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A DNlINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Hav-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

all the enthusiasm of youth and happiness. l to
have the time of my life at this great ball The
before at Sharon Springs, had met young girl who
to out the following winter and this ball
to be our first She had much feeling much scntl
ment, SO little wordliness, in her nature, that she
formed wonderful contrast to her mother who
lady of fashion, that one always said, "What
beautiful creature Madame L isl Such fine eyes, such
wonderful glossy black hair such marvellous skin! If
she could only have the heart that her daughter had
what perfection of a nature that would be' But
the world said that where the heart should be there
only bit of ice
When had secured my invitation, l wrote from
Albany and asked this girl if she would dance the
tillion with me. | remember well the charming note
she wrote in return saying that nothing would delight
her and that she would look forward to meet
ing at this ball with much pleasure and that should
dance first cotillion together 1t that she
never told her mother; in fact the day before the ball,
her mother said to her:
al quite worried that you haven't told me that
any of the young who come to you have asked
you to dance at your first ball
"Oh,' replied the young girl, al forgot to tell YOU
going to dance it with Mr. Fred Martin of Albany.
"What' replied her mother. "Dance with Fred
Martin, coming from provincial town-from out in
the country? l won't permit it,"
arrived in the afternoon where the ball was to be
held, and found there note from the mother say
ing that her daughter very we'll and that she
would not be at the ball, that the engagement to
dance the cotillion with me off. only in my
teens; and never shall forget the shock when, com
ing out of the coakroom and just about to enter the
ballroom, this great lady of fashion passed
were almost leading her daughter along by her side.
And as the girl passed caught the words:
"Nama IS fault am brokenheartcd!'
Away went all bitterness out of my heart, and in its
place sympathy and sorrow, to feel that this girl
should have mother who had proved the truth of
what the world said about her, that she had bit of
ice where her heart should have been.
DINING in Paris last spring among the American
- Colony, met number of people from Chicago.
There happened to be one, elderly lady, who had
placed her daughter very well in life regards marriage
and money.
The daughter had, after the marriage, moved with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

