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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24
Negro Leaders to Confer

1t Is an open secret that shortly
after the holidays, when Register"
j. G. Napier shall have been install
led, and 1T is hoped that assistant
acknowledgements w. H. Lewis will
nave come into his own, a conference
OF the principal off1ceholders and
prominent race leaders is being
planned for. Now that the elections
are over and the line Of battle for
1912 must soon be drawn up, it oc-
ours to those who are lool:el up to
by the Negroes in the States for
guidance, that there had better be 4
getting together" to see just where
We are "at'. Besides the high-grade
ohcials here In Washington and
their friends, counsellors and chro-
niclers, it Is expected that several Of
the party leaders from the outside
VIII come on for the "confab, /"
Among those who may be included,
In the charmed circle are Anderson
and Pinchback, Of New York, WI
liams, OF Illinois. Cottrill, Of Ohio,
Cummings, Of Maryland, Asbury, of
pennsylvania, Gilmer, Of West Viz
ginia, Elbert, Of Delawar, and others
III possible, local factjonalism is to
he avoided; If divisions are to exist,
1t Is expedient to find early in the
game Just where the parting Of the
ways Is to come aud why. The con-
ference, 1t Is said. will be behind
closed doors, and that there will be
some plain, heart-tc heart utterances
ds hot doubted. Nevertheless, con-
ference Of this kind Is the thing
ncf'ed, and those responsible for It
have struck the nail on the head.
Out CT the meeting, nothing but good
Should come.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24
SO the attraction at the Academy. Ay

oo VIZ oet1 oottoh al tne academy. Az
the Academy has been enjoying an
Immense colored patronage, confined
though 1t Is to the gallery, there are
evidences that the two houses are
preparing for a fight over this profit
able Negro contingent. The Academy
mas started the ball rolling. by re-
ducing It's prices to meet those in
vogue at the Howard-15 cents In
the gallery, running to SO cents in
the parquet. The Academy will
compete only for the gallery trade of
Negroes. however, unless the contest
grows bitter, when 1T is predicted
that the white house will .loosen
up" and throw open Its balcony as a.
bait for the colored business. In
any event, the proprietors, Rosenthal
and Benedict, Baltimore capitalists.
were losing money on the Howard
and they have decided that some
change of policy was necessary to
keep from sending more money to
the bad. Polite vaudeville proved a
failure; then. after The Smart Set
had played a week Of capacity"
houses. 1T was decided to try musical
comedy, and stock company was
organized, headed by J. Leubrie Hill.
MY Friend From Dixie,'' a really
creditable production, was put on,
!but 1t failed to score, and last Sat
urday night saw the company resolve
Itself into its original elements. Now,
melodrama is to be tried, and it re-
mains to be seen what success at
tends this new experiment. The
booking offices said the Howard
could not secure f1rst-class attractions
with colored manager, and Rosen-
thai and Benedict concluded to part
with William H. Smith, who had
come on from Chicago, with a fine
record as manager, having piloted
, the Pellin to fame and fortune for
Manager R. T. Motifs. The policy of
catering to "the people," regardless
of color, will lbe continued, although
the attractions will be all white.
1t Is said that the company got
ten together by Leubrie Hill will be
placed on the road, but, as yet,
nothing definite has been decided up
on. In the meantime, some of the
members, notably Leona Marshall
and Lewis Mitchell, have accepted
engagements at Ford Dabney's and
other minor theaters. Manager
Smiths plans have not been announc
ed, but it is rumored- that he has
something sensational to spring
pretty soon.
The next attraction at the New
Howard will he Clara Turner. a.
strong emotional actress, in Anita,
the Singing Girl"
President Taft was the guest of
Governor Mann, Of Virginia, yester-
day at a hare barbecue at Richmond
The meal was prepared by an old COL
ored nanny" who has long been
in the employ Of the Mann household
and whom the Governor says is the
best cook in the South President
Taft is said to be very fond of old
fashioned southern cooking.
THE Crisis" the new magazine
published by the New Forward Move
ment, has made it's appearance here.
1t is edited by syndicate, headed
by Prof. w. E. B. Dubois, Kelly Mil
Ter, j. Max Barber and others. 1t
has absorbed "The Horizon" and
the subscriptions paid to the latter
will be carried by 1.-THE Crisis" AS
to the strength If the new conner,
there is quite a division of opinion.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24
There is a clearness Of statement and
freedom from race or petty person
alities, however, that commend 1t to

