Evening star., 1922-08-11
WILL RA|SEFLA!G ;
AT DOUGLASS HOME
Children. to Have Important
Part in Program at Ana.
costa Tomorrow:
TUSKEGEE HEAD TO SPEAK
Colored Masons Also to Participate
in Cercmony-Patriotic Fea-
lures Planned.
TUsKEGEE HEAD TO SPEAK

The Frederick Douglass Memorial
Home at Cedar Hill. Anacostia, will
be dedicated with appropriate cere.
monies at o'clock tomorrow under
auspices Of the trustees and advisory
board of the Frederick Douglass Me-
mortal and Historical Association and
the National Association Of Colored
Women.
A fag-raisins at l o'clock will pre-
cede the formal dedication. Master
Frederick Douglass will raise the nag
under auspices of the Sterling Relief
Association on behalf of the colored
school children OF the District.
Children on Program.
Garnett Wilkinson. assistant super
intendent OF schools. will preside at
the fag-raising. Rev. F. l. A. Bennett
will give the invocation. and the as
lowing the raising of the nag the
assemelage will sing The Star
Spangled Banner" after which the
children will give the salute to the
nag: The Battle Hymn OF the Re
public" will be sung. and the invoca-
tion by Rev. Bennett will close this
feature of the day
Mrs. Mary b. Talbert Of Buffalo.
N. y. president for life of the Fred
erick Douglass Memorial and His
torical Association. will preside at
the dedication Of the Memorial Home,
at which ceremony there will be pres
ent the entire body of colored Masons
now in convention in the city.
The formal program of dedication
will be opened by the singing Of "The
Battle Hymn OF the Republic" after
which the invocation will be given by
Rev. w. T. Johnson Of Richmond. Va.
The song. The Faith Of Our Fathers"
will follow
Retrospective and Prospective" Is
the general title for q series Of brief
addresses to follow from colored
counting the efforts to get the home
made a memorial. will be given by
Mortimer NJ. Harris. Mrs. Booker T.
Washington of Tuskegee. Ala. will
give The Answer" Our Co-opera-
ton" will be presented by Miss Halle
Mary Church Terrell will present
Looking Backward" Miss Elisabeth
c. Carter OF New Bedford. Mass. will
give Looking Forward" Our Deter
mination" will be the plea OF Mrs.
sallie w. Stewart Of Evansville. Ind.
erick Douglass, will give a violin Sc.
lection.
DR.. Motion to Speak.
DR.. Robert Russa Motion OF Tus-
kegee. Ala. president Of the Tuskegee
Institute. will be first heard under the
general head OF Remarks" the next
section OF the program. Others to be
heard will be J. G. Napier Of Nash
vile. Tenn, former registrar Of the
Treasury: S. Joe Brown of Des Moines.
Iowa, and Charles A. Cottrill Of To-
ledo. Ohio. past imperial potentate.
Order Of the Mobiles of the Mystic
Miss Nettie b. Napier of Nashville
will present the financial report as
custodian Of the funds for life. WILL
liam Fickens will give an address.
"Frederick Douglass" A minute silent
tribute to Frederick Douglass will
follow. A presentation will then be
made by Mrs Mary Townsend Sey-
mour of Hartford. Conn.
Unveiling of various tablets placed
in the Memorial Home will then take
place. Presentations will be made by
Mrs. Charlotte Dette Of Niagara Falls,
Miss Meta Pelham Of Detroit, Mrs. M.
Cravath Simpson OF Boston, Mrs.
Susan c. Evans OF Superior, Wis:
Mrs. Lillian Jones Brown of Indian
apolis, Mrs. Augusta D. Zuber of West
Point. Miss. and Mrs. Marion B. Will
kinson, Orangebnrg. 8. G.
The tablets to be. dedicated will
include the following: To Mrs Helen
Pitts Douglass. to Nine. G. ]. Walker
and three general contributors tab
lets, the latter three surmounted by
handsome relief figures.