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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
Professor r. G. Erwin Reports Success
Of Organized Work In Virginia.

OF Organized Work In Virginia.
What the Negro Organization Society
of Virginia accomplished during 1916
for better schools, homes, community
uplift and better health is Interestingly
told in the report Of Professor Temple
G. Erwin, field agent for the society.
Major Allen Washington, commandant
Of cadets at the Hampton (Va.) insti-
tute, is president Of the organization.
He expresses much qualification over
the good results obtained, yet Major
Washington believes that a greater
work may yet be done for the people
Of the rural districts. 3
Professor Erwin in his report says:
More and more the necessity for de-
termined action against the forces of
destruction and the wisdom of con-
certed effort grow upon the Negroes of
Virginia. During the year just closed
we have seen them rallying with in
creased vigor to the cause Of uplift
and battling in ways to them more or
less new to improve school conditions,
to withstand the inroads Of communi-
cable diseases and to remedy untoward
conditions surrounding life on the farm.
The influence of this movement 10 be-
ing felt throughout the state where
colored people live in any considerable
numbers, and organizations Of almost
every conceivable kind are to be count
ed among the numbers Of those that
make up this society.
I'm a number of communities into
which we have gone 1t has been neces-
sary to initiate the idea of school i'm
provement through cooperation and to
point out the essential nature of such
work to substantial growth. In such
places school development is In the
primitive stage. In many Of these in
stances leagues were organized, and in
some movements looking to the erec-
ton Of new school buildings were be-
gun and the people thus sent on to
their important work Of developing
better school facilities.
In other communities we have found
the people laboring as best they could
in accordance with the light they had
to remedy conditions for the educa-
luciI we hdNC cOuC-
times found them working with COM
mendable zeal, but with poor advice,
raising money to repair all inadequate
and dilapidated building when only
the erection Of new one would con-
stitute q wise investment or endeavor-
ing to secure funds for longer school
term and yet had permitted the school
attendance to dwindle almost to the
vanishing point during the last month
or two Of the regular term.
Reports from twenty Of the coun-
ties Of the state will serve to indicate
the breadth and effectiveness Of the
clean up movement. These twenty
counties were selected because the re-
ports coming from them are more or
less accurate and complete, as we have
better means Of getting reports from
these than from some other counties.
p "They report 35 dwellings painted,
311 dwellings whitewashed. 1,OO6 homes
cleaned, 121 fences repaired and built,
$40 outbuildings whitewashed, 81 homes
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
ADVOCATE OF FAIR PLAY.

Father vsrnimont Lauds WorId's Edi.
teriai on Colorsd Soldiers.
Father Raymond Vernimont, Ro.
man Catholic priest at Denton, Tex.
tn q recent article to the New York
World under the caption "Justics to
the Negro" says:
1T IL refreshing to see tho great
change taking place in some leading
papers on the Negro question. Your
eulogy Of the Negro soldier Il repro
duced in the last issue Of the Crisis,
page 287. High minded people glory
In this forward step. The enemies
you make by giving Justice to the Ne.
gro are few and unworthy Of notice.
Continue to use your pages for the de-
tense Of that long oppressed race. God
and man will bless your paper for It."
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
Fast Trains.

An American who was visiting In
Scotland was expounding on the won.
derful railway service which his native
country afforded.
why, In America trains 90 so fast
that 1t takes two people to talk about
them-one to say Here she comes and
the other to say. There she goes. -
Exchange.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31

I am against Catholic, Protestant,
or Jew, If the representative of any
of these creeds does anything against
the American spirit. demand whole
hearted and undivided loyalty to the
United States. I denounce as crime
against the country the effort by any
section of our people, of whatever
origin to perpetuate racial divisions
in this country.-Theodore Roosevelt,
in Metropolitan, Dec. 1916.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
MADAM Harris ANNUAL
OPENING.
Friday Afternoon and Evening,
April 5th,
1909 Washington Ave. So.

