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The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
A SCIENCE HALL AND A MOD
FRN LIBRARY FOR HOW
ARD IN THE NEAR
Future

At the midday exercises lnAndrew
Rankin Chapel, Tuesday, February
"a President Thirkield came forawrd
with good cheer to the sons OF old
Howard. Chief among the surprises
was the disclosure of a proposed
congressional appropriation, which
will enable this University to have
modern science hall, and the knowi-
edge of the successful elimination OF
the plans with Mr.. Carnegie, which
will give to us a fifty thousand dollar
library.
With the possible exception of
modern library, nothing could be
more needed at this University than
an up-to-date science hall In all the
present institutions of learning, the
general trend Of education is toward
scientific research and in order for
any school to keep abreast with the
increasing demand for a change from
the culture of the humanists, 1t can
not place too much stress OH Its SCI
eutifc facilities. To a great extent
Howard has been seriously hampered
along this line Ever since the pres
ent instructor of sciences has been
retained he has been handicapped
both by a lack of modern laboratory
and the inability to obtain sufficient
apparatus. absolutely necessary for
the successful demonstration of ex-
periments. With an appropriation OF
ninety thousand dollars, however,
the outlook for overcoming this en-
barrassment is very encouraging in
deed.
Now, we can only fully appreciate
the need of a modern library, with
large and commodious reading rooms,
when we consider the fact that at
present there are approximately
twelve hundred students who have
access to our library and that there
IS 4 small reading room with a seat
ING capacity of about twenty-five to
acccmodate them. and then. too. OF
the 10000 books and pamphlets be
| longing to this institution, 2,ooC
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expected to work regularly, to report
promptly, and to let nothing interfere
with his work Many Negroes who
have had opportunities in the North
have lost them because they have
not learned the lessons of regularity
and punctuality. A fourth very i'm
portant reason has to do with labor
organizations, or, if they know their
value, they are quite unable to organ
ize themselves. They complain gen
orally because they are excluded
from, or rather not heartily invited
into. the labor unions; and their eff
forts have generally ended with their
complaints. Yet they have not usually
proved that they are desirable union
members, either by organizing them
selves or by any active, intelligent in
5ercst in labor union affairs in cases
where they are admitted to white
unions.-R. r. Wright, Jr., in the
Southern Workman.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

books and an indefinite number OF
pamphlets have +" be stored away be
cause of the limited space on the
shelves of our library.
We should extend our hearty con-
gratulations to President Thirkield
for the success of his work since
coming here and for his unceasing
efforts in our behalf. For one to
head an incumbent institution and in
te short space of three eyars to place
it upon firm basis is no insignificant
task, indeed, and especially do we re-
alize its Importance when we take
into consideration the fact that this
extraordinary munifcence, which has
been brought about by President
Thirkield, can not be estimated by
its intrinsic value but by the influence
it will WELD in placing our institu-
ton among the leading universities OF
the day.
While congratulating the President,
all Howardites should in turn con-
graduate themselves for the encou-
raging future of this institution with
which they have been associated.
Howard, indeed, bids fair to become
the Mecca, toward which the eyes
of our youth will instinctively turn.
In fact it seems as if the present out
look already forecasts a new era iii
the history Of our school and tells of a
future Howard, situated on a hill
overlooking the national capital, that
is second to no other institution of its
kind.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
REASON FOR SCARCITY OF
NEGROES IN TRADES

The cause of the scarcity of Ne
groes in the trades is often said to
be chiefly race prejudice; but there
are other causes which are much
more easily described In the first
place, there are the very meagre op-
portunities for Negroes to learn the
trades. In the North there are bat
few schools where the Negro boy or
girl can learn a mechanical trade.
The North therefore has to depend
most largely for its Negro mechanics
upon Southern sources; and It re-
mains a fact that the large proportion
of Negro mechanics in the North are
Of Southern birth and training. An
other reason why there are so few
Negroes in the North in mechanical
trades is the competition that exists
in the North. Negro workmen are
not infrequen1y deficient in one or
both of the things most necessary N
competition-speed and accuracy,
| AS a rule, the Negro who has learn
ed his trade in slavery, and his son
who learned under him in the South,
cannot do the work with the same
accuracy and finish as the white
workman in theNorth ;or if they can
do the work with the same degree
of accuracy, they generally take a
much longer time to do it. Still an
other reason is that conditions in the
other reason is that in the North con-
ditions of work contain less OF the
personal element, and every man is
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spite Encouragement and active op-
position of many of those whom he
sought to benefit, and the success that
Has crowned his efforts. we find proof
# Booker T. Washington's genius,
That is the fact that stands out above
ell others.
AS a public speaker, Booker T.
Washington has marked ability; he
talks fiuently, Interestingly and earn
estly; he has personal magnetism and
eloquence, but with all of these he
could neither draw such an audience
as he addressed yesterday afternoon
in he Opera House, nor hold their
undivided attention unless he had
back of him a record of good work
done. His speech was a strong speech,
and full of wisdom and good advice,
and so seasoned with humor that it
appealed to all who heard him. The
speech was a good speech, and it was
so we'll conceived that it pleased both
white and black. But, to come back
to the original thought, and to en-
phasize it so that it will not be for
gotten, the speech, while II was an
excellent one. was made worth while
only by the fact that back of it
stood the personality of the man who
has made his place in the world as a
leader of nine millions of people by
lifetime of well-directed, success
full effort to uplift his fellows and
guide their feet in the pathway of
industry, honesty, morality and clean
living.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

