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THE BROAD AX THE STANDARD LEXINGTON Kentucky Displeased With Our Criticism of Booker T. Wasington's National Negro Business League. THE STANDARD Kentucky Displeased W Booker T. Wasni Negro Busin Our article several weeks ago on Booker T. Washington, and the Republican Politicians, who control or dominate his so-called Negro National Business League, caused several of his Personal Organs, whose editors receive a portion of the money, which he begs, as payment for the advertising matter which appears in the columns of their Publications in reference to Tuskegee, have become exceedingly wrathy at us for presuming to pass the slightest criticism upon him, and some of the gentlemen who are prominently connected with his great aggregation of business men. The Standard Lexington Kentucky and The Sentinel Pensacola, Fla., are among the newspapers whose editors are highly offended at our utterances, and Brother Carter of the former Paper takes us to task thusly: "On the front page, beginning in first column, of last week's edition The Broad Ax of Chicago contains a lengthy article on Booker Washington and the National Business League. The word scurrulous would not adequately describe this contribution. It must be a morbid satisfaction that one gets out of dust groveling and mire-wallowing. Sensible people read with digst the vaporing of a narrow, jealous individual, whose only hope of gaining recognition is in launching unjust and villianous attacks on men of worth, influence and ability. If The Broad Ax, or any other paper, differ from the ideas and methods of Mr. Washington, or any other man, let its opposition be asserted in terms of reason, not "in the language of the demagogue." Brother M. M. Lewey of the latter paper in a long two column article on The Guardian, Boston, and The Broad Ax, compares these two papers with Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina, and his bitter attitude against the advancement, of the Negro race, in winding up his editorial brother Lewey, soliloquizes, on The Guardian, in the following manner: "We do not call to mind a Negro Journal published in any of the states except, perhaps, The Broad Ax of Chicago, which would, with any semblance of seriousness, pronounce Booker T. Washington an enemy of the poor of his rice, or any other race." It is beyond our ability, to reply to the above criticisms, but there are several things we would very much like to impress on the minds of the editors, and they are first it does not afford us the slightest pleasure to refer to Booker T. Washington in uncomplimentary terms, as but as long as he will persist in posing as the great and only leader of the Afro-American race, while at the same time he promulgates doctrines which are highly injurious to the best interest of the Negro, which will sooner or later diminish or lessen his chances of reaching the highest plane of American citizenship, and that will simply mean that he will be forced back to the condition he was in prior to the slave-holders rebellion. The great question which over shadows all other questions at the present time is the Negro, prepared or willing to sound a retreat, and surrender his civil and Political rights, and tamely submit to be governed, and to pay-taxes without representation, this is the burning question which is agitating the minds of the thoughtful Negroes; Booker T. Washington wants the Negroes to do this very thing, hence the unrentling warfare upon him by that class of Afro-American editors who believe in the manhood rights of the Negro, and by bitterly opposing his onward-march in this respect they are accused of being narrow minded, jeal- ous individuals, and are branded as demagogues by his army of camp followers. And now just a few more words with brother Lewey, and we shall conclude, and it might be well to state right here, that we have the greatest or the most profound respect for Booker T. Washington, as an industrial educator, that he deserves great credit for building up his school at Tuskegee, that he is very diplomatic, and as a solicitor of money to successfully conduct his institution on a gigantic scale, he cannot be excelled in any section of the world. Notwithstanding his achievements in this respect, its our candid opinion, that his endorsement of the Jim Crow ear law, and the disfranchisement of the Negro, will outweigh and overbalance all the good he has ever accomplished in the past, and can accomplish in the future. That is broadly speaking, our chief objection to Mr. Washington; for he seems to be insenseable, in his mad race for wealth and distinction to the outrageous and most damnable wrongs, which are constantly being preperated upon peaceable and law abiding Negroes in this country. But his followers claim that if it was not for Tuskegee, he would take a manly stand in behalf of the race. That if he opened his mouth now, his school would be reduced to ashes; but they seem to ignore the fact, that Prof. Washington and Tuskegee, are nothing in comparison, to the civil and the political rights of ten million people, and that; "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." The Standard and Sentinel please copy. New Subscribers to "The Broad Ax," Which is Sufficient Proof That The following are some of the many new subscribers to "The Broad Ax," which is sufficient proof that the boys and the Old Foxy gentlemen, who, in order to exist are compelled to run cut or third rate newspapers, or Chuck Organs, and that, with all their puffing and blowing, they cannot knock it out; and that "The Broad Ax" is still the leading and the most popular newspaper published in the interest of the Afro-American race in the middle west; Col. James Hamilton Lewis, Corporation Counsel of Chicago; James N. Tilton, Attorney-at-Law, suite 931 Unity Building; Randel Woodfolk, 4920 State St.; E. H. Roche, City Purchasing Agent of Chicago; H. T. Greenwood, 110 1-2 E. 53rd St.; B. A. Lewis, 3926 Armour Ave.; Joseph W. Errant, President of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners; Mrs. R. W. Carter, 3424 Dearborn St.; Mrs. Henry L. Dickson, 3236 Wabash Ave.; John M. Collins, Chief of Police of Chicago; Mrs. James H. Johnson, 436 35th St.; Dr. D. H. Anderson, 3108 State St.; Mrs. Clara B. Barley, 4157 Ellis Ave.; Mrs. J. E. Oldham, 440 35th St.; Mrs. S. Wilson, 225 West 63rd St., New York City; Prof. N. Clark Smith, 3608 State St., the efficient teacher of vocal and instrumental music. It will be noted that there is not a cheap person in this list of names, and hereafter we are not horsing to have those to become subscribers to this paper, who tell a thousand lies in relation to paying their subscriptions to it. Mr. Clarence Thompson of Los Angeles, Calif., passed through the city the first of the week enroute to Harvard University. Mr. Thompson is the brother of Mr. S. W. Thompson, 6557 Champaign avenue, with whom he spent the few hours he had to spare while here. HEW TO THE LINE. HEW TO THE LINE. THE LATE ALDERMAN J. C. PATTERSON. Early Monday morning Alderman James C. Patterson departed this life at his home, 43 Campbell Park, after a long siege of illness. A persistent attack of congestion of the liver and spleen was the immediate cause of his death. Alderman Patterson was one of the most popular and honorable members of the city council. He was a member of the judiciary, license, building department, and general taxation committees. He was also chairman of the committee on water department. He was a prominent Mason, a member of the Ashland, the Illinois and other clubs and he was one of the influential leaders of the Republican party. He leaves a wife and two daughters and hosts of warm friends to mourn his untimely death. Funeral services were held over his remains which were laid to rest in Rosehill, at 1 o'clock, Wednesday, and out of respect for his memory, the city ball was closed up, and F. Dunne and the force of the city council invices, in a body, which and simple: Pringle Bennett, Zimmer, M. Harkins, Ryan, Dougherty, Sullivan, Sitts, Harris, Hoffman, Eldmann, Maypole, (24th), Lipps, Race. The services were Twentleth Ward Repo following were theers: F. M. Blount, D. Meacham, H. Nile Phelps, Thomas Judd, Dr. Frank L. Condition. Alderman Patterson ways a thorough sense of the word, of worthy Afro-Americ death will be a great bers of the race reside. Labor Day Celebration by the Afro-Americans of Brooklyn, New York. New York Sept. 14, 1905.—Special to The "Broad Ax."