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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. Armour Avenue and Dearborn Street to be Paved with Asphalt FROM 39TH STREET TO GARFIELD BLVD. NEW ELECTRIC LIGHTS WILL BE INSTALLED AND NEW CATCH BASINS CONSTRUCTED. THOSE OWNING PROPERTY ON THE STREETS AND COLLECTING HIGH RENTS FOR THEIR UNSANITARY HOUSES AND RESIDING IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CITY, ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. SEVERAL CHEAP LAWYERS REPRESENTED THIS CLASS OF RE-ACTIONARIES BEFORE THE BOARD OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. ONE WHITE LADY RESIDING IN A FINE MANSION EAST OF STATE STREET, WITH DIAMONDS SPARKLING FROM HER EARS AND THROAT. DECLARED THAT "SHE OWNED PROPERTY ON DEARBORN STREET NEAR 50TH AND THAT DEARBORN AND ARMOUR AVE., ARE PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH FOR NIGGERS, TO LIVE ON WITHOUT PAVING THEM. GEORGE ECTON AND COL. BANKS JOIN HANDS WITH THE NON-RESIDENT WHITES AGAINST THE MOVEMENT. ALDERMAN JOHN BURNS AND ALDERMAN MICHAEL McINERNEY ATTENDED AND ADDRESSED A MEETING, SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND FOR IMPROVING THE STREETS IN QUESTION. Vol. XIV Armour Avenue Dearborn St. Paved FROM 39TH STREET NEW ELECTRIC LIGHTS WILL CATCH BASINS CONSTANT THOSE OWNING PROPERTY O LECTING HIGH RENTS HOUSES AND RESIDING THE CITY, ARE NOT IN SEVERAL CHEAP LAWYERS OF RE-ACTIONARIES LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS ONE WHITE LADY RESIDING OF STATE STREET, WI FROM HER EARS AND DECLARED THAT "SHE OW BORN STREET NEAR 5 AND ARMOUR AVE., A FOR NIGGERS, TO LIE THEM. GEORGE ECTON AND COL. THE NON-RESIDENT MOVEMENT. ALDERMAN JOHN BURNS McINERNEY ATTENDED ING, SUNDAY AFTER HAND IN HAND FOR IN QUESTION. Monday morning, January 25, the property holders residing on Armour avenue and Dearborn street, between 47th street and 51st street, received notices from the Board of Local Improvements, calling their attention to the fact that on Tuesday afternoon, February 2, the matter of paving Armour avenue and Dearborn street, bounded by the streets mentioned above, and on Wednesday evening, January 27, a meeting was held at 4854 Armour avenue, in the club room of the 27th Precinct of the 30th Ward Republican Club. More than forty property holders residing in the neighborhood attended the meeting, and they included Italians, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Afro-Americans. On motion of D. C. Clark, Julius F. Taylor was elected chairman of the meeting, and S. Walter Russell was chosen secretary, and after the object of the meeting had been stated by the chairman, each and every one present freely joined in the discussion which followed. Some of those present were at first slow to catch on to the importance of the contemplated improvements, but after it was explained to them that it would be ten thousand times, better to use some of the money which they paid out for taxes towards improving the streets where they resided, rather than to spend it for beautifying the streets east of Státe street, where a common person would more than likely be arrested if he even attempted to walk on them, without saying anything about residing on the streets and avenues which they were being taxed to death to keep up in first-class style. To these sentiments each and every one shouted Amen! Even Mrs. Mary Ann McFarland, the most prominent Irish-American citizen at the meeting came out flat-footed for the improvements, and she declared that 'she was not in favor of paying taxes to enable the ladies with their high heel shoes to walk on fine side-walks east of State street, while she had to be contented and feel that she was highly honored in being permitted to walk through mud holes and ashes on Armour avenue." Many others unbosomed themselves in similar strains, and in every way it was a history-making meeting for at no time in the past in the 30th Ward have Italians, German-Americans, Irish-Americans and Afro-Americans mingled so closely together without the least bit of friction, for the betterment and for the good of the community. Just before the meeting adjourned the following committee was appointed to appear before the Board of Local Improvements on Tuesday, February 2, and urge its members to proceed with the work without any long delay. S. B. Emmick, Wright Smith, Mr. La Bretta, Theodore Theim, Mrs. Mary Ann McFarland, John B. Hart, W. H. Whitaker, Elijah Johnson, Julius F. Taylor and D. C. Clark, and on motion of William Robinson, the chairman was selected as a committee of one to invite Alderman John Burns and Alderman Michael McInerney to be present at the meeting Sunday afternoon. Promptly at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon the meeting was called to order and shortly thereafter Alderman John Burns and Alderman Michael McInerney walked into the room. Alderman Burns was first introduced to those assembled and at great length in an interesting manner he told of the advantages resulting from such improvements, that after the streets had been paved with asphalt, with new catch basins, sewers and new electric lights, that all the property fronting on the streets would increase in value, that those having houses, flats or furnished rooms to rent, could rent them to better advantage and more readily and to a better class of tenants if the streets were paved, lighted; that after they are so improved the city would have to keep them clean and in good repair all the time; that from a sanitary point CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 6. 1909. [Name not visible] of view every taxpayer who is not in favor of living like hegs should put his shoulder to the wheel and assist to push the improvements along; that the contemplated improvements had been laid out into four sections, the first from 39th street to 43rd, the second from 43rd to 47th street, the third from 47th to 51st street, and the fourth from 51st street to Garfield boulevard; that the property holders residing along the first two sections had already decided in favor of the improvements; that after the people residing along the third section had decided either for or against the improvements the fourth section would come up for consideration. street is 38 feet wide, and Armour avenue 36 feet wide, from curb to curb, that, the driveway be cut down on each to 30 feet, and that the extra ground on each side of the street resulting therefrom, could be utilized for lawns and growing shade trees, which would transform the present filthy and dirty streets into beautiful thoroughfares. At the conclusion of the talk of Alderman McInerney, a resolution was passed, authorizing both Aldermen to use their influence with the Board of Local Improvements, to go forward with the work and to cut the drive ways down to 30 feet, which would lessen the expense to the taxpayers. On motion of S. B. Furnick a rising Alderman Burns also stated in closing that the white people who own property up and down Dearborn street and Armour avenue, and the Colored eople, too, for that matter, who themselves reside east of Stata street, would be bitterly opposed to the improvements; that these property holders who think that they are too good to live on Dearborn street or Armour avenue, are not interested in the slightest degree in the welfare of those paying them tribute, except in collecting the very highest rents they can for their unsanitary houses or tumble-down shaks. Alderman McInerney, like Alderman Burns, was warmly applauded when he arose to speak, and at the outset he declared that at last the people residing in all parts of the 30th Ward had two aldermen who are working hand in hand to improve the streets and alleys and to better the sanitary conditions in every part of the ward; that as the public servants of the people they both attended the meeting for the express purpose of carrying out the wishes of those sitting under the sound of his voice, he pledged his word of honor during his extended remarks that just as soon as the frost was out of the ground that he and Alderman Burns would see to it that 49th street running from Armour avenue to State street, will be put in first-class shape so that those using that street the most will be able to walk through it without wading through mud up to their knees; in speaking along the lines of improving the streets he declared that Armour avenue and Dearborn street needed it bad enough, that nothing can be done in the way of keeping them clean until they are paved; that asphalt is by far the best material to use for that purpose. Alderman McInerney let it be known that