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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
WIRELESS FOR MOTORCYCLES
Invention of Marine Corps Captain
Has Radius Of From so to
100 Miles.

New York.-Every motorcycle mes
scnger in the United States army will
be equipped with Il private wireless
outfit, with radius Of from 80 to
100 miles, If the Invention of Frank z.
Evans, captain in the marine corps. sta
toned on recruiting duty in New York.
receives favorable consideration by
the ordnance board.
Captain Evans outfit weighs less
than u pounds. and can be set up to
receive messages in from one to two
and a half minutes. II consists of a
sending and receiving apparatus, q dy-
namO attached to the rear wheel and
Il 1O0-foot aerial constructed on the
order of a steel fishing pole.
1t is claimed for the invention that
constant communication can be main
tanned with friendly air scouts and
field stations.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

ties in the remOdeling of gowns by
combining materials that the amateur
is apt to try little original designing.
But safety lies in copying the models
in afternoon frocks turned out by ex-
pert designers, when gowns are to be
remodeled.
Everything else in neckwear is
more or less eclipsed by the vogue of
the talbot which amounts, just now, to
a furore. Snowy heaps of net and lace,
fashioned into every variety of jabot,
happen in all parts of the dry goodG
stores, and each is center of attrac-
tion for q crowd of absorbingly inter-
ested women, otherwise the regular
neckwear section would be overwhelm-
cd. It doesn't take any craftsmanship
to sell jabots, they sell themselves, and
oil the merchant has TO do is to take
the money-and keep up the supply.
This pretty madness on the part OF
women promises to outlast the sum-
mer and the jabot is so altogether clas-
sy and pretty that it should have
long popularity. With this In mind
we can be reconciled so the rather ex'
travagant prices that are asked for
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
TRIES TO BOOST HIS HEIGHT
Patriotic Youth Has Clever Scheme,
but 1t Is Detected by Recruit
ing Officers.

Albany. y. Y-Trying to boost his
; feet 3 inches UP to the standard re-
quircd for military service. Willis
Hartman, n patriotic youth from Glen
wood. near here, tried a form of ele-
walton that almost got by the United
State marine corps recruiting officers
here,
Willis Went through without flaw
until he stripped To be examined for
scars when the doctor discovered sew
eral layers Of adhesive plaster and
small cotton pad under each heel that
gave "French-hecl effect" to the
WOuld-be warrior. When it WINS re-
moved he lacked one inch of meeting
the required height.
II don't want to be Stacker, so ]
tried my best to enlist" said Hart
man, when he was rejected. The
scheme would be all right, too" he add
ed, 'if I could only make 1t stick"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
TRAIN KILLS BRAVE SOLDIER
Escapes Shells for Months in Trenches
in France, Then Faints on
Station Platform.

London-Tired, faint from hunger
and sleeplessness, Capt. Give burden
of the Australians arrived in Victoria
station from France. While walking
along the platform he tainted, fell I'M
der the train and was run over.
He had been fighting continually In
the most dangerous places in France
for six months unscathed and was
coming to England to rest. When he
was picked up after the accident Cap
tain burden was conscious.
what rotten luck" he said, "to
miss million shells and get done In
by toy locomotive"
In an hour he was dead.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
CHICAGO BARS HORSE MEAT
War Has Not Made Innovation
Necessary.

Chica@o.-Horse steaks for Chicago?
Neigh, neigh.
The city council committee on
health has ruled that the war has
not made the innovation necessary, and
therefore has refused to consider an
application from Christ Scheer for
a permit to open a shop dealing
exclusively in the flesh of Old Dob
bin.
Il feel" said Alderman Cullerton,
that we ought not to listen to a propo-
sltion of this kind now. The time is
not ripe. Possibly later we may come
to ii, but it certainly isn't neces-
sary step now"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
"Wildcat Was Tame Fox"

Pittsburgh, Pa.-"There's a wildcat
or some kind of an animal chasing
around Ellsworth avenue" an excited
woman telephoned the Frankstown ave-
nue. police station the other afternoon.
PatroIman Philip Flynn was detailed
to capture the wildcat" 1t turned
out to be gray fox. Flynn trapped
it in box. 1t later was claimed by
Jane Cavanaugh Of SIT Eva street.
who sid the animal was tame.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
The Successful Combination.

