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The national forum., 1910-06-04

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The national forum., 1910-06-04

Hon. VIM. II. Lewis, assistant Uni
ted States District Attorney Of Bos-
ton, Mass, spent some time in the
city last week among his many
friends and admirers. MIR. Lewis
was on his return trip from Tuske-
gee, where he went to deliver the
principal address at the commence
ment exercises.
Mr.. Lewis is an alumnus of Har-
ward where he was picked one year
by Walter Camp as one of the
worlds two best half backs. He
finally enjoyed the distinction of be-
coming coach to the Harvard team.
Mr.. Lewis served several terms in
the Massachusetts Legislature prior
to his accepting the present position,
10 which he was appointed by eN7
President Roosevelt.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

while away the months OF June and
July in Atlantic City, listening TO
what the wild waves have to say.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

DR.. Alfred w. Harris, OF Peters
burg, Va. made q visiy to the city
last week and renewed old acqualnl.
ances. DR.. Harris has lucrative
practice in his home city and looks
prosperous and happy.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

July in Atlantic City, listening TO
what the wild waves have to say.
DR.. Alfred W. Harris, Of Peters
burg, Va, made visiv to The city
last week and renewed old acqualnl.
ances. DR.. Harris has lucrative
practice in his home city and looks
prosperous and happy.
Miss Blanche Thomas, who Is a
graduate Of Howard University, anu
who has been teaching in Florida
this past year stopped over en- route
to New York and Brooklyn 10 at
tend the Howard commencement,
Miss Thomas will summer in Brook
lyn,
Mr.. A. Hayson is reported as be-
ing very i'll. Mr.. iIayson Is one of
the old land marks in the district
and has been one of the active Odd
Fellows of this city for more than
40 years and his many friends are
sorry to hear of his illness and wish
him speedy recovery.
Mr., Cobb and J. W. Cromwell, Jr,
returned from Baltimore flushed
with victory for having been success
full in another whist contest in that
city, during the latter part Of last
week.
Hon. William l.. Houston, grand
master of the Odd Fellows Lodge,
returned from Chicago on last Sat
urday en- route to Richmond t. Ut
tend the funeral of Hon. w. M. T.
Forester Mr.. Forester was the
first grand master of the Odd Eel
lows and hell that high Office long
er than any u an before or since. He
was also at one time grand master
of the Odd Fellow of the State Of
Virginia. Mr.. FORESTER became
largely interested in the ma2ufac-
ture of regalias for all secret orders
before his death.
Rev. Moses H. Johnson, of Chi
cago, was the guest of Dr.. and Mrs.
Curtis during last week. Rev. John
son was delegate to the Sunday
School Convention and took an act
i've part in the denunciation of the
action of the local committee of this
place in refusing the right to the
colored delegates to participate in
the parade. Rev Johnson is an old
Washington boy and has many
friends here who were delighted to
see him.
DR.. st. Clair was in our city last
week and as usual was heart and soul
in the general advancement of How
ard University. Dr.. st. Clair is about
one Of the liveliest eX-Ho|ardites We
know anywhere.
Rev. j. e. Mason Pastor in tho
A. NJ. e. Zion connection and con-
nected with the schools at LiYings'
ton College, S. c., was in the city |
during the whole Of last week, and
in the anniversary cele- /
braton of Bishop Hoods S0th
birthday held in Gilbraith A. M. E.
Zion Church last Sunday night.
Mrs. Jones, of Atlanta, Ga, was
among the visitors in our city, last !
week She came to see her son
graduate.
The Minister'S Wives Associa tion
met at the Metronolitan Church |
Wednesday, June /. Their session |
was indeed an interesting one.
Mrs. G. B. Lee Binghampton. N.
w IL visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J E. |
DenA 62S Cochran Street, He will |
Eem&al. nGadSancitr for several days,
Mr. Lee is the PROPRIETOR of the Win
chester Hotel at Binghampton.
Hon. VIM. Fl. Lewis, assistant Uni
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J. B. McGwin, at 1906 9th Street,
~. w, has invented carpet lining,
which is clean, safe ami durable. Ii
is entirely different from the old
paper lining. The composition OF
the lining makes IL possible to save
the CARPET and Its durability adds to
It's value.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

