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The Grand Charity Ball for the Benefit of Provident Hospital The Most Magnificent Function Ever Held Among Afro-Americans In Chicago. Dr. D. H. Williams and Mrs. Andrew L. Smith Led the Grand March Who Were Followed by the Cream of the Four Hundred.—Many Visitors from Other Cities Present. Vol. XIII The Grand Chance Benefit of Hosp The Most Magnificent Among Afro-America Dr. D. H. William L. Smith Led the Were Followed Four Hundred.— Other Cities Pres Thursday evening, the Grand Charity Ball for the benefit of Provident Hospital was held at the First Regiment Armory, 16th street and Michigan ave., and despite the fact, that the country is still passing through a financial depression, between 700 and 800 of the very best class of Afro-Americans attended the ball, which was the swellest function so far held among the race in the history of Chicago, many of its attendants rolling to and from it in autos and carriages. The Armory was most artistically decorated for the occasion. Promptly at 9 o'clock the Eighth Regiment Band got itself in action, and the first annual ball, for the benefit of Provident Hospital, was on in full force, and from that hour until 11 o'clock, friends of that worthy institution continued to flow into the hall. Shortly after 10 o'clock the grand march was formed which was led by Doctor Daniel H. Williams and Mrs. Andrew L. Smith, who were followed by Doctor William F. Garnett of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. Daniel H. Williams and between 300 or 400 other members of the cream of society participated in the grand march. It is safe to say, that on no other occasion or similar function have as many elegantly costumed men and women, assembled together as participated in the grand march and witnessed it from the various sections of the hall. No attempt will be made to specify or enumerate the many rich gowns and costly jewels worn and displayed at this swellest of society events. But it is sufficient to say! that the ladies looked mighty good to us, and there was not a gaudy dress in evidence, but they were all rich in material and fresh in make up, which caused the wearers to look neat and very attractive. None present indulged in any loud talking and it made one feel proud to behold, BOOKER WASHINGTON AND TAFT. Representative Richardson, of Alabama, is made to say in a special dispatch to the Richmond, Va., Times Dispatch that Booker T. Washington will soon declare against Secretary of War, William H. Taft, for the republican nomination for President. Mr. Washington, says the Alabama congressman, will be forced to come out for Senator Foraker by the strong sentiment for the latter shown among the Colored politicians of that state. Those predictions concerning the attitude of Mr. Washington as to who is to be the candidate to succeed Mr. Roosevelt would be interesting if they were but true. But no one who has observed the close friendship which exists between Mr. Taft and Mr. Washington has any idea that Tuskegee's famous educator will do anything of the kind. As far as Mr. Washington is concerned, he undoubtedly will follow the same course as heretofore: keep his mouth shut concerning candidates until af- such a large number of men and women, of the race who were highly cultured and conducted themselves like real ladies and gentlemen. R. A. J. Shaw at the conclusion of the grand march in behalf of the committee, in a neat speech, stated the object of the ball, and when he concluded speaking Miss Anita Wilkins, rendered a new and popular song, entitled "Because of you." Aside from this feature, one or two other pleasing features were rendered, making the whole event one long to be remembered. Dr. and Mrs. A. Wilberforce Williams, Prof. and Mrs. Emanuel, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Moseley, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Green, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Anderson, Col. and Mrs. John R. Marshall, and Miss Essie Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis, and their guest, Mrs. Harreld, Muncie, Ind., Col. and Mrs. James H. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall and their guest, Dr. Hunter of Washington, D. C., Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Rawlins, Mrs. Frank Artist, Mrs. George T. Kersey, Mrs. Alexander Lane, Miss Connie Hancock, Mrs. Nellie Glenwood, Mrs. John W. Hardy and her daughter, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Frank P. George, Mrs. Clifford Johnson, Dr. A. B. Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. David Manson, Mr. W. S. Cole, Major John C. Buckner, Mr. J. N. Blackshear, Capt. and Mrs. John L. Fry and their guests, her sister, Miss Willie Hart and her father Mr. Hart of Indianapolis, Ind., Capt. and Mrs. James S. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Julius N. Avendorph, Mr. Noah D. Thompson and Mrs. Rose Lively, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Harris, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Webb and daughter Evanston, Ill., Miss L. Trent also of Evanston, Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Langford, Mr. Jesse Binga, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Anderson, Miss Lena Pickett, major and Mrs. Robert R. Jackson, Mr. Charles Smiley Dr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Smith, and J. W. Anderson were among the many who participated in the grand charity ball. ter the election and then, when the newly elected President takes his seat, let his interest be in evidence. Mr. Washington, however, is in a diffeent position in regards to the coming political contest than to any heretofore. He has usually maintained, and very properly, that his vocation was that of an educator and he had not the time nor the inclination for politics. But now, according to the statement of T. Thomas Fortune, formerly a bosom friend, who was unceremoniously kicked out as editor, because it is said he would not endorse Taft and Roosevelt, Mr. Washington owes almost a controlling interest in one of the leading weekly papers of the country and it is still further alleged, has his private secretary as editor. Consequently, whether Mr. Washington takes sides or not the newspaper which his private secretary is supposed to edit will be credited with voicing the sentiments of the celebrated hero of the now famous lunch incident in Washington. If it were legal to make HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JANUARY 25, 1908. JAMES J. GRAY. President of the Forest Park Fair Grounds Adjustment Company, PARK TO COST MILLION. Big West Side Amusement Enterprises Is Being Projected by Promoters. Attractions Like Coney Island, European Bands and Other Things Promised. Promotion is under way for a new amusement resort at Desplaines avenue and the extension of the Garfield Park branch of the Metropolitan Elevated. The site is planned to cover twenty acres, and, with its inauguration, the "Chutes," owned by the Chicago Water Chutes Company, is scheduled to pass out of existence. James J Gray of the law firm of Gray & Moran, politician and former assessor, is president of the new corporation, which is to be known as the Forest Park Fair Grounds Amusement Company, Henry Malwurm, president of the State Liquor Dealers' Association; A. Winterroth, a manufacturer; and Joseph Grein, city sealer under the Dunne administration, also will be officers of the company. Thomas W. Prior, who has long been identified with the Chicago amusement field, will be director of exhibits. The real estate end of the transaction has been handled by E. A. Cummings & Co. The "Chutes" company is to be dissolved, it is said, on account of the site being needed by the traction companies. To Bring Convey Devices. One of the larger producing firms at Coney Island is interested in the enterprise and will bring some sensational riding devices, in addition to books upon an election, it would be a safe proposition to give odds that Mr. Washington's New York paper will be found boosting Taft before the republican convention meets in June, even though he observes a position of neutrality in Alabama politics—The Globe, Nashville, Tenn. Editor Battle, is right respecting Booker T. Washington's support of Wm. H. Taft, through his paper the New York Age, which is run by little Emmitt J. Scott, who is ever ready to lick the boots of that class of white men who are in favor of keeping the Negro down in every way, as long as the money rolls into the pockets of the begging wizard of Tuskegee. other features which have made a great hit at eastern resorts. Three foreign bands are also to be engaged. A big electric plant will allow the working out of new ideas in illumination. The lighting will be made one of the conspicuous attractions, although the idea is also to keep the park as a real park, instead of following the "boardwalk" plan. A mono-rail riding device will encircle the entire grounds. Immediately within, another coasting and gliding device will make the same circuit. The grounds will not be opened until 4 o'clock in the afternoon and the