—A notable celebration was held on Labor Day under the auspices of the Berean Baptist church in the Borough of Brooklyn, of which Rev. L. Joseph Brown, D. D., is the progressive postor. It is the custom of this church to hold public meetings on the national holidays, much to the edification of the hundreds of citizens who take part. Among those present and seated on the platform were: the Pastor; Rev. Messrs. Blair; Gordon, Superintendent of the Howard Orphan Asylum, Lawton; Bouldin and Dr. Waller. Naturally the subject of the day was Labor. The above named gentlemen made addresses which were listened to with much pleasure by the large audience. Dr. Waller, whose subject was the Dignity of Labor, said in part: "The Christian church should place more emphasis on the fact that her Master was a mechanic, a hard working carpenter with crude tools in the village of Nazareth. Thus he dignified labor as he exalted the whole scheme of life. The laborer in the field, the mechanic at the bench, the mother immersed in the routine and drudge of the humble home, the professional man in the hospital, in the pulpit and at the bar, the statesman in the cabinet those all, yes, all alike, each in his niche, are doing the Master's work and following His example. The greatness of each depends not on the nature of the work but on the motive and efficiency with which the work is done. We glory in the American ideal of labor, that it is permitted to all men to work in a sense in which it is not so allowed in the old countries of the world to-day. An Englishman asked an American if there were a class of gentlemen in this country. Upon the American asking for his definition of gentleman, the Englishman said a class of men who do not work. Our countryman hall was closed up, and Mayor Edward F. Dunne and the following members of the city council attended the services, in a body, which were very plain and simple: Pringle Finn, Belfusf, Bennett, Zimmer, McCormick (21st), Harkins, Ryan, Bradley, Werno, Dougherty, Sullivan, Wendling, Uhil, Sitts, Harris, Hoffman, Scully, Smith, Eldmann, Maypole, Richert, Schmidt (24th), Lipps, Race. The services were conducted by the Twentieth Ward Republican Club. The following were the active pall bearers: F. M. Blount, Alderman Finn, F. D. Meacham, H. Niles Kirk, F. Martin Phelps, Thomas Judd, S. Homer Case, Dr. Frank L. Condit. Alderman Patterson, who was always a thorough gentleman in every sense of the word, was a true friend of worthy Afro-Americans, and his death will be a great loss to the members of the race residing on the west side. replied, "O, yes, we have such a class, but we call them tramps." For myself, I glory in the fact that I have been at work from the day of my earliest recollection. When a man is working we know how he is living. When a girl or woman is working, who is not perhaps provided for by some member of her family, we know how she is living. So it becomes the glory of this country that labor is exalted to its rightful place and enthroned in honor. Many of the rich are among the hardest workers to be found in our great city. A great deal is being said about teaching the Negro to work at this present time. Have we lost sight of the fact that the Negro has been working from sun to sun on this continent for two hundred and fifty years? As a race he has done more real hard work than any like number of people who have seen the western sun. He has been working in every capacity, from cotton picker to statesman and in every capacity he has done good work as a rule. To-day, he picks eighty-five percent of the cotton in the south. We recognize no earthly duty paramount to earning an honest living in the way that we are best adapted. What we must instill into our children is the dignity of all work, that one is not differentiated from another by the kind of work but by the excellency of the work. It has come to pass that the shop and factory girl look down upon the girl in domestic service. Why? Should not those engaged in the more skilled occupations remember that they are supported and sustained in their superstructure by the foundation and basic occupations? If the foundation be undermined by prejudice and contempt, what is to prevent the superstructure falling? So we say, All Hall, all honor to the workman whether his hands grasp the plow or wield the mighty pen. Work while it is today. The night cometh, when no man can work." PIERS PLOWMAN. NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK Special Letter of Comment—Personal and Professional Flashes of Interest. It is indeed a sad truth to note how far down our illustrious athlete and champion pugilist, Mr. George Dixon has fallen, due partly to the deceit and false machination of his so-called friends and followers. A few years back, "Little Chocolate," the Yankee champion feather-weight fighter of the world was an idol, his name an inspiration to all lovers of the manly art of self-defence. After his glory waned here in the states, he sailed for England and out of some 40 battles he fought in Great Britain he won all but eight, it is claimed. Such a recent and excellent record as this, would do credit to some of our younger stars of the roped arena. But poor Georgie is forcibly classed or dubbed a good has been. And still more deplorable is the fact that on the late return of Congressman Timothy Sullivan to New York he learned that Dixon was broke—in a plight to get home—and provided at once for his comfortable return to the States; so along with a number of other unfortunates, he arrived back in the States last week. What Dixon's plans for the future are, are uncertain. It is to be hoped all our young athletic and pugilistic stars will profit by the dip of the "Little Idol" who made and squandered many fortunes, and who is without doubt the greatest living ex-champion of feather weights, and the squarest dealing fighter chronicled in the boxing and pals of the world. A temporary organization of "The League of Colored American Actors and Performers" has been accomplished here in New York City, and will prove a boon and a factor of great good for professionals generally. A smoke, talk and supper was given recently by the League at the Odd Fellows Hall in west 29th street, and nearly 200 performers, actors, musicians, etc., attended. Through the efforts of Mr. Hogan, Dr. Jackson and several other noted gentlemen "the smoke talk" was made a success. A committee on by-laws to form a permanent, international league was appointed by the Temporary Chairman, Dr. A. B. Jackson, of Philadelphia. The committee is: Mr. Philip R. Miller, of Chicago; Will H. Dixon, Harry Burleigh, of New York; J. L. Hill, of Williams & Walker, Company, and Mr. Ernest Hogan, of Bowling Green, Ky., and New York. Mr. Lightfoot and Mr. Burleigh were elected as temporary secretary and treasurer respectively. Prominent among the speakers in support of the league were Rev. Howell, Messrs. Samuel Lucas, Edward Goggins, Chas. Moore, Alexander Rogers, C. B. Cooke, Barker Elkins, Ernest Hogan, Dr. Jackson and several others including Miss Wiley and Miss Emerson. The real object of the league will be to assist all worthy struggling performers, and establish a permanent home for the aged and infirm members, and improve the moral and religious life of the profession. And all performers, etc., who are interested are hereby requested through the kindness of Editor Taylor, of The "Broad Ax," to connect themselves with this worthy cause which is theirs. All information of the project will be furnished by Mr. Alex. Rogers, or C. B. Cooke, at 42 W. 28th street, New York City, or Mr. Ernest Hogan, at No. 51 28th street. Also from Mr. Harry Burleigh, 127 W. 53rd street, New York City. The funeral of Little Albert Wallen, aged ten, occurred last Sunday. The services were held at "Abessyula" chapel in West 124 street, the Rev. Chas. Morris Officiating. Little Albert was drowned in Croton on Thursday. The chapel was crowded to over-flowing with mourning friends and the relatives of the deceased. The floral tributes were beautiful. Miss Mattle Harris and Carle B. Cooke were the soli- TER NEW YORK Comment—Personal andashes of Interest. Mr. F. S. Grant is succeeding nicely with his Atlantic Servants Exchange, at 6 West 134 street, and is also a real estate and insurance broker. Any Chicagoans or westerners coming to New York in search of respectable and good paying positions, should visit Mr. Grant's agency. Recent Visitors to the City. Recent Visitors to the City. Mrs. L. Haff, and Miss L. May, of Poughkeepsle, N. Y., are in Gotham visiting friends and sight-seeing, this week. Mr. Jeff D. Mayse, of Chicago has returned to New York City and is now connected with Williams Shop in 32nd street, where you can subscribe for "The Broad Ax." Don't forget the number—107 W. 32nd street. Among other visitors from Chicago recently were Mr. Daniel Jackson, and Mr. Poney Moore. They, by the by, were seen at Nail Brothers Hotel, and the Marshall very often. The staging of the "Birth of the Minstrels and Ethiopia," Mr. Hogan's new vehicle, is now being staged by him and Mr. Edward Green, his able new stage manager. The production is to be a spectacular comic opera and minstrel combined and will be a feast for all who love something good and real new. No expense is being spared in the way of costumes, scenery or investiture, and the artists and talent are of high