Because figured fabrics are to be so
much in fashion, it is wise that every
woman should remember that the plain
material is the essential foundation on
which figures should rest. A garment
splash of twists and lines and curves
is very poor garment indeed. Every
woman should take II to heart that
figured fabrics are meant for COM
binat'on with plain fabrics, and that
In the skillful combination lies the sue
cess of her costume
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

A special diSpenSatiOn from the god
dess of fashion, in the interest of thrift
ty women, lies in the present vogue for
two or more fabrics in one gown. In
all the array of pretty frOcks for after
noon wear-Or any other dressy wear,
for that matter-there are hardly any
that are fashioned of just one mate
rial. If the mission of Il gown is full
filled by merely looking well, it is made
of two or more materials, or of two
patterns in one material.
Thrift is a mark of good breeding
In these times. Now, when the re-
sources Of this country are about to be
put to the test, women must be willing
to do with less 50 that others, who
need, may have more.
But it is no great hardship to do
without q new frOck if an old one can
be remOdeled into n thing of beauty.
The gown shown in the picture offers
a good suggestion for remodeling be-
cause the overbodice and sleeves are
made of georgette crepe, and worn
with silk skirt and underbodice. This
overbOdice bears all the evidences of
being strictly up-to-date with its wide
tuckS, long sleeves and its big cape
collar of white crepe. A small triangle
of white crepe is set in the sleeves at
the wrist
A new bodice of this kind simply eff
faces the memory of the dress it used
to be and makes this into dress of
today. A new finishing touch appears
in the neck ribbon and tassel which
add the final charm to frock that
can't help proving a satisfaction to its
weGrcr. There are SO many possibili-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
MARQUISE De MOUSTIER EXPLAINS
HOW WOMEN CAN SERVE AMERICA
Describes Plan Adopted for Enrolling French Women Readiness
for Call When Civil Mobilization Is 0rdered-Commttees
List the Applicants for the Work for Which They
Prove to Be Best Fitted

city or district other than that you
have indicated?
Would you work Sunday?
Have you children between five
and fifteen living with you? Have
you children less than five living
with you? If SO, how many?
If married, does your husband
authorize You to enroll?
If minor, do your parents au-
thoriZe you to enroll?
Do you agree to work in a cate
CORY of benevolent service?
Are you obliged to ask pay?
You are entitled to your salary;
you are not To accept salary low
er than that paid ordinarily for
work you agree to do.
Providing for Day of Need.
This bulletin Is not Il request for i'm.
mediate employees; it is an Inscription
for the day when France may have
need of new forces. Such persons as
have need of immediate work, how
'''i' 'Al' 'iNlNSiA'I " lil'll' llt IL. L III
committee agrees to transmit imme.
diately their demand to the proper au,
thorities.
y similar bulletin is devoted to
farming enrolment, concluding as fol
lows
The women of the farms have
wanted to be associated with the
work Of voluntary enrolment Of
French women in the service of
the country. They will do it glad
~, and, since they are adapted to
agricultural life, they will work
for the salvation of the country.
In enrolling on the lists of this as
soCiation they VIII show their de
sire to perSevere, some in remain
ing where they are, others in put
ting themselves at the disposition
of farmers at the height of the
season. Those who cannot work
will organize the task of caring
for infants in school during yaca-
ton.
Britain raise an army are now being
used by the association to recruit pa
triOtlc woman workers. They made
their appearance recently on walls in
Paris and attracted considerable atten-
ton. They read: Enroll yourself.
Give the time you have, so that 10 eff
fort will be lost Enroll yourself in
the administration, military or health
service, or wherever you can be use
full"
me posters call attention to the
need of women aiding the nation to the
fullest extent. They will, it is be-
ieyed, greatly increase womens mo.i
ization, used to show what has al
ready been accomplished toward this
md. Moving picture films also have
ocpn taken by the government, and
viii he used to speed the work.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
Lace EIau for U. S. Troops.

