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The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

If eoored people groom aAizsy destroy psspa
ton odors grease shine lses
discoveries improving the skin and Gzesszg the Aa s
received in the business world, 2aAs
money and advance faster.
The Chemical Wonder Company Of New York u the kes
business friend coored people have 1t improves Aes Ae
as Dr. Booker Washington improves their minds Thss Go
pany nine Chemical Wonders
eoored people attractive individual pecuaEs wu per
NIT Colored New York who use these WenAs hold
better situations in banks clubs and business houses @a
better positions, marry better get along Settez
ID Complexion WonderCresm will light Hp any eoiorOG
(bac brown) every time is used To prove
trial. send demonstration sample for Raza
jar, so postpaid.
(s) Magneto-Met Como, called WOads4 ComA Caa
be heated before using to help straighten sad hs
Costs 90 cents, and will last lifetime.
Cd Wonder Uneurl When this pomade drsssAg l.
hair the kinks be uneurled and the hair becomes Aee
When heated into the scalp aad through the hair with Won
der Comb stf 1noy hair will dress we'll 50 esahs pest
paid
(D Wonder Hair Grow fertlizes the scalp aad snakes
hair grow long, just fertilizers in the soil make sssasts
grow. so cents postpaid.
(s) Odor Wonder Powder instantly destroys pessvateu
People who neglect such chemical cleansing
ou' 50 ceat' postpaid
the body with delicate perfume When used with used witt
Odo Powder the the BODY beeeas per
feet If can spare 50 cents extra, order th lH<sy s.
cents postpaid
% Wondss Powder keeps the feet dainty 50 esAs
postpaid
(s) Woadsr Wash, A shampoo to clean frem aaaArwa
and health of the hair scalp so postpaid
(o) Shell Pink Creme will give light browr girls be&sifw
pink cheeks without uadeup appearance postpaid
We guarantee all these Wonders represented
We give advies free about hair skin and ssasp
WH ssHa book skrae4ivszess iree.
We will trse business fiea&s - easssA psO
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We require sgeas sOs every locality ssa g~aEAAAas ysx
awalast lOss. OaIy $s capital required.
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The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
When to Eat Fruit

To obtain the most benefit from the
succulent fruits they should be eaten
at the end Of the chief meal. Bananas
are an exception and may be eaten
with any meal. They are very ac-
ceptable cut in thin slices and eaten
with bread and butter. Stewed fruits
often have their virtues wasted
through being eaten at the wrong time.
Six or eight stewed prunes half an
hour before breakfast are beneficial;
so are stewed figs or stewed apples
eaten before breakfast. Peeled or
anges cut into thin slices so that the
Juice is set free, with sugar strewn
over the slices, are not unlike pine
apple and form a highly efficacious aid
to digestion. Grapes should never be
eaten except after the chief meal Of
the day. Taken when the stomach is
comparatively empty, they are a spe-
cially harmful fruit.-Family Doctor.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
WORTH ADVERTISING FOn

There s400 Negroes employed here N wAsA@s~~ -
the Government alone and these Negroes aaw s@ss
gegatng $3oo These thaa tATss millions q 6@s2Ee
are spent right here in Washington but scattered aeag z
hundreds of tradesmen Il this 81 nOaey wesA -
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city would refuse the big &a tAsy A ssAhs
how much money the Negroes ire really speEAng.
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speua ~ he Negroes Of Washington
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aaasevss three millions aSRaes spsaE by WssEsy
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New l. - tuAe advertise te tA0t
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The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
MANS WILL POWER.
sismarek's Comment on Sehepsnhause
and His Theory as 1t
Applied to Him.

In an entertaining account of a Gin
ner party at Prince Bismarck's Berlin
residence which is given in the reeol-
lections of the Livonian Journalist Eek
hardt the following. which was g part
OF the table talk, shows the host In a
new light: The conversation had turn.
ed on Bismarck's early days at Frank
fort. and Eckhardt asked whether at
the table d'hOte of the Hotel d'AngEe-
terre his host had ever met Schopen-
hauer ''No," said Bismarck: ..be had
no use for me nor for him. More
over, l have never had time or desire
to occupy myself with philosophy.
While was a student Schopenhauer
was still unknown. know absolute
ly nothing about his system"
Another guest, an admirer Of Scho-
penhauer, then Joined enthusiastically
IN the conversation and explained that
the philosophers great merit consisted
in the discovery of the fact that will
power was the indestructible essence
of the mind of man and that inteln-
gence was only of secondary impor-
tance. THAT may very well be true"
said Prince Bismarck, "at least as far
as L am concerned, for / have often
noticed that my will had already come
to a decision while my mind had not
yet finished thinking about the same
subject" !"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
A MAGIC CLUB,
Village ssresrsr Performs Rlsss Over
Curious 0seoy ussd by the Ne.
tive Fishermen of Hawaii.

