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The colored American., 1902-09-27
MRS. BRIGGS UNTIMELY DEATH.

A very sad cortege passed through
Washington, Monday September 18th,
bearing the corpse of Mrs. George
Briggs, (nee Annette Lacey,) en- route
to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the
young bride of nine months will be
buried among her people. Mrs. Briggs
was we'll known and esteemed by a
large circle of friends in Washington,
and for several years prior to her
marriage lived with her sister, Mrs.
John Nicholas, of 40S Elm street,
northwest Her death came as a
shock too, and she is sincerely mourn
ed by a host of friends.
The colored American., 1902-09-27
Miss Alice Trapps Entertains

Quite a pretty party met last Tues
lay evening at the residence of Mrs.
r. H. Booker, by invitation Of Miss
Allie Trappe The parlors were tastily
decorated with palms and flowers and
the garden beautifully decorated with
lanterns. Dancing was much enjoyed
by the younger set. Among those pres
ent were: Mrs. r. H. Booker, Mrs.
S. I. Fisher, Mrs. a. G. Booker. Miss
Lucy A. Barbour. Miss Nellie Burke,
Miss Minnette Williams, Miss InPZ
Hughes, Miss Ursie Barker, Miss Ollie
Booker, Miss Nettie Langston, Miss
Allie Trappe, Messrs. Wyatt Archer,
James H. Delamatta, R. De R. Ven
ming, w. T. Ferguson, w. A. Pinch
back, F. D. Booker, Clinton c. Burke,
Edward Syphax, Edwin Burke, VIM.
Costin, A. G. Booker. Clarence Worm
ley, Dr. Al. Ridgeley, and Mesdames
Mortimer, Weaver, and Edward Bur
rell, and Miss Mamie Sheppard.
The colored American., 1902-09-27
THE GRAND FOUNTAIN.
United Order ni
-@TFuE ReinPmP
ORGANIZED January 1, 1881
Office GOA, 6O6 and 6Q2 n. End st., = RiCbno

the interests Of its members both In ef
offer opportunity gilt edged bnsi
enterprises controlled Order and
VIII members of the Order.
health and mind OF good character
three 0 years older than sixty (60 eligible to
Fountains the Subordinate
Subordinate Fountain
age pay according age joining fee n
the country 80 cents month dues;
months You pay taxes so cents per year.
Sick Benefits you receive from S. 90 month In
N
Benefit, your family receives you die wit
After year the Death Benefit is $125.00.
The colored American., 1902-09-27

Loans and discounts .......-.. $s,s72 80
Other stock, bonds and
mortgages ....................... 164 .42S SO
Due from National Banks -. as, 1888 %
Banking House -....... ......... 1000 90 |
Other real estates .............,. 80. .5S8 90
Furniture and Fixtures ...... $3.50 90
Current expenses and taxes
paid ......... .......................... 1888 90 |
Specie, nickels and cents ID 800 80
Paper currency ......... .......... 35, $50 90
Total .-...... ................ 3s1, ,I9O 81
The colored American., 1902-09-27

In Glass b, the age limit is Il to so yea
dues, 81 rs to $3.50. The Certificate is value
After one year, its value is $500 to s65.
In Glass z, the age limit is IA TO 90 years.
90 90 to IL 40. The Certificate is valued first
one year its value is $500 to $500.
In Glass N, the age limit is Il to 90 years.
$21 to S25. The certificatei valued from date
You are entitled to Life Membership
Clssse and z upon purchase of the requiz
pays q dividend annually of 20 per cent
The Grand Fountain United Order of Tru
go, 1900, total of 1882 Death Benefits. with q
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
The colored American., 1902-09-27
ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS.

