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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-04-05
. 10, THE POOR JANIT0R!
There Are Several Things That He Re-
fuses to Do

There Are Several Things That He Re-
fuses to Do.
Chicago. - The janitors Of Chicago
made declaration Of independence
through delegates to the Chicago Fed
Grafton Of Labor. The federation vot-
ed to stand behind the janitors.
!, Here are few Of the things which
are asserted to be entirely out Of the
scope Of perfectly good janitor's
duties:
Caring for the tenants babies on
the maids afternoon off and while the
"missus" is out to tea.
Buttoning milady's gown down tho
back. ,.-a.
Caring for cats. dogs, canaries and
other household pets.
Running errands to the delicatessen
store on Sunday evenings.
Moving pianos and taking up rugs
without extra pay.
Mending tenants furniture.
Being responsible for forgotten keys
and suffering to be routed from bed
two or three times night by late
home coming tenants. ~
One delegate said: I'VE have been
every ones servant too long. A JAM
tor must not only be that, but born
diplomat as we'll. who knows how to
regulate furnace or button a wo-
mans party dress with equal facility"
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OH, HE'S A COLLEGE BOY.

Rev. Dr.. Higgins Is Over Ninety.
Holds Several Degrees.
St Paul.-Although over ninety years
old, the Rev. David ]. Higgins, for
many years Methodist minister in
Minnesota, has applied for admission
to Hamline university to complete a
course for the degree Of doctor of phi
losophy. Mr.. Higgins is at present re-
siding near Los Angeles, having re-
tired from the ministry in this state
about ten years ago. Since going to
California he has been studying in con-
nection with the University of South
ern California.
In letter to President Kerfoot of
Hamline, Mr.. Higgins says that in spite
of his advanced age his interest in phil
osophical matters has never dimin-
ished, and he desires to go on studying.
The particular course Of study he de-
sires to pursue is philosophy of reli-
gions. He now holds both bachelors
and masters degrees and also the hon.
orary degree Of doctor Of divinity.
In his letter to DR.. Kerfoot Mr.. Hig-
gins says he expects to live to be over
hundred.
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will come and pay what you owe. 1t
certainly does not reflect any credit
on you to have us pay one cent on
each paper we send to you and for
which you have not paid. Is this
fair and square?
Thursday of last week was the
birthday anniversary of Rev. A. H.
Lealtad and a number of their friends
called to celebrate it. Among them
were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Aston. After
the festivities were over and they
were starting for home, Mr.. Aston
slipped on some ice and fell, injuring
his back so severely that he has been
in the city hospital ever since. He is
special private patient of DR.. Anck-
er, the city physician and is, of course,
receiving the best possible treatment
and hopes to be able to leave the
hospital next week.
/ The One More Effort Club had
splendid session and social at the
residence of Mrs. r. j. Jones last Tues
day night. There was a large crowd
present, and, as the ladies had a
splendid supper, everybody had a
good time and the ladies cleared SIS.
The next social of the club will be
held at the residence of the president,
Mrs. ]. @. Adams, 527 St. Anthony
avenue, next Tuesday night. A regu-
lar chicken supper will be served, be-
ginning at 6 o'clock. The public is
cordially invited. First come, first
served. Supper only rs cents.
''The Beach," the new oriental cafe,
1872 E. Third street, is meeting with
marked success. There are large
crowds there nightly attracted by the
excellent cuisine as we'll as by the
first class vaudeville entertainment fur.
nished by Nine. Rollan and Nine. Tay-
lor from Chicago, from 8 p. m. to 2
a. m. This is a fine place for after
the theater parties to spend a pleasant
time. Everything strictly first class
and of a character that will not Of
fend the most fastidious. When you
wish real good meal, go to "The
Beach," N. G. Campbell, Mgr; Tel.
Cedar 9019. .
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The "color question:" which, by the
way, is attracting much more atten-
ton than it should in this country, the
land of the free CO came up at the
meeting of the Mississippi Valley Suf-
frage conference at st. Louis, NO.,
Thursday, but was promptly and fair
ly dealt with. It seems that at the
meeting, which was held in one of the
hotels, that Mrs. Victoria Haley, presi-
dent of the st. Louis Afro-American
Women's Club, was present at the
morning session.; in the afternoon she
again put in her appearance. When
the attention of the hotel manage
ment was called to the fact that an
Afro-American was actually under the
roof Of the hotel, vigorous protest
was made by the hotel management,
but thanks to the stand taken by Mrs.
D. w. Knefler, state campaign man
ager for the suffragists in Missouri,
and Mrs. Davis N. O'Neill, president
of the st. Louis Equal Suffragist
League, Mrs. Haley was allowed to
remain. One Of the causes of the
opposition lots of people have to the
equal suffrage movement is the unde-
fined status of the "color question"
Surely whatever is good for white
women is good for black ones
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GET FAT QUICK RECORD.
MaIissa Gained Over $50 Pounds Ia
Five Mantle Il

