The Washington bee., 1912-03-23

crease in its membership will be
made as soon as the club is filled
with the Juveniles The Juveniles
seem to be in the majority. Just
what kind of social fever has struck
this club | am at loss to know.
Richard Wordy Thompson would
rather write about the Mu-So-Lits
and the part that he takes in the in
PRODUCTION OF guests than to accept a
FIVE dollar bill for a column
Speaking seriously about the Mu-
SO-Lits, my friend Bob Pelham
knows these boys better than I do.
thought that [ would consult him
this week, but 1t seems impossible TO
catch this busy gentleman. Bob is a
member OF the Mu-So-Lits, pure and
simple. He doesn't believe in cod
tlsh arlstocracy, yet he IS always with
It. Washington Is full OF Goldfish ar
IstOcraCy. This city Is society Crazed
Whist parties have monopolized the
social circle, and it Is always a ques-
ton OF discussion who Is to be in
vited. 4 few Goldfish aristOcrats are
fighting among themselves 1t Is so
,
about them and hear others speak OF
them that | will not relate it. / was
amused though, few days ago, when
| was an invited guest at one Of the
whist sittings. You can find out ev-
erythIng you don't know Every
whist club thinks it Is better than
the other party Now just suppose
the Sage knew what we said one half
the time Just think OF It, said Mrs
L. TO her daughter Mrs
wants to know invariably who she IS?
Where does she come from, and
with whom she associates? This is
the female dictator OF whist parties
in the city Mrs L. retorts and says:
Just think OF it" Miss wants
to dictate to our society You have
no idea of the fun | have at these at
homes of the mistresseS OF the whist
circle
Col Henry Lincoln Johnson went
to Georgia and returned with the
goods. Lincoln Is a cosmopolitan in
dividual, and doesn't care what his
critics may say. | don't agree with
the attack the Age made on him a
lew weeks ago. [ regard it a COW
.ardiy attack Mr. Johnson went. to
Georgia and fought the enemy like d
man. He is one Of the few Negroes
in office who is not depending on a
government job. He is always ready
to do his duty toward his fellow man.
admire the man because he is
manly Speaking about contests in
the National Republican Convention,
the Roosevelt contestants have as
much show of being admitted as the
devil does entering the kingdom Of
heaven.
There are some people in this
world who are too mean to say their
prayers The colOred Social Settle
ment had arranged to have TallaboO
repeated at the expense Of the Settle
ment, and to allow the producers a
certain per centage. A quietuS was
put on it by a Mrs. Busybody, whose
expressions are as amusing as her
acts. However, the producers failed
to accept the proposition of the Set
tlement, and, like a dog with a bone
that saw his shadow in the water.
lost all The Social Settlement is
doing more work under DR.. John r
Francis than it has ever done before.
Almond Scott failed to extend me
an invitation to his tag last week.
understand it surpassed the Arlington
FIVE dollar dinner, and that Mrs Scott
and her mother performed the hon
Ors The Police Court lawyers re
ceived a mild roasting by Grant vii
kinson, and the Mu-So-Lit Club Il
few weeks ago. The difference be
tween Wilkinson and the Police
Court lawyers. as he designated
them, they are living off their ability,
while Wilkinson Is d mere accident.
| understand that he Is lawyer.
Why does he not resign his school
position and practice his profession?
| always notice that all law graduates
from Oxford, England Yale. Dart
mouth, Harvard, Howard and Prince
ton, find their way - the police court
Of this city. Many of them return to
their first love, either teaching school,
preaching. Singing hash or catering
before they starve to death There
are many college graduates who
don't make decent county school
teachers. ! am not d lawyer. but
certainly commend the colored mem
bers of the bar for the excellent work
many of them are doing. Messrs.
Scott, Stewart, Clinkscales, Gaskins.
Peyton, Pollard, Frisby. Collins.
King, Hughes and Gray, Burly and
Walker. Martin. Jones, Beckett.
Smith, Kicks, Moss. are all doing
well They don't belong to the sun-
down class, either.
I am glad to know that all profes-
sional men are not alike and many Of
those don't have to consult a white
man before they give an opinion. 1t
Is we'll to consclt your superiors, IN
intellect, at times, but it is unwise to
ask them their opinion when you
know that you are right on a PROPOSE
ton. I had>a case recently where a
physician had to consult another be
fore he would report on an examlna-
ton in which he was right. One
was white and the other cOlored.
am glad that there are few colored
men who have backbones-
was asked few days ago wheth-
er I attended church. Why I believe
in the church and the Christian relig-
ion. I am shocked to see so many
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