The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Side Lights on the Meeting of the National Association of Colored Womens Clubs MRS. IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT, AND MISS BLASCOER, SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLORED PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. HAD BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND ITS SESSIONS AND THEN THEY WERE GROSSLY INSULTED BY SOME OF ITS OFFICIALS AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SPENDS MUCH OF THE MONEY HE COLLECTS FROM THE WHITES FOR HIS SCHOOL. IN SUBSIDIZING THE NEGRO PRESS, SO THAT ITS EDITORS CAN SUCCESSFULLY BOOST HIM UP AS THE GREATEST LIVING BEGGING NEGRO IN THE WORLD. HE SKILLFULLY USES THE NEGRO NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE AS HIS OWN PERSONAL MACHINE. SO THAT HE CAN CONTINUE TO SUCCESSFULLY HOLD ALL OF THE AFFAIRS PERTAINING TO THE WELFARE OF THE NEGRO RACE IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND. Vol. XV Side Lights on the Nation of Colored MRS. IDA B. WELLS-BARN SECRETARY OF THE VANCEMENT OF THE COUNTRY. HAD BEEN INVITED TO A THEN THEY WERE GI OF ITS OFFICIALS AND BOOKER T. WASHINGTON MONEY HE COLLECT HIS SCHOOL. IN SUBSIDIZING THE NEGR TORS CAN SUCCESSFU GREATEST LIVING WORLD. HE SKILLFULLY USES THE NESS LEAGUE AS HIS SO THAT HE CAN CONTINU ALL OF THE AFFA WELFARE OF THE NE OF HIS HAND. The attention of the editor of The Broad Ax was called to an article in The New York Age of last week, headed, "Hisses for Mrs. Barnett, Chicago Woman causes Stir in Recent Louisville Convention." The editor became interested to know the truth of the column article which went on to state that Mrs. Barnett accompanied by a white lady friend representing some Negro Committee appeared on the scene; that neither of these ladies were members of the National Association of Colored Women, or had ever had any relations with this organization; that Mrs. Barnett proceeded to offer a resolution before she had been many hours in the convention, to have the place of publication of the National Notes changed and a new editor appointed; that Miss Glasgow (Blascoer), would have received more courtesy had she come with letters of recommendation from responsible parties, stating who she was, and what she stood for, etc., etc. Ye editor called Mrs. Barnett up over the phone and asked her about the article in question. She replied that she had not seen or heard of it. Permission was granted for an interview and the article was read by Mrs. Barnett, who said she did not mind the tissue of falsehoods about herself as everybody knew they were untrust and that nothing else was to be expected from a newspaper which existed for and only because of the Tuskegee influence. But she did feel very keenly the attempted insult to the National Negro Committee which Miss Blascoer represented. "Who is Miss Blascoer? we asked." "Miss Blascoer is the office secretary of the National Negro Committee—or Association for the Advancement of Colored People as it is now known. She is one of the many splendid white people who are trying to help the Negro secure his rights, and feels the outrages and oppressions to which the Negro is subjected in this country far more keenly than Negroes of the stripe of the editor of The New York Age can possibly do. I never met a more faithful, earnest, sincere worker in our cause in my life and that she should be made the victim of this studied insult to the Committee which is doing so much for us—is too much to bear. If the Negroes of this country thoroughly understood the animus of it all, and that it is done deliberately as a stab at the only organization which is trying to help us secure equal rights and opportunities the editor and owners of The New York Age would be execrated and branded as traitors from one end of this country, to the other, said Mrs. Barnett. HEW TO THE LINE: LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Why did not Miss Blascoer have the letters of recommendation from the National Negro Committee, that would have given her the standing The Age says she needed? she was asked. "Miss Blascoer, like myself, was invited by the president, Miss Carter, to visit the Association and present the work of the Committee and was there in response to that invitation," said Mrs. Barnett. "I had been asked by Miss Carter to let her put me on the program to speak at one of the evening sessions. I had been urged by her for some time before the convention to come to the meeting, and be a member of the Resolutions Committee. So when she asked me to be on the program and present the work of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, I immediately consented for I thought it would be a splendid opportunity to let our race know what this committee plans to do for us. I did not know Miss Blascoer was going until I received a letter saying she had attended the New York State Federation, had met Miss Carter there, had been urged by her, Mrs. Wylie and Mrs. Talbert of Buffalo, to go on to Louisville and would meet me there. Do you think she needed more recommendation than an invitation by Miss Carter herself?" "Nor is that all," continued Mrs. Barnett, "Miss Carter belongs to the organization Miss Blascoer and I represented, and showed her desire to help the work by these invitations to us. Had we dreamed that she would be unable to resist the Tuskegee influence—or that anybody of culture refined Negro women would far forget their culture and refinement as to offer gross insult to its visitors—we would never have accepted these urgent invitations. Because I am a Negro women I felt so ashamed for the women themselves, who could be guilty of such gross exhibition of coarseness and ill-breeding that I have refused to speak of it. As a Negro woman I didn't want anybody to know they could be guilty of such conduct, but since "The Age" has told the world about it, I am absolved from my promise to say nothing about the occurrence of hisses, etc." "Was the resolution to endorse the work of the National Negro Committee voted down? In the resolutions we printed in last week's Broad Ax, was one endorsing the Committee, and yet "The Age" says it was voted down?" we asked: "The resolution was passed without a dissenting vote just as it appears in The Broad Ax," said Mrs. Barnett. CHICAGO, AUGUST 6, 1910. [Name not visible] DR. A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS. This week he was honored with an appointment as a delegate to the National Negro Educational Congress, to be held in St. Louis, August 25-27, 1910, by Gov. Charles S. Deneen. "In fact it was the eagerness with which the women received the news of the formation of the National Negro Committee and the work it is doing, which alarmed the Tuskegee influence. Scores of persons flocked around after I finished my address Tuesday evening, asking for the books I told them the Negro Committee had sent. Next day when Miss Blascoer was introduced and asked the women to meet after the session adjourned. one woman rose and said they ought to sing Praise God from whom all Blessings Flow. Without further invitation, the whole body rose and sang the doxology. An effort was made to divert this enthusiasm by having the women go across the street to have a photograph taken. Although it took a half hour to get the photographs, and the women were worn out with the heat and it was near dinner time, near two hundred women came back in the lecture room to listen to Miss Blascoer and pledge endorsement of the work. So many of them said, Mrs. Barnes I have something to take back to my club that is worth while. Why have we never heard of it before? "What is the reason the people do not know much about this National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?" I asked. "The first reason is that the Association is young yet. It is only a year old last May, when the second annual meeting was held in New York," said Mrs. Barnett. The second reason is that the Association had no money and few Negroes in the first meeting, who could tell about it. The third reason is that most of the Negro newspapers of the country are subsidized by the Tuskegee influence, and therefore print nothing of which Booker T. Washington does not approve." "But does Mr. Washington not approve of the National Negro Committee? Is he not a member?" I asked. "Mr. Washington is not a member of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People," said Mrs Barnett. He has been invited to be come a member, but so far has refrained from doing so. The eyes of the white people of New York and the country are becoming opened to the fact that a large part of the money they have given Booker T. Washington to teach the Negro how to work has been spent in the large centers of the North, East and West to teach the Negroes in them to work for Tuskegee. You can