grove feature is to be specially cared for. Natural trees are to be preserved and every effort will be devoted toward making the landscape attractive. A Million Dollar Affair. The park company is to invest $300,000 outright in the project and the organization will be operated under a franchise granted by the village of Forest Park, formerly Harlem, for a period of ten years. It is believed that $700,000 will be invested in amusements, thus bringing the total representation up to $1,000,000. Deals are now on for an additional fourteen acres adjoining the chosen site. It is believed satisfactory arrangements can be made to acquire this additional space. The park will be thirty-five minutes' ride from State street, with a 5-cent fare. All the West Side surface lines either transfer or run directly to the gates. The grounds are in a region well adapted to the idea of working out a landscape scheme. The natural beauty of the place is considerable in itself—The Chicago Tribune, Jan. 19. It must also be remembered that Taft, is one of the main guys in assisting Booker T., to pass upon the kind of education the Colored people should have in the South, and in order to reward him for his advice, friend Booker, with a little money as sop is succeeding in getting the hungry editors of the sickly-weekly newspapers which he controls throughout the country to fall in line for his good friend William H. Taft. Miss Edna Jane Simms 4330 Evans ave., entertained a number of young folks at her home, Thursday eve., in honor of her 17th birthday. The Newspapers and the Negro How They Assist to Manufacture Race Prejudice Against the Afro-Americans, by R. R. Wright, Jr., In McGirt's Magazine, Philadelphia, Pa. The following article by R. R. Wright Jr., is from McGrit's Magazine, and it clearly shows the daily newspapers in all parts of this country assist in the manufacture of race prejudice against the Afro-American: "That' the Negroes of this country are suffering great injustice through the newspapers, no one who will take the time to investigate can doubt. The great fault of our newspapers to-day is sensationalism, which, of course, only reflects our own great fault. People want to hear of murders, lynchings, suicides, divorces, etc., and the newspapers give them just what they demand. There is no particular demand for the good side of Negro life, and this is seldom given. To present in concrete form what the people demand concerning the Negroes and what the papers give them, I have clipped from the leading Philadelphia papers each morning for a month the references to the Negroes. It is possible that I may have overlooked some, but I am sure I have secured all the principal ones, which were as follows: There were in all 70 articles referring to Negroes, covering 412 inches. Thirty-six of these articles were about crimes of Negroes, covering 246 inches; 22 articles, of 114 inches, were not, indeed, directly on crimes, but on the dark side of Negro life, with pessimistic views of the condition of Negroes; 12 articles, of 53 inches, were of miscellaneous character, only 3 of which, covering 7 inches of space, referred to the good side of Negro life, and one of them referred to the education of Negroes. In other words, it is clear that the articles referring to the crimes of the Negroes, their weaknesses and other shortcomings, and those taking a pessimistic view of the race, took up 87 per cent of the newspaper space of the month, while articles referring to the good side of Negro life took up only 5 per cent. of this space. The items given most prominence during the month were those referring to assaults on white women and girls, lynching and attempts to lynch Negroes, thefts, race wars, arrests and such like. The followings headlines are samples of what the newspapers of the city gave during the month: I CROWD WAS READY TO LYNCH CAMDEN NEGRO II THREATS TO LYNCH NEGRO III MOB WOULD KILL NEGRO ACCUSED OF ATTACK ON CHILD IV .. NEGRO KIDNAPS A BOY ..... V. 15 YEARS FOR BLACK ASSAILANT OF CHILD Negro Who Attacked Seven-year-old White Girl Gets the Limit VI NEGRO ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT VII FATAL FIGHT OVER NEGRESS VIII ADJOURNED TO LYNCH NEGRO IX NEGRO SLASHED TO DEATH X BLACK SOLDIERS IN DISFAVOR XI RACE RIOTERS HELD Newspapers e Negro to Manufacture Race st the Afro-Americans, right, Jr., In McGirt's delphia, Pa. XII LYNCHING MOB DISPERSED XIII WAR OFFICE BARS NEGRO XIV COLORED MORTALITY HIGH XV GEORGIAN PRAISES NEGRO XVI ABINGTON PURSUES ESCAPED NEGRO XVII NEGRO DUPES "400" XVIII CRIME AMONG NEGROES XIX RACE RIOT NEAR WASHINGTON XX NORTHERN NEGROES BARRED AS TEACHERS XXI MUST DRAW COLOR LINE SAYS GOV. HOKE SMITH XXII NEGRO COUPLE DIVORCED XXIII ABSURY PARK NOW HAS NEGRO BUGABOO XXIV HOKE SMITH SAYS SLAVERY WAS BOON Declares Most Negroes Made No Progress Before and Have Made None Since XXV NEGROES FLAY PRESIDENT · XXVI FORAKER DENIES NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE GUILTY XXVII THREATS TO LYNCH NEGRO WHO KNOCKS DOWN TWO WOMEN XXVIII "CRIME AMONG NEGROES" XXIX NEGRO'S SCHEME QUICKLY ENDED BY POSTOFFICE XXX FOUR NEGROES FROM DAHOMEY He'd Up On a Suspicion of Belong- ing to Cannibal Tribe XXXI ATTACKS UPON GIRLS ALARM THE POLICE Acting Lieutenant Fears There May Be a Lynching if They Continue NEGROES THE CULPRITS XXXII CROWD WAS READY TO LYNCH CAMDEN NEGRO XXXII Now the great mass of people get their ideas of the Negroes from what they read in the daily papers. Can it be wondered at there has been a growth of hostility toward the Negroes; that many of the former friends are becoming indifferent, if not indeed hostile? The cause is not so much the undue increase of crime but the undue emphasis on crime by the newspapers. All who study the subject carefully are agreed that the Negroes are making much progress against severe odds. But all are not students; the majority of the people are busy men and women, with no time for statistics. It is to them, as well as to the Negroes, that the injustice is done by the undue display of the vice and crime of the race. We are all aware that the Atlantis (Continued on page 2.) ee a ‘POBLISHED WEERIT. eee al ye and stall times wphold the trus peste ote mace ea Bee se Rasen, 01 a" cgenge proper st Set Sse se bre. Pep oetyis noe tar een Sh seeticere ine. swunications will receive attention. aiiaiaaky oa one vide of the PAP. Tscbecriptione mast be pald in strange. nS ts ‘esermsay ase eaters meron af Soamuniestions 1 THE BROAD AX soi) Armour Avenue, Obioage,, sguges ¥_ TATLON, Better and Publisher.” ——— “Entered as Second-Class Matter, ‘Aug. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, IlI@is, under Act of March 3, 1878. Set 2 eee ees THE NEGRO AND THE NEWS- PAPERS. (Concluded from page 1.) riot might have been averted if the newspapers had not continued to a4- vertise with undue emphasis alleged but uninvestigated crimes of Negroes agailngt white women. Such adver tisement is enough to arouse even the dullest men, and ought to be re- buked and curbed before the damage is done. . In Philadelphia, during the past month, some newspapers, otherwise fair and reliable, have suggested lynching Negroes in this part of the country, in deed in Philadeiphia. Un der a large headline one paper begins an article, quoting the acting-lieu- tenant of one the police stations thus: “If this thing (referring to an alleged assault) keeps up. I am afraid there'll be a lynching in Philadelphia yet.” (But when I wrote the officer referred to about the crime reported by the newspaper, and the above statement, he refused to affirm any: thing with regard to the whole matter.) Another article very vividly describes the mob’s brutal work thus. deginning with a twoinch headline: “Mob would kill Negro Accused of Attack on Child,” etc— subtitle| “Crowd Would Kill Negro.” “cet! him, kill him,” yelled the men as they started after the Negro. At every step the impormptu posse in- creased in numbers. Men in their shirt sleeves ran out of warehouses ‘and joined in hot pursuit. At Pine and Second streets several of the fleeter-footed caught up to the Negro and struck at him with their fists. A couple of the blows landed and the Negro went down like a log. Before he could gain his feet the mob came up and for a minute everybody join- ed in hitting and kicking the fellow around the street.” Again an article says, “It is only a week since John Burton, a Negro, assaulted a little, girl at Seventh and Panama streets.