standard. Prof. Freeman, the musical director, and Mr. Thomas Lemonier, who has written for "Williams and Walker" many successes in the five years past, has contributed about half of the score for "Ethiopia." Among his compositions are "Serenade," "Mobile Mandie," "Marsh Song," "The Pullman Potatoes," "The Hornet and the Bee," two ballads, "Consolation" and "Celina," four dialect songs, "Everybody's Happy," "The Possum and Coon," "Have a Little Pity," and "The Turtle and the Alligator." Tae others are "Song of the Hottentotts," and the march two step entitled "Ethiopia." The Memphis Students are headlines at Proctor's this week. Mr. Ephralm Thompson, of London, England, is heading the bill at Hamerstein's this week with four performing elephants, and his act is conceded to be the best of its kind in the world. Mr. Thompson is colored and is a hit in every European capitol. CARLE BROWNE COOKE, Nat. Correspondent "The Broad Ax," No. 42 W. 28th street, New York City. Turning the Heel. Sentiment is gradually crystalizing against Booker T. Washington in Alabama. Many whites who were formerly loud in their praise of the man and his methods now bitterly condemn both. When he dined with President Roosevelt some of the most bitter criticisms which he received came from his own state. When he sought to have a school established near Mobile, his plan was bitterly opposed. The biggest furor has come from his local brethren since he dined with Mr. Wanamaker and members of his family at Saratoga. The state papers have vied with each other in their condemnation. A local member of the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee has found the assumption of social equality unbearable and has tendered his resignation. And now a movement is on to deprive Tuskegee Institute of the state appropriation.—The Observer, Selma, Ala. On Sunday evening, September 15, Helene, the fourten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin, 4808 Langley avenue died very suddenly, concussion of the brain, sustained from a fall, being the cause of her death. Funeral services were held at the home of the child's parents, Wednesday a. m., Rev. M. Jackson officiating. Interment at Oakwoods. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the law principles of Democracy, but Christianity, Presidency, and Government. But, unless you can prove cust, Knights of Labor, or say one else can have their age, no longer on their language is proper and responsibly to Exed. The Broadsword newspaper whose platform is built enough for all, ever 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. Year.....$0.00 Month.....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, II, as second-class Matter. CHIPS Mr. Harry Buster 2313 Wabash ave. is on the sick list. Dr. A. B. McKissack has just opened up lovely new offices at 3247 State St. Mrs. Chas, Hall, of Washington. D.C., is Visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Grant, 3232 Wabash avenue Mrs. Belle Barley, 4157 Ellis avenue, is visiting her mother and sisters in Cassopolis, Mich. Mrs. Arrant 3107 Prairie ave., who has been ill for the past two weeks is able to be about again. Miss Nettie Halt of Macon, Ga., has entered Provident Hospital Training School for nurses. Dr. D. H. Anderson, 3108 State St., expects to join his brother Mr. Alfred Anderson in New York in a few days. Mr. Chas. J. Pickett, 3642 Wabash ave., left the city this week for Springfield and Quincy, Ill. Attorney John G. Jones left, for Washington, D. C., last Sunday night, he will be absent two weeks. Mr. R. A. Dobson, of Evanston, Ill., has gone to Nashville, Tenn., where he will study medicine in Meharry Medical Colleges. "Folds of Folly" was presented at Oakland Music Hall, Tuesday eve., to one of the largest audiences ever turned out for an entertainment. Mr. Hiram Wheeler left the city Tuesday Sept. 12, for Champaign where he will attend college, for the coming year. Mrs. Robt. H. Harper 2312 Dearborn St., entertained a few friends at "whist" on Thursday evening of this week. Major John C. Buckner is spending his vacation in company with Mr. Harvey Stewart, at Sulphur Springs, Missouri. Mrs. James Walden of Buffalo, N. Y., who has been visiting the city for the past two weeks stopping at 6414 Champlain ave., returned to her home Friday. Mrs. David Manson, 4609 Vincennes ave., has returned from her two weeks vacation at Cassopolis Mich., ad entertained a few friends at her palacial home on Thursday evening. Miss Lillian Beasley, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is spending a few weeks in the city with us. Miss Beasley is now a teacher in one of the Virginia schools. Mrs. Dan Harden entertained a few young people at her residence 193 E. 41st St., on last Saturday evening in honor of Miss Charlie Winston of Natchez, Miss. Mrs. E. McDonald, 6130 Ida St., will leave Tuesday evening, to attend the A. M. E. Conference at Quincy, where she will spend her two weeks vacation. Alderman Bernard W. Snow, who is one of the most faithful city fathers, left, Tuesday evening, for New York City. He will be absent one week. Mrs. Geneva Smith 4764 Dearborn St., on Thursday evening entertained the members of the Third Battallion of Berean Baptist church and the large number present had a delightful time. Miss Joe Hubbard and Mrs. James Tracy both had their watches stolen, at Oakland Music Hall. The night "Folds of Folly" was presented while Mr. Jack Jackson had $3.00 taken from his pocket. In honor of Messrs Ashbie Hawkins, of Baltimore, Md., and Julius B. Loving, of Los Angeles, Calif., Mr. Louis B. Anderson entertained sixteen gentlemen at whist, Monday evening at his residence, 2821 Wabash avenue. The first prize and booby were won by the honored guests—Messrs, Hawkins and Loving, respectively, Messrs. Edward H. Morris, J. H. Smiley, Dr. Chas. E. Bentley Geo. R. Ar- thur, Dr. A. W. Williams, O. DePriest, Hale Parker, Jas. Frye, A. A. Wesley and Dr. Cress were among the other contestants. Mr. Walter S. Bogle, president of the Crescent Coal and Mining Company, 303 Dearborn St., has spent the past ten days in New York City, and he will arrive home next Wednesday. George E. Brennan, president of the Johnson City Coal Company has removed his office from 357 Dearborn St., to Suite 590 Old Colony Building. Col. James Hamilton Lewis, the able and resourceful Corporation Counsel of Chicago, has selected Mr. Edward T. Wade, as one of his first-class and reliable assistants. Ester Council No. 1 will give an entertainment at Hulett's Hall, 2712 State St., Friday evening, Sept. 29th. There will be good music and dancing to your heart's content. Admission, 15 cents. Revs. D. P. Roberts, W. S. Brooks, I. N. Daniels and J. C. Anderson have been returned to their present respective charges by the Iowa, Conference, which convened at St. Paul, Minn., the latter part of last and the first part of this week. Mrs. Ida Gray-Nelson, 3642 Wabash avenue returned home last Thursday, from a six week's tour through the East. Ten days of that time she spent at Saratoga and she had a delightful time at that and other places she visited. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hockley Smiley, Mr. C. H. Smiley, and Mrs. C. C. Lewis and Mrs. Hilton and Miss Bessie Matthews of Philadelphia, Pa., occupied a private box, Tuesday evening at Oakland Music Hall, and witnessed the "Folds of Folly." One of the married female members of St. Thomas church, who resides on Dearborn street near 49th street, is a great lover of men, and some day we expect to see her little soft-headed railroad husband go gunning after her many sweethearts. The Union, Brunswick, Ga., in its last issue, quoted quite extensively from our article on Booker T. Washington, and his Negro National Business League, which proves that the brilliant editor of The Union knows what to do with a good thing when he comes in contact with it. Mr. and Mrs. David R. French have issued invitations to the marriage reception of their daughter Florence M. to Mr. Jas. R. Harris, Wednesday evening, Sept. 20th at their residence 621 Fulton St. After Oct. 4th the bride and groom will reside in Pasadena, Calif. Mr. Ashbie Hawkins, editor of the "Baltimore Lancet" and recently elected Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias at Kansas City, Mo., left Chicago for Baltimore at 11:00 Tuesday a.m. after being informally entertained at breakfast by Mrs. Mary A. Williams, 6552 Champlain Ave. Rev. John W. Robinson of Covington, Ky., formerly Pastor of St. Mark's church 47th and State St., will visit the city this coming week, and on Sunday Sept. 24th he will preach at his old church and at Scott's Chapel on the West side. A warm welcome will be extended to Rev Robinson by his many friends. A large number of our boys and girls have entered the various schools this season and we sincerely hope they will stick it out and get all there is to be obtained in the way of knowledge, for the time is fast approaching when "intelligence" and not the "color of skin" will count most in civil activities. --- St. Thomas's The Rev. Mr. Davis, who is in Holy Orders preparing for the priesthood, preached the sermon at 11 a. m. last Sunday, taking for his discourse the %Sign of the Times, Scriptures Fulfilled," which was very interesting. Miss Jessie Smith sang "Calvary" for the Offertory. The Sunday school under the care of Mr. S. A. T. Watkins and an efficient corps of teachers, have started with renewed vigor to grade the school and train the young minds in the Catholic faith. All are urged to come, young or old. The Brotherhood of St. Andrews is doing effective work in bringing men within the hearing of the gospel—to confession, to baptism, confirmation or communion. The two rules—prayer and service: all for Christ. Vespers at 8 p. m., sung by Father Leathed. Calendad of Week. Sept. 17th, 13th Sunday after Trinity (Greece) St. Lambert Bp. m. A. D. 709. Sept. 20. Ember Day Fast. Sept. 21. St. Matthew, eyangelist (color red). Sept. 22. Ember Day, Fast, Friday. Sept. 23. Ember Day Fast, color vl. FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTRE. No. 2023 Wabash Avenue. The Frederick Douglass Centre Women's Club was organized on Sept. 13th, with the following officers: President, Mrs. Mary R. Plummer; V. Press, Mrs. I. B. W. Barnett; Rec Sec., Mrs. Morris Lewis; Cor. Sec., Mrs. Ida M. Dempcy; Treas., Miss Margaret Furness. Initiation fee, 25 cents; monthly dues, 10 cents. The Phyllis Wheatley Club will hold its meetings hereafter at the Centre. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, the 20th inst., in charge of the Home Committee. There will be a meeting to hear the report of the Negro Business Men's League, in charge of Mr. S. Laing Williams, on Thursday the 21st inst. at 8 p. m. Mrs. Williams and Mr. Theo. W. Jones, President of the local branch of the League, will speak. The Sunday Meeting. Mrs. Laura Dainty Pelham will speak on Eugene Fleld with illustrative readings. D. Preacher's Crooked Story A negro preacher from out in the state paid a visit to Topeka recently, says a local exchange. Upon his return home his flock discovered that he was short his watch and some other jewelry. He explained that some people in a room across the hall at the Topeka hotel had robbed him. An investigation was instituted and it was found that there was no room across the hall because there was no hall. The preacher is now looking for another job. Perpetual Sunshine. By keeping always a cheery heart, we are continually making happy those we meet, and those we greet, and those with whom we dwell, and then all those who are thus influenced by our kind words and bright smiles will be impelled by the sunshine imparted by us to pass it on to others, and thus it moves along from one to another, and another, and another, this joyous perpetual sunshine. Words of Famous Women. When a woman is in love there is in her entire manner something which betrays her in spite of herself. The more she tries to keep her secret, the more it overflows from her heart like a cup too well filled. It is an intimate light, the radiance of which she tries in vain to conceal; her eyes, her lips, all her features are illuminated by it. —Princess Olga Cantacuzene. Brake Tests. At a recent official brake test in Toulon, France, the results showed that at 11 miles an hour a horse required 26 yards to come to a full stop, while an automobile traveling at the same rate of speed came to a standstill in two and three-quarters. Tests at other distances showed similar results. Tale About Queens It used to be said of Queens Mary II. and Anne of England that they were granddaughters of a washerwoman; that the mother of Anne Hyde, their mother, had been a laundress before she married a brewer and afterward earl of Clarendon. This Jacobite story did not hurt the queens' popularity. Two in a Sentence A double bull in a single sentence was perpetrated by the late John Hollingshead, an Englishman. He wrote: "When Lord Mohun was killed he was living in Macclesfield house, Gerrard street, Soho, at the back of Leicester house, a site now occupied by the defunct Pelican club." Electricity and Dyspenia A scientific han in Buffalo proclaims that he has discovered that working about high voltage electric apparatus results in "grave disturbances of the digestive organs, loss of appetite, distress after eating," and a whole train of dyspeptic symptoms. Enamel on Cards. The enamel of address cards is produced by rubbing over the card a mixture of Kremnitz white, which is a fine variety of white lead. When dry the surface is rubbed with flannel dipped in powdered talc and polished by vigorous rubbing with a hard brush. No Distinction "I am proud to say that my grandfather made his mark in the world," observed Mrs. Newrlche. "Well, I suppose he wasn't the only man in those days who couldn't write his name," replied Mrs. Uppish.—Stray Stories. Generous. First Boy—Pop's going to lead the simple life. Second Boy—What's he doing? "He's given away all his private cars to the poor people in the neighborhood."—Life. Is It a Petrified Hat? A hat-shaped stone has been found on the Jasper Todd farm at Bethany, Conn. It weighs about 50 pounds and the shape is so perfect that many who have seen it say that it is really a petrified hat. An Extremist Mother—Has Charles proven himself to be a thoroughly abstemious man? June Bride—Yes, indeed! He particularly abstains from giving me any money—Detroit Free Press A PRETTY TEA-JACKET. The Design Here Shown Seems to Have Points That Would Make It Universally Liked. This very smart jacket is made of accordion plaited Japanese silk, edged with openwork embroidery and insertion. The collar is of plain silk, with embroidered appliques at each corner, and edged with a full frill of the embroidery, headed by insertion. The sleeves are full and puffed below the 1 A NEW MODEL. elbow, where they are gathered into deep open cuffs that match the collar. Materials required: About nine yards accordion plaited silk, 22 inches wide, measured straight, one and one-quarter yards plain silk 22 inches wide, about nine yards insertion, 18 yards embroidery or lace. USE OF JET TRIMMING. Directions Given for Imitating Expensive Beaded Trimmings Now on Display in Stores. For wear with a black cloth, velvet or crepe de chine gown, the jet bead dog collar is coming in. For this the foundation is either black silk or velvet cut to fit the neck perfectly. running around the collar are closely set rows of tiny round jet beads strung on linen thread, waxed. At intervals rows of jet nailheads, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, are set in imitation of the rhinestones seen in connection with near-pearl dog collars. These give the effect of a bar running up and down. If the colar is to be worn with a low necked gown, it may be finished around the lower edge with a bead fringe made from the fine beads, with the strands graduated, very long in the front and shorter toward the back. This style is particularly becoming to full, plump faces. Or the fringe may be studded at intervals with larger beads, and each strand finished with a large bead, at least a quarter of an inch in diameter. Very stunning for the girl who is making over her evening coat are the bands of heavy white satin embroidered in tiny gold beads. The simplest pattern is the old-fashioned key or Wall of Troy design, but the girl who is deft with transfer paper can stamp the satin band with a vine or spreading floral pattern, using a sharply pointed pencil. A striking girdle to be worn with a gray broadcloth suit shows velvet of the same shade, embroidered in cut steel beads. Here the pattern is very ornate and almost covers the velvet, but an equally striking effect could be secured if only the back and front of the girdle were ornamented with rosettes or buckles. Another combination which pleases the woman who wears much black and white in combination is the jet buckle on a girdle of white silk cloth or velvet. In planning this girdle bear in mind that Dame Fashion promises a return to the narrow girdle effect in the front at least. The long-waisted girl may retain the high cut in the back, but pointed effects are promised once more in the front. The new jet sets offered in shops show a two or three-inch buckle for the front and eight or ten inch slide for the back. They cost anywhere from $5 to $25 a set. To imitate them in home work, cut the foundation in pliable pasteboard and cover first with thin cotton wadding sewed on firmly. Next sew on your black foundation, firm taftaite silk being the best of all. Cover this solidly with the beadwork, sewing it on crosswise, as thus it is easier to keep your lines straight. Before lining the buckle insert featherbone the exact length of the beaded strips, so that the buckle will bend to the figure and not break. Cover this with silk and your buckle is ready for the girdle, to which it should be sewed