The Washington Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1898, Page 4

“a ind Published every SATURDAY at t109 1 Stree Sorthwest, Wasuincton, D. C. (LEED SRR ES Entered #t the Post Uftice at Washington ec uu Chase Mall unatter.! _—_——_—— pias W. CALVIN CHASE, Eprtor. eo ee Se TERMS UF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year- ++ 2.00 Six months... ies Three mouths. City subscribers,mon' ee ooo SPECIAL NOTICE. A — There are regular Authorized Col- tectors in the employ of THE BEE Printing Co.. and when they call to see delinquent subscribers they are re- quested to pay them, and not give the excuse that “they will see the Editor.” The Editor has no time to see the sub- wribers, and it is hoped that his friends and the patrons of THE BEL will pay the Collector when he calls, ——— EEO A NEGRO OR THE EXCISE BOARD. It is hoped that the Commis— ioners wili see the importance of appointing a representative colored man on the excise board of this| city. Indeed every colored person who has applied for license either fora bar room ora hotel bar license | has been turned down. Ifa lieu- prejudices against a person his li- cense is rejected on his recommen- dation. Within the past year sev- eral colored citizens have applied for bar room and_ hotel licenses and they have all been turned down. It is almost impossible for a respectable culored house to ob- tain a license under the present board. The McKinley House license was rejected and for what reason no one knows. Some of the most representative colored citizens in this coun‘ry board at this hotel and yet the proprietors of this hotel could not get their lense. The Douglass Hotel bar room li- cense was rejected because Kelley. the lieutensnt of that precinct, did not favor it, Kelley has no good blood for the Douplass house any way, and as soon as these officers are given a little authority they try to over do the thing. It is about time for Kelley to retire any way and if Commissioner Wight, who has charge of the police department, realizes the importance of a change the people will be more than grati- fied. If you will only take the trouble to investigate some of the assess- ments made by this board the peo- ple would readily consent to a change. We need a colored repre sentative on the excise board and it is hoped that President McKin ley will see to it that we have one. BUNCOMBE. Judging from the discussions now going on inthe Senate cam- paign buncombe is now being man- ufactured for the coming presiden- tial fight. Aside from the usual talk about octopus of greed, boss- ism, social disruption and the like the old issue of the free and un- limited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to I looms in towering pro- portions, and the combatants are lining up for a bitter and it is to be hoped decisive battle. That the question of free silver is not settled cannot be doubted, as is evidenced by the action of nearly every state convention held since the election of McKinley. And the enemies of the gold standard are quietly circulating literature in which the delayed prosperity, the failure of Cuba to obtain the assist- ance of the United States in their struggle for independence and a thousand and one other incidents which have no logical bearing on the financial policy of the Govern- ment are referred to as the result of the failure of the people to adopt a double standard. It is therefore not inadvisable to warn Republicans against the fal- lacies distributed and to urge a careful study of the question from all of its bearings. The national committee would do much good by sending out thousands of the con- vincing pamphlets which did such effective service in the last cam- to properly ventilate either the up- | stood that at Jeast two colored bail- tenant iu any precinct hes any jshould be well attended by our col- H f e a yi paign, in order to offset the influ-| MR. GREENER’S APPOINTMENT. ence which the enemy is striving to exert upon the average voter. In the present political condition with the disaffection which the civil service is producing in our ranks, disgruntled office seekers sulking in many quarters it will not be difficult for the enemy to du injarv to our c+use. It only re- quires that the people be aroused to a sense of their danger to insure | will be brought into constant official Republican. victo'y. relations with the British authorities. From the Brooklyn (N. y.) Daily Times. The appoin ment of Prof. Richard T. Greener, of New York, 4s United States «onsul at Bombay, will give | Serie satisfaction, Heretofore it as been the custom, when colored Hayti or Liberia, where they would be brought into relations with officials oftheir own cclor. The appointment of a prominent and distinguished Afro- is a distinctly new departure’ It marks the extension of the field of offi- fHE WASHINGTON BEX. a P ‘ HE CONGRESSIONAL eee | . HARDSON ON INDUSTRIAL ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED AND TAL- a , ENTED WOMEN OF THE AGE.