The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Prof. William E. B. Du Bois Vs. Booker T. Washington THE FORMER EXPLAINS HIS POSITION ANENT "THE WIZARD OF TUSKEGEE." COMPARES THE TWO LEADING EDUCATORS—PROF. DU BOIS, A GIANT FIGHTER FOR THE RACE, VERY PROPERLY INSISTS UPON BOTH POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RIGHTS—DR. WASHINGTON'S NEWS-PAPERS. Prof. William E. Bois Vs. T. THE FORMER EXPLAINS HIS F WIZARD OF TUSKEGEE." A SOUTHERN WOMAN EDITOR COMPARES THE TWO LEADING BOIS, A GIANT FIGHTER PROPERLY INSISTS UPON SOCIAL RIGHTS—DR. W PAPERS. Editor Springfield (Mass.) Republican—Dear Sir: I cannot refrain from a word in reply to the nameless critic who makes me the occasion for a "bitter" attack on Atlanta university. Atlanta university is in no way responsible for my opinions. Long before I went to the institution, it had deserved well of the American nation. Its 600 graduates have made the public school system of the South possible, have helped to make Tuskegee possible and have done and are doing good and effective work. For the philanthropic world to seek to punish me by crippling a great institution for good like this would be indeed lamentable. To piece out a meager salary I write and lecture. In so doing I express ideas and convictions. I do not think them "bitter," but they are honest and earnest. How far now ought Atlanta university to be held responsible for my thoughts? Only, as it seems to me, so far as my opinions are flagrantly and dangerously erroneous or an offense to decent folk. My anonymous critic, among other things, objects to (1) "classical" as synonymous with "higher education." (2) The demand for political and social equality of Negroes. (3) Personal criticism of Booker T. Washington. (1) Atlanta university does not give the "old classical education;" it is possible for a person to go through Atlanta university without Greek. Technical and professional courses are offered as electives, history and social study occupy a large place, our industrial high school course is one of the best in the South and in every way we attempt a broad, liberal course of higher training. (2) I do demand political equality for black folk and "social equality," if by that is meant the right of people to associate according to character and gifts and despite such adventious differences as creed or nationality or color. How could I be a man and not demand these things? I take up the current number of the Survey and find a proposal to disfranchise the procurers of prostitutes. Am I willing to be classed with these? Am I justified in admitting that I am not decent enough to associate with decent folk? How difficult it is for an American to understand that a Negro who demands equality with white men is not ashamed of himself. "He must be assumed, else he'd be content to be a Negro," they argue, and never seem to sense the paradox. It is precisely because I am proud of being a Negro and have unlimited faith in my race that I refuse to submit tamey and silently to the unbearable indignities heaped upon it today. (8) The criticism of Mr. Washington is, I freely admit, a more delicate matter. So far as possible I refrain from it. I try always to make up my criticism with due thought and courtesy. Yet what is the fact? It is impossible to discuss the Negro problem today and not discuss Mr. Washington. In education, in politics, in literature, in social reform, in every question affecting black folk, Mr. Washington's ideas are prominent and every day in a major state, not the things best to end. Will cannot they cease with the his activities ceaseless. To discuss those matters, one is compelled to discuss Mr. Washington. A public personage like that must not only endure but expect criticism. Only in this way can we reach truth. It would undoubtedly be a question of intercolegiate conflity for a professor in Columbia to criticise President Lowell's conduct of Harvard college; but if President Lowell became chief political sponsor for New England, owned and conducted one great metropolitan weekly and controlled a dozen others and interfered with nearly every social activity of ten million Americans, would it be discourteous for another American to question honestly Mr. Lowell's wisdom or his accomplishments? I think not. I shall, therefore, insist on my right to think and speak, but if that freedom is made an excuse for abuse of and denial of aid to Atlanta university, then with regret I shall withdraw from Atlanta university lest I harm a worthy institution. But I shall not cease to defend the right and attack the wrong. W. E. B. DuBOIS, Atlanta, Ga. Du Bois and Washington Compared. The whole thing in a nutshell is this: That Du Bois and Washington are aiming at the same end, but, like men of every race, they have their individual way of expressing themselves. Washington jolles the white man, and tells him that each one of them know some good Negro, and Du Bois simply calls a "spade a spade." And, although Washington has gone on year in and year out handing out this soft soap to the white South, the fact remains that the yearly supply of lynchings grows apace. We have claimed always that the Negro is where he is today because he has acquiesced in his own undoing. We have always held that the fellow who licks the boots of the man who has his heel on his neck is the one who will continually find himself in the boot-licking business. The Negro who unblushingly traduces and vilifies his own people in order to curry favor with others, soon finds himself where he had reason to believe he had sent the other fellow. Right in Mr. Washington's own state, peonage faunts itself with all the impudence and arrogance of the period of 1850! And what recourse to justice has the Negro? If he escapes bloodhounds are put on his trail, and he is hunted down the same as a slave, and when caught, he is haled into court, accused of owing the planter a debt, and either sent back to the plantation or to the chain gang! This is a remarkable picture for the sunny South, but it is true in every detail, and can be verified any day in the year. Is it wrangling when a man goes before other men and states such facts as these? Ought not the South be glad to know these things and remedy them? Or is it best to go on suffering, and to what end? Will any one contend that the South cannot change these conditions? Will they contend that it does not comport with the dignity of the South to lend CHICAGO, APRIL 30, 1910. [Name] aid to a proscribed and worthy people, who are continually ground between the mill-stone of proscription, repression and indignities, before the knowledge of which the good people of this country would stand appalled? The South has winked at its own sins of omission and commission long enough. It is time to throw on the searchlight and have done with cant and hypocrisy.