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The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

should decide to stay here perma-
nently, there would be all kinds of
trouble in some families, l reckon, and
many a bald-headed pater familias,
and many a blase bachelor, and many
a callow youth would move over to
Dabney's, bag and baggage. She has
been doing stunts there for two weeks.
and the men have been crowding the
place to witness her poetry of mo-
tion," as DR.. Henry Freeman calls it.
was there six night myself, but
didn't go to see Tillie do the Couchee-
couchee. l just went to see what |
could see. Every night | saw the
same old crowd of married men and
hot-stuff bachelors. Doc Freeman,
who is authority on this poetry of
motion" business, says Tillie Seguine
is the queen of motion-and Doc
Iought to know, being physician. Doc
only went a few times, however.
About ten nights. He went to study
limb movements, so that if he got a
patient with the selomeitis he would
know Just how to diagnose the case.
Doc Howard went six nights for the
same purpose. DR.. Sum Wormley
SAID Tillie had the most perfect set of
teeth ever incased in a mouth. He
went about seven times to study teeth
ology. Doc Gaskins went eleven
times for the same purpose. Judge
Terrell went just to be informed in
case he should have to render a de-
cision on the constitutionality of the
law permitting actresses to show po-
etry of motion in public. John Dancy
went because he got in free. Jim
Cobb went in order to be near if there
was a hurry call for an attorney who
is up On the serpentine movement.
John Collins, ditto. Most of the mar
ried men went just to be able to tell
their wives how they hated that bone
less movement, and it took seven or
eight nights attendance to convince
them. Well, Tillie had them all com
ing, with the result that that little dry
goods box of theater was packed
every night.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN

w. Sidney P1ttman and J. A. LanE-
ford form a partnership.
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A. F. Boston re-enter the Univer-
sal Pleasure Club.
DR.. Washington and DR.. Du Bois
alike.
NJ c. Maxfeld superintendent OF
the Second Baptist Sabbath school
Rev ]. Anderson Taylor and Rev
Waldron exchange pulpits.
Thomas L. Jones and John w. Pat
terson form law partnership.
L. NJ. King Exalted Ruler of Co.
lumbia Lodge of Elks.
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Attorney William L. Pollard mar
ried before the year of 1911 expires.
Attorney A. w. Scott religiously in
clined and leading Baptist prayer
meeting.
Ex-Judge E. M. Hewitt and Judge
Robert H. Terrell seated upon the
bench together.
Colored Democrats succeed colored
Republicans in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Ralph Given succeed Judge Alex
ander R. Mullowney, judge of the
United States branch Of the Police
Court.
Assistant United States Attorney J
A. Cobb name the date Of his com
ing marriage.
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Rev. Louis G. Gregory find the rest
of his new religion on his arrival Ill
Egypt.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
WILL PROSECUTE TO THE
LIMIT,

