Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-13

made to speak there at $50 O'Clock.
The church was packed to the doors
with congregation of both white
and colored people number who
had been at Park church followed the
I speaker to the other meeting house to
hear him speak a second time
An orchestra played Hold the Fort
! as he was escorted into the church
and the congregation joined in the
\ hymn Pastor W. III. Eley presented
Mayor Lippitt, who in turn introduced
/ DR.. Washington. referring to the honor
I he felt in introducing him as an Am
erican citizens.
Dr. Washington was due to leave
by the boat train SO that he spoke
only briefly. but to the intense appre-
citation of his audience who FREQUENT
ly interrupted him with applause. To
shun idleness. TO appreciate the digni-
ty of labor and to acquire and use an
education that shall contribute to the
material prosperity of the great mass
of the people he made the keynotes an
| his fofceful words of advice.
Idlsness Disgrace.
Idleness, he said. is a disgrace to
any people and no condition more than
idleness is so productive of evil to
young men and young women The
they need to use it when they get it
and to get the kind that can be used.
It is the prosperity Of the ordinary
people that means the prosperity of
great mass of the people in ways that
Will bring in something to eat Be-
cause the negro people haven't put
brains and skill into the things they
knew. they have lost some OCcupA-
tions which formerly belonged to them
and we need to put these things into
our work TO hold our jobs: Illustrat-
ing this point, DR.. Washington said
that he had gone into a hotel recently
where there was a French waiter
This man had put brains into his bus
mess, for when he brought the change
it was on a silver tray all carefully
spread out IN nickles. dimes. quarters
and halves. 1t was a pretty mean man
who would pick up ever one OF those
pieces Blu next day in a hotel wheue
the waiter WIS 2 negro it was differ
ent. This waiter brought the change
all in his hand and dumped the
whole amount into Dr. Washingtons,
who yielded TO the tempta ton of put
ting it all into his pocket
Saving Is Necessary.
OF equal Importance with making
saving some of what You get hold of,
said DIR. Washington. Start a bank
account for yourself and every mem
Der of your family, and get some mon
ey to working for you. like the white
man. Married men should talk their
business affairs over with their wives.
telling all about their debts and their
wages, for without such knowledge no
VIE cOulQ successfully neIp ner nus
band.
Concluding. the speaker said that
he was more interested in getting
some of heaven into this world than
getting the people into heaven in the
next. Keep hell out of here and you
won't have to worry about getting in
to hell in the next world. In spite of
all handicaps the race is progressing,
and will continue to progress. but
don't keep on advertising that you
are downtrodden race One thing
that the white man will respect is
success and if you show him that you
can succeed YOU will get his help, for
in this great American republic there's
a chance for every black BOY and every
black girl that Will show they have
the stuff in them.
BIest Be the Tie That Binds was the
hymn and then Dr. Wash
ington and Mayor Lippitt with the
pastor were invited to a banquet given
by the trustees in the room at the rear
of the church. The speaker had time
to stop for only a minute before he
had to take his auto for the train. A
fine menu was served including salads,
green peas, biscuits cake,
ice cream and coffee. Those serving
were Mrs. William E. Geary, Mrs.
Speed Evans, Mrs. Maria Silvia. Mrs.
Zorah Hall and Mrs. John Harris. with
Misses Josephine Fields Anna Cross,
and Idella Scott as mattresses.