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THE BROAD AX The Knights of Templar Hold Forth in Chicago THE BUILDINGS AND THOROUGHFARES IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT WERE ARTISTICALLY DECORATED IN THEIR HONOR. BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WITNESSED THE GREAT PARADE ON TUESDAY. WHICH SURPASSED ANYTHING OF ITS KIND EVER HELD IN THIS CITY. AN AFRO-AMERICAN BAND HEADED ONE PART OF THE KENTUCKY DELEGATION AND WERE HEARTILY APPLAUDED WHILE PLAYING "WAY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE" AND "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME." COL. LE ROY T. STEWARD, CHIEF OF POLICE DESERVES TO BE HIGHLY PRAISED FOR THE SKILLFUL MANN ER IN WHICH HE AND HIS ASSISTANTS HANDLED THE GREAT MASS OF HUMANITY WHICH SWARMED UPON THE STREETS EACH DAY DURING THE SESSIONS OF THE KNIGHTS OF TEMPLAR. Vol. XV The Knights of Hold F THE BUILDINGS AND THOROUGH TRICT WERE ARTISTIC BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN HU NESSED THE GREAT PAY WHICH SURPASSED ANYTHING CITY. AN AFRO-AMERICAN BAND HEA DELEGATION AND WERE PLAYING "WAY DOWN KENTUCKY HOME." COL. LE ROY T. STEWARD, CHIE HIGHLY PRAISED FOR HE AND HIS ASSISTANT HUMANITY WHICH SWA DAY DURING THE SES PLAR. The past week, Chicago was invaded by Knights of Templar, from many parts of the world, the Earl of Euston, England, being one of the many distinguished and prominent personages who was present and actively joined in all the festivities, in connection with the greatest conclave and parade which surpassed anything of its kind ever held in this city. No other city in the world does things up brown or on a large scale like unto Chicago, and from the middle of last week up until Tuesday morning, its enterprising citizens spent much time and lots of money in artistically decorating the buildings and the main thoroughfares in the downtown district, in honor of the visiting Knights, and early on Tuesday morning everything was ready for the great parade, which was very dazzling in its splendor and its brilliance and between five and seven hundred thousand people witnessed it, and about fifteen thousand Knights proudly and gallantly marched and counter marched through the streets, well onto one hundred bands were in the great parade, including an Afro-American, band at the head of one part of the delegation, from Ky., and it was heartily applauded while playing "Way Down South in Dixie" and "My Old Kentucky Home". An Afro-American also rode on horseback in BREAK AWAY FROM BOTH POLITI CAL PARTIES. National Anti-Jim Crow Car Law Advocated at Third Annual Session of League—Five Pledges for Congressional Candidates —Make Lynching Federal Crime. Special Correspondence.) Atlantic City, N. J.—With the appointment of a campaign committee of nine members to meet Sept. 28 in Washington by the first meeting of the new executive committee the third annual meeting of the National Independent Political league with 60 delegates from many states present ended Aug. 6th at noon, and the league had started on the first part of its year's work, the congressional elections of 1910. The convention was a successful and a strenuous one with entire absence of the cut-and-dried. There was full freedom of speech and some wordy contests, especially when Prof. Du Bois, head of the Niagara Movement, became a candidate for the presidency. But harmony always eventually prevailed. The two public evening sessions at the Price Memorial A. M. E. Zion church, where all the sessions were held, drew audiences which packed the large auditorium and applauded the speakers until midnight. The speakers Thursday night were Pres. A. Walters, who in his annual address declared for political party emancipation, saying the Republican party was as bad as the Democratic in that it acquiesced in what the southern Democrats did and that unless one of these parties --- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAX the parade, thus showing that the greatest secret organization in the world among white men, could not meet in a history making conclave without having the Negro in it in some way or other. Gov. Charles S. Deneen, his staff, Mayor Busse, and many distinguished visitors viewed the parade as it passed the federal building on Jackson Blvd., and those who gazed upon it, will not witness anything to approach it in magnificence for many years to come. Col Le Roy T. Steward, Chief of Police; may entertain wrong ideas in relation to the moving pictures of the Johnson and Jeffries prize fight, but he and his able assistants cannot be praised too high, for the skillful and orderly manner in which they displayed in handling the great mass of humanity which swarmed upon the streets on the day of the parade, and each day during the sessions of the Knights of Templar. In fact, the whole police force, seemed to be on dress parade, and each and every one of them from the highest to the lowest, conducted themselves like polished gentlemen, while mildly and firmly discharging their duties. The citizen of Chicago have a right to feel proud over its fine chief and its police force. changed Colored men would join with other men for a new party; Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois, on voting; Rev. J. M. Waldron on "Why Colored Men Should Be Independent in