Madam Hart, the milliner, does not
want our women to patronize her be-
cause of her race. She asks no sym
pathy. She only requests them to in
spect her goods, to give her chance
as a BUSINESS woman on merit alone,
and she guarantees to satisfy the
most particular patrons.
1t is needless to say that there
will be a crowd of customers.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31

BY T. RUSSELL SHELTON in Richmond
Timss-Dispatch.
NBLEM Of chastity. sweet nun Of
- flowers,
~ rosary Of dewdrops thou dost
wear,
And thy fair head droops gently. az in
prayer.
A. II thou ever dreamed Of Easter hoursL
Faith looks at thee. then turns and walks
with one
Through the bark garden Of Gethsemane.
Hears the deep groan, sees the accursed
tree,
And kneels before the sepulcher alone.
Perhaps when Mary trod. at break Of day,
The path that led her to the empty tomb
Lilies, all white and pure. sprang into
Around the stone which had been rolled
away
Till all about tho sepulcher became
A garden where celestial flowers grew.
Sweeter than all the buds that Eden knew
And fairer than the immortelles Of fame.
No chimes swoke tho scented eastern air
Mankind was dumb. but nature found
voice.
And birds and brooks with angels did re-
joice,
While the fair lily dropped her head in
prayer.
Today the bells in sweet rejoicing ring.
They tell Of him who died to set us free.
They sing: 20 grave. where is thy vic.
tory?
o death. where is thy sting-where is thy
sting?'
Today the lily blooms as sweet and fair,
With dropping head and rosary Of dew;
Today Faith turns. her risen Lord to view
And all the glory of his love to share.
Nor sin nor pain nor death can eer refill
The bitter cup he drank on Calvary
The voice that groaned In anguish on the
Seems evermors to whisper. Peace. be
STILL"
And sweet It is to feel that nevermore
Shall mortals move like captives to thei
doom,
For when he rose he triumphed DER the
tomb
And cast aside the cerements he wore.
Bloom on. sweet flower. symbolic of that
day
And Of the resurrection yet to be.
May faith bloom In my soul as pure as
thee
Till griefs shall fade and tears be wiped
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
Hngels

@OD hath sent his angels
II To the earth again,
Bringing joyful ttdtngs
TO the sons of men.
They toho first at Christmas
Thr0n0ed the heavenly tCdv,
NO1o beside the tomb door
Sit on Easter day.
Angels, sing his triumph
As vOu sang his birth.
Christ the Lord Is risen,
Peace, good tciU on EARTH"
In the dreadful desert
Where the Lord toGs tried,
There the faithful angels
Gathered at his side.
And 1chen In the garden,
Grief and pain and care
Bo,1ed him d01n toifh an0uish,
They acere tctth hin, there.
Yet the Christ they honor
IL the same Christ stu,
Who, IN light and darkness,
Did his fathers t1ilI.
And the tomb, deserted,
Shineth like the Sky,
Since he passed out from II
Into ptct0ry.
God has still his angels
Helping, at his toord,
AH his faithful children
Like their taithtul lord.
Soothing them IN sorroto,
Aiming them IN strtfe,
Opening tcide the tomb doors
Leading into ute.
Father, send thine angels
Unto US, zoe fray;
Leave us not to UGnder
All along our ,cdy.
Let them guard and guide ~
WheresO'er zoe DC,
TM our resurrection
Brings us home to thee.
Phillips Brooks.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31

Do not waste your time making
promises to our agents. Send your
money by Express or Post Office Or
der or in cash or postage stamps.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
Candy For Easter.

Candy for the Eastertide is sent in
small wicker hampers, tied with purple
ribbon, through which is run a single
lily. Where more ornate effects are
liked there are satin eggs In all cOlors,
many of them hand painted, some hav.
ing q monogram in raised gilt.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
CONGRESSMAN THOS. D.
SCHALL.

Congressman Schall of the 10th
district spent this week in the city.
He wishes to say through the Star
that he will support the president in
this crisis. The safety and honor of
the country is at stake and every true
American should unite for its defense.
He will do all in his power to secure
for Negro citizens every representa-
tive due other citizens.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
PENTICOSTAL.
Peoples Christian Assembly.
1904 Washington Ave, So.

Services Sunday-1l A. M.
Sunday School-l:30 P. M.
Praise Meetings. P. M.
Preaching-8 P. M.
ELDER G. w. MITCHELL, Pastor.
Assisted by Mrs. G. w. Mitchell.
Comet and Serve the Lord.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
Probably Not.

rs Pickleby a manicure artistT
II don't know. WhyT'
II Just saw him. and he told me that
he had charge Of hundred hands at
his place of business. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31

Miss Hazel Whitfield who became
mentally unbalanced was taken to the
Insale Asylum at ST. Peter on We'd
nesday. She was born in St. Paul
and her parents are dead.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
ZION CHURCH NOTES.

