The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Booker T. Washington Refused Hotel Accomodation at Wichita, Kansas. Two of the Wizard's best White Friends in the South came near heaving him from the rear end of a Pullman Palace Car. Booker T. Refused Hotel A Wichita, K Two of the Wiza Friends in the near heaving rear end of a Car. Prof. Booker T. Washington, the world renowned wizard of Tuskegee, Ala., has had a wonderful experience the past ten days, and his stock as the modern Moses or leader of ten million people has greatly depreciated. The most severe jolt received by him was at Wichita, Kans., where he was not permitted to stop in any hotel in that strongly Republican city, and for the first time in many years in the North, East or West he was forced to seek accommodations among his own race and people. The refusal of the hotels to accommodate him cast a dampness over his visit. through "bleeding Kansas," and at the same time he was painfully reminded that it is impossible for him to travel throughout the length and breadth of this country proclaiming the "inferiority of the Negro and that "Jim Crow Cars" are just the thing for him," without himself being subjected to insults and indignities which no true American would submit to for one minute. On his way home from Kansas, where he met with so many unpleasant experiences, one or two of his best white friends in the South labored under the impression "that he was in earnest when he declared that the two races in this country can be as separate as the five fingers on his hand when it comes to social equality" and that was the reason why they could hardly be restrained from heaving him from the rear end of a Pullman palace car, while he was speeding through mississippi, last Sunday, and that incident further demonstrates that it is absolutely impossible for any one to "score a point against the right without loading the dice against himself." Aside from these two shocks in one week, Prof. Washington was dealt an upper cut or a stinging body blow by his best white friends of Montgomery, Ala., when he arrived in that city where he enters the "Jim Crow Car and rides to Tuskegee." It had leeked out some way or other "that NEGRO EXCELS IN SCIENCE. Trained by a Noted Educator and Does Valuable Works. John W. Widgeon, scientist, is probably the most interesting Negro in Baltimore. He holds a position at the Maryland Academy of Sciences directly under the eye of Dr. Philip R. Uhler, which gives him a place of distinction among his race. He has accomplished a wonderful amount of work of a scientific nature without any other training than that given him by Dr. Uhler, whose protege he has been for many years, and he is engaged at present upon the arrangement of a collection of coral which he gathered last summer in and near Jamacia which is said to be the best in that part of the country. Widgeon's life has been such an interesting one that at the suggestion of Dr. Uhler he has begun to write out the whole of it. He is the only Negro in Maryland who has seriously attracted the attention of scientific men, and what he is doing now bids fair to make him even more widely known than before. Widgeon was born of slave parents on the eastern shore of Virginia in 1850. After the civil war he went to Baltimore and got a position in the establishment of Kuhn & Cummings, photographers, where he learned a great deal about photography. Then he went to work for Sharp & Dohme, where he remained sixteen years. he proposed to purchase an extensive tract of land near the former capital of the Confederate States, and establish thereon a school farm or experiment station for Negroes." But his best white friends in that city and for miles around it have rose up in arms against him, and they have signed a huge petition addressed to Prof Washington requesting him not to consummate the purchase, as they not desire him nor any branch of his school located near them. In the light of these events, what becomes of Prof. Washington,s boasted doctrine "That all the Negro had to do in the South was to stop being lazy and greasey, acquire a bank account, become a land holder and that the white man would gladly and cheerfully borrow money from him and give him a mortgage on his home as security for it?" Is he not willing to admit by this time that all these years he has been dealing in false logic in this respect. That the more he glorifies the Jim Crow car laws and endorses or upholds the new constitutions of the Southern States which were enacted simply to disfranchise the Negro, and permit ignorant white men to vote; that the more he decries against the higher education of the Negro and mixes up his civil and political rights with the bugbear of social equality, the greater contempt he is held in by the great majority of the Southern whites. From henceforth, let Prof. Washington if he desires to pose as the great and only leader of ten million people cease from proclaiming the doctrine: that the Negro belongs to an inferior race and therefore he is not entitled to enjoy the same rights and privileges which are enjoyed by all classes and nationalities aside from him; and let him teach the Negro: that cowards and slaves die many times before their death, that the valiant never tastes of death but once, that the Negro must be willing on all occasions to freely sned his life's blood while contending for his civil and political rights. During his connection with this firm he learned a lot of chemistry, for he was employed in the laboratory ten years. Dr. Uhler gave him a position as a helper on one of the scientific corps after he left the drug firm and he showed such marked ability in this line of field work that it was not long before he was sent out on expeditions by himself to gather geological specimens for collections or for study in the laboratory. He has been engaged upon this sort of work for eighteen years and in that time he has got together a valuable collection of fossils, rocks, minerals, Indian relics and birds and snakes, all of which are on exhibition at the Maryland Academy of Science. The coral collection is excellent. Widgeon made two trips to Jamaica to get it. He did all the work himself. He stripped and dived for the specimens he wanted, not bothering with the paraphernalia of regulation scientists and divers. Mrs. Anna Johnson, 2832 Dearborn street, who is a real widow and not a grass widow, was without the least doubt the most elegantly and richly robed lady at the charity ball Monday evening. She wore a heliotrope Satin spangled robe which could not be surpassed in make or fit, her ornaments were real diamonds. Mrs. Johnson was in every sense of the word the queen of the charity ball. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JANUARY 28, 1905. The Extremely popular and enterprising proprietor of the Wellington Hotel, who was this week elected President of the Hote. Men's Association of Chicago. A Great Discovery. That one little discovery in producing radium may lead to tremendous consequences if the substance can ever be produced cheaply. For it undoubtedly is to electricity what compressed air is to that substance or solidified oxygen is to oxygen, namely solidified electricity having all the properties of that mysterious thing. Best of all, no doubt, by means of an ounce of it the properly shaped aerial ship can be made to direct its course in perfect rapidity. But the article though lasting forever costs some $20,000 per grain. Dickens truly wrote of us in 1840 that in all this broad land was not one head of a family but owned his home and had abundant subsistence. He spoke of the North. What has caused such a fearful change. Reckless expenditures and waste of public funds and property all done to make an excuse for higher tariffs. The scoundrels stole the livery and name of Republican to ruin and utterly destroy the Republic itself. We are lost indeed. HOLT. Through the kinness of Mr. John R. Bradshaw, auditor, the Chicago Chronicle, we are enabled to present the readers of The Broad Ax with a portrait of Albert S. Gage, Esq., the newly elected President of the Hotel Men's Association of Chicago. The United States Senate which is run and controlled by the Lily White Republicans will admit Oklahoma and New Mexico into the Union as full-fledged states, and Senator Beveridge of Indiana has put his head together with old Ben Tillman, and as Senator Beveridge is chairman of the committee on territories, he is in favor of an amendment which will be adopted by the Senate, which has for its object the separation of the white and the blacks in all the schools in those two states. Hurrah for the Lily White Leaders of the G. O. P. Through Col. John R. Marshall and Mr. Noah Thompson a committee being organized to look after the comforts of the Chicagoans who attend the inauguration in Washington D. C. St. Mark Literary. State sereet near 47th street. State serect, near 4th street. The program at the St. Mark Literary last Sunday afternoon was in charge of the Mercy and Help Department of the Epworth League. Mrs. J. A. Washington is chairman of this department. Miss Ophelia read a very interesting paper, subject: "When Does Chicago Sleep?" Mrs. Ida Horde read a paper on "Prison Reforms." The principal speaker was Mrs. Chilton. The address was listened to with great interest. Mrs. Chilton related her experience as a city probationary officer. At the close of the meeting a committee was appointed to take some steps toward raising a salary for two colored probotionary officers. Next Sunday afternoon the program will be in charge of the True Reformers. Mr. W. T. Bailey will deliver the principal address. Lecture On "The Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians." Sunday, January 29th at 4 p. m., Julius F. Taylor will address the West Side Sunday Club, St. Stephens Church on "The Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians." Eugene B. Fletcher has become a candidate for City Clerk on the Republican ticket. Mr. Fletcher halls from the 7th ward and is of sterling worth and deserving of political honors. Through the knunness of Mr. John H. Bradshaw, auditor, the Chicago Chronicle, we are enabled to present the readers of The Broad Ax with a portrait of Albert S. Gage, Esq., the newly elected President of the Hotel Men's Association of Chicago. The United States Senate which is run and controlled by the Lily White Republicans will admit Oklahoma and New Mexico into the Union as full-fledged states, and Senator Beveridge of Indiana has put his head together with old Ben Tillman, and as Senator Beveridge is chairman of the committee on territories, he is in favor of an amendment which will be adopted by the Senate, which has for its object the separation of the whites and the blacks in all the schools in those two states. Hurrah for the Lily White Leaders of the G. O. P. Through Col. John R. Marshall and Mr. Noah Thompson a committee is being organized to look after the comforts of the Chicagoans who attend the inauguration in Washington, D. C., March 4th. This committee is authorized by "The Roosevelt Inauguration Committee of