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The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
WORTH ADVER TISTNG FOR

lhere are 599 Negroes EN- poyed here Washington BY
the Government alone and these 00 Negroes
gregang S3o444o These than three millions
are spent right here in Washington scattered among the
hundreds OF ademen Is this of money worth bid
ding for 1t certainly s and the largest this
city would refuse to get the big they realize
how much money the Negroes really spending
NOW Ihe Bee is tG. only Negro publication ia this city
STANDS without rival or competitor and the field like
few Of the merchants in this city will paonize advertising
uns OF The Bee presenting the bargains may
these Negroes these 54e0 Negroes draw annually from the
Government three millions OF dollars will b.
roniRg publication edited and operated by of their
such hs desire and deserve their patronage And such firms viii
receive the bulk Of these the millions of dollars received
spent by the Negroes of Washington.
clothing stores what furniture stores what dry goods
etbe lines of business will make effort
themselves these three millions If dollars spent by Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee?
your advertising in The Bee watch these o apPFeeia
tive Negroes spend three with oa
Now advertise in The Bee the Newspaper that gess
na every Negro Washington Remember
Washington it's what advertising pays what
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
To Save AIcott Home,

Efforts are being made to inaugu-
rate a movement for the preservation
of the old AIcott homestead in Con-
cord, Mass, where Bronson Alcott
lived and died and where Louisa AL
colt created the immortal children
that run through the pages of Little
Men" and Little Women" The place
at present is fast falling into hopeless
decay and action must be started soon
if it is to be preserved at all. Per
haps if Miss AlcOtt had been dead two
centuries instead of only about 30
years her former home would not be
in such a dangerous plight as it is to-
day." said a New York woman who is
trying to interest others in its pres
eryation. But by and by Miss Alcott
will have been dead 200 years and If
Orchard house is not saved now
American soil in future generations
will be the poorer for our neglect. We
never shall raise a harvest of ancient
associations for our land unless we
take care of the associations while
they still are comparatively modern"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
Why ENGLAND Believes In a King

The great majority of Englishmen
of all grades and opinions do undoubt-
edly believe in a king, and think they
have some fairly good reasons for do
ing so.
The great reason, of course, is that
on the whole the system works, or
seems to work, fairly well. 1t is very
costly. Everything included, it prob
ably costs ten times as much as the
average man thinks; and If a rate
were levied for the purpose on him,
he might feel it and begin to grumble.
But the money is derived from the
duchies, or voted from the taxes, and
nobody feels the pinch or even knows
the difference. 1t is a rallying point
for all kinds of senseless anachro-
nisms and abuses. But in an old coun-
try many things have a better chance
of continued existence by being old
than by being good, and an abuse
comes to be esteemed almost when
its hairs are gray and it's years many.
1t promotes snObbery and creates
snObs, though it will not be supposed
to be unpopular on that account
The COngregatiOnalist.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
TANGIER" R"HOLYMAN''
HAD LEARNED THE METHODS OF
BARNUM AND BAILEY.
American Experience Aided charlatan
ia Gaining the Reverence and
Small Coin of His Fellow
Believers.

