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Sen soc Mai 1916.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-18
BY BETYBRoWN :

Not all slipper straw has polish
like the handle of the old front
door," Newer, and therefore smart
er than the straw that glistens, is the
slipper of dull, rough surface.
1t was this new dull slipper, in the
new shade of dull, cloudy blue that
Nine. Esther Wright of the Fashion
Art League of America used in, this
model. r: -
"snap-shotted' it in her hat shop
the other day. The straws are woven
in so intricate a pattern that they
have the appearance of clipped feath-
ers, and this suggestion is heightened
by draping at the left. side of the
straw, which is plable and soft, into
the form of a double wing. j.
The hat is untrimmed except for,a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-18
KISSES HELP SALES, so HE'S
- LIBERAL WITH THEM

Joseph Suracf a young Brooklyn
salesman, is under 500 bond to keep
peace. He was accused by his wife
of kissing other women.
"My husbands conduct has be-
come intolerable," said Mrs. Suraci.
1.-TWO nights ago he took me to the
home of one of his women friends.
Without. word of warning he leaped
from his chair and kissed her.
Said the husband in court: Com
petition is simply fierce. If kiss
brings sale, then that's good sales
;manshiQ."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
could Not Meet Reouirements.

Martin b. Madden. wealthy member
Of congress from Chicago. wishes he
might have been built along more
original lines. The trouble with him
is that he looks like too many people
He makes speciality OF being a ringer
for long-lost brothers. On an average
of once month he gets letter from
someone who has seen his picture and
claims him as a brother thought to
have been lost at sea or strayed from
home years and years ago. One day
he heard from a woman, who said she
had iocket with an m" on 1t, and
containing a boyhood picture OF her
long-lost brother that looked exactly
like the one of Madden in Chicago
paper Madden was obliged to tell
her that his congressiona! duties are
too pressing to allow him any time for
being long-lost brother this year.
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
Red.NeoktIe ProhIen,

New York, with its well-known pro-
yincialism, is in the throes of a con-
troyersy that threatens to become as
bitter as the conflict between the pre-
paredness advocates and the peace-at-
any-price adherents. And the cause of
It is the last thing In the world you
would guess-the red necktie Ito be or
not to be-" to quote the bard whose
memory is now being honored There
are anti-red clubs, black-silk knitted
tie clubs, red-at-any-cost clubs, and va
rious other organizations based on
what their members believe is the
correct thing in ties. A colonel who
served in the Civil war under Custer
has come out as a strong advocate of
the red, flaming tie, as that's what
Custer wore with his old union suit"
both in the Civil and the Indian wars.
As the fight wakes the haberdashers
stocked up with the red neck circle
get sadder and sadder The point GER.
tainly is small one to stir up a city.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
EAT QUEER THINGS IN PINCH
Find sSsiafactlon In Stew Made Of
Vest. shoeiaces and sled1e



There IL naturally much talk ia
war time Of rations and food supply.
and the possibility or probability OF
starving out one or other Of the bel
llgcrcnta. But II is amazing what peo-
pie viii cat At pinch.
A recent arctic explorer seriously
advised the wearing OF skin clothing
in preference 70 wooden. simply and
solely because. ~ tho worst came 10
the worst. ones outfit could be stewed
for a meal. or az any rate given to the
dogs
Well. when a man finds enjoyment
and sort OF inward satisfaction In a
stew made OF his vest. HIS shoelaocs.
and his sledge gear. be must be pref
" "peeklsh." and when he gets back
20 civilization he will make a model
husband. never likely % turn W bis
nose AZ cold mutton on washing days.
The bishop Of Yukon thinks moth
ing OF eating his boots. lie had prob
ably declared be was ready for that
operation many a time when he was
a boy. bat be has actually done n
since he came 10 mans estats--in his
case, the great gold Geld OF arctic
Alaska.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
SPIDERS WORK FOR LIVING
insects Also Seem to Find 1t conven.
lent to Go on Strikes When
Occasion Demands.