—AR- 10Aa| | TIST, JOURNALIST, ETC. TRUSTEE RIC’ ecutive committee, through Ski V. Davis, esq., pre- sented a very interesting programme at the Congressional Lyceum at Od Fellows’ Hall, 1606 M street n. w., Sun- Dr. George H. one of the trustees ot the cc schools, read a well written tful paper entitled, ‘‘Indus- trial Educat:on.”” Among other things Dr. Richardson said: The discovery, its chairman, men were appvinted to office in the d none. In speaking of Jacks these phi- diplomatic servicefto assign to stations American to such_an important post asthe Bombay Consulate, where he development and tion of a policy which will bring loser and better relation to our surroundings and fully abreast of the times depends upon our appreciation A NEW POLICE COURT. Tue Bex is of the opinion that the District is in need of a new po- lice court building. The present structure is incouvenient, poorly constructed with but little accom- modations. It is utterly impossible per or lower court. There is no accommodation for male or female witnesses and they are compelled to go elsewhere. There are to be several changes at the court shortly. lt is under- iffs will be appointed under the new regime. The educational convention which is to meet here next July ored teaches and an exhibit of the splendid work being done in our] . A ee 5 cial service for capable citizens of Afri- schools prepared. 1t would not be cau descent ace ey be productive : ; of great results in the future. mo bad Rate. for the SPPErVIsLue The Times does not doubt that the prit cipals, principals and superin- | experiment will beasuccess so far_as tendent to get together and formu- Prof. Greener is concerned. The a British officials in India have been late a plan by which the best re-| educated a the recognition of the +,!equality of men of all colors; the puis may be brought Bub UE It 5 Indian civil service is largely filled difficult to tell what the impression | with Huse ete officials who are % . wk regarded as in every respect the peers is regarding the calibre of our] oftheir white associates. It is mtnie teachers and the aptness of our]that the eee Hitielae BG) Aryan ex - traction, and that the ood which children, among the teachers from flows in his veins is essentially the other parts of the country and this|same as_ that which colonized Europe occasion will furvish us an oppor- in the misty dawn of history but the which have obscured currect vision and display our powers and capa- | not readily see or draw any distinction Hiliizes shebasikn ul between the dark scholar and gentle- Jose IES f Sa 9 men who drive their lineage from Hindoo or from African sources. : Therefore Prof. Greener is assured of The orders proceeding from the a kindiy welcome from the British offi- Navy Department regarding ves-|cials in Bombay and he will do noth- sels to watch the Cuban mix up are | iS to forfeit their respect. producing all kinds of speculation as to the motives of the United States in the premises Patience, however, will develop that Uncle Sam will lay hands off unless something new arises to require a change of policy. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR —AND |1HE— Home For FRIENDLESS COLORED GIRLS. On Monday Evening January 31st. our distinguished poet, Paul L. Dunbar, HON. J. FLETCHER LACEY. We are more than pleased to know tht Iowa has such aman in] jast presidential term, and at which the person of Mr. Lacy. We know of the death of Mrs. Caroline Taylor, the Negro has friends in the persons | its most steadfast friend and earnest of Senators Allison and Gear and |SUpporter. from wnat we know of Mr, Lacey we are convinced that no better man lives. Any man with his rec- ord cannot help from gaining the |and others. Exercises ofthe evening famous Amphion Giee Club,—our dis- support of our people. ‘he col-jagement of Mr. If: A HOT SHOT FROM NEW YORK.—THE FRIENDS OF T. MCCANT STEWART INDIGNANT.—THE BEE MUST BE LIB nema Charity sake. Advertisement. New York City, eae ee ea January 25, 1898. THE SOONER THE BETTER. EpiTor OF THE BEE: & 5 The friends of Lawyer T. McCant City, Jan. 25th. ’98. Stewart read in your 1ssue of January |W. Calvin Chase: 22 an article attacking him. Weare! | have been informed that you are confident that the article was written | connected with some charges against by Prof. Richard Theodore Greener. | me in the office of the Public Printer. Will you permit me, because I know |] have arranged an interview with Mr. you are too liberal minded not to allow an admirer of yours to tell a few rea- sons why Prof. Greener is opposed to Mr. Stewart? Prof. Greener is not satisfied with his Bombay consulship. He has so notified his near friends in Washington. He has been lead to belieye that he can be made superintendent of the col-| | shall see Mr. Palmer at an early date. ored public schools of your city and is W. T. Menard anxious to trade off the Bombay mis- y inf Rae ae ae h = sion for that place. An article ap: our information is correct, hence peared in the “‘Washinglon Post’? a|you need not go any further, but week or so ago to the effect that the/ directly into the Courts and let the people of New York are not satisfied| matter be there ventilated. Don’t with Prof. Greener leaving the coun- ; try. This is all false cad we are too | back down as THE BEE is everywhere said charges. If you are shown to be specifically connected with the same, an interview with me may preclude my wife and I entering a libel sute against you and again placing you behind the bars—the proper place for all blackmailers and social vampires. glad to get rid of him. I am credit-|prepared. The law of libel may effect ably informed that the A. M. E.