There is hardly anything more en-
joyable than to find an unexpected bit
of the west in places thousands of
miles and hundreds of years from the
United States" said a New York man,
according to the Sun OF that city.
My wife and I went to Tangier
from Gibraltar. The day after our ar
rival we paid an early visit to the
market. Suddenly, as we stood look
ing on, there was a cOmmotion in the
crowd, which parted right and left.
could hear the clash of cymbals, but
was amazed to see men bowling almost
to the ground as they made way. In
the lane thus created appeared a tall
man wearing a long robe o. many col
ors and necklace of charms. He
kept his eyes turned heaVenwaTd as
he walked, keeping up a clashing with
a pair of cymbals as he proceeded At
his giTdle was a gOuTd into which
some Of the multitude tossed copper
coins. My courier told me that he was
a derVish, a holy man from the Sudan.
Il thought the dervish would make
a good subject for my camera, but the
courier said he doubted whether it
could be arranged, as all good Mus
selmans had religious scrUples against
being photographed. I insisted, and
the courier said he would do his best
$50 we followed along after the der
wish, through a little side street into a
broader one, and having turned the
corner the courier approached the der
wish and exchanged a few words with
him. The holy man looked to see
whether any MOhammedans were
looking on, and there being none in
sight he nodded in a dignified man
ner. He posed while my wife and 7
took several good snapshots of him.
Il went up to give him a small token
Of thanks and was surprised when,
after looking at me a moment, he said:
English?
No. replied, American
"Ah! AmeTicanI' he cried. Me
America he continued, pointing tow
ard himself. New York, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia, ST. Louis. Six months
BaTnum & Bailey He smiled all over
as he took what l offered him, then
bowling in a dignifed fashion he went
off, casting his eyes toward the sky
and clanking his cymbals as he went.
THE next morning we went to the
market again. Suddenly again we
heard the cymbals clashing, and saw
the crowd part, and almost PROSTATE
Itself, and in a second our dervfsh
friend of the day before appeared
again, his eyes piously cast toward
heaven.
I'VE were sitting on our donkeys
and watching him in some curiosity
as he neared us. Just as he got oppo-
site he turned his head in our direc-
tion. He caught my eye and the lid
of his left optic closed in one long,
eloquent wink"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
TOO MUCH FOR EASTERNER
Pilgrim Was Looking for Iron Springs,
But That Story Mas More
Than He Could Stand.

He was a weary. thin and saIlow-
looking American, who had never
been so far west before, and when
he struck Carson City he hailed the
first native he met
Can you tell me. sir, If there are
any mineral springs about here?"
From the east?" asked the west
erner.
YES"
Come here fer yer health?"
"Yes."
Tried everything, I suppose?"
"Yes."
Tried surphur springs?"
Eyes. Didn't help me a bit"
Been to Arkansas?"
yes, and everywhere else"
What kind of water are you look
ing for now?"
We'll, no kind in particular. I was
told, though, that I'd find a variety of
springs out here"
Going to locate?"
That depends"
NSA' 81 S'A6S4 nave gu just WHAT
you want A vacant lot in the best
part of the city. Finest iron springs
in the country. Go and see for your
self"
But how do you know it's iron?''
queTied the easterner.
Well, pardner, l drove my horse
through it and he came out with iron
shoes on his feet And that amt all
l drove some pigs down there to drink
They turned into pig iron, and sold
them to the iron foundry. Just what
you want. For sale, cheap. Why,
hal!Oa! What's the matter?"
The weary easterner had turned
abruptly and was walking off up the
Toad.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
For the SeandaImonaer.

The Orleans museum has just been
enriched with a curious relic Of the
past which some woTkmen In making
excavations in the city came across
1t is a stone representing a grinnfng
figure, showing the teeth, the coun-
tenance being repellent enough. In
this way the loquacious woman, the
scandalmOnger, was brought to her
senses. The stone, suspended by a
chain, was placed round her neck.
and so accOutered she was compelled
to walk round the town in which she
lived. The stone is supposed to date
about the sixteenth century.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
A Dry Occas sion.

Brook. Ind, where George Ade prac-
tises gentleman farming, is right in
the middle Of the teetotal belt Of In
diana.
Last summer, one brOiling hot day,
a man came along in an automobile,
having just patched up a puncture out
side of Brook
He ran into the little village and
saw native standing in front of the
general store. He stopped his ma
chine and went up to the native.
Say, brother" he said, will you
tell me where I can get a good, cold
bottle of beer around here?"
The native took the autmobilist by
the arm out to the middle of the road,
pointed down its dusty length, and
said: The nearest place is 80 miles
right down that road. Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
Be Cheerful.

Engraved faces are more often the
result of habit than the marks of
Time, that professional etcher, who
usually receives all the credit for
feminine ugliness. Woman is not con-
tent with expressing herself in words !;
she must needs make little noses and
funny faces to give completion to her
ideas. If you wall about your lack of
beauty, watch yourself for one short
day. You will be surprised to find
what wonderful things you will do
with your own face. If countenances
were not so substantially built they
would sooner show the wear and tear
imposed upon them.
Wrinkles and lines are indexes to
ones life book. The fretter has a
signboard on her forehead and she ad-
veTtises her profession of official wor-
rier by growing box plaits between
her eyes, by allowing her mouth to
drOop at the corners and by taking on
the plaintive portrait Of misery in
which she really Tejoices.
But the optimist, the individual of
good cheer and laughter, sails Sc
reneiy along the high seas of exist
ence with a smooth, nicely ironed
face, which makes her remain so
young that she never really outgrows
her happy days of mud pies and pima
fOres.-Woman's Life.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
A Different Sort of Doctor.