| ‘He was attacked by a mob that would have lynched him if the police hhad not arrived when they did.” ‘The insistence of the newspapers on what the mob “would” have done has the subtle influence of preparing the way for a lynching in Philadel- phia, just as it did in Atlanta, and has done in other places. To show how it works, I will recite a personal experience: I came out on the car from the University of Pennsylvania | @me evening in May about eight |; clock. Just as the car turned off ‘Twenty-seventh street to Lombard, a) crowd of about 100 little white boys, | from 6 to about 14 years of age, at-| tacked it The car was crowded, but there were only about a dozen Neg- Tees-on it, about half of them women. |: The mob of boys got control of the | gar. by pulling of the trolley. ‘They | threw stones into the car, and final-| ly some of them boarded the car and |, began to beat the Negroes with |’ sticks, shouting as they did so, “kill | the Nigger,” “lynch ‘em,” “nit that Nigger,” etc. Though there were | more whites in the car than Negroes, | no remarks were made against the whites and only a few of them suf-| fered violence. The conductor prom- ised to report the matter to police | headquarters: but he remarked that/|, similar mobs had attacked the car! & few days before, adding very signi-|, fieantly, “The police can’t do anything | mith these kids. They are afraid of| them kids” This all happened in| Philadelphia. Doubtless these urch- |; ins hind been reading in the daily pap- ers the ery “Kill the Negro,” and/ they were trying to carry out the um: | 1 penction, — a ae Steen ot: Meson one vd im a:way that no other |; rime im the country is advertised. |, for example: If there are in a day|* assaults, and only one by a Negro, |‘ ehanees are that the five assaults | 4 white men will go unnoticed, |t sone by the Negro will be /|t to the world in some such | this: “Negro. Assaults | er “Negro arrested | aS eases ie The ems o Retieee eta, mitted during that day, and that onc by a Negro. This is repeated day ‘after day, and thus the whole Negro race, good as well as bad, gets a bac name and is put at a tremendous dis advantage I, myself, thought at one time that the great majority of as saults for rape were by Negroes, for nearly every day I saw something in the paper about it, I then lived tp Chicago, where the headlines are much ‘more glaring than in Philadel phia. Imagine my surprise when. one day, looking over the records of the police arrests in the official sta tistics of the city of Chicago, : found that there had been during the year 137 arrests for rape, and on ly 7 of them of Negroes. I never ‘would have believed it if I had not seen it on the official record of the city; 180 white men arrested for rape and only 7 Negroes! And yet during that very year the Chicago paper: ‘mad: more over the assaults of N groes than those of whites. ‘Again, the papers have a way of in- juring the whole Negro race by the crimes of the individual members. This may not be intentional, but the harm is no less. To illustrate: If you will pick up your morning’s paper and reud ef the crimes of yesterday you will not find “John Doe, a white man, was arrested yesterday,” etc., or “Edward Robinson, a Scotchman, or “Heinrich Schmidt, a German,’ but you will almost certaitily find some such note as this: “John John- son, a Negro, was arrested,” etc., That is, the crime of the individual Negro is put on the whole Negro race, The reader remembers that & Negro was arrested yesterday, and the day before, and gets it into his. mind that Negroes commit an undue amount of crime. He is not impress. ed with the large amount of crime committed by the white race, or by the English or German elements of population because the papers, as a rule, do not identify white criminals with sny particular nationality, ex- cept occasionally the Italian. It does not need an expert in psy- chology to appreciate the fact tliat his influence of the newspapers is most damaging, because so subtle and incidental. People get ideas damag- ng to the race but do not know where they got them. They often hink them based upon facts, while inking of the term Negro to the mame of every member of that race hey too often have their basis in the who is reported as having committed rime, and the reporting of propor- jonately more crimes, with greater emphasis, of Negroes than of whites. ‘The friends of the Negroes ought not to longer overlook this.” HOW TO KEEP WELL. Some Helpful Hints from the Health Department. CONSUMPTION. In last week's health talk the topic under discussion was the high death Tate from consumption in certain trades or occupations. This phase of the fearful ravages of ‘consumption is of enough importance to warrant our further thought and study. You may remember that we told you that the death rate from con- sumption among marble and stone cutters was nearly six times great- er than that of bankers or brokers from the same disease. ‘Tne facts are that of all the trades, stone and marble workers furnish more victims of consumption than any others. Next come cigarmakers and tobacco workers. Here are the figures show- irg the six occupations which stand highest in consumption deaths per 10,000: Marble and stone cutters ......540.5 Cigarmakers 202... 0 .+.200.+0 A769 Plasterers and whitewashers ..453.3 Compositors, printers and press- TOON ce eeeeeeeeceee coerce eee SBED ‘Now, let us study these figures just @ little bit. They mean that out of 1.000 marble and stone workers 54 dle tach year from consumption. The ct- sarmakers come next, a close second, with a contribution of 47 deaths out of cvery 1,000 persons who follow this industry. Plasterers furnish 45, prin- ters 43, servants 43, and hat and cap makers 41 out of each 1,000 of their! memberships, oF: ~Pretty heavy toll, isn't it? Yes, and the worst of it all is it isn’t neces- sary. Especially is this true in .all the callings mentioned, except possi- bly those of the marble and stone workers and the plasterers and whitewashers, Huber in his work, “Consumption and Civilisftion,” says: ‘The high mortality among marble and stone cutters is undoubtedy due © irritation of the respiratory tract 7 tmote inhaled particles of stone. ‘that or to the trri- a membranes.” “But,” he “the bad air and the wretchedly aeanitary conditions under which hese people work, both in factories and in their homes, are essentiai factors.” ‘The same eminent authority also tells us that an incloseure is the one place where the germs of consump tion can dé their work. Then he adds that the home and the workshop dre the two kinds of inclosures which of- fer the best surrounding for implant: ing the germs of this disease. ‘The workshop is a very common ‘means of spreading tuberculosis; and there are medical men who assert that it { the most common of all. ‘Why? Because workshops are too fre quently overcrowded, with miserable ventilation, and no sunshine. These surroundings, together with long hours and insufficient food, or, more likely, the lack of properly cooked and nourishing food, tell the whole story. It should not be forgotten, either, that consumption is a family disease in the main, and that when once tt gets into’a family only the greatest care and proper handling of the pa- tient can save the entire number from its relentless attacks. The bedroom, and, next, the dining room are the two most dangerous breeding places in the home for consumption. But getting back to workshops; they are, as @ rule, places where those who work in them have bad nothing in them have had nothing to say as to their sanitary construction, or arrangements tending to promote physical health and vigor. They are also places where a workman can- not choose his immediate associates, and where he is often compelled to work under conditions which he wel! knows expose him to infection and death, A consumptive cigarmaker or gar ment worker can and frequently does contaminate the shop in which he works by careless and ‘promiscvout spitting. In this way a workman wi! tuberculosis can produce and main tain conditions around his bench or table which are almost certain to implant the germs of this disease in those who work next to him. j So you see that house life, whether | it be the home or the shop, is the; important factor in the propagation and spread of consumption. Import- ant because in these two places or inclosures men and women spend practically both their sleeping and| waking hours. Important again for he reason that in both the home and he shop are produced and maintain. -d through ignorance of the simplest ules of health, those conditions t: end to impair physical vigor and at he same time produce the germs o | lisease and death. | And this brings us back to pure air ind sunshine, which, with cleanliness n both person and surroundings, are Pr eryertae es td| ie well—"P.” VARDAMAN AGAINST SUFFRAGE FOR INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. Insulting Denunciation of Colored People by the Bourbon Sensation- alist in Message as Governor of Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Special.