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of the car. But it appears the conductor was not j" court.
Why was he not there?
1t Is to the interest of the railway companies, a well as to that
Of the public. that disorderly conduct on cars should be summariy
suppressed and severely punished. Rowdyism by half-drunken hood
lums on street carr, even when it does not go to the extent Of vo-
lence or assault upon peaceable passengers, nevertheless tends to
disturb the peace Of the community much more than an ordinary
street row. And, moreover, in the suburban travel Of the summer
nights there ire always women and girls to be frightened and in
suited if not actually endangered by the gangs.
Such being the case. since the courts desire the testimony Of
conductors as well as Of inspectors, the companies should see to it
that the conductors go to court. If they are needed there, they
should be there.
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ittCIicI.
Who has not felt
the thrill Of an un-
expected letter or a
surprising cal over
the telephone or
an unusual mark
OF n ppre citation
from an employer
or a word OF praise
at the moment of
dependency?
n Q h
I h o 8 h h a t
sprinM up is like
unto No OTHER
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trickies Of human
ity.
To Mr.. Jarr the
sight was rcininis-
cent Of a n
OF ants down a
s h elvin sand
bank.
To Master Jarr.
who held a close.
ecstatic grip upon
the parental hand.
1t was a scarcely
heard confusion OF
crowd and noise,
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Ambiguous.

HC AZ, ma, docs Col see everything We do,"
Yes, my child
Even the littc things around the houss.
ma in the hall and dining room and all sNoundi'
IVES, my child. ,verywlee,"
After q moment sympathetic contemplation In
profound silence:
Gee, | wouldn't llks 10 10 ps,"--yuns LAD
pancot'a
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VOICES OF THE WATERS.

protests against the increasing demand
for tips in cafes and hotels has had the effect of
rousing walters themselves TO a discussion of the
issue. The frequency with which they write on the
subject to either the Evening or the Morning
World is quite a notable feature of the current
agitation.
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The "Hanenan's Moose.

+ the beginning OF the last
century. in a lonely old stone
house a mile outside of Leeds,
in the Catskills. a man died
quietly In his bed. wearing
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there. And she never misses q game"
The eye Of Master Jarr sought this
most appreciative of mothers. and ne
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By Roy L. MCCardell.

TT WAS a beautiful day and tho crowds
sif,ed down through the grand
= stand seats in seemingly endless
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BY Sophie Irene Loeb.

kk-HE DARK HORSE THAT IS
SURE TO WIN Is CALLED
UNEXPECTEDLY says Horace
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wondered why his own mother could
have been so lost to the Joys OF living
as TO prefer going shopping to never.
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STREET CAR ROWDIES.

EVERAL rowdies convicted in the Mems Night
Court Of disorderly conduct in a car on West.
chester avenue were fined $40 each. Magistrate
Krotel, in imposing the fines, stated that he
would have subjected the offenders to imprison'
ment il the complaint and testimony of the in
spector had been corroborated by the conductor
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complained TO the conference of American publishers that the stage
in this country needs new writer's with new ideas and needs them
badly. In fact. Mr.. Frohman urged the publishers to set some of
our novelss to work on literary plays for the relief of managers and
~paygoer..
The contrariety of these views is doubtless professional rather
than personal, for, as Mr.. Thomas is an American playwright and
Mr.. Frohman is a seeker after novelties, the point of view i not
the same.
The impartial critic will not be disturbed BY this divergence Of
authorities. He may courteousy admit to Mr.. Thomas that Amcr
can playwrights are better than those of Europe, while at the same
time agreeing with Mr.. Frohman that a further bcttcrmcnt is de-
sirable.
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R. AUGUSTUS THOMAS, just returned from a
t~hree-weeks' study of things theatrical in Europe,
says: "Our plays are better and our writer's are
more vigorous than those on the other side"
This statement comes appropriate to the ap-
proach Of the season when cherries will be ripe.
1t is only a little while ago that Mr.. Frohman
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OUR REANIMATED POLICE.

