The Washington herald., 1909-06-09
AT THE HOTELS.

Catholics are aiding the Southern
negro" sad Rev. John z. Burke. direc-
tor general OF the board for mission
work among the negro people. He Is
at the Shoreham and IS attending the mis-
sionary congress at The Apostolic Ms
sion House. Catholic University.
The mission represents an EFFORT 70
reach the negroes through industrial esu-
cation" continued Rev. Dr.. Burke. and
the effort is being made 70 found institu-
tio4g somewhat on the plan OF the schools
conducted by Booker 7. Washington and
others
it IS q hard problem in the South. for
the present generation OF white men does
not seem 10 core as much for the negro
as the generation passing away. Ths old
families, who regarded the negroes with
affection. are disappearing. Something
must be done for the race, for il has
been neglected.
IT'S salvation lies IN work" ADDED Dr..
Burke. The negro must be brought 70
realize the necessity for regular labor.
Eighty-hve per cent OF the negroes in ths
South are IN rural communities. II IS
far better for them that they should r.
main where they are than that they
should come 20 the cities, for that means #
the ruin OF many Of them Il they
stay in the South they must be trained
70 Industrial efficiency. They must be
taught habits OF diligence. and learn how
70 make q good living. The board would
aid the negro 10 develop and become USE
ful members Of society.
Although the proposed schools VII b
devoted 70 giving the negroes an indus
/ trial training and an education suited 70
their present needs. the primary object.
which IS 70 give religious ideas. VIII al
ways be IN view
1T Is reported there are 100000 negroes
n The South, OF whom less than hsf
I have received baptism, and that fully
40eo00e belong 70 10 church and profess
no creed There are 1.oo0.C GO children who
mover enter a schoolroom because there
/ IS no school within reach Less than
10000 are Catholics.
"We are making an effort 70 receive
an annual revenue Of $4,000 for the es-
tabIishment and maintenance OF schools
/ and churches n the South Therefore. We
are appealing 10 10000 persons. asking
each 70 send US 81 annually
Father Burke. in making this appeal,
does not limit himself 70 the Roman
! Catholic faith The fact that tne work
IS largely along Industrial and social
i lines has stimulated general interest
I in IT,
DR.. Edwin s. Valentine. Of Chicago. a
wel-knowE educator OF that city. IS e.
I the New Willard Speaking OF the use
1 fulness OF college boys. the pedagogue
[ said recently that the student IS an in
/ portant factor IN the development OF the
I psychological and natural sciences
we know that poison squads for the
I testing OF food values and the effect OF
/ preservatives are commonly recruited
from the freshmen ranks. and that sopho-
mores are turned into veritabIe test tubes
for the eluCidaIlon OF important problems
connected with the chemistry Of food.
The battles Of vegetarianism against car
nivorisn. OF and-aIcoholics against nod
crate Indulgence, OF eggs against fish. ard
Of milk against everything else have been
largely fought out in the bodies Of co.,
lege students
In the realm OF experimental psychol-
ogy." continued the professor the sana
marty7dom IS exemplihed he has been
stretched PROSTATE on a balanced board.
and HIS emotions have been worked on
by false statements. with the result that
. q rush Of blood 70 or from the heart has
sent him sliding 70 the hoor feet foremost
or head foremost He has been tortured
into trying 70 remember how many steps
he took between the parlor and his bed
rooU- He has been forced 20 admit he
couldn't remember whether he put his
right or his left shoe on first. and that
he wasn't sure OF the color OF his moth
er's eyes, OF whether his father wors
glasses IN short n the name OF SCI
ence," added Dr. Valentine, he has con
sented 20 be saddled with q reputation
that would dlsqualify him for any position
OF the slightest responsibility"
Discussing the production OF ivory. vlzd-
irair FedoreS. of St. Petersburg. Russia
who was seen ar the Raleigh. said Siberia
furnishes q large quantity OF livery 10
the markets Of the world. but that the
production OF II belongs 10 anothsr age,
and 10 a species OF animal that does not
now exist
The ivory IS cut from the tusks OF
mastodons whose skeletons are found
frozen IN masses of ice or buried N The
mud OF Siberian rivers and swamps. The
northern portion of the country ab0unds
IN extensive bOgs, which are called ur-
mans. II these are found the tusks OF
the uaslodOn. from which II is inferred
these animals LOST their lives venturins
upon a surface that would not bear their
weight
Even 70 Wild animals these urmans are
forbidden ground The ninnbIe-SteppIns.
broa6-hOofed reindeer can sometimes
cross them safely IN the sumner tine.
but most other large animals attempting
% do 80 woulI quickly oe ingulfed. and
this may be a partial explanation OF the re-
mains OF the mammoth and the rhinoce-os.
which are 50 abundant and so widely
difused through these northern marsh
lands OF Siberia
IN the museum al Tobolsk are numer-
Gus specimens Of mammoth, and through
out that region they are by no means rare.
When an ice pack breaks down a river
bank or floods tear I'D a frozen marsh.
OF The summer IhEW peneIrateS a lC1ls
more deeply than usual into the ground.
some OF these antediluvian monsters ara
likely % oe exposed
IN many cases the remains are so fresh
and well preserved. with their dark
shaggy hair and underwood OF reddish
brown. their tufted ears and long. curved
tusks. that AL the abOrigines and even
some OF the Russian settlers persist n
the belief that they are specimens of
animals which stil I've. burrOWing Un-
dergrOund Ike moles. and dying the in
stant they are admitted 20 the light
Politics IN Russia You must excuse
me from discussing this subject Rus
SLAMS are not supposed TO discuss politics
outside the Douma- To do 50 anyway is
liable 10 bring on trouble"
This story BY Robert z. Watson. OF
Minneapolis. MINI. who Is at the Riggs: