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The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
WORTH ADVER TIsING FOR


IheFe are 599 Negroes poyed here Washington By
e Government alone and these 5oo Negroes salaries a.
gregatng $3o444o These than millions of daars
are spent right here in Washington scattered auOne te
hundreds OF radesmen Is this money ortA kia
ding for 1t certainly 49, and the largest s
city would refuse to get the big thev but realize
how much money the Negroes really speadng.
Now The Bee is Tx oniy Negro publication thia city
STANDS without rival or competitor and the field
few OF The merchants IN this city vii paonize the advertising en
ns OF Ihe Bee presenting the attractive bargains may
these Negroes - these 509 Negroes who annually fgo Che
Government three mions Of dollars viii that D. cat
roniEng publication edited and operated by Of theg
such s desire and deserve heir patronage And firms VIII
receive te bulk ef tire mns dollars
spent by the Negroes Of Washington
eiBg stores what furniture stores what dry goods ser
ether lines Of business VIII He effort divert
themselves these three millions doas spent By WashsBoa
Negroes By advertising in The Bee7
Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these e aePseea
tive RegToes opend their three mions Of dollars with yo
Nov advertise n The Bee the nevspaear gsss
na every Negro Washngto Remember ueFchsn of
Washington it's what advertising what
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
DROPPED IN AT RIGHT TIME.
Burglars opportune Visit Enabled
Woman TO Rid Herself Of Much
Undesirable Truck"

The burglar hesitated. Back Of him
was a sheer drop of 25 feet to the
ground. In front of him was q deter
mined woman, grasping in her hand
a huge revolver. She covered him
steadily.
Il won't shoot" she said, eff you
will remain STILL
She advanced upon him and pOking
the muzzle of the gun in his face
reached into his pocket and pulled out
his revolver.
Come In"
The burglar obediently stepped In
side the room. All his courage was
gone.
"Sit down." said the woman.
He sat down.
She got a huge ball of cord from her
bureau and spent the next 20 minutes
in tying him up.
Then she pointed out of the window.
rs that your wagon out there be-
hind the barn?"
Yes, ma'am."
The woman called her husband, who
was hiding behind the baby's crib IN
the next room.
Here, John" she said, take some
OF this furniture out"
John came in and got to work. The
burglar watched with curious eyes.
Suddenly his face blanched. He looked
out of the window and saw in the light
OF the moon what John was carrying
What are you doing to me?" he
asked.
The woman began cutting his cords.
I'm going TO load you up with all
of the old eyesOres that we have had
in the house for these many years" /"
she said, merTily-"all the furniture
presented to US at Christmas by kind
hearted relatives, all the prizes we
have taken at card parties, all the
family porTaits-everything that We
have been simply dying to get rid of" :"
Life.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
Women Get Wireless Fever.

Women who are now employed as
operators in the wire" companies are
getting the wireless fever. Many are
experimenting with home made APP
paratus, while others besiege the
commercial wireless companies for
jobs
The manager Of one Chicago station
says ne has had to refuse a number of
women applicants in the last few
months. They come" he says, with
only a smattering of the knowledge
necessary, and are indignant when re-
fused jobs as operators. Even the few
who have acquired sufficient skill
will not employ because they are too
prone to be tempeTamental and under
the tension which the operators work
would acquire nerves too quickly.
There is perhaps only one woman
who is a wireless operator on a boat
She is on one of the Pacific boats run
ming between san Francisco and Sc
attle."
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
Makinn 4 Railway Man Work.

T. J. Naylor, general agent of the
Hawley lines, at Los Angeles, was in
the city last week on business, and
while on his way to the Flood build
ing Thursday left his suitcase in the
Office of the Canadian Pacific. The
boys in the office loaded 1t with lead
pipe. and when NaylOr got the suit
case later in the afternoon and walked
with it to the Manx hotel nearly every
railroad man on the row walked be-
hind and watched the struggle.
Gee, I only got about two collars
and three ties in this, but it Is heavy!"
he said when he was about three
blocks from the ManX.
"Weu it gets heavier the longer you
pack it." volunteered ]. R. HolcOmb Of
the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient,
Naylor didn't open the grip until the
next day, and since that time he has
been looking for the Canadian Pacific
agents with a piece of lead pipe in his
hand.-San Francisco Call
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

If eolord people groom themselves dainty destroy psrsa
ton odo grease shine from the face, and
discoveries improving the dressing the hair they
will be better received in the business world make
money, and advance faster.
The Chemical Wonder Company of York is the best
business friend coored people have It improves
as DR. Booker Washington improves minds That
pany manufacturers Chemical Wonders which win make
coloed people attractive individual pecuaies viii per
nit Coored men in New York who
better in banks clubs and business houses aad
men have better positions marry better get along better.
~ Complexion WonderCream will light up any ooiored
face (back brown) time used To this
trial. send demonstration sample Tor 10 cents egua
Jar 90 cents postpaid
1al Magneto-Metallic Comb, called Wonder Comb Can
be heated before using help saghten and dress the hair
Costs 50 cents, and will last lifetime.
al Wonder Uncur When this pomade dressing rs IA the
hair the kinks can be uncurIed and the hair becomes flexible
When heated into scalp and through the hair with Won
der Comb any Stiff knoy hair will dress we'll 50 cents pest
paid
+, Wonder Hair Grow fertizes the scalp and makes
hair Grow long Just as fertilizers the soil make oonstaks
grow so cents postpaid
(sl Odor Wonder Powder instantly destroys perprstion
odor People who neglect such chemical cleansing obno
ous. 50 cents postpaid
( Odor Wonder Liquid This fine toilet water surrounds
the BODY with delicate perfume When used with used with
Odo Wonder Powder the conditions of the body become
feet If you spare cents extra order this luxury 50
cents postpaid.
postpaid.
(8O Wonder WaSn n shampoo 10 Clean from aahdruH
insure the health of the hair and scalp 50 postpaid
(ol Shell Pink Creme will give light brown girls beautiful
pink cheeks without madeup appearance so cents postpaid
We guarantee all these Wonders represented.
We give advice free about hair, skin and scalp.
VIII send book q sttractiveness free.
We will prove we are friends of coored pso
pie
We require agent for every locality and guarantee
against loss Only 81 capital required
Always write II. B. Berger Co., Rector Street New
York We market ali the Chemei WoadH Company prepara-
tons.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
In the Chorus.

What's it like to be in the chorus? 3?
Perfectly fascinadng!" thinks the
shOpgirI as she measures of another
yard Of percaIe and pictures herself in
pink tights.
Awful" remarks the pTima donna
with a look of disgust that forbids all
reference to her own days among the
spear carriers.
"Remunerative," suggests the cynic,
recalling the inexhaustible supply of
Pittsburg milliOnaiTes ready to thrust
riches upon the airy little fairies of
the ballet.
Dangerous" urges the moralist,
with his mind on stage entrances and
champagne suppeTs.
'Impossible!" snaps the woman in
society.
"a foothold on the ladder to fame,
declares the manager, wisely.
Great" says the chorus girl. That
is translating freely into her own Ian
guage.
It's great if she happens to be in
right with an easy berth in a good
cCmDanyx But if she's lashed to a
bum outfit where she has to hustle
TO corral three squares a day, it's rot
ten.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
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 Tuskegee Nor
nal and Industrial Institute is 10
Gated. There is plenty of good land
for sale on easy terms. There is a
good schoolhouse, and the school
term lasting from seven t. eight
months in every part of the -ounty.
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-
pecially those who have children to
raise to come to Macon County and
buy a 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 J. Galloway, Real Estate
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
Good Turn by the OF Clio, Man.

GOCN ! Urn D4 lfiC vi CiO mdUH
That old clothes man back on the
corner just now saved me the price of
a new suit" remarked a young bust
ness man yesterday, on his way down
Euclid avenue past the old Arcade.
Nope. Guess again. / didn't sell
him anything and I haven't any idea
of buying a suit of secondhand clothes
from him. But until l walked by him
just then l Was Of the opinion that
would have to Icy aside this last sum-
mer's suit I've been wearing and pay
forty or fifty dollars for a new one.
Now I've changed my mind. That fel-
low on the corner asked me: Got any
OF clos to sell, mister? l told him
l didn't, and our conversation ended
right there. But it was enough. He
wouldn't ask a seedyIooking man If he
had any old clothes for sale, would
he? Naturally he'd think a shabbily-
dressed person was wearing about the
only clothes he owned and wouldn't
want to part with those. The ones
these old clothes people like to deal
with are the dre5sy ducks-the boys
that get new suit every little while
and dispose of the old ones for little or
nothing. He must have thought [ was
that sort. So l judge this suit must
stack up pretty well. I'll just make it
do this summer for every day and take
that forty or fifty dollars out of one
pocket and put it in another. CleVe-
land Plain Dealer.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
FROLIC WAS COSTLY
RoYsTERERs PAID FOR IT WITH
HIGH POSITIONS.
Unfortunate Series of Incidents the
Result of Future King of Westpha-
LAS Desire for Just HOne
More Night"

