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CHRISTMAS FEATURES

Interesting Facts About the i Mystic Mistletoe Bough, the \ Yule Log, the Giving of Pres- % ents, the Carols and the Cus- * tom of Decorating the Home at Yuletide

Cbristnins was first kept as a holy day in A. L>. 08, but for three centuries it was the most movable of festivals. The date, Dec. 23, was selected in the fourth century by a commission of theologians. This is the height of the rainy season in Judae, which makes it improbable that .shepherds would be watching their flocks by night and that the stars would be visible. October is the month agreed upon by many investigators. The Decorations. r The custom of decorating dwellings and churches with evergreens is a relic of paganism. It was transmitted to the English races of today directly from the Druids of ancient Britain, who believed that if a house were mantled in holly, laurel or bay the good sylvan spirits that loved those • growths and kept them green by protecting them from winter frosts would also iprotect the dwelling from harm.

Aa a Festival. v In its aspect as a religious celebration ■Christmas entered into rivalry with the pagan festivals of the winter solstice in Rome. Of these the most popular and the most -scandalous were the Saturnalia. Making allowance for the mercurial Latin temperament, the fathers of the church deemed it wise to give Christians an opportunity to make merry no less than their heathen neighbors and established -the celebration. The Gifts. Why should people make presents at 'Christmas? *Tis a gracious*eustom, subabuses, but what was its origin? piety, to investigate the mattef, studies the New ^eatament and . Beaches the conclusion that'the exchange of klfti symbolises the homage paid to the infant-Jeeae by- tl*r kings and wise men of the eait. But historians say that the early Christians exchanged gifts because their pagan neighbors did. The Yule I.ofr. There is nothing Christian in the Yule log, which has almost become obsolete in these days of steam heat and “gas logs.” It belonged to the Saxon feast of Jul (pronounced Yule). The custom passed into Christian observance when the god Jul was forgotten and the barons made their hearths big enough to accommodate the Yule log. Lighted on Christmas eve it was a sign of good luck if it continued to burn after dawn of Christmas day.

The Mistletoe Bongh. To the mistletoe bough our heathen ancestors attached the greatest importance. The forest yielded no more sacred emblem. The very oaks on which it grew were hallowed. No significance belonged to mistletoe from any other tree than the oak—and it may be found on the fir, the lime and even the apple tree. The graceful parasitic creeper with its pale berries symbolized the choicest blessings of the gods and was a defense against evil.

Tho Carols. Christmas carols were another inven-. tlon of the early church to offset the joyous license of paganism. Song was an expression of rejoicing among the Romans. Hence the making of pious canticles, simple in form, so that they might be sung by learned and ignorant. Such is the origin of the custom, which still lingers in certain parts of England, of “waits” going from house to bouse on Christmas eve and singing carols.—New York World.

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dirintRian In the Orient. It Is a strange but significant fact that the natives of India—Hindoos and Mohammedans—call Christmas the great day of the year, “Burra-diu” (literally “great day”), thus unwittingly bearing testimony of the influence of the Babe of Bethlehem, the world’s Redeemer. No one knows the origin of this Hindustani phrase. The Hindoos have a great many festivals and celebrate the birthdays of several of their gods and goddesses, especially those who were the most famous, but no one of these days is called “the great day.” Of course this expressive phrase in India is a constant argument in favor of Christianity. Christmas is indeed a great day in India. People begin preparing for it three months beforehand. Merchants send to London or Paris for dolls, toys, sweetmeats, Christinas cards and a great many other things. Native shopkeepers lay in a large supply of raisins, almonds and all sorts of material for cake and pastry; butter and eggs grow dearer and dearer. The courts adjourn and European banks are closed for the holidays; visits among friends (there are very few foreigners in India who have re4atives there) are planned, and great preparations are made for the festive season. The native people, of course, do not celebrate Christmas. They k^w that Christians do. however, and this simple fact, so constantly observed, causes them to think about the power of Christianity. Many are led to ask: “Who was Christ? What did he do? Why do the Christians observe his birthday?” These .inauiri*»t»

can rortn ^rs; discussion follows, and thus it. /iole nation, with its many millions of people, is thinking and talking about the world’s Sn*.

