We are very pleased to announce that we have secured the services of Miss Leona Porter to conduct our Domestic Science Department. She is, without question, one of the leading cooking authorities in this country today and needs no introduction. To secure Miss Porter’s services exclusively for the =Half-Century=, it cost a great deal of money, but we wanted to have the “real authority” to conduct this department. The recipes which will be published each month should be saved. They are arranged in convenient form, so that they can be cut out and pasted in your cook book. You are at liberty to write Miss Porter at any time and she will give you, without cost, helpful advice on all questions of marketing and cooking, household economies, recipes, menus, left-overs and problems of housekeepers. Miss Evelyn Northington will conduct our Department of Beauty Hints. Miss Northington needs no introduction, as she is of national renown as an authority on Beauty Culture. You can rest assured that when Miss Northington indorses anything, it has had her personal investigation and her indorsement cannot be purchased for money. The article itself must come up to the standard or she will not indorse it. Little aids to beauty and good health—hints on complexion, hair trouble, skin, etc.—are matters on which you will receive advice promptly from a source you may trust. We shall note each month, as the information comes to us, the latest books by Colored authors or about the Negro. The latest songs and music by Negroes and the latest talking machine records. We want short stories with plots and settings dealing with Negro life and will pay a good price for all such stories as are accepted for publication in our columns. Stories must not exceed 5,000 words, must be typewritten and written only on one side of paper. Please understand—manuscripts that are not accepted will not be returned unless sufficient stamps are inclosed to pay postage on the same. Politics! Oh, yes! The Negro is a born politician, and although we shall try to avoid following our natural instinct to jump into the Political Pot, at the same time we are going to reserve the right to discuss fairly and impartially, men and measures as they may come up to affect the welfare of the race. We are planning a Special Fashion Number for our September issue. This will be a unique number in which we have a big surprise in store for you. We will show the latest fall styles in ladies’ wearing apparel. A corps of trained fashion experts of our race in Chicago and New York have been engaged and will especially feature our people in the latest styles.