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The Washington bee., 1908-07-25

and moral forces the race has ever
produced, is out for Taft. His sup
port of the election of the former
War Secretary is all the more sig
nihcant because of the fact that at
the famous Council of Bishops held
in Washington last February the
voice of "the old man eloquent was
arrayed against the candidacy of
Judge Taft, and his attitude inhuenc-
ed many others of the ministry who
are accustomed to follow wherever
the white plume of their Henry of
Navarro waves. The ADVICE of the
venerable prelate that Taft be sup
ported by the rank and file of the
race will 90 far to relieve the ten
sion that has been felt painfully in
some important departments of the
A. NJ. E. Church, especially in the
South. In an editorial in his paper,
The Voice of the People" Bishop
Turner has this to say:
The Republican National Conven-
ton, just over in Chicago, nominal
ed Honorable William Howard Taft
for president of theUnitedtSates, and
he is now before the country for the
suffrages Of the people. We hope
he will be elected, as the Democrats
will offer us nothing for the eleva-
ton of our race. We believe a more
popular man with the masses could
have been selected, but he is the
nominee, and the colored voters, a.
we'll as the whites, have no other
standard-bearer who represents Re
publican sentiment, and there is moth
ing to do but to rally around Mr.
Taft. He may have spoken some TN
fortunate words, and made some un-
fortunate remarks, as it relates to the
black man; but he is before the
country now, and a number of his
admirers think that he will be as
true to right and justice as the nee
die is to the pole, and we ask for
nothing but fair treatment
The masses of the A. NJ. E.Churct
and the race at large have faith ir
the judgment of Bishop Turner, and
are willing to follow him in prefer
ence to the agitators who advise a
bolt to the party that bases its very
existence upon disfranchisement that
sustains the Jim Crow car law, and
openly favors the elimination of the
Negro soldier, root and branch, from
the military establishment of these
United States.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-25

in America. The speaker said that
the Order in England had high re-
gard Tor their colored brethren in
America, and would send a fraternal
delegate to America to attend the Ma
tional Grand Lodge meeting of the
Order to be held at Atlantic City in
September.
Our Households of Ruth" was the
subject of the address by w. W.
Lawrence, of New Berne, n. c. The
Households are composed of the wo-
men members of the Order, and Mr..
Lawrence in his address said that
they had done much in perpetuating
the principles of friendship, love and
truth among the people of the race
and in relieving the wants and suf-
ferings of the membership of the va
rious lodges with which they were
identified.
The members of the subcommittee
Of management were presented to the
audience and each one conveyed the
fraternal greetings of thir member
ship to the gathering. After the clos
ing "ode" by the members f the Or
der, the benediction was pronounced
by the Rev. DR.. Henry l. Phillips, Of
Philadelphia
The members of the various organ
izations then reassembled and after
a short parade took cars for Wash
ington Park, where a picnic is being
held, which will conclude this even
ing. There will be a competitive
drill for several prizes that have been
offered. and the visiting members of
the fraternity are to be the guests
of the local lodges.
The local committee of the various
lodges that arranged for the enter
tainment Of the visiting lodges is
composed of Patterson Holland, chair
man; E. B. Van Dyke, vice chair
man; John Clinton, Jr., secretary
Evelyn Henderson. assistant secre-
tarv; Mrs. Fannie Mathews, treas
urer; w. D. Jones, chaplain.
The following local lodges partici-
pated in the parade: Unity Lodge,
No. III; Good Samaritan Lodge,
No. 86I; Fraternal Lodge, No. 893
Phoenix Lodge, No. 894; Covenant
Lodge, No. sos; Friendship, Lodge.
No. 8o8; Carthagenian Lodge, No.
4oI: Mount Olive Lodge, No. 964
Good VIII Lodge, No. 1925; Radiant
Star Lodge, No. 1868; Good Hope
Lodge. No. 1922; Mount Lebanon
Lodge, No. 1873; Equity Lodge, No.
1874; St. Albans Lodge, No. I44I
William Murphy Lodge, No. I448;
Keystone Lodge, No. 1916; Gideon
Lodge, No. I7I5; Beth Eden Lodge,
No. 100; Eagle Lodge, N. 1873
Germantown Lodge, No. IIo5; Peace
and Plenty Lodge, N. 2586; Phila-
delphia Lodge, No. 275I; Pennsyl-
vania Lodge, No. 3I43; La Notice
Lodge, No. 3242; New Town Lodge,
No. $3.50; Apollo Lodge, No. 582Ii
Providencial Lodge, No. 6Io7; Grand
Masters Council, o. ?.
The Households of Ruth represent
ed in the parade were Nos. 2, 8, IS,
81, l:34, I68, 3oI, 3o7, 3o3, 300, 94t'
1888, 1923, 1851, 1903 2262, 2525
1913.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-25
THREE WHITES SLAIN IN A
TEXAS RACE WAR.
MOB STORMS JAIL, HANGS
FIVE BLACKS ON ONE
LIMB, SHOOTS an
OTHER