The Dinner Table. The Christmas dinner table should be appropriately and prettily decorated with eVergreens. holly, a bunch of mistletoe hanging below the chandelier and sprays of wintotgreen everywhere they can be tucked. Roses and chrysanthemums seem to be the favorite flowers. Wherever ribbons are used let them be of a rich, bright red. for that is a warm and glowing color, and especially fashionable this season. Branches of holly placed tastefully among the draperies of an apartment add much to its cheerful feast day appeanmee.

WHO IS SANTA CLAUS? Tradition Answers Wlflt a Pretty Stnry. It is frequently asked, “Who is Santa Claus?” Hbre is a story.about him that lets light upon his real character. He was bishop of Myra and died about the year o2d. Among his parishioners (so runs one story) there lived a certain nobleman who had three daughters. From being rich he became so poor that there seemed to him no means of obtaining food for his daughters but by sacrificing them to a dishonorable life. Over and over again the thought came into his mind to tell them so, but shame and sorrow held him dumb. Meanwhile the maidens wept continually, not knowing what to do and having no bread to eat, and their father became more and more desperate. When St. Nicholas heard of this, he thought it a shame that such a thing should happen in a Christian land. Therefore one night when the maidens were asleep and their father alone sat watching and weeping he took a handful of gold and tying it up iu a handkerchief repaired to the nobleman’s dwelling. He considered how he might bestow it without making himself known, and while he stood irresolute the moon coming from behind a cloud showed him an open window. So lie threw in the gold, and it fell at the feet of the father, who, when he found it, returned thanks and presented it to his eldest daughter as her wedding portion. A second time St. Nicholas collected a similar sum, and again he threw it in by night. So a wedding portion was provided for the second daughter. But the curiosity of the old nobleman was now excited. He greatly desir^l to know who it was that came to his aid. Therefore he determined to watch. When the good saint came for the third time and prepared to throw' in the third portion, he w«s- discovered, for the nobleman seized him by the skirt of his robe and flung himself at his feet, saying, “Oh, Nicholas, servant of God, why seek to hide thyself?” And he kissed his feet and hands. But St. Nicholas made him promise that he would tell no man.

CHRISTMAS IN THE SOUTH. How the Day Was ' Celebrated In Olden Times. Sixty years ago skyrockets, Roman candles and Chinese firecrackers were unknown in the south. The same may be said of the Christmas tree outside of the old Episcopal parishes. And still the boys of those early days made a deal of pother by the bursting of hogs’ bladders and the tiring of shotguns at the break of day. The morning eggnog was seldom omitted in their matutinal festivities. The old time negroes, the happiest yeomanry of the world, were never refused their traditional Christmas dram. There wore then no poor houses, no charity hospitals, and the benevolent machinery of these degenerate days was unknown because not needed. Country quiltings were all the rage in the rural districts, and when work was finished the neighboring tiddler was summoned. After no little turning and scraping the swains and their sweethearts stood up vis-a-vis in two lines. At the words “Set to your partners” they footed it quite nimbly through the mazes of the Virginia reel—no stately minuet, no highfalutin german, but a rollicking movement that shook the floor until, as Burns puts it. The roof and rafters a’ did dirl. Those were halcyon days the like of which is not seen nowadays.

Cunning:. Jimmie—But your stockin’s have holes in them. Johnnie—Sh! I’m goin’ ter put a basket beneath ’em.—New York Journal.

Old Entclifth Saying:. As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas so many happy months will you have.

MENU FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.

* BREAKFAST. Oranges. Grapes. Oatmeal, Cream. Baked Apples. Omelet. Stewed Potatoes. Old Fashioned Sausage Balls. Wheat Cakes. Gems. Coffee. DINNER. Blue Points on the Half Shell. Cream of Tomato Soup. Celery. Radishes. Olives. Boiled Cod, Lobster Sauce. Plain Potato Balls. Cucumben. Roast Turkey, Oyster Sauce. Cranberry Jelly. Sweet Potato Croquettes. Peas. Boiled Onions. Roman Punch. Roast Duck, Nut Stuffing. Orange Salad. Plum Pudding, Brandv Sauce. Ices. Cakes. Jelly. Cheese. Wafers. Coffee. Bonbons. Fruits. Nuts. SUPPER. Lobster a la Newburg in Chafing Dish. Mayonnaise of Celery. Potato Croquettes. Pickled Beets. Parker House Rolls. Frozen Jelly, Whipped Cream. Sponge Cake. Tea.