—Governor James Vardaman, in his last message to the legislature, lately, asked that body to memorialize congress to call & constitutional convention to repeal the fifteenth and modify the four- teenth amendment. He asks that a law be passed making the Negro support his own schools and allowing him only a manual education, taking the position that the educated black is more criminally inclined than bis illiterate brothers. “These iniquitous portions of the United States constitution were con- ceived in a spirit of hatred and igno- rance, and brought forth in a spasm of venom and revenge,” he says, “To give the Negro the right of surffage and place him on terms of absolute equality with the white-man was the capital crime of the ages against the white man’s civilization. The effect has proven disastrous, and the perpe’- uation of evil effects of error can on- ly work harm to both races. You cannot adjust laws suited to the gov- ernment of the white man—‘the heirs of all ages in the foremost files of time’—to this low-browed, civilize- tion-veneered savage. And it is worse than a crime to undertake it. | HANG THEM. ‘We rise to second tho motion made by Judge Thomas M. Norwood ot Sevannah, Ga, that the men guilty o} miscegenation be hung, and women put in the penitentiary for life. ‘While we know that this would send to the gallows hundreds and thousands of white men, we believe as does the judge that they ought to be hung. And just supposed all the white men guilty had been hung? The gallows in the South would have be- come @ permanent fixture, and many of the honored white men of the past and present would be filling a felon’s srave instead of being held up as men of virtue, honor and fame. ‘Yes, hang every one of them!—The St. Luke Herald, Richmond Ve. / DEATH OF MRS. WILLIS SWAN. Early last Sunday morning, Mrs Willis Swan, 5040 Armour ave., whe was well known in the Town of Lake, departed this life after a long illness from heart disease, = _ Mrs. Swan at the time of her death was surrounded by her aged mother, Mrs. Webb, who bore up remarkably well under the trying ordeal, her sis ter Mrs, Brown, Mrs. Swan, mother of her husband and his sister Mrs. Cooper and a number of her close friends. To the very last she bore her suffering without complaint. Funeral. services were held over her remains at her late home, Wed: nesday morning. Undertaker Jack son had charge. Rev. A. J. Carey preached the funeral services, In terment at Oakhill. Sorrowing relatives and many friends filled the house to overftowing and followed her remains to their final resting place. The floral oeffrings were numerous and extremely beautiful. ‘The larg: est and most artistic plece was pre- sented by the Order of Elks many ot the members being present at the funeral. | STOCKHOLDERS MEETING OF THE LELAND GIANTS BASE BALL ASSOCIATION. ‘The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Leland Giants Basi Ball & Amusement Association met last Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the office of Lawyer eBauregard F. Moseley and elected the following officers for ths ensuing year: Maj. R. R. Jackson President, J. H. Bolden, Vice Presi dent, Beauregard F. Moseley, Secre tary and Treasurer, Frank C. Leland and Rube Foster Team Managers, Professor Emanuel was elected Chair- man of the meeting. Messrs. Jack: son, Jefferson, Leland and Professor Emanuel was appointed Auditing Committee to overhall the books of the association. The report of the Sec- retary showed that the rink at 532 State street was a profitable enter- prise and that the stock of the com- pany well worth the money. “THE YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP,” AT PEKIN. | Mr. Robert T. Motts, proprietor and ‘manager of the Pekin theatre, State and 27th Sts., announces that on Fri- day, January 31, there will be present. ed a dramatic revival of Bronson Ho ward's successful fouract American comedy-drama, “The Young Mrs. Win- throp.” This event will be the ‘third ‘of @ series inaugurated by Mr. Motts ‘at the request of a great many pat- rons among the discriminating thea: tregoers of the city. Thus far they have been uniformly successful. In this production, Mr. J. Ed. Green, the sterling character actor, will appear in the stellar role, and he will be ably assisted by the dramatic portion of the famous Pekin Stock Company. The presentation of this play will be made on a liberal scale and all de- tails of costumes, scenery and acces- sories will be complete. Seats are now on sale at the box office, and should be secured at the earliest pos- sible moment. Prices are 25c, 50c, 75e and $1.00. L. W. Cummins, Mgr. P. P. THE LIGHT ON BOOKER T. WASH- INGTON. It Prof. Booker Washington's tou: of Mississippi is, in the interest o! “Taft” as It is reported to be, he wil find that it is “an ill wind that wil blow him no good.” The Light res pects Prof. Booker Washington as an educator but disrespects him as a pol iticlan. There ts no Taft sentiment in Mis rissippi; but it is openly stated that Booker T. Washington will bring the Taft “sentiment’ with him when he comes on his lecturing tour. Woe be unto the Negro, who like Judas Iscar- Jot of old, will betray his race for a few pieces of silver—The Light, Vicksburg, Miss. WEST SIDE NEWS BY PROF. A. L. SIMPSON.” Owing to the intelligence of the Drogram committee, the West Side Sunday Club, can't seat the people. The club members and friends seem equally satisfied with their Pres. “Mr, Frank A. Stewart.” ‘Mrs. Mabel Gayton, of 522 Alma ave., who has been on the sick list for some considerably time, is now spending the winter in Kentucky, for her health’s sake, Mrs. M. Burroughs, of 920 W. Lake st, who has been on the sick list for come little time, ts slowly tmproving. Mr. Johnson, (the West Side Real Estate man) is on his feet again, af- Se eae eae Pa Dr. Chas. Pickett; is forging to the front with his practice. Mr. Geo. O, Jones, our undertaker, very sorry to say, is being kept very busy. ‘The West Side was well represent. od at the Charity Ball, Prof. A. L, Simpson is comfortably situated in his new parlor’s at 73 8. Halsted st. cor Madison st. ‘The Prof. was recently successfu in engaging the services of Miss Ma- bel Blythe, the expert manicurist. Miss Blythe recently gave up the po sition of manicurist on the Pennsy! vania Special Eighteen Hour train She {is indeed a credit to his office. If you want to know what's gofii on, read The Broad Ax. ‘On last Saturday eve., Prof. A. 1 Simpson was the guest of Mr. Noat Thompson, at the Keystone Hotel. It you really enjoy a good paper call in at 73 8. Halsted st., and leave your subscription for “The Broad Ax,” it will be mailed to your rest- dence, A. L. Simpson, Agent. EDITOR CHAVERS TO WRITE A HISTORY OF THE AFRO-AMER- ICAN RACE. Columbus, Ohio. Jan. 20th, Mr. P. W. Chavers, editor of the Ohio Stand- ard World will begin shortly an ex: tensive tour of the principal cities of America and the Old World, in search of information to be used In a His- tory of the Negro which he contem- plates writing in the near future. He states that it is his purpose to touch upon every phase of life affecting Qe Negro people in all parts of the globe, hoping thereby to be able to point to a more hopeful solution of all the problems confronting the peo- ple of the Negro race. He has recom- mendations from prominent state of- ficials of Ohio, and in other ways has received substantial encourage- ment in the effort. He has associat- ed Mr. Horace D. Slatter, the well: known Negro newspaper correspond- ent with him in the work. CHIPs. Mr. John Ousley 447, E. 63rd st., is on the sick list. Mrs. Jacobs, 3536 Dearborn st., 1s confined to her bed with illness, Mrs. L. Lapsley, 5120 Dearbron st.. has been on the sick list for the past week, ‘The Pullman Company has issued a general order to have all of its por- ters vaccinated. ii Mr. Julius N. Avendorph has been sueffring from an attack of the srippe. Mr. John Garner, 3720 Dearborn st, is confined to his house injured by a fall on the ice. Mr. Henry Hart, of Indianapolis ts in the city the guest of his son-in- law, Jno. Fry, 3024 Indiana ave. _ A fivestory hotel to be let exclu- sively for Afro-Americans, has been opened in Portland, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank of Madison, Wis., are in the city the guests of Mrs. R. J. Woods 2829 Dearborn St. Mr. Joe Jenkins, 6640 Evans ave, who was injured on the raflroad re cently is again following his line of duty. Mrs. A. T. Peterson, who for a long time ran a rooming house on State street near 26th, has opened a first class house for roomers at 3212 Wa- bash ave., Phone Douglas 7051. ‘The Triangle and Inner-Circle Club. recently turned over $75 to the Old Folks Home, 610 Garfield Blvd., which was realized from the Charity Ball, given by the club Christmas evening at the First Regiment Armory. The Phyllis Wheatley Home Associ- ation for Colored girls, gave a fancy sox social at the Frederick Douglass Center, 3032 Wabash ave, Monday evening last, for the benefit of its: tome. The affair was well attended | nd & neat sum realized. Representative John P. McGoorty, as become an active aspirart, for he nomination for Governor of Illin- Ms. Mr. McGoorty has many warm ind influential friends throughout the| tate, who are assisting to push his oom along. County Judge Lewis Rinaker, last| jaturday, threw the Barnett and Lan. |! FY contest out of his court, for fant | t equity, and Judge Lantry witi be| ermitted to serve out his term and| he chances are a thousand to one|} hot, that at the coming election this | all, the leaders of the Republican | } arty, will not nominate another Coi- | ‘ red man, to run for Municipal Judge. After a brief lines Mrs. Nellie ®. everen, 212, 28th st, died at Provi- 2 ent Hospital, Monday morning, Jan. 4 Mh. Mrs. Devezen has been a resi- : 3 ant of Chicago for the past fourteen } ‘ars, during which time she was an © tive member of St. Thomas’ Episco- ¥ ul church, trom “whence she was » iried Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. son and dmighter survives her. 7 °v. Father Masslah “conducted the y meral services. Interment, Oak- le cods cemetery. L A most unkind cut has been tinis. tered to Tillman and Dixon by \,. organization of an anti-misee2:):io. society in Mississippi with a \).