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The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.

A large crowd of men and women
gathered at the rooms OF the buiidihe
last Sunday afternoon to hear Secre-
tary Bell tell of his experiences while
in the great Northwest on his recent
visit to Camp Lewis where he went as
special escort sent by the war
Work Council of they. NJ. c. A. and
the office of the provost marshal Tor
the large number of men drafted into
the service. He told of his visit TO
Tacoma and Seattle and of the pro-
gress of our people as CLEANED for his
short stay in those cities.
II is difficult to say just who is
leading in the croquet series. This
much. however, can be said-the play
ing is intense and fierce, neither side
Welding a single point. jenkins, with
the aeputation of a champion in Colo
rado Springs, and Blakemore, the con
genial attorney, both give promise OF
good work before the season is over
At present King and the two Light
honors. A contest is scheduled for
Saturday afternoon which Will un-
doubtedly be severe one.
The Glee Club is getting in some
good work these days, though it has
lost some of it's members in the re-
cent draft. One of the coming features
of its work will be the presentation OF
Miss Helen e. Hagan, the accom-
plished concert pianist recently from
the Conservatory of Paris. on Sept. 20
Miss Hagan is now on concert trip
across the continent, and will come
from California for the concert on that
date
Next Sunday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
it is expected that Counsellor w. NJ.
, f. Peters of Bowley, who was to have
spoken last Sunday afternoon but was
unable to get here, will be the speak
er. Everybody will be welcome.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
CAMPBELL CHAPEL, A. M. E.
CHURCH, 23RD AND LAWRENCE

General Educational Day will be
observed on Sunday, Aug. 25 Sermon
at II n. m. Addresses will be de!iy-
cred by DR.. ]. II. p. Westbrook and
Mr. Browning c. Allen, and papers
will be read by Mr.. Older n. Jackson
and Mr.. VIM. E. Miller. The choir will
render special music and solos will be
rendered by Mrs. Jessie Andrews
Zachry and Mr.. Yocum Reid at S
p. m.
Preparations are in progress for the
entertainment of the Colorado Annual
Conference of the African NJ. Il.
Church, which convenes in Campbell
Chapel on the morning of Sept. 12,
1918. Bishop II. b. Parks presiding.
Miss Helen Z. Hagan of New Haven.
Conn, the brilliant young woman pi
anist who won the $1,000 prize for the
best composition in music and her de
gree while in the Yale Conservatory,
and who graduated from the Paris
Conservatory, was the guest of Rev
and Mrs. a. Milton Ward for three
days in Denver this week. Miss Hagan
is en- route to the coast and will stop
in Denver and give recital on her re-
turn about Sept. 20 for the Y. NJ. c. A.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
FOUR BROWN SKIN HARMONIC.
ERS-DENvER GIRLS IN
VAUDEVILLE.

The former Young Women's Chris
tian Association quartet were billed at
the Tabor Grand this week as above
and for amateurs they did well. Their
act, consisting of Negro melodies and
sentimental songs, was well received
and their first experience of behind
the footlights" will enable them to be-
come headliners after they have got
ten the proper stage coaching and sup
port of good booking agent. For To-
cal attempt every encouragement was
given by the increased patronage at
the Tabor this week And now with
the splendid harmony they produce
and good management. they Will in
time be real stage representatives of
our race. The Colorado Statesman con-
graduates Mesdames Hicks-Lenoir,
Clements, Bray and Miss Cole on their
initial appearance in vaudeville and
wishes them every success in future
engagements.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
USE MILK AND CREAM
AND SAVE HERDS URGES
STATE FOOD OFFICIAL

The necessity for preserving intact
the dairy herds OF Colorado was reiter-
ated by Clarence Adams, head OF the
Poultry, Eggs and Dairy Products divi-
sion of the United States Food Admin
istration in an interview a short time
ago.
The need OF saving butter and milk
has passed, and unless the public real
ize that they must use these excellent
foods to replace some of the staples,
such as the wheat and sugar they have
been asked to save, the farmers are
going TO sell their valuable dairy cows
for beef and the country will be swept
of its herds" Chairman Adams de-
clared
AT the time of serious curtailment OF
the sugar supplies, manufacturers OF
Ice cream have been given practically
because this is one OF the forms In
which milk is most readily marketed.
demand for milk. cream and butter
must be greatly stimulated IL the Food
Administration is to be able to prevent
the relatively high price of beef from
tempting farmers, who are making
very little off OF their herds at this
time, from sending them to market as
beef cattle"
Make milk and butter and eggs take
the place OF the products which the
United States must ship overseas to
American soldiers and to the soldiers
of the allies.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
First African Explorer.

