the interest people take in the birthday reading department, and aside from that we hear it talked about everywhere. One fashionable lady remarked that she would give anything to know whose readings such and such were, but the reader of the horoscopes, who knows, does not tell, neither does The Bee. All letters are confidential, and you need not hesitate to ask any question within reason. They will be answered to the best of scientific knowledge. July 26, 1902.—You can be as good as gold, so to say, but you become nervous, irritable, upset, too sensitive and suffer at times from too great MERCURY MARS JUPITER SUN DEVROC SEPTURD GALATIA LIBATURA nervous tension, and will finally lead to a nervous breakdown. Secret and hidden causes will cause you trouble. You have many friends and are good to those you consider your friends. You are quick to break on friend-side when you find them untrustworthy. You will be very popular and have many friends. Several services are indicated for you but your pleasure and domestic life bring you many cold and unhappy experiences. Your will be a very comfortable and unstressed life. At times you will be lazy and then again fate will be unkind to you. You are clever, and people take to you and you should be very sieve-silent more so later on in life. Many changes and trips are ahead of you. Take good care of your health, stomach, nerves, head and heart—all are likely to be affected, unless you are careful and have rest, proper food and avoid extremes and overindulgence. Guard against disputes, otherwise it is a good year until your next birthday. Important events and promising friends are indicated for you. There are disappointments for you, but on the whole the conditions ahead of you are somewhat better, so look toward the light. July 20 or 27 (uncertain which). There was a serious opposition of your planets when you were very young, hence at that time your mother perhaps has died. You have come into this world with trouble, but your life will not always be that way. You have gone through a great deal, but it will all be for the best. You are good to people, but the goodness is not always returned, and some friends are jealous of you and always trying to cause you trouble, but somehow you escape the worst. You are intelligent and there are many things you can do to make more money and better your condition, but something always holds you back, but it will not always be that way. Forget the past evil experiences; look forward to the better things promised you, and try hard to improve yourself. Some people have a bad effect on you; others stimulate your mind and make you feel better; so try to avoid those that sap your vitality, as they are detrimental to your welfare. Travel you will, and marriage brings you upheavals, yet eventual happiness. I see some sad experiences with the opposite sex. Do not be so confiding, nor suspicious. Take care of your health and be careful with your money. The influences for the next six months are good for you, but some unexpected unfavorable conditions come up at every few turns of the moon, hence be careful and guard against some troubles. You will have a long life. Match 18, 1897.—Some tendencies are for better, yet there is a contradiction in your chart. You had better not be too sure that this year will be much better than the past, as there are some influences at work to cause you unlooked-for troubles. Do the best and combat the evil by prayer, by being careful in your family and among your friends. You will be asked to help others, and your help will be appreciated. You have many splendid friends; you are popular and admired more than you have any idea. Learn to think more of yourself and make the most of your opportunities. Marriage, social and business life look good for you. You love comfort. You like to be of a neat appear- ance. You receive your friends and treat them well, and altogether you are a person of intelligence and refinement. You make a good wife, a splendid mother, a good business associate. You are a trusted friend and are religious and always anxious to help others. You will travel and see the world and make many favorable changes and live among the better class of people, but it seems they will derive more benefit from you than you will from them. Poverty is not indicated for you, nor any really great sufferings, but it is well to look better after your own interests and trust less to others, as they are not always as reliable as you are. Better health and long life, is ahead of you, though there are dangers of serious sickness and sudden death, but you will get well and not die, as the spirits are guarding and protecting you always. June 24, 1880.—You are just emerging from a very unpleasant planetary influence and it will not leave you entirely until your next birthday, so be careful; take care of your health; avoid moods of gloom-and discontent. Please remember that many people are worse off than you are. Do not make any unwise change and avoid slander. You have many secret enemies and people use you a great deal for what they can get out of you. You are a dear friend, and you are liked and have many good friends, but even your dearest friend today may all of a sudden turn your enemy tomorrow, so when trouble comes do not take it too seriously. You are a mighty nice person, refined, intelligent, educated, neat in your person, and the things you do are well done; but you are not in your right sphere nor have you developed the great talents and ability you possess. Your stars stand for success, fame, many trips, even being journeys by water. Your home and home comfort, and so did be well married and happy. That great dissatisfaction comes you in marriage and troubles and sorrows that cannot be overcome must be endured. Forget your past, with all the upsets; look to the better life coming. I see your plans are crossed and disappointments are facing you. Sickness is also shown; you must also render help to others; a great deal is depending upon you. There is help coming to you from the spirit side of life, so look upward and pray earnestly and often and you will have a more satisfactory life. May 28.—You say you are a strong-minded man and you do not think I can read your mind by the stars, as I did a lady friend of yours, but if I could guess, just what happened to you last year then you will tell all your friends about me. No, I will not tell you what happened to you last year; it is too good; but I know what happened to you when you were 13 to 16 years old. I can tell you that you were not much of a credit to your family nor to the community you lived in. You should pray for the peace of your dear mother's soul; she has grieved for years over your conduct. No, I will not say that you were the cause of her death; but every moment of anger, every exciting moment, shortens life, hence, you have not done anything to lengthen your dear mother's life. Last year you gained honors. That is what you want to prove to your sweetheart that I could not guess. But how about your secrets of the black past? Should she not also know about it I know you would not want her to know many other things which I shall not take up too much of the valuable space of The Bee to recite. But, let me tell you, we are not perfect, but the science of the stars is perfect. If I had failed you, you would have done the science great injustice by condemning it, but I have read your mind, now it is up to you to tell all your friends about me and show them the article in The Bee. You are rash and hasty and unthinking. You are bold and daring on the spur of the moment, when you are in danger; but you are far from brave, and too changeable to work out a plan for a long time. You ask me not to show your letter. Do not fear. All letters are destroyed after reading them. We cannot give all the space in The Bee that we would like to. We have many letters that will not be answered for weeks to come, so please be patient. Yours will be answered in turn. Be sure to send in your subscription and induce your friends to do the same, and in that way you can show your appreciation for this, wonderful birthday reading the best. The Bee wants you to have your reading next, but also your subscription, which indicates you are a good citizen. MADAME SOBER. "Your hair looks beautiful." I am using Madame Sober's Scalp Preparation. THE WHITE PRESS. A correspondent writes to The Bee complaining that the white press in the city refused to publish articles in defense of the colored race. The white press, like other white individuals, is under no compulsion to cater to or to publish articles sent by anyone for publication. The correspondent has asked for a reason. The press is an independent institution; there are a few independent editors and a few trimmers. client writes to The Bee complain that refused to publish articles in defiance of press, like other white individuals utter to or to publish articles so the correspondent has asked for a court institution; there are a few inkers. Rally from three to four hundred miles—three in this city alone, with usand. Suppose this aggregation of Our correspondent would not have publish his articles. The Bee published the correspondent said the Evening Star refused to on our books as a subscriber. Our correspondent would not have published people is concerned. The papers, while, in many instances, colored paper and many of them, did our correspondent know. Why, he reads the papers of the friend by his friends. I found that some of the leading while many of the race advocates many colored ministers who belong of them think it laudable to appear wants to say to this class of like the race and less good to themselves is it to colored ministers to ad publications to reach colored people his goods in a colored paper to refuse to advertise in colored paper is to the interest of the colored that advertise in their papers and to the masses and do not discriminate of color. Correspondent will only become a faction does something worthy of publish his articles. Rice to say in this connection that Columbia almost to a man, with arms The Bee. The leading lawyer are men who are a credit to any city by the columns of legal notices to time. There are fully from three to four hundred papers edited by colored Americans-three in this city alone, with a population of one hundred thousand. Suppose this aggregation would support its own papers. Our correspondent would not have to appeal to the white press to publish his articles. Although The Bee published the correspondent's article last week, which he said the Evening Star refused to publish, his name does not appear on our books as a subscriber. Colored editors are more charitable and more liberal than the white press, so far as the interest of the colored people is concerned. The white people support their own papers, while, in many instances, the colored people subscribe for a colored paper and many of them refuse to