\. burg Judge as president. The p»,. pose of the soclety is to use i) og lorts to prevent white men from; \),, gally cohabitating with Colores \... men. ‘The movement will have » j»;:, following throughout the Sout fs claimed that prominent whit: ).; are actually neglecting their f),,... in maintaining two separate est)... ments. We say, God speed i 1, movement. — The Fraternal tin Fort Smith, Ark. Joseph H. T. Jackson 528 W « street in his letter to The Brow! ‘+ which was commented on in th: a issue of this paper made a mi as to the churches in which bh. - celved uncivil treatment. In his ‘«. ter he stated it was “St. Mark chic) but in this he says he was in err for he did not attempt to enter Mark church on New Year's eve. he says “he suffered no injustic. the hands of any of its members that evening;” but he did attem; enter St. Mary's church with his « children on the evening in questi: but was prevented from doing so } some one connected with {) church.” STRICTLY MODERN FLATS AND COTTAGE FOR RENT. Desirable six room flats beautit: decorated and modern in every w: Also cottage in rear, reduced rev to May first, located on Dearborn ;* near 52nd st. Apply to J. S. Bart & Son 5126 State street. FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT. Nicely furnished rooms, strici modern for rent 3212 Wabash av Mrs. A. T. Peterson, Phone 7051. SIX ROOM HOUSE FOR SALE. For Sale—Six room house at May ‘wood, Jll., $2750.00, new, modern, 0: trim, bath, two blocks from Aurora « Elgin Depot, small payment dowu. balance monthly. A number of goo! Colored families have settled in thi neighborhood. 0. J. Westcott, 200 So Fifth Ave., Maywood, Ill, or 1107 S« curity Bldg., Chicago, Il, The Importance of Ventilation. ‘The science of architecture, if under this head we include the principles of buflding construction and the heating and ventilation of buildings, bas done ‘and is doing much of interest and im- portance to the student of public healt science. The air supply, especially for the modern civilized and too often sel- entary form of mankind, is In the lonz run quite as important as the water supply, the milk supply or any other supply. Surely we cannot be too care ful of the purity of a substance which we take into our bodies oftener and in larger volume than any other and which has come, rightly, no doubt, and as the result of long and painful ex- Perience, to be known as’ the very breath of life. Human beings may sur- vive and seemingly thrive even for Jong periods on bad air, but for the best work, the highest efficiency, the greatest happiness and the largest life. as well as for perfect health, the very best atmosphere 1s none too good— Scientifle American. ‘Two Halves. “Looks count a lot.” remarked Slopay. “About half the good I get from dinner is the look of things.” “All right, Mr. Slopay,” replied Mrs. Borden. “We'll just give you two looks in future."—Kansas City Times. i ee Bob (to Bessie)—It seems rather Strange, Bessie, that when I ‘didn't want to kiss you you didn't mind, but now that you are old enough to make me want to you won't let me—New York Life. — Gidea “If the famous Ananias club gave social functions, I wonder what would be the favorite instrument of enter- tainment.” “Naturally the lyre.”"—Houston Post. ‘On Early Railroads. <= oe nee pb case, that the Aft Duke of Portland bad his carriage strapped to a railway truck whenever he took to the railroad and that he sat 4m the carriage in preference to an ordinary compartment, sounds strange to the modern ear. It was a common Practice with moneyed people of con- servative habits in the early days of the railway, and the companies made adequate provision accordingly. A supply of trucks was kept at all the Drincipal stations on the line, and 20 charge was made for embarking of or an carriages or horges.—Dun- i, Rose to the Oecasian. oer, Wit and a warm heart are ase Site Gomer After one many charitable per- formances which she has given in France the priest of the country vil- Maar re ff had Deen held entertain- company at lunch. Mme. Xvette found an egg on her plate, broke it and ten gold pieces fell out. “You don’t know my tastes quite well yet, M. le Cure,” she said. “I adore bolled eggs, but I eat only the white. Peanaver touch the yolk, and I must leave you for your poor people.”— Londop Telegraph, . EVANS' BIG FLEET. The Way It Would Have Toyed With the Spanish Armada. Speaking of the fleet of American battleships now on its way to Pacific waters as an "armada," as some writers appear fond of doing, is comparing very great things with things very small. It is true that the Spanish armada in 1588, to which allusion of course is made, filled a large place in history and was a very spectacular affair in its day, but its power as compared with that of the fleet under Admiral Evans was the power of a crow compared with that of an eagle. The "invincible armada," of Spain, which set out to invade and capture England in 1588, was a formidable demonstration of naval power for that period, though it met with complete disaster. The armada consisted of about 130 vessels, some of them of great size, but all wooden and without any protection against even the feeble artillery of that day. They carried in all 2,431 guns and more than 19,000 men, besides the working crews. As the soldiers could not help work the ships, they were really in the way and much more helpless on shipboard than modern marines. The cannon which formed the armament of the ships were mere toys compared with those of the present day. Finally the ships were all sailing ships, cumbrously built, hard to maneuver and liable to be put out of action by adverse winds. Torpedo boats and monitors were unknown at that day. The American fleet consists of sixteen first class battleships, eight armored cruisers, nine protected cruisers, six gunboats, six torpedo boat destroyers and three monitors. The ships carry a total of 2,184 guns, any one of which could sink the biggest ships in the Spanish armada with one shot from a distance that the heaviest gun in the Spanish fleet could not cover half the way. The concentrated fire of all the ships in the Spanish fleet would not make a dent in the armored sides of one of the American ships, while a single broadside from the latter would sink or disable the entire armada. Finally the American ships, being worked by steam and electricity, are entirely independent of wind and weather. After they had steamed through the Spanish armada once from end to end, coming out scathell, there would be nothing left of the armada—Kennebec Journal. How the World Grows. In a little more than a hundred years, according to government figures, the population of the world has grown from 640,000,000 to 1,600,000,000, an increase of 150 per cent. At the end of so many hundreds of centuries, in other words, there were in the world in 1800 only 640,000,000 of persons, and in 106 years, from 1800 to 1906, to this number had been added 960,000,000. The total commerce of the world in 1800 was about $1,500,000,000; in 1900 it was more than $20,000,000,000. Other figures show that in wealth and the growth of various industrial agencies the increase has been far swifter than that of population. The overpopulation of the world is not a present menace to the thinkers of today, but the thinkers of a period when there were less than half as many people in the world as there are now seriously debated the imminence of the catastrophe that the overcrowding of the earth would produce.—Boston Globe. The Plight of Mouchot Twenty years ago a famous work on "Solar Heat" was produced by Professor Bernard Mouchot. This clever old gentleman has just been discovered starving in Paris, eighty-two years of age, and on the point of being turned out of a poverty stricken home for nonpayment of rent. At the age of seventy-five he married a young woman, who subsequently passed off a relative as the professor in order that after his death the younger man could continue to draw his pension. Unhappily the impostor went first, and as Bernard Mouchot was supposed to have died the pension ceased. The professor could not claim the pension without exposing the fraud of his wife; hence his present plight. Hunting the Fleed Hunters All efforts to subdue the "head hunters" of Formosa by the Japanese having been unsuccessful, a campaign of extermination has been entered upon, and now when a company of head hunters is located the place is surrounded by a wire fence. The wires are charged with electricity. The soldiers begin to shoot. The savages stampede, and then the deadly wires get those that the bullets miss. There are about 100,000 of these head hunters infesting the eastern coast of the island, and all efforts to make them desirable citizens have failed. They recently lured a party of 300 Japanese and Chinese into an ambush and killed them all but three for the mere pleasure of killing. Ethel-But, papa. I don't see why you should object to Percy Pink. He is such a retiring young man. Papa-H'm! When does he retire-at sunrise?