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BROADAX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY One Million Women in White Plague War RICH AND POOR UNITE AGAINST CONSUMPTION. Mrs. Keith Spalding of Chicago Has Erected a Sanitarium For the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute Vol. XIV One Million Women RICH AND POOR CONSUMPTION Mrs. Keith Spalding Erected a Sanitary For the Chicago T One million women, representing cities, towns, villages and isolated rural settlements in every section of the country, are today enlisted in a campaign against tuberculosis, according to a statement issued by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. In legislatures, in Congress at Washington, in society gatherings, in churches and clubs, through speaking and writing—in every possible way, the women of the country are persistently fighting consumption. With an organization established in every state of the country, under the direction of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and with associated clubs in Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico and the Canal Zone, the women of the country have entered a systematic crusade to carry the message of the prevention and cure of tuberculosis into every American home. The organization of the women's anti-tuberculosis campaign was definitely begun in St. Paul in 1906, at the time of the biennial meeting of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, when that body sanctioned a resolution "to make the prevention and cure of tuberculosis a subject of study," and made Mrs. Rufus P. Williams, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Chairman of the new department, called the "Health Department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs." For the purpose of extending the campaign into the many cities and towns of the country, the Central Committee makes every local and State club under its jurisdiction responsible for the work in its own community. The Executive Board of the Mothers' Congress has also recently entered into the crusade, and has prepared circulars and literature on the prevention of consumption, which are being circulated broadcast throughout the country. In every city where the Congress is represented, an Advisory Board of local physicians is being formed to help educate mothers about tuberculosis. Other national organizations of women have given THE EIGHTH REGIMENT BALL AND BAND CONCERT WAS LARGELY ATTENDED AND IT WAS A BRILLIANT AFFAIR. Monday evening, the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards; gave its 9th annual military ball and dress parade, at the 7th Regiment Armory 34th Street and Wentworth Avenue. It was a most brilliant affair and largely attended by a great throng of people. Col. John R. Marshall and the other officers of the regiment, put in their time in dancing with the beautifully gowned ladies, and with mingling with the friends of the regiment. favorable consideration to the campaign against tuberculosis. One of the most notable campaigns which is being carried on by the women is that in the Southern States in connection with the traveling exhibit of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. In Tennessee, Florida and Alabama, whole States have been stirred by the activity of the women's organizations. In North and South Carolina plans for similar campaigns are now in progress. A large number of women occupying prominent positions in society or on the stage, are taking an active interest in the anti-tuberculosis campaign. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has recently given a million dollars for sanitary homes for consumptives. Mrs. Keith Spalding of Chicago has erected a sanitatorium for the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute at a cost of about fifty thousand dollars; Mrs. Collis P. Huntington and Mrs. Borden Harriman have given largely to the consumption fight. In Porto Rico Mrs. Albert Norton Wood, wife of a prominent army officer stationed at San Juan, has stirred the entire island through the anti-tuberculosis crusade she inaugurated. Mme. Emma Calve is a most enthusiastic worker, and has given largely of her talent and money for the relief of tuberculosis sufferers, and Miss Olga Nethersole has even lectured before the public on tuberculosis. And the fight is not only being carried on by women organized in clubs and by wealthy women, but by the working women in the general labor movement against tuberculosis, and by the women who are battling hand in hand with the disease in connection with the religious and philanthropic organizations of the country. The special tuberculosis nurse, too, is a recent addition to the fighting force enlisted against consumption, and almost all of these are women. No city campaign is complete today without such a nurse, and on this account hundreds of them are devoting their lives in unselfish service for the relief of human suffering. The best of order prevailed throughout the evening, and nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of those who were present on the occasion. Class number 2 of Grace Presbyterian Sunday School was very highly entertained Sunday afternoon by Dr. D. E. Bass of Culiacan, Simoloa Mexico, at the home of Mrs. I. B. W. Barnett, 3234 Rhoades ave. The wonderful prosperity of Dr. Bass has caused many of our professional young men to look towards Mexico with a sigh and a promise. But they should remember Dr. Bass looks like a Mexican, and speaks Spanish. CHICAGO, MAY 15, 1909. ```markdown ``` HON. KICKHAM SCANLAN. Eminent and successful lawyer, by his fellow citizens throughout Court. WARNING AGAINST FLY PESTS. Eminent and successful lawyer, who is being endorsed on all sides by his fellow citizens throughout Cook County for Judge of the Circuit Court. Health Department Urges Early Screening of Windows. KEEP ALL FOOD PROTECTED. Winged Carriers of Disease Germs Declared Man's Worst Foes. Warning against the certain invasion of Chicago within a few weeks by a vast army of life destroyers is given in the latest city health department's bulletin. The army is composed of what the bulletin calls "millions of the most dangerous