New-York tribune., 1902-08-20

tHARAcTER BUILDING Being ~ AoeFeS5sgSt STf,5s1ts Of
nvered Sunday EEsniRg9 G PSSer 20 !s T Washington
lzmo. pp. 2sl Doubleday. Page d 20.
The nersonal influence of AIr- Washington Is
ane of the important factors in the success Oh
.be Tuskegee Institute. One of the important
,,es,s bv which this has been eXerted has been
xy,nnIjed by the addresses st has been his Gus
snrn To deliver to the students Of that lnstitu'e
m Sunday evenings. This volume is colec-
tion OF those addresses. Its title well eHeH'l'i1-
ees fbe character of the counsel and suggestion
that Mr. Washington has given The taIks Il
contains are straightforward, practical forcl-
ble. they have the simplicity and directnesS
that are so frequently lacking in the negro
character, and so greatly needed few ol
their titles will give a hint of their scope:
Helping Others" Some Of the Rocks Aheao'
r'The Virtue Of Simplicity" Don't be DlscouI-
ered 80 'Keeping Your Word" THE Importance
of Being Relia ble.' and so on. They are elnl-
,,eutly sane and practical directed toward lhe
.unprovement OF weak points that exist III 'iie
negro character as well as In that OF the "hlOe
man. and toward right methods OF thlllfliis
sos living under circumstances in which Tus-
kegee pupils are placed Here Is a passdse
from an address on Influencing by Example.
A large proportion of you are to go from mere
lnto great cities Some of you viii go into suc1
cities as Montgomery, and some perhaps "Llt
go into the cities Of the North-aIthough / note pc
that the most of you Will see your way CIedI ~ ~
remain in the South. 1 believe that you VIII
10 better to remain in the country dlsulcls
than 10 20 into the cities l believe that you
-rf1I sn5 n 70 your advantage in every way 10
srv TO live in a small town or IN country us
rr1ct rather than IN a city pelleNe Ihdt w
sre az our best in country lfe-in asricullufEa E
Iife-and too often our worst IN CITY me-.
Now when you go out into the world lot you
selves YOU must remember in the first place
that you cannot hold yourselves up unless you
keep engaged and out of idleness- NO lole PEI
son is ever safe. whether he be Tlch OF . pool -.
Make up .-our minds. whether you are soLS - -
live in the city in the country. that you are
going to be constantly employed
In an address on ''Unimproved Opportunities
he expresses some opinions on the situation OF
the negro race in the North that are extremely
wholesome in that they DO not put the bIanle
on the prejudice of the whites, where so many
of the friends of his race are prone to place Il
FIRST class barber shops in New-York or Bos-
ton are no longer in the hands Of coiored men,
even in the South that business is slipping from
.be-n because they have not learned to dignity
labor you will find few coored men doing
-shitevrasfliu any longer in Northern cities
white men carry il on With more skill ana IN
feIligence. Cooks were formerly always negroes
in the South, but people do not wish always TO
est fried meat and bread that is made almost
wholly Of water and salt; colored cooks have
disappeared in the North because they have
not kept pace with the demand Tor better COON
ing So even with boot blacking- And So says
Mr.. Washington:
We must pay attention to the small things
we DO. as well the larger and more impoT-
fant things in life They go TO prove that we
must put brains into what do. That
IS just what we are seeking TO tell to the world
through the work Of this institution.
It is by following the spirit of Mr.. Washing
toms wisdom and good sense. as he has re-
sreaIAd Il here in these intimate talks TO his
pupils, that the institution under his charge is
doins fts admirable work,