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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17
A New Way Of Impressing "Votes for
Women" on England's Home Secretarv
London, May 4
OOIIt 'Iiy T.
THE most conspicuous object of
the English Suffra pettes. hat

LONDON, May 4.
THE most conspicuous object OF
the English Suffragettes. bat.
red is the Right Hon. Reri.
maid McKenna, Secretary Of state
Ior Home Affairs in the British
cabinet. He It was who drew up the
Cat and Mouse Act"
Inc other day Mr.. McKenna was
aihlng at very fashionable house in
Mayfair. His companion was titled
woman, who Is equally distinguished
lor her beauty, her entertaining con-
.ersatlon and her charming personal.
Ivy She noticed that Mr.. McKenna
was eating practically nothing and
commented on the fact with SYM.
pathetic interest.
The Cabinet Minister admitted that
inc cares of his office, the acts and
pans OF the Suffragettcs and the lure
or social gayety had had bad effect
upon his system. All these things in
fact had contributed to upset his di.
eestion and make him more or less
or nervous wreck. He had lost all
his appetite.
oh, Mr.. McKenna," exclaimed the
Countess. looking into his eyes with
deep feeling, 81 know something that
VIII make new man of YOU"
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some sign from him, none ever
came. There remained for me moth
ing save his gifts and my memor.
les. He had grown tired or there
was another in his life. do NOT
KNOW which. But when that time
came he withheld from me even hi.
friendship. He was very cruel.
What could do? Sit here alone.
IN silence. a crushed, heart-broken
woman? Because Of the lonely life
| had led for years for him. nv
friends had dropped away from me-
was as much alone in New York
as lightning stricken tree on A
western plain. l determined not
upon revenge. but upon vindication.
! wish him only the best of evsry-
thing that life offers. hone he
may be successful and happy. But
owe myself one thing. to, restore
my status in the world to show INV.
self. forsaken. but the proven he
trothed OF Enrico Caruso. For that
reason have punished him in the
Only way could, by an appeal to
the law. ~
For what men lack. In chiya1rv
sometimes the courts supply,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

between La Sonora and me, It Shall
be my great happiness to marry
you. But now cannot, for the
children's sake. She is their mother.
She deserves from me some SEM
blance OF respect"
And so l trusted and hoped and
loved. He met my friends and l his.
Frankly he showed his love for me
to all. At an after-theatre supper
at the Plaza, on my birthday, no.
ticed that ne held his hand behind
his back.
Have you hurt your hand?" I
asked anxiously.
mo, cara mia," he said. II hold
a box OF bon 'bons for your born
day." At first, for very long time,
indeed, he always remembered
everything that concerned my life.
BON bons," I said when he hand
ed me the box. What a little box
Of them!" He laughed as a school
boy does. Opening it, found it con.
tanned beautiful gold purse. I
flung my arms about him and kissed
him. He shouted with joy.
One morning as / was walking on
the avenue. met him and he said:
II am going to the doctor. I am
not sick, but I go to the doctor"
When got home I wrote him a
note telling him how happy that un-
expected meeting made me, and
called him Baby" That pleased
him and always after that he call
ed himself my "Baby." Me lie
called my Little Princess" though
am not little. My name he cut to
"N1il," pronouncing it "Meel" and
"Milani." Once after matinee of
Boheme he said to me, "My adored
one, sang to you all the time. Did
you not hear me. Instead Of Mimi
l sang again and again Mill Did
you not hear?"
For five years no day passed when
he was in this country without my
seeing him or hearing from him. If !
he were very busy rehearsing l
would hear his ring, and the rich
voice / loved saying, II have called
you up to tell you I love you and =
am thinking Of YOU"
BY long distance came the same t
sweet message. II think Of you. You h
are always with me In thought"
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and trust will give them back to
L packed them in box and car.
rled them to his hotel. All save n
few postcards and kilograms. what
nave you there:" he said, testing
a PRESENT."
Yes. dear" I answered. "a pres.
ent that proves my love for you"
He opened the box. He lifted tbe
letters from 1t and spread them
upon the table. He read them All
with changing expression. When
no mad finished he folded his arms
upon the table. leaned his head upon
them and wept.
$50 happy"
From that time I saw him less and
less often. His manner underwent
a change. At the beginning of this
season went to the opera and
heard him sing. went back to see
nim in his dressing room. I drove
MN to his hotel in my cab.
He kissed me good bye and
have never seen or heard from him
since. -A-
Though waited for months for
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By Mrs. Mildred Meffert