(Special Dispatch to the washington Bee)
TUSKEGEE, Ala, March 2o-Dr
Booker T. Washington emphatically
repudiates the dispatches sent out
from Philadelphia early this week in
timating that the prosecution of u
rich, the man who assaulted him a
week ago in New York City, would
be dropped. DR.. Washington also
brands as a misstatement the intima-
ton that he has in any way justified
the unprovoked attack upon him. The
whole story, he states, is a cruel mis-
representation, and does him grave in
justice. So far as Dr. Washington is
able to do it, Ulrich will be prosecuted
to the limit. and the charge changed to
felonious assault, if this can be
brought about.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
DISCOUNT ON BRAINS.
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The salaries paid the professors
and instructors of Howard Uni
versity amounts to no less than a
discount on brains. Every other
educational institution and all
business firms and corporations
pay a premium on brains. 1t re-
mains for this institution, which
has to prepare young men and
women for the future, to do the
pawnbrOker stunt of offering
rediculOusly low discount for a
gem. Take the salaries paid
Howard University, not from the
president down, but from the
deans down, and they constitute
a real retardence to education,
rather than an incentive. Here
we have an institution of learning
which appropriates to itself the
broad, dignified name of ''univer-
sity," and national at that, whose
deans draw the munifcent maxi
mum salary of S1,760, and some
of whose instructors draw as low
as 5000 per annum, and that, too,
in this the most expensive city to
live in on the American continent.
To become an instructor at How
ard one must be a college gradu-
ate. The minimum salary for
messenger or unstilled labOrer, or
a mere coal-heaver, in the gov
ernment service is $66O-siXty
dollars more than is paid some
college graduates who are prOfes-
sors or instructors at Howard.
And to be eligible for a messen-
ger or unsldlled labOrer one has
but to pass an examination any
pupil in the primary grade in the
public schools can pass. The
deans, however, must, preferably,
be pOst-graduates, and must have
a string of bachelor titles affixed
to their names as long as the
moral law. The maximum sal
airy paid a government clerk is
81 800, one hundred dollars more
than is paid the best professor
at Howard. And to be eligible
for this clerk salary the clerk has
OnlystO pass an examination which
any pupil in the grammar grade
of the public schools can pass
with ease, and without prepara-
ton. There are professors and
instructors at Howard who draw
81 900 and 81 200, men who are
graduates of one or more col
leges and universities. These ed
ucators, many years of whose lives
were devoted to preparation, and
whose present and future lives are
being and will be sacrificed for
the benefit of posterity, are COM
PEELED to labor in the highest field
of labor, and the most eXacting
field, at salaries lower, in some in
stances, than received by messen-
gers and cOal-heavers in the gov
ernment service, lower than men
whose abilities extend but a notch
further than the ability to read
indifferently and write ineligibly,
Who is responsible for the re-
diculOusly low. salaries paid the
faculty of Howard University
Is it not within the power of the
president to recommend at least
living, if not reputable salaries
Or is he so much concerned over
turning in, at the close of the
year, an unused balance of five OF
ten cents! We propose to have
more anon on this salary ques-
tiOn.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
MEDICAL SOCIETY INDORSE
HIM.
Harrisburg, Pa, March "a, 1911.
DR.. Booker T. Washington,
Hotel Manhattan,
IL

Hotel Manhattan,
New York City.
My Dear DR.. Washington: At re-
cent meeting of the Central Pennsyl-
vania Medical Society the following
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, we learn through the
public press of the atrocious assault
upon the person of Dr. Booker T.
Washington, and the charge, both by
his assailant and some of his less
kindly disposed critics, of suspicious
conduct, be it
Resolved, That we, the members
of the Central Pennsylvania Medical
Society, herewith extend our heartfelt
sympathy to Dr. Washington in this
unfortunate episode, and our sincere
belief in his moral integrity and con-
scientious uprightness.
I'VE condemn the scandalous charge
hatched out of this atrociOus and IN
warranted attack, and the seeming
readiness on the part of certain of his
critics to make capital of it.
We realize what the loss of public
confidence in DR.. Washington would
mean to the entire race; and so inn
plIcit is our confidence in him that we
still look to him as embodying all
those attributes belonging to one of
the worlds greatest and noblest men.
Be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be conveyed to Dr.. Wash
ington and a copy be given to the
press"
With sincere wishes for your speedy
recovery and early return TO your life's
work, and our earnest belief that the
incident will do much to strengthen
I remain, most sincerely yours,
Stephen J. Lewis, D. D. s.,
Cor. Secretary.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
THE DIFFERENCE.

There have been white prOfes-
sOrs at some institutions of learn
ing not more than a thousand
miles from the baseball park,
who have drank moderately or
excessively at will, but not a word
was said to them. On one Occa-
sion we learned of a certain white
professor who dropped dead IN a
cafe where was sold liquor which
did not always eXhilerate without
Intoxicating. But that was not
considered a matter for investiga-
ton upon information conveyed
in an anonymous letter. But a
colOred man, to be on the staff of
some universities we know, must
possess more religion than is con
tanned between the backs of the
Bible, and must be as sparing of
liquids that contain a suspicion of
alcohol as the North Pole is spar
ing of vegetation. 1t just makes
a difference as to color with some
unreasonable puIitans,
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
SPECIAL NOTICE.

