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VOL. XL. NO. 30 DRA DOES DR. VAN S THE COLOR LIN SAYS TO COL DRAWS DOES DR. VAN SCHAICK DRAW THE COLOR LINE? WHAT HE SAYS TO COLORED TEACHERS What Did Dr. John Van Schaick Mean?—His Color Line Intimation Repudiated. In his address last week to the colored teachers of the public schools, Dr. John Van Schaick asked the colored teachers if they didn't favor a colored board of education and if they thought it best for colored and white to be separated. In reply to his far-fetched remarks, Mr. James Chestnut gave him to understand in unvarnished English that the colored teachers did not favor segregation; that he saw no reason for Van Schaick to address the teachers in a separate meeting. Why not have the white and colored teachers come together in one hall? here we would like to whisper in Mr. Brooks' ear that Washington has some of the most beautiful and accomplished girls in the entire country and trust that some of the Washington girls will meet with favor. The manager of the above theatres deserves much credit for bringing this remarkable and expensive attraction to the Washington people. ACADEMY'S TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING HELD The American Negro Academy will hold its 23rd annual meeting on Monday and Tuesday, the 29th and 30th, at the Y. M. C. A. Twelfth street. Neval Thomas informed the preacher-commissioner-elect that he was an American citizen, and so far as having a separate board was concerned, he did not favor it. At the conclusion of the remarks of Messrs. Chestnut and Thomas, Dr. Van Schaick said that he didn't favor a separate board either, or separate anything else. If he did or didn't favor segregation, he found out where the colored teachers stood, and many want to know at what was he driving. FAMOUS NEGRO SCREEN STAR IN WASHINGTON Here to Make Personal. Appearance at Local Theatres in Conjunction With New Features. Mr. Clarence Brooks, the star of the $50,000 all-Negro screen feature, "A Man's Duty," produced by the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Inc., of Los Angeles, Cal., is in the city to make a personal appearance with the showing of this feature at the local theatres. This remarkable feature will be shown at the Foraker Theatre on December 29 and 30, and at the popular Hiawatha Theatre on December 31 and January 1. Mr. Brooks is the same handsome, likable leading man whom many Washington people so admired in "The Realization" and "The Law of Nature," produced by the same firm and previously shown at the above theatres. He will be pleased to shake hands and meet many of his admirers after the performances. For the benefit of the ladies, we will say that Mr. Brooks is single. During the showing of this feature in New York City he was showered with presents, such as candy, cuff links, cravats, scarfs, etc., by his many admirers. Secret rumors have stated that Mr. Brooks has received dozens of "mash notes" in every city where he has appeared, and it is also understood that he has a record of answering them all. He is accompanied by his manager, Mr D. Ireland Thomas, and they have been very successful throughout their extended trip, which has taken them all over the Middle West and the East for the past four months. It has also been rumored that Mr. Brooks is secretly looking for screen talentamong the ladies to play lead opposite him in his next features, which will be produced with the regularity of every five or six weeks upon his return to Los Angeles. Mr. Brooks is also the secretary of the corporation, and it is understood that he has the power to engage any such talent. Just THE WASHINGTON Wishes the Merry Christmas and and takes this means to announce Better Service to Bigger Business for Mutual Coorporation The growing Membership of the ored men and women. All who are welcome. Get our calendar that gives of each member. Merry Christmas and a Happy NEW Year. The growing Membership of the League now consists of 50 colored men and women. All who are actually engaged in business are welcome. Get our calendar that gives, business, address, telephone of each member. Address: The Secretary Business League. "Y" Building, 1816 12th St., N. W. The Washington Bee here we would like to whisper in Mr. Brooks' ear that Washington has some of the most beautiful and accomplished girls in the entire country and trust that some of the Washington girls will meet with favor. The manager of the above theatres deserves much credit for bringing this remarkable and expensive attraction to the Washington people. ACADEMY'S TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING HELD The American Negro Academy will hold its 23rd annual meeting on Monday and Tuesday, the 29th and 30th, at the Y. M. C. A. Twelfth street. On Monday night, at 7:30 o'clock, President Grimke delivers his annual address on "The Shame of America," and Bishop Hurst reads a paper on "The Status of the Foreigner Under the Various Haytian Constitutions." On the following Tuesday night Mr. A. Philip Randolph, editor of "The Messenger," of New York, will address the Academy on "The New Radicalism and the Negro." The public are cordially invited to these meetings. RECONSTRUCTION OF RACE. M. M. Madden Speaks at Ebenezer—The Great Commoner Electrified His Audience. One of the greatest reasoners and speakers in this country is Dr. M. M. Madden, supreme president of the National Court of Politics, who addressed the citizens at Ebenezer A. M. E. Church last Wednesday evening, December 17. Dr. Madden spoke on the reconstruction of the colored race. He advocates the setting apart of certain ground in this country and Mexico for the benefit of the thirteen millions of colored people. His address was full of sound sense. Excerpts from his address will appear in The Bee next week. The great apostle of a new propaganda, Dr. M. M. Madden, who will appear before the House Judiciary Committee after the holidays to advocate the appointment of a commission to set apart certain lands in Texas and Mexico for colored Americans, left the city for St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday evening. He will be gone a week. Letters addressed to 2244 Adams street, St. Louis, Mo., will reach him. Dr. Madden is one of the most gifted Dr. Madden is one of the most gifted speakers in the United States. LIEUT. EUROPE COMMANDERY The following members of Lieut James Reese Europe Post, No. 1, have been appointed on the various State committees of the American Legion Commandery: Alex. Mann, executive committee; W. E. Plummer, State color bearer; R. L. Plummer, employment; Robert S. Broadus, war risk; David Robinson, vocational training committee; E. B. Moxley, publication and publicity committee; F. G. Hill, relief and welfare; J. W. Brown, legislation; W. J. Ennis, ways and means committee. BUSINESS LEAGUE the Public a Happy NEW Year bounce its program for 1920. c the Public d for our members e tion for Mutual Benefit f the League now consists of 50 col- actually engaged in business are ves, business, address, telephone --- WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919 COLOR First and Only Colored Auctioneer. E. R. Russell, who has been a lifelong resident of this city and was formerly in the meat business in the O street market, is now in the repair and auction business at 903 N street northwest. He is well nown in business circles in this city. There has never been a colored auctioneer in this city before, and The Bee congratulates Mr. Russell and wishes him success. He is an up-to-date auctioneer. FLA. AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH. Police Reserves Called to Quiet Fight in Church Meeting. Police reserves from the Eighth Precinct made a hurried run to Florida Avenue Baptist Church last Friday night in answer to a call to stop a fight which was in progress at that place. The light started when Mr. Dickerson tried to get recognition from the chairman, Rev. W. A. Taylor, to present a charge preferred against him by Mrs. Dickerson. After having been refused a hearing for some time, he insisted upon being heard, and it was while some members were trying to tell the chairman that he should be heard that Mrs. Bertha Brown ran across the room and struck Rev. J. S. Burke on the cheek. In trying to part them, Trustee Jas. Jackson also received a blow. Umbrellas were then brought into play. woman screamed, and the police had to come in and restore order. Warrants were issued for the guilty parties Saturday morning. Mrs. Grace Jackson filed the following letter with Mr. Langhorne: "Washington, D. C. "December 22, 1919. "Mr. James Langhorne, "Florida Ave. Baptist Church. "My Dear Sir: On Friday night last I presented to you a charge against Rev. W. A. Taylor. At that time you informed my husband that you would attend to that matter. I have not heard from you as yet, and take this means to inform you that I demand an immediate hearing on this matter, or I will take other means to get justice." HONESTY OR SELFISHNESS—A NATIONAL ISSUE. Hampton, Va., Dec. 22.—Dr. James E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, in his recent address on "The Demand for Honesty," said that "our own country, we are told by many returning travelers, is disliked and even hated and despised abroad because the other nations, who were our allies so recently, believe that we are not living up to the reputation which we had made for unselfishness. We are not carrying out, as they think, our promises and our professions. "It is not only the Senate of the United States that is standing in the way and preventing the treaty of peace from being passed, so as to permit the governments of the world to get down to the business of improving on the treaty wherever it may need improvement, and the life of the nations to take up its normal course again. It is not only the Senate of the United States, but there are others in this country supporting the Senate and following the same course of selfishness, when America had made her name honored and beloved throughout the world by her unselfish generous participation in the great war. "It will be a shameful thing if the United States comes to be classed among the nations that cannot be trusted, that are regarded as dishonest. For myself, I cannot believe that this will come to pass. I feel sure that our statesmen will see the folly of their ways before long and give this nation the place which she ought to have in the world before the minds of men once more. time? Because they could think and speak of him as 'Honest Abe.' Because they were sure that he was sincere. "Why are men reading all they can read and never ceasing to think of Theodore Roosevelt? Whether they agreed with him or not, they say, 'Yes, I admired him.' The American people have a place for him in their hearts that they have for no one else. Why? It is because he spoke out the truth, as he saw the truth, regardless of consequences. Men admire that, and they always will, and they will always stand by the man they are sure is honest and straightforward and aboveboard in his dealings and is not afraid." Referring to Germany's downfall, Dr. Gregg said: "Honesty is good to begin with and good to end with. It is a very ordinary thing, perhaps, and a very commonplace thing, to praise honesty. So the world needs to give honor and to give praise exactly there. Think how Germany has worked her own downfall because of the lack of honesty in her statesmen, in her leaders! How she has permitted herself to be fooled, deluded, misled and finally almost ruined, just by this one thing—along with other evil things—but by this one failing, this one sin especially." THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES. (From the Press Bulletin.) It is the customary thing for men in public life to take the easier way. But occasionally there appears a man in public office who does what he believes is right and honest, even when he knows such action will bring upon himself personal criticism, misrepresentation and abuse. When we meet such a real man, one doing a man's work in the world; we doff our hats to him. That is why we wish here and now to salute Francis Burton Harrison, Governor General of the Philippines. Governor Harrison has been bitterly, assailed in certain quarters because of his policies in the islands. Some of the great organs of reaction in America have even termed him "un-American." Let us inquire into the basis of this charge. Governor Harrison has frequently expressed his sympathy with the aspirations of the Filipino people for independence. He declares his six years' experience in the islands has convinced him that the people are fit and ready for independence. Although he receives a salary of $18,000 a year, he says he is ready to step down and out whenever Congress grants the Filipinos their independence. And he has recommended that Congress act at once. In those far-off islands, Governor Harrison stands for these three policies: The Philippines for the Filipinos, the principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and the principle of self-determination. If in standing for these things Governor Harrison is un-American, will the organs of reaction who are undertaking to speak for America on the Philippine question kindly inform us what America does stand for? Has America changed its ideals since it has become great and powerful? Has it changed its opinions since it drafted its young men to send overseas to fight for self-determination? No; we do not think so. We have every confidence in the people of America. We know, and we believe the American people know, that it is not the policies of Governor Harrison that are un-American, but it is the interests back of the bitter attacks upon Governor Harrison that are un-American. But this man who has the courage of his convictions can really well afford to temporarily receive a little criticism, for, if the reports of recently returned travelers from the islands are true, he has the sincere gratitude and affection of 10,000,000 men, women and children whose cause he is championing before the world. The love of a whole people is something that not every man can possess. And when it is so well de- A MAN'S DUTY Foraker Theatre MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30th and 31st Hiawatha Theatre Rufus G. Byars, Mgr. The Premier Picture House of Washington 11th and U Sts., N. W. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, DEC. 31st and JAN. 1st Matinee both days starting 2:15 Continuous Show Don't miss this tteat for race pride alone Admission 22c, tax 3c-Total 25c served, as in this case, it is more precious far than gold. When the history of Governor Harrison's administration is written, he will receive his reward. It will portray him as the brave champion of the rights and aspirations of a race of people. Read the history of the world from cover to cover, and you will find no exception to the rule that those men who stand for human rights are given their just rewards. So it will be with Harrison. But those little men who for selfish and partisan reasons are pulling at his coattails will be unsung and unheralded. Francis Burton Harrison has made himself immortal in the Philippines. As long as grass grows and water runs his name will be revered by that people who inhabit the "pearls of the Orient sea." KNITTING MILLS NAMED FOR NEGRO. (Special to the Christian Science Monitor from its Southern News Office.) Durham, N. C.—In recognition of the faithful services of John O'Daniel, a Negro, who for thirty years was a valued employee in the Julian S. Carr family of Durham, the Bowling-Emory Knitting Mills of this city, recently acquired by the Carr interests, has been renamed the "John O'Daniel Hosiery Mills." The plant will be run by Negroes, and will be reopened about January 1 with 100 spindles. It is purposed by the new management to bring gradually the number of spindles up to 350 or more. Eleven acres of land near the plant have also been purchased, and some twenty modern mill houses will be erected for the use of the Negro operatives and their families. J. S. Carr, Jr., president of the John O'Daniel Hosiery Mills, in speaking of the recently acquired property, said: "Our family desired to give recognition to the honesty, faithfulness and willingness of a servant who believed in devoting himself to a full day's work each day. This recognition will, I believe, prove stimulating to the Negroes generally, who may better feel assured that the South will give full recognition to every man, regardless of race, who devotes his life to honesty and to faithful work." CHRISTMAS EXERCISES. Fountain of. Youth Beauty School Hold Successful Exercises. The Fountain of Youth Beauty Cul- A. B. ture School, Inc., held its usual Christmas closing exercises, at 935 R street northwest, last Monday evening. The following ladies read interesting papers on the different branches of beauty culture: Miss Edna Cooper, an essay on "Manicuring and Hand Massage." Misses L. Gaskin, Ella Tate, D. Henderson, Jane Atwood and Viola Simms read papers on "Facial Massage," and Miss B. Gordon, "Scalp Treatment and Its Effect." Mme. Agnes J. Smith, principal of the school, served refreshments to the class, after which she was presented with several valuable presents from her classes. Mrs. Jane Atwood made the presentation speech for the day class and Mrs. D. Henderson represented the evening class. Those who were not able to be present were Mrs. Helen E. Early, Mrs. H. Hawkins, Miss Fannie Howard, Mrs. Mary L. Brown, Miss Harrison, Mrs. M. H. Jones and Mrs. Martha Swann were out of the city; Mrs. Ella Norris, who is confined to her bed with illness. The school will open the first Monday in January for registration and enrollment. Both day and night classes. WHITELAW STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING JANUARY 22 Washington, D. C., December 22, 1919. Dear Stockholder: The stockholders' meeting of the Whitelaw Apartment House Company, Inc., will be held in the assembly room of the V. M. C. A., Twelfth street branch, on Thursday, January 22, 1920, between the hours of 7:30 and 8:30 p. m., for the purpose of increasing the capital stock from $20,000 to $500,000, for the election of directors and to transact any other business which may properly come before the meeting. John W. Lewis, Pres. Wm. H. Robinson, Sec'y. man, his ork." Garnet Group Community Centre will hold their public new year's reception January 1, 1920, at the Garnet School building, U street between Ninth and Tenth streets, from 6:30 to 10:30. Community band concert during the evening. The public is invited. 'S DUTY —Greatest All Star Colored Picture ever Made Also First Colored News Pictorial ever made, presenting for the first time in the history of a colored picture. The screen star in person Mr. Clarence Brooks of California Theatre Streets, N. W. G. Byars, Mgr. AY, DECEMBER 30th and 31st a Theatre Why go down town! When you can buy the same goods for less money at Taylor's. Combare prices below with those of other stores The Little Store with the Big Reputation velry Jew elry Jewelry Jew welry Jewelry DIAMONDS REPAIRING A SPECIALT PRICES lower than you will find elsewhere, because we give you the benefit of the high rent, lights and clerk hire that the big store is compelled to charge upon each article sold, therefore our motto: "Same goods, less money." The very best in the latest models and all the up-the-minute creations. Dissatisfaction will be made right. Jewelry at Taylor's has been bought for you with a combination of the finest quality, best taste and made by the most capable talent. With this assurance there will be no occasion for complaint because your Individuality is expressed in every article created for this season, and we want to emphasize our special values for the holidays and Xmas. Diamond Rings.....$ 5.00 up Umbrellas.....$2.50 up Bracelet Watches.....$15.00 up Wrist Watches.....10.00 up Gold Brooches.....49 up Cameq Rings.....5.00 up Diamond Ear Rings.....20,00 up Belts, Sterling silver and gold buckles.....$1.50 And many Values eclipsing anything ever offered Geo. W. 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We can do this on rush occasions, such as New Years Day, if you place your orders as early as possible The Carry Ice Cream Company --- --- E ```markdown ``` for sometime the interest which you have taken in the me this opportunity of thanking you in behalf of the co- nding up of this institution. from a small plant to an institution of influence and nistry at large. The work being done there by Dr. Shri I feel that his continued efforts, combined with the w institution, have given it, will inevitably result in furni- and efficient negro workers. what you are now contemplating another trip in behal- pose of wishing you all success and abundant results. Yours very truly, E. BACK OUR STATEMENTS WITH $50 JUST A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE AMBROSIA TOILET PREPARATIONS ARE THE MOST SATISFACTORY THEY ARE FRENCH IN SPIRIT, FRENCH IN QUALITY IRRESISTABLY FRENCH IN CHARM. AMBROSIA HAIR GROWER and AMBROSIA HAIR BRIGHTENER ARE PRODUCTS OF EXPERT CHEMISTS GUARANTEE TO START HAIR GROWING FOUR WEEKS. 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I have noticed for sometime the interest this city, and I wish to take this opportunity in connection with the building up of this institution. It has grown from a small plant city and throughout the country at large. The of the highest praise, and I feel that his contribution to the other friends of the institution have given try a body of well-trained and efficient negro work. I understand that you are now capable of write this letter for the purpose of wishing you It has grown from a small plant to an institution of influence and power, both in our own community and throughout the country at large. The work being done there by Dr. Shepard and his associates is worthy of the highest praise, and I feel that his continued efforts, combined with the valuable assistance which you and the other friends of the institution have given it, will inevitably result in furnishing to our State and our country a body of well-trained and efficient negro workers. 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DAILY COME HIGH TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFICIENCY AND CHARM OF AMBROSIA PREPARATIONS—THEY RESTORE BLOOM OF YOUTH TO WOMEN—MAKES THEM TEN YEARS YOUNGER IN APPEARANCE. (In ordering special six weeks' treatment mention having seen our adv. in this paper.) --- You will find here a complete line of Columbia BAR mann nacist ations, Per- get Powders. Found Here lding Physicians patronize Ross, C. D..... Sample, A. W..... Shipley, R. H..... Simmons, W. C..... Singleton, L. H..... Smoot and Beec Why not patronize as well as SERVICE? Some stores SIMPLY we not only INVITE you The above listed Dr Association; an organizat EST SERVICE in the w us for your needs in Dr perfectly at home. House and Herrmann 7th and Eye Streets A. T. BRONAUGH, Pharmacist All of the Leading Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Domestic and Imported Toilet Powders. All Grades Hair Preparations Are Found Here Prescriptions Filled Promptly. All the Leading Physicians pay this store. Agents for Madam Walker's Goods. 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AMBROSIA EYELET CAP Keeps the hair from falling out. M. Who says: "Ambrosia Men's E-Z Straightener, straightened my hair, beautiful with one treatment." priced from $32.50 upwards and a full assortment of Columbia Records at all times CITY OF DURHAM (Chartered 1869) NORTH CAROLINA TREATMENT $1.50 1.75 2.25 STANCE. BE ANY OF THESE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? IF YOU DEAL WITH ANY OF THESE DRUG STORES, IF NOT, WHY NOT? Stores in the membership of the Colored Druggists' Association, District of Columbia: Kins and Burwell.....12th and U Streets N. W. Burd, W. L.....1912½ 14th Street N. W. Burcher, G. H.....5th St. and Fla. Ave. N. W. Buglass, J. W.....4th and Elm Streets N. W. Bristorks, B. F.....2d and H Streets S. W. Jason and Whipps.....7th and T Streets N. W. Jason, Nathaniel.....3d and F Streets S. W. Guire, R. L.....9th and U Streets N. W. Gess and Davis.....7th and N Streets N. W. Case, J. W.....19th and L Streets N. W. Gray, G. W.....2d and D Streets S. W. Super, W. P.....7th St. and Fla. Ave. N. W. Hers, E. O.....1st and P Streets N. W. Phipps, F. S.....148 M Street S. E. Kett, R. D.....4th and N Streets N. W. Ammer, R. F.....3d and H Streets N. W. He, H. S.....1319 H Street N. E. Be, A. T.....28th and P Streets N. W. Is, C. D.....10th and R Streets N. W. Apple, A. W.....13th and Walter Streets S. E. iley, R. H.....2501 Nichols Avenue S. E. mons, W. C.....21st and L Streets N. W. leton, L. H.....20th and E Streets N. W. ot and Beckwith.....N. J. Ave and Q St. N. W. Not patronize your own stores and be assured of COURSE SERVICE? Stores SIMPLY ALLOW you to spend YOUR MONEY INVITE you, but also desire your patronage. Move listed Drug Stores are members of the Colored Drug Organization pledged to give you ACCURACY and SERVICE in the most COURTEOUS MANNER possible. Needs in Drugs, Cigars, Toilet Articles, etc., and you home. Your wants to any of us. Our motto: QUALITY—ACCURACY—RELIABILITY—SERVICE" and by order of the ARE ANY OF THESE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? DO YOU DEAL WITH ANY OF THESE DRUG STORES? IF NOT, WHY NOT? Drug stores in the membership of the Colored Druggists' Association (Inc.) of the District of Columbia: (Inc.) of the District of Columbia: Banks and Burwell.....12th and U Streets N. W. Board, W. L.....1912½ 14th Street N. W. Butcher, G. H.....5th St. and Fla. Ave. N. W. Douglass, J. W.....4th and Elm Streets N. W. Hailstorks, B. F.....2d and H Streets S. W. Jackson and Whipps.....7th and T Streets N. W. Johnson, Nathaniel.....3d and F Streets S. W. McGuire, R. L.....9th and U Streets N. W. Miles and Davis.....7th and N Streets N.. W. Morse, J. W.....19th and L Streets N. W. Murray, G. W.....2d and D Streets S. W. Napper, W. P.....7th St. and Fla. Ave. N. W. Peters, E. O.....1st and P Streets N. W. Phillips, F. S.....148 M Street S. E. Pinkett, R. D.....4th and N Streets N. W. Plummer, R. F.....3d and H Streets N. W. Pope, H. S.....1319 H Street N. E. Pride, A. T.....28th and P Streets N. W. Ross, C. D.....10th and R Streets N. W. Sample, A. W.....13th and Walter Streets S. E. Shipley, R. H.....2501 Nichols Avenue S. E. Simmons, W. C.....21st and L Streets N. W. Singleton, L. H.....20th and E Streets N. W. Smoot and Beckwith.....N. J. Ave and Q St. N. W. Why not patronize your own stores and be assured of COURTESY as well as SERVICE? Some stores SIMPLY ALLOW you to spend YOUR MONEY. But we not only INVITE you, but also desire your patronage. The above listed Drug Stores are members of the Colored Druggists' Association, an organization pledged to give you ACCURACY and HONEST SERVICE in the most COURTEOUS MANNER possible. Call on us for your needs in Drugs, Cigars, Toilet Articles, etc., and you will feel perfectly at home. Phone your wants to any of us. Our motto: "QUALITY—ACCURACY—RELIABILITY—SERVICE" Published by order of the COLORED DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION INC. 