rs there no humanity in the world
Is no man constant to the end
OF life? Can no woman trust
and be happy and secure as to the
future? Enrico Caruso has left me
a broken-hearted woman. one OF the
furnished toys with which the path.
way OF his life IS strewn.
He was tender lover and for a
time, / believe, true. He overran
with the exquisite subtleties of love.
When he slipped a ring upon my
finger 1t was with look that was
a fame, words that were a caress.
For a long time no day passed
without the sound OF his voice, a
telegram, a letter, gift, from him.
without in some form his assurance.
over and over again, Cara mia, you
know / adore you"
And yet, over that thrillingly bean
tfful picture hangs a veil of recent
events. GOODNESS, silence on his part,
and an effort at vindication on mine.
1t is like bitter north wind after
day OF glorious tropic sunlight.
Enrico Caruso came into nv life
eight years ago. 1t was at a mat
lnee at the Garden Theatre. Cava-
lierl was with him. Other friends
filled the box. With a woman com.
panion, 1 sat we'll down in the or.
chestra. l happened to be In his
line Of vision. He looked and
looked and looked at ME until I was
embarrassed. Cavalieri saw that
he was interested in someone outside
the box and asked, "At whom do
you look SO steadily?"
IL am looking at one of the love.
Hest women 1 ever saw" he an.
swered.
We met afterward in the lobby of
the theatre. A friend presented him.
With n few commonplaces we sepa-
rated, but he asked me If / would
be at the opera the next evening.
After the opera we met again.
wrote and asked him TO autograph q
photograph Of his. He replied, ask
ing IL he might call. l asked him
to tea. From that time we saw each
other of.en and admiration made
rapid progress toward love.
Cara mia" he said when our
acquaintance was but few weeks
old, when something shall happen
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By HicLaSt
..}corned Love
The Interesting Loue
Methods of the Worlds
Greatest Tenor
at Last Revealed

r. NRICO CARUSO, the worlds
greatest tenor, is in trouble
again, and as usual, his
trouble Is OF the heart. He OF the
golden tones and vagrant heart Is
OF comparatively brief life, but
many troubles. and all of them are
made by women.
Elise Ganeili, Ada Gianghetti who
crossed the sea TO make mere sordid
demands; Mile. Valesquez. Mile.
Savedra, Gilda Granchetti and Emma
Trentini all hold the same opinion
OF the changeful character Of the
tenor's emotions and the lack OF
varacity Of his statements which
bear upon the vagaries OF cupid.
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But most of all every body wants
10 know why the great Caruso will
write those loving missives-only to
nave his words pursue him here.
after with sorrowig lady perchcd
on each and each demanding large
financial damages for the heart they
shattered.
All OF these women have turned
Nemesis to the tenor's Romeo. Mrs.
Mildred Meffert, beautiful widow,
IN the latest and most relentless. Be-
fore he departed for Europe she sued
him for 100000 to aid her to for.
get his broken promises. On this
page Mrs. Meffert tells the story CT
her troubles, and for the first time
she reveals the love methods OF the
greatest living tenor.
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13
LEADERS ARE At ODDS.
Bait. Afro. American Ledger

New York, February 5.-Trouble
has broken out in the inner circle OF
the National Association for the Ad'
vancement of Colored People is the
report which is being circulated here
According to the disseminators Of the
news Of strife, trouble has been berw.
ing since the recent annual meeting
of the association when DR.. M. c. B.
Mason was removed as general or
ganizer and Mrs. Mary Church Terrell,
of Washington, and DR.. N. F. Mossell,
of Philadelphia, were dropped from
membership on the executive COM
mittee.
Some of the kickers assert that
their grievances are caused by the
alleged desire of Oswald Garrison
Willard, editor of the New York Even
ing Post, and DR.. w. e. B. Dubois,
editor of the Crisis, to run the associa-
tion.
1t may be said. however, that Mr.
Willard has been foremost in the fight
against race determinations and that
his newspaper has been employed in
exposing race prejudicial measures. In
fact, his interest in the cause of hu-
man rights has been brought to the
ranks of the association many influen-
tial men and women.
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13
LIMIT OF RACE PREJUDICE.
Pastor Of Chicago Church condsmns
Attitude of Cemetery OfficiaIs.

