The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-15
BOOKER I. WASHINGTON, FAMOUS
 NEGRO LEADER AND EDUCATOR,
 DfES FROM NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

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 k The character and difficulties of pr. Washington's work are told in magazine article written by him. When elected to organize the Tuske- gee Institute, he travelled through the ''bIack beIt'' in order to become ac7 quainted with the people whom he was to teach.
 'In the plantation districts" he wrote. later, 'I found large families, including visitors when any appeared, living and sleeping in a single room. I found them living on fat pork and corn bread, and yet not infrequently I discovered in these cabins sewing machines which np one knew how. to- Use which had cost as much as $6O, or showy clocks which had cost as much as $10 or SIP, but which never told the time. I remember cabin where there was but one fork on the table for the use of five mem bers of the family and myself, while in the opposite corner was an organ for which the family was paying $50 in monthly insta1ments. The truth that forced itself upon me was that these people needed not only book learning but Knowledge of how to live; they needed to know how to cultivate the soil, to husband their resources, to buy land and build houses, and make the most of their opportunities.'
 Word of his aims, advertised to the world in the Atlanta speech, spread all over the country, and soon men and women of means began to want to assist pr. Washington Chief among these was Andrew Carnegie, who be- gan by giving a $20,00o library to the institute, which he followed with a regular contribution of S1000O a year The climax of MT. Carnegie's gener- osity toward the institute was reached in 1903. when he gave $600,000 to the endowment fund.
 These words of praise for pr. Wash ington from MT. Carnegie correspond ed with the tributes of many others who knew the man and his work Among those who indorsed and sHp- ported Dr. Washin gton by act and speech were Presidents Mckinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson; the off cials of many states, and the heads of many institutions of learning. Though he never seemed to seek them, honors of all kinds. were bestowed upon the negro. The degree of M. A. was con- ferred upon him by Harvard in 1896 and LL- D. by Dartmouth in 1901. @n, 1910, when pr. Washington was i1l Europe, he was received by the King Of Denmark, addressed the National Liberal club in London, and visited MT Carnegie in S<ibo Castle.
 Another incident ofN Dr. Washing tans life that stirred up a. contro-
 
 occasion of his dining at the White House with President Roosevelt on Oct 16, 1901. pr. w ashington went to the White House at the Invitation of the President, and, when the news was spread abroad, thousands, both North and South, who were moved by race prejudice or by belief that so- cial equality between blacks and whites had been encouraged, became angry. Most of the criticism fell upon Colonel Roosevelt but-nfhe Sjneident served also to. injure Dr. Washing-5 tons work in some part of the South. I
 In addition to his work at Tuskeegee and upon the lecture platform. Dr. Washington wrote 9 number of books and pamphlets upon the negro ol1es- tion- Chief among his works were: Sowing and Reaping's 1900; -s'8Jp From Slavery 1901: Future of the American Negro,.' 1899: tCharacter Building,f' 1902; The Story of My Life and Work 1903; Working With Hands, 7 1904; 'Tuskeegee and It's Peo- ple," 1905; Putting the Most Into L1fe,s 1906; Life of Frederick Doug lass, 1907; The Negro in Business. 7, lsQ7s The Story of the Negro.' > 1909: My. Larger Edueation,' 1911. and The Man FEarthest Down. 1912.
 pr Washington was married three times, and is survived by his third Wife, two sons and q daughter.