Miss Blanche Thomas, who is a
graduate of Howard University, anu
who has been teaching in Florida
this past year stopped over en- route
to New York and Brooklyn 10 at
tend the Howard commencement.
Miss Thomas will summer in Brook
lVn.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

Mr., A. Hayson is reported as be-
ing very i'll. Mr., fIayson is one of
the old land marks in the district
and has been one of the active Odd
Fellows of this city for more than
40 years and his many friends are
sorry to hear of his illness and wish
him a speedy recovery
The national forum., 1910-06-04

Prof. q. G. Morris, of Helena, Ar
kansas, lectured at the Second Bap-
tist Church On Tuesday, May OIL,
EIis subject was HThe American Ne
gro and the Fulfllsnent Of Prooh-
ecy."
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On Sunday evening at 5 o'clock p.
M. Hon. c. L. Moore and wife will
give an oratorical and poetical en-
tertainment at the Israel G. NJ. E.
Church at First and B Streets, s.
w. Prof. Moore comes well recon-
mended and will be glad to have his
entertainment well patronized.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

Mrs. Lewis V. Green celebrated
the S6th anniversary of her birthday
at 317 John Marshall Place, N. W.,
Tuesday evening, May 81, 1910.
Among her guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Thaddeus Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Parker, Miss Susie Matinee,
Miss Anna Brown and Others Num-
erous presents were received by the
celebrants. Refreshments were
served.
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Mrs. c. B. Lee Binghampton. N.
W., is visiting Mr., and Mrs. }. b.
DenA 62S Cochran Street, He will
Eem&al .in@dSancitr for several days.
Mr., Lee is the PROPRIETOR of the Win
chester Hotel at Binghampton.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

Mr.. Cobb and j. w. Cromwell, Jr.,
returned from Baltimore flushed
with victory for having been success
full in another whist contest in that
city, during the latter part Of last
week.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

The Y. NJ. c. A. was addressed on
last Sunday, May 20, by Rev. DR..
Abraham Simon, of the Sth Street
Temple, at the True Reformers' Hall,
18th and You Streets, N. w. Rabbi
Simon spoke to about 1000 men on
the subject of SELF Respect and
creation of Respect in Others He
was optimistic as 10 the future OF
the race and impressed upon his
hearers the extreme need as well as
the great value Of education.
Miss Anise Lewis Parker, of Spo-
kane, Washington is visiting her
father, Monte Lewis, Of this city.
Mr.. James T, Newman has resign
ed his position as assistant in The
Library Of the United States Senate.
His resignation took effect May 81
just passed.
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DR.. St. Clair was in our city last
week and as usual was heart and soul
in the general advancement of How
ard University. Dr.. st. Clair is about
one Of the liveliest ex-Howardites We
know anywhere.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

Rev. j. e. Mason Pastor in tho
A. NJ. e. Zion connection and con-
nected with the schools at Liyings-
ton College, S. c., was in the city
during the whole Of last week, and
participated in the anniversary cele-
bration of Bishop Hoods S0th
birthday held in Gilbraith A. M. E.
Zion Church last Sunday night.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

The Minister'S Wives Associa tion
met at the Metronolitan Church
Wednesday, June /. Their session
was indeed an interesting one.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

The colored citizens of Gibson
Grove, Md, are considering the adj
visibility of organizing a training
school for young men and women
where all OF the branches from eIe-
mentary manual training and such
higher branches as bookkeeping,
typewriting and stenography will be
taught.
The national forum., 1910-06-04

Mrs. Jones, of Atlanta, Ga, was
among the visitors in our city, last
week. She came to see her son
graduate.
The national forum., 1910-06-04
Euary Few Years You Pay Enough
FOR
Rent To Buy a Home Of Your Own

Very few chances now left to buy
cheap homes in the District Of Columbia.
Go out and look at
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
PRICE, COMING DOWN.