—Editor Julia Sohmers Young in Louisville, (Ky.), Standard. daily—the undertaker comes—men have to stop work—stores are closed—the school attendance falls off—the good neighbors stay away from Church. Bad neighbors are worse for a neighborhood than bad streets or bad alleys. Press Service, Department of Health April 22, 1910; No. 8. OUR NEIGHBORS Every man is interested in his neighborhood and everything in it which affects the value of his property, the comfort and health of his family. He wants good streets, well kept. He would like to see his alleys paved and kept clean. Where there is more than one house on the lot, the alley is the street of many of the people. Garbage on the ground or in boxes, bad or overfull, lowers the value of property, breeds files, makes sickness and is uncomfortable. A badly kept house or yard or fence decreases the price of neighboring property, makes neighbors lose interest in their neighborhood,—lowers the general standard. A church raises the standards of all the property and all the people found about it. Manure boxes neglected, in bad order and overfull breed files, spread sickness and do harm generally. There is a basic principle of law that no man shall so use his property as to harm his fellow man. The neighbor in certain particulars, has rights in any piece of property more than any owner thereof. Did you know that the Health Department has the sickness record of nearly every piece of property in Chicago? This record runs back nearly three years. Did you know that the Health Department has the sickness record of every neighborhood in Chicago for the last three years? If you will get 100 neighbors together we will come to your meeting and tell you of your neighborhood. Let us remember that other things besides property go to make up a neighborhood. The neighbors may have been law abiding for years and then one or more neighbors misbehaves and a great scandal results. Each neighbor feels it. A neighborhood is composed of neighborly people and their children. A case of scarlet fever gets into the family of a selfish mother, she lets her children play with other children while her child's throat is still a little sore, or the glands swollen, or the skin peeling. The neighborhood has scald fever. The doctors come nally—the undertaker comes—men have to stop work—stores are closed—the school attendance falls off—the good neighbors stay away from Church. Bad neighbors are worse for a neighborhood than bad streets or bad alleys. Press Service, Department of Health April 22, 1910; No. 8. CATTLE AND CONSUMPTION TO BE DISCUSSED Experts at National Meeting Will Argue Whether Bovine Tuberculosis is Transmitted to Man. Important evidence in the worldwide controversy with regard to the relation of bovine to human tuberculosis will be given next week at the sixth annual meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, which will be held in Washington on May 2d and 3d. Dr. William H. Park, the noted pathologist, head of the laboratories of the New York City Department of Health, will present the results of years of investigation, which, it is understood, will go far to settle the question of the transmissability of tuberculosis from cattle to man. The discussions of the convention will be divided into three sections, besides the advisory council. Bernard Flexner of Louisville is chairman of the sociological section and Frank E. Wing of Chicago, secretary. Dr. Lewellyn F. Barker of Baltimore, is chairman of the clinical section and Dr. Louis F. Hamman, secretary. Dr. Theobald Smith of Boston is chairman of the pathological section and Dr. Walter C. Bailey, secretary. Dr. H. M. Bracken of St. Paul is chairman of the advisory council. One of the most interesting reports of the meeting will be that of the executive secretary, Dr. Livingston Farrand, showing the growth of the anti-tuberculosis movement since May 1, 1900. The number of associations for the prevention of consumption has increased from 290 to over 435; the number of sanatoria and hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis from 298 to 400; and the special tuberculosis dispensaries from 223 to 265. During the year 1909, thirty-six out of forty-three legislatures in session considered the subject of tuberculosis, and in twenty-sight, bills were passed for the prevention or treatment of this disease. Since the opening of the legislative season of 1910, out of ten legislatures in session up to May 1, all have considered the subject of tuberculosis and every one of them has Octoroons Are Declared To Be White by Judge Chretein OF THE LOUISIANA DISTRICT COURT. HOT TIMES AHEAD IN THAT STATE OVER THE COLOR QUESTION. ITS SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE WHETHER MULATTOES SHALL BE CLASSED WITH THE NEGROES OR THE WHITES. Lousiana is waiting with anxiety for e decision from its Supreme Court as to the relative efficiency of white and black blood in determining the racial status of a person who possesses a share of both strains. Local opinion, custom and law have hitherto agreed in holding that the black, and not the white, blood settled the question, and the octooroon, no less than the quadroon and the mulatto, has been considered a Negro. But Judge Chretein of the Louisiana District Court recently took the novel ground that one Josephine Lightell, an octooroon, had so little Negro blood that in the eyes of the law she was a white woman. If this decision stands it will open many doors now closed to the "Colored" people, and will break down not a few of the barriers that have been laboriously erected between the two races—barriers that are to the advantage of both in the estimation of many who have given careful study to the subject. Not only would such a holding tend to promote miscegenation, with all its disastrous consequences, but it will open the white schools to many children now excluded from them, and it will render difficult or impossible the enforcement of what are called "Jim Crow" laws in public conveyances. It can hardly be questioned that, however it may be in countries where there are few Negroes, in the South, enacted some law that bears on this subject. The officers of the National Association are Dr. E. G. Janeway of New York, president; Professor Edward T. Devine of New York and Dr. Henry Sewall of Denver, vice-presidents; Gen. George M. Sternberg of Washington, treasurer; Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs of Baltimore, Secretary; and Dr. Livingston Farrand of New York, executive secretary. Ex-president, Theodore Roosevelt and Dr. William Osler are honorary vice-presidents. OUR SOLDIER BOYS The Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard will give their Tenth Annual Military Ball at the 7th Regiment Armory, 34th street and Wentworth avenue, Monday evening, May 23d, 1910. The features of this annual event among our soldier boys is the awarding and presentation of gold medals to all officers and men who have served continuously in the Regiment for fifteen years. All who have proven their ability to shoot accurately at distances ranging from 200 to 1000 yards, and making the required percentage at skirmish fire will be presented with decorations including sharpshooter medals. Quite a number of the officers and men have qualified and will be decorated in the presence of the public with medals of honor, won by service and proficiency in rifle practice. Declared White by Judge Chretein ICT COURT. AT STATE OVER THE COLOR DECIDE WHETHER MULAT- SSED WITH THE NEGROES where there are many, it is the black rather than the white blood that is the practically determining factor. The mulatto is regarded as just as much a Negro in everything except color, as if he were pure African, and it seems to be the general impression that, with exceptions, of course, the mixture of the two blood emphasizes the lower, not the higher, qualities of each. This may, however, be only a way of stating that the white Southerner particularly dislikes in a man he considers a Negro, the qualities and ambitions which any fraction of white blood is likely to give him. Whatever the decision of the Supreme Court, it is certain that the white people of Louisiana will continue to hold any recognizable trace of black blood as determinative. Their whole social system as developed before and since the war depends upon the maintenance of this contention, and the feeling that it ought to be maintained is stronger all through the South now than ever before. It is based on the instinct of self-preservation, and against that argument is vain.—The New York Times. If the Supreme Court of Louisiana, upholds the decision of Judge Chetein, it will turn things upside down, for owing to the white society gentlemen dearly loving their Colored mistresses and bringing forth half-white children by them, it is exceedingly hard to tell who is white and who is Colored, in many sections of the South—Editor. The full 8th Regiment Band will be present to furnish music for the dance, which is the crowning feature of the evenings entertainment. The grand march will take place at ten o'clock sharp, the regiment being in line in full dress uniform to participate in the same. Tickets will be sold at the popular price, 50 cents, and the usual large crowd is expected. You are invited. WHITE MAN SENTENCED. Gets Eighteen Years For Killing Colored Girl. Hampton, Va., April 24.—After deliberating for fifty minutes, the jury in the Elizabeth City County Circuit Court yesterday returned a verdict, finding Eearl A. Vandyke guilty of attempted assault upon Rebecca Chandler, a nine-year-old Colored child, fixed his punishment at eighteen years in the penitentiary. Judge Clarence W. Robinson, who presided over the case, refused to set the verdict aside, and immediately pronounced sentence on the convicted man. A stay of thirty days was granted the prisoner, so that his counsel may appeal the case to the Supreme Court.—Ex. Ernst Hummel, well and favorably known through Cook County, has the deep and most profound sympathy of a large number of friends over the great loss which he has sustained in the recent death of his constant and devoted wife, Mrs. Hummel. --- THE BROADAX Will promulgate and at all times support the Democratic Party, Democracy, and Gabinete Progresista, Priests, Sikhism, Single Taste, Republican, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Air is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$1.00 One Month.....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5027 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS P. TAYLOR. Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. From on and after this date, all letters and news matter, intended for Julius F. Taylor, or The Broad Ax, should be addressed to 5027 Armour avenue. Phone number will be announced later on. OBSERVATIONS AND SOCIAL ITEMS BY MRS. IRENE LEWIS, 3745 WABASH AVE. PHONE DOUGLAS 4461. Our Young Boys. I wonder if the men of the race ever give any serious consideration to the state of the FUTURE MEN of the race. I am prompted to this thought directly by several experiences that have come under my observation. I do not write for the purpose of attacking any young character—for such may yet be guided to be great men of the race—but I do write in the hope that what I say may arouse the PESENT MEN of the race to be up and doing in an endeavor to strengthen its manhood. I believe with good, strong, pure men, will come in increased measure, good, strong, pure women. Some several weeks ago one evening about 6:30 o'clock four or five young Colored men got on a south bound State street car at Congress street. I believe they are employed in a large department store in that neighborhood. When they got to the rear plat form of the car a great commotion was set up by them in loud talking, scuffling with each other, and a single march through the car to the front platform where they continued to attract the attention of the passengers in the car. Their conduct, while not what one would call "disorderly," was anything but quiet and gentlemanly. When the car approached 36th street, one of the young men—not boys—in trying to get away from another, ran pell-mell through the well filled car from the front end to the back end, and jumped off, yelling as he jumped off. I think he lives on State street, between 36th and 37th streets. On another occasion a young Colored man got on a South bound State street car at Lake street one evening. There were but few passengers in the car at the time. This young man entered the car smoking a cigarette and continued smoking for quite a while after he had taken a seat in the car and did not desist until there were many passengers in the car. It is needless to speak again of the manner in which some of the young men were seen to return to the Minstrel Boys dance, from the saloon at 39th and Cottage Grove avenue, Wednesday evening of the recent affair at Oakland Hall. Wednesday evening of the past week I was returning home from the theatre and at 23rd street a half dozen young boys, I say boys because I hardly think