Voting;" Rev. S. L. Corrothers, who eloquently denounced Pres. Taft's policies and urged defeating Republican congressmen; and N. B. Marshall, Esq., junior counsel for the soldiers, who reviewed all the Brownsville inquiries and made amazing revelations of attempted intimidation, unfairness, partiality, improper proposals, protection of perjured government witnesses, etc., by Recorder of the Court Howland, and said this would be exposed in the next Congress. Many Ohioans are clamoring for Foraker's return to the senate next March. On Friday night the speakers were Mr. W. F. S. Cook, son of Capt. Cook, who was hung with John Brown; Dr. J. L. Johnson of Ohio, who commended Gov. Harmon; Francis H. Warren, Esq., editor of Detroit Informer, on "History of Political Independence;" Mr. Wm. E. Walling of New York, executive chairman of the National Association for the Welfare of the Colored People, who said his organization simply wanted to help Colored organizations, and that the labor classes were moving for political independence; and J. M. Summers, Esq., of Ohio. The address to the country, W. M. Trotter, chairman of committee, drafted from the committee's recommendations by Prof. Du Bois was read by Committee Secretary J. L. Nell, and was as follows: The Resolutions. "The National Independent Political League is an organization of Colored people who believe the salvation of their race and the nation do- CHICAGO, AUGUST 13, 1910. Prominent Knight Templar and active member of other secret societies who will the first of the week, leave on a pleasure trip through the south. A. L. Harris, 3148 State street, who is well and favorably known in secret society circles, will leave on a two week's pleasure trip throughout the Southern States, on Monday August 15. He will spend one week visiting Atlanta, Ga., and on his return trip he will spend one week at the home of his sister, Mrs. Emma Avery, and other relatives at Chattanooga, Tenn. He will return home in time to accompany the Knights Templar on their pilgrimage to Detroit, Michigan, the latter part of this month. Mr. Harris is an honored member of Godfrey Commandery No. 5, member of Harim Lodge No. 14, A. F. and M. member of St. Luke Chapter No. 5, Royal Arch Masons; he is pass guard and ex-secretary of his Godfrey Commandery, he is also a K. P., being a member of Western Star Lodge No. 1443. He is also a prominent Oddfellow. For more than 13 years he has been an honest and faithful employee in the Chicago Public Library. He is a worthy citizen and he is held in high esteem by a large circle of tried and true friends. pends upon an intelligent use of the ballot. "We call the attention to the fact that today no civilized country on earth can parallel the United States in the wholesale murder of innocent men, in the social persecution of the weak, in religious discrimination and proscription and in the helplessness and inefficiency of the judiciary. "Texas has outrun Kishineff, color prejudice is worse than caste, Jim Crow cars are indefensible and recent decisions of the supreme court are repugnant to the fundamental principles of justice and democracy. "What shall we do? Vote, vote right and vote independently. We Negro Americans have at least a half million effective votes. Hitherto we have given these ovets blindly to one party and received in return a few paltry offices. That party has repeatedly broken its pledges to us, while Theodore Roosevelt has given us Brownsville and William Taft in a weak surrender to prejudice has dismissed worthy officials simply for being black. "Our uncritical and unquestioning support of one party has proven disastrous. Like the mass of laborers of the land we have sold our high privilege too cheaply. In return for support at the polls Colored Americans must hereafter demand protection, education, equality of opportunity and justice. "The present two leading parties have denied us these things. The southern Democrats have disfranchised thousands of our voters and the Republicans have let them do it with faint and fainter protest. "It is time therefore for an independent movement in politics. We should refuse alliance with either of the two dominant parties at present, and confine our attention to men; we should vote and vote only for congressmen and other candidates for office who pledge themselves to advocate the following measures: 1. The enforcement of the Constitution, to stop disfranchisement and negotiation. Mr. Harris is an honored member of Godfrey Commandery No. 5, member of Harim Lodge No. 14, A. F. and M. member of St. Luke Chapter No. 5, Royal Arch Masons; he is past guard and ex-secretary of his Godfrey Commandery, he is also a K. P., being a member of Western Star Lodge No. 1443. He is also a prominent Oddfellow. For more than 13 years he has been an honest and faithful employee in the Chicago Public Library. He is a worthy citizen and he is held in high esteem by a large circle of tried and true friends. "2. The passage of a national anti-Jim Crow car law. "3. National aid to education with the same opportunities to all children. "4. National legislation against lynching and mob law. "5. The restoration of the discharged Brownsville soldiers. "To candidates of any party who pledge themselves to these measures we pledge our own votes and the votes of all black men whom we can persuade to stand on their manhood and vote like freemen." Govs. Harmon of Ohio and Deneen of Illinois, were commended for their course against lynching, harmony among the race-rights organizations was urged and a hearing for Rev. Harvey Johnson on his Texas purchase plan urged. A committee of seven was appointed on the 50th anniversary of Emancipation to confer with other bodies. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Bishop Alexander Walters, New York; Organizer, Rev J. M. Waldron, Washington, D. C.; Asst. Organizer, W. C. Payne, Alexandria, Va.; Rec. Sec., W. C. Nelll, Washington, D. C.; Corr. Sec., W. M. Trotter, Boston, Mass.; Treas., M. W. Gibbs, Ark.; Fin. Sec., Rev. S. L. Corrothers, Washington, D. C.; Chaplain Rev. L. G. Jordan, Louisville, Ky.; Sargeant-at-Arms, Rev. J. F. Moreland, Atlantic City, N. J.; Vice Presidents, Rev. Byron Gunner, Hillburn, N. Y.; Dr. J. L. Johnson, Ohio. W. T. Ferguson, Washington, Rev J. H. Wiley, Providence, R. I.; Wm. D. Johnson, Boston, Mass.; and W. F. S. Cook, Maryland. A new constitution was adopted making local leagues the units. Each state and territory has a member of the National Executive committee who is director of the local work. Members were chosen for 40 states, Mrs. Givens of Louisville, being chosen for Kentucky. Boston was chosen for the 1911 convention. Lawyer James N. Simms Deserts the Ranks of the Insurgents AND JOINS HANDS WITH THE FORCES OF EDWARD D. GREEN. IN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT. HOT TIMES AHEAD FOR THE AFROAMERICAN POLITICIANS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WARDS. I am reliably informed that at each meeting of the Anti-Dewey organization in the 2nd ward, which contemplates the nomination of Mr. Frank Hamilton as a candidate to the next General Assembly at the September primaries, that there are certain members of that club who delight in making unpleasant remarks about me because I have declined to render that Club any assistance in its efforts to nominate their candidate. I cannot understand why I should be singled out as the object of their wrath unless it is the members feel and think that every one who did service in the interest of Mr. E. H. Wright during his campaign for a seat in the City Council is in duty bound to support the contentions of Mr. Hamilton and I, especially, since Mr. Hamilton was Chairman of the Wright Campaign Committee and I had the honor of being his Vice Chairman, that because of the further fact during that campaign I succeeded in getting up and conducting the largest meeting of the sort ever held among the Colored people in Chicago. In view of the fact that I cannot answer each and all of these remarks separately, I have decided to make this one answer apply to all whom my views in this matter happens to displease. In the first place, there was a great principle at stake in the Wright Campaign, supported by a strong public sentiment, especially among the Colored people in this community, and secondly, Mr. Wright is a man who is possessed of such commendable qualifications that he would have been a great credit to his race had he been fortunate enough to be elected; consequently I, like many other Colored people, felt in duty bound to give him my support in his efforts. But the case of Mr. 'Hamilton, in his attempts to acquire a seat in the Illinois General Assembly is quite different. There is no principle at stake in his campaign, it is simply one Colored man fighting against another to acquire a high honor. Nor is there any sentiment among the Colored people in the community demanding Mr. Hamilton's nomination and election. On the other hand, he is no wise prepared from the standpoint either of business, professional or political qualifications to fill the high position to which he is aspiring. His chief opponent in this campaign who is Mr. Edward D. Green, is in these respects by far Mr. Hamilton's superior. Mr. Green has wide business experience, as well as many years of active political experience, neither of which Mr. Hamilton has had, and besides these essential qualifications, he has a grand record to his credit as a former member of the Illinois Legislature, where he caused to be placed upon the statute books of his state, several important laws that have been in the past and will ever be to the great advantage of the race he so ably represented. Now, as between the two men, can there be any doubt in the minds of any fair minded man as to which one of them I or any one else should support? Indeed there is such a wide margin of difference between the necessary qualifications of these two men for this high post in the affairs of the State that no comparison can be made between them. As to Mr. Hamilton's personal char- N. Simms is the Ranks of the Insurgents SURCES OF EDWARD D. GREEN. OF THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE TRICT. O-AMERICAN POLITICIANS JN THE IDS. acter, so far I know no one can find fault in him and it can be said with all fairness to Mr. Hamilton that this is the only qualification that he has to recommend him to the people of this community; but on the other hand, cannot the same statement be made as to the personnel and business character of his opponent? We think it can. The time has come when the Colored