Washington, D. C." Its duties are to see to it that representative members of the race attending the inauguration are invited to the "Big Ball" and properly presented to the President and his official family while there. Mrs. Lular Williams and Mrs. Minkle Howard, formerly of this city, but now of New York City, came on from the east for the special purpose of attending the charity ball Monday evening. It fell to our lot to be cordially greeted by both ladies as they entered the Coliseum Annex. Mrs. Howard, who is stopping with her sister at 4747 Dearborn street, was very queenly in appearance. She was attired in a very expensive white broadcloth dress, and she wore a white opera coat and a most beautiful white picture hat to match the costume. Mrs. Williams, who is stopping with friends at 2543 Dearborn street, never did look as pretty and as sweet as she did on this occasion. She was attired in baby blue crepon. The yoke of her dress was of the most expensive richly tinted French lace and she also wore a white opera coat and hat to harmonise with her dress. Both ladies were kept busy for fully an hour in greeting their numerous friends. They will spend two weeks here in being wined and dined before returning to their homes in New York City. President Roosevelt Is Letting Down Joining Hands With the South and Turning His Back on the Negro. Every clear-headed and intelligent Colored American knows that President Roosevelt has, as a matter of fact, done but comparative little for the Negro in a positive way. Eating with a Negro, something properly hardy to be remarked upon, was, as Judge Jones says, impromptu. The President was hungry and desired further service out of Prof. Washington and could not satisfy his hunger without asking his conferee to "have a bite." Through his appointee, Judge Jones, of course, but indirect. The President, in appointments, has done very little, less than any of his predecessors, even Cleveland. He has simply refused to close the "door of hope." He just keeps it ajar. All the rest has been merely talk, much of it very good talk. But he has not said one positive word against our denial of the ballot. Yet the President has rendered our class valuable service. He has hit color prejudice a hard blow, and his stupendous majority, to quote from Judge Jones, has been for the time being beneficial by giving a set back to the Southern Bourbon crusade against equal rights. But why? Not because the President has done much or said much, but because when attacked for what he did, he never made reply, never explained, never sought to correct misapprehensions of his motives or intentions. And secondly because he let anyone who thought he was the author of the suffrage clause in the Republican platform against "special discriminations" think so. The great victory now on that basis great a gain for us. Conversely of the President now changes his attitude now becomes apologetic or seeks popularity by trying to prevent anyone from drawing their own conclusions from his acts when they are right, the benefit he has done and is doing us will increase. And this is certainly true as to his getting from under the suffrage plank. Looked at from this point of view all this talk of desiring to be loved by the white Southern people is a bit disquieting. The first evidence of weakening is Judge Jones' remark that the President now changes his attitude deductions drawn from the Washington dinner "that he favored in any sense the admixture of the races, or what we term at the South social equality." Since the deduction was unfounded, and perhaps not made as a matter of fact, he better had refrained from "grets." It is offensive for a president to say that he opposes intermarriages between his own color and another color of citizens. It surely is a question whether lawful admixture of blood is not better than the practice of illegal and immoral admixture. The expression simply encourages southern wrong and general social prejudice against color. This is especially true when the words "social equality" are used. No President should declare against the social equality of different classes of citizens. President Roosevelt mars his high record in seeking to be "understood" as to the White House luncheon. The endeavor to satisfy the prejudice of the white south by "putting it out" that no man now realizes more acutely than he does, the improper inference which ignorant Negroes draw from such an incident, viz.; the Washington luncheon, and the change which might thereby be effected in their relations to their white neighbors, and in public tranquility and content in the race relations and conditions at the south. The Washington luncheon is distinctly unfortunate and injurious and also false. We deny positively and emphatically that for the President of Roosevelt Is Down With the South g His Back on the United States to eat with a colored citizen sets the "ignorant" Negroes against their white neighbors. Whoever so told and persuaded the President, told him an untruth. The President should have a correction of that charge against him, for it is a serious charge, sent out at once. Further on Judge Jones, with a particular show of authenticity says, "I think I ought to add, in order that those of our own people at the south who have misunderstood him may be undeceived, that the President, is as firmly convinced as any southerner that admixture of the races would be a calamity to both races, and is a thing not to be countenaced." This may be the President's notion. Does he mean to uphold the laws against intermarriages? Many other questions arise. But to inspire the above statement is explaining an act that needs no explanation. It is weakening. It is encouraging color prejudice. It is "letting down" from his high position. We might quote sentences from Judge Jones statements in the Crum case about the President not intending to override the social customs of the white people or put a Negro in a place of unpleasant contact with the whites, and about Negroes must be appointed when not offensive to the whites, etc., which detract from the good done the cause of equal rights by the President's hitherto firm stand without explanations. In this connection we are glad to see that Judge Jones, was cery careful about speaking with any pretension of authority and with any directness about the President not favoring reduction of representation. We regret very much this second-handed explaining about the lunchon and Crum case. We regard it as undoing the previous good done by the President's unapologetic stand. It is without good cause, and is mischievous to all concerned. But why no colored men are called to the White House on "The Southern Situation," Mr. President?—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. Prior to the Presidential election like the vast majority of the Afro-American newspapers The Guardian endeavored to make its readers believe "that the world would come to an end in case Col. Roosevelt was not elected President of the United States. But now, like the rest of its associates who were caught in the Rough Rider's coon trap, it is setting up a long loud howl against him for showing his hand on the Negro question. It is really surprising to us that the same editors among the Afro-Americans who lead the fight for the cow puncher for president, are doing so much beeding at this time. They must remember that Thomas Nelson Page, who has delighted in declaring through the public press "that every colored girl fourteen years and over has lost their virtue, and that all colored women are immoral," and other Southerners like him are in the saddle and are bossing and shaping Roosevelt's Southern policy in dealing with the "Niggers." The Negro is compelled to take a back seat, hence he was not invited to the conference at the White House. But to come right down to hard pan The Guardian, and the other members of the press gang would have Roosevelt, they have him now and they should be the last ones to do any kicking, for they should swallow their bitter dose of medicine like men. Mr. T. W. Price, of Stephens & Price, restauranters, 2833 State street, rode the goat in one of the K. F. lodges Tuesday evening. THE BROAD AX Booker T. Washington Refused Hotel Accomodation at Wichita, Kansas. Two of the Wizard's best White Friends in the South came near heaving him from the rear end of a Pullman Palace Car. Prof. Booker T. Washington, the world renowned wizard of Tuskegee, Ala., has had a wonderful experience the past ten days, and his stock as the modern Moses or leader of ten million people has greatly depreciated. The most severe jolt received by him was at Wichita, Kans., where he was not permitted to stop in any hotel in that strongly Republican city, and for the first time in many years in the North, East or West he was forced to seek accommodations among his own race and people. The refusal of the hotels to accommodate him cast a dampness over his visit, through "bleeding Kansas," and at the same time he was painfully reminded that it is impossible for him to travel throughout the length and breadth of this country proclaiming the "inferiority of the Negro and that "Jim Crow Cars" are just the thing for him," without himself being subjected to insults and indignities which no true American would submit to for one minute. On his way home from Kansas, where he met with so many unpleasant experiences, one or two of his best white friends in the South labored under the impression "that he was in earnest when he declared that the two races in this country can be as separate as the five fingers on his hand when it comes to social equality" and that was the reason why they could hardly be restrained from heaving him from the rear end of a Pullman palace car, while he was speeding through Mississippi, last Sunday, and that incident further demonstrates that it is absolutely impossible for any one to "score a point against the right without loading the dice against himself." Aside from these two shocks in one week, Prof. Washington was dealt an upper cut or a stinging body blow by his best white friends of Montgomery, Ala., when he arrived in that city where he enters the "Jim Crow Car and rides to Tuskegee." It had leeked out some way or other "that NEGRO EXCELS IN SCIENCE. Trained by a Noted Educator and Does Valuable Works John W. Widgeon, scientist, is probably the most interesting Negro in Baltimore. He holds a position at the Maryland Academy of Sciences directly under the eye of Dr. Philip R. Uhler, which gives him a place of distinction among his race. He has accomplished a wonderful amount of work of a scientific nature without any other training than that given him by Dr. Uhler, whose protege he has been for many years, and he is engaged at present upon the arrangement of a collection of coral which he gathered last summer in and near Jamacia which is said to be the best in that part of the country. Widgeon's life has been such an interesting one that at the suggestion of Dr. Uhler he has begun to write out the whole of it. He is the only Negro in Maryland who has seriously attracted the attention