Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-05-26
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AS whole, are the cities producing
any more men? Not one city in the
| state or the country, could clearly or
| Justly answer this question. The ma
jority Of our young men are going
| daily blindfolded, into the pits OF dis
ease and immortality in the large
cities. The life of the use-to-be young
man has been changed by the mod.
| ernizlng of vice in greater form
with the ways of the world. The aver
| age young negro leaves the small
| towns for the city; he looks to moth
! ing but enjoyment and what he calls
| high living, as he has already been
| impressed that his small home town
is not In it with the ways OF the large
| city, where fun and sport could be
had continually, something new to see
! daily, etc. Going in with these IN.
tentions, he continues this haphazard
way Of living until 1t is too late, then
he dies, most times from the dreadful
white plague. These erring beings die
without ever accomplishing anything
that would be creditable to the race
or himself.
Young men, you should look for
brighter things in life; there is moth
ing in sporting and fast living. Many
Young men are occupants Of untimely
graves on account of these sins. Do
! your best to ward them off, for they
mean the worst for you.-Palistine
(Tex.) Plaindealer.
"There are some directions in which
no colored line can be drawn. Dis
ease draws no color line; filth draws
no color line. If a negro, by reason
of his ignorance Of the laws of health,
carries about in his body the germs OF
consumption, of smallpox, or OF the
disease known as the hook-Worm,
these germs will spread from his body
to that of the white people by whose
side he lives. Negro women prepare
and serve the food of white people.
Negro women launder the clothes OF
the white people; negro women nurse
the babies of the white people. In
word, negroes touch the white man at
almost every vital point in his life"
II the negro is ignorant as to the laws
of health she can convey disease to
the white mans family through her
uncleaned hands, her unwashed body,
or the most deadly germs can be TAX
en- to the house of the white man by
reason of the filth OF the cabin In
which the white mans clothes are
Report of part OF public
speech by Booker T. Washington.
A recent writer said of Henry Os-
sawa Tanner: "He should no longer
be classed as the foremost negro
4 painter, but rather as one OF the
i greatest artists that America has
produced. ~ Milwaukee Free Press.
It has taken many years for men to
discover that the health and welfare
of the child lies at the foundation OF
national greatness. A people which
deliberately allows, as most peoples
have. always allowed, an enormous
proportion of it's children to die In In
fancy, is criminally fatuous and short
sighted. Modern science has shown
that it is feasible to save many OF
these little lives, and by the exercise
of only simple honesty and common
sense. Take the matter Of pure milk
for example, upon which more than
upon any other one detail depends
the health of young children. Yet
1t is only lately that the. proper
standards have been set and laws
made to secure this necessity to In
FAINT health. The cry, Save the Chill
dren, now ringing from every quarter
of our land, indicates that we are
waking up to our responsibilities, and
none too soon.-The Christian World.
Aunt Mirandy, the old colored man.
my, says she could settle the divorce
question with one hand tied behind
her. And there is philosophy as well
as fun in her solution. In de fust
place, I'd stop hit befo hit begins Ia
make 1t so hard to git married dat
only dem dat had Token de thirty
third degree, an dat could prove dat
dey had lovely dispositions, an no
parents nor near relations to visit 'em,
and dat dey had health certificate,
an a good business, an dat dey was
80 near.sighted dat dey couldn't see
no other man or woman but the one
dat was right under der nose, could
! git license to tie up with another
] pusson, an dat knot would stay tied.
/ F.. i.
F1rman C. Brown, Charleston, w.
Va, has recently received notice OF
allowance Of patent on his food-warm4
er and will now introduce an emer-
gency service. Cooked meals can b
sent out any distance from one block
to two miles, hot and in sanitary
condition at destination. The warmer
will take up space Of an ordinary grip
and can be easily carried In street
car without inconvenience to passen-
gers. Mr. Brown, the inventor, has
given 20 years as head waiter In the
leading hotels north and south and
has observed the need OF service as
above named.
A negro editor has a hard time
trying to satisfy all the people. We
are doing our best In this office to
fulfill our obligations to publish the
news. We should not be expected to
publish advertisements free, though
we are often "cussed out" because we
do not. Ingratitude Is base sin
many there are who are guilty.
Orangeburg Is. c. Recorder.
Mr.. Adolphus Busch of st. Louis has