he did not want to do one thing contrary to the wishes of those who actually resided on the streets and would have to help to pay for the improvements, but for the non-residents he would not bother his head about them, therefore, he would suggest that, inasmuch, as Dearborn street is 38 feet wide, and Armour avenue 36 feet wide, from curb to curb, that, the driveway be cut down on each to 30 feet, and that the extra ground on each side of the street resulting therefrom, could be utilized for lawns and growing shade trees, which would transform the present filthy and dirty streets into beautiful thoroughfares. At the conclusion of the talk of Alderman McInerney, a resolution was passed, authorizing both Aldermen to use their influence with the Board of Local Improvements, to go forward with the work and to cut the driveways down to 30 feet, which would lessen the expense to the taxpayers. On motion of S. B. Emmick, a rising vote of thanks was extended to both Aldermen, for emerging from their comfortable homes on Sunday afternoon in order to be present at the meeting. At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the Board of Local Improvements got its self together in the coucil chamber in the City Hall, and as predicted by Alderman Burns, the whites, including real estate sharks who own property up and down Dearborn street and Armour avenue, and who reside in other sections of the city, there in full force to object to the improvements, and many of them were also represented by cheap, hungry lawyers. Col. Henry S. Dietrich president of the Board of Local Improvements, announced that those who were in favor of the proposition, would be permitted to speak first, and Aldermen McInerney and Burns, Wright, Smith, S. B. Emmick, Mrs McFarland and Julius F. Taylor spoke in favor of the improvements, and when they had concluded, it was clearly evident that Col. Deitrich, John Minwegen, Felix A. Norden, Albert F. Keeney and Col. Chauncey Dewey, composing the board, had been won over to their side. Then the objectors had their say, and George Ecton, a real bright Colored man, who resides way over east among the whites, and who owns a two-story frame house at 4840 Dearborn street, which is not strictly modern by any means, and receives $20 per month for each flat, from two good tenants, Mr. Foster and Mr. Clark, was the first to raise his voice against the improvements. He declared that, "Only the common class of Colored people live on Armour avenue and Dearborn street; that it would make no difference if the streets were paved with pure gold, first-class Colored people would not feel inclined to reside on them; that, Only a few years ago the streets were improved." At that point Col. Dietrich cut him off, and informed him and the other objectors, that, "Early last Sunday morning, he rode up and down Ar- The National Association for the Study and Preven- tion of Tuberculosis Many Siate Legislatures Are Taking Action To Check Its Onward March. Of All the Known Diseases It Is the Most Destructive to Mankind. Only five states in the United States, including the District of Columbia, have laws directly compelling the reporting and registration of tuberculosis, and of these, but two and the District of Columbia make very much of an effort to enforce the law. Only eight states have laws forbidding spitting in public places, and in none of these states is the law strictly enforced. Realizing the dangers from promiscuous spitting, and inability to locate tuberculosis cases without a registration law, bills are being introduced in over a dozen different legislatures to remedy these defects. According to a report issued by the National Association for the Ssudy and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the reporting of tuberculosis cases is one of the first requisites in the stamping out of the disease. Until the health authorities know where those afflicted with tuberculosis reside they are powerless to remove the dangers caused by these infected persons. It is now established that tuberculosis must be classed with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or any other infectious disease. This being the case, the report declares it is just as necessary for the public health that it be registered. The most decided step in the registration of tuberculosis was taken in 1904 by the State of Maryland, where a law was passed compelling the reporting of the disease, and inflicting a heavy fine for non-compliance. This law requires that the State Board of Health pay $1.00 to every physician reporting a case of tuberculosis, and also that it furnish him with literature and preventive supplies for the use of his patients. This measure was influenced by the success of a movement started in New York City in 1897, to compel the reporting of tuberculosis. In 1908 laws modeled somewhat after the Maryland law were passed in New York State and the District of Columbia. The State of Vermont had passed a registration law in 1902, and in Washington it had been a law that tuberculosis be reported in the first and second class cities as early as 1899. These laws had, however, never been of much service, and few new cases were secured through them. Besides these States, which have direct and special laws com- mour avenue and Dearborn streets, from 47th to 51st, that, he found both streets in very bad condition; that he learned after talking with several Colored men who reside in the district, and who pay taxes, that, no improvements had been made on the streets for the past sixteen years, that the Board of Local Improvements had decided, as they have the right to do so, regardless of the objections of the property holders, to commence improving the streets in question in 1910, and that, the first installment of the assessment would be payable in 1911." At this point one white lady among the objectors, with diamonds spark- pelling the reporting of tuberculosis, there are six which require reporting of tuberculosis as one of the infectious diseases. They are California, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts and Utah. For the most part, these laws are of little value. The following States and Territories have regulations of the Health Departments requiring that tuberculosis be reported: Connecticut, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Philippine Islands, Rhode Island and Tennessee. These regulations seldom secure the desired results. The other States of the Union have no laws or regulation on the subject. Other legislation affecting tuberculosis is, in the main, that concerning spitting and with regard to State sanatoria and dispensaries. There are nine States and Territories which have laws forbidding spitting. They are Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Philippine Islands, Tennessee and Virginia. Twelve States and the District of Columbia now maintain sanatoria or hospitals for indigent tuberculosis patients. They are Massachusetts, New York, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. Besides these, in Indiana, Ohio, New Hampshire and Virginia, sites have been purchased for similar institutions, and in Massachusetts work has been commenced on three State hospitals for advanced cases in addition to the State Sanatorium at Rutland. In Alabama and Georgia, laws have been passed authorizing and providing for the erection of State sanatoria. In Connecticut and West Virginia, commissions are preparing to recommend the establishment of such institutions at the ensuing legislatures. In Washington, Oregon, California, North Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine and West Virginia, active campaigns will be carried on this winter in the various legislatures to secure action affecting the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. ling from her ears and throat, who resides in a fine mansion east of State street, became so indignant at the idea of paving the streets in question, that, she exclaimed in a loud voice: that, "She owned property near 50th and Dearborn streets, and that Armour avenue and Dearborn street are plenty good enough for "Niggers" to live on without improving them." Z PUBLISHED WEEBELY. : =p beld + BRticethaline ‘Proteraaes te: see RES Ee yave their say. oe ‘their is proper and feoponeibilty is Bede PPTs eae "platform ts all ever editorial ‘to speak fa'owe ming n Local communications will reesive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must de paid in ad- aon . ‘ Se nee Oa oe er Aédress al! communications to \ THE BROAD Ax ‘5038 Armour Avenue, Chicago. . a F. TAYLOR: Editor and Pub- Entered as Second-Class Matter, Avg. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at ‘Chicago, filinols, under Act of March 3, 1879. NOTHING FOR THE NEGRO. ‘Those among the Negro race who are “shaking hands with themselves upon the recent utterances of Mr. Taft on distranchisement in the South can see more of comfort or consolation for themselves in whatever Mr. Taft has said or implied than can. the Southern American. First, the disfranchising laws were ‘enacted more with the end in view of enabling the Bourbon regime to ma nipulate and perpetuate political con- trol than for mere Negro disfranchise- ment. By the written and unwritten avenues open for ehicanery in these new state constitutions it is possible to keep the present political aristoc- Tacy, which fs no more than the pro- geny.of the old slaveowning olig: archy, well entrenched in the saddle in that the process elimibates the masses of the whites and practically mows down all of the blacks. Appealing to the moral sense of men who fall to recognize such ‘a thing when it stands between the Bourbon Democracy and success, ap- pealing to men who subject men to taxation and give them no voice in representation, this is as effective as that proposition of pouring water upon the back of a duck.* Either will effect as much as the other to change the situation. Day by day and year by year the Negro is drifting further from any political privilege or opportunity in the South. It is right into the hands of those who have brought this about for Mr. Taft to talk sbout this thing of of application of injustice, Saediee voice im: representation where there is taxation Js © in- men have all along brpadi¥- gro. claimed fairness in the application of these laws. These people can,find no difficulty in linging ap with Mr. Taft. far ppart. We are not unwilling that the 175+ 000 isfranchised Negro voters * in Alabama, if they want to swallow the dose prepared for them by Mr. Tatt, ‘but we protest for the 100,000 dis- franchised whites that this dis- franchtsement ts no tonly ‘not a bless ing, but it'is a positive curse in that men feel the Jess the responsibility of government when they lose. their sovereign govrning power. It is to be hoped that Mr. Taft will be president long enough to. know that these Bourbon colonels are not, the South, not at all, either of the the South, not all of ft, efther ofthe white or the black South. * Theyre a deceptive, ingenious, cunning set of emile will smile every while with Taft smile.. They will wind the dest of the political y and with 2 good share of the: oon | ao aot eee See the distranchised South. He’ will get the laugh, in the end, instead of votes from the Bourbon colonel South. <~ | Mark this political prediction of the | Southern American, This gang d¢ here will nibble about Mr. Taft's until they have gotten off the | then the school of fish that he has| -Brery inch’ of 1 ‘that the. Re- | Soll be Geek gue aie Bes sae and enpoonig the catee of] s ees eee Tee i sie dead Shas eT a eae: Coed, eee eee ee Siest vases ge Ry AES ae a sai tm enn he ora] ee Te eT Peery Mee eee ee. ar ee ‘policy of acquiescente Into Bourboo . The Southern age ee on ae —. URGE STATE STREET PAVING. — Property Owners Demand autex South Side Improvement. SAY IT 18 NOW A ‘ical ae ans Sere, Property owners along State street from’ Thirtyninth to Sixty-third street, are up in arms against the de Jays attendant upon the paving 0 that thoroughfare. At a meeting held at 4300 State street Tuesday evening, strong objec tions were voiced against the attitud: ‘of the board: of ‘local improvements on the subject and action was taken to bring about a pressure for reform. A committee of twenty-five property ‘owners was appointed to keep con- stant watch over the matter and to take necessary steps before the board and the County “court. John Burns, who is in business at Thirty-ninth and State streets pre sided’ over this meeting, which was attended by 200 thoroughly aroused ‘property owners and business men. ‘They declired that State street was mud hole in the winter time and a evert of Sahara in the summer, Robert Burck acted as secretary of the meeting, and its outcome was the orgaitization of the “State Street Prop- erty, Owners’ and Business Men's Im- Provement Assocition,” and-on Wed- nesday morning Jchn V. Burns, P. J. Cummings, Julius C. Birck, John ‘Weber and other well known busi- ness men along on South State street, appeared before Judge Hinch- baugh jand declared the improvements are demanded by all save a few mis Suided property: owners. ‘The delegation also called on the’ members of the board of local improve- ments and urged them to p:oceed with the paving of State street from 39th to 63rd street without any furth- er delay: Speakers Criticize Lawyers. Considerable indignation was ex pressed over the fact that certain | lawyers have secured signatures ot | a number of property owners under false pretenses and now are respon: sible for the holding up of action by the board of local improvements. “I was visited by lawyers, who said they could save"me money if I would let them object to the improve- ment,” said P. J. Cummings. “These fellows collect a $3 appearance fee, and then enter the appearance of all their victims in court for $3 and pocket: the difference. If there is a rebate coming to the property own- er they: take part of it as fees.” It is a burning disgrice to Chica- go-to permit State street to remain in’ its present condition and the busi. ness men in the- district referred to should keep up a bitter fight day and night until it is repaired and put in first-class condtion. THE CLOSING WEEK OF THE EN. GAGEMENT OF WILLIAMS AND WALKER, AT THE GREAT NORTHERN THEATRE. | At the end’ of this week, William: and Walker close their engagemen = te Great Northern Theatre, wher: they have been playing to crowded houses for the past five weeks. Monday evening, the editor anc Mrs. Tayler took in the show for the first time, and were very favorably eons with it The costumes worn by the beauti fut Jadies were very fine and pleasing toithe eye. There is nothing in connection with ‘Bandanna Land, ss portrayed by Williams and Walker and their star Performer s,that the most sensitive Colored person could take exception t0. “On the whole the play undoubtedly raises the Afro-American in the est!- ‘mation of those who witness it. “Mrs. Aida Overton Walker, in her latest and newest song, “O, you Devil,” is the real thing, and with glittering diamonds and a flaming red spangled costume and most. artistic and graceful dancing, she caught the ars ah Sain x stat fet headed men invariably occupy front seats at each performance. ‘Williams and Whlker are both very ever in their respective ‘roles, and the two, Bert Williams seems to be Bs eons vio os itese : _ There is much good talent scattered shoe Toe ns render y's Oo show. The music ‘bya Cot- eae, eee rather = en separated from a ten spot have missed witnessing “Bandanna Cee oP ee Sho. [Sa Sot eee -_ . - ¥ bet — : A : ' i v 5 : noes i ‘ ° | © F : ALDERMAN MICHAEL Mc! NERNEY, Continues to labor for the béet interests of all his constituents in the 30th ward and he will be reelected te the city council at the April election with. out any opposition. . NEGROES IN BUSINESS. jim these dives and left her and her One of the drawbacks among Ne groes in business is the low economic ‘ideals of the race as a whole. Few Negroes will attempt to build up a really large business, When' they have @ few hundred dollars’ income, ‘as much as they would car at the atl te ipesieniion At SER Tied were formerly employed, they often then aspire for social rather than business leadership, and, being better qf than the great mass of their race. ‘they merely attempt to remain the “social leaders” of the group. This has been the rock on which many Negro caterers and barbers have wrecked their business. Then there is carelessness and indifference to business methods. The early co-ope- ration results very often resulted in the accumulation of two or three hun- dred dollars of the mcney of a dozen or more individuals; then dissatisfac- tion followed on the part of the share holders because of fancied or real reasons, often because they were not receiving fabulous amounts in div- dends, or because they received no div- idend the first month or so; and often because their unbonded treasaurer misappropriated the funds or left town. Thus havd groerceis, factories and “syndicates” gone down in nearly every part of the counutry, and a kind of distrust is still felt in many communities, But each year better trained men are entering the field, and more suc- css is assured; the day of wholesale failure of corporate efforts