Troops HTe CdHsd O"''
Trouble Started by Staying of White
Farmer at Dance in Colored
Chv:ch
Hemphill, Texas, June 22.-Eleven
Negroes have been lynched and three
white men killed in a race war in
Sabine county, the State Rangers or
dered out to restore peace, armed
bands of whites and blacks are facing
each other in several places, and sew
eral encounters have been reported
tonight.
A mob stormed the Jail here last
night, seized SIX Negroes accused Of
the murder of a white farmer, hang
ed FIVE to one limb and shot the sixth
when the moose broke and he was
running away. The bodies of three
other Negroes were found riddled
with bullets this morning. Two 9th
ers were shot to death last night
Three were hanged tonight near San
Augustine.
Another, arrested with a white man
whom he accused of hiring him to
slay Robert Wright, is in jail at Cen
ter, having been rushed there under
extra guard to save them from the
mob.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-25
BISHOP TURNER OUT FOR.
TAFT.

Bishop Henry NJ. Turner, the sem
ior prelate of the great African Meth
odist Episcopal Church, unquestiona-
bly, one of the strongest intellectual
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Feminine Advice on Cultivation of Health

One or two-toned paper, with scarcely
any ornamentation. is proper for any por-
ton OF the house. A good seller" is usu-
ally a bad paper and should be avoided.
and In selecting from a decorators sam
pie books II is well to pay little attention
to the seasons novelties" as some OF
the old standard patterns are usually more
aristooratic.
The treatment of floors is simple
enough. but requires patience; the appli-
cation of ready-made varnish stain on
any KIND Of floor is not real treatment. An
old floor. even Of soft wood. may easily be
renovated The old coating should be re-
moved by softenins with a good solvent APP
piled with a paint brush and scraping with
a putty knife. When It is reasonably clean
wipe with a cloth saturated with benzine
or naphtha. When quite dry color with a
prepared stain and finish with two coats
OF beeswax, well rubbed in with a weighted
brush.
Things to be banished II out of harmony
or to be avoided In making purchases.
are Of as much Importance as things to
be introduced. All ornate effects are ia
booed. Backgrounds should be simple and
restful and good lines are to be sought
rather than elaborate designs. Overcrowd-
ing Of any kind is in bad taste. It is bet
ter to have very few pictures and orna-
ments of real worth than quantities. dis
played simply because they cost a lot Of
money or are kept for lime rea-
sons. And, above all, have everything
chosen with regard TO its purpose as well
as its inherent beauty and its destined sur
roundings.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

in the sketch on the opposite page, and the
high collar and front were bordered by a
rather wide band Of regular bandanna silk
in red and yellow. Just why this model
was as supremely chic as 1t was it would
be hard to say, but all connoisseurs agreed
nard.
XIII rather than the directoire, acoompa-
MED by long elaborate waistcoats of EN-
broidered silk or brocade, were among the
handsome models. and there were some
very successful combinations Of cloth ana
satin, cloth n ottoman, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