count on the fingers of one hand the Negro newspapers that are not in the Tuskegee syndicate, and not use all the fingers on that hand. These white people have also learned the political dictatorship that Mr. Washington built up under the Roosevelt administration, and they are opposed to that policy and have withdrawn their friendship from him on that account. Then again, our committee not only condemns lynchings, peonage, disfranchisement, jim crowism, legal or educational—but is organized to abolish those evils. At both meetings one held in New York City, these things were exposed and the organization pledged to work against them. That committee is composed of the best brain, some of the leading editors and most wealthy men of the white race. Hon. Moorfield Story, president of the National Lawyers' Association is president, and ex-Attorney General Pillsbury of Massachusetts is vice-president. Mr. O. G. Villard, grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Evening Post of New York, is treasurer, and Mr. John Milholland, president of the Constitution League of New York, which fought the fight for the Negro soldiers of Brownsville. Mr. Jacob Schiff, who next to Pierpont Morgan is said to be the greatest influence in Wall street, is a member of our committee, also both of the surviving children of William Lloyd Garrison, Mrs Villard of New York and Francis Garrison of Boston. Wendell Phillips, Stafford, Supreme Court Justice of Washington, D. C., Charles Edward Russell, the great magazine writer, William English Walling and a host of other men and women of the white race who are giving their influence to help us solve our problem. They have asked us to join with them and help fight our battles, and the Negro or Negroes who will not do so and want to keep others from doing so are enemies and traitors to their race. Booker Washington's doctrine of non-resistance, of concession, of condensation of outrage instead of protest; his policy of emphasizing worldly goods and industrial education to the exclusion of demand for rights and equal opportunities; his pernicious system of blindfolding the race to the dangers which beset it, and bribing the Negro press, pulpit and manhood of the Negro with the money, the prestige and political power which the American white people have given him in approbation of his exclusively industrial scheme of education for the Negro, forms the most dangerous menace to the race today. His Negro Business League, made up as it is of doctors, lawyers, politicians, editors, and a few business men who really have a bona fide business, is in reality a personal machine which enables him to keep his grip on Negro affairs everywhere, and in time aims to throttle everybody who dares to express an independent thought. I had thought the National Association William T. Stewart Separates From His Wife Mrs. Marella S. Stewart PUTTING DETECTIVES ON HER TRACK, HE TRACED HER TO THE STATE ROOM OF THE STEAM BOAT "UNITED STATES," WHERE SHE WAS FOUND IN COMPANY WITH A WHITE GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF HARRY JAMES. S. A. McELWEE, IS ATTORNEY FOR MR. STEWART. HIGH SCANDAL AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS ON EVANS AVENUE. On or about February 14, 1910, William T. Stewart, who holds down a good position for an Afro-American, at the stock-yards, was united in marriage to his present wife, Mrs. Marcella S. Stewart, who is the daughter of Mr. Drish who is in some way or other connected with the criminal court building on the North side, and in order to put on the proper amount of style, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, with the many wedding present, moved into fine quarters at 4224 Evans avenue, where they were figuring on spending many happy days and years far away from the common Colored people residing on old Armour avenue and Dearborn street. The register of the boat shows that they registered as Mr. and Mrs. Harry James, and after Mr. Stewart had walked up to the bed and pulled the cover off the face of his wife, Mr. James declared that "he did not know that she was a married woman, that he thought he was getting a single Colored chicken, at no time during the excitement of the evening did Mr. Stewart attempt to strike Mrs. Stewart art nor to injure the white gentle man in whose company she was found he only wanted to be sure that he was right before the final seperation. On Monday morning through his attorney S. A. McElwEE Mr. Stewart instituted divorce proceeding in the This, however, was not to be for shortly after they had promised the preacher that "they would dearly love obey, cling to each other, that they would forsake all others and embrace each other for better or for worse to the end of time. It flashed across the mind of Mr. Stewart, that his good and loving wife was sharing her love with other men, in fact that she was wicked with her hips while he was away from home working hard each day in order to provide her with the comforts of life, but he was loath to accuse her of doing wrong without a just cause, so early in April he engaged a detective to shadow her and for sometime the detective was unable to get any direct proof as to her side stepping, until last Saturday evening, it appears that Mrs. Stewart, had made it so hot for Mr. Stewart until he was forced to remain away from home most of the time lately, she refusing to cook his meals at the same time treating him like a dog, this state of affairs existed until last Friday, and on that day Mr. Stewart learned, some way on other that she was going to take a short trip out of the city which turned out to be her undoing, so he and the deceptive got real busy, and they shadowed every movement made by her. Nothing happened of any importance until last Saturday evening, for she appears to be pretty foxy herself, on that fateful evening, she left her fine home on Evans ave., quite early and not very long thereafter she showed up at the Clark street docks, where she boarded the steamboat known as the "United States," and proudly entered the "state-room." Michigan, which later on proved to be occupied by a white gentleman by the name of Harry James Mr. Stewart in company with a few of his friends and the detective hung around the "United States," steamboat until 10:55 p. m., then one member of his party walked up lightly knocked on the door and for a few moments not a sound was heard inside, finally the door was opened just a little bit and then the hunting party rallied their forces and after they had thrown their combined weight against it the door flew open and they were well rewarded for their trouble for they found Mrs. Stewart undressed and in bed, and Mr. Harry James the white gentleman was also undressed and had simply gotten out of bed to open the door, many empty beer bottles were laying around in their state-room, showing that after enjoying an elegant repast and after having plenty to drink they had settled down for the night on a pleasure trip to Michigan city. Stwart from His Wife Arella S. Stewart HER TRACK, HE TRACED ROOM OF THE STEAM BOAT WHERE SHE WAS FOUND IN WHITE GENTLEMAN BY THE ES. KEY FOR MR. STEWART. THE AFRO-AMERICANS ON The register of the boat shows that they registered as Mr. and Mrs. Harry James, and after Mr. Stewart had walked up to the bed and pulled the cover off the face of his wife, Mr. James declared that "he did not know that she was a married woman, that he thought he was getting a single Colored chicken, at no time during the excitement of the evening did Mr. Stewart attempt to strike Mrs. Stewart nor to injure the white gentleman in whose company she was found, he only wanted to be sure that he was right before the final seperation. On Monday morning through his attorney S. A. McElwee Mr. Stewart, instituted divorce proceeding in the Superior Court against his wife and on Tuesday the sheriff served her with a summons to appear at the beginning of the September term of court and to show cause why her husband should not be granted a divorce from her. In filing his bill for divorce Mr. Stewart, claims that at many times in their home on Evans avenue, and at 2978 State street, Mrs. Stewart committed adultery with O. F. Laster, D. L. Rogers, the same Harry James and with one John Doe, that on the 29th day of May, 1910 she returned to her home at 2:55 o'clock in the morning in a drunken condition and assaulted him; that she endeavored to kill him on another occasion pouring water in his mouth while he was asleep; that on or about July 23, 1910, Mrs. Stewart by threats, vulgar and obscene language, forced him to leave their home 4224 Evans Ave., and followed him into the street and on 33rd street between State and Indiana avenue assaulted him several times with rocks, and otherwise abused and ill-treated him. Mrs. Stewart, is very voluptuous in appearance, and being stunning looking, dressing in the height of fashion and being a high stepper, with her head in the air like a very beautiful queen, most any men, black or white, would feel like hugging and kissing her. DR. AND MRS. EDWARD S. MILLER GAVE A DELIGHTFUL DANCING PARTY AT RASH'S GROVE IN HONOR OF THE KENTUCKY GIRLS Tuesday evening, Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Miller, 3642 Wabash avenue, gave a delightful dancing party at Rash's Grove, 79th street and Bond avenue, in honor of the following Kentucky girls, who have been visiting in this city the past three weeks. Mrs. Smith and Miss Iona Smith, Miss Laura Smith, Miss Lizzie Smith, Miss Ellen Layton, Miss Webb, Miss Clay Webb of Lexington, Ky... Mr. Onna Oneal of Frankfort, Ky., and Miss Georgia Lattimore, and Mrs. Cole of Louisville, Ky. Many other strangers aside from the Kentucky girls, were also among the many invited guests. In every way it was a pleasurable affair and well on to 150 of the social lights of the city participated in it. Mrs. Miller, who was charmingly gowned in white as well as many of the other ladies, discharged her duties to perfection as hostess. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Indians, Single Taxes, Republican, or anyone else can have their sake, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fired. The Brond Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, even 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 5027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. PHONE DREXEL 4590. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. SPECIAL REMOVAL NOTICE. 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 Drexel 4590. EYES EXAMINED AND TREATED. Dr. P. J. Scott, ocular specialist. Spectacles and eye glasses made to order. 2636½ State street, Chicago. SOCIAL ITEMS BY MRS. IRENE LEWIS, 3745 WABASH AVE., PHONE DOULGAS 4461. --- A very pretty reception was given in honor of Mrs. Henry High of St. Paul, Saturday, July 30, by Mrs. Geo. Thornton. Mrs. High was ver yprettily gowned in nile green silk trimmed in lace and velvet ribbons. Mrs. Thornton in salmon silk with over drapery of chiffon. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Schaefer 4221 Oakenwald avenue will entertain the visitors with a lawn party Monday evening. August 8, 8 to 12 p. m. . . . Mrs. Thurston of 3639 Forest ave nue entertained the Kentucky girls at Maywood, Wednesday evening, Aug 3rd, with a lawn party at her mother and father's homestead. The girls and all present had a very delightful time. --- Mrs. R. C. Davis, 6542 Vincennes avenue, gave a dancing party to a few of the strangers. During the evening solos were rendered by Mr. Mitchell and Hugh Buchanan. Dr. Jas. Williams the brother of Mrs. Monroe Manning was united in Holy matrimony by Father Massiah, Monday, August 1st to Miss Mable Bryant. Mrs. Day and Miss Williams sisters of Mrs. Birdie Parris and Mrs. Charles George Martin, 3638 Forest avenue are visiting with them for a couple of weeks. Miss Parham of St. Louis is visiting with Mrs. Henderson, 3659 Vernon avenue. Mrs. Webby the wife of Dr. Webby of Louisville and children are visiting with her sister Mrs. Bell, 3749 Wa bash avenue. --- Mrs. Morris Lewis 3745 Wabash avenue held a reception, Thursday, August 4th 4 to 7 p. m., complimentary to Mrs. Anne Oneal and Miss Lettie Todd of Franklort, Ky. It was a very pretty affair, the color scheme being pink and green. Mrs. Mamie Smith was mistress of ceremonies and Mrs. Joseph Shoecraft presided at the fringe bowl. Some of those leaving cards and being present were Miss Clark, Mmes. R.-C. Davis, L. L. Deatherage, G. W. Lacey, Daniel H. Williams, Chas. G. Martin, Ernest A. Bunn, Wm. T. Jefferson, Alfred W. Hampton, C. S. Washington, Georgine B. Kelly-Harris, Thos. Cole of Louisville, H. J. Hohnson, G. A. Shelton, W. G. Anderson, Birdle Parris, S. A. McEdwee, I. N. Dunlap, D. Goodlowe Smith, E. R. Mead, Ed. Shanklin, Alone Townsend, Jos. A. Kelly, John R. Marshall, Fannie H. Clint, Fred Holt, Andrew McDowell, R. R. Jackson, R. N. Yerby, R. M. Carter, Gertrude Balay, George Cleveland Hall, Dickerson, Reta Carter, Flickett of Washington, D. C., and Misses Hancock, Mitchell, French Buan, Arnold, Davidson, Selden, Williams, Parham, Lattimore of Louisville, Robert Wood, Stevens, Blanche --- Wright, Miss Gertrude prefied at the piano. Mrs. Geo. Cleveland Hall will leave Saturday morning for the "resort" for the week's end and remain over for a week. Mrs. J. Gray Lucas will visit the "resort" for the weeks end leaving Saturday afternoon. 12,000 Gensumptive in Penal Institutions of Country. That there are 12,000 tuberculous prisoners in the state, federal and local prisons and jails of the United States, with less than 2 special institutions and hardly 800 beds for their treatment, are some of the charges made by the National Asosciation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in the following bulletin issued to-day. From several investigations that have been made, it is estimated that on an average about fifteen per cent of the prison population of the country is afflicted with tuberculosis. On this basis, out of the 80,000 prisoners housed in the penal institutions of continental United States at any given time, not less than 12,000 are infected with this disease. If the Philippine Islands and other insular possessions were taken into consideration, the number would be much larger. Some of the prisons of Pennsylvania, Kansas and Ohio show such shocking conditions with reference to tuberculosis that many wardens admit that these places of detention are deathtrap. Similar conditions could be found in almost every state, and in the majority of cases the only remedy is the destruction of the old buildings and the erection of new ones. Only twenty-one prisons in fifteen states and territories have provided special places for the treatment of their tuberculous prisoners. These institutions can accommodate, however, only 800 patients. In three fourths of the major prisons and in practically all the jails of the country the tuberculous prisoner is allowed freely to infect his fellow prisoners, very few restrictions being placed upon his habits. When the congregate mode of prison life is considered, the danger of infection becomes greater than in the general population. New York and Massachusetts are the only states where any systematic attempt has been made to transfer all tuberculos prisoners to one central institution. The largest prisons tuberculosis hospital is in Manila, where accommodations for 200 prisoners are provided. The next largest is Clinton Prison Hospital in New York, which provides for 150. The fact that 1000,000 prisoners are discharged from the jails and prisons of the country annually, and that from ten to fifteen per cent of them have tuberculosis, makes the problem of providing special places for their treatment while they are confined a serious one. So important is the problem that the Prison Association of New York in co-operation with the State Charities Aid Association, is preparing to inaugurate a special campaign for the prevention of tuberculosis in the penal institutions of the state, and will seek to enlist the cooperation of all prison physicians and anti-tuberculosis societies in this work. SAVE THE BABY. Mother's milk is the best. It is a fact that ten bottle fed babies die to one breast-fed baby. When the baby gets sick with bowel trouble of any kind, stop all food and call the doctor. Give nothing but a little barley water. Don't ask your neighbors' advice about what to feed the baby. Ask your doctor. And stop feeding anything but barley water, as soon as the baby gets sick. When the bowels are disturbed, continued feeding even of mother's milk only aids to the danger. Barley water is soothing, nourishing and harmless. Keep the baby clean. See that it has at least one bath a day. On very hot days it should be given a sponge bath several times a day. Take the baby out-of-doors whenever you can; especially in the early morning and evening hours. Babies must have fresh air, the more the better. Give the baby plenty of cool, pure water. Babies get thirsty same as big folks and milk doesn't satisfy the desire for water. Never keep the baby in a close, stuffy room. Have all doors and windows carefully screened to keep out the flies. But let the fresh air in. And, Don't Forget! As soon as the baby develops diarrhoea, STOP ALL FEEDING AND CALL YOUR DOCTOR. Feeding under such circumstances only aggravates the trouble and kills the babies. SIDE LIGHTS ON THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS. (Concluded from page 1). of Colored Women, independent of that influence until I went to Louisville." "But you were a member of the convention were you not" we asked before allowing Mrs. Barnett to draw breath after her long statement given above. "If being the president of two