DR.. Charles Harriss, the well-known
Canadian musician and composer, tells
an amusing story about himself.
While he was on his way to South
Africa, he desired to keep his identity
a secret. During the voyage one of
the passengers managed to get into
conversation with the musician, and
asked him if he would medically ex-
anime his little girl who was with him
on the boat
"My dear sir" replied DR.. Harriss.
I have never examined a child in my
life"
Ten minutes later, he overheard the
passenger say, in the smoking-room:
There you are; didn't I say that
man was a fTaud?"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
ON THE SKYSCRAPER
STRENUOUS LIFE is THAT OF
THE IRoNWoRKER.
Well Styled "cowboys of the Skies" /"
the Men Who Erect City's Tall
Buildings Always Have the
Crowds.

In the past they were a boisterous,
swashbucking lot. They "f1cated from
New Orleans to Vancouver, lived in
freight cars, built bridges and dropped
of Of them with a grin and a choking
'good-by." A hero among them was
a man who had the longest fall to his
credit, or who could toss a white-hot
rivet the greatest distance They lived
hard and died easily. Today they
know that a man stands highest on
the pay roll who takes his work and
its danger most seriously, who also
watches the man next to him-for in
this calling one mans error often
means another's life, Harper's Week
ly says.
Even so the bridgeworker of today
has not lost his romantic side. He is
still the cavalier of the wOrkaday
world. See him now, cIinging like a
fly to the top ring of that lofty derrick,
or swaying in midair with one leg
wound carelessly about a dangling
cable, or standing upright alorgside a
dizzy column, hundreds of feet above
the ground, with nothing more sub
stantial under his clinging toe than
an inch-wide bolt! The plumber lay
ing pipes in the dark basement gets
just as high a wage and his work is
quite as important. But the irOnwOTk-
er gets the eyes of the crowd and
knows it. Cowboys of the skies"
they have been styled, and aptly so.
They have many characteristics in
common with their brethren of the
plains. They love a dare and a scam
peTing race. Often they make and
have them-when the boss is not
watching. Just recently two sky
scrapers in New York raced up side
by side-a veritable Marathon of the
skies! !-and prodigies of daring and
foolhardiness were done by the rival
gangs facing each other across the in
tervening side-street. They stole each
others hats and wrenches as they
sailed up atop the loads of iron, danced
giddy hOrnpipes on the ends of pro-
jecting beams, tried to best each
other taking chances amid the pande-
monium of whip-snapping cables and
swinging iron.
They affect extravagances and Pc
culiarities Of dress. That athletic-look-
ing fellow with the grimy face and
hands appears on idle Sundays in
white flannels and silk hose. The man
beside him is a favorite at bridge
mems dances and has been known to
wear and grace a fTock-cOat. They
made no serious complaints over the
new order of things-the rush Of the
work. Sure" said one, cts all right,
only it's over nowadays before you
get your second wind"
Said another: This going up at a
story day inteTferes with me social
life On that 18th street building
there was a hotel within arms reach,
and one day I got to talking with a
pretty maid-through a window. Next
day l had to talk down to her and
next I had to yell to her, and in two
days more l had to say gOOd-by.
Good-by!' says she. Sorry to see
you go; but I'll introduce you to my
friend Katie who works on the tenth
floor"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