insects known to mankind—flies." Citizens are reminded that now is the time to build up lines of defense and to prepare to fight them "as you would wild beasts seeking your life." How Diseases Are Spread. "Files," the bulletin declares, "may infect you with germs of tuberculosis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and other communicable diseases, as well as typhoid fever. After files have feasted on the infectious matter of a person sick with these diseases, they may go direct to your baby's crib, to your food, to your drink or perhaps to a small open wound on your face or hands and deposit the germs of these diseases. When these germs are deposited in your milk supply they multiply fast, therefore milk should never be exposed to files." Some Methods of Protection. Here are some of the suggestions made by the health department for protection from these disease bringers: Screen your windows and doors before fly time and keep the screens in place until snow falls. Keep files away from foodstuffs. Kill every fly that enters the sick room. Keep the patient's bed screened. Catch the files as fast as they appear. Use the sticky fly papers, traps, and liquid poisons. To clear rooms of files burn pyrethrum powder or blow black flag into the air of the room. These do not kill the files, they are merely stunned and fall to the floor. They must then be gathered up and destroyed. Eliminate the breeding places of flies—this is important. Keep garbage receptacles tightly covered. Clean the cans daily. Sprinkle them with kerosene or chloride of lime. Pour Kerosene Into Drains. Pour kerosene into the drains. Keep sewerage system in good order. Clean cuspidors every day. Keep a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid in them all the time. Don't allow dirt to accumulate in corners, behind doors, back of radiators, under stoves, etc. Do not allow decaying material of any sort to accumulate on or near your premises. If there is a nuisance in the neighborhood write to the Department of Health, 215 East Madison street. THE NORTH FORK COAL AND IRON CO. RECENTLY MOVED INTO ITS FINELY FURNISHED OFFICES AT 3724 STATE STREET. The North Fork Coal and Iron Co. recently moved into its new and finely furnished offices at 3724 State street, and without any question about it, there is not another Afro-American enterprise or company doing business in Chicago, occupying such elegant quarters. The desks and the other furnishings are all brand new and are up-to-date in every way, and it should fill the heart of every Negro full of race pride to see Colored men transacting business on such an elaborate scale. The president, John W. Hardy, certainly pulled his purse strings wide open in fitting up his offices, and he takes pleasure in inviting his friends and the public in general, to drop in and inspect the new headquarters of the North Fork Coal and Iron Co., 3724 State street. Mr. Marshall E. Singleton of Balto, Md., passed through the city the first of the week enroute to Balto, from Minneapolis, where he was recently called to bury his sister, Mrs. Marle Thompson, wife of Mr. Frank E. Thompson of Minneapolis. THE NATIONAL NEGRO AMERICAN POLITICAL LEAGUE WILL MEET IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, MAY 26th AND 27th. Governor Harmon and Ex-Senator Joseph B. Foraker Will Address the Gathering. The Officers of The National Negro American Political League have issued a call for the second annual meeting to be held at Columbus, Ohio on May 26th and 27th. This League was formed at Philadelphia about a years ago. The basis of the League was the merging of a number of national, state and local political organizations. They announced its purpose to be to convince the Colored voters, particularly in the North and West of the necessity of using their ballots primarily to secure race rights, rather than in the interest of any particular political party. The call invites the attendance and co-operation of all persons of all races who are in sympathy with its purposes, which are broadly stated as the cause of equal rights and equal opportunities. Particular interest attaches to the coming meeting at Columbus because it is to be addressed by Ex-Senator Joseph B. Forker, the peerless champion of the Black Bataillon, Gov. Harmon of Ohio and other prominent men of both races will speak at the public meetings of the League. It is also announced that it is hoped to have present Mr. Jason Brown, the only surviving son of John Brown, and that Mr. W. F. S. Cook, the son of John Edwin Cook, one of John Brown's principal lieutenants will be present at the meeting. One public meeting will be devoted especially to the memory of John Brown, as this is the Jubilee year of his martyrdom. The officers of the League maintain that events have fully justified their stand of last year, and hold that present conditions demand the continuance and extension of work along the same lines. They are quite satisfied with what has been accomplished, and claim to be the most, effective race organization of national scope. The League has issued the following call for the meeting at the Dunbar Theatre, Columbus, Ohio. To all Lovers of True Freedom who To all Lovers of True Freedom we believe in Equality of Rights, Privileges and Opportunities for all Americans without regard to race or color.