Pastor Of Chicago Church Condemns
Attitude Of Cemetery Officials.
Chicago. - "How deep underground
does the color line reachP That Is
the question which Jenkin Lloyd Jones,
pastor of All Souls church and head
resident of Abraham Lincoln Center.
in this city, has propounded to the Of
f1cials Of Oakwoods cemetery in re-
cent letter. E"-
The query was the result Of MI.
Jones perusaf Of a folder mailed to
him from the Offices Of the cemetery
and containing recital Of its advan-
tages as a place of last rest for Chi
cagoans. Near the end was a para
graph which set forth that the asso-
ciation did not desire among its pa
irons those whose skins are other than
white, and its effect on the man who
heads an institution named for the
president who freed the slaves was
immediate. He at once dispatched this
letter: .~aasz-a
-
woods Cemetery Association:
Dear Sir-Your very attractive an
nouncement Of the cemetery. with pretty
pictures, duly received, for which accept
my thanks. It Is a beautiful place and
the sadness Of many visits has often been
ameliorated by Its beauty, but / was as
founded and panied beyond telling by
reading this sentence in your announce
ment:
20 fo~
the exclusive use Of people Of the Cau-
casian race. Heaven save the mark!
Can class prejudice and racial conceit 60
further? Pray, how deep underground
does the color line reach? Is It to be pre-
sumed that st. Peter has also provided
for the convenience of the "Caucasians"
q rear gate entrance into kingdom come
for the benefit Of the colored people?
Seriously, am panied at the manifes-
tation Of what seems to me an insult to
the Christianity we profess and the trust
in God and belief in brotherhood that Is
inscribed or implied In a thousand monu-
ments within your inclosure. Am I to
understand that Frederick Douglass,
Booker T. Washington, the Hindu poet
who has just received the Nobel prize
for pre-eminent achievement in letters,
were they to be presented at your gates.
would be denied the final courtesies which
belong to the humblest and most despised
and wickedest of the race?
It is not for me to decide where my
bones may crumble. but II 1t were for me
to choose 1 would not care to have them
under the ground from which are exclud-
ed many brave and dear friends Of mine
Your ground is sacred as the resting
place Of hundreds of men and women
who bravely and willingly died for the
establishment Of the brotherhood that
crossed lines and the sanctities of the
human soul, whether incased In skins
black white, yellow or half tints Very
respectfully yours,
JENKIN LLOYD JONES.
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13

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FOUNDERS DAY OBSERVED
AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE
Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise Lauds Work Of
General s. c. Armstrong.

General s. c. Armstrong.
Hampton, Va.-Dr. Stephen 8. Wise
the distinguished rabbi Of the Free
synagogue, New York city, and cham
pion of public righteousness, delivered
at Hampton institute on Sunday, Feb.
1, most eloquent address In com
memoration Of General Samuel Chap
man Armstrong, who founded the
Hampton school in 1868. DR.. Wise
showed clearly that General Armstrong
was Observation-Disclosures Of de.
mocracy," sman-philanthropist "
"statesman-visiOnary and idealist'-a
man of radiant personality and a man
who walked with God.
II have often thought" said DR.
Wise, that no man in modern times
could be more fitly likened to the great
leader Of my people than Samuel Chap
man Armstrong. Moses was first lib
orator and emancipation, and he rested
his eternal faith upon the word of
God" General Armstrong fought In
the war and helped to emancipate the
Negroes. General Armstrong was not
content, however, merely to lead forth
another race from bondage. He set
out upon the great life task Of helping
them to self mastery, self conquest and
self redemption.
DR.. Wise showed that the greatest
spring of character and achievement
in the life of Mr.. Armstrong was in
the home In which he was bOrn-the
home Of high enterprise and mission
ary endeavor. DR.. Wise made strong
plea for the colored people to 60 out
from Hampton and magnify their own
homes.
He declared emphatically that houses,
land, farm implements, money and po-
sition are as nothing beside the home
General Armstrong was not only pre-.
pared to face difficulties, but he had
the statesman's vision which moved
him to seek out and search out the
hard and difficult places as well as &C
cept them, not as obstacles and him
ORANGES. but as spurs, as stimuli.
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13
HoNoRs FRED DOUGLASS.
Nigh Esteem In Which Theodore tn.
ton Held the Great Agitator.

