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DRAMATIC CLUB I'THECBITIO" Monday night, at the BJvanston thea- ter, the Northwestern ;:^0ramath} club gave the Editor of The. â- ^an«t(stt^«l^r'-;y'^.; On the 2Ut-W0O*i1i0 ton for the sunny Southland, making our first stop at Birmingham, Ala., which has been wjeU named the Pitts- burgh of the SCUth. With almost Inexhaustible mines of coal and ironmt its very doors, situ- ated in a beautiful valley with high ridges and hills on either side afford- ing attractive sites for homes, and having already.a population of near- ly 150,000, it bids fair, with its genial climate to become ere long one of the most populous and attractive cities of the south. In 1870 the site of tho city was a cotton field; in 1880 It had a popula- tion of only 3,086, while now eight railroads centre there and a fine com- modious union station greets the traveler. The city has numerous fine busi- ness blocks, one Just being finished twenty stories in height; two new hotels under construction, which, it Is said, will cost about $1,000,000 each; many fine homes on the heights; several church buildings, costing $100,000 or.more each; some half dozen colleges in the city or near suburbs; an up-to-date manual train- ing high school, etc. Besides its numerous plants, which turn out a variety of iron products, a large part of which is exported; there are cotton factories, cotton seed oil mills, glass works, with the raw material close at hand in almost unlimited quantity. Visited Plney Woods 8chool. Leaving his wife here to rest, the writer made a side trip to Braxton, Miss., to. visit the Plney Woods .In- dustrial school, established there In the black belt about three years ago by an ambitious and energetic young col- ored man, Laurence C. Jones. Young Jones worked his way through the Marshalltown High school and then through the Iowa State university, from which he graduated In 1907 with credit, and won the respect and en- dorsement of his teachers. Realising the needs of his race and willing to sacrifice himself for its good, he gath- ered about him other young colored men of kindred spirit and* with prac- tically no money or material support, but with a vision, and a generous sup- Ply of young black folk, wont Into the Pine woods about three miles from the village of Braxton and under the«Jly shade of a spreading* pine, started his school. Previous to this he had won the confidence of an ax-claveâ€"K. N. Taylor, a hard-headed man of little or no school education* hut endowed *ith good buainesa and moral sense, and who had accnmnlated property and standing above most of his fel- This Mr. Taylor gave aa a nucleus for the school, forty acre* of land, $50 in money and net a Utile good ad- advice. Walk Tare* Wtos to School. The viDage of Braxton has a school **** three tint hum fur the white «*fldren, bat no school for the black •enureu. and they arc more than a **» At present black boys and ghis ~-somo of them only 5 or d years of **e--aro walking three miles and •ore to Mr. Jonea* school returning ** their tick iko historically and othejnhww __ ..____________ have their chU- *** «aH thsisssalias of the attain- and seems now to be moving east- ward. The people thereabouts are now feeling very poor and find it dif- ficult to pay tuition and board of their children, even of the simplest sort. They are allowed to pay in almost any- thing they have to spare. Sometimes it is a cow, a pig, a pair of geese, or it may be a few bushels of sweet pota* toes. Corn meal and sweet potatoes and molasses constitute a large part of the school's dietary. The day the writer was there a man and his wife came in a farm wagon, bringing six gallons of cane syrup and a daughter to enter the school.v As a rule each child old enough to labor is required to work about one-half of the time and attend school the other -half. If not able to pay for board and tuition, then to work during the day and at- tend night school. Only the common branches are taught Then, outside, gardening, farm-crop culture, carpen- try, blacksmithing, broom making, shoe mending, printing, etc., to the boys, and sewing, millinery, house- keeping, etc., to the girls. The teach- ers have been well trained for their respective branches. Farming Results Good. Not a little in the way of extension work is being done in the surrounding country, and already the results are apparent in more diversified farming, better tillage, more tidy homes, etc. Mr. Jones has won the respect and confidence of the best white people of Braxton, as is evidenced by the fact that they have aided in providing a two-story building for a girls' dor- mitory, the construction of which was mostly done by the larger hoy scholars, under" the directlon_jjf~lhe manual training teacher. Fairly good land in the vicinity can now he pur- chased for from $7 to $10 per acre, and Mr. Jones is desirous of securing more land as rapidly as possible in order to afford opportunity for a larger number of boys to earn their schooling, and is now negotiating for about 100 acres, the money to pay for which he secured during his can- vass in the north last summer. Mr. Jones'and his associates are now married and have wivesâ€"cul- tured, capable and