people are commanding the high respect which they are entitled to. They must put forward their most capable and experienced men to fill high places of honor and power where they are to come into contact and measure arms with the white men in like positions. The Negro race has in the past paid too little attention to this important side of our struggle for recognition and respect from our neighbors; and the sooner we learn this the better off we will be; in fact, we will have taken a long stride in the right direction, hitherto been ignored by us. My choice in the campaign for our representative from the 1st Senatorial District in the next Illinois Legislature ought to be shared by, every other Colored man who has the interest of his race at heart. These are my reasons for casting my efforts in favor of Edward D. Green in this campaign. Chicago, August 11, 1910. HOUSE SANITATION. All bad air diseases are house diseases. This is true for the reason that it is always indoor air that is bad. Outdoor air is always better than indoor air. And for the reason that in all big cities most people live in small houses, and with restricted air space, the matter of thorough house sanitation becomes of vital importance as affecting the general health of the community. It is a fact that too little attention is paid to our immediate home surroundings. In some of the European countries they have learned this lesson, and as a result the homes of the poorer classes are much more sanitary than they were some years ago. Particular attention is paid to concreting floors of basements, area-ways and run-ways between houses. This putting in of non-absorbent material tends to prevent mildew and dampness, facilitates cleanliness and prevents ground air from permeating living rooms. The department of health receives many complaints about damp, foul-smelling basements and area-ways and also damp, unsanitary passage-ways between houses. In nearly every case these complaints are from occupants of premises with rotting and decayed wooden floors in the basements or with no flooring at all and with rotting board walks in the passage-ways between the houses. All such places as we have mentioned should be concreted; concrete is non-absorbent and is easily kept clean and dry. And now is the time work of this kind should be done. Some day there will be more stringent laws regulating house sanitation than we have now. There can be no doubt either that such laws properly enforced will do much toward protecting and conserving community health. THE BROADAX THE BROADAX Will promulgate and at all things uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Indians, Single Taxen, Republican, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, 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 ..... $2.99 Six Months ..... 1.89 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5007 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. 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 3, 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. JOE GANS, THE GREAT MASTER, IS DEAD; RECORD UNPARALLELED IN PRIZE RING. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 10.—The "Old Master" has taken the final count. Joe Gans, former lightweight champion of the world, died here at 8:08 o'clock this morning of consumption. The most popular and most skillful Negro boxer who ever appeared before the public, a favorite for close on twenty years, he died as he wished to-in the arms of his mother. It was that he might be with his old "mammy" at the end that the great fighter made his race with death a week ago, hurrying on from Arizona. Only a few friends had seen him since he left Arizona a few weeks ago, in the vain and desperate hope of checking the white plague. When he came back he was little more than a skeleton, scarcely able to whisper. He weighed sixty-five pounds when he returned. Gans was conscious until two hours before his death. At his bedside at the time, he breathed his last, besides his mother, were his wife and two children, "Kid" North, who had accompanied him on his trip across the continent, "Uncle" Dan Pendleton and a nurse. In all the annals of pugilism there is no record of a more remarkable or picturesque figure than that of Joe Gans, the Baltimore fighter. For nearly twenty years he was almost constantly in the prize ring, and up until his final defeat, for the lightweight title, by Battling Nelson in 1908, was justly deemed one of the most scientific, aggressive and game fighters that ever donned the gloves. Gans often declared he did not know his exact age. He reckoned that 1874 was about the year of his birth. He began fighting in an amateurish way about 1890. For the following ten years he engaged in over 125 battles, easily defeating men of minor reputation. Had he been directed aright at the time, he would have easily forged to the front and become champion years before he finally achieved that coveted distinction. In Fakes Early in Career. The trouble was that Gans became mixed up with his manager in a series of "lay down" or fake fights, in which he might readily have gained the victory, but in which—as he always said at his manager's solicitation—he deliberately permitted himself to be heaten. In consequence, for a period, the fighting public would have