of scientific men, and what he is doing now bids fair to make him even more widely known than before. Widgeon was born of slave parents on the eastern shore of Virginia in 1880. After the civil war he went to Baltimore and got a position in the establishment of Kuhn & Cummings, photographers, where he learned a great deal about photography. Then he went to work for Sharp & Dohme, where he remained sixteen years. he proposed to purchase an extensive tract of land near the former capital of the Confederate States, and establish thereon a school farm or experiment station for Negroes." But his best white friends in that city and for miles around it have rose up in arms against him, and they have signed a huge petition addressed to Prof Washington requesting him not to consummate the purchase, as they do not desire him nor any branch of his school located near them. In the light of these events, what becomes of Prof. Washington, s boasted doctrine "That all the Negro had to do in the South was to stop being lazy and greasey, acquire a bank account, become a land holder and that the white man would gladly and cheerfully borrow money from him and give him a mortgage on his home as security for it?" Is he not willing to admit by this time that all these years he has been dealing in false logic in this respect. That the more he glorifies the Jim Crow car laws and endorses or upholds the new constitutions of the Southern States which were enacted simply to disfranchise the Negro, and permit ignorant white men to vote; that the more he decries against the higher education of the Negro and mixes up his civil and political rights with the bugbear of social equality, the greater contempt he is heild in by the great majority of the Southern whites. From henceforth, let Prof. Washington if he desires to pose as the great and only leader of ten million people cease from proclaiming the doctrine: that the Negro belongs to an inferior race and therefore he is not entitled to enjoy the same rights and privileges which are enjoyed by all classes and nationalities aside from him; and let him teach the Negro: that cowards and slaves die many times before their death, that the valiant never tastes of death but once, that the Negro must be willing on all occasions to freely sned his life's blood while contending for his civil and political rights. During his connection with this firm he learned a lot of chemistry, for he was employed in the laboratory ten years. Dr. Uhler gave him a position as a helper on one of the scientific corps after he left the drug firm and he showed such marked ability in this line of field work that it was not long before he was sent out on expeditions by himself to gather geological specimens for collections or for study in the laboratory. He has been engaged upon this sort of work for eighteen years and in that time he has got together a valuable collection of fossils, rocks, minerals, Indian relics and birds and snakes, all of which are on exhibition at the Maryland Academy of Science. The coral collection is excellent. Widgeon made two trips to Jamaica to get it. He did all the work himself. He stripped and dived for the specimens he wanted, not bothering with the paraphernalia of regulation scientists and divers. Mrs. Anna Johnson, 2832 Dearborn street, who is a real widow and not a grass widow, was without the least doubt the most elegantly and richly robed lady at the charity ball Monday evening. She wore a heliotrope Satin spangled robe which could not be surpassed in make or fit, her ornaments were real diamonds. Mrs. Johnson was in every sense of the word the queen of the charity ball. CHICAGO, JANUARY 28, 1905. The Extremely popular and enterprising proprietor of the Wellington Hotel, who was this week elected President of the Hote. Men's Association of Chicago. The Extremely popular and enterprising proprietor of the Wellington Hotel, who was this week elected President of the Hote. Men's Association of Chicago. That one little discovery in producing radium may lead to tremendous consequences if the substance can ever be produced cheaply. For it undoubtedly is to electricity what compressed air is to that substance or solidified oxygen is to oxygen, namely solidified electricity having all the properties of that mysterious thing. Best of all, no doubt, by means of an ounce of it the properly shaped aerial ship can be made to direct its course in perfect rapidity. But the article though lasting forever costs some $20,000 per grain. Dickens truly wrote of us in 1840 that in all this broad land was not one head of a family but owned his home and had abundant subsistence. He spoke of the North. What has caused such a fearful change. Reckless expenditures and waste of public funds and property all done to make an excuse for higher tariffs. The scoundrels stole the livery and name of Republican to ruin and utterly destroy the Republic itself. We are lost indeed. HOLT. St. Mark Literary State street, near 47th street. State serect, near 4th street. The program at the St. Mark Literary last Sunday afternoon was in charge of the Mercy and Help Department of the Epworth League. Mrs. J. A. Washington is chairman of this department. Miss Ophelia read a very interesting paper, subject: "When Does Chicago Sleep?" Mrs. Ida Horde read a paper on "Prison Reforma." The principal speaker was Mrs. Chilton. The address was listened to with great interest. Mrs. Chilton related her experience as a city probationary officer. At the close of the meeting a committee was appointed to take some steps toward raising a salary for two colored probationary officers. Next Sunday afternoon the program will be in charge of the True Reformers. Mr. W. T. Bailey will deliver the principal address. Lecture On "The Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians." Sunday, January 29th at 4 p. m., Julius F. Taylor will address the West Side Sunday Club, St. Stephens Church on "The Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians." Eugene B. Fletcher has become a candidate for City Clerk on the Re-publican ticket. Mr. Fletcher hails from the 7th ward and is of sterling worth and deserving of political honors. Through, the kninness of Mr. John H Bradshaw, auditor, the Chicago Chronicle, we are enailed to present the readers of The Broad Ax with a por trait of Albert S. Gage, Esq., the newly elected President of the Hotel Men's Association of Chicago. The United States Senate which is run and controlled by the Lily White Republicans will admit Oklahoma and New Mexico into the Union as full-fledged states, and Senator Beveridge of Indiana has put his head together with old Ben Tillman, and as Senator Beveridge is chairman of the committee on territories, he is in favor of an amendment which will be adopted by the Senate, which has for its object the separation of the whites and the blacks in all the schools in those two states. Hurrah for the Lily White Leaders of the G. O. P. Through Col. John R. Marshall and Mr. Noah Thompson a committee is being organised to look after the comforts of the Chicagoans who attend the inauguration in Washington, D. C., March 4th. This committee is authorized by "The Roosevelt Inauguration Committee of Washington, D. C." Its duties are to see to it that representative members of the race attending the inauguration are invited to the "Big Ball" and properly presented to the President and his official family while there. Mrs. Lular Williams and Mrs. Minkle Howard, formerly of this city, but now of New York City, came on from the east for the special purpose of attending the charity ball Monday evening. It fell to our lot to be cordially greeted by both ladies as they entered the Coliseum Annex. Mrs. Howard, who is stopping with her sister at 4747 Dearborn street, was very queenly in appearance. She was attired in a very expensive white broadcloth dress, and she wore a white opera coat and a most beautiful white picture hat to match the costume. Mrs. Williams, who is stopping with friends at 2543 Dearborn street, never did look as pretty and as sweet as she did on this occasion. She was attired in baby blue crepon. The yoke of her dress was of the most expensive richly tinted French lace and she also wore a white opera coat and hat to harmonise with her dress. Both ladies were kept busy for fully an hour in greeting their numerous friends. They will spend two weeks here in seeing wined and dined before returning to their homes in New York City. President Roosevelt Is Letting Down Joining Hands With the South and Turning His Back on the Negro. Every clear-headed and intelligent Colored American knows that President Roosevelt has, as a matter of fact, done but comparative little for the Negro in a positive way. Eating with a Negro, something properly hardly to be remarked upon, was, as Judge Jones says, impromptu. The President was hungry and desired further service out of Prof. Washington and could not satisfy his hunger without asking his conferee to "have a bite." Through his appointee, Judge Jones, of course, but indirect. The President, in appointments, has done very little, less than any of his predecessors, even Cleveland. He has simply refused to close the "door of hope." He just keeps it ajar. All the rest has been merely talk, much of it very good talk. But he has not said one positive word against our denial of the ballot. Yet the President has rendered our class valuable service. He has hit color prejudice a hard blow, and his stupendous majority, to quote from Judge Jones, has been for the time being beneficial by giving a set back to the Southern Bourbon crusade against equal rights. But why? Not because the President has done much or said much, but because when attacked for what he did, he never made reply, never explained, never sought to correct misapprehensions of his motives or intentions. And secondly because he let anyone who thought he was the author of the suffrage clause in the Republican platform against "special discriminations" think so. The great victory now on that basis meant a great gain for us. Conversely of the President now changes his attitude now becomes apologetic or seeks popularity by trying to prevent anyone from drawing their own conclusions from his acts when they are right, the benefit he has done and is doing us will increase. And this is certainly true as to his getting from under the suffrage plank Looked at from this point of view all this talk of desiring to be loved by the white Southern people is a bit disquieting. The first evidence of weakening is Judge Jones' remark that the President now changes his attitude deductions drawn from the Washington dinner "that he favored in any sense the admixture of the races, or what we term at the South social equality." Since the deduction was unfounded, and perhaps not made as a matter of fact, he better had refrained from "regrets." It is offensive for a president to say that he opposes intermarriages between his own color and another color of citizens. It surely is a question whether lawful admixture of blood is not better than the practice of illegal and immoral admixture. The expression