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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
THRIFTY BUSINESS MEN.
Constructive Work Of Cooperative
League ut New Rochelle. N. Y.
H nv BRucB CRIT

Av BkUCB CRIT g..
New Rochelle. N. Y.-The New
Rochelle Cooperative Business league
10 entitled to great deal of credit for
the work It has done and is doing In
Westminster county. N. Y. in making
It possible for our people to secure
sanitary homes In desirable sections Of
New Rochelle and also In the county.
The league has been IN existence q
little over seven years and owns q
number OF fine houses, with latest mod
iern improvements. all Of which are
occupied by our people. p
League hall rs headquarters for most
Of the social. fraternal and religious
organizations among the colored people
I'm the county. 1t contains a public
hall for social gatherings with kitchen.
dining room, check room. ladies' .parlor
and smoking room for men. At a re.
cent meeting of the board Of directors
each member Of the board agreed to
assist In extending the business OF thu
organization and to complete the pay
ments Of League hall, the home OF the
organization. The league Is helping
those members who are engaged In
business. among whom are several
aspiring merchants and two Iprofes.
sional men.
These men all stand together and
pull together like the members Of one
family. II a neighbor wishes to buy a
horse or q wagon or a house or q
stock Of goods to open up little bust
ness for himself the men. of the league
help and encourage him with their
personal or joint notes to secure the
money he needs. and they push his
business all they can. 1t is beautiful
spirit, typical of the communal spirit
Of the colored man on his native heath.
It Is growing in New Rochelle. and
black men there are coming more and
more to see that 1t pays to stand
shoulder to shoulder and to help one
another to bear burdens.
The board Of directors Of the New
Rochelle Cooperative Business league
Ia one Of the most harmonious bodies
OF men to be found anywhere In the
state Of New York. At their last meet.
ing, held April 1, Manager g. ]. Davis
asked for $54 to pay certain petty bills,
and in less than ten minutes the board
turned over to him q little over $75
The board consists Of the following
members: w. ]. Brown, president; ID
Eckels, 8. j. Davis (secretary Of the
league), J. Bullock, George Eckels, DR..
@. P. McClendon, J. Il. Bruce "Grit,"
Henry Davis, Henry Peel, James
Brown, J. Thweet 8. ]. Crewes (secre-
tary Of the board, Samuel Craig, Rev.
M. A. Bradley and Eugene Harris. 1t
is growing organization, and It's con-
tinued existence and activity show the
capacity of the Negro for sustained ef-
fort along business lines.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
A Bernard Shaw Criticism.

Before fame came to him Bernard
Shaw wrote dramatic criticisms for the
London Saturday Review. The follow,
ing sample Is characteristic Of the man:
II am In q somewhat foolish position
concerning play at the Opera Co
mique, whittier was hidden this day
week. For some reason I was not
supplied with a program, 50 that
never learned the name Of the play.
At the end Of the second act the play
had advanced about as far as an ordi-
nary dramatist would have brought II
i've minutes after the nrst rising Of the
curtain or, say, as far as Ibsen would
have brought It ten years before that
event. Taking advantage Of the sec
ond interval to stroll ont into the
Strand for a little exercise, unfortu-
nately forgot all about my business
and actually reached home before It
occurred to me that had not seen
the end Of the play. Under these cir
1t would I'll become me to
dogmatize on the merits Of the work
or its performance. can only offer
the management my apologies" -
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Eastern vermont's Marbles.

Though the western part Of Vermont
includes the most extensive marble in
dustry In this country, the eastern part
is a virgin field, where, In the lack ;Of
a general study Of the stratigraphy.
the structure. the paleontology and the
areal geology. It is at present not only
impossible to determine the area and
position Of many Of the beds, but also
even the thickness of some of the mar
bic formations, which are but partly
exposed. The marbles of eastern Yer
mont, many Of which are dolomitfc,
vary widely in kind and character, and
the outcrops, though few In number.
are scattered from the Massachusetts,
line to the Canadian boundary. Many
Of the marbles are suited only for in.
door ornamental use. The greater part
Of the lodges are to be classed as min,
eral reserves. which viii be drawn on
in the future.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
TILE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO
LIFE.
Home Training Most Important.
Says Miss Mamie II. Burroughs.