PariS.-The woman ace workers Of
Velay have united in making lace
flag with the colors of the United
States, and intend to present it to the
first American regiment that comes to
fight upon French soil.
General Lafayette came from the
region of Nelay and the old chateau
IN which he lived still is standing.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

the best sellers, but novelty cottons in
printed designs suggestive of the pop
ular silks are in fair demand as also
are cottons in polka-dot patterns and
in dainty stripes, plaids and checks.
Combinations of fancy and plain ma
terials appear in some of the novelty
skirts, the plain fabric being used for
bands, belts or pockets or vice versa.
There has been fair demand for
washable satin skirts, as we'll as for
colors.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

At the age of eighty-four, Col. Peter
Paul DoboZy of West Plains, Mo, sur
vivor of the Hungarian insurrectiOn of
1S4S49, Of the war Of France and Italy
against Austria in 1859 and a veteran
of the Civil war in this country, has
offered his services and his life to the
United States. He has asked permis-
sion of the government to establish
cavalry training station at West
Plains, No.
He came to this country in 1862 with
two nephewS of Louis KOSSuth and in
1863 organized q regiment of negro
heavy artillery. After the war he be-
came an engineer in the Ozark country
and bIaZed the way for the old Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Gulf railway, now
part of the Frisco system.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
G>> Bray
Skirts of Wash Fabrics.

New wash skirts now being added to
the lines, says the Dry Goods Econo-
mist, are largely in plain white cotton
and linen materials, but with fair pro-
portion of novelty effects. All-white
skirts made on simple lines are by far
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
Killed 5000 Rabbits.

Stockton. CaI.-Hundreds Of hunters
participated In a jackrabbit drive at
EScalon, which resulted in the esti-
mated killing of between 5000 a9c
5000 of the pests.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
EARN Work Not Hindered.

This appeal is not addressed to the
farming community working at home
or elsewhere, who are able to render Il
greater service to France in remaining
at their present posts. They may en-
roll themselves, but only in the local
ity of their present employment and
where squads can he formed.
The following are the examination
questions.
Had you worked before the war?
II what profession?
Are you working now? In what
profession?
Have YOU passed examinations?
If so, which?
Would you accept work. other
than that you have indicated? II
SO, apecify in order or preference.
Would you agree to work in a
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
MEXlCANS FLEE u. S..
FEARING CONSUMPTION

BROWNSVILLE. Tex. = ConScrIp-
ton has terror for the MexicanS.
When word came To the border
that the great American congress
had adopted CONSUMPTION, the
MeXiCAnS who had fled 10 this
side of the border during the
troubled days Of M0dero, Huer-
ia, Villa and Carrunza believed
the American brand of conScrip-
ton would be similar To the
Mexican brand So hundreds Of
them fled back to Mexico.
At Ell Carmen one Mexican
mother gathered up her two
sons and set out to cross the
river 70 Mexico on raft. The
raft broke and the three floun-
dered in the water a consider
able time until dragged 10 safe
~ by spectators. She explained
she had tried 10 reach Mexico
to save her sons from the horror
of the American war.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
Rice for Ink Stains.

Wash the stained article, using
boiled rice instead of soap. and then
rinse In clear water.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, MAY 2e 1917

ton, the child of one race, and the
founder of two-'faith,' he said to the
receding Indian; hope he said to the
advancing Negro-fought under that
flag in war, and under that flag in
peace he anointed Booker T. Wash
ington and made him an evangel of
peace, an ambassador of good will
At the Door.
Behold, l stand at the door and
knock said the Master And so
stand, and those with me. Open and
| will speak their desire, and say, put
the uniform on me, give me the gun,
lead me to the field, show me the en-
emy
"Old Glory was about my form when
they led me from darkness to light,
and I'll protect it ow."-Chicago De
fender.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26
Third Spingran
Medal Awarded To
Harry T. Burleigh