"Lau melomel0" is the name OF a do
coy used by the native fishermen OF
Hawaii It T. made of the hardest
wood to be found on the islands and Is
carved and rubbed till 1t assumes the
shape Of a club with a little knob at
the smaller end, to which the line is
tied.
The club is from one to three feet
long. A village sOrcerer performs GER
tain rites over it over a sacred fire.
After this Is done the club is magic,
and the fisherman must be extremely
careful of it. If woman should step
over it or enter canoe in which 1t lies
the club would lose all its power and
would be useless ever afterward.
After the club has been charmed the
fisherman mixes candlenut and cocoa
nut meat, bakeS it and ties the mix
ture in wrapper of cOcOanut fiber.
At the fishing grounds the club Is
covered with the oily juice of the stun
and is then lowered carefully to the
bottom. The scent of the baked nut
meat attracts certain kinds of fish,
which soon gather and begin to nibble
at the club. AS soon as enough fish
are around the decOy a small bag
shaped net is lowered very gently until
its mouth is just over the club. The
latter is then pulled up carefully and
cunningly till it is within the bag. The
fish are so eager for the stuff with
vryEsc sch IF1h IL hot
follow 1t into the net without fear.
AS soon as all the fish are in it a fish
erman dives and closes the mouth of
the net, whereupOn the rest haul it
I'D quickly.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
identified.

william NJ. Chase, the artist, was a
picturesque figure, dressing in clothes
that had a certain originality, though
they conf0rmed more or less to the
prevailing fashions. On one occasion
Chase on his way home stepped into
a little wine shop and ordered a jug
of claret of a special brand sent to his
house. The lad who brought it came
to the front door an hour afterwaFd,
when the artist had already arrived.
Some wine.'' he said curtly. The
maid, knowing there was yet plenty in
the cellar and believing the lad had
made a mistake, said she was sure it
was not for that house and did the
boy remember the name Of the man
who ordered it. The boy didn't.
Then" said the servant, you've
come to the wrong place; we never
ordered winer' At this moment the
boy spied Chase's famous hat on the
hall table. "Say," he asked, "does
that hat live here?" Yes" said the
amused maid. "Then," said the boy
triumphantly. ''here's where the wine
belongs sr'-Argonaut.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
THE WHITE WASH.
The Reason For lts Presence on the
Hudson Bay company's Boat
Explained by ths Captain.

It Is or was a rule Of the Hudson
Bay company that no woman be al
lowed passage on its boats. One day
some years ago as a steamer OF the
company neared one OF the northern
most ports a string Of white garments
was seen stretched across the deck.
The watchers We're amazed, for to
taem the wash line suggested only the
presence of a woman aboard the boat
Comment was freely made Of the
scandal that would ensue and the
shakeup that would follow. When the
boat dOcked the line of washing had
disappeared-stil another proof of the
scandal
Later one of the landsmen said to
the captain:
why, how did it happen that you
carried woman passenger this trtpY'
''There was never a woman along
the whole voyage" was the indignant
answer. what do you mean%"
''If there was no woman aboard
where did all that white wash come
frOmP' was the triumphant reply.
The captain looked puzzled for a
moment, and then he laughed
''Oh," he said, "and didn't we have
Lord StrathcOna, the governor himself,
along with US on this trip? And every
day doesn't he insist on having his
clean white shirt, no matter how far
north we are? That's the white wash
you saw strung along deck. And,
what's more, doesn't his lOrdship in
sist upon having his London paper
laid beside his plate every morning, no
matter if it is a year old?'-Pearson's
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
VENETIAN WOMEN.
The Whims of Fashion Hold No Ter
rors For Them.

