The Washington bee., 1909-01-30
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS

street, Philadelphia, last week by
Samuel Skipwith, oae Of her room
ers. She died in a few hours after
being shot, at the St. Agaos' Hospi-
| tal
AS a result of the lezgthy Discus
sion in the House of Representatives
concerning the daties of the director
of the public play grounds, Mr..
Henry S. Curtis the supervisor, has
/ given his views of those duties, and
they are many and varied.
We do not agree With Bishop
hampton who says he stznds ready
to go with the whites today right in
to h to protect wonaa, white or
black"
A person who enters r. Is beyond
the aid of maH and cannot be assist
ed. We think the Bishop and the
woman too, would be lost.
Our leaders should not use unpar-
donable figures to sake themselves
emphatic nor to Eake others appre-
ciate his chiyalry.
When the Bishep starts to the
warm place he will End himself alone
with no white" maA in sight.
It may be safely said now that
"Mr. Negro" has lost the last thing
| dear to his heart. "Mr. White Man"
has partaken of the "jsicy watermel-
on and the fat 'posssm" and he finds
/ them excellent articles for food.
At the close of the Child Labor
Congress in Chicago = committee was
appointed to bring the matter before
, the United States Congress and ask
for a restriction ever the "evils of
child employment Under Sur govern
ment."
/ The Italians sf He local colony
have contributed 50 far S6oE.6s to-
wards the earthquat te Sufferers.
MIR. George Hoyte, former edi-
torial writer on the Cleveland Plain
!. Dealer, died in Cleveland last week,
at the age of seventy years.
The 18th Cavalry Whfch has beeA
at Fort Meyer more thaz three years
has been ordered to the Philippines.
The regiment will rot be here for
the fourth of Narck ss the transport
for Manila will sail A2rch S.
Representative McGaviA has intro
duced a bill requiring Ere escapes
on all buildings noFe thaA thirty feet
in height.
Senator Scott says he did introduce
his "bill for the taxatioa Of real es-
tate in the District At il real value"
for fun.
4 After a stirring sernoz by the
Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church
last Sunday in the interest of Mission
. Work, the members contributed
| $40, 5o4 to the cause.
The Archbishop, Rev. Arthur
| Sweatman, of Toronto, died last Sum
day of pneumonia after q weeks ill
ness. He was born il England in
1884
Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee
has been elected president Of new
patriotic organization known as the
"Battleship Maine Memorial Asso-
citation.
The Montgomery County, Mary
land public school commissioners are
well pleased with the interest the
colored people of that section have
taken in the industrial school for
which there is an annual appropria-
ton of $I,5oo
If Our streets were clean all the
time they would hardly get so very,
very dirty when a little clean snow
falls.
Congress should allow our Com
missioners a sufficient amount to en-
able them to keep our city always in
a healthy condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. TAN and others left
for Panama last Monday morning.
The warships North Carolina and
Montana were the vessels used. The
party is expected to reach New Or
leans on the return Trip about the
18th of February.
While Cardinal Gibbons would not
''bar Negro votes" he does not favor
doing anything for or against man
on the ground of color"
Cardinal Gibbons says Subject all
colors to the same conditions and do
not disfranchise a Negro because he
is such"
The Inauguration committee has
succeeded in getting the Pension