The first organized attempt to ex-
piore the interior of Africa was made
by Mungo Park, who set sail on his
initial voyage to the Dark Continent
l23 years ago. He returned two years
ana seven months later after having
explored considerable section of
Africa never before visited by white
man, although he failed in his main
purpose, which was totrace the source
of the River Mixer.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
CARELESSNESS DELAYS
SUGAR CERTIFICATES,
DECLARES FOOD CHIEF

Improper statements, failure TO give
addresses, and mis-sent Information
have been at the bottom OF much OF
the discomfort experienced by consum-
ers OF sugar during the past few weeks
according to statement issued by the
United States Food Administration re-
Gently.
While some OF the errors in issr
ing sugar certificates have been traced
10 this office, large per cent OF them
have been made by retail Dealers ex-
planned Robert j. Grant, executive
manager of the Food Administration.
we try in every way to make all rul-
iugs and regulations as easy as posi-
BILE for the people. but we know that
in this particular instance the careless
ness of some dealer has worked hard
ships upon consumers-particula
those in rural communities who were
unable to purchase sugar, and we are
sorry"
Twenty-seven clerks and stenogra-
pliers have worked increasingly since
the last week in July in an effort to
get the sugar certificates out in good
time. 1t is easy to understand, how
ever. how delays occur. when hun
dreds of statements came into the Den
yer office with no address, and dozens
OF other statements were sent to
Washington and had to be returned be-
fore they could be cared for.
Criticism is easy, but it is the fair
thing to consider that not all OF the
mistakes which are made are made by
the Food Administration staff" smiled
the executive manager.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
SCOTT METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.

Tomorrow is the great RALLY DAY
when Scott Church, with its pastor.
Rev. T. S. McMorris, its special
preacher, Rev. w. L. Darius, its trus-
wipe out the last debt on the church
before erecting a new edifice. AT 3
p. m. the special service will be held
at Christ NJ. f. Church, corner
Twenty-second avenue and Ogden
street, where all pastors and their
congregations are invited TO attend
and help in worthy cause. The pub
lie is cordially invited TO attend.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
WilIfuIness and win.

Do not mistake willfulness for will.
Very often the girl who is most deter
mined to get her own way in every
thing, lacks will power. VIII is COR
ducive to self-contro, willfulness TO
n lack of it. The difficulty girls
proper guardian, her parents and her
teachers, encounter in bringing her to
do what is expected of her is not the
measure of her will. but of her willful-
pess-Pcnnsylvania Grit.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
intoxicated by Freedom.

Observation-Disclosures, the evidence
shows that after being a model hu~
band for twenty years. Won threw ycnr
wife out of the house and ran amuck.
attempting TO murder everybody you
met" Defendant (shecpishly)--"1t was
only peaceful revolution Mt the
start. your honor, hut after ] had
overthrown the autocracy l lost my
head."-Puck.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
"Soul of Wit"

Someone has said that 'brevlty is
the soul of wit" 1t is, and in these
strenuous times it would seem n very
good idea to apply the same maxim
to other channels of conversation. The
man or woman who can handle an i'm
portantNsuhi hicct briefly is sure of II
royal welcome wherever he or she
seeks an audience.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO.
Funeral Notices.

John w. Brooks, ~ years, beloved
husband of Mrs. Lottie Brooks. 2l21
Arapahoe street, departed this life
Aug. 18th. Funeral services were held
Sunday, Aug. 18th, p. M, from
Campbell A. NJ. L. Church. Rev. A. NJ.
Ward officiated. Interment, Riverside.
Arthur Walker, As, late of Farwell,
La, departed this life Aug. 18th. Flu
neral notice later
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
ThouahtfuI.

"You think too much about your
self" said the Moralist. THE secret
of happiness in this world is thinking
about other people" "I do think about
other people" said the pessimisuc per
son. ''but as they all owe me money
such thoughts make me feel more
gloomy than er.''-Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
IhackeraY Always Late.