To join the Rosebud Fountain you must no
and Il year of age. You pay S1OO, either ca
installments. The monthly dues are either Is q
as Fountains may decide. The annual tax il
You receive as Sick Benefit from 81 80 to 81 90 D,
in weekly payments.
AS Death Benefit, your family will be paid
you die within year. After one year the Deaf
Is S37.
Classes:-Class B, Glass Z, and Glass NJ Ali
payable annually or quarterly.
The colored American., 1902-09-27


close business condition.;
RESOURCES. LIABILITIES.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

Speaking Of hats it WIN Be noted mat ohc
cavalier hat. which Is so mucn the style.
was a mans hat. and not q woman's hat
Here we lave the cavalier hat. with It's
rough, soft wool brim. Its underorm trim
ming of black ostrich. and the very low
crown in this instance made OF white lace
This IS clearly an adaptation from the
forms of the period OF d'Artagnan and the
other heroes OF the b~raggadocio period
cAPoTE oRNAMENTED WITH
CLUSTERS OF GRAPES
You see, Il is necessary to borrow q great
deal from what. has gone before In order
to create something tina will be called new.
1t is the adaptation OF new materials. new
forms and new notifications out of which
are brought the beauties OF the past You
see in the fur capote, gray squirrel. a shape
that had its origin in the early Fifteenth
Century. but attached to II are the clusters
OF white n purple grapes and the green
and white foliage. This Is the character
istic Point of French taste Mere accidents
suggest to them the many necessary COM
binations OF artistic forms In the produc-
ton of beautiful attire Here Is a hat of
Just foliage and fur. and yet who. with
good taste, could possibly find fault with
it-a contradiction. and yet a very attract
i've one? a more natural form Of MILL
merry construction-one that lacks the strik-
ing point and yet Is peculiarly beautiful
Is the hat Of new a or black and white
braid with black and white chenille comhi-
nation. The hat Is a round. broad tur-
banesque form, and around its brim IS
brought a breast of paradise. with the
beautiful plumage trailing below It The
bow below is of black MORE Ribbon
SIMPLE FORMS OF THE
READY-TO-wEAR HATS
With these dressy affairs an Entirely new
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
Jobs for Official Hens

Nov. the question OF employing huns -
the Government service under civflsGv3us
regulations has come up for Official %
sideration. owing to a letter addressed -
the C!vil-Servfce Commission by an Official
OF the United States Geological Survey.
It seems that hens are necessary and n
dispensable assistants in certain kinds Of
Government work. and there Is 10 80
why they should not be duly classified, inko
charwomen. female copyfsts and other Fed
eral employees of the gentler sex There -
10 question of President Roosevelt's author.
ity to extend over them the blanket Of tn
civil service under existing law, and II -
undeniable hat certain important advan-
tages would accure from the regularfx1ng
OF the chicken branch of public work.
For II should be understood hat UnceD
Sam utilizes a very great number Of hsnH
eggs In the course Of a year II Is most fnr
portant that they should be fresh. and that
the supply Of them should be regular.
The Government maintains q number oe
photographic laboratories In washtnxeun.
all OF which require regular supplies Of
fresh eggs. These are used In so-caiied "wse'
plate work. to coat the glass with Q 0u1-
stratum OF albumen before putting on the
collodion.
The Bureau of Animal Industry m ~
Department OF Agriculture uses Q gpod
many eggs for making CULTURE stun.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

Sou nave materials In millinery fully one
year before they appear In costumes You
notice those beads. Well. remember those
beads. because the cut Jet bead Is going to
be the most prominent ornament in fash
ion Of a year hence. This may or NAV
not interest you, but II will mean a great
deal to the manufacturer who observes the
trend of fashions. It will also mean a
great deal TO the woman who has q store
of such things laid up for the rainy day.
which comes once every seven years. FOR
they do say that style r~evolves once In
seven years. However. there are some
things used in millinery which we hope will
never come in. and We must say that there
are some things which have disappeared
and which will be worn again. Beads,
however. are going to be OF great fmpor-
tance.
Speaking OF Spanish hats. there Is Mad
anne OF the velvet and lace gown This Is
a beautiful Spanish hat. 1t Is also lace
draped. but the shape is round. dropping
in the back and turned up on one side. re-
veal.ng an understanding Of white lace
rosettes.
The big black hat and the big white hat
are invariably strong fayorites with the
Eek
BIG WHITE HAT WITH
THE NEW CROWN.
There is the big white hat with the new
crown, which Is oblong in shape. and the
greater length extending across the hat.
The hat is Of panne velvet and folded
mousseline de sole.
such wear These fantastic forms are still
neat and practical. They are novel. but
have their origin in the historical headwear
Of the knighthood period of past ages
Generally mems wear Is p~araphrased in
women's attire OF to-day. but as we srs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
ORIGIN OF FOUNDATION SACRIFICE