Spiders probably are the most In
dispensable workmen in one of the
largest surveying instrument fac
tories. It is their duty to spin the
delicate thread which is used for the
cross hairs to mark the exact center
of the object lens in the surveyors
telescope.
The spiders produce during a two
months spinning season thousands of
yards of web. which is wound upon
metal frames and stored away until
needed. A few weeks ago a certain
entire colony. for no apparent reas-
son, went on a strike. Everybody
was worried until the "forewoman"
of the spiders, after patient coaxing
finally induced them to begin spin
ming again.
Spider web is the only suitable ma
terial yet discovered for the cross
hairs of surveying instruments. Al
most invisible as this fiber is to the
naked eye, it is brought up in the
powerful lenses of the telescope to
the size of a mans thumb, so that
all defects. IL there happened to be
any, would be magnified to such
degree that the web should be use
less Human hair has been tried, but
when magnifled it has the apparent
dimensions of rough-hewn lamp
post. Moreover, human hair is trans
parent, and cross hairs must be
opaque.
A spider cat work" bangles in the
air by its invisible thread, the upper
end being attached to a metal wire
frame whirled in the hands of a girl.
The girl first places the spider on her
hand until the protruding end of the
thread has become attached. When
the spider attempts to leap to the
ground this end is quickly attached
to the center of the whirling frame.
and as the spider pays out thread
from its pouch this line is wrapped
around the frame. Several hundred
feet of thread can be removed from a
spider at one time.
The spiders are kept in a large
room, under the supervision of three
girls and a forewoman. When not
spinning the little workmen are
placed in a large wooden cage. Flies
are the chief article of diet. During
the winter months the spider colony
usually dies, so that an entirely new
corps of workmen must be recruited.
Not every spider will do-only large,
fat fellows, that spin tough. round
thread, are suitable.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
Laws Regulating Laundry Marks.

Laundry marks vary greatly in Eu-
rope. Those used in Britain consist
of certain small letters or figures
stitched in red thread. Not all con-
tinental laundries are so considerable
In some parts of France linen is de
faced by having the whole name and
address of the laundry stamped upon
it. and an additional geometrieal de-
sign to indicate the owner.
In Bavaria every piece has a num-
Der stamped on in large characters
In other parts of Germany a small
cotton label is attached by means of
a hotwater-proof adhesive. In Bull
garia each laundry has a large num-
Der of stamps engraved with designs,
and in Russia the laundries mark linen
with threads worked in arrow shapes.
In some Russian towns the police
periodically issue regulations for
laundries, while in Odessa books of
marks are furnished annually to the
laundry proprietors, and these marks
and no others may be used BY this
system criminals and revolutionary
agitators are often traced.-Philade
phia Inquirer.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

Stella called on her newly married
friend. Bella. and found her alfred IN
a buainessllke overall. while her arms
were fiili OF fashion papers ana cook
cry books.
"Hailo." she exclaimed. What are
you going 10 maker
Some cakes" replied tho young
wife proudly.
But why have you got out those
fashion papers az well as the cookery
booksg"
Yen see" confessed Bella. rather
shamefacediy. I'm a BIT OF novice
at cooking. Tell me. do you make
cakes from a recipe or a pattern -
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
Fiaherman'a Luck.

Talk about me running you down
and marrying you IN spite OF yourself
You know you were fishing for hus-
band when came along,"
Yes. and ! had the same luck you
do when you 60 fishing"
You mean you fnado good catch -
NO. / mean that tho biggest fsh
got away"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

Doctor Washington's ability was rec
ognized by every teacher and every
employee and everyone of the thou
sands of students that have attended
his school, as well as by all other
men that have come in contact with
him. But he himself was quick to
discover and make use of the ability
of any other man. He had gathered
about him more than $50 instructors.
scores of whom would be able to op-
crate Tuskegee institute today If put
in charge. There Is Emmett j. Scott,
his private secretary. not only ono of
the brainiest Negroes of today but
one of the most conservative, and was
maintained as Booker T. Washing
tons secretary because OF his eonser-
Vatism and because his very makeup
was so much like Doctor Washington
himself. And there is Warren Lo-
gan, Doctor Washington's treasurer
and lifelong eoworker-another man
able to carry forward his work. Tus-
kegee as an institution Will. OF
course. mourn the loss of Doctor
Washington. but be has so built him
self into the very bricks and mortar
Of the institution that il win go for
ward In the future as ii has come for
ward in the past.
But Booker Washington's work was
not all at Tuskegee. nor even the
greater portion of tit was being
carried forward throughout the South
with as much of determined spirit
as those who had caught the inspi.
ration could muster. Here. AT this
institution. are IS young men and
young women teachers, most of whom
have sat at his feet. who have gained
from him inspiration and who have
determined that the spirit of Booker
+. Washington shall live through
them and those with whom they come
in contact. And not through this in.
stitution alone but the hosts OF others
-Eatonville, Fin: Centervllle. Ala.
Denmark. S. C.; Port Royal. s. C..
Topeka, Kan: Fort Valley. Ga: Snow
Hi, Ala, and large number OF 9th.
er institutions that have sprung up
from Tuskegee will go forward for
years. doing a telling work for the
principles for which Booker 7. Wash.
Ington lived and died.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