Rev Anderson will preach at Zion
Baptist Church Sunday night at 8 P.
M. The Right Hand of Fellowship
will be given to the 81 who were
united with the church. The Lords
Supper will be administered.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31

"YOur cat made AL awful noise In the
back garden last night. and
I'm awfully sorry. Mr.. Houston. but
since he ate the canary lIe thinks he
ran sing" IAntion Opinion
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31

Mrs. Hattie G. Hall of St. Paul,
has arranged a series of weekly
musicals for the beefit of Pilgrim
Baptist Church.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
A GREAT REVIVAL CLOSED.

Zion Baptist Church has just closed
one of the greatest revivals known
in the history of the church. The
Pastor, Rev. M. w. Withers, was
very fortunate in securing the Evan
gelist, Rev. v. S. Cooper, of Fay
cite, Mo-, who did the preaching and
conducted the meeting in a very sue
cessful way.
Rev. M. w. Withers.
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The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

think IL was tho cessation ~ my
voice that awakened DICK. Tor ne
started mp end looked al me Mn
once ] would have taken his fortE
wiuks very seriously as II WAS.
T7TgTg-T 7T7T INK STTTrTTu ---ir---r
Tor my hand
where was his nihs Margie- when
7 dropped ~ 20 sleep7' he asked.
How can toll. dear / anEw I'D
III asa NOE oven dream OF his soda
tive tendencies until looked Up
and found YOU sleeping quietly whlle
I wss rcAdinE - YOU the outpouringS
OF The soul - on. ~ your feilowa
'NNrif an that the man is right
said nlcE tsnt am much interested.
Read rae the Inst page ~ that Voiu
min1us huuh h' calls letter ana i"i
me knuw how II cn1s
81 shall go nothing - tho kim.
nctthor snail you so {" Steep "htit 4
J want YOUR unbiased opinion ~ tt
J want YOU ~ fel ur truly ~ YOU
think re is real man and N he got
what was coming 90 hlW-
"Na uau should sos what DO de-
serves. Narric sold Dick with
Eyiu State .efmr o. love the male
sex fo~ she certainly rewards All
its members FAR beyond their merits
'tFor tho love o. me Dick don't be
90 humble 7 remonstrated laughing
Is. ~ you keep this up 7 VIII begin
20 thiuk your arc not long Tor this
world
Would YOU Erievs much
WHY Dick whv do you say That
10 me- bon you feel as well a.
usual
II am feeling better than usual.
dear. and ! did not mean 20 ask that
question which was uncalled Tor and
irnpert!ncnt Let VIZ near what other
ideas htz nfos has o. offer on the sub
ject a. man and woman and their
relations go each other"
well YOU see. Dick. az tho place
whore 7 lefr or. the man was agree
ing with "a famous cerN onist rs well
all wrong. feiicrs all wrong
"pid yoU leave N where he was
QUOTING that rouplet from BYRON
about tho many apartments IN mans
life THAT are given 90 love and tho
affirmation that women gives her
whole existence % IT,"
"Now. pIeh aren't YOU ashamed 10
make the Door dear who wrote such
wonderful love poems and acted his
love pafts 50 badly roll over In his
grave But that IL Just where I DID
leave ~. where the man seems 70
think that notwithstanding women
are beginning 90 think for them
solves instead 81 letting some man
tell them what he thinks they should
think. thore is much room for i'm
provemeut.'
"Iu bet DO got stung in his wife. 3"
Hoif Dick suddenly
asked
"Becauae no man - eyer bitter
against tho sex or even begins 20
onalvzc its shortcomings until II f.
q personal matter"
u am not sure that he was mad
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

f1ff (oIleEr-HQuaI- If Hk' ItaFuV
viii hold the FIRST meeting 81 me
fail season Friday afternoon nj 2
q clock IN the home OF Mrs X Lee
Hyder. No 24G Moss-ave. Highland
Park. Following the business meet
ing the league members viii sew
for the French wounded AL col
lege women. whether or not mem
bers OF the league. will be welcomed
TO the meeting.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10
Society

