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Rh Plantation work, Mrs. Washington’s course in, 267, 315.

“Plucky Class,” the, 105.

Political life, allurements of, 85.

Politics in early days at Tuskegee, 110-111.

Poor whites, 26.

Porter, A. H., 142.

Porter, General Horace, 279, 280.

Porter Hall, 142; first service in chapel of, 157.

Porter, John Addison, 303, 310.

Port Hudson, Negro soldiers at, 255.

Porto Rico, students from, at Tuskegee, 313.

Post-graduate address at Plampton, 94.

Potato-hole, the, 4.

Prichard, Mr. L., 290.

Property test suggested for franchise, 84, 237.

Providence, R.I., a lucky morning in, 189.

Public speaking, emptiness of mere abstract, 67; Washington’s first practice in, 92; in conjunction with General Armstrong in the North, 180; “An idea for every word,” 180; career begins at Madison, Wis., 199; secret of success in, 238-256.

Quartette, Washington and the Hampton, in the North, 178-180.

Queen, the, Washington takes tea with, 285.

Quincy, Hon. Josiah, 251.

Race feeling in America, 289.

Race riots in the South, 304.

Reading, Washington’s tastes in, 263.

Reading-room, established at Malden, 76; first, at Tuskegee, 190.

Reconstruction period, 80-91.

Reid, Ed., 291.

Reliability of slaves, 13, 14, 15, 19.

Richmond, Va., Washington’s first experiences in, 48-50; meets Dr. Curry in, 194-195; guest of the coloured people of, 318-319.

Rich people, necessity for, in the world, 182; business methods essential in dealing with, 192.

Rockefeller, John D., 297.

Rotterdam, Washington visits, 278.

Royal College for the Blind, Commencement exercises of the, 285.

Ruffner, General Lewis, 43, 78.

Ruffner, Mrs. Viola, 43-45, 71.

St. Gaudens, Augustus, 251.

St. Louis, gift of a library by citizens of, 288.

St. Louis, voyage in the, 288.

Salt-mining in West Virginia, 25-26.

Sanders Theatre, Commencement exercises in, 297-298.

Santiago, black regiments at, 255.

Savage, Rev. Minot J., 297, 299.

School, Washington as a boy escorts white children to, 6-7; first, for Negroes, 29; night, started, 30; Washington first attends, 31; at Hampton, see Hampton; Washington teaches, at Malden, 75; opened at Tuskegee, 106-I10, 119. See Night-school.

Schoolhouses burned, 78.

Scott, Emmett J., 259, 274.

Servants in England, 286.

Sewell, Senator, 275, 277.

Sewing-machines at Tuskegee, 1 13.

Shafter, General, 306.

Shaw Memorial, address at dedication of, 249-253.

Shaw, Robert Gould, 249-250.

Sheets, Washington’s first experience with, 60-61; lessons in use of, at Tuskegee Institute, 175-176.