of the women's clubs represented at Louisville, and the regularly accredited delegate from the Ideal Woman's Club could make me a member of that body, I was. I had my badge, sat with my delegation, voted on all measures and offered motions on what I thought was for the good of the body as any other member would. I told you in the beginning that the whole story was a tissue of falsehoods, and the writer and everyone else knew them to be so. As a matter of fact, I helped to organize the Association in Washington City fourteen years ago, and had organized more of the club's represented at Louisville than any woman present. I helped Mrs. Ruffin of Boston organize the club of which Miss Carter is president, over sixteen years ago in New Bedford—also organized the first woman's club of Louisville, Ky., fourteen years ago. So you see I was quite within my rights when I endeavored to get the chairman of the executive committee's report acted upon and adopted. I had no thought of making a motion until the chairman recommended that we have an editor for the "National Notes," that the paper be enlarged, etc. But the personal misrepresentations do not bother me as everybody knows they are misrepresentations. Were it not for the insult to Miss Blascoer and the untruthful statements about the National Negro Committee, I would not have consented to the interview. As it is, I thank you for the race's sake, that you have given me this opportunity to let our people know who our friends are and what they are trying to do for us, and to tell them of the traitors of the race, who are selling our birthright for a mess of potage." SCARCITY OF GENUINE OAK TIMBER. Washington, D. C.—It will surprise most persons who know something about oak to be told that the so-called white oak timber of our markets is often a mixture not only of various species of the white oak group but also of other species, such as the red oak. This generally unknown fact is reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, which as a part of its forestry work, is frequently called upon to pass judgment upon the identity of market woods in dispute. Foresters divide all the oaks into two distinct groups—the white oak group and the black oak group. One way of distinguishing the two is by the fact that the black oaks require two years to mature their acorns, while the white oaks take but one. The woods of the two groups of oaks are also structurally different. The true white oak, known to botanists as Quercus alba, is merely one of the species which make up the white oak group. Red oak, on the other hand, belongs to the black oak group. Red oak has a number of other common names, among them mountain oak, black oak and Spanish oak. "There is so much confusion in the ordinary use of names of the oaks that it is almost impossible to keep them straight without resorting to the scientific names, but the marketing of wood of the black oak group as white oak is hardly fair to the consumer. Red oak, for instance, is now much more abundant than white oak, grows faster, and is generally regarded as inferior. The two species often grow together and occupy the same general region. In the early days of its abundance, market white oak was derived almost entirely, it is safe to say, from Quercus alba, the true white oak. This species combines approximately the utmost strength and toughness of any of the timber oaks, excepting possibly the southern live oak, which in the colonial days was so highly prized for shipbuilding that it was protected by special laws. The immense inroads made upon the then apparently inexhaustible white oak forests, which stretched from the Atlantic seaboard to about Missouri, gradually so reduced the supply that the use of other species became inevitable. At the present time it is almost impossible to obtain a consignment of white oak that does not contain pieces of some other species. Of the white oak group those most used, in addition to the true white oak, are bur oak, chestnut oak, chinquapin oak, post oak, swamp white oak, cow oak, and overcup oak; of the black oak group, Texes red oak, red oak, and spotted or water oak. Real white oak timber of number one quality is very largely cut into quarter-sawed boards, while a combination of one or more white oaks and red oak may constitute other cuts of "white oak." In many markets, the term "cabinet white oak" is now understood to include a mixture of white oak and red oak, while it often signifies red oak only. The question, "What is white oak?" is now coming up among consumers and manufacturers of commercial oak timber. The above-named white oaks are distinct but closely related species, which together must be depended upon for the future supply. For the ordinary purposes for which true white oak is used, practically all the trees of this group yield woods that can be interchanged and will serve equally well. CITY ORDINANCES YOU OUGHT TO KNOW. Ignorance of the Law Excuses No One. Following is the fourth of a series of city ordinances, in condensed form, which the reform department of the Chicago Woman's Club geeks to bring to the attention of the public for its enlightenment and in the hope of obtaining better living conditions throughout the city: DISTRIBUTION OF HAND-BILLS ORDINANCE 1,488—No person shall distribute, cast, throw or place in, upon or along any of the streets, alleys or public places of the city, any hand-bills, pamphlets, circula, books or advertisements for the purpose of advertising or making known in a general way, any business, occupation, profession, medical treatment, medicine, or any thing whatsoever, under a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $15 for each offense. The club's subcommittee for the Kenwood district has been active in agitating for unlittered streets for about six weeks. It has had the active co-operation of Lieutenant McCauley of the Hyde Park police station, who has given prompt notice to every offender that a repetition of the offense would draw after it prompt prosecution. In every instance this has proved sufficient. Subcommittees are watching for violators of the ordinance as it now stands in every part of the city. CHATEAU GARDEN NOTES The Vaudeville Show at the Open Air Hippodrome, formally the Chateau Garden, 5320-26 State street was well attended last week. Many strangers were seen among the vast crowd. Peeve the Jugler held the crowd spellbound for 20 minutes with his many tricks. Madame Glenn was at her best. Every person reported a good time and was convinced that the Hippodrome is the only place of its kind in the city for amusement. The Knights Templer of the many Commandries of the City are holding the fort at the Hippodrome this week. Big attraction at the Hippodrome, 53rd and State next Sunday evening. Don't fail to be present. Napie Lee, the great Trombone player is at the Chateau Garden this week. The final game between the great Stars of Cuba and the Leland Giants will be played at the Leland Giants home grounds, Sunday, August 7th. Game called at 3:30 p. m. Come early and get a good seat. Batteries: Mendez and Figarola, Foster and Petway. After the game at Leland Giants Park visit the Open Air Hippodrome show, 5320 State street and have the time of your life. The best attraction of the Season at the Hippodrome next Sunday evening commencing at 8:15 p.m. Overture by Professor Lee's Orchestra. Trombone solo by Napie Lee, Mayor, the great trick dancer, Sandifer and Martin, song and dance and Blanche Hazelton the great Buck and Wing dancer, C. Jones the greatest personater of a Zulu. A good time in store for all. Sunday is Jack Johnson Day at the Leland Giants Park, 69th and Halsted street, and the management, in addition to having the promise of the World's champion to be present in person will present to every lady entering the grand stand, a souvenir of the great fighter; this is in keeping with the progressive spirit characterizing the Leland Giants Baseball & Amusement Ass'n. MR. AND MRS. F. L. BARNETT GAVE A RECEPTION AT THE ART INSTITUTE IN HONOR OF MRS. JAMES L. CURTIS. Thursday afternoon, August 4, from 3 to 5 p.m., Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Barrett, gave a reception at the new galleries of the Art Institute, Michigan avenue and Adams street, in honor of Mrs. James L. Curtis of New York City, and between two and three hundred of the best people in Chicago, attended it, at the same time viewing the private exhibit of the paintings of the late William A. Harper, who was a student some years ago at the Art Institute, before taking up the study of art in Paris, and who was held in the highest esteem by the director and the other officials of the Art Institute. At the time of his death last winter in Mexico, Mr. Harper, was the most promising artist so far produced by the Afro-American race. in this country. These paintings by Mr. Harper, will