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THE COLOR LINE IN THE NORTH BY RAY STANNARD BAKER, IN THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. THAT NOTED WRITER LOOKS AT THE NEGRO THROUGH SMOKED GLASSES WHILE WRITING IN RELATION TO HIS STATUS IN THE CIVIC AND INDUSTRIAL WORLD. AT SO MUCH PER LINE. Vol. XII THE COLOR BY RAY STANNARD BAKER BER OF THE AMERICA THAT NOTED WRITER L THROUGH SMOKED GL RELATION TO HIS STA DUSTRIAL WORLD, AT The February number of The American Magazine, contains the first installment of a series of articles, which will appear in it each month for some time in the future, by Ray Stannard Baker on "The Color Line in the North." It is almost needless to say, that we are greatly disappointed in this much heralded article on the important subject in question. In his former articles on "Following the Color Line in the South," Mr. Baker seemed disposed to treat the subject in a broader and deeper vein than he has in his latest contribution. After reading his article, it clearly indicates to one who is capable of sizing it up from all sides, that he is bending his energies to create race prejudice and strife between the races in the North, instead of contending for harmony, and the disappearance of the color line in the civic and industrial avenues. Mr. Baker states in his article, that during the past summer, he has visited Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and other cities and towns in the North, in order to study the true condition of the Negro. If he has visited Chicago, as he states, none of its better or progressive class of Colored people came in contact with him or even heard that he was in town. This being true, it is the height of presumption on his part, to attempt to write an intelligent account of the condition, the progress, the substantiability or the unsubstantiability of the Afro-Americans in Chicago. It is self-evident that he visited Indianapolis, Ind., for he interestingly refers to Bucktown, in that city, which is principally inhabited by the worst element of the race, and it was there that Mr. Baker seemed to be at home with his own. He failed to mention the fact, that there are hundreds of Colored men who live in fine homes of their own in Indianapolis and are successfully established in various lines of business. He has illustrated his article on a typical Negro alley in Philadelphia, and he holds up that illustration to prove that Colored people in that city reside in alleys, at least the majority of them. Notwithstanding the fact that hundreds of Colored people in that city reside in their own fine homes which are located on some of its best and finest streets, and that these same Colored people pay taxes on several million dollars worth of property. These facts are carefully ignored by Mr. Baker. This holds true in reference to what he has to say in relation to the Colored people of New York City. The magazine in question contains an illustration of a narrow street in New York City in which thousands of Colored people of the poorest and lowest class are supposed to reside. Not the slightest reference is made by Mr. Baker to the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company, which is composed of Colored men, who are successfully conducting a large department store, corner of Eighth avenue and Forty-sixth street employing more than two hundred Colored men and women, and who are rated by both Dun and Bradstreet, between $350,000 and $400,000. Aside from the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company, there are many other successful business men in New York City, and real estate owners, who pay taxes on property which run far beyond the million mark. All of these facts are silently passed over by Mr. Baker, and in reading his article, one is led to believe that all the Colored people in New York City reside on a narrow street, known as "San Juan Hill." In following his "Color Line in the North," Mr. Baker reminds us of a good story told on a Southern senator some years ago. This Southern Senator, who always boasted that he knew all about the Negro, was positive that Colored men and women were incapable of deporting themselves like real ladies and gentlemen, so a Colored man who knew him quite well, made arrangements to escort him to a swell function which was given by the leaders of Colored society of Washington, and on being ushered into the finely furnished drawing-room, this Southern Senator was introduced to the hostess, who in turn presented him to her guests, and after listening to several classical selections on the piano, and staring with open-eyed wonderment at the entire surroundings, the Southern Senator turned to his Colored friend and exclaimed, "John, let's be going, for this is no place for me, for I never met so many 'Nigger' doctors, lawyers, business men and richly dressed, and high-stepping Colored women in all mv life, and I did not know that so many of this class of 'Niggers' was in the world." So John assisted the Southern Senator out of the house, and then they walked four or five blocks, and entered a low dive or gin mill, which was filled full of the lowest type of Negro with a sprinkling of white men who were on the same level or plane, and they were all shooting craps, drinking cheap fighting whisky, talking loud, and cussing to beat the band, and on entering this low dive, the Southern Senator exclaimed, "These are the kind of 'Niggers' I like!" and he immediately ordered drinks for everybody in the house. So it appears to us, that Ray Stannard Baker prefers to write about this class of Negroes at so much per line, in "Following His Color Line in the North!" Alderman John J. Bradley, who has served three successful terms in the city council, from the 30th ward, has finally decided to retire from that body, much to the regret of his many friends, and former Alderman Charles J. Boyd, no doubt will be the next alderman to represent the people residing in the 30th ward in the new council. Mr. J. E. Allen, the popular shoe- maker, 2029 Armour ave., has been confined to the house the last week with the la gripe. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 8, 1908. The reigning queen of the "smart set," or the four hundred, among the Afro-Americans in Chicago, who will be attired in one of the finest and most expensive new costumes when she leads the grand march at the Fellowship Club ball, which will be given at Oakland Hall Thursday evening, Feb. 20. The Negro and Consumption During the past four years the death rate from consumption among the Negroes in Chicago was 235.7 per cent higher than the rate among the white population. For the same period the pneumonia death rate among the Negroes of the city exceeded the white death rate from the same disease by 97 per cent and in bronchitis the Colored death rate was 15 per cent higher. Putting it in another way, it would read like this: Of the 3,701 Negro deaths for the past four years 43.5 per cent were caused by the chief impure air diseases: tuberculosis, 24.8; pneumonia, 16.8 per cent, and bronchitis, 1.9 per cent. Just at this time attention has been called to the consumption death rate among the Negroes of the country by an article in one of the leading magazines in which this subject is discussed. For example, the article quotes Dr. Furniss, a prominent and able Negro physician of Indianapolis, as saying that in that city the deaths of Negroes from tuberculosis constitute over half of the total deaths from this disease, whereas in proportion to Negro population they should constitute only one-eighth. Now, why this frightful death rate from consumption among the Negroes in all the large centers of population throughout the country? There are some who attempt to answer this question by asserting that the Negro is predisposed to pulmonary troubles. This is not, however, the correct answer. The so-called predisposition of the Negroes of the cities to consumption is due to their habits and manner of living. Bad air, due to crowded and illventilated homes, poor food and intemperate habits are the causes. White men living under the same conditions would soon develop a high death rate from consumption. Negroes are sociable people. They love to gather in numbers and in rooms where their is little or no ventilation. They love warmth and comfort, and are not alive to the danger of bad air. Like some of their white brethren, they would not drink dirty, filthy water, but they are, seemingly, not averse to breathing dirty air. And dirty air is death. We have already stated in these health talks that the diseases due to bad air are preventable diseases. If this be true then the high death rate in Chicago and other cities from these diseases is an unnecessary and avoidable death rate. It means that thousands of people die each year who might have lived had they only followed the simplest rules of health and hygiene. But, getting back for a final word as to consumption