LENTEN ORGAN RECITALS
The third organ recital of a serie.
at St. Luke's church, was held Fri
day evening, the 10Th instant, by Mr.
Reginald F. Brooks. The assisting
soloist vas Mr.. William II. Hackney
tenor soloist of the church. The fo!-
lowing program was rendered:
G) Invocation" Vincent; Pas
torale," Wachs; (2) March Fune-
bra Chopin; (Sonata, OPP. 80 by
request; "Offertory in D fat" Sa-
lone; (3DTenor solo, "By the waters
of Babylon" Howell; (4) "Postlude
in B fiat, Faulkes.
a large and appreciative audience
was present. Tomorrow evening DR.
Freeman, organist of St Johns par
ish, will give an organ recital, The
boy soprano of St. Johns church will
do the solo work. All lovers of mu-
sic should not fail to hear this great
boy soprano.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

Miss Brown is an experienced hair
manufacturer and beauty specialist,
and may decide to locate in this city
for business purposes. She is spend
ing the lenten period with her aunt,
Mrs, J. c. Roper, in Jersey City.
Miss NJ. Louise Minot, of New
York City has been visiting friends
i'll the city. She was the guest of
honor Sunday at a complimentary
dinner given by Mr.. J. c. Waters,
Jr of the War Department. Mrs.
Pope, sister of MIR. Waters, acted as
chaperone, and the occasion was a
pleasant one.
Mr.. Charles Stewart, the we'll
known humorist and philosopher,
special representative of the Asso-
ciated Press, is booked for a lecture
in this city at an early date.
Mr.. John H. Paynter, author of
Joining the Navy is engaged on a
new book which is to be published
shortly.
Mr., Emmett ]. Scott, who has been
f.~med by President Taft as a mem
Der of the Commission to investigate
conditions in Liberia, will be here in
a few days to confer with the Presi-
dent and the State Department with
reference to the details of the work
The Appointment of Mr.. Scott is uni
versally commended. No filter Sc.
lection could have been made, anC
Mr.. SCOTS friends have a banquet ir
his honor under consideration as &
farewell testimonial before he sail:
for Monrovia.
Among those who visited Wash
ingtOn during the past week were
DIR. and Mrs. Cannon, who were the
guests of Mrs. J. T. Wilkinson. DR.
Cannon is a graduate of the College
Department of Lincoln University
studied medicine in New York, and
IS now located in Jersey City where
he has built up a large practice and
accumulated much property. HI;
present home is a 10 room house situ-
ated in the center of a plot of ground
100 feet by I2o feet.
Mrs. Mary Harris, of Baltimore
was the guest of her niece, Mrs
Helen Bell Cardoza and Miss Rache
Bell, during last week.
Mrs. Carrie Lee Fearing is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. A. Silence.
Mrs. William Madden, of Luray
Virginia, after a two weeks visit tC
the city returned home last Saturday
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S
POWER
]. A. NJ.

"A South Carolina Caucasian Jour
nal Analyses the Secret of His
Remarkable Strength-"The Man
Who Does Things
Editorial from Daily Item, Sumter,
South Carolina.
1t is to the predOminance of COM
mon sense in his intellectual makeup
and to his practical, comprehensive
understanding of actualities that
Booker T. Washington owes his won
derfuI success as an educator. and his
fame as a leader of the Negro race.
He won this leadership and fame not
as an orator and theorist, but as a
worker and doer of things that other
wouid-be leaders of the Negroes re
iected as beneath their notice and ur1-
worthy of their time and talent. He
had the genius, or the practical, hard,
common sense( call it what you may)
to see and to know, and the courage
to proclaim his faith, that the stone
that the other builders rejected was
worthy to be made the chief stone of
the temple dedicated to the uplift Of
the Negro race. He did not discover
that honesty and well-directed effort
are the essentials to success and ad-
vancement, racial as we'll as individ-
ual. but he applied this well known
economic principle to the solution OF
the Negro problem, And the practi-
cal application of that principle, de
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
THE NOBLE OUTCAST.'

