The Washington bee., 1910-02-26
IPARAGRAPBIr' tFlG
By Mss 6. II MaxfsEd

LII M L NdfSAiSiy hS0S VI NA~
State tuberculosis Society, and
State University of Milwaukee, Wis,
said, tuberculosis is easily spread
and no way of disseminating the dis
ease is more common than the spread
ing of the infection through kisses"
According to Cameron Johnson,
resident and traveller in the Far
East, Japan is the leader of the on
ent. In science, commerce, govern
ment and industrial arts, the Flowery
Kingdom stands pre-eminent. The
crying need is a sound moral basis.
The Loyal Legion of Indiana has
adopted memorial protesting
against the placing of the statute of
Robert E. Lee in the National Stat
uary Hall in this city CongressmeA
from said State have been asked 10
fight against it.
Miss Mary Clark, in addressing
the Associated Charities of New
York said Insanity is increasing il
New York, at the rate of 1000 per
sons a year. In October I, 1909,
there were 3O,489 insane patients in
the fifteen State hospitals.
Ex-President Roosevelt thought
that army officers should be tall, so
he made a change in the army regu-
lations providing that candidates for
admission must be at least FIVE feet
| five inches in height, naturally the or
! der has led to great complaint from
number of ambitious enlisted men,
| so much so that the regulations have
been changed during the past week.
/ Charles c. Rodgers, collector of
taxes has issued 1000 copies of
book containing the lists of real
estate in the District on which taxes
iare over due, 5000 pieces of proper
ty had been offered for sale, but
since checks in payment of taxes
Ireduced said amount to 1900.
President Huntington of Boston
University has rendered his resigna-
stion to take place next June and the
trustees Of the University have re
luctantly accepted the same. Presi-
dent Huntington has been connected
with the University for thirty years,
the last seven years as president
Last week "The Colored Alabam-
ian" one of our exchanges, celebrat-
ed its 3rd anniversary. The motto of
the paper is, "Equalrights TO all,special
/ privileges to none" We have notice.
The paper has certainly stood by its
motto in advocating the cause of the
colored Amrican race. We wish The
iAlabamian continued success, and
Hope it may long live and continue
1.-THE noble work it is doing.
| The Washington Alumni AssOci-
alton of Wilberforce University IS
T. planning a big celebration in the in
terest of the University, March g.
President Taft will deliver the ad-
= dress. Wilberforce University was
] established in I847, and has turned
t out many graduates, being the old
! est institution devoted to the higher
: education of the Negro.
= The fact that trachoma as well as
2 tuberculosis was widespread among
S the Indians on reservations, also
7 among the white and black people
will be under consideration by the
, committee on Indian affairs The
= fact that the tuberculosis societies
; advocate fresh air treatment, and the
. Indians live in the fresh air, will al
. so be discussed.
Don't fail to hear Prof. Dubois, at
the Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church
on "Tohn Brown" Read the adver-
5 tisement which appears in another
: column of this paper.
5 1t is said that Thomas Johnson,
5 Negro boy, sixteen years of age, has
lust graduated with first hOnors. We
are coming.