William E. Bolles. No 800 War.
ren-ave. west. has returned from
Oldsmar. Fla.
The annual meeting OF Providence
auxiliary will take place Thursday
morning. m IL o'clock. In the House
OF Providence
Mary p tAthrop W. C T. U. will
meet Thursday afternoon. in the
home OF Mrs Joseph l. Roberts
No. li9 Commonwealth-ave.
Mr.. and Mrs 5 r Clark, No. PIG
Chicago blvd, announce the en-
gagement OF their daughter. Miss
Mary West Clark. TO Grand Bedding
Garfield. Mr. Garfield Is a member
OF Co y. Michigan Signal corps
stationed az Waco. Tex.
For the purpose OF raising fund
with which % help furnish the new
Salvation army Rescue some. Fort
So and West Grand blvd. the ladies
auxiliary will give bazaar Friday
and Saturday. oct 26 and 81. in the
Hotel Stetor ballroom.
Miss Mona Redman will give a
piano recital Friday evening. Oct
y, In the Twentieth Century build
ing Miss Rcdman returned a few
months ago from Europe where she
studied In Berlin with Josef Leh.
vinne. the Russian pianist. This
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10
Peter Does a Favor.
| TRORNI0N lN. A.RGEss
opyright. 1917. by \. W Burgess)

certainly" replied Peter. looking
'.Then / wonder u you viii DO me
A favor7" replied Mrs FILTER.
I'm always glad g. DO any one a
favor" returned Peter promptly
What can I DO for you
Just keep an eye ON these babies
% mine while Fllttrr and hniEh
catching our supper. hald MrA tlit-
ter "Df course they VIII De perfect
lv safe hanging here while We are
gone. but ! will feel better 90 know
that "A friend IS near and has an eye
on them. VIII you do az
"Of course Peters rerly was
very prompt "fu he delighted 60
do ~ see anything that looks
like danger FOR Them will thump
with all my might and II YOU are
not very FAR away 1 guess you can
hear me"
THANK you Peter That will be
Mrs. FILTER as she and FILTER dart
"a away and were lost among the
Black shadows
And 90 II came about that Peter
Rabbit found himself In one ~ the
funniest situations he ever had heen
IN. lie was keeping guard over two
babies hanging above hts head whsr.
ne couldn't reach them II ne wanted
70. and whom he couldn't even see
tho he wouldn't have admitted TINS
little Rats hanging among the leaves
were a. Ike them in the dusk that
Peter couldn't for the life OF him
bo sure which were The babies and
which were the leaves.
SO he kept watch and thot over
the things he had learned and won
dered how ~ would seem 80 NJ anu
fora time was almost cnvious 81 tho
Flltters Then he remembered no"
useless are their legs for waking
and how Impossible n is for them L"
run and jump
I'VE can't an have everything. and
I'm satisfied 20 stay right on inc
ground he declared aloud,
"A wise decision. yerv W. &C.
cieion. Peter" chuckled FILTER.
swoopinR down just over Peters
head I'VE are much obliged 20 you
Tor keeping watch over our babies
he added 'Now ~ IL time for az ."
ht going back home
Mrs Filter few down where nor
babies hung They scrambled on 70
- - A4A- ID
the family flew on toward Farmer
Brown 81 barn,
Next story The Beechnut Picnic
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

be made az home A BIT OF good
news for economical and up-to-date
shoppers
II is now possible 10 buy in the
shops the readymade muff founda.
tions all stuffed with feathers or
wool. some OF them silk-iined and
just ready for nimble fingers 10
apply the outer sheaf Of velvet. fur.
or Kerami mole, as shown In the
picture Next add the silken frill,
line the stole. attach the silk tas-
sels-and behold a charming climax
for winter costume,
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10
COMMISSIONS oEdWIEH
Dicks Opinions

vertantiy stung AS you call -. az
least he was a. much % blame for
fnarrg ing The woman IS she was for
marrying him A man with any sense
must know that diseased lung and
no Visible means OF support should
-. - = -
That's Just ~. MRrgte. there arc
millions ~ impossible bars - mar
mage bat not one 10 love. " hen
man fall--a love with woman there
~ only one thinK in sight pnsses-
sion This az natures greatest Law
and the immoral creature makes no
rrrvfsIon TOR ANYTHING after Shr
goes mcrriIy on her way making
other perfectly irresponsible beings
and ieuvc~ the poor strangers that
she has married 20 work ~ all cut
FOR them selves
And 90 think that no one is ever
f---fsttf--ti 1---fA it-+.tit -+l4el,-
almost 60 himself
Ito be continued
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

a favor gladly done youll md
Your friends will closer 20 you Pind.
1n tke discovery OF how "a was thht
the babies 81 FILTER the Bht, though
too Young 90 rs and unable 20 walk,
could sti0 leave the home Ia "a Gran
uy in the, roof OF Farmer Browns
barn Peter Rabbit forgot that he was
beginning to feel little cross be
cause of the teasing by fiittcr' You
remember that Mrs FILTER had just
told Peter that she carries her babies
about with her. that while she Mes
this way and that way humans her
meals thc babies cling 90 her rur
Aren't you afraid they Will for
get and let go and so Eet a dreadful
IA IT, asked t'Utcr. g
ooh no" replied Mrs. Filter II
don't have 90 worry about that. Why.
sometimes ~ IL hard work 20 make
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