Most joyous news is this we read for the wage
Garner, the salaried employe and the business man
and manufacturer, to their wives and children,
their aunts and cousins and uncles and all the rest
The price of automobiles is coming down. In 1906
the average price at which the cars was sold was
$2137 while this year the average price was $1545,
a decline in average" price of $500 in four years.
This decline, which should cheer the bread winner
in these strenuous times when the difficulty is not
so much to make two ends meet as to find the
other end at ALL is accounted for by the increased
demand for cars of lighter make and lower horse
power. The manufacturers of high-grade ears,
however. have found it necessary in some instances
to increase the price of their products to satisfy
the demand for the more luxuriously equipped and
deliberately planned cars.
The automobile industry is one of the phenom-
email developments of the first years of the TWEEN
tieth century. That it is only in its develop
ment stages is generally believed. Machines have
already been made that will develop all the speed
uriousness to satisfy the most fastidious may be
had But the mechanics of the machine, the de-
sign of the working parts, are likely to undergo
changes that in few years will make the automo-
biles of today look as out-of-date as the locomo-
tives of thirty or forty years ago do now. The re-
duction in average" price of the machines ind-
Gates that ere long it may be possible that the man
of average means can afford to own and operate
a machine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31

proficient in their story. The peddler, according
to his own tale is of an adventurous disposition,
ready for all sorts of wild adventure and his ex-
periences at sea when he was younger man and
sailed as captain or an able-bodied seaman made
it possible to enter into this scheme whereby the
good women of the city can acquire linen stock
at about half its value.
Of course the goods were not srnugged IN
Smugglers are not going around the country adj
vertsng the fact that they have beaten your Uncle
Samuel out of his customs duties 1t has been
pretty we'll established that Uncle Sam has been
cheated by some corporations and individuals, but
the facts were not brought forth by any voluntary
confession or by desire to share the profits of
their rascality with the dear people. Instead
Uncle Sam had pretty hard time digging down
into the frauds and finding who is guilty.
But it is evident there a great many people
who are guble enough to believe the story, fox
the smugglers appear year after year. Then, too,
il is evident that the snuggers have pretty fair
understanding of human nature, for they acknowi-
edge their own dishonesty in cheating the govern
ment and offer to share the profits an offer that
must be acceptable to some at least, the SNUG
glers would have to quit for want of trade. 1t is
probably the confession of fraud on the part of the
peddlers that disarms the suspicious of the "inno
cent" purchasers, although that confession ought to
be cause for Immediately showing the peddler the
door. If the purchaser, usually the woman of the
house. would stop to think moment she would
know that she wanted nothing to do with self
confessed smuggler that if the peddlers tale were
true, her house would be subject to raid by
toms officials and she herself likely to be impris-
oned for defrauding the government Knowing
this, she would to the conclusion that the
story told by the peddler was fabrication, and,
hence the goods must be of very inferior grade
Of linen, or more likely cheap cotton stuff doc
tored up to look like linen which she could buy of
local merchants for less than the price asked by
the peddler.
If the smuggler calls upon you, and you have
desire to test his business just demur at the price
and see is he does cut the price of table cloth
to half or less than what he originally asked, and
will then throw in dozen or two of napkins. But
.if you don't to get cheated, better take your
linen needs to your local merchant and get what
you pay for.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
SAVE us FROM POOLS.