body OF his friend to b dfsinterred. when
Oran. TO the CONSERVATION and dismay OF
the assistants declared that there was
neither a God. a Judgment nor a hereafter.
St COLUMBIA, for fear OF other and more
direful revelations. ordered the earth once
more to be shoveled over Gran The chapel
and cemetery ever afterwards were called
Pelig Duran. and In memory OF the strict
celbacy of Oran no woman was permitted
to worship or to be buried In the place
There Is probably some element of truth IN
these traditions. but IL Is not likely that any
Christian Patrick or Columbia c-ountenanced
such inhuman practices II Is far more
probable that the immolation OF human VIC
tins was practiced among the Druids. for
underneath each of the twelve pillars OF
one Of the Druidical circular temples In
Iona a human body was discovered
Although there Is no historic evidence OF
the connection of a human sacrifice with
the building Of o bridge, yet II v . common
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The custom of placing old coins and otner
curios in the corner stones Of buildings has
its origin In the dim and misty regions OF
the past and Is really a relic handed GOWN
from remote antiquity. In prehistoric times,
and eyen through the Middle Ages. a human
being was often walled up alive In the Tor
nation of a castle to insure Its durability.
There IS an old tradition both Of st. Patrick
IN ireland and St. COLUMBIA IN Iona thar
when they attempted to build chapels for the
Worship OF the Christian God their work
was impeded by an evf spirit. and 1t was
not until the human victim was sacrticed
and buried under the foundation that the
building stood firm. According TO another
legend. st. Oran. a faithful follower OF St
Columbia. consented to be buried alive In
order to propitiate certain demons Of the
soil who interfered with the attempts Of st.
Columbia to erect n chapel. After three
days, % II Is related. COLUMBIA ordered the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

crate than those OF the Astors. though not
much more. They are not SO elaborate now
as they used to be.
One OF the first things that some men do
when they go into business IS to have their
checks made to order. They think that IT
gives them a certain distinction. and It
shows that they are of Importance.
II there can be said to be a fashion IN
checks. small checks are the most fashion,
able checks A big check is bad form. 1t is
also bad form to carry a pocket ~checkbook.
It has an air of display about it. and shows
the character of a man, just as the wearing
of many diamonds does. The proper thing
to do Is to have a big book. three checks
wide. and to tear out two or three to carry
around loose In the pocket
Tellers. and cashiers prefer the plain
printed to the deliberately engraved checks.
They are easier to read. easier to keep tally
Of and rather hard to alter. An alteration
or change shows easier on q plain check
than on an elaborate one.
1t is with banks as with men. A good deal
about a bank can be told from the kind Of
checks II furnishes. Country banks furnish
more elaborate checks than city hanks Big
banks have palmer checks and better paper
than smaller bankA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
CHARACTER IN BANK CHECKS

WRITTEN FoR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Man shows a deal of his individuality IN
his bank checks. A 'nashy' man Will have
Q 'fashy" check. and a man who wears
loud" clothes and big rings will have a
check engraved on tinted paper. with pic
cures and his name covering the ends Of
II. with ornamental characters
A plain. quiet business man has q plain,
quiet check. It does not follow because q
man has his check made to order. instead
Of taking the ~ready-made kind that the
banks furnish him. that he has a big bank
account any more than a cheap suit of
clothes indicates that a man cannot afford
TO buy better. On the contrary. a man with
Q bank account who uses quiet checks
usually has a bigger balance than the man
who sends out specimens or engravings with
his signature on them
The Astors use checks with no engraving,
being plainly printed. When an Aston draws
Q personal check the name is printed near
the left edge. in the piainest manner. The
numbers are not even printed on them. but
when filled In at all are filled In with ink.
The Astors use a good quality Of pink COL
ored paper.
The vanderbilts' checks are more elab-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

ana spcrey emsy Of r~eady-eo-weu ma
simpler forms are much indicated The
great and striking point of the seasons
style Is in felt shapes. the beaver hat and
the rough Scotch brim affair. There are
go many forms OF wear necessary In our
modern existence. SO many different occa-
sions to be provided for. 30 many different
classes OF business. sport. travel. visiting.
driving afternoon. evening and q world OF
other things which we do not recall, that
q new hat Is almost necessary for each
particular kind OF wear. Madame under
stands thoroughly that nothing SO changes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