her husband to Paris and taken up their residence
among the American Colony.
Meeting one day the mother of this young married
lady, learned from her that her daughters husband
had died since last l had her. When l next met
the young widow, could not help saying to her. in the
sympathy of my heart:
81 sorry that since last you, you have had
the great grief of losing your husband"
She looked up with dreary, far away expression in
her eyes, as she replied, ooh! Yes-ycs! Poor man;
he is gone! But, you know he had stroke, and it is
far better that he vent because if he had lived he
would have been nothing but drbbling idiot"
Good Heavens | thought, what one hears, moving
from place to place in the great social world and what
shocks receives! 1t on the tip of my tongue
say her, "Who knows whether it not just the
coldness of the hearts of those who surrounded him
that drove him into this condition."
A MOTHER story of an American lady living in the
colony of Paris to my recollection For
years she had spent her money and time in entertaining
in an effort to become fashionable among the ars-
tocracy of Paris She had at length arrived at what she
thought the height of the ladder of her ambition
in the Partisan social world Madame 1--WE shall call
herr then gave very smart musicale She had all her
fashionable friends and it great success, and all
the guests left, muttcring:
"What a wonderful hostess is Madame x She so
thoroughly understands the of entertaining and of
making the evening pass quickly without anyone ever
feeling bored suffering from the slightest ennui.
The next morning, after this wonderful entertain
mcnt of her oldest and dearest friends called upon
her. This maiden lady who but few years
previously had plenty of money, lived in luxury, trav
eled with her mother everywhere but when the mother
died the estate settled up and it found that
there scarcely left pittancc for this maiden lady
to live upon. She had just her room in Paris, and
couldn't afford to have maid But old friends
kind to her. and she invited to the smart
houses She wondered how her dear old friend Madame
had forgotten to invite her to the charming enter
tainment that she had just given in Paris. So she
called upon her, found her in, the morning after the
great entertainment, and Immediately said to her:
kate, that very smart party you gave last
night From what read about in the papers you had
all the fashionable world at your home"
"Yes dearest Louise replied Madame x, ut
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child gold watch Several months later the maiden
lady died, leaving fortune of hamillion dollars;
but the day after the christening she changed her will
-willed her money to else. Had the mother
not been snob the child would not have lost the in
heritance..
Some snobs very good hearted; but the fear of
losing their social position them to suppress
their better selves.
daughter said to her mother, "Why did you cut
Mrs. Brown: The mother answered, II had to, be-
Mrs. Robinson cut and had to cut one
| am sure there times when a snob has very
deep feeling for others | also there is often
among them feeling of deep regret that they have
act snobbshly think too that the majority of snobs
in the world do realize they snobs. Usually it
is brought home to them by severe blow.
Snobocracy is passing The future belongs to de-
mocracy.
A MERICA is the land of democracy, they say We
wont to pride ourselves on this, and, with
scornful finger pointed at Engands titled arisocracy,
delight in the fact that here there is place at
least where one man is good another, and where
snobbishness has no place. Poor, deluded fellow
country1ncn They do not know society as do. They
need only take little peep into the life of fashionable
America to discover that here too in the land of the
free, snobbery reigns supreme.
like to study the Snobbery of people in the fashion
able world. And trace it down through every
grade of life to the very Joy of the bootblac in having
regular customers what he calls "howing swells"
And when hear people talking about certain ladies and
gentlemen having powerful positions in life, and hear
the old phrase, "They have got the top of the tree
as one often describes the eliminating of
certain families am than convinced in my
mind of the truth of remark made by King Edward
VII, that it is not getting the top of the that
entails the greatest sacrifices, but holding after
get there. And to hold successfully must be Ob!
And snobbery is the of selfshness the anti
thesis of generosity The disease drinks up the last
drop of the milk of human Kindness it puts out the
las of
unhappy person HIMSELF but what is worse he reduces
everyone with whom he in contact to a like state.
WELL remember years ago when | went to my first
great ball in New York, in the early days when Mr..
MCAllister held the Patriarch Balls left Albany in
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"HIS snob story was not
written for the purpose of
attacking any particular
social or economic class. Snobs
exist in every walk of life.
The rich snob not only the
poor, but one another.
The poor snob not only the
rich, but one another.
Snobs affect gentility and pre-
tend a superiority that they do
not possess.
Snobs ape and cringe to their
superiors, and are overbearing to
those upon whom they look as be-
meath them.
Snobs regard wealth and po-
sition rather than character.
Snobs pretend to be uncon-
scious of your existence while they
are trying to dazzle and stun you
with their appearance.
Snobs miss their mark.
l remember an incident that
strikingly illustrates how people
fail to obtain what they snob-
bishly seek to gain.
A retiring dear old maiden lady
loved a certain child SO intensely
that she made her will in its
favor and eagerly looked forward
to being its godmother; but the
mother of the child preferred and
chose a great lady of society as
the child's godmother. The old
maiden lady's disappointment
was so great that it nearly
broke her heart. Sometime later
The Appeal., 1911-05-06
LINcoLN's. FRIEND SAVED,


Forty-seven years ago Abraham Lin
coin wrote a personal letter to the
postmaster general asking him to en-
ploy Miss Susan Dugger, a young
woman of Carlinsville, ILL.,, who was
the sole support of her brother, a
union soldier, crippled at Shiloh Miss
Dugger got position and preserved
the letter religiously. Secretary Mac
Veagh after reading the same letter a
few days ago ordered that Miss DUG
gers name be kept on the treasury's
list of employees, though she has been
Ill for more than year. When an
employe has been absent without pay
that length of time it is customary to
strike the name from the roll.
Senator Cullom showed the letter to
Secretary MacVeagh, who promised
that Miss Dugger may have her old
position, if she is ever able to work
again. She is now,70 years old. She
is an expert in detecting counterfeit
money ke ...-
The Appeal., 1911-05-06

students at Sage College were op-
pos d to the young women, as DR..
! Schurman's letter points out. He
writes that he has received two Pc
titions on the subject.
zone of these petitions,'' he says,
signed by 269 women students,
begged that we deny the application
for admission which you have recent
ly received from two Afro-American
women students; the other petition
signed by 80 women students, objec-
ted to this discrimination
DR.. Schurman continues:
"Afro-American students have re-
sided in Sage College in the past, and
l do not see any good reason why
that policy should be changed. At
Cornell all university doors must re-
main open to all students, irrespec-
tive of race or color, or creed or So
cial standing, or pecuniary condition.
The last Afro-American woman stud
ent who resided in Sage College
writes me that she was politely and
considerably treated by the women
students, and that these years of
residence in Sage College were the
happiest of her life.
Though I am compelled to deny
the petition of the 269 women stud
ents, have not a particle of doubt
that they will make the lives of the
two incoming students equally hap
py."
The two Afro-American students
who applied ~unsuccessfully last
year, and whose renewed applications
forced the issue this year, are Rose
Vassar, of Lynchburg, Va, and Pau
line Ray, of Geneva.
THE APPEAL is glad that in spite of
the many clouds which hang over the
pathway of the race, that there is
an occasional rift through which we
may see the dawn of brighter day.
The Appeal., 1911-05-06
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1911.
A BILulCNAIRE.