simply encourages southern wrong and general social prejudice against color. This is especially true when the words "social equality" are used. No President should declare against the social equality of different classes of citizens. President Roosevelt mars his high record in seeking to be "understood" as to the White House luncheon. The endeavor to satisfy the prejudice of the white south by "putting it out" that no man now realizes more acutely than he does, the improper inference which ignorant Negroes draw from such an Incident, viz.; the Washington luncheon, and the change which might thereby be effected in their relations to their white neighbors, and in public tranquility and content in the race relations and conditions at the south. The Washington luncheon is distinctly unfortunate and injurious and also false. We deny positively and emphatically that for the President of No.14 Roosevelt Is Down With the South g His Back on the United States to eat with a colored citizen sets the "ignorant" Negroes against their white neighbors. Whoever so told and persuaded the President, told him an untruth. The President should have a correction of that charge against; him, for it is a serious charge, sent out at once. Further on Judge Jones, with a particular show of authenticity says, "I think I ought to add, in order that those of our own people at the south who have misunderstood him may be undeceived, that the President, is as firmly convinced as any southerner that admixture of the races would be a calamity to both races, and is a thing not to be countened." This may be the President's notion. Does he mean to uphold the laws against intermarriages? Many other questions arise. But to inspire the above statement is explaining an act that needs no explanation. It is weakening. It is encouraging color prejudice. It is "letting down" from his high position. We might quote sentences from Judge Jones statements in the Crum case about the President not intending to override the social customs of the white people or put a Negro in a place of unpleasant contact with the whites, and about Negroes must be appointed whom not offensive to the whites, etc., which detract from the good done the cause of equal rights by the President's hitherto firm stand without explanations. In this connection we are glad to see that Judge Jones, was cery careful about speaking with any pretension of authority and with any directness about the President not favoring reduction of representation We regret very much this secondhanded explaining about the luncheon and Crum case. We regard it as undoing the previous good done by the President's unapologetic stand. It is without good cause, and is mischievous to all concerned. But why no colored men are called to the White House on "The Southern Situation," Mr. President?—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. Prior to the Presidential election like the vast majority of the Afro-American newspapers The Guardian endeavored to make its readers believe "that the world would come to an end in case Col. Roosevelt was not elected President of the United States. But now, like the rest of its associates who were caught in the Rough Rider's coon trap, it is setting up a long loud howl against him for showing his hand on the Negro question. It is really surprising to us that the same editors among the Afro-Americans who lead the fight for the cow puncher for president, are doing so much beefing at this time. They must remember that Thomas Nelson Page, who has delighted in declaring through the public press "that every colored girl fourteen years and over has lost their virtue, and that all colored women are immoral," and other Southerners like him are in the saddle and are bossing and shaping Roosevelt's Southern policy in dealing with the "Niggers." The Negro is compelled to take a back seat, hence he was not invited to the conference at the White House. But to come right down to hard pan The Guardian, and the other members of the press gang would have Roosevelt, they have him now and they should be the last ones to do any kicking, for they should swallow their bitter dose of medicine like men. Mr. T. W. Price, of Stephens & Price, restauranters, 2833 State street, rode the goat in one of the K. P. lodges Tuesday evening. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, and Christian, but all claiming the editorial right, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their any, no longer as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is brought forth for all and claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year. $2.00 Six Months. 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5040 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, It, as Second-class Matter. The Booklovers' Magazine for February, 1905. The Booklovers Magazine is emphatically a magazine of the hour, with this advantage; its articles do not only reflect the passing vogue, but they are, in many instances, a permanent contribution to the literature of the subjects with which they deal. The scope of the articles as usual embraces features of gunine interest to humanity the world over. It extends from England to Australia, from the fields of Japan to the valleys of Switzerland, with a wide sweep of things American. There is something to suit all tastes—political, dramatic, literary, artistic—and a full measure of interesting reading for the half-hour before retiring. The numerous illustrations, in color and in black and white, are not only interesting in themselves, but have in addition, been selected with the object of illuminating the text. Thibetan Supersition. A queer bit of Thibetaa superstition came to light when the much-talked-of treaty between Thibet and England was drawn up. The powers at Lhassa refused to sign the first draft of the treaty because it covered several sheets of paper, so the treaty had to be engrossed on one huge sheet. The orientals thought it would bring them bad luck if they put their names to anything which covered more than one page. Graham Puffa. Sift together one and one-half cupfuls graham flour, one half-cupful of white flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and a pinch of salt; add one pint of milk, the beaten yolks of three eggs and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Beat rapidly for a few moments, then add the stiff whites and whip the batter. Turn into a well-greased muffin tin and bake for 30 minutes in a hot oven. — Household. Willie's Treatise on Girls. Girl is a human bein' that shreaks when there's nothin' to squeeal at; but boys is difrunt, for they just holler. Girls grow up to winnin and like dolls, but boys grow up to men and like bails, and when my pa read that he said, "Hyballs, I s'pouse you mean, Willie," and then he laft, but ma said, "For shame, Jeesh!"—sunset Magazine. Gem Short Cakes Make a batter of medium stiffness from one egg, one cupful sweet milk, one tablespoonful butter and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Just before cooking the butter, add a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder and beat briskly for a moment. Bake in hot, buttered gem pans and when done, split open, butter and serve with fruit sauce—Household. Sentence for Perjury. A judge in New York sent a convicted "straw" bondsman to prison for 14 years for committing perjury, refusing clemency on the ground that perjury had become too common a crime and needed stern dealing with. A few more such sentences would have a wholesome effect in any large community.—Baltimore American. Embarrassments of Fine Embarrassments of Fine Clothes. People are afraid of buying good clothes, says a well-known sailor, for fear of having to live up to them. The man who wears a new 30-shellings overcoat cannot go to the ninepenny gallery or argue with a waiter about being charged for bread when he has not had any—London Globe. Thibetan Bible The Kahgyur, the Bible of the Thirteens, consists of 108 volumes, or 1,083 books. The whole consists of 108,000 pages printed from wooden blocks, which are kept in a big row of houses at Lhasa. As many as 7,000 omen have been traded for one set of the book. Illuminated Slang Dr. Wiley, of the department of agriculture, says the bulk of the whisky consumed in America has prune juice as its base. Hereafter we shall understand the literal significance of the hitherto vague expression, "full of prune juice." —Atlanta Constitution. Jap Jackies. The average age of the Japanese naval crews is lower than that of the men in any other navy. No one over 20 years old is accepted for enlistment. The average height is five feet four inches—less than that of any other [Name] EX-JUDGE WILLIAM PRENTISS. Who Ranks Among the Abie and Started His Boom for Its Mayor of and His Army of Friends Will tion.. For Years Judge Prenti ion of the Civil and the Po pican and Many of Them w See Him Take Full Poss Who Ranks Among the Able and Prosperous Lawyers of This City, Has Started His Boom for Its Mayor on the Municipal Ownership Platform and His Army of Friends Will Labor for His Nomination and Election.. For Years Judge Prentiss Has Been a Consistent Champion of the Civil and the Political Rights of the Afro-American and Many of Them would be Highly Delighted to See Him Take Full Possession of the Mayor's Office. REMOVAL NOTICE. Mr. Edward E. Wilson, attorney-at-law, has removed his office from 185 Dearborn st., to the Quincy Building, 113 Adams street, Room 380. Mrs. Anna L. Newby. First class furnished rooms for rent to gentleman, with bath and gas. 2628 Wabash avenue. MRS. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates, 2252 adiana avenue. Hard on the Stomach. This is the way the chief of the Paris laboratory puts it: "When a man takes milk for breakfast preserved with formaldehyde, when he eats at luncheon a slice of ham kept good by borax, with spinach or French beans made green with sulphite of copper, and when he washes all that down with half a bottle of wine cleared with an excess of plaster of paris and that for 20 years, how is it to be expected that such a man can have a stomach?" Women in Paraguay. In Paraguay the women are in the proportion of seven to one as compared with the men. The consequence is that the men are taken the greatest care of, and everything which is unpleasant or might be risky to the life of a man is done by the woman. The streets are cleaned, ships are loaded, oxen are driven by them, and it is even said that they have taken part in their country's wars, acting as substitutes for their mankind. Intending Emigrant "How much most I pay to go steerich to se United States?" Booking Clerk—Five pounds ten Booking Clerk—Five pounds ten. Intending Emigrant—Vat? I sought it vas two ponds. Booking Clerk—Ah, the rate war is over now. Prices have gone up. Intending Emigrant—Ver well,zen. I will not go. I will stay and be an Engle- lshman—Bystander. Here is how a Harlem tailor invites attention, through the medium of a window announcement, to the service he seeks to give: "Before they were married he pressed his suit for Angelina. After they were married Angelina pressed his suit—trouble! trouble! trouble! that might have been entirely avoided." A word to the wise, it is assumed, is sufficient—N. Y. Tribuna. Hereditary Life-Saving Life-saving runs in the family of Mr. J. Parson, a young lighterman, of the Hollows, Brentford, England, who, on his twenty-third birthday, received the Royal Humane society's certificate for rescuing two boys from drowning. His father saved 48 persons from drowning, and the son now has a total of 23 lives to his credit. Twelve crisp potatoes, well mashed, four tablespoonfuls butter; salt and pepper. Add yolks of four or five eggs, beaten. When a little cool stir in lightly the whites of the egga, beaten stiff. Put in baking dish and bake in hot oven till a golden brown covers the top.