Washington, D. c., May 16.-The
third Spingarn medal was awarded
here last night to Harry T. Burleigh,
the distinguished composer of songs,
at a meeting in the First Congrega-
tional Church, held under the aus
pices of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
Moorfield Storey of Boston, the ma
ton al president of the association,
presided; the presentation being made
by Hon Wesley l.. Jones, United
States senator from Washington.
The Spingarn medal is awarded an
nually to the man or woman of AT
rican descent and of American citizen
ship who shall have made the highest
achievement during the. preceding
year in any field of elevated or honor
able human endeavor; the candidate
being chosen by a committee of award
which includes Bishop John Hurst OF
Baltimore, Hon. William Howard Taft,
John Hope, president of Morehouse
College, Atlanta DR.. James H. billiard,
the director of the Slater and Jeannes
funds, and Oswald Garrison Willard OF
the New York Evening Post. Their
choice is not limited to any one field,
whether that be intellectual, spiritual,
physical scientific commercial, edu-
cational or any other so the winning
of the Spingarn medal has come to
be the greatest distinction which can
be conferred upon an American Negro
The medal is of gold of the value OF
one hundred dollars, and is donated by
DR.. Joel E. Spingarn, the chairman OF
the board of directors of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, formerly professor of
comparative literature in Columbia
University, at present in training for
his majors commission at Madison
Barracks, n. Y.
Harry T. Burleigh, the winner of the
medal for 1916, is composer whose
songs have for two or three seasons
past been sung by list of prominent
singers which would make any COM
poser's mouth water, from John Nc
Cormack to Kitty Cheatham. One
song, Deep River has probably ap-
peared on more concert programs dur
ing the past season more times than
the work of any other contemporane-
Gus composer; and across the ocean
Burleigh's "The Young Warrior with
words by the Negro poet, James Wei
don Johnson, translated into italian
and orchestrated by the great Zandon-
al, has become a sort of patriotic an
them of the present war. Mr.. Bur
leigh's compositions include about
hundred songs, few festival anthems
for church chorus, and a volume OF
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26
FIRST IN MANY LINES

The following compilation of
curious facts has been going the
rounds of the press, being credi-
ted to the Tennessee Valley News:
1t is interesting to note who
were the first Negroes to accom-
plish certain feats in America.
For instance: Macon Allen was
the first Negro to be admitted
to the American Bar, receiving
this honor in 1S45, Estevanico,
Little Steven" a Negro was
the discoverer of Arizona, and
one of the first persons to cross
the American continent. The
first martyr in the Boston massa-
ere. March 5, ITO was the Ne
gro soldier, Crispus Attucks.
DR.. A. 7. Augustus was appoint
ed surgeon of the Seventeenth
Regiment, United States Colored
Volunteers. He is said to have
been the first colored man COM
missioned in the medical depart
ment of the United States Army.
Bean Johnson, of Albany, Ca,
enjoys the distinction of putting
the first bale of cotton on the
market in the State, and by this
feat he has acquired the title of
the First bale man." About
1854, Benjamin Banneker, a no
ted Negro astronomer with i'm
perfect tools constructed clock.
which told the time and struck
the hour. This was the first
clock constructed in America.
Henry Blair, of Maryland was
the first Negro to receive a pat
ent on an invention. This inven-
ton was a corn harvester.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26

The following address was delivered
by Roscoe Simmons on the 14th inst.
in the Red Room of the La Sale Hotel,
Chicago. The occosion was a patriotic
banuuet of the Greater Hampton
Movement:
Mr.. simmons proceeded in his usual
masterful way:
mo question need be asked as TO the
Negro in day like this. But the Ne
gro. through Hampton and Tuskegee'
an through his millions of loyal sons
has a question to ask of the American
white man.
"The nation must mobilize. The ma
tion must prepare. The nation must
conserve. We hear that from the ora
tors and hear it from the daily prints
How shall we gather our forces TO-
gether? That is the word upon the
lips of the statesman upon whose
shoulders is the burden OF this war
and in whose hand is the destiny Oh
this the grandest place man couid ever
call home since the earliest beginnings
of civilization.
Proud of Race.
so am a Negro. l AM AN AMERl-
CAN In time of peace | am content
with the name Negro. l am not only
content, but proud of it. 1t is the
name of that people selected by free-
dor herself 20 prove the corner OF the
only temple of liberty ever built TO the
finish (Cheers.)
"But in time of war l cease to be a
Negro. and become an American, anu
ask for the chance to show again that
courage and devotion l have always
shown in war and in peace, in slaV-
erv and in freedom. Have | ever tal-
tered?
81 would rather be an American Ne
gro. trusting my case to the growing
Justice of the American white man
(prolonged applause); l would rather
he an American Negro, eating bread OF
hope and drinking waters. from the
spring of faith, waving above me the
stars and Stripes, than Ieast from
mates of gold in the palace of king
What Do We Say?
81 love my country. l speak for
race that loves this country, its past
with slavery, its present, and It's
mighty future. We know no other
land we know no other flag. No ny
phen is in our name. We speak but
one tongue. We have but one word
That word is for all 1t is, black or
white. at home or abroad, king OF EN-
peror. you are standing against us
when you stand against the Stars and
Stripes
..Our faith is planted in God and IN
the American white man, the grandest
apostle of humanity the world ever
saw. The American white man bullt
Hampton, erected Tuskegee; the
American white man went to fields OF
war and overturned the auction block
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26
Roscoe c. Sim
mon S Address
At Hampton
Banquet