From time to time subscribers and
contributors send to this Office for
publication articles stating that they
are news articles, and ask that they
be published. For the benefit of such
contributors The Bee begs leave to
inform all such persons that all church
notices, mass meetings, etc, that are
to take place at stated time are not
news notices, and they must be paid
for. Events that have taken place are
published as news matter; that is,
when such events are legitimate.
About two dozen such notices have
been received this week, and if the
senders do not see them they will
know that they must be paid for. If
all the notices that have been re-
ceived this week were published they
would take up almost a page. No
tees worth publishing are worth pay
ing for.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
BEN. DAVIS.

The Bee takes issue with its
contemporary, the New York
Age, in its attack on the editor of
the Atlanta, Ga, Independent.
An indictment for any offense is
not a conviction. Many an inno-
cent man has been indicted but
not convicted. An indictment is
not a conviction. The Ages at
titude is cowardly and unjour-
nalistic. Mr.. Davis career in the
State of Georgia has been honor
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
HIS OWN ENEMY.

\ local contemporary was so
contemplate last week that it
could not make a decent comment
on the assault upon DR.. Washing
ton. 1t goes to show that all of
the ignorance and demagogery
are not found in the uneducated
Negro. The editor of this local
contemporary is supposed to be a
highly educated colOred Ameri-
can. The cOlOred brother is his
own enemy, no matter what is
done for him to civilize him. He
laughs at his brothers downfall,
no matter what the circumstances
may be.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

A dastardly deed to one unites
a divided family; foreign war ce-
ments parties so as to form a solid
phalanx of loyal patriots. The
assault upon DR.. Washington dis
solved all differences over non
essentials to make way for unity
in the essentials.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

based by slander so palpable and evi-
dent as TO caus, a smile. We reaffirm
our confidence in the peerless char
acter of our leader of leaders"
Atro-American Presbyterian, of
Charlotte, n. C.: Mr. Washington
has the sympathy of all good people,
and none but the viciously inclined
will entertain the least suspicion of
wrong intention on his part"
The Star, of Newport News. Va:
The game of assaulting. lynching or
numbering Negro and then accusing
HIM OF insulting a white woman. has
been played so successfully that even
the foremost Negro in the land after
being outrageOusly assaulted has been
charged with insulting a white wo-
man"
The Philadelphia Courant, of Phila-
delphia, Pa: There is not a person.
black or white, North or South, who
believes that there is a sCintilla of
truth in the alleged charge against
DR.. Washington. The guilty burlv
white man should be punished, and
severely at that, for this dastardly
act"
The Richmond Planet, of Rich
mond, Va: Those colored folks who
seemed to think that DR.. Booker T.
Washington's influence as a political
referee was on the wane at Washing
ton will revise their opinion when
they read the letter of sympathy ad-
dressed to the distinguished educator
and political leader by the President
of the United States"
The Advance, Providence, R. l.,
says: "Dr. Washington is the very
embodiment of all that is pure and
virtuous, he stands for the very high
est ideals in the life of a peonIe."
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

In Judge Robert H. Terrell not
only have the Negro peoples OF
the District an able representa-
tive, but the public, without ref
erence to color, have an able ard
fair judge-one of the ablest on
the bench.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
Public Men And ThinDS
(By the Sage of the Potomac }

DR.. Harvey Wiley says beware of
alcohol in winter and soda water and
ice-cream in summer" When | read
that mess of words | just naturally
thought about Board & Mcclure, who
beat it" by selling soda water and
ice-cream the year round. They have
to do it in order to compete with the
bow-window thirst parlor across the
street. | don't know what women will
say to DR.. Wiley's effervescense over
soda water and ice-cream. Take away
lce-cTeam from women when Old Sol is
chasing the mercury in the thermom-
eter up above the hill Of fever heat,
but take it from me, if you take ice
cream from them you will take away
all the sunshine out of their lives. |
know one little woman, weight about
100 in the shade, who would cali out
the police reserves if it was done. And
as for avoiding alcohol in the winter
land of course, when Dr. Wiley says
alcohol he has reference to Old Crow
and kindred blends). does he think for
a moment that the average Churchman
is going to do without his morning S
morning" when the mercury is trying
! to drop out of the bottom of the bulb
when the icy wind is tearing up Four
teenth street faster than Bud Gaskins
can send his machine? Well, if he
does, he has got his dates mixed. Most
men, outside of Geo. w. Cook, will
cut out ice-cream, but they will draw
a line about a mile wide on cutting out
that lemon, sugar, and just a suspicion
of whisky on an arctic morning Most
women will take a chance at doing
Dennance by cutting out spirits fer
menti in the winter; but cut out ice
cream, never. DR.. Wiley may be a
chemist, but he's hunswabbled when it
comes to a knowledge of desireology.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
WHAT 1 SAW AND HEARD.
(By Rounder.)


