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THE BROAD AX FREDRICK DOUGLASS GENTRE CHARITY BALL WAS A BRILLIANT AFFAIR Mrs. Doctor George C. Hall and Julius Avendorph Led the Grand March Vol. X FREDRICK GENTRE CH WAS A B AFF Mrs. Doctor Geo Julius Aver the Gran The widely and much discussed Charity Ball for the benefit of The Frederick Douglass Centre, was held at the Masonic Temple, Wednesday evening. Promptly at half-past eight o'clock, sweet strains of music from Prof. N. Clark Smith's superb orchestra filled the hall and the long looked for dance was on. From that hour onward until ten those who had received invitations, proudly and gallantly marched into the hall. It was the most select and exclusive Charity Ball or social function, ever held among the cream of the four hundred Afro-Americans in this city. In no other city in the United States or out of it, have so many richly and elegantly dressed, men and women belonging to the race assembled together as on this occasion. It can be thruthfully said, that each lady and gentleman were gowned so faultlessly, that without the slighest embarrassment, they could have been ushered into the presence of the President of the United States or participated in the most exclusive receptions and functions that could be gotten up as far as dress and deportment are concerned. Mrs. Doctor George C. Hall and Mrs. Julius Avendorph, led the Grand March, Mrs. Hall wore a rich but not flashy lavender gown trimmed in rich lace made decolletie and as she is tall and very graceful, it gave her a queenly appearance. They were followed by more than two hundred other ladies and gentlemen. Among the many prominent Society leaders who participated in the Grand March was Mrs. Doctor, A. F. Perry, costumed in red silk and chiffon with white trimming, Mrs. J. Hockley Smiley white net, trimmed in costly white satin ribbon dianonds and American Beauties. Mrs. Doctor Joseph A. Kelly Pomdore silk made 16th century style, Miss Gertrude Moore, black spangled net. Mrs. C. C. Lewis light blue silk mull and she carried a large bunch of pink roses, Mrs. Prof. William Emanuel costly battenbond lace, lavender trimming which was supposed to have cost $500, it was considered the costliest dress worn by any of the ladies. Mrs. Frank W. King white embroidered lace over pink silk picture hat, to match, Mrs Mattie Johnson cream colored lace, Miss Hattie Curtiss crep de chine and lace, Mrs Jacob L. Parks, black volle, Mrs. Frank P. George, black organda over white silk, Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, black grenedene and pearls, Mrs. B. F. Moseley, lavender mull black velvet trimming, Mrs Hattie Claybrook, pale blue silk and lace, Hotsle Johnston, steel colored silk, Miss Essie Arnold white lace over white silk, Mrs James E. Thompson light gray silk, pink roses, Mrs L. A. Davis, pink silk mull trimmed in white lace, ornaments, pink and yellow roses, Mrs. Philip Green, black net over white silk, Miss Board, brocaded silk, Mrs. V. N. Blackwell, white embroidered silk, Miss Dodson Ball, silk mull over red silk, Miss Lena V. Pickett, cream lace over blue silk, Mrs. J. S. Tandy, black and white silk and linen, Miss Hattie Wilson, late of Kansas City, Mo., canary colored silk crep de chine picture hat to match, Mrs. William H. Hyman, lambsdown white spangled net over white satin ornaments Pearl necklace, Mrs. Virginia Green, black silk lace trimming, Mrs. Sadie Coleman and her sister Miss Blanche Schly, Milwaukee, Wis., red silk and chiffon, Mrs. Wilson, gray silk crep de chine trimmed in rich velvet diamond ornaments Mrs. Claude Alexander, white spangled net over white silk, Mrs. Ida Wells-Barnett, black silk lace trimming, Mrs. Woodley, cream lace over white silk The Grand March was an inspiring scene to behold and long to be remembered by those who witnessed it, and as before stated there was not a guady dressed lady in it nor in the room and everything in connection with it, indicated an upward tendency on the part of the race. No loud talking nor laughing was indulged in by one single individual in the ball room during the evening, and every person put their best foot forward and were on their good behavior. The dancing was an improvement over the old method where a fellow mounts a chair in the middle of the room and shouts out in a voice that can be heard several blocks away, "ballance all, swing your partners, first lady to the right, Promenade to your seats and so on. Too much credit can not be showered upon Mrs. Doctor George C. Hall, who deserves to rank as the queen and the acknowledged leader, of the four hundred of Chicago, for arranging, planing and managing every detail in connection with the ball which was a great financial success. The agents for the Masonic Temple have informed the writer that never in its history has there assembled such an orderly gathering of people in any hall in the building as assembled in it Wednesday evening. At 1 o'clock sharp, a long line of carriages stood waiting to convey the merry dancers to their respective homes and the first Frederick Douglass Centre Charity Ball had passed into history. Miss Hattle Wilson 3118, Wabash ave., late of Kansas City, Mo., was according to our way of thinking the most elaborately gowned lady at the Frederick Douglass Centre Charity Ball; she wore a canary colored silk crepe de chine dress over light blue trimmings and rich Irish point lace, which fitted her beautiful form very exquisitly. She also wore a large white Picture hat to match her elegant costume. She is a graceful dancer and she was the center of attraction throughout the evening. Mrs. Jack Garner or Mrs. Allen, created a great sensation, just as the Elks, Ball was winding up at the Coliseum Annex Monday evening. It appears that Mrs. Garner, Mr. Garner and two other persons were seated at a table all eating and drinking wine, and having a good time and all at once Mrs. Garner threw a wine bottle at Mr. Garner's head at the sametime screening at the top of her voice and the commotion and excitement attracted the attention of everybody in the hall, no arrests however, were made by the police. CHICAGO, MAY 13, 1905 奇 MAJOR GENERAL R. R. JACKSON. Assistant Superintendent Armour Station, and Major General, Commanding the Uniform Rank K. P. of the World. SHERIFF THOMAS E. BARRETT SHOWED THE WHITE FEATHER OR FAILED TO KEEP HIS WORD WITH COMMISSIONER DE PRIEST IN RELATION TO SELECTING COLORED MEN AS DEPUTY SHERIFFS, The first of last week Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett informed County Commissioner Oscar De Priest that he would have the right to select twenty Colored men to be sworn in as Deputy Sheriffs and in accordance with the instructions of Sheriff Barrett who up to that time was regarded by the Commissioner as an honest and truthful man, he appeared in the Sheriffs office with five Colored men instead of twenty and as the Commissioner approached Deputy Sheriff Peters that swell-headed Republican official informed him that "he would not administer an oath to any Colored men as Deputy Sheriffs that he would have to see Sheriff Barrett who had not yet arrived." Commissioner De Priest felt that Peters was either lying or playing horse with him. He walked behind the railing up to the door leading into Sheriff Barrett's private office he pushed it open and he beheld the high Sheriff of Cook County standing in the middle of the floor, white in the face and trembling like a leaf. The Sheriff informed Commissioner De Priest, that "he would not and that he did not propose to select any Colored men to serve as Deputy Sheriffs." Very cooly and without the least anger Commissioner De Priest in plain English language, intimated to Sheriff Barrett that "he had simply carried out his instructions and if he had no use for Colored men he had no right to lie to him respecting the matter." The Sheriff equivocated and attempted to say something in reference to "Colored Deputy Sheriffs in citing a riot." Thus, the interview or the controversy between the Sheriff and the Commissioner came to a close after the first named official had swallowed his own words respecting his instructions to Mr. De Priest to furnish him twenty Colored men to serve as Deputy Sheriffs. In 1902, thousands of Colored men worked and voted for Thomas E. Barrett for Sheriff of Cook County, it was their votes that made his election possible but up to the present time he has not selected one Colored man for any position whatever and if he should ever run again for any office in this city or county, the Afro-American voters will whack him over the head for drawing the Color line. The Knights of Pythias' Street Parade. Last Sunday afternoon, the Knight of Pythias had their annual parade through Dearborn street and Armuon avenue, after which they attended the annual sermon at Quinn Chapel. There were two brass bands and one fife and drum corps, to furnish the music. Major General R. R. Jackson headed the procession, and was followed by the entire staff of Generals and Colonels and four Companies of the Uniform Rank, all thoroughly equipped and making a splendid appearance. Dr. Allen A. Wesley, the Grand Chancellor, and his staff of Grand Lodge officers, were at the end of the line, following the lodges, but, at the church passed through the open ranks, and entered first. The lodges represented were: Damon, No. 1; Pythias No. 2; Trinity No. 4; Chicago No. 5; Hannibal No. 6; Anchor No. 14; Syracuse No. 15; Clerco, No. 28; Palestine No. 31, and R. S. Elliott Lodge No. 36, of Evanston. Fully fifteen hundred Knights were in line. It was a beautiful day, and the order received the highest compliment for its splendid showing. The Ladies' Courts of Colanthe were also present at the Church. Dr. D. P. Roberts, the Pastor, preached a splendid sermon in eloquent style, and delighted his hearers by praising the virtues of Friendship, Charity, and Benevolence. NEW SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BROAD AX. The following are some of the many new subscribers to The Broad Ax which proves that it is holding its own and becoming more popular each day: Doctor A. F. Perry, 4810 Langley ave; Hon. Charles E. Randall, member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County; Doctor W. E. Mackey, 3160 State St.; James Wheeler, 6146 Aberdeen St; John A. Haney, 4725 South Halsted St.; William Freeman 164 Irving St.; Atlanta, Ga.; M. S. Giblin Chief Ballifl Civil Courts of Cook County; J. M. Stewart, 6554 Champlain ave.; Attorney William W. Johnson, 167 Dearborn St.; Rev. Horace S. Graves, Des Moines, Iwoa.; Mrs. Rebecca Brooks, 5218 Lake ave.; James Miller, 351 31st St.; Hon. Oscar Hebel, member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County; Milton Black, 5025 Dearborn St.; Mrs. W. M. Bell, 5116 LaSalle St.; Lloyd Smith, 6050 Throop St.; J. W. Brown, 6237 Loomis St.; Hon. Oscar De Preist Commissioner of Cook County; Mrs. Lular Williams, 17 West 99th St, New York City; Henry Griffin, 58 Aborn St. Providence R. I.; Joe A. Thomas Clinton Ky. The White Pharisee As Others See Him OWEN M. WALLER, M. D. Brooklyn, N. Y. In spite of the many edivences of a boasted civilization, the presence of religious institutions and philahthropic endeavor about us, the question ever presents itself. Is the white man a veneered or, if you please, a whitewhased beast? If he is more than this, how is it that a simple opportunity or change of climate suffices to transform him from a seemingly sensitive, gentle, cultured being, into a savage beast, a cruel monster a torturer of human victims, a ravisher of defenseless females, a murderer of suckling babies? Yet a mere statement of facts in respect to the white man in tropical climes is all that is required to show him in these roles. He goes to the Congo, and the stench of his cruelties and beastial lusts fills the nostrils of the world. The American officer goes to the Philippines and relapses into the grossest viles of barbarism. In Africa he quickly becomes a polygamist. In India, he renounces his ancestral religion for any one of the attractive moral cults of the orient. Take him out of the glare of public opinion and public view and he speedily degenerates. It is not half so much the aphy of the Christian Church, as it is the presence of the white man in heathen lands that keeps those regions in thick darkness, and causes the alleged pagan to scoff at the religion of the Gentle Nazarene. Boston rum and Birmingham-made idols are stowed under the deck that is trod by the feet of missionaries wending their way to unpreached corners of the world. So it is that these few exceptions to the whites' degeneracy, these few more or less consecrated preachers of gladiidings, find their work folled at every point by the vices and lusts of the whites in China, India, Africa and other parts of the globe. It seems incredible, however, that right here under our very noses we should be called upon to inhale this terrible fetor of riot, violence and lust. Only last week, a crowd of young white men and boys, returning from a baseball game, began rioting on a train of the New York Elevated R. R., in the heart of the Empire City, took possession of the train, put out the lights, assaulted the passengers and committed indignities upon the females in the cars. Thank God those responsible for this lawlessness were all white. They were reported in the daily press as being college students. Had they been Colored, they would have been hung from the Elevated R. R. in the heart of this great city. Colored college students would not have been capable of such gross misconduct. It is a sad memory that recalls the most revolting immoralities in this land in recent years, only to bring to mind the fact that they were perpetrated by white men. A few years ago, when we lived in Washington, a Maryland sheriff named Shea, and three of his friends, connected with the most prominent families of the country, ravished a young white girl; the sheriff of the county claiming the precedence, probably on the ground of his exalted office. The ridiculous part of the tragedy was, that no one, for a time-dared arrest this highest officer of the law, and it required a conference of the authorities, to determine how he could be induced to go round to the lock-up. The crime was well proven at the trail, followed by the usual force of trying a white man in the South, and the villany was whitewashed by the whitewashed sympathizers with the beastial thing. It was a little before that, when the country was startled by the heinous ravishing of a dying girl in Newark, N. J., by four white men. Toward the close of that awful night those white beasts were still ravishing the girl, but they were holding intercourse with a corpse. Being in a Northern state, those burly brutes are now serving terms in harisee hers See Him prison. Twice lately, have we read of white men calmly selling their wives. One of these superior beings of this boasted superior race-humbug-business, in North Carolina, sold his spouse for a fishing-net. The other, in Kentucky, was willing to part with his for the consideration of a banjo. Now will some white men say that these press-recorded instances are exceptions. No, remember that only white men control the newspapers of this country, and they keep out of print most of their beastiality and glory in publishing with glaring headlines the peculiarities of the Colored man. The usually manage to keep their own rascality in the dark, and as it is only when thieves fall out that just men get their dues, so it is only when the whites become too rotten to hold together that their chlorides are overcome by their cesspools and the Colored people get a gimpse of the real white man at home. What shall we do for him? If you are a Christian, pray for him. Anyhow, do not wish him hence just now, he is not prepared to go. On the other hand, do not allow him to be everlastingly telling you that all the immorality in the United States is committed by the Colored people. They are trying to make us the scapegoat for their dirty deeds. Class for class, and opportunity for opportunity, the Colored people are more decent and moral than white people. An old Indian once remarked that the white man always won in battle, i. e., as it appeared in books and newspapers. It is the white man who is doing all the writing up today, and he is hiding behind the creations of his imagination. If there is any doubt in anyone's mind about these statements of fact ask me for the particulars. ST. THOMAS'S. Last Sunday being the second Sunday after Easter the color of the vestments worn by the Priest at the high celebration was white. Father Lealted preached at 11 a. m. from the Epistle for the day being 1st St. Peter, 2nd cp. 25th verse the choir sang "Christ Our Passover" for the Offertory Anthem, Mr. Frank Waring sang the tenor solo. All members and friends are urged to be present Monday eve., to hear the years report also the pians laid for the improvement of Church. Father Lealted extends an invitation for 3 tenors, 2 altos and 3 sopranos, and 2 basso's for the voluntary choir which meets at Church on Saturday at 7 p. m. R. C. Kelley choir master, J. Dekoven Thompson Organist. Services for next Sunday Holy Communion at 7:30 a. m. Morning Prayer Literary and Sermon, at 1 a. m. Evening Prayer at 8 p. m. May 19th, Friday Fast, Evening Prayer and instruction 8 p. m. Col. A. C. Markley, Commander of 24th Infantry, U. S. A., the famous colored regiment at the battle of San Juan, was the guest of Major Lawrence M. Ennis this week and met many of the leading officers in Chicago. On Wednesday eve, they were the guests of Col. Marshall and the officers and men of the 8th Regiment Infantry. Mrs. B— is still squeeling in the choir of St. Thomas church, and many of the ladies, belonging to St. Thomas, are of the impression that she is out of place, that she is too full of the devil to raise her sweet voice heavenward and that she should feel contented to to sit quietly in her Pew and ask forgiveness of her many sins. No.29 Will promote and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Christianity, Protestantism, Judaism, one, Knight of Labor, or any one else may bear their say, no long on their language in protest and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is avidly committed for all purposes concerning 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.....