-Chicago News. Fully Occupied. Creditor—I say, old man, why don't you get out of debt? Debtor—Haven't time. It keeps me busy getting in—Detroit Tribune. THE HALL OF FAME. Gifford Pinchot, head of the forest service, is diligently working to the end of having forestry taught in the public schools. William and Samuel Muncy, twins, aged eighty-nine years, celebrated their birthday at Babylon, N. Y. Both men have always been total abstainers. Senator Philander Chase Knox has a storehouse of high class literature at his finger's end—more so, it is said, than any other senator at Washington. Dr. Charles F. Whitney, former assistant medical examiner of the pension office, has been appointed medical referee to succeed the late Dr. Sam Houston, and Dr. Addison S. Helton has been appointed as his assistant. The former is from Illinois and the latter from Kentucky. C. B. Williams of Bondville, Vt., claims the distinction of being the oldest postmaster in the United States. Mr. Williams was born in Bondville in 1830. His commission as postmaster, dated Dec. 15, 1851, was tendered him one month after he reached his majority. He has held the office ever since. Hon. Frank Pierce, the Utah lawyer lately appointed first assistant secretary of the interior, was born in Vermont and is a graduate of an eastern college. He includes former President Pierce in his family tree, but to no other than his professional resources and attainments is he indebted for his preferment. He is a scholar, not a politician. It is proposed to name Representative Denver, Democrat, from the Sixth congressional district of Ohio, for temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention next July because Mr. Denver is the son of General Denver, a Democratic representative in the Thirty-fourth congress from California, for whom the city of Denver was named. Frank Pixley, the noted librettist, who, with Gustav Luders, has turned out many musical comedy successes, was recently made the recipient of the greatest honor the Portuguese society can confer, that of chevalier. This is the second honor of that nature that has been conferred upon Mr. Pixley. Some time ago he was made a fellow of the Royal Geographical society of London in appreciation of his share in the contributions of stage literature. FLIPPANT FLINGS. In our opinion the only sane motto for our coins is "Abide With Us."—St. Joseph News-Press. The water wagon appeals to many because it has a rounded top that makes it difficult for one to hold on.—Cleveland Leader. First thing we know the Japanese will be insisting that the fleet is in the Pacific by their own invitation.—Youngstown Telegram. Anward Carnegie's gifts of money exceed those of John D. Rockefeller; but, then, Andy has no $29,240,000 fine to pay.—Detroit Free Press. The United States coast survey has discovered 1,400 islandes in the Philippine archipelago. And just when we were beginning to hope that the worst was over! — Philadelphia North American. HOME HINTS. To clean silver with deep engraving use a paste made of whiting and ammonia. Apply with a brush. To avoid washing the molding board lay over it a sheet of heavy glazed wrapping paper. If well floured, doughs are less liable to stick to it than to the board. Never use soap in washing silk stockings. Bran in water is the proper fluid to use—four tablespoonfuls to a quart of water. Rinse in several clear waters, pressing the water out. Dry stockings in the sun. The housekeeper has often noticed that cooking utensils and knives frequently retain the odor of mackerel and other fish after a thorough washing. Rub the utensils and knives and forks with fresh earth. ENGLISH ETCHINGS. In 1572 vagrancy was punished in England by death. Four hundred millions of sardines are taken yearly off English coasts. Under the copyright act of 1842 the British museum receives one copy of every book published. A notice board fixed outside Brixton prison bears the legend, "No Admittance Except on Business." The following advertisement appears in a London journal: "M. N. O.-Be original. Drowning unpleasant this time of year. When sensible you may call at 35.-Sis." FLOWER AND TREE The 762 varieties of arctic flower have but two colors, white and yellow. An acre of forest then cut out will yield about a thousand cubic feet of timber. The number of leaves on a large sixty foot high oak tree has been counted and found to exceed 6,000,000. The coffee tree is to all intents and purposes a cherry tree, whose cherries grow along the stems and ripen at different times, a ripe and a green cherry standing side by side. The picking must of course be done by hand. THE OPEN TURRET. What a Caustic Critic of Our Navy Has to Say About It. The most important protection of a battleship, outside of the hull itself, is that given to its magazines. Never since the use of powder upon fighting ships has there been such danger to the magazines as exists in every battleship and armored cruiser in the American fleet. It is a first principle, recognized even in the days of wooden frigates, that powder must not be passed directly up to the gun deck through a vertical shaft. The open turret of the United States battleship is the only violation of this principle in the practice of the world. The open turret is a conical shaft leading straight down into the hull of the ship. At the top of this shaft the powder is loaded into the heavy gun. At its bottom is the handling room, where the powder is delivered from the magazine. Around this handling room and opening directly into it are the magazines. The guns in the turret are fired with charges of smokeless powder. This powder is a hard, round substance, of a composition which looks not unlike celluloid. Its grains—in the charges for the heaviest gun—are cylinders about the size of a spool of thread. These grains of powder when unconfined do not explode if they are set on fire, but are consumed like fizzing firecrackers. Now, under present conditions at least, a certain number of accidents in loading and firing guns can be counted on. When these occur the burning powder grains will fall straight down into the handling room. The charges in the handling room will be set on fire and the whole turret will be filled at once with a poisonous, flaming gas that destroys life immediately and even melts the softer metals. Three times already by a miracle American ships have been saved from the explosion of their magazines because of this kind of accident.—Henry Reuterdahl in McClure's. The Blue Eye and the Mosquitoes. The Blue Eye and the Mosquitoes. The "blue eye," so called on account of the brilliant blue of its iris, is a small fish one and a half to two inches long, living in shallow Australian waters, but the creature has been made very big in importance by the discovery of Count Birger Moerner, Swedish consul, that it subsists on mosquito larvae. After some difficulty enough of the fishes have been captured and sent to Naples to test their possible influence in altering the condition of the malarulous swamps and marshes of Italy. To science the fish is known as Pseendomugil signifier, and it belongs to the family of atherinides, represented in different parts of the world by fourteen principal kinds and sixty-five subvarieties, which will be eagerly investigated if the Italian experiments succeed.—Argonaut. Vibration on Steamships Some surprise and disappointment have been expressed by passengers on turbine propelled ships that vibration, although it has been greatly reduced, has not been entirely eliminated from these vessels. In considering this subject it may be as well to state at once that no matter what kind of engine be used vibration never will be eliminated from steamships driven by screw propellers. The hull of a steamship is a highly elastic structure and therefore peculiarly sensitive to any forces tending to set up vibration. These forces may be broadly divided into three kinds—the impact of the waves, the unbalanced moving weights of the engines and certain inequalities in the thrust of the propellers. — Scientific American. Docking the Big Liners. When the Cunard line steamship Lusitania finished her maiden voyage to this country the services of twenty-one tugs were required to warp her into her dock. Recently when the Mauretania arrived here on her third passage four tugs had an easy time in pushing her into position to steam alongside the pler. "The tide causes the difference," said a riverman. "I have seen the Deutschland absolutely immovable with nearly thirty tugs puffing and pushing simply because the tide had hung her up. Then again I have seen the Kaiser Wilhelm II. go in under two tugs."