is rapidly passing, especially failure because of lack of business knowledge. While the signs do not point to anything es- pecially remarkable, yet there is every evidence in Northern cities that an in- creasing number of Negroes will bulld- ap businesses catering chiefly to those of thelr own race, and employing a large number of their own people—R. R. Wright, Jr, in the Southern Work- men. . THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY AND PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS PRAISES THE BROAD AX. It can be truly said that The Broad Ax, for more than a year past has given more space in its columns than any other weekly paper in the Middle ‘West ,to the articles on tuberculosis and talks on health and how to keep well, which have been sent forth by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculo- sis, with thelr headquarters at 105 ‘E. 22nd street, New York City, N. Y. "In appreciation of our efforts -in that direction, Dr. Livingston - Far rand; secretary of the executive com- mittee of the alsoclation, forwarded us a letter the past week thanking us and praising The Broad Ax for the great work it is accomplishing along the lines indicated. Sqme of the most prominent M. Ds. and laymen in the United States are members, and contribute financially to the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculo- sis, and for our part, we feel highly honored to receive ® letter of com- mendation from its secretary, and will continue to assist in the work by pab- lishing all articles and information pertaing deoqnrdlu rdlu twyp hrdluf pertaining to the campaign against tberculosis. See article in another column of! The Broad Ax. ¢ It is reported that 2 woman has closed the dives and gambling joints at Denver. She is a Colored woman and complained to Chief Armstrong that her husband, who earns good ‘wages, gambled away all his money ‘Woman Closes Dives, in these dives and left her and her children destitute. The chief closed them at one. MORTALITY OF COLORED PEO. PLE. District Health Officer Makes Report The Colored population of the Dis trict of Columbia, according to the recent report of Dr. Woodward, Dis trict Health Officer, made 29.2 per cent. of the entire population, but contributed 42.73 per cent of all the deaths. . He attributes the excessive mortal ity to “the bad food, bad clothing bad housing, ignorance and poverty,” and says further that to “that extent it may be said to be preventable.”— ‘The New American, Washington, D. C. The same conditions largely prevail among the Colored people in Chicago, as is evidenced among them in Wash- ington, and the result is that the death rate is very high here also, and from now henceforth all who are op- posed to improving the sanitary con- dition of thes hcuses and street where the great majority of the Col- ored people reside will be fought right and left through the columns of The Broad Ax. . APPOMATTOX CLUB. Chief Justice Harry Olson and the Hon. J. W. E. Bowen have been se cured by the Library Committee to address the Club on Lincoln and Douglass night, Feb. 13th. These twc eminent characters will make ft well worth spending the evening with the Appomattox Club, should you be for tunate enough to secure an invita. tion. ‘The Secretary has been authorized to call in subscriptions to the build ing fund and is kept busy these days counting and banking the cash as the Club purpose building and be in a home of its own ere the summer time. At the last meeting of the Board of Directors a dispensation of $5.00 for Initiation fees instead of $10.00, was voted for sixty days, and the House Membership Committee, under Chair- man A. C. Harris, has been kept quite busy since. DEATH OF DR. PRATHER. Formerly of Evanston, til. To the Bditor of The Broad Ax. Dr. T. W. Prather, formerly of Ev. anston, Ill, who for the past five years has been practicing medicine in Louisville, Ky., departed this life Jan. wary 25th last, and his body brought to this city and interred at Rose Hill Cemetery on Sunday, January 31, 1909. Funeral services was held at Baptist church of Evanston, Mlinois, Many resolutions were read by the pastor prior to this or during the serv. fees from the Masonic Order, the Red Cross Society of Louisville, and other charitable organizations in which he was connected, extolling the many ways in which he had rendered his services in a most commendable man- ner. B. J. Prather. Card of Thanks 1 wish to return my sincere thanks to Lady Elliott Circle of the Anclent Order of Foresters and the many friends for their kind words of sym- pathy and beautiful floral tributes in ‘My late bereavement of my father, who passed away at my home, Jan. Secon wee neck Oak El oe otery. | Miss Elizabeth V. Johnson. 3238 Wabash Ave. CHATEAU RINK NOTES. ‘Special Program Tonight and Tomor. row Night. Mr. Noah D. Thompson and Mr. H. Battist and escort were at the Cha teat this week ‘The FalstaMiun Mask Skate Fest at the Chateau Friday night last was ‘® grand success. School children as well as adults had a splendid time and all are clamoring for its repett tion. The next feature of unusual interest at the Chateau will be the Mask Mardigras Carnival, Tuesday, Feb. 23rd. This carnival on a small scale will equal the pageant at New Orleans and those wishing rare treat should not fail to take in this function, CHiPs ' —_— Mrs. Franklin, 329 34th street, on the sick list. + Mrs. Mamie Smith, 439 36th street, is confined to her house with a badly sprained ankle. i j,, Mrs. Lottie Williams, of Williams & Walker, is confined to her bed in Provident Hospital. Mr. Arthur Richardson who has | been confined at the Dunning Tuber- | cular Hospital, died Feb. 3. | Mrs, Harriet Dade, 95 26th Place who was recently injured by a strect lear ts again able to about Mr. and Mrs. B. F.. Jameson have bought a farm near Riverview, where | ther intend making their future home. | Mrs, Laura Lapsley, 5120 Dearborn | street, will spend the month of Feb- |ruary in Hot Springs, Ark. | Mrs, Lulu Obleton, 3219 Dearborn street, member of Mysterious Ten, No. 22, is confined to her bed with pneu- _monia. Mr. Fred Colby, of St. Paul, who has been the guest of Mr. Thos. Green, 3736 Forest avenue, left the city Mon- ‘day for his home. Miss Hattie Winslow, who has been identified with “The Smart Set” for the past three months is ill at ber home 4528 St. Lawrence avenue. Mr. Thos. Galloway, 5216 Dearborn street, who has been ill for the past two weeks, is again able to resume work. Mr. Jacob Parks, 3151 State street, will leave the city the last of the month for Washington, D. C., to see Mr. Taft seated. Mr. and Mrs. Frank James, 3348 Dearborn street, entertained a few friends at whist Tuesday Eve in honor of Miss Gertrude Reilly, of Freeport. m. : Ex-Alderman James J. McCormick will not enter the aldermanic contest in the 5th ward, but he will stand aside in favor of his friend, John J. Shean. Alderman John W. Downey has con- siderable opposition to go up against in the 29th ward. But he feels cock sure of winning out at the primaries February 23d over his opponents and retaining his seat in the city council. Alderman P. J. O'Connell has} served the people residing in the 3ist | ward well and faithfully for a long} time, and they will stick to him at the primaries on the day of the elec-| Hon making it possible for him to be a. winner. Edward Carroll, 6022 Carpenter} street, formerly Civil Service Com- missioner under Mayor Carter H. Har-| rfson, is not bothering his head much | with politics these days, but he is de-| voting all his time to his contracting business. Fred A. Wescott, general manager | of the Black Diamond Development Company, near Chanute, Kan. is a! keen business man, and also as the|' head member of the firm of Wescott | , Stone and Company. He is in a po- sition to show capitalists how they| | an make a lot of easy money, by making investments in ofl and gas ands in Kansas. : /oticer John W. Hardy, who was | he first Afro-American to serve as| 1 oliceman in the Town of Lake, has| * een placed on the retired list, and | * or his faithful services in the past, | e will receive a pension the zest of is days. Mr. Hardy was recently lected president of the North Fork |! yoal and Iron Company, with offices | * t 3421 Wabash avenue, and in the uture he will bend his energies along |4 usiness lines. t THE NEGRO QUESTION SOLVED Seah eet gee es ati Ben ti hede dacs tol Leal eee THE KEY By James Samuel St:mons ech serosa Corrinne Seigicieie eee Pesaran oe pene aes Soe ee eS parte tases James Samuel Stemons _ S24 S. Hicks Street Philadelphis WASHINGTON | LETTER [Bpecial Corresponden. > oe ne OD feetiving