MaIissa Gained Over $50 Pounds Ia
Five Months.
Savannah. All get fat quick records
were broken by Malissa Cooper. col
ored, who died at her home at Grayson.
Gwyette county, Ga. 1t took fourteen
men to put her in coffin.
She weighed 613 pounds when her
heart stopped beating. and the doctors
say she would have been as heavy as
small elephant had she lived month
longer.
Five months ago the woman appar-
emily recovered from serious illness,
and then-she had never before weigh
ed more than $50 potlnds-she began to
put on fat at the rate of almost 100
pounds month. 49,.
She could be seen to grow fatter and
fatter almost from day to day. Her
skin stretched and stretched, and what
kept it from cracking and splitting
wide open was a puzzle to the many
physicians who focked to study her
strange case.
The whole countryside got interested
in Malissa. and the people went to
Grayson in droves. lust to see her
grow" She grew while they waited.
At the last her neck was yard in
circumference, and it was III inches
around her waist
Why she took on such prodigious fat
is a question the doctors will investi-
gate for science.
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NOTES FROM THE NEWS.


I Mrs. Albert e. Butler Of Evanston,
ILL.,. has opened a fifteen room bunga-
low for her pet cats. 1t is lighted by
electricity and heated by steam, while
plans have been made to cool it in
summer with iced air.
Likenesses of Washington. Lincoln
and Jefferson will appear on the new
small sized banknotes which go into
circulation on Feb. next. Washing
ton will be on the one dollar bills. JET
ferson on the two's and Lincoln on
five dollar notes.
Fire Chief Scott of Summit. N. j..
has ordered rubber boots of volunteer
1remen painted bright red. The fire.
men have been in the habit Of ''bor-
rowing" them for ordinary use on
rainy days, and when there was a
night fire recently there was only one
pair on the truck for eleven firemen.
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To FIX EXACT Time
THROUGHOUT WORLD
-Four French Scientists Are
Here For Wireless Tests.

New York. - Four French officers
have been sent by their government to
determine the exact longitude between
Washington and Paris. 49,.
Lieutenant Ludovic Driencourt and
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Gignon repre-
sent the navy. and Colonel Gustave
Ferrie, the distinguished wireless ex-
pert who has charge of the Eiffel tow
er wireless station, and Captain Paul
Levesque are from the army. They
were met by Lieutenant J. H. Newton.
o. S. NJ, aid to the commandant of the
New York navy yard.
The Frenchmen will 20 to Arlington.
near Washington, to make tests at the
government radio telegraph station.
the highest powered in the world The
ultimate object is to get at the exact
time of day all over the world.
It has been usual to send the time by
cable, and this method has established
the difference Of time between Wash
ington and Paris within less than a
second. BY flashing between the Ar
lington station and the Eiffel tower,
however, it is hoped to fix Washington
time and Paris time within less than
one one-hundredth part of second.
"Supposing there is exactly five hours
difference between Washington and
Paris" said Lieutenant Gignon, "a
message from Washington at noon
would arrive in Paris at p. m. plus
the time consumed in the cable.
amounting to perhaps a quarter of a
second. .
1T is expected that it will be possible
to determine exactly the time of asfash
between Arlington and Paris. When
this time is found to be, say, one one
hundredth part Of second, it will be
necessary only to subtract that time
from the time the message is received
to know that at certain hour at the
Eiffel tower it was noon in Washing
ton" ..M IL.
All the chief nations are co-operat-
ing, and when the tests are completed
1t will be possible to state definitely
just what time it is in any city.
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MENEL|K'S wife
AGAIN AT LIBERTY,
Remarkable Rise Of Abyssin-
ian Empress, Taitou.