THE NOBLE OUTCAST."
a drama in four acts, by the Ar
lington Dramatic Club under the aus
pices of the trustees of the Berean
Baptist Church, was given on Friday
evening he 10Th instant in the church
A large audience was present and
seemed to enjoy the performance I'M
mensely. The following named char
acters composed the cast, to wit;
Gerald Weston, Jerry the Tramp
Robert E. Syphax. Colonel Matthew
Lee, a Southern banker; Park c
Syphax, James Blackburn, his
nephew; Hugh Gray, Jack Worthing-
ton, Blackburn's rival; Frank Wat
son, Mrs. Lee, wife Of Colonel Lee
Miss Emma Green; France, disput-
ed possession, Miss Martha Gray
Sadie, faithful, but free, Miss Emma
Syphax, Proceeds for the benefit OF
the church.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
Continued from page -

house delivery of mail addressed to
street and number, by carriers.
Mr.. John T. Cook has resigned the
position held by him on the Board
Of Children's Guardians, and DR.. ].
R. Francis has been appointed in his
place.
A family of seven persons was
made sick at their home in Princess
Anne, Maryland, last week from eat
ing canned food. Two of the num-
Der died.
Last Wednesday being St. Pat
rick's day, was celebrated by every
Irishman at home, in the church or
on the roStrum.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
OLD MADE NEW.

If you want your clothing
cleaned, altered or repaired, yob
should send a card or call at the
up-to-date repair establishment,
All work guaranteed or money
refunded.
]. c. Colvin,
Proprietor,
GA D street, northwest.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
NOW READY

Members of the Negro Business
League may obtain a copy of the
constitution by paying fifteen cents.
Cali or send to w. Calvin Chase,
Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee. Bee Office. 1Ioo Eye street.
northwest.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
RELIGIOUS SHOWS

DR.. Richardson. the Religious Show
King, of moving pictures, having ex-
pended more than $4,000 for fire.
proof cabinet, Automatic machine and
electric fixtures, to satisfy the new
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

newal of life and quickened pleas
4 es, there come the ever increasing
owds of life loving people around
e popular soda fountain at the drug
pre- of Board and Mcclure, 1912 I-2
9Th street, northwest.
Bishop J.W. Smith, the presiding
shop of the Philadelphia and Bal
more Conference of the African
ethodist Episcopal Zion connection,
II make his annual Episcopal visit
the Metropolitan African Method
Episcopal Zion church, D street,
ween end and 3rd streets. south
81 Sunday night, March 2S, at 8
lock and will preach at that hour
The reception given by Mrs. Lizzie
don and Mrs. Lola E. Flint at
eir residence last Saturday even
March 20, in honor of Miss Liz
Smith of Brooklyn, New York,
brilliant affair.
he parlor and dining room were
orated with flowers. At ten p. m,
guests were invited to the table
ich was laden with many delicious
ngS, after which Miss Arena Sci
rendered several selections on
piano, which made the evening
5 quickly for those present.
lmOng those present we're: Mrs
lie Ward Fallon, Henrietta Mar
II, Lizzie Seldom, Lola E. Flint
sses Gertrude Bowie, Cora Nc
lzie, Cora Miller, Lizzie Smith
sna Seldom; Messrs. Name, vii.
4 Walker, Thornton Burgess, P
jefferson and J. H, Young.
after a very delightful stay, Miss
zie Smith will return Wednesday
il I, to her home in Brooklyn.
feI marriage of Miss Sadie Simp
10 DR.. Parks, was a quiet affair
account of the death of her aunt
Matilda Simmons. DR., Parks
he only colored physician in A
, Park
j Our notes on the Inaugural Ball
name of Mrs. Ruby Taylor should
been Mrs. Ruby Hughes
r. Walter s. Holmes, of Spring
Illinois, who was the guest OF
ives and friends in this city, re-
ed last week to his home, carrying
him fond memories of Wash
pn.
ir Office was visited last week
frs. James O. Crosswhite. of Bos-
Massachusetts. She has been the
of Mrs. Mande Neil, of 1910
reet, northwest. Mrs. Cross
leaves for home next Friday
ler pleasant disposition she has
many friends, and they regret
her stay was so short.
e many friende of DR.. f. D
are glad to know he is able tc
b and out again.
s. Lillian Scott, OF Alexandria
MIA was the guest of Miss Mary
er, last Sunday.
,en YOU want The Bee so tt
q the following places. Mr.. Lee
Doth street. northwest; New
YGtE and Pierce Place; Mrs
or 1871 K street, northwest
;rav. I2th and You; Mr.. Byrd
18th street, northwest and Mr.
1000 Goth street. northwest.
order J. c. Dancy left for Norti
ina last Saturday.
5. Fannie NJ. Mitchell is a
rfall Virginia,
onel Stewart NJ. Lewis, who ha
.sonfned to his home with tn
natism. is able to be out again
can get all your drug want
ed at the right prices at til
and Mcclure Pharmacy o
street between Tea and You.
7. c. Cunningham is able t
again, greatly to the gratihca
# his friends.
lula A. Brown, daughter c
rable c. w. Brown. a city off
Indianapolis, Indiana spent
CHIT in the city recently, Ii
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. IhomE
34S Wallach Place, northwes
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