among the Negroes, the lack of proper medical advice and attention is a big factor. Too many of them have little use for the skilled and trained physician so long as they can get some old "Mammy" to doctor them. Then, too, too many of them pin their faith to advertised nostrums and do their own doctoring. All this is unwise. Chicago today has Negro physicians who are able and skilful men, and who are deeply interested in helping their own people to a better knowledge of health and sanitation. The editors of Negro newspapers are also aroused and alert and doing splendid work in helping to educate their readers in the knowledge of "how to keep well." And it is along these lines and for the same purpose that in this week's talk we have used for our text the figures showing the Negro's contribution to the consumption death rate of Chicago. "P." RESPECT FOR NEGRO WOMEN. RESPECT FOR NEGRO WOMEN. How can we expect members of the opposite race to give our women the respect that is rightfully theirs when so many men of our race fall in that particular? When editors of our different papers persist in referring to our women as a "Negress," what more can we expect of white people and their publications? An editor of Indianapolis gives a front-page article concerning a Colored woman whom he calls a "Negress." This man has a wife and children and is considered one who is interested in the uplifting of his race, yet he stoops to use this degrading term. If a woman is so low as to deserve such, then she is too low to be taken into account. There is no cause for our papers to name the nationality of those whose names appear in their columns unless they are white, for it is reasonable that papers issued in the behalf of the Negro race will always refer to their own. If the woman would refer to them as a "burley Negro," they would be highly incensed over the matter, but still they are so careless of their DOUBLE DEALING REV. E. J. FISHER, PASTOR OF THE OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, PREVENTED FROM SKINNING ONE OF HIS LAMBS BY ATTORNEY WALTER M. FARMER, WHO HAS PROVEN IN OPEN COURT THAT THIS DIVINE IS UNWORTHY OF HIS HIGH CALLING. "We the jury in the above entitled caused find the issues for the plaintiff and assess his damages at three hundred dollars." Such was the recent verdict in the case of William Bruner against Rev. Elijah J. Fisher. Sr. Behind this simple finding of twelve "good and true men" is an interesting story of the dealings of a leading Divine with one of the lambs of his flock. The evidence in the case which was tried before Judge Eberhardt of the Municipal Court disclosed the fact that a young man by the name of William Bruner, being a frequent visitor at Olivet Baptist Church where Rev. Elijah J. Fisher, Sr., dispenses spiritual consolation, and finds his flock in packs of truth and honesty, became so impressed with the reverend gentleman's integrity that he concluded to seek some advice from the good man? as to how to invest a little money he had saved from his earnings. Meeting the noted preacher one day in April, 1906, he told him he had saved up about one thousand dollars and would like to invest it in real estate; that he did not know enough about the business to attempt it alone, and that he did not know any one whom he would trust more implicitly than him (Rev. Fisher). The pious leader assured the young man that his confidence was well placed and showed Bruner two cottages on Vernon Ave., 2821 and 2823. Bruner paid his divine agent $1,000 to pay on the place and $75 which the good doctor said attorney Walter M. Farmer would charge for looking after the abstract and deed. By some peculiar mental freak this doctor of divinity forgot he was buying the property for Bruner with Bruner's money and had the deed made to Elijah J. Fisher instead of to Bruner. It must be admitted that this practice is not so very unusual with some people. We hear daily of men who demonstrate their inability to recall that they do not own the other man's property. Bruner however thought it strange that a leader of the followers of the meek and lowly one should be so careless in handling of other people's money. He became dissatisfied and Many of them (who are supposed to be of the best) will join white men in slighting remarks about their own women, while nearly any common white man will resent any remark made about a white woman in their hearing. Boys must be taught from babyhood to respect their mothers and their sisters and there will be no complaint when they grow to be men. To whom shall we appeal for protection from some Negro publications? What man will come to our rescue?—From the Woman's Column, in The Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind. This is the gospel truth, far too many would-be editors or newspapers who seemingly delight to refer to Colored women as "Negresses," out of the highest respect for our wife, dear old mother, sisters, and for all decent womenkind this slurring term is never used in these columns and any man, especially any Colored man, who claims to stand for the "uplifting" of the race, who uses the term in the public press, should be looked upon with the greatest scorn and contempt—Editor. ABLE CALING R OF THE OLIVET BAPTIST FROM SKINNING ONE OF NEY WALTER M. FARMER, OPEN COURT THAT THIS DI- OF HIS HIGH CALLING. told his saintly agent that he wanted to sell the property. He was told that such was the proper thing for him to do, Rev. Fisher then gave Bruner $477 in notes for his interest in one place without telling Bruner his indeed was really worth $575, thus clearing up at his principal's expense $98. He then sold the other house for Bruner receiving $650 for Bruner's interest and paid his principal $585. Thus taking down $65 for himself. Now the strange thing about it all is that Attorney Farmer supposed he was working for the learned doctor of laws and did not charge anything and would not have known anything about the fee of $75 had not the distinguished divine given Bruner a check for $250 that was refused payment because there were no funds in the bank to Rev. Fisher's credit with which to pay the check. Bruner came to Mr. Farmer to see about the money knowing that he had given Rev. Fisher $75 to retain the attorney for him. It was then April 21, 1907, for the first time that Mr. Farmer learned the trick of the whole matter. Bruner and his attorney called on the Rev. Fisher and asked an explanation. The explanation did not satisfy. To make a short story of the matter Rev. Fisher was made to pay the $75. Then it was found that in addition to the $163 he had withheld in buying and selling Bruner's property, he got $150 from him after the deal was closed and deed delivered for this amount, he gave Bruner a note dated July 16 drawn in favor of William Hawley for $150 and made payable one day after date, as balance of purchase price of the property and signed by Elijah J Fisher, Sr. After months of conference, suit was brought to recover these amounts including rents collected by Rev. Fisher and not accounted. The result is stated in the verdict quoted above. This whole transaction is shocking in the display of a total lack of sense of moral duty, of christian uprightness and manly integrity, on the part of one who claims to be called of God to lead his people, that we are forced to ask "what shall we do to be saved"—from such leaders?—"T. M. W." CHICKEN THIEF SHOT TO DEATH Falls Exhausted in a Snow Bank After Being Given Long Chase. Pottsville. Pa., Feb. 6.—Exhausted after a long chase, Isaac Bevan, of Shenandoah, Fa., was riddled with bullets from two revolvers which his pursuer, Anthony Sinklewicz, emptied into his body as he lay helpless in a snow drift. Twelve shots took effect, one passing through the heart, causing instant death. Sinklewicz had been annoyed by chicken thieves and fixed up a burglar alarm. He was awakened by this alarm, and he and a boarder gave chase to the intruder by means of tracks in the newly fallen snow. The chase continued for more than a mile when Bevan dropped from exhaustion and was shot to death. Seven chickens were found in a bag he carried. He was unarmed. Sinklewicz gave himself up and has been charged with murder. This chicken theft was a white gentleman and not a Colored man—Editor. --- THE BROAD AX. pUBLisHED WEEEIY. I aero SSeS oa Saas So sees eaeetie trad: on <u agin By ae Seed seh severptions mest be paid tn te. oe eS ‘HE BROADAX | ‘rao armonr Avenee, Caitage. ” uses ¥_-TATLON, Batter and Pubtisber. ——— “Entered as Second-Ciass Matter, ‘Aug. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March ‘3, 1879. OUR GIRLS. ‘The future hope of our race is in| our girls. Blessed is the family that hath within te fda ged i. Sho is a blessing, a comfort, a gift of in- estimable value. She should be; watched, nurtured and surrounded by | the best that parents can provide ani especially by the very best com-' panionship. Aeaeciitinn estens a0 seech sore to) your girl than it does to your boy. ‘The world will permit your boy to “sow his wild oats,” it will permit: him to indulge in sin, shame and even crime, and then wil! let him arise, wash it off, change his habits, and every door is open to receive hhim; every tongue is silent as to his past: “he used to be a bit wild, they may say, “but he is all right now.” Bat, with your girl, the world deals differently. If she falls she is doomed. She may sin, and God, Him- self, may forgive her, but the world ‘will never forget that fall. She will go through life marked and stricken. Every mother and father knows this, and yet mothers, especially, will permit their girls to be companions of girls of whom they know put ix- tle; they permit them to attend theaters, parties, concerts ana chorehes day and night, with hardly 2 serious thought as to how and with whom they will go, or as to now and when, or with whom they will return. ‘When your girl is seen in a croud 07 wild, romping, vulgar boys and girls by Gay, or hanging and dodging around the corner at dark with some boy, what does the world say? When your girl, for whom you have and are still sacrificing to educate and to dress is seen in company wmn an- Other gtrl, notorious and illmannered, ‘what does the world say? ‘You can't be too careful with your girl She is the idol of your heart. Be kind to her; make a companion of her; know all about her associates and the pifices she visits. Love your girl; encourage her to come to you with all her affairs, especially he- Jove affairs. ‘Throw your arms around her, Kiss and caress her; look into her eyes, down into her heart, and tell her all that she is to you, and all that you expect her to be. Be her Dest friend, so that she will come to You, instead of going to the neighbors for sympathy, advice and love. ‘Oh, mothers, fathers, push not your girls out of your hearts and out of your lives, but throw around them, every protection, every safeguard, that love can suggest. The girl, who fears her mother and is afraid of her father, who has no parents to whora sbe can go for love and guidance, is one of the most pitiable objects in ‘this life, 4s your girl your companion? Do You know where and how she spends her time? Do you know her asso clates, male and female? Do you love your girl? If so, it is not enough to feed her and clothe™her in costly raiment, it is not enough to educat» her, but you must be her closest and best friend, and let her always fee! that your arms and heart are open to receive her and sympathize with ‘her in all her troubles. Now, are you doing your whole @uty to your girl?—The St Luke Herald, Richmond, Va. ‘There are many mothers in Chi - eago, who should heed this sound - advice and’ look more closely after their: girls and not permit them tc _ roam the streets at-all hours of the _ Might/end to frequent some of the "gost motorious resorts in town— Batter. ATTACKS HIS MOTHER'S WILL. ““Mushmouth” Johnson's Brother Suse «' Getate Owned by Colored Gam- ~ bier at Death. _ Elijah Jotinson, brother: of ‘the late ‘John V. ("Mustuhouth”) Johasea, Col cored, fied a. suit yesterday attacking the willdeft by his mother, who died a few weeks after her ‘son's death “The bill states that his sisters, Budo ‘va Johnson end ‘Mire; Louisa A: Ray, trauddlent ‘practiosé™ to get péxses- ‘sion of the property, which consists of a dozen business and residence buildings.—The Chicago Tribune Feb. 4 Col: Ba. Morris, attorney for the Gamblers’ Trust,” will represent Mr. Johnson, and his late understudy, Ed. Wilson, will look after the interest of Miss Johnson and her sister Mrs. Ray, and they will fight like two he tom eats and make the fur fly when they get Imto court. DIED IN CHICAGO. “The Voice of the Neore.” ‘Negro took the stump to tell the peo- ple that this was the “only” thing In a short while the publishers moved to Chicago. ‘then began 3 ‘lecture tour begging money from the @ifferent churches. He came to St. Louis, and a few of our leading pastors lionized the lecturer. The Palladium knew it was only a graft. ‘The Voice made its appearance under another head, by dropping the word “Negro;” then being known as the “Voice.” In the meantime Brother T. ‘Thomas Fortune sold The Age, which was published in New York, came to Chicago and bought the majority of stock. Im due time this journalist, T. Thomas Fortune, obtained the mailing list, and left Chicago and went back to New Yorx, there to start another magazine on the ruins of the “Voice of the Negro. Now comes a few other magazines ‘upon the people. We hope these new magazines are not 1 skin game.—The Palladium, St. Louis, Mo. In serving his connection with the “Dead Voice,” its former editor, Mr. J. Max Barber, over his own sig- nature, gave the following sketch of its down fall, which appeared in the commas of a local newspaper a few weeks ago: “TI take this occasion to thank my friends for the loyal way in which they stood by me during the four [years that I was editor of The Volce. ‘The main reason why I hesitated to leave The Voice, and tried in so many ways to save it, was to protect those friends who stood so nobly by me. Loyal friends will nerve one to stand a great deal that he could not otherwise endure, and I flatter my- self that I have made some of the best friends as editor of The Voice that any man ¢an boast of in the word. A word about The Voice. There are those who say and believe that ‘our coming to Chicago seriously crip- pled us and ultimately wrecked The Voice. Nothing is farther from the truth. The Voice would have gotten into straitened circumstances quicker |in Atlanta than it did in Chicago. The Voice was founded by white men. Into it two white men poured no less than $8,000 during the two and a half years that they were actively in- terested. That was the reason we could always come out promptly with such an atractive periodical. But these white men, Hertel and Jenkins, are not rich men. They did not know ‘that the magazine was going to cost 80 much when they started it. The drain was too heavy upon tbe. Consequently, in the Spring of 1907 they decided that they had given all they could to establish a Negro magazine, and that if the Colored people wanted the magazine to live they would have to help it live. Then we forred = xtock ¢. many, each of there men holding sto.x prop r tionate to what he had put into the concern. We bought out Mr Jenkins with an advertising contract but Mr. Vertel held G1 to h’* stock. ine withdrawal of finaneral sup or. from these men soon placed us .u dificult straits, and we were om che reige of suspending when we had to leave Atlanta. Coming to Chicago guve us wide advertisement and great «ym- pathy was evinced for us. Our friends rallied to us and gave The Voice new iife for a few months. But when the rally ceased we were again without enough support to keep The ‘Voice up to its former standard. A dollar is not enough to pay for a magazine Uke The Voice unless it can ‘command 100,000 subscribers. We never had more than 15,000. In September certain of our friends rallied to our support. They rallied generously. We were able to get out ‘issue for October and to promis: a continuasi¢e or the magazine be- }cause of thepledges ror monthly éo- astions. But the pamre came on and Pledges. ‘Then came Fortune on the scene— and-we had Roped fortune also. ‘Yos all know Mr. ‘T. Thomis Fortune, for- merly of the -New’ York Age. Well, ‘he \came''to Chicago in October, ‘ought the stock of Mr. J. A. Hertel. ‘which was a:majority-of all the stock and” by virtns”of” kis tioldings a ed inline tala ita ls i ae force in the company. He stated that he had come to us free of entangling alliances and that with certain money which was commg to him, in con- junction with me, he meant to re sume the publication of me magazne with all of its old ideals. From Octo- ber until January we sat and waited upon Mr. Fortune's motions. There was nothing else for us to do. He heid four times as much stock in the con- cern as I held. Then Mr. Fortune took 2 copy of our mailing list, shook the dust of Chicago from his feet, and hiea himself away to New York. We are informed that he is starting a newspaper called The Freeman in New York. He is the majority stock- holder in The Voice company and no doubt intends to take care of The Voice subscribers. I have severed my relations with the company and advise those who wisn to ask about The Voice to address their letters to Mr. T” Thomas Fortune, 4 Cedar street, New York City. Again thanking my friends for their loyal support, I beg to remain, Sincerely, J. MAX BARBER The editor of The Palladium, seems to be om the right track when he states that there was a whole lot of “graft in it for the vatkative fellow who traveled around over the coun- try and lectured in the churehes in behalf of the Voice of the Negro.”