Nigh Esteem In Which Theodore tn.
ton Held the Great Agitator.
Among the 'sonnets written by Theo.
dore Tilton to the memory Of Fred
Douglass appears the following fine
lines:
! knew the proudest giants Of my day,
And he was Of them-strong amid the
strong.
hat gentle too. for. though he suffered
wrong,
Yst the wrong doer never heard him say,
Thee also do I hate. 80
A lovers lay-no dirge. no doleful requiem
song
D what owe him, for loved him long.
~ dearly a. q younger brother may.
Proud b the happy grief with which !
Tor. o my country. In the paths OF men
There never walked a grander man than
He was Q peer Of princes-yea, q king.
Crowned IN the shambles and the prison
Ths nobisst slave that ever God set frssl
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13
WHAT AN TRYING TO DO.
AN OPEN LETTER.


BY Or. Booker r. Washington, IN tho
"Worlds Work Magazine, New York
City, November, 1s1a-
II am trying to get tho white peo.
pie to realize that since no color line
Is drawn in the punishment Of crime.
no color line should be drawn in the
preparation for life. in the kind Of
education, in other words, that makes
for useful, clean living. I am trying
to get the white people to see that in
hundreds of counties in the South
1t is costing more to punish colored
people for crime than It would cost to
educate them. am trying to get all
to see that ignorance. poverty, and
weakness invite and encourage the
stronger race to act unjustly toward
the weak. and that SO long as this CON.
dition remains, the young white men
Of the South viii have fearful handi.
cap in the battle Of life."
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13

The secretary to the president of the
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Ry.,
part of the Vanderbilt System, is a
colored man, Walter B. Wright. Not
only is he secretary to the president,
and therefore high in authority, but is
also first member of the executive
committee Of the Veteran Association,
an organization Of employees Of the
road who have been with the company.
Mr.. Wright, twenty-five or more
years service wohse home is at Cleve-
land, Ohio, is splendid example Of
the successful colored man whose
merit alone won him success.
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13
SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

The pharmacy conducted by DR.. R.
F. White, colored pharmacist, at
Owensboro, Kentucky, is unsurpassed
for size, stock and volume of business
done, by any white pharmacy in that
city. DR.. White has had such great
success with his pharmacy at Ovens
boro he is considering establishing a
chain Of drug stores, buying his stock
in carload lots, and thus be in posi-.
tion to meet any competition in selling
prices.
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13
Frank Jenkins Wins Hiah Honors.

Frank Jenkins Of the Far Rockaway
(New York; high school Is not only
popular with his teachers and fellow
pupils as the winner of the scholastic
cross country championship, but for ex-
cellence In his literary work and de-
pertinent. Eighty-one boys from the
fifteen public schools in the Far Rock
away section Of Long Island partici-
pated in the recent cross country run
in which Jenkins won championship
honors.
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13
Success Of tho AreoIa Social Club.

One of the most active Of the many
social organizations among the younger
social set In Pittsburgh is the Arcola
club. The receptions and entertain
ments given by the club are always
well attended and managed In the most
approved style. Much credit is due the
following named members for the sue
cess Of the organization: John Harris,
George Douglass. DR.. w. T. Phillips,
Scott Wood, Jr., Wilbur Clay, John
Wiley, Bruce Brown. Albert Harris,
George Brown, Reese Jackson and Roy
McNeal
The Twin City star., 1914-02-13