FTER a winter Of so-called decentralization
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~EV ~ with much criticism and confusion, and no little
swearing, it must be a joyful change to the police
N0Xx = to enter upon the bright new summertime
0UW6 to Lieutenant, seventy-one advancements to the
rank Of sergeant, five new general inspectors and
one hundred and sixty men added to the ranks.
Happy is the fortune of Commissioner Waldo to begin his term
Of office with this advance all along the line, this distribution Of
honors and of augmented salaries After the black clouds comes
the bright rainbow. After Cropsey comes all this.
With the new command, te new promotions and the new re-
possibilities for 81 many officers, there may reasonably be expected
a new fervor and a new zeal on the part Of the force generally. What
was demoralized has been terminated. It is to be hoped the increased
efficiency will equal expectation.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

subordinates under his Cabinet
ministers, nevertheless when his
attention is called to the gross dis
elimination III his executive de-
partments against the Negro he
should investigate it. There is as
much discrimination in many of
the Government Departments
against the cOlOred Americans as
there is in the States where the
Democratic party is in control.
We certainly must commend the
President for his timely letter in
defense of DR.. Booker 7. Wash
ington, who is today one of the
men who is uplifting the colored
Americans. His letter was the
expression of a manly man, who
was not influenced by public SEN
timent. If Mr.. Taft would act in
cases like this in which the colored
Americans are unjustly treated he
would be the greatest man in the
world.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
JAMES ORMOND WILSON.

The passing of James OrmOnd
Wilson, for many years superin-
tendent of public schools for the
District of Columbia, leaves more
than a memory of a very useful
and worthy citizen of Washing
ton. Mr.. Wilson was pre-eminent
as an educator and school organ
izer, and devoted the best years
of his life in advancing and plac-
ing on a solid foundation the pub
lie school system for white chill
dren in the District of Columbia.
In Mr.. Wilson, the cOlOred schools
under the supervision of Mr.. G. f.
T. Cook, then superintendent, had
a firm friend, and the hearty CO.
operation between the two super
intendents always proved benei-
cial to both white and cOIOred
schools. There was nothing mar
row in Mr.. Wilson's management.
as was often evidenced when Wis
itors either at home or from
abroad called at the school head
quarters, Franklin building, tC
visit, they were, after being shown
through that building, escorted by
Mr.. Wilson to the Sumner build
ing and presented to the school
officials, teachers and pupils.
The school board hOnOred itself
in naming the new normal school
after James OrmOnd Wilson, fOI
the name of a more worthy man
to perpetuate in connection with
the public schools of the District
of Columbia would be a very diff
ficult proposition.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
THE MINT JULEP.

An exchange remarks that its
notion of nothing to throw a
rhapsody about is a mint julep.
We cannot imagine anything so
evident of real ignorance as the
foregoing. The mint julep has
been sung as a romantic bever-
age ever since Kentucky set her
self up as a paradise of fast
horses, pretty women and good
liquor. The mint is a pungently
fragrant herb that grows in wild.
and unmolested abandonment in
Judge Terrell's back yard. \
gentle TRANSMISSION of it with the
essence of corn juice distilled in
old Kentucky, adding just a sus-
picion of sugar, will change a
July noon into a September even
ing, if the artist possesses that
soulful touch that can mix the
mint with the divine essence and
make a dream of it. In the Sum
mer time, when an August's heat
is undisturbed by not the slight
est zephyr, it is the Judges prac-
tice to sit upon his back porch
and catch the aroma of the mint
as it comes forth unlimited and
unrepulsed and settles all about
him. 1t drives dull care away,
and in cares stead brings an I'M
requited desire for a soulful trans
fusion of that pungently fragrant
herb with a thimble of the rev
erie-producing liquid made in old
Kentucky. Summer, hot Summer
IS coming.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS
TRAINING SCHOOL.

