The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-30
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
In and Outs of the Local Colony and
Their Friends.


was in the city Tuesday and went tC
Davenport where he was dated TO de-
liver lecture IN the evening. He al
so has an engagement to lecture Ia
ST Paul on the evening of May 10
Mr.. WOodson, who before he took IN
the practice of law served a term OF
| enlistment In the regular army, Is
| highly imbibed with the martial spir
IT and ever ready to defend the Stars
1 and Stripes. He has already tender
| ed his services to President Wilson
! in the present Mexican crisis as he did
TO President Mckinley in the Span,
ish-American War, and is prepared
TO raise company of colored volun
teers on short notice.
The little daughter of Mrs Ethel
| Fields continues to be a very sick
baby and has shown little ii any i'm
provement during the week. A slight
operation was necessary Friday tC
draw the puss from the internal alb
cess, and ii is hoped this will bring
relief and betterment to the little
Sufferer.
Geo. II. Jones, who is now residing
in Des Moines. has been in the city
this week looking after improvements
| being made on his home property on
North A street.
The Ladies' Progressive League met
with Mrs. Belle Bush Friday after
noon and after the regular business
the hostess served a splendid lunch
which was much enjoyed by th2
ladies. The League also had the pleas
ure of having with them for an hour
/ MrS pnch hn fa.u
who was enroute TO Washington to fill
a lecture engagement IN the evening
The next meeting of the League will
be visitors day and will be held at the
home of Mrs. Woodie Thomson, OH
ID avenue west
The many friends of Rev. and Mrs
Oscar b. Smith will deeply sympath
iZe with them In the loss of their son
William Nelson Smith, who died al
the home in Evans, Wednesday, April
%, 1914, after an illness of more than
/ six months with tuberculosis. The
funeral occurred from the Baptist
tchurch in Evans at 2:30 o'clock Fri
day afternoon, and inteTment made
in Forest cemetery at Oskaloosa. The
hand of death has fallen heavily upon
this family recently as IL was only on
January |, that a daughter was sud
denly called after only a few hours
Illness. The son, a promising young
man of % years was an industrious
and capable member of the United
Mine Workers and we'll liked by his
fellow workmen and all who knew
him. In his illness, which he suffer
ed much at times and realized tina
there could be no permanent relic
for him he was always cheerful AM
patient. fully resigned to submit Il
the will Of Him who dOeth all things
for the best. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev S. Bates, pas
tor of the Maple street Baptist church
! of Des MOines, assisted by Rev N. B
Jones of this city, and was attended
/ by a number Of friends and members
of the Second Baptist church of this
city of which deceased was a mem
! Der. He leaves TO mourn his death
mother, father, sister Mrs. Mabel
Crowder and brother.
Mrs. J. B. Bush, of Des Moines,
president of the State Federation of
Colored Woman's Clubs, delivered her
| lecture, The Black Girls Burden,
before the members of the Ladies'
Progressive League and its friends at
the A. NJ. +. church on Friday even.
ing of last week. Only those of our
citizens who did not hear her have
anything to regret. Those who did
hear her were charmed by her per.
Isonality and we'll pleased with the
sensible and logical manner in which
she treated her subject She traced
the life and surroundings OF the aver
age black girl in the home, the school,
in business and in society, and while
she in truth found much OF the burd.
en- TO be the result of prejudice, she
as truly found much of 1t to be the
result of jealousy and Indifference on
the part of her own race. She thinks
the remedy for many of the evils Is
TO be found in better and more care
full training of daughter in the home,
and with force and earnestness urged
upon the parents of her race in part.
ocular, and club women in general to
give their best thought and consider
alton to this important side of the
question, for on the results of II de-
ponds largely the ability of the black
girl to carry through life the burden
which many unfortunate circumstan-
ceS have placed upon her. Mrs.
Rush is an interesting talker and is
striking example of the fact that
many of the handicaps can be over
come. Her manner is modest and
vet impressive and her sentences so
we'll formed as to be easily under.
stood and retained in the memory.
No big words or long sentences which
mystify rather than enlighten the
hearer, but the entire lecture Is
clothed in simple, expressive language
that convinces and charms the nearer
and convinces him of the culture and
training of the speaker. Mrs. Rush
is very busy woman. for besides at.
tending personally to her home du-
ties, which she declares no woman
should under any circumstances neg.
lect. she finds time to write some. FIJI
her lecture engagements, is serving
acceptably her third year as presi,
dent OF the State Federation and Is
with all taking an advanced course
in English at Drake University.
Women Of her character and ability
should receive the support and en-.
OF every member of the
race when they are willing to sacri.
flee their own time and labors 10