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Some things That Are HappeningA Wee kly Resume of the Activities of

People Worth While

By R W THOMPSON

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The Skies Brighten theBrother

History is be ing ma startlin g rapidity in this nec

From a per o f temporary de

spon the Repu blican situation is

looking up There are evidences

that the two of the party aregetting closer together themollifying influence o f the diplomacy pf Pres ident Taft He has aremarkable talent for harmoniz ing

differences and reconc ilin g the re

ones The Presidents dignified attitude with re ference to the

nomination in 912 has greatlystrengthened hin1 w ith the conserya

live e of the party and thereis also a fee lin g he and Colone l

Rooseve lt had an understand

ing by which there will be no clash

pf the crucia l moment

arr ives for a lin ing up of theforces two years hence at the national convention The Democrats

are hayin g troubles of the ir own

and they will not haye a wa lkawa y

if the campa managers o f the G

O P exerc ise any pf their usua l

gumption Differ as Republicans

may in the in dex they rarefor bobbing up serenely and

solidly on election day Some exwork is like ly to be done in

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all the doubtful Congressional distr icts and the

8th day o f Novem ber

While stopping up the leaks in the

Republican organ ization as a whole

Pres ident Taft is not

the welfare of the faithful co lored

voters The announcement of the

prospective appointment o f Hon

James C Napier Tennessees favor

ite son as far as our people

cerne d heartens the rank and file

of the Negro lement of the party

for it indicates that the adm inistra

tion is du ly apprec of honest

and effic ient serv ice ren dered it in

ati hour o f nee d Mr Napier la

bored diligently and for

the nom ination of Judge Taft in the

face of a determ ined opposition

among life long fr iend and dur ing

the campa ign that he was

in the kest of the fray contend

ing for every o f for his

partyWith the retirement of Dr Yer

non the natural tho ice for Regis

ter o f the Treasury is Mr Napier

who came w ithin an ace o f ing

the prize on two previous occas ions

Mr Napier assumes the duties of

Register February I 1911

A second encoura gement to the

race lies in the designa

tion of former Governor P B S

Piiic hbackpne o f the Old Guar ds

Statesbetween now

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most picturesque figures as an atache bf the Internal Revenue Senice With in New Yorcity The place will carry large re

ibilities mid emoluments ofsize commensurate in the ma in

Governor1 hbacks va lued

ices personal dignity The duties w ill be congenial arid the Gov

ernor will be foun d to fit intopost like gloverecogn ition of d

be ha ile d With rightthinking the country pvc i

and its riffed will be felt at the pollin the pivotal States nextwhere the Negro yote is poteiit

J Scott in the Limeligh

It is an open secret that attwo other places o f honor and pro fi

are be ing reserved for the co lore

voters and the announcement onames and stations may be expectefrom at almost any momentEmmett J Scott Tuskegee Institute who is in a position to knoxmuch of the ins ide sentiment o

those ible for the care ofNcgrbs interests in politica l affa irs

spent im the c ity and afte

conferences with number of offi

close to the adm in istration

gave put the statement that it wahis opin ion that Pres ident Ta ftdispose d to give liberal rfecogn itibi

to his loyal co supporters aric

that he felt very sure that the Presidents would be emphaized very s jn a iashion si

substantial that Ins sincerity cpuu

not be doubtedMr who it will be remem

tiered was one pf the three Un itec

States Comm issioners to investigatesoc ia l political and industrial con

ditions in the of Liber ia

through the Monday ei

route to Worcester Mass to atthe ton the neai

East rind Afr ica opened Octbber 4 at Clar k University Bjinvitation Mr Scott addressed tlie

conference Fr iday morn ing at3ir The Unite d States andOn Saturday at i qclock Mr Scottis announced an address be fore

he Twentieth Century Club one

pf Bostons most famoustibiis The honor of appearing before this is regarded as one oi

rare distinction

Register Vernon to RetireThe resignation of Dn W T Ver

non as Register o f tile Treasurymade public last Friday coupledvith that he would bcsucceeded by Mr J G Nap ier of