Home Training Most Important.
Says Miss Mamie H. Burroughs.
The moral phase of the Negro
problem is the most serious part Of
the whole aggravating question. TS
improve the standard of the life of the
masses is the only solution. =
As with other races, the standards
in the homes are set up by the women
who preside over them. Therefore
to bring about reform the woman
hood of the race must be taught
how to instruct their children in
those virtues, that have made the
most advanced races what they are.
We are prone to think that the
Negro is by nature religious and
therefore moral. He is both; but he
is not enough of either when it comes
to living up to fundamental principles
every day life. Because of his crude
conception of what the Christian re-
ligion really is he too often practices
one thing and breaches another.
Often the foremost woman in the
church is so far from model for her
less ambitious sisters that they look
with contempt upon her and dis
credit religion. This .misrepresenta-
ton of the genuine article takes many
forms and sometimes the one woman
is a combination of all. She allows
beer drinking, card playing, and rag
time music in her home. She is loose
in her conversation. Her language is
often smutty. Her demeanor be-
comes a woman of the street. Her
home is a hangout for sliding elders"
and loafing, hungry preachers. Her
house is poorly kept. Her children
are too young to be men and wom-
en- and too old to be children. They
are therefore, the freshest things in
the lneighborhood. They run the
church. They sit in the front heat,
chew gum, talk and keep their "gang"
giggling. To speak to them is to
throw match into magazine Of
powder.
These wise and talented youngsters
of the leading sisters, get into the
choir and start trouble for the Choir
listers. They get religion and start
trouble for the deacons. These chill
dren of too many of those who aspire
to leadership in our local churches
presume too much on the standing
and influence of their mothers and
give our churches all kinds of trouble.
What we need is new type of
women in our homes as mothers,
and a new type of women in our
churches as leaders and examples for
the young. - ........-.
The wig wearing, gum chewing,
beer smelling, mouth running, street
trotting, home neglecting, convention
fever type of women are out of style,
and from them may we soon be de-
livered.
- The Worker.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Look Ahead

There are some persons who ride
all through the journey of life with
their backs to the horse's head. They
are. always looking into the past. They
are forever talking about the good old
times and how different things were
when they were young. There IL no
romance In the world now. and no
'heroism. The very winters and sum
mers are nothing to what they used to
be. In fact, life Is altogether on a
small, commonplace scale. Now. that
II n miserable sort Of thing. II brings
kind of paralyzing chill over life and
petrifies the natural spring of joy that
should be forever leaping up to meet
the fresh new mercies that the day
keeps nging.-Exchange.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
teIleotual l;ifa.

People without intellectual life are
virtually under condemnation to hard
labor. Unless their thoughts can give
them wholesome occupation they must
nnd It for their hands. Otherwise they
cannot live well and must expect de-
terioration. But, unluckily for lazy
people, the achievement Of good
grade of intellectual life involves about
as much work as anything else. Life
without effort seems not to have been
intended. The original plan was to
have 1t end by starvation and, though
people nowadays get around that, they
cannot altogether defeat the original
intentiOn.-Life.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17

Members of the National Society for
the Advancement of Colored People
of ST. Paul, have protested to Mayor
Powers against "The Niger" movies.
The Mayor has passed 1t up to the
department of public safety. The
St. Paul management says that the
pictures will be shown. Mayor Nye
of this city has said that "they won't
be shown" and Mayor Nye means
what he says, and he did not have to
hear every spokesman from each
equal rights organization to decide
The right way. Mayor Nye is right.
That's all.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Called His Papa Down.