— Editor. DEATH OF MRS. ALBERTA FISHER. Last Monday morning at 4 o'clock Mrs. Alberta Fisher, wife of Robert Fisher, who was much beloved by large circle of friends, closed her eyes in death, at the home of” her mother, Mrs. 8. C. Wooton, 5001 Dear- born street. Mrs. Fisher was 23 years and 16 days old. Tuberculosis was the im mediate cause of her untimely death. She had only been married four years and she was Sdollzed by her husband. For some time she and her hus band have Kept house at 54th and Dearborn streets but several weeks ago she was removed to the home o! her mother, where she passed away She was a devoted member of St Thomas Church, where funeral ser. vices were conducted over her re mains by Rev. Father J. B. Massiah. Wednesday morning. Undertaker F A. Rawlins, 4834 State street, was in charge, and she was laid to rest in the family lot at Oakwood. The floral offerings were many and of every artistic designs. MASS MEETING OF COLORED CITIZENS. There will be a mass meeting in Fullerton Hall, Art Institute, Michi- gan avenue, at the foot of Adams St. Sunday, February 9th, at 2 p. m., to consider the organiaztion of a “Com- mittee of Nero Citizens of Chicago on the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Dr. Henry B. Favill will preside. Among those who will speak are Dr. Wm. A. Evans, Commissioner of Health of Chicago; Dr. George F. Shears, Dr. George C. Hall, Dr. A. W. Springs, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, Mr. Ferdinand L. Barnett and Mr. Oscar De Priest. You and your friends are cordially invited to be présent. Alexander M. Wilson, Supt. Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, 51 La Salle St. DUNNE BOARD WINS AGAIN Trustees. Springfield, Il, Feb. 6—The Sw preme court today denied the peti- tion for a rehearing of the Chicago beard of education case, in which at the last term the court held that Mayor Bussee had no power to re- move members of that board. ‘This ruling of the supreme court 1s positive proof that Mayor Busse, at the time he assumed office surround. ea himself with a lot of cheap law: yers, who imparted to him unsound legal advice at the time he thought he was firing the members of the board of education. WEST SIDE NEWS. ‘By Prof. A. L. Gimpson. ‘The West Side Sunday club has to turn people away every Sunday. Dr. Chas. H. Pickett, Hon. Sotomon Bruce and Col. Russell White, the hustling program, committee, are prob ably the cause of it all. The West Side Cooperative Co. is now incorporated, and have $2,000 on hand ready to do business with. Now is your chance; shares $10 each. 1 Harris, president, 915 W. Lake St. ‘The Colored government employes seem to’havehad-bad tick in snot finding much money in thé letters they disturb. ‘Mr. Robert Thomas, the big West Side politician, has*fust arrived in the city ‘from Balfalo, and tash’t as yet ‘Mr, Thomas still has plenty of the world's good and dont seem to be bothered. Mr. Wm. Puckett, who for a num ber of years has been in the employ ‘of the Tuckhorn Cash Register Co., 117 E. Madison St, in the capacity of orter, now enjoys the honor of being ‘one of the company’s city salesmen. ‘He is the only Colored man in the company's employ that fills such a high position. ‘Mrs. Irene Camp, wife of one of the leading West Side business men, is still traveling extensively in behalf of the many lodges she belongs to. She is a busy woman. | Prof. Hall is now teaching the ‘young folks how to dance on the West ‘Side. ‘Order your Broad Ax in advance and you will get them on time. A. L. ‘Simpson, 73 8. Halsted street. The West Side Churches are doing /@ great work. Come over and be faved. | Miss Sadie Skinner of 3024 Indiana ‘avenue, who until a few months ago, ‘was employed on the West Side by Prof. A. L. Simpson in the capacity of manacuring, is lying quite ill at her Indiana avenue home, and hopes to get her old position on the West Side when she recovers. - You should all stick with The ‘Broad Ax. It has stuck by you for ‘& number of years. Get it at 73 S. Halsted street. Phone Monroe 3970. | West Side people are not worried about where they will get their next meal. They are all doing well and then some. _ Bad boys, behave yourselves, then ‘You wont have to be on the inside Icoking out. Wanted—Giris, boys, men and wo men to learn manacuring and chirop- cay. Simpson's quick system. Terms very easy. Call at 73 8. Halsted St, cor. Madison. Phone Monroe 3970. BLACK DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT STOCK FOR SALE. For sale, 1,333 1-3 shares of the Black Diamond Development Com Pany stock, which is successfully op erating gas wells near Chanute, Kan. at'40 cents per share. The company is selling the same stock at 50 cents per share. = For terms and further informatior address E. C. Duensing and Company. 1129 Armitage avenue. Phone Hum boldt 3333. CHIPS. Mr. Romey Bradford has moved tc 2909 Vernon ave. Mr. G. Martin, 5127 Dearborn street, is on the sick lst. Dr. Ida Nelson, 3652 Wabash ave. is the proud possessor of a touring car. Attorney Robert M. Mitchgll left for Texas Sunday evening on law bus iness. Mrs, Knight, 2816 Vernon avenue entertained a number of friends at whist last Wednesday eve. Mr. and Mrs. August Todd of De troit, Mich., are in the city the guests of S. James, 3242 Wabash ave. Mrs. Walter M. Farmer, 4856 Lang- ley avenue, left the city Thursday evening for St. Louis, Mo., in order to be at the bedside of her sick mother. ‘The Broad Ax (Chicago) is among our latest exchanges, and is an able advocate for our cause—The News, Waycross, Ga. , R. B. Caldwell, 4733 Dearborn St. is honest, clear through to his back bone, aud is e loyal supporter of all race interprises, and he is a warm admirer of The Broad Ax. ‘Mr. A. C. Harris, who was former ly with Mr, Jesse Binga in the real estate business is now associated with the Teal estate firm of Cowan Bros. at number 260 So. Clark St. Phone Harrison 1075. Mr. D. P. French was suddenly called the first of the week to Paines ville, Ohio, where his wife was. grief stricken, because of the death of her mother, Mrs. Geddy, who was buried last Sunday. Mr. George W. Claussenius, one of Chicagys best and brightest business men, who always conducts himself like = highly polished gentleman, has deen selected as foreman of the Feb rusry Grand Jury. ‘The Forum, Springfield, IL, says that All Hash Roberts “may be the next Colored Representative from Cook county. This will never be for Mr. Robert's record at the Harrisoy Street Police Station will put him out of the running. . | SOW. Anderson, 19H 32nd street, is so'loyally comstituted ‘that he does not mbed to be dunned or bulldozed a dozen times in order to thduce him to pay his suscription to The Broad Ax, but whenever it is due he cheerfully forwares his check for the same. At the last monthly meeting of The Chripodist Society of Mlinols, held in McVicker’s Theater building, Prof. ‘Wm. Emanuel lectured on “Malfor- mation of the Feet.” It was said to be one of the most interesting and instructive meetings that was ever held during the four years of the or ganiaztion. The Democrats will hold their pri- maries March 4, and the Aldermante ‘conventions will be held in the vari ‘ous wards March 5. The Republicans will hold their Aldermanic caucuses Thursday, March 6. There will be some hot fights between the con- tending forces in many wards. The city council Monday evening passed the “wheel tax” and the “wide tire” ordinances, and both measures ‘will go Into effect May 1. The money which will be gathered in from these channels will be expended for im- proving the streets, and we presume this will only apply to streets east of State street. Mr. and Mrs. Sam’l J. Carter en- tertained Sunday afternoon at an eight-course dinner at their palatial residence, 168 E. 32nd St, The fol- lowing persons, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Brent, Mr. and Mrs. Doc. Smith, Mrs. Rosa Lively, Mr. Richard Moore, Jr., and others. The guests were seated at 3 o'clock and rose at 8:30 p. m. “too full for utterance.” Some mullet-headed fool, writing from Chicago to the Defender, Mil- Waukee, Wis, last week, says that James Edgar French, late editor of the Old Church Organ, has secured @ job as janitor in the postoffice, and that The Broad Ax is for sale. The writer cannot speak for Mr. French, ‘but he does know that only advertis- ing space and single copies of The Broad Ax is for sale. Charles Boeschenstein, chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Milinois, spent a few days in the city last week, and before returning to his home at Edwardsville he declared that either “Fred Kern, Douglas Pat- tison or Col. James Hamilton Lewis, will be nominated to make the race for Governor of Illinois against Gov- ernor Charles S. Deneen. The following gentlemen were elect- ed Monday evening to serve the Tri- angleInner Circle Club as officers for the ensuing year: Captain, R. F. Radcliffe, president; R. W. Lacey, vice-president; J. H. Ward, treasurer; R. McAllister, steward, and James Parker, secretary. The report from the president and secretary of the Home for the Aged and Infirm Col- ored People showed that the Home has been benefited to the ex:ont of nine ‘hundred and eighty some dollars through the efforts of the members of the club. The officers and members of the club resolved to work harder than ever for the charitable instite- tions in the future. FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT. Nicely furnished rooms, strictly modern for rent 3212 Wabash ave., Mrs. A. T. Peterson, Phone 7051. SIX ROOM HOUSE FOR SALE. For Sale—Six room house at May- wood, Ill., $2750.00, new, modern, oak trim, bath, two blocks from Aurora & Elgin Depot, small payment dowu, balance monthly. A number of good Colored families have settled in this neighborhood. 