—New York Post. The Big Zulu Chief. Dinizulu, the Zulu chief who is believed to be at the bottom of the trouble in Zululand and has surrendered himself to the British government, is a hopeless drunkard. Like his father, Cetewayo, he is so unwieldy in his person that it will not be a very easy matter for him to run away. The present Zulu trouble is largely due to misguided-humanitarianism, which brought Dinizulu back from his exile in St. Helena. Tradition gives him great power among his followers. Good Colored Tenants Appreciated I have stove heated flats to suit every man's income. I am no agent, I rent only my own property, you will save many a useless step when you want a flat if you first call on me. Samuel Richardson, 142 La Salle St., S-W. Cor, Madison, Room 1, Tel. Main 2133, Otis Block. To the Readers of The Broad Ax I wish to announce to my many friends I have from 4 to 8 rooms, stove heated flats to rent on the South and West Side, call if you are desirious and has not the rent, I will loan on your personal effects. See the Rev. T. A. Clark, 3742 State St. Please cut this out. Dr.J. William McDowell Physician & Surgeon OFFICE: 3102 STATE STREET. Hours, 8-10 a. m., 2-4 & 6-8.30 p. m. Sundays by appointment. Phones Residence, 4792 Douglas. " Office, 4796 Douglas. C. E. Kreyssler Chemist and Druggist 5059 STATE STREET N. E. Cor. 51st St. CHICAGO Telephones: Oakland 246 and Oakland 245 Dr. W. E. MACKEY 3111 STATE STREET Phone Doug. 4101 HOURS: 9 to 11 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M. RESIDENCE: 4842 ARMOUR AVENUE Phone Blue 6371 HOURS: 7 to 9 A. 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Write for complete Catalogue FREE. giving full instructions how to order. Marcus Ruben (Inc.) 390 State St., CHICAGO. ing and Storage RED WOOD Three Trips Daily to and from and Freight Houses. Telephone Douglas 2338 Humor IT WAS JUST THIS WAY. How the Street Car Passenger Lost His Sixty-five Dollar Roll. "Sir," said the tall man as he rose up and glowered down at the short man, "when I entered this car I had a roll of money amounting to $65 in my pocket." "Yeth, thir," lisped the short man in reply. "And now I have only this nickel." "Thath all, thir?" "Then some one must have picked my pocket." "Thath don't follow, thir." "Don't follow? Of course it does. You have been sitting right beside me ever since I got on." "It ith just your way, thir—just your way. Thath all, thir." "What in the devil do you mean by saying it's just my way?" demanded the tall man. "Why, thir, when the conductor came for your fare you handed him the roll instead of the nickel, and he's out there counting it over now. He thinks it's a present."—Chicago News. How It Happened. A certain member of the fashionable Metropolitan and Chevy Chase clubs at the national capital has all his life borne many quips because of his exceedingly diminutive stature. Last spring the diminutive clubman took unto himself a wife, the daughter of a well known federal official, who is said to be as witty as her father. "Mrs. Blank," said a friend one day recently, "I have just seen your husband for the first time since his marriage. Do you know, he seems shorter than ever." "Why not?" asked the wife, with a smile. "He's married and settled down."—Harper's Weekly Best For Him. "Now," said Professor Goodley, "these exercises should perfect you in the rudiments at least. Memorize the rules and"— "But," interrupted the rich man's son, "what do you consider the best exercise of memory?" "Remember the poor?" The Poet Explains "But," said the beautiful girl, "you don't look the least bit like a poet." "I realize that," replied the bard, "but I can easily explain. I know a barber who is willing to take my books in payment for professional services."—Chicago Record-Herald Useless. "I see you've bought a typewriter," said McCall. "Yes," replied Mugley, "and the bloomin' thing's a fake." "What's wrong with it?" "Why, it can't spell any better than I do."—Philadelphia Press. As She Understood It Mr. Stubb (with illustrated weekly)—Martha, here is a picture entitled "Docking an Ocean Greyhound." Mrs. Stubb (faring up)—I just don't want to see it. I think there should be a law against clipping off a poor dog's tail—Detroit Tribune Too Soon. "That artist is a real genius," remarked the admirer. "No," answered Miss Cayenne. "He can't be a real genius, or people would not be saying so many complimentary things about him before he is dead."—Washington Star. Righteous Fellow "Come along with me and go skating." "How dare you ask me to go skating on the Sabbath? Besides, there's a poker game on over at Galley's house." Catholic Standard and Thirte As a Change. Algy—Perhaps you are right, Miss Tartan, but sometimes I cawnt help thinking— Miss Tartan—Don't try to help it. Mr. Slimpyte. The exercise will do you good.—Denver News. A Specialist. S. Mistress — Bridget, have you cemented the handle on to the water jug which you dropped yesterday? Bridget — came to, mum, but I dropped the cement bottle. Their Business to Get It. "I see," said the faceless guest to the hotel clerk, "that each of your porters has the prevailing trouble." "What prevailing trouble?" SHORT STORIES. This century will have twenty-five leap years, the greatest possible number. Tule lake, in Oregon, is emptying itself through a subterranean hole, down which the water is pouring in a whirlpool with deafening noise. A man from St. Johnsbury, Vt., desiring to embark in the trucking business in Groveton, N. H., was forced to abandon the enterprise because of inability to rent a house in which to live. Daniel Webster and Benjamin F. Butler were among the great lawyers to try cases in the old Wiscasset (Me.) courthouse, which was somewhat damaged by fire recently. All the records were saved. The total number of patents taken out in the world since the beginning of patent laws is found by A. Fitch, from French statistics, to reach 2,500,000, of which 2,200,000 have been granted in the last fifty years. A remarkable exhibition of high jumping was given in Rutland, Vt., the other day by a large buck deer who gracefully came down the avenue. He ran between houses, cleared fences eight feet in height with no effort at all and disappeared in the country. TALES THEY TELL. A St. Louis thief sleet twenty-four shoes, only to find they were all for the left foot. A negro named Daniel Saunders, arrested in Kansas City, had on nine shirts and a white vest with two rows of pearl buttons between the seventh and ninth shirts. Two woodchoppers working near Fredericka, Del., found in a tree two buckets of money, in another three buckets, in the third tree two coons and in the fourth thirteen squirrels. Boys at Tusten, N. Y., started a ball of snow rolling down a hill, and it went flying through Farmer Schneider's chicken coop. The big ball gathered up nine of Schneider's fat hens. It rolled farther to the barnyard of the next farmer, where pigs ate five of the chickens. Not to be outdone by Mrs. Stella Clapp, who climbed to the top of the 175 foot smokestack of an Athol (Mass.) factory to take photographs, four Harvard students climbed the 175 feet and with their feet dangling over the side of the chimney played a game of seven up. PLAYS AND PLAYERS Sam Bernard's new musical comedy is called "Nearly a Hero." William Hawtrey, the English comedian, has gone into vaudeville. Vinie Daly has left musical comedy and has returned to vaudeville. Marie Doro is to appear in London, but first will be seen in the larger western cities in "The Morals of Marcus." Wallace Eddinger, appearing with Robert Edeson in "Classmates," is said to be the only blond villain just now on the stage. June Van Buskirk, who made a hit in "The Earl of Pawtucket," has married a London clubman and will retire from the stage. Henry Blossom, the author of "The Red Mill," is responsible also for "The Yankee Consul," "Checkers," "Mile. Modiste" and other plays. MODES OF THE MOMENT. The kilted skirt with its fold trimming is going out slowly, but its end is inevitable. The most effective house frocks are molded upon original lines largely dependent for their distinction upon the individuality of the wearer. Even more than at present is a vogue for the one piece tailored suit or dress promised for spring, so that, whatever one has in that line now, is sure to be quite as good style later on. At the opening of the season it was announced that fur would be largely utilized as a trimming, but the fur cloths turned out to be so handsome and so very much more adaptable for the purpose that they easily took the place reserved for the fur.—New York Post. PITH AND POINT. That ship of yours that is coming in—how slowly it sails! Curiosity is the sensation that makes a man feel he has an empty stomach in his mind. Notice the smile of pity that old married folks show when they witness the enthusiasm of the newly married! At every funeral this is apparent: It is impossible to have so many flowers that they disguise the coffin under them. When a child is sick there is always the hope that it will be better in the morning, but when sickness comes to an old person he counts on feeling better in the spring—Atchison Globe. NEW YORK CITY. There is an average of 1,330 tons of transatlantic freight leaving New York city each hour of the year. Figures obtained from New York's lighting plants show that the city uses 273,000,000 candle power nightly. New York city averages fourteen deaths each week from falls, explosions, excavations, collapses and premature blasts. New York's street cleaning department will cost the city $74,540 more in 1908 than in 1907, the total for the latter year being $6,632,856.