The Whims of Fashion Hold No Ter
rors For Them.
The women Of Venice are absolutely
free from the rule which Dame Fash
ion exercises over their sisters else
where. They care nothing for modes.
With them the length Of the skirt re-
mains always the same, neither short
nor long, and they always wear plainly
made dark dresses, black stockings and
the heeIless slippers of the east. Hats
are unknown.
The universal outdoor wrap for all
ages and all sizes is the black shawl,
with deep silken fringe 1t is folded
with a short point above and a long
one below, and sometimes it envelopes
the figure from head to foot. 1t is new
er fastened at the throat, and when it
slips off 1t is gathered up with one out
stretched arm, which makes the spec
tator think of big bird stretching It's
wing.
In their attire the women Of Venice
are Independent. only wearing local
clothing. but with feminine incOnsist-
ency they are thoroughly up to date
in the matter of hairdressing, the style
IF their cOiffures changing from time
to time. according to the vogue Of the
moment in London and Paris.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Where Abraham Fished,

Mrs. Victoria de Bunsen in "The
Soul of a Turk" relates a legend con-
cerning Abraham which will be new
to many readers. She learned of it
while at Odessa, the traditional Or Of
the Chaldees. She was shown there
a large OblOng tank of water so filed
with fishes resting just below the sur
face of the water that their fins and
backs seemed almost wedged together
SO as to form ''an almost solid layer
of silvery life"
'The guardian of the mosque throws
some meal into the water, and the fish
jump high to catch it, a great living
pyramid, of which those which jump
the highest form the pinnacle. The
tradition is that Abraham as a child
fished in the tank; hence the fish were
considered sacred. No single one has
been caught or killed to this day. In
deed. death would Oyertake the man
who transgressed this law"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Ruler of Russia's Title,

The general alluciOn to the ruler Of
Russia as the czar is, strictly speaking,
incorrect. His official title is emperor
and autocrat" Car is the old Rus
sian word for lord or prince and was
abandoned by Peter the Great on his
triumphal return from Poltava, his
crOwning victory over Charles XII. OF
Sweden. Since then the Russian mon
arch has been officially entitled en-
peror, and at the congress Of Vienna
in 1916 his right to the imperial term
was admitted by the powers, with the
prOvtsO that though he was emperor,
he had no precedence over the kings
Of western Europe.-St. James Ca
zette
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Deserted Thair Towns.

So late as the end of the seventeenth
century the inhabitants Of Ceylon
were in the habit of deserting their
towns. Their customs are described
in the narrative Of Captain Robert
Knox, who for nineteen years, from
1860 to 1879, was a captive among
them. He speaks of several towns as
lying desOlate owing to the fact that
their inhabitants had forsaken them.
This they did if many of them fell
sick, and two or three died soon after
one another, thinking that it was a
visitation OF the evil one. Some of
them came back when they thought
the evil spirits had departed.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
ORIGIN OF LLOYD'S.
Humble Beginning of Europe's Great
Maritime Agency.

Humble Beginning of Europe's Great
Maritime Agency.
Two centuries ago a man who had a
cargo to send to the Mediterranean
cOntrived to get rid Of some of the
risk by inducing a friend to take an
interest with him, 1t was necessary
to write out statement of contract
to which the guarantOrs subscribed.
This was the first underwriting.
These two men happened to be fire.
quenters of Lloyd's coffee house in
London, which was a favOrite place
for the merchants of the town to
gather to discuss business or to gossip.
Others Immediately saw the advan-
tage OF the scheme which their col
leagues had devised, and on the next
voyage the risk was parceled out
among a larger number Of the patrons
OF the coffee house.
Out of this small beginning has
grown the great European maritime
agency, still bearing the name Of the
humble coffee house proprietor, and
which not only writes risks on vessels,
but rates them and publishes their ar
rivals at every port the world over,
no matter how small or how remote
ly situated.-'Annals Of the American
Academy"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Not For Eashion's Sake.

The criminal law of England was
formerly marked by indiscriminating
severity. Theft Of an article valued
above 10 shilIings was punished with
death. In writing about Sweet
Hampstead and It's Associations" Mrs.
White records a pleasant thing Of Lord
Mansfield, who, as a rule, leaned 70
the side of mercy. 1t was Lord Mans
field who directed a jury to find a
stolen trinket less in value than 10
shillings IN order that the thief might
escape capital punishment. To this
the jeweler who prosecuted demurred,
asserting that the fashion of the thing
had cost him twice that money.
Gentlemen" replied the judge, with
grave solemnity, I'VE ourselves stand
in need of mercy. Let US not hang
man for the fashions sake"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
The Ona to PAY.