0. J. Westcott, 200 So- Fifth Ave., Maywood, Ill., or 1107 Se curity Bidg., Chicago, Ill. ‘The Wonders of Medical Science. “Doctor, can I eat between meals if I feel a craving for the food?” “Certainly.” “But last summer you said that I should eat only at mealtime.” “Yes, but at that time you had no craving.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Real Sentiment. “What you need most,” said the kind ld lady, “is 2 change of shirt.” “Mebby dat’s right, ma’am,” replied the unlaundered hobo, “but I ain't de kind uv guy t' trow down « bosom friend.”"—Detroit Tribune, ‘Thoughtful Man. ‘Mr. Stubb (reading)—Maria, here is an account of a man who jumped off a high building with an open umbrella. Mrs. Stubb—Gractous! How thought- fal of him to take his umbrella along. Chicago News. The Late Stayer, ‘Bthel—But, pape, I don't see why ZPe should object to Perey Pink. He retiring young man. ‘Pape—H'm! When'doed he retire~at ‘Wenrise?—Chicago News. ———_ Pe ae seutie eed ‘Debdtor—Hayven’t ‘time. It keeps me buny getting in —Detrett Tribune. SHORT STORIES. Dates thrive on the Colorado dese-+ In Bolland fifteen out of every thoy sand inhabitants are foreigners. ‘The newly formed Chinese cabin.- has decided on the regular publicat'» of a government newspaper. ‘The great Guadalupe artesian w. at Guadalupe, Mexico, which use squirt a hundred feet high, is tr apd only goes half that now. ‘There is one American book wh! should be counted among the best s ers. Over 3,000,000 copies have |: sold. It is “The Horse Book.” issu. by the government. Judge Tuthill of Chicago decil« that it is as much the duty of a farl.- as a mother to walk the floor with crying baby and warm the infant’. milk bottle at night Rockingham Junction, N. H.. unt recently a thriving railroad center. ti:- practically ceased to exist. The ru road station cafe has been closed ar the telegraph wires takem out. Few persons realize the amount « work required to give an automob: body {ts completed dress. To obta new blue finish, for instance, it | stated that no less than thirty-tw» painting operations are required. English Etchings. Deaths from hunger and destitution in the United Kingdom average more than 500 every year. A letter addressed to “The Man Who ‘Wears the Tallest Hat In Bristol” bas been correctly delivered in that Eng: lish city. A London physician asserts that cig- arette smoking is increasing among women to such an extent as to be caus- ing a change in their dies. They now want spiced and highly seasoned dishes where they used to take creams and ices. An interesting experiment is in prog- ress at Sunderland, England The thousands of unemployed continue to suffer more from the cold than from hunger. To mitigate this the elemen. tary schools are opened every evening and provided with light, fires, reading matter and games. Modes of the Moment. Sboes are to be much observed this spring. for the street skirts are short- er, and shoes are more elaborate. Bright colors are promised for spring and summer millinery to give tone to the darker shades, which are prophe- sled for gowns and suits. ‘The negligees of the season are very sheer, which means that one must wear very fine underwear, and this indicates that the petticoat must be of lace and the corset cover of equally beautiful material. A touch of gilt is upon the gowns of the season, and the prettiest costumes both for the house and the street are those enlivened by a little gold to waken them from their dullness and make them accord with the brilliancy of the modes.—Brooklyn Eagle. Tales They Tell. A live snake five feet eight inches long kept in the barber shop of Louis Schulz of Trenton, N. J., is petted by the barber's customers. Irvin H. Whaley of Galestown, Md.. ate two ounces of black pepper on a wager, but the services of a physician were needed immediately. Adolph Goldblatt of McKeesport, Pa., bas a boy nineteen months old who weighs sixty-five poonds and who is said to eat more than a pound of meat a day. ‘ John Smith of Traverse City, Mich., set out a trap for mink recently. When he went to see what he had got he found a trout ten inches long securely caught by the lower jaw. Plays and Players. Amy Ricard is to be a member of the cast of “Paid In Full.” Edgar Selwyn bas written a play called “The Energetic West.” ‘William Morris is to bead a western company to play in “The Witching Hour.” Albert Parr bas replaced Van Rens- selaer Wheeler in the cast of “Tom Jones.” Arrangements are being made to pro- @uce “The Secret Orchard” in Eng- land, Australia, Germany and South Industrial Items. Canada bas begun to make tin plate. ‘The demand for alumintum still ex- ceeds the supply. Prussia’s zine mines produce half the xine of the world. A plant will be established at Mul- waukee, Wis, to make gas from old straw, corsicobs, cornstalks, etc. Germany takes the credit for having the largest trades union in the world. It is composed of metal workers and bas a membership of 385,000, a large Proportion of whom are women. Pith .and: Point. It sounds doubly bad when » smiling man is profane. , ‘If you get along, you must do well today; you can’t always be waiting un- i] tomorrow. After a man’ bas" made a mistake and been found out how he’ does long for time to fy! ‘Whenerec” you “give ‘ another’ fellow the-best of it withont i> eosting you anything, you’ have made. good in- vestment,-Aichison Globe. Brevities THE HALL OF FAME. Jeremiah “eeker of South Orange x J, is ninews-three, Dat never misses XX ptesetall game, B J. Lens. the Boston organist, ts gereaty sors old. He began: playing Hpurcie= ven he war only fifteen, peer «Connor, aged elghty-sever yar of Pat, Mich, who 18 averse te Zia weetler, goes to bed late in the fol incese’ is Dlamkets-and- remains here all wheter. Merk F. Ulomman fs one of the most apie weil orriers in New Hampshire ith a 1) yound bag on bis shoulders pe made D's ‘tip from Manchester to Yer Boo sud Bedford om foot, beat- ing bis <bedule over the same route witha tes ‘The Freneb Academy of Sciences us elected 28 corresponding ‘member {the georraphical section Sir George perwin of Cambridge. Sir George, ‘who is the second son of Charles Dar- ais professor of astronomy at Cam- wiiee. Dr. George Alexander, pastor of the Tuirersity Place Presbyterian church @ New York, acting president of Un- jm collec, lias declined the permanent pesidency of the institution. He says jeis too far on in life to hazard a step ‘sanding the efforts of a younger more active man. John Ti. Martin, proprietor of the Martin, in New York, who offer- money to his employees who would gery and who agreed to give prp- sions for children, bas been com- ‘piel to pay out in a year $5,150. Ther were twenty-six marriages, for- ‘pate balvies and one pair of twins. fhe venerable W. J. Rolfe is hard gverk upon a volume of Shakespear- @ proverhs and also upon another wi relative to Shakespeare about ‘ikb be is silent at present. At eighty yan of age Mr. Rolfe is'a robust and tieroas personage. One of his com: fratle morning walks is from Cam- nie to Boston and back again. ‘Willa: James Bryan, the new sen- tr from Florida, is just one year tier than the law requires to make a uu eligible to a seat in the United Satessenate. He is tall and of athletic tai, with a frank smile and of the ‘ye Which has made the drawings of Sorard Chandler Christy famous. He 4 fie lawyer, a splendid speaker ada hard worker. ‘ The Sporting World. Mee Buffalo Derby, run at the Kentl ‘wih trick, will be worth $5,000 this Jet instead of $3,500. Yay Sutton, the tennis champion of ‘te wwid, is now famous. A horse has ten mmed after her in California, George B. Iliff, the noted:legiess ath: ‘fe succeeded in lowering the world’s ‘Wig record at Akron, O., not long 4%. He covered the mile in 12 mip- tes 12 seconds. at the Castleton stud in Kentucky, Property of James R. Keene, are three stallions each of which has w= more than $100,000 on the. turf. —— Peter Pan, Kingston and Dt Joseph H. Reilly has been select- dts the track team leader of George- ‘™ miversity for the present season. ‘Re Reilly was on the Georgetown team ‘revere! years and has carried the fkeind gray colors to victory im many ‘Sess. Flippant Flings. ~ Bite raw food fad prevails, there soon be enough cooks to: go Baltimore Sun. » dxicing street cars; com dodging automobiles; ‘super- dodging the water wagon—St Globe Lemocrat. called comfc opera in 1905 Ht nd score; in 1908, words and % iu 1907, chatter and tunes; in drivel snd slush.