|THe BEE as the ‘EpMuUND’s Law” Church has been asked to make this trade. We all knowin New York that colored public schools of Washington | tion. oacaeee = couldn’t get Ante Would —————— e get along as superintendent? Are i i - the citizens of Washington asleep, Mr. The ramblings which were thun Editor, and — to select a man/|derlike but afew days ago over the from among them? K e ; Lawyer T. MtCant Stewart is a gen- bugekce - sheet ao ke tle an or pane ae 22 the respect | have died out to such a degree that and confidence of the Negroes of this country and if he did once support the Senator a sae hardly catch Democratic party he would be too|the whisper. This is no more than much of a man to accept a two dollar! ya, expected. Senator Hanna is er diem place as second chief of a Negro political bureau. a clean man and all such attempts Respéctfally Aree to besmirch his fair name must be OS WILKS. y New York City. | futile. its importance as well as upon the See ar a The time has elligent world ex- ands that the Negro shall advance upon ali those lines which are calculated to develop man and render him an important, useful and indispensable factor in the body ‘Lhese conditions can be met aided by a proper variety of its phe come when the int pects and dem by our own efforts, E p system of public instruction, in which great attention is paid to industrial and manual as well as classical edu- We cannot attain to the posi- tion of entire acceptability to the dom- inent classes ‘by developing peculiar fitness fur any one business or profes- sion, but we must produce men and women by the thousands whose skill, industry and ingenuity will elaborate, work into new forms and put to new uses the inventions of genius and the data of discoverers. Manual and indus- trial schuols become necessary because they tend toward the individualization instruction—toward : needs of tue individual pupils. ual and industrial training develops the power of observing through the senses, inspires a respect for rough honest toil, a love of order, cleanliness, of economy and of the beautiful, while it develops concentration of attention, the power of combination, an appre- ciation of accuracy and the inventive faculties and cultivates discriminating observation and correct perception In this age man is emphatically a tool- cising animal and to train up our boys and girls simply in a knowledge of Greek roots, ologies and fine pvetry would be very much like Uncle Si’s notion of putting a fifty-dollar saddle on a twenty-dollar horse—making a very beautiful but neverless a practi- cally useless animal.” Weatheriy’s ‘the Holy City,’’ a solo, by Miss Georgia Smith, was beau- tifully rendered, alter which the dis- cussion of the paper was opened by Williams whose remarks were more vigorous than clear and the au- dience appeared a trifle puzzled as to whether he tavored or opposed indus- trial education along the lines marked out by the essayist followed by the editor of the Ber, W. Valvin Chase, who spoke forcibly and clear, and while he agreed in the main with the essayist, he observed that the paper did not suggest a remedy. Mr. Chase was being loudly applauded when the president’s gavel announced the Old Bowery theatre, that time-hon- per month on each share—4 ored temple of amusement, which liberal discount on full paid ‘ “Stands to-day in all its pristine glory, stock. There are ten acres qf bu. only a hollow mockery of what it land—Water front 350 feet : average man does not bother himself tunity to brush away many cobwebs | much with fine-spun ethnological dis- tinction. He is more apt to be guid- ed by ocular impressions, and he does »-r. Williams was that his five minutes had expired, but before he could resume his seat Mr. Tyson rose and asked unanimous con- sent that Mr. Chase be allowed te con- tinue his speech for five minutes. There being no objection Mr. Chase proceeded with hisremarks He stated in conclusion that as Dr. Richardson was a member of the board of school trustees, he was in a position to do something to materially improve the present conditon of the industrial schools along the lines suggested in the paper, and that although there were four colored members of the board, they had not, up to the present time, taken any steps in this matter. Mr. Houston stated that the paper is idea of the greatneen of industrial training among the mass @ Mr. Lucius H. Petersus disagreed with the essayist in the main and said that there was no