$0.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 800 Armour Avenue, Chicago JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago M. as Second class Matter. Toys of Savages. Among the most backward and savage tribes great attention is often paid to the children. The toys and playthings used by savages in all parts of the world are often surprisingly well made. Copper-Covered Steeples Many church steeple in England are covered with copper. One of these, in Exeter, is covered with sheet copper, the metal being taken from the bottom of an old man-of-war broken up at Davenport. Progressive Empress The empress dowager of China is credited with having given $8,000 toward the building of the medical school to be opened at the English Congregational mission in north China. The fraternity of bellringers is known in Britain as "the exercise," as the dramatic profession is known as "the profession." A bellringer is a "member of the exercise." Queer Paper. Probably the most extraordinary journal in the world is published weekly in Athens. It is written entirely in verse, even the advertisements. Woman's Treasures If the house catches on fire a woman wants to save her old love letters and the baby's first pair of shoes.—N. Y. Press. Wears the Purple The lieutenant governor of South Carolina wears a purple robe of office when presiding over the senate. Vigilance Necessary Eternal vigilance is the price of securing the return of a borrowed book or umbrella. -The Commoner. His Business. "Pardon me," said the busy merchant to the insurance agent who had forced his way into his office, "but I'm not prepared to talk to you to-day." "Don't let that worry you," replied the agent. "I'll do all the talking."—Philadelphia Press. The Resetting Sin No one performs a single free action from anything but a selfish motive. That is, at any given moment we are doing the thing we wish to do, if we are free to act. The difference comes in the things we enjoy doing.—N. Y. Times. Relief to Mother Eager Mother—Has he expressed any admiration for you? The Daughter—No, but he said he'd die for me. "Well, that's encouraging."—Yonkers Herald. Accounted For. Miss Singer—I wonder if that rich uncle of mine remembered me when he made his will? I used to sing to him. Cypical Friend—He must have; he hasn't left you anything—Boston Globe. What's the Answer? A man who went to church in Philadelphia met the minister's daughter there and now he is married to her. And still the question is asked: "Why do so few men go to church?"—Buffalo News. Blot on the Escutcheon The young marquis of Bute, who has a rental of £250,000 a year, owes most of his wealth to the fact that the founder of the house was the illegitimate son of Robert II. of Scotland. For World Mastery "The German emperor says he early vowed "never to strike for world master." It is just as well for his peace of mind that he did so, because he would never have got it, anyway.—Toronto Globe. Graves in the Ithmus More men have died and are buried on the Isthmus of Panama along the line of the proposed canal than on any equal amount of territory in the world. Proflicate Monarch The sultan of Morocco is one of the most extravagant of monarchs. He spends all the money he can lay his hands on. Christian Charity Strangely enough, the home for aged atheists, just opened in New York, is endowed by Christian believers only. Earth's Bread Eaters. Bread as an article of daily food is only used by about one-third of the earth's population. [Picture of a man with a serious expression, wearing a dark coat and a hat.] MAJOR LAWRENCE M. ENNIS. One of the Most Successful Lawyers in Chicago, Eloquent Orator and a True Friend to wo rthy Afro-Americans. One of the Most Successful Lawyers in Chicago, Eloquent Orator and a True Friend to wo rthy Afro-Americans. REFLECTIONS ON THE GREAT TEAMSTERS STRIKE. To The Editor:— A great deal of indignation has been let loose in the past few weeks on the part of the colored people because certain Negro strike-breakers have been beaten and ill-treated while performing the duties of their employment, and because prejudice against the Negro has been intensified somewhat by his taking the places of the striking teamsters. This indignation is but just and proper. It voices our protest against the unfair and dirty prejudice that would make a "strike-breaker" doubly cursed because he is black. At the same time, it also shows our stand for law and order, and our demand that citizens be protected in their right to work, which is but a part of their liberty. But this indignation would not amount to a puff of wind, were there not men of our race, fighting for these rights and against this prejudice. The day has not yet come when the world rights wrong when its attention is called to it. No one goes about seeking whom he may help. Every man and every race, and every country, must help itself, must protect its own honor and rights, must fight its own battles, must blaze its own way to the front. There are colored men who object to the bringing of these rough, burly Negroes from the South, to bear the burden of this industrial strike. They say it means only harm to those of the race already in Chicago; that they will create a greater prejudice here, and, when the white people have settled their differences, the Negroes of Chicago will have to pay in the years to come, an awful price for the coming of these disturbers from the South. These be indeed, timed souls, who would rather bear what illies they have with grace, than struggle for greater truth. They look not beyond today, and care for nothing more than that their own skins should remain whole. If men have to, and ought to, fight for what they believe to be right,—and that is the only standard—what are they to do when they know they are right! Are they to yield and submit themselves to the tyranny and dictation of those whom they known to be in the wrong? If they do, do they not yield at the same time their manhood, and do they not submit to be branded with the mark of a coward? After such a course, can they expect that any other man or race or nation will respect their rights, or extend to their courteous consideration in their requests or demands? Never! The others will but add insult to insult, and vent their spleen upon this race who, they know, will kiss the hand that smites them. It has cost treasures in life and money to obtain, to establish, and to keep, almost any human or national right which can be mentioned. Just now the Negro has two things for which he must yet struggle and fight—his citizenship rights, which, indeed, includes the other his right to work. What if it does cost life! or days of unrest? Should we not rather rejoice that since peace has refused her blessing, we have sought it in war? Is it not true that the courage, the manhood, the determination to do what they lawfully may do, shown by the Negro strike-breakers in Chicago, have raised the Negro in the estimation of the people? Do you not know that doors will open to him now, for this struggle, that otherwise would remain forever closed? Then let us pay the price, content to know that we are battling for what becomes a man!—B. To The Editor:— in Chicago, Eloquent Orator and arthy Afro-Americans. PAY YOUR EDITOR IN ADVANCE. An exchange speaks of a man who it is said always paid for his paper a year in advance. As a result he has never been sick in his life, never had corns on his toes nor toothache, his potatoes never rot, his babies never cry at night, his wife never scolds and he has succeeded in serving three years on the school board without being cused.—Exchange. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The Broad Ax desires to engage Agents and regular Correspondents in all the leading cities and towns throughout the country. The highest commissions paid to live hustlers Sample copies furnished free. For further information, address Julius F Taylor, 5049 Armour avenue, Chicago Large newly furnished room for man and wife, or gentleman; use of house. Mrs. Mathews, 5357 Grove avenue, 1st flat. Preaching to Individuals. There is no need of preaching a gospel for the individual. The individual who has it in him to shape his own environment will do it. The masses of mankind are not strong enough to overcome their environment. Any efficient gospel for them must take account of that environment.—N. Y. Times. Most Dangerous Occupation Seafaring is the most perilous employment. The Labor Gazette points out that of 21,668 fatal accidents during the past five years, 3,758, the largest, was in the shipping industry. The next most dangerous trades are mining, quarrying and working on railways. An English writer, Mr. Hodgson, who is by no means convinced that salmon fast during their sojourn in fresh water, thinks they take the minnow for a wounded fish, and dash at it, owing to the impulse which makes most animals attack a cripple. Some Improvement Expected Editor (to the artist)—I refused this drawing a year ago. Why do you bring it here again? Artist—I thought you would have more experience by this time and know a good drawing when you see it.—Illustrated Bits. It costs money to live in South Africa. A woman resident in Johannesburg pays $50 a month for her cook and $25 a month to a Hindoo servant. In India she would have had to pay only five dollars a month for the Hindoo's services. Corean Method of Reform An aged Korean councilor of state, who is a strong reformer, Ghol-Ik-yen, has been sitting outside the palace gate for five days, and proposes to sit there until needed reforms are carried out. Shanghai Herald. She—Some doctors claim that unhealthy results follow kissing. He—They've got cause and effect twisted. Kissing is generally the result of a heart affection.—Stray Stories Baroness Burdett-Coutts, the world's greatest woman philanthropist, who has given away nearly $25,000,000, nearly all her possessions, on April 21 celebrated her ninety-second birthday. Mr. Lovett—Good evening, Tommy. Is your sister at home? His Brother—Yes, but so is pop, an' he's got indigestion. You'd better skip. —Stray Stories. Jones-And does your snoring resemble sheet music?-Chicago News. Rooms to Rent. Theory About Fish Servants Come High Effect. Not Cause Greatest Giver Not a Lucky Night Legal Fraternity Grew Too Numerous and King Henry VI Thinned Their Number. The dowager empress of China threatens another drastic reform. She insists that the lawyers of her land shall—study law, reports London Black and White. Black and White We all know the boast of Peter the Great—that there was but one lawyer in the whole of Russia, and he was going to have that one executed. There was once a somewhat similar feeling in England, though as the statute in which it was expressed has been repealed, only lawyers now know anything about it. Henry VL found that he had too many legal gentlemen in his dominions, especially in Norfolk and Suffolk. He drew a harrowing picture of the conditions as they had been and then were. Formerly, he declared, when there were but six or eight "attorneys" in these counties great tranquility prevailed. But now the numbers had increased to fourscore, or more, "which come to every fair, market and other places where is any assembly of people, exhorting, procuring, moving and inciting the people to attempt untrue and foreign suits for small trespasses, little offenses and small sums of debt whereby proceed many suits more of evil will and malice than of truth of the thing, to the manifold vexations and no small damage of the inhabitanta." Therefore it was enacted that there should be henceforth only six common attorneys in Norfolk, and the like number in Suffolk, and two in the city of Norwich. RIGHTS OF CHORUS GIRLS. New York Manager Protects Them from Unwelcome Attentions of Men The time is past when wealthy young men can sit in the front row of a first-class theater and ogle the young women in the chorus, says the New York Sun. Certain managers used never to make strenuous objections to this sort of fun, providing the young men didn't interfere with the enjoyment of the rest of the audience, but no manager will permit it now. Five well-known young men about town tried it at a Broadway theater a few nights ago, and the management put up with their nonsense until the first part of the show was over. Then the five left their seats and started out for a drink. When they returned they were allowed to enter the theater, but two ushers barred the aisle leading to their seats. Near the ushers stood the manager of the house. Said he to the five young men: "The ladies of the chorus have complained of your unwelcome attentions. You have seen half of this show and can get half the price of the face value of your seats at the box office if you desire. You can't return to your seats. If you try to, I'll have you all arrested." The five young men consulted. Then they apologized for their conduct. The manager said he was sorry, but he couldn't let them return to their seats. They saw the rest of the show standing up in the back of the house. MOTHS FOND OF PRUNES Possible Substitute for Camphor Balls to Protect Winter Clothing. "I have made a discovery, or, at least, I think it is a discovery," said the housewife, according to the New York Sun. "Moths like prunes. "I have mentioned that fact to many persons since I found it was true, and they have soffed at me, all but my grocer. He tells me that he discovered some time ago that moths are very fond of prunes. "I have noticed for some time an occasional moth flying around my kitchen, and I wondered where they came from. I remembered a few days ago that I had placed a package of prunes on an upper shelf in the kitchen closet, and I went looking for it. "Now, this was a pound package of prunes, and the package was sealed. I noticed several little holes near the top of the package, and as I cut the top open what was my surprise to find it full of moths! "If moths like prunes so much, I rather think that some day prunes may take the place of camphor balls when it comes time to pack away the winter clothing." Man's Nose Supported Him There was once a man who was deaf and dumb, and in consequence had difficulty in earning enough to support himself. As often occurs, those who are deprived of one sense have another in an unusual degree. This was the case with this man. He had a sense of smell so remarkable that he became an expert in detecting the presence of cil wells. His nose was purchased by a big company (naturally the man himself went along with his nose) and he managed to eke out an excellent living.—Washington Star. Use for the Handle Enpeck—My wife told me to buy her a good broom. Dealer—Well, here's one with a hickory handle—warranted not to break. "Great Scott! Do you think my skull is made of cast iron?"—Kansas City Independent. Close Resemblance Mrs. Fluff~Every one says my daughter is a perfect image of me; have you ever noticed it? Sutor for Daughter~Well, er, I've noticed that you are a perfect shadow of her; yes.—Detroit Free Press. AN IRRIGATION EXHIBIT. Oregon Exposition Will Show What Has Been Done to Religion Arid Lands. Because of the large amount of land in the Pacific northwest which has been reclamed by irrigation, and the larger amount which is at present worthless on account of the lack of water supply, the irrigation exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition will prove unusually interesting, says a recent account. The exhibit will be complete, well arranged and instructive, and will prove a marvel to eastern people, who know little of the wonderful results which an artificial water supply has accomplished in many western districts. The exhibit will consist largely of working models of irrigation projects, the largest being patterned after the $3,000,000 plant now being built in southern Arizona. The models will show the manner of storing the water by reservoirs, the method of carrying it into the lowlands by means of canals and flumes, and its final distribution to the lands to be irrigated. There will also be models of dams and reservoirs, and an exhibit of instruments used in determining the amount, of water which may be utilized from any given stream. In addition to these displays, there will be a practical illustration of irrigation methods on the grounds back of the government building, on the peninsula in Guild's lake, where there will be a small farm with crops growing on land actually irrigated. YANKEE INVENTIVENESS. Massachusetts Man Knew How to Extinguish a Taper That Was Inextinguishable. In a little Massachusetts town lives a man who for two causes enjoys deathless local fame, says Lippincott's Magazine. For one thing, he is the only native of the place who has been to Europe; and