— GREETING: A little more than a year has passed since a number of individuals met at Philadelphia and formed The National Negro American Political League, whose prime object is thus stated: "To organize and train the Colored men of America to use their ballots to secure for the race every right guaranteed it under the Constitution of the United States." The original call and the address adopted at the first meeting set forth in detail the reasons which made an organization having such a purpose, a national necessity. The same reasons apply today with added force. For none of the dangers and evils therein enumerated have in the least abated and new dangers menace the freedom and citizenship of the race. At that meeting a certain plan to be pursued during the then pending campaign was determined upon. Those of us who inaugurated that plan of campaign are still convinced of its correctness and necessity. At the coming meeting it is intended to take notice of what has been accomplished thus far, to discover mistakes, if any, and to arrange to avoid them in the future, and above all to lay plans to carry on the work begun and the work to be done, and to invoke the blessings and assistance of Almighty God in arousing our people for the mighty struggle in which they are engaged. To this meeting every member and every person who have contributed to or assisted the League in its work are cordially invited—especially will be welcomed to all the Friends of Freedom and of Equality of Rights, who regard these matters as of paramount importance, and who have found it difficult to retain old party allegiances under existing conditions. J. Milton Waldron, Pres. FLORIDA NEGRO KEEPS VOTE. Disfranchisement Bill is Defeated in House of Representatives. Tallahassee, Fla., May 8.—The joint resolution for the disfranchisement of Negro voters in Florida was to-day defeated by the house of representatives. Senator Money made a plea for "white supremacy," saying: "The Florida senate is the only body that has had the courage to challenge the validity of these amendments (the fourteenth and fifteenth to the federal Constitution)." "This is the opportune time for this agitation. To remain without agitation means stagnation. Are you going to sit still, content to let well enough alone, when you see these dark clouds looming up on the horizon!" Speaking of the sentiment of the North regarding the validity of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, he said: "There is a profound revolution going on in the northern mind-to-day regarding these amendments. The North is ready to look into these amendments, but they expect us in the South at least to take the initiative step." It is true that under the divine guidance of presidents Roosevelt and Taft; the northern people are being educated to look upon the 14th and 15th amendments as huge jockes and sometimes we honestly feel it would be much better if they would be repealed than the Negro would learn to fall back on his own strong arm, and fight for his civil and political rights for those who would be free must themselves strike the first blow. THE BROADAX Will promigrate and at all times uphold the rights of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestants, Priests, Inclo- sels, Singles Taxes, Republican, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, over- claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX $333 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. 'Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 10, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. BAPTIST CONGRESS MOVEMENT. Nashville is Ready to Entertain the Delegates to the Sunday-School Nashville, Tenn, May 10.—On Wednesday, June 9th, Nashville will throw wide its doors to entertain the National Sunday-School Congress and Young People's Chautauqua which will be called to order in its four annual session at Mount Olive Baptist Church, Cedar street, by Rev. C. H. Clark, D. D. The city is all astir making preparations for the Congress Movement, as the delegations will represent religious workers from all over the United States. Notable among the delegates will be found Sunday-school specialists, missionaries and educators, who will come prepared to discuss topics of vital interest to the religious and educational life of Baptists. Among this number will be Rev. E. C. Morris, D. D., of Helena, Ark., who for fourteen years has been president of the National Baptists Convention, which is the largest religious organization in the United States; Rev. C. H. Parrish, D. D., President of Eckstein Norton University, Cane Springs, Ky., and Chairman of the Foreign Mission Board; Rev. H. T. Musselman, Superintendent of the Teacher-Training Course of the American Baptist Publication Society, with headquarters at Philadelphia; Revs. J. F. Thomas and E. J. Fisher, of Chicago, Ill.; Revs. W. Bishop Johnson, D. D., and Geo. Washington Lee, D. D., of the District of Columbia; Rev. C. T. Walker, D. D., Augusta, Ga.; Revs. B. J. Prince and J. W. Bailey, of Cleveland, Ohio; Rev. Ernest Hall, of Bloomington, Ill. These are but a few of the number of divines and specialists who will be in attendance during the six days' session. The special feature of the Congress will be: First day, the meeting of the National Program Committee, which was called by President Morris and Prof. Hudson, the Congress session proper convening at noon. The Great Missionary Conference, under the supervision of Rev. Wm. Beckham, D. D., Field Secretary of the National Convention, will open on the second day with the home missionaries who are at work in the various states. The Educators' Conference in which college presidents and representatives from educational institutions representing fifty-two denominational schools, will hold daily sessions. The department meetings of the Congress will be divided up as follows: superintendents, advanced teachers, intermediate and primary grades. Each of these departmental meetings will have special lectures. Rev. N. H. Plus, D. D., of Springfield, Ohio, the National Chorister, will have charge of the music. A chorus of one hundred voices will sing during sessions, morning and night. Dr. Plus will reach the city about May 27 to select and prepare his chorus. Among those who will address the conference on special topics is the Right Rev. Bishop Geo. W. Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C., of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, who will speak on "Shall we save the boys or reform the men—which is easier and better?" There will be new subjects on the program each day, as there are thirty-six important themes to come before the Congress. Already hundreds of letters have been received at headquarters asking for homes, and many are selecting subjects upon which they will write. ```markdown ``` JIMCROWISM NOT NEW. Custom Practiced by Christian Churches at Boston Before the Civil War. Before the civil war, when there were comparatively few Afro-American churches in Boston, it was the custom in some of the white Protestant churches to set apart in a remote corner of the gallery pews for Colored people who cared to worship with their white brethren and sisters, notwithstanding a Negro church had been established at Boston since 1796. This custom, however, of setting apart a jimcrow pew in a Christian church aroused the opposition of the abolitionists, one of whom wrote a spirited little book against this practice. It was entitled "The Negro Pew," Being an Inquiry Concerning the Propriety of Distinctions in the House of God on Account of Color." It was published without the author's name by Isaac Knapp, at 25 Cornhill, in 1837. Without doubt reasons of prudence caused the writer to withhold his name, because the slavery question was already acute at Boston. "Suppose," says the author, "a church should set apart a seat for red headed people. Would a red haired man or woman ever be found in that church? Or suppose there should be a pew for the exclusive use of the humpbacked. Would it ever be occupied? "No man would be willing that his constitutional peculiarities, which God gave him, should exclude him from equal privileges in the house of God. It therefore follows that no one ought to desire any of his fellow beings to be subject to such exclusion for a similar cause. "The real cause of prejudice, however, is not color, but the caste feeling." He called the fear of amalgamation a scarecrow and said that the mingling of the races was going on all the time, even at the north, and that in the south it had made rapid strides. He gave this illustration: "A young physician went to the south, where he became acquainted with a worthy young woman, who was at service, without having the slightest suspicion that there was a drop of African blood in her veins. They were married and had lived happily together for some time when a gentleman called, took the husband aside and informed him that the woman was his property. The astonished husband was obliged either to pay the man his price for his own wife or have her exposed at public sale. He chose the former. On informing his wife of the circumstances she remarked, with tears, that she had supposed the gentleman, seeing her well provided for, would not molest her, especially as he was her own father."—Ex. "SAMBO" AT THE PEKIN THEA TRE. The patrons of the Pekin Theatre had their fondest hopes realized on last Monday night when the original Pekin Stock Company made its return bow after an absence of several months in the first musical comedy of the season. "Sambo." Harrison Stewart as "Sambo," supported by this clever talented company kept the house in an uproar of laughter from start to finish. As a neer do well he happens into Lonesome Dove, Okla, a new town just opening up, and finding the town in need of professional men among its needs, decides immediately to become its lawyer. His first test of ability is displayed when he proves himself innocent of having stolen a jug of whisky, which in reality has been presented to the Indians by Hank Lewis (Mr. Green), who does anything for money. Sambo sues the town in behalf of an Indian chief for false prosecution, and as the town is without funds he secures the whole town as Indian's damage, who in turn presents it to Sambo for a few drinks of fire water. Sambo eventually decides that Chicago is the better place for him and prepares for returning there. With a large, well trained chorus the musical numbers come thick and fast, there being a score or more in number. Among the most popular are "Dinah Dear," "My Southern Lou" and "Fleeding Eyes," which are rendered by Miss Nettle Lewis, which is a guarantee that they are catches. "I Want Nobody But You," that sweetly pathetic ballad by Joe Jordan, who again has charge of the music, is sung by Miss Florence Brown, Miss Clemmens and Mr. Ras Jones and nightly receives three and four encores. The production is under the stage direction of Mr. J. Ed Green, who is past master in this art. "Sambo" will have an indefinite run and should be seen by all—"C." M. B. One of the most popular business men and Republican politicians in the Hyde Park District who is putting in some good licks for the judicial candidates on the Republican side of the fence. The Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association will open their Chateau Garden Saturday, May 29th. Many new attractions have been added to make it more beautiful than last season. The Chateau Garden will be open for inspection in a few days. Mr. Jerry Mills of the Pekin Theatre, paid a visit to the Chateau last week. Messrs Daniels and Bell of the Pekin Inn, will furnish the good things to eat at the Chateau Garden this summer. A good time for all at the Chateau Rink. Meet me there tonight and have a glide on rollers. After you see the Giants beat the Anson Colts Sunday, at their grounds, 61st and Champlain avenue, visit the Chateau Rink and have a good time. Double Picture Show at the Chateau Sunday evening at 10 p. m. Grand March at 10:45. Those not wishing to skate will find amusement in dancing in the Terpsichorean Parlors upstairs. THE INSTITUTIONAL A. M. E. CHURCH NOTES. Sunday will be a big day at this church. The occasion will be the 3rd Quarterly Meeting. Rev. T. E. Reeves, Presiding Elder, will be present. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the pastors and members of the various churches will assist in the service, following at 6:00 P. M. by program rendered by the Christian Endeavor. At 8:00 P. M. sermon by Rev. T. E. Reeves. A special musical program at 10:45 A. M. under the direction of E. F. Morris: (1) 10:45 A. M. to 11:00, Organ Voluntary, (2) Anthem, "Oh be Joyful," Contralto Solo, Mrs. Scales and Barnett, (3) Trio, subject, "Lift up thine eyes," (From English) Misses Bryant, Ellison and Lee, (4) Anthem, "We praise Thee," (5) Soprano Solo, "The Soul's Awakening," Eliza McCoomer, with organ, piano and violin accompaniment. Blanch Logan, Piano, Prof. A. Violet, Violin. It is the purpose of the Pastor and Officers of the Institutional Church, to give special attention to the musi- cal part of the service, every Sunday morning and night. Evening program: Mrs. Evans, Sop, Mr. C. Caery, Tenor. —"S" CHICKEN THIEVES RAIDED THE HEN COOP OF DOCTOR AND MRS. EDWARD S. MILLER, 3642 WABASH AVENUE. Last Saturday evening while Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Miller, 3642 Wabash avenue, were both soundly sleeping and faintly dreaming of their happy wedded life, chicken thieves raided their hen coop and made a sleek "get away" with one dozen of their best and most blooded chickens. No one ever had the slightest idea that chicken thieves would ever attempt to follow up their trade among the select people residing east of State street, for we have been taught to believe that chicken thieves only raid the old, poorly constructed hen coops of the people residing on Dearborn street, Armour avenue, and on the other streets west of State street. CHATEAU RINK NOTES. P. J. O'BRIEN. MRS. MARTHA B. ANDERSON, WITH HER SWEET MUSICAL VOICE CHARMED THE PEOPLE OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, . 