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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14
Beauty Chats By Edna Kent Forbes
The Sharp Tgbe.

I DO not like this sort OF girl I
am afraid Of her.
She is very bright, she usually
stands head Of her class at school but
she rarely is elected to fill any i'm
portanr office. She isn't popular. ex-
cept among certain number OF girls
who like her She has a sharp tongue,
and viii use It behind your back as
TO your face. That's the worst Of her.
If she would say mean thinss TO peo-
pie, not much harm would be done.
But when she says them about peo-
pie, she is undermining those persons
in an objectionable fashion. OF course,
she says these things so wittfly that
everyone laughs, yet the sting is
there.
She has an uncanny habit OF seeing
the mean streak in other folks. 1t
amounts almost TO a second hight.
Practically everyone has a certain
amount Of meanness in them. they
say. but some folks keep IT 50 sup
pressed that It practically doesn't
exist But this sharp girl viii see that
side and often she'll bring It out.
and make a lot OF people miserable.
She's like the man IN Hawthorne's
story who had a snake in his own
bosom which made him able 10 see
the snake In others bosoms
OF course this glrl isn't thoroughly
rude few people are Her tongue is a
bit too sharp, that's all And as peo-
pie enjoy hearing bright sarcastic
things. they often encourage her. Her
greatest danger is that she VIII grow
genuinely and inourably mean as she
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14
BLACK-DRAUGHT

greeable taste in my mouth
IF | ate anything, with butter,
oil or grease, / would spit It
up. I began to have regular
sick headache. I had used
pills and tablets, but after a
course Of these I would be
cOnstipated. I found they were
no good at all for my trouble.
/ heard Thedford'S Black
Draught recommended very
highly. So began to use it
It cured me. keep il in
the house al the time. It is the
best liver medicine made. !
do not have sick headache or
stomach trouble any more"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14

years after saint Columbia had gone
TO his reward a pilgrimage was made
TO the island OF Iona, about two-thlrds
Of the 1000 pilgrims who went there
were Of the sex that does not mind
being hated or feared but cannot stand
Indifference.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14

ven briEht but llttIe aeiduious.
Get your physician 70 look up one for
you. He would know whether the
specialist was reliable or not
Doris-You are q few pounds un-
derwelght, not very much. however.
II you do not like the hair parted
which Is a severe method. comb il
straight back, then fluff it forward
over the forehead and hold with a
comb. Or part It at the side. Blues
would be your best color. The shade
Of your eyes and a shade darker pre-
ferably. After that rose and flesh
pink, bisque. green. pale yellow ana
black
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14

THE young lady across the way says
1 one Of her friends had his night hand
wounded IN France and had to use his
left one so long that he is now quite
ambiguous
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14

Nashville, Ind. May 1f.-In her suit
for divorce from her husband, Wallace
Archam baulr Mrs. Minnie Archam-
bault charges that he tried to per-
when she refused pc ted her
Curtis a Co. buy LiDef.5 ..,ads.-Ad
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
DR.. CLANCY Is WORRIED

DR.. Rockwell Clancy of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church is worried about
the menace" of Mohammedanism and
Buddhism in American. Says he:
"Thrice every day 5000 followers
OF Mohammed in America turn their
faces toward Mecca and pray. And
where the American flag floats over
the Philippine islands 100000 persons
are followers of Islam. Buddhism also
had set up its cross legged god in our
west. There are seventy.four Bud
dhist temples in the United States"
Japanese brides-to-be are met at the
ports in the west by Buddhist priests
and the marriage ceremony is per-
formed according to Buddhistic ritual.
ut is the plan of the centenary
movement to have ministers of the
Christian religion meet these Ships"
wrote DR.. Clancy. "The world recon.
struction program of the centenary
makes provision for neutralizing and
ultimately removing other non Chris
tian influences in the religious life of
the country. ? -.
The Methodist Episcopal Centenary
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24