none of him. Try as hard as he might to sign up a fight, there was always a sneer and a suspicion that he would throw it. About five years before his death, however, he did such excellent and papably "square work," that the animus against him had in a great part vanished, and his great victories were received with the entire approbation of the ring fans. At the age of thirty-four—at least eight years past the time when most prize fighters have received their quletus—Gans fought within one year the two most bloody battles of his career—his two fights with Battling Nelson. For gameness and skill these fights stand without parallel. Gans, after having been knocked out by Terry McGovern eight years previously, surprised the entire fighting world by a "come back" that has often been declared impossible. After that defeat, during the years 1901 to 1908, he mowed everything down that stood before him in the pugilistic field. Frequently he weighed down to 133 pounds, although it was a terrible strain, but was always willing to tr. to make the weight in order to not miss the fight. At one time he was both lightweight and welterweight champion. He was considered by the greatest analyzers of prize fighting to be the best combination of hitter, boxer and ring general that ever essayed the game. Although a Negro of humble origin, he was a model of consideration and politeness. He never sought the limelight, kept among his own race, and was the personification of cheerfulness. He began his broadwinning career in a Baltimore fish market. He saved enough of his ring earnings to purchase a Baltimore Hotel, which he said frequently paid him all he needed. Gans Fails Rapidly. After his last battle with Battling Nelson Gans went West and reports came East almost immediately that the beating he had received and the strain to train down had undermined his constitution. Gans denied the reports, but sporting men who met him declared him to be but a shadow of his former self. Gans was married twice. In 1900 he wedded Miss Madge Wadkins of Cincinnati and in 1908 the announcement of his second marriage—this time to Miss Martha Davis of Baltimore—was made. The exact cause of Gans' death may be learnedly filed by the physicians, but Father Time and the strain of making weight for over 150 ring battles, do not leave much doubt as to what finally laid the once great fighter away." He left property, diamonds and money, which amounts to more than forty-five thousand dollars. The following is the ring record of Joe Gans. Woman's day was observed at Wyman last Sunday. It was a grand success in every respect. Mrs. E. L. Davis of the Phyllis Wheatly Home and Miss Holmes of Georgia made the principal addresses. All could imagine that they were in Louisville at the federation. Mrs. Alinsworth, Mrs. Duget Carpy, Miss Charlotte Williams and the pastor, of St Stephen's wife, Mrs. Wilson all made excellent speeches, also Mrs. McDonald of Ada street. Evangelist Amanda Smith preached at the evening services and thus closed a most successful day. Mrs. Nora Taylor will preach at Wyman Sunday night, August 14. The pastor, Rev. Stewart, will preach a special sermon Sunday morning, August 14. The picnic was a success. Six cars full of people were taken out. Over $50 clear of expense was realized. The grounds were very fine and everybody had an excellent time. Mr. Adelbert Roberts will address the Sunday Club at Wayman at 430 :p. m. The pastor announces that on the first Sunday in September will be an excellent program at each service. This day will be known as Men's Day. All on the program will be men. Addresses, solos, recitations, musical selections. Watch for the announcements. CHATEAU GARDEN NOTES. Grand Mid-summer opening at the Open Air Hippodrome, 5318-20 State street, commencing August the 14th, in Alabama Coon in three acts. Two hours of solid fun. NO COLOR LINE KNOWN. In Catholic Church, as Was Shown By Marriage of Negro Pair. Columbia, Mo, August 10.—The first marriage of Negroes in a white church took place in Sacred Heart Catholic Church today, when Father T. J. Lloyd said nuptial mass for Cornelius James, a Pullman car porter, of Kansas City, and Laura Jene Douglas, of Columbia, both Colored. "The regular choir of white parsons took part and both Negroes and whites attended the ceremony. Father Lloyd explained to reporters: "The Catholic Church recognizes no color line; all men's souls are equal." Of all Christian denominations, the Catholic is making the greatest inroad at present, among Negroes! Our people are beginning to note the hypocrisy of those who claim to teach the doctrine of Christ, yet are most vigorous in discriminating and practicing race prejudice. True Catholics uphold the brotherhood of man—hence the strength of their church.—Ex. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The league will hold its regular Sunday afternoon service Aug. 14 at 4 o'clock at the reading room, 2830 State street. Rev. Ernest A. Bell, superintendent of the Midnight Mission, will speak. His subject is "The White Slave Traffic." All who are interested in the work the Midnight Mission is doing in saving and rescuing girls from this fate are urged to be present. Hon. F. L. Barnett will preside. CHIPS Remember August 18, the social scream. Remember it is in the new Sox Park, the benefit game, August 18. All boxes for the benefit game were sold last year before the gates opened. Jack Johnson will umpire the benefit game. Come early and get box seats while they last. Everybody's going to the big game for Provident. Don't fail to attend the benefit game for our hospital. Miss Berlina Blanks, school teacher of St. Louis, Mo., is visiting the city and stopping at 1745 Carroll avenue. Mrs. Thompson of Frankfort, Ky., is visiting the Misses Stewarts of Glencoe, Ill., and Mrs. Ed Nixon, 2827 Wabash avenue. Mrs. H. D. Laffoon 5029 Armour avenue, gave a select party, in honor of her friends the Misses Boyd of Louisville, Ky., on Thursday evening. The American Beauty Embroidery Club gave their annual picnic at St. Joe, Mich., Thursday, August 4. Everyone had an enjoyable time. Mrs. Alberta Moore Smith, 3302 Rhodes avenue, is spending two weeks at the Benton Harbor resort as a member of one of Chicago's colony house parties. Miss Crawford, one of the popular and efficient school teachers of Birmingham, Ala., arrived in the city last week and is the guest of Mrs. Marshall Drish, 4623 Dearborn street. Mrs. Della Gilmore, one of the most artistic and fashionable dressmakers of Columbus, Ohio, is visiting the city and seeing its many sights, and is the guest of her friend, Mrs. Frank L. Akers, 5025 Armour avenue. Photographs Yes—When he wants a Photo of her or she wants one of him, Peter P. Jones makes the kind that please, 3519 State stree. I life size picture with each $3.00 per doz. photographs. Of course you want individual photos of your friends, but do not neglect the groups which you will cherish in years to come, Peter P. Jones, 3519 State st. 1 life size picture with each $3.00 per doz. photographs. The summer girls will be proud of their daintiness as expressed in Peter P. Jones' 3519 State St., Photograph. Expert posing and lighting enables us to make pictures that please. For 30 days 1 life size picture with each $3.00 per doz. photographs. Wiffini Thomas, manager of the Kentucky Club Cafe, 2260 State street, up stairs, is ever on the lookout for the comforts of his many patrons and to see that the meals served to them are the best in the city. John F. Smiley, one of the leading Afro-Americans of Philadelphia, Pa., is in the city visiting his brother, Chas. H. Smiley, 229 East 22nd street, Chicago's leading caterer. George O. Jones, the progressive undertaker, 1904 West Lake street, is still doing business at the same old stand, and he has long since proven himself to be one of the most progressive and successful Afro-American business men in Chicago. Miss Mabel Arrant, 249 East 31st street, has been severely suffering for some time with a painful affliction of the eyes and her many young and old friends in and out of Bethel Church sincerely hope that she will soon recover her eyesight in good shape. The Misses Iona, Laura, Lizzie and Mrs. Smith of Lexington, Ky., and Misses Georgie Lattimore, Louisville, Ky., and the other Kentucky girls who had been the guests of Mrs. Edward S. Miller, 3642 Wabash avenue, returned to their homes Tuesday. John E. Owens, the people's candidate for judge of the county court, the past week visited many of the towns in the county round about Chicago, and he was warmly received by both Democrats and Republicans, who assured him of their votes and support. Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson, 6450 Champlain avenue, takes pleasure in announcing the opening of her studio of music for the fall term, beginning Thursday, September 1, 1910. See card in another column of this paper. Pupils are now being enrolled Mrs. Charles Banks of Mound Bayou, Miss., arrived in the city Friday morning and she is stopping with Mrs. Hines. 3757 Wabash ave., Mrs. Banks is* on her way to New York city, where she will attend the meeting of the Negro National Business League. The Leland Giants and the Gunthers will play a stiff game of baseball Thursday, August 18, at the White Sox Park, 35th and Shields avenue, for the benefit of Provident Hospital, and it should be witnessed by many thousands of people, so that a large sum of money can be realized for that worthy institution. Mr. T. S. Cooper, for twenty years railway postal clerk, is on a visit to his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Cooper, 3426 Dearborn street, and Mrs. Julia Drake and Mr. Benjamin Hammond. All of them reside in Huntsville, Ala., and they are greatly enjoying their visit with their relatives and are much pleased with their trip to Chicago. Edward W. Tidington, who has been connected with the Harrison street police station for a long time, is himself again after a severe attack of rheumatism, which completely floored him for more than three weeks, and in order to get rid of it he had to take the warm baths at Mt. Clemens, and on his return to the city he was met by a delegation of Odd Fellows and Masons, who also visited him each day and night while he was confined to his home. Sporting Notes. Chief Wilkie, 2:12%, by Earl Wilkes, 2:12%, will be entered in the pacing division of the $15,000 Readville handicap. Martin Sheridan, the great all around athlete, who announced his retirement from the athletic game some time ago, is back again. In Chick Lathers, the Michigan university player, Manager Jennings believes