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The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
"COLORED TROOPS
FOUGHT NOBLY"

"The colored troops fought nobly."
That was more than half a century
ago. They fought nobly" on the
plains, in the islands of the Pacific
and the Atlantic, wherever they have
been called on to fight. Properly led,
they are magnificent fighting men;
faithful, fearless, devoted, cheerful.
And now in France they are living
up to the reputation they have won
on other, far distint fields.
We have been told of the particu-
larly valorous acts of two of them.
Harry Johnson of Albany and Need
ham Roberts of Trenton, N. J. They
have been enrolled among the heroes
of the world and have been cited for
the Croix de Guerre before the French
army. They accomplished some in
credible thing-fought with skill and
calmness as their wounds accumu-
lated, substituted one weapon for an
other as their assailants crowded
about them, finally beat back a score
and more of Germans before they
sank unconscious at their posts as
uelp CdIu0 10 tuou. rOI Inc dLiiNih5
squads there was nothing to do ex-
cept to carry them back to the lines
for transport to the hospital; these
two men had finished the job and
Johnsons sole thought was of his
duty: Corporal London, turn out the
guard" were his first words when
Consciousness came back to him. They
will get well of their wounds, but
not as soon as they want to, and their
only wish is to return to the trenches.
OF them the French General, SOL
der not unaccustomed to heroic and
skilful military deeds, wrote to his
superior:
The American report is too modest
AS a result of oral information fur.
nished to me it appears that the blacks
were extremely brave and this little
combat does honor to the American"
If the good and the great who have
preceded the hero of the present are
privileged to read the citation for con
spicuous bravery that mark their hon
orable successors, how must the shade
of Robert Gould Shaw rejoice!-The
New York Sun.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
FROM The PENCILS POINT

Troubles are like babies; they STOW
hrger by nursing.
A girl never truly loves man If she
admits he has faults.
A boys first pair Of trousers always
fit II the pockets are large enough.
Time can never heal q woman's grief
If it comes in the form of wrinkle.
Nature is the only artist capable Of
producing perfect picture Of health.
The girl in the case knows a mans
in love long before he tumbles to the
fact
Do a man a favor and he will con-
slider you under everlasting obligation
to him.
Marriage isn't a lottery. When a
man draws blank in a lottery that's
the end of it.
Only the judge at a prize baby show
knows how to sympathize with q
baseball umpire.
The fool takes things as they come,
but the wise guy let's a good many Of
them pass on. ~
When a man tells a woman a joke
he usually has to follow it up with
an explanation.
There is always trying moment for
q woman when her dress comes home
from the mOdiste.
It's all well enough to believe in
fate, providing you act according to
your best judgment.
By adding together the total assets
of insurance companies as printed in
their folders man can form some
idea Of the money there is in the
world.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
The Role Of The Social Worker.

The Role Of The Social Worker.
Never, perhaps, has the position 6f
the social service worker, profession
al and volunteer. been SO strategic as
now. The war has made unprece-
dented demands upon this group, de-
mands beyond all proportion to the
number prepared to meet them. Gov
arnmental agencies, Red Cross, Y.
M. C. A., and host of other organ
izations have drawn their services and
are making insistent demands for
more.
To large extent the social work
er,-and the definition has a wide
scope-is being called upon to answer
most perplexing questions: what ehall
be done with the crippled soldiers;
how shall the increase in juvenile
delinquency be met; what methods
shall be, used to Americapize the for
eign born? These questions might be
multiplied indefinitely. T
Much of the progress and forward
trend of the next few years will rest
in the hands of the social workers
backed by the intelligent conviction OF
the community.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
THOSE GEORGETTES.

Of the creation of fads there. is no
end, and for every one fad, there are
thousand fools.
The Georgette Crepe fad is on and
as a result, thousands Of women are
naked. They put on thicker clothes to
go to bed than they do to go into the
streets.
The indications" are that some of
these wearers are kinder" shy on
underwear. They haven's the quality
that goes with Georgette. In fact,
Summer is a tell tale. We find that
we have an army of outside show"
ladies who dare not faint. Through
the airy, gauzy, sleezy creations" we
see coarse, soiled, dingy, underwear.
Then too, size and shape of arms
should regulate the style and texture
of the material for waist. Broom
sticks and mill posts should not be
covered with Georgette.
Have you seen the one inch shoul-
der strap girls? Surely she must wear
that simply as an expression Of
patriotism. She likes shoulder straps
and in these days when patriotism is
expressed in every possible way, she
dons the strap.
But isn't it strange that these
sleezyly dressed women and girls can
not keep their arms down. Perhaps
they feel light enough to fly, but we
wish they would keep their wings
down until they are ready to use more
mum" Miss Mamie E. Burroughs in
"The Worker" .....
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
SCRAPS