If coored people groom themselves dainty destroy pesplra
ton odors shine from the face and
discoveries improving the skin dressing hai they
will be received in the business world, make
money and advance faster
The Chemical Wonder Company of New York is the best
business friend oored people have improves thes bodies
as Dr. Booker Washington improves their minds That Com-
pany manufacturers nine Chemical Wonders which viii make
people attractive individual peculartes viii
nit Colored in New York who these Wonders hold
better banks, clubs and business houses and
men have better positions marry better get along
IJ Complexion WonderCream will light up any ooiored
face back brown) every time is used To this
trial. send demonstration sample tor 10 cents Keguia
jar, 50 cents postpaid ~.".~--~- -
C2) Magneto-Metalic Comb, called Wonder Comb. Can
be heated using help straghten and dress the hair
Costs 80 cents and will last lifetime
(2) Wonder Uncurl When this pomade dressing the
hair the kinks can uncurled and the hair becomes flexible
When heated into scalp and through the hair with Won
der Comb any stiff knoty hair will dress we'll eents
paid
hair grow long lust as fertilizers make eornsaks
grow so cents postpaid
(s Odo Wonder Powder instantly destroys pespiration
odor People neglect such chemical cleansing obnox
ous. 50 postpaid
(6 Odor Wonder Liquid This fine toilet water surrounds
the body with delicate perfume When used with used with
Odor Wonder Powder the conditions of the body become per
you spare so cents extra order this luxury 50
cents postpaid.
~ Wonder Powder keeps feet dainty 80 cents
postpaid.
and insure the of the hair scalp so postpaid
(o) Shell Pink Creme will give light brown girls beautiful
pink cheeks without madeup appearance cents postpaid
We guarantee all these Wonders represented.
We give advice free about hair, skin and seep.
Will send book attractiveness free.
We will prove true business friends Of eeloFed peo
pie
We require agent for every locality and guarantee you
against loss Only 81 capital required
Always write NJ B. Berges Co, Rector Street New
York We market ali the ChemeA woa6x Cempa@y prepare
tions
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
About Egypt.

The total area Of Egypt proper is
about 100000 square miles, of which
however, only some $4,000 square
miles are arabic. The population ex-
ceeds 100000, the density of the
settled part thus surprising that of
any other land on earth, Belgium not
excepted. This superiority Of Egypt
as an agricultural country is owing to
the equable climate; the possibility of
carrying on farming all the year
round, a constant supply of water
and, as a consequence of the Nile over
flow, natural and perpetual richness
Of the soil. which does away with the
great cost of fertilization.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
DOM

There are many colored families
who are living in crowded houses
on small plots of land in towns or
cities who want real freedom and
real opportunity for themselves and
for their children. 1t is very difficult
to rear children in a crowded town
or city. The place to rear children
is in the country.
In Macon County, Alabama, the
colored people have a rare and ex-
ceptional opportunity. This is the
county in which The Tusllegee Nor
nal and Industrial Institute is To-
Gated. There is plenty of good land
for sale on easy terms. There is a
good schoolhouse, and the school
term lasting from seven to eight
months in every part of the county.
The white people in Macon County
are of the very best class. There is
no disorder or racial trouble. We
advise colored people who are now
living in crowded towns or cities,
in the North or in the South, and es-
pecialiy those who have children to
raise to come to Macon County and
buy home where they can get plen-
ty of land to cultivate and rear their
families in the county free from the
temptations of the cities and towns.
For further information write or
see:
Clinton ]. Galloway. Real Estate
TT TFf5s1 ~
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
The Girl Grad.

Mark Twain was a firm believer in
the higher education Of woman, but
Hartford still remembers a speech he
made one June to a platform of Hart
ford girl graduates.
This speech, a humorous attack on
the college girl, ended;
Go forth. Fall in love. Marry. Set
up housekeeping. And then, when
your husband wants a shirt ironed,
send out for a gridiron TO do it with. F."
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10

The fourteenth annual meeting Of
the Hampton Negro Conference will
take place at Hampton Institute, Va,
July 18th and I4th.
The twenty-6fth anniversary ser
vices of the establishment of the Sal
vation Army in this city were held in
the various churches last Sunday.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
MetaphoricaIIy SPEAKING,

What do you think of these new
palaces I have been rearing?" asked
Mr.. Dustin Stax.
Magnificent" replied the cynic.
Yet" he proceeded with a visible
effort to be modest, 'this earthly nomp
reminds me that all the world ia a
stage"
Right. And the modern tendency
is to make up with the fine scenery for
bad acting"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
sovereiqns Who Died on Saturday