tight. A buckle ten inches deep should be not more than two inches wide, and the effect is better if it is even narrower. A Lavender Season Every shade of mauve, lavender, violet and lilac has been brought out this year. Never has there been such a rage for these particular colors. They are very beautiful, but, alas, somewhat perishable, and summer suns play havoc with them; yet, strangely enough, in washing fabrics both lavender and lilac are most enforcing and emerge ever fresh and bright from the laundress' despoiling hands. Frowning Lines. A frown between the eyes comes from habit, and it's impossible to entirely remove them without overcoming the habit which generally arises from defective eyesight. Massaging with cold cream will materially aid in removing the lines. DEPOPULATING ENGLAND. The Graze There for Extensive Game Preserves Is Driving Out the Farmers. There has been for many years a tendency to increase the size of farms by throwing three or four into one and pulling down the superfluous buildings. Farmers and land owners alike promoted this disastrous policy, says the Independent Review. In the fat years farmers competed wildly with each other for every vacant farm; it was easier to collect rent from one farmer than from three or four; but, above all, I think, in many places the growing love, not of "sport" in the old sense of the word, but of preservation of game on a huge scale, as an attraction to the squire's sporting friends, was the chief incentive to this truly unpatriotic procedure. A large head of game is much more easily kept up when farms are large, farmers few, and, cottages far apart, than when farms are small and habitations near together. Wealthy men can afford to let farms on very easy terms to tenants who will help to preserve the game and make no "fuss" about its ravages. The only rural employment in which the number of those engaged has increased of late years is gamekeeping. In all others it has decreased largely. Very high rents are paid by rich men for a mansion with first-class shooting for the season. This often pays the owner much better than farms let to progressive and hard-working farmers would do. So it comes about that covers are planted, cottages pulled down, land let go to gorse; and the heritage of the people becomes the playground of the rich. SOMEWHAT OPEN QUESTION The Chasm May Have Been Like Aunt Elizabeth, a Trifle Weary Ever since the time of the famous "traveled parson" stay-at-home folks have had their doubts at times about the desirability of having globe-trotters for friends and relatives, says the New York Times. Old Miss Stanton, after sending her nephew Edward through college, next supplied him with funds for a year's travel abroad. On his return the young man was possessed by a praiseworthy zeal to entertain his venerable and generous aunt, as well as to make plain to her that he had profiled by his advantages. Especially had he during his visit of a month at Miss Stanton's expatiated on the magnificence of Switzerland's scenery, until that lady found herself actually cherishing a grudge against the Alps. "There I stood, Aunt Elizabeth," said the long-winded young man impressively, "there I stood, and, beneath me that stupendous abyss was yawning!" The long-suffering old lady broke in at this point. "Edward," she said crisply, "are you prepared to say whether that abyss was yawning before you got there, or did it begin shortly afterward?" HAS FEWER ANARCHISTS. Public Feeling Has Driven Most of the Murderous Sort from Italy. The attempt on the life of the Dowager Queen Margherita has filled Italians with horror and indignation. Since the assassination of her husband, the unfortunate Humbert, the horror towards anarchists has been more intense every day, and public opinion is strong in its denunciation of that moral scourge. Strange to say, and against the universal belief, there are probably fewer anarchists in Italy to-day than in any other country of the world. It is true that a majority of the anarchists are Italians, but, as a rule, they do not operate in their native land. The United States and Spain offer the anarchists a much better field than Italy, where the police has made a special and constant duty of the prosecution of anarchists. Up to the time of President McKinley's assassination America was the greatest anarchist center of the world. Of late, however, the reds have pitched their camp in Barcelona and other cities of Spain, and it is there that plans are made and from there that orders are given. American Women as Teachers Four-fifths of the teachers in the United States, according to a recent census bulletin, are women and there are more teachers in this country than there are clergymen, lawyers and physicians together. In the proportion of women teachers employed the United States leads the world, although in nearly every civilized country the greater part of the teaching is done by women. This is in line with the general tendency toward the advancement of 'woman to a better place in this country. In 1890 the number of women in paying positions in this country was 3,914,571, and in 1900 this number had increased to 5,329,807. However, as the number of men in paying positions has also increased in the same time, it must not be accepted as certain that women are going to crowd men out of positions in intellectual employment altogether. Tough Luck "Luck never manages. things just right," said the irritable man who dislikes music. "It might just as well have been the other way round, but it wasn't." "What is the trouble now?" "My daughter who plays the piano has a sore throat, and the ones who sings has a sore finger." THROUGH AN ALLIGATOR. Singular Source of Pollution of the Water of a Central American Town. Here is an incident that illustrates the unexpected difficulties which enterprise has sometimes to face in certain regions of Central America, says the New York Herald. An alligator was the innocent cause of the misfortune, and it lived in a large lake whence an important town drew its supply of water. By means of powerful steam driven pumps the water was drawn from the lake through a strong iron pipe, which, after running some 80 or 90 yards into the lake from the shore, ended in an upward turn, a short arm bent at right angles to the pipe and rising to within a few feet of the surface. Suddenly an epidemic visited the town in question. The company's reputation being threatened, it was decided to straightway pull up the streets and expose the main pipes and conduits. The entire system was laid bare, from the outskirts of the town to the very shores of the lake, but the minutest examination failed to reveal any suspicious feature. Then, almost at their wits' end, for the epidemic was raging as badly as ever, the officials entered upon the last lap and turned their attention to the submerged portion of the conduit, and here it was they found the cause. A huge alligator had been drawn toward the mouth of the main by the very strong influx and, being unable to release itself from the suction, had remained there until it died, and thus, for goodness knows how long, all the water consumed in the town had first filtered through the decomposed carcass of the alligator. OUR ENORMOUS EGG CROP Over Forty-Three Million Crates Are Produced in the United States Annually. The egg and poultry earnings of the United States for one recent year amounted to $280,000,000. Such an amount is sufficiently amazing as it stands, but you don't get its full significance until you study the relative financial values of other "industrials," says Franklin Forbes, in Success Magazine. We find, for instance, that the total value of gold, silver, wool and sheep produced in America during the year in question was $272,434.315. The sugar production of the country the same year was but $20,000,000. That part of the wheat crop used at home, which many consider the most valuable of all our agricultural products, was worth $229,000,000. The great American hog, as consumed at home and abroad, brought $186,529.035. The value of the oat crop was $78,894,900. Potatoes grown in the United States were valued at nearly as large a sum as were the oats. The product of tobacco plantations was estimated to be worth $35,579.225. Cotton, the dethroned king of staples, could show only $259,161.640, as against the magnificent earnings of its feathered rival. The crops of flax, timothy, clover, millet and cane seeds, broom corn, castor beans, hay, straw and so forth, couldn't, all told, come within a measurably distance of many millions of the poultry earnings. The hen's eggs produced in this country annually would fill 43,127,000 crates, each of the latter holding 360 eggs; also a train of refrigerator cars to carry these eggs would be nearly 900 miles long. Furthermore, it would take 107,818 such cars to make up this train. RATHER HARD ON HOST. How a Willing But Inexperienced Waitress Made a Very Bad Break. William