More than 600 women applied for
the nurses training camp at Vassar
college.
The demand of the New York Musi-
clans union for higher wages has been
rejected.
A Belgian machine for digging canals
will cat it's way through the ground at
q rate of 100 yards an hour.
Mobile infirmaries, operated by wom-
en-, are to be established behind the
United States lines in France.
New Zealand is going extensively
into the erection of concrete roads, be-
cause the cost Of upkeep is 80 low.
The Herts (England) war agricul-
tural committee has started library
Of fiction for girls working on the
farms.
The National Federation of Foundry
Unions has been recently established
in England, with membership Of Co.
600.
A pure white mineral wool is being
manufactured at Yarraville, suburb
Of Melbourne, from basalt rock or "blue
stone"
Women may serve in the naval re-
serve as telephone switchboard opera
tors, nurses and ''yeowomen" or cleri-
cal workers.
The scrap and waste Of the marble
quarries at Rutland, VT, is now made
up into quicklime, hydrated lime and
agricultural lime.
It has been noticed that the ash tree
is very injurious to vegetation under
its shade, while scarcely any plant will
grow under yew.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Negro Must Use Extreme Caution"
and Face Facts SquareIy.

Atlantic City, Feb. 2S.-"Tne Am.
erican Negro needs to exercise ex-
treme caution lest it be swept away
on wave of false OPTIMISM" says
Floyd Delos Francis, secretary-gener-
al of the Negro American Alliance.
In a statement which the Alliance
is sending out from its national
headquarters, the Secretary General
continues: ut is well to be optimistic
and look on the bright side of Things,
but there Is danger mark that must
be carefully avoided. At the present
time there Is much machine-made
opinion finding its way into the public
print. The Negro is being assured
that all is well. There Is much talk
about what he has done in the past
and how he can be depended upon in
the future. He is being lauded as an
American citizen Who always rises
equal to the emergency. While be-
ing filled with enthusiasm by hired
enthusiasts it is well for him to
pause, face the facts squarely and use
his common sense.
1--WE are at war with Austria, yet
Austrian alien enemies have more
privileges than Negro soldiers in uni
form. The fact is that democracy is
being made a farce and mockery right
here In America. 1t Is time for the
Negro to cease fooling himself> or
when the war is over he will be lost. !"
BALTIC -Afro-American Ledger.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Hillburn, N. Y, August 8, 1918

Hillburn, N. Y, August 8, 1918.
Dear Fellow Colored Americans:
The National Liberty Congress
which recently convened in the city
of Washington. fully accomplished
it's avowed aim and object, viz: ITO
press the just claims of Colored
American citizens to share in the
world democracy, and to take posi-
tive measures to secure from the
Government guarantee of the aboli-
ton of disfranchisement and of all
caste determinations, civil and poll
tical."
Expressed in plain uncompromis-
ing English, our just grievances
were brought squareIy before the
House of Representatives, and before
the American people, by said Liberty
Congress, and were made a promin-
ent and permanent part of the Con-
gressional Records. (June 29, 1879
It seems providentially fortunate
therefore, that this noteworthy
achievement on the part of the Lib
erty Congress is to be SO soon fol-
lowed by the Eleventh Annual Con-
vention of the National Equal Rights
League, to be held in September, in
the city of Chicago.
!. Our League is to convene in one
of the most wide-awake political and
social centres in the United States
and during most critical period in
Il, - inf LNy.Nv &c i'm
portant centre we shall urge our peo-
pie to remain loyal to our country
and to the cause of humanity. We
mean to stand by Old Glory to the
DEATH; we intend also to contend to
the death, IT need be, for an equal
share in that same democracy for
which so many thousands of brave
coIored Americans are cheerfuIIy pour
ing out their Iife's blood. To secure
these blessings to ourselves we must
organize quickly those who are pro-
scribed seeking to combat proscrip-
ton. .r.
Therefore, let us get together for
organization as a race to enforce our
claims to world democracy. Every
church, civic, educational, fraternal,
political and business organization
among our people, without regard to
sect, sex or party, are invited to be
represented in the Chicago conyen.
tion by one, two or several delegates
to deliberate on the organizing of
our race for self-defense. An espe-
cial appeal is made for the quick for.
nation of equal rights and democ.
racy leagues or committees for the
purpose of sending delegates to this
national convention for race organ.
ization for liberty.
Let every community join this Col
ored Liberty Organization Drive. Let
us as a race get ready to enforce
our claim to World Democracy as an
issue of this world war. ~
Yours for democracy now,
BYRON GUNNER.
Pres Natl EOual Rights League
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

