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neat volume, embracing choice COZ
lectionSof dramatic and humorous
readings. well-adapted to all classes
OF public entertainers. 1t Is hand
somely Illustrated with protrafts OF
the auth DRESS, with a brief autohdo-
graphy); OF her parents, Frederick
fDouglass, and r. w. Thompson, who
presents the "Foreword." The book
70 from the press Of the Miles Prin-
ting Company, OF Pittsburg, and
bids fair to become one of the years
"best sellers" .
Miss Louise Blanche Wright, who
Is regarded as one Of the most eff
tfctent clerks, stcnographers and
typeWriters In the office of the Aud
dior for the Navy Department, is
spending her vacation at her home
in Chicago. Miss Wright possesses
charming personality and during
her comparatively brief sojourn here
mas made herself gracious factor
in the best society circles, and won
universal popularity by reason of her
unfalling courtesy and readiness TO
| assist in any meritorious cause. She
Is a prominent member of the choir
! OF the Berean Baptist church and is
one of the principal soprano soloists
of the famous S. characteristics
Choral Society.
Secretary 81 the Treasury Mac
Veag4l has been discussing the
Geor getown collectorship with Presi-
dent Taft at Beverly, and it is ex-
| pected that the question of Mr.. Ny
mans successor will soon be settled.
No one seems to have any "inside
information" as to what will be done.
Prof. Thomas Jesse Jones, expert
Statistician of the Census Bureau in
charge Of Methods and Results, is to
take a chair in sociology at Howard
| University, and will also give instruc-
ton in theology. He has been con-
nected for a number of years with
Hampton Institute, and is a man Of
superior capacity, as we'll as q
staHnch friend of the Negro race. In
the Census Office he has exerted a
powerful influence in seeing to it that
the colored people got all that was
coming to them, both in the matter
of accurate statistics, and in the dis
trlbution Of patronage to the worthy.
DR.. Jones is a fife example Of the type
| Of men we wish to see in places Of
trust and high res possibility.
u. ID. Moore, of Wyoming, it at
present the only colored section chief
in the Census Bureau. Since Direc-
tor Durand has adopted the group
system for his colored clerks. it is
understood that!dt is his plan to select
a. mum bar. of the naeSt efficient col
ored men and place them in charge
of the sections formed from mem bers
of their race.
Miss Mamie H. Burroughs, presi-
dent Of the National Training School
for Colored Girls has formally OPEN
ed her summer school for the study
Of the Bible and the domestic
sciences. A large crowd went out to
the special services at Lincoln last
Sunday, and the exercises were de-
cidedly interesting. The faculty in
cludes Miss Jennie L, Pech, dean;
instructor in Bible and Industrial
arts Rev. S. n. Vass, the Bible and
Sunday School method; Miss AtnOlene
Peyton, domestic science; Miss Nam
ME Goodall, plain sewing, Dress
| making and tailoring; Rev. J. Milton
Waldron, practical pastoral theology;
Miss Georgia G. Moore, English.
| Noted lecturers will make frequent
appearances. Among them are Prof.
Kelly Miller, Rev. S. l.. Corrothers,
| Rev. NJ. w. ID. Norman, Rev. Walter
Fl. Brooks, Mrs. Lillian Jones Brown,
Prof. l.. B. Moore, and Rev. G. S.
Morris. The enrolment is very
gratifying.
Warning is again given to the
publishers Of newspapers throughout
the country not to give space to al
legged "newS-letters, unless the