When she was Lady Randolph
Churchill, Mrs. George CORVALLIS
West consented to electiOneer for Mr..
Ashmead- Bartlett in his first parlia-
mentary campaign. Mr.. Ashmead-
Bartlett was married TO the Baroness
Burdett-COutts a very rich woman,
who was nearly forty years his senior
Lady Randolph. with her beauty and
charms, did splendid work for the can
didate
To a group of farmers she said one
day:
Won't you promise me to vote for
Mr.. Ashmead-B lrtlett?"
my lady," said a red faced farmer,
with a chuckle, well all vote for him
if every vote IL be paid for with a
kiss"
THANK you very much" said Lady
Randolph "YOur offer is accepted.
I'll send for the Baroness Burdett-
COutts at once"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
THE MIDDLE AGED MAN.
Finding Happiness In a Life That to
Youth Is lrksome.

Finding Happiness In Life That to
Youth Is lrksome.
younger people," said the middle
aged man, want variety They want
to be always on the go. Routine gals
them. They hate to have to do the
same thing over and over and over
again day after day.
They want TO go somewhere or do
something different all the time. Older
people are happiest in a life of routine
most disturbed when variety is thrust
upon them.
For myself I welcome my daily
task, endlessly repeated and always
the same. l should be lost without it;
disturbed if it were changed. A life
Of habit suits me best. l like the old
scenes-familiar friendly surroundings.
/ don't want to change.
Nor do I want much outside pleas
ure. In fact, I think I should be best
suited with none. l like my groove.
1t fits me, and fit it. I don't want
change [ just want to be left alone
to work in my accustomed ways. 1t is
in my groove that I am most com
Portable. 1 like a life Of labor and
routine.
"And could there come to one a
greater blessing? Nature and the GUS
toms of men enforce routine upon us
whether we like it or not. In youth
this irks us, bot in our maturer years
in a life of routine, in the undisturbed
enjoyment of familiar labor, we may
find our greatest happiness. New
York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
The ModArn IdAa.

Roman Guide Gmpressiyely) - The
ruins Of the Coliseum! Seattle Man
(astOnished)-Well, what do you think
Of that! Why, 1 saw photographs OF
that heap twenty years ago. Roman
Guide Qoftily)-Quite likely, sir. Seat
tie Man-But why in thunder aren't
those ruins cleared away and mod
ern Coliseum erected? p New Orleans
PtcaYune
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Protsetion From Liahtninn-

Sir Oliver Lodge stated that the
problem Of securing protection from
lightning consisted in finding the best
method Of dissipating the enormous
energy Of the flash, but that it was not
wise to get rid OF the energy too
quickly. A thin iron wire is consid-
cred the best lightning conductor from
the electrical point Of view, but it is
almost impossible to protect a building
from lightning unless it is completely
enveloped in a metal cage. It is by no
means true that a building is safe
when provided with a conductor reach
ing up to the highest part Of the
building.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
PLATlNIzED GLASS.
Does Not Lose lite Transparency, but
1t Produces an Odd and Tricky
Kind Of Mirror.

Plat1nized glass consists Of piece OF
glass coated with an exceedingly thin
layer OF liquid charged with pIati-
num and then raised to a red heat.
The platinum becomes united TO the
glass in such way as to form an odd
Kind Of mirror.
The glass has not really lost its
transparency, and yet If one places it
against a wall and looks at it he sees
ais image as in an ordinary looking
glass. But when light is allowed to
, come through the glass from the other
side, as when it is placed in a window,
It appears perfectly transparent like
ordinary glass.
By constructing a window Of plati-
1ized glass one could stand close behind
the panes in an unilluminated room
and behold clearly everything going
on outside, while passersby looking at
the window would behold only q fine
mirror or set of mirrors In which their
own figures would be reflected while
the person inside remained invisible.
In France various tricks have been
contrived with the aid of this glass.
In one d person seeing what appears
to be an ordinary mirror approaches it
to gaze upon himself. 4 sudden
change in the mechanism sends light
through the glass from the back, whefe-
upon it instantly becomes transparent,
and the startled spectator finds him
self confronted by some grotesque fig
ura that had been hidden behind the
glass.-Harper's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
A MASTER OF METAPHOR.
1t Must Have Relieved Him to Get This
Out of His System.