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WILLIAMS, Proprietor Also open to serving private parties Private dining rooms One of the Finest Chefs in Washington Try our Special Sunday Dinners ROOSEVELT'S SON Agrees to Go On Howard University Board of Trustees. Dr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary treasurer of Howard University, announces that Col. Theodore Roosevelt, son of the former President of the United States, has accepted the suggestion of Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, president of Howard University, that his name be proposed for election as a member of the Howard University board of trustees at the meeting of the board to be held in February. President Roosevelt, in speaking of Howard University some years ago, said: "It is from this institution that are graduated those who will lead and teach their less fortunate fellows. Upon their leading and teaching much depends for their race and their country. I have a peculiar interest in Howard University, because of having seen the effects of their work close at hand." 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W.; Store No. 3, Fourteenth and U Streets N. W.; Store No. 4, Seventh and M Streets N. W.; Store No. 5, Eighth and H Streets N. E. E. W. Bundy UNDERTAKER and EMBALMBER 1911 9th Street, N. W, Phone North 4326-J Formerly Frazier and Bnndy Modern Chapel Automobile Fnnerals and Livery MINERVA Dining Room Street Northwest TO ANNOUNCE MING OF ITS BKERY DOLLS TWICE DAILY BAKES PIES ties Private dining rooms Chefs in Washington 1 Sunday Dinners Home Cooking Dinner 4:30 to 7 P.M. For orders to go out call North 1492 possible with the officials of the university in putting under way the great reconstruction and reorganization program of the university, which has assumed a new leadership and has attained, as has been aptly said, a new conception of her mission, through aiming practically and deliberately at meeting the national demand in race leadership, and thus fulfilling her proper duty and mission as the national institution for the higher and professional education of colored youth. T A B U I I Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Vegetables—Hot Hominy Every Market Day—Fresh Ground Horse Radish and Cocoanut Stands. 82 and 83, O. St. Market UL SKIN postpaid upon receipt of price WANTED! general terms RUG STORES: N. W.; Store No. 2, Seventh and E urteenth and U Streets N. W.; Store W.; Store No. 5, Eighth and H Streets Dealer in Address All Letters and Other Matter to THE BEE NEWSPAFER COMPANY, LOCK BOX 1826 1109 Eye Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. The Bee, Franklin 5992 Chase's Law Office, Main 4078 PRESENT-DAY LEADERSHIP. meeting of the National Republican Committee on a new colored leadership. "Much in little detail." It was a leadership of job hunters and notched in the balance and found wanting. It was without a foundation. It had nothing to offer, it had it was kept in the background. Chad suggested many things, and whether his suggestion this new leadership was a conjecture. The country must think and act for themselves, the coattails of the white Republican leader called great Republican leader (?) from a present, who can say more behind closed doors, open. With all of his political pull in that did it amount to except to secure for him not a colored man of any prominence was coined over twelve million Colored Americans to Senate and House of Representatives are elected, and nothing has been done to relieve our burdens put on them by the Democratic party, think that the colored voters are wood and drawers of water? Or, in other words of the Republican party? Shall our oppose South remain seris? Is there nothing to be powers to eliminate the "Jim-Crow" condescension where, which Southern prejudice has pervasis propaganda? What has the black soldier as he made in the late world's war? The lie, or before the black man was drafted, that the same, if not worse, when the war ended, proved true? The uniform worn by the colonist respected. Those who won laurels and who have not been allowed to walk in the public have been assailed by white mobs and been shot down in cold blood. What has our done to put a stop to these brutalities? Wait until the next National Republican Convention and gives us pledges before we again be that has our present-day leadership to say? The last meeting of the National Republican Committee brought to the front a new colored leadership. "Much in little and nothing more beyond." It was a leadership of job hunters and nothing more. It was weighed in the balance and found wanting. It was amateurish and without a foundation. It had nothing to offer to the committee; if it had it was kept in the background. Chairman Hayes talked and suggested many things, and whether his suggestions were grasped by this new leadership was a conjecture. The colored voters in this country must think and act for themselves and cease hanging to the coattails of the white Republican leadership. There was the so-called great Republican leader (?) from the State of Georgia present, who can say more behind closed doors than he will say in the open. With all of his political pull in the State of Georgia, what did it amount to except to secure for himself a political job? Not a colored man of any prominence was consulted, and yet there are over twelve million Colored Americans in this country. The Senate and House of Representatives are controlled by Republicans, and nothing has been done to relieve our faithful black allies of the burdens put on them by the Democratic party. Does the Republican party think that the colored voters are to remain hewers of wood and drawers of water? Or, in other words, the political slaves of the Republican party? Shall our oppressed brethren in the South remain serfs? Is there nothing to be done by the law-making powers to eliminate the "Jim-Crow" conditions in the South and elsewhere, which Southern prejudice has permeated with its poisonous propaganda? What has the black soldier received for the sacrifices he made in the late world's war? The Bee said in a former issue, or before the black man was drafted, that his condition would be the same, if not worse, when the war ended. Has not our prediction proved true? The uniform worn by the colored soldiers has not been respected. Those who won laurels and were decorated for bravery have not been allowed to walk in the public streets in peace. They have been assailed by white mobs and hundreds of them have been shot down in cold blood. What has our present-day leadership done to put a stop to these brutalities? Let us wait until the next National Republican Committee doctors its platform and gives us pledges before we again become willing slaves. What has our present-day leadership to say? THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE. some time it has been a question with this. The Philippine Islands should have their right not be a question for this government to treat to those islands their independence at once, that the Philippines are more capable of the "cracker" governments south of Mason's you want to see what the islands are doing, a would send for a book that gives the history of progress. These islands would do more if the case. The Governor-General of the Philippine Anton Harrison, who has virtually admitted the islands should be given their independence. It is not a "cracker" in the South that possesses in the Philippines. For some time it has been a question with this government whether the Philippine Islands should have their independence. It should not be a question for this government to consider. It should grant to those islands their independence at once. The Bee feels certain that the Philippines are more capable of self-government than the "cracker" governments south of Mason's and Dixon's Line. If you want to see what the islands are doing, and their people, you should send for a book that gives the history of the people and their progress. These islands would do more if they had their independence. The Governor-General of the Philippine Islands is Francis Burton Harrison, who has virtually admitted that the Philippine Islands should be given their independence. There is not a "cracker" in the South that possesses the sense of the people in the Philippines. DISTRICT REPUBLICANS. takes this opportunity of warning the Rep. at there will be an effort inaugurated to thre- ates from this city to the next National Rep- tent, a hand-picked lily-white and Moens crowded in the District Republican Committee. The Rep- tent at its hand-picked national committeeman this bunch. If the reports are true, the Rep- tented to organize, and organize at once, and how much water this lily-white crowd draw- ers will elect the delegates, and they will not backed organization to control politics in this office-seeking gang, that could not be fou- d by colored people. were invaded by a mob and thread-and-butter brigade must be taught a se- lect, and not a hand-picked committee. "We to ask, but it will present its claims to the National Race Congress has not made a report o- for the race riot. Lawyers who defended tha- tany money from the congress. Rev. Jernan report? colored policemen have been appointed by Ma- nage to follow. A colored police precinct is in Sergeant-Detective Beckley in charge and in line. Major, you have begun to do good thousand colored Americans commence The Bee takes this opportunity of warning the Republicans in this city that there will be an effort inaugurated to throw the election of delegates from this city to the next National Republican Convention to a hand-picked lily-white and Moens crowd committee, calling itself the District Republican Committee. The Bee has been informed that its hand-picked national committeeman will join forces with this bunch. If the reports are true, the Republican voters are requested to organize, and organize at once, and show to the country just how much water this lily-white crowd draw. The Republican voters will elect the delegates, and they will not stand for any hand-picked organization to control politics in this city. It is the same old office-seeking gang, that could not be found when the homes of the colored people were invaded by a mob a few months ago. This bread-and-butter brigade must be taught a lesson. The people will elect, and not, a hand-picked committee. The Bee has no favors to ask, but it will present its claims to the Republican voters. The National Race Congress has not made a report of the money collected for the race riot. Lawyers who defended the men have not received any money from the congress. Rev. Jernagin, do you intend to report? Eight colored policemen have been appointed by Major Pullman, and more are to follow. A colored police precinct is in contemplation, with Sergeant-Detective Beckley in charge and Dr. Robert Carroll next in line. Major, you have begun to do good work. Let the one hundred thousand colored Americans commend you. THE N. A. A. C. P. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is about the only organization in this country that is doing any real work. The Bee doesn't see any necessity for President Grimke to retire from the presidency of that organization. The only change that The Bee would suggest is in the legal department of that organization. The secretary is a live wire, a man of intelligence and alertness. Let every citizen support the N. A. A. C. P. National Association for the Advancement of the only organization in this country to work. The Bee doesn't see any necessity for retire from the presidency of that organization. The Bee would suggest is in the legal definition. The secretary is a live wire, a man of mass. Let every citizen support the N. A. A. Hampton, Va., November 26. What do the colored educational and community service leaders of Virginia think about the value of cooperation, the improvement of their schools, the development of the thrift idea, the possibility of improving rural life and the importance of racial good will? What do the colored people want the white citizens to do for them during this critical period of national and world-wide unrest? The recent message to the colored people of Virginia and also to the white people, from the Colored Organization Society and Colored Teachers' Association of Virginia, delivered in Lynchburg before a mixed audience of 2,000 representative citizens by John M. Gangly, president of the Petersburg Normal School and executive secretary of the Colored Organization Society, gave a clear-cut answer to many questions which the white and colored people are facing. The message, in part, follows: Spirit of Cooperation. "The merit of the colored people to advance against great difficulties and in the face of new problems has not yet been conclusively proven to the world. The race is now in its greatest crisis. Never before in its history has it been confronted with so many new and intricate problems and with such grave difficulties as it is today. The mental, moral and religious resourcefulness of the race is challenged. "There has been a regrettable waste in money and effort, due to the lack of successful cooperation. The period of individualism is over. The world advances today under the spell of group action. We learn to cooperate by cooperating. The race must learn to overcome the inertia of indifference, in problems that require the action of all its people. It should move forward in a solid phalanx in attacking questions, principles, problems and difficulties that stand in the way of racial progress. Unless we learn to mass our power and strength we are doomed to an utter failure in these days of combination. "We must make it clear, however, that we should mass our strength for the advancement of the kingdom of righteousness and not for abetting and aiding the kingdom of darkness. "According to the report of the Virginia Educational Survey Commission less than two-thirds of the colored children of school age are enrolled in school. Measured by the ratio of enrollment to the total colored population, or to the total colored school population, the enrollment now is approximately what it was in 1890. Of the total colored school population at present, the average daily attendance is 63 per cent. On every day that the schools are open more than one out of every three of the colored children enrolled in school is absent. The colored children thus lose more than one-third of the schooling provided. Poorly Trained Teachers. "At present there are about 3,000 colored teachers in the State. It is estimated by the Virginia Survey Commission that 4,000 are needed to provide adequate teaching advantages to the present colored population. There is thus a shortage of at least a thousand teachers. The report says: 'Colored teachers as a body have inadequate education and training. In non-city schools more than one-third have received only an education of two grades of high school work or less; one-half have never received an education of more than three grades of high school work, and more than three-fourths have never received an education above that equivalent to a four-year high school course. Only one-fifth have ever received an education in training equivalent to one or more years of college or normal school.' Inadequate School Terms. "The majority of the rural schools are still housed in one-room buildings, with little arrangements for ventilation, lighting, heating, seating and sanitation. Children are crowded into these shacks far beyond their capacity, thus endangering the pupils' health and making effective school work impossible. In some of the cities the buildings are old, inadequately furnished, poorly heated and lighted and are veritable culture media of disease germs. "Referring to the length of the term of non-city schools, the Virginia Survey Commission says: In 1917-18 non-city schools for colored children were open on the average six months. In fifty-five counties the average length of the term for colored schools was six months or less; in ten counties the county-wide averages were five months, and in one county 3.2 months. So in nearly one-third of the.230 non-city schools (colored) individually examined, the school term was five months or less." AFTER XMAS SALE OF COATS These reduced prices on coats mean a Xmas present for all who take quick advantage of these low prices - Come easily, get first choice SALE PRICES 14.75 - 29.75 19.75 - 39.75 24.75 - 49.75 736 7th Street SIGMUND'S 736 7th Street "The explanation for the small percentage of the colored school population enrolled in school, the poor attendance, the elimination and retardation, can be found, for the most part, in poor housing conditions, poor teaching advantages and in the short length of the term. Educational Campaigns. "We wish to make the following suggestions: (1) That a season be set aside every year during the school session, preferably in the early part of the school year, in which a 'Virginia educational campaign' be waged through the public press, the pulpit, and mass meetings for the enlightenment of the public on the fundamental need of the education of the young; (2) that the Negro Teachers' Association of Virginia and the Negro Organization Society memorialize the State legislature in the interest of increased facilities for the training of colored teachers, of increased pay for teachers, and of increased length of terms for the rural districts; (3) that a season each year be set aside in which the claims of the teaching profession be presented to the student body in all of the secondary schools and colleges of the State; and (4) that, in all we do, we work in full harmony with, and with the full knowledge of, the heads of our public school system, helping them to realize their ambition for the colored children of our Commonwealth. Farming Demands Attention. For racial development in the State the right attitude must be assumed towards the farm. We must prove equal to the problems on the farm. Old, wornout, methods must be discarded and new methods applied to the cultivation of the land. Intelligence and thought must begin to function in every aspect of farm life. The race on the farm should more readily receive the instructions of the farm demonstration agents and seek information on improved methods of farming from whatever source it can be had. More emphasis should be placed upon what is consumed at home, upon diversified crops, and upon land improvement. There should be an ever-increasing interest in land buying and farm extension. The education of the children of farmers should be so directed as to maintain and deepen their interest in farm life. Better Health for All. "We implore the people to begin to inform themselves on the question of health, to free themselves of insanitary surroundings; to let as much fresh air into their homes and public meeting places as possible; to take account of their food as to what it is and how it is prepared; to get enough sleep; and so to demean themselves as to make the continuance and spread of the social diseases impossible. What the Colored Race Wants. "What do the colored people, in Virginia want? We want to make it clear in the outset that we do not want, as is generally thought by white people, social equality. We are perfectly pleased and satisfied with our own society; with colored boys marrying colored girls; with the companionship of our own race in our homes; with the building up of our own social institutions, such as churches, schools, and the like. We are just as sensitive in the presence of inappropriate social situations as are white people and are just as averse to forcing ourselves upon people who do not desire our presence. "First: We want equal accommodations in public carriers. We now pay first-class fares and are forced to accept third-class accommodations. On the railroad and street cars the quarters assigned to us are inadequate for the numbers and are poorly kept. No provision is made, on the steam cars, for sleeping-car and dining-car accommodations. At only a few of the railroad stations are provisions made for feeding the colored traveling public. The toilets at most BLAKE 1914 [ Naturtype Bridge $Work $5 to $8 per tooth ] of the stations are badly and poorly kept, and on some of the trains there is only one toilet for both men and women. "Second. The colored people want justice in the proper distribution of advantages in their living quarters in both the city and country. Wherever we live in large numbers generally the streets are not paved, the section is not adequately lighted and policed, sewerage is not provided, and there is a negligence and indifference in the general improvements. "Third. We want equality of wages in the economic life of the State. We feel keenly the injustice of discrimination in pay for the same work done. If a colored bricklayer does the same work just as satisfactorily as a white man, he, in all justice, deserves the same pay." Chas, H. Javins & Sons Dealers in Fresh Fish, Oysters, Terrapin, Poultry, Game, Etc CENTER MARKET, B ST. WING Oyster House: 930 C Street N. W. Washington, D. C. A TIMELY NEW YEAR HINT —Repulsive and diseased teeth removed absolutely painless by an expert so that you may spend the New Year in health and comfort. I guarantee my work to be the best dentistry in the city. [ My famous featherweight Plate the best to be had $!5 ] [ Fillings, Gold, Silver, Porcelain $! up ] W. Harris less Dentist Terms to Suit T Streets, N. W. scott's Cafe Phone N. 2123 PUBLIC MEN AND THINGS. Rev. W. H. Jernagin, of Oklahoma, and at present president of the National Race Congress, who called a council of churches without authority to withdraw the hand of fellowship from the world's evangelist, has been requested to make a report of the moneys his organization collected to defend those who took part in the late race riot. Just why the gentleman who dropped into this city from Oklahoma refuses to make a report the Sage doesn't know. The Sage wants the ministerial politician to explain to the people why Judge Harrison from Oklahoma and Chicago and a guest of the minister-politician put in a bill for $200, and another local minister put in a bill for $400, and why he put in a claim for $300 shortage on his trip to the Race Congress. Just why the ministerial politician doesn't explain the financial workings of his Race Congress is a surprise. Speaking of Rev. Jernagin, his executive committee met a few days ago and stripped him of his official power. Secretary Hawkins is directed to receive all funds and accounts. I can't just see why the president of the Race Congress should preside at the meeting of the executive committee during the absence of the chairman while the vice-chairman is present. Now, Bro. Jernagin, kindly let the people have a report. State in this report how much money has been paid to lawyers out of the $3,000 defense fund. After a full report has been made, then you are at liberty to state your reason why the right hand of fellowship should not be withdrawn from you. There are always two sides to every question. There is no reason for you to delay this report. By the way, a gentleman (?) from Hell's Bottom attended the minister's anniversary, a few evenings ago, and among those present were only three ministers, and this gentleman (?) Detroit 33 H Street, N. E. Phone: Main 1055. THE HOME OF THE RED CAFE Porters' Association of the THE PULLMAN PORTERS Which is known to open places in the District of PERFECTLY SANITARY Detroit Cafe Porters' Association of the Union Station and a Specialty of THE PULLMAN PORTERS Which is known to operate as one of the greatest eating places in the District of Columbia. THE CAFE EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS Polite and accommodating HOT BREA Polite and accommodating waiters. Home Cooking. Hot Cakes for Breakfast The only up-to-date Cafe for in the northeast. Everything to a 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. Special Breakfast, and Supper. It is a place where you can bring your family some food, and strictly fresh. Home cooking. Po modating waitresses. FOR BREAKFAST Ham and Eggs, Bacon and Eggs, Porterhous Chops, Pork Chops, Country Sausage, Corn Beef H Steak, Salt Mackerel, Chicken fried to order week SUNDAY DINNER. Call in and try ovr Sunday Dinner. Roast Lan Baked, Steamed and Fried Chicken, Boiled Dinner Fish, and everything in the line of Vegetables, and s 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. Call in and try ovr 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. Open 6 A. M. from Hell's Bottom was introduced and attacked W. Calvin, who was not asked this time to be present and respond to "The Press." His attack on W. Calvin fell like a wet blanket on a duck's back. The would-be sable son of the local quill contemporary represented the editor of the local contemporary, who was too modest (?) to come himself, but he sent this scullion. W. Calvin enjoyed it, as it was related by the Sage, who happened to drop in and enjoy the festivities of the evening. Don't you know, Vincent Thomas has developed into a real theatrical manager? Have you seen that $1,500 diamond? Vincent