enthusiastic in making the most of their opportuni- ties. I know of no work where a dollar will go further in effecting an up- lift of a people, white and black, than in this work that is being done at the Piney Woods school It is a busy place, the rising bell being rung at 5 a. m. The equipment, which includes chapel and dormitory building for boys, with printing shop In the basement, several small build- ings for the various shops, poultry yards, etc., represents an estimated value of $7,000, and all free from debt At present the scholars number near- ISO, but the demand . is much larger than can now be cared fur. Everything is severely plain, not-to say crude, but the great Abraham Lincoln acquired much of his train tag by the light of pine knots In a log cabin. Up to the present, Mr. Jones and his associates have given their services with practically no compensation except a meagre living. Should any of your readers be dis- posed to render any assistance, how- ever small, either in money or equip* ment, it will be most gratefully re- ceived. W. P. Mangnnv cashier of the Braxton bank, is treasurer of the schooL CRitons of Keokuk, 1a. gate the eqpupasent for saakti A New York lady gave the lag outfit. With more land, atensnef mules, and fanning implementa wiR be greatly needed. We next went to Montgomery,____ ^iifcB we found an tnterestiag town. ances of Sheridan's '^he^0ritic,1 a Play too well known to need t com- •™* .*. *v.. *,_. The ohar«4ers^ U^e oonoorn Wednesday. Two line- men took the wagon and horse and ..^.^^^wvâ€"w w.. „«,„,.., v - -â€" -^~â„¢~-, Ifeve/ over to Warren and Wesley Ich infested Texas som* yearr ago ™»*h^Mra,J^wigh^Stteer^ltt^ret* ^wMttw^oHn»^l^• teleplhotiettw ment at this time. ful Plagiary and Puff, while they am horse was blanketed and weight put pear in the costume of the time of the great dramatist* are typical of their kind of the twentieth century and win appreciation from an audience of any age. The cast, carefully chosen from the members of the Northwestern IWn&r tic club, gave a most creditable inter- pretation of the play, especially la the part of Sneer and Puff, the critic and the dramatist rehearsing his own play. In the "tragedy" Lilbumina displayed musical ability in a triumph of had acting of the part of the lore* lorn maiden gone distraught. The action of the play moved with- out a hitch so far as could be seen from the house, a testimony to the efficient work of Miss Julia Beth Far- tell, who has had the responsibility of training, the young actors. . The audience was appreciative and enthu- siastic in its approval of the good work done on the stage. There is every evidence that the house will be quite filled tonight and we feel justi- fied in assuring the holders of tickets for the performance that they will have a most enjoyable evening. In the words of Sheridan, through the lips of Puff, we are at a loss which to admire most of the factors .which went to the making of this suc- cessful performance, but we rather lean to "the Incredible exertions of the performers,** with a how too, to the power behind it all. Miss Farrell. . ^Mf****-----------------------------------â€" MUSICAL CLUB IN THE "MESSIAH" The Evanaton Musical club will sing Handel's "Messiah*4 on Thursday even- ing, Dec 10. at the First Methodist church of Evanaton, P. C. Lutkin con- ducting. The soloists are Mrs. Ore M. Fletcher, soprano; Miss Christine Miller, contralto; John W. Nichols, tenor, and •Arthur Middleton, Chorus of 200, with full orchestra. •'WSiafr :?Wliew or practical .^^r*^^^^^* â-  wna^F. â- (â- sj.wengnspsjaagn rs^Asnjnw^spny Wf* ' many' )f^i '<â-  J':- FACULTY HOST TO P. ©.•«. About one-third of the ninety grad- uate students of Northwestern univer- sity were entertained Monday night at a reception given by the faculty of the college of liberal arte in Unit library Dean Holgate gave a few words of greeting to the class. In which he consoled them for the fact that they were not "if any longer, and could not enjoy the pleasures) of under* graduate days again. President Har- ris stated that they were preparing for. one of the moat Ideal occupations which they could select. He spoke from his own experiences and cited many humorous personal . A DAINTY SHOP. Among the finest of shops for and misses te that of Mrs. a P. Meyers, located on the- ground steer, 604 South Michigan avenue. Harvester building. The shopper is coastderabty prised on entering this shop to servo not only the wide range of elusive novelties,, for misses, but the dainty way ta which they are shown. Mrs. Meyers Is among the ftrht te receive the newest and ties from this country and Is doing considerable to assist hi matins Michigan avenue On shopping sirest In Chtcagn out ^and the men went into the house V> ji» their work. When they came ou? in about an hour there was no *lgn of hone or wagon* and after a diligent search of the neighborhood no traces could be found of the lost animal. They notified the police, who In turn called the Rogers Park and Chicago departments. About 10 o'clock the missing horse and wagon was found at the corner of Olarh street and Devon avenue in Chi- cago^ and was returned to the com* pany*s stables. Nothing wag taken from the wagon, and the horse waa in good shape. The deductions of Sherlock Holmes might he that some tired and thirsty man, who wished to save carfare, had purloined the outfit so that he could ride free of charge to the nearest sa- loon. It hardly seemi probable that the horfre &ould have strayed from West BJvaniton to Devon avenue and Clark street without being stopped by some policeman. Mr. Gates, the local manager, is not cudgling his brain over why the horse was taken.