pay for them. Now, how did our correspondent know what was said against his race? Why, he reads the papers of the enemy and repudiates those edited by his friends. The Bee has found that sonic of the leading merchants in this city support it, while many of the race advocates are mere shammers. There are many colored ministers who believe in race enterprises and a few of them think it laudable to appear in white publications. The Bee wants to say to this class of individuals that they are no good to the race and less good to themselves. What benefit is it to colored ministers to advertise their sermons in white publications to reach colored people? A white merchant advertises his goods in a colored paper to reach colored trade, and those who refuse to advertise in colored papers don't cater to colored trade. It is to the interest of the colored people to patronize those places that advertise in their papers and support all places that are friendly to the masses and do not discriminate and segregate on account of color. If our correspondent will only become a factor in the community, and if he does something worthy of commendation, the white press will publish his articles. The Bee is free to say in this connection that the colored bar of the District of Columbia almost to a man, with but two or three exceptions, supports The Bee. The leading lawyers at the bar are a class of loyal race men who are a credit to any city. This declaration is evidenced by the columns of legal notices that appear in this paper from time to time. THEY CALL HIM CRAZY. who have failed as public speaker. Some men who have themselves very often attempt to teach or they have failed: Whatever tha I with the Equal Rights League me good. Some men commit bla colored man seemingly comm Some men who have failed as public speakers or as agitators are called crazy. Some men who have themselves failed in business enterprises very often attempt to teach others how to do things in which they have failed: Whatever the faults of those who are connected with the Equal Rights League may be, certainly they have done some good. Some men commit blunders, it is true, but the moment a colored man seemingly commits a blunder or excites public attention he is called crazy. The Equal Rights Council met in this city a few weeks ago and elected a number of their representatives to go to France to attend the Peace Conference and present the grievances of the colored people of the world. Those who have failed to be honored with such distinction, or honor, as you may call it, now characterize the successful ones as being crazy. It shows the ingratitude of those who can't appreciate what is being done for them: Lucius Junius Brutus assumed the character of a crazy man to liberate Rome from the oppression of the Tarquins. The opportune time arrived; when he threw off the mask of madness and liberated Rome and the Roman people. Are agitators always crazy? Because a man is brave enough to strike at a wrong, or to strike at tyrants, or condemn atrocious wrongs, is he crazy? The coward will hide behind a tree, in a dug-out, or in the ground, and bravely come out of his hiding-place after the brave man has accomplished his purpose. An agitator may not possess executive ability, but he does possess courage to invade the enemy's stronghold and free his people from the chains of tyrants. The great trouble with some people is that they are too cowardly to defend themselves, and often too jealous to encourage others who have the nerve to strike. The great trouble with many black men today is their cowardice and humiliating attitude toward their oppressors. The colored politician today is a nonentity in the great body politic. Why? Because he is too easily influenced by the blandishments of official power. He showed his cowardice under the Taft and Roosevelt administrations and hundreds of them hung to the coat tails of those who apparently had little political pull. Not only did they sell themselves for office, but they betrayed their own people. What is the present-day leadership? There is not a representative colored man in existence strong enough to go up against their oppressors, and when there are men who dare to invade the enemy's stronghold they are regarded as crazy. The crazy man is the man who will hot strike back. who will not strike him is the man who will take an insult and allow his women to be insulted. If there were a few more crazy men in the world—like those who are called crazy—conditions in this country would be better. EDWARD F. COLLADAY: Our National Committeeman, Edward F. Colladay, has started out right. His fight for fair play against lily-whitism at the recent meeting of the National Republican Committee at Chicago this month is commended by all well-thinking Republicans. Mr. Colladay is certainly an improvement on our former National Committeeman. It is believed that he has some stability and will recognize merit when it becomes necessary. Next year every played-out "grasshopper" politician will announce himself a delegate. Those who were so active two years ago have kept their mouths closed as tightly as clams. Those District politicians and "interlopers" who are outcasts in their own town and repudiated by their own constituency, will again be much in evidence next year. They will be treated the same next year as they were treated two years ago. Let all ex-office holders who hang to the coat tails of someone keep their seats, while simon pure and unadulterated Republicans make the fight. Our National Committeeman out right. His fight for fair pla meeting of the National Republ month is commended by all we laday is certainly an improvement mitteeman. It is believed that we recognize merit when it becomes m out "grasshopper" politician w Those who were so active two closed as tightly as clams. The lopers" who are outcasts in their own constituency, will again be will be treated the same next ye ago. Let all ex-office holders w one keep their seats, while simo licans make the fight. OPPORTUNITIES. OPPORTUNITIES. There is a great deal of smallness among some people, so much so that they would rather sacrifice their own interest than embrace an opportunity or to permit others to embrace it. This smallness obtains among certain ministers in no small degree. Preachers are the most envious and the most jealous individuals in the world. Of course, there are a few exceptions. Some men will do mean things at times. Some colored people have the habit of passing their own people in business and going to those who are no good to them whatever. Perhaps the O Street Market has a number of thrifty merchants in many kinds of business, namely Mr. Budd, one of the oldest merchants in the city, and whose stand is in the O Street Market; Mr. Tucker, another old citizen, who deals in poultry; Conway, another reliable man; Messrs. Posey & Co., who deal in meats; and this firm is up-to-date. Well-thinking people should never allow an opportunity to pass to build up these merchants' business. Why do we allow opportunities to slip by us? The Bee will endeavor to show that there are ministers in this city who have but one thought, and that is self, or how they can cater to certain white people. Some few days ago a minister, a recent tenderfoot from the South, saw an opportunity to advance the financial interests of one of his race. Did he embrace that opportunity? No. He preferred to select a white salesman—an enemy—and let him make the commission. There are hundreds of churches in this city that are compelled to purchase church furniture and church organs. Instead of looking up one of their number who deals directly with the manufacturer, they lose time looking for a white salesman to enable him to earn the commission. The colored pulpit is behind. It fails to do its duty. Thousands of colored citizens today are suffering because the pulpit fails to do its duty. The colored press is doing its duty to some extent, but the colored pulpit is lacking in progressiveness. The colored minister is selfish and cares but little for the saving of souls. Many of them are trying to crush the other. If one happens to make a mistake, and the public is aware of it, the most prominent will organize to crush him. In many instances the guilty pursues the innocent. Men who cannot succeed will endeavor to crush those who do succeed. The colored pulpit has a great deal to learn. It is absolutely doing nothing in either the religious or commercial line. The pulpit can put as much religion in commercial transactions as it can in the salvation of souls. OVERSEAS COLORED TROOPS COMING HOME. Sections of the 367th, 369th, 370th and 372d Regiments Assigned By War Department for Early Convoy Home. The War Department has assigned an, Edward F. Colladay, has started day against lily-whitism at the recent publican Committee at Chicago this well-thinking Republicans. Mr. Colment on our former National Comitie he has some stability and will ree necessary. Next year every played will announce himself a delegate a years ago have kept their mouths those District politicians and "inter-own town and repudiated by their much in evidence next year. They year as they were treated two years who hang to the coat tails of some on pure and unadulterated Repub- for early convoy from France, to America the following units of colored troops, or sections thereof, as herein described: 367th Infantry ("The Buffaloes"), part of the 92d Division, headquarters and first battalion, 49 officers and 1,296 men; headquarters company, supply company, and third battalion, 49 officers and 1,316 men. 369th Infantry (formerly Fifteenth New York Regiment), headquarters supply company, second battalion and sanitary detachment, 56 officers and 1,202 men. 370th Infantry (including the former Eighth Illinois Regiment), headquarters, second and third battalions, medical detachment, 68 officers and 1,555 men. 372nd Infantry (including the District of Columbia National Guard, etc.), headquarters, less second battalion, 65 officers and 1,855 men. 374 Infantry, medical detachment, and second battalion complete, 22 officers and 683 men. This will be welcome intelligence to the relatives and friends of these gallant warriors for freedom and democracy throughout the land. In many of the larger centers of colored population elaborate arrangements are already under way to give them a warm reception upon their arrival home. These colored soldiers have given an admirable account of themselves on some of the most notable battlefields of France and elsewhere, and they richly merit the plaudits they are to receive at the hands of a grateful and well served republic. CHANGE OF DATE. Stenographers' Formal Reception Be Held at Odd Fellows' Hall. The seventh anniversary of the Stenographers' Social Club will be one of the greatest events of the season this year. One of the most elaborate programs Washington has ever witnessed has been arranged to greet their patrons at Odd Fellows' Hall, Thursday evening, February 6. Some of the cleverest entertainers from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore have been engaged, also the Amphion Glee Club Quartette. On account of recent early closing of Knights of Pythian Temple, the Stenographers transferred their formal ball to Odd Fellows' Hall and changed the date from January 31 to February 6 at the M Street Hall. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. At the regular meeting of the Holy Name Society of St. Augustine's Church, held at the Holy Name Guild House, 1743 Thirteenth Street, the following named officers were elected for 1919: Spiritual director, Father Griffith; president, Prof. T. W. Turner; vice-president, Daniel Spriggs; secretary, Wm. J. Smith; treasurer, Joseph Wade; marshal, William Prather; delegates, J. L. Jackson and Jas. M. Brown. Mrs. Alice B. Daniels, of Cleveland, Ohio, has returned to her home after spending four weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bundy. RETURNS TO HIS BRIDE. Sergt. Millard Celebrates His Honeymoon in Old Virginia. Sergt. Clarence Millard, formerly connected with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, volunteered his services to the United States in 1918 and went to Camp Eustis, Va., where he gained the respect and confidence of his superior officers. It was while at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing he met Miss Lucile Alexander, a very prepossessing young lady, and both were quietly married August 3, 1918. Miss Alexander, now Mrs. Millard, is still employed in the Bureau, and her record is good. Sergt. Millard arrived in this city last week from Camp Eustis on an indefi- The Patriotic Club of this section ity Comfort Club No. 3. Johnson's of the city, under the supervision of Juvenile Land, was one of the features of the evening. There was a soldier boys, including our wounded, tasteful repast in abundance served royally Wednesday at the Commun- to all in uniform. Mme. Smith's HOT OIL, TREATMENTS have proved very effective in stimulating the growth of new hair, as well as preventing baldness, which results in many instances from the neglect of the scalp after having the "flu." Mine. Smith's HOT OIL TREATMENT promotes the growth of the hair and gives it new life. It has a wonderful effect upon the dry and tetter-scalp. Consult Mine. Smith about your scalp. MME. AGNES SMITH Principal Fountain of Youth Beauty Culture School 935 R Street Northwest. nite furlough to join his better half and take a few days' vacation to Boulton, Va., the home of his wife, and where they were married. Scrat, and Mrs. Millard will return to the city today, after a delightful trip to old Virginia. SHE DEFENDED HERSELF. A young colored girl boared a Bureau of Engraving car at the corner of Thirteenth and D Streets N. W., last Wednesday morning and handed the conductor a piece of money, from which to take her fare. In handing her the change the conductor threw the a penny upon the floor of the car instead of handing it to the young girl. She informed the conductor that he had not given her the correct change. The conductor, in an insulting manner, told her to go back in the car and pick up the penny he put upon the floor of the car. The young girl returned to the seat from which she had left and put her lunch, pocketbook and another article in the seat and faced the conductor and informed him that he had not given her the right change. He uttered an insulting word to her. She gave the conductor a good blow and was about to give him another, when the Virginia "cracker" handed her the correct change. JOHN P. PARKER DEAD. Physical Director of the Y. M. C. A. Passes Away. John P. Parker, physical director of the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A., after a brief illness, died at the Friedienen Hospital last Sunday night. He and his entire family were stricken with influenza, early last week and pneumonia followed in his case, causing death. His wife and two children are combined to the hospital and are improving. DARKEST RUSSIA The Quality Amusement Corporation is giving one of the newest plays at the Howard Theatre this week, the play being "Darkest Russia," a story of the changing conditions and the high-handed methods of the rulling officials in that land. The uniforms and fine costumes are very striking and give a timely suggestion of events. The play affords an exceptional opportunity for all the players and they, acquit themselves with credit. The whole play is staged in a manner befitting the subject. WEST WASHINGTON NOTES. The Junior Church of Mt. Zion M. E. Church is still being compi- mented for its fine success in the midwinter picnic. The death of Mrs. Lucile Bryant Lewis, on Tuesday, at 20th and O Streets, is greatly mourned by Lee relatives and friends. Go to Dr. A. T. Pride's Drug Store, 28th and P Streets N. W. You can always purchase from ice cream sodas to the highest grade drugs and chemicals. The Bee is always on sale there. Read The Bee and learn all the news of the day. The Community Center, which meets at Wendell Phillips School every Tuesday, is constantly doing good work. Rev. Coates has returned to his home after conducting revival services last week at Mt. Zion M. E. Church with great success. The Patriotic Club of this section of the city, under the supervision of Miss Martha Henson, entertained our soldier boys, including our wounded, royally Wednesday at the Commun- W. C. MARTIN, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia—Holding Probate Court—No. 25.178. 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 Annie E. 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 26th day of December, A. D. 1919; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 3rd day of January, 1919. Philip B. Brooks, 306 Third Street S. W. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. L. M. KING, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia--Holding Probate Court No. 11030. 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 Mary Dickerson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby waived to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 6th day of January, 1920; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Of course under my hand this 6th day of January, 1920. William D. Jarvis, 1332 T Street N. W. Attest: James Turner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. ROBERT QUEEN, Attorney. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia—Holding an Equity Court—Josephine McLane, Haint-tif, vs. Raymond J. McLane, Defendant; Frances Cassaway and Maryet James, Correspondents—No. 5497, Filed January 16, 1900. The object of this suit is to obtain a decree of absolute divorce from the body of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and defendant on the terms of adultery. On motion of the plaintiff, it is this 16th day of January, A. D. 1010, ordered that the defendant, Raymond J. McLane, and Frances Cassaway and Maryet James, cause their appearance to be ordered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring on the day of the first publication of the paper, otherwise the cause will be provided with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three weeks in the Washington Law Reporter and the Washington law newspaper before said day. Attorney for Plaintiff. Test: J. R. Yoting, Clerk. By R. S. Wayland, Assistant Clerk. SCOTT & MARTIN, Attorneys. supreme Court of the District of Columbia holding Probate Court No. 2533, Administration. This give notice that the sub-tenant on the State of New York, has derived from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters requesting on the estate of Eliza W. Brooks, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having this against the deceased are hereby warranted to exhibit the same, with the warrant thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 19th day of January, A. D. 1920; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 14th day of January, 1910. 1959 W. Fourth Street, Grayesend, Brooklyn, N. Y. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Armond W. Scott and W. C. Martin, Attorneys. The Week in Society BOARD'S. The price is important, but what you get for the price is more important. Get the best for your money by buying reliable products from a reliable store. Board's Drug Store, at 1912½ Fourteenth Street N.W., is the place where everybody meets everybody else for quality, service and satisfaction, from ice cream soda to the highest grade drugs and chemicals. Prescriptions filled just as your doctor ordered here.—Advt. Dr. James E. Shepard; of Durham, N. C., passed through the city Tuesday evening for the East. Mrs. J. W. Morse, who has been visiting Miss N. H. Burroughs at Lincoln Heights and under whose care she has been for some time, is improving. The supper show at the Howard last Sunday was a record-breaking one. Among the representative women selected from all parts of the country to attend the conference of War Camp Community Service Workers, held at Hampton Institute, January 15-18, were Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, national personnel supervisor for colored work; Mrs. Enola, McD. George and Mrs. Alice R. Dickinson, of Washington, D. C. In each live community where there is a War Camp Community Service, Center trained women workers are to be placed. This is a new work among the colored people and needs the support of the entire race. --- Mrs. Enola McD. George, by her characteristic life and jollity, won the hearts of all who met her at the War Camp Community Service conference, which was held at Hampton, Va., during the past week. * * * Mrs. R. R. Marshall, nee Brooks, of Säratoga, is visiting her parents; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brooks, of 13th Street N. W. She is receiving much attention from her many friends. * * * Miss Minnie Price, of 22nd Street, has returned from a most delightful trip to Hampton, Va. Mrs. Alice R. Dickinson made a lost of friends from all parts of the country at the recent conference of the War Camp Community Service Workers at Hampton, Va. CITY BRIEFS. The Bee is the people's paper. The Antioch Baptist Church, Rev. Peter Ailes pastor, began the fourth anniversary of his pastorate last Friday evening. There was a large audience present. This little church is succeeding. Mrs. Mitchell, of Chicago, Ill., is the house guest of Mrs. Daisy Miller, of 507 You Street N. W. Mrs. Mitchell will leave for Baltimore today. She will return this summer for a longer stay. Miss Etha Collins, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has returned from Chicago, where she was called to the bedside of her sister. * * * Rev. W. C. Brown, pastor of the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, is to contest with the Hon. John C. Dancy for the office of secretary of the Church Extension Board of his connection at the General Conference in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1920. Miss Ernestine B. English, of Paola, Kan., and who has served as a court reporter at Muskogee, Okla., is one of the new stenographers in the office of Mr. Emmett J. Scott. Miss English is stopping at 1841 Fifth Street N. W. Mrs. William Jenifer, of Second Street S. W., has been visiting friends in New York City. At the monthly meeting. Monday evening of of the Men's Club of the Plymouth, Congregational Church Lieut. J. C. Pinkston, of the 368th Infantry, who was wounded September 27, 1918, at the battle of the Argonne Forest, gave a most interesting talk of his experiences "over there." Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, the war correspondent, has arrived in the city. Arrangements are being made to tender him a reception and smoker. Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins, pastor of the McKinley Memorial. Baptist Church, Fourth and L Streets N. W., commented very strongly from his pulpit at 11 a.m. last Sunday on the very interesting letter of Srgt. Greenleaf B. Johnson, which appeared in last week's issue of The Bee. The congregation felt very indignant at the reported mistreatment of our soldier boys in Walter Reed and other Government hospitals. Rey Lamkins called the attention of the Baptist Ministers' Conference to the letters in The Bee also at their weekly meeting in Metropolitan Baptist Church last Monday. Mrs. Mation Washington, of Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, spent the week end in the city as the guest of her niece, Mrs. Helen Viola Castillo, 1905 Fourth Street N. W. Rev. Monroe S. Caver, chaplain of the U. S. Army, stationed at Camp Taylor, was called home this week by the serious illness of his wife. Dr. Caver is retaining temporarily the pastorate of the Olivet Baptist Church, of this city, but may be named for a permanent chaplaincy in the Regular Army. Mr. Fred R. Moore, editor of the New York Age, passed through the city Tuesday evening en route to Columbia, S. C., and other points in the South. *** Messrs. Wm. H. Davis and Chas. L. Webb of the office of Emmett J. Scott were on the sick list during a portion of the current week. * * * Miss Rebecca West, of 1711 M Street N. W., entertained a section of the Lafayette Players on Friday afternoon at a farewell testimonial. The company goes to Chicago for a long season after next week's engagement in New York. * * * Lient. Ernest L. Gaither contemplates a visit of France to visit his brother, whose tenure overseas may be of long duration. Mrs. Louis A. Mitchell, formerly Miss Antoinette Brooks, of this city, is now making her home at 69 Rue de Clichy. Paris, where her husband is profitably engaged in theatrical work. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING RESTAURANT. Service Unsatisfactory to Many of the Employees-Complaint to Be Lodged With Director Wilmeth. Many of the employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are complaining at the unsatisfactory accommodations given to them by the management of the restaurant in that building. They claim that the prices are high and the quantity and quality of the food is not in keeping with the high prices charged. Beef and other minor stews are sold for 15 cents, with no bread served with them. Those who buy coffee and tea are given only a small allotment of sugar, to which many take exception. The soup is not satisfactory. It is claimed that it is not up to the standard. Some time ago clam chowder was served and one patron alleged that he only found one piece of clam in the chowder. Many want the cooperative plan done away with. No complaint is made against the personal conduct of the manager. Everybody speaks well of him. Only the food is not satisfactory. FALLS CHURCH GLEANINGS. Mrs. Susie Campbell was the dinner guest of Mrs. Irene Lewis on Sunday of last week. * * * Mrs. Lester Brent paid her friends a visit Thursday last. * * * The King's Daughters held their last meeting with Mrs. Jenny Tinner. * * * Mr. Armstead Warner, who managed the dairy on the Fenwick Farm, has left Falls Church to fill an appointment in Washington. Miss Henrietta Shaw, the assistant teacher here, has been called to Pittsburgh to attend a very sick sister: Mrs. E. B. Henderson is substituting in her school. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Dixon entertained at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Stribling and Mr. and Mrs. William Carpenter. Little Louise Robinson, who has been quite sick, is steadily improving. Mrs. William Carpenter entertained Thursday night a company of twenty in honor of her husband's birthday. The presents were numerous, showing the high esteem in which Mr. Carpenter is held here. A delightful repast was served and the guests enjoyed themselves until the wee sma' hours of the morning. Mr. James Lewis was missed from his post of duty as usher on Sunday morning at the Baptist Church. One rarely enters the Baptist Church without seeing Mr. Lewis' pleasant countenance. We understand he is sick and under the doctor's care. Among the sick are Mrs. Fanny Thomas and Mr. George Rumbles. Miss Stout, of Washington, was the guest of Mrs. Jenny Robinson on Sunday. DR. PLUMMER HEADS DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION. Dr. Singleton Again Re-Elected Treasurer and Dr. Harris Succeeds Dr. Hailstorks. At the regular monthly meeting of the Colored Druggists' Association on the District of Columbia, held at midnight Thursday, January 17th, at the residence of Dr. Walter Douglas, 313 U. Street N. W., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. R. F. Plummer; vice president, Dr. E. Otho Peters; secretary, Dr. Edward E. Harris; treasurer, Dr. L. H. Singleton; executive committee, Drs. Peters, Ben F. Hailstorks and O. F. Valentine. The association organized during July, 1917, yet discouraging at times, it has succeeded and won a contending place for the colored druggists in this city in the manufacturing world. At the election, Dr. Walter C. Simmons, who had held the presidency for two successive terms, declined renomination in behalf of Dr. R. F. Plummer, the dean of our druggists. Dr. E. O. Peters was unanimously elected vice president, with no other candidate in the field. Dr. Edward F. Harris, who had been the corresponding secretary and field agent of the association since the organization was perfected, was elected unanimously to the post of secretary without opposition. Dr. Harris will also hold his former position, and the members were not the least bit stingy in praising him for his efforts and work during his encumency. Dr. Louis H. Singleton, was again re-elected treasurer, and the executive committee is composed of Drs. E. Otho. Peters, chairman; Ben F. Hailstorks and O. F. Valentine. The following are members of the association: Drs. R. E. Banks, A. C. Budwell, W. L. Board, G. H. Butcher, J. W. Douglas, W. H. Jackson, R. L. McGuire, J. W. Morse, G. W. Murray, W. P. Napper, F. S. Phillips, R. D. Pinkett, A. T. Pride, C. D. Ross, A. W. Sample, R. H. Shipley, W. C. Simmons, (Mrs.) W. M. Harris-Taylor, and W. W. Whipps. The following new members were admitted to the association at the last meeting: C. B. Beckwith, J. M. Smoot, F. A. Miles and O. F. Valentine. Lieut. Col. Arthur Brooks, custodian of property at the White House, is in France with the presidential party. Dr. J. B. Ford, a graduate of Howard University, had the distinction of being the first colored doctor to ride out on a Bellevue Hospital ambulance in New York. He was assigned to Bellevue following his graduation last October. He is-only twenty-eight years old. Attorney Harry L. Tignor of the .Howard Theatre. Week Starting Mon. J.n. 27th Matinees: Tues., Thurs., and Sat. The Quality Amus. Corp. of New York City Robert Levy, General Manager The Ninety and Nine In Four Acts and Three Scenes Special Notice - At additional cost the New York Studios have built a special engine with train effects so that you will see the actual Fire Scene with clever electrical effeces. Special Notice - At addition train effects so that you will All Star Cast—Andrew Biss Simmons, Lionel Monagas, A Williams, Carlotta Freeman Night Prices: 25c, 35 local bar was visiting in New York City. HALLS HILL, VA. ice - At additional cost the New Y is so that you will see the actual Fi ast—Andrew Bishop, Clarence E. ionel Monagas, Arthur Ray, Cleo carlotta Freeman, Lillian Brown. ces: 25c, 35c & 50 All Star Cast—Andrew Bishop, Clarence E. Muse, H.J. Pryor, Chas, Moore, Arthur Simmons, Lionel Monagas, Arthur Ray, Cleo Desmond, Lillian Gilliam, Marie Young, E. Williams, Carlotta Freeman, Lillian Brown. Mining in New York Twenties HILL, VA. HI Mount Salvation Baptist Church has lost a jewel in the person of Mr. Fred Ewald, superintendent of Sabbath School, who served in that capacity for several years, with a spirit of unfiring zeal and pleasure, with Mrs. Marian Mooney, assistant superintendent. A general co-operation and success was the result, but on account of Mr. Ewald's increased business engagements, he was forced to resign, and the mantle has fallen upon another very esteemed gentleman, Mr. Thomas Thompson, and we predict for him a successful career. Mrs. Thompson, who has been visiting her home in Greensborough, North Carolina, has returned. * * * Mr. E. F. Points spent the holidays in Texas, his former home. We are glad to have him back again. * * * Mr. Joseph Webster has just returned from a ten-day trip to New York, where he was royally entertained. The preaching service Sunday morning at Calvary M. E. Church was conducted by Rev. J. F. Williams, Mr. E. A. Felder led the Sunday School. The interest seems to be somewhat increasing spiritually as well as intellectually. The Epworth League was led by Mrs. Cora Ferguson, with marked attendance. The topic discussed was appropriate. Rev. T. N. Austin preached at Langley, but was on hand to preach here at night to the Purity Tent Society, Mrs. Naunie Gillam leader. Read, R Hundreds Don't Wait! For T GOLD FILLL SPECI DUR SAL Sensational Sal d, Realize Hundreds Took Advance it! For This Sale Will D FILLLD SPECTACLES OF DURING THIS SALE AT National Sale of Spe Read, Realize and Profit Hundreds Took Advantage of Our Offer. Don't Wait! For This Sale Will Not Continue Very Long. GOLD FILLLD 2.50 AND 3.50 VALUE SPECTACLES OR GLASSES DURING THIS SALE AT Examinations Free During this sale a careful examination of your eyes will be made and glasses perfectly adjusted by a practical, graduate optometrist or refractionist as your case may require. You may be sure they are correct in every way even though this sale price may seem ridiculously low. Remember the One Dollar price is for the glasses and the examination is included free of charge. If you have been disappointed elsewhere, come to us—Dr. Berman is in personal charge of all work done by his expert opticians. BERMA 813 Seventh S RMAN OP eventh St. N.W. OPPOSITE KING dual cost the New York Studios have all see the actual Fire Scene with o shop, Clarence E. Muse, H. L. Arthur Ray, Cleo Desmond, Lillian, Lillian Brown. 