CITY HALL LUNCH ROOM
OPEN DAILY FSOA1 9 A. NJ. TO 4 P NJ
THIS IS A FIRST-CLASS LUNCH ROOM EVERYTHING.
TO APPEASE YOUR Appel TIE
COMMODIOUS DINING ROOMS FOR THE PUBLIC AND
THE BAR ASSOCIATION HOT AND COLD LUNCHES
QUICKLY SERVED.
CITY HALL LUNCH ROOM,
MRS. AL TOPPER, PROPRIETRESS
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Said on Friday, carried $50 tons of
provisions, including 5000 pounds of
conee, big supply of macaroni, &C.
reals, bread, dried fruit, meats and
enormous quantities of fresh veget-
ables. The vessel was well stocked
with blankets, caps, underclothes,
trousers, jumpers, overcoats, shoes,
jackets and other wearing apparel.
After conference between Command
er Patton of the Culgoa, Commander
Logan of the Scorpion, Maj. Lands,
military attacne, and the Italian adj
mlral, the stores of the Culgoa were
sent ashore and were distributed from
this point.
Many of the woman refugees have
been set to work making garments,
even those who are suffering from
injuries helping in the work as it aids
conValescence and helps to distract
their minds from the disaster.
Even Little Guam Helps.
Guam, Jan. 11.-Residents of the
little Island of Guam in mid-Pacific,
both natives and Americans have
raised fund of S125 for the relief of
Italian earthquake sufferers. This sum
was the receipts of concert and
vaudeville show given at the naval
colony and has been sent to the Ma
tlonal Red Cross at Washington.
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PERSONAL.

Frederick Corby Pole, wanted in
Montreal on a charge of grand lar
ceny in the sum of $4,000, surren-
dered himself to the police in Cincin-
natl
Fred Van Meter, aged 81 years,
was sentenced at Galliopolis, O., to
life Imprisonment at hard labor for
the murder of his wife.
James Treadwell, former millionaire
and promoter of the Treadwell mines
in Alaska, was adjudged bankrupt in
San Francisco.
BY a combination of the Democrats
and the anti-administration Repub-
licans, Edward d. Shurtleff of Ma
rengo was elected speaker of the ILL
nois house of representatives for the
third time.
Walter Zeller of Vineland, N. J., 10
years old, was found guilty of murder
ing his grandfather.
Former President Castro had re-
lapse after being operated on in Ber-
lin ard his condition was critical.
]. Harry Mcmillan, a millionaire
miner, was arrested in Tonopah, New,
on charges of passing worthless
checks.
Former President Castro was op-
Grated on by DR.. Israel in Berlin and is
doing well.
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TWO SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
Man Believed to Have Been Slain in
Boarding House.

woodbury., N. j., Jan. 11.-Joseph
Donnelly, the proprietor of a boarding
house at Paulsboro and James Drain,
one OF his boarders, were placed in
jail here yesterday, as the result Of
revelations following the opening of
the grave of Edward Cole, former
boarder. Cole was found dead in
Donnelly's house last Wednesday and
the coroner reported that he was the
victim of paralysis. The undertaken
who prepared the body for burial,
however, reported to County Prose
cutor Rogers that Coles body showed
evidence of foul play.
Donnelly was arrested at Coles
grave to which he had walked, dis
lance of three miles, and Drain was
arrested at his place of employment.
Both men declare they had nothing to
do with Coles death. A large sum
of money had just been paid to Cole
by the authorities of Paulsboro for
some land, according to Coles friends
and relatives, but no money was found
on the body. Two other violent deaths,
it is said, occurred in the same house
within the past three years.
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NEWSNOTES|
FOR The !
BUSY MAN
Most Important Happen
ings of the World
Told in Brief.
EARTHQUAKE NOTES.

