The broad ax., 1916-06-10

paper, but my heart has been with you,
and have been moving so fast, and
have covered so much territory that
1 have not sent a letter. Of course,
have been going to school, meeting
big men and women and learning all
I could about the world, and at the
same time 1 have been a little sick,
but will be myself again.
Have you ever travelled through the
South7 If so, you will understand why
should be a little sick. You will
know how hard it is on one of my
race to get around. You must sit up
all night on the seats of the train,
and sometimes where people are the
manufacturers of something that you
could not sell in the drugstore for ex-
tract. 1t is not the old German Hoyt
cologne, the thing that our people used
to buy by the barrel when 1 was a
boy. But 1 am not going to talk about
that now. 1t is hard to get something
to eat. If you eat today you will have
to 60 hungry tomorrow. Some of the
roads will let you eat when the White
folks get through eating if they think
about it. When you get on, you send
word back to the eating car that you
would like to eat, and if they do not
forget you, when the White folks are
through, then they will send for you
and you can go back, eat with the
porters and walters, but must pay the
same price that the other people paid.
There is no place for you to wash
your hands, so you and dirt and food
must all go together down the road
where nothing but clean pure food
should enter. Lord, how longf
You see where am today, but I
have been doing some riding since I
wrote you the other letter and I will
do some more before I get through
with this trip, and you will just wait
and look for me when I write your
letters. I will tell you all that 1 can
afford to tell you without making the
people angry.
I have been to New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Washington, D. c.,
and am sorry to say that I did not
get to see President Wilson. He was
very busy when L was there, hence I
had to leave without shaking hands
with him. He is all of our President,
although he has not paid much atten-
ton to US since he has been in the
White House. The Democrats of the
South have had him in charge, and
they have not allowed him to do any
thing for us, but good many men
have been discharged under his ad-
ministration, and none have been put
in their places. Such is lifel
I met a good many people while in
Washington, and had the pleasure of
visiting one president, though, and one
who could be reached, and one who is
doing some real work for humanity.
It was President Mamie II. Burroughs,
of the National Training School for
Girls and Women. She has made this
one of the great schools of the country.
This young woman, for she is a young
woman, was born in Washington, and
graduated from the high school up
here, but took her time to prepare for
real work. She got some real good
education, education that she could ap-
ply. She learned how to do that fast
writing, and when she was through,
DR.. L. G. Jordan, secretary of the For
eign Mission Board of the National
Baptist convention, took here into his
office and made her his stenographer.
She was an efficient clerk, and soon
got too large for that place. She heard
the call from the women of the coun-
try, and was foremost in the organiza-
tion of the auxiliary convention. She
was made the corresponding secretary.
1t was not long before she saw the
needs of the girls and women, and set
about to organize the school for their
training. This is great institution.
I will not be able to talk about it as
much as I would desire, but believe
me it is doing some work, and they
have some good teachers there and
many girls struggling to get the prac-
teal education. I found there
daughter of the late D. B. Peyton, Of
Chicago. She is one Of the bookkeep- |
ers and fast writer's. She deserves
credit for the work she is doing.
Next took q trip down the Chesa-
peske Bay, from Baltimore to Norfolk,
Va, on a boat. was hungry when I
got on the boat, and heard them an
nounce that it was supper time, and
I thought I could eat, but was told
that they would let me know, and they