6450 Champlain avenue, left Wednesday evening for Nashville, Tenn., where she sang last evening, in Memorial Temple, in connection with the Fisk University, at the Fisk Jubilee, and with her sweet musical voice she charmed and completely captivated the musical lovers of Nashville. This was Mrs. Anderson's first singing engagement in the South and it will not be the last by any means. For good songsters are always in demand and later on she may be induced to make a more extensive singing tour through that section of the country. Mrs. Anderson will return home Tuesday morning. President, Beauregard F. Moseley; Secretary, Col. J. H. Johnson; Chairman House Committee, A. A. Wells; Chairman Entertainment Committee, J. T. Morton; Chairman Membership Committee, Adolph Harris; Chairman Library Committee, J. L. Fry; House Detective, Rufus Estes, can be seen at the Club Parlors between 5 and 7 p. m. every Sunday. STEAM HEATED FLATS FOR RENT. Modern 5-7 and 8 room flats for rent cheap, Steam heat, bath, hot water and Gas stoves furnished, Apply Geo. E. Maxfield, 6028 Aberdeen St. CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hardy, have removed from 1438 W. 59th street to 6250 Sangamon street. FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT. Nice furnished or unfurnished rooms to rent. Light house-keeping. Episcopalians preferred. First flat, 4922 Dearborn street. Rates $10.00 to $12.00 per month. Mrs. C. W. Jefferson has removed from 3666 Wabash ave., to 3520 Dearborn street. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Howlen have removed from 3807 Wabash ave., to 3746 Wabash ave. Attorney William E. Dever, has removed his law offices from 70 La Salle street to suite 506, Ashland Block. It is said that Mr. J. W. Anderson, 3231 Vernon ave., will in the fall become united in marriage to Miss Maude J. Roberts. Mr. Charles Quarles, 2919 Dearborn St., prominent member of several of our Fraternal Organizations is confined to his bed. Mr. Hugh Buchanan will sing a tenor solo at the Institutional church Sunday, morning. No doubt many of his young friends will be out to hear him. Attorney, Kickham Scanlan, who is exceedingly popular with all classes of voters in Cook County; is making great headway in his successful race for Judge of the Circuit Court. APPOMATTOX CLUB. CHIPS John Garner, 2030 State street, is still on the slick list, but each day he continues to gain strength and it will not be long before he will be himself again. 4566 Evans Ave., 1st flat, 7 rooms, 2nd. and 3rd. flats, 8 rooms each, Steam-heat, Hot-water and Janitor Service, Rent for 1st. flat, $35.00. 2nd and 3rd flats, rents, $37.00. Rent free to June 1st. Little Miss Bertha Crampton, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Crampton, 214, 28th Street; is just as bright as she can be. She is only 4 years old; nevertheless she has a desire to learn to read and write, and writes little verses on her slate; and she is one of our best little friends. The "Annual Thanksgiving Turnout and Service" of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows last Sunday was one of the greatest events of its kind ever given in this city by that organization. Designated as the Sixty-sixth Anniversary of the order the "Joint Committee' having the arrangements in charge spared no pains in arranging every detail so the onlookers would describe the affair in one word "Grand!" The programme at the church was participated in by Maj. Jno. C. Buckner, M. V. P., Capt. R. F. Ratcliffe, Dora Byrd, D. G. M., Geo. T. Kersey, P. G. M. Ex. Grand Master E. H. Morris, and Grand Master Houston. The Sermon was delivered by Rev. D. P. Roberts M. D. About two thousand persons attended. Immediately after the services, Grand Master N. L. Houston departed for his home in Washington, D. C., where it is said he is making ready for an early return to Chicago, which he has adopted for his future home. Twenty-five energetic Colored Men and Women to sell stock in the greatest industrial proposition ever offered. CALL AT ONCE. North Fork Coal & Iron Co. 3724 STATE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. ne Wasn't Fooled A once famous publisher was a man well acquainted with general literature, and it was often said of him that he never failed to name the author of any given passage. A would be wit, thinking to have a little fun at this gentleman's expense, told his friends at a dinner party before the said publisher's arrival that he had himself written some verses in imitation of Southey and that he intended to puzzle old F. with the question of their authorship. Accordingly later in the evening the wag quoted his lines, and, turning to Mr. F., he said: "I am sure they are Southey's from their style, but I cannot remember where they occur. Of course you can tell us." "I cannot say I remember them," replied Mr. F., "but there are only two periods in Southey's life when he could have written them." "When were those?" asked the joker, with a wink at his friends. "Either in his infancy or his dotage," was the quiet reply. Didn't Impress Him. Shortly after his rise to the bench Judge Coleman had occasion to pronounce a life sentence upon a notorious offender. In the course of his remarks the judge spoke with so much feeling and eloquence that many of