W. Russell, the new minister to Venezuela, was being congratulated on his appointment, relates the New York Tribune. "Thank you," said Mr. Russell, "I appreciate your good wishes, and I will try to do well in my new place. "In new places," he went on, "we all, with hard work, may do well. Now and then, before unexpected and unprecedented crises, we may err, but there is no need for us to err greatly— to err, for instance, as did the new waitress of a friend of mine. "This waitress was willing, but inexperienced. The first day all went well. The second day, having developed a good deal of faith in her, my friend gave a dinner party. "She was, it seems, a little short of forks. After each course the waitress should have taken the soiled forks and washed and dried them in the pantry. "But, instead, the waitress, as she removed the plates after the fish course, said to the assembled guesses in a loud, authoritative voice: "All keep yer forks." His First Rain. "Those who are not accustomed to rain are frightened by it," says a writer. "I once saw an Arab rained on for the first time. He was abjectly terrified and demanded to have his passage paid from the country—Slicly—in which the dread phenomenon occurred. He had been conveyed from the Sahara, I think, by a European, whose servant he was, and he evidently thought his master was behaving abominably to him in permitting him to get wet. By the first steamer returned to his native desert, abandoning excellent wages, and shaking the raindrops furiously from his slipped feet." Qualified. Stranger—I am told, sir, that Jimpson, your neighbor, is the leading farmer in this community. Farmer Hornhand (guardedly)—Well, it dee-pends right much on which way th' farmers in this neck o' th' woods is headed—up er daown.—Baltimore American. NATION'S CAPITAL A CHILLY PLACE TO HEROES Odd Bits of Information from Utter- most Parts of Earth in Present Cons- sular Reports — The Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue. WASHINGTON— The citizens of Washington, as s rule, are the most undemonstrati v o lot in the coun- try. They are most philegmatic in sentiment. It has been fre- quently remarked that noted men ASHING T O N— The citizens of Washington, as a rule, are the most undemonstrative lot in the country. They are most phlegmatic in sentiment. It has frequently remarked that noted men and heroes who have received the most enthusiastic receptions in other parts of the country have met with only a Chautauqua salute in the national capital. The cause of this seeming indifference undoubtedly lies in the fact that great men are as common in Washington as blackberrie. Despite this apathetic air the people of Washington propose to wake up and show the country that they are not indifferent to their own distinguished citizens, among whom they always claim the president of the United States. They now propose to give Mr. Roosevelt a fitting reception upon his return to the capital on September 30. They do not intend to have the garish display that other cities might get up for such an occasion, but the plan is to have the citizens assemble by the thousand along Pennsylvania avenue from the railroad station to the white house and applaud the president as the latter drives from the train to his official home. There will be no military display and no firing of cannon, but just such a reception as the rechearche populace of this ultra conservative town might be expected to give The Chautauqua salute was first discussed, but a compromise has been suggested which is likely to be adopted and that is to use small American flags instead of handkerchiefs in waving the salute. There will be no speeches at this reception much to the regret of the honorable commissioners who are gifted in this line. It is remembered that two years ago when a similar demonstration was gotten up to welcome the president home from a western tour, the official orators drew up before the executive as he alighted and prepared to deliver a formal speech of welcome. Mr. Roosevelt waved them aside, sprang into his carriage and at once entered upon the drive to the white house. There will be no wasted efforts on oratory this time. T HERE will be a gay old time at Newport the latter part of this month, or early in October, when Admiral Prince Louis of Battenburg with the second British North Atlantic squadron visits that noted resort. To have a member of a royal family and especially of the British royalty as a guest "in their midst" is a sensation that will bring the Newporters back to their summer haunts. The time of Prince Louis' visit will be after the regular Newport season closes, but arrengements are already being made to reopen some of the most fashionable and gay houses on the island. The royal guest will not want for entertainment and his staff of naval officers will be given a sample of genuine American hospitality. Officials of the navy department will welcome all social attentions that can be accorded the British sailor men. They desire to have return to the latter some of the courtesies that have been showered upon American officers abroad. To avoid an embarrassing contretemps, the ceremonies of reinterring the body of John Paul Jones have been postponed from this September 23 to April 24 of next year. The first date had been selected as it was the anniversary of the greatest exploit of the intrepid Jones when he whipped the Serapis with the Bon Homme Richard. Unfortunately this date would fall about the time Prince Louis visits this country and it might have been just a little embarrassing to him to have that little affair of the revolution recalled. The date next April is the anniversary of the captures of the British ship Drake by Commodore Jones and will answer just as well for the ceremonies. NE by one the old landmarks and historical places about Washington are removed or changed but one interesting old tavern seems destined to remain for some time as a memento of George Washington's time. An NE by one the old landmarks and historical places about Washington are removed or changed but one interesting old tavern seems destined to remain for some time as a memento of George Washington's time. An attempt was recently made to sell the historic building but no one appeared to bid what it was worth and it has been taken out of the market. This is an old frame building in West Washington, or what is better known as Georgetown, and is said by antiquarians to be what was once the famous Suter tavern. One hundred and fourteen years ago Suter was host to General Washington and Mr. Jefferson at this old building. The "Father of his Country" often refreshed himself at Suter's tavern when he was engaged in securing for the government the land that eventually became the District of Columbia. He spoke very highly of the food and drink to be obtained at the old hostelry. Suter was a Scotchman and imported his whiskey directly from his native land. He got his rum from Jamaica and his brandy from the London docks. In spite of the ascetic look on Thomas Jefferson's face, the original democrat was a judge of good living and of good liquors. When he was minister to France he visited the celebrated wine vineyards of Europe and selected choice vintages for his own cellar in America. His tribute to old Suter was therefore worth something when he said: "No man on the Atlantic coast can bring out a better bottle of Madeira or sherry than old Suter." Editor of the ConSular Reports. M BUSINESS AJOR JOHN M. CARSON, for over 30 years one of the best known of the corps of Washington correspondents, now at the head of the bureau of manufacturers, in the department of commerce and labor, has brought his old newspaper and editorial instincts into ser- vice in editing the daily consular reports which have become so valuable to the business world. Our consuls have developed the writing habit to a greater extent than formerly and are encouraged by the state department to send in reports on all matters of general business interest as well as the odd and interesting things they run across in their duties. Maj. Carson takes these reports and with a trained mind is able to extract from them the paragraphs that are of especial value to American readers. He has also changed the form of the daily publication so that it conforms to some extent with the daily newspaper in makeup, the arrangement of heads, subheads, etc. The pamphlet is still of the mallable size, 6x9, but it has been very much improved in typographical appearance and in the readable character of its contents. Some queer bits of news come out in Maj. Carson's little publication, News from the uttermost parts of the earth appears and the land of mythology and ancient history is made to contribute to the daily melange. A recent contribution came from the far off land of Mesopotamia, a name that brings up Sunday school days and scriptural jaw breakers. We are-informed by the correspondent from that land of dim history