Garnet G. Wilkinson, as president
OF Bethel Literary and Historical
Association, is reviving the old-time
reputation Of this splendid organi-
cation. 1t has had excellent meet
ings all this year and there has been
a reunion Of the factions that split
on from the parent body few years
ago over certain problems Of govern
ment. The new alliance was signal
lied Friday night by the appearance
OF Former President Shelby J. David
son on the platform, and on Tues
day night the amicable relations
We're clinched by the reading Of a
paper before the regular meeting Of
the body by Former President l..
M. Hershaw. These, with Prof. j.
w. Cromwell, constituted the back
bone of the eo-called "insurgents"
Mr.. Hershaw presented an excel lent
review of the picturesque career of
Joan Of Are" and threw some new
light upon the spirit that moved the
MAID Of Orleans" to the patriotic
fervor that led to her untimely taking
off. President Wilkins has a num-
Der Of every strong attractions for
the remainder Of the season.
The Y. M. G. A. is moving along
at rapid gait. The colored people,
prior to last springs campaign, had
paid in cash on the structure, $18,-
600. or the $4,000 subscribed in
the campaign ending May 20, ST.
600 has been paid in. The Central
Association has arranged to advance
$4,000 Of the $4,000 promised,
and r. c.. Morse, of New York, has
paid $1,000 Of the $4,000 subscribed
by him. The balance is to- come
soon. The work on the building is
progressing, every day. All of the
pipes for the plumbng, the heating,
gas and electric wiring have been in
stalled. The smb-foors of three
stories have been laid, and the win
dows are being placed in position.
The building will be rushed to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible. Branch
Secretary l.. E. Johnson reports a
great time at the Toronto convention
Of the Y. M. G. A.
The National Training School for
Women and Girls, conducted by Miss
Mamie II. Burroughs, at Lincoln
Heights, is uncomfortably crowded.
and it is quite necessary that the
new $4,000 building be had at an
early date. The first week in De-
cember has been set apart as a week
Of prayer for this special object
Miss Burroughs is making a Wig
6rouS canvass for funds and is meet
ing with marked encouragement at
the hands Of some of the Districts
most prominent citizens.
Fred R. Moore, editor Of the New
York Age, and j. H. Murphy, editor
of the Baltimore Afro-American
Ledger, held conferences with Presi-
dent Taft at the White House not
long ago. The exact nature Of the
discussion has not been revealed, but
it is reported that things were said"
that will enable both of these gentle
men to give the administration a
stronger support than they have
given it at times in the past.
Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson,
Recorder Of Deeds, will ask permits
sion Of Congress to make number
of reforms in the conduct Of his Of
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, de-
MES that he Is opposed to the pres
ence of Negroes In the labor unions,
and says he was misquoted in an
interview which gives out that i'm
preston. A fuller statement than
any he has given out yet in support
of the Negro as a labor unlonist, Will
be required before Mr.. Gompers'
position is satisfactorily understood
by the rank and file of the Negro
race. -.., ~...-..-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

Register w. T. Vernon recently
matriculated in the Law Department
of Howard University, but has been
too busy to pursue the study of
blackstone. He has been filling
lecture engagements in Illinois this
week.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24
Change Of Management at The How
ard Theater.

ard Theater.
beginning this week there is a
change Of management at the New
Howard Theater. A white manager,
II. A. Faulkner, and a white treas
urer, F. A. Rice, have been installed
and a season of dramatic productions
with all white performers is to be
1naugurated. The character of plays
VIII be much Of the same order as
those presented at the Academy Of
Music, which is part of the Havlin-
stair syndicate. 1t is a peculiar in
stance that this week, the drama
st. Elmo, which opens the new
administration at the Howard, is al
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24
wholesale market.

DR.. Gertrude Curtis, the first col
ored woman to qualify as a dentist
IN the State Of New York, has written
James G. Waters, Jr., president III
the Council of Upper Classmen of
Howard University, offering $500 as
prize for excellence in dentistry.
DR.. Curtis generous offer will be ac-
cepted by the Council, and the prize
formally rendered to the University
through President Thirkield.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

A banquet in honor of DR.. A. M.
Curtis, recently elected president of
the National Medical Association, is
said to he the next on the big feed
SCHEDULED
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

Prof. b. E. Just, of Howard Uni
versity, delivered a scholarly address
on "Heredity' at the last meeting
Of the Mu-So-Lit Club.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