more rea- son why the colored people should be a race of laborers than any other race. Dr. Richardson replied briefly to some of the strictures upon his paper and the discussion closed. Next Sunday the ‘‘Dayis District suf- frage resolutions” will be up for fur- Other interesting fea- tures of the exercises will be a recita- tion by Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the weli known tragedienne, a solo by Prof. James T. Walker, and an instru- mencal duet by the Misses Harvey. will give a reading at the agth, Street Bapust Church, for the benefit of the Home for Friendless Colored Girls situated on Meridian Hill. Thisis the same institution which has been fre- quently commended in our columns, the one in whicn Mrst Clevelandtook so much interest during her husband’s fully covered later occurred the shocking accident Mr. Dunbar, will be aided by our tinguished violin virtuoso Mr. Joseph H. Douglass,—a quartette from the Howard University Mandolin Club \will be under the direction and man- Henry Lewis ored man is a grateful being, whichis sufficient guarantee of its ex- cellence. This institution is entirely Se ee ee dependent upon voluntary subscript- PROF. R. T. GREENER. ions and there is no worthier charity within our District It is hoped and urged that a full house may therefore respond to this appeal, and that those who cannotattend in person will pur- chase at least one ticket—For sweet ther discusston. This season has not been prolific in the theatrical novelties but from all accounts the new comedy Model” by Jane Hauldin-Feig}, will prove one ofthe best attractions pre- sened here this seasons. any selected by Rupolph Aronson is one of the best Comedy organizations ever brought together and includes Mlle Pilar-Horin who _ has delighted exclusive Society gatherings at the Waldorf Astoria this winter with her clever acting. This actress is prub- ably to be remembered by Palmer regarding an investigation of goers for her charming protrayal in management of Augustin Daly. Others prominent in the cast are Maud Has- lam {popular and_ clever comedinne, Caroline Cook, Mollie Révelle, Leo Ditrichstein an expert 4 William Bonnelli, John Har- rington and Felix Heney. Williams and Walker, the real col- comedians, who appear with Hyde’s Comedians at the Grand Opera House next week, are the best in their line of business in the country to-day. They recently challenged Millionaire Vanderbilt to a cake walk, Vanderbilt having won a prize with the select 400 of New York in a contest. ear at each performance and the colored people of this country may be , justly proud of these representatives ‘ rr They are not imitators but originators, and have composed some of the universal sayings and songs, among which ma‘ tion—‘‘You Ain’t So Warm.” show our appreciation by swelli box office receipts. may effect some one else. Don’t hesi- Prof. Greener was removed from the/| tate to carry your threats into exec#- of their race. Letus moves wrinkles and freckels from th ng the face and makes the skin beautiful. , Any person using it can see the result Chester Market, prietor, 21st and the best known Patrons of The Br: patronize this place. The Boston Market, 1711-1713 Penn. » is where you can satisfy | n. Everything first-class, » A.C. Leese, pro- L streets is one of places in the city. E should not fail to | he inner ma MISS IRENE ACKERMAN. Sages often have said that 2 Jack-of- all-trades was generally master of losophers must Coy mer have referred to the male sex, for certain it is that since womankind gained a foothold in the arts and sciences she has caused man to wonder at her extensive versa- tility. In fact, it is not at all uncom- mon now-a-days in studios to see a woman who can turn deft hand to two or three or maybe half a dozen differ- ent branches of ae are if at all The Chesapeake Be wieldy with a pen her very knowledge isa j of ihe different biaacnea readers hee ceneeey 18 8 joint g a severe an analytical critic, and the ization chartered first thing she knows she has a stand ang in the literary world. Such ‘a woman is Irene Ackerman, the subject of this sketch, who in spite of many obstacles in carly life has be- come known to the people of both hemispheres. Born of the union of two staid old Knickerbocker families she found anything but encouragement when she announced as a child that she would becomean actress. At that age she was far from being stage- struck as she was built of different metal. She simply was taken with grandeur of the art and went to work in a business-like manner to test her possibilities of success in the path of Shespis. She possessed beauty and figure, but a. above all a voice of acadezial power On the Chesapeak andrichness. Instead of running about ant—about hunting for dramatic tutors and scho, Is the electric she went boldly to work. A classi al Comfort, Va. _ education was the first prerogative and There is no finer this she found at Kutger s college, at more attractive spot on the that time next to Vassar, the foremost Atlantic Coast. We want female educational institution in the tojoin this con land. seribing to its From thence, after graduating with Shares only ten fitting honors, she made her way to each. Payable $2 cash Coloveil Hogoy ‘ach Hoy COCK orp Und laws of Virginia to a suitable Property and Condy & general hotel business at. Buckroe Beach 5 by from Old Poing each gg ar rv was. Here she was entrusted with mic park covered with live wu small parts which she played accept- trees.