had beeter be careful, because one of these bright afternoons or evenings some fair Juliet will borrow it without his knowledge and consent. Vincent is just like other people. He has his weak stops, just the same as other people. My friend John W. Lewis is going to teach the promoters of the new department scheme how to start it. Now I bet you a pineapple, to a bag of doornuts that Richard Ware and John W. Lewis would make a great pair in managing a department store. * * * There is one solid man in the Y. M. P. L.; and his name is Arthur F. Boston. He bets on Dr. Pierre. Now Arthur is some talker; and don't you forget it. Dr. John Van Schaik struck a snag at a meeting of colored teachers last week. But you can just bet that Jim Chestnut and Neval Thomas gave the ministerial Commissioner to understand that they were American citizens, and so far as a separate school curriculum, separate Board of Education and every other thing separate was concerned, they didn't want it. Now, what was the reverend school commissioner getting through his brain? I want to congratulate old Nev, even if he did wrong some t Cafe Arthur G. Woods Proprietor the Union Station and a Specialty of rate as one of the greatest eating Columbia. ing waiters. Home Cooking. AD DAILY all classes, ladies and gentlemen, appease the appetite. Hot service. ME IN SEASON. Special Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner bring your family and get whole- home cooking. Polite and accom- Eggs, Porterhouse, Steak, Lamb Message, Corn Beef Hash, Hamburger lied to order week-days. DINNER. Dinner. Roast Lamb, Roast Pork, Chicken, Boiled Dinner, Oysters and Vegetables, and strictly palatable are traveling public. Station and one-half block from *** *** Close 12 Midnight Invention of an Expert Chemist You probably have tried all sorts of remedies on your scalp without getting the desired results, until you have become discouraged and lost confidence. in all hair remedies. Thousands of others, like yourself, finally turned to using Seeby's Quinade, and have been so pleased with the result they would never again waste their time or money using anything else. Quinade is not an ordinary pimade; it is highly medicated and is a real scalp food. Quinade stimulates and nourishes the roots of the hair, causing a natural growth of long, straight hair. It will make coarse, stubborn hair soft and silky, and easy to put up in the style desired. Quinade will positively allay itching of the scalp; and dandruff, which is the real cause of most hair and scalp troubles. To get best results from the use of Quinade, one should shampoo the scalp every two weeks with Seeby's Quonasoap, a soap made entirely of pure vegetable oils. Quinasoap fathers very freely and is a thorough cleanser. It leaves the hair soft and fluffy and imparts a refreshing feeling to the scalp unequaled by any other-shampoo. Insist on getting Seeby's' Quinade and Quinasoap, asking for them by their full name. Price is 25 cents each. If your druggist or dealer does not stock these two articles, ask him to obtain them from his wholesaler for you, or send us the price and we will mail them to you direct. Seeby Drug Co., 14 Wooster street. New York City. Quinade and Quinasoap are sold at all of the People's Drug Stores. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES. Store No. 1, 7th and Kt 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. P time ago and tried to butt his brains out. Little Jim Chestnut is nobody's fool. Jim knows how to talk, and when you attempt to make him eat bean soup for ice cream, you can just bet someone will get hurt. There is but one organization in this country that is any benefit to the people, and that is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. I don't see why our good friend Archibald Grimke should retire from that organization. He is active and level headed and can do great good, notwithstanding his age. What has age to do with a man, so long as he has good sense? He talks well and, generally gets what he goes after. If I were the whole organization, I would not accept his resignation. He has done more good than the people will ever credit him with doing. *** By the way, there are to be a few marriages shortly. The master musician, Doc Perry, will take a Washington belle to the hymeneal altar. Now, Doc is some musician. He is also a good provider. He is a liberal houseman and you can just bet that he will make any girl's heart light. When he announces this affair to take place Doc will have a $5,000 cage to house his bride in, and you can wager a peanut against a ginger snap that it will be a cage that King Albert would not object to putting his daughter in. Harry L. Tignore will join the great army of benedicts before the month is out or early next year. Harry believes in married life. He has caught his bird and no doubt he has had it caged out of the sight of invaders. WEST VIRGINIA SENATORS NOTIFIED OF LYNCHINGS The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, today made public a letter sent to Senators Howard Sutherland and David Elkins of West Virginia, asking if they approved of Federal action to prevent such mob murder as the lynching of two colored men in their State on December 15, constituting the 75th and 76th lynching in the United States this year. The letter, signed by James Weldon Johnson, field secretary of the national association, read as follows: "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People calls your attention to the mob murder in the State which you represent in the United States Senate of two colored United States citizens on December 15th. May we inquire whether you are in favor of Federal action when, as in the present instance, State officers are unable to prevent such outrages in the United States?" OUR NEW HOME PENDLETON AVE. ST. FERDINAND AVE. With the recurring of the holiday season we wish to thank our friends whose business has made possible bigger and better things and to wish for you and those connected with you a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year. TRY DR. BERMAN'S PERSONAL SERVICE To eyeglass wearers and those who should be wearing them, safe and satisfactory service means everything. Come to us with all confidence. Good Glasses $2 Up BERMAN OPTICAL Co We Grind our own Glasses 813-7th Street N.W. HAHN'S STORES. A visit to the Hahn Shoe Stores at this time discloses a wide ranging variety of splendid gift suggestions: "Costume" Boots for Women; "Florsheim" and "Tri-Wear" Shoes for Men; "Gro-Nups" Shoes for Boys and a whole world of Slippers and Silk for Men, Women and Children, and Girls; Rubber Boots and Overshoes Hosiery for everybody. If you cannot find what you want in the immense stocks that Hahn's carry, it is safe to say that you cannot find them in Washington. For forty-three years "Hahn's Reliable Shoes" have filled the wants of thousands of the colored citizens of Washington-have always been fair and square with our people-and are, therefore, entitled to their patronage and support. Hahn's have four stores. One is probably in your. neighborhood. The main store is at Seventh and K streets; the new downtown store, at 414 Ninth street, is convenient to the Centre Market and Pennsylvania avenue; and their two stores at 1914-16 Pennsylvania avenue northwest and 233 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, should be patronized by folks who live in the southeast or in the west end. Give Hahn's Reliable Shoes this Christmas, and give wisely! NEW LIFE TABLETS For lost manhood, nervousness, seminal weakness, nightly emissions, debility and impotence. They act as a general tonic and put new life into your worn out system. This special remedy has been sold by me for the past 30 years, and has an enormous sale, which speaks well for its curative powers. 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Offers an excellent opportunity for the woman who desires to enter the business world, by taking up a course in BEAUTY CULTURE. Nobody nowadays can say, "I have no chance." There are and always will be new lines with each woman—whether she will be one of those to create and take advantage of the opportunities that THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH We teach the following courses: Hair Dressing, Facial Massage, Manicuring, Scalp Treatment, Instantaneous Bleaching, Electric Treatment for the Face and Scalp. The treatment of the face and scalp are done scientifically at this school. thorough knowledge of the business is taught at this school. MME. AGNES J. SMITH, Principal, 935 R Street Northwest Tel. North 4017 Washington, D. C. DR. W. SMITH'S INDIGESATION CURE. This remedy will relieve and cure all forms of indigestion, catarrh of the stomach, heartburn, flatulency, sour stomach, water brash, acid fermentation, pain in the stomach, gaseous accumulations and malassimilation. When taken Into the stomach it thoroughly digests the albuminous food and cures the indigestion by resting and assisting the stomach until natural digestion is restored. Every bottle guaranteed. Price, $1 and 60 cents *the bottle. Try a bottle of our Face Cream. It beautifies the skin. Price 50c. Try a bottle of our Cough Remedy, it will stop that cough and cure that cold. Try a bottle of our Mustard Liniment for rheumatism. Price 50c. Try a bottle of our Hair Grower. It will make your hair grow beautiful. Price 50c. Try a bottle of our Quinine Hair Tonic. It will stop your hair from falling out. Price 50c. Try a box of our Creole Face Powder. Price 50c. Try a bottle of our Blood Spring Bitters. Good for your blood. Price $1.00. At all drug stores. Agents wanted. Liberal commission. Agents to canvass. We pay ur agents a dollar for five hours work each day. On sale at these drug stores—Jackson & Whipps, 7th and T N. W.; McGuire, 9th and U N. W.; Napper, 7th and Florida Ave. N. W.; People's, 7th and M N. W.; Pride, 28th and P N. W.; Ross, 10th and R N. W.; Singleton, 28th and E N. W.; Board, 14th near N. W.; Butcher, 5th and Florida Ave. N. W.; Dou-less, 5th and Elm N. W.; Hailistalk MADDEN BROS, INC. Established 23 Years Tinning. Heating * Roof Painting * 1729 Seventh Street N. W. Washington, D. C. Phone North 1Q37 --- Polite and Efficient Service Reasonable Prices Open Day and Night Lady Attendant Flowers For Funerals Kramer the Florist 916 F Street, Northwest Arrange to board by the day, week of month in the Beautiful Whitelaw Hotel Dining Room for in the POPULAR GROTTO Private Dining Room and Parlor for Parties up to sixteen Reserve date for your BANQUET—Make arrangements now A RELIABLE PHARMACIST is the one you can always depend upon to use no substitutes, but compound prescriptions from, pure and fresh drugs, with accuracy and care. The real test of a drug store's capabilities is its prescription department and ours is perfect. We fill your physician's prescription to the letter, and mistake is possible. Telephone Your Wants—Phones Franklin 2700 Franklin 2634 301 H St., Corner Third St. N. W., Washington, D. C. FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL. Diploma Hair Dressing Manicuring Beauty Culture Mme. Agnes J. Smith, principal of the Fountain of Youth Beauty Culture School, Inc., 935 R street north-west Be a tortoise—in the race of life and business supremacy, hit the mark six days a week, twenty-six days a month, twelve months a year, and you will build up a business to be proud of. Hit hard and often, and never take a nap while the race is on. Enroll now. Day and Night Classes. Was your fortune ever told, That sickness on you will take hold? If you take our great Tu-ra-he. From sickness you will be free. You who are rarely well, you who are gloomy, dissatisfied with your condition in life, need my Wonderful Blood and Nerve Tonic. 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YOU CAN SAVE POSTAGE BY BUYING EAST INDIA TOILET GOODS FROM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES— Store No. 1—927 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 2—505 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 3—2002 Fourteenth Street N. W. Phone Franklin 6080 Keep Your Hair Smooth and How Hair 25c For Sale at All THE EAST IN Perfumed with best known re- Eye-Brows, als- Color. Can be Price Sent AGENTS OUTFIT 1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Oil, 1 Shampoo, 1 Pressing Oil, 1 Face Cream and di- section for selling. $2.00 25cExtra for Postage YOU CAN SAVE POSTAGE GOODS FROM APPOINTED AGENT Store No. 1—927 Seventh St Store No. 2—505 S Washington, D. C. Hair In Fine Condition— d Glossy by using ward's Pomade 5c Size 15c All the Peoples Drug Stores INDIA HAIR GROWER Will promote a Full Growth of Hair. Will also Restore the strength Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or any Hair trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical proprieties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky, with a balm of a thousand flowers. The remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black also restores Gray Hair to its Natural use with Hot Iron for Straightening. ent by Mail, 50c; 10c extra for Postage S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 314 East Second St. Oklahoma City, Okla. STAGE BY BUYING EAST INDIA TOILET FROM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES— AGENTS FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. 