A good cause is very often injured by inju-
dicious advocates. Such is the case with the ITEM
perance Cause" to which all must wish sue
cess as, beyond dispute, much of the sin and mis-
cry which weigh heavily on civilization proceeds
from excess in alcoholic drinks.
The way in which the temperance cause is adj
yocated, however. especially by preachers of
the gospel, is often more provocative to laughter
than sympathy, and tends to make very seriou,
problem ridiculous. Take, for example, an instance
which we clip from one of our rural exchanges of
last week. 1t forms part of "goody-goody
talk" and its purport is to show how easy it would
be to convert the world to temperance and make
all drinkers sober, by the simple process of getting
them to Sign the pledge"
After this instructive little talk, one boy, when
leaving the church, asks another boy, ''What do you
now remember he-the preacher-said"? And this
is the other boys answer:
"Why, he said if there's only one teetotaller III
the world now, and he was to get one man to sign
the pledge in year, and then both of them get
one each the year, and so on, each getting
year, everybody in the world would be a teetotal
lers in thirty years"
It is such silly Cuff stuff, and mush like this
that makes the temperance cause ridiculous. Every,
body who knows anything about "hard drinkers"
will tell you that the great difficulty expert
eneed in trying to reform them consists not in get
ting them to Sign the pledge but in prevailing
upon them to keep the pledge" when signed This
is the difficulty and this difficulty can only be
surmounted by a strong will, or by the grace of
God operating on weak will There is in the
signing taking the pledge" virtue, no super.
natural power to conquer the terrible craving for
stimuants that at times seizes upon the man whose
nerves are partially parayzed from overwork, care
or dissipation.
OF course, any school boy of the fourth form
can prove what according to the preachers arith
metic, millions of signatures might be obtained in
thirty years; but it is silly to argue that because
by that time the entire population of the globe
would have signed the pledge that therefore the
entire population, ten per cent of it, or one per
cent of it. or even an infnitismal fraction of one
per cent of it. would be total abstainers in practice
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS.

With the dawnng of a year. the tearing
down of the old calendar and hanging up the new,
the discarding of the old almanac and the perusal
of the new, the closing up of business accounts and
settlement of affairs which marked our operations
make new resolutions to do better next year than
we did last. New Years resolutions are sometimes
made with good intent, and sometimes in joking
spirit. The jokers made it pretty hard for those
who seriously contemplate reform to maintain their
good intentions. Usually the okers recognize their
inability to effect any reform in their personal
conduct not because they have achieved perfection,
nor yet because they have arrived at that happy
state wherein their conduct is above reproach, but
because they unable to control their desires and
they know it. To hide their deficiencies they make
joke of New Years reforms, and try to act just
little more unbecomingly and with little less
propriety than has been their wont, The recogni-
ton of the need of reform is present, but the weak
ened will has been tested often that its deficen
cies well known to its possessor.
But all of us, even the jokers among us who
make light of the proposition, ought to try to do
better next year than we have been doing. 1t prob
ably is not well to attempt too big reform all at
once, but ought at least to try to overcome some
of our Deficiencies. We might not wish to quit
smoking drinking, or to seek any higher life
than we have been living to do nobler things
or to practice any sef-denial for the benefit of
either ourselves or Others In other words, we may
be self-satisfied. We may have reached the pin
nacle of our ambitions. We look about us and see
no other worlds to conquer. Strange, indeed, will
il be if we do not find ourselves at the end of the
coming year with even less desire to rise above
ourselves and be something more than we are to-
day. Life is progressive retrogressive, and no
man may indulge health-racking and will-power
destroying habits without suffering the conse-
quences of his folly. Empty heads usually find
nothing worth striving for, but much comes to
them without the effort of striving. And that
much usually has little of good in it.
In framing up your resolutions, no matter what
their purport so long as they are good, the one
most important which should be written in them
is the resolve to keep them in spirit and in letter
In other words, resolve to do something, and then
do it, The woman, boy girl, who does
that, who resolves upon course of action and then
sticks to it, is to win-not only his resolution
but in the battle of life.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31