—Weshington jfeven hove pledged themselves: to Do winxs on their hats but those . We will soon discover that am iss bird of amazing plum- 2 tee, sbop2 and color —Washing- Ties. Church Work. tenn ET Sve years to build up a Of six members in China, but 1000 56.0 natives have been to Cucistlantty, PENT Cuinary Episcopal chureb isbors, : handsome structere Wty crened. The chancel Alone e+ $15,000, pein! cn has been aivlehl ting the stoly ‘Trinity chuseh Jeunice, desttoyed by the * rear ago. Five young Me to tke out twenty year en itsurasve policies aggregat- RBI tn acoso church, the fe Deld by 200 menibers Kastaliments of 40 cents exch, New York city, Nets teohone “contrals” an- sa falls each hour city consumes $10 gallons weight and malt gues net day. Se i‘; municipal esdehe 22560 ‘his year, whieh le ‘then ther cost Jest gear. Pe lost year 21000000 oa el Pay: this rene $id sist the samme as the tederai New York Hereid. WINDMILL SIGNAL Ne May Ge Utilized by the Dutch For “Military Purposes, ‘To the casual observer viewing 4 Dutch landscape there is nothing t the attention in the fact that Possibly one or more out of a dozer ‘windmills. in sight are-to all appear. jances simply standing idle while the continue their never ending ‘task, If one watches the: sails of the idi mills closely. it may perhaps be no iced that they move slightly from time to time and then remain for ‘awhile at a different angle. If this is 0, the miller: is in all probability en. gaged in holding a conversation with the proprietor of the other mill, which may be miles away—in fact, possibly barely vistble on the horizon. Quite recently the Dutch ‘govern- ment caived on a series of experi- ‘ments in order to ascertaim the value ‘of windmill signaling for mflitary pur. poses and were surprised to find that communication could readily be estab- Usbed with far distant centers and that confidential messages could be Sent on from one mill to another and 80 forwarded throughout the length and breadth of Holland in an incredi- bly short time by means of secret codes known only to the millers them- selves. These codes have been handed down from generation to generation and jeal- ously guarded from outsiders with all the intense conservatism for which the provincial Dutch are proverbial. Apart. however, from these secret codes, un- derstood only by the millers and local groups of mill owners, there exists 2 series of windmill signals with which every one of the Inhabitants of the country districts is familiar. At times, for instance, a mill may stop working suddenly and the miller be seen to come out and with the aid of a long pole with an tron hook at the end, like a gigantic boat hook, reach up and drag down the descending sall un- tl the arms assume a certain position. Every one knows immediately that some accident has happened to the wooden machinery of the mill and that the services of the local carpen- ter are required.—Windsor Magazine. Old Horseshoes. Vice Conspl Ernest Vollmer report ‘that one of the constantly growing im- Ports into the Chinese province of Shangtung through the port of Tsing- tau is old horseshoes, which leads bim to give the following particulars: “One steamer alone in November brought 300 tons of this scrap tron fron Ham- burg. The market for these wornout shoes seems to be almost without lim- it. Chinese iron dealers buy the horse. shoes and sell them to knife and tool manufacturers all over the province. It is claimed by the Chinese that the temper of this class of iron makes it the best obtainable for knives and cutlery and also good for other tools. The reason ascribed’ for this is that the constant beating the shoes have re- ceived under the feet of horses has given them a peculiar temper abso- lutely unobtainable in any other way and that tools made from them are su- perior to all others.” Sew Weer Go Catant Benen, There is a new wrinkle in New York on the ten cent automobile buses of Fifth avenue which is warranted to give any one a start the first time one meets it It is an automatic coin re jeetver, looking more like a revolver than anything else, throngh which the conductor is required to receive all fares. When he comes along and in- Stead of holding. out his hand for the ime shoves the muzzle of the nickel plated weapon in your face the shock is considerable. The contrivance is of course designed to prevent the con- @uetors from dipping into the cash. A Tule is posted declaring that the eon- Guctor may not touch anybody's fare. If you need change, be is, authorized to return the full amount, and then you must tuck the dime into the slot of the machine yourself—New York Wink A Tose es a Cincitiiceniiaee: ‘This story may not be true. The downtown motor car dealer on whom it is Inid denies it, but a certaii polgn- ‘ancy still remains. ‘The dealer got out of his car at Highth and Main streets Friday morn- ing to buy a toy motor car from & hawker who has a stand under the viaduct. “Tl take that car,” said the dealer, pointing at a toy which was spinning around on the table. ‘The hawker reached in his sack and @rew out another. “That one ain't for sale,” be said, grinning. “It's my demonstratin’ car.” It ts related that: after ‘that the hawker and the motor cardealer cor- ially shook hands, but no sale was made—New Orleans Picayune. eee aes . A Theatrical Experiment. Am interesting experiment has been initiated. at.Botmnemouth. A grand ‘ball has been bufit on to the Theater Boyal, in which people can wait be fore the. theater: dogrs- oper for the performance abd to: which \the audi- ence are requestéd to retire between the acts to permit of the theater being thoroughly ventilated. ‘Tea will be wervedrin this hall, and thevorchestea ‘will play there daring: the intervals— London Globe. ‘Tin Manton, | “Nipping.” the curse of the “business man,” bas gone out or is going out in London. . Tea is one of the substitutes for tt. It prodimees s-xmce: of tea-ma- niacs; but, after all, that js « milder form-of disease-than the :alcohot habit of # generation age—London Eastern THE BROKER'S VALENTINE, I send you herewith. by a messenge ‘Who's dressed in the scantiest style, A large batch of stock—you may have i on 7m cam you should, think tt worth B's issued by me as-a share in my heart, And, though listed at par, my advice Ts to buy it dirt cheap, as you may at the start. I know we won't split on the price, ‘You ask if I ever have offered before The stock that I'm offering you here. Abem—well, the truth ie I'm offering you more ‘Than I've offered for many a year. In fact, you may have what is known on the street As “a controlling interest.” How strange! ‘You insist on the price for the issue com- plete? Just a share in your heart in exchange. William Wallace Whitelock in Lippin cots. —_—__ ‘The First Nature Fakir. i Me y am id LF Sih : a ne See —Bobemian Magazine. On the Job. A Baltimore man who was recently @ passenger on a Cunarder tells of ar incident of bis trip that led him tc the conclusion that your average sea man is not apt to waste much thought ‘on bis personal troubles. This sailor had met with an accident the second day ont, the result of which ‘was a bad cut on the bead. The Ral: timorean was most solicitions in his in quiries as to the seaman's welfare When he next saw the captain and Would undoubtedly have continued his sympathy had not a rough sea called to mind. his own sufferings. Several days later, when he emerg- ed, white and weak, from his state- Toom, he suddenly remembered the poor sailor. In the course of the day the Baltimore man saw the man with @ strip of plaster on his forehead. “How ts your head?" he asked sym- pathetically. “West by south, sir,” was the reply. —Harper's Weekly. ‘in anil Ge A couple of girls, after the manne: of girls since the world was young Were recently discussing the affairs o' their various friends. “I don't see why in the world Clare Jets that little snob Charlie Blank coms to see her so often!” the dark haired one said. “They are together almost constantly.” “Hum!” the blond commented, with & worldly wise little smile. “Well, I don't. I wouldn't,” her friend asserted. “He is not good look. ing and has such ugly ways.” “Well, perbaps he has ugly ways but such handsome means,” the other said, and something very near a sigh got past the piece of fudge she has- tened to put into her mouth.—St. Louis Republic. Warned. “My friends,” said the campaign ora- tor, “beware of the unscrupulous heel- er. [Applause.] “There are men so lost to shame that they will offer you a dollar for your vote. [Hisses.] Do not listen to them. Spurn them. Be on your dignity. De mand more.” [Continued applause.