There are some "agitators" ready
to kick when they hear one side of
any affair in which a Negro is in
volved. And these first. kickers are
the last workers for their race. The
Public Safety order, to saloons on the
day the boys left for Camp was alb
solutely impartial, but there are many
who tried to raise the issue of pref
udice. God save these reformers, for
they know not what they do.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Nothing Changed.
But the Price
Sight Drafts Still the Same Fine Old Cigar
You've Always Liked

When your dealer asks you six csntp
apiece for your old friend Sight Draft.
don't get the idea that hs Is trying 10 put
something over on you.
The plain truth of the matter il Shat.
our labor and other manufacturing costs
have increased 90 much that we had the.
choice Of cutting down the size of the.
Sight Draft cigar, using inferior tobacco,
or raising the price one cent.
We believed you would rather have,
the same old Sight Draft quality, the,
same old size, even if 1t cost you penny
more So, from now on Sight Drafts will
be six cents.
} Try a Sight Draft today. It's worth,
DIX cents, and you experienced smokers.
KNOW 1t is. w. K. Gresh g. Sons.
makers. w. 8. Conrad Co., st. Paul,
wholesale distributors. -Advertisemcn&
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
LARRY Ho" NOT GUILTY.

Mayor Lawrence G.. Hodgson of st.
Paul did not issue the order which
disseminated against Negro citizens
In the saloons of that city on the day
the Negro drafted men were en-
trained; also denied he had authorized
any saloon-keepers to refuse all
Negroes, regardless of draft age.
The order of the State Public Safety
Commission was fair and impartial.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

We have never known two injus-
tices to make anything right. The
Saturday News has prospered by be.
ing as just to the white man as it has
ever been to the Negro. We have
never gone off half-cocked upon any
proposition. Whenever we grope, we
are in search of the truth. We want
to be right and avoid as nearly as
possible being wrong. We are not
for the Negro right or wrong. We
want him to be right. We complain
because a majority Of white people
will always side with white man
when question arises between him
and one of our color; still certain col
ored newspapers, without making any
Investigation whatsoever as to. the
evidence, would have the entire Ne
gro race do identically what they con-
denim the white people for doing. Be
cause the white people do wrong is
no reason why the Negroes should
do wrong. The best preparedness to
receive justice is to be just yourself.
Hopkinsville (Ky.) News.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

1.-THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
THE SHIP; ALL ELSE Is THE SEA-"
said Frederick Douglass. Now is the
most important time for Negroes to
stand by the old party of Lincoln and
Grant.
Keep Minnesota Republican State.
pa h "a
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
FROM THE BACK COUNTRY

The only difference between drinkin'
at bar an in a cafe is that you git
tired sooner standin' up.
If you are tightwad, half-pint O.
dry coffee grounds in tn pocket will
keep your money from rustin'.
If it wuzn't fer an occasional home
made sign t. laugh at, some roads
would be mighty hard to travel.
The hardest thing about gardenin'
is t. keep from raisin' too much let
tuce.-Kin Hubbard Of the IndianapO-
lis News.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Mai. w. A. Curtis, chief of staff OF
the Adjutant Generals Office, has
been called to Washington for duty.
He leaves with the best wishes Of the
officers and men of the 10th Battalion
NJ. H. G., which was mustered in by
him. He has been their friend and
advisor and will be greatly missed
Their loss Is the Nations gain.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
CLARENCE BELL MOVES
INTO NEW QUARTERS.

Having secured more desirable,
building for my barber shop and pool
hall, ! have moved to $50 Third Ave..
S. (same bIock), where everything
will be complete for the aecommoda-.
tion and comfort of my patrons. Up
to-date service and courteous treatAs
ment extended to all. Public patron.
age solicited.
CLARENCE w. BELL.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
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The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

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The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Anger creates a poison within the
body which upsets the digestive appa-
ratus.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

"Anchorite is an old-fashioned her
NIT sort of fellow who has anchored
himself in one place."
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Anger is as bad for the nervous sys-
tenn as sand is for the gearing of a
machine.-Kansas Board Of Health
Bulletin.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
"The liver is an Internal organ"

Vacuum is nothing with the air
sucked out of it put up in pickle bot
tle-it is very hard to get."-Christian
Register.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
THE COLOR THAT
DOES NOT RUN

"The colored troops fought bravely."
1t does not matter whether this his
toric report emerged from the Civil
War or from one of the earlier strug-
giles of the Republic. 1t has been his
torically true at all times. General
Pershing reports from the field of
France: II cannot commend too high
ly the spirit shown among the colored
combat troops who exhibit fine capac-
ity for quick training and eagerness for
the most dangerous work" Hn these
words the American commanding Of
ficer bears glad testimony to the brav-
cry and devoted spirit of the American
Negroes who are doing their full share
for the defense of their country and
the triumph of civilization and democ-
racy.
1t always has been SO. In every war
in which the United States has en-
gagged, the report has been to the same
effect as the historic message quoted:
1.-The colored troops fought bravely."
In the Continental army, in the Am
erican revolution, in the naval trium-
phs of the War of 1912, in the struggle
between North and South and finally
in the brief contest with Spain, the
American of African descent proved
his yalor and staying qualities.
Now, in the greatest Of wars and
the greatest of duties, the Negro has
conducted himself so as to win the ap-
probation of our greatest soldier. The
kaiser will find that the American
Negroes sent against his levied troops
are of color that will not run.--St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
FLASHLIGHTS