Previous to his elevation to the SOW
ereignty, Jerome Bonaparte had
formed a friendship with some young
authors at that time In vogue for their
wit and reckless gayety. On the even
ing after his nomination to the crown
Of Westphalia he met two of his 10
vial companions just as he was leav-
ing the theater. My dear fellows"
said he, Il am delighted to see you. I
suppose you know that have been
created king Of Westphalia?" "Yes,
sire. and permit us to be among the
first" "Eh, what! You are cere-
mOnious, methinks; that might pass
were I surrounded by my court, but
at present away with form and let US
be off to supper"
Upon this Jerome took his friends
to one Of the best restaurateurs in the
Palais Royal. The three chatted and
laughed, and said and did a thousand
OF those foolish things which when un-
premeditated are so delightful 1t
may be supposed that the converse
ton was not kept up without drinking.
When the wine they had drunk began
to take effect, My good friends" said
Jerome, why should we quit each
each other? If you approve Of my pro-
pOsal you shall accompany me. You,
C, shall be my secretary; as for you.
P, who are fond of books, I appoint
you my librarian" The arrangement
was accepted and ratified over a fresh
bottle Of champagne.
At length the party began to think
of leaving, and accordingly called for
the bill. Jerome produced his purse,
but the king of WestDhalia could only
find two louis, which formed but a
small portion of 2OOf, the amount of
the bill. The new dignitaries, by
clubbing their wealth, could only mus
ter about ST.
What was to be done? At one
o'clock in the morning where could
resources be found? Tney determined
to send for the master Of the house
and acquaint him how matters stood.
He seemed to take the frolic in good
part, and merely requested to know
their names. Having told him, the
restaurateur set his customers down
as sharpers, and threatened to send
for the cOmmissary Of police. This
alarmed Jerome, who, seeing that the
restaurateur doubted them, handed
over his watch in payment This
watch had been a present from NapO-
leon, and on the back was the en-
peror's cipher in bTilliants.
On examining the watch the res
taurateur concluded that it had been
stolen, and took it to the commissary
of police. The latter, recognizing the
imperial cipher, ran with it to the
prefect The prefect flew to the min
lister of the interior, and he in turn
went to the emperor at St Cloud.
Next morning the Moniteur contained
ali ordinance in which Jerome was or
dered to Westphalia at once, and pro-
hibited from comforting any appoint
ments till his arrival at his capital.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
MODERN IDEAS IN TURKEY
Medical Practitioners Are No Longer
Vigorously Excluded from
the Harem.

The attitude Of the hanoums to med
ical practitioners has changed much
of recent years. Twenty or 80 years
ago no Turkish woman would ever
have submitted to a physical ex-
animation by a doctor. All he could
have persuaded her TO do would be
to show him her tongue through
a rent IN the yashmak or let him
touch her pulse from behind a heavy
curtain and in presence, of course, of
an argus-eyed eunuch or old female
slave.
Any attempt TO apply a stethoscope
to the chest would have been spurned
as an impertinent presumption of
western "barbarism." No matter
how severe the illness the medical
man could not go beyond certain strict
limits of Islamatic usage and tradi-
uonal custom. Even in cases of i'm
mtnent danger to life these scanty
limits were never allowed to be over
stepped, and the belief in the incanta-
tiOns Of a priest and the house rene
dies Of old, ignorant and superstidous
women held unlimited sway and was
always greater than the faith In the
efficacy of medical skill and science.
This is now changing, and changing
rapidly. There are Of course still many
exceptions where antiquated views and
conceptions are fanaticaIly adhered to
and practised, but these become rarer
and Tarer with each advancing year.
Many Turkish women will now when
fl voluntarily call on a medical prac-
titoneT and never hesitate to submit
themselves to a thorough physical ex-
EaminatiOn.
The general public opinion on
these matters among the Turks is fast
Ialtering for the better and only in very
rare cases is there now any difficulty
at all raised as to letting the hanoum
submit to an examination with stethO-
scope or other instrument
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
He Liked Life Term Best.