}— Philadelphia Ledger. ‘They Tried It | “I read in the papers of a profes- sional debate where one team refused to meet the other team while they kept 2 feminine member on the ground that they could not argue with a wo man. “The objectors must be a married men’s team.”—Baltimore American. Seporific. Irate Wife—But what is the use of my talking when you just go to sleep? Do you bear? (Bang!) What is the use of my talking when you just go to sleep? e ‘Tired Husband — On the contrary, Jenny, it was only because I was listen- ing to you that I dosed off.—Judge. Real Skin Game. “There goes a man who has been ‘working a skin game all his life.” “Ever been arrested?” “Nope.” “That's strange. What kind of a skin game does he work—sbell game?” “No, he is a tattoo artist.”—Pittsburg, po ee 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 2 useless step when you, want 3 ft 208 a ee Ger, Madison, Room 1, Tel Main si ‘Otis Block. Re _ Fowish-to announce to- my many friends I heve from 4 to 8 rooms, stove hheated \flate-to tent on’ the South and West Side;calb if- you. are. desirious pee ace dares ee Pe clark, sex Site Be Phe at Dr. J. William McDowell Physician & Surgeon OFFICE: 3102 STATE STREET. Hours, 810 a m., 24 & 68.30 p. m. Sundays by appointment. Phones Residence, 4792 Douglas. “ Office, 4796 Douglas. CE, Kreyssler Chemist and Druggist 6059 STATE STREET N. E. Cor, Sist st. CHICAGO Tide | Or. W. E. MACKEY ee wate rae HOURS: 9 to 11 AM. 2 to 4 and 7 to oP Sey a Phone Blue 6571 HOURS: 7 to 9 A. M and ‘Nights CHICAGO. City Office, 500 Burton Bidg. 39 State Street Hours 47 P. M. Phone Central 3207 W.0.Langford, M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Home Office, 2353 State Street SOURS—#12 m. 1:30 p.m After 7:30 p. m. Phone Calumet 264 Telephone Calumet 185 E. A. STACK see omecace GRAND ROLLER SKATING EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING CHATEAU os ts PLAISANCE 5324—26 State Street BEST Se oan oe cry Foes “ADMISSION 15 CENTS taeed nes © a a om ‘THE BROAD AX. 4a for sale at the following new: stande: A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. Sist street Cigar Store and News Stand. Geo, I Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 342 Hast Sist St CH. Green, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2718 State st. Mra. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. Gist strest. T. B Salts Cigar Stove. and Laundry office, 281 S9th St. ‘Mrs. Alma A. Simpson, news agent, 1255 State street. W. 8, Cole, 354 Thirty-first street, ¢igars, tobacco and mews stand. J. R. Peters Cigars, ‘robacoo and News Stand, 988 HB 27th street. Mrs. A.B Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 26th street. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and Nows Stand 3704 State st. ‘Turner Williams’ Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2903 armour ave. B. Davis, cigars, tobacoc, and con fectionery, 8532 State st. C C MelLain, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2906 State street. ‘Mrs. J. W. Hailey 116 W. Gist st. cigars, tobacco and news stand. Mrs. Katherine R. Hamlet, Cigars, tobaoco, and fancy groceries and news stand 5€28 Armour ave. ‘M. A. Johnson, news stand, cigars and tobseco, 3812 State Strest. ‘The Informer News Co, 188- Ras dolph St, Detroit, aici. ‘The Standard News Co 131 W. 68rd st, New York, City, WY. Standard News Company, 49°. 186th street, New York City, N. ¥. W:S: EDWARDS: MFG, 00, Gas Hectic Light Frtoes M. MILLER Expressing, Moving and Storage | COAL AND WOOD Packing and Sree: boats to Prag hoo to and from 3345 STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 2338 SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING ‘The Broad Ax cin be bought through the STANDARD NEWS COM PANY, retail and wholessle agents. All’ goods shipped prompetiy to’ all parts of the country. Subscriptions, Advertisements, and 5 ftems taken at office rates. - ‘For the convenience of travelers, they can have their mail sdéressed )care of The STANDARD NBWS COMPANY BUREAU DEPARTMENT, All visiters when in the city should call and register on our visitors ‘book for publication. p THE STANDARD NEWS COMPANY ‘181 West 58t¢ Street. * New: Yorks Otte. ‘Chas. Gary, President. A. J. Gary, General Superintendent, JehaJ-Dunn warieete JCOALs sur WOOD Neca W. R. Cowan & i Real Estate, Loans and — Tastranee Tile and Slate Hauling © mpeciaity. — COAX J. H. COLEMAN & CO. Express & Van Moving ‘TRUNKS EVERYWHERE. 2540 State Stree Phone 699 Calumet CHICAGO ICE CREAM CIGARS, TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A. E. BAKER NOTIONS OOOOCo Coe “419-S6TH STREET Underwear a . Specialty SUICA@O Gaskins’ Billiard and Pool Parlors 3004 STATE ST. All Newly Furnished with Latest ‘Tables and Fixtures, Will also — Line of Cigars ‘Chae Gaskins, Prop. FiretCiass Service Guaranteed our | I will Freeze to Please P F lee Cream, Sherbets or Frappes, $1.00 per gallon and up. ‘Special prices to churches. SODA FOUNTAIN PUT IN FREE OF CHARGE. ‘The only Ice Cream Factory owned and opetated by Colored Peopie in Chicago E. P. MARSHALL 2922 STATE STREET Phone Douglas 2190 exe PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel, Central 4680 , F O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Sulte 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH 4 CLARK STREETS cHicago a ae eee GRAY s MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAw Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 568. CHICAGO. Residence ST i i ce al MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW | ‘Suite 318-330 Reaper Block ‘CLARK AND WASHINGTON 8TS. | CHICAGO. "A.D. GASH ; Attorney at Taw, 94-86 La Salle Street, Chicace Suite 61500619, Telephone Maia 3077, JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR aT Law 22 ASHLAND ‘BLOCK seuerwome cemrmat soe cwcago GARNER Tel. Douglas 325 FINE WINES, LiIGsORS AND CIGARS 3080 State Street CHICAG Phone Oskland 1528 F. A. Rawlins ‘The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR When his work ts finished you have no displeasure, 4834 StateSt., CHICAGO Sin ticiaiiiaaaiiie Ge a Me Pn —<7 \ : Waiters and Cooks Prefer Sur Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them satisfactory. Write for —- conan oo ee Se Marcus Ruben (Inc.) 390 State St, CHICAGO. HER MESSAGE It Would Take a Load Off John's Mind When He Got It. After a bitter family quarrel the husband had declared that he wouldn't speak to his better half again in five years. As usual, she went film a few better and retorted that it would be a good ten years before he would hear her gentle voice again. A few days later the wife called up her brother on the telephone, and the following conversation took place: "Hello! Is this you, John?" "Yes. What is it, Sis?" "You know, John, that Dick and I have quarreled?" "What! Again?" "Yes, and it's all his fault." "Oh, certainly! What's the trouble this time?" "Why, he got angry just because he received a bill for a fifty dollar hat I ordered." "I don't bl— That is, the wretch?" "Isn't he? We are not going to speak to each other again for years and years." "Bosh! Slap him on the back and call him old sport and make it up. You folks can't go along that way." "We managed all right until the hired girl left last night, but now there is no one to deliver our messages to each other." "Gee, it must be tough to have to call in one of the neighbors to ask your husband for car fare to go shopping." "Oh, it's not as bad as that. He sees that I have plenty of money without asking for it. Now, John, I want you to give Dick a message from me." "Sure! I'll come up tonight and spank both of you for acting so childish." "No, the message can't wait that long. I want you to phone him immediately after I leave the instrument. I'll hurry upstairs so he will have to answer it." "All right, Sis. Where is he now?" "He's trying to cook himself an egg. You know the girl left." "Poor dev-I mean the fool! Well, what shall I tell him?" "Tell him, John, that there is a can of sardines in the pantry and that I will make the coffee just as soon as he gets out of the kitchen."—A. B. Lewis in Judge. It Was a Stage Brand. Gertrude, aged four, had been to the matinee. Later she tried to describe the play to a grownup friend. "They drank wine," said Gertrude, "and then they all went out." "Well," said the friend expectantly, "and what happened next?" Gertrude worked her small brain hard. "I guess," she said, "they spit it out"—New York Press. A Cordial Cook: "How do you like that new cook of yours?" asks the neighbor. "Is she nice?" "Nice?" enthusiastically echoes the other. "Nice? Why, she treats me as though she considered me her equal." With a sigh of envy the neighbor changes the subject--Lippincott's. His Difficulty "You wrong me," said Plodding Pete, "when you say I ain't willin' to work. I'm Jes' dyn' to work." "Then what's the trouble?" "Tm too conscientious. Whenever I git a job I'm so anxious to fill it well dat I gits stage fright."—Washington Star. But Not For Paying Back "I see Slickman has bought an automobile. I didn't think he had sufficient means to spend money that way." "Oh, he has all kinds of means of borrowing and spending money."