W1E|M|N|. SIG Hdo ~ A6AAN ~
such a costume are two distinct and sep
arate things. A realizing sense Of that
fact came TO us as we stood In the mob
OF women at the lower Broadway opening,
to whose stunning collection Of French
models we owe all our sketches today, and
watched the living models wandering about
the stage in their limp, clingtng clothes
and silks and velvets.
The effort to fit the new frocks over
old lay figures has brought about some
distressing shop window exhibits this fall.
and in all probability the effort to fit new
frocks over human figures not built on
directoire lines will produce results even
more lamentable. but those willow. wand
girls in the downtown shop made n think
kindly of the directoire.
And. as a matter OF fact. while many
Of the house and evening gowns. make
exacting demands upon the figure, the
average street gown is far more lenient.
To be sure, In it's Frenchiest version. II
has a skirt that clings In trying fashion
and is inclined TO wad around the feet I'M
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
What Women Are Doing.

The proposition to expend $4,000 for the
erectlon or a city hall at Geneva, N. Y,
was recently defeated by a vote of 7s TO
40, said to be the largest number of votes
ever cast at a special election in the town,
The votes against the measure were cast
largely by women who gave as their reason
that the city had already spent $50, 600 for
a site and 200 for plans without their
consent.
Mrs. w. B. Wilson of Kentucky won the
contest of the National Food Magazine,
the subject of her essay being Lemons
She showed that this fruit has twenty
uses, Among the uses named was to make
tough meat tender, to clean brass with the
rind, to improve the flavor Of tea, to cure
headache, for tooth wash, to make kernels
of rice whittier and others that are well
known.
one of the pleasant memories of young
men who have graduated at West Point
is OF the late Susan Warner. whose sister,
Miss Anna Warner, has recently given
Constitution island to the academy. She
Is described by one of them as having
looked like a picture from Godey's Lady's
Book, a sweet, frail woman, who made
life very pleasant for the boys who had
the good luck to make her acquaintance.
Miss Marie McKenna, only daughter OF
f. w McKenna, second vice president Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad,
yesterday volunteered her services for re-
lief work among the glass workers of Al
ton, Ill. She applied to the Providence So
ciety of Alton for a list OF families in
straits through casualties In the glass
works of the town and expressed a de-
termination Of devoting the next few years
to relief work.
A banner bearing the words Votes for
Women has recently been set up on the
highest peak In the state Of Washington
by the Misses Kangley, formerly Of Colo.
ado. BY leaving Paradise valley, where
they had been camping, early in the morn
ing, accompanied by only one guide, they
were able to reach the top of Mount
Rainier before night. There, in a driving
snowstorm. they set up the banner on
alpin stocks and after taking several pho
tographs of 1t folded it up again and took
1t back to camp with them. They intend
to set up the same banner another year
in the crater.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
An Adnmienn Eden.

Long Island Is to have an "Adamless
Eden" Mime. Davidoff. a native of Rus
STA, but now a resident of New York City.
is establishing an experimental farm at
Bellecrest, near Northport, Long Island,
which will be operated by women. Men
will be barred from the greenhouses,
where fruits and flowers are to be grown
every month in the year by the aid of
electricity. While similar experiments
have been made by this and other gov
ernments. Nine. Dsvidoff believes her ex-
pertinent will prove more successful h
those carried on by the bureau OF plant
industry of the Department of Agrcul-
ture.
Nine. Davidoff Is a writer for magazines.
She says the experiments win be based
on the theory that the growth OF vegetable
matter. which ceases at shutdown. will
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
st. Louis HeIrezs in a Temper.

