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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
THE CRISIS MAGAZINE.
Historic illustrations and Timely So
riss Featured In May Number.


The May Crisis is a notable and in
teresting number. 1t contains the con-
GLIDING part of Jessie Fauset's strik-
ing novelette,, There Was One Time
and an article OH a southern colored
farmer, Taylor Henson, written by
southern white man. "Thc Looking
Glass has some interesting comments
Of the war from the point of view of
colored people and largely unknown
story Of the colOred sailors on the Mer-
rilnac
Among the pictures is page pic
ture Of the French African troops after
the battle Of Douaumont and also pic
lures Of the new Douglass square, Bos
ton, and the Agassiz school, Cam
bridge, of which Miss Maria l.. Bald
win, colored woman, is head.
In THE Men of the Month section
are featured the late Drs. NJ. w. Gil
bert and a. S. Gray, Mr.. Battey, the
photographer: Miss Knox, a school
teacher; two constructing architects
connected with the United States
treasury and DR.. Waring, the new
head Of the Howard Orphan asylum.
1.-THE Horizon has picture OF
Blanche Deas and Of several recent
high school graduates. together with
an unusual amount Of news.
Perhaps the most striking thing in
the whole magazine is new poem by
Mrs. Johnson. ITO the Mantled,"
which. picturing the future freedom of
the Negro, ends with these lines:
Like Joyful exiles, swift returning home.
The rhythmic chanson OF their eager
feet,
While voices, strange 10 ecstasy. long
dumb,
Break forth in major cadences, full
sweet
Into the very star shine. 10. they come,
Wearing the bays Of victory complete!
On the cover Miss Anita Thompson
Of Los Angeles. Cal, is dancing. The
Crisis is published at 20 Fifth avenue.
New York, and is edited by w. e.
Burghardt Du Bots, head OF the re-
search department of the National AS
ISOLATION For the Advancement Of Col
Ored peOD1e
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
PATRIOTISM.

People are not born patriots. Pa
triotism is instilled into their minds
while they are youthful and vigorous,
while the brain is plastic. Many in
tiuences combine to develop child
into loyal, patriotic citizen. Patriot
ism and loyalty must be taught in the
home as we'll as 1.-THE school room,
for it can develop best under the in
fuence Of patriotic parents.
These things being true, then, why
severely criticize and condemn men
and women who exhibit very little pa
triotism? Perhaps they had no par
ents to rear them, but were left upon
cold, merciless world to be kicked and
cuffed about and made to feel they
were but little more than brutes. How
can they be transformed all at once
into the loyal, patriotic citizens that
carefully nurtured children become?
Because of the many atrocities our
people have had to suffer in the south,
and the determinations against them
in many parts Of the north, no doubt,
their minds have become possessed
with the erroneous idea that they have
70 government and no flag. To an un-
trained mind this would appear to be
the case.
There are many among US who are
thus unframed. Then why not teach
them in a somewhat effective way?
Teach them that as long as they have
a right to vote and help make the
laws, they are citizens and have as
great part in the government as
anyone; that the flag is not to protect
the citizens from each other-the laws
are for that; but to protect the citi-
zens from foreign foes and in foreign
lands. And the American flag pro-
tects every citizen alike, be he white
or black.
In as much as the American Negro
is the only pure American (for he was
created here on this continent by the
an1algamation of the African slave
and the Anglo-Saxon slaveholder) this
IS our country, our home, our native
land, our government, our flag, We
know no other.
We cannot make the unframed mind
patriotic, but we can influence those
so unfortunate to respect their coun-
try and it's flag, and to rise when the
national airs are sung. This cannot
lie done by accosting them on the
street corners and condemning or crit
icizing them. 1t can be effectively
done in public meetings. Get them to
come. Get them shoulder-to-shoulder
with you, for there is something mag
retic about physical contact, and
something mesmeric about the spirit
Of the crowd; there seems to be a pow
erful impelling force inducing one to
do and be as the rest. Unite them IN
thinking on a commonly accepted line
of thought; have them respond to
common emotion; then uphold our
country and our flag.
You cannot convert them into pa
triots in the strictest sense OF the
word, but you can make them realize
they have a country to love and flag
TO respect. Mrs. }. 3. Rush,
i547 Twentieth Street, Des Moines,
Iowa.
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he entered Emerson institute, in the
same city, where he was prepared for
his college work. He was during his
school life a bright student, making
good use of his time. After his gradua.
ton from Emerson institute In 1895 be
entered the college preparatory depart
ment Of Fisk university, from which
he received his bachelors degree.
Professor Woodyard's first education
al work after his graduation was as
principal Of the high school at Spring
field, Tenn. In this position his abili-
ties as a manager and teacher attract
ed the attention of the late William Fl.
Council, president of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, Normal, Ala,
who offered Mr. woodward the position
Of dean Of the normal department of
the above named school, which he &C.
cepted. On leaving Normal, Ala. Pro-
fessor woodward became the director
Of the literary department Of the St.
Paul Normal and Industrial school at
Lawrenceville, Va, Of which Archdea-
con Russell is the principal.
After two years Of splendid work at
the Iawrcnceville school Mr.. Wood
yard returned to Mobile, Ala, where
lie taught for some time. he estab-
lished training school at Plateau,
Ala. Soon after he established this
school he was invited to take charge OF
the Edenton Normal school. Edenton,
n. c., which is fostered by the A. NJ.
E. Zion church. He took up the work
in his present position when Professor
T. c. Irwin resigned the principalship
to become field secretary for the Negro
Organization Society of Virginia.
Professor woodward tells the follow
ing story concerning the institution d:
1.-THE Dinwiddie Industrial school came
into our possession through the benevo-
lence of Alexander Van Rensselaer,
Of Philadelphia, philanthropist and a
stanch friend OF the .colored people.
Mr.. Van Rensselaer, conducted the
school in the interest Of colored youths
for several years up until 1907, known
as the John A. Dix Industrial school.
In 1907 the name was changed, and it
was Incorporated as the Dinwiddie Ag-
ricultural and Industrial school. Mr..
Van Rensselaer, decided to place the
school in the custody Of the colored
people, together with the responsibility
Of running it, and through Professor
S. G. Atkins, secretary of education,
and Rev. G. L. Blackwell, general Sec
retary, in 1908 he conveyed it to the
board of education Of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion church.
I'm coming into possession of the
Dinwiddie Industrial school we have
a heritage the value Of which is al
NOSE inestimable when it is considered
in the light Of the opportunity it gives
to our race. The plant consists Of 149
acres of good land, the southern part
Of which borders on q creek.
"There is a two story boys dormi-
tory, with a large, airy basement.
which for the present is used for the
girls dormitc,y the girls dormitory
was destroyed by fire just before the
plant was conveyed to us); one build
ing used temporarily for the boys dor
mitory, one large barn with stables.
wagon house. hennery, several wag-
ons, carriage, farming utensils, sew
eral mules. pigs and chickens. About
100 acres Of the land are under cultiva-
ton, the rest in timber"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
Constipation ana Indigestion.