the ge. fabing touches. It is now io quite comfortable shape. The senate oftcy Datlding the contractors hope 1 have ready for occupancy by Marci 4. sen. ators will each have two rooms: repr. sentatives have only one room allen them. Senators always hove yi.) themselves what they pleased. Ther are no accommodations at present jy either the Capitol or the old xcaitby Dallding, which ts occupied ty sen. ators not chairmen of committees, for the more recently elected, and Messp. j Cummins of Towa, Page of Vermont and Fletcher of Florida, who take their seats this session. wil! have thetp quarters in the new office butiding rushed to completion. Quarters For Census Bureau. The understanding is that when the ‘Maltby building is vacated by senators) the census bureau will take it ang quarter a large portion of tie clerks therein. This used to be a hote! and was rented and subsequently pu: chased by the government. it is not | far from the ugly brick shack thar j, | used by the census bureau and ts itseir Gilapidated. The force of the census bureau is being increased rizht aloog ‘as the next enumeration of the pops. tation is to be made in 1910. There js @ modified examination of all wea ang women who secure clerkships ia this bureau, but as senators and represen. tatives have a good deal to say as to who shall be selected for the tempo. rary positions the pressure for appuist ments will be intense from now uni the time for getting the work wei under way. New Men In the House. According to the unofficial list com- piled by the clerk, seventy new faces will be seen among the members of the next house when it meets in extra session in March under a call from ‘President Taft. At the recent election Indiana made more changes in its house delegation than any other state, amounting to eight, the Democrats se curing eleven out of thirteen members. In the next house new men will be Present from the states named below as follows: Pennsylvania, 7; New York and Obio, 6 each; Missouri ani Towa, 5 each; Colorado, Illinois, Missis- sippl and North Carolina, 3 each; Ken- tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin, 2 each; Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Geor- gia, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minne sota, Montana, Rhode Island. Texas Vermont and Washington, 1 each. The Saint Gaudens Coins. President Roosevelt has at last re plied to the ridicule and criticism thst were caused by the “bloomer ease” and other peculiarities of desiza « the recent issue of gold coins. He s tended an exhibtion of the works of Augustus Saint Gaudens at the Cor coran Gallery of Art and paid eulogium to that artist's mastery of his craft. He declared that his works will stand in the very forefront among the mas- terpieces of the greatest periods and the greatest peoples. As to the gold coins, he declared Saint Gaudens “gave us for the first time a Beautiful coinage, not yet prop erly appreciated, but up to which both the official and the popular wind wil! in the end grow.” The president con ended that the first few thousands of these coins are more beautiful than any coins since the days of the Greeks and that frequent comments on the bonnet of “eagle plumes on the fizure af Liberty” illustrate curiously the ex ceedingly conventional character « much of our ariticism and the freq ability to understand originality 1 it has won Its place. ‘The Senator Puzzled 'Em. A saloonist and an antisaloonist bay pened to run into the same senator UP it the eapitol the other day. Both were inxious to have their views prevail !9 the matter of liquor legislation for the District, and both were trying to st he senator to express his views °° he matter. The senator smiled and was nice 1? oth, and then he remarked as he bade hem adieu, “You know, I have elas" een a strong believer in puttin dow? irink.”* Both the anti and the antianti sr wondering yet. Art Above the Weather. In one of Washington's art galleries here hangs a large canvas in an 1m sing frame. The painting shows ¢ raterfall in one of the states famous or startling natural scenery. The pic ure has occupied its present place for everal years. “Does it belong here?” asked the v's tor of the man in’ charge. 2 “No more than the others you see’ “Seems to me it should be in the ¢#P- tol of the state where this scenery 1s. Humor HER MESSAGE TO SISTER SUE Mrs. Chatter's Instructions to Hubby Were Long Drawn Out. "Henry, dear," said little Mrs. Chatter to her husband while he was drawing on his top coat preparing to make the rush for the train that was to take him into the city. "You know our phone not working this morning, and I do want to send Sister Sue a message in regard to meeting her this afternoon in the city. Could you, dear, ring Sue up on your phone in the office and give her a message from me? You can as well as not? Thank you dear. Well, tell her that if it doesn't set in to rain and if Cousin Em doesn't come to take me to ride in her auto this afternoon, as she said she might, but you know how reckless Cousin Em is with her promises, and it wouldn't surprise me if she never thought of it again, but if she should come I don't want to miss the ride, and I'll try to get Sue on the phone by that time and let her know if I go to ride, or if Lible Brayton doesn't come over to me help her on that programme we are arranging for the benefit of the day nursery. Tell Sue I will meet her in the waiting room at Ridgelye's in or it may be a quarter after or a quarter before, or if she'd rather have me meet her some place else tell her to try to ring me up and let me know. I guess our phone will be working by that time. Tell her it wasn't working this morning and that is the reason I didn't ring her up, as I said I would, and tell her to try to think to bring me my hatpin and my lace handkerchief that I left when we stayed all night with her Monday night, and ask her if I didn't leave one of my gloves there, and tell her that, after all, I think we'd better meet at some place other than Ridgelye's because that is so far from where we are going, and ask her to try to think to bring me the recipe for that new kind of cake we had at dinner Monday night, for I'd like to try a loaf of it when we have the Brynlias here to dinner Friday. Yes, yes, of course you must get your train, dear. Run along. Only be sure to ring Sue up and tell her that she'd better ring me about noon and—goodby! Don't forget!-Puck. Future Peril. Terrified Passenger (on ocean liner)—Captain, why is the steamer going so slowly and using its searchlight? Captain—Don't be alarmed, madam. The ship is in no danger. But in a fog like this we are always likely to run into somebody's blooming old balloon and make a nasty mess of it—Chicago Tribune. Proof. Gritty George—Ah, lady, at one time it was a prosperous dentist. Kind Lady—How can I believe you, my poor man? Gritty George—How can you doubt me, mum? Why, even'd dog shows its teeth when I am around. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A Dreaded Vordict Mr. Patterson (as sounds of weeping come from the laundry)—Gracious, dear! Who is that crying? Mrs. Patterson—The washerwoman. John. She has sued for divorce and is afraid the judge will order her to pay her husband alimony. — Lippincott's Magazine. Chief of Them All. "He tried to natter me, but I proud to say he couldn't. "Batter than "No? You're a greater flatterer than he is, then, aren't you?" "How do you mean?" "You flatter yourself that you can't be flattered."—Catholic Standard and Times. An Old Family. "You must be proud of your ancestry. Does it go back very far?" Tommy's Regret. Tommy was about to leave the school where he had spent his first years. He went to the teacher to say goodbye and added: "I am awfully sorry to leave this school. I've had such good times at recess." -Lippincott's Magazine. A Useful Institution "Do you believe in such a thing as luck?" "Of course," answered Miss Cayenne. "Otherwise it would be impossible to explain the success of people we don't like."—Washington Star. One Was Enough. "There are quite a number of reasons, Mr. Mushie. The first is that I don't like you."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Serious Ailment. "Yes," said Mrs. Lapsling, "my husband is much better now. For a day or two, though, he was threatened with tubaculosis of the lungs."