the listeners were deeply affected. The prisoner, on the other hand, seemed to be quite indifferent, looking at the ceiling and apparently giving no attention whatever to what was being said. After he had been remanded to jail one of the young lawyers had gone into the cell, curious to know how the criminal had felt when his honor was passing sentence upon him. "What do you mean?" asked the convicted one. "I mean when the judge was telling you you must go to prison for life." "You mean when he was talking to me?" "Oh, I never paid no attention to Dick Coleman. He ain't no public speaker nowo!" -Argonaut. The Fate of the Fancy Set James, aged seven, had been promoted. In recognition of this great event his father purchased for him the following things that James insisted were necessary: A box of one dozen pencils, assorted leads; one ink and one pencil eraser, one pencil box with a marvelous roll top, three-copybooks for home work, two penholders and a patent strap that was a marvel of ingenuity, but somehow or other didn't seem to hold the books very firmly. The father examined the outfit a few days after and found that it contained— One much chewed lead pencil furnished by the city, a scribbling pad with a few sheets on it; a tin fountain pen that did not work and never could have worked and a skate strap to hold the things together. The father asked no questions. He instinctively knew what had because of the fancy implements of education. —New York Press. No Time For Retreat In an Irish garrison town a theatrical company was giving performances, and some soldiers from the local barracks were engaged to act as supers. Their duties included the waging of a fierce fight in which, after a stirring struggle, one army was defeated on a given signal from the promiser. For a few nights all went well, but on the Friday evening a special performance of the piece was to be given under the patronage of the colonel and other officers of the garrison. The two armies met as usual at the end of the second act, when they fought and fought and kept on fighting, regardless of the agonized glare in the eye of their (actor) general, who hoarsely ordered the proper army to "Retreat, confound you." But the fight still went on, and soon the horrified manager saw the wrong army being driven slowly off the stage, still fighting desperately. Down came the curtain amid roars of laughter, and the fuming manager hastened to ask the delinquents why they had failed to retreat on hearing the signal. "Retralite," roared a burly fusileen whose visage had been badly battered, "and it is retralite ye'd have us, wid the colonel and all the officers in the boxes?"—London Scraps. Mind Your Own Business. An old custom once prevailed in a remote place in England of giving a clock to any one who would truthfully swear that he had minded his own business alone for a year and a day and had not meddled with his neighbors. Many came, but few, if any, gained the prize, which was more difficult to win than the Dunnmow flitch of bacon. Though they swore on the four gospels and held out their hands in certain hope, some hitch was sure to be found somewhere, and for all their asseverations the clock remained stationary on the shelf, one being able to prove his absolute immunity from uncalled for interference in things not in any way concerning himself. At last a young man came with a perfectly clear record, and the clock seemed as if it was at last about to change owners. Then said the custodian, "Oh, a young man was here yesterday and made mighty sure he was going to have the clock, but he didn't." "And why didn't he get it?" "What's that to you?" snapped the custodian. "That's not your business, and you don't get the clock." The Chinese Sampans. In Canton 400,000 people spend their whole existence in boats, which are there called sampans. They are born in them, in them from infancy to old age and finally die in them. Collectively these boats form a floating suburb to the city proper, one of the most amazing human settlements in the world. Every creek is crammed with them. Along the main banks of the river they are huddled twenty deep—so close together that the covering of mats appears continuous as far as the eye can reach. And each sampan houses a separate family, with its own big brazier lamp, which serves for heating, lighting and cooking the evening meal. The scene when a really serious conflagration once gets a proper hold in the midst of these floating wooden homes may be imagined. Escape is impossible except for those moored at the outermost edge. In one of these conflagrations over a thousand persons lost their lives. Wanted Her. "An old couple from the east," says the Detroit Free Press, "are visiting their son in this city. If the mother gets out of sight of the father, he is constantly asking for her and is not content till they are together again. The other evening she went to another part of the house while he was in the parlor and after he had asked for her a half dozen times the son said, rather curtly: "It seems as though you couldn't be without mother five minutes at a time." "You're right," said the old gentleman slowly. "That's the reason I married her." A Suit of Ratskin. A thrifty Welshman at one time exhibited himself publicly in England attired in a costume composed from top to bottom of ratskins, which he had spent three years and a half in collecting. The dress was made entirely by himself. It consisted of hat, neckerchief, coat, waistcoat, trousers, tippet, gaiters and shoes. The number of rats required to complete the suit was 570. Most curious of the garments was the tippet, composed entirely of rats' tails. Worst Place For It Small Johnny had been ill for several weeks when one day an aunt from a distance came to visit the family. "Why, Johnny," she exclaimed, "how thin you are! Have you been sick?" 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Loafer the Fise*-7* ain't Tf means work.