These are twin evils. Persons suf.
fering from indigestion are often
troubled with constipation. Mrs. Rob-
ert Allison, Nation, ILL.,, writes that
when she first moved to Nation she
was a great sufferer from indigestion
and constipation. Food distressed her
and there was feeling like a heavy
weight pressing on her stomach and
chest. She did not rest we'll at night,
and felt worn out a good part of the
time. One bottle of Chamberlain's Tab
lets corrected this trouble so that she
has since felt like a different person.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
Sunday Schools to Meet In Boston.

The board Of managers Of the New
England Baptist Sunday school and
B. Y. P. U. convention held meeting
in New York on Saturday, April p, to
arrange the program for the twenty
fourth annual meeting to be held at
the Ebeneze-' Baptist church, Boston.
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 1918.
The Boston meeting will have many
patriotic features, according to the
plans of the board. N. 3. Dodson Of
Brooklyn is president, and Mrs. C.
Goode Harris of Stamford Conn.,, is
the recording secretary.
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For Consultation.

Mr.. L. H. Farnham, a prominent
druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says:
"Chamberlain's Tablets are certainly
the best thing on the market for con-
stipation." Give these tablets trial.
You are certain to find them agree
able and pleasant in effect. Price, rs
cents. For sale by all dealers.
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body soon to be called for.
c. w. Johnston.

~ Norfolk Virginian-P Pilot: Kinston,
N. c., April 2O.-"There are million
colored men in the United States
awaiting the call to service; they are
ready for long or short war, hesi-
tating at nothing" declared 7. W..
Thurston, colored, here today. Thurs
ton, as superintendent of local man.
usacturing plant, holds one of the big
gest industrial positions in the south
for a man of his race.
"Taey are saying to the president,
Call US, arm US and give US place at
the front, and we will make America
proud of her colored citizens or report
to God the reason Why" he said.
Thurston advised the people of his
race to economic and aid conscien-
tiously in the movement to eliminate
waste. 1.-THE cause Of justice has had
it's grim Golgotha, its triumphant res
direction, and promise and proof OF q
glorious immortality" he asserted.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

Norfolk Virginian-P Pilot: The army
led the navy in yesterdays recruiting.
Fourteen men were signed up during
the day and sent last night to Fort
Slocum, N. Y, or to Columbus, O. OF
those fourteen an even dozen were col
ored. It has been stated frequently
in recent recruiting speeches that COL
ored Norfolk is showing more true
southern patriotism than white Nor
folk. The assertion has never been
denied. When the navy first called
for recruits, colored men responded so
rapidly that every place in which they
could be used was filed before the end
of week. Since the army first began
to enlist colored men at the Norfolk
recruiting station, colored enlistments
have outnumbered by more than five
to one those Of Norfolk's white men.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
EDITORIALS
NEGRO'S LOYALTY.