Der of his congregation who died. few days be-
fore, of pneumonia, and over whom the grave had
just closed. The tact to which the minister re.
ferred is rather rare gift. What diplomacy is or
ought to be in the intercourse of nations, such is
tact in the intercourse of individuals Tact has
been described as a sixth sense, and this does not
seem bad definition of it. At any rate, no COM
bnaton of the other five will supply the deficiency
caused by the absence of tact. Perhaps it would
be better described as the quality of intuitive per-
ception which enables us to realize fully the feel
ings of others, and thus to regulate our conduct
toward them Tact is, in short quality which en-
ables you to "put yourself in his place" 1t IS
faculty which, though it may be improved, cannot
be acquired by any study, however careful or how
ever arduous it is born when its happy possessor
is born. 1t enables those who possess 1t to take IN
almost at a glance, the weak or strong points OF
a situation or an individual, to steer clear OF the
threatening proclivities of either, and to avail
itself of the favorable points in each.
What the barometer is to a sailor, or the COM
pass to an explorer that is to the individual;
and the more sensitive this weather glass of the
mind, the more accurate this mental compass, the
more quickly does the tacful discern his atti'
OAANSA-~~S' NOSA
tesy, forbearance and good feeling are naturally
more looked for among the educated and well-born,
but tact belongs to no particular class; it is AZ
often found dwelling in the home of the laborlng
man as in the mansions of the aristocrat and the
millionaire Like Supreme Wisdom, it is no dis
tinguisher of persons. 1t is not for sale in any
part of the world; it cannot be won by love or
study; it cannot be led captive by cajolery or
chains 1t cannot be seen, felt, or weighed; its
composition is unknown, and its existence IS only
made manifest by its property of impartlng ease
to our neghbors and security to ourselves. 70
likeness is visible something, and may be acquired
by education and association; good feeling may be
the outcome of a kindly disposition, but tact IS
the outcome of neither; it has separate indepen-
dence and is almost as rare the geologic fly IN
Pomeranian amber 1t is quite common Tor peo-
pie to have the best intentions in the world to be
polite suave and gracious, and yet be sadly want
ing in the subtle and delicate quality of tact Its
nearest of kin is courtesy, but it is not courtesy
The man who possesses tact be he bartender, poll
tician statesman or churchman, owns tahsmanlc
power which transmutes acquaintance into friends
and disar1ns those who would be his enemies
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31

who does wrong, will instnctively say: Il did not
mean it." and the fairminded judge OF father will
rdon the child.
Applying the words of ST. Paul in this sense
it would mean; 'Iet your fairmindciness and
charity in treating with others be known to all
men," Weigh well in your minds the benefits you
have received not the injuries that may have been
inflicted you. DO not be always speaking OF
your kindness and goodness to others, forgetting
at the same time how good and kind others have
been to you. The Christian law is opposed to
selfishness. Hence st. Paul advised his followers
to act fairly" to all men, to the Gentiles who
were edited by the honest, unselfish patient and
charitable conduct of the early Christians Acts
and deeds, not words, appeal to the unbellev-
ing world which would be long since converted II
protesting Christians had shown the faith, I'M
selfishness of the early Christians in their daily
lives
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31

room for improvement before agriculture ~ :
up to the standard Of certain European con wilt b
the. secretary is pleased with the showing D1 T
dictates an increasing interest in farm rs, d.
more intelligent endeavor to increase tbo ~. 'A
and value of farm products per acre. Tbo,.
not seem to be any reason why the wonJo.s Ue
fertile lands Of America should detcror,to ~ .r'
subjected to intensive cultivation and there
to be no reason why the prosperity OF the f.,-
should suffer during the next few Gears, w;E
farm production equal to $S.92600oo0O and u
production increasing faster than the popnI,;
there is every indication that prosperity will h.
portion once more.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE.

The great American farmer is doing right well
thank you In the report of Secretary of Agricu-
ture Wilson, recently issued, it is shown that crop
repords of all sorts were smashed last season, and
BESIDES the secretary declares that the farmers
have demonstrated conclusvely that they are learn
ing the lessons of intensive farming and a more
scientific method of cultivation. For instance il
is shown that in twenty-six states the production
of wheat increased faster than the increase in popu
lation. The thing is true of the production
of hay in thirtyfive states, of potatoes in twenty
four, of barley in twenty-one and of corn in four
teen. Nor are the increases due entirely to an in
creased acreage planted to these farm products
but improvements in methods and seed proper fer
tilization and intelligent rotations of crops are
largely responsible for the increased yields.
Although it is acknowledged that there is vast
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-IAN.

/ feel 1t my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them time TO time that person bearing the
and gar5 Of priest sister, anyone else Is
authorized or permitted 10 solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with ths
Catholic Church without having from permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document he or
she as the case may be- shoVd be regarded by all
fraud and mposter. L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.