he, moreover, performed while there the ensuing feat, which the neighbors still recount with breathless admiration: While in Rome the New Englander was shown a certain shrine before which burned a solitary taper. "That taper," explained the guide in machine-built English—"that taper he has burned before this shrine 700 years. He a miraculous taper. Never he has been extinguish. For seven long century that taper has miraculously burn before one shrine, and not once has been—what you call—put out." The Yankee viewed the miracle candle in silence for a full minute. Then, leaning slowly forward, he extinguished the flame with a mighty "puff." Turning with a triumphant chuckle to the scandalized and speechless guide, he announced, "calmly: "Wa'al, it's aout now!" JAPAN IS FICTIONLESS Works on Science Most Often Called For in Libraries, with Literature Next. The literary taste of the Japanese is significantly shown in the report of the librarian of the imperial library at Tokio. For fiction there is no demand, a curious contrast to the experience of most American and English libraries. While 12,486 works relating to theology and religion, or only 1.6 per cent. of the total number of books in the library, were asked for, according to the records of the past year, there were demanded by readers 166,677 volumes, of 21.6 per cent. classified under the head of mathematics, science and medicine. Works on literature and language to the number of 153,711—that is, 20 per cent., were asked for, while 18 per cent. of the applications were for books on history and geography. Works on art, industries, engineering, military and naval science, figure prominently on the list of additions made in recent years to the sheaves of the imperial library. Gardening as a "Cure" Few of us know that a far better cure for all our health troubles than any of the patent medicines which are so constantly recommended lies at our doors in more senses than one—I. e., the garden cure. This idea is at last breaking through the crust of centuries and emerging to the light; so that garden cities, lady gardeners, horticulture and agriculture and various other signs of coming sanity, amateur gardening being one of the most conspicuous, are all on the increase. All we have to do is open our doors and live in our gardens.—Amateur Gardening. Golf for Youths Sir Hallewell Rogers, a practical golfer, presiding at the annual meeting of the Warwickshire County Lawn Tennis association, said it was a great mistake for young men who had just left school to begin to play golf. They should first take up a game involving greater and more invigorating exercises than golf could provide. Golf was more a game for old and middle-aged men than for young men, who should first try their hand at tennis.—London Daily News. Wanderers of the Night The night's tale of vagrancy is an appalling one. In the aggregate the vagrants are a serious source of disease and danger to the public. Even an industriously disposed and honest man may be so broken down by adverse circumstances as to lose heart and strength and to let himself go downhill with despairing indifference—London Hospital. TEMPER BEAUTY'S ENEMY. A Calm and Placid Manner and Way of Looking at Life Conductive to Growth of Physical Charm. Temper has much to do with the destruction of a fine and delicately tinted skin. You are familiar with the woman who becomes pale with angles or purple with rage, yellow with disappointment or green with envy. The pallor, the purple patches, and the jaundice are apt to become fixed—and a woman whose complexion consists of a scheme of color in which these tints predominate, distinctly bears the color imprint of the serve, the yellow leaf. A bad complexion is sometimes the outward and visible sign of a bad temper, hence serenity is to be cultivated as an aid to natural beauty says a writer in the American Queen. Worrying about household matters and servants is to be avoided at all cost as tending to accelerate the fading of June's roses from the chops of the not too youthful, and the upturnation of the active mind, always to be doing something, must be srenuously resisted. Unless you have plenty of rest and relaxation, both of mind and muscle, your mirror will soon begin to cast reflections on your face and on little wrinkles will appear one by one, as the stars come out on a summer's night. But, "when soft slumber allures thee," be careful not to sleep with the hand under the cheek, as this certainly tends to numb and wrinkle the skin. Another point to attend to is not to allow the jaw to drop when you fall asleep; this is apt to foster the appearance of lines on either side of the mouth. Undoubtedly bad temper is not the only enemy of beauty, but also the first cause of many nervous disorders, and many of the ills that follow a bad digestion. Who has ever seen a really happy woman with an unwholesome looking skin? Worry, continuous fretting, envy and maliciousness not only wear the face with ugly lines, but destroy the foundations of the entire constitution. Therefore beware, and use the only solvent remedy. Cultivate calmness, courage, cheerfulness, amiability and affection, and as the sun drives the fogs of night before it, so the ugliness will give place, if not to beauty, then to charm. RETAIN YOUTHFULNESS. Many Women Let Themselves Grow Old and Faded Through Neglect of a Little Precaution. The old woman who wants to be young must learn all over again how to walk. And before she does this she must learn how to stand. Stand well and you will walk well is a pretty good rule, declares Mme. D'Arcy. To stand well your feet must be comfortable. And this is a good thought for the elderly woman. Make your feet comfortable. Few old women are able to stand well because they have aches and pains which make their feet feel ill at ease. Feet can be kept more comfortable by rubbing them with vasseline every night. They can be kept comfortable by changing the shoes every day. Navar wear the same pair of shoes all day long. And there is another shoe rule—namely, that shoes should be frequently eased. Take your shoes and wet them soaking wet. Take a walk in them and let them dry on the feet. This will mold them to the form of the foot. And another thing. If the shoes feel hard and stiff rub them with oil. Grease your shoes frequently if you want to have them comfortable. You must keep the leather soft and pliable. Stockings should fit the feet. There are too many pairs of ill-fitting stockings. And when the matter of shoes and stockings has been arranged there should come the question of heels. As soon as a woman feels old and tired she begins to wear low heels. She takes the "lifts" off her heels and she lets her step become laggy. Have your heels of good height. Preserve the arch of the foot. Don't let your feet grow flat. Try always to have trim, neat-looking shoes. These are excellent foot rules for any woman. Now, about the walk. There is an English instructor who gives these rules for "walking young:" "To walk young, walk erect. Bring the abdomen in. Throw the chest out. Take long steps. Place the feet at right angles or as nearly as you can. Lift the chin. Throw back the head. Raise the eyes. Breaths deeply. And don't mince." How to Treat Gloves This is the proper way to treat a glove: When you spy a tiny hole mend it without delay, that it may not increase in size. Mend it on the inside of the glove with fine cotton of the same color as the kid. Do not use silk, for it soon wears out. Never break off your cotton, but cut it, so as not to draw your stitches too tightly and make the seam hard and uneven. When sewing a split in a finger seam insert a finger into the glove and draw the edges together so that they meet and that is all; a ridge would not only be uncomfortable, but would look unightly. When a glove is too small and slits it is worse than useless to sew up the rent; it must be patched. The patch must be of kid of the same color. To Help the Eyebrows. Faint your eyebrows every night with a camel's hair brush dipped in sweet oil. Warm the oil, but do not heat it. If you prefer, use vase insulation slightly warmed. Do not use much oil, but just sublux to lubricate the eyebrows. WASHINGTON LETTER PHILIPPINE PARTY DWINDLING CONSIDERABLY IN NUMBER. EXPEDITION NOT A JUNKET Senate in Recent Years Has Lost Many of Its Distinguished Old Men— Majority of Our Presidents Have Been Masons. WASHINGTON. Secretary Taft has caused consternation among the congressmen who have been contemplating a trip with him to the Philippines. The congressmen had supposed that their expenses would be defrayed from some public fund or other WASHINGTON. Secretary Taft has caused consternation among the congressmen who have been contemplating a trip with him to the Philippines. The