Little Willy is bright boy and a
saucy boy. His apt answers have Of
ten turned away wrath and often turn
ed 1t upon him strongly. The other
day his father was reprimanding him
for some misdeed, and Willy was an
swering very saucily. The father be.
came very angry and. selling the
-youngster by the collar. said: .See
here, young man. you must not talk
IKE that to me. l never gaze my IA.
ther impudence when l was a bow"
Willy was not faxed at all. With a
cnerubic smile he looked into papa's
eyes and said. But. papa, maybe your
father didn't need It" Twas all of.
Willy escaped punishment. while papa
retired to another room.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Fashion iFrills.

Spring straws show which way fash
ION blows itself - Baltimore American.
silk trousers this summer. announce
the tailors Tickle fashion. iudeedE
New York Sun.
Women's hats are to be costlier. &C
cording to reports. They usually arc
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Here comes the low crowned derby
again. as II men were not funny
enough already. Chicago News
Wasp shaped gowns announced In
the near future should be named for
the mosquito-the sting II In the BILL
washington Post.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Nanina the Mississ poi.

Mhs Aissfssippi river had more than
q dozen native names. different desig-
nations being given at different points
in its ,course. The .Algonquins called
It tho Meche Sebe. other tribes termed
Il Ohucagua. ,Mico. Tumalasen. Tapala
Ri and other names. The Algonquin
name was finally adopted by the
whites for the whole river. The mean
ing IL father OF waters" OF the
whole river" Twsnty-seven spellings
are noted In the writings OF early ex-
plorers. Minneapolis Journal.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
sr.risr Gets Verdict In Theater ca

Draxisr Gets Verdict In Theater Case.
Walter j. Brazier was awarded a
verdict Of 500 against the Fulton the
alter at Hampstead, N. T.. because the
managers Of the theater recently bar.
red him from an orchestra seat for
which he held ticket on the ground
that he was coiored man and not en-.
titled to equal privileges In public
places OF amusement with citizens OF
other races. -re
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Burial With Military Honors.


After battle the dead are buried
with military honors." These in times
Of peace are both impressive and elab-
crate, but in time Of war they are
much curtailed. The principal fea
lures are the playing by mufied drums
Of the dead march. the resting on the
arms reversed by the troops engaged
and the final firing into the air over
the grave Of three blank volleys. The
number Of yolleys Is always the same.
but the number of men comprising the
firing party increases with the rank Of
the deceased. A muffled drum Ia a
drum the cords Of which have been
loosened SO as to slacken the parchment
head and cause 1t to give forth on be-
ing struck a dull. muffled sound.-Lon-
don Scraps.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Old Pspp ermint Remsdies.

Peppermint drops have long been
the unfailing comforter of old ladies'
and ,others-but In recent times we
seem to have got past needing some Of
the medicinal qualities Tor which pep
permint oil was held In high esteem
In bygone centuries. Gerarde In his
Herbals CESS advises the use Of 1t
either poured into the cares with
honeyed water or taken inwardly"
as a certain specific against scolopen-
dres. beare-worms, sea-serpents, SCOT
pions and the billings Of mad dogsr'-
London Chronicle.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17

Conditions here do not warrant any
encouragement for strangers seeking
employment. The railroads, hotels,
etc., have a full quota of men, and
there is a surplus among the laboring
class. Times are dull" is the cry,
and it is hard to get employment.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
BIRMINGHAM TO BE HOST
OF SUNDAY SCHOOL FOLK.
Alabama Metropolis Gets Tenth Annual
Session Of National Religious Body.