Well, l see that my friends. Napier
and Lewis, have been broken in. They
have been invited to speak at some
church meeting. One is to address
the Bethel Literary, where colored
speakers are on a close party, and the
other will address a Christian En-
deavor meeting.
1t is amusing to see how the ring in
the Treasury Department tried to trap
the new Register. 1t failed, however
All former Registers, except Bruce,
went to his clerks, instead of having
the clerks come to them. | was glad
to see Register Napier inform his dep
uty that he would be pleased to see
his clerks in his office 1t was also
amusing to have seen a recent order
that the deputy issued the next day
after the new Register was sworn in.
1t directed that no emplOye shall call
on the Register during working hours;
that there Is to be no visiting. etc.
Well, you should have heard the
clerks after the PRONUNCIATION Of this
order. As a matter of fact, Mr.. Ma
pier knew nothing about it. Undoubt-
edly there are a few wOuld-be heads
in the Registers office who fear that
Mr.. Napier may think more of others
than he does of them.
I called at the Bond Building Mon
day morning to pay my respects to
the new Assistant Attorney General,
but he had not arrived | noticed when |
went in that the clerks must have
been looking for the new official
However, the moment the door was
opened, all eyes were stretched, and
every ear was cooked. l asked for
Mr.. Lewis, but the nabob in an ad-
joining room politely said that he had
not yet arrived.
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Well, | see that my old cOngenial
friend, Jesse Foster, has established a
new business place at the corner of
Eleventh and You streets northwest
l also see that he has leased the
building adjoining Martins Cafe, You
street, between Eleventh and Twelfth
northwest. Jesse is a hustler. 1t has
added to the corner immensely. If
you want a frst-class job done, you
should not fail to call on Jesse Fos-
ter, Eleventh and You northwest.
l think that DR.. Morse has one of
the finest drug stores in the West
End. 1t is a gem place. Everything
looks SO clean, and the drugs you will
always find fresh. Then, again, DR.
Morse is a genial companion. He has
everything bright around him. If you
want pure drugs, don't fail to visit
this place.
If it were not for the white people
what would become of the poor
blacks? Certainly, the colored people
dOn't take any interest in their own
The colored social settlement IS car
ried on by white people. The blacks
care but little for their own
l cannot help from being amused
when hear a colored lawyer address
| ing an audience, say that "You col
ored people don't appreciate a colored
| lawyer; you want a white lawyer"
Many of them have no confidence in
| themselves.
My friend, James II. Coleman, has
! become a great Christian EndeavOr
worker l would not be surprised to
see him in the pulpit. I imagine that
he would make fine preacher.
|
/ have every reason to believe that
the President of Howard University
will remedy the defects in the Howard
! ,.r Ccd1o1
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

Color does not signify manhood.
If it did there would be three
dark-skinned men to every one
with a white face. A colored skin
is simply a suggestion to the race
prejudice whites that while their
skin may be white their hearts
are black.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

Washingtonites and anti-Wash-
ingtonites in whom there abides
honesty and love of race, stood
shoulder to shoulder in repOsing
confidence in the purity of the
Tuskegee educator.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

Daniel Webster, on a memOra-
BILE occasion, said: Massachusetts
needs no defence" So we say of
DR.. Washington.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

1t required no great courage to
write after the President had
written.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

The Bee is the paper that you
should read.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

All the world loves a lover, it is
said.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

Every generation has its mar
tyr.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

IF Tillie Seguine, the boneless ser
Oentine movement female who has
Neen doing several kinds of stunts at
Dabney's get-rich-quick emporium,
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

The Durham Reformer, of Durham,
N. c.: Character and reputation
which have stood the test of quar-
ter OF a century cannot now be de-
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

Well, see that my friends, Napier
and Lewis, have been broken in. They
have been invited to speak at some
church meeting. One is to address
the Bethel Literary, where colored
speakers are on a close parity, and the
other will address a Christian En-
deavor meeting.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

Assistant United States Attorney
A. Cobb name the date of his com
ing marriage.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
TheAssauIt Condemned
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.