Tennessee Rumors of Dr Ver

IOnS retirement have been

n circulation for several months

the matter fa to take form

imlco lori as no one in possess ion of

he facts would make any defin ite

announcement concern ing it The

lews therefore was not as surpris

ng as it m ight otherwise have been

3y arrangement with SecretarylacVeach the change will be e f

fective on the first day of Februaryicarly four months hence

As a Federal official Dr Vernon

has given eminent satisfaction an d

s conceded to be one of the foremost orators an d campa igners ofhe race He has been an able de

ender of the faith of the party andIs popu lar with he masses wherever

ic is known Hisretirementdoubtgrows out of political ex igenc ies

that have recently ar isen w ith re

pect to Kansas and theadm inistrar

ion whic h re flect in no wise upon

he character or integrity of DrVernon He has carr

bly here and the departure ofli and his charming wife will

a distinct loss to the soc ial intel

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lectual re ligious life of the conmunity

Dr Vernon says he has no plan

for the immediate future saveupon his retirement in February h

w ill ke a muc hneeded resthealth has notbeen in theyear owing to nervpus troubles si

duced by pverwor k His re

sumption of the duties of preso f the Western Un ivers ity at Qu in

daro Kans w ill not be considereby him dur ing the present schoc

year although there is pressure be

ing brought to bear upon him to tak

the wor k later on and arrangements may be made ultimately thave hiin to again become the activ

head o f this thr iving schoo l In tli

Pro f Sheldon Freric

will continue in charge Itis lindeithat other institutions con

nectc w ith the A M E Churc

have made attractive overtures fp

Dr Vernons serv ices Des irapulpits have been placed at hi

disposal and it is hinted that lii

name will go be fore the next geii

eral of his churc h as a

aspirant for a seat on the Bench bBishops He is yet a yoting matand has a great work la id out

him In whatever field he mayit to cast his lot Dr Vernonyill have the best yis hcs of ao iring fe itizeiis of hotraces

The selection of Mr Napjer ahis successor is iii accor d

logic o f the situation and w ill giv

eminent to a ll e

of the party regardless o f sect ion

Although Mr Napier ha ils

Tennessee he is regarded as bein g

for politica l purposes fromat large

Roscoe ConkHng Bruce Right

The stir is be ing raise

Roscoe Conkling Bruce over the exchange of one teacher for anotherin the ordinary routine of school ad

m in istration w ill amount to nothing

Mr Bruce is cap

able directing our public schoo ls

and the people w ho have the wel

fare of the commun ity at heart angiv ing him an d support

He isi giving the Washington schools

the best adm in istration s ince the i

blishment and his refusa l to b

swerve d from his r ighteous course

by attorneys and pro fes

s blac kma ilers is br inging hih

the hearty sympathy many whc

m ight not otherwise pay

don to the matter Socalle d mass

meetings held only for purposeo f blu ff will not deceive the

Howard University Opens Auspi

ciouslyformal opening of Howard

Un ivers ity took place last Tuesday

morn Dr Elmer E Brown

Un ited States Commissioner of

Education delivered an instructive

address rev iew ing progress and

ideals of the univers ity President

W P Thirkield spoke in an inspir

ing Ve in Saturday the How

ard Law School opened w ith DeanB F as the principal

speaker Mon day night the medical

department operations

When all o f the divis ions get into

full swing it is expecte d that the

registration will show 1500 students

nearly 400 more than last year In

the fres hman lass alone this year

there are tw ice as many students as

the entire school hadfpur yearsa go

or just before Pres ident Thirkieldcharge

A View pf the Passing Show

The pr inc of he conany enga ged for the mus ical

omedy season of the New

Theater ived Sunda y and the

horus is now being gotten in shafor the regular Man

iger W H Smith who hase beenin New York for the better partf tlc past two wee ks looking em

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the qoo week of the Smart Set

that they want imtsical come dy o

tIc best type am this Manager

Smith purposes to give them Hi

thinks there is a pros perous seasonahea d and the companyshares his optim istic view It is understood that J Leubr ie Hill thefamous drainatist i and producerwill arran ge all bf the productions