The school fight seems to- have
come to sudden end. That mass
meeting frost" killed off the chick
erS."
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

1T is now definitely given out that
a Tuskegee Alumni Association Is to
be formed in this city.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

Miss Lillian Evans, daughter of
DR.. w. Bruce Evans, has been ap-
pointed to responsible position in
the kindergarten work of the public
schools. Miss Evans is a graduate
or last years normal class and is an
adept in kindergarten methods and
a musical artist Of fine promise
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

Mrs. j. P. H. Coleman, formerly of
Newport News, Va, has located in
this city. She is a manufacturing
chemist and will. establish a labra-
tory here where she will put. I'D a
number Of her preparations for the
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

DR.. S. L. Corrothers, pastor Of
Galbraith A. M. E. Zion church,
spoke on THE Significance of the
Recent Elections' this week at his
church. DR.. Corrothers is the head
of the local branch Of the Independ-
ent Movement.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

"Aunt Daphne Viii low, as she
was called, nurse of note, died last
Thursday at Freedmen's Hospital, at
the age of LIZ years. She had been
connected with the Hospital since it
was founded, and when she grew toe
old for work, about twenty years ago.
she was taken under the care of the
institution. Aunt Daphne" was a
nurse in the camps Of the Civil War
and had a history that is full of in
terest.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

The next attraction at the New
Howard will he Clara Turner, a
strong emotional actress, in Anita
the Singing Girl"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson,
Recorder Of Deeds, will ask permits
sion Of Congress to make a number
Of reforms in the conduct Of his Of
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
Alfalfa Farm

in Orange county. two miles from good
town and railroad stations; 75 acres OF fine
sandy loan soil. with a large pumping
plant, furnishes IS inches of water. mex
HAUsTABLg SUPPLY OF WATER; CROPS
NEVER FAIL. House and other improve
ments; 1000 feet of cement pipe, reser-
voirs 5000 young orange trees, nurserey
stock. NO FROST. Part of the land is now
in fine stand of alfalfa and sweet pota-
toes. THESE GROWING CROPS PROVE
THE RICHNESS AND FERTILITY OF THE
easy terms.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

10-room brick residence, gray stone front,
suburb Chicago; lot 50x167; price $4,000.
Prefer California acreage.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

wAGGONER REALTY CO.,
521 Grant Bldg.
Fourth and Broadway. Main 5467; Af606.
S-2S-1
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Modern 6-room cottage, furnished; lot COX
1876; price $4,000. Prefer San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

FOR SALE-Flyo euro to keep
flies off your stock. You will
make a great deal of money by
spending a little.
GEO. H. LEE COMPANY
225 West Second Street
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

FOR SALE = TWO THOROUGHBRED
Scotch collies; prize winners. NJ. o. PED
ERSON. 1924 Bellevue ave. Phone Tenn
pie 1471. s-1S-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
UMBSTEAD, ROBINSON
r. co.
O. T. JOHNSON BID

FOR EXCHANGE
Modern 5-room cottage. barn, large lot;
Moneta way; price $4,000; prefer acreage
in Ventura.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

FOR SALE Germozone will
help your poultry through this
roup trouble which is so preva-
lent just now.
1t is a germicide and insecti-
eide of quick and certain action.
GEO. H. LEE COMPANY
225 West Second Street
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
LIVE srocK

FOR EXCHANGE-A YOUNG THOROUGH
bred English fox terrier for chickens or
rabbits 2119 DARWIN. 8-27-2
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MISCELLANEOUS

WILL TRADE STOCK IN BISHOP CREEK
Gold company and other mining stock for
stock In California Wave Motor company
(Reynolds). BOX 242. Herald. 6-26-tf
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MISCELLANEOUS

FOR sALE-GENTLEMANs TICKET TC
Kansas City, first class. Address BOX
361, Herald. S-t9-ti
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FOR EXCHANGE
REAL ESTATE
FOR EXCHANGE

NEARLY NEW MODERN UP TO DATE
2-STORY S-ROOM HOUSE; HARDWOOD
FLOORS, FURNACE, GRANITE, STONE
AND CONCRETE PORCH. ETC, 60-FOOr
LOT, CORNER ON NORMANDIE AVENUE.
PRICE ONLY $650O; WANT SMALLER
HOUSE; MORTGAGE BACK FOR DIFFER
ENCE. SEE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
Rieger

All Douglas Building
Main 5523 F8l25
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cEssPooLs