A suit involving billion dollars
has been filed in the Court of Claims
at Washington by Elbert R. Robin
son, an Afro-American of Chicago
Ill.,, in which the government is
made defendant. .
The action involves the patent
rights of an electric signal system
whici? Robinson claims were granted
him by the government, and which
he claims have been infringed by
other patents.
Robinson, who is an attorney, will
argue his own case when it comes
up before the court on Monday.
If Robinson wins he will have the
distinction of being the first Afro
American Millionaire.
Miss Estelle Arnold Of this city,
who. is visiting Mrs. Charles j. Pick
EFT in Washington, D. c., was given
a swell reception by her hostess last
, Friday evening. 1t was attended by
the elite of Washington.
The Appeal., 1911-05-06
NO COLOR LINE AT CORNELL.

President Jacob G. Schurman of
Cornell University has decided that
there shall be no color line at that
institution.
That was made clear when a letter
written by him to Mrs. Gertrude A.
Martin, adviser of women of the
university, was given out. DR.. Schur-
man makes it clear that there can
be no discrimination at Cornell on
any ground, and that Afro-American
girls have as much right in any of
the university buildings as other
persons. This means that they may
room in Sage College, the woman's
dormitory, which is a university
building.
Thus the two Afro-American wo-
men who have been trying to get
into Sage College for year or more
have won their fight, and the 269
Co-eds, who have sought by petition
to keep them out, have lost.
1t developed that not all Of the
The Appeal., 1911-05-06


] promise to eclipse, in point Of at
! tendance and interest, that of any pre-
Vlous comm encement at the institu-
The seventeenth anniversary exer.
cises of the Phelps Hall Bible Train
ing School will be held Monday, May
Institute Chapel.
1 One OF the most interesting events
! Of commencement week is that of the
| Trinity Church Boston Prize Contest,
| which takes place on Tuesday, May
23rd, in the Institute Chapel at 1880
| D. m.
| The special commencement day ex-
ercises on Thursday, May 25th, will
begin at 1880 a. m., after drill by the
entire battalion, and second session
in the afternoon at 900 p. M; con
Guiding with the delivery of the an
nual commencement address by Judge
Robert H. Terrell, of the Municipal
Court of the District of Columbia.
Among the graduates on the pro-
gram will be julius Freeman, of Will
son, N. G., and Acie Jones, Of Thomas
vile, Ga, the valedictorian and saluta-
vi AAoh, VIII Will SpSdh Oh INDUSTRIAL,
as we'll as on academic, subjects.
There will also be panoramic dis
play of the trades. illustrating the
work as actually carried on in the
different shops and divisions of the
school.
The various divisions of the school
will be in operation during the week
and on May tWenty-fifth Visitors and
friends of the institution will have
ample opportunity to inspect the work
of the Students
Special arrangements have been
made for the accommodation of all
visitors, and probably a great many
people will take advantage Of this op-
portunity to visit the institution.
Open, round trip, reduced railroad
rates can be secured to reach Tuske-
gee during commencement. For the
convenience of visitors attending this
occasion, a special train will be oper-
ated from Montgomery to Tuskegee
and return, and also from Opelika and
intermediate points to Tuskegee, on
May 25th.
The Appeal., 1911-05-06
other things was the following para