congressmen had supposed that their expenses would be defrayed from some public fund or other and they are some what surprised to learn from a recent statement of the secretary that they will only be furnished with transportation. They will have to pay for their meals and Pullman fare to San Francisco; for their meals on board the transport across the Pacific and for their subsistence while in the Philippines. The secretary calculates that this means an outlay of about $500 per man. As this trip was proposed for the purpose of enlightening the prominent statesmen on many questions affecting the Philippines and the general government, and the results of the expedition are to be shown in general legislation, a number of the congressmen cannot understand why they are called upon to give up good money of their own for the benefit of the Philippine government. Secretary Taft believes that every cent expended on this trip will be well invested, and also that all the expenses of the party should be defrayed either by the Philippine government or out of the United States government. He is restricted, however, in the extension of the hospitality of the Philippine government, as some very vannicky auditors of the treasury department might question the accounts, with bills to come in for feeding and otherwise entertaining the statesmen. It now looks as though the party would be much smaller than at first anticipated. It is very doubtful if Speaker Cannon will be a member of it, although the declaration of Secretary Taft that the trip cannot in any way be regarded as a junket, removes a very serious objection that "Uncle Joe" had to it. Senator Newlands N THE hearings now in progress before the interstate commerce committee of the senate a pretty wide range of questions is permitted. This freedom is taken advantage of by Senator Newlands of Nevada, who is very fond of poking questions at high railway offices and securing all N THE hearings now in progress before the interstate commerce committee of the senate a pretty wide range of questions is permitted. This freedom is taken advantage of by Senator Newlands of Nevada, who is very fond of poking questions at high railway offices and securing all sorts of information. He does not always confine himself to the exact subject under consideration, but wanders a good deal into general fields of political economy. Mr. Newlands is a very strong advocate of granting charters by the national government to corporations doing an interstate business. In his cross-examination of railroad men before the committee he is sure to lead up to his hobby. There has been a disposition on the part of Senator Elkins, chairman of the committee, to restrict cross-examination to the main subject under consideration, that of the government fixing railway freight rates. He has not, however, checked Mr. Newlands in the latter's inquiries, and the reason given is because the Nevada senator is "such a good fellow." Mr. Newlands is entitled to being termed a good fellow, as he is one of the most royal hosts in Washington. He lives in a century old mansion on the heights overlooking the northwest section of Washington, and the broad lawn and rambling rooms of this old home are ideal for the exhibition of whole-souled hospitality. The senator delights in entertaining here numbers of his colleagues, and no pleasanter evening can be spent than at his almost baronial dining table. The interstate commerce committee has had this pleasure more than once, and it is easily apparent why Mr. Newlands is given free rein in his line of questioning at the committee rooms. Mr. Newlands has invested may millions of money in the development of Washington, and especially its suburbs. Through his wife much of the Sharon estate came to him, and he has invested it about the capital city where returns are reasonably certain. The Late Senator Blatt The Late N O MAN will be more missed from the United States senate than Oville H. Platt," was the remark of Senator Spooner of Wisconsin when the news came of the Connecticut senator's death. Mr. Platt was one of a half dozen republican senators who virtually controlled all important legisl- half dozen gave more time and thought to the country's interests than did Mr. Platt. His deep study of every question and his sound, common sense judgment made him the most trusted of all the leaders. There were many men more brilliant in the senate, but none more honest or able. Mr. Platt had no vanity, and he never tried to learn the tricks of an orator. He was somewhat ungainly in appearance, and when he arose to address the senate he seemed to get out of his seat in sections. He was very tall, and as he came up out of his chair slowly he seemed to unlimber a section at a time. He had a somewhat quarulous voice and spoke in jerky fashion. His gestures were strained and awkward, but he was never at a loss to find the proper language in which to express his ideas, and they were always listened to with the closest attention. Mr. Platt was very fond of out-door life, and not long before his death he remarked that in the previous 25 years he had probably lived five years out of doors. He had a lodge in the Adiron-docks, being first attracted to those delightful surroundings by the talks and writings of the late Rev. W. H. H. Murry, who was for some years pastor of a Congregational church in Connecticut, of which Senator Platt was a deacon. Some of the Older Men T DEATH HE death of Senator Platt emphasizes the rapidity with which old and famous men are being taken out of the United States senate. One year ago there were 14 men of national reputation on the rolls of the senate who were above the scriptural limit of three score years and ten. To-day there are just nine senators who are over 70 years of age, over one-third of last year's number having crossed the Great Divide. Those who have passed away in the last 12 months are Senators Quay, Hoar, Bate, Hawley and Platt. This mortality among the older statesmen inspires the question of "Who will be the next?" There are now serving in the senate at more than three score and ten years of age Senators Morgan and Petus of Alabama, Teller of Colorado, Cullom of Illinois, Allison of Iowa, Frye of Maine, Platt and Depew of New York, and Proctor of Vermont. The weight of increasing years is plainly visible on some of these noted statesmen. Senator Morgan of Alabama has aged very perceptibly in the last year. He has lost flesh and, although still able to make a prolonged speech, his voice has lost much of its fullness, and after an hour or two on the floor he is compelled to seek the indulgence of the senate while he sits down and rests in the course of his speech. Senator Frye of Maine, president pro tem of the senate, is another who is showing the burden of years. Mr. Frye has had frequent weak spells in the last year or two and is not nearly so vigorous as some of his older colleagues. A long rest this summer, most of which he will spend at his lodge on the range of lakes in Maine, may restore much of his vitality, but his friends have been watching him with anxious eyes. Senator Platt of New York is probably the feebleest man in the senate, but as he has been in that condition for some years the chances are he may outlive many of the more robust senators. Teller of Colorado is becoming bent and stooped with his 75 years, and even the hard-working Allison is beginning to desire a little more rest. Well-Known Statesmen Masons. T HE great majority of presidents of the United States, from Washington down to Roosevelt, have been members of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Roosevelt did not become a Mason until after he had been elected to the office of vice president. In the winter following the election of 1800 he became a member of Matinecock lodge at Oyster Bay. He has been elected to receive several high degrees in masonry, but the pressure of public business has prevented his taking them. He will probably wait until he retires from the presidency before going through these initiations. Vice President Fairbanks also became a Mason after his election to the vice presidency, but it is his intention to take as many degrees as possible in the near future, so that when 1908 comes around he will be a full-fledged Mason of the several degrees, including the Knights Templar and the Scottish rite degrees up to the thirty-second. Mr. Fairbanks entered a lodge in Indianapolis during the Christmas holidays last winter, a special dispensation having been granted in order that he might take three degrees in one day. During the present year he expects to take the remaining degrees of the York rite. The best known of Masons among presidents of later years were Garfield, Harrison and McKinley. Garfield and McKinley were