Congress unanimously voted $oOO,-
900 for the relief Of the italian earth
quake sufferers. in response to a
message from President Roosevelt.
Ambassador Griscom at Rome char
tered a steamer for the work of aiding
the survivors. lie delivered to Count
Taverna head of the Italian Red
Cross, $500 sent by the American
Red Cross The king proclaimed mar
tfal law in the devastated district, and
Messina and Reggie were ordered
evacuated
There was the gravest alarm among
the authorities in Italy over reports
from Messina that typhoid fever had
broken out among the earthquake sur
vivors. Strict sanitary measures We're
adopted at once in the hope of pre-
venting the spread of the disease out
side the districts devastated by the
earthquake. Earth shocks were fire.
quent at Reggie and the Canary
Islands were shaken A third shipload
Of supplies was started from New
York.
uG American IACu CAO0o
Bayern, laden with food, clothing and
medical supplies and carrying doctors
and nurses, sailed from CiVita Vecchla
for Messina American women in
Rome organized to help administer the
relief fund. Severe earth shocks were
experienced at Zermatt, Switzerland.
More earthquake shocks were felt
in several of the ruined Italian towns.
At Messina 1900 victims were buried
in one huge grave. Relief finally
reached the town of Villa San Clio
vanni.
Premier Giolitti, addressing the spe-
cial session of the italian chamber OF
deputies, thanked the world for the
aid given. The United States gunboat
Scorpion established a relief station
at Messina. Additional funds were
raised by benefits, ETC., in New York,
Chicago and other American cities.
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GENERAL NEWS.

The committee investigating the
Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing
was shown just how the old prison
punishment called the 'Alakazan de-
gree" was inflicted. The committee
laughed and was rebuked for it's
ievity by Miss Kate Barnard of Okla
homa.
BY means of two false teeth it was
defnately established that Gideon
Browning of Adair, Mich, was the
man who was butchered in the little
Rattle Run" Methodist church. The
supervisors of st. Clair county imme-
diately offered a reward of $500 for
the arrest of Rev. John H Carmichael
of Adair, pastor of the church, who
was at first supposed to have been
killed, dismembered and then burned
in the stove.
Five lads in st. Louis were arrested
for stoning a peddler to death.
Two men and boy were killed in
a New York tenement house fire.
Four sons OF Christ Lee were burned
TO death near Rice Lake, Wis.
A new departure in its profit-shar-
ing plan, giving its employees the privi-
lege of subscribing to the common as
we'll as the preferred stock of the con-
Germ, was announced by the United
States Steel corporation.
The Fort View hotel at Winchester.
Ky, was burned, two lives being lost.
Henry c. Potter. Jr.. vice-president
of the Peoples State bank of Detroit,
Mich, and former secretary and treas
urer of the Pere Marquette railroad,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head
Miss Nellie O'Donnell and Frank
O'Dowd, former employees of Schwarz-
schild & Sulzberger at Kansas City,
were arrested for embezzling $4,000.
During a banquet in Lisbon a lieu
tenant publicly warned King Manuel
of Portugal that plot was on foot to
dethrone him.
Investigation showed that Dean
Frederick Howard of Drake university,
Iowa. who died Thanksgiving day, was
killed by morphine.
One days fires in Chicago caused
nearly 100000 losses. The Illinois
club house, including valuable art
collection, was. destroyed.
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ROSY AND PLUMP
Good Health from Right Food.

tits not a new food to me-" re-
marked Va. man, in speaking of
Grape-Nuts.
about twelve months ago my wife
was in very bad health, could not keep
anything on her stomach. The Doctor
recommended milk half water but it
was not sufficiently nourishing.
"a friend of mine told me one day
to try Grape-Nuts and cream. The re-
suit was really marvellous. My wife
soon regained her usual strength and
to-day is as rosy and plump as when
a girl Of sixteen.
"These are plain facts and nothing
I could say in praise of Grape-Nuts
would exaggerate in the least the
value of this great food"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs. There's Reason.
Ever read the above lettere A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF humaA
interest.