Committee, proud of the fact that the
church has turned it's back on God
and disseminated against the colored
people of the United States, now seeks
to remove other mont Christian inf]u-
ences," and jimcrow the Japanese.
Neither Mohammedanism nor Bud
dhism has color line, either in
theory or practice. Theoretically
Christianity has no color line, but
practically in America the principal
business of "Christianity'' is to segre-
gate and lower the social status of
colored people.
Bishop Hartzell one of the greatest
OF M. E. bishops, once Bishop of
Africa, who spent many. years on the
African continent said that the super
lority of the Mohammedan African
over the Christian African was most
pronounced The Mohammedan held
up his head and compelled respect:
the Christian did not respect himself
and of course did not command re-
| spect.
| Let us have more Mohammedanism
or Buddhism or any other ism which
makes for manhood.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
A CHURCH TRUST.

In these days of Peace Leagues and
other lesser world organizations, it
is not strange that some American
protestants hoping that they might ex-
tend the dominion of their jimcrow
works, conceived the plan of a great
world union of churches as a trust.
A committee of prominent American
churchmen hied itself to Rome to see
the Pope and convert him to the
Utopian scheme.
His Holiness received them cordi.
ally, but suggested that as the pro.
testants had left the Romish church
some hundreds of years ago, it would
be in good taste for them to return
and if they did so, the Mother Church
would receive the wanderers to her
bosom.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
7ROTTER in FRANCE.

The Boston Guardian announces
that William Monroe Trotter has
landed in France.
He is one of delegation of eleven,
elected by regularly constituted dele
gate convention of colored Americans,
to go to the Peace meeting at Paris
and work for the abolition of the color
line in all the world.
Every possible obstacle has been
placed in the way of the delegation
Jimcrow negroes did everything
they could to prevent the representa-
tives from making the trip and finally
the government refused passports.
That Trotter has reached France
shows again the determined character
OF the man. It may be too late now
for him to succeed in his mission, but
the mere, fact that he has actually ar
rived upon the scene of action, is in
itself a remarkable feat, and some.
thing may be yet accomplished.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
A DANGEROUS BILL,

The Illinois Senate this week passed
the Wheeler bill creating board of
cooperating educational advisors, con-
sisting of four white persons and five
colored men. 1t provides for a study
on the economic and industrial rela-
tionship between the white and
co1ored races and for cooperation
with state and local authorities "in
procuring better housing, educational
and industrial conditions for the
colored race and to endeavor to bring
about better understanding between
the two races"
The Wheeler bill is class legisla-
ton and it would be very unfortunate
and perhaps disastrous to the well
fare Of the co1ored people if it became
a law.
No matter what the seeming bene-
fits may be, such legislation would un-
doubtedly prove the opening wedge
for further special and perhaps dis
eliminating enactments in the future.
1t would be dangerous precedent.
THE APPEAL trusts that Lawyer
Edward H. Morris, DR.. C. E. Bentley,
Rev. DR.. Carey, Lawyers Barnett, Ellis
and Moseley, DR.. D. H. Williams, Ed
ward H. Wright, Louis B. Anderson,
Lawyer Lucas, Capitalist G. H. Jack
son, Banker Binga, Editor Abbott,
Major R. r. Jackson, Coils. F. A. Deni-
son and John R. Marshall and the
many other prominent citizens would
do well to join with the colored mem
bers of the Illinois House of Repre-
sentatives to defeat the bill in the
house committee. DO 1T NOW.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
APOLOGISTS WARNED.