—Londou Skerch Women” ‘The musica! recently give nurses for the ! oa Gence Hospita! © °« oot For Nurses at Pr rast social and financial «uc es T> Afro- American physicians whe we aiding the hospital movement are very much encouraged at the progress of the new venture, and they speak words of praise and gratitude for the part which the women are taking to assist im maintaining this much needed insti- tution among our people. Power of Public Sentiment. It ought to be clear to most thinking Segroes by = time that the federal Jaws which are supposed to throw the mantie of protection around them are mere subterfuges and that their eff- cacy as laws fs subordinate to the strong public sentiment which has gathered strength and power since the day they were placed in the constity- eee Me Believed in the Cream. 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Tervalon, a cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George L. Martin, maker of fae ¢ gars, and news stand, 343 Sist street, near State ‘Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions ‘and news stand, 131 W. Gist street, gear Dearborn. ‘W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 254 Sist street, J. R Peters, cigars, tobacco, lan Gry office and news stand, 333 Sist street. T. B. Hall, iaundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 281 2th street. Mra. A. BL Baker, notions, cigars and news stand, 419 36th \street. 'B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and mows stand, 3583 State street. BR D. Burt, cigars, notions and ‘Rews stand, 2636 State street. R A Jones nows stand and berber shop, 4827 State street ‘L. W. Washington, Ciiengo Beach Hote, Hyte Pak —t™ MARKED GROWTH OF Y. W. C. A ‘West Fifty-third Street Branch at New York Has Capable Officers. ~ ‘The growth in membership, interest finance and personal helpfulness to ‘the members of the West’ Pifty-third ‘Street branch of the Young Women's ‘Obristian association at New York is very encouraging. The executive com- milttee end subcommittees are headed By capable women, who have the best interest of the worl at heart and whe are striving to make the association a place of social purity, culture and re finement for the members and the many strangers and visitors who come to the city from time to time. At the recent Baster exercises the ‘assembly rooms were crowded at ax arty hour. The opening was con @ucted by Mrs, Emma 8. Ransom ‘Mrs. Virginia B. Scott was in charge f the program, which included these mumbers: Chorus, “Conquering King,” by ¥. W. C. A. choir; Miss Elisabeth Bawards, Mrs, Maggie Clay, Miss Hat- tie Montague, Miss Lula Gales, Miss Hodsden, Miss Eugenia Exelle, Miss Loraine Briggs, Mrs, R. Seon, Mrs. B. L. Cox tn solos, and recitations were given by Mrs. M. R. Tate, Miss Gussie Hunter, Miss Martha Venable, Mrs. ¥. Miles, Mrs. M. L. Carter. Mrs. V. 3. Scott and Miss Aramanthea Hods- en were the accompanists. Charles Hill and Mr. Simeon were the violin- fat and cornetist respectively. ENTHUSIASM FOR Y. M. C. A. Opportunity to Hear Mr. Douglass and ‘Miss Effie E. Grant Appreciated. Interest is at high pifeh in the forth- coming spring recital of the Carlton avenue branch of the Young Men's Christian association, which is to be eld at Memorial ball, Flatbush ave- wmue and Schermerhorn street, Brook: lyn, on Thursday evening, April 29. Joseph H. Douglass, grandson of Fred. erick Douglass, will be one of the chief attractions on the occasion. The Bos. ton Globe said not long ago: “The most finished violin performer of the colored race is Joseph H. Doug- lass, grandson of the late Frederick Dougiass of Washington. The young ‘man has a worldwide reputation as a violinist. He inherited his talent for ‘the violin from his grandfather, whe ‘was a great lover of the instrument ‘and was himself a violinist of consid. erable ability, as was also his son. Charles Dougiass, father of Joseph.” ‘Miss Effie E. Grant, a soprano sing @ of the Yale Conservatory of Music at New Haven, Conn., will also make her first appearance before a Brooklyz audience. Other prominent artists tak ing part will be H. L. Pryor, dramatic reader, of New York; Hollis Smith, the ‘wonderful boy soprano; the Academy ‘Male Quartet, Albert S. Williams, the able pianist; William R Smith, tenot soloist, and Professor J. F. R. Wilson ‘eceompanist. ~ OTOOLE’S HARD LUCK. Horse Which He Had Ridden Was Not Properly Upholstered. After the big parade in New York on ‘Bt Patrick's day on one occasion Felix O'Toole, who had been one of the mar. sbals and who bad prondly ridden past the reviewing stand with head ‘erect and chest expanded, called on his sweetheart, Katie O'Flynn, to find out if she had seen and recognized him in the parade. : ‘When Fellx entered Katie's little sit ting room he greeted her effusively. “Good mornin’, Felix. Come in and sit Gown,” she said.” For some reason Felix preferred to stand. “Did ye see ‘me_on horseback in th’ p'rade yistidy, Katie?” be asked exgerly. “Ol Gid that.” said Katie, “an’ ye Jooked foine, Fellx, sure, an’ ye did. Sit down, Fells. Ol watched ye fer sa ehestres. ant Ol Would have fol- s © civision, but Oi couldn't get through ty crowd, it was so dinse Why Con't se sit down, Feltx? Phwat ar’ ye staniin’ there fer. l'anin’ op th manthel lookin’ lofke an {ftut? Sit down!” she commanded. “Katie, darlint, Oi can't sit dows today nor for sum toime, O! fear, be Kase the horse Ol wuz a-ridin’ yistidy ‘wasn't properly upholstered on th’ top ‘av his beck, an’ Of'm not falin’ i 2 sittin’ humor. Oi prefers fer te shtand.”” Proud He Voted For Bryan. At a recent cfvil service examination 4m one of the departments in Washing- ton a cadaverous clay eater from the backwoods of Georgia, who had trov- bied ‘the waters several times before without so much as producing a ripple, was asked by tne examiner If be were a grammarian. He straightened up to fils fall height, shifted his “chawing terbacker” to his left jaw and replied, with a look of injured pride in his face: “No, suh. Ah am 2 Gawgegian, sub, an’ Ab voted for Brine, sah, an’ Ah am proud of it, sub!” The exam- ner fell on his face and loosened all ‘bis new store teeth. New York’s Prominent Visitors. ‘Among the many visitors of prom! mence at New York during Baster week were Dr. William T. Vernon of Miss Elizabeth C. Carter Sr ne easeeds Maes Interdntonal Secretary W. A. Hunter of the Y. M. ©. A. and Dr. B.D, Stinson of Morris Pe Lio Wey ager ap ‘Stinson