-Chicago Post. Big Price for Small Fur Winter after winter large sums are paid for particular rare furs that are always in favor. Real blue fox skin, of a rich sooty shade, invariably commands a high price; but rarer still is the black with white hairs silver fox, for a single skin of which last season £480 was given.—London Tit-Bita. MRR. A. WILSON. Word to the Wise. Potato Souffle. Prosperous Lawyers of This City, Has in the Municipal Ownership Platform Labor for His Nomination and Elec- sus Has Been a Consistant Cham- tical Rights of the Afro-Amer- cid be Highly Delighted to session of the Mayor's Office. Saved. Father—What did the teacher say when she heard you swear? Small Boy—She asked me where I learned it. "What did you tell her?" "I didn't want to give you away, pa- so I blamed it onto the parrot!"—Detroit Free Press. Misunderstood Bacheller (disgustedly)—Huh! You're to be married, I hear. Oldham—Yes, to Miss Playne. "Poor chump! I thought you knew better." "So I do, but none of them would have me."—Philadelphia Press. Texas Educates the Negro Figures from the books of the state comptroller show that Texas has expended for negro education since 1881 the sum of $17,740,508.76. It is good to emphasize facts like this, as well as to dwell on more unpleasant pictures. Get Together. See how unevenly things are divided in this world! Kentucky stock is suffering from a shortage of water, while the Wall street stock is undergoing qualms from too much water. If they could get together and even up both would be better off.—Pittsburg Dispatch. An Adent in the Art She—They tell me, Mr. Hefty, that you have had the shape of your nose changed. Wonderful what advances they have made in science. Who did it? He—The quarterback on the other day. Do you know? Hint for Girls No sensible man falls in love with a hat or a costume, or a dapper pair of boots. Nothing so scares off the wildebeer as the suggestion of extravagant tastes and habits in a girl—Chic. Rich Crown for Image Women of the Spanish aristocracy have given jewels valued at £15,000 to make a new crown for the reputedly wonder-working silver image of the Virgin in Seville cathedral. To Cover Jellies or Jams Pour melted paraffin directly onto the jam or jelly, being particular to have it touch the glass on all sides so that the air may be perfectly excluded.—Chicago Post. London's Unemployed In one day recently acity firm received no fewer than 998 applications in response to an advertisement for a clerk. The salary offered was 30 shillings ($7.50) per week.—London Daily News. By the Young Idea A man's self-esteem often receives a terrific jolt from the small boy who wants to know things.—Chicago Daily News. Good Thing. "How can you bear to live in a flat where there are no closets?" "It avoids the possibility of family skeletons."—Detroit Free Press. In Heliigoland. No person under 16 years of age is permitted to enter a theater or tavern in Heliigoland. Long Flashes. A flash of lightning is often a mile long. Helped by Spoiling. Failure is the one thing that is spoiled by success.—Chicago Daily News. Not Durable. A bed of roses soon wears down to the thorns.—Chicago Tribune. --- Saved. Established 1877. Phone Oakland 1550-1551 John J. Dunn COAL & WOOD Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 151st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 152nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. 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WASHINGTON.—The inaugural committee that is preparing to make the 4th of next March memorable in the history of Washington is discussing some new ideas regarding the celebration of President Roosevelt's inauguration. One of these ideas is a WASHINGTON. The inaugural committee that is preparing to make the 4th of next March memorable in the history of Washington is discussing some new ideas regarding the celebration of President Roosevelt's inauguration. One of these ideas is a reform in the matter of reviewing stands from which the general public that cares to pay one dollar or two dollars for seats can view the splendid inaugural parade. The proposition now being considered is to use the ellipse just south of the white house. This is an oval shaped plat of ground, many acres in extent, and around which runs a broad macadamized driveway. It is proposed to erect a stand completely around this ellipse in the form of an amphitheater. At one point in it would be the grand stand, where the president and the distinguished personages could review the marching columns. The parade would move around the driveway and would be in full view as it passed the entire ellipse. Such a stand would be of tremendous extent and accommodate probably 75,000 people. On former occasions the inaugural parade passed in front of the white house, which necessitated a break from Pennsylvania avenue up Fifteenth street to the north of the treasury, and then west again on the avenue. This made it necessary for the marchers to execute two movements just before passing the reviewing stand, and it sometimes threw the best drilled bodies of men out of line, which they did not always recover when they came within sight of the president. If the big reviewing stand is provided, no others will be erected, and the historic Pennsylvania avenue will be free from these unsightly structures, and the visiting throngs will have an unobstructed use of the sidewalks from the capitol to the treasury. Work of the "Whip" in the House. ship in the house VERY important personage in the house of representatives is the majority "whip." This position is usually assigned by the leaders of the house to some active, suave and diplomatic member, whose duty it is to see that the policies of the majority are IA supported faithfully by the majority members. When the passage of a measure is decided upon by a majority caucus the "whip" must begin his work by seeing every majority member and persuading him to keep himself in readiness to answer roll calls and keep a quorum present to do business. Another part of his duty is to quietly circulate, among the majority members and ascertain by interviews and inquiries how they stand on any bill or resolution of a partisan nature that is likely to be brought up for consideration in the house. This is where diplomacy plays a part, as no offense must be given in the prosecution of inquiries to individual members' convictions. The "whip" must be careful not to arouse any antagonism or create any hard feeling. This exacting position is now held by Representative James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, a prominent member of the ways and means committee and a trusted lieutenant of Speaker Cannon. Just now he has a ticklish job on hand, to ascertain just where the republican members stand on the questions of tariff revision and federal control of interstate freight rates. Mr. Tawney began this task early in the session, and by quiet persistent inquiries and canvasses was able to report to Speaker Cannon that the majority of the republicans believed that something ought to be done on both of these subjects. This report he made at the celebrated conference recently at the white house, when President Roosevelt called nine members of the house and Senate together to consider if tariff revision should be undertaken and when "Uncle Joe" Cannon was somewhat disappointed when the republican "whip" made his report, as he had hoped a majority of the republicans would stand out against tariff revision. He accepted Tawney's figures, however, and, as he believes in majority rule, he will not interpose opposition to the consideration of amendments to tariff schedules. A Good Story on Uncle Joe. OME of the members of the house have a good joke on Speaker Cannon, and one which will cost that amiable gentleman a fine dinner for four. A few weeks ago the ose members were in the speaker's room and were talking about the high prospective IS of the speaker of the house and the jealousy with which he should regard them Mr. Cannon was very emphatic in declaring that under no circumstances would he resign any of his rights to the senate. "Do you mean to say that you would never yield the gavel to a member of the senate?" the speaker was asked. "Why, most assuredly I would not," answered "Uncle Joe," and he made the assertion still stronger by using some of his characteristic expressions. "Til bet you a good dinner for us four that before this session is over you will give up the gavel to the president pro tem of the senate," declared one of the members. "Till just take you," said Mr. Cannon. "And make it the best dinner we can get in Washington." "All right, I think we can settle the bet right now," said the member. "When the two houses of congress meet in February to count the electoral vote of the states the president pre- tem. of the senate will take your chair, and you will hand him your gavel while you take a seat at his left." A broad grin spread over "Uncle Joe's" countenance as he admitted that he had been fairly caught. The procedure outlined by the member is the one always observed at the ceremony of congress counting the electoral vote. The ease with which "Uncle Joe" was caught on this bet recalled an incident that occurred not long ago in the senate. Two distinguished members of that body were talking about early religious influences, and one of them asserted that he repeated every day the Lord's prayer, which he had learned at his mother's knee. "I'll just bet you $10 that you cannot repeat that prayer," said the other senator, who was skeptical about his colleague's religious proclivities. "I'll take your bet, and here goes: 'Now I lay me down to sleep—'" "Hold on," said the other, pulling out a $10 bill, "here's your money. I didn't think you knew it." Secretary Morton Under Fire. EGRETARY of the Navy Paul Morton is suffering the penalty of being a public character His position as vice president of the Santa Fe railroad has brought him a storm of criticism now that he is in the cabinet and that railroad's record on the rebate que- IS tion is being reviewed. Mr. Morton is not easily worried, but the attempt of opposition newspapers to discredit him as a cabinet office because he is connected with a railroad that at one time gave rebates nettles him at times. He also has to endure the charge that he is still drawing salary from the railroad. President