A cablegram from Paris states thai
messages threatening violence if they
sign the peace treaty have been re
ceived by the Chinese delegation from
various parts of China. A dispatch
sent by $4,000 citizens of Shantune
province, says:
The traitors to our countries, Tsao
Yu-Lin minister of communications
whose house was burned at Peking)
and Chang Tsung-H (former
minister to Japan, who was severely
beaten by the Chinese), deserved
death for the blow suffered by the
Chinese people.
"Should you sign the Japanese pro-
posal you must receive the same treat
ment upon returning to China. We
cannot give ear to apologies. Do not
fail us. We are much in earnest"
The Chinese evidently mean bust
ness and as they are experts in deity
removing heads with one blow of the
axe, it is likely that the ENJOYS will
"sit up and take notice."
In recent years the colored people
|of the United States have been be-
trayed by their alleged leaders. In
stead of demanding THE rights of the
race, they have in many instances sold
out.
THE APPEAL does not advocate
the Chinese plan of decapitation of the
men who sell out, but such creatures
should be cut off from the society of
respectable people. They are not fit
to associate with decent dogs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
INSTRUMENTATION"

Since the war there has been lot
of talk in the papers about "Ameri.
canization" and it is important that
every person in the United States
should be taught the essentials of
good citizenship.
This does not apply solely to for.
eigners but to many of American
birth. For instance, in the southern
tier of states, large numbers of PEG.
pie have no conception of American
citizenship. Many of the leading citi-
zens are so busy with lynching and
other deviltry that they lose sight of
the essentials of American citizen.
ship.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
BRUCE GRIT FILES STRONG DEMURRER
AGAINST MOTIONS METHODS

pant of the "Jim Grow" coaches dur
ing times of peace.
The pity of the whole despicable
business is that our country is not
great enough to live up to it's own
constitution, not noble enough to fol-
low the precepts of its own Christian
ity! It basely bows. to the caprice
Of prejudice and condemns it's own
citizens to scorn, contempt and humili-
alton. The burden of this petty pass
port problem need not be placed on
the shoulders of France, for that glor-
ious country has ever been great
enough to honor and protect it's citi-
zens, regardless of race, regardless
of color. The tint of the skin, the
curl of the hair, has never been the
badge of humiliation in La Belle,
France; and 80 in her time of need,
glOriOusly did her sable sons rally to
her support. The day will come when
America on Bonded knee will cry for
help. Will there still remain forgiv-
ing black sons to come to her aid,
or will they all have been brutally
done to death by the mob, the tree,
the torch?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
FAVORs COoLlE LABOR.

Abraham Bowers, immigration sec.
rotary of the Y. M. C. A. in a recent
speech predicted that 100000, 900 i'm.
migrants, most Japanese and Chinese,
will come to the United States within
the next fifty years. Among other
things Mr.. Bowers said:
I'VE must have unskilled labor"
said Mr.. Bowers. Immigrants of the
past generations who have done our
heavy labor are graduating into the
skilled class. Their children refuse
to touch the pick and shovel. The
work must be done. Only Japan and
China can furnish the labor. There
fore Japanese and Chinese will come.
coolies and all, and they will come
unrestrictedly, overriding every OBJ
stacle.
Il believe they will intermarry
with our people as do other immi-
grants. Frequently now Japanese
and Chinese students marry our uni.
versity girls"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
'COLORED CITIZENS OPEN BIG
DRIVE FOR THEIR RIGHTS.

New YQrk.-Announceme of a
countrywide campaign to enroll 1OO,-
900 persons ito defend the constitu-
tional and legal rights now denied
more than four-fifths of the colored
citizens in America" was made to-
night by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
The demands include:
A vote for every colored man and
woman on the same terms as white
men and women.
A fair trial in the courts for all
crimes of which he is accused.
A right to sit upon the jury which
passes judgment upon him.
Defense against lynching.
Equal service on railroad and other
public carriers.
Equal right to use of public parks,
libraries, and other community serv.
ices for which he is taxed.
An equal chance for a livelihood in
public and private employment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24

