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146 THE CRISIS be done in such a small space. But here the resourcefulness and ingenuity of the leader is seen at its best. Just one room seems used for the same purpose at all times. This room is the kitchen where, under the direction of the cooking department, work of inestimable value to the community is being done. The best in preserving and canning, in a cake and breadmaking and in the preparation of ordinary foods may be learned there, as well as something of food values, etc. The parlor witnesses many transformations. Sometimes it is a music room for a singing class; another time a closet door is opened and games of all descriptions appear to the satisfaction of a group of boys or girls. Another hour and it is a quiet reading room or a lecture room for a group of mothers. But it is in the upper room that one sees the real workshop. There are to be found products of the needle, of embroidery, knitting, basket weaving, chair caning and woodwork. If the real woman does not thrill as she observes the girls and women develop beautiful things here, she is certain to do so if she is permitted to examine the finished embroideries, rugs, baskets, etc., that are ready for the purchaser. Much support for the work is derived from articles sold, but the chief benefit is in giving the boys, girls and women the ennobling touch with the beautiful together with the power to earn a penny. There is the large well-kept yard with much more room for its activities. Poultry raising, home gardening and flower culture could all be written about with profit. Last year more than three thousand cuttings and plants and three hundred packages of seed were distributed to the community through this center. The remainder of the grounds is given over to well-directed play and exercise. There are "teams" of various kinds for both boys and girls and tennis and croquet grounds. Still another chapter could be written on the child-welfare department, which, along with other things, has done much to save juvenile offenders from prison cells. [[image]] HISTORIC DAYS IN JULY 1. Slavery abolished in the Dutch West Indies, 1863. 2. Vermont declared slavery a violation of natural rights, 1777. 3. Prince Hall established first lodge of Negro Freemasons in North America, 1775. 4. Booker T. Washington opened school at Tuskegee, Ala., 1881. 5. Joseph B. Foraker, defender of the discharged battalion of the 25th Infantry, born, 1846. 6. Hawaiian Islands made United States Territory, 1898. 7. General B. F. Butler discharged from the army a Negro, enlisted as a white man, 1862. 8. Right of suffrage given Negroes in District of Columbia, 1867. 9. Negroes massacred at Hamburg, S. C., 1875. 11. Act of Congress to effect treaty for the final suppression of the slave trade approved, 1862. 13. Draft riots in New York City, 1863. 16. Daniel Hand, philanthropist, born, 1801. 17. Act of Congress authorizing the arming of Negroes approved, 1862. 18. Lemuel Haynes, celebrated Negro minister, born, 1753. Fort Wagner assaulted and Col. Robert G. Shaw killed, 1863. 19. Tennessee ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, 1866. 20. The Fourteenth Amendment proclaimed, 1868. 21. General David Hunter, first Union commander in War of Rebellion to enlist Negro troops, born, 1802. 27. Anthony Burns, whose rendition as a fugitive slave caused riots in Boston, died, 1862. 29. Bethel, Philadelphia, the mother of A. M. E. Church, dedicated, 1794. 30. Massacre growing out of politics in New Orleans, 1866. 31. Slavery ceased in Egypt, 1881. L. M. HERSHAW. [[image]] COLORED MEN LYNCHED WITHOUT TRIAL. [[4 columned table]] | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1885 | 78 | 1899 | 84 | | 1886 | 71 | 1900 | 107 | | 1887 | 80 | 1901 | 107 | | 1888 | 95 | 1902 | 86 | | 1889 | 95 | 1903 | 86 | | 1890 | 90 | 1904 | 83 | | 1891 | 121 | 1905 | 61 | | 1892 | 155 | 1906 | 64 | | 1893 | 154 | 1907 | 60 | | 1894 | 134 | 1908 | 93 | | 1895 | 112 | 1909 | 73 | | 1896 | 80 | 1910 | 65 | | 1897 | 122 | 1911 | 63 | | 1898 | 102 | | | | Total | | | 2,521 | [[/4 columned table]] [[image]] DELINQUENT GIRLS IN MISSOURI. MRS. IDA. A. WALKER, president of the Missouri State Federation of Colored Women, has a strong letter in the U. B. F. Searchlight, the official organ of the Missouri State Teachers' Association, urging the men, by their votes, to demand that the State make some provisions for the delinquent colored girls. "Do you know," she writes, "that more than three-fourths of the women in the penitentiary are young colored women? Why does this condition exist? Are our women greater criminals that the women of other races? No. The Industrial Home at Chillicothe is overcrowded. And it cane readily be seen that the percentage of criminality is not greater among our girls than among the white girls, but it is because we have no other place to send our delinquent girls save to the penitentiary. It is the duty of every church, fraternal organization, newspaper and race-loving man to assist the Negro clubwomen of the State in doing something for our girls who are crying to us from the lowest depths, and in keeping them out of the penitentiary." "I MET A LITTLE BLUE-EYED GIRL." A certain element in the South takes pains to rear the children of the family faithfully in the doctrines of Blease and Vardaman. "A Negro had been lynched in the neighborhood," said a recently returned traveler, "and crowds went out to see what was left of his body. The people I was staying with went with the rest and took their children - all but one, who had been naughty and was kept home as a punishment." I MET a little blue-eyed girl - She said she was five years old; "Your locket is very pretty, dear; And pray what may it hold?" And then - my heart grew chill and sick - The gay child did not flinch - "I found it - the tooth of a colored man - My father helped to lynch." "And what had he done, my fair-haired child?" (Life and Death play a fearful game!) "Oh, he did nothing - they made a mistake - But they had their fun, just the same!" BERTHA JOHNSTON.