4-lPERIAL CEssPOoL PUMPING cows
Ike out largest load. West bSSsi 22olo
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DIVORCE LAWS
OF EVERY STATE
BATHS

MISS ANITA HELDMAN-BATHs, SCALP
treatments and alcohol rubs S14 SANTEE ST.,
two blocks east OF Main. near Eighth. S-13-20t
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
100000

without one single exception this is the best
and cheapest land and water proposition
being offered today. You owe It to yourself
to investigate BELL FLOWER.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
Apple Land

Go down and see the apples and pears grow
ing at BELL FLOWER. Trees breaking
down with fruit. Your land planted to ap-
pies and pears will yield you $500 or $500
an acre,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
Free Water"

II you know anything about country life you
know your happiness and success largely de-
pend upon your water supply. BELL
FLOWER has more water than you can use
and 1t costs nothing. Piped in eight, twelve
and fourteen-inch reinforced concrete pipes
from arteslan wells. Remember these
wells are flowing wells.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
BUSINESS PERSONALS


NEW MARRIAGE AND
DIVORCE LAWS EXPLAINED
$12 COSTS. NO FEE. Consultation free and
strictly confidential, Come in and talk it
over or write.
A lady attendant to counsel the ladies.
No Publicity. DO 1T NOW. No Delay.
SECURITY LAW AND ADJUSTMENT CO..
1924 Bryson bldk., Second and Spring. $3.50
to 8; Wed. and Sat. evenings to s. S-2S-1
LAST CALL" CAN AND WILL PROVE
that 800 will bring you $4,000 a year in
a safe. sound. honest investment; latest;
best opportunity on earth. Write quick
for particulars j. r. RYAN. secretary.
Sault Ste Marie. Mich. 8-2S-1
YOUR FUTURE REVEALED BY THE
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PROF. e. GRAY, station d, Chicago.
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MRS. MASON. THE NOTED LONDON
palmist, s22 8. SPRING. over Owl drug
store. i1-20s0
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BARGAIN

Groom bungalow. east front, WlishiFe
district; 5000 cash, balance like rent
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ilsh S. SPRING, SUITE s-CHIROPODY,
electricity, massage. vapor and shower baths.
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New School
Close to City

Only 80 minutes from the center of the city
on the Santa Ana electric line. rake car
at Pacific Electric station, get ticket for
Somerset. Our MR.. SYMONS will meet you
at the car. II he is not there call at grocery
store. Cars from Pacific Electric depot at
2;30, 1925, s:45. 4:3O. SOS p. m.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
FOR SALE
COUNTRY PROPERTY

Positively your last opportunity to buy close
in acreage at such a low price.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-16
Local Man Pleads for Trees.

The following from the pen of F.
w. Baldwin of Barton appeared in a
recent issue of the ST. Jonnsbury Re
publican with ideas from other promi-
nent VermOnters on the needs of Ver-
mont.
'The Green Mountain state must
look to its welfare. or the name may
we'll be changed to Bare Noun tain
state. There was time when the
valleys, hill and mountain sides were
covered with forests, of pine, spruce,
hemlOck, birch, beech and maple, and
only the pine and spruce considered
worth marketing all the rest burned
to clear the land for cultivation.
Now the pine and spruce are a thing
of the past.
"The time has come when the own
er of all forest and, should only cnt
the deformed and decayed trees, and
the less valuable ones like the bird
cherry and poplar. The cutting of
thrifty orchards of sugar maple ought
to be stopped by law. The cutting of
Christmas tre as practised in Yer
mont mont, is curse.
IF every owner of second growth
forest land (as that is nearly all thera
is left) would cut out when too thick,
trim up the lower limbs, where they
grow near to the ground, Climber
growth is SO rapid, our state would
soon possess large areas of open,
thrifty, young forests of pine,
spruce, hemlock, maple, birch, beech
and black CHEEKY, besides other valua
BILE trees
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-16
Mrs. George L. Merriam.