of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine"
are set forth under four specific head
ings, the chief one of which is that
"the Jews are dedicated heart and
soul to the countries in which they
dwell under free conditions"
"All Jews" the petition states, ire
pudiate every suspicion of double
allegiance, but to our minds it is nee
essarily implied in and cannot by any
logic be eliminated from the estab-
lishment of a sovereign state for the
Jews"
The petition also states that 'by the
large part taken by them in the great
war, the Jews have once and for all
shattered the base aspersions of the
anti-Semites, who charged them with
being aliens in every land, incapable
of true patriotism, and prompted only
by sinister and self-seeking motives
1t says that those who would seek
the establishment of Jewish sover
eign state and yet insist on theil
patriotic attachment to the countries
of which they are citizens, are self
deceived in their professions of Zion
ism, and under a spell of emotiona
romanticism or of religious senti
ment fostered through centuries O.
gloom"
If the Jews representing to a grea
extent the leadership in commerce
and industry and the money power o
the World are opposed to a "jimcrow
state, why should not colored men pro
test against segregation in every
form?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
DIscARDs WORD "NEeRo."

The Boston Guardian announces
that the word negro will not be used
in it's columns in the future-a wise
decision.
Editor Trotter invariably used the
word "colored" during the many years
ne was in editorial control. The edi-
tor now in charge began to use
negro" after Mr.. Trotter's departure
for France, but after two months trial
he has found that it is not the correct
word and will abandon it.
Again we say, a wise decision.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
SATURDAY, MAY "a, 1919.
MORE RELIGIOUS BUNK.

A resolution condemning the pub.
LEGATION of Sunday newspapers has
been adopted by the Presbyterians at
their general assembly at St. Louis
Spirited discussion preceded the
adoption of the Sunday newspaper res
olution, which calls on members of
the church not to Subscribe for, read,
or advertise in it."
The Rev. DR.. John A. McCullom of
Philadelphia charged the commission
ers with insincerity.
LET us be sensible about the ques-
tion," he declared. What the church
needs more than anything else is sim
cerity. 1 did a little detective work
around the hotels yesterday and saw
two former moderators, many of the
secretaries of boards, and about half
the commissioners here reading Sun
day papers. The Sunday paper is just
as necessary as the Sunday trolley,
which you attempted to condemn sew
eral years ago."
Yes, Brother McCullom, the Presby-
terians, as we'll as all other brands of
orthodox alleged Christians of Ameri-
ca. All claim to believe in the Fa-
therhood of God and the Brotherhood
of man, but a few years ago the gen.
eral assembly of Presbyterians thrust
their colored membership without the
pale of brotherhood by permitting
segregation in synOds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
SHAM DEMOCRAClES.

Some of the new so-called republics
Of Europe which are being brought
into existence by the Peace Congress
are fakes and do not deserve to sue.
coed. Their pretentions Of democracy
are shams.
There is now in Europe a commits
sion of Jews from the United States
and they have just made public in
New York, eye witness reports of the
sufferings of Jews throughout Europe
and the east.
Hunger, disease, persecution, and
privation is working a frightful toll
on the Jews in Poland, Czecho-Slo-
vakia, Greece, Serbia, Turkey, Syria,
Palestine and Siberia.
Anti-Semitic feeling is especially
strong in Czecho- Clovakia. Jewish
shops are looted and Jews officially
Disseminated against.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24

during his tour by making a speech
giving his views on the subject. Per-
haps Uncle Joe'' is in his second
childhood or something else is the
matter with him. He spent a few
weeks on the island, probably talked
with some of the Southern officials
who are misruling Porto Rico and
imagines he knows the conditions.
Porto Rico is as far advanced in civil:
ization as North Carolina where "Un.
Gle Joe'' was born and the people have
asked for "self-determ1nation" under
President Wilson's Fourteen Points o.
They say they must have statehood or
independence and their cry for liberty
should be heard.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
JEWS OPPOSE A SEGREGATED
NATION.

short-sighted colored men who are
talking about negro republic" in
Africa, and forgetting to agitate for
reform in the treatment of 100000
colored citizens of the United States,
ought to know that prominent non
Zionist Jews from all parts of the
United States have sent with Presi-
dent Wilson to the peace conference
their objections to the Zionist demand
for a Jewish state in Palestine.
The petition was handed to the
President by Congressman Kahn on
February s. There were 9ss names
on the petition representing the rich.
est and most prominent Hebrews in
the country.
The objections to the establishment
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
"REBUtLDING THE WORLD"