For the week beginning Octbbei

10 Stetsons Unc lfe Toms Cabin

will be the attraction at thethe Harriet her Stow

masterpiece is put bit with

striking scen ic e ffecHs and time castis said to d number o f un

lly Strong an d capable actors

A return engagement of The SmartSet is among the treats soon to be

presented by time management Tlu

Dix ie Minstrels w ith Ruc ker

STutt Whitneys Southern SmartSet Black Pattis TroubadoursRichard PHngles GeorgiaMinstrels an d other stan dar d shows

are to come later oh

The new Hiawatna Theater is tc

be pene d w ithin itlie fewest of daysThe stage has been remodeled an d

ample haved TIme exter ior has

painte d and the interior walls aiid

ce iling are now iirthc hands o f the

decorators who arema king a bean

tifu l jo b o It ito be the

of Managers Murray Easley to

present polite vau dev ille and life

niptibh pictures The house has u

loya l fbllow ing and on the opening n ight tile s ign will be

nee de d for all four o f time per fbrin

A small stqqk company will

be maintaiiie d j headed by T Spen

cer Finley the magnetic comedian

sketc hwork will be Miss Minnie

Brown who has won a warm place

in the hearts o fall Was hingtonthcatergpers Mr Mrs Char les

Williams and possibly Mr Charles

C Bougia formerly the

Patti Trouba dours The orches

tra will consist of five pieces with

Lawrence Co lwe ll as director Miss

Irene Middle tpn the Hiawatha fav

orite will return as cas hier

The fatuous Ani phipu Glee Club

Pro f Henry Lewis director w ill

sing at Ford Dabneys on Fr iday

even ing October 14 an d the eventis creating a stir in soc iety irclesamong this aggregation is

immensely popular After the Am

phion session the next number on

the d will be the promenade at

True Ha ll given by the

Wilberforce Un iversity orchestra

which is stea dily grow ing in favor

as a mus ica l organization

Joseph Shelton Pollen

gen ius conies to the Metropolitan

AM EiChurc h on the seventeenth

under the auspices o f the Interde

nominationa l Bible College o f

which Pro f Jesse Lawson is time

chie f executive Clarence Cameron

White violinist Mrs Maud yHare o f Boston solo ist and Miss

Mary L Europe pian ist will give

an a llstar recita l on the n ine

teenth at Lincpln Temple On the

twentys ixth Miss ietta Vinton Dav is giyes a dramatic rec ita l

at the Metropolitoii Baptist Church

The month is to in mus i

cal features

Princess Ra jah styled the Ger

nan Amcr ican songbird spea ks

lye languages fluently She has

Tavele d throughout Europe

pmpanies of lass performersiiave appeare d under her manage

ncnt in France Austr ia

Italy and Russ ia She attractsmarked attention wherever she

6es b icattseo f her charming per

sona lity and engaging manners

pesj5ie pliver Brown is the brightLparticular star at Ford DabneysTheater this wftc hea ding one o f

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the best bills that Manager G WHam ilton has yet offered MisiBrown is piquant v ious amputs vim into time execution o f hercharacter songs She first appearin natty masculine attire arid rendbrs Mothers Lasses Can d

Chile following it with a lightningchange and sin ging Under tinYu inYiim Tree Miss Brownfinally dons an even ing goWn of tinrev ised hobble style and closes witha dash that br ings down the houseHer reception on Mon day even ing

was all that could be asked j and herencores were frequent and heartyMiss Brown shows the excellenttraining rece ive d w hile a membcio f the Gole Johnson Red MoonCompany The other numbers orthe taking program are contrib

uted by Josephine Tobias a comedienne of talent and Erb Robinson

a witty monologist an d m im ic

From now on Manager Hamiltonwill make an entire change o f bill

each Week The custom o f present

ing three vaudev ille acts in connection with the motion pictures w ill be

continue d every will be

put forth to secure the best talenton market

Mr Ru fiis Byars the wellknown s inger is in San Anton io

Tex

The Maceo d U streetsis drawin g capac ity houses nightly

and Manager G M Richardson is

constantly thinking out new features

to keep the people interested Minorarid Willis and the JamestownVau deville Troupe gave a highly