5c & 50 Matinee Next Week-Mar.'s Enemy FORAKE Twentieth Street Between RAYMOND H. HIGH-CLASS VAU NEW MOTION First Class in Every Particular. FORAKER THEATRE Twentieth Street Between L and M Streets Northwest RAYMOND H. MURRAY, Manager. HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE WEEKLY and NEW MOTION PICTURES DAILY First Class in Every Particular. Come Early for Seats 2004 Eleventh Raymond H. This Theatre is close to two lines. If you want an evening of pleasure— DUDLEY'S A S. H. Dudle 1216 You St The Cozy L Playing Vaudeville Continuous from S. H.. D MID-CITY 1223 7th St The only VAUDEVILLE The Best of Photo Plays and the only the people that does not Continuous from 2004 Eleventh Street Northwest. Raymond H. Murray, Mgr: 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. The only VAUDEVILLE Theatre on the popular thoroughfare Best of Photo Plays and the only theatre en 7th Street catering to colored people that does not DISCRIMINATE Continuous from 5 to 11 P. M. February 14 being Fred Douglass' birthday, the general public is invited to join with us in a patriotic exercise under the auspices of the Soldiers' Relief and Silver Star Club. The service flag will be dedicated, and a program rendered by our local talent, and will be addressed by one of the Realize an Took Advantage of This Sale Will Not Co CTACLES OR GLASSES RING THIS E-AT le of Spectacles Come in Early On Monday If you have the slightest trouble with your eyes here is the opportunity of a lifetime to secure perfectly fitted glasses or spectacles at $1.00 the pair. Examination free. Special lowest prices for prescription and bifocal lenses made to order. Oculists' prescriptions accurately filled at half price. Extra Special—Shur-on or Fit-U or dainty finger piece nose glass mountings adjusted to your own lenses while you wait, for $1.25. N OPTIC St. N.W. OPPOSITE KING'S PALACE Studios have built a special engine with scenic with clever electrical effeces. House, H. L. Pryor, Chas, Moore, Arthur Diamond, Lillian Gilliam, Marie Young, E. Matinee, All seats at 25c each. 's Enemy FORAKER THEATRE Street Between L and M Streets Northwest HYMOND H. MURRAY, Manager. CLASS VAUDEVILLE WEEKLY and NEW MOTION PICTURES DAILY particular. Come Early for Seat HIAWATHA THEATRE 4 Eleventh Street Northwest. Raymond H. Murray, Mgr. due to two lines of cars. The best pictures shown daily of pleasure—come to the Hiawatha. DUDLEY'S AMUSEMENTS Dudley Theatre 16 You Street, Northwest The Cozy Little Playhouse Vaudeville and Pictures of merit Continuous from 7:30 to 11 P. M. S. H. DUDLEY'S CITY THEATRE 223 7th Street, Northwest DEVILLE Theatre on the popular thoroughfare and the only theatre en 7th Street catering to colored people that does not DISCRIMINATE Continuous from 5 to 11 P. M. e and Profit age of Our Offer. Not Continue Very Long. 250 AND 350 VALUE GLASSES 100 acles and Eyeglasses early lay slightest es here is What You Get For $1 TICAL CO. By Ramsey Norris. best figures of the race. Therefore, let us unite and make this a splendid affair. E. V. Ferguson. The Bee is on sale at Pride's Drug Store. Twenty-eighth and M Streets Northwest. A gold-filled frame with OE eye famous Clero lenses, perfectly fitted to your face. Either style you desire—reading or distance glasses—that will serve you for years. Protection and rest for tired, strained eyes. Freedom from headache and eye pains that come from defective vision. This is real satisfaction. You will get all this for One Dollar and save a nice sum of money. "To See Well, See Berman" ```markdown ``` I have wondered at times why some, colored individuals are so anxious to be white. This is a very delicate question, and when discussing it I am very careful. I don't want to offend anyone, and at the same time I don't want to step on anybody's eorns. There are two druggists in this town whose heads are fairly white, but not white enough to be distinguished from the race to which they belong. If you visit their drug stores the help may be on the Carcassian order, and their soda fountain attendant may be ebony, and perhaps the other has no fountain running at all. These two individuals very seldom or at all employ ebony help for fear that their white patrons might think they are running a colored drug store. Now, if the colored people were wise, they would pass up these two unidentified individuals and go to drug stores in which there is no mistaken identity. It will not be very long before the ebony brother and sister will occupy front seats and the unidentified will be weighed in the balance and found wanting. There are a few individuals in town who are very anxious to be classed with the other race. These people must be very lonesome at times. Their lives must be miserable, because the white man only wants them for a time and the colored people do not want them at all, and when they have enlisted in the cause and remain awhile, they are mustered out of service unit for a hospital. There is only one race in the world that discriminates against itself—and that is the colored race. It is the only race that sets up a separate business institution and the first race to cry out against other races for discriminating against it. Speaking about inconsistency, there is more invasiveness among certain classes of colored people than you will find in any other race. The colored barber will set up a barber shop for white people only, and the white barber will post a sign which reads "White Barber Shop," and in fact colored barbers are not allowed in it, so the shame of his white brother. Every colored barber that conducts a barber shop for white people only should be ostracised. He should not be allowed to enter colored society. There are one or two colored boarding houses that cater to white people only, and these same proprietors are often seen in colored public meetings condemning race discrimination. Now, what will you do with such people? The man or woman who is ashamed of his or her race identity should be allowed to go to themselves. You know, we had a kingdom in this town some few years ago which was officered by a king and a queen. The organization became so obnoxious that the atmosphere in which it was surrounded made the vicinity deathly sick. Then we had a Lotus Club, of which I made a brief mention some time ago. Only school teachers, bank thieves and other nationalities belonged. Have you ever read a book entitled "Behind the Scenes"? It was written by Madame Keckly. The revelations that the Sage has in store far surpasses Madame Keckly's book. Of course, this town has been the recipient of a number of social cranks within the past ten years. Social outcasts from other cities and towns. Many of these sharks are trying to dictate the social policy in this city. A gentle reminder as to a few of their escapades would tend to regulate their social functions. This is a great town to get eats. The best social element here follow the eats, no matter by whom given. Invitations were issued a few weeks ago by Mr. and Mrs. — for an "at home." If you only knew who this Mr. and Mrs. — were, you would close your eyes in disgust. In a few weeks there will be a social outburst. The actors are way up in the social skies. I regret and sympathize with the parties. They have been the wonders of the social circle. Indeed, they have wondered themselves. Well, such things will happen sometimes, and when things go beyond your reach you can't stop them. Someone has circulated a report that a bootlegger was defended in the Police Court a few weeks ago and his defender mulcted from him, aside from his fee, three bottles of whiskey—one for himself, one for another party, and still another for someone else. It was called to the attention of the eagle-eyed prosecutor, who doesn't stand any foolishness where crooks are involved. I have not learned how the case terminated. * * * Dr. G. Sumner Holmes was afraid to face the music. His friends waited for an invitation to the great event, only to be disappointed. He invited a few special guests to be present on the evening of his tie-up, but the reception was on another date. I always gave Dr. Holmes credit for bravery. He has no sand whatever. He quietly erased himself in his little hut at Arlington, Va., and invited just three persons to see him tied for life. The boys had arranged to give him a reception that he would not have forgotten. He knew that, or anticipated such. He is now married, but only the three specially invited guests know it. Dr. Holmes is one of the best entertainers in Arlington. He knows how to market and how to fix a dinner. Gen. Henry Forrest has never announced whether he was a bachelor or a married man. He is never seen with any females, and when you meet him his only company is about a hundred papers of all nationalities and denominations. He has always something to tell you. And he can tell you something—don't you forget. He is still holding the Industrial Savings Bank down, and if Secretary McAdoo had not resigned, General Forrest may have been retired on full pay to enable him to take a trip abroad. General Forrest is one of those individuals whose name will be handed down to posterity. Now that the termination of the war will reduce the ranks of officers and lessen the ambition and desire of females to marry, I have been wondering what the boys have decided to do. There would have been quite a number of marriages had the war been continued longer. And, don't you know, the girls are not so enthusiastic to marry now. One remarked a few days ago that she had been cured of the fever and she had decided to hold her job as long as Director Wilmeth would permit her. I see that preparations are being made by the old-time promoters to welcome the white District boys. I have been wondering to myself what has become of Ferdinand Lee. Certainly there can be no homecoming of the colored boys with Ferdinand left out. The recent call made by Oral. Wright to address him at Dumbar doesn't bear the name of our Ferdinand. St. Christopher in A. A. U. Basket Ball Championship Tournament. St. Christopher has entered its team in the 145-pound class for the basket ball championship tournament that is being staged by the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union. This is the first basket ball tournament that the Metropolitan Association has staged for many a year, and the interest that it has aroused among the well wishers of the game is remarkable. The first game of the tournament will be the St. Anselm-Mohawk game on January 16. The first St. Christopher game will be in the St. Phillips' Parish House on Monday evening, January 20, when the Red and Black meet the Salem Crescents. Ten teams have been entered. St. Anselm, Mohawk, Salem Crescents, Bronx Church House, Union Settlement, Rutgers Gymnasium, St. George, National Turn Verein of Newark, N. J.; Titan A. C. of