9ms gvvn. rns Nns coat and a different
hat VIII transform q street attire into an
evening attire. The black gloves changed
to white. an Irish point or imitation Irish
ponit collar. and you have almost . re-
ception gown. The hat. after all, is the
chief point It Is that which IL nearest
the face. IL 10 that which lends the snaps
to the head and the style TO the entire cos
tune. stamps the woman Immediately as
the right thing or the wrong thing as far
as dress IS concerned In fact. a woman Il
sainted or damned from tho style stand
point according to the hat she wears.
Copyright, Ise., by the Economist Camera
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

WRITTEN FOR TIE SUNDAY NkruYI%
The v~ell-hatted Is the happy woman. OF
Ill the possessions. OF all the accessories
OF an the attributes OF civilization and mod
ern art IN adjusting ettre for any occasion,
there Is nothing Do interesting as the wom-
ans hat. What q Transforming influence
the hat has! What woman of intelligence
does not understand thisl What does not
q glance of our Illustrations elucidate In
this directionI The complete transforma-
don-even the inspiration-of the woman
herself is easily accounted for and accom-
piished by a change Of hat-and how they
love them.
however brilliant and magnificent, could
compensate a woman IL she knew that her
hat was lad OF course. there In every
reason TO understand this thing thoroughly.
Hats are considered from the
standpoint Of particularly satisfying the de-
mands of certain faces and certain figures.
The proper hat with the proper costume
constitute a unity and m which. after
all, is extremely desirable from every
standpoint.
STYLE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN RICH MATERIAL
The rich, the beautiful. the magnificent
hat IS not necessarily SO becoming or SO 1T
as the well-considered and wel-proportioned
headwear selected by the woman or taste
or created by the artist milliner. In millin-
cry IT Is how. and not what. 1t IL the mare.
the depth of crown, the width OF brim
and turn and twist Of the fabric. the shape
itself more than the expense Of the mate
rial, that particularly emphasizes the good
hat or shows a bad contrtvance.
The beauty Of the right thing II that II
Is the well-considered thing. Don't think
for a moment that fashion Is an aimless.
frivolous creature that ordains high crowns
or brims, improper and untasteful contriv-
ences. Dress is the epitome Of artistic
thought and q well-balanced dispo Jition. The
woman without taste enough or disposition
enough to understand her relation to her
friends and the world ignores attire and
prides herself as being superior. She is
really inferior. She hestates and refrains
from giving pleasure by making herself Of
pleasing personality.
ROUND VELVET TURBAN
OF GREEN PANNE.
However. let us forget for q moment the
psychological or sociological position of
the hat, and treat It from its style stand
point Of this season. You see that round
velvet turban Of brilliant green panne with
O mounted rooster head IN brilliant color
with natural neck feathers7 That Is the
striking novelty OF the season. OF course.
rooster heads are not going to be a great
feature with the great majority. 1t IL only
. fancy-and a passing fancy at that-but
the shape of the hat is good and the other
little tricorne OF taffsta silk with Its two
pompons and velvet-edged brim IL a prac-
teal and tasteful form suited to great va
rety of wear, and undoubtedly pleasing,
neat and tasteful.
The new picture hat is the shovel brim.
It is a Spanish friar form. and over the
straight brim, which IS perfectly square in
front, is draped a Spanish scarf which
trails over the shoulder artistically and
Beautifully. Its contrast in the same mode
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
Sure of the Date.