He was one of Magistrate Gala
gher's regular" prisoners. His ready
tongue had generally contTived to get
him off with a reprimand, but one
day the magistrate, holding the scales
of justice from the desk in the FGf-
teenth and Vine streets police station,
decided to take severer measures.
You'll take the pledge or go tc the
house of correction" he told the ap-
parently penitent prisoner. Which? ?"
Pledge for life? said the man.
WELL" said the magistrate, lenient-
Iy, better make it for a year first
Then you can renew it."
'Oh, that's all right" the prisoner
remarked, cheerfully. 'T always take
IT for life" philadelphia Times.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
The Poor Bows opnortunitv.

Once more we realize that our re-
sources, our true resources Of strength
and Of greatness, are not to be sought
for in mine or field, but reside in man.
When we take account of these re
sources, we find once more impressing
upon us that we are not to look ex-
clusively to the fayoTe dhome Of excep-
tiOnal opportunity, to sheltered child
hood, to youth blessed with extraor-
binary advantages, to those upon whom
fortune has smiled and who are led
along the paths of life with constant
counsel and ready inspiration. But we
must take all America within our view
the homes Of the poor, the unfortu-
nate, those who seem thrust aside from
the fair avenues Of opportunity, those
upon whom it would seem a blight had
rested at the very beginning Of their
career. Probably today in some IowIy
home, where there is the hardest work
to achieve even a decent support,
where some little lad is looking out on
life apparently without a chance, is the
future leader OF the great people Of
this nation.-GOveTnor Hughes of New
York, in Leslie's.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
Wrong Name for a Card Sharp.

When John A. StrOsnider was ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner MorIe in Brooklyn, charged
with aiding young Coleman to rob the
National City bank of Cambridge,
Mass, of large amount of money, a
policeman OF German extraction said:
That's the first time I've heard q
card sharp called by that name. The
name was surely StrOhsChneider once
on time and was AmeTicanized into
what it is now. STohschneider is
German for straw cutter, but when
ever Germans play cards they have
only one name for the man who makes
unpardonable mistakes, who trumps
his partners ace, who can't count 18
and who disregards rules, and that
name is 'Strohschneider' If were
in the card business I'd never have
any confidence in a man with that
name"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
Best Way TO Telephone.

when I telephone while sitting, as
I custOmarily do" said a woman who
telephones a good deal, Il habituaIIy
speak in a low tone, not very much
above a whisper; when I telephone
standing up l don't shrek exactly, but
l find myself always speaking in a
loud tone. I suppose thhe reason for
these things is simple enough. When
| am sitting l am comfortable and en-
tirely at ease bodily and inclined to
do things easily, and then l can adjust
the telephone to exactly the most con-
venient height and angle and speak
into it quite without effort; it is all
very easy, whereas when l have to
stand at a telephone some effort is re
Quired in that l am more or less rigid
to start with, and then the telephone
may be one fixed in position. l may
have to bend my face more or less up
or down to the tTansmitteT, to stand
in a position more or less constrained,
and then when l come to speak / al
ways find myself, as you might say,
shouting into the telephone. 1t is my
experience that l make myself heard
more surely when sitting and tele-
phoning as I do then. easily and in a
low tone"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20

The fourteenth annual meeting of
the Hampton Negro Conference will
take place at Hampton Institute, We,
July 18th and 18th.
The twenty-ffth 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., 1910-08-20
Breaking II TO Him,

'Mr. Weerius, the last time you were
here you forgot your watch charm and
went away without 1t"
''Oh, I can get that any time, Miss
Mona"
Perhaps you'd better take it now,
though. It nay-e@be a long time,
you know, before you come again"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
ALWAYS Late

They had gone to a theater at
eight and found it empty. The people
srolled in about half after. and by
nine the house was filed.
The next night they went to a club
dinner at seven, and the diners ar
rived at half after eight and nine.
II was the same at a five-o' clock tea
that did not start until seven.
81 believe" he said, that these New
Workers would come in late to their
own funerals. New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20
Emigration of Children From England.