Orange, N. J., and St. Christopher. Last Friday night at Manhattan Casino, St. Christopher, Red and Black rode over its most formidable opponent for the basket ball title by defeating the Spartans in one of the hardest games ever witnessed here. THE FUNERAL SERVICE Special Committee on Investigation Finds Thirty Thousand Dollars on More Collected—Twelve Thousand Dollars' Worth of Shares Sold. There is a mixup in the People's Funeral Corporation. Members who have purchased shares are making a demand for the return of their money. Many claim that they were assured that they could draw their money whenever needed. Threats of criminal prosecution have been made. The special committee on investigation has reported that over thirty thousand dollars have been collected and twelve thousand dollars' worth of shares have been sold. Much of the money is in the hands of one individual. Checks were drawn by the treasurer without knowing what they were for. An automobile was purchased for $450 and sold to the corporation for $850. The people are indignant. Many exposures have been made. Some time ago Treasurer John W. Lewis declared that he resigned because the manager refused to make his report. He said to a Bee representative a few days ago that someone would get in jail. He referred to a lady member who has been active in exposing the loose manner in which the business has been conducted. Attorney Zeph P. Moore said a few days ago that he had been removed as attorney for the corporation because he insisted on declaring that the people's money should be refunded. MR. SCOTT ATTENDS COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S FUNERAL. (Special to The Bee.) Oyster Bay, L. I., New York.—Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, attended the funeral services of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt held here Wednesday, January 8th, in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, and was one of the many sorrowing friends who journeyed to this quiet little town to pay his last tribute of respect to the memory of America's acknowledged "first citizen." Mr. Scott came as the official representative of Tuskegee Institute, being so designated by the executive council of the school and by the chairman of the board of trustees. INSANITY BREAKS OUT AGAIN Race discrimination broke out in the forge shop at the Washington Navy Yard last week. The faithful colored workers were told to use the wash room basins Nos. 1. to 8 only. The others were for whites only. All of these colored workers are heavy subscribers to every Liberty bond that was issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. A committee is now being formed to protest to the high officials. Prepare to Receive Them-Get Busy—Watch the Date. Under the auspices of the Alumni Association of the Dunbar High School a home-coming reception will be given in honor of the man in service on their return from overseas. The general committee of arrangements has planned to convert the spacious armory and balls at Dunbar High School into a maze of rare light and splendor, with a frieze of American and Allied flags, intermingled with a generous profusion of palms and lanterns befitting the occasion, and no effort will be spared in making the home-coming reception distinctively military and patriotic, as wall as the record event of civic and social achievements in historic Washington. All former commissioned officers of the High School Cadet Corps and officers of all academic and business graduating classes are requested to co-operate and communicate with the chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for special committee assignments. The Association of Oldest Inhabitants, Bethel Literary and Historical Association, the Mu-So-Lit Club the Business League, the several citizens association, the Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the various Community Centers and other civic, fraternal, professional and social organizations will be invited to fraternize with Dunbar Alumni Association in making the home-coming reception a fitting tribute to the incomparable valor and heroic service of the brave and gallant men in service. Full particulars will be announced. Full particulars will be announced upon receipt of information from the War Department concerning the debarkation of the overseas men. Address all communications to Mr. James C. Wright, Chairman Committee on Arrangements, Dunbar High School. IS THERE ANY, HOPE? For centuries the American Negro has borne—as scarcely any race has—the bitter chains of slavery, and since his liberation for scores of years has suffered the bitter pangs of prejudice, the outrageous shame of disfranchisement and Jim Crowism, and the fury of relentless hate. These evil things he has borne with a patience which should redound only to his credit. Have they? If forbearance is a virtue, then eventually the Negro should surely come into his own. He has borne, and waited, and hoped. Waited for what? For justice to creep into the hearts of his traducers. Hoped for what? For the wiping out of those things so detrimental to his welfare and advancement, and so distasteful to his inner self and to his peace of mind. Has he waited in vain? Has he hoped in vain? He wonders. The outlook still is very dark. And there is a great unrest among the race. They clamor as never before for a chance to live as men, to breathe the air of perfect peace and sweet contentment, and the erasing of the things that tear at their vitals and make them hang their heads in shame for living in the mold of men and yet not be men. OUR NEW HOME PBRD COLLEGE PENDLETON AVE. ST. FERDINAND AVE. Now, after entering with so much zeal into the conduct of the war and after the hidden and open sacrifices they have made towards its successful conclusion, they wonder if their sacrifices and their patriotism will have been spent in vain, or in rather there is to be the dawning of an America awakened to the gritanic injustices that have been meted out to them for so many years, and the amelioration or eradication of those things. Individually they have done little, collectively much. Can their deeds and patriotism be longer ignored? God has at some time given every nation a cross to bear. For centuries the Negro has had a very heavy one to bear—the cross of shame, of hate, of prejudice. He wonders how much longer. Will not the white man soon see the hidden sufferings of his ambitious soul, the clamor to truly live as men, and the patient waiting for the light to shine (that will not shine) and proclaim to the world "the shame of it," and accord him the rights he justly deserves? Wini H. Wilkerson, Jr. BUREAU BELLES GIVEN AN ELABORATE RECEPTION Madame Gallagher and Her. Daughter Hostesses at a Brilliant Gathering of Money Handlers at a Dance and Reception. Madame Bertha Gallagher and her daughter, Miss Mabel Gallagher, of 1241 Linden Street N. W., gave a reception and dance to the money handlers, or to some of the selects, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing last Thursday. It was one of the most brilliant social events given this year. The parlors were beautifully festooned with Chinese lanterns and the mantels were decorated with cut flowers. The dining room, in which the dinner was served, was most artistically arranged. The cut flowers which decorated the table poured forth an aroma most pleasing to the senses. The hostesses were beautifully gowned, while the other lady guests wore very becoming costumes. At 9 o'clock a most delicious dinner was served in ten courses; after which the sweet strains of music guided the fantastic toes in harmony with the many dances, in which they all participated. There was an intermission, which enabled the dancers to enjoy games of every description, after which dancing was again resumed and continued until 11:30, at which time the guests repaired to their homes. Among those present, aside from the hostesses, were Misses Bessie F. Jackson, Katherine Glenn, Edna V. Sedgwick, Lois J. Webster, Drs. Wm. Turner, Lawrence H. Marshall, T. Howard Garrett, Sergts, James Payne and Louis Virgal. It was a reception and dance to some of the money makers at the Bureau and other specially invited guests who were highly pleased with the evening's enjoyment. CRADIATE FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER [Image of a man with a bald head and a mustache, wearing a suit and tie.] [Image of a man in a suit and tie, with a mustache.] 723 TEA STREET NORTHWEST Service Bed Night Reasonable Price Lady Attendant Residence Phone North 12 ST INDIA HAIR GROWER THE EAST IN THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER try ER pri sti its Perfumed with best known ren Eye-Brows, als Color. Can be Price Sent b urned with a balm of a thousand flowers. The known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Natural Can be used with Hot Iron for Straightening. Price Sent by Mail, 50c; 10c extra for Postage E POSTAGE BY BUYING EAST INDIA TOILET S. FROM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES— LITED AGENTS FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. Seventh Street N. W. — 505 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 3—2002 Fourteenth Street N. W. YOU CAN SAVE POSTAGE GOODS. FROM I YOU CAN SAVE POSTAGE BY BUYING EAST INDIA TOILET GOODS FROM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES— APPOINTED AGENTS FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. Store No. 1—927 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 2—505 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 3—2002 Fourteenth Street N. W. Polite and Efficient Service Open Day and Night Phone North 7796 AGENTS OUTFIT 1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Oil, 1 Shampoo, 1 Pressing Oil, 3 Face Cream and direction for selling. $2.00 $8c Extra for Postage Will promote a Full Growth of Hair. Will also Restore the strength Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or any Hair trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical proprieties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky. S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 314 East Second St. Oklahoma City, Okla. Store No. 4-1150 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 5-804 H Street N. E. The National Training School, Durham, D. C. The image shows a panoramic view of a large estate with multiple buildings, including a prominent house with a large courtyard. The estate is surrounded by trees and open fields, suggesting a serene and spacious environment. It is more than a mere school. It is a community at 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. The following departments are already in successful operation: Teacher Training, Industrial, Literary, Academic and Collegiate, Commercial, Missionary, Theological, Household Economics and Departments of Music. In equipment and teaching it is not surpassed by any School for the Education of Negro