Below we publish an excerpt sent
to the Register by former prominent
Des Moines attorney. 1t speaks for
itself and means volumes for the
American Negro.
Negroes Do Their Part.
Norfolk, Va.-To the Editor: l en-
close you some newspaper clippings
that might interest you concerning
the colored population Of the south.
They are the truth of the willingness
Of the colored men stepping forward
y, large numbers to help defend the
flag. This speaks volumes as to their
worth as American citizens in the face
of their treatment of their civil rights,
and ignoring any social rights. They
are making good here in large num-
l,ers morally, Intellectually and finan-
cially against many adverse circum-
stances. They do all the hard work on
small pay and patiently struggle to
improve their minds in book knowl-
edge. knowledge is power, and time
will give them new and dlnerent
standing in the American citizens in
the face of the lines they are now pur-
suing.
On the other hand, white boys OF
girls by the thousands are travelling
forty and fifty miles to witness a con-
test of baseball between two towns,
wasting time, money and energies in a
reriod of threatened calamity to their
country. One is patriotism and work,
and the other depreciation and loss OF
the noblest elements in the human
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

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and Western Baptist Association.
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Tents to Meet In Atlantic City May g.

Tents TO Meet In Atlantic City May 9.
The twenty-ninth annual convention
Of the National Order Of Grand Tents,
eastern district division, will be held
at Atlantic City, N. j., for three days.
beginning on Wednesday, May 8. Mrs.
Alice. W. Seay Of Brooklyn will re-
spond to the mayors address Of well
come.
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~0NIA 4er,M ID.

OraWford-Do the ,Ach know hor
AO other half live?
Crabshaw-After u - uG their none!
rom them the? must e able y. forr
some icea OF how heI are conpalle
10 liva.- --Puck
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GET MARRIED

j., Read my answer and advice on the
Divonce.Proof Marriage Question,
Let me ten you who to marry to live
successful and happy. Send your full
name, .birthdate and Is cents. The D.
p. M. System, Is E. Woodbridge st.
Detroit, Mich. Please mention The Bys,ana.r
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WELL PREPARED
FOR BUSINESS
Professor Waiter 5. Wood
Yards Career as Educator.
HAS SERVED IN MANY FIELDS

Story Of How the Principal OF the O'"-
~iddis (va.) Industrial School Won
His spurs-PossibiIitiss For sueesss
Of the Institution Over Which 10
Now Prssidss.
Dinwiddie, Va.-"We must wipe from
our race everywhere ignorance and u
literacy, and we must be able to look
every man in the face and let the
world know that there is q man meet
ing q man, brain touching BRAIN Il
the declaration of Professor Walter g.
woodward, president Of the Dinwiddie
Industrial school, located at this place.
The school is destined to be one Of the
greatest institutions in the country for
the training of colored youth.
Professor woodward has prepared
himself for his work and ranks today
with the best trained school men IN the
race. He was born in Mobile, Ala, and
got his early education In the Mobile
public schools. From the public school
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
HELP WANTED.

coIored laborers, good workers,
with small families, to go to Utah for
coke oven work. Wages $1.e5 per
ton for pulling and loading. Good
men can pull and load three tons or
more In 7 or 8 hours. There are men
on this job that have earned $4,000
a month.
Four-room cottages, with running
water and electric lights, can be rent
ed for $500 month. No labor troubles
Of any kind. Groceries and provisions
cost same as they are here. There is
about a dozen coIored families there
at present. This is an excellent
chance to carr money. Will ship Tues
day, October 16. Transportation fur
nished. For further particulars, call
Rivers, Manager AfroAmerican EN-
pIoyment Co., 1910 East 18th street;
Bell phone East 1882; Home phone
East BOZ.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

