The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-06
THE ADVOCATES

the Dill providing for q commission
Of seven to pass upon the feasibility
of the Semi Centennial Exposition of
Negro Progress will pass Congress |
early In the session. 1t IL aid that a |
straw vote shows a majority Of both |
houses in favor Of the measure. Il
| Prof. Nelson E.. Wetherless, In
structor of science nt M street High |
School, has been elected Grand Mas
ter of the Masonic Lodges Of the Dis
largest vote eyer recorded for Dis |
trict Master or FMasons: --....-....
The ~"Gridiron' heroes of Howard |
| University were toasted to a turn
last Friday evening Martins new
Northwest Cafe, 18th and u streets |
northwest. The large dining-room
was decorated to represent a foot
ball field. and everywhere the blue
and-gray colors Of Howard were
conspicuously in evidence. Nearly q |
hundred ladies and gentlemen, many /
from out-of-town, were present, to
do honor to the victorious football |
! team Of Howard, which had met and |
Ivanquished the best teams Of the |
land and which had wound up the !
season by defeating for the first time |
In four years the proud eleven from
Lincoln University. 50 |
The address Of welcome was deliv- !
cred by Mr.. J. B. Allen, whose eff
forts, in conjunction with those Of
lMessrs. r. A. Pelham and Arthur s.
Gray. and the faculty, alumni and
friends Of the University, made the
banquet possible. 1mpromptu speech
es were made by a number of the
guests, upon call; all Of them in the
happiest vein. Interspersed we're
college yells and beautifully render
ed songs by the Howard Glee Club,
under the direction Sofz Prof. A. H.
Brown. From beginning to the end
each person present felt that as he
was witnessing a great football
game, so unique and vivid was every
feature Of the affair. The festival
closed with the election of Mr.. Clar-
ence Eugene Allen, dental II, as cap
tain of the team for the season of
1910. ~ -? ~ Js
About four hundred children re-
ceived delightful entertainment
free Of charge Saturday afternoon at
go the iawatha -Theatery~11th street
near U. For two hours the enthusi-
astic audience was made happy by
pictures from "Tom Thumb" "Ali
Bahia and the Forty Thieves" mo
Their Goose" and similar themes dear
to childish hearts. In addition there
- were straightforward tricks and illus
|trated songs. T.. ..iSasFs> y; - RE&,.
81 Too much gratitude Cannot be ex,
pressed to the managers of the Hia
/ watha Theatre, Messrs. Murray and
Reyes, who 80 very generously ten
dered this performance to some OF
the social settlement workers Of the
- lefty for the children with wkfom they
labor. Little ones were brough
from Blagden's Court by Mise Geo
gia A. Coleman, who conducts q Boys
Club there; from the vicinity of the
Colored Young Women's Christian
Association by Miss Ocea Brooks ant
Miss Mary Cromwell, who have
- charge of a Saturday afternoon sew
II ing class at the headwaters. OF The
n Association; from the northern diyis
, ion by Mrs. Blandina, Mrs. Wright
u Mrs. Grouse, Miss Maude Stewart
e. Miss Otelia Cromwell, Miss Alice Mel
u son, Miss Julia Wilson, Mrs. Dufle1G
and Mr.. Walter Dyson.
, These social settlement workers
= are winning golden results by goine
~ fearlessly into the alleys and rescu.
>, ing promising children from unfa,
vorable environment and are talking
=, with and encouraging parents to
=. make stronger efforts to have their
- children go to school and to provide
them with sanitary homes amid sur
roundings that will aid them to lead
% moral and Industrious lives.
- The liberal action Of the Hiawatha
- Theatre management in Offering this
= performance as a means of helpin 6
y the ladies who are giving Of their
g time and money and strength to up
t. lift these unfortunates Of the Sub
O merged tenth" sets an inspiring ex-
= ample which might well be followed
r by other theatrical managers Of the
s. city. -.%
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