The Afro-American Ledger, of Bal
timore, Md: 1t is to be hoped that
Mr.. WashingtOn's lawyer will push
the case and give the ruffian the pun
lshment he so justly deserves"
The Washington bee., 1911-04-01

Rev. Louis G. Gregory find the rest
of his new religion on his arrival Ill
Egypt.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
MISS BRENNAN ENTERTAINS.

Last Friday evening the Brennan
home presented another scene of
gaiety and pleasure when Miss
Katherine entertained thirty-five of
her friends at a social card party.
The house was tastefully decorated
in the Easter colors and a profusion
of lilies seemed to remind all of this
special joyous season.
Sixty-three was played and al
though, as the tally-cards expressed
it, Chances We're even when they
began it seemed that Friday proved
an unlucky day for some. The first
prizes were awarded to Miss Stoddard
and Mr.. Wagner, while Miss Fuller
and Mr.. III. Toomer carried of the
boobies.
At twelve o'clock an elegant lunch
was served, after which music was
rendered by the Misses Topper
Brennan and little Esther Brennan
and Mr.. Switzler and number o
the Pinafore boys. Several delight
full readings also were given by Mis-
Stoddard, while Mrs. jeff Davis en-
tertained the guests with one of he
remarkable acrobatic feats.
1t was not until the 'wee small
hours" had crept in that the guest
hastily departed to board the las
train to Dreamland.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28

carried out in the resolutions
which were presented to the
railroad officials last Friday.
Not a thing was asked for in
those resolutions but what
was for the best interests of
the whole county. The re-
duction in freight rate on coal,
if secured, will benefit almost
every family in the county.
The extension of the Paris
branch through the west side
of the valley would benefit
not only that section, but
would result in building the
entire county, and be the
means Of bringing hundreds
of people to the shores Of
beautiful Bear Lake each sea-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
PrIee Of IVORY InereasIna.

Ivory continues to make rapid gains
in cost and may sooner or later be in
a class with gold. At the sales in
Europe the tremendous demand
pushes up the price. The allotment
for each sale seems be the same,
and-with gaining consumption it is
logical to expect a price advance.
This will continue until substitute
ivory is discovered or ivory Is Sc
cured in greater quantities. Although
we buy a great many tusks for piano
keys and use the very latest method
of cutting and. bleaching. the margin
of profit In finished key ivory liz ex-
ceedingly small. With the best of
skill In blocking the waste is enor-
nous and there are many other de-
tails In connection with key ivory
manufacture that require time and
money.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28

son. Even the erection of the
much needed depot and
freight house in Montpelier
would be a benefit to the
people in almost every section
of the county. Thus is the
Commercial Club working for
the best interests of the entire
valley and the organization
should at least receive the
moral support of every citizen
who is DESTROYS of seeing the
county advance in population
and wealth.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
Montpelier. Idaho, April %, 1911

In referring to the recent
cold snap in Idaho, the Lewis
ton Teller remarks that an
Idaho frost is less dangerous
than a Kansas tornado. Right
you are. The damage done
to the fruit crop in Idaho by
the frost this spring is small
as compared to the loss of
crops and life already this
year by tornadoes in Kansas
and Oklahoma. We think we
have lawful weather" here
in Idaho sometimes, but take
it year in and year out Idaho
has got the Mississippi valley
skinned 40 Salt Lake blocks
when it comes to climatic
conditions. We would rather
live in a shack in any one OF
Idaho's fertile valleys than tc
dwell in palace in wind
swept Kansas or Oklahoma
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28

The assessor of Canyon
county is proclaiming that he
is assessing at full cash value.
People coming from there say
he is doing nothing of the
kind, but making about a fifty
per cent valuation. The ass
essor of Shoshone county is
said to be going the limit,
while that of Latah is making
his valuations approximate
those of last year. What is
the state board of equalization
going to do about it?- Ameri-
can Falls Press.