accepta ble bill last week This

Week is marked by the return of the

Was hin socia l magic Eu

gene IIe ilrnaii Whose

has been ystifying an d amusing

to eVeiybiiewlib act

The Chelsea on M street is

be ing run by its white proprietor

but is for lease to any clever

syn dicate which take over the

house arid to make it pay The

house is a large wellappbintedtheater and will br ing a barrel o f

money to time right parties

The Minne haha is doing its share

f the big business of the Ustreetsection George E Battles the

apidfire pianist is giv ing his pa

rons samples o f the latest mus ical

dy hits such as Aida Overtoil

Walkers Shine Lottie Gra dysRubbernecking Moon Ella An

Icrsons Consolation Lane Joe

fordans Lovey Joe and Bert

Williams Balbcr Shop

Jhord His illustrate d songs a l

vays go big and his inc l

music is adapte d to the

hanging scenes the motion pic

tires The Minne haha is a part o f

Hiawatha cha in and is pros

ing under the pa instaking direc

ion of James Dav idson

Random Shots

Dr W J Howard Jr has an

uitomobilc

Prof J W Cromwell has joinc d

ranks of the syndicate writers

statistical stu dy o f the Balti

lore meeting of the B M C was

n interesting and va luable piece of

work

George W Ellis FRGS for

years Secretary o f the Amer i

an Legation at Monrov ia Liber ia

as in the c ity Sunday the guestf Register and Mrs Vernon He

went to Clark Un ivers ity this week

o the con ference on The Near

last and Africa an d is to speak

til Friday morn ing on Dynamic

actors in the Liber ian Situationliiice his retirement from the diplo

matic serv ice Mr Ellis has been

bjoUrn iiig in Chicago

Hpli John C Dancy w ill be one

fthc party that is to accompany

Jr Booker T Was hington on his

etliicational pilgrimage through

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VANITY FAIRby JpHR H WILLS

The Main Difference Between Civilized Mon and theSavage Dont Rend

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IsSavages

The Forward Movement

The pen ing of the Bethel Literaryand Histor ical Soc iety in Metro

po litan A M E Churchn ight last was express distinctive and gave proin ise of a return tits past high place in the daysthe minds o f our men gave forth t

the woHdl time ir greatest andthoughts in Old Bethel

Pro f Garnet Wilkinson the pres

of this eminent assoc iatiorwas fortunate indeed in sccuiing so great a ientific soc

and so rare a philosopher as ProW E Burghardt DuBo is to

this seasons sess ion Professor DuBois happily presented us w ith in

spir ing thoughts upon Forwar d Movement w hich he says w

must keep up or else fa ll back ango downward He emphas ized

facts that with increas ing

and inte lligence on the part ofNegro had come disfranchiscmenseparate cars and curta d educa

tional ilities He sa id that de

spite the fact that Negro leaderd contentment on the part o

their race w ith present conditions

there is widespread dissatisfaction

with conditions

Follow ing this further Pro fessoDu Bois sa id

seems to me it is the bus inesi

o f the Negro race to na il the wide

spread lie that they are content ir

such a way that w ill quietly o

uo isty pr ivate ly or in public it

speech or public conversationup opportun ity tokt thethe United States and the people o