] other things was the following para
1 graph:
Jesus Christ came preaching the
| Kingdom of Heaven among men. He
came to set up His government with
the Ten Commandments as the Dill.
lars of the temple of Justice. He
came to set forth the magma charta
OF the worlds hope in the beatitudes.
He came to establish the Golden Rule
as the principle to govern the rela-
tlons of men. There is one mortal
enemy whose domination over the
hearts of men must yet be broken.
The perfect love that casts out all
fear yet has sway. AS long as men
are fearful they will be unbelieying
as long as they are subject to fear
they will lack spiritual force and
courage. AS long as timidity preys
upon them they will not have the
spirit OF Him who entered Jerusalem
saluted by song that He might pass
into the shadows of Gethsemane over
borne by sorrow. Hence, it is that
the things eternal in human life, in.
human hope, in human character
are the things that are brought forth
by Jesus Christ to dominate men in
their personal lives, in their domestic
relations, in their civic associations.
in their religious purposes. The
nigh glory of Palm Sunday is the
chief honor of the church, The
church has no cause for being save
as the temple of safety and salvation.
OF succor and blessing
In view of the conditions which
exist in Baltimore it seems mockery
for the paper to print such matter.
Jesus Christ has never been able
to get into Baltimore, the Golden
Rule has no place in the ethics of the
inhabitants of that city reeking with
injustice, inhumarity and brutal race
prejudice. Thelthings brought forth
by Jesus Christ do not dominate the
!len of Baltimore in their personal
lives or their civic associations and
that is proved by the Infamous seq.
regation law just enacted by the city
fathers OF Malyland's metropolis.
The Appeal., 1911-05-06

in force prohibiting or regulating the
coming of Chinese or persons of
Chinese descent into the United
States be made to apply to Jap.
anese, Koreans, Tartars, Malays, Al
ghans, East Indians, Lascars, Hindus,
and all persons of Mongolian or AS
iatic race or extraction.
1t is further, provided by the bill
that all persons affected by the pro-
posed law now in the United States,
other than those engaged as teachers,
students, merchants, bankers, pro-
fessional men, or persons touring
the country for pleasure, must, with
in year after the passage of the act,
apply to the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor for certificate of resi-
dence. All such persons who have
not certificate of residence will be
arrested and be subjected to depor-
tation. OF course the bill will not
pass this Congress but it is interest
ing as an evidence of the growth of
color prejudice.
The Appeal., 1911-05-06
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One Rev. Gray, who has recently re-
turned from Panama, speaks of the
wonderful work of Christianizing the
Panamans, Chinese and Negroes" If
the work being done there is Christ
ian, the writer prefers to be heathen.
THE APPEAL has in it's possession a
little pamphlet which states in plain
English that only white" people are
admitted to the Y. NJ C. "A. Many
semi-public organizations in the United
States draw the line on the brother in
black, but the writer has never seen
a booklet stating the fact in plain
words. IT,.
The Appeal., 1911-05-06
6AMMoN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA.GEORGIA A

.-.-.' AIMS AND MEIEHOUo.
The aim OF this school is to do prac-
tical work in helping men towards suc-
cess In the ministry. It's course Of study
Is broad and practical; its ideas hiEh;
its work is thorough; its methuds ara
fresh' systematic clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY.
. The regular course of study. occupIe.
three years, and covers the lines OF work
IN the several departments of Theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seninaries Of +he country.
EXPENSES AND AID
Tu1tion and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly rur-
n1shed Good board can be had for seven
uoliars. . per month. Buildings heated by
-. I'd from loans without interest. ana
gllts or friends. are granted to deserv-
ing students who do their utmost in the
grace. gifts and energy need be DERIVED
OF ne advantages now opened tc: hin
address r"' ''o"o1s
e REV. J. w. e. BOWEN, n. %.
Pres Cannon, Theological Seminary
The Appeal., 1911-05-06

Editor Armand Capdevil1o of the
Bee and Editor J. G. Debarow-Celli
Of the Wasp, two French papers
published in New Orleans, met on
the streets of that city and INDUCED
in fist fight. Both received black
eyes and of course under the Louisi-
ana law which permits Caucasians
to do as they please and Furnishes
only Afro-Americans for their in
fractions of the law, the contestants
were allowed to. go free.
The Appeal., 1911-05-06
Dr., w. Ward Platt. of Phila

Dr.. w. Ward Platt, of Philadelphia,
is very anxious to convert the Asiatic
people living on the Pacific coast to
Christianity. Judging by newspaper
reports, it would seem that the eau,
casians themselves need to be convert
ed to true Christianity. The Asiatics
are behaving themselves, making mon.
ey, educating their children and con
Quoting themselves with more propri.
ETY. than the white heather, who en-
deavor to oppress them