TIMELY AWWiVEESARIES

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Some Current Selections From FJf 1 * tory’s Broad Page. . < uccember 20. 1710—Thomas Gray, author of tho famous ‘‘Elegy,*’ horn; died 1771. 1776—Battle of Trenton. 1311—The Richmond theater burned and many lives lost; first calamity of that nature in the United States. The Richmond theater stood upon the site of the Monumental church, erected as a public memcrial for the victims. About 70 perished, among thorn the governor of the state and many people of prominence. 1S53—Great fire in New York and famous clipper Great Republic destroyed. 1SS6—General John A. Logan died in Washington;

born 1S26.

1894—Dr. William Detmold, eminent GermanAmeriean surgeosi, died in New York city; born in Hanover 1808. 1899—Elliott Cowes, well known American ornithologist, died at Baltimore; born 184^.

December 27.

1571—Jehaun Kepler, famous astronomer, born at

Magstadt, Wurttemberg; #ied 1030.

1595—Sir Francis Drake, English naval hero. died. Drake received a commission from the queen and cruised with success,against the Spaniards in the West Iqdies. In 1573 he sailed forth with two ships to devastate Spanish settlements in America. He returned to England bearing great prizes. ^ln honor of the achievement the queen dined on board his ship, knighted him and made him oommander of a fleet sent to “singe the king of Spain’s, beard.” He destroyed 100 vessels in the harbor of Cadis. As vice admiral he helped de-

feat the Spanish armada in 1588.

1890—Dr. Heinrich Schliemann. famous German antiquarian and explorer of Troy. Mycenae, etc., died in Naples; boro in 1820 in Mecklen-burg-Schwerin. Dr. Schliemann was born poor and amassed a fortune in business, which he devoted to study, travel and excavations on

the sites of ancient cities.

189S—The Dreyfus secret dossier communicated to

the court of cassation.

December 2S. 1789—Thomas Ewing, statesman, boro near West Liberty, O. ; died 1871. 1804—Alexander Keith Johnston, noted Scottish geographer, botn in Midlothian; died

1871.

1825—General James Wilkinson, soldier, died in the City of Mexico; bom 1757. Wilkinson entered the oitriot armv ... December 22. ’ m

1802—Sarah Coleridge, the only daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and an author of repute, born in Keswick, England; died 1852. 1807—The embargo on trade with England, etc., took effect, %nd much loaa and discontent resulted. \ y 1880—Mrv Cross, formerly Mary Ann Evans and Mrs. LeWes, but better known as Georg# Eliot, d$d in Chelsea, England; born 1820.

country .oj

first Important

work was published when she was 20 years of age. It was a translation. She contributed to the great reviews and assumed the nom de plume of George Eliot in Blackwood’s, The Identity of George Eliot was not made known until her second novel, "The Mill on th« Floss,” appeared. She assumed matrimonial relations with George Henry Lewes, a married man not Jiving with his wife, and continued them until his death in 1878. A little over a year later she married John Walter Cross. 1898— Sebastian Bach Mills, composer and pianist,

died; bom 1S3S.

1899— Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, died at

Northfield, Mass.; born 1637.

ST

, December 23. 1760 — Frederick Augustus of

Saxony bom; died 1827; became first king of Saxony and was named the Just.

1777—Alexander I. cf Russia

born; died Dec. 1, 1825. The reign of Alexander I. covered the period of the close of the French rcvolu-

tion and the Napoleonic ^

wars. He has been called , T V the most liberal of the Rus- Alexander L '• sian czars, but the last years of his life were marked by conservatism. He paid unremitting attention to internal improvements and administrative reform. He invaded France in 1812 and was foremost in displaying magnanimity to the conquered French. Through his influence 150,000 French prisoners of war were liberated and Napoleon given the sovereignty of Elba. Persoeution for religion was

first abolished in Russia under his reign.

1815—Henry Highland Garnett, eminent negro clergyman and United States minister to

Liberia, born in Newmarket, Md.; died 1882.

1889—Henry Woodfen Grady, editor and orator, leader of the “New South,” died at Atlanta;

born 1850.

1891—John Angell James Cresswell, American lawyer and statesman, died at Ellston, Md.;

born 1828.