An external stimulus sometimes is
necessary. to pring writer's IDEAS to
: focus. 1t was the custom with fhack-
cray never TO do today what could ne
out oft until tomorrow. He was, there
fore, frequently behind with mis- copy
ana was no uncommon thing for him
to keep the messenger from mis- pub
Usher waiting at the door while ne
wrote the last pages of the book.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

YER with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Anderson, 243l Court place,
for several years. She has beautiful
5-year-old son whom we are informed
has started on his musical career We
hope to have the pleasure of hearing
this talented member of the race who
in time will be a representative artist.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
Dealing With Trouble.

Never hunt trouble. However dead
n shot one may be, the gun he carries
on such expeditions is sure to kick or
go off half-cocked. Trouble will come
soon enough. and when he does come,
receive him as pleasantly aS possibly.
Like the tax collector. he is a disa-
greeable chap to have in ones house
but the more amiably You greet him
the sooner he viii go away,-Artemus
Ward.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
N. A. A. C. P.

The N. A. A. C. p. will hold a meet
ina at Campbell Church Tuesday even
ina, September 3rd. All members are
urqed to be present, and the public is
cordially invited.
GEO. w. GROSS,
President
nMRs MILDRED AsERNATHY,
Secretary.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
Primitive PIow.

Even at the present time modern
plOws are practically unknown in
Egypt, and all tina: is used is log
with a wooden hoo!, the end Of which
Is steel-pointed. Any animals avail
able. from q donkey TO n camel. con-
stitute the team. and sometimes even
= camel and bullock are seen pulling
together.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
Lantern FLY a Brilliant Insect.

The lantern fly of South America il:
said to he by far the most brilliant OF
all luminous insects. 1t sometime.
measures more than 2 inches II
length. The shape of the head is very
curious. 1t is furnished with hollow
transparent snout nearly the length o'
the body, whence comes the lamplili'
light.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
these DAYS Of Hiaii Prices.

Roberts grandfather gave him
penny 70 spend. and Robert said:
"Grandpa. you must remember every
thing costs more. ! can't get much
candy for n penny"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
olive rrees Have Lona Lives.

Eight of the olive trees in the his
toric Garden of Olives. near Jerusalen
are believed to be more than 1000
years old.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
Uncle Ike Murnurs.

whenever any man." murmurs
Uncle Ike. Commences fer to talk To
me about his soul, ! sez To myself I've
flushed a nut."-Judge.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
Net in His Line.

p Miss Manchascr-''liavc you ever
considered the bonds of natrlmony?"
Mr.. u-Bonds-"NopS. Nothing
doing in bonds That are not listed"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Mrs. Rhoda Chambers. former
Denver piano virtuoso, continues her
musical work in Oakland, California
reports from that musical center are
nigh in appreciation of Mrs. Chambers,
who is better known here as Ander-
son, having lived and grown in Den,
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24
Daily Optimistic rhouobt

A good Judge will decide according
to justice and right ~ preference to
stric, iaw.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Goldie, the young daughter of Mrs
Clara Morrison, 1852 Washington
street, is gradually improving after an
operation for peritonitis at st. Luke's
hospital. The Colorado statesman
extends it's sympathy, Miss Morrison
being n sufferer since last June.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

MIR. and Mrs. VIM. F. Bryant OF
state Capitol and Shorter Church
fame. are at Casper Wyo.. for few
weeks. They will soon return to Den
yer.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Miss Myrtle Smith of 3145 Marion
is visiting in Colorado Springs.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Oran c. Goens, one of our Leading
barbers in the city, got severely in
iured last Thursday when an automo-
bile collided with his at Seventh ave
nue and Grant street. Mr.. Goens is
very popular and his many friends
Doin the Colorado Statesman in wish
M MIN a speedy recovery.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

FOR SALE-5-room brick cottage.
part modern, near car and school.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Helena Morrison, the talented
daughter of Mrs. Morrison, is home
from school at Lincoln Institute, JEFF
ferson City, Missouri. Miss Morrison
is an East Denver graduate and was
very popular among the members oil
her class. She also had training at
Manual High. Owing to the illness
of her mother and sister she will re-
main here indefinitely. Her many
friends welcomed her return home.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Miss Eunice l.. Knowles, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Knowles of Seventh
avenue and Delaware street, is with
an oil company of which Mr.. Fred
Burton is manager. Miss Knowles is
very proficient in shorthand and type
writing and is giving much satisfac-
tion in the position she now occupies.
Her parents are popular residents OF
Denver for many years and highly re-
spected
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Mrs. Lillian Taylor OF Toledo, Ohio,
passed through the city this week en-
route to San Francisco where she will
remain for about a year. She is the
wife of William Taylor who is an eff
ficient mechanic in tiling and cement
working in Toledo. She was a guest of
the Barnes Hotel.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Miss Nelsine Howard, one of Den
ver's popular efficient citizens, has
been called to service in the Y. w. c..
a. war work. She left for Camp Fun
ston recently and from reports is
right on the job. Miss Howard is well
fitted for the work, having received
training by the organization and Sec
--retary Bell OF the Y. NJ. C. "A. We
wish her a very useful and successful
career
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