be on exhibit at the Art Institute, until August 28, and as they are for sale, the Colored people, who claim to be full of race pride, refined and cultured, will have the first chance to purchase them at reasonable prices. All honor to Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, for the part they have played in assisting to bring the paintings of the late William Harper, to the notice of the public. THE GOVERNOR MAKES AN AP POINTMENT. One of the pleasing duties performed by the Governor during the past week was the appointment of Honorable Beauregard F. Moseley, delegate to the National Negro Educational Congress, to be held at St. Louis, Mo.. August 25th to 27th, 1910. The purpose of this Congress is to adopt some method by which the Negro may meet the new conditions brought abutt by the marked change in the attitude of the Republic to ward him. Each Governor from each of the Southern States has been requested to, and has named Delegates. We know of no appointment to surpass that of Governor Deneen, for, in the person of Mr. Moseley, the Governor has selected a man who has solved the problem of how to succeed, regardless of race, creed, color, or previous conditions, a man who has been successful as a lawyer, orator, business promoter and as a citizen. His manner and method, no doubt, if fully understood would be the solution to the conditions of which most of us complain. We understand that Mr. Moseley has accepted the appointment and will attend the Congress. CHIPS Mrs. S. J. Lindsay, mother of Mrs. E. L. Davis, is seriously ill. Mrs. Geo. H. Jackson, 3420 Vernon avenue, is visiting Mrs. J. Miller, Cincinnati, O. The Midlothian Club have planned an outing in Benton Harbor for this coming week. Mrs. Valdo Turner of St. Paul, was the guest of Mrs. A. W. Williams, 3408 Vernon avenue, Wednesday evening. Miss Garnetta E. Tibbs, cousin of Mrs. A. Wilberforce Williams is visiting Mrs. Mary R. Tibbs, Danville, Ky. Mrs. H. Orandorf, who has been quite ill, has recovered under the skillful care of Dr. A. W. Williams. John E. Owens is proving himself to be the people's candidate for judge of the county court, and it looks as though he will be a winner. Mr. Wm. F. Elliott, of 5236 Grove avenue, Secretary of the Colored Y. M. C. A. and Mrs. Elliott will spend a week touring Michigan and visiting Ottawa, Canada. Joseph E. Snowden entertained Miss Ellen Layton, Miss Laura Smith, Miss Ione Smith and Miss Lizzie Smith, at a theatre party to see the "Fortune Hunter," and dinner at the Pekin Inn, Wednesday. The Bachelor Club, gave it 4th annual picnic yesterday at Glenwood Park. It was a very select affair and only the cream of the four hundred attended it. A. L. Williams, Deputy Collector in the County Treasurers office, left Tuesday for Greenwood and Ninety- --- Six, South Carolina, his old home, where he will spend two weeks. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams was this week appointed by Governor Deneen, a Delegate to the Negro National Education Congress to be held in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 25 to 27. Mr. John H. Lindsay, brother of Mrs. E. L. Davis, passed away at his home, 523 West 54th place, recently He leaves a wife, widowed mother, four sisters, a brother, and a host of relations and friends. He was taken to his old home at Peoria for burial. Miss Josephine E. Holmes, one of the most popular teachers of Wiley University, Texas, and a rare temperance lecturer, and Miss Rowlin of Atlanta, Georgia, are summer students at the Chicago University with headquarters at 3226 Prairie avenue. Mrs. H. D. Laffoon, 5029 Armour avenue, returned home this week from a month's visit with relatives and friends to her old home in Marion Kentucky. She was entertained in most royal style and reports a most enjoyable trip. Attorney and Mrs. Charles Calloway, of Kansas City, Mo., were in the city Wednesday and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McElwee, 3230 Forest avenue. They were on their way to the summer resort near Ann Arbor, Mich. The ladies of St. Mark M. E. Church 50th street and Wabash avenue, gave a Sanger Fest this week, to liquidate the debt of $1,000 on the new church property recently purchased by them. A fine program was rendered each evening and a goodly sum was realized. Miss Dorothy Sears, a school teacher of San Antonia, Texas, and Pres. of Y. W. C. A., of said city is visiting her sister, Miss Almeta Sears at 3147 Forest avenue. Miss Sears will spend a few weeks in this city and then attend the meeting of the Business League to be held in New York. Edward D. Green, Republican candidate for the legislature of the first and second wards is making new friends every day and by the time the primaries are held the 15th of September, his followers and supporters will be so strong and numerous that they will break down all opposition to him. Mrs. Alone Townsend tendered Mrs. Thos. Cole and Miss Lattimore, Louisville, Ky., a delightful reception last Friday. Among those present were: Mdmes. James Curtis, New York; A. Harris, Covington, Ky.; C. Witt Curtis, Washington, D. C.; G. C. Hall, C. Shanklin, James Miller, Wm. Emanuel, J. R. Marshall, Mamie Smith, W. P. Bell, G. Balay, W. Williams, Alberta Smith, Robt. Jackson, Ella Martin, B. Parish, E. Hampton, Jos. Shoecraft, B. Bolden; Misses, N. and L. French, Essie, Arnold, Birdie Stevens, Naomi Curtis, Washington, D. C.; and many other home and visiting guests. FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT. Neatly furnished rooms with all modern convenience for rent to couples or single gentlemen, 2902 Calumet Avenue. Phone Aldine 596. Teacher of Vocal and Piano Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson Soprano Fall Term Begins September 1st, 1910 Residence 6450 Champlain Avenue Phone Normal 3316 Chicago, Ill. Office Phones, Randolph 3266-3267 Res. Phone, Doug. 4397 3337 Wabash Ave., Third Apart. J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 208-11 Kedzie Bldg. 120 Randolph Street, Chicago Telephone Main 2017 J. A. TRIBUE Attorney-at-Law 171 WASHINGTON ST. Room 706 Chicago He will bury cheaper than the trust [Name] GEO. O. Funeral Director and Embalmment successful undertaking establish of the people's appreciation of H I am the only Undertaker that the same price as Hearse and can To One Hundred Dollars on a fun You are cordially invited to commaking arrangements. GEO. O. JONES. We carry a large stock on hand from which to select, that will suit the people. Funerals are conducted in any part of the city or suburbs without extra charges. Large Chapel free to our patrons. Bodies shipped to all parts of the United States and foreign countries at the very lowest prices. Phone, West 1761. Lady attendant. Office and chapel, 1904 W. Lake St., near Lincoln St. The Retort Courteous. "I hate to press this bill, Mr. Slow-pay," said the tailor, taking a much wrinkled memorandum of accounts from his pocket, "but—" "Oh, don't bother, Snip," said Slow-pay genially. "You don't need to press it. I don't mind wrinkles in it at all. The fact is I've got a dozen fresh copies of it at home already." Jumping Stunts. We know we've heard that years age— It may have been high noon— A cow went out and did a stunt By jumping o'er the moon. How true that is we cannot say, 'We'll try not to convince. But the bears are bears. Have jumped some ever since. —Konkers Statesman. "See here," asked the cautious stranger, "if I decide to stay here for a week how much is it going to cost me" Our First incorporated City. The first city incorporated in this country with a charter and privileges was New York, which was granted its papers in 1864. Vernish From Seaweed. A kind of seaweed which is plentiful on the coast of China furnishes an admirable glue and varnish. When dried it is waterproof, and it is employed to fill up the interstices in bamboo network, of which windows are frequently constructed in that country. It is also utilized to strengthen and varnish paper lanterns. The average amount of water that should be taken daily is from two to four pints, or from four to eight glasses. More water should be drunk in hot weather than in cold. Fire escapes were first made in Paris in 1761. Postage Stamps. The inventor of the adhesive postage stamp was undoubtedly Rowland Hill, an Englishman, in 1887 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 application of a little moisture attach to the back of the letter." Keep plugging right along and say When you fall flat, "Another jolt from fate, but I Expected that." A grin is better than a groan. Life's road is tough. But joils won't stop you if you're made Of proper stuff. Dinner For Y. M. C. A. Managers. Plans are being perfected for the first annual dinner of the committee of management of the Carlton avenue branch of the Young Men's Christian association, Brooklyn. The dinner will be held at the