CHAPTER XV.

CUBAN EDUCATION AND THE CHICAGO PEACE JUBILEE ADDRESS.

The Movement at Tuskegee for the Education of Cubans and Porto Ricans--The Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund Enables Author and Mrs. Washington to Lecture in the Cities of the South--These Lectures were Plain Talks to the Colored People about the Financial, Physical, Mental and Moral Needs--The Peace Celebrations in the United States after the Spanish-American War--The Author Invited to Speak at the Chicago Peace Jubilee--Accepts and Speaks October 16, 1898--Many Prominent People Present, Including President McKinley, Cabinet Officers, Heroes of the Late War, and Others--Names of Other Speakers--Author’s Speech in Full on this Occasion--What the Chicago Times-Herald had to say in Regard to this Speech--President McKinley Listened to this Speech and Bowed His Appreciation--Some Criticisms in the South of Portions of this Speech--Criticisms Replied to by Author in a Letter to the Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald--Author’s Policy in Speech Making--The Need of Greater Charity of the Races Towards Each Other.