—Chicago Tribune. NATURE AS A FAKER. The Sometimes Decives Even the Eye of the Scientist. On the so called table mounds of Iowa are numerous impressions of what look exactly like cloven feet. It is not surprising that superstitious people should attribute them to the devil taking his walks abroad, though as a matter of fact they are not footprints of any kind whatsoever, but merely weather worn impressions left by a species of molusk-like animal known to science as pentamerus. To the Smithsonian institution not long ago somebody sent from the Bad Lands of Nebraska what purported to be a fossil ham. It did in very truth look like a ham, and, to render the verismilitude complete, the bone was actually sticking out at one end of it. Nevertheless an investigation showed that the alleged bone was in reality a "vaculite"—an extinct mollusk's shell, rodlike in form—and the rest of the "ham" was a mere accidental agglomeration of stony stuff. One day quite recently a young man walked into the National museum at Washington and presented to the anthropologist in charge a petrified foot. It was received with many thanks, though recognized at a glance as a water worn fragment of rock which had accidentally assumed a shape resembling a foot. Such chance imitations as these frequently occur in nature. Another one, deposited in the same institution, was supposed by the finder to be a petrified oyster. It looks as if on the half shell. All its parts are wonderfully distinct, and there is even a small pearl in it seemingly. Yet it is not an oyster at all. Many years ago the "eozoon" was introduced as a fossil to a wondering world by Sir William Dawson, an eminent geologist. It was accepted by science for quite awhile as the earliest and oldest of known animals—the "dawn animal," as its name signifies. Recent scientific investigation, however, has proved that it is not and never was an animal at all. It is merely a curious crystalline combination of two minerals which has the look of something that once upon a time was altru It has recently been proved that many markings on sedimentary rocks long supposed to be fossil prints of algae and other plants are in reality tracks left by insects, mollusks and worms. Some of these alleged "plants" had actually received names and been classified into genera and species. But it has been sufficiently shown that markings exactly similar can be produced by allowing such animals as those above mentioned to creep across a surface of moist plaster or wet clay, counterfeiting rock in a plastic and not yet hardened condition, and one well known vegetable frequently noted as fossil has in this way been satisfactorily identified with the trail of the larva of the dragon fly. — Saturday Evening Post. A. Rusty Iron Nail. It has been discovered that a happy miller's family living in the vicinity of the battlefield of Waterloo has derived a regular income since 1815 from the sale of a rusty iron nail. It was not many years after the battle that an eccentric Englishman on the strength of an eyewitness' evidence discovered that Napoleon's hat had been hanging on that nail, the emperor having rested awhile at the mill during the battle. An offer for the old nail was immediately accepted by the previously guilleless miller, who after the deal replaced it by another old nail and painted an inscription round it on the wall pointing out its historical value. One nail after another has gone to enrich collections as priceless Napoleonic relics.—Argonaut. Without Orientation. The late Josiah W. Leeda, of Philadelphia was notable for his lifelong fight, against immodesty. He loved simplicity as he loved modesty. Ostentation he aborbed, especially the ossertation of funerals and cemeteries. He used often to quote an epitaph that he had once seen in a secluded graveyard. This epitaph, which was cut on the simplest, cheapest stone it is possible to imagine, said: "The monument is very plain, no doubt, but all the money in the world would not have brought our poor dear father back to us again."—Washington Star 'A Famous Perfume Queen Alexandra's favorite perfume, it is well known, is a certain scent which is a combination of rare essences, the secret of which is so carefully guarded that no money can purchase the recipe. The late Queen Victoria used this same perfume for more than fifty years. Nobody but the manufacturer knows the formula, but a Paris perfumer of long experience has pronounced it a blend of rose, violet, jasmine, lavender and orange blossom. London's Feeble Minded Children. There are eighty-four schools in London for the education of children who are not included under the extreme term "idiots or imbeciles" but are "feeble minded and defective." They are attended by 6,000 children, of whom about two-thirds learn some useful manual work, while the rest are hopeless and require permanent custodial care.-London Telegraph. Persian Humor: A recent Parisian caricature shows a bearded Turk in a turban upon the crenulated roof of his house looking through a fieldglass, "Allah is just," he exclaims. "Now that my neighbors' wives go about with faces uncovered I see that they are quite as homely as my own." WM. D. NEIGHBORS & CO REAL ESTATE AT LOWEST PRICES Easiest Term to be had in Chicago Suite 64, 95 Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. 'PHONE 4866 CENTRAL FACTS IN FEW LINES A boy's hair grows at half the rate of a girl's. Bosnia was incorporated with Turkey in 1463. Belgium employs 37,000 men in its stone and marble quarries. In Austria prizes are offered to farmers to encourage them to recover waste lands and lay them out as pasturage. Only one president of the United States has ever entered the White House without the electoral vote of his own state. That was James K. Polk. The sedan chairs which were in general use in the seventeenth century are still used in Dresden by noblewomen, who are carried to the opera in them. There are so few files in England that there is a regular business in importing dried ones from South America for food for poultry and captive birds and fish. Under the revised law governing the employment of women and children in Italy night work is forbidden for all females and for males of less than fifteen years. Never Knew Her Husband's Name. In declaring that she never knew her husband's first name Mrs. Esther Nieman of Monroe street created laughter at the central police court. "I have always called him 'Pop' from the first day I married him, and as he did not object I never worried myself about his first name," said Mrs. Nieman, who had her husband arrested on the charge of failing to support her. The accused husband by direction of the magistrate was induced to tell his wife his full name. "Certainly. I'm glad to do it," remarked the defendant, "but I think my wife has known right along that I am Jacob Nieman." After telling his name Nieman was held in $300 bail for trial.—Philadelphia Inquirer. In Catania an enterprising wine dealer has initiated a novel scheme of drinking by the hour ad libitum. For 15 cents one may drink for sixty minutes, and the current price of wine is 5 cents a liter. The chances are, however, in favor of the merchant, for it requires a strong stomach to drink three liters of Etna wine in one hour. At a neighboring town the charge is 10 cents for the first hour and 15 cents for two. The fashion seems to have "caught on," and at Bologna, where the wines are better, the charge is 41 cents for the first hour, 31 cents for the second and 20 cents for the third. The result of these inducements to drink is said not to be enchanting. I FLEE MY PEN. I flee my pen when heavy grows the brain, When for a happy rhyme I search in vain. The ink well closed, the pen laid in its place, I seek for other scenes in outer space. What though the wind be keen, what though it rain? I asked a change, nor can I well complain If by a wetting I my end attain. So at a steady, blood bewarming pace I flee my pen. Yes; just as piglets see a tempting lane Leading to meadows ripe with golden grain. Break from their sodden sty and, grunting, race. Glitter escape their confines, pent and base. "It is those big veils that fasten down tight under the chin and ears that I want to put in a good word for," said the bacterologist. "It may be that they ruin the eyes and shout out a lot of fresh air, as some folk claim, but they prevent women from putting dirty pieces of money into their mouths and so keep enough germs out of the system to make up for the other disadvantages."—New York Press. A genuine bull is credited to Augustine Birrell, secretary for Ireland, by a Bristol correspondent of the London News. "It is easier," Mr. Birrell affirmed in the course of a public speech at Bristol, "to face your foes in front of you than your friends behind your back." Ahead of the Game. Ahead of the Game Byker-I attended a successful sleight of hand performance last night. Byker-So? Byker-Yes. I lent the conjurer a counterfeit dollar and he gave me back a good one.