any was over 18 or 19, boarded the car, some of them not in the best of condition on account of intolerants that been indulged in and one, who represented one of our oldest families, was inforcited so that he could only walk through the assistance of his comrades. I learned from one of the party who sat by me that this was the "first experience" of the over-indulgent one I spoke to the young man by me and asked him did he think that was bal, or any of the great men of color who have come down to us through the annals of history. With their boisterousness and ill flavored condition, these young men left the car at "31st street." It would be wrong to call the names of these young men for it would only hurt the mothers' hearts of these foolish, unthinking, youths. Such actions, when observed by ourselves, our friends, friends of the race, or others, do not tend to make the best impression on society, in its broader sense, and those guilty of such actions do not stop to consider the far-reaching influence thereby created in retarding the so-called solution of the so-called race question. We, as a race, need all the friends and well wishers we can get. If it is necessary, as it seems, to have the good-will of the white man, for he represents the wealth of the land, it is necessary for every one to be on his best behavior at all times. Our PRESENT YOUNG MEN will be the future TEACHERS OF THE RACE, by precept or example, and by such will we be judged. The Sunday Schools do not reach the youth we want to reach, nor the young men we want to reach. There is a way, there must be a way, and it remains for some Moses—lowly may be his station—to start a movement the influence of which will spread from city to city, until refined and gentlemanly deportment will not be the exception, but the rule. --- The Choral Study Club will render the "Last Seven Words of Christ" Sunday evening, May 1st, at Institutional Church. It is a beautiful chorus and everyone should avail themselves of this opportunity to hear it. A silver offering will be raised. --- The baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Rowans, 6203 Aberdeen street, died Monday last, aged 3 weeks. Mrs. Smith, 6510 Langley avenue, entertained Friday, April 22nd. Those present were Mesdames Richardson, Lawson, Anderson, Sloan, S. Laing William, Thomas, Ernest Bunn and Mrs. Smith. The afternoon was spent in playing whist. Mrs. Bunn carrying off the honors. A delightful luncheon was served. Miss Anna Cole, of Binga's Bank, has been quite ill, but at present she is improving. The Post Office Day, at Quinn Chapel last Sunday afternoon, was well attended, and the program was par excellence. The trio deserves great credit. Mr. Mundy should congratulate himself on the fact that he has such excellent talent to draw from. --- It is rumored that Mrs. William Emanuel with withdrawn her letter from St. Thomas, Episcopal church and will enter the holy portals of St. Monica's. --- The "Ways and Means" Society of the Presbyterian church met at the residence of Mrs. Samuels, 35th and Armour avenue, Monday evening last. THE MAY CORONATION PARTY AND THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY WOMAN'S CLUB. Detective Walters wires that he has located the May pole to be used in the May Coronation Party, May 2, 8 p.m. It was in the Jim Crow section of the City Hall, Chicago, Texas, despite the fact that it was manufactured in Frendlizsarg, Norway. It will arrive Sunday night, and will be under special police surveillance. The Enterprise Club will lead the North side invasion at the May Coronation Party at Masonic Hall, Monday night. The Peerless Boys say that they will hold down the South side forces. Queen Murty's secretary says that her maids-of-honor at the May Coronation Party, Masonic Hall, Monday night, will be Misses Etta Franklin, Madeline MacFarland. This is the largest retinue any queen ever had. Attendants of the Queen. Missie Inez Turner, Alice Brown, Etta Franklin, Carrie Smith, Ethel Worthington, Alice Brown, Emile Bryan, Madeline McFarland, Beatrice Manning, Grace Clark, Mr.. Harry Jonesie, Mr. Albert Johnson, Mr. Dana McGee, Mr. Rabe Taggart, Mr. J. W. Ganaway, Mr. Joseph Pope, Mr. Worthington, two representatives of the Ficklew Club, Mr. Julina Avendorph, director. The prices for ticket selling are on exhibition at the Gale Music Store. ANOTHER BLOW AT THE RIGHTS OF OUR PEOPLE. An Effort Being Made to Have Congress Discriminat Against the Race. There is now in force in this country, a law known as "The Morrill Acts" by which the United States Government makes large donations of money each year to the several States and Territories for education in Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. The Amendment of August 30th, 1890 to the Morrill Acts expressly provides that when but one institution in a state receives the whole appropriation under said Acts, that institution shall make no distinction on account of race or color in the admission of students. It also provides that it shall be lawful to divide the fund between two institutions—one for white and one for Colored students—in those States where the state law requires separate schools for the races. The appropriation from the United States Treasury to each State and Territory under the Morrill Acts was forty thousand dollars last year and will be forty-five thousand dollars next year and fifty thousand dollars each year ever after for the support in instruction in Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts. Fifty-one States and Territories are now receiving grants of money under the Morrill Acts. In thirty-five of these States the Morrill Acts grant is given to an institution which makes no distinction in the admission of students on account of race and color. In sixteen States the grants is divided between two schools—one for the Colored people and one for whites. An Amendment known as Bill H. R. 24316 has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Boutell to extend the benefits of the Morril Acts to the District of Columbia. The Boutell Amendment contains a provision that will be far-reaching and disastrous in its effects upon the rights of the Colored people, for it seeks to amend the Morrill Acts so as to allow the George Washington University—an institution which does not admit Colored students—to receive the entire appropriation for the District of Columbia. If this amendment passes it will set the seal of approval of Congress upon discrimination against our people by Educational Institutions on account of race and color and will open the way for the practice of this same evil by the thirty-one institutions