"REBULDIkG THE WORLD"
"Rebuilding the world" is the in
scription surrounding the cross on the
shield of the Missionary Centenary
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church. -
which is working up scheme to get
Southern colored people to plant cot
ton in Gods Acreage" and contribute
the money to the missionary fund Of
$120,000,000 which it is planned to
raise.
THE APPEAL does not believe that
the colored people should give one
penny to aid the Methodist Episcopal
Church until it reverses it's present
jimcrow policy.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
split into two branches over the ques.
ton Of slavery, but now the Northern
and Southern branches are to come
together again at the centenary The
weakened Northern men have given
in to the aggressive southerners and
have agreed to sacrifice their colored
members who have been asked to
form Jim crow church. So far the
colored members have refused to get
out, but they may perhaps be kicked
out.
The Methodist Episcopal Church has
given up all ideas of the Brotherhood
of God and the Brotherhood of Man."
and at the centenary it is very likely
that the brethren will recount the
wonderful thing the church has done
for "the negro" and all will Join in
singing Onward, Christian Soldier"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
BILLION DOLLAR BABY DEAD.

Vinson Walsh Mclean, 9 years old,
widely known as the billion dollar
baby, because he was heir to the mil
lions of Edward Beal Mclean, was
run down and killed by an auto at
Washington, D. c.
Baby Mclean had a $4,000 cradle
presented by King Leopold of Belgium
and five nurseries in five of the finest
mansions in America.
Young Mclean was a democratic
youth. For several years his boon
companion was colored youth. His
tutors said he was an exceptionally
bright student and popular with his
mates.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
EN- ERGENCIES OVER,

The various Departments and Blu
reaus at Washington demanded and
received immense appropriations to
meet war emergencies" Will they
be just as prompt and as earnest in
recommending that the appropriations
be cut of when the Emergency"
ceases to exist?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
ADDRESS TO the COUNTRY AND THE WORLD
ADOPTED BY NE NATIONAL cooRED CONGRESS WORLD
MoCRACY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF NATIONAL
RIGHTS LEAGUE Ar WASHINGTON, DEC:

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
WORLD DEMOCRACY PETITION
Colored Americans Call Upon Senate of United States
America to Garry Out the World War
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
WHY NOT PROTECT AMERICANS?

Former President Taft told the
council of the Union of American He
brew Congregations, in an address at
Boston recently, that religious dis
elimination in Poland and Roumania
would not be tolerated under the
peace treaty, and that there would be
adopted provisions of the league of
nations which would prevent the
heartbreaking occurrences of the
past, Why not have a provision to
prevent lynchings and other "heart-
breaking occurrences" in Georgia and
Mississippi Of our own U. S. A.?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
GOD GIVE US MEN.

God give us men! time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready bd
Men whom the lust of office does not kill; !,
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will
Men who have honor-men who will not lie.
Men who stand before demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries without ,n,;n,
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking.
j. G. Holland
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-24
AN ABSOLUTE MoNARcHY7
No, An Absolute Democracy! But
Wilson Reigns!
(From the Cincinnati Union.)

(from the Cincinnati UniOn.)
There are more ways of killing a
dog than hanging him." Our Demo
cratic administration, so anxious to
make the world safe for democracy,
has shown sublime disregard for the
rights and safety of colored American
citizens at home. It now seems to
feel that, by refusing passports to
representatives OF those who complain
Of inte1erable conditions here, that
Europe viii not know of the foul
canker that gnaWs the very vitals of
our government! IT'S another case
OF the ostrich sticking it head in the
sand and feeling that its body is hid
Europe knows that there is skel-
eton in Americas closet and that
that skeleton 10 the black citizen Of
the q. s., occupant OF the front-line
trenches during times Of war: occu-