Transcriber’s Note: This is a reprint edition provided by the Negro Universities Press, New York, 1969. Articles split across pages of the magazine have been re-joined. Adverts have been moved to the end of the publication. THE HALF-CENTURY MAGAZINE AUGUST, 1916 [Illustration] 10 cents a Copy 75 cents a Year The HALF-CENTURY MAGAZINE PUBLISHING Company Chicago, Illinois The Half-Century Magazine K. E. WILLIAMS, Editor E. S. BROWN, Business Mgr. 3708 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO SUBSCRIPTION 75 Cents per Year; 50 Cents for Six Months; 25 Cents for Three Months =Expirations.=—Each subscriber is notified of the expiration of his subscription by the receipt of =a blue subscription blank= enclosed in the last issue of the magazine to which he is entitled. =Change of Address.=—In every case give the old as well as the new address. We cannot proceed without this information. =Most Important of All.=—In every letter that you write us never fail to give your full address plainly written, name, post-office, County and State. =We Always Stop the Magazine= at the expiration of the time paid for unless a renewal of subscription is received. Those whose subscriptions have expired must not expect to receive the magazine unless they send the money to pay for it another year. =Postage.=—From subscribers in Chicago 24 cents extra is required to cover postage upon a yearly subscription. In all other parts of the United States, Mexico and our Island possessions we prepay postage. For foreign countries we require 36 cents extra to cover a year’s postage and for Canada 18 cents in addition to the regular yearly subscription. =Remittances= may be made in ordinary letters if the sum is small. Where they exceed one dollar use registered letter, P. O. Money Order, or Express Money Order. VOLUME I AUGUST, 1916 NUMBER 1 CONTENTS Cover Mrs. Florence Cole-Talbert Page Editorial 3-4 An Orator 5 Centennial General A. M. E. Conference 6 National Republican Convention 6 An Act of Charity (A Story) 7 The National Association of Colored Women 8 Musical and Dramatic 9 A Salesmen’s Convention 10 Beauty Hints 11 Domestic Science 12 Opportunity (A Poem) 16 The Man Who Wins (A Poem) 16 With Our Exchanges 18 EDITORIAL