Roosevelt enjoys twitting his close friend and secretary of the navy on the ordeals through which the latter is passing. "Don't allow yourself to be worried, Morton," the president said the other day, after he had poked a little fun at the secretary because of the double salary charge. "The next thing we are likely to see in the newspapers is that you are drawing a railroad salary and giving half of it to me." It is needless to say that all this criticism does not shake the confidence the president has in his secretary of the navy. The fact that Mr. Morton up to 1898 was a democrat, and that he is the son of the late Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton, a staunch Cleveland democrat, is frequently commented upon by those who wish to make him trouble. This sort of criticism does not worry Mr. Morton in the least. He defined his political status the other day by saying that he was a Theodore Roosevelt democrat and a J. Sterling Morton republican. Protecting Congressmen. DISTINGT reform has been worked at the capitol by a well drilled force of police and employees. This reform is the exclusion of cranks, "panhandlers," desirable lobbyists and objectionable characters generally. The members of the house are now well protected A by an intelligent lot of doorkeepers, who have developed decided detective ability. When a stranger asks to see a member and presents his card the doorkeepers size up the man, and from long experience are able to determine whether he is such a one as the member would like to sea. If the stranger looks like a man in hard luck, who is apt to strike the congressman for a temporary loan, the doorkeeper turns down the upper left-hand corner of the visitor's card and hands it to a page. That little dent in the pieces of pasteboard is sufficient tip to the youngster. It means that he is not to find the congressman, although the latter may be in plain view at his seat. There is a rigid rule against begging in the capitol or the soliciting of orders for books, etc. Some of the minor lobbyists are little else than genteel begans, and the corps of police and messengers have been instructed to prevent them annoying the members. They have them all pretty well spotted, and it is solidum now that a "panhandler" can reach a congressman at the capitol. The favorite game of these "strikers" is to represent themselves as being from the congressman's district and stranded in Washington, where they have come on business. They usually want enough to pay a hotel bill or the price of a ticket home. Their business is not as flourishing as it was a few years ago before the capitol force of employees was so well drilled. Physical Culture for Children A child standing with arms outstretched. A child sitting on a bed with legs extended. A child lying on a bed with legs bent. FOR DEVELOPING LEG AND ANKLE. TO STRENGHTEN THE BACK. TO STRENGTHEN THE CHEST. The prevalence of tiny, crooked backs, crooked legs, of contracted little chests, and pallid child frailty, with the inevitable accompaniments of sharp, shrill young voices, and weary, anxious, joyless little faces, is appalling. It keeps us studying what such sadness means, and how we can mot quickly and surely help it—or, best of all, how prevent it. For strengthening the back muscles, lay the baby flat on its stomach, with the front of the body hanging off a FOR DEVELOPING LEG AND ANKLE STRENGTHEN support. Hold the little feet down and the arms outstretched, and coax the up-pulling of the body by the back muscles, with help at first, and finally without help. With children old enough, swimming movements of the arms may be introduced for increasing time endurance. Letting babies lie down and stretch and breathe and turn until they have strengthened their muscles into readiness to sit up of their own accord, is the beginning of wisdom in physical care. Adult training does wisely nowadays in following the same precaution. Overtaxed muscles throw too much burden back upon bone and organs, upon nerves and energy. Just this one simple, inexpensive precaution of letting babies lie flat, with FASHIONABLE GIRDLES The Girdle Is Considered a Very Important Part of To-Day's By the way a woman defines her waist line do you determine whether or not she has any claim to membership in the smartly gowned class, for it is this little joining of skirt and bodice that tells the whole story of a woman's knowledge of the fashionable details of dress, says the New York Herald. Once considered of no consequence whatever, the belt, and its more elaborate form, the girdle, have of late assumed a very important position in the feminine wardrobe. Ideas and designs to be carried out in the space offered by a girdle for a TWO MODISH GIRDLES. fashionable woman's waist must necessarily be very limited, and when a dressmaking establishment or a tailor conceives a smart effect that suits the general run of figures he or she is pretty apt to work the design overtime. This duplicating of models even in details of dress is always a little bit annoying and the happiest way to escape this monotony of repetition is to design your own belts and girdles. If it isn't easy to do the entire designing by yourself, at least a little originality can be infused into one of the copied confections and a new effect secured in this way. Both taffeta and soft silks vie with velvet at present for first choice of material from which girdles are made, and the balance is just a little in favor of the velvet on account of its reintroduction among the fabrics of fashion. Besides it lends itself admirably to the crushing and shirring, to say nothing of the snugness which characterizes the modish girdle. Plain effects are usually carried out in velvet. The most popular style of this material is nothing more than a ten inch bias strip of velvet crushed into folds so that it measures about three and a half inches in front and scarcely two in the back. A silk encased whalebone to which the plains are fastened gives the proper stiffening to the front, and the same means is used in the back. An Old-Fashioned Remedy The old-fashioned remedy of tansy and buttermilk that our grandmothers used is again coming into favor. If the green tansy can be had put a handful of the leaves in a quart of buttermilk. Where the dried tansy is used steep an ounce of the leaves in a quart of hot water. After the water cools add a pint of buttermilk. free, deep breathing, and easy twistings and turnings, until they sit up of themselves, is a rare boon. It is also a potent charm against indigestion, weak lungs and throat, flabby muscles, shivering circulation, bending bones, and fretful nerves. Uncomfortable babies are either rebelliously cross or discouraged resigned. Now it is time to begin also to prepare for the next step of standing, and this is exhaustless fun for Young Am- E. TO STRENGHTEN THE BACK. TO THE CHEST. blition. It is wise to first give strong down-stretching of the legs, from the thighs to the tips of the toes, then slow, gradual, strong up-stretching. Then down-stretching, with circling at the ankle, may be given, and similar circling with upstretching. This work can be taken both sitting and lying down. Then stretching, with circling at the hips, and always plentiful stretching, with full, strong down and up pull of the toes and muscles over the instep and calf of the leg. Sooner than is credible, the foot and calf muscles begin to grow firm and strong, the thighs get sturdy, and the hips swing free, until at last the legs are as strong as the trunk, and are able to share the body's work of standing. THE JEWELRY OF THE HOUR Coral to the Fore Again—Much Color Noticeable in Chains and Necklaces. The chain of the hour, whether it be of finest gold or of cheapest plate, suggests savage garishness in its treatment. In the matter of beads, coral leads all comers. A four-foot string of coral chips can be bought for 50 cents, and they are just now in great demand in the department stores. A real coral chain has in the center the largest bead, measuring half an inch in diameter, and the beads become smaller toward the back. In the correct rose tint such a coral necklace costs $350. Both the very deep and the very pale coral are cheap; the highest priced is the medium tint. The coral appears also as a slide, used to connect groups of links in gold, silver and gummetal. The long chains of imitation coral are finished with tassels, and are knotted instead of being connected by a clasp. The very best chains do not have the tasseled ends, but are of continuous rope in gold, sterling silver or gunmetal, set rather closely with jewels to match the gown. The topaz studded chain is particularly desirable for wear with the new shades of brown cloth, and amethysts are liked for wear with the velvet in this somewhat trying shade. Ropes of pearl beads braided closely, so that they measure half an inch in diameter, are filled with tasseled ends, the tassel built of small pearl beads and attached to the chain by a dragon's head in gold. A new stone for the chain slides is onyx in robin's egg blue, flecked with white. A new dog collar, three-quarters of an inch wide, is of gold studded with every imaginable stone, from pearl to emerald, diamond to ruby. These are not always of the same size; it must be said that it looks like a piece of crazy patchwork in gems. Last year the slender, snug-fitting neck chain had a single pendant. This year there are any number of pendants from the single chain, and cameos are extremely popular in this connection. Fresh water pearls and mother-of-pearl are both combined with rose gold in one of these short neck chains, the mother-of-pearl oddly carved, forming the pendant. Amber beads are also in demand, and they are worn at the top of the collar, fitting very tight. Chains, whether of jewels or of beads, partake of the general craze for color which has attacked the feminine world this year, and unless a woman is very careful in the selection of these ornaments she will look more than ever overdressed. Common-Sense Health Hint For a sluggish liver lemmons furnish the most beneficial of acids. Next to them in point of value stand tomatoes. These should be eaten freely at all meals. The juice of a lemon squeezed into a glass of water ought to be drunk as often as possible, but especially upon rising in the morning before anything has been put into the stomach. Pretty Stationery Case A stationery case can be made of cardboard, covered with blue denim, with designs embroidered in white silk. Two pieces of cardboard covered with denim form pockets for envelopes and writing paper. Bailroads and Other Improvements Are Unusually Extensive in That Country. The circumstances of Australia, and the conditions of its settlement, have had the effect of making both its railroads and its telegraphs unusually extensive in comparison with the numbers of its population, and this is markedly the case with its mileage of telegraph lines, writes Hugh H. Lusk, in the North American Review. At present the great island is only settled on a strip of country bordering on the coast, and even that strip does not