1t seems that the Southern col
ored man is doing more today to
elevate his people than the entire
cOlored race in the North. The
Northern colOred man is doing
nothing but looking for an office,
while the colored man South is
pursuing a course to uplift his
people.
The National Religious Train
ing School, at Durham, n. c., of
which DIR. James E. Shepard is
president, is no doubt one Of the
greatest helps to the Southern col
Ored people. The Southern color
ed man deserves credit for what
he is doing and should be encour-
aged. The school at Durham bids
fair to be equal to any in the
South, and if DR.. Shepard has
the success that is in view for him
his school will equal Tuskegee.
The cOlored people in the South
are doing something. Compare
the Southern and Northern col
Ored man. The North is finding
fault and the South is working,
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

the Odd Fellows Journal, is or
ganizing another order of Odd
Fellows.
We seriously question the pro-
priety of splitting the order. If
Mr.. Asbury succeeds In his at
tempt to organize a new order he
may get even with the ringsters,
but he will, perhaps unintention-
ally, do injustice to the thousands
of honest members who have, and
are paying dues and assessments
to provide a sick and burial fund.
Instead of splitting the order, and
thereby DONG injustice to the
many, it would be far better to
organize the honest, conscientious
members against the ring, and
drive the grafters out of office.
An order with over three hundred
thousand members is too large and
great an organization to be used
to serve the selfish and personal
ends of few, no matter on which
side that few are. IF needs be,
the courts had better be appealed
to to drive out grafters and ar
bitrary officials than to organize
new order and by so doing split
the order. And it is even a moot
ed question as to whether the bus
mess of a great beneficial order
should be publicly aired through
the courts. Organize the honest,
unselfsh membership for a su-
preme effort to disiodge the ring
sters and grafters, if any there
be, at the next meeting. Drive the
money changers from the temple.
The Bee has confidence In the up
of the membership, and
believes that membership will re
pudiate grafters and ringsters.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
LOOKING FOR ANOTHER
LEG.

The plain, mequivocal an
nOuncement made by DR.. Booker
Z. Washington that he proposes
to prosecute his assailant to the
fullest extent has had the effect
of driving a few inconsistent
critics in search of another LEG
to stand upon. 1t is an easy mat
ter to criticise at long range, but
the men upon the scene always
have the facts, the law and the
Judgment. There are some col
ored men who at times refuse te
accept the prejudiced statements
appearing IN anti-Negro newspa-
pers, but are quick to accept such
statements when they fit their
warped judgment and their known
antipathy for a man who possibly
has not served their selfish inter
ests.
There is a certain gentleman
in Washington who IS much given
of late to criticising the Doctor,
and to accepting the evil side Of
coIored reports. This man, as all
know, is a peSsimist in everything
concerning some other man. This
same man would not have refused
the Doctors assistance to secure
him office a short time since. This
same man actually solicited the
Doctors influence. All know this,
and all can easily, and do, fathOm
his hosti-ttv to the Tuskegeean.
The colored man who continually
criticises and condemns his supe-
riors and his peers simply be-
cause his overweaning ambition,
and his constant impOrtunings
for office have not been gratified
is to be Stunned by all honest,
reasonable and fair men. 1t is far
better to say a pleasant thing
about your most implacable foe
than to say evil things when the
evil said becomes a reflection upon
the entire race. No man ever
succeeded to office by traducing
men. No man ever gained a
friend by criticising other men.
No man can retain friends by
always discounting his betters.
And this goes for who 1t fits.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

The town today is full of al
legged Negro Democrats. They
are storming the corridors of the
House of Representatives, looking
for jobs.
Speaker Champ Clark remark
ed a few days prior and after a
Democratic victory that he never
saw so many Negro Democrats
in all his life. Negroes who had
been in the Capitol for fifteen
years saw great virtues In the
Democratic party.
What can, OF what has the Ne
gro gained by supporting the
Democratic party!
What inducements have the
Democrats offered to those Ne
groes who claimed to have sup
ported them!
Has any attempt been made by
the representatives of the Demo
cratic party to force its support
ers in the States to cease passing
obnoxious laws!
VIII those so-called Negro Dem
ocrats stop and consider and ex-
plain to the Negro the declara-
ton of Negro Democracy!
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
INEXCUSABLE BLUNDFR.