11th Street N. W. 15 Seventh Street N. W. No. 3—2002 Fourteenth Street N. W. Store No. 4—1150 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 5—804 H Street N. E. --- NEGRO OPPRESSION. Mass Meeting to Arouse Public Sentiment—Dudley Field Malone Will Speak—"The American Congo" to Be Described. New York, N. Y.—A masc meeting to rouse public sentiment to the wrongs suffered by the American Negro will be held on the evening of January 5th in Cooper Union on the occasion of the annual meeting in this city of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, it was announced today at the headquarters, 70 Fifth avenue. Dudley Field Malone, former collector of the port of New York, is to be the chief speaker. Dr. W. E. B. DuBois has announced as his subject "The American Congo," a description of conditions in the South rivalling the horrors of the Belgian Congo. The other speakers announced for the meeting are John Haynes Holmes and M. H. Gassaway, who was threatened with assassination in Anderson, S. C., because of his connection with the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The evening mass meeting is to be preceded by a business meeting at 2 p. m. at Sage Foundation Building. Howard Theatre—Seventh and T Streets N. W. Mid-City, Dudley—Pictures and Vaudeville, 1223 Seventh Street N.W. Foraker—Twentieth and L Streets N. W.—Pictures. Hiawatha — 2008 Eleventh Street N. W.—Pictures. Dudley's Theatre—1216 You Street N. W.—Vaudeville and pictures. AUCTION SALES. Auction sale every Thursday at 903 N. St.. N. W. Furniture, carpets, clothing, shoes, and general house supplies; sale at 10 a.m. Phone North 4752-J. E. R. RUSSELL & CO., Auctioneers. EAGLE "MIKADO" Regular Long For Sale at your Dealer, 5c Each. Concoded to be the Finest P EAGLE PENCIL COM EAGLE "MIKADO" PENCIL No.174 Regular Length, 7 inches For Sale at your Dealer, 5c Each. Made in five grades Conceded to be the Finest Pencil made for general use. EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK EAGLE PENCILS. Stocking 1130 7th Street 7th Street, bet. L a Hosiery and M Our Specialty is Ladies' H and size. $1.90 v Open Saturday night until 11 o Big Bargains on Men's Children's Stock MRS. ELIZABETH W Owing to the increase in raw material and labor conditions, this pencil can no longer be retailed at 5 cents each. Our Specialty is Ladies' Hose, Seamback, of all colors and size. $1.90 value for 50 cents Office Phone North 4491-4492 Residence Phone North 7495 A B C NEVER OUT! NEVER LATE! First-Class Auto and Taxi Service for all occassions by the hour or trip Featuring Seven-Passenger Cadillac Eights, touring and limousine style, and other exclusive cars, all with uniformed chauffeurs. Carriages for marriages, parties, balls and all other kinds of receptions. Persons contemplating coming to the city are requested to write or phone to J. M. Miller to meet them at the station. Please mention The Bedroom Rates, $2 to $4 per hour Office 2113 Fourteenth Street N. W. --- The Flash WATCH FOR "THE FLASH." MORE than a Magazine. GREATER than a Newspaper. THE BIGGEST Little Book on Earth. R. F. Delaney, resilvering of mirrors. "Look as new." Work guaranteed. 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W. Necktie Wares rose, Seamback, of all colors value for 50 cents o'clock for inspection all times Silk Hose, 25c and 35c kings, 15c pair WESTLEY, Manager. [Image of a man with dark hair and a serious expression, wearing a suit and tie. The background is black.] J. M. Miller, Prop. FOR SALE. WANTED. MAX MEAT STANDS Telephone N. 9770 Dealer in Beef, Lamb, Pork and Veal 38, 39 and 58 O Street Market N. W. Washington, D. C. Finest fresh and salt meats, Loefler's sausages, lamb, veal, pork, and everything in the line of meats, will Roland Wallace CIGARS, MAGAZINES AND NEWSDEALER 928 9th St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 50 Manila Cigars in a box. $2.50 All Standard Brands Cigars that cheer. Take a little tip from us as it means more cash saved, see what's here, new pants and sweaters $2.00 up and a good selection find grade slightly used overcoats AT $5 UP also auto robes blankets, and a good selection of ladie's garments, shoes, &c. JUSTH'S OLD STAND 619 D "Eat a Plate of Ice Cream Every Day" BUT----Be Sure It's Carry's Delicious Ice Cream Call Lincoln 5900 for special terms to churches, social affairs, etc. THE CARRY. ICE CREAM-CO. Hundreds $ ^{0} $ Bargains All Prices are marked in figures you can read CASH and CREDIT Small Weekly or Monthly Payments 817 to 823 Seventh St. DR. T. THRO, PARKER DR. T. THEO. PARKER, Osteopath and Oculist, 1810 Ninth Street Northwest 2 - 11 By 14 Enlargement Fre For $5.00 in Trade 2 - 11 By 14 Enlargement Free For $5.00 in Trade If it's Cameras Photographic For Rent We Do It Reasonable Empire Studio Cabinets, Postal Cards, Civil S Cameras, Plates, Mounts, Albums, eras Repaired. Mailing Envelop We buy second hand cameras and when you want the Viewing and Amateur Wor Viewing, Flash Ligh, and Amateur We buy Liberty Bonds We make Ping P Open 8 A. M. to 12 sets, Postal Cards, Civil Service Pass Ports, Glates, Mounts, Albums, Lenses, Papers, Reaired. 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Sub- WE WISH YOU ALL MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR The best desert or confection for all social occasions Please let us have your order, one gallon or more, as early as you can, because we want to give you prompt service. We can do this on rush occasions, such as Christmas Day, if you place your orders as early as possible QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY. Is the Rev. John Van Schaick Eligible to the Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia? The act of Congress approved July 11, 1878 (20 Stats., 103), which the Supreme Court of the United States has denominated "the Constitution of the District of Columbia," provides, in section 19, that: "The two persons appointed from civil life (to be Commissioners of the District of Columbia) shall, at the time of their appointment, be citizens of the United States, and shall have been actual residents of the District of Columbia for three years next before their appointment; and have, during that period, claimed residence nowhere else." It is a well-known fact that the Rev. Mr. Van Schaick, shortly after this country's entrance into the war, voluntarily left the District of Columbia and went to France, where he entered the service of the Red Cross; and that he remained in France continuously for about two years, returning to this country and to the District in July or August, 1919. Under the circumstances, while the Rev. Mr. an Schaick is to be highly commended for his war work in France, it is, nevertheless, perfectly clear that he ceased to be an "actual resident" of the District of Columbia by reason of his protracted absence from the District, and that he thus lost his eligibility to the office of Commissioner of the District. While the District of Columbia may have been the domicile of the Rev. Mr. Van Schaick during the past three years, plainly it was not his "actual residence," within the true intent and meaning of the aforementioned act of Congress. "Actual residence" has been held by the courts to import physical presence in a place. In the case of Newman vs. United States ex rel Frizzell, reported in 43 Appeals, D. C., 53, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia held that: "The real place of abode is the sort of residence Congress had in mind when it embodied the requirement of actual residence in the District of Columbia in the provision of the act of June 11, 1878, prescribing the qualifications for the office of Commissioner of the District; and a person, to meet the requirement, must reside in fact within the District and not merely in contemplation of law." In the matter of Collins, 64 How. Pr. (N. Y.), it was held that, actual residence "imports not only personal presence in a place, but an attachment to it by those acts or habits which express the closest connect- Carry's Delicious IceCream The Carry Ice Cream Company Bakery and Dining Room 1834 Fourth Street Northwest WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF ITS BAKERY Also open to serving private parties Private dining rooms One of the Finest Chefs in Washington Try our Special Sunday Dinners Breakfast 6:30 to 10 A. M, J. B. WILLIAMS, Proprietor tion between a person and a place, as by usually sitting or lying there." In the Chinese Tax Cases, 14 Fed. Rep., 338, it was held that "residence generally imports a personal presence, whereas one may have a domicile in a place from which he is absent most of the time." "According to the best authorities I can find, 'residence' means a person's habitual physical presence in a place or country, which may or may not be his home."—In re Banff Election, 4 N. W. Ter., 140; quoted in 24 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 2d Ed., 693. "Literally a resident is one who sits, abides, inhabits or dwells in a certain place."—Collinson vs. Teal, 4 Sawyer (U. S.), 241; Roosevelt vs. Kellogg, 20 Johns. (N. Y.), 210. There are two decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States which are of controlling importance, namely: Penfield vs. Ches. Ohio & S. W. R. Co., 134 U. S., 351, and Barney vs. Oelrichs, 138 U. S., 529. In these cases the Supreme Court cited with approval many cases in which residence is distinguished from domicile, among them being In re Thompson, 1 Wend. (N. Y.), 149, an attachment proceeding against a non-resident, in which Chief Justice Savage said the question was, "Where was his actual residence, not his domicile?" In the two cases cited the Supreme Court of the United States also approved Frost vs. Brisbin, 19 Wend. (N. Y.), 11, 14, wherein Chief Justice Savage said that if the case turned upon the defendant's formed intention and purpose of mind and not upon the fact of actual residence, the law was with him, but that intention could not constitute residence, and that "the domicile of a citizen Dinner 4:30 to 7 P. M. For orders to go out call North 1492 his actual residence in another." In the case of People vs. Ballhorn, reported in 100 Illinois Appeals, page 571, the facts were as follows: A statute provided that no person should be eligible to the office of alderman unless he should be a qualified elector and reside within the ward for which he was elected, and that the office should become vacant upon the incumbent ceasing to be an inhabitant of the precinct for which he was elected. Ballhorn, after his election, removed his family to a house in another precinct and rented to another his former dwelling, but intended to return to it as soon as his business would permit. On quo warranto he was ousted. The court treated the terms "shall reside within" and "be an inhabitant of" as equivalent in meaning, and declared for greater strictness in construing the residence required of officeholders saving: "Sound public policy requires that those who represent the local units of government shall themselves be component parts of such units. The purpose of these statutes is to effectuate this wise policy. And this policy can only be truly served by requiring such representatives to be and remain actual residents of the units they represent in contradistinction from constructive residents. A mere constructive residence has no better opportunities for knowing the wants and rightful demands of his constituents than a non-resident and is as much beyond the wholesome influence of direct contact with them." The purpose of the act of 1878 was to provide for and insure the appointment of strictly local men to the of- TRY DR. BERMAN'S PERSONAL SERVICE To eyeglass wearers and those who should be wearing them, safe and satisfactory service means everything. Come to us with all confidence. Good Glasses $2 Up BERMAN OPTICAL Co We Grind our own Glasses 813-7th Street N.W. rightful demands of their constituents." Relative to the aforecited case of Newman vs. U. S. ex rel. Frizzell, while Newman appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States from the judgment of the Court of Appeals and secured a reversal of that judgment, the Supreme Court based its decision upon the point that the relator did not have such an interest in the matter as entitled him to institute the quo warranto proceeding, and did not go into the question of Newman's eligibility. It is thus seen that the opinion of the Court of Appeals, was final on the question of the meaning of the term "actual resident" of the District. In the light of the foregoing, the eligibility of the Rev. Mr. Van er of the District of Columbia is so plain that he who runs may read PEOPLE'S FUNERAL SERVICE. To stockholders of the People's Funeral Service Corporation: You are hereby notified of the annual meeting to elect officers for the ensuing year. Place of meeting, 1700 Vermont