he has unearthed another Ty Cobb. He's a powerful bitter. Bill Corrigan of the Boston Red Sox is catching even better than last season and with his hitting and inside work has something on all catchers as an all round backstop. Dorando Pietri, the famous Italian Marathon runner, has left for Buenos Aires, South America, where he will compete in a number of long distance races at the Argentine exposition. Short Stories. In New York and Jersey City there are often as many as 60,000,000 eggs in cold storage at one time. There were 28,947 persons in the federal employ in Washington on July 1 last. The annual payroll for them is $81,541,225, an average of nearly $1,100 each. Learned Danish societies have petitioned the government to abolish the use of capital letters in their language, except for proper names and at the beginning of a sentence. It is now held that the area of merchandable forests in Canada has been very much overestimated. A recent Ontario estimate was that the timber used at the present rate will last the province only thirty years. To keep grafters out of politics is said to be almost as difficult a problem Goldsborough—You may say what you like about Ricketts, but he's as good as his word. Poindexter—But consider how many bad words he uses.—Detroit Free Press. His Holy Sabbath Day. "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy," said the good man. "I always do," replied the chronic golfer. "I played seventy-two holes last Sunday."—Chicago Record-Herald. May Be a Winner "My husband was out late last night, and this morning I found a couple of aces in his pocket. I dare say he's been losing at poker." "Don't condemn him without a hearing. If he carries around aces he probably won."—Washington Herald. The Cannibal's Plaintiff The hungry cannibal gored himself On missionary stew. They asked him if he'd have some more. He said, "No, thanks; I'm through." He ate so much it made him ill. He groomed and, with a frown, Gasped out to those around him, "You Can't keep a good man down." —Spokane Spokesman-Review. Its Athletic Nature. "That man whom you met going into the dentist's just now is a great athlete." "Ah, that accounts for it!" "Accounts for what?" "His having such a jumping toothache."—Baltimore American. Queer! The rich man smokes a meerschaum Which he tells us is a dandy; The farmer smokes a corncob, for He has the corncobs handy; The soldier smokes a clay because The pipe clay's what he used to. But sailors won't smoke hornipipes. I asked one, and he refused to. —Cleveland Leader. The Town Council. "One of these big millionaires is giving away lakes, conditionally, of course. Shall we apply for one?" "Dunnon. Which does he expect the town to provide, the hole in the ground or the water?"—Kansas City Journal. Limerique a la California. A sensible scout from Salinas Told his love: "All is over between us. No longer may we Stroll down to the sea, For I fear that your husband has seen us." —Chicago Tribune. At the Railway Station. "Has the two-thirty-train gone?" "Yes, ma'am; five minutes ago." "When's the next train?" "Four-fifteen, ma'am." "Thank goodness, I'm in time!" Lippincott's. There Was a Man. There was once a man with a mind un- sound. And he said he wasn't any tailor's goat. So he wore one suit all the year around. And he had pants buttons on his over- coat. -Buffalo Express. Sane Provision. "Every man should save one-fourth of what he makes in this life," said the thrifty person. "Provided, of course, that he makes something besides a fool of himself," volunteered the ordinary fellow—St. Louis Star. Grief's Irrepressible Cry. The pretty girl his offer had scorned; He wasn't rich enough. "Though love's the tender passion," he mourned, "This certainly is tough!" -Chicago Tribune. Missing No Chance. Patience—When Mr. Huggins attempted to kiss me last night I called out for help. Patrice—What was the matter? Were you afraid he'd get away without doing it?—Yonkers Statesman. Early Extravagance. The way folks waste their money now For strawberries is a pity. The radish doesn't cost so much, Is red and just as pretty. -Boston Herald. Teacher of Vocal and Piano Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson Soprano Fall Term Begins September 1st, 1910 Residence 6450 Champlain Avenue Chicago, Ill. Phone Normal 3316 Office Phones, Randolph 3266-3267 Res. Phone, Doug. 4397 3337 Wabash Ave., Third Apart. J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 208-11 Kedzle Bldg. 120 Randolph Street, Chicago Telephone Main 2017 J. A. TRIBUE Attorney-at-Law 171 WASHINGTON ST. Room 798 Chicago He will bury cheaper than the trust P. GEO. O. Funeral Director and Embalmment successful undertaking establish of the people's appreciation of I I am the only Undertaker that the same price as Hearse and to One Hundred Dollars on a fun You are cordially invited to con making arrangements. We carry a large stock on hand suit the people. Funerals are conducted in any out extra charges. Large Chapel free to our patr of the United States and foreign prices. Phone, West 1761. Lady atten Lake St., near Lincoln St. 