receiving aid from the Morrill Fund and who now refuse to discriminate against the admission of Colored students, because to do so would make it unlawful for them to participate in the benefits of the Morrill Acts. In addition to the above mentioned evils, the Boutell Amendment, if it passes, will result, eventually, in taking from our people all of the benefits they now receive under the Morrill Acts. While the Boutell Bill professes to amend the Morrill Acts only for the benefit of the District of Columbia, it is a dangerous precedent, for if Congress will agree to disregard the plain provisions of the law and discriminate against the Colored people in the District of Columbia, there is nothing to prevent that body from doing the same thing at the request of any of the thirty-five white institutions now admitting Colored students; and if the benefits of the Morrill Acts can be taken from the Colored people in the District of Columbia in open violation of the law, why not the same thing be done in any other State or Territory in the United States! It is the duty of our people; everywhere, to resist this encroachment upon their rights at the very beginning for when once the precedent has been established for the discrimination by Congress against Colored citizens because of race and color, this work will go on until every right guaranteed the race under the Constitution has been taken from it. The time has come for every Colored person in the United States and for every church, society and newspaper among us to protest against the passage of the Boutell Amendment, and to do so at once. This iniquitous measure will not pass Congress if the voture of the race in the North, East and West will write their Congressmen and Senators immediately asking them to vote against the Boutell Bill, (known as Bill H. R. 2431S of the 2nd Session of the 61st Congress) or against any other bill which seeks to extend to the George Washington University the ENTIRE benefits under the Morrill Acts which may come to the District of Columbia. We suggest that each reader of this paper copy and send at once the following protest to his Congressman and Senator: Of Congress, from...... The undersigned, a citizen and voter in your State (or District, protests against the passage by Congress of the Bill known as "H. R. 24316 of 2nd Session of 61st Congress," or any Bill giving to George Washington University the entire appropriation which might come to the District of Columbia under the Morrill Acts, and respectfully ask that you vote against this or any similar measure when it comes up for consideration. I am, Yours very respectfully, Let every Colored man, every lodge society and church send in this protest and do so at once in order to save the race from unjust discrimination and wicked and unlawful class legislation. J. Milton Waldron. Washington, D. C., April 24 '10. CHATEAU RINK NOTES. The final stake race of the season at the Chateau Rink last Thursday, April 21st, was the most exciting race ever held at the Chateau. After a hard struggle, Mr. C. Eldridge won the one mile handicap professional race, and Mr. O. Studley winning the one mile handicap semi-professional race. . . . The talk of the town, the opening of the Chateau Garden, 5320 State street, May 14th. Music of 40 pieces by the First Regiment K. of P. Band with A. T. Steward, director. . . . Special attraction at the Chateau Rink tonight. A good time for all. Roller skating and dancing, best of decorum. Admission 10c. Mr. Rube Foster. --- Have you noticed the new front appearance of the Chateau De La Plaisance, if not take a ride out., and see for yourself. The First Regiment K. of P. Band will give a grand rehearsal of their latest marches, two steps and waltzes to the skaters of the Chateau Rink next Sunday evening, beginning at 8 p. m. . . . The reports of the Leland Giants Baseball Club for the week are as follows: April 24th, Leland Giants 12, Oklahoma 0, battery, Wickware and Pettway, Boon and Bolden, April 26th, Leland Giants 3, Oklahoma 1, battery Daugherty and Peetway, and Webb and Bolden, April 26th, Leland Giants 6, Oklahoma 1, battery, Foster and Pettway, Skinner and Bolden. . . . The Leland Giants will open with the Gunthers at Gunther Park, May 14th and will open at their home grounds with the Gunthers, May 15th, on the 21st they play the Artesians at Artesian Park, the 22nd the Mutuals at home, the 29th Koster Colts, 10 a. m., at their park, and on the 30th, Decoration Day the Gunthers at home. DRS. M. J. BROWN AND GEORGE W. PRINCE HAVE OPENED UP A NEW DRUG STORE AT 2950 STATE STREET. The first of this week, Dr M. J. Brown, who was prominently connected with the People's Pharmacy Company, and Dr. George Prince, who conducted the Relief Drug Store at 27th and State St., joined forces, consolidated their stocks, and opened up a fine store at 2950 State street. Their fixtures are very elaborate in every way and when they get all the finishing touches on it, they will have one of the finest and best appointed drug stores in this city. SPECIAL NOTICE Chicago, April 25th, 1810, to whom it may concern. This is to certify that I have sold all of my interest in the Kentucky Club Cafe, 2260 State street, to Mr. W. J. Welbaky, and I will not be responsible for any debts contracted in connection with the Kentucky Club Cafe. Thomas McCain. Colonel Jas: H. Johnson and a crack company from the gallant 8th, Major R. R. Jackson and his famous Chicago Zousave, and and the athletic team from the 1st Infantry, I. N. G., in an obstacle race, are some of the features the 12th Regt. of Patriarchs offers at the First Regt. Armory on May 12th. And of course the dance. Don't Miss the Grand Military Carnival and May Ball Given by THE 12TH REGIMENT OF PATRIARCH'S G. U. O. of O. F. At First Regiment Armory, 16th and Michigan Ave. Thursday Evening, May 12, 1910. EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND. Admission 80 cts. If you don't go, you'll be lonesome. CHIPS Dr. W. A. Buckner, has removed his office from 3160 State street to 3100 State. Despite the bad weather Monday evening, the song recital at Bethel church, by Charles Reefe, was well attended. D. J. Summons, 6752 Ada street, one of the old standbys of The Broad Ax, and who is interested in it to the extent of paying his financial obligations to it, without the least dunning. The Military Carnival and May Ball by the 12th Regt. of Patriarchs, G. U. O. of O. F. at the First Regt. Armory on May 12th promises to be a grand affair. Don't miss it. Mrs. Birdie Bartlett Evans, who was for a long time with Pitkin and Brooks, as stenographer, has resigned her position and engaged