Youth in the South. Grafanolas-from $32.50 to $215.00 Columbia Records 85c to $3.00 All of the newest records are in our store. House and Herrmann 7th and Eye streets Carter's Little You Gannot Be Constipated and Happy Small Pill Small Dose Small Price ABSENCE of Iron in the Blood is the reason for many colorless faces but TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW LONG Carter's Little Liver Pills You Gannot Be Constipated and Happy A Remedy That Makes Life Worth Living Genuine bears signature Small Pill Small Dose Small Price ABSENCE of Iron in the Blood is the reason for many colorless faces but CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. CARTER'S IRON PILLS will greatly help most pale-faced people. There are so many so-cained 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. Quinade is the invention of an expert chemist and is made under the supervision of an experienced registered pharmacist. It makes the hair soft and smooth and easy to put up in the style desired. To get best results from the use of Quinade, it is necessary to shampoo the scalp about every two weeks with Seeby's Quinasoap. Quinasoap is made entirely out of pure vegetable, oils, principally cocoanut oil, and is a thorough cleanser. Quinasoap lathers very freely. It leaves the hair soft and fluffy and imparts a refreshing feeling to the scalp unequaled by any other shampoo. Do not accept any substitute, but insist on getting Seeby's Quinade and Seeby's Quinasoap, asking for them by the full name. Price is 25 cents each. If your cruggist 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. Quinade and Quinasoap are sold at all of the People's Drug Stores. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES. 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. ```markdown ``` Le Liver Pills A Remedy That Makes Life Worth Living Genuine bears signature CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. TER'S IRON PILLS It greatly help most pale-faced people. GREAT HAIR PREPARATION. Madame Agnes J. Smith has a hair dressing preparation that is guaranteed to be absolutely smokeless when pressing the hair. Write for particulars. Address: 935 R Street N. W., Washington, D. C. If you want to know who is in the city, have The Lee come to your home. SURGICAL CHIROPODIST Special Treatment For Corns and Bunions. Will Cure All Foot Ailments. Graduate of Columbia Institute. Before After How is it that you don't limp now? I have my feet treated by Dr. O. E. Johnson, the surgeon chiropodist. No foot is too bad for her to cure or to give ease. Ingrowing toenails removed with ease. Give her a trial and be convinced. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. HARRY A. BROWN One of the Oldest Inhabitants. Stands 38 and 39 Finest fresh and salt meats, Loeffer's sausages, lamb, veal, pork, and everything in the line of meats, will be found at this stand. Lunch rooms, societies, eating and other establishments should call before purchasing elsewhere. Mention The Bee. A. T. BRONAUGH, PHARMACIST Southwest Corner Seventb and P Streets N. W. All of the Leading Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Domestic and All Grades of Hair Pre- Prescriptions Filled Promptly. Store, Agents for Madam Walker's TETTER SALVE, TEMPEL Agent for Fred Palmer's White Brown Preparations, Soaps, Hair Comade. 1437 SEVENTY Furumes, Domestic and Imported Toilet Powders. Grades of Hair Preparations Are Found Here. Rons Filled Promptly. All the Leading Physicians patronize us for Madam Walker's Goods. SALVE, TEMPLE GROWER AND GLOSSINE. Fred Palmer's Whitener, Soap Powder, Agent for All Hair Operations, Soaps, Hair Pomade, Face Powder, Bogal and 1437 SEVENTH STREET N 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, Face Powder, Bozal and Ada Pomade. with every movement of the body, and provide the shape of an unrestricted long wear and hard washings. We love year-around underwear, light, medium or heavy weight; as you like. "Remember to Buy It— You'll Forget 'You Have It On' Ask Your Dealer UTICA KNITTING Sales Room, 350 Broadw CA KNITTING COMPANY, Makers Room, 350 Broadway New York, N. Y. ARTHUR G. WOODS DETROIT CAFE 33 H STREET NORTHEAST The only up-to-date Cafe in the northeast. Everything t ly up-to-date Cafe for all classes, ladies and gentlemen east. Everything to appease the appetite. Hot serv THE RESTAURANT The only up-to-date Cafe for all classes, ladies and gentlemen, in the northeast. Everything to appease the appetite. Hot service. FISH AND GAME IN SEASON Meats served at all hours. and Supper. It is a place where you can come food and strictly fresh. modating waitresses. FOR B Ham and Eggs, Bacon and shops, Pork Chops, Country Salteak, Salt Mackerel, Chicken, served at all hours. Special Breakfast, Lunch, Dine place where you can bring your family and get who and strictly fresh. Home cooking. Polite and acco waitresses. Meats served at all hours. Special Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Supper. It is a place where you can bring your family and get wholesome food and strictly fresh. Home cooking. Polite and accommodating waitresses. FOR BREAKFAST Ham and Eggs, Bacon and Eggs, Porterhouse Steak, Lamb Chops, Pork Chops, Country Sausage, Corn Beef Hash, Hamburger: Steak, Salt Mackerel, Chicken, fried to order week days. and Eggs, Bacon and Eggs, Porterhouse Steak, Lark Chops, Country Sausage, Corn Beef Hash, Hamburg Mackerel, Chicken, fried to order week days. SUNDAY DINNER Call in and try our Sunday Dinner. Roast Lamb, Roast Pork, Baked, Steamed and Fried Chicken, Boiled Dinner, Oysters and Fish, and everything in the line of Vegetables, and strictly palatable and hotel accommodations for the traveling public. Call in and try our Sunday naked, Steamed and Fried Ch fish, and everything in the linee and hotel accommodations for Two blocks from the Uni the Government Printing Office and try our Sunday Dinner. Roast Lamb, Roast Pea named and Fried Chicken, Boiled Dinner, Oysters and everything in the line of Vegetables, and strictly palatable accommodations for the traveling public. Rocks from the Union Station and one-half block from Printing Office. Two blocks from the Union Station and one-half block from the Government Printing Office. ARTHUR G. WOOD, Proprietor Phone, Main 1055. Phone, Main 1055. NORTH CAROLINA Judicator The Bee birthday reading department, as conducted by the wonderful Osman, has caused a sensation. Everyone alike to the wonderful events of the day is taking great interest in this novel feature. The grateful letters and the many applicants for test reading tell the interest people take in the birthday reading department, and aside from that we hear it talked about everywhere. One fashionable lady remarked that she would give anything to know whose readings such and such were, but the reader of the horoscopes, who knows, does not tell, neither does The Bee. All letters are confidential, and you need not hesitate to ask any question within reason. They will be answered to the best of scientific knowledge. July 26, 1902.—You can be as good as gold, so to say, but you become nervous, irritable, upset, too sensitive and suffer at times from too great nervous tension, and will finally lead to a nervous breakdown. Secret and hidden causes will cause you trouble. You have many friends and are good to those you consider your friends. You are quick to break off friendship when you find their intrigue. You will be very popular and have many love affairs. Several marriages are indicated for you. Do your own life, living, and enjoying experiences. You will be a very comfortable and happy person. At times you will be busy and again have will be restful too. You work and people take you and you should be very supportive. More later on in life. Many changes and trips are desired for you. Take good care of your health, stomach, nerves, heart and heart-soul are likely to be affected, unless you are careful and have rest, proper food and avoid extremes and overindulgence. Guard against disputes, otherwise, it is a good year until your next birthday. Important events and promising friends are indicated for you. There are disappointments for you, but on the whole the conditions ahead of you are somewhat better, so look toward the light. July 20 or 27 (uncertain which).—There was a serious opposition of your planets when you were very young, hence at that time your mother perhaps has died. You have come into this world with trouble, but your life will not always be that way. You have gone through a great deal, but it will all be for the best. You are good to people, but the goodness is not always returned, and some friends are jealous of you and always trying to cause you trouble, but somehow you escape the worst. You are intelligent and there are many things you can do to make more money and better your condition, but something always holds you back; but it will not always be that way. Forget the past evil experiences; look forward to the better things promised you, and try hard to improve yourself. Some people have a bad effect on you; others stimulate your mind and make you feel better; so try to avoid those that sap your vitality, as they are detrimental to your welfare. Travel you will, and marriage brings you upheavals, yet eventual happiness. I see some sad experiences with the opposite sex. Do not be so confiding, nor suspicious. Take care of your health and be careful with your money. The influences for the next six months are good for you, but some unexpected unfavorable conditions come up at every few turns of the moon, hence be careful and guard against some troubles. You will have a long life. March 18, 1897.—Some tendencies are for better, yet there is a contradiction in your chart. You had better not be too sure that this year will be much better than the past, as there are some influences at work to cause you unlooked-for troubles. Do the best and combat the evil by prayer, by being careful in your family and among your friends. You will be asked to help others and your help will be appreciated. You have many splendid friends; you are popular and admired more than you have any idea. Learn to think more of yourself and make the most of your opportunities. Marriage, social and business life look good for you. You love comfort. You like to be of a neat appear- ```markdown ``` ance. You receive your friends and treat them well, and altogether you are a person of intelligence and refinement. You make a good wife, a splendid mother, a good business associate. You are a trusted friend and are religious and always anxious to help others. You will travel and see the world and make many favorable changes and live among the better class of people, but it seems they will derive more benefit from you than you will from them. Poverty is not indicated for you, nor any really great sufferings, but it is well to look better after your own interests and trust less to others; as they are not always as reliable as you are. Better health and a long life is ahead of you, though there are dangers of serious sickness and sudden death, but you will get well and not die, as the spirits are guarding and protecting you always. June 24, 1880.