1895—Sergius Michael Dragmanoff Stepniak, Russian political author and revolutionist, died in London; born 1841. : ijr December 24. 1737—Silas Deane, diplomatist of the Revolutionary era, born in Groton, Conn.; died 1789. 1745—Benjamin Rush, “signer" and eminent medical writer and abolitionist, bom in Byberry, Pa.; died 1813. 1814—Treaty of peace l>ctween the United States and Great Britain signed at Ghent, ending the war of 1812. War was declared by act of congress signed by President Madison June 18, 1812, the reasons being British empressment of Americans for seamen, the British doctrine of blockade and depredations by British subjects upon the commerce of the United States. The treaty of peace did not mention these grievances. 1863—William Makepeace Thackeray, English author, died; bom 1811. 1893—Ex-Governor John J. Jacob of West Virginia died at Wheeling; born 1829.

December 25. Date settled upon in the fourth century for the birth of Jesus Christ and celebrated as Christmas since the reign of Constantine. 800—Charlemagne crowned emperor of the west by the pope of Rome. 1635—Samuel de Champlain, founder of Quebec and first governor of New France, Champlain, died; born at Brouage, France, 1567. Champlain made his first voyage to Canada in 1003 under the auspices of Henry IV. In 1603 he ascended the St. Lawrence and founded Quebec. He discovered the lake,which bears his name .in 1610 and afterward explored the region of the great lakes. During Champlain's governorship of Canada, Quebec was captured by the British, but was soon restored to the French. 1787—Daniel Shays broke up the supreme court at Worcester, Mass.; “Shays’ insurrection.” 1898—Stephen A. Morse, noted American inventor, died; born 1826.

aa capt'aih fn 1770 apd «erv- " muuwii. ed with Arnold in the expedition to Canada. He served as a staff officer during the war and became a general. Afterward he commanded In the Indian campaigns of the northwesL In 1806 he was made governor of Louisiana. v ln protecting the southwest border from Spanish incursions and counteracting the schemes of Aaron Burr he became involved in charges of conspiracy and corruption, from which, however, be was acquitted by court martial. 1869—Thomas Babington Macaulay, celebrated English historian, died; born 1800. 1890—Octave Feuillet, popular French novelist and dramatist, author of “The Romance of a Boor Young Man,” died in Baris; bom 1812. 1900—Lord George William Armstrong, Inventor of the Annstrong gun and a technical writer of not-, died at Craigside, Northumberland; born 1810.

!«0 CCL0R LINE THERE

Social Equality la the Hawaiian

? Islar ds- Merlt Wins.

Honolulu Correa. Bostrrti Evening Transcript. Black and white and yellow and brown lire on a social equality in the Hawaiian Islands. The action cf President Roosevelt in inviting’ Book, er Washington to dinner, caused no offenae here, where the sdcial conditiono fere probabiy the most peculiar of any where : o the United States. The sm ■ population, its isolated position and the few whites in the metropolis of thd South Sea have effectually wiped ont all social distinctions and racial prejudices, sothattodav American, Hawaiin, and Negro sit down at the same table with Japanese and Chinese and ^rith never a thought of *he pro prie^jes. The Hawaiin has, it is true, a skin of sombre hue, but the darker the color the prouder he is of his social. status. There are innumerable wealthy natives here who move in best society circles, and the issuance of the “Bl^e Book” for the first time, a few dayifcgo, disc osed that the “four bundric*’ of the city was made up of both blacflB^iid white and yellow and brown T||e most prominent attorney and the fleet speaker in the islands is a NegT’O, and he is much in demand up on every public occasion. This is T McCanta Stewart, who is also paominent in the high councils of the Republican^ Party, which ia due not only

md cngagaS-j^P k l » own undoubted ability, but

alewrieeause of his color, which gives him a powerful influence over the native*. There are four score at least of Chinese citizens, merchants and the like, who move in the best society, and who are rated from $100,000 to $3,000,000 when wealth is taken as a factor. The hospitality of the famous Ah Fong family is well known, particulaaly among army and navy officiers> who have of ten been their guests, The Japanese are also no small factor in, the prosperity of the islands, and there are many with large accumalations of wealth. There is not the slightest social distinction made npon their o wn account, though they very rarely entertain. Among the Hawaiians, however, there is the greatest rivalry for social distinction. The Princess Theresa, who is the wife of Delegate to Congress Wilcox, by her official position, claims the honors. Tbe ex-Queen Liliuokolani is still the recognized leader among her own people and Mrs Wilcox’s claims are disputed by several other ladies The Princess Theresa is the real leader of the Home Rule party, which is dominant in local politics, and is said to far exceed her husband, the Delegate to Congress, in her ability to control

the party.