During the past year the farm OF 600
acres connected with the Hampton in
stitnte, on which are 126 cows, 81
horses, 1.0s3 chickens and 142 pigs.
has been strengthened by the addition
OF poultry expert, and progress has
been made in the growing of seed
corn. in the breeding of hogs, and in
improving the character of the dairy
herd. Prominent place was given the
schools exhibit at the Richmond fair,
and extension work, in cooperation
with the department of agriculture,
has greatly increased.
Practical work in the trade school
included. last year. blacksmithing.
bricklaying cabinetmaking. carpen.
try. machine work. painting, printing.
shoemaking. steamfitting, tailoring.
tinsmithing and wheelwrighting. The
men not only work in the shops, but
build houses on the grounds. install
the plumbing and electric fixtures. and
make the concrete walks. They build
trucks and wagons. which are sold to
railroad and steamship companies. and
orders have been shipped to "a states,
the District OF Columbia. and Canada.
An increase OF 16 is shown in the
enrolment for this year over that of
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

recommend It TO any woman suffering
from female weakness. You may pub
lish my letter If you wish. Mira JAMES
ConLEY, Sic st. Clair St !, Frankfort, Ky.
No woman suffering from any form OF
female troubles should lose hope until
she has given Lydia Z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs. has for forty
years proved TO be a most valuable TOME
and inyigorator OF the female organism.
All women are invited 20 write
70 the Lydia Il. Pinkhnm Medi-
cine Co., Lynn, Mass, for special
ndsice,-it viii be confidential.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

last, and of 81 over the year before, the
total number being 905 Two hundred
and sixty-two new students were adj
mitted during the year. Hours OF study
and recitation and the number OF
sehooldays in week have been so in
creased as to add two months to the
school year. The summer school en-
rollment OF 445 was ten more than
In the previous year.
Encouraging reports are received
from the Whittier Training school,
where ass boys and girls from Hamp-
ton and Phoebus receive instruction
and the library. the museum. and the
departments devoted TO sewing. music,
athletics and religious work have made
good progress. Close communication
with the graduates of Hampton has
been maintained. and returns from
Hampton's Indian students show that
S91 of them are living One hundred
and twenty-five OF them are graduates.
and 80 received agriculture or trade
certificates. They represented Gil tribes.
Mr.. Frissell recommends the celebra.
ton OF Hampton's fiftieth anniversary,
which will occur in 1918. and the EN-.
ployment of competent person to
write the schools history.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
YOU MAY LOOK YOUNG
BY Keeping Your Complexion Young
With Cuticura. Trial Free.

Tho Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
super-creamy emollients do much to
keep the skin clear. fresh and youthful.
as we'll as to keep the hair in live,
healthy condition and the hands soft
and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
AERO-AMER|CAN CULLINCS

Houston has always been and viii
continue to be IN an increasingly de-
gree a sort of guide to other cities in
a great many ways educational and
economical. Especially is this true
with the status OF the Negro popula.
ton. This city is destined to become
a great and growing metropolis. One
quarter of its population is colored,
and whatever good or bad comes to
Houston, the Negroes to a degree are
affected thereby"
This was the outstanding feature of
an address delivered in Houston. Tex,
recently at the colored evening high
school graduating exercises by |. NJ.
Terrell. president of the Prairie View
State Normal and Industrial college.
A corps of well educated Negro
teachers in Houston have espoused
these ringing words OF the successful
colored professor. They are calling
these words an expression of their
own sentiments. They are more de-
sirous OF instilling into their race
greater degree OF eagerness for edu-
cation than ever before.
They are aware that educational
training will, quicker than any other
agency, lift their race higher. They
are confident that educational train
ing will in a measure tear of the
shackles of crime and inspire them to
labor for higher ideals and for attain
ments By which they can serve their
community, and in so doing not only
better their own standards Of living
but serve society in a more useful
manner
While all the colored schools IN
Houston maintain courses of study
Of high quality. especial attention is
given TO industrial art. There are
10 regular day schools, including one
high school in the city and four night
schools The industrial arts are
taught in all of these schools. These
courses are not elective. but every
student is compelled to include one
OF the Industrial arts or more In his
or her course of study.
AHS1s 8d0 OH dhiidES Aolai SAfo4A-
ment Of 6,329 students in the colored
schools during the past year. OF this
number 754 were enrolled in the four
night schools.
In the night schools the students
for the most part we're of mature age,
their ages ranging from fifteen TO
seventy years. The younger students
of the night schools are enrolled In
most instances with the object of
learning something about the indus
trial arts in order to be Of better sery-
ice 10 the community. and TO be more
efficient for their own benefit.
Most OF the older and extremely old
people have an entirely different OBJ
ject in view. Many Of them are about
ready to make their peace with their
God. They want 10 be prepared for
death. They want To read the Bible
TO learn what is required OF them in
their declining days. They want 10
be able to read it and interpret the
meaning OF the passages according
to their own notions. Still another
object of the older students is to learn
to write SO that they may correspond
with their friends and relatives In
other parts of the country.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
FRECKLES.
New Is the Time 70 Get Riss OF These

