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week in the land of James K. Varda.
man, but 1 am not a Vardaman, and
1 am going to keep as far away from
him as possible. But why take time to
talk about him, when he is busy try,
ing to get President Wilson and the
United States into war, and while ]
am not going, I am sure that will
be represented there, and many of ouI
people will be killed if we go to wal
with Germany or any other country
But man is born to die and not to be
killed.
1t has been a few weeks since sent
a letter, but it has been because have
been doing some. going and 1 am still
going, yet I must pause long enough
this week to go back and tell you
that I have been to other places, and
say few things about them.
1 have been to Chicago, and have
touched a few of the big people there
and they seemed to enjoy meeting me.
1 called on B. W. Fits, the printer,
but he has moved his Office, hence; !
did not get to see him, and will find
him when make the next trip to Chi
cago. When 1 come to Chicago, it goes
without saying that I made trip to
Kansas to look after this farming bust
ness. 1 am thinking about giving up
farming, and going to war, yet 1 think
lit would be better for me to get right
down to the war business and make
something for the fighting people to
eat. This would be a good thing for
me to do, for really I am too old to
fight, and then I will try to get some
kind of aches to keep from passing the
examination. Not that 1 am not in
for what would follow. 1 love this
country, and the American flag, but 1
am really too old to die for the flag,
and must remain at home. Let the
young men die and the old men live.
They were fighting the devil and sin
out in Kansas City, Kans., and some
people had joined the church who had
never been there before, and declared
that they were there to stay and would
never turn back. Rev. L. K. Williams,
that fine pastor of Olivet Baptist
Church was doing some real preaching
in Kansas City, Kans.
Speaking of DR.. Williams, who is
one of the men in Chicago that is being
heard from all the time, and who is
doing things. He left big work in
Texas to go to Chicago and the people
there are real proud of him. He has
a fine set of men around him and his
church is crowded all the time. 1t
was to me a source of pleasure to talk
with him.
From Kansas City, 1 made a trip
to Saint Louis, and there spent a day
in Poro College. This college is unique,
and I am delighted to see the number
of people who are in school there pre-
pairing to do things. This is not a
school for good time, practical school
of methods. It is to teach you how to
care for the head and to grow hair
1 did not know that it was such a
science to make hair grow, but that
is being demonstrated by the Poro Col
lege. This is the work of Mrs. A. NJ.
Malone, the wife of Prof. A. E. Malone.
This girl has started from an humble
home in Illinois, and has through her
ability to make hair grow achieved a
fortune, and then she is contributing
to so many others. She is furnishing
employment to between 1000 and 5000
agents who are doing business, and
making money. Some of them are in
dependent.
Mrs. Malone is one of the best women
I have ever met since I have been in
the world. She is polite, courteous,
and full of information. She is well
trained, and just a few minutes talk
with her will convince you that she is
a trained woman. Her husband is one
of the best trained men of our race,
and was for long time connected with
the public schools system of Quincy,
ILL.,, and was q principal of a school.
I did not spend but one day in st.
Louis in Poro College, and pulled out
from there on q train known as the