These are in all hardly more than ten thousand whites in the city of Honolulu. and a goodly part of that number is made up of transients, who cannot be called citizens. The prominent society people are among the decendantsof the old missionaries, and they mingle freely with the other nationalities in a social way Tbe social peculiarities of the place are further augmented by the unlimited number of queer marriage mixtures. A man’s color here is no index to his nationality. Hawaiian, Chinese, Americau, French, Japanese, Portugese, Spanish and African blood are so interminerled that any attempt to accurately distinguish one from the other would be absolutely impossible.

Posed for German Artist. Ernst Heilmann of Berlin, a leading German portrait painter, has made a life-sized painting of Dora Dean, a handsome young Indianapolis colored woman, posed in a cakewalk attitude. She and her husband, Charles E Johnson, filled a -nonth’s engagement at the leading vaudeville theatre in Berlin during tbe last autumn. The artist was struck by the cakewalk from the artistic point of view, declaring it superior to the Spanish fandango, the minuet and other dances, and he asked Miss Dean for a sitting The pietpre will be hung in the spring exhibition of tbe German Academy Miss Dean was known in private life in Indianapolis as Luella Babbige. Instruction In Housekeeping Duties Two rooms at Frederick Douglass school, in Shelby street, have been arranged as living rooms, and in a few days the girls of that school are to be instructed in housekeeping duties, such as sweeping, scrubbing, bedmaking, building fires, decorating and furnishing’. A number of the girls of this school go on stated days each week to school No. 12, to receive instruction in cooking.

Talented Piano Player. Laporte, Ind.,—Miss Hazel Harrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Harrison, of this city, has developed marked talent as a piano player. Her skill is so striking in evidence that upon the occasion of her recent appearance before a critical audience in Chicago her auditors rose to their feet and gave her an ovation. Miss Harrison’s musical training has been under Prof. Victor Heinze, of Chicago, who has no hesitancy in saying that his young pupil has a brilliant future. Miss Harrison is but seventeen years old and is a pupil in the high school of this city. Her talent was developed when she was a child, and one aim of her parents has been to give her an education, classical and musical, that will make her a leader among those ot her color. Miss Harrison’s Services are in constant demand for Chicago recitals, A New Invention. George M. Pumphrey has invented a smoke-consumer that, judged by the drawings, will prove efficient and not expensive to build, Mr. Pumphrey says that with his device smokestacks are unnecessary and suggests that it would prove efficient in the Soldi-rs and Sailors’ Monument. He is how in the employ of the Republican chemical creosote-works, and is a practical stationary engineer. Heis a graduate of the Lincoln University, of Pennsylvania, class of ’79, and studied engi' neering at Hampton University. He has been working on bis consumer, since ’93 finishing his plans a few weaks ago. TRAINED NURSE CLASS

Colored Women are Winning Laurels and Receive Big Pay. New York Evening PuSt. The second class of negro trained nurses was graduated yesterday from the training school of the Colored Home and Hospital, at East One-hundred-and-forty-first street and Concord ave The class consisted of six nurses, who have fulfilled all the conditions of the two years’ course at the school, and passed most excellent examinations in

count of her health. The average of the work and of the intelligence displayed by these nurses was fully up to that of the women in the white training schools, if not a trifle superior. The officers and managers of the hospital and school feel most confident of the continuing success of this experiment, and are greatly encouraged by the results so far. Not only is this work a resource and an excellent profession for many negro women, but it may alS9 be a powerful means for helping the race, both in the North and the South. The greater the number of capable, intelligent and’well trained negro women that are sent out into the community the better for both races. The one thing needed among the Ne. groes is united co operation along line, that are true, honest, and elevating® They should, as a unit, stay out and away from all questionable places, organizations, etc. This would estaplish them as worthy where now they are unknown and not allowed. Western Outlook. Harvard’s Class Day Offlcler. Roscoe Conkling Bruce of this city has been elected one of the olass day officiers of Harvard by the senior class. Bruce is the son of B. K. Bruce now dead, who was once a Senator from Mississippi, and his mother is a teacher at Tuskegee. Young Bruce is conceded to be one of the best orators and debaters in Harvard. Knox In the Southland. From the Mobile (Ala.) Press. Among other good things Hon. Geo. L. Knox, publisher of The Freeman, said last week before an intelligent audience at the Franklin street Bap-

tist church:

White northe r n people judge the race by the loafers they see standing around the railroad depots. Since I started on my southern tour five Greeks ago I have been introduced to Mw.es of colored men whose wealth is variously estimated from five thousand and to three hundred thousand dollars. The proper way to measure our race is from the church, the schoolroom and the farm. While American slavery was a curse, still, in the providence of God,

every respect. This makes thirteen ne-

gro nurses who have been sent out prepared the way for the redemp-

from this school. When the course was first established, three years ago, the idea met with a good deal of opposi" tion, not from doctors so much as from other nurses. Now, however, the course has proved to be such a success, and the 'graduates sent out last year have made such good records, that the opposition has entirely died away. The project was originally started with tbe idea of helping the negro women themselves and opening a career for them, as well as for the reason that their are many situations where a negro trained nurse might be fully as acceptable, if not more so, as a white one. The training is exactly the same as that of the nurses in any Other hospital in the city—indeed, the novelty of a negro training school has resulted in even more training than might have been given in an ordinary school for

white nurses.

The nurses, feeling how much depended on their record, have worked with a rare faithfulness and devotion. No difficulty whatever was found in securing places for them immediately after graduation, either as head nurses in some of the small hospitals scattered through the Southen cities or in private work here in the North; and all the reports in regard to their work have been most satisfactory. Those who have had the care of children have been particularly successful. One of the officers of the Colored Hospital said that this part of the nurses’ training could be carried out under especially favorable circumstances there, becauseofthe maternity hospital attached to the institution. It has become so much the custom for the very rich to employ trained nurses for the care of young infants tnat such work alone affords a field that could many years more than absorb the graduates of this school. It is considered to be particularly important when families are travelling or far removed from the reach of a physician that they should have a nurse taught how to manage and look out for such children, and capable of meeting emergencies It would seem that in the care of children the trained negro nurse would be in an ideal position. The recruits for the training school are drawn from all over the country, from as far South as Georgia and as far East as Connecticut, most of them applying of their own accord They are subjpeted to an examination before admission, and only about halt of those who apply are accepted. Out of fourteen who took the course only three were rejected as unsuitable in the first two years of the school, and one was obliged to give up her training no ac-

tion of our people.

Men like Booker Washington and Proffessor Council of Alabama are illustrations of the possibilities of the Negro. The doors of opportunities do not swing equally wide for both races. The Negro has better chances to make money in the South while the North only allows him opportunities to spend

the money.

Both races have their prejudices. The white man is studying the Negro and the Negro must study the white man. That is the\mly way to solve

the race problem.

The white man has disfranchised the Negro and yet he is not satisfied. I was told that theif are places in Alabama where no Negro is allowed to live. 1 replied that the same condition is true in places in Indiana, Tyras informed about Jim Crow cars In the South and I thought it was horrid but when I travelled through parts^ of Louisiana and observed the conduct of some of our people I felt like calling upon the conductors to protect me from my ownjpeople. I can now sympathize with the white people of the South My only objection is they put us all together. The white men measure the race by tbe meanest Negroes while they measure themselves by the

best white people.

The whites and blacks owe each other a debt of gratitude. The hate ot the white man is not hurled against the better class of Negroe* but against the worse. The Negro must change his position. Citizenship wi»hout character will not gain for the Negro the recognition he desires. We must reach the masses of cur race and arouse them to think for themselves and work for their own elevation. The Negro is largely responsible for race prejudice. We should cultivate race pride and

not race prejudice.

The Negro has inflated notions about edneation. The Booker Washington theory is the correct one, and has come to stay. The white people are preparing bread-winners and our system of education is to prepare ladies and gentlemen. The lady and gentleman idea is born of slavery. We should teach our bovs and girls to become men and women. We are prod using a

race of producers.

The Negro should be Independent in politics and vote only for good men even if he has to go out of his party to

find them.

The Democrates of Indiana passed a civil Rights Bill and if anv man in that state refuse to serve a Negro on account of his color he may be made to

pay $200.

We don’t want social equality. All

we want is civil rights.

It disfranchisement will serve to make better citizens of our people then our enemies will build better

than Jthey knew.

Put your manhood and womanhood into the forces of life and you will win.

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