Adds Abeba, Abyssinia.-After three
years of detention in Ghebbi Empress
Taitou. the wife of King Menelik, has
been granted her freedom. The right
full heir to the throne has also been
granted his freedom.
The empress domain will be in the
vicinity of Adds Abeba.
Empress Taitou Of Abyssinia was a
very interesting character, according
to what information has been learned
about her. Details of affairs in the
African empire have been difficult to
obtain and even today Europe is not
quite sure whether Emperor Menelik
Is dead or alive and still ruling his
country. It is known definitely that
the heir to the throne has been desig-
mated in the person of Lig Yassu, the
grandson Of Empress Taitou. but
whether he has taken up the reins Of
government is yet to be ascertained.
Empress Taitou, according to a
Frenchman who journeyed through
Abyssinia some years ago, was wom-
an Of the lower class, as they place
rank in Abyssinia, and she was mar
ried at an early age. Following that
she was married many more times,
and at each stage Of her matrimonial
career rose higher.
In 1885. when the coming empress
was about thirty-two years old, she
married Menelik, then king. She was
a wonderful woman. and her ability
was recognized. Besides. she was
counted as beauty.
Later Menelik rose to the supreme
step Of emperor, and Taitou rose with
him.
Menelik fell i'll at one time-in fact
one Of the many times that he has been
ill-and while Taitou. cared for him
like dutiful wife she carried on at the
same time a. conspiracy, the aim of
which was to place her on the throne
upon the death of her husband. But
many circumstances operated against
the empress. and she was driven from
the Abyssinian capital, Adds Abeba.
Menelik recovered. and Taitou's grand.
son. Lig Yassu. whom she heartily
hated. was proclaimed heir.
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DUCKS THE MARRIAGE.
Bridegroom 10 Be Hides In Haystaek
Eor Th;r+v.;~ Ao,,. HIr-. SO

Bridegroom 10 Be Hides In Haystaek
For Thirty-six Hours.
Springfield. Ill.-After having re-
NAMED in concealment in a haystack
near his home for thirty-six hours and
having been mourned as dead, after
searchers had secured the country for
him, Medford Cruikshank. who mys-
teriously disappeared on the eve of his
wedding to Miss Mae Hall, appeared
at his home south Of this city.
He says he can remember nothing.
It is believed he suffered temporary
mental alteration. due to worry over
imaginary physical ills. His fiancee
received him with joy.
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There is Prof. Knox travelling
;-ound the country, who claims to
have invented Mental Science. He
says it will bring long life and pros
perity. He say he will live 10000
years. We don't know that we'd care
to live so longl but we'd like to have
the prosperity he claims may be had
under mental science.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-04-05
BILL FOR WOMEN POLICE.
AssembIyman Thinks They Would Look
Well on Force, ILL.,.

ASsemoIyman Thinks They Would Look
Well on Force. .
Albany.-Inspired by the demand Of
the suffragettes for women police. AS
semblyman Lewis introduced a bill
compelling the police commissioner of
New York city to appoint twenty pa
troll women to stand on the same plane
with male members of the force.
Women police, it is argued by the
suffragists, would be effective agents
of the city in<the fight against vice.
No woman under thirty years or over
forty-fve shall be qualified for the job
of patrol woman.
They are to wear the police shields
and uniforms similar in color to those
worn by patrolmen. They may be as
signed by the commissioner to public
parks, dance halls and moving picture
shows or to do general patrol duty to
protect women and children.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-04-05

In recent address at Washington,
Representative Henry M. Goldfogle of
New York warned the Jews Of Amer
lea against being deceived into believ-
ing that prejudice against their race
had entirely died out in America. It
is only lying dormant.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-04-05

If anybody thinks the Republican
party is down and out, a perusal of
the returns in the city election in st.
Louis, Mo-, last Tuesday will convince
the skeptic that he has another think
coming. Just think Of it, the Repub-
icans winning out in the mayoralty
contest in st. Louis!
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CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.


AIMS AND METHODS
The aim of this school is to do prac-
tlcal work in helping men towards src-
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
is broad and PRACTICAL; its ideas are high:
it's work is thorough; it's methods are
fresh. systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The regular course of study occupies
three years, and covers the lines of work
in the several departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seninaries of tile country.
EXPENSES AND AID
Tuition and room rent are free The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nlshed. Good board can be had for sever
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
steam.
A I from loans without interest, and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserving
students who do their utmost in the line
Of self-help. No young man with grace
gifts, and energy, need be deprived OF
the advantages now opened to him in
this Seminary. For further particulars
address
THE PRESIDENT,
Cannon Theological Seminary,
Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Tramp's Golf Ball.

tramp and a golfer met on the
green.
MY good man." said the golfer In
anxious tones. ''have you seen q golf
ball hereabouts? It's my last ball. and
II lose it shall have to give up my
days game and return to town"
The tramp, villainous looking In
dividual, answered:
mo, boss. ! amt seen no golf ball,
but I've got one in my pocket that !
brought from home what don't mind
sellin' you for a couple Of dollars
New York Times.
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TUSKEGEE
Normal and Industrial Institute