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed of your frsckieH AZ the
prescription othine-double strengths
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce Of othine--doubls
little OF II night and morning and you
shoula soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun 10 disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. Il IL seldom
that more than ounce II needed to
pletely clear the skin and gain = beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure 10 AJAX for the double strength
othine. as this IL sold under guarantees Of
money back II II fails to remove freckioA-
Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

do my own work,
had to hire It done.
I h ard so much
about Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound that I
triedit. took three
bottles and / found
1t to be all you
claim. Now feel a.
well rs eyerId did and
an able TO do al my
own xgcrk acaiH I
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
To Fortify the System Against
Summer Heat

Many users Of Groves Tasieiess Chill
Tonic make il a practice 10 take this old
standard remedy regularly % fortify the
system agains, the depressing effect OF
sumner heat. as those who are strong
withstand the heat Of summer better than
those who are weak Price soc.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
help FOR
WORKING WOMEN
Some Have to Keep on Until
They Almost Drop. How
Mrs. Conley Got Help.

Here is letter from a woman who
had TO work, but was too weak and suf-
fered too much TO continue. How she
regained health =
Frankfort, KY suffered so much
with female weakness that could not
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

IMITATION IS sINcEREST FLATTERy
but like counterfeit money tho imita-
tidh has not the worth of the original.
Insist on Ia Creole" Hair Dressing
its the original. Darkens your hair IN
the natural way. but contains no dye
Price $i.00.--Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
covETEn az ALL

but possessed by few--a beautiful
head OF hair. II yours Is streaked with
gray, or IL harsh and stiff, you can re-
store It to itB former beauty and ius-
ter by using La Creole" Hair Dress
Ing. Price s1.00.-Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

After all. there's no reason In the
world why women shouldn't vote II
they choose"
Very true, and II VIC men hadn't
been foolish enough TO oppose the idea
they never would have wanted to-
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

Yes" said the old grad. Il guess
that the thing that surprises the col.
lege man most when he gets out In
the world is to find out how much I'M
educated people know"-The Widow.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

To give concrete columns for build
ing wide foundations a German en-
gineer has invented method for
blasting ava the earth with dyna-
mite. making hole which soft con-
crete quickly fills.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

Remarkable work among the Ne
groes was done by eyangeiIsts of the
Southern Baptist church during the
past year. according TO the report made
to the convention by the home mission
board.
There we're $4,000 additions to the
Negro churches. as against 500 during
the first year OF this work. The two
eyangelists have learned how TO or
ganize their forces for the best results.
the board says. Better feeling between
the races has been another tangible re-
suit Of these meetings, according TO
the report.
Evangelism made a gratifying ad-
vance during the year under the diree
ton of DR. Weston Bruner. Az the
result of the work Of 2s eyangelists
there were 2T.714 additions To the
churches and 20.7oe for baptisms Vol
unteers for the ministry number l.3ss
Most effective work was done in Dial
las and Washington. d. C., with 2.l00
additions AZ the former place and 1900
at the latter. Evangelical work was
started in 1907 with FIVE eyangelists
The first year showed 1.047 additions
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

David may have been right when he
said In haste that all msn were liars.
but Il isn't always an easy matter 70
catch them with the gooda
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
Not Worthless.

81 always thought that links war
leading q worthless life.'
Wasn't her"
NO; his life was insured for a thou
sand
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23
New Uses for Paner.

Paper is spun into thread and
woven into substitute for jute tex
tiles by q process invented In Bo
kssnia.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

While digging stumps on the farm
of Gen A. r. Benson near Dover. Del.
Negroes uncovered a great quantity
OF gold, jewelry and other yaluables.
II Is believed the articles comprised
the loot of a robbery committed ten
years ago.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

Tuskegee was not one-man school,
any more than Harvard was a one
man school when John Harvard was
president. That Doctor Washington
welded a great influence over the
destinies of our people was due, first,
to his native ability and keen insight,
and, second. because Tuskegee was
the first profitable experiment OF the
kind conducted wholly by Negroes
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

Before marriage man considers
his best girl little dear; after mar.
riage he Is apt to consider her ex-
travagant.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

So that a window can be left open
without danger of damage 10 room
when it rains a canvas trough has
been invented that is intended 10 fas-
ten to a window sill TO catch the Wa
ter.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

An Office holder should remember
that one bad term doesn't deserve an.
other.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

When man quarrels with his wife
he seldom gets chance TO say any
thing.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

A mans strength Is estimated by
HIS ability 10 fight against odds.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

A man isn't wholly bad II his dog
has confidence IN him.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-23

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