st. Louis Heiress in q Temper.
Women, as a class, fare very badly at the
hands Of Miss Mary Fullerton, heiress Of
the Fullerton millions and st. Louis
wealthiest girl.
81 cannot endure them. They are such
liars" she says, ia a newspaper interview.
This criticism Of her sisters applies to
women as a class and not as individuals.
and the class she refers to are the society
women.
Maybe they do not lie maliciously, but
they have just gotten the habit in society.
You can't depend upon a word they say.
Maybe it is diplomacy and tact, but it looks
to me like a surrender of Independence and
individuality.
individually women are adorable. I
have some of the best friends in the world,
but the average women you meet are ner-
vous, excitable and insincere. No, 1 can't
see that the fad for athletics has made
them less nervous, only more restless.
81 can't understand big. strong men not
being able TO get employment when there
are so many shining examples Of the
weaker sex who are supporting themselves.
1 have no patience with a man who can
not make money.
This is just my own opinion, a matter
Of personal taste. That's why I don't like
New York. The men there are an idle,
useless lot, living off their inheritance.
In st. Louis there are fewer Of that leisure
class.
81 wouldn't marry a poor man. The
American heiresses who marry titled for
elgners, that class who just go over and
buy a man"
Words were insufficient to express and
certainly to describe the look OF contempt
which came over her face.
"well they deserve what they GET she
continued. Understand me. l don't dis
like foreigners. 1 rather like Englishmen.
but 1 think American men compare most
favorably with them. At least they are
good enough for me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Women at stump Speakers.

Woman, 1 think, is pre-eminently, quail
flied for the political rostrum and lecture
platform, by virtue Of her wit, her Influence
over home and husband, and the fact that
she is a born talkerl Even II she is not
exactly engaged in working for the cause
women's presence at the campaign meet
ings should be encouraged, as 1t is always
an inspiration for the men speakers. AS
for the women speakers, no better recon-
mendation for their efficiency could be
given than the tradition OF their unfailing
eloquence-a woman never loses her voice.
The above reasons why there is room and
need for women in politics were given by
Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster, chairman of the re-
publican committee on woman's work,
whose headquarters are at the Hotel Mar
tina Washington. A reporter for the New
York American found Mrs. Foster prepar-
ing for her tour OF the west. where she will
stump for her party. She Is very fond Of
being the pioneer woman campaign orator.
Women have gradually come to their
own" she said, land it is gratifying to
watch their progress in this national cause.
Women speakers 20 longer limit them
selves to the parlor and teacup persuasion.
Their undisputed powers Of conversation
have transcribed TO the public mass meet
ings. Women have discovered where they
can apply their gift of influence to the best
advantage. 1 find that In big cities Of
crowded districts a house to house can
vass and store to store canvass are most
effective in finding out the sentiment. and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Get. Blood Of HIS AssaiIant.

Jacob Van Bvera, a farmer residing near
Randall. Montgomery county, New York,
saw an italian roaming about HIS farm
with a gun. Van Bvers ordered the man
to leave, and on his refusal the men
clinched and the gun was discharges. the
bullet entering Van Evera's thigh. He
was hurried to a hospital at Amsterdam.
Van Evera had lost SO much blood that the
surgeons feared to amputate his leg and
concluded that the last resort 10 save his
life was to transfuse blood. and the italian.
who was a tTespasser on the Van Evera
farm, consented to give up his blood he
italian was hurried from the county jail
TO the hospital and about a quart Of his
blood was transfused into an Dvera's body.
Van Bvera's condition iB very critical
Whether the shooting was intentional or
was an accident "a a question.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

in doing propaganda work for the party Of
your choice. l argue this among the local
speakers. young women who have strong
influence IN their neighborhoods.
n mean to distribute literature. to COM
pare the record Of Mr.. Taft's performances
with the record Of MIR. Bryan's promises.
and generally arouse the interest Of women
in our party. No, 1 never lose my voice
nor my enthusiasm" she concluded en-
phatically. Men are more prone to throat
trouble than women anyway, which is a
convincing argument that women are born
orators"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Leaves from Fashion's Notebook.