—Bobhemian Magazine "Yes, Genevieve!" "These hats with the feathers make us look like little birds, don't they, Harold!"—New York Press. She in Calice. "Your husband, the poet, must take great pleasure in seeing himself in print." TWINE ECONOMY. One Ball Served a Busy Postal Employee Seven Years Though it handles some thousand million dollars a year, the United States government is not unappreciative of the value of small things, such, for example, as a piece of secondband twine. Perhaps the ordinary rapgieper wouldn't regard it as a good business principle to stoop for a discarded twelve inch string when he is hurrying through the city at dawn in keen competition with all classes of rapgiepers for what there is of commercial value in the ash barrels and scrap heaps. But that may be due wholly to his inability to foresee some of the future possibilities in the practice of noticing such trivial things. Similarly it may be that a certain government employee who attached himself to the New England division of the United States railway mail service six or seven years ago did not pin much faith in little dingy string pieces, for he was some grades above the trained rapgieper in the social scale. Yet he stooped to pick up such string pieces as came under his observation in the ordinary routine of his business, and it resulted in the bestowal upon him of a distinction which has not come to his companions of less economical tendencies. How much it counts toward his promotion in the service is problematical, but it has carried his name and fame with favorable comments to the attention of the United States postoffice authorities, says the Boston Transcript. When this man reaches the next step up and his salary is increased accordingly, he will have some difficulty in dissociating his luck from the little string pieces he has picked up in his years of service, and his mind may be coached by a little justified pride in the following official paragraph clipped from the most prominent position in a recent general order of the New England division of the United States railway mail service, over the signature of his superintendent: "A clerk in this division, appointed in 1901, with the exception of having been furnished with one ball of twine, has never made a requisition for an additional supply, having reused the twine which he saved from packages received by him." A Fight For Moonlight. Under the headline "A Fight For Moonlight" the Morgenpost of Berlin says: "Artists and all lovers of the beautiful are arrayed against the municipal authorities of Venice, by whom it has been proposed to illuminate the Grand canal with gas. The canal has never been brilliantly lighted except on festival occasions, but who caret? The moonlight has been sufficient. Modernism in all its forms has been at work along the waterways, and now the moon is to be eclipse, probably because it frowns upon the motor boat. The charm of the Venetian night, the indescribable light and shadow effects, the mystery, romance and imagination lurking in the dark corners of the palace walls, all these will vanish before the loud. shrill, poetry destroying light." The protest movement has taken the form of a monster petition to the city authorities, and the artists, authors and lovers of the beautiful who have signed it say that this is a "fight for Venetian moonlight." Paris Not a Gay City. It is a fixed idea in the mind of the average Anglo-Saxon that Paris is the gay city, the home of engaging frivolity, the spot where the grasshopper perennially chirps and dances in prosperity, defying the fabulist. The truth is far different. The visitor may figure the gay city to himself as a siren in plink, but the resident knows her as a shrewd old lady, stuffing an old stocking with fat coppers or fatter silver pieces. She is, indeed, enriching herself at the expense of her long suffering inhabitants, for "everything is becoming dearer" is the cry of the housekeepers in. Paris. Articles of consumption and other necessaries have increased alarmingly in price since the year 1902. In five years bread has risen 15 per cent, beef 22 per cent, veal 14 per cent, mutton 25 per cent, pork 27 per cent, butter 14 per cent, cheese 25 per cent, fish 50 per cent, etc.—Modern Society. A Showman's Proposal. "Have I had many proposals?" laughed Blanche Bates when she was lately asked the question by an inquisitive acquaintance. "I should think I had! Got lots of fun out of some of them too. The most comical one I ever had was from a man who owned a traveling show. I didn't care for him one atom, but he was extremely importunate. One day he made a frantic appeal to me, using, as he thought, an unanswerable argument. "You'd better have me," he urged. Now, think over it. Take a few days, but think over it. You know you won't have to go in the parade."—St. Louis Republic. The Cute Jap. It is the ambition of every up to date Jap to learn English at the first opportunity. At one or two of the Japanese hotels I was rather puzzled and a little flattered by the eager and almost anxious politeness with which Japanese youths offered to come for a walk with me. But I discovered that they only wanted a free lesson in English—Strand Magazine. Telephone DOUGLAS ... 1965 REALING INSURANCE 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—4034 Dearborn St., 2-flat brick building, stone foundations, 6-6 rooms $2,150—3718 La Salle St., 6 rooms, frame, brick foundation. $2,250—3720 La Salle St. 2-flat frame and brick, 5-5 rooms. $2,250—3722 La Salle St., frame building, 6 rooms, modern improvements. $4,000—Forest Ave., near 32nd, 10 room residence, $500 cash. Terms to suit. JESSE BINGA. 3637 STATE ST. Phone Douglas 1565. 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, Minature 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 Imense 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 Citizen unimposed or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Company. it has been made purposefully 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 (10.00) 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 infall) as subscript shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Giant Association. I agree to pay $.....per $.....has been paid, at which certificate. 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. 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— The other half was Pisa. My chateaine her protest filed. "Pray leave," she cried, "are I go wild, For Pelion on Ossa plied Would be your next, Louisa!" -Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper's Weekly Cogge should "How foolish of you to contend that the ancient Irish were more advanced than the ancient Egyptians," said his friend. "Why, the Egyptians must wedge of dried ex. Mr Beauregard F. Moseley; Treas:- All payments on Stock Accounts must be made to the order Treasurer, 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois. All Stock-accounts must be in accordance as employees and should inform the Treasurer with their information to apply for employment. For further information address Land Iceland Bank Base-Ball St, Chicago, IL 6258 Halsted St, Chicago, IL. 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 Pisa. At other times they did not lean When carried by our kitchen queen (Whose other name was Dennib). But rose as straight as spire or tree. And then her model seemed to be The campanile, Venice. 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. Modern Archaeology. Moonland Archaeology Pat was having an argument with a friend who was well posted in ancient history. 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Enclosed please find $ subscription fee for and Giants Base Ball and Amusement per month until the full amount d, 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 prove 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. Motorwood-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. The Storekeeper—Let's see. Half a wedge of cheese, peck of prunes, pint of dried peaches and a pound of crack- es. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Sandy W. Trice & Co. 2918 State Street New Department Store 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 Purses, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. We make a speciality of Men's Balbriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell Waistcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. 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 ..... no,0.0 per day Output of Summer Yards..... no,0.0 per day Telephone Yards 128. J. J. Bradley BRADLE REAL AND 4709 8. Halsted Street Frank H. Lewis, Prop. THE Imported Li N. E. Corner F POOL AND BILLIARDS WITH THE Phone Callnet 2940 Telephone Yards 693 J. M. Fields FIELDS MANS E CHICAGO Lou Seldon, Mgr. INN C Wines Chicago, Ill. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS NAC