The blundering idiot frequently
walls that he did his best.
The reason right has to wait for
victory is because there are so many
things right won't do to win.
There are two kinds Of people In
the world. Those who inherit money
and those who are busy earning 1t
for others to inherit.
The difference between the kaiser
and the allies is that the kaiser doesn't
care how many men he kills trying to
bolster his wobbling throne.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

"Gross.ignorance is LA times as bad
as just ordinary ignorance"
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Pertinent FACTS

United States banana supply
is restricted by ship shortage.
Philadelphia must economize
: on ice. Didn't put up enough
Z last winter.
More than 100 eggs have been
found in the alligator. They
are eaten in the West Indian is
8. lands.
8 Moss plays an important part
! in some places of retaining the
moisture in the ground and in
! other places in preventing sud-
den floods.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
ANGER DOESN'T PAY

Anger is a weakness that many peo-
pie mistake for strength.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
MORE "H0WLERS" :

Among the answers to questions at
a school examination appeared the
following:
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
A HELPFUL HINT OR TWO

Those who despise common things
lack common sense.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

This explains why the crouch is
dyspeptic.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

President Gunner Appeals to colored
Americans to Assemble at Chicago
in September to Deliberate on Or
ganization by coIored Americans to
Get World Democracy.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
JUST THOUGHTS

The contented liar uses soft mat.
tress.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
SHOTS FROM THE MAGAZINE

To mediocrity genius is am offense.
Good listeners are always reputed
intelligent.
Kultur develops race with heart Of
bronze and cheek of brass.
The kaiser is an unscrupulous spec
ulator whose merchandise is men,
Half hearts that succumb to the
first blow have no place in the ranks
Of democracy.
The junkers are slowly waking to q
realization that the resources OF de-
mocracy are inexhaustible.
In demOcracies the orbits Of busi-
ness and politics never join; perhaps
that is why no merchant or banker has
ever become president.
While the recent German offensive
did not feaze the allies it succeeded in
crushing the life of the pacifist senti-
ment in Great Britain.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

No moose is good news to the con-
yicted murderer.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Are you delinquent subscriber
If so, why not send your subscrip-,
tion?
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

If you nurse and coddle your trou-
bles, you will invite others.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Anger burns up bodily energy just
as much as hard work.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
WELL, OUTSIDE OF THAT

The way Of the trenchgasser is hard
Our idea Of no sort of job Is that
Of husband to lady cop,
It will be rather difficult to organize
D secret service among the lady police
men.
The impression is growing that the
kaiser's military party is Hunsophisti-
Gated.
Opportunity is no burglar. It
doesn't knock down your door and pull
you out Of bed.
When they make mems clothes with
out pockets a lot Of women can get to
bed early nights.
There is bumper strawberry crop
this season. We know it, because they
are 38 cents a quart.
When they raise the draft age and
get the old married men, there will
be some real fighting.
Let it be hoped the war industries
board doesn't eliminate one piece OF
the two-piece bathing suit.
On account Of the war the street
piano operators have raised the usual
donation from q nickel to six cents.
Phonograph disks can be used as pie
plates. This is the most satisfactory
use to which many Of them can be
put. "
Nothing is imperishable in the world
except a love letter that a man
shouldn't have written in the first
place.-Chicago Examiner.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Many persons who really have an
aim In life are too lazy to shoot
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

MOkE THE RELIABLE
SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR
THAT'S s.llE
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Major Sherwood has appointed Ira
S. Ashe Battalion Sergeant Major.

Company "B" elected officers follow
Ing Captain Sherwood's promotion to"
Major.
ORRINGTON c. HALL-Captain.
T. w. STEPP-First Lieutenant.
JOHN F. COQUIRE-Second Lieuten-
ant.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
COMMISSIONS NEGRO
MINNESOTA HOME GUARD

Commissions have been signed for
the following Staff Officers:
JOSE H. ERWOOD-Major.
ROBERT L. ROBINSON-First Lieu
tenant and Adjutant.
GEORGE L. HOAGE-First Lieuten-.
ant and Supply Officer.
ARTHUR ]. TODD-First Lieutenant.
and Ordnance officer.
DR.. WALDO TURNER-Captain, Med
ical Corps.
DIR. JAMES H. REDD-First Lieuten--
ant Medical Corps.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-15
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