Birmingham, Ala. - Assurances are
given here by the secretary Of the
Sunday school congress from Nash.
vile, Tenn, that several new innova-
lions will take place during the tenth
annual session Of that organization.
which 10 to convene in this city June
8. One Of the attractive features will
be the Young Mems Christian Glee
club OF Shreveport, La, which IL per.
haps one Of the most compact religious
singing organizations in the United
States.
While It 10 not the first singing or,
ganization that has agreed to visit the
congress at Birmingham this year, 1t
Is perhaps one Of the largest. The
club petitioned the congress officials to
be allowed to appear. The Rev. Gus
Williams Ia the president of the glee
club.
The petition Of the club to be allow
ed to serve on the program Is signed
by city pastors of Shreveport. such as
Rev. A. 81. Samuels. president of the
Thirteenth District association; Rev.
]. M. Carter, Rev. ]. M. Harvey. l.. Al
len, IT.. q. 9. Styles and Charles NJ.
Blounon. a practicing attorney of
Shreveport.
Another organization that has writ
ten to be placed on the program Il the
Ebenexer quartet OF Austin. Tex This
quartet has gained a distinction that
no other quartet Of ladies In the Unit
ed States has In doing religious work.
They have furnished music each year
'fDr the St John encampment, perhaps
the largest gathering of religious state
workers In the United States.
The congress secretary. who was In
this city recently. declared that there
has never been as much interest in the
meeting as Is already evident and that
from his visit he has gained informa
ton that Birmingham win furnish the
necessary entertainment
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Virginia Baptist state Convention.

Virginia Baptist state Convention.
+. The forty eighth annual session Of
the Virginia Baptist state convention
Will be held at the High Street Baptist
church. Danville. Va. beginning on
Wednesday, May u. The call for the
meeting urges the churches and aux,
iliaries which compose the convention
10 sand liberal amounts for home and
FOREIGN missions. and education.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
A sIiaht Abssntm sdnsss.

a Slight observation-disclosures.
How are you getting on as the pre-
siding officer Of your new clubr'
"Pretty WE'LL" replied the emphatic
woman.
."No trouble with parliamentary
pCintsf" p - =
mot mnch. The only difficulty I
have II to remember that you must
hold on to the gavel and hammer with
Il instead Of throwing it"-Washing-
ton Star.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Dodging an Aroumsn'

Crawford How do you get your
wife to believe what you say when
you come home late?
Crabshaw-I first listen to what she
accuses me of doing. and then own
up to it-Judge.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Msan 0uuussfion

II made Miss Oldgirl mad the other
day"
"How sor' - .s
'she said she would give me few
wrinkles. and said I didn't care to
take them. although knew she bad
plenty TO spare ~ Baltimore American
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
In Awful Shape,

why don't you 90 to work.
I'm so dead tired Of doing nothing
that I'm too tired to do anything
Cleveland Leader.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17

Alice-When ! told you Of my en-
gagement ! said II was a secret, and
you told Kitty about II.
Nlla-Why. no. I didn't ] merely
ssksd her ifrshe knew about it.-Bos-
ton Transcript
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17

The struggle for today, Is not al
together for. today; It Is for q vast
futune-Abraham Lincoln
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Conaolation.

Beggar-I haven't tasted food for a
month. lDyspeptic- That's nothing. It's
the same old ,taste.-Town Topics.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
CHARACTER.

Character is moral order embod-
led in the individual. Men Of char
acter are not only the conscience Of
society. but IN every weE governed
state they arc is best motive power.
for il . moral qualities in the main
which rule the wosld.-Samuel
Smiles.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17
Rihsviau Nivsn.

.4ame uof the rivers OF Siberia now
Over loo many years old and almost
q sofid a. rock.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17

No great deed Is done by falterers
who ask for certainty -George Eliot
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-04-17

Send Your Subscripdon
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-11-13
serthoIIet and Robesnierra.

1t is said that the celebrated savant
Berthollet in the most dangerous times
of the republic sustained his fearless
love of truth. Some days prior to the
ninth Thermidor sandy deposit was
found III barrel of brandy intended
for the army. The contractors, sus-
pected of poisoning, were Immediately
arrested. and the scaffcld was already
prepared. Berth0llet, however, exam
ined the brandy and reported it free
from all adulteration.
You dare maintain" said Robes
pierre to him. that that brandy does
not contain poison?"
As his reply BerthoIlet drank off
glass, saying, L never drank so much
before"
"YOu have plenty OF courage!' ex-
claimed Robespierre.
II had more when l signed my re-
port" replied the chemist, and here
the matter terminated.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-11-13
SUFFRACiSTSMUST
WAIT F!"E YEARS
Other CONTESTS COMING.