-Chicago News. HUMOR OF THE HOUR Try, Try Again. "I have a splitting headache," sighs the beautiful young thing. "Have you ever tried magnetic healing?" asks the obliging young man. "No. What is it?" "You rest: your head, thus, on my shoulder, and I pass my arm about your waist in this manner. Now be perfectly calm and see if this does not relieve you." The position is maintained for five or ten minutes, and then the obliging young man asks: "Well, I'm sorry I don't seem able to relieve you." He is about to remove his arm, when she looks up at him chidingly and says: "It seems to me that if you have any confidence in your method you would be willing to keep on trying."—Chicago Post. Unsatisfactory. DeAuber—There is a life size portrait I painted of Puffem, but he refused to accept it. Brushleigh—It seems to be a good likeness of him. What was the trouble? DeAuber—It's only about half as big as he thinks he is.—Chicago News. The Smile Promoter "Have you done anything to make life seem more cheerful?" said the optimist. "Have you helped anybody to smile?" "I should say so. I have helped more people to smile than anybody else in the neighborhood. I'm a dentist."—Minneapolis Journal. He Struck Out Jagreen—I saw you talking to Borrows on the street this morning. Bilbrown—Yes. Jagreen—Did he strike you for a loan? Bilbrown—Not exactly. He struck at me, but never touched me.—Pittsburg Post. Measurably Mournful. A Tourist—Where's the bulldog I sold you the other day? "Oh, the poor baste swallowed a tape measure, and he died, sorr!" Tourist (waggishly)—He died by inches, eh? "No, sorr! He went round the back of the house and died by the yard."—London Opinion. The Informer "Teacher," said Dicky Jones, siding up to the desk and speaking in a whisper, "Tommy Tucker's tryin' to look cross eyed, like you look." It is scarcely necessary to add that it was Dicky Jones that got the subsequent whipping.-Harper's Weekly. He Was a Mean Man. "Before we were married you used to steal kisses from me." "You mean when your face was turned away?" "Yes." "Well, if you'll turn your face away I'll see if I can get up enough courage to steal one now." - Houston Post The Knowledge That Hurts. Towne-So Dumley married a college woman. My, it must be fierce for him to be tied to a woman who knows so much that he doesn't know! Browne-Oh, that doesn't hurt him so much as the fact that she knows now, much he doesn't know.-Catholic Standard and Times. "Yes," said the housewife, "yours is a sad story. But it isn't the same story you told last year." "Well, lady," answered Plodding Pete, "you surely wouldn't expect a man to go all dat time an' not show any Improvement!"—Washington Star. Branch Office: 3220 State Street Inducements to Drink -Charles Battell Loomis in Judge. Good Word For Veils. Bull of the Irish Secretary. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. SAN YARDS. 1st St. & L. & N. & S. RY. 2nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO HUMOR OF THE HOUR Obeying Instructions. A milkman who lives in a town of New England and collects milk from the neighboring farmers had in his employ a boy whom he sent about with a wagon every morning picking up his supply. There is a rather dangerous railroad crossing on the road, and when the boy began work for him the milkman said, "When there's a-train coming just stop and sit still in your wagon till it gets by." The boy went about his task, but instead of collecting the milk in about an hour and a half, as should have been done, he took at least two hours and sometimes more. The milkman grumbled a little, but the boy said nothing, and as he seemed honest nothing was done. One evening the milkman went over his route to see some of his customers. "What alls that boy of yours?" asked one of the farmers. "Why, nothing, only that he's rather slow," was the reply. "Slow! Well, I guess you'd think he was slow if you saw him resting for half an hour in his wagon down there by the railroad track every morning." "Is it true that you stop half an hour every morning down at the railroad track?" the boy was asked. "Yes, sir; I have to," said the boy. "Have to! What do you mean?" "Well, sir, you told me to stop when there was a train coming and to wait till it got by. There's a crook in the track there, so 't I never can see whether there's a train coming down the track or not. So I just stop an' wait till there's one goes by anyway, an' then I just skip over lively!"—Harper's Weekly. How Johnny Managed It. "You and that little Wattles boy seem to play very nicely together," said Johnny's mother. "I am glad there is one boy in the neighborhood that you can get along with." "Yes," replied Johnny. "I lick him every morning, and then he's nice to me all day."—Chicago Record-Herald. Admirable. "I certainly admire that pianist who gave the recital last night." "For his compositions or for his performances?" "Neither. I admire him for his nerve in charging $2 a seat." - New York CHOICE MISCELLANY Smart Boya of Long Ago. It is often asserted nowadays that our young men and women attain intellectual maturity much later than did their parents and grandparents, and in support of this theory the precocity of distinguished personages who flourished a generation or two ago is cited. Now, somebody who has probably been bored like the rest of us with this yarn about the phenomenal brightness of the old fashioned boys has looked up the records of eleven leading colleges to see what changes have taken place in the age of graduates. From 1850 to 1800 the average age at graduation was 23 years 1.3 months. From 1890 to 1900 it was 23 years 1.9 months. In 130 years at Dartmouth the average age at graduation has fallen three months. This average age, it appears, has changed as little as the average weather. Thus one or two precocious youths of the long age are sufficient to endure all their contemporaries with the same qualities. But the fact is the twentieth century boy is smarter than any of his predecessors, and (unfortunately) in nine cases out of ten he knows it—Pittsburg Gazette Times. A Pleasant Winter Evening. ARE YOU IN SEARCH OF ONE? Then Visit the "Chateau," 5324 State Street, Tonight. There is a fine Picture Show, Roller Skating, Dancing and superb music, refreshments and a jolly good time for good people. No proscription. Special prize program every Saturday and Sunday. LELAND GIANTS' BASEBALL AND AMUSEMENT ASS'N. PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4660 O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS CHICAGO JAMES J. GRAY ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1518 Ashland Block RANDOLPH AND CLARK STREETS CHICAGO Tel. Central 4728 Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1239 Automatic 5940 MILES J. DEVINE Suite 315-320 Reeper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. Phone Main 4153 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 5670 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 706, 171 Washington St. Res., 4856 Langley Av. CHICAGO JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 323 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 908 CHICAGO A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. Dr. W. E. MACKEY 4842 Armour Avenue. Phone, Blue 6571. CHICAGO. Hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 4 p. m.; and Nights. J. GARNER Tel. Douglas 325 FINE WINES, LIQJORS AND CIGARS 3030 State Street CHICA@ Phone Oakland 1528 F. A. Rawlins The Kodansha Bulletins UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR 4817 State Street CHICAGO Phone Douglas 1550 THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS. From on and after this date, The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, a cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars, and news stand, 342 31st street, near State. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 131 W. 51st street, near Dearborn. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 354 31st street. J. R. Peters, cigars, tobacco, laundry office and news stand, 338 27st street. T. B. Hall, laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 281 29th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, notions, cigars and news stand, 419 36th street. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State street. E. D. Burt, cigars, notions and news stand, 2636 State street. R. A. Jones news stand and barber shop, 4537 State street. L. W. Washington, Chicago Beach Hotel, Hyde Park. NEW SHORT STORIES athe For a Bachelor. es “ seoath, woe elt eds rote Sem gn and bad his offer rejected, Genator Hopking. of Ulinois for sym pathy and advice. Senator Hopkins is Inown to have a very sympathetic na- ture, and he listened patiently to the Bachelor senator's tale of woe. When ‘the: whole harrowing narrative was finiahed: Mr. Hopkins looked at bis Jovesick friend critically. The latter would not be classed as 2 handsome ‘man. As 2 matter of fact, he is prob- ‘ably one of the bomeliest men in the senate. 2 “Guess [tell you 2 Story,” enid the junior Tiiinols sefiator, with 2 smile. “You bave beard of Uncle Dick Ogies- by, of course? Well, be was © very famous man in bis day and one of the biggest governors my state has ae fi ja| yf ervey one ategtionstely called ‘visited the ‘penitentiary at Joliet to hear compfalits of prisoners, in- spect the premises, etc. ‘The governor opped before 2 cell. containing an ‘unusually ugly man. “My man,’ said Governor Oglesby pleasantly, ‘how did you get here? “Bor abducting a girl,’ growled the man. “Governor-Oglesby looked him over critically and then said: “Well, I'll pardon you as soon as I get back to Springfield. You could not get a girl in any otber way!” ‘The bachelor “senator laughed at first, but 2 moment lster, when the ‘application of the story dawned on him, he flew into a rage and hastened away. It was fully 2 week before he would deign to speak to the junior senator from Mlinois. “Tett's Latest Fish Story. Justice Harlan, says Joe Mitchell Chapple in the National Magazine, told a story to Judge Taft of how be went out to play golf in a fog. He thought he would drive the ball and sent it off at a “hazard.” He eame-to the caddie ‘and asked him to find the ball, looking ‘within 2 radius of 300 yards. The caddie's eyes stuck out. “I done found dat ball, judge. It ‘am in a hole sure ‘nough:, It jest wig- gied in like.” Tt was certainly remarkable that 8 Grive through the fog should place s Dall where the most earnest effort of two to twenty strokes may fail in broad daylight: Judge Taft responded with a fishing story, also about « fog. He went out ‘one day in a wagén to Ssh, and the fog came down thick. He drew up swhere he thought the stream ought to ‘de, cast his line, felt a pull and bauled ima fine trout—another bite and sn- other, until the wagon was filled. The fog lifted, and the wagon was 300 yards from the river! There was ‘lence which might be felt wher Jodge ‘Taft concluded, and Justice ‘Harlan tol no more fog stories. ‘Thought Him a Mollyeeddie. Jobn D. Rockefeller rebuked 2 Cleve- land man one Gay for sweering. © “Don’t swear,” be said. “Sey “durn’ or ‘shaw.’ There is as much com- fort in those mild words as in the red- Gest oaths. “I know,” said”"Mr. Rockefeller, “that such is not the prevalent opinion. The prevalent. opinion—bat it ts 2 wrong @ne—was expressed the other morning ‘by my caddy. ss “My caddy hed just been around ‘with a minister. After I drove off I said to him: “What kind of a player is the min- ister, Joseph? “Joneph snorted. : “spim?. he sneered. ‘He'll Sever sake a golfer. Do you know what be ‘gays when he misses the ball? y “No. What does he say? I asked. “He says, “Tut, tut,”’, Joseph ucerea” :, ‘Embarrassing For-Golene. General F. D. Grant says that on ac- count of the abolition of the canteen the health of the United States army is the -wopst In the world. “The temperance people,” said Gen- eral Grant at © dinner In New York, “can advance what-claims they will ‘We silence them effectually when we point out our wretched bill of bealth. | Mit 1s Uke thé colonéhand the cor- poral. z “tAny complaints, ‘corporal? saig the colonel, making a persona) inspec- ‘tion one morning. -y, "Yes, sir. “Taste that, sif? said the Sie cone! at the 2 ‘colonel put the Mquid to his Misys,’ he anid, that's the best aoup ire ai apa ‘and ‘the cook wants t0 call ft coffee’" — ‘tinecte] Correapondenta) District form Of governmen’ on erybody probably well knows, sffairs are administered now by a commission of three inca appointed by the presi dent, one of whom must be an army engineer. Those opposing the present form of government argue that it lacks tn concentration and efficiency. Ser public matters ate delayed by reason Of having three heads and. that the whole plan is inherently weak and has loug been outgrown by the city. ‘There is ane a growing, opinion that & concentration. of av- thority in the District government avould simplify the municipal situation ‘and produce better results. ‘The com- mission plan has its good features. It hes long been held up as,8 model, {deally sulted to the needs ot the Dis- ‘trict of Columbia, where suffrage is Pa Favor Single Head. Many substantial citizens and large taxpayers are convinced that a one headed government would work more ‘smoothly and satisfactorily. This is no new conviction on their part. It has been emphasized by recent exbi- ditions of division in the present tri- ‘umvirate, it is true, but the advisabil- tty of concentrated authority has ap- pealed to them for years. ‘These citizens, however, wiio honest- ly believe in the wisdom of a change for the public good, see great danger im going before congress and asking for a change at this time. If by sim- ple act one commissioner or governor ‘could be substituted for the triumvi- rate they would urge it earnestly and beartily. Fear Unrestricted Suffrage. But they fear the proposition would mean the opening up of the whole question of the relations between the District and federal government, with ‘& possible alteration of the organic act and perchance the granting of unre stricted suffrage. se Better suffer the ills we have, they argue, than Invite ills we know not of, especially as the {lls we now have though vexatious, impose no heavy burdens and involve no maladminis tration. In other words, they are re luctant to take the chance of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. + If the present form of government takes for discord, which is freely ad mitted, it has, at any rate, not resultes in graft and corruption of affairs her often clumsy and slow and unsatis factory, nevertheless has been almos uniformly free from scandal, save i minor places. The integrity of th commissioners themselves has neve! Deen brought into question. To Plant Thousands of Trees. There will be more and better tree Uning the streets of Washington b; next spring -than ever before if th plans 6f the division of trees and park ing of the District government are ms | terialized. | ‘Phe officiais are busily engaged 1 planting trees throughout the city | both in the residential and busines | sections, and it is expected that, #f th | weather will permit, the departmen will place in the ground more trees 0 | all varieties this fall than bave bee | planted during any one season in twer ty-five years. From District Nurseries. , | The nurseries of the District gover | ment at the foot of E street southeas ' | and in Georgia avenue will supply th trees to be used im beautifying ‘th | elt: Of the 2,100 to be set out, Bur | pean sycamores, elms, Norway maple | sugar maples, pin-oaks, gingkos an » | Iindens will be in the majority. » | During the summer the requests < | | residents for trees to be placed | front of their homes were careful ; | Considered, and whenever it was foun advisable to grant the requests wort | men were sent to these locations an : | excavations made. These excavation | are seven feet"long, three and « ha feet wide and four feet deep. ‘These were filled with rich earth ¢ the time they were dug. They are no - | ready for, the reception of the trees. +{ ., Preparing For Inauguration. " | Already Washington is agitated ov: - (the inaugural ceremonies and the tn tiation of William H. Taft into the o fice of president March 4. t| Commissioner Macfarland has su: © | gested that a departure be ma S| from the time honored custom = S,| holding the inaugural ball in the pe ‘sion office. He believes it should 1 dj beld in the new National museu I) building, which will be finished in ¢ probability by March 4. ‘. Schools of Long Ago. ‘The public schools in the District | Columbia were established in 180 ; | Thomas Jefferson, president of * | United States, being the first preside | of the board. In those early days tr » | Kinds of pupils attended the schoo those who paid for instruction a1 ¢those who did not. Nothing cou + have been devised to promote cla | Seen ees. eattr diy tae: ae | a system. The civil war changed IW STATE & WASHINGTON aN WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHA*E Jacob Freinberg MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 Bist ana State Streets Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. 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