branch, 405 Carlton avenue, on Wednesday evening, June 15. It will be an invitational affair. The object of the gathering, aside from its social features, is to lay before the citizens of Brooklyn the necessity of the work from a business standpoint. Stop Useless Extravagances. The craze for automobile and taxi- cab riding, fine clothing and a host of other useless extravagances is keeping the colored man back, says the Port- land (Ore.) Advocate. Why not imitate the foreigner who before he learns to speak the English Up to Him. Drinking Water Fire Escapes. JONES. . . er who conducts, one of the most ments in Chicago. As a result honest funeral direction. furnishes automobile funerals for carriages, can save you from Fifty general. appare our prices with others before and from which to select, that will part of the city or suburbs with-ons. Bodies shipped to all parts gn countries at the very lowest dant. Office and chapel, 1904 W. language launches out in some kind of business—bootblack stand, pushcart, fruit stand or something equally humble—and in a few years becomes independently rich and in this manner helps to make a place in the world of affairs for their people. Cuban Negroes Seek. Legal Redress. The Negro situation in Cuba has recently assumed some very important phases. A large number of Negroes who were arrested some time ago have refused to be released on ball, claiming the right of free speech. General Freyse Andrade, secretary to former President Palma, has offered to defend the prisoners in their claim to be heard, and the situation now looks dark for the administration forces. VAN DORN WINS HIS CASE. Court Gives Aged Afro-American Clear Title to His Property. Justice Aspinall of the Queens county supreme court, New York, has decided that Primus Van Dorn, an aged Afro-American, is entitled to his home, which he has owned for forty-four years in Jamaica, N. Y. The land in question consists of four and a quarter acres and is valued at $15,000. Mr. Van Dorn paid $50 for it in 1868. He is now in the eighty-eighth year of his age. He is the son of a slave who was set free by his master in New Jersey and who afterward moved out on Long Island. The family settled in the Springfield section, which was then almost in the heart of a wilderness, midway between Jamaica and Far Rockaway. The family continued to reside on the place, and in 1856 young Van Dorn, then of age, married and purchased a plot from John Conselyea. The deed conveyed one and a quarter acres, more or less. The boundary was a little stream which has since dried up. As the years went by and the small water barrier was removed Van Dorn, who was engaging in farming pursuits, was a little careless of the amount of land he cultivated. No one told him to stop, and he worked a section containing nearly five acres. He testified that he has held adverse possession ever since, and in this he was corroborated by others. No one paid attention to him, because the land was not considered worth while bothering about. Recently, however, all the section around has been developed, and the value of the land rose. Then some of the heirs of the former John Conselya decided to evict Mr. Van Dorn and gain possession of the land; but, having held it so long, he fought back. In the case that was submitted to the court all the facts were agreed upon, and it left but a question of law for the court to decide to whom the property belonged. Miss Panleigh-1 have had my picture taken once every years since I was ten. Miss Youngthing-Oh, do let me see one of the old daguerreotypes. They're so quaint--Roselief. Lays For His Feed. He sings not for a wreath of hay. For fame he caroos not his lay. Although he tries his best to please, He sings to get his breast and glance. -Detroit News. He Never Smiled Again. "Why is little Johnny pining away?" "He saw a lady passing and yelled 'There's a mouse!' and it was a sultry gite in bloomers. She didn't jump!" -Cleveland Leader. Dried Seaweed. The Norwegians make use of dried seaweed for fuel. Derivation of Money The word "money" is derived from "moneta," a name given by the Romans to their silver pieces because coined in a building on the Capitoline hill attached to the temple of Jupiter Moneta. The officers in charge of the mint were called triumviri monteales, and Niebuhr thinks that they were introduced at the time when the Romans first began to coin silver. Standing Armies The first standing army of modern times was established by Charles VII, of France in 1445. In England the first standing army was organised in 1469 Folding a Man's Coat To fold a man's coat lay the coat out perfectly flat with the inside down. The sleeves should be spread out smoothly and then folded back to the elbow until each end of the sleeve is even with the collar. Fold the revers back and then double the coat over, folding it directly in the center seam, and then smooth it out carefully and lay flat in the drawer. Nettle Fiber From nettle fiber a thread has been produced so fine that a length of sixty miles of it weighs but two and a half pounds. Orang-utan. Orang-utan is a Malay word derived from orang, man, and utan, woods. It would appear from this that the Dyaks of Borneo, who use the term, were Darwinians at an early date. The one thing most nearly human about the orang-utan is its cry when wounded, according to the stories of hunters. Legislative "Riders." A rider, in legislative parlance, is an additional section or clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage and frequently foreign to its original purport. Submarines. Electricity is the only motor power used in submarine boats. The Roman Emperors The first fourteen Roman emperors all shaved their faces clean. There is a portrait bust representing Nero with a beard, but it is not believed to be authentic. Silk of Spain. Nearly all the silk of Spain is pre produced in the province of Murcia. After Dinner Drawings A man feels drowny after a hearty dinner because a large part of the blood in the system goes to the stomach to aid the digestion and leaves the brain poorly supplied. An Ancient Oil Well A petroleum well has been known in Zante, one of the Ionian islands, for nearly 8,000 years. It is mentioned by Herodotus, who was born 484 years before the Christian era. Circus Horses. After training a good circus horse is worth from $3,000 to $5,000. A. Swashbuckler One of Louis XVIII's bodyguard fought three duels in a single day, first with a gentleman who looked askew at him, then with another who looked straight at him and finally with one who avoided looking at him at all. The River Indus The Indus, the second sacred river of India, is 1,700 miles long. Its waters have always been considered almost as holy as those of the Ganges. Uncle Sam's Great Seals. There have been three great scals of the United States—one in 1782, a second in 1841 and that of 1885, which is used at the present day by the secretary of state. He affixes it to communications signed by the president. Sugar. Sugar alone will sustain life for a considerable time. The Pony Express The quickest run ever made by the pony express was when Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural message was sent from St. Joe to Sacramento in seven days and seventeen hours. Apello's Favorite Instrument Apollo was the old god of music, and his favorite instrument, the lyre, was invented by Mercury. When the latter was four hours old he found the shell of a tortoise and made it into a lyre with nine strings in honor of the nine muses. This instrument Mercury gave to Apollo, who became a wonderful player upon it. The lyre was used by the Greeks in olden times, and from it was fashioned the harp. Flies. A fly will lie motionless at a temperature of freezing point, begin to crowl at 88 degrees, to buss and fly at 68 degrees. One hundred and thirteen degrees of dry heat will usually kill a fly in a short time. Dressing the Hair. In preparing human hair for sale it is first assorted, combed and washed in boiling water to which a weak solution of soda or ammonia is added, then assorted as to colors. The short hairs are wound around little glass bars placed in a coke beaten kila for six days, when they are ready for sale as "curia." No Wonder. The ancients thought the world was flat I'm really not surprised at that. We'd find it flat, I dare to say, If we were living in their day. Just think, they had no anus then, No show girls to delight the men, No pipes to smoke and no cigars, No cocktails served at handsome bars, No wine, no beer, no green tea, No liners speeding o'er the sea, No yellow journals and no flats, No women's monstrous picture hose, No tariff problem to attack, No gowns that button up the back, No end seat hops with manners rules, No monkeying with the price of food, No ice billa, no cold storage eggs, No bunko steerers and no yagga, No toy cars with gloves and wrist, No Touche with thighs— say, is it any wonder that The ancients thought the world was flat Worthy of Support. Mr. Greathead—I shall run for re-election again next fall, and I presume I shall have your vote? Citizen (dubiously)—Well—I—dunne. "What, you don't know? Why, sir, I saved the taxpayers $500,000 this year." "Eh? How?" "By not stealing it, of course."