Mrs. George L. Merriam, whose
sickness has been mentioned in the
Monitor. died Sunday morning. Mrs.
Merriam had been in poor health for
year, and for the last three months
rapidly failing, and in spite of every
thing which medical skill and tender
nursing could do to restore her to
health she died from tuberculosis
Lennie Martha Beach was born
in West Glover on March IT,,
1884 and was educated in the com
mon schools of Glover and at Barton
academy, where she graduated in the
class of 1902. On May II, 1904 she
was married to George L. Merriam.
They made their home in Glover for a
few years and moved to Barton three
years ago. She was the only daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Beach of
this place. She was a member of the
Methodist church, and a most earn
est Christian, doing what she could to
promote every good cause. She was a
general favorite among her classmates
at school and universally loved. Dur
ing her sickness she was patient, re
signed and had a bright hope of the
future. She leaves her husband, her
two small sons, Frank and William,
and her father and mother, and some
more distant relatives and friends
! The funeral was held at the house or
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. w. B. Duke.
shire officiating, and the interment
was at West Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-16
The Late Prescelle.

Word was received in Barton Thurs.
day that Prescelle, the noted hypno-
tist was dead in Jersey City. Pres
celle had made Barton his home for
some eight years and referred to Bar
ton as his home wherever he was.
and Barton respected. honored and
loved him. His profession made some
skeptical of him but 10 one denied
that he was a gentleman, worker in
his profession and a sincere friend.
He was born in London. England, and
came to Canada when nine years old,
work ed on farm and later learned
carpet weaving and entered the en-
ploy of Pauline, hypnotist, and
after three years with him started
out independently, coming to Barton
not long after leaving his former en-
ployer. Here he met with great
success and his later success in New
ENGLAND and the northern ceAtral
states is we'll known by theatre and
show people This season he was
with Keith's circuit at $1,000 per
week, which att asts to the skill and
ability he possessed in that mysteri-
Gus and little known hypnotic world.
He was an inveterata worker and
studied hypnotism in its deeper mean
liIRS khIIiGu IltJl0 us
tinction in the scientific world con
nected with hypnotism. He bad been
called before medical bodies for dem
onstrations and had put patients into
tue hypnotic state for minor surgical
operations. While Prescelle had lit
tie Jucation from school books he
was keenly intelligent and never
missed an opportunity to learn. Sew
+ iza
ceived financial aid from his enter
tainments and his CHEEKY face will be
missed by his many friends in Parton
and elsewhere. Prescelle's real name
was Percy W. Brown and he was a
member of Orleans lodge. No. IS. F.
and A. M, a member of the EIks and
other fraternal bodies. So far as
known he has no relatives in the
world and his remains were buried at
fair Haven, Mass. He was 80 years. of
age.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-16
Unhealthy Bulls Owner in Trouble.

Charles B. Stevens of North Dam
vile, a prominent breeder of cattle.
and his hired man, Robert w. How
ard were arrested last week on the
charge of importing a diseased Ayr
shire bull from Canada into the Unit
ed States. 1t is alleged that Stew
ems brought the bull in Canada and
presented a healthy bull for test for
tuberculosis, that the healthy bull
was left in Canada and the diseased
bull brought in under the false pa
pers. The men were taken before u.
S. Commissioner Harry Blodgett of
st. Johnsbury and Stevens bail was
fixed at 81, 900 and Howard's at $500
for appearance at district court in
Burlington, April II. Stevens was
also arrested on the charge of attempt
ing to bribe an inspection officer at
Newport and bail was fixed at $2,-
600. Bail was furnished in each case.
The animal, which IS the innocent
cause of all this trouble, certainly
stands at the head of his class in this
vicinity for he won all the prizes at
last falls Caledonia county fair and is
very highly regarded by local breeders.
The case is one of great local lmpor-
tance and the result will be watched
for with mucn interest. The out
come can hardly be forcasted, al
hough Mr.. Stevens many friends
will sincerely hope that the charges
against the two men can be successful
ly refuted.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-16
Pitt Parker, Crayon Wizard Sure.

The last number of the Barton enter
tainment course. Pitt Parker, "cray on
wizard, " brought fairly good au
dience to Seaver's hall last evening
An entertainuen of original crayon
work embracing both caricature and
lndscape work in colors was given,
showing the versatility Of the artist,
while his ability TO make pictures
from any letter of the alphabet, or a
few dots or lines, which his audience
were invited to make, showed his
keen originality. While at work, he
was constantly talking, giving witty
sayings, beneath which was a wealth
of seriods truth. He performed some
clay modelling work, showing the off
ferent physical features of men of
different nationalities, and impressed
his audience with the fact that the
different races are, after all, not so
diverse as they often seem. Mr.. Par
ker is an artist of rare ability and
Barton was fortunate To be able to hear
him. His theme was 'SeeingThings
and he said We see more than we look
at. which fact he we'll Illustrated with
crayon and stones. The course this
year closes with expenses and receipts
about equal.