—You are just emerging from a very unpleasant, planetary influence and it will not leave you entirely until your next birthday, so be careful; take care of your health; avoid moods of gloom and discontent. Please remember that many people are worse off than you are. Do not make any unwise change and avoid slander. You have many secret enemies and people use you a great deal for what they can get out of you. You are a dear friend, and you are liked and have many good friends, but even your dearest friend today may all of a sudden turn your enemy tomorrow, so when trouble comes do not take it too seriously. You are a mighty nice person, refined, intelligent, educated, neat in your person, and the things you do are well done; but you are not in your right sphere nor have you developed the great talents and ability you possess. Your sturdy stand for success, fanie, many trips, even long journeys by water. You love home and home comfort, and should be well married and happy. But great dissatisfaction comes to you in marriage and relationships and that can not be overcome until you are crossed and unappointed. You are facing your most difficult render help to obey a great deal is demanding upon you. There is help coming to you from the Spirit side of life, so look upward and pray earnestly and often and you will have a more satisfactory life. May 28.—You say you are a strong-minded man and you do not think I can read your mind by the stars, as I did a lady friend of yours, but if I could guess just what happened to you last year then you will tell all your friends about me. No, I will not tell you what happened to you last year; it is too good; but I know what happened to you when you were 13 to 16 years old. I can tell you that you were not much of a credit to your family nor to the community you lived in. You should pray for the peace of your dear mother's soul; she has grieved for years over your conduct. No, I will not say that you were the cause of her death; but every moment of anger, every exciting moment, shortens life, hence you have not done anything to lengthen your dear mother's life. Last year you gained honors. That is what you want to prove to your sweetheart that I could not guess. But how about your secrets of the black past? Should she not also know about it? I know you would not want her to know many other things which I shall not take up too much of the valuable space of The Bee to recite, but let me tell you, we are not perfect, but the science of the stars is perfect. If I had failed you, you would have done the science great injustice by condemning it, but I have read your mind, now it is up to you to tell all your friends about me and show them the article in The Bee. You are rash and hasty and unthinking. You are bold and daring on the spur of the moment, when you are in danger; but you are far from brave, and too changeable to work out a plan for a long time. You ask me not to show your letter. Do not fear. All letters are destroyed after reading them. We cannot give all the space in The Bee that we would like to. We have many letters that will not be answered for weeks to come, so please be patient. Yours will be answered in turn. Be sure to send in your subscription and induce your friends to do the same, and in that way you can show your appreciation for this wonderful birthday, reading the best. The Bee wants you to have your reading next, but also your subscription, which indicates you are a good citizen. MADAME SOBER "Your hair looks beautiful." I am using Madame Sober's Scalp Preparation. Inventory Sales Now Going On At GEO. W. TAYLOR'S The Up-Town Jewelry Store Jewelry Second to None in Washington A Buy Only the Best in Furniture It's the right furnishings that make your home bright, attractive and comfortable. It's furniture of high class and quality that is most economical in the long run. Don't imagine that you cannot afford the better values, because we make it possible for you to have them at once, and to pay in such a manner that the cost easily comes within your means. Good qualities do not necessarily mean extravagant prices. In our tremendous stocks there are many lines that are very moderately priced, but they're very good looking and thoroughly reliable in quality. You'll certainly find something pleasing, both in style and price. When it comes to paying, we make that just as easy as possible for you. Purchases are charged on an open account—at the plainly marked credit prices—and in arranging the small weekly or monthly payments we consider the circumstances of each individual customer. Come here and do your buying. You'll be welcome to our liberal credit privileges, and you'll be pleased with the treatment we accord every customer, whether the purchase be large or small. Business Hours; 9 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. Inventory GEO. The Up- Jewelry Those contemplating buying JEWELRY of any description can find TAYLOR'S. Each araicle has been selected for its quality, individually. Whether you buy a Diamond Ring at $200 or a Scarf Pin for 19 Three Features. A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR 1919: Those contemplating buying JEWELRY of any description can find just what they want at TAYLOR'S. Each araicle has been selected for its quality, individuality and practicability. Whether you buy a Diamond Ring at $200 or a Scarf Pin for 19c., you are sure of these Three Features. SOBERINE --- LADIES: Rings of all kinds, $3 and up. Lavaliers and Cameo Broaches, $5.25. Watch Pins and Fobs. Toilet Sets and Vanity Cases, $9. Wrist Watches (Elgin), $18 and up. Hair Combs. Silk Umbrellas. SOBERINE What Is Said About Madame Sober's Hair Grower. Read the Testimonials That Will Appear From Time to Time in The Bee. My Dear Madam: Having used your Grower for almost a year, I have found it to be the most wonderful grower. I have ever tried. My head was bald in spots. The spots are all covered and my hair has thickened so I can fix it any way I like. Sincerely yours, MRS. R. ALSTON. Madame Sober, 1844 7th St. N.W. OLD INDIAN HERB SHOP. Stop Wishing for Good Health-Go to the Old Indian Herb Remedy Shop and Take the Wonderful Remedies and Get Well and Stay Well. It is a crime to be sick or ailing when there is a pure, good, reliable and tested helping remedy at hand. God created the herbs and roots and we make the wonderful helping remedies that made us famous. Come and get a supply and enjoy the best of health as thousands have. It would make a wonderful story to tell you, of the wonderful cures our remedies have brought about; but we do not wish to take up too much of your time reading about other people's cures. We are interested in you now. You who read this article and are not enjoying God's blessing—good health—we want you to call, and at once start on the right road to health and happiness. We have a special remedy for every ailment of reliable and highly tested power. We make no wild claims about our wonderful cures. No secret about our knowledge. Everyone knows that the Indians had wonderful knowledge in the way of making herb remedies and curing sickness when the ordinary doctor failed. We have lived in old Mexico among the gifted Indians and have served and benefited them, and out of gratitude they have instructed us in the wonders of botany and herbology and wonderful medicine making, hence our ability to make the best remedies that help ailing and suffering humanity. So if you need our help, call, and we will benefit and please you, as we have thousands. Store is open on Thursdays. Fridays and Saturdays only. Open also evenings on those mentioned days. THE GIRL HE COULD NOT BUY The Quality Amusement Company is giving a clever presentation of a melodramatic comedy, entitled "The Girl He Could Not Buy." The story is light and causes no tax on the The Old Indian Herb Shop 1728 Seventh Street N. W. D. W. T. Up-Town jewelry Second to ption can find just what they want a y, individuality and practicability. If Pin for 19c., you are sure of these FOR 1919: GENTS: Signet Rings. Cuff Links. Searf Pins. Gold Watches. Desk Clocks. Cigarette Cases. Waldamar Chains. Fountain Pens. only the Best in New Right furnishings that make your home comfortable. It's furniture of high quality in the long run. Imagine that you cannot afford the best possible for you to have them at once, but the cost easily comes within your budget. Do not necessarily mean extra stocks there are many lines that they're very good looking and they'll certainly find something pleasing. Come to paying, we make that just purchases are charged on an open account prices—and in arranging the events we consider the circumstance. We and do your buying. You'll be privileges, and you'll be pleased with your customer, whether the purchase be Grogan & Sons 7 to 823 Seventh Street BUY memory. Miss Desmond portrays company Hope Nelson, the girl who was rob of a bed of her fortune and who later "The joins with a crook who assists her story in recovering her inheritance, in a the convincing manner. Andrew Bishop TAYLOR'S - U STREET at 11th 10 GENUINE DIAMOND RINGS $11.50 Special Sales Hunting Case $13.50 Watches : : Open Face $10.50 Watches : Workingmen While we have strong opposi tion so have they at it evens up things. We must be counted when a pair of men's pants is to be bought. See us for Men's Pants at $2.00 Up The sale will be made. Also see the slightly used overcoats, $5 up. Grat Big Values JUSTH'S OLD STAND 619 D liams plays the motherly part in the same sympathetic manner that marks all her work. Muse as David Burnham, Wall Street man, was very good. He pictures that character with much skill; his work is above criticism. Monagas as the detective shows us how it is done—a few more lessons and we will qualify as a gumshoe man. Miss Gillam is as chick and amusing as ever. This young lady always finds a laugh awaiting her remarks. Simmons as a salesman is agile, to say the least. Moore liams plays the motherly part in the same sympathetic manner that marks all her work. Muse as David Burnham, Wall Street man, was very good. He pictures that character with much skill; his work is above criticism. Monagas as the detective shows us how it is done—a few more lessons and we will qualify as a gum-shoe man. Miss Gillam is as chick and amusing as ever. This young lady always finds a laugh awaiting her remarks. Simmons as a salesman is agile, to say the least. Moore and Ray fill their roles in an acceptable manner. The dresses are worn too long to attract such crowds as turned out last week. BE VICTORIOUS Be victorious by using Mme. Ellis' "Victory Hair Cream." Try it and be convinced. Trial treatment, $1.00. Miss Elizabeth Hughes 1938 Fifteenth Street N. W. Washington, D. C.