New York, Massachusetts, and Penn
syIvania, Which Vote on Question
Nov. 2, Watched the Jersey Election
CIoseiy-What the Leaders on Both
Sides Said After Vote Was Counted.
New jersey sufragists who were de
feated at the polls in the recent cleo
ton must wait five years before they
can bring the question before the peo-
pie again. The constitution can be
changed only once in five years, con-
seQucntly the women have to wait.
The organizations that worked SO
hard for the ballot, however, have al
ready begun their fight for victory
whenever another opportunity comes.
Mrs. Lillian Feickert, president of the
New Jersey Suffrage association, said:
This will not end the fight in New
Jersey. We feel much encouraged by
the great number Of votes received,
and this viii inpel Us to continue the
battle in this state.
Instead of quitting, as our Oppon-
ents have said we would, we have new
plans in view. When the New Jersey
legislature opens next spring we will
present a solid front for an amendment
to the state constitution to give wom-
an the right in New Jersey to partici-
pate in the presidential election"
What the Ants Say.
Mrs. Edward Yarde Breese, president
of the Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage, said:
1.-THE election in every way juStifies
our position. We hope that the result
will put an end to the activities of the
suffragists. Perhaps now they will
turn their energies and their executive
ability to q nOnpartis2n effort toward
solving some Ct the GREAT social. civic
and economic problems Of the day
The defeat OF the sU4.r2gists is due 20
the fact that lhe men Of New Jeraey
of all political parties decree that WON
an suffrage must not be permitted. III
the eastern states the conditions are SO
different from what they are in the
west that 1 doubt if there will ever
come q time when the women viii
have a vote or that the majority will
want it. The population Of the east
ern states is so much greater than that
of the western and there are so many
points of difference that it hardly
seems possible that there will be any
change ON the suffrage question"
The anti-suffragists claim that the
result in New Jersey is indicative OF
the results in New York, MassachU-
setts and Pennsylvania in the cleo
tons tn he held Nov. 2
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-11-13

The man who when struck violently
on the head says he saw stars is not
far from telling the truth. The ia, T
lis that there is 4 phospnOrescent pow
er in the eye which does rot attract Il
persons attention under ordinary con
ditions, but whlS els distributed al
reveals itself whenever the head gets
sudden shock and sometimes even
in the act Of sneeZing. A blow ON the
heaG results in pressure of the blood
vessels upon the retina. causing either
aotal darkness or a faint blue light
which floats before the eyes. and it is
ln tbs faint blue light the imagination
diScerns the thousands of fantastic
forms and figures that by general ac-
%eptance are termed stars; hence.
while the astronomical display SO FIRE
quently mentioned may be said to be
entirely a creature Of the imagination.
there is at least some foundation for
the idea
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-11-13
America First

[America first, last and all the time
President Wilson's speech to Washington
d. A. RI
He has put In tsrse words what we've
wanted to hear.
our policy crystauized. clean cur and
clear,
And sounded n warning 10 foes, far o.
near
america first.
It's no mere set phrase when it's spoken
like this:
Words careless:y uttered, ideas hit OF
Just small talk. forgot in security's bliss
America first!
II stands for es nation. in majesty, might
That tOlerates freedom when freedom is
right
Put frowns On opinions. cults. deeds
black as night
America first!
1t means great people that's welded
With purposes. motives. as clear as the
sun,
With nothing TO hide. no inspection to
America first.
1t puts I'm the shameful minority small
The noisy self seeker, the demaEOgUes all;
1t makes the true patriot loom up so
tall
America first!
1t relegates hyphens to where they be-
long,
Though holding no homeland love trait.
rOuS or wrong.
Three cheers for the phrase! Now! Come
Oat with il strong
AMERICA FIRST!
Fila a. flaming in New York Times