Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10

have upheld the best citizenship of the
world. Those who figured with Christ in
Galilee represent women In general. Tney
have sustained the victims of crime ana
cruelty. They have carried the crosses OF
oppression and despair. They have been
the first to hear the whisper of the Spirit
and the first to lay hold upon new truths
In every momentous struggle they have
shared the ignominy and the joy of man
kind. They have been true, and they have
come to realize that they must realize their
influence for good in, the state A woman
who does not take part in the movements
for. good is recreant to her trust.
Colored Women Giving Aid.
1.-THE colored women of the country are
doing as much, to promote good citizen
ship as their more fortunate white sisters
This is interpreted by them to mean an
intelligent and tender care for their chill
dren and a conscientious and careful con-
sideration of every question which concerns
the welfare of the race. They feel a great
apprehension for the future of their youth.
whom unjust Determinations in the field Of
labor may SEND 10 the poorhouse or to the
Jail. For that reason we feel 1t our duty
to preach the dignity of labor In season
and out, and we are urging our youth TO
make themselves proficient in the various
trades.
1--WE are asking our sisters Of the domi-
nant race to aid us and to show that they
are good citizens by throwing their infiu-
ence on the side of justice and right. We
are asking them to teach the white chill
dren of today that when they grow up to
be men and women, If they deliberately
prevent their brothers and sisters of dark
er hue from earning an honest living by
closing the doors Of trade against them,
the Father Of All will hold them respon-
sible for the crimes which are the result
of their injustice and for the human wrecks
ruthless hope and lost ambition always
make.
$50 long as colored men and women of
the south are dragged to convict camps,
many of them for no crime or misde-
meanor whatever; are herded together like
cattle; so long as children are born by the
score to the colored women in these camps
and breathe the polluted atmosphere Of
these dens of crime and suffering from the
moment they utter their first cry In the
world until they are released from its hor-
rors by death, the women OF the United
States. without regard to race or color,
should know what good citizenship means.
Many good people here sympathize deeply
with the oppressed peasants of Russia, who
either do not know or who forget that there
are hundreds OF colored men and women
in the United States subjected to torture
as diabolical as those inflicted upon Rus
sia's oppressed classes
Protection Of Yomanhood.
''Colored women believe that good citi
zehship means the protection Of the wom-
anhood Of the race. insisting that the men
who transgress the moral law shall be ban
ished from good society as inevitably as
the women they destroy. It means the set
ting OF . high moral standard to which we
try rigfdiy to adhere. For we know that In
no other way win It ever be possible to
prove the falsity of the ISLANDERS circulated
against the moral character of ooi0red wo-
men, sometimes by the press, but most fre-