—New York Weekly. Fishing Today. The boy with pole and string and pin. The expert with his book of files. Are watching for the flash of fin Along the streams where shadow lies. Bites may not come to him who tries Ever so hard, but still we say With radiant sparkle in our eyes, "The fishing season starts today." We'll hear the same old tales again About the one "1" almost got. I had him in the boat, and then He left me. Lord, but it was hot! Long hours of slitting at a spot Where once a big one got away, Or taken away and then The fishing season starts today. —Spokane Sookesman-Review. A Dead Shot on Livers "I hear, doctor, that my friend Brown, whom you have been treating so long for liver trouble, has died of stomach trouble," said one of the physician's patients. "Don't you believe all you hear," replied the doctor. "When I treat a man for liver trouble he dies of liver trouble."—Everybody's Magazine. Triumphant Optimism Triumphant Optimism. Sister's eloped with the "shuvven." She might have married a count. They have just trimmed her father's wall street. Took an enormous amount. Mother is in the hospital. Tomorrow they operate. Brother's been fired from college For breaking down man's pata. -Chicago Record Herald. The Worst He Knew: The Butler—You know, George, that different people have different conceptions of what the state of eternal punishment really is. Now, what's your idea of hell? The Chauffeur—Having to drive a horse car for a living!—Exchange. The Burglar's Waterloo. The burglar bold slipped under the bed, As burglarls bold will do. He folded his feet and tucked in his head And waited an hour or two. At last she came—by all the stars, That burglar will never forget! She maudled him and placed him behind the bars. For she was a suffragette. -Judge's Library. A. Suspicion. "What is a political rainbow chaser?" "There are various kinds," replied Senator Sorghum, "although I suspect that most of them are more or less influenced by the legend that every rainbow has a pot of gold at the end of it."—Washington Star. Chanticleer Sally flaunts him from a hatpin, He's on Willie's tennis ball. Mother sports him as a shoe clasp, Jennie on her parasol. Daisy hangs him to her neck chal, From him Mary takes her tea. For Augustus he's a pipe bowl. But I choose him fricasin. *Oliver* *Times* For the Asking "Pardon me, governor." began the interviewer. "I"— "Certainly, certainly," replied the Tennessee executive, reaching for a blank. "What are you guilty off?" Philadelphia Public Ledger. Men's Inconsistency Mon seek to wed their opposition, But you'll notice, just the same. That after one is dealt a hand In the matrimonial game The chances of his better half We please him, we quite aim Ly pachance, his love grows gold And she makes it hot for him. —Chicago News The Latest. "Nice car." "Yes." The Latest His Descent. Mrs. Gabbie (to her new washroom- man)—My husband has descended from one of the finest houses in the land. Mrs. Mulcahy—An' phwat is he, a hod carrier?—Boston Transcript. Don't Worry. Can't stop the world from rolling, Can keep a quiet soul. Although you might be sitting in the way, It's bound to roll and roll. -Atlanta Constitution- A Combat. "Terrible affair at the club lawst evening." "What happened?" "Cholly struck Ferdy with a table-spoon."—Kansas City Journal. Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. F. A. RAWLINS THE POPULAR AND UP-TO-DATE Undertaker and Funeral Director Play Ball. As it was never played is what we are doing every Saturday, Sunday and Holidays at our new Park. Leland Giants 60th and Halsted Streets. To the most select audiences in the city. Games with the best talent procurable. Come and visit our Park and see Rube Foster the World's Greatest Pitcher, assisted by Wickware, and Daugherty, the Season's sensation, Petway and Booker the Stars, Hill and Payne, Outfield phenomenon, Duncan, Prior, Hutchinson, Lloyd and Home Run Johnson celebrities, who can only be seen on our Diamond. Game called 3:30 P. M. Visit the Chateau at night, 5324 State street. Grand Opening of Parks May 15th Box seats reserved by mail or phone if order is accompanied with cash, 80 cts. per seat. Special attention to ladies and children. Ice water served free. Take any southside surface car to 69th streetet and transfer to Park or Normal Park car, Englewood Branch, Southside 'L.' LELAND GIANTS BASEBALL & AMUSEMENT ASSOCIATION. 6221 S. Halsted Street. Phone Went. 215. Established 1867 Phone Oakland 2650-155 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Coal and Wood FIFTY-FIRST STREET AND ARMOUR AVENUE Rail Rards: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. By., 51nd St. and Armour Avenue CHICAGO Phone Main 4158 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 5678 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 706, 171 Washington St. Res., 4356 Langley Av. CHICAGO NOW IS THE TIME TO ADVERTISE IN THE BROAD AX General Expressing To and From All Depots MOVING AND VAN SERVICE. Ice Coal Wholesale and Retail By Bags, Basket and Tons Henry M. Turner Crystal Ice Company Office 733 E. 45TH STRTET Phone Oakland 74. CHICAGO, ILL. Dorsey's WHITE ROSE Petrolatum For Chapped Hands, Face and Lips. KINGSTON PHARMACY J. S. DORSEY, R. Ph., proprietor 116% W. 51st Street, near Dearborn, Chicago. TELEPHONE OAKLAND 303 Our Mette is Purity and Accuracy Phone Al Hotel Br Geo. W. H. BUFFET, POOL A 3004 State Street F. A. RA THE POPULAR A Undertaker and Ca 4 Ph Back to the Old Stand. 11 W. 29th St. near State St., T. B. Hall, laundry mens' furnishings, notions, cigars, tobacco, and news stand. Phone Douglas 3258. Phone Aldine 2686 Renting a Specialty Clark, Hayes & Co. Real Estate, Renting, Loans and Insurance Flats and Houses to rent and For Sale. 3705 STATE STREET CHICAGO St. Monica's Church St. Monica's Church, Dearborn and 36th streets. Rev. John S. Morris, Pastor. Rectory, 3543 Dearborn street. Masses on Sundays, 6:30, 9,30, 1030. Instruction for the children after the 8:30 mass. THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS. From, On and After This Date, The Broad Ax Can Be Found on Sale At the Following News Stands: R. M. Harvey's Barber shop, 3924 State street. J. S. Dorsey's drug store, 20 W. 51st street, near Dearborn. A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand 5004 State street R. J. Jones, news stand, barber shop and pool room, 5264 State street George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st street, near State. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 31 W. 51st street near Dearborn. W. S. Cole cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st street, near Dearborn. Philip Smith, cigars, tobacco and news stand 8 W. 27th Street. T. B. Hall, laundry office, tobacco and news stand, 11 W. 29th street near State. Mrs. Jas. H. Lewis, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th street 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 to bacco, confections and news stand 5252 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. 33rd street near State. Freddie Smith, 1358 29th street, Newport News, Va., news agent. Turner Williams, barber-shop, 12 West 30th street, near State. Brunswick W. Holt, Prop. DOL AND BILLIARDS. Chicago RAWLINS CAR AND UP-TO-DATE and Funeral Director Prices to Suit All. Calls Answered Day and Night 4817 State Street. Phone Oakland 1328. 100% --- WM. D. NEIGHBORS & CO REAL ESTATE AT LOWEST PRICES Easiest Terms to Loans on first an Fire Insurance pl Main Office: Suite 64, 95 Washington St., G 'PHONE 4 H. C. Conley Phone O Conley & 511 S. 2 Real Estate, I Insu Property care Get our prices, they are free. Co savings in Chi Insure your household goods to Notary Money to Loan. Best Terms to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgage are Insurance placed in any company. In Office: 95 Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. Bran 3517 S. 'PHONE 4906 CENTRAL Phone Oakland 1452 John Henley & Jenin 511 S. State St. Real Estate, Loans, Renting Insurance Property carefully managed Cases, they are free. Confer with us before you b savings in Chicago, Real Estate. Our household goods to day, to nigh you may have Notary Public Loan. Col Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company Real Estate, Loans, Renting Insurance William Thomas, Gen. Mgr. and Treas. Kentucky Kentucky Club Ca 2260 State Street (Up-Stairs) Phone Calumet 3527 Chicago's Newest and Finest Dining Parlors Best to Eat. Best Service. Best Decorum. Frank L. Gale THE GALEN 3159 STA Pianos, Organs, Talking Brass and String Inst Payments. OPER Phone TUNING PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4000 O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen L. Gale San'y E GALE PIANO 3159 STATE STREET Organs, Talking Machines and S cess and String Instruments. Cash or Ea Payments. XOpen Evenings till 10.30. Phone Doug, 975. G REP Pianos, Organs, Talking Machines and Supplies. Brass and String Instruments. Cash or Easy Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30. Phone Doug, 975. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS Residence 57 Manshlister Street Telephone Ashland 266 Office Telephones Central 1889 Automatic 1889 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 215-230 Renger Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON 800 CHICAGO. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 260, ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 606 CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Nake 615 to 616; Telephone: 3077 ```markdown ``` will be had in Chicago and second Mortgages secured in any company Branch Office 3517 State Street 66 CENTRAL Oakland 1452 John T. Jenifer & Jenifer State St. Loans, Renting Insurance fully managed Enfer with us before you invest your mago, Real Estate. day, to nigh you may hav to Public Collections. Club Cafe Best to Drink. Best Music. Best of Everything Sam'l I. Lee PIANO CO. TE STREET G Machines and Supplies. Instruments. Cash or Easy Evenings till 10.30. Doug. 975. REPAIRING I recollect a nurse called Ann, Who carried me about the grass, And one day a fine young man Came up and kissed the pretty lace She did not make the least objection. Thinks it: "Aha." When can talk 'I'll tell mamma!" And that's my earliest recollection. Not In His Line. "When you are grown up," queried the visitor, "will you be a doctor like your father?" "Oh, dear me, no! Why, I couldn't even kill a rabbit," replied the boy, with great frankness.—Argonaut. A Billville Jingle. Automobiles and airships— Where will we get to soon? We'll rise to where the old man is living. And maybe tell the angel, "You just can't raise a tunef" —Atlanta Constitution. He—A philosopher says, "The only thing worth while in life is trying to do something you can't and do it." She (sweetly)—Is that why you play bridge?—Life. Favoritism. Every state has its favorite son. Though it he's led out to daughter, But how does it happen there's never a one. That has a favorite daughter? —Chicago Tribune. Twass Pales. Lady (at the jeweler's)—Is this diamond genuine? Jeweler—As genuine as your own hair, madam. Lady—Ahem! Let me see something else—Bed Hen. Newer Tople. The daffodil is on the bill. But I am faddish. The theme is trite; I'd rather write About the redish. —Philadelphia Bulletin. THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Va REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on c dents, including payment of taxes and l on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patr The Cranfor Building. The finest building ever open Steam heat, electric light, tile ba Recent allowed on Savings Acc Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estat payment of taxes and looking after assessments Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash A building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, A 101 WASHINGTON udolph 803 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. 'Phone Randolph 803 Not a Tender Tie. At last the tie is broken. Severed for aye! Yet he turns from its parting With never a sigh. He feels, though she loved him, She knew it must sever; That she never e'en hoped 'Twould be lasting forever— The tie that she gave him In the Christmastide's glow, Which he's worn ever since, And that's five months ago. —Browning's Magazine "Why when you scratch your face it leaves a mark and when you scratch your head it doesn't."—Yonkers Statesman. Slow, but Sure. "Fly with me!" her lover pleaded As he pressed her to slope. But his wishes went unheeded. She calmly answered, "Nope; Not white aeros as at present. Are so apt to plunge and balk. But," said she, "the weather's pleasant. Don't you think we'd better walk?" SIRES AND SONS. August Bebel, leader of the German Social Democratic party, recently celebrated his seventieth birthday. M. Dupin de Laforcade is the new official guide of royal visitors in France, succeeding M. Raoll in that capacity. William Johnstone of Sydney, M. S. W., who is 106 years old, was cabin boy on the vessel which took Napoleon to St. Helena ninety-five years ago. Emil Blorn and Dr. Niles T. Quislen, leaders in the Chicago Norwegian colony, have been decorated by King Haskon VII. with the Order of St. Olaf. Frank Seidler, weight 320 pounds, the biggest engineer on the Williamsport end of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, runs an old old fashioned en We Furnish to Protect Your P Mortgage and General E All Business Str urnish You Me Protect Your Property or Bnsi Mortgage Bank and General Brokera We Furnish You Money to Protect Your Property or Bnsiness Mortgage Banking and General Brokerage All Business Strictly Confidential Northern Assets Realization Company Office, 3517 State, St. Phone, Aldine 2532. Boy's Question. S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT state on commission, manages estates for non-resi- ses and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Ford Apartment . 3600 Wabash Ave. er opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 101 WASHINGTON STREET. gine, which is the smallest on the road. Marshall M. Kirkman, who has retired on a pension from the service of the Northwestern railroad after fifty-one years of service, has been second vice president of the road for twenty years and had charge of finance and accounts. Jens I. Westengard, general adviser to his Siamese majesty's government, Bangkok, was born in Chicago. He has been a stenographer, lawyer, teacher at Harvard and is now the only American in the employ of the Siamese government. William Frederick, Jr., a traveling salesman for a four concern in Duluth, is thought to be the only man who has ever committed the Bible to memory. It is said that he can repeat any passage in it from Genesis to Revelation. He was eighteen years committing the book to memory. Animal Oddities. Sparrows have three broods in a year. Horses seldom suffer from decayed teeth. Snails bore through rocks by means of an acid they exude. The harpy eagle of Brazil feeds exclusively on monkeys. A mouse can gnaw a hole through a one inch board in three hours. The Way Now. Oh, rubby-dub-dub! Three men at the club, And who do you suppose they be? The butcher, the baker, The candlestick maker, And prices go up a degree. Oh, grubby-grub-grub! For each patient dub, If he would have three meals a day. The clerk and the scholar Must spend every dollar. Everything goes up but their pay. —Judge. H You Money ur Property or Bnsiness ge Banking "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Rent Direct Four, Five Convenient to S Colored people always. If you desire to your friends call on you North Side, cut this A Samuel 41 LA SALLE STREET Southwest Corner of Madison Frank H. Lewis, Prop. THE Imported Lin N. E. Corner F America President and T Vice MA Common 45th a Direct from the Owner. Ear, Five and Six Room Flats patient to Surface and Elevated Roads. Honest working people always appreciated and treated respectfully. and desire to live where you won't be ashamed to have a call on you before you rent either on South, West or cut this Ad out and present it to Samuel Richardson WILLE STREET, Room I. CHIGAGO, IL. or of Madison & LaSalle Sts. Via, Prop. Lou Seldon, Mgr. Phone Oakland 1787. THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars Cafe in Connection Corner Fifty-fifth and Armour Avenue, Chicago, IL. American Brick Co. Agent and Treasurer, Thomas Carey. Vice-President, John Shelhamer, Secretary, William Sullivan. MANUFATURERS OF Lemon and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: H and Robey Sts Rent Direct from the Owner. Four, Five and Six Room Flats Convenient to Surface and Elevated Roads. Honest working Colored people always appreciated and treated respectfully. If you desire to live where you won't be ashamed to have your friends call on you before you rent either on South, West or North Side, cut this Ad out and present it to Samuel Richardson 141 LA SALLE STREET, Room I. CHICAGO, ILL. Southwest Corner of Madison & LaSalle Sls. Imported and Domestic Wines LIQUORS & CIGARS Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, IL President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Teleph lephone Yards 128. Telephone Yards 128. Phone Aldine 871 D. C Real Estate PLATE GL Real Estate, Loans, Renting and Insurance Now is the Time to Advertise in THE BROAD AX Telephone Yards 693 Lou Seldon,Mgr