avenue northwest, second Monday in January, 1920, from 2 p. m. to 11 p. m. All stockholders come or send your proxy to transact ony and all legal business that may come before the meeting assembled as requested at 8 p. m. List posted at 1700 Vermont avenue. R. C. Richardson, president; M. J. Hall, secretary. THE MINERVA The Minerva, 1838 Fourth street northwest, with bakery and home cooking, certainly fills a long-felt want. Here you get the best in the market. Cooked to your taste and served in first-class style by first-class waiters. That special Sunday dinner will equal any meal served at Harvey's. Mr. J. B. Williams, the proprietor, knows the business, and is constantly catering to the tastes of his customers. A meal at the Minerva is a meal at Harvey's. Now is the time to subscribe The Bee. Have it sent you. VARNS OF THE DANGER OF CONTINUING TO MALTREAT THE NEGRO RACE IN U. S. Charles Edward Russell Says, "The Negro Did Not Run in Chicago nor in Washington, and, in My Judgment, He Is Not Going to Run Anywhere"—More Riots Have Taken Place Since This Article Was Written, as Author Predicted—Astonishing Scenes During the Chicago Riots—The Catholics Almost Alone in Standing Up for the Negroes. (From "Reconstruction, Oct.) Do we really and conscientiously desire to have in this country a surusage of race riots? Do we truly elish the spectacle of a part of our citizenship hunting out with guns another part of our citizenship and shooting it down? Is the thought of street fighting dear to us? Because, if this is what we honestly wish, we may be of good cheer; his is what we are practically certain to have if we continue to allow the relations of white and black in his country to drift along the present road to battle and murder. We will Lake Michigan's long, cool, sandy shoreline is a great summer asset to Chicagoans. In recent years the local authorities have developed the bathing facilities of the lake shore; and now on every hot day the beaches are thronged. Chicago has a large number of colored citizens. They enjoy swimming in the cool lake water not less than the white citizens. White snobs fixed in imaginary line beyond which they creed colored bathers should not. On a Sunday afternoon a colored boy, amusing himself on a crude little raft of his own construction, rifted over this imaginary line. Immediately white hoodlums on the shore began to stone him. A policeman in uniform stood by and watched this sport without interfering with it. One of the stones nocked the boy from his little raft, and he began to struggle and flounder in the water. The stones continued to fall around and, upon him, ind-hearted white women begged the policeman to stop the stone growing that someone might go to the boy's rescue, for he was crowning before their eyes. The policeman refused to interfere, and the boy drowned. The long-smoldering hatred between the two colors flamed up. Whites and Negroes divided on the each into opposing squads, pelting one another with stones. With the swift flight that such news always as, the word went in a moment over the South Side, whites and Negroes appeared armed with revolvers, and or the next four days Chicago was a state of wild and (for a modern, vilized city) incredible anarchy. Bands of white men in automobiles tore up and down the streets, nooting at every Negro they could ply. The Negroes largely kept to their own quarter, a kind of ghetto in the Second ward, to which they had been restricted for residence, but there they fought desperately, and no white an was safe who showed himself in at region. The rioting spread to every part of the city. In the downown business region, in front of banks and great shops, Negroes going to their employment were surrounded, knocked own and beaten to death on the pavement. A monstrous insanity seemed to possess a part of the community. The ere sight of a dark-skinned face, no matter how harmless or innocent the possessor might be, aroused a bestial primitive instinct for slaughter. Three white men set upon and killed a Mexican merely because he had a swarthy implexion. For eight blocks along State street, the so-called black belt, the Negroesood in a practically solid line, armed and waiting for attack. Armed white en in automobiles attempted to rush is line, and the discharges of smallms were like a battlefield. Other ends of white men invaded the Neco quarter on the flank and began to eak into and loot the dwellings oflored persons. Next they began to turn such houses, shooting at the fleecg inhabitants. The police seemed unable to do anying with the situation. It was finallyduced to order by troops. Throughout the disturbances it wasbe noted that the Negroes did notm. They were expected to run, butey did not. They stood and fought,ten with an astonishingly cool andoperate courage. The total casualties on both sides were more than 600, of which 37 were from gunshot, wounds. The troops extinguished the flames, not the embers. It was evident at end of August; a whole month after the first outbreak, that a little wind and fan the coals to blaze again. How can such things happen in a country of law and order, in communication to professors of Christian- to greet this question with a shrug, to charge the disturbances to the hoodlums of both colors, and thus to forget it all, while we go comfortably about our business and our profits. Hoodlums, only hoodlums. But in this instance, the hoodlums on the white, side included some of the best and most respected citizens of Chicago, and the true source of the roting went back to underlying causes that exist in every other important city and will sooner or later produce there the like terrible results. Five years ago the colored population of Chicago was 65,000. Today it is 125,000. The increase has been brought about largely by employers looking for cheap labor and deprived of their usual foreign supply because of the war. These employers have flooded the South with circulars huring Negro workers to the North, where they were promised fair treatment, no jim-crowing and no lynching. Before this migration began the Negro quarter of Chicago was overcrowded. The newcomers must bind shelter. They inevitably and without any will of their own enlarged the boundaries of the black belt. As it spread, white property owners, real estate speculators and real estate brokers became panic stricken. The Negro was universally believed to lower, wherever he went, the price of adjoining property. A lot that a man had bought for $2,500 and was holding to sell for $3,000 if he could find a good simpleminded sucker, would now be worth no more than $2,400 if a Negro came to live in the next black, and, of course, no man could be expected to endure an outrage like that. These interests, therefore, began to form property owners' protective associations in the regions threatened with Negro invasions. Such associations were invariably composed of the best people in the neighborhood, the well-to-do and the respectable. At their meetings they denounced the Negro as the noisome reptile of the world. If every Negro had been a blood-stained, stealthy and ruthless assassin, the race could have deserved nothing worse than was here said of it. A long-needed colored hospital was projected in one part of the city. The enraged property owners tried to prevent it with injunctions. When these failed, the tone of their meetings became far more violent. "We have only ourselves to depend upon," it was said. "The courts and the authorities will give us no help against this inroad." At one property owners' meeting a man was brought in from another part of the city, where a threatened Negro invasion had been averted. "It is not necessary to have any trouble about these things" he said. "We had none. We had one colored family more in, one move out and one bombing expedition." "Bombing expeditions" had already become familiar. Houses occupied by Negro families outside of the black belt, even a short distance outside of it, were shaken at night with mysterious explosions of dynamite. Nineteen of these outrages occurred in a few weeks. For them all only one arrest was ever made, and this has so far been fruitless. Even when warnings had been sent that a certain house would be bombed within a certain period if the inhabitants did not move out and the police were duly notified of what impended, the bombing took place under their very noses. In these conditions, naturally, the entire colored population began to feel that it was the helpless victim of a huge conspiracy and that the law had no protection for any man with a dark skin. So late as the end of Aug st there were hundreds of colored families in Chicago wherein someone stayed awake and on guard all night, expecting the attack of which anonymous letters had warned them. The police, often notified of these letters, took no interest in them and offered no help. Packers Import Negroes. Chief among the importers of cheap colored labor from the South had been the packing houses. So long as the war lasted the demand for labor was good, but with peace the packing business slackened, and the houses generally followed the practice of discharging the higher priced white labor and retaining the lower waged Negroes. This, of course, incensed the discharged white laborers against the Negroes that were still in possession of jobs. Everything, therefore, was ripe for trouble. The property owners and others had spread among the white population the notion that the blacks were, a pest to be exterminated, and the blacks had become convinced that they had no rights a white man could be induced to respect. When the clash came, the efforts of the authorities seemed bent toward suppressing the blacks as if they were the only rioters. Three hundred policemen were gathered at Thirty-first and State streets, the heart of the black belt. Three blocks away a band of white men was seizing Negroes, beating them to death, firing into their houses. Three policemen stood by and watched all this without interfering. Nay, I have name and number of a policeman accused by many witnesses of leading one of the gangs that drove through the black belt shooting indiscriminately at Negroes, and on August 24, almost a month later, this same policeman was still on duty. He had not even been reprimanded. When something like quiet was restored, a special, grand jury was empaneled to investigate these upheavals. Twice that grand jury was moved to go on strike because the prosecuting attorney of the county persistently failed to produce anything against white men, but only masses of testimony against the black. Once it was necessary for the court to threaten the jury with contempt proceedings to induce it to return to its labors, so deep was its disgust with the one-sided proceedings of the prosecutor. After three weeks of this farcical proceeding, the prosecuting attorney issued a statement in which he ascribed the entire riot to his political enemies and supported his assertion by raiding various Negro clubs, which, he said, were maintained in violation of the law by these enemies. And this seemed to be as far as his mind could travel in the face of a great calamity that menaced the peace and security of the entire city, not to say of the country. Within a few days of the expiration of the grand jury's term, this was the relative showing of deaths from the riot and prospective punishments under the conditions imposed by the prosecuting attorney's office: Killed in the riots—Of white persons, 16; of colored persons, 21. Indicted—white persons, 17; colored person, 59. There may be better ways than this to insure race riots, but I am unable to think of them. It was not pretended anywhere that the Negroes were more culpable than the whites. Yet they furnished the greater number of victims and by far the greater number of persons prosecuted. "Best People" Unconcerned. The attitude of educated and well-to-do Chicago throughout the whole affair was most extraordinary and alarming. The city is the seat of a great university and the center of a considerable culture. The university and intellectual environs never gave a hoot about the rioting and never lifted a hand for justice. There are, I suppose, 500 Protestant churches in and about the city. I was assured that not ten of the pastors of these churches raised their voices in the pulpits against what was going on. The attitude of a large part of the population, even outside of the property-owning class, was one of apparent sympathy with the white murderers. Apathy and indifference, of a kind likely to frighten any man, that thoughtfully considered the facts, were manifested elsewhere. "Oh, damn the niggers, anyway! They only got what was coming to them," was a comment frequently heard in places like elevated and suburban trains. For once Chicago seemed to lose all pride in its reputation before the world. Nobody cared how much it was shamed if the Negroes could only be driven out. At a ladies' sewing circle or tea party or something of the kind where the sentiment was unanimous against them, three or four of those present were college bred. Some, being