Mrs. Geo. Anderson, proprietress OF
the V. V. Hair Goods and Millinery
Store, returned TO the city last week,
Thursday. after spending few weeks
at Casper, Wyo., with her husband.
She reports good business but ex-
penses at premium. Mrs. Anderson
looked much improved physically, hav-
ing enjoyed her outing.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

greater than that of Germany herself be-
for the war and a population Of over
10000, O,000--a population, then, exceeding
that of France in 1911. With all these
anneXatons the European half of the new
empire would represent 100000 square
miles, thrice that Of Germany herself. And
it is necessary to bear in mind that it is
with this plan in full view that the Ger
mans are negotiating with the Russians at
Brest-Litovsk and have declared against
evacuation of conquered territories in ad-
vance Of peace-or ever, SO far as one
can see. Belgium, Poland, Lithuana, the
Baltic Provinces, industrial France
these, together with Serbia and Rumania
(Which bring the complete control Of the
Danube), are to be included.
Carving Mitteleuropa
Now President Wilson demands the
this be achieved the German Mitteleuropa
is cut in half almost at the waist; both
banks of the Danube, its main artery, will
be in alien hands at the Iron Gates; the
Berlin Byzantium- Bagdad Railway, it's rail
lifeline, will be severed from Belgrade to
the Bulgarian frontier. Turkey and Bull
garia will be separated from Austria and
Germany. And with such separation the
whole gigantic scheme must collapse
But the President did not pause here.
In addition, he demands that Belgium and
Northern France, with Alsacc- Lorraine
be surrendered on the west, and
Poland and the Baltic lands on the cast.
Thus one might say that, having cut the
body at the waist. he also amputatcs the
arms. Further than this, by demanding
that the outlying districts Of Turkey. Ar
menia, Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine
shall find some sort of independence and
escape the yoke of the bloodicst of
tyrants he also would amputatc the limbs
Of all the German creation there is to be
left nothing but scattered and weakened
fractions.
SO much for the general conception Of
the Presidents terms. Recognizing, as
every thoughtful man must, that German
control of all of Central Europe and Of
Eastern Asia, German possession of
100000 of subject peoples Of alien
races, would be but step removed from
world hegemony, Mr.. Wilson has rightly
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

&c in a minority in Austria, the Germans
would be in a hopeless minority in their
half Of the Dual Monarchy, unless Gal;cia
were set off. and. even were this to be
Gone they would still find themselves in a
difficult situation, for the Slav element
gains with each year. And were the Slavs
to obtain equal representation Austria
would cease to be a German pawn; their
influence and their power would break up
the Austro-German alliance, for they are
anti German to a man.
Wedge Between Germans and Ma8yars
1hls, after all, means another reduc-
ton of Mitteleuropa. Mr.. Wilson would
see the transformation of Austria into a
federalized state, but several of the Aus
tran states would be wholly Slav, and the
influence of these Slav states would be
sufficient to break down the Austrian ALI
ancc with Germany. Mitteleuropa would
not then be reduced merely to the Austro-
German bulk; it would end at the German
frontiers. Bohemia would be a Slav but
tress against German advance up the
Elbc; the Jugo-Slavic group along the
Adriatlc would be Il wedge between the
Germans and Magyars and the open sea.
Now, with the Polish question ] shall
not deal again at length at this time The
President proposes the "erecton of an in
dependent Polish state, including the ter
ritorics inhabited by indisputably Polish
populations, with free access to the sea
and with political and economic indepen-
dencc and territorial integrity interna-
tionally guaranteed" This would mean
at the least the creation of 3 Polish state
including all of Russian Poland, half of
Austrian Galicia and a considerable por-
ton of Eastern Germany, including Posen
and portions of East and West Prussia.
1t would mean, it would appear, the
return Of Polish rule to Danzig, which
is the true Polish seaport. 1t would
mean the creation of state with close to
100000 square miles, about the size of
continental Italy. with a population CT
at least 20,000,000. But such a state
would intervene along the lower V;stula
between the main bulk of German-speak
ing people and the minority east of the
Vstula. 1t would thus undo the work of
Frederick / the Great in the first Polish
partition.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