of slavery The American white man
stood on the Declaration of Independ-
ence and tore a crown from a kings
! brow, wrote the Constitution of the
United States, and then, remembering
the God of nations, went to the field
and amended that Constitution in or
der to include me and mine in the
common brotherhood.
Hampton instructs it's students to
think on these things. The answer of
the Negro to that instruction is, we
have never been disloyal to the flag;
we have never deserted our benefac-
tors; we have kept the faith and now
when war delivers the challenge of
barbarism to the doors of this repub-
lie, look around and see us standing
by your side, saying: Here We are;
send us on the errand of reply to the
foe.'
The Great Mistake.
"The only mistake the American
white man has permitted in the great
government built up here as the chal-
lenge to the ancients who believed
that the people could not direct their
affairs, is in excluding 12,000,000 peo-
pie from any voice in the halls of
state. Not only for the Negro, but for
my country and its future, | am bold
enough to ask you to consider that
f,a IN, of hItr loss
anxiety. This is not the time for any
to press grievances.
"The American Negro is more con-
cerned now with standing with you, in
field and shop, and on the tented
grounds of battle; in standing with
hoe and plow to feed with life his own
soldiers and those left behind, or with
gun and deadly aim to feed with death
the soldiers of distant throne.
"If there are those who by word or
deed seek to rob the nation of the re-
warded service of the Negro, the duty
of the American white man is to stay
the word and shatter the deed. The
Negro and white in chains fought to
make the nation. In chains he fought
to save the nation. Now he asks to be
permitted to defend the nation.
Cabins-But!
Poverty may be our lot. Books may
be mysteries to many among us. Cab
ms may be our homes, but we would
have you remember that no disloyal-
ty is in our record, no traitors have be-
longed to our Race, no hands among
us have tried to tear the Stars from
the flag, and no Negro in vengeance
or maddened ambition ever struck
down a President
What else can we do to prove our
Americanism? Whatever you tell us
to do we shall do. Wherever you lead
us we shall follow; your country is our
country, and your God our God.
All l am, all ! am to be, all my
Race is, all my Race is to be. came
and will come by your side, under the
American flag. The founder of Hamp-
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26
NO 40
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

from Roger Williams University,
at Nashville, Tenn. Prof. Hen
derson is considered the cham
pion shorthand writer and typist
of the Negro race and is also an
expert in accountancy and COM
mercial law. In addition he has
won recognition as a writer and
essayist, being termed the
''Black Herbert kaufman.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26


New York, N. Y, May 1S.-
When Roscoe Conkling Simmons,
noted orator and patriot, appear
ed before the famous Union
League Club Thursday night,
May 10th, that was the first time
any colored man ever appeared
before that illustrious body.
Charles E. Hughns is president
of the Union League Club. Col.
Simmong spoke on my Country
and My Flag" and his eloquence
stirred the ancient Republicans
as no speech has done in recent
years.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-26

Washington, May 10. "A train
ing camp for Negro officers will
be established at Fort Des
Moines, Iowa, where 1,200 can
didates for commissions in Ne
gro regiments of the new army
will be trained. A draft of 250
men will be taken from the color
ed regiments of the regular army,
selected from the noncommiss-
ioned officers and privates who
have shown publications fitting
them for command and assigned
to the camp. The remainder
will come from Negro regiments
of the national guard and from
graduates of educational institu-
tions for Negroes.