TUSkEGEE, ALABAMA.
Qncorporated.)
Organized July 4, 1881, by the State
Legislature as The Tuskegee State Nor
NAL School. Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal.
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.
LOCATION.
In the Black Belt of Alabama where the
blacks outnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY.
Over 1900 students, more than 100 in
structors.
COURSE OF STUDY.
English education combined with in
dustrial training; % industries in constant
operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Property consisting of 1850 acres of
land. 1O3 buildings almost wholly built
with student labor. is valued at 81, ESQ, 900.
and no mortgage.
$50 annually for the education of each
student; ($200 enables one to finish the
course; $1,000 creates permanent scholar
ship. Students pay their own board in
CASH ana laDOr.) money IN amy amount
for current expenses and building
Besides the work done by graduates as
class room and industrial leaders,
thousands are reached through the rus
Kegee Negro Conference.
Tuskegee is 40 miles east of Mont
gomery and 1876 miles west of Atlanta, on
the Western Railroad of Alabama.
Tuskegee is a quiet, beautiful old
Southern town, and is an ideal place for
study. The. climate is at all times mild
excellent winter resort.
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Gtnrnln 9nstitntf
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

Founded by the Soldiers Of the 62d and 65th
Regiments Of tho q. s. Colored Infantry.
Supported by the State of Missouri. Has
Normal, Collegiate, Agricultural. Mechanical and
Industrial Courses Buildings and equipment
unsurpassed Thirty teachers representing the
best schools of the country Students from all
sections of the country: For catalogue and fur.
Their information address
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN
....s.... President.
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&han1 Mnturrattu

This.institution of learning, established in 1865,
has industrial departments for both young men
and young women, we'll as college, normal and
preparatory departments. There are also Schools
of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Theology.
~ The facilities have recently been increased
be completed within the next two years.
Applications should be made several month. or
year in advance, for it has become impossible
during the last few years to receive all who apply
The present enrolment is over 500.
The academic year begins on the Thursday
nearest the first day of October and continues for
thirty-two consecutive weeks. The charges are
moderate. Catalogues furnished upon application.
Address THE PRESIDENT
Shaw University. Raleigh, N. c.
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Washington Conservatory of
Music and School of Expression
902 T STREET, WASHINGTON, D. c.
LARGE AND COMPETENT FACULTY
DEPARTMENTS
Piano. Voice and Violin. Piano Tuning Theory Analy-
SIS Harmony. Counterpart. Fugue. Vocal Expression.
Wind instruments. History Of Music Methods.
Scholarships Awarded Artists Recitals
HARRIET MARSHALL. President.
GEORGE WILLIAM COOK, Treasurer.
ABBY WILLIAMS, Secretary.
LEWIS g. GREGORY, Financial Secretary.
ANNIE E. GRINAGE.
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Beautiful situation Heathg The Best Moral
Environment "A Splendid Intellectual Atmosphere |
Offers full following
High School, Grammar School and
very reasonable Opportunity for Selfhe1p
fornato
r~ESADENA H. \" f1ejRANAaAN. Knoxville
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|Jf9|&IITGHEN

COOKING CAULlFLOWERS.

COOKING CAULlFLOWERS.
THE new caulif1owers are delicious
in flavor and so tender that they
melt in the mouth.
When selecting a cauli1ower. see that
the head is creamy white, the leaves
are green and fresh and there are 70
dark spots on it.
How Served.
Boiled caulifower may be served
with a cream dressing or Hollandaise
sauce.
1t may when cold be broken into
pieces. sprinkled with grated cheese.
cracker crumbs moistened with melted
butter and baked until brown
Salads may be made with cauliflower
combined with other vegetables, or the
vegetable may be served alone as
salad with mayonnaise dressing.
Cauliflower au Gratin.-Take a me-
dunn sized cauliflower and boil until
tender. Make cream sauce by put
ting heaping tablespoonful Of butter
into the baking dish. adding two table
spoonfuls of -four when the butter is
melted. Then add half a teaspoonful of
salt and scant pint of milk. Cut the
cauli1ower into very small pieces. salt
and drop into sauce. Stir all together
and sprinkle layer Of bread crumbs
on top, putting Jumps of butter over
the surface. Cook in the oven thirty
minutes. =as. ..*...:
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A,r~ 76<~I

Poet-I called to see IL you had an
opening for me. Editor-Yes, there's
sne right behind you. Shut It as you
o. out, please. Satire.
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GUARD YOUR TONGUE.
To keep guard upon ones
tongue at all times is good rule to

- - s.ss = = 6Ss<S1 HsAAS ~
follow.
Nothing is more foolish and tact
less than the pleasure some people
take in speaking their minds" A
man Of this kind will say rude
thing for the mere pleasure Of say
ing i when different behavior
might have preserved his friends q
made his fortune.