in the type writing business at 81 S. Clark street. George O. Jones, the husfling and up-to-date undertaker, at 1904 West Lake street, is making things hum, and at all times he is amply prepared to handle funerals in all parts of Chicago. Phone West 1761. Rev. Charles Teck, pastor of the A. M. E. church, Los Angeles, Cal., who is on his way to New York city, arrived in this city last evening, and will occupy the pulpit at Bethel church to-morrow. W. K. Crampton, 62 East 28th street, has been spending the past two weeks near Niles, Mich., where he contemplates negotiating for a small farm, where he can raise chickens, potatoes and other farm products. The Umbrian Glee Club, consisting of 20 male volces, under the direction of H. T. Clissold, will give a grand concert at Quinn Chapel, 24th and Wabash avenue, Thursday evening, May 5th, commencing at 8 o'clock sharp. Admission 25 cents. Listen: Perfect precision in drill, an obstacle race; gorgeously uniformed men and beautifully gowned women in the Grand March; and dancing to your hearts content. All at the First Regiment Armory on May 12th. Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 171 Washington street, Monday eventug left for St. Paul, Minn., where he spent Tuesday in the interest of the United Brothers of Friendship, of which, order he is National Grand Master, returning home Wednesday morning. The F. and P. new Department store, 31st and State street will have on sale this coming week many new spring goods, consisting of practically everything which are useful to the ladies. Their fine line of spring and summer hats, are just the card and they are being sold as cheap as high class hats are sold here in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slaughter, who have been numbered among the best and the oldest Afro-American citizens, of Topeka, Kan., have removed to this city to make their future home, and are residing at 5528 Grove avenue. Mr. Slaughter is the right hand or confidential man of Mr. D. G. Mudg, President of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. FOR RENT Five room flat; modern in every respect, gas; bath; steam heat, hot and cold water; the year round. The finest sanitary flat in Chicago. Call and see Geo. E. Maxfield, 6023 Aberdeen St. SIRES AND SONS Frederick H. Weyerhaeuser, the lumber king, is a German and came to this country in 1852. The English Admiral Sir W. M. Luard, who is in his nineteenth year, sang the national anthem at an entertainment at Witham recently. John Wanamaker, now in his seventy-second year, is still at the head of the great Wanamaker stores in New York and Philadelphia and is to be found in his office almost any day between 8 o'clock in the morning and 6 at night. When Edward Payson Weston isn't traversing the continent on one of his long walks he spends much of his time daily in the office of a New York broker. Next to walking, stocks are his great hobby, and his knowledge of the way of Wall street is only second to that of the science of pedestrianism. Captain James F. Wenman, oldest member of the New York Cotton Exchange and its first vice president, recently celebrated his eighty-seventh birthday anniversary. Mr. Wenman is known as the "father" of the exchange and is more regular in attendance at its sessions than many of the younger members. Mr. Balfour is in his sixty-second year. He first entered parliament as member for Hertford in 1874. Here he remained till 1885, when he went to East Manchester, where he remained till 1906, when he was defeated by Mr. T. G. Horridge, and since then he has occupied a seat of which he is hardly likely to be dispossessed so long as he chooses to retain it. Things Theatrical. Klaw & Erlanger have secured the American rights to "Miss Dudelsack," the Viennese operetta which has been much in demand. Frank Stayton, the English playwright who wrote "The Inferior Sex" for Maxine Elliott, is to write a play for her sister Gertrude, the wife of J. Forbes-Robertson. The little boy, David, who plays such a prominent part in Margaret Anglin's play, "The Awakening of Helena Richle," is a young woman of twenty-one who is only three feet in height, but is perfectly formed and carries out the stage illusion very well. Before going on the stage she was a stenographer. The Royal Box. Prince Nicholas of Montenegro is the most picturesque of living sovereigns. Keen on the preservation of national characteristics, his apparel is gorgeous. King Edward is reported disposed to revive the title of Duke of Kent, which has been extinct since the death of the king's grandfather. The recipient of the title will be his nephew, Prince Arthur of Connaught. The old tradition in Europe that princes must follow the military profession is not to apply to the Danish royal family. It is settled that Prince Erik, nephew of the king of Denmark and the king of Greece and the queen of England, shall be a farmer. The Cookbook. Cranberries cooked with grapes make a good dessert or pie. When boiling fresh potatoes try putting a sprig of mint in the water to give a delicious flavor to the vegetables. Bread dressing may be served with a pot roast as well as one put in the oven. The bread should be baked separately in a cake tin. Carrots will make delicious preserves. Take three-quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of carrots and sufficient water to make a sip and boll until the preserves are thick. A little ginger or lemon should be added to flavor. Facts From France. The new French navy bill fixes twenty years as the maximum life for the larger classes of ships. In a disastrous flood in France in 1840 60,000 acres were inundated and over 600 houses were swept away. Luminous ink has been invented by a French chemist. It is used to print posters and handbills, which may be easily read in the dark. President Armand Fallieres of the French republic, who is reported to have resigned his office because of ill health, the resignation to take effect May 15 after the general election, has been at the head of the republic since 1906. Proverbs. Big mouthfuls often choke.—Italian Proverb. The rude jester is brother to the fool.