Authorities on things supernatural
may be able to explain why Saturday
has been a fatal day to the rulers of
England. William III died on Sat
urday, March 8, 1902; Queen Anne on
Saturday, August 1, 1714; George II
on Saturday, October %, 1850; George
III, on Saturday, January 20, 1920, and
George " on Saturday, June 26, 1880.
George 1 just missed Saturday by
two hours, dying at a m. on Sunday,
and the late King Edward breathed
his last just a quarter of an hour be-
fore midnight, Friday night, May 6.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
No Chance for Fraud

Jones Ito friend who is showing his
collection of "Old masters How do
YOU know they are originals?
Friend-Oh, I was TO smart to play
into the hands of dealer l bought
'em myself right on the spot.-Judge.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
Not TO Be Led

Clerk-You told me not long ago to
lead a better life, sir.
Employer believe 1 did.
Clerk want to lead your daugh-
ter to the altar.
Employer-Impossible, young man!
If you go to the altar with her you
follow; I know her better than that
Boston Herald
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10
Richa ~dsOn's Pure Drug Store

3I6 AZ Street, S. w.
Just received large assignment of fresh drugs and large
collection very fine toilet preparations Easter goods and
seu articles Just thing you desire for Easter offering
Richardson's Old Reliable Pure Drug Store,
3I6 ~ Street. S. w.
and I4th and RStrees N. w.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-10

The President has signed several
proclamations eliminating nearly half
a million acres Of land from the ma
tional forests, adding a little more
than 100000 acres to the reserves.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-20
DeFuniak Chautauqua
Begins Long Session.

The Florida Chautauqua began its
26th annual session at DeFuniak
Springs last week under circumstances
that are particularly gratifying.
This Chautauqua has done much to
entertain and instruct the people Of
West Florida generally and to bring
new people into this section. Each
year its program has been more COM
plete, its entertainment better, and its
attendance larger. The cheap Satur-
day excursions afford thousands Of
people an opportunity to hear the best
platform talent in America and the in
fiuence of the work done in the hand
some Chautauqua auditorium has
frightened the life and raised the
ideals of great many homes through
out this section of the state.
The Journal is glad to lend any IN
fiuence it may have toward the sue
cess of this excellent institution and 1t
hopes that the present session, which
now has eight full weeks to run, may
prove the most successful in the Chau.
tauqua's history.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-20
Pensacola Has
Waterway Organization.

AS a result of the meeting Friday
night, Pensacola now has the begin
ming of what ought to result in very
large organization committed to the
success of the Inland Waterways
project.
The selection of Mr.. Thos. G. Wat.
son as the head of the organization in
this county was a most fortunate one.
Mr.. Watson has both the time and the
talent to make the work here produc-
tive of the best results and he has
already taken up the matter with an
energy which speaks well for the sue
cess OF an undertaking in which every
Pensacola business man should be
vitality interested.
There are many people no doubt
who know but little about this Water
way project and one of the objects OF
the organization will be to see that as
many people as possible are made
familiar with its value and with the
means required for its construction.
To great many people the project
has been regarded as one whose COM
pletion would be Witnessed only by
coming generations. These people will
therefore be surprised to learn that
the rivers and harbors bill which
passed the house last week contains
an. appropriation of s10O,0OO.0O for the
beginning of the dredging which will
connect the Apalachicola river with
st. Andrews Bay.
What Pensacola must now do is to
secure the cut between st. Andrews
Bay and Choctawhatchee Bay on the
east, and between Pensacola, Perdido,
and Mobile Bays on the west. This
must be done before Pensacola will
receive any benefit at all from the COM
pletion of the project on other parts
of the gulf coast where money has
already been appropriated for the
work
Pensacola is also interested in the
big Waterways convention which is to
come to this city next fall. 1t will
not only bring money to the city, but
II will give us one of the best adver-
tisements that we have ever had.
The Journal intends from time to
time to discuss the Waterway project
In all OF its details and it hopes that
everyone who has an idea to offer, a
suggestion to make, or a question to
ask will make free use of its columns
for that purpose.