schoo! was in 2 nar re Sp alge — race a8 students, are preparing tor ‘usefulness to. thelr race.” "paras a aon 28 ae os rth chee cat Sere eae Old Wheel of Fortune, Am the village church of Comfort, near Pont-Croix, in western Brittany, is a very good specimen of the now rare “wheel of fortune.” It is made of ‘wood, with a row of bells on its outer rim and pivoted between a couple of Tough beams, altogether very primitive ‘Workmanship. By means of a cord aty tached to a crank the wheels can be amade to-Tevolve and set all the bells a-jangling. I have often beard that the-peasants believe that It has mi- raculous power of when rung Gre the bead’ of « euffeler who hat Placed a sou in the box to which the rope is padlocked. I received remark- able confirmation of this belief, for while making a photograph a well to do sallor’s wife and her husband came into the church and looked round. The woman asked me if I thought there could be any truth in this belief, as ber child was very backward in learn- ing to talk. Her nurse, who came from those parts, had advised her to bring the baby and ring the bells of Comfort ‘over his bead, when he would be sure to talk. As she was passing she had looked in to see if it was worth trying! —London Chronicle. ‘The Smooth Way. In the last generation Tyler Cobb, Esq. was a well known citizen of North Bridgewater, now Brockton, Mass. He was famous throughout Plymouth county for his witty retorts and dry bumor. Never having taken a sea trip, Mr. Cobb one day conceived the iden of making 2 voyage to New York. Ac- cordingly he safled from Boston in a small schooner. The first day out a storm was encountered and Mr. Cobb became violently sick, but after sev- eral hours he mustered up courage and ‘strength to look out upon the troubled waters. As he looked from the-side of the Uttle ship up the trough of the sea it ‘seemed very smooth to him. The cap- tain's cutting of the! waves was sense- less, he told himself. But as this mad steering continued the unbappy pas- senger finally crawled out on hands ‘and knees to where the captain stood ‘at the wheel and, raising his voice ‘above the din of waves and wind, shouted: “Man, man, keep in the ruts, keep in the ruts!” ‘niece tae. Just what may happen to a man who isn’t strictly honest was illustrated on a street car a few days ago. A man handed the conductor a dollar and asked for a strip of tickets. He re- cetved his five tickets, and then the conductor fumbled around for change and managed to make a “mistake.” ‘Be handed the man two half dollars instead of 75 cents, The man pat away the money without saying a ‘word and in a couple of minutes work- ed his way to the front of the car and got off. “Say, conductor,” said an in- terested observer, “did you know you @idn’t give that man the right change?” The conductor smiled com- placently. “That's all right,” he said. “If he'd been honest and returned that bed half dollar I'd have given him a good quarter for it. I've been trying to get rid of that plece of money for a week. I guess he deserved to get stung.”—Philadelphia Record. Genetitd Anecasmnece: A remarkable experience once befell Mark Twain in Australia, which, he said, determined him never again to fudge by appearances. He had just landed at an Australian port, and, to his chagrin, there was no porter in sight to carry his luggage. Seeing a rough looking, badly dressed old fel- low leaning idly against a post with his hands in his pockets, the author Deckoned to him and said: “See here, if you'll carry these bags up to the hotel I'll give you half a | dollar.” The man scowled darkly, and, tak- ing three cr four golden sovereigns from his pocket, he deliberately threw them Into the sea, scowled at Mark ‘Twain again and walked away with- out a word. Bows va “You are in the emp..y ¢7 or & jHomaire up on the hill, aren't >< sapped the sharp faced woman whe ran the butter and egz shop. “Yes, ma'am,” responded the man in the white apron, “and I want two pounds of butter for my master’s ta- ble. He said he'd send to town after it, only the roads arp #0 bad.” “He did. eh? Well, we are not par tienlar about his trade Did you tell him I said bis money was tainted?” “Indeed, I did.” “And what did he say?” “Said so was your blamed old but ter."—Chicago News. A Fixed Law. “You are positive this happened on Seer? Sepeneet come. “Tam,” ‘the witness. “Sure it was Tuesday?" “Yes.” “Why not Thursday or Friday?” “Because we had chicken that day. Chicken day is Tuesday where I board."—Louisville Courier-Journal. ‘Tis Conk’s Gaclension. The cook picked up an-egg. She looked at it doubtfully. “It's bad,” she said. ‘She dropped it. “It's worse!” she hastily added —Bx- change.— Actor—All the newspapers say my eee corn wate meee pent ot anc ts tainly wasn't acting. - Pr your just relations to other eae seuas ioe ea wot stot ! = JESSE BINGA $. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago 1, Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL, BANBING: 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year - REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estat@ for aoa- resi- dents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicage Real Estate. : Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. | B. H. 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Now be Perfectly calm and see if this does not relieve you.” ‘The position is maintained for five ot ten minutes, and then the obliging young man asks: “Does your head ache any more?” “Teees.” “Well, I'm sorry I don’t seem able tr relieve you.” He is about to remove his arm wher she looks up at him chidingly and says: - : “It seems to me that tf you have any ane eee oa wae? ae ee ee “1 made enough money in Wal jstreet last week to buy a house and lot” “Did you buy it?” “Well, no: but I wish I had."—New York Herald. Why She Did i. “Why ts it,” they asked, “thet you let your busband have his own way in everything?” “Because,” she replied, “I ike to have some one to blame when things go wrong.” Proof. “I guess their honeymoon is abeat over.” “What makes you think so?” “He's quit coming home for his ness tunch."—Detroit Free Press. 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