Emigration Of Children From England,
The other day two large parties of
children left Liverpool by the Allan
liner Corsican, Captain Cook, for Que
bee. says the London Times. One
party, consisting of boys and girls,
was from the Brit home, and the
ohtldren were under the care of Miss
Btrt. who travelled In the ship. This
lady has been engaged for 81 years in
rescuing children and has taken out
over 5000 and settled them in the
Dominion Of Canada The party in
the Corsican was the eighty-1rst
which has gone out under the au-
spices Of the home.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-20

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 Washington bee., 1910-08-20
RiCha ~dsOn's Pure Drug Store

3I6 ~ Street, S. w.
lust received large assignment Of fresh drugs and large
collection of very fine toilet preparations Easter goods and many
useful articles lust thing you desire for Easter offering
Richardson's Old Reliable Pure Drug Store,
3I6 "A Street, S w.
and 18th and RStreets N. w.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-31
Knew Where He Was.

"When / was studying In Boston,"
said a musician, "tbey used to tell a
tale about man named Harper, an
odd old character, who played from
bone in one of the small theaters
there. One time they were rehearsing
q new overture. Throughout the piece
Harper was little behind the rest Of
the men. Before they started it sec
ond time the leader reproved Harper
for not coming in more regularly with
the other players. When they attempt
ed 1t again Harper came in, as usual,
two or three beats behind time. The
leader stopped and, after letting loose
a lot of profanity, demanded to know
IL the trombonist knew he was playing
about half dozen notes behind the
others.
Harper nodded. That's all right
said he. Il can catch up with the 9th
ers any time want to- '"-Phlladel-
phia Telegraph.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-31
Mr.. Rooseyelts Fine Description Of
NairUbi Falls.

The Nairobi Falls, which were on
Heatleys Ranch, were singularly
beautiful. Heatley and visited
them one evening after sunset, COM
ing home from doys hunt. IL was
ride 1 shall long remember. We
left our men. and let the horses
gallop. AS the sun set behind us,
the long lights changed the ook of
the country and gave 1t beauty
that had in 1t an element of the
mysterious and the unreal. The
mountains loomed both larger and
more vague than they had been in
the bright sunlight, and the plains
lost their look of parched desolation
as the afterglow came and went. We
were galloping through world of
dim shade and dying color, and, in
this world, our horses suddenly halt
ed on the brink of q deep ravine
from out of which came the thunder
of a cataract. We reined up on a
jutting point. The snowy masses of
the fall foamed over a ledge on our
right, and below at our feet was a
great pool of swirling water. Thick
IOldBeu trees, Oh StrdflBe Sndpe anu
festooned with creepers, climbed the
sheer sides of the ravine. A black
and white eagle perched in blasted
tree top in front; and the bleached
skull of a long dead rhinoceros glim-
mered white near the brink to one
side.
On another occasion we took lunch
at the foot of REVERB Falls. These
are not as high as the falls of the
Nairobi. but they are almost as beau
tiful. We clambered down into the
ravine a little distance below and
made our way toward them, beside
the brawling, rockchocked torrent.
Great trees lowered overhead, and
among their heads the monkeys chat
tered and schreeched. The fall it.
self was broken in two parts like a
miniature Niagara, and the spray
curtain shifted to and fro as the wind
blew.-From African Game Trails"
by Theodore Roosevelt, in February
Scribner.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-31
Dictionary Lore.

"Poison" and "potion" are doublets,
the former being an older form of the
latter. Both are derived from the
Latin "potare," to drink, and ''poison"
in its original sense signifed merely
something to drink.
While the word human" used as
meaning "a human being is now
only colloqulal or humorous, Lowell
In the introduction to the "Biglow Pa
pers" chided Bartlett for including 1t
In his Dictionary of Americanisms"
and remarked that it was Chapman's
habitual phrase In his translation of
Homer and that 1t is found also in the
old play Of "The Hog Hath Lost
His Pearl."-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.