Starting with a matinee Sunday, Oc-
tober IA, The Dubinsky Brothers
Stock Company will begin their fourth
successful week of permanent stock
at the Grand with a splendid produc-
ton of that clever comedy, "a Pair
of Skies" which is hailed as one of
the funniest comedies ever seen in
Kansas City.
"A Pair of Skies" was seen last sea.
son at the Shubert at two dollar prices
and the Dubinsky Brothers will give
an exact production of the play as
first presented in New York, giving
the theatergoers of Kansas City an
opportunity to witness this attraction
for the first time at popular prices.
Charming Irene Daniel will appear
in the part originally played by Ann
Murdoch in New York. Chester Bish-
op, Charles Cubine, Barney Dubinsky,
Lloyd Sabine, Hazel Stone, Lorena
Tolson, Gladys Bush and Fred Butler
will be seen in comedy roles.
The bargain matinees on Sunday,
Thursday and Saturday have proved
very popular.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
(WHICH ONE SHALL MARRY"

Which One Shall l Marry?" is the
new play by Ralph T. Kettering which
Rowland and Howard are producing
this year. 1t will be presented at the
Garden all next week.
The play is an allegory, and shows
a young girl standing at the "cross.
roads OF life" intent upon the ques.
ton which is so ~engrossing to every
girl. which One Shall / Marry?"-
this is the question-and it is also the
title and theme of the play. 1t is sim.
pie in story, but intensely interesting
from its heart appeal, and abounds
in comedy of the most amusing de-
scription. The Irish a~ristocracy is
shown in the person of Mike Moran.
The author sums up his intent in
writing the play, when he says: 1.-THE
play only consumes a single hour of
life, and still owe Aeons of time
in telling"
The first and last acts form a COM
plete play.
The management of the Garden
Theatre have opened up the entire
mezzInine or box floor to the colored
people. The prices will be 20 and
so cents- These prices apply to the
engagement starting Sunday, October
14th and all the time every week
thereafter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
NOTICE TO MISTER RENTER.

A very small payment down and the
balance like rent will buy you a nice
modern home in the most seclusiVe
neighborhood in Kansas City. Begin
now. SEE THE SQUARE DEAL
REALTY AND INVESTMENT CO.,
1915 E. 18th street. Bell phone, Grand
317, Home phone Main 1868. We have
the largest and most reasonable list
of properties Of any coIored real es-
tate firm in the city.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
HIGH CLASS coLoRED APART.
MENTS.

Kelly Apartments, 10th and Tracy,
newly decorated and cleaned through
out. Bath and gas range furnished.
First time occupied by Colored ten
ants. No Children or Pets allowed. For
rem to High Glass coIored tenants
with references only. See these at
once, only $3.50 and $3.50. Janitor
will show. Phone rental man with
Moffatt Realty Co.. Both Phones, Main
1907.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

1t is indeed gratifying to note that
the Lincoln Open Air School is al
ready full and has aconsiderable wait
ing list. Parents have not been slow
to appreciate the benefits of this mod.
ern treatment of delicate children and
improvement in the health of the chill.
dren are already being realized.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

In the continued illness of DR., H. T.
Healing many friends have just cause
for alarm over the probable outcome.
DR.. Healing is n of our really great
men and one that W. are by no means
prepared to lose. His high order of
intellectual, moral, social and religious
service has for many years been one
of the most highly cherished assets
of the whole race.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

The attention of the Society for the
Suppression of Commercialized Vice
is called to the fact that there is still
q very noticeable vice district in the
North End which appears to be run
by very low Negro women for still
lower white men.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
EoR SALE.

Northeast corner, god and Bellefon-
taine-Large s room house, 95 foot
corner lot with improvements all in.
Price $1,650. Call Home phone, East
1855.
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EDITORIALS.

The Sun was favored with a pleas
ant call from Mr.. Fred c. Williams,
travelling representative of the Omaha
Monitor. He is a p leasing gentle
man to meet and makes friends wher,
ever he goes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
G HELP WANTED.

All kinds of work for men, women
and boys at all times. See Rivers,
Manager Afro-American Employment
Co., 1910 East 18th Street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

For Realistically modern 5-room
aparement, elegantly located, 26OS
Highland. Bell Phone, East 2507.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms
strictly modern, in private family
Board if desired. Bell phone, East
4O67-M 1915 Paseo.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

For Rent, POO Charlotte street
One, two and four-room apartments
modern, hot water heat. Reference.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

WANTED-Children to care for by
the day or week. 1914 East Tenth
street. Bell Phone East 1147J.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

FOR RENT, 25O1 Michigan-6-room
house; water and gas; $500 per
month. Mrs. Ruff, 1929 Monroe Ave.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

FOR RENT-Neatly furnished room,
Modern. Gentlemen preferred. Call
Sun Office, East 999.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

FOR RENT-Neatly furnished room
for one or two ladies. Call Bell
phone, East 4405.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13

WANTED-Two furnished rooms.
centrally located, in nice family. AID.
dress Sun office.