land may only remotely concern us, but
We arc all concerned vitality in preventing
the erection Of an empire in Europe which
shall be so strong that it can aspire as it
will, to the control of all other continents
American as we'll as Asiatic and African
Given the German conception Of force and
violence, of German supergre:1ness, of
the German mission to heal the world bv
conquest and then by methods well OK
cmplitcd in Alsace- Lorraine before the
war and in Belgium since, it is a matter
of life and death that the Germans should
not get control of 1OO,OOO,0O0 of members
Of "inferior races" and arm and train
from these, new and nvincible hordes. 1t
is the totality, not the DETAIL of the Ger
man scheme which threatens us in Amer
ica, and it is (; realization Of this which
has moved President Wilson to throw
aside our oldest tradition and fight for
the rcctlhcation of European frontiers
frontiers created by this war.
The President and Austria
Only less interesting and important is
the Presidents demand "for the freest
opportunity of the peoples of AUSTRIA
Hungary for autonomous Development |
have talked much in these articles about
the SlaV question in the East; unis raises
it anew. To-day there are within Aus
trian territory 24,0O0,QOO Slavs, Just short
of half of the total population. There are
also 100000 Latins, Rumanans and
Italians. AS against these races, held
inferior by the ruling minorities, there
arc 100000 Germans and 10000, 900
Magyars. To-day the Magyars and the
Germans control AUSTRIA Hungary, with
q measure Of assistance from the 5000 900
Poles of Gaicia, who. though Savs, fol-
low national rather than racial lines.
Looked at on the race map, it will be
seen that in the north, in Bohemia, a ma
jority of Slavs, Czechs and Sovaks are
denied all real liberty and equal repre-
sentaton, while millions of Southern
Slavs from Fiume to Cattaro, in Damatia.
Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia and Herzego-
vina, have equally unfortunate conditions
The same is true of the Italians of the
Trcntino and the Rumania,s of Transyl-
vania and the Banyat.
We're President Wilson's demand to be
met. the Germans and the Macyars wotlld
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

and boldly demanded that Germany SUI.
render this dream and evacuate those con
qucred districts and release those con
quered races which are nawns in her trc-
mendous game. Not until Germany CON
sents to this is peace thinkablc, and any
peace that did not destroy Mittclcuropa
would be an assured German victory and
a promise of a speedy resumption of the
battle. Europe would be compelled to
make fresh coalition against William II.
as it did against Napoleon after Auster-
lltz, after Jena and E'riedIand, after
Wagram.
In word, the first issue of the war
now is the freedom Of Europe, dominated
IN measure by the German, as it was bv
Napoleon a little more than a century AGO
Until France was restored to her own
rlghtful limits at the Congress Of Vienna
until she was evictcd from Belgium. Uol-
land, from Southern Germany and from
the Italian and Spanish peninsulas. all
peace was bound to be truce, and each
peace was speedily followed by renewal
OF the struggle of all other European
PSVDiCo IOI JIccuOlll from ErCnCh GOml-
nation. And the same is true of Ger
many now.
1t is essential for all Americans to
grasp the fact of Mitteleuropa because
thus tact is a menace to the United States
almost as much as to Europe Such a
state would be within measurable distance
oi world supremacy; it would be within
beckoning distance of absolute control of
Europe, aud when a few years had pro-
vlded the German with fresh resources.
drawn from his newly organized con-
quests, he would be certain to strike again.
while the 10O000,O0O of subject peoples
would be pcrpetuaHy driven to choose be-
tween rebellion and slavery. The German
has still IN his mind the purpose which he
had in 1914 to repeat the Roman prcce-
dent, and Mitteleuropa is something more
than halfway mark, if it can endure
A Matter Of Life and Death
1t is not as many Americans seem to
believe, a mere question of arrangements
Of European frontiers which has been
raised. We may, as Americans, be little
concerned with the exact point at which a
Balkan frontier is marked on the maps
the eastern frontier of truly free Po-