—Irish Proverb. Nothing overcomes passion sooner than silence—French Proverb. Avoid the ford in which your friend was drowned—Gaelic Proverb. Amulets. The word amulet is of Arabic origins and implies a thing suspended. Amulets were of various kinds. The moonstone, found in the desert of Arabia, was worn as a talisman against enchantment by the women, who suspended it around the neck. It was a white, transparent stone, the time for searching for it being midnight. ee Ee | Hotel Brunswick Geo, W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. I Bury Cheaper Than The Trust. | a | undertaker in this pig Ee AN RETR broke aap 6b Se BIARROUES teat tat he ie mow oeling cloth covered caskets for $15.00 and up. - Auto Hearse -and Carriuges, when desired with no extra pet ee ae to o- patrons; bodies. ped to a co een emer e ns sections OF Chicago and Suburban towns. ~~~ = GEORGE 0. JONES, 1904 West Lake. Street, Phone West. ie sar Pea Soares t ~ Pets las priate ge rer coe eis 4 il Bri ae feet pet oth : a ‘Robe, OMS Bex, Haga, nf tro cartager fo the out Year In Finance Loree lecrease—Funds For Various Objects Wisely Distributed .at An pal Meeting in Washington, Reports submitted to the fi board of the African Methodist copal church @t its thirty-eigbth an- nual meeting in Washington, Wednes ay, April 20, by the financial secre tary of the denomination, the Rev. Dr. John Hurst, show that $198,540.25 was raised in “dollar money” for the fiscal year ended April 1. Each of the epis copal districts showed an Ecrease in finance and general work. Bishop C. 8 Stulth of the stxth epis- copal district raised the largest amount —$28,070,28—and the eighth district, Bishop E. W. Lampton tm charge, re- ported the Aargest increase over the past fiscal year—$2,505.82. ‘The report by districts follows: First ‘episcopal district, Bishop Wesley J. @ —_ Genes in charge, $12,577.66, an tm crease of $507.61 over last year; sec- ond, Bishop Levi J. Coppin in charge $14,954.78, an increase of $258.38; third, Bishop William B. Derrick, $6,358.08, am increase of $258.83; fourth, Bisbop O. T. Shaffer, $14,524.88, a gain of $808.26 over last year; fifth, Bishop Abram Grant, $18,270.68, $515.35 more than last year; sixth, Bishop ©. & weowrvec, & gain of $2,550.23 ae ee non ies O14iNe- clot Sa LW. pai eme eon ies beeen te i: per, §152634. a gat ee tenth, Bishop Evans Ty $2 poses et Parkes, $2: ‘gn increase of 37.02; thirteenth (West Africa), Ee ee amen Sinep 3amteamees soe Gtin of 1,890.50 over last year. ‘The total amount raised wag $198,- 540.25, an increase of more than $16- 000 over last year. Of this money 8 Der cent, $17,883.22, went for educe- tional purposes; 10 per cent, $19,854.08, was given over to the A. M. B. church extension board; 36 per cent, $71, 474.49, was retained by the annual con- ferences for salaries of superannusted ministers, widows of ministers, or- phans, etc., and the remaining 46 per cent, $91,328.51, retained in the gen- eral treasury for the payment of the salaries of bishops and general officers and for other cpnnectional expenses. After Dr. Hurst had finished reading a detalied report, conference by con- ference, his accounts were audited by the nancial board. Bishop Abram Grant of Kansas City, Kan, who ts serving bis second term of four years as chairman of the board, presided. ‘The bishop ip one of the most forceful men in the A. M. E. church and is a member of the board of trustees of the Jeanes rural school fund, of which President Taft is chair- na epee COVERS THE WORLD. United States Rewards Foreigners ‘Who Fought in Civil War. Official igures show thatithe United ‘States government fn 1900 disbursed to pensioners of the civil war residing abroad $863,007.88. ‘The. largest por tion of the amount went to Canada, $451,540.58; four pensioners in the Ba- hamas recelved $672.20, one in Ber muda $180.27, four in Brasil $576, one in Haiti $180, twenty in Japan $3,430, ten in Liberia $1,700.80, 460 tn Irelahd $78,961.80, seventeen in China $2,908.70; four in Danish West Indies $645.30, ‘one in the Dominican Republic $180, two in Egypt $824,etx in South Africa $1,029.80. ‘The whole number of pensioners now residing in foreign countries is 5,047. Uncle Sam appears to have drawn upon the nations of the world, sixty- four countries furnishing men to help put down the rebellion. They did a good job, and now this country is pay- ing back the men it employed to help clean up for the advocates of state tights and human slavery. | ‘The Writers. bara tngie gyn t 9” eet fens a Sir W. S. Gilbert, J, M. Barrie and ‘Bir Arthur Pinero make more money than any other British dramatists. The society Amis @e ‘Baliac bas Tented the house in Rue Fortune, Par- ta, where the great novelist died. It ‘hopes to get enough money to buy ft and make a memorial storehouse. Reginald Clarence, the well kiown Dibliographer of @rimatic data, hes "been working for twenty years on a stage cyclopedia which will contain & bibliography of plays of which tt has been possible to find any record from B. C. 500 to A. D. 1900, Current Comment. ‘The most expensive watch in the world i» that kept on Germany by Great Britain. —Washington Post. ‘When T. R. comes back te is to be tendered a “dollar dinner” Held bet- ter bring bis meat from Africa if be doesn’t want to go bungry.—Cieveland Leader. ‘The revelations in a New York court where a negro railroad porter was up for speeding in his automobile to the effect that be bad bought the car from tips he had recelved dispose of the idea that the porter owns only the railroad. —Boston Advertiser. Our First Incorporated City. The frst city incorporated in this country with a charter and privileges was New York, which was granted tts papers in 1064. Varnish From Seaweed. A kind of seaweed which is plentt- ful om the coast of China furnishes an admirable giue and varnish. “When Gried it is waterproof, and it is em- siazel 0s Mi no ths tepenties ta bom boo network, of which windows are ‘frequently constructed in that coun- try. It is also utilized to strengthen ‘and varnish paper lanterns. Drinkine Water. | The average amount of water that ‘should be taken dally is from two to four pints, or from four to eight @iasees, More water should be drunk fm hot weather than in cold. Fire Escapes. . Fire escapes were first made in Parts tm 1761. Pestace Stamos. ‘The inventor of the adhesive postage ‘stamp was undoubtedly Rowland Hill, an Englishman, in 1837 he proposed the use of “a bit of paper just large enough to bear the stamp and covered at the back with a glutinous wash, which the buyer might by the appl cation of a little molsture attach to the back of the letter.” "@ACK TO THE OLD STAND. 