Out of His System.
A water consumer in a certain city.
whose supply had been turned off be-
cause he wouldn't pay, wrote to the
department as follows:
I'm the matter of shutting off the
water ON unpaid bills your company
is fast becoming a regular crystalIized
Russian bureaucracy. running in a
groove and deaf to the appeals of re-
form There is no use of your trying
to impugn the verify of this indict-
ment by shaking your official heads in
the teeth Of your own deeds.
'If you will persist in this kind of
thing a widespread cOnfiagration Of
the pOpulace will be so imminent that
it will require only a spark to let loose
the dogs Of war in our midst VIII
you persist in huTlin, the cornerstone
of our personal liberty to your woIffsh
hounds Of collectors thirsting for its
blood? If you persist the first thing
you know you will have the chariot
Of a justly indignant revolution roll
ing along in our midst and gnashing
its teeth as it rolls.
''If your rascally collectors are per-
mitted to continue coming to our doors
with unblushing footsteps, with clOaks
Of hypOcritical cOmpunctiOn in their
mouths, and compel payment from
your patrons this policy will result in
cutting the wool off the sheep that
lays the golden egg until you have
pumped it dry, and then farewell, a
long farewell, to our vaunted pros
peritY. "-EYerybOdy's.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
MacMahon's Epigram.

When Marshal MacMahOn In the
Crimean campaign took the Malakon
by storm and wrote bis celebrated dis
patch, "J'y suis; j'y reste" C'Here 1
am; here 1 stay''), these words made
him famous all over the world. Yet
his friends said that the worthy sol
der had written them in the most
matter of fact manner, with no
thought Of phrase making. The most
surprised person over the success OF
this eplgram was MacMahOn himself.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
a Queer Creature.

Queer that while the male seal is a
bull and the female a cow their young
ster is not called a calf, but a pup.
Why seal fisheries" too, when the
seal is not a fish?
And why should the seals breeding
place be styled a roOkery?
It looks as if this strange creature is
only a fish in common parIance while
at sea. On land Tor ice) he is classed
popularity with animals or birds.-Ex-
change.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
The Origin of Grocer,

Grocer appears in HOlinshed's Chron-
icle, 1880, as ''grosser," and in other
mediaeval records it is sometimes writ
ten "engrosser" and was applied to
the spicers and pepperers who were
wholesale dealers in various spices
that is, who dealt en- gros-in large
quantities, as distinguished from "re-
orators" who were retail dealers. The
Grocers' company first adopted the
word grocer in 1873. when the spicers
and pepperers allied themselves into a
single corporation.-London Express.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
HaInino Her Out.

Have you a young chicken? 1 am
rather green at cooking"
'Such being the case, madam, DON'T
you think you'd better have an old,
experienced fowl|-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Cruel.

Mrs. Benham-Every time I sing to
the baby he cries. Bennam-He gets
his ability as a musical critic from my
side of the houSe.-New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Gratitude.

Kind Lady - My poor man, what
would you do with the money if 1 gave
you a penny? Tired HobO-Madam,
I'd buy a picture postcard an write
yer note o. Cleveland Lead
or
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Mirth.

Harmless mirth is the best cordial
against the consumption Of the spirit
wherefore jesting Is not unlawful, II
it trespasseth not In quantity, quality
or season.-Fuller.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
A Useless Question.

''They have named the baby after
Uncle Belshazzar."
''Has Uncle Belshazzar money!
''DO you suppose they liked the
name ?'-Ptttsburg Post.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
Unless.

TOwnsend-Can a man live on 81 a
day? Beers-Certainly unless he's so
prodigal as to lay something aside for
a rainy day, keep up his insurance, eat
when he's hungry, buy clothes and
nav his bills.-Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15

There is no well doing, no godlike
doing, that is not patient dOing.-Ttm-
othy TitcOmb.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15

Prosperity demands of US more
prudence and moderation than adver-
sity.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-15

Ignorance when it is voluntary is
criminal-JohnsOn.