—New York Harbor Telephone DOUGLAS...1865. RENTING INSURANCE JESSE BINGA REAL ESTATE LOANS 3637 STATE STREET CHICAGO. LEASES NEGOTIATED, EXCHANGES MADE, PROPERTY MANAGED. FOR SALE. $9,000-3444-3446 Wabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front residences; will sell separate. Make terms. $5,000-403s Dearborn St., 2-flat brick building, stone foundations, 6-6 rooms $2,150-3718 La Salle St., 6 rooms, frame, brick foundation. JESSE BINGA. 3637 STATE ST. Phone Douglas 1565. Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. Now Organizing—Capital Stock $100,000 Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. Now Organizing—Capital Stock $100,000 The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has concluded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with its increased Capital for the purpose of buying a Permanent Home For The Leland Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing For All The People, The Only First Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With Its Theater (Light Opera), Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Miniature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto Riding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions, together with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 guests, at its present location, 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes ride on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. The Public is Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in value in a single season. Millions can be made by those Who Take Stock In This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning And Operating This Immense And Well Paying Plant, Where More Than 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come without fear and Enjoy, The Life and Freedom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Corporation. It has been made purposely low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can have a Share and Interest in this Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it. Shares Only Ten (1000) Dollars Each. You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places, where you are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your own by filling out the attached Coupon and mail with Ten Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build which I am sending as Part (or infull) as subscrip- tive shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Giants Association. I agree to pay $.....per $.....has been paid, at which certificate. N.B. which I am sending as Part (or infull) as subscription fee for shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association. I agree to pay $.....per month until the full amount $.....has been paid, at which time I am to recieve my stock certificate. ```markdown ``` Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusement Assn. Mr Beauregard F. Moseley: Treas:~ N. B. All payments on Stock Accounts must be made to the order of Beaugradé F. Moseley, Treasurer, 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60610. Holders are entitled to preference as employees and should inform the Treasurer with their final remittance of their intentions to apply for employment. For further information address Base-Ball and Amusement Ats. at 6258 Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60610. LINES TO LOUISA [The same being our forty-seventh male who has gone to smash elsewhere.] A week ago we had a maid Whose memory will never fade. You should have seen Louisa! She piled the plates on which we dined So very high they called to mind The leaning tower of Piss. At other times they did not lean When carried by our kitchen queen The leaning tower was first to go And when it hit the floor below The havoc was appalling! At once another crash occurred, And then, alas, we knew we heard The campanile falling! I see its shattered remnants yet. "Twas half our wedding dinner set- Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper's Weekly Evidently. She—This wine doesn't seem to go to your head as quickly as it does to mine. He-No. That is probably because it has farther to go. Pat was having an argument with a friend who was well posted in ancient history. "How foolish of you to contend that the ancient Irish were more advanced than the ancient Egyptians," said his friend. "Why, the Egyptians, must 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Enclosed please find $...... subscription fee for and Giants Base Ball and Amusement per month until the full amount at which time I am to recieve my stock have even understood electricity, as wires corresponding to our own telegraph wires have been found in Egypt." "That may be," answered Pat. "but the fact that no wires have been found in Ireland proves beyond a doubt that the Irish were in the habit of using wireless telegraphy." —Philadelphia Ledger. Prejudice. "Robert, this spelling paper is very poor," complained the small boy's teacher. "Nearly every word is marked wrong." "It wouldn't have been so bad," protested Robert, "but Annie corrected my paper, and she's mad at me, and for every little letter that I got wrong she crossed out the whole word."—Lippincott's. Catching the Wayfarer Cogger-The good parson told me I should always be trying to lift up my fellow man. Motorway-What did you answer? Cogger-I told him I would put a scoop on my automobile at the earliest opportunity-Chicago News. Accounts For It. "The star actress in the play was a discovery by the manager. He found her working in a laundry." "That accounts for it." "Accounts for what?" "The way she mangles her part."—Baltimore American. As Times Change "Politics is getting to be wonderfully interesting," said the observer. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "it is mighty interesting; but, between you and me, it isn't near so much of an investment as it used to be."—Washington Star. The Nibblers. Hiram Bytop- So the checker club argued here on the Panama canal, hey? How long did they argue, Jeff? The Storekeeper—Let's see. Half a wedge of cheese, peck of prunes, pint of dried peaches and a pound of crack- er. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Jacob Feinberg 81st and State Streets BRADLEY & B REAL ESTATE, L AND INSURA 6700 S. Halsted Street LEY & B ESTATE, L D INSURANCE BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Phone Oakland 1787 THE RAILROAD Imported and Domesticated Liquors & Cigars Cafe In Connect N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour A RAILROAD and Domes Lauers & Cigar Life In Connecti -first and Armour Ave W. Trick 18 State Street Department The habit of doing your Friday special sales-day purchase. of Ladies' Shirtwales t of Shoes. Hosiery, G acelets, Millinery and Men's Balbriggan Ure dora and Derby Hat Percale Negligee Shirt car and Handkerchief jewelry, Watch-chains Imported and Domestic Wines LIQUORS & CIGARS Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, Ill. WILLIAM L THE FRONT CLU WILLIAM LEWIS THE FRONTANAC CLUB Sandy W. Tri 2918 State St New Department Why don't you get in the habit of doing your Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales, ling Stamps with each 10c purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladie's Shirtw sets. A spendiid assortment of Shoes, Hosiery, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and We make a specialty of Men's Balbriggan Waltstcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby H A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Sh A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchief See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chain and Safety Pins. Why don't you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two of Fish Trading Stamps with each 10c purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Concepts. A spiendid assortment of Shoes, Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Purse, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. We make a specialty of Men's Baibriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell Waistcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Darby Hats. See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. Boys' Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. - American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice President an Brid surer, THOMAS CA - American Brick Co. - President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 140,00 per day Output of Summer Yards..... 300,00 per day Telephone Yards 128. J. J. Bradley Frank H. Lewis, Prop. POOL AND BILLIARDS Phone Calumet 2940 J. M. Fields FIELDS ANS RE CHICAGO Lou Seldon, Mgr. INN C Wines Chicago, Ill. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS NAC