Knights Templar, and usually attended the conclaves of that order. Andrew Jackson was at one time grand master of the grand lodge of Tennessee. John Quincy Adams was one president who was conspicuously opposed to Masonry. He was elected during the days of the anti-masonry excitement and talked and wrote against the order with considerable vigor. A poll of the house made a few years ago showed that 77 per cent. of the members were Masons and a similar poll of the senate showed that 88 per cent. of the latter body belonged to that order. Chinese in Canada. Canada's law imposing a tax of $500 on every Chinese entering the Dominion has had a prohibitive effect. From July 1, 1904, not a single Chinese arrived, with the exception of two who escaped from steamships. In each case the steamship company had to pay the poll tax of $500. The exclusion of Chinese has deprived British Columbia of a handsome revenue. In 1903 the province received from the poll tax $225,000, and the year before over $250,000. Old-Time Voter William W. Clark, of Uniontown, Pa., has voted at 17 presidential elections and has never missed even a primary since his first vote for Martin Van Buren in 1836. He voted for every democratic candidate for president since the year named. Mr. Clark has just celebrated his ninety-second birthday. He has spent all his life in the place where he now resides, never needed medical attention and has enjoyed three meals a day since boyhood. Oldest Osage Indian One of the oldest living Osages is Bare Legs, now about 80 years old, though he does not seem to be more than 50. Bare Legs is one of the old-time full-bloods who pine for the days and conditions of long ago. He is opposed to allotment, opposed to everything except the old regime. He takes his annuity, however, in the most approved style, and spends it with lavish Indian prodigality—Kansas City Journal. Did Not Understand the Noise "Good gracious, Alice! What on earth is the matter?" asked the mother, as she rushed into the parlor, after hearing an ear-splitting sound. "Why, I'm taking my singing lesson from the professor, mamma!" "Oh, gracious, child! I thought perhaps the professor was trying to kiss you!"—Yonkers Statesman. Too Many Medals Originally 100,000 bronze medals were struck by the British for distribution to soldiers who took part in the South African war. Some one in authority, however, objected that it would be unwise to issue the medals to natives. Consequently 59,000 medals have been returned to the mint to be remelt. Undoubtedly. The widower had proposed to the maid. "I hardly know how to answer you," she said, timidly. "Oh, don't let that worry you," he replied. "You'll learn before we have been married a week."—Chicago Daily News. Democratic Sultan Like a modern Haroun Alraschid, the sultan of Zanzibar has been wandering about London, seeing people and things of the great city for himself. The sultan went to school in England, speaks the language perfectly and found no difficulty in escaping special notice. Democratic Duchess It is said that the duchess of Devonshire is very democratic with her domestic servants, often reading aloud to them, and does not hesitate to ask her guests to aid her sometimes by the exercise of their musical talents. Long Auto Speedway A project is under consideration to build a 20-mile automobile speedway, from 60 to 100 feet wide, in Mercer county, N.J. It is reported that options on the necessary property have been obtained. A. Real "Thriller." Bill—How was the show last night? Jill—Oh, it was thrilling! Why, my wife's hair stood on end so much that all the "rats" she had in it ran out. Yonkers Statesman. Tardy Reward The British war department has just awarded a medal to Sergt. Maj. McClorey for bravery at the capture of Pegu in 1852. The sergeant has, however, been dead several years. Would Make More If the average man had his life to live over again, he thinks he would avoid all mistakes, but the chances are he would make more than ever.—Chicago Sun. Y No. A New York woman whose front name is "Byrdie" is suffering from "malancholic hysteria." Can you blame her?—Buffalo Express. Easy Enough. Work will bring success—and the more folks you have working for you the more success you will achieve. Chicago Daily News. Daily Thought. Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.—Johnson. Sudden Deafness. A sudden fright will sometimes cause permanent and complete deafness, especially in children. Marriages in Germany. The number of marriages recorded in Germany in 1903 was 463,150. The number of births was 2,046,206. Novelty in Paris. 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Write for catalogue and full instructions how to order. Marcus Ruben (Inc.), 390 State St., Chicago Mr. R. E. Wilson is now at 3552 Forest avenue. Mr. R. L. La Casse now resides at 3722 Armour Avenue. F. W. Blocki, City Treasurer of Chicago, has resumed his duties after spending ten days at West Baden. Prof. Samuel I. Lee, the up-to-date music teacher, has bought and moved into his new home, 5259 Dearborn st. Col. and Mrs. John R. Marshall have moved into their own elegant home, 3630 Calumet avenue. Mrs. Sadie Coleman, and her sister Miss Blanche Schly Milwaukee, Wis., are visiting with Mrs. J. S. Tandy 5145 Grove ave. Mrs. Emma Stewart has moved to 33rd street, near Michigan avenue, so as to be nearer to her fashionable customers. King Jefferson, the rising young poet of Chicago, has returned to the city after spending the winter with his friends in Old Kentucky. George M. Porter manager of the People's Pharmacy 29th and Armour ave., will present each of his customers with a glass of soda water, opening day, which is today. The Corinthian Lodge Knight Templars-will give a grand ball and exhibition drill at the Coliseum Annex, Wabash avenue and Fifteenth street, Monday evening, May 29th. Mrs. Hotsie Johnston, so some of the ladies claim was rigged up in the same dress Wednesday evening that she wore at the "coming out Party," of her charming daughter Miss Elizabeth Johnston, several years ago. President Roosevelt, on his way to Washington D. C., from his wonderful hunting trip in the west, was royally entertained in Chicago Wednesday afternoon by both Demcrats and Republicans. It is understood about town that Mr. Robert L. Taylor, of the Election Commissioners' office, is to marry a Minnesota lady in the fall, provided, of course, he doesn't change his mind about it this Summer. Dan Morgan Smith, has severed his connection with the law firm of Licheinberger, Smith, and Nichols, and Mr. Smith now occupies a fine suite of offices on the fifteenth floor of the First National Bank Building, Phone Central 727, Automatic 3951. Governor W. D. Jelks of Alabama, last week appointed Herschel V. Cashin, an attorney of Decatur, notary public. Mr. Cashin, Warren Logan, of the Tuskegee Institute and possibly one other are the only colored notaries in the state. Mayor Dunne has selected a new City Electrician in the person of William Carroll, who has for many years worked for the city in its electrical department,( and his long experience in this direction amply fits him to become chief electrician of Chicago. E. H. Faulkner, the hustling manager of the Afro-American News Store, 3104 State street, continues to take the lead in selling The Broad Ax and each week he is forced to increase his order for a larger number of copies of the same. Two of the married sporting men in the Town of Lake endeavored to flirt with Miss Mage Washington and Miss Kattie Carmick, who are both pretty and popular belles in the Old Town, during the progress of the Elks ball Monday evening. Mrs. Wm. Willis, who is lively and jolly and who has hosts of friends around about 51st and Dearborn sts., attended the Elks' ball Monday evening, and seemingly she was so happy that she wanted to sing, pray, and dance at the same time. Something like fifteen or twenty black, male and female sheep butted into the Frederick Douglass Centre Charity Ball Wednesday evening, but they conducted themselves like true ladies and gentlemen, and on the whole it was a very creditable affair. Hon. John P. McGoorty, has been one of the most valuable and hardworking members of the Ill., Legislature and in recognition of his services in behalf of all the people, his friends will tender him a banquet Wednesday evening May 17th at the Iroquois Club. For the first time in several years Mrs. Taylor turned out to the ball Wednesday evening and we was all attention and on our best behavior, but several times we managed to duck her and succeeded in making a home run, and escorted one or two of our lady friends to the punch bowl. Mrs. Blackwell, who always likes to get her name in the newspapers was in evidence at the great Charity Ball Wednesday evening, and many of her gentlemen admirers exclaimed in our presence "that she looked so good to them that they felt like eating her up." The laying of the mosaic stone of St. Stephens church, on this coming Sunday afternoon promises to be the greatest affair ever held among the church people in Chicago and Rev. W. S. Brooks is making ample preparations to welcome and entertain his well wishers and friends. Marshall Field has repeatedly declared "that no Negro institution in this city is worthy enough to receive one cent of his money and yet there are thousands of Afro-Americans in Chicago, who are so devoted of race pride, that they deem it an honor to be insulted while spending their money in Marshall Field's store. The Afro-American Elks of Chicago gave their first annual ball at the Collisseum Annex Monday evening. It was well attended and in the wind up Messrs. Dunn, Fry, Hight, Simmons, and several of their friends caused all kinds of wine to flow as free as water, and the result was that many of the ladies did not know whether they were afoot or on horseback. The Dancing Party given at the home of Mrs. Ampey. 