A Celtic cook asked her mistress one MN.
day for leave OF absence the following Sun
day to attend her brothers funeral. why"
exclaimed the mistress. "this Is only Mon.
day. Surely. nobody's going to keep q dead
body a whole week. He's not dead ye&,
num-" explained the cook. mo? Wen, he
may die to-day or he may live . month. No
doctor can safely say that q person WIN
die at such a time that a day may be set
for the funeral" The doctors nothing to
do wild II. num-" was the further explana-
ton .Oi m sure Sunday II b IN ruighf.
fr hes sintinced to be hung Friday.s
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

belief aronE the peasanty Of EurvpA sv0
down to our own time. that human bangD
were entombed under the foundations OF I'm
portant bridges In 1855. when . bridge w.
being constructed In g town 20 civilized -
Halle, Germany. q report was cufren4
among the poorer classes that the aushor-
ties wanted a child to bury alive under the
corner stone About the same date Q rti-
road bridge was built over the River 0oo-
lesch. and the peasants fully believed hal
q child had actually been immohtsd BE-
meath the foundation In England also.
quite recently. when . bridge was he2no
constructed at Stoneleigh, Lord Leigh. tha
owner. was accused Of having walled -
one OF his servants IN q pier. In HaS3e0D.
vina- as late as the year LII At ths buiiA-
ing of a bridge. a cemetery Of ds61uaosm
took place. IN which a black sheep Wa
slaughtered on each stone by the lord ae n
district. At the same time Q gold oofn ~
placed under each angle
In some sections OF Germany. f w
early timeA black hens were walled - .
castles as sacrifice to the evfl one. thAxt he
walls might stand secure. tA1D
Is the reason for the same fowl occurx4n9
In the arms OF ths family OF HeuneboR
There Is also an ancient belief that N en-
built into q new building win peoteo4 =
against evil and wftchcraft- 6uch egHDa1o
to be found IN many houses In Afenha00
and Iseriohen. while IN the Tar Das2 No.
10 O proverb. "ths egg of the chamh0A
which undoubtedly indicates . s4xudzae -
igfn- In Roman architecture ths 0nrlAAo
oxen. rams and horses continually euw
q decoration. and they are used - 6haW8
even down to the present Day IN TunnaA
The skull OF q horse placed over shs -
o. q courtyard or the bones Of q fAnsn -
imal buried under the doorstep are GD0n1
to be preservatives against ghostA
Closely allied with this custom Of N I'M
notation Of human beings and nve an1maln
In the foundation of buildings Is tho Waaa
tice OF bathing the PROV of vessels In w.
or champagne at their christening. Duun1h
less many people who have watched 80
interest the so-called christening OF q -
are probably not aware that this psrfn~A
ance is only q modified form Of the D1AAe
toric custom OF bathing war vessels a ~
launching with the blood OF q human 49,
fee. In Polynesia the savage tribe IN
slay some unfortunate captive to oonsodna>
the completion of a war canoe. and a.
hardy Mortimer observed q custom haxdHI
less cruel and nhuman- Among the DpO
tribes the blood Of virgins and ehfldrW .
thought to possess magic virtue. Whsmsvur
q new tent Is erected some member % Gho
tribe sprfnkles It with a few drops Of ths
blood Of a child to protect II from ecc3osnG
Rock Island Argus., 1902-01-15

lit is the desire of the two high con-
tracing parties TO prevent the en-
trance into the United States of
cOolie labor, which is productive of
disturbance" etc.
That provision removes the OBJ
lection which / once had to such leg
islatiOn." said Mr.. HIT. "In passing
this legislation we are merely car
rying out the expressed wish of both
sOvereignties. What / objected to in
the other law was the fact that ii
was n direct violation of an existing
treaty. The title of the bill employ
ed the very words of the treaty
which was violated. / regarded that
as a violation of our national honor
and dangerous precedent. After
the bill became a law / made it my
business to secure the negotiation of
this treaty of 1885,
Rock Island Argus., 1902-01-15

The British war office is consider
ing the advisability Of supplying
false teeth to soldiers. Sixty per
cent of the applicants for enlistment
i'm Gen. Baden Powell's police have
been rejected ON the ground of bad
teeth and hundreds of applicants for
service with the yeOmanry were dis
qualified for the same cause. The
dental hospitals of London have
notified the war office that they are
prepared to make good the deficien-
cies or entirely equip the applicants
who are otherwise eligible at 1 per
head.