11 W, 29th St near State St, T. B. Hall, laundry mens’ furnishings, 2o- tions; cigars, tobacco, and news stand. Phone Dougias 3268. ‘Phene Main 653 ‘ROTARY PUBLaS Phone residence, Gray S470 avrenser 47 Law Sutte $US, 271 Washington St. es, 4000 Langhey Av. CHECASS ‘Private Telephone, Oasemet 3699 ‘Tel. Calumet 3221 Dr. M, J. Brown Physician sud Surgeon 2960 State Street, CHICAGO. ‘Hours 10 te 12 mi 2te4: 7te9 pm. General Expressing - To and From All Depets MOVING AND VAN SERVICE. Ice Coal ee. ee Henry 4. Tarner Crystal loo Oompany re. ath steret Phone Oakland 424 Dorsey’s WHITE ROSE Pet rola tum | shee ee. arr doha J. Bum boa. sc iiood : THE We Give We Give Fish’s Stamps ‘s ‘ Fish’s Stamps DEPARTMENT STORE __ Gormer State and Thirty-First Streets Capes are growing in popularity. Come in and see the beautiful capes we are showing. All of the latest styles trimming in braids and buttons at prices from : $18. to $3.50. We want to impress on you the fact that you cannot find a finer line of waists and suits to select from than we carry. Why not cut your grocery bills down? We save you 25 to 35 per cent on groceries. Feinberg & Peck CORNER OF STATE AND THIRTY-FIRST STS. Phose Aldine 2686 Renting 2 Specialty Clark, Hayes & Co. Real Estate, Renting, Leans and Insurance Flats and Houses to rent and For Sale. 3705 STATE STREET } ’ CHICAGO St. Monica’s Church SR. Monica's: Ghareh, Dearborn and 86th streets. Rev. John 8. Morris, Pastor. Rectory, 3543 Dearborn street. ‘Masses on Sundays, 6:30, 9,30, 1030. Instruction for the children after the 8:30 mass. Chateau De La Plaisance 5824-26 State Street Offers for the Winter Unique and Superb ROLLER SKATE PROGRAM Every night In the week trem 7 te 12 P. M, with the following variations: SKATING from 7 to 10:80—Dancing from 10:30 te 12 P. M. every Tues ay, Friday and Saturday night, with the best Orchestra music, Cash Skate Prize Contest every Wednesday, Sun day and Monday night. G0 where you will, pay what you peo pe cuntay lente sme wholesome healthgiving entertain: ment. Come away from the stuffy, tubercular, 5 cent death given, cheap theatre and enjoy the Invigorating, atmosphere of the CHATEAU. Admission, 10 cents-—one dime & AMUSEMENT AS®'N. ‘THE .@ROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON @ALE AT THE FOLLOWING (NEWS STANDS. Broad Ax Can Be Feund on Sale “At the Following News Stands: 2M Hacvers eer sn, 8 x Wied te ihicr, ote it Sera? 3.8.3 " pa my ewe oe BF. A. RAWLINS | THE POPULAR AND UP-TO-DATE Undertaker and Funeral Director 4 Prices to Suit All. Calls ‘Answered Day and Night 4817 State Street. Phone Oakland 1328. A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand 6004 State street R. J. Jones, news stand, barber shop and pool room, 5264 State street George I. Martin, maker of fae cigars and news stand, 18 W. Sist street, near State. ‘Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 31 W. Gist street near Dearborn. W. 8 Cole cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. Sist street, near Dearborn. Philip Smith, cigars, tobacco and news stand § W. 27th Street, T. B. Hall, laundry office, tobacco and news stand, 11 W. 29th street near State. eS ee ee be the earliest ship of which we have: Tecord, but there exist paintings of Eeyptian vessel immensely older than the date, 2840 B. C., usually assigned to the ark, being, Indeed, probably be- tween seventy and eighty centuries, old ‘The Diving “Bell. ‘Tho diving bell was frat used in Bo- rope in the year 1500. It was subse- qmently used in searching | for -the ‘wreck of the famous Spanish armada, some time before the year 1680. : During the baling "am, eamntt at Greenwich, ae f 8 man known. as “Mutton Mpg," they knew by no other name. y, —_—_—_—_—_—— , Sausage Varistics. Im London you cen parehase 220 em ‘Gifferent varieties of . ‘mm the 2 “ ‘ re ee Mrs. Jas. H. Lewis, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th stret near State. : B. Davis cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State street. E. D. Burt, notions and news stand 2636 State street. W. M. Maxwell notions, cigars tc bacco, confections and news stand 5262 State street. H. Hart, news stand, cigars, tobacco and laundry office, 15 W. 35th street. A. A. Dwelle, cigar store and news stand, 21 E. 38rd street near State. Freddie Smith, 1358 29th street, Newport News, Va., news agent. The ruby is valued highest when contain te ait sere os et ruby thet hMstory syeaks of to Blisabeth of Anstria) the wife of Charles IX. It was almost as big as a hen’s ogs. ‘Saxon State Dinnera, At Saxon dinners siices of bread were the substitutes for plates, and these geneity went tase, <i Yals ‘basket afterwatt. Grandees rented to «svar platter placed. be course eget te ey ) ta recognise the superior edvan- metal and pewter. [SS euler | ' Sestcaratn coun =o eee =" be = A f STR eA Saat 2 Easiest Terms to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company Main Office: Suite 64, 95 Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. Branch Office 3517 State Street 'PHONE 4586 CENTRAL S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 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 estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. THE NEW YORK MUSEUM The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 'Phone North 1857 536 Rush Street. Leach's Express & Vans ALL PHONES 2840 DOUGLAS LEACH'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE LEACH'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE LEACH'S STORAGE STORAGE A STORAGE RECORD PLATING WAREHOUSE Private Rooms for Furniture, Heated Piano Rooms. Money Loaned on Furniture in Storage Main Office, 3228 State St. Warehouse, 4430 State St. Concerning Gemsta. Oh, do comet comes a blazin', But he ain' no good to me. His sumpin' right amazin', But he don't help folks to see. An' you wavin' do de mason, An' forgits de moon so bright Dat takes her reg' har station When we really needs de light. Dar's always dis here danger Dat makes trouble in de end— Inquired do de mason. We neglects de truity friend. Some folks, like comets glowin'. Is boun' to quit you soon. De kind dot's with de knowin'. nessa. Don't you see how it. It goes right down to the ground... man on earth could crawl under it. "So this is the bed that old maids buy. No man could hide under it. So it doesn't have to be looked under unessily the last thing before turning off the light."—Minneapolis Journal. Spanish. Spanish is the official language of twenty-two nations or states. Plant Life. Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Good Colored Tenants Always Appreciated AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY Stove Heated Flats and houses to suit your income. I rent only my own property. When you want to rent, you will save many a weary step, if you first call on Present this ad. Samuel Richardson, 142 La Salle Street Telephone Main 2183 CHICAGO Room 1, OTIS BLOCK Phone Oakland 1787. THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Oligars Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, IL - American Brick Co. - President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Roboy Sts.