include the more northern shores either on the east or west, and takes in no part of the north side at all. The consequence is that a line of telegraph which connects the settlements of Queensland on the northeast of Australia with those of West Australia on the west coast—a distance, in a direct line, of about 2,500 miles—covers fully double that distance from the necessity of keeping in touch with the settled districts. There is, indeed, one line of telegraph which of necessity ignores this rule, and passes for nearly its whole length of about 1,700 miles from the south to the northwestern corner of the island, through an unsettled country. The purpose of this line is to connect settled Australia with the rest of the world by way of Java and India, and it passes through great districts of the interior which were first explored for the purpose of its construction. TANGIER NIGHT FASCINATES Writer Declares That Nothing Is Quite So Beautiful as Moorish Evening. Tangler is most fascinating at night; then the clear moon of the south throws a vell over the city; the browns become softened, the shade owes deepened; the shrouded women looking down from the roof tops appear as pale and lovely ghosts, writes Martha Lowell, in the Four-Track News. It is at night that the Moor goes to some cafe, joins the circle of his brethren seated around a lighted brazier, smokes and hears the musicians sing of valor and of love. And if the musicians sing well, a wealthy Moor may throw some rare incense upon the brazier, and the air is then filled with a wondrous perfume, such as is found in no other country in the world. It is at night that the wedding processions march through the winding streets. A band of men, singing the weird wedding song, accompanies the bride. She rides in a covered palanquin mounted on a mule. She has never seen the man whose wife she is to be. If he isn't pleased he will return her next day together with the scornful gift of two chickens. MAKE GEMS FROM QUARTZ. Rock Crystal, Purest Form of That Stone, Employed in Manufacture of Diamonds. Diamond cutting up to a recent time was nearly all done abroad, Holland being the chief center of the industry for some centuries, but of late a good deal of it has come over to America, where electrical machines are used in the work to great advantage in all ways. European work has always been done by hand, as it still is, and the lapidaries there are only just waking up to the knowledge that artificial power can be applied. Besides cutting real gems, the machinery employed here turns out great quantities of artificial ones, which now rule the markets of the world. They are so brilliantly cut and polished that only experts can distinguish them from the genuine article. Rock crystal, the purest form of quartz, is employed in making artificial diamonds, and this can only be worked to advantage with the electrical machines, hand work leaving no profit in the business, besides turning out inferior results. NO BOUNDS TO HIS LOYALTY Salloon Vender Celebrates Recognition by Duchess by Throwing Wares Away. A pretty little incident was recently witnessed in Moscow in connection with the imperial children of Russia. While driving in the fair ground with her sisters Grand Duchess Olga esplied a peasant offering colored balloons for sale. Giving an order to stop the carriage, she called the man to her side and selected several balloons for herself and her sisters, for which she rewarded the astonished peasant with a ten-ruble piece. The gratified moulik in vain endeavored to stammer out his thanks to the little princess and at the same time, in the characteristic Slavonic manner, he crossed himself and called on all the saints to witness his good fortune. Then, in a sudden excess of loyalty and abandonment, he cut the string which held the remaining balloons together, and allowed all his stock in trade to float away together. Wooden Russia. Few people who have not traveled about the Russian empire can imagine how boundless is its wealth in timber. "Wooden Russia" is the name applied to the vast forest areas of Russia in Europe, which cover nearly 500,000 acres, or 38 per cent. of the entire area of the country. In Russia houses built of any other material than wood are almost unknown outside the cities, and wood constitutes the principal fuel. The forest belt called the "Taiga," in Siberia, stretches in a direct line from the Urals to the Pacific for 4,000 miles, and is in many parts 500 miles broad. All this is the property of the ear. Superstition That the Stone Brings Bad Luck Passing Away—Strenuous Life the Cause. Superstition fades away in the strenuous life of the twentieth century. And the return to common sense has shown itself in the modern fancy for opals. Sir Walter Scott was chiefly responsible for the idea of bad luck being connected with this stone, as will be remembered by readers of "Anne of Geierstein." And others declare that, as the word opal is from the Greek ops (the eye), the gem shares evil influence with a peacock's feather. However, women have lived down all this and opals are the lucky stone for autumn and have been worn by recent brides. But even now stories are told of the uncanny influence of the opal. Alphonso XII. of Spain presented an opal ring to his young wife, Mercedes, on their wedding day and her death occurred soon afterward. Before the funeral the king gave this ring to his sister, Maria Del Pilar, and she also died a few days afterward. The king then presented the ring to his sister-in-law, Princess Christian, and she died in the course of three months. Alphonso, distressed at these fatalities, resolved to wear the ring himself, but he did not wear it long, as his unhappy life shortly came to an end. The queen regent then attached the fatal ring to a gold chain, which she hung around the neck of the Virgin of Almudena in Madrid. NUDENESS JARS JAPANESE. Severe Shock Is Administered to the Islanders by This Form At the St. Louis fair a Japanese merchant was praising the exhibit of Japan. "We shall undoubtedly get a number of awards, prizes, medals' and diplomas," he said. "I hope that on none of these will appear drawings containing nude figures. We are a modest people; nude figures shock us. A number of Japanese manufacturing concerns that took part in the Columbian exposition received diplomas, suitable for gaming, whereon there were drawings of nude women. These concerns, with some misgiving, hung their diplomas in their factories at home. Hence a great deal of scandal, and the diplomas had to come down. There was one firm, a rice-polishing firm at Takamatsu, that came near incurring serious trouble. Its diploma, very nude indeed, was hung in the hall of the factory and the women hands refused to go to work the morning it appeared. The men, taking the matter up, refused to work either. The factory, had not the Columbian exposition's diploma been removed, would have had to close its doors. In Japanese art the nude never appears. The human figure is always draped. Foreign artists should remember this in work intended for Japan." WARMS NOSE WITH CIGAR New York Man Holds Fire End Close to Face and Then Takes Snuff. Many and varied are the ways and means adopted by people these days as a protection from the cold, but one of the oldest schemes is that of a man who uses his cigar to warm his nose. While on the street he invariably smokes a cigar, and at frequent intervals he removes it from his month and holds the lighted end close to his nose, which happens to be an organ of uncommon size, says the New York Times. Some years ago this gentleman froze his nose, and ever since it has been extremely susceptible to cold. "Moreover," explained the man, "there is a considerable amount of heat radiated from the fire end of a cigar, much more than you would naturally suppose; yet I admit in extreme cold weather it is not sufficient to keep my nose comfortable, and at such times I have snuff. The resultant sneezing amply serves the purpose." CALLS SUN A BINARY STAR Prof. Bigelow Expounds Ideas About Old Sol and Laws Governing Him. "The sun should be regarded as an incipient binary star," says Prof. Bigelow, in the Weather Review. Recent scientific work in investigating the circulation of the solar atmosphere in accordance with the laws governing the convective and radiativeaction of a large mass of matter contracting by its own gravitation, have led Prof Bigelow to the hypothesis that "the single fiery envelope conceals two disks." A series of observations extending over many years on the period of solar rotation at various points in the surface shows that "the same meridian of the sun is seen twice in a single rotation of the entire mass, first as the eastern limb, and second, 13 days later, as the western limb." Therefore the sun has a dumbbell figure of rotation. Diplomat a Fine Pianist Theodore Hansen, first secretary of the Russian embassy in Washington, is an accomplished musician, being devoted especially to the piano. Most of his spare time is passed fingering the keys of a concert grand, which he has in his apartments. But he he is haunted by street pianos, which seem to have a satanic propensity for cutting loose just in front of wherever he happens to live. Three times he has changed his quarters on this account, and he solemnly declares that unless he can effect permanent escape from the torment of "popular music," he may be driven to resign his position. CHIPS Mrs. Leonard Lewis has gone south for a visit to her old homestead. Mrs. J. L. Parks is still confined to her home on account of a sore foot. Joseph H. Hudlun, who has charge of the Chicago Board of Trade building, saves his earnings and he can always place his hand on a nice bank roll. Miss Fannie Barnes, the highly accomplished daughter of Attorney Barnes, of Detroit, Mich., is having a three weeks' visit with her friend Mrs. Jacob L. Parks, $155 State street. You will meet the "Dahomian Queen," and make a fuss over her at the Masquerade Ball given by Inner Circle of Crispus Attucks Club, Central Hall, Feb. 6th. N. Clark Smith and Prof. Hill. "You are welcome as the flowers in May" because "every little bit helps" at the Inner Circle of Crispus Attuck's Masquerade Ball, Central Hall, Feb. 6th. N. Clark Smith and C. L. Hill—That's all! Mrs. Horace Clinton, 444 State street, who is quite a worker in secret society circles, is a warm admirer of The Broad Ax and her husband would have a fight on his hands if he should order it discontinued. Doctor George C. Hall will leave the latter part of the coming week for a two weeks tour through the South. He will perform several operations at Macon, Ga., and Birmingham, Ala. While in that section of the South, he will attend the Farmers' conference at Tuskegee, Ala. Mrs. Doctor M. F. Murray, 1935 State street, is a most charming lady to come in contact with. She is exquisitely neat in arranging the furnishings in her home and for more than five years Doctor and Mrs. Murray have been warm friends of this paper. The complimentary testimonial which will be tendered to Doctor A. Beatrice Schultz at Arlington Hall, 31st and Indiana