that great improvements are going on there, just as we might hear of developments in the wheat country of Canada. Mr. Xerkes of Kentucky. F John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue, does not land in President Roosevelt's cabinet it will not be the fault of an army of good friends who are continually holding him up as the ideal man from the south for such a position. M r THE SOUTH Yerkes is not bothering his head about any such preferment. He is eminently fitted for the place he now holds and has made an enviable record as the head of this most important bureau in the government service. He is one of the most affable men in the public service and it is the delight of his newspaper friends to gather in his office in the treasury building and listen to his fund of Kentucky stories which he tells in most charming and effective manner. Mr. Yerkes is a Kentuckian and no son of that state, renowned for her fast horses, beautiful women and chivalrous men, is prouder of his birthright. He is a Kentucky republican of the most aristocratic class and of the type of Justice John M. Harlan, of the supreme court, who is known as Kentucky's "grand old man." Mr. Yerkes is a splendid type of the tall Kentuckian. He is a little over six feet in height, well proportioned and as straight as a pine. He is of ruddy countenance, has soft brown wavy hair and a sweeping dark red mustache. He attracts attention wherever he is seen by his carriage and distinguished air. He is well balanced intellectually and has a fine reputation as a lawyer. The south has been claiming that she is entitled to representation in the cabinet and will not accept Secretary Bonaparte, of Maryland, as altogether filling the bill. She wants some one from the real south and the friends of Mr. Yerkes want to know why he will not meet requirements. President Roosevelt has a way of filling cabinet vacancies himself without much regard to what friends of available timber may say, and he has given no intimation that Mr. Yerkes has been in his mind for a place at his council table. Positions Followed by Little One Should Be Carefully Observed and Corrected If Wrong. The acknowledged best position for the feet is not the one accepted of old—"heels together and toes turned out"—but one in which the feet are nearly straight, one a little in advance of the other, and with the body's weight full upon the balls of the feet, the heels hardly touching the floor. All this preparation is necessary precaution against, or remedy for, the bending of the soft bones of the back, or the legs from throwing too much weight upon them. This is the danger of first walking. The carrying of undue weight upon the heels and bone-structure not only bends the bones of the back and legs, but it so overpresses the joint cartilages as to stiffen and enlarge and irritate the joints, while it reduces the body's height. If a child holds itself freely and strongly and flexibly in poise, with all muscles doing their share of the work, whether the body be supported on the ```markdown ``` TO KEEP A CHILD FROM GROWING BOW-LEGGED balls of one foot or on both feet, it is ready to walk easily and successfully. The next point in learning to walk well, after strength and poise and easy balance are well secured, is to induce the leaning of the body's weight (chest first) so far forward beyond the supporting foot that the back leg must swing forward to meet the advanced need of support. This makes the difference between good walking, with chest leading and legs serving, and bad walking, with feet first. To teach good walking, one must induce the leaning of the weight further and further forward on the forward foot, making sure that the heel of the supporting foot is well lifted, and all the weight on a strong, springy, rolling ball of the foot, and so lifted that when the weight gets so far forward that it needs support still further forward, the idle foot at the back can swing easily ahead to meet the necessity. This is the fundamental mechanism of good walking POLITENESS IN CHILDREN. Reasons for Social Usages May Be Given, But Courtesy in Family Life Strongest Influence. Eleanor Davids, writing her experiences with a child taken from a "home" in "The Note-Book of an Adopted Mother," has this to say on the teaching of gentle and polite manners: "Perhaps the reason why it is so hard to inculcate politeness in children is that it is difficult to explain the reason back of many small refinements of life," remarks Mrs. Davids. "Conventionality is in almost constant conflict with a child's instincts, and yet, if we are not afraid to think, or too indolent to explain, we can generally make children understand that there is a good reason for all social usages. Then they see some sense in observing them. "I have never read anything on the cultivation of politeness in children which impressed me as more practically suggestive than an incident in the papers some time ago. A small boy's manners improved so after he entered school that his mother cross-questioned him to find out what the teacher did to secure such results. 'Nothing,' was the indignant reply. "She surely must do something,' persisted the mother. "I tell you she doesn't do nothing,' persisted the boy. 'She just walks round and is polite, and it makes us feel as polite as anything." "Courtesy and consideration will never become natural to a child, will never be anything but a veneer added for the sake of policy, unless he has witnessed and experienced the results of politeness at home while still in the plastic period of life." Another idea that Mrs. Davids tried to develop in her home was that the people we love, and with whom we live every day, are just as much entitled to courtesy as guests; in fact, she says that if any difference is to be made it should be in favor of those dearest to us. Quite the reverse of this is, unhappily, too often the family rule. A White Throat Its first secret is massage. If the skin is too plump and the throat lined, take off the collar and set to work bathing the neck in clear, warm water. 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Two or three live, active and wide- awake lady agents, either white or colored, wanted to solicit for a high class Toilet Preparation in connec- tion with The Broad Ax. If you mean business, call or address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago. WAITERS AND COOKS Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found by experience that they are the most satisfactory and economical goods on the market. Our Complete Catalogue—a correct guide to proper dress in the Dining Room, Kitchen, or Bar will be sent free on application. Write for catalogue and full instructions how to order. Maryan Kuben (Inc.), 300 State St., Chicago Increased Demand for Light Increased Demand for Lugnut. The development of any new illuminating process appears not to affect the demand for light in other forms. The electric light, both are and incandescent, has been added to gas rather than substituted for it. More gas has been burned in proportion to the population of American cities, since Brush and Edison made their discoveries than formerly. The use of oil for lamps increases, notwithstanding gas, electricity, acetylene gas and devices such as the incandescent burner, which produce far more light with a given quantity of illuminating fluid. Cleveland Leader. Auto Auctions In London the business of auctioning off automobiles of all vintages has been established for more than two years and the scale on which it has been done is eye-opening. The extent of such transactions may be imagined from the fact that it is said that one house alone in the world metropolis shows an average weekly turnover of $50,000. The establishment in question seldom houses less than $100,000 worth of cars at a time, all of which are on view at the bl-weekly sales. Japan's War Fund All told, foreign loans, domestic loans, war taxes, increased customs duties, etc., Japan has raised nearly $850,000,000 for war purposes. As wages in the United States are at least six times higher than in Japan, the amount raised by that country is equal to our raising $5,100,000,000. Further, as the population of Japan is only 48,000,000, while ours is 84,000,000, we should really have to raise about $8,000,000,000 to equal Japan's effort. One Cargo a Year. It is possibly known to a few people in the Keystone state that Erie is a port of entry each year for a cargo of turtles. This statement is given upon the authority of the Erie Times, which chronicles the fact that the schooner Bertha Wallace, Capt. Winne had arrived from Port Clinton with a cargo of the reptiles, whose total weight was 2,700 pounds. Awfulv Noisy. Mrs. Neighbors—What's that awful racket in the next room? Mrs. Rounders—O, that's my husband dressing to go downtown. "Indeed! I've heard folks say that he was a loud dresser, but I had no idea it was anything like that."