the world know that 10000000 hu

man be ings in this country are no

willing to be c lassed less

With such a statement Dr W EBurghardt DuBo is Negro soc iolo

gist in an address last n ightMetropolitan A M E Churc h be

fore the members o f the Bethe l Litrary and Histor ical Soc iety urge

Negroes to jo in in the move

nent for the further uplifting o f the

race His subject was The Forivar d Movement

is now time he continue d

after 15 years o f iment thatve should step forward in three defi

l ite directions First we should

cek to get a systematic and definite

knowledge of ourse lves secondshould seek to make a systematic

md continued protest aga inst in jus

ice and third we should in every

direction increase our organ ized en

leaver It does seem to me that thisprogram is not one of fr ightful 01

radicalism nor does Ianything for which an hon

st oppbrtunist ightly strives

HAVE ASSOCIATION

Today we have for this purposen New York a National Assoc iatior

or the Advancement o f

And this assoc dif

erentiates from other organzations in this one unusual respect

is it is organ ized in conjuncion w ith those w ho arc working in

im ilar ways along other lines of

uplift compr ise among

is social kcrs and reformers in

rested in near ly every line o f soc ial

uplift Hitherto the in the

Jn ite d States has had little interest

II the of these people Strangeo say he has rather s ide with the

great capitalists and philanthropistsis even found speaking aga inst

oc ial reform aga inst races like the

an d against a ll people who arc

fighting for a cause The time for

foolishness has passed These

re time people w ho are revolution

zing the We must rccog

l ize that the cause of the Negro is

every cause o f wor ld uplift

one which employs the same

nethods and uses the same argu

Tuesdayively

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han ds w ith all throughoutthe wor ld w ho are fighting for theworlds good

interesting discuss ion fo l

lowed after Pro fessor DuBois hadfinis he d his forc ible and logical address Prof Kelly Miller spoke

pos and incisively for actionand progress Lieut Thomas HClar ke felt called to make a defense

of a man and a cause whic h he didin a fine clean clear manner ProfWilliam H Richards of HowardUn ivers ity Law School gave expression to many ideas an d

thoughts upon the fortitude andcourage of our people LM positive ly and forc ibly

presented an interesting personalv iew Mrs Mary Churc h

gave vo ice to the need o f progressand cite d history and fact to emphas ize the need of positive effort Attorney B Marshall added interest to the discuss ion by a trenchantpresentation o f an inspir ing ideal

Robert L War ing saw itjust a bit different from time rest ofthem not hesitate to te ll theaudience Mr L M Hershaw covered the occas ion w ith philosophy in

his customary clever style

The Prisoner and the LawWhen the first International

Pr ison Congress met in Brusse ls itcaused a mild stir but when Howar d his observations and

discover ies in the prisonhouses of

Europe time entire c iyilized world

was fille d with an awful shame to

know to think that men and women

should be in flicte d and su ffer suchaw ful and torture

It is a known fact that cr ime arid

pun ishment arc in kind

Cr ime is poradic pun ishment is de

liberate and life thought and effortput forth to make the pun ishment

fit time cr ime is ine ffective and goes

awry and loses the name of action

The Evening Staro f this city has

to say editor ially

De laware has retained the whippingpost desp ite the almost universal abandonment tha t ancient form of punishmentIts prison records do not Indicate that ithas been an ffective agency for the prevention crime On the contrary itsjnils are as we ll filled in proportion to thepopulation as those of nny other Com

monwealth The average of crime is asheavy In the Diamond State as elsewhere

Apparently the lush hns no terrors for taw

breakers

Some years ago it was proposed tondopt the whippingpost in theColumbia as nn appropr iate pun ishmentfor wifebeaters the Pres ident of thoUnited States advancing this Idea in amessage to Congress with the result ofthe Introduction of a bill and a seriouseffort to secure Its passage Fortunatelyfor Washington Congress refused to lapseinto barbarism by inflicting even upon so

despicable a class of offenders the in

human unwise and possibly murderprovoic ing penalty of public chastisement Inthe discussion ot this subject at that timethe experience of Delaware with the whippingpost was frequently cited and it wasproved to the satisfaction of the Distr ictslegis lators that rather than stimulating arespect for the law the w

served to incite resentment

Possibly the retention o f the whippingpost In Delaware serves a good purpose inaffording a continuous example of whatnot to do in the treatment of law breakersThosa who believe in the drastic methods

anc ient times In the theory of reyengc

for offenses comm itted In punishment

rather than in correction may approve

the application of the lash as adding teror to impr isonment But as long as cap

ital hment itself does not prevent

murder it is obvious that poss ibly along

mother line lies the way to greater social

From d ideas

w ho deals w ith a prisoner believes

him guilty from time officer who arrests him to the turn key w ho lodgeshim in the cell

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