Where are you going my pretty
maid" almost anyone would inquire
OF a lovely lady attlred in this
charming costume. whose fine points
are the nun and stole OF Kerami
mole This set Is especially de-
signed TO add zest 20 miladi's ar"r-
noon stroll. and IL ought 90 Sue
coed for two reasons-it Is becom.
ing II Is inexpensive.
The nun and stole IN the picture
are real wartime furs. FOR they can
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

n u 4 = n = = -t-- -
ance in recital before a Detroit aud,
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

Newt story The Beeehno' Picnic.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

thcm let 60 when want them TO.
think they rather enjoy these rides.
ANYWAY they are always ready 90 go.
bot must confess that "a does get
"a hit tresome carrying them about
and that is why / sometimes leave
them hanging 90 the tWig or tree
moro anxious about them then than
when they are with me. Are you
FutuE to stay here for a little while.
Peter
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

----- +------++ -------t----t f-f----
/ guests Miss Marguerite sullivan is
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

lewis Weary will give one OF his
delightful aud entertaining pro
grams ot readings. music and songs
with Mrs Weary at the piano, Wed
nesday evening. In the Iroquois-aye.
Lutheran church. under the auspices
% the mems club Of the church.
Miss Ida Denk. contralto and Ed
ward Schachern. tenor, will assist
on the program
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

A general meeting OF The Chi
dren's aid society Christmas carol
singers will be held Thursday after
noon. in the assembly room Of The
Central Charities building. No .33
Warren.ave. west, with the Rcv Eu
gene Y. Shipper presiding Per
manent organization will be effect
cd officers elected and comm ,tecs
appointed. The aim Of the oreaniza
ton VIII be 10 select and train
erouns OF children IN the singing OF
Christmas carols 40 that all parts
OF the city will have It's little band
~ singers on tho streets Christmas
eve
The Detroit times., 1917-10-10

The Detroit chapter OF the WON
ans Naval service was formally or
ganizod Tuesday morning I'm the
Hotel Pontchartrain, with Mrs.
Frank W. Brooks. lr. as chairman
The organization IL the successor or
the woman's section ~ the Navy
league. and has the Official sane
ton which assures tho acceptance
Of all garments made bv II for the
men OF the navy The local chap
ter will continue 20 devote its ei.
forts especially 10 the u. s :
Michigan. Don Juan and Galatea.
The Naval service has 45 units IN
Michigan Local headquarters are
on the second floor OF the building
AZ No. % Witherellst. the lower
floors OF which are occupied by the
National League for Women's Ser
vice.
%
The annual fair for the support
~ the infants ward OF the Chill.
Srens Free hospital which Is al.
WAYS one OF tho prominent social
events OF the year will be held
Thursday In the home OF Mrs. Willis
Bull. No. 1900 Jefferson. With
all OF their money war relief actlv-
tiles. the women whose efforts IN
other wears have kept up this splen
did charity have this year prepared
an att active selection OF hand made
articles to- he placed on the sale
tables. a large majority Of them
will make handsome Christmas gifts
-. Col NJ The aarfN
date IN the fall. IL rs hoped that the
DO Your Christmas Shopping Ear
Is" movement will make q good be
ginning The infants ward OF ne
Children's Free hospital receives
most Of it's income from the pro
ceeds OF the fair and the patrons OF
the bazaar have the satisfaction ~
knowing that their purchases not
only bring 20 them some dainty
and useful article but go a long way
toward helping poor little SICK chii'
dred 10 regain their heallh FROM
10 o'clock IN the morning until
o'clock In the evening. the fair VII
30 In full swing n weather condi
tons hermit the lawn Of the Bum
residence will be utilized for some
of tho booths. IN addition 90 the
various tables 81 fancy g.tts there
will be special entertainment for
the children Motion pictures VIII
he shown so that children may be
entertained while their mothers arc
making selections az the tables.
There also will be a grab bag ~
n new and novel form. a normal
admission fee VIII be charged and
this will INCLUDE tea and waters,