—There are already ereg. ably until her “little ” attracted ed an auditorium, cottage andy the attention of Messrs. Fiske & Hark- bath-house, containing’ fifty ins, at that time lesses of the Fifth soeee. i Avenue theatre, now so widely known throughout the country. These two managers, both actors of repute had then at the corner of 22d street and Broadway, and here added to her laurels. | After several starring tours in the j legitmate drama and a an exponent Just Think of i, of Dickens’ characters, Miss Acker- man turned her attention to dramatic literature, and the ‘‘Choir-Girl,” and a dashing comedy, entitled ‘‘Ricket were the results of her labor, and were produced with a prompt.tude which showed the confidence of managers in There is no Resort for colo this little lady’s abilities. These were people in the United States shortly afterward followed by the} OFFICERS: Rev. A. L. Gaines, 4. thrilling melodrama, ‘‘ The Gold M., B. D., Pastor Immanuel} Mine,” a play familiar to all lovers of E. church, Portmouth, V. the drama, and over the title of which ident; George L. Pryor there was so much litigation between at Law, Secretary; Rev. HH Miss Ackerman on one side and Bron- Mitchell, D. D.,—Pastor Bak son Howard, George K. Jessop and Street Baptist church, Noriolk, Nathaniel C. Goodwin on the other. Va.,—Treasurer; Wm. M. Rei, In March, 1882, Miss Ackerman be- Esq , Attorney for the company; came the editor of The Union, the} DIRECTORS: Matt. N. ' ewi prime exponent of affairs in Harlem Editor, Recorder, Norfolk, Va and all that territory of New York Samuel L. Tucker, of King City lying between the Harlem river Mosley & Co. Norfolk, \.B and the city line on the north. Here Clarke, Attorney at Law for five years she labored arduously port News. Jno. H. Cooper, ly and built the paper upto its present Foreman, School Press, Nomi proportions, for it 1s to-day one of the Institute Hampton, Va best paying Yocal weekly newspapers properties in the metropolis. This work wore upon her greatly, and she soon afterwards sought travel in her old capacity and accepted an engagement with Messrs. Shook and Palmer in their elaborate production of the “Lights of London” in which which she appeared in the heavy part of *‘Hetty Preene,” in Chicago and all the the principal western cities. Since then she has played a variety of parts in the West, including ‘‘Merce- des’’ in ‘‘Monte Cristo,”’ ‘‘ . athilde,” in the ‘‘Stranglers of Paris,” “*Ogarta”’ in ‘‘The Sea of Ice,’ ‘Arte O’Neill’’ in “The Shaughran.”’ “Lady Gay Spanker” in ‘‘London Assurance,” and numerous other parts, besides having a long and successful season with Robson & Crane before these inimitable comedians parted. In 1892 Miss Ackerman turned her attention to art. Primarily she spent two seasons laboring in the art class at Cooper Union, and since then has received two diplomas from the art de- partment of the Young Woman’s Chris- tian Association of New York, one for free hand illustration and the other for proficiency in pastel and crayon work. Her portraits of the late Benjamin Baker, Superintendent of the Actors’ Fund of America, and Miss Georgia Cayvan were exhibited at the Actors’ Fund Fair at Madison Square Garden, while those of Chauncey M. Depew, Henry Clews and Russell Sage have won for her flattering commendations. Her pen sketches are also well known, and find ready market in the New York Sunday newspapers. Miss Ackerman’s poens are well known to the readers of Tue ILtys- TRATED Times. She has written some four hundred, which have appeared in newspapers throughout the country, and is about to publish them in vol- ume. Her mother, Mrs. Katherine Acker- man, is a writer of great ability, and besides being a prominent member of the Sorosis Society in New York, is correspondent for several Western and Southern newspapers. Miss Ackerman is a a journalist and poet of ability She is beautiful and gifted with the power of speech. She stands to-day among the leading writ- ers and a polished artist. Her eyes are like basalisks. You ean get further information or su) scribe for stock from the following well known gentlemen. E. V. Davis, Att’y, 609 F st., ™ L. M. Hershaw, 14601 st.0.¥ John D. Hyman, at Bureau of Pen sion. Rev. I. L Thomas, rgtg 11th street, n.w. N. J. Booker, 1 19th st nw, Wm. Calvin Chase 1109 I street n. w., or to D. B. Me Cary, 609 F street, n.w.,at the De pository of the Capital Saviné Bank, where they will also ® ceive payments for stock This resort being at Old Point, Va. * the best location for a national hotel i America. 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