1t is frequent that a blunder
made IS referred to as a ''tactful'
blunder. This cannot be said of
the blunder President Thirkield
made when he dismissed, on in
formation conveyed in an anony-
nous letter, two young men from
Howard University. If we are to
be charitable to President Thir-
ueld, the least we can say of it
IS that 1t was an inexcusable blum
der. How he can harmonic his
action IN this case with Justice
IS more than we can see. How he
can eXtricate himself from the
position the deans of that univer-
slty placed him when they testi-
fed contrary to his assertion that
the action of the young man was
common rUmOr around the college
IS hard for us to understand.
President Thirkield wiggled him
self out of a very narrow hole. but
IN so doing he suffered more than
simply an embrasure of his skin.
When pinned down, the president
of Howard was forced to reluc-
family admit that he placed Gre
dence III an anonymous letter. and
that he ignored the findings of
one of his deans who was author
lied by him to investigate the
anonymous charges. And that he
led another official into assuming
TO act upon a hypothetical case,
Here we have an executive head
of a great educational institution
with so little of the milk of hu-
man kindness in him. so little of
the element of justice and fair
play that he arbitrarily, and con
trary to good judgment, that only
Is becoming to those who make no
professions of religion, and who
dlsmlsses two young men in a
manner as to leave them under
reproach, and make their future
all the harder.
There IS not Il man in Wash
lngtOn, IN whom there is a spirit
Of justice and sane tolerance who
does not condemn President Thir-
kield, and who is not of the belief
that his days of usefulness as
president of Howard University
IS at an end. The known senti-
ment of the trustees, and the set
tied conviction Of the alumnus
would constitute a suggestion to
a reasonable man that his resigna-
ton should properly follow a
doubtful vote of sustaining an in
eXcusable blunder. VIII he heed
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILD
ING

The naming of the new build
inc for the white normal school
after James Ormond Wilson IS
eminently fit, and in every way
appropriate as IN recognition of
the valuable services rendered the
cause of education in the District
of Columbia. This action of the
school board is suggestive as to
naming the nGmeJeSs-the new
building for the colored high
school. This school has, since It's
erection. been known as the NJ
Street School. Now that a new
building is to supercede 1t, why
not name it after a gentleman
and scholar who is practically the
father of the colored school sys-
tenn of the District of Columbia !
Mr.. Cook gave the best days of
his life in building up and pro
noting the cause of education
among the cOlored people of the
District Of Columbia. Mr.. Cook
was for over thirty years super
intendent of colored schools.
and during that period the
schools grew from less than
forty to over three hundred.
The normal, high, and in
dustrial schools were established
during his administration, and
among the school buildings erect
ed during the same period are the
Sumner, Stevens, Lincoln, Love
Joy. John T. Cook. Banneker,
Bowen. Randall, Ambush. Worm
ley. and others too numerous to
mention. The recognition given
Mr.. Wilson during his lifetime
was deserved, and a like recogni-
ton is due Mr.. Cook. who IS a
product of home growth. and is in
every particular worthy of distin-
guished recognition.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
INSULTING COLORED
WOMEN.

That we should have more po-
lice officers beyond all doubt.
There is too much work for the
few officers we have. Speaking
about women being insulted upon
the streets of the city is too true.
White men constantly insult col
ored women. 1t is hard for a
good looking, respectable cOlOred
woman to walk the streets with
out being insulted by white men.
The officers are not to blame, be-
cause they have too much work
to do. They have too much ter
ritory to cover. We need more
police officers. We should have at
least three colored sergeants and
additional cOlOred police officers.
The present chief of police
seems to be against the appoint
ment of more colOred men on the
force. The Bee takes this oppor-
tunity in calling the attention of
the President to the seeming dis
elimination in the police depart
ment. There is always some ex-
cuse to keep the Negro off the
force.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
CRABS.

\ local contemporary that is
not honest enough to express its
own views against DR.. Washing
ton, reprOduces two excerpts from
two papers that are fervently in
imical to him. Some Negro edi-
tors are like ''crabs," which a
learned divine and professor de-
scribed to the editor of The Bee
few days ago. If you have any
knowledge of crabs, you can tell
readily the characteristics of some
NEGRO editors.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
NEGRO DEMOCRACY.