—Lippincott's Magazine. Shopper's Comfort "What a comfort the exchange system is," exclaimed one woman shopper to a friend she met in the elevator of a big department store. "Yesterday I bought a hat which I didn't like after I got it home, so to-day I brought it back and got three pounds of butter and a mousetrap for it." Submarine Forest By means of glass-bottomed boats it has been discovered that the bottom of Monterey bay, California, is a beautiful submarine forest of sea oranges, green ribbons, horse tail, sea pompoms, etc. Some of the plants are 30 feet in height. Once Owned by Sherman. Once Owned by Battham The other day suit was brought in San Francisco over title to a lot sold by the late Henry Meltgge to the late Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, then a San Francisco banker, and ex-captain in the United States army. That Croquet Again. Long after a man decides that he is too old to play baseball, ride a bicycle or make a billiard his wife will be found driving the wooden ball through the iron hoop with a hammer. Golf and Profanity Golf and Prokarya. An Iowa preacher claims that he can play golf without using profane language. He probably got his preliminary practice on the croquet grounds.—Detroit Free Press. Before and After. Before marriage a young woman is satisfied to live on fudge and love, after marriage she instills on three squares daily with the fudge thrown in.—Detroit Free Press. New Town. A central Missouri editor who said: "The Missouri river continues to rise at intervals," received a note from one of his subscribers asking where Intervals was. Must Learn Early. The archbishop of Canterbury recently said in public address: "The child who has not learned obedience at the age of two never learns it." 1 Safety in Numbers. A worldly father, after the style of Lord Chesterfield, was giving good advice to his son, who was about to enter society. And above all, avoid flirtations; but if you must flirt or fall in love, sir, be sure that it is with a pretty woman. It is always safer." "Why?" asked the young man. "Because some other fellow will be sure to be attracted, and cut you out before any harm has been done."—Stray Stories. Guns for Africans. An article in a recent number of the Birmingham (England) Mall states that a factory in that city is turning out weekly about 1,200 flint-lock muskets, and that a large number of this antiquated firearm are also made at Liege, Belgium. These guns are sent to Central and East Africa for use by the natives, to whom the possession of modern firearms is denied by statute. To Make a Front "Yes, sir," said the jeweler, "this is the largest and purest diamond stud we have. It's worth $7,500." "I'll take it," said Nuritch, "if you kin cut the price on it." "No, sir, that's positively the lowest—" "Aw! you don't know what I mean. I want yer to carve the price on the stone so people kin see it."—Philadelphia Press. Novel Scarecrow. Passengers from the White mountains are remarking on the ingenuity displayed by a New Hampshire farmer who has a cornfield near the tracks up in the middle of the state. Instead of an upright scarecrow, this man has placed his on its knees, in a position which indicates that the "man" is busy weeding corn. The deception is said to be the most perfect yet conceived. Salt Water Beer. A firm of brewers at Surfeet, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, has had to destroy 6,000 gallons of beer, it being found that the water used in the manufacture was impregnated with salt. The water was obtained from the River Glen, into which salt water from the River Welland had found its way. Frogs' Legs on Toast Miss Frog—That chap I went to the hop with last week was awfully stuck on his shape! New Suitor—Yes, if he hadn't paraded himself so much, he wouldn't have ended up in a cafe. I understand his epitaph was written on the bill of fare—Detroit Free Press. Autos in Kaffirland. The automobile is making its way to the ends of the earth. In the upper part of Transkie (Kaffirland) a service of motor cycles has recently been established, ridden by natives, to carry the mails from Mount Frere to the outlying stations, and on up to Kokstadt, a distance of 70 miles. The Go-Between. "I feel so sorry for that poor woman! But I never know what to say to people in trouble," said Mrs. Richly. Mrs. Abbie Gardener Sharp, the sole survivor of the Spirit Lake massacre of 857, is living at Pillsbury Point, Lake Okoboji, Ia. With the proceeds of the history of that event she purchased her home on the lake. Dats Close School. Thousands of bats took possession of a schoolhouse in Redding, Cal., the other day, and the school had to be closed by means of burning sulphur, etc. All in the Family Broadway restaurants are now referred to as "lobster palaces." They get the name from two distinct species of the lobster family.—Chicago Record-Herald. Fire Insurance Congress Milan, Italy, is to have next year as an international congress at which questions relating to the extinguishing of fires and to fire insurance will be discussed. Fitting Grave Mark. In the churchyard of Grimston, Norfolk, an anvil may be seen at the head of the grave of a local blacksmith. Attractive Products. The products of Scotland county are chiefly melons and pretty girls, says the Raleigh News-Observer. What a fine place to go for a vacation. Why She Wanted Work. "There are a lot of queer people in this world," said the man in charge of the book department of a large store the other day. "This morning a young woman came in here and applied for a position selling books. I explained that there was nothing I could give her. Then I said, please amly: "I'm awful sorry." "The word "oh," she said, turning to go, 'you needn't be sorry. I really don't need the money. I simply wanted to work here so I could read the books.'"—Kansas City Times. Heard the Report A few days after the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, and while the whole world was excited over the event, a Frenchman came out of a lumber camp in New Hampshire and made his appearance in Gorham depot. Stepping up to the station agent in a state of great excitement, he asked if Maine had blown up. The agent replied that it had. Tears came into the poor fellow's eyes as he said: "I got a sister; she live down to Rumford Fall; I suppose she blow up with him."—Boston Herald. Plug Tobacco. "I live in a town which is the greatest seat of the plug tobacco industry in the world, the town of Winston Salem, N. C." said Hon. J. C. Buxon, of the Old North state. "Last year, as the records will show, there was a production of 32,000,000 pounds of plug tobacco in the factories of Winston Salem. Doesn't look as if that much plug could be chewed up in a decade, eh? But somebody must get away with it, for the output is constantly increasing." Tunnel Under Thames London's newest transportation idea is a footway tunnel under the River Thames at Woolford, where the council's free ferry is now the sole dependence of vehicles and pedestrians, and which suspends its operations entirely during fog and bad weather, being incapacitated for a part of each of 26 days during last year. Pathetic and Humorous. It is a pathetic as well as a humorous remark that Laurence Hutton in his reminiscences attributes to John L. Sullivan. When the news came of the death of Edwin Booth, the great fighter, in sincere sorrow, remarked: "Well, there are only a few of us left!" Flying Frog. A species of frog found in Borneo has very long toes, webbed to the tip. This creature can leap from a high tree, and, by spreading its toes, be supplied with four little parachutes, which enable it to easily descend. Hence it is called "the flying frog." Wood Staining Wood is now stained before it is seasoned, instead of making the artificial coloration the last process. The sap is driven out of the wood under pressure, and it is forthwith transformed into mahogany, rosewood and walnut before it dries. Peking University. The oldest university in the world is at Peking. It is called the "School for the Sons of the Empire." Its antiquity is very great, and a granite register, consisting of stone columns, 320 in number, contains the names of 60,000 graduates. Woman Artist's Offer. Mrs. Ellis Rowan, the famous flower artist, has received an offer of $75,000 by the German government for her 500 Australian flower pictures, the condition being that she shall take up her residence in that country and devote her talents exclusively to Germany. Few Qualified. There were 28 vacancies in the grade of assistant paymaster of the navy. For those positions 2,000 young men applied. Only 24 stood the various tests and received their commissions. Railway Progress Only 70 years have elapsed since the first railway in the world was finished. During that comparatively brief period over 400,000 miles have been constructed. 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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