2624 Wabash avenue, Monday evening, by the Garden City Chapter No. 34 O. E. S., was through the efforts of its Royal matron Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Louise Webb, Mrs. S. J. Hart, Mrs. Emma L. Stevens and the other ladies connected with it a very nice and successful affair. Tuesday evening a meeting was held in Bethel church for the purpose of protesting against the treatment accorded to the Colored men called "Strikebreakers, by the police. Rev. Archibald James Carey, Dr. George C. Hall, Edward H. Wright, and Mrs. Ida Wells-Barnett, provided all the wind power, a resolution was passed denouncing The Chicago Tribune, and The Chicago American for the hostile attitude they have assumed against all Afro-Americans. These are the two leading daily newspapers that the Colored people of Chicago have for many years gladly assisted their owners to become millionaires in preference to supporting their own newspapers. Further comment is not necessary. Tuesday evening Mr. Marion Adams who was assisted by Mrs. Corrinne Brown, Miss Mamie Davis, and many of the other musical stars of Chicago, gave a grand musical benefit at Quinn Chapel in behalf of Mrs. J. J. Manley, "The Flower Girl," who has been seriously sick for some time. In spite of the strike and many other attractions on that evening the church was comfortably filled and it will be very pleasing to Mrs. Manley's hosts of friends to learn that she will realize a neat little sum which will greatly assist her to open a little store for the sale of flowers. Mrs. James Lawrence of 3152 Dearborn st., had her mother arrested on last Tuesday, and swore in court that she was crazy, after hitting her mother in the head with a plate for calling for her glasses. Then Mr. Lawrence her husband went to the door, and pushed her, and knocked her down and jumped on her and beat her and disolcated her knee and she has been sick from it ever since. Mrs. Lawrence was arrested last Tuesday, by her mother and was held over at the Cottage Grove Station until 3 or 4 parties was phoned for before she could get out. Her trial came up last Wednesday morning at Harrison st., Station. Attorney Ed. Alexander sware that Mrs. Campbell was not Mrs. Lawrence, mother and that she just raised her and Mrs. Lawrence did not deny it in court. Mrs. Annie Campbell. Bright Boys and Girls Wanted to Sell The Broad Ax. Bright boys and girls can make money in every community by selling The Broad Ax. It will cost you nothing to begin, as we will send you a supply of papers for the first week free. If there are any bright boys and girls in any section of the country who want to start in business for themselves, make money and be independent, write to us at once, and we will send you ten papers free of charge. You can sell them for 5 cts. each, this will give you the capital which you can buy more papers at the newsdealers' rate, allowing you a good profit. Thinking and progressive people read The Broad Ax. Your father, brothers, uncles and friends will buy the paper from you. If you mean business write to Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour ave. No Bulldogs Allowed. A gentleman bought, some days ago, for a very high price a bulldog in Hamburg, and brought him to his place in Mecklenburg. To his great astonishment he was informed by the police that the law of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Streitz forbids keeping bulldogs, on the grounds of their danger; so the gentleman in question has been obliged to return the dog to his former owner, of course with a large pecunial loss.—Berlin Sportwell. Animal Pets in London. "A London society woman," according to report. "has a small white beribboned pig sitting beside her when she rides out in her automobile. Another woman automobilist is rarely seen on her car without her pet penguin, Aristides, which she frequently takes with her into shops, the intelligent creature carrying her handbag in his bill. Another delights in horned toads as touneu pets." Egg Service. The members of a plaque of worship at Overton, near Wexham, have hit upon a novel idea for raising money to carry out certain structural improvements. It was decided to have an egg service, and the congregation was invited to bring as many as possible. Over 1,000, which were placed in and around the pulpit, were brought and readily sold, realizing a substantial sum. Literary Life "Molly, has the groceryman gone!" "No, dear, he's waiting." "And the baker?" "And the baker? "On the front steps..." "Well, I'll just climb to the roof and finish my work there." "That'll never do. There's a balliff up there, levying on the shingles!"—Chicago Journal. Singular Message. Lord Curzon is sending a message to all the tribes in India in a novel way. He learned a speech in all the dialects and then spoke it into phonographs. These talking machines will be sent broadcast over India and all the people will so be enabled to hear the voice of the viceroy in their native tongue. Death Is Honor. A missionary at Hamada, Japan, writes that he attempted to condole with the mother of a soldier whose funeral he was attending. But she said to him: "You should congratulate me. Is it not the greatest honor my son could have had—to die for his country?" May Mittens. The 372 pairs of mitters that Mrs. Eliza Parker has knitted during the past several years, were distributed among many relatives, who gathered around the festal board to celebrate her eighty-sixth birthday. Upper Sandusky cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. Danger in Crossing the Legu Continually crossing the legs, and thus making the joints brittle, was stated at an inquest on Saturday to have caused the death of a Bristol asylum inmate. While pulling on her stockings her thigh bone cracked.—London Telegraph. Jewish Soldiers . It is noticed in England as a curious fact that most of the Jewish soldiers who died in the Boer war, and in whose memory a tablet was erected recently in a London synagogue, belonged to Scottish regiments. New Mormon Colony. President Smith of the Mormon church has just paid $400,000 for a 65,000-acre cattle ranch in British Columbia. The land will be colonized by Mormons, and more will be sent to that section as land can be bought. Why He Was Chosen A well-known lecturer, who had been invited to serve as a substitute in a country place, felt some nervousness, knowing he was to fill the place of a more famous man. This feeling was not diminished when he heard himself thus addressed by a long-limbed, keen-eyed farmer: "This man is our substitute. I don't know what he can do. Time was short and we had to take what we could git!" —Chicago Tribune. History of Wine At first sparking wines were only made in the French province of Champagne. In the early part of the nineteenth century the first experiments to manufacture sparkling wines were made in Germany. The wines, however, grown in Champagne are best suited for this purpose, hence most of the German firms manufacturing champagnes obtain their wines from Champagne and mix them with German wines. Sea Food. "Waiter," called the young man with the epicurean appetite, "bring me a broiled lobster." English Towns Deserted. An authority says that there are no fewer than 165 good-sized English towns which are absolutely being ruined by the migration of their populations to the great cities. Trade declines, property decreases in value, and while English cities are being overcrowded the smaller towns are being left desolate. J. A. O'Donnell, H. 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 LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. 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