New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-22

DR.. Washington always insisted" she
/ said, but you know We use that dust
I II Is the best thing in the world TO
/ clean floors with when ii is dampened
/ We try not to waste anything here"
Cleanliness and prevention of waste
/ are cardinal principles in Tuskegee
Even the blacksmith shop, somehow or
| other, lacked the grimy appearance OF
such places. The clothing of the
workers was far cleaner than one gen
orally finds in such places. This was
/ true Of the tin shop. Of the preserving
plant, where they were canning sweet
/ potatoes, and of the wagon shop, the
/ clothing shop and the shoeshop. The
shoeshop. where nearly all the white
/ folk in Tuskegee send their reoair
work. was small, but in a showcase
were shoes that any manufacturer in
| Lynn, Mass, need not be ashamed OF
/ or that would look out of place in the
window of any Fifth Avenue dealer.
! watch the Little Things"
Everywhere workers were courteous,
/ but very intent on their work.
B 1--WE try 10 watch the little things,
aid c. A. Evans, the master drafts
man. Everything in the shops is done
/ to scale The boys who leave here
must know how to make, and, there
fore, read. working drawings, and 10
work is done just for the sake OF prac-
/ tice. Everything is used. We aim to
/ turn out something more than aver
age workmen, and ! think we succeed.
/ We also try to teach the boys 20 be
careful in using up every scrap OF ma
terial The close worker is the man
employers want. And, anyway, we can,
not afford to waste anything-we need
[ every penny so much"
Later. as | walked through the i'm
mense dining-hall, where three times
a day the ZOO students eat, old Felix
/ Brannan, who has been chief cook
since the first day DR.. Washington be-
gan his work, gave a hint as to when,
where and how that practice OF rig d
/ economy had its birth. when he told
of the first horse the institute owned.
at wasn't much of a horse" he said,
"but we Just nursed it until it got well.
/ Then one of the boys taught IT TO i've
on waste, Just like the hogs do Yes,
sir, he would 90 through that waste
barrel, pick out all the bones and lust
mash that stuff up so the horse would
eat il. After while IT got so that u
/ lust liked that stuff. Yes, sir; yes, sir,
we just had to do that-we didn't nave
ANYTHING else to give it. But he mas
pIcnty now, thank the Lord. The boys
thew sometimes come back looking
awful lean. but when me and Booker
nuts the meat and meal into 'em they
/ lust fatten out like young shoats and
/ look like something again
Hard Working Watch.
/ One detail as 70 how funds were pro-
yided in the early days overlooked by
Brannan was supplied by William
Gregory. the only member OF the hrst
class of thirty at Tuskegee now at the
/ institute, where he looks after the care
of the buildings as labor Of love, Tor
/ Gregory, through shrewd investments
/ in land when it was TO be had at y OF
| SO an acre, is now well off.
"Mr. Washington he just used 70
pawn young Booker's gold watch said
Gregory. al don't believe there ever
was a watch that did as much good as
that one. It was gold, and it was
pretty. Miss Baker gave it TO young
Booker when he was a little fellow
she used to say his name was Baker
not Booker-and IL was Just IN pawn
and out all the time. There was no
credit then, and. Lord, that watch was
working for us most of the time. When
things got real low and there was
neither meal nor meat nor anything
else that watch would 60 into pawn
When things looked up bit it would
come out, but il always went back. In
those days we had nothing. Booker just
got toe hold in here-ten or fifteer
acres-and we had that little shack
that used to stand near the church
where Booker is going 10 be buried tc
live and sleep and eat in. We hadn'
} knives or forks or anything. Bu'
gradually things came, and some LADY
would give US few knives, or a few
forks. then some one would give u!
some tin dippers, until there were
enough to 20 around. For chairs w
Just made them out Of planks. Some o
those chairs and some Of the old cook
ing vessels are up in the library now.
"Well, that first class was wonderful
We Just knew nothing worth knowing
T.. All most of US had was strength, an'
we wanted to learn. Booker just go
hold of us, and the first week he wa
busy classifying Us. Some knew moth
ing; there were some who were wei
, enough along to be juniors in college
Then he Just overhauled US. He tolc
us all about taking care Of our bodies
, and ourselves, and he just made US al
wear collars. Those were the days o.
paper collars, and you could get all yol
. needed for a nickel. Lots Of the boy
did not know how TO wear them. They
were taught. Then we all had 10 weat
neckties. We had 70 keep clean. i
Booker had what the young fellows nov
call a bug, 1t was keeping clean. Mex
to a liar he hated dirty man or WON
an worse than anything else in thu
world; those were the only two kinds
OF things he hated-liars and dirty
folks. OF course. he hated thieves, blu
all liars are thieves, so they were in
cluded.
Leaders Cutting Bee.
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