Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-20
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| The colored population of this coun
try has records OF generations of patri.
otto loyalty. There we're colored sol.
diers in the Revolutionary war who
fought bravely at the battle of Brandy
| wine and took part in other engage
| ments. In every war In which the
American nation has been engaged col
ored men have fought bravely and
there are few, If any, records of col
ored traitors. The colored women are
loyal in their reverence for those of
their race who have accomplished
work for some worthy cause. Their
| records Of those who at sacrifice to
themselves have helped others to rise
is long one. Few will be longer re-
membered than Harriet Tubman
Davis. who died last month in the
Home for Aged Negroes, which she
had founded in New York. Harriet
was called THE Moses of the Ne.
groes" because having run away her
| self from the brutality of an overseer,
she made no less than 10 trips back
to the south to lead other negroes into
freedom. A price of $4,000 was final
ly put upon her head, but this did not
! deter her, and her native cunning en-
abled her to lead large parties of
slaves to freedom. During the Civil
war she was faithful army nurse and
also performed valuable services as
spy and scout SO that she was honored
by the highest officers in the Union
army. Elizabeth Wright, Mrs. E. c.
Bethuna and Lucy Lane are others
names reverenced by the educated COL
ored women for the work they have
done to help their own race.
There are so many attractive things
in the way of bathing paraphernalia
this season that even those who do
not expect to 60 in swimming might
be tempted to add a natatory outfit
to their summer wardrobe. Fashion
writer's have done justice to the new
harem bathing suit, but the acces-
series may not be so familiar. The
half handkerchief bathing caps OF
plaid silk rubber have the ends lined
with a contrasting color to match the
collar of the bathing suit or the stock
ings. Another new rubber cap has
band finished with becoming frill
and fastened with a buckle and bow.
Beach capes OF rubber lined satin
are novelties of the season, and small
bags which fasten securely are con-
venient for holding the little things
of the toilet. Most attractive bathing
shoes come to match the suits, In
blues, green's, reds, browns and polka
dots. These have rubber or canvas
soles and tops of waterproof satin or
sateen.
It is kind Of fashion to decree that
white crepe constitutes summer
mourning. 1t is lighter and cooler
than black, yet 1t maintains all the
traditions of mourning. Hats Of all
sizes, from the small turban to the
broad brimmed creation, are made
entirely of white crepe or crepe COM
bined with hemp straw and may be
bought at prices ranging from $11 to
$22. The crepe is also made into
wide collar and cuff bands to be worn
with simple gowns of plain white
wool materials. A foot wide band
of the white crepe is frequently used
at the bottom of skirts.
In no shop that has the interest OF
it's customers at heart will woman
be advised to try the shoes of Panama
straw that came in year ago. Their
price is $12 and they crack and break
on the slightest provocation. They
are to be regarded merely as a fad
for the extravagant.
DR.. Booker T. Washington has an
article In The Independent on "Solv-
ing the Negro Problem in Detail" He
says he receives many letters, books
and pamphlets lin which someone has
tried to formulate solution Of the
race question" The difficulty, he says.
with most OF the solutions is that they
start out with the notion that tho
Negro problem is q fixed quantity,
always and everywhere the same like
a problem in arithmetic, to be solved
once and for ALL" How, then? He
says:
"The trouble in this case is that,
like other human problems, the race
problem is one in which the terms are
not fixed and cannot, therefore, be
brought into the shape Of hard and
fast formula" What, then? He says:
II have long ago given up the notion
of solving the race problem wholesale.
It seems to be rather that it can only
be solved in detail" He is, therefore,
interested in the progress Of the indi.
vidual Negro quite as much as in the
progress OF the"--race as a whole.
A woman has no use for secret
that she can't tell or money that she
can't spend
What was at first merely by the
way may become the very heart Of a
matter. Flints we're long faxed into
knives, arrowheads, spears. Incidental
" it was found that they struck fire;
today that is their one use.
A synthetic tannin, distilled from tar
products has been invented by an Eng
Iish leather industries expert for tan
ming light colored feathers.
Nv doing a man a favor you may
convert him to the theory that one
good turn deserves dozen more.
. The Chinese government has en-.