fhs noblest slave that ever God set freeI
NATIONAL w. c. T. U.
Department Work Among coIored
People. .
AN OPEN LETTER..
The National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has launched q
campaign for National Constitutions
Prohibition In 1920. -
We believe in ourselves; but In.
finitely more in the God who said
BE not afraid nor dismayed by rea.
son Of this great multitude; for the
battle is not your but Gods"
| We realize that it would be dis.
astrous to the race, If in the final tri.
umph Of virtue over vice, the church
over the liquor traffic; our women
were found poorly represented in the
great organization of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, which knows no woman by her
creed or color.
To forestall such a calamity, we
are calling for volunteers all over the
Nation.
January I, 1914, has been set apart
as out fast day, on which day all who
are interested In the weIIbeing Of the
race are called upon to unite with US
that there might be great awakening
OF our women to this the opportune
time to fall into line and help save our
race from this vile form Of slavery
which the white mans civilization has
forced upon US. ~
At our National Convention in As
bury Park, N. j.. in November, Ohio's
coloreG women led the nation in max
Ing a great gain Of membership; New
York came next. The whole nation
must rally. The liquor traffic knows
no race, section, nor condition in its
work If evil. WE MUST BE ON
DUTY when the last blow for liberty
of home, race and nation is struck. )@
Texas will rally for 1000 paid mem.
bers. Tennessee and Arkansas 500
each.
Mrs. George E. Haynes, Fisk Uni.
versity. Nashville, Tenn, has been
chosen as our Secretary Of Advisory
Committees of College Work.
Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingston Col.
lege, Salisbury, N. c., is Chairman of
Committee on Press Work.
l cheerfully introduce these capable
earnest women who will help lead our
ranks to victory over the greatest
enemy we have known since emancipa-
ton.
We believe in the press as one of
the greatest means of helping to
truth and justice.
We believe that our men will rallv
20 help US as they discover the ear.
aestness Of our hearts set to action.
We therefore humbly ask that Won
VII give space in your valuable col.
INNS Of the next issue for this letter.
We further beg that you will let ap-
bear In a later issue If not along with
his letter, the enclosed copy of ex.
'erpts from DR.. Booker T. Washing.
on; Prof. Kelly Miller, Howard Uni.
'ersity, Washington, d. c.; DR.. G. v.
Roman. Meharry Medical College.
Nashville, Tenn; DR.. Sutton e. Griggs.
demphis. Tenn; Bishop c. R. Har.
Is, Salisbury, N. c.: DR.. R. E. Jones
1ew Orleans; DR.. ]. H. N. Waring.
Washington, D. c.
ELIZA e. PETERSON. T
Texarkana, Tex, National Supt
AMANDA SMITH,
Sebring, Fla,
ella SHEPPARD MOORE.
Nashville. Tenn, Associates.
The day book., 1914-12-24

sex in the lawful, natural way-mar-
riage.
The responsibility, therefore, falls
mainly upon society, and especially
upon that class of it that causes or
undertakes to instruct the workers
economically and impresses on them
the futility of fighting existing cond-
ton, meanwhile forcing them into
sex-starving slavery. - John Mar
shall.
The day book., 1914-12-24
LOOK up THE THEATERs

Editor Day Book-New that we
have our moving pictures highly CEN
Isored, and a moral squad watching
the hotels and rooming houses to see
that no one without a marriage IL
The day book., 1914-12-24


that the creation of a committee on
theaters would also be good thing.
If this aforesaid committee should
ever be launched | would suggest that
they visit the "Hippidrome" located
in the loop, the first one.
Their prices of admission, posted
near the window of the box office,
reads, 10, 20 and 80 cents only, that
and nothing more. Several friends
and myself purchased 20-cent tickets,
and for one hour and fifteen minutes
we vainly waited for chance to get
in.
Notwithstanding the number OF
people that came out, the ushers an
nounced only 30-cent seats, and only
those who had the aforesaid tickets
were ushered in. Those who had
their 20-eent tickets changed to the
tune of 10 cents extra we're imme-
diately given the right of immediate
entrance to the show.
Being thoroughly worn out with
waiting, and disgusted with the hold
up game which the ushers appeared
" UC ONCA O1 I1C uu6u0PCCI-
ing holders OF 20-cent tickets, ask
ed one of the ushers if we could get
our money back at the Office and he
snarlingly replied that ''he guessed
we could"
Well, we cashed in and left. Now
this. is not the first time that we have
been treated this way, but it surely
is the last.
If we have no laws to regulate such
matters then let the city build few
theaters and arrange the seating ca
pacity so that when 20-cent seat is
vacated the next individual viii not
have to pay 80 cents for TT. R. B.,
Forest Park, III.
:-0-O-
When you think of one thing that.
the friend does not already possess
to give at Christmas time it is a sure