avenue, Thursday evening, Frebruary 23, promises to be a highly successful affair as many of her friends are buying tickets for the occasion. Sir Knight H. S. Cooper left no stone unturned to make the Knight Templars' charity ball at the Coliseum Annex Monday night a grand success. He was unceasing in his labors and efforts and every one who patronized it had no kick coming in any particular. The Inner Circle of Crispus Attucks Club has the reputation of furnishing the star entertainment of the season. Our assembly to be given at Central Hall, Feb. 6th, '05, will not fall below the standard we have raised. We are prepared to offer with the assistance of N. Clark Smith the best affair with the best of order. Mrs. W. Macey, Miss Geneva Macey, Mrs. Mae Blake, Mrs. Frank W. King, Mrs. Emma L. Stevens, Mrs. Edw. Tiderington, Doctor A. Beatrice Schultz and Miss James were among some of our many lady friends who took in the nights of the charity ball at the Coliseum Annex last Monday night. Little Biddle G. Alexander has his dishonest back up like a mad tom-cat simply because we very gently reminded him last week that "he had failed to cough up the five dollar bill which is coming to us, and when ever he turns it over to us then we will not have much ink to waste on black leg lawyers. The Republican members of the Legislature of West Virginia are in favor of passing a "Jim Grow Car Law" in order to repay the Negro for assisting to vote them into office. It is high time to stick another feather in the hats of the Lily White bosses of the Grand Old Party of God and prosperity. Frederick A. Perry, of New York, the Afro-American chattel mortgage clerk in the Register's office, has just been admitted to the bar as an attorney and counsellor at law. He passed the examinations with high honors. He will resign his position with the city and begin practicing his profession. Captain David B. Mulliken of the 27th Infantry at Ft. Sheridan has been found guilty of swearing to false statements in relation to his marriage to a Filipino woman, and Gem. Funston and a trial board have recommended his dismissal from the service. It is up to President Roosevelt to act in the case, and it remains to be seen whether or not the rough riding President is in favor of protecting white soldiers who lie, steal and marry any other but white gals. Sir Knight t. Alex. Stephens, the leading restaurant of Chicago, was all attentive, and sails during the progress of the charity ball at the Coliseum Annen. Monday night. Sir Knight Stephens takes well with the ladies, and he very graciously presented the writer to Mrs. Anna Johnson, who was the most handsomely gowned lady a. the ball. Miss Jean Briggs, the highly proficient stenographer in the main office of the Hoffheimer Soap Company, Royal Insurance building, is one of the brightest and most amiable business ladies in Chicago, and she is greatly interested in the "Race Problem" in this country, and delights in perusing from time to time the articles which appear in The Broad Ax on that subject. Wednesday afternoon Mrs. J. Hockley Smiley entertained about fifty ladies at a Buffet Luncheon at her residence, 69 E. 22nd street, in honor of her mother's birthday. The hours were from 1 until 3 p. m., and despite the inclement weather nearly everyone favored with an invitation attended. The dining room was decorated in pink. Mrs. John Jones and Mrs. John Johnson poured coffee and chocolate. Mrs. C. King assisted in receiving. Tuesday evening a piano recital was given at the home of Mrs. Evans, 4831 Dearborn street, for the benefit of the Colored Woman's 20th Century Penny Club. It was successfully conducted by Mrs. G. N. Perry, 4707 Calumet avenue, who has many pupils among the Afro-Americans. She was assisted by Miss Nellie Nard and the boys and girls who took part in it, rendered their parts to perfection. At the conclusion of the interesting program Mr. D. E. Tobias, journalist, late of London and Paris, and Julius F. Taylor furnished the oratory for the members and friends of the club. Salmon Bisque. Drain the liquor from a can of salmon and turn the contents into a saucepan. Cover with boiling water, add a pinch of salt and cook for ten minutes. Drain thoroughly; be sure that there are no bones, then mash through a strainer and place again over the fire. Add a pinch of chicken stock and allow it to boil. Then turn in a pint of heated milk and a cupful of cream. Stir until perfectly smooth, strain again and serve. If not rightly seasoned add more pepper and salt—Boston Budget. Sunken Station. The pumping station and coal shed at Galien, on the Burlington railroad, a short distance east of Sterling, O., which began to disappear into the earth recently, is entirely out of sight now, with the exception of the top piece of stovepipe, which is still visible in the large circular hele in which the buildings disappeared. Friendly Suggestion Windig—I don't know what we are going to do with our youngest boy. Joblots—What's the trouble? "He's getting so we can't believe a word he says." "Why don't you get him a job in the prediction department of the government weather bureau?"—Chicago Daily News. Fourteen-Year-Old Bride A marriage at an exceptionally early age—so far, at least, as the British Isles are concerned—was made at Melton when a girl of 14 was wedded to a man of 22. The nuptials of the very youthful bride, who hails from Harby, in the Vale of Belvoir, took place in the local registry office. Cream Pancake Mix the yolks of three well-beaten eggs with half a pint of cream, sweeten with two ounces of sugar, flavor with powdered cinnamon, name and grated nutmeg, and fry quickly in sweet, heated lard, drain and dish, sprinkling with granulated sugar, and serve halved oranges.-People's Home Journal. A Beugh Route Stranger in Detroit—I don't see why they charge three cents on one street car line and five cents on the other. Old Resident—The three-cent line throws off two cents for wear and tear on the passengers.—Detroit Free Press. Worry Over Small Things People worry over such mean things, and eat out their hearts and destroy their chances of happiness over microscopic grievances which are not worth a moment's serious considera-jon.—Madame. A Human Propensity Nothing seems to tickle a homeless cur like a chance to lick the everlasting stuffing out of a curled and scented poodle in a silver-plated harness.—Chicago Post. Really Dangerous Duel. The Deroulede-Jaures opera boule Frunch duel had more dangerous features than is common in such affairs. Both principals arrived on the scene in automobiles—Brooklyn Times. Most Sanguinary Battle The most singularary of modern battles was probably that of the Moshewa in 1812, when of the 120,000 French $30,000 were lost, and of the 140,000 Russians 68,000. Dessert telegraph mine It is not generally known that there in a telegraph across the southern desert land of the Australian continent, 2,000 miles in length. It runs partially through an uninhabited country and long tracts of waterless desert. While it was being constructed more than 2,000 tons of material had to be carried far into the interior, and many of the iron and wood poles were conveved 400 miles. A recent report says that the wear and tear of this telegraph construction has been inconsiderable, but there is great difficulty found in supplying the stations across the desert with operators. Pork Rolls. Cut cold roasted pork in thin symmetrical slices; season well with pepper, cover with minced onion and chopped parsley, roll up tightly and tie with a bit of clean wrapping twine. Dredge each roll in sifted flour, and fry brown in butter. To the gravy left in the pan add a little stock or milk, season with salt and epper, roll up once, pour over rolls, from which the strings have been removed, and serve at once.—Good Housekeeping. In Vaudeville. The Dutchman—Vat's der difference between a man vat reforms at New Year's und a chap vat goes oud during our act? "Vun turns a leaf, und der other leafa a turn." "All right, professor, a little music, if yez plaze."—Louisville Courier-Journal. National Airs. The national airs of great countries are short, while those of little countries are long. "God Save the King" is 14 bars, the Russian hymn is 16 bars and "Hail Columbia!" has 28 bars. Siam's national hymn has 76 bars, and that of Uruguay 70. Chili 46, and so on. San Marino has the longest national hymn, except that of China. Noble and Difficult Just to be good, to keep life pure from degrading elements, to make it constantly helpful in little ways to those who are touched by it, to keep one's spirits always sweet, and avoid all manner of petty anger and irritability—that is an idea as noble as it is difficult.—Edward Howard Griggs. Fitted for Better Place. One of the most remarkable prisoners in the United States is a convict in Sing Sing, who edits the prison paper, the "Star of Hope." He is there for burglary, but in his time has been lawyer, reporter, confidence man, secretary to a khelive of Egypt, preacher, forger and politician. Woman's Progress This invasion by women in all departments of work seems to be as inevitable as doom itself. It is not to be frowned upon or resisted. It has to be accepted. Women not only have come to the good places, but evidently have to stay.—Chicago Chronicle. Cream Cheese Sandwich A delicious sandwich is made with cream cheese in which is mixed finely chopped black walnuts. A little salad oil may be used to bind the two together. Butter thin brown bread and spread with the mixture. Salt liberally.—N. Y. Post. Successful Launching Ernie—So Helen is married at last! Did her father make any demonstration? Eva—I should say so. You could hear him whooping and dancing for a block. -Chicago Daily News. Household Hint Never use white canton flannel or white tissue paper for wrapping silver articles in. Blue paper and gray flannel are best, as the white contains a chemical which will blacken the silver in time. —N. Y. Post. Catnip Farm. Near New York city there has been started a catapill farm which is proving a profitable investment. The product is shipped to New York animal dealers, and sold to the owners of cats. Where Ignorance Isn't Bliss. Mrs. Homer—Our hired girl can't read a word of English. Mrs. Caller-What! Not even the bargain advertisement?-Chicago News. Needed Regulating "Say, ma," said the small boy, "my stomach sees its dinner time." "Run away and play," replied his ma, "your stomach's fast."—Philadelphia Ledger. Hearty Feeder. A Madrid restaurantkeeper has sued a woman for a meal. He swears that she ate and drank without ceasing from eight p. m. to two a. m. Women's Marrying Age. The average age at which women marry in civilised countries is 23½ years. Growing Population. The population of Japan increased from 82,110,788 in 1872 to 46,304,900 in 1883. Joseph A.O'Donnell Henry D.Coghlin. O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago James J. Gray. M. J. Moran. GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LA N Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1339 Automatic 5940 MILES J. 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