â€"he ta lust happy that they got It back. WILMKTTt WOMAN'S CLUs). A children's party will be' given at the Wllmette Woman's Club Friday, Dec. 27th, at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Rather* lne Reynolds McCormick will recite "Uncle Remus'* stories. Music will be furnished by the Music Study class. Refreshments will he served. Mem- hers expecting to take children are requested to notify Mrs. O. C Bast- man, chairman of the social commit- tee, on Monday, Dec. 23rd, how many children they will take. Members who have no children may Invite a child, fifteen years old or younger. A dinner with evening program for club members and their husbands will be furnished by Mrs. Emily Montague Bishop Thursday evening, Jan. 9th. She will give her well-known read- ing, "Little Pleasantriea in the Sen ate." Owing to the limited capacity of the club house it Is desirous to as- certain how many members with es- cort will attend the dinner which cus- tomarily precedes the program. Sev- entaMrre osfts a plate will be charged. Mrs. Off Sastman. chairman of the social jpsmnilttee. will receive names up to Thursday, Dec ttth. be- ginning the count Monday, the Utn. The nrat 113 members beard from will each he allowed to take one guest to tan dinner. Should the num- ber of names received greatly exceed the limit It may be necessary to give merely an evening program with light ;#.'. ;*• iSpfl joyed ^Lectyrtlii^ 9ifof&' irm *â- !«£ IL^rfKIINiwttJS 1 'v â-  â- â- . . â- â-  J. i n-••.•â- .!. .'"';- •: W-&&' â- &â-  ti*m%$ This 8et^l;lr;F(rifc:tl^^ Chancellor Jenks added dUUncUon to the lecture course of the Bvanston Historical society Monday night with his charming, â- wf^:^--Mi^^l^ lecture on, "Java, the Paradise <sf the##| World." Greeted by a splendid audi- W | ence, which filled the lecture hall from sill to sill, the lecturer waa ih nne lg| fettle, and for an now an£ a half de- £&$ lighted bis hearers with his keenness of observation and ^with therapioe ho-^^ sprinkled over the stiry of the little * island, where Holland, halt * world H away from home, rules a colony of unique people. The UlUiti»tro» were ^ quite the finest that have been showh J; r at the Historical society during this course. Many of them were land- I3 scapes of baffling beauty, while others had a note of human interest, equal to the pictures shown by Mr. Ward f|" In his lecture earlier In the course. â-  As the audience filed out, the favor- able commenta were heard on every side, and the course which has been steadily growing in favor from the The lecture for next Monday even- ing will be given by Mr. Henry A. Pearsons and is entitled; MWhnt a Boy 8aw in the Civil War," Mr. Pear- sons has a story to tell about the great conflict, which Is well worth a hearing. It is full to the brim with ^ incidents of that time that throw side- lights on its history; not read In the books. ' Use ail the lectures In the course, It Is Illustrated. As the operator becomes better ac- Mrs. Frank H. Gallagher led the discussion at the study ctena of wonv an*a part In government yesterday. Dec. 18th. The subject constdered was public health work. Do net forget the lecture en Mexico by Mr. leabsTt X Kerr to bo gtien at the dub bsnuiw earner Gratnleaf and Tenth ntreeta, Thursday evening. Dec lfuaw at eight oVmek. Mr. Kerr ban ttvesl the last ten years In Mexico and wW give a very iatereesiag and fsMirncttve taRu admaudna Is free. especsaRy Invited. quainted with the new machine at the society, It gives better service, while the noise which attended Its tret operation baa disappeared. Last evening Mr. William Horton of the Camera Shop presided over It and R responded like a charm. Thoee who come late, and after the batt is dark- ened, find It dimcuit to obtain seats on account of the already crowded auditorium. The lectures commeace at 8 o'clock, and it would be well for the patrons to be on than, They era heM every Monday eveaiag. The His- torical society S5mc*ooaty tnvRen the public to attend without fee. and aeea to It that none hnt the beat talent la Invited to n Place on Ra progress. It would almost eeesa aa If this worthy society Should have a bulldtng att Ra own. NCW TRIER HIGH SCHOOC The high school closed last Friday for tho holiday vacntten and will open Jan. & Mtse Parks, tho JDagKah teacher, and Mian Stewart, the French teacher. hum heen on the sick Ret MmaHnr- ford of Glsncoe tnofc Miss Farkaf sM»ROJwWJMIRMTR AT WINTRR**. front of George R. SOT Davis street. Rr- R It htr. FMbs there the wrRer visRed tho Yuskegeo conwed school and enw T. Washhsgten and his Prof. M. R. Rrowsv Rrst vicoprosi of tho Stale Tend tie*. wRt snoot with that body ha rla dartag tho woosl The subject far dtssnesten Is "Greater mmisntiy m School Work,-* Prof. Rrowsv htr. Stei and htr. ChRau vmsled tin