questioned about their savage animosity, gave this luminous answer: "Well, how would you like to have a family of niggers come and live next door to you?" Or there was recourse to that good old refuge of the illogical mind, "Do you want your daughter to marry a colored man?" The one conspicuous exception to all this degrading reversion to the standards of savagery was afforded by the Roman Catholic Church. From the beginning the Catholic Archbishop, with splendid courage, stood forth to remind the community of its Christian and civic duties. On his instructions the priests of his diocese preached sermons denouncing the riots and insisting upon the rights of the colored population and the most fervent protest to the Governor came from one of his subordinates, the eloquent and dauntless Father Kelly. I noted in a foregoing paragraph the fact that on this occasion the Negroes, contrary to expectation, did not run, but stood and fought. Exactly the same thing had happened two weeks before in the race riots at Washington. It is probably impossible to get any attention to this fact, but I do assure you it is of inestimably greater importance than the varying prices of real estate, whether in Chicago or elsewhere. For many years I have been observing with some care the race problem in America, and I can assure anybody interested in the subject that the old style Negro has vanished and a new type has arrived with which, believe me, we shall not be able to deal with in the old ways. It is too late to discuss whether this change is good or bad or how it might have been prevented: It has come; there isn't any possible way of turning it backward, and we shall have to meet it face to face as an accomplished fact. I think that the sooner we understand this the better. Negroes a Changed People. The Negro did not run in Chicago nor in Washington, and in my judgment he is not going to run anywhere. And the reason is that he has found himself. He knows now that he is a man. That makes the difference. He knows that he has under the Constitution of the United States certain rights declared to be inalienable and that these rights are denied to him. He knows that merely because of the color of his skin he is put at a disadvantage with his fair-skinned brother, and he knows that the discrimination is an indefensible wrong. He knows that no matter what may be his character, his attainments, industry, skill or worth, every avenue of advancement is closed to him because of his color. He knows that because of his color he is debarred from making his livelihood by any except the most menial occupations. He knows that he and his children are branded by that one mark of color and consigned by it to the pit of a caste from which there is no escape, and he feels in his heart and knows in his mind that all this is contrary to elemental justice, to the American tradition and to the law of God. He sees elaborate preparations begun to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, although that amendment is but a fanatic's dream, and he knows that nobody intends to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the same Constitution, although these embody his sacred rights. He has looked upon all these things until the iron has entered his soul. He will not run away again. He will stand and light. He has reached that point where a man would as leave die as continue to live under, what he deems intolerable conditions of injustice, and when any men reach that state of mind, it is but wisdom to heed their protests. It will be said in some quarters that this stalwart state of mind in the Negroes is the result of agitation among them by pestilent troublemakers; that if the Negro had been let alone as he was at the close of the Civil War, he would still be servile and submissive; that foolish agitation has put into his head notions of equality and justice. This is puerile nonsense and gross ignorance. The truth is, the Negro has been left quite alone. Hardly one white person in a million has ever manifested the slightest interest in his welfare or wrongs. The whole of his marvelous and unexamplied progress in the last fifty years he has achieved himself, not only unaided but in the face of the bitterest prejudice and often an active opposition. Among a people so avid of education and so indomitably bent upon improving their condition, some form of revolt was inevitable. From 1900 to 1910 the Negroes of this country, by their own efforts, reduced the percentage of illiteracy among their people from 49 to 39, and that in the face of the fact that Southern States, where most of the Negroes and most of the illiteracy exist, are frankly organized to prevent Negro education. And it is from this source and none other that the new spirit comes. The simple fact is that, being freed from slavery, the Negro was caintain to learn to read; that, learning to read, he was certain to become aware of the stupid and baseless injustice practiced against him; that, becoming aware of this and being a man, he was certain to resent it and some time or other to turn against the bullies that solely by virtue of superior numbers were torturing him. Well, that time has arrived, and the question I want to put to the professing Christians of my country is, What are they going to do, now that it is here? What seems to be proposed in some parts of these free and law-abiding United States is sufficiently shown in a recent incident at Austin, Tex. There is a small and struggling organization called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It has no political or social aims, it strives merely to uphold the law and do good. It has a branch in Austin, which became involved in some legal difficulties, owing to the fact that, acting on eminent lawyers' advice, it had not secured a State charter. The secretary of the association journeyed from New York to Austin to adjust the difficulty. At Austin the judge of the county court, the sheriff and another man assaulted this secretary on the street, beat and maimed him, and then sent him out of town with a warning. Apparently the mere name of the association had been sufficient to arouse their anger. When the association called this outrage to the attention of the Governor of Texas, he responded in a cynical telegram upholding the assault and the breach of those laws that he had sworn to enforce. If this is the spirit in which we are to approach this grave and overshadowing problem, we may as well under- CHRISTMAS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE COLORED Should be a choice homesite in LONGVIEW 5 percent discount allowed with convenient terms prior to December.25th and PRICES SAME TO ALL RIGHT ON the H St carline extended all in the District of Columbia- one fare Private Dining Room and Parlor for Parties up fo sixteen Reserve date for your BANQUET—Make arrangements now stand now in plain terms that the consequences will be appalling and of a nature to cover America before the eyes of the world with an indelible shame. With what effrontery can we continue to urge peace, order and the supremacy of law abroad, when at home we trample upon Constitution, law and every consideration of justice and civilization to wreak our unreasoning hatred upon our own citizens, whose only offensis is a darker complexion than the rest of us have? No people on earth have ever been able to get away with such hypocrisy and none ever will be. The terms of the proposition before us are as square as a die and as plain as day. There are only two possible solutions of the race problem in America. One is to give to the Negro citizen every legal right possessed by the white; every right of franchise, property and legal protection, north and south. The other is to exterminate him; to go forth upon an errand of wholesale murder and kill every man, woman and child of a darker complexiou than an established standard. CHICAGO PHILANTHROPIST. JJulius Rosenwald Counsels Students of Howard University. Howard University was honored Friday, November 21, by a visit from Mr. Julius Rosenwald, the Chicago Philanthropist, just designated by the President of the United States as a member of the Industrial Labor Council. Mr. Rosenwald during the war served as a member of the Council of National Defense. In presenting Mr. Rosenwald to the students of Howard University, President J. Stanley Durkee said: "We are honored this morning to have the rare opportunity of meeting a man who is so widely known and so deeply loved in the United States of America." I am sure if the student body had known the face of the man at whom they are now looking, they would have broken forth with loud cheers, the Howard Clap, the Howard Yell, and the Howard Song, long ere, this. It is such a pleasure to have on this platform this morning the gentleman who is here and who has kindly consented to say just a word or two to us. Physically, I have never met him before until on this platform; mentally and spiritually, I have been with him for many years. It is such a pleasure to me. I know it will be such a joy to all of us to meet and greet this morning that great philanthropist, that great humanity lover, Mr. Julius Rosenwald." Mr. Rosenwald, in his reply, said: "I am not prepared at all to speak to you in the way I would like and in the way I shall hope to some day, because I came here primarily just for a few moments this morning to visit and to pay my respects to my friend of many years, Mr. Emmett J. Scott, We have served together at Tuskegee; we have served together at Washington during the war, and. I need not tell you—you know him probably as well or even better than I do—that the longer you know him, the greater is your respect for him. I was in Washington continuously for about a year and a half, and I had often promised myself the privilege of looking into the faces' of the students of Howard University, but as you will realize, those were busy times, and it was rarely that we had an hour that we could say was free to do as we pleased." Mr. Rosenwald counselled the students of Howard University to take to heart the lessons of thrift which are being urged all over the country at this time in the effort to reduce the high cost of living. He said thrift makes for future comfort, for high respect, and for a place among those peoples who guide and direct the destinies of the world. He stated that every person should save some por- tion of the money which he earns. Mr. Rosenwald is a man who has practiced all he preaches, and the students were thus enabled to look into the face and to listen. to counsel from one who is interested in having the colored people come to a place of importance in the body politic. His very interesting talk was brought to a conclusion by the statement: "I am glad to be here this morning, and even though it is my first visit to Howard University, I have already promised myself that it shall not be my last." NEXT WEEK'S ATTRACTION. Seldom has such a list of successful plays been offered by any stock company with the quality that has characterized the presentations of the Quality Amusement Corporation at the Howard Theatre this season. The big royalty paid on shows, productions and the large casts have not entered the minds of the management when it comes to the play, for they have wisely decided "the play is the thing," hence for next week patrons of the popular Howard Theatre will be given another sterling drama when "Pollyanna," a comedy in four acts, is offered. "Pollyanna," which is universally known by reason of its enormous sale when in book form, has been dramatized by Eleanor Porter and lends itself beautifully to the legitimate stage. As the attraction for the coming week at the Howard we are not going out of our way in saying that this production is one of the best of its kind ever brought to Washington, or it has been spoken of by critics all over this country as one of those rare plays which are likely to become institutions of the American stage like "Peter Pan." That the Howard Theatre is keenly alive to the wants of their patrons is evident in the coming of "Pollyanna," for this is a high-class comedy which will tend to break the high tension of the drama. While it is true that we have been enjoying to the fullest the wonderful and sensely dramatic offerings; this comedy will strike the happy, medium and should be witnessed by an unusually large number of people during the run of one week at the Howard. Appearing in the cast will be Evelyn Ellis, Carlotta Freeman, Rose Lee Tyler, Isabelle Jackson, Ophelia Muse, Inez Clough, Arthur Simmons, Charles Olden, Clarence E. Muse, Owing T. Hammond and Robert Slater. 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The main store is at Seventh and K streets; the new downtown store, at 414 Ninth street, is convenient to the Centre Market and Pennsylvania avenue; and their two stores at 1914-16 Pennsylvania avenue northwest and 233 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, should be patronized by folks who live in the southeast or in the west end. Give, Hahn's Reliable Shoes this Christmas, and give wisely!