Amethyst and gold make a charming
color combination which is a favorite this
year.
A new fancy noticed on one Of the most
expensive broadtail coats this fall is an
outline Of black silk. The seams are
overlapping, and each is bound with the
silk.
Not only hats but whole gowns are being
made OF heavy MORE silk, and very lovely
they are, for while the silk is thick It is
remarkably supple, and may be draped in
graceful lines.
According TO a fashion oracle, an eve.
ming gown nowadays is all skirt and waist
band. Many Of the cloaks are made of the
same material as the gown. The effect Is
very harmonious, though rather expensive.
There are striped cloths and spotted
cloths and ~velvets, together with a mod
ern version OF bandana silk, carried
through in adorable yellow tones. shading
from the deepest orange to a delicate
canary
Liberty satin is used even for evening
cloalts this season. One In this material
noticed recently is In a dark, rich green
with heavy silver embroidery. 1t has &
collar Of silver fox and is lined with white
satin and plated green chiffon.
A very dainty d~ecollete gown is OF ac-
cordian plated chiffon in Greek style. The
liberty satin. The overskirt is in tunic
effect, edged with silver lace, and there
is a silver lace girdle.
Tiny satin buttons placed close together
all the way dOWn the 'front.' and back in
double rows, are a feature OF a princess
gown. The material is soft liberty satin
in canard blue, and the buttons are OF the
same shade.
For the woman who wears a sheath
skirt there are long boomers OF satin,
made full, like Turks trousers, with sew
eral flounces of plated chiffon attached
below the knee. OF course, the opening IN
the skirt is also filled in with chiffon.
A picturesque tea gown is Of crepe de
chine in that shade OF blue best described
as hyacinth, with a draped sash, also OF
Grape, in full purple, and adorned with
and little silver bells threaded in and out
OF the leaves upon a slender gold ribbon.
Velveteen will be seen a great deal this
winter in both gowns and suits. A hand
some tailored suit OF brown Yelveteen has
an absolutely plain empire skirt ana a
smart direCtOire coat. The coat is trimmed
with soutache and braid buttons In con-
Ventional pattern. and has a military collar.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

diagonal arrange
ments of skirt
trimming often
find place.
One OF the pref
tiest street cos
tunes displayed by
the m~annequins at
the lower Broad
way opening was a
Doucet model In
white cloth trim
med In soutache.
h is the model
that figures in our
sketch and many
OF its best features
will be understood
from a study OF the
cut. though it
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
To Sell Hia Head for $4,000.

Prof. John Mason Tyler. stone professor
OF biology at Amherst college and son OF
Americas greatest Greek scholar, Is re-
ported TO have made an extraordinary COM
pact with scientists Of wealth whereby he
has sold his head after death for $4,000.
At the college the report was circulated,
and Prof. Tyler was asked for It's vertical
ton. He declined to make a direct state
ment, but said that during his student
days at Leipzig he believes he made some
such agreement.
1t is because he is reputed to have the
best shaped head In America. with a most
extraordinary brain development. that the
question becomes Of interest to science.
All the experts in America are familiar
with Prof. Tyler's head. and 1t is common
knowledge that they regard it OF great
value to the scientific world.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

less very slilfully manipulated, but there
are innumerable variations upon this skirt,
and a clever maker can ease 1t to suit
the wearer's figure, introduce a plat
here, a fold there.
The fact that q majority Of the street
skirts turned out by the French makers
have the empire skirt complexities the prob
lem of getting ones skirt properly cut and
hung, but this shortened waist line, with
easy looseness around the waist and per-
haps a quite straight back without waist
curve, does lessen the apparent size Of
the hips.
Moreover. It is not necessary to have the
empire skirt. A very large percentage Of
the simpler tailored costumes have skirts
ending at the natural waist line, while to
the coat is left the responsibility OF sup
plying the shortened or merely Strengthened
waist. The most trying feature Of the
average French street suit is the exag-
gerated plainness and ~tightness of the
skirt back, and this effect, which. is becom-
ing only when associated with the straight
ness OF back line that goes with erect and
pronounced slenderness, can be modified
by a group OF flat plaits or some panel ar
rangement when the wearer's figure re-
Quires the relief.
The skirt opened up the side to show q n
underskirt or a simulated underskirt has
already been so commended that the later
models in dressy street suits are not In
sisting upon that feature, but long lines
Of buttons apparently or actually button
ing the skirt sides or front are as popular
as ever. and occasionally such a buttoped-
over arrangement as 1t nears the skirt
bottom opens 10 show inset plaits or a
braided panel.
Whatever the skirt trimming may be. 1t
is adjusted to emphasize the long lines
Of the frock, and in the long skirted street
gowns, as in the house and evening gowns.