Has it ever occurred to the
cOlOred Americans who now en-
Joy the freedom of speech, life,
liberty and happiness, what Ne
gro Democracy stands forl Has
the policy of Negro Democracy
ever been defined! What is and
has been the policy of Negro De
mocracy! Have you ever seen a
declaration of principles? If so,
what are they!
LIST. \ denunciatiOn of the Re
publican party and its principles.
I'd. \ denUnciation of colored
Republican office holders and the
appointment of alleged Negro
Democrats in their places.
Sd. The Republican party has
permitted the Democratic party to
disfranchise the Negroes and es-
tabHsh Jim Grow" cars and
Jim Grow" everything.
4th. Negro Democrats disre-
gard the enactment of protective
laws against Negroes. and find
fault with a Republican minority
IN a State, and praise those who
are enacting laws of disfranchise-
ment.
9TH. In short, the declaration of
principles of Negro Democracy Is
office hunting and spoils. and
nothing more. Negro Democracy
never makes a demand for correc-
ton Of obnoxious laws by the
party which it claims to support.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
PRESIDENT TAFT.

While The Bee cannot agree
with President Taft in everything
that he does, yet he must be com
for the good he has done.
The Bee feels that Mr.. Taft is a
friend of the colored race, but
there are men in his Cabinet who
are inimical to it. The President
may be too busy to watch the
of his Cabinet and the
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

Mr.. Lewis has performed the
duties of Assistant Attorney Gen
eral for two weeks, now. vet he
has not broke into. nor attempted
to break into guided white So
ciety with a burgler's jimmy. Mr..
Lewis finds that colOred society
of Washington, as of Boston, fur
nishes him all the social diversion
required.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

With the odds so overwhelming
against us, colored men cannot
afford to waste time and opportu-
nitv in internescine strife that
furnishes argument for white men
to discriminate against us.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
Iohn A. GRAY Dead.

Mr.. John A. Gray, Of 1905 NJ street
northwest, died suddenly at his home
on Wednesday, April II, at y o'clock
NJ. He was one Of the leading citi-
zens of the city.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

The frequenting of saloons does
not compOrt with what is regard
ed an ideal IN a teacher, but it IS
an offence against cannons rather
than a crime against laws.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

money when dealing with him, either
in ice or coal These same honest
principles in dealing he still adheres
to. The new company will carry
large stock of coal and wood, in addi-
ton to serving the public the best and
purest ice on the market. You will
find him at the old stand, 5th and L
streets northwest, sending ice and coal
to all parts Of the city. Fifteen years
in honest business dealings are the
recommendation that he presents TO
the people of the National Capital.
Place your orders now for your next
Winters wood and coal, and get the
benefit Of the reductions on Summer
prices. Office, 5th and L streets
northwest.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

President Thirkield could eX-
tricate himself from an embar-
RAISING position by doing the
square thing.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
NEW ORDER OF ODD Eel
LOWS.

We note that Mr.. J. c. Asbury.
until last Summer the editor of
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
COL. JOHN E. McGRAW,

General Manager, Purity Ice Conn
pany.
Col McGraw, who is made general
manager of the Purity Ice Company,
is we'll known in this city, as the late
manager of the Columbia Ice Com
pany Few men in business enjoyed
the confidence of the people as does
Mr.. McGraw. He at all times saw
that the people got the worth of their
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15

The anonymous letter writer Is
a poltroOn.
The Washington bee., 1911-04-15
Never get excited.

Never write anonymous letters.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-28
A GLOVE CONTEST
TUESDAY NIGHT
TWO COLORED ARTISTS WILL
GIVE AN EXHIBITION BOXING
CONTEST-BEST EVER HERE.

Would YOU like to see really the
best scrap of your life? Then &c
around to the building opposite the
police station Tuesday night and see
Harry Wallace and Kid Cotton put on
the gloves.
Cotton formerly trained with Jacl,
Johnson the noted negro pugilist, and
has himself took part in as many as
200 fights. Wallace has engaged in
about 20 such scraps as he will have
Tuesday night He has lost only five
decisions and is the only man that has
ever successfully stood up in front OF
VIII Ware. In his whole career he
has never been knocked out.
Every penny of the receipts of the
bout will be used in paying the legiti-
mate expenses of the Ardmore Ath-
letic club which is an institution wor-
thy of the patronage of the people