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. Slowpay," said the tailor, taking a much wrinkled memorandum of accounts from his pocket, "but"— "Oh, don't bother, Snip," said Slowpay 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." We know we heard that years ago— 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. Better be sure we hear these Have jumped some ever since. —Yonkers 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. 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 application of a little moisture attach to the back of the letter." Keep plugging right along and say When you fell fat, "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. Managera. 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. Step Useless Extravagances. The crime for automobile and motor- riding, the clothing and a hint of other useless extravagances is keeping the colored man back, says the Portland (Ore.) Advocate. Why not imitate the foreigner who before he learns to speak the English Jumping Stunts Up to Him. Drinking Water. Fire Escapes Postage Stamps 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. compare our prices with others before 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 1866. 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 Conselya. 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 Conselyes 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 Pasleigh—I 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 to quaint.—Roseleaf. Laya For His Feed. He sings not for a wreath of hay. For fame he carols not his lay. Although he takes his heart to please. He sings to get his bread and cheese. —Darrel Morrell. "Why is little Johnny plasing away? " He saw a lady passing and yelled "There's a mouse!" and it was a suffragette in bloomers. She didn't jump." Cleveland Leader. Dried Seaweed. The Norwegians make use of dried Seaweed for fuel. Darkation of Menex. 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 montealen, and Niebuhr thinks that they were introduced at the time when the Romans first began to coin silver. Standing Arms 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 1638. Folding a Man's Cost 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 pariance, 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 Nere with a beard, but it is not believed to be authentic. Silk of Spain. Nearly all the silk of Spain is produced in the province of Murcia. After dinner Drawio A man feels drowsy 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 3,000 years. It is mentioned by Herodotus, who was born 486 years before the Christian era. Circus Horse After training a good circus horse is worth from $3,000 to $5,000. A. Bwashbuckler 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 seals of the United States—one in 1783, 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 Faverite Instrument. Apello 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 Apello, who became a wonderful player upon it. The lyre was used by the Greeks in olden times, and from it it was fashioned the horn. Flics A fly will lie motionless at a temperature of freezing point, begin to crowl at 68 degrees, to bums and fly at 68 degrees. One hundred and thteen degrees of dry heat will usually kill a fly in a short time. Dressine the Hair In preparing human hair for sale it is first assorted, combed and twisted in boiling water to which a weak solution of soda or ammonia is added, then attached as to coils. The short sides are rounded around little holes have placed in a coke heated kiln five or six days, when they are ready for sale as turia." No Wonder. The ancients thought the world was flat I'm really not surprised at that. Weld find it flat, I dare to say, If we were living in their day. Just think, they had no autos then. No show girls to delight the men, No pipes to smoke and no cigars, No seats to sleep, no bridge to play and no pink tints. No liners speeding o'er the sea, No yellow journals and no flats, No women's monstrous picture lake. No tarif problem to attack, No gowns that button up the back, No end seat hats with manners rude, No ice bills, no cold storage corn, No bunko steerers and no yanks, No trolley cars with clang and wink. No Teddy to keep things astir- 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 (dubloously)—Well—I—dunne. "What, you don't know? Why, sir, I saved the taxpayers $500,000 this year." "Eb? 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 "I" almost got. I had him in the boat, and then He left me. Lord, but it was hot! Long hours of sitting at a spot Where once a big one got away, Of tramping over field and lot- The fishing season starts today. 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. Sister's eloped with the "shuuvver." She might have married a count. They have just trimmed her father in Wall street— Took an enormous amount. Mother is in the hospital. Tomorrow they operate. Brother's been fired from college. For breaking a freshman's pate. —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 Waterlog. As burglarls hold will do. He folded his feet and tucked in his head And waired an hour or two. At last she came—by all the stars, That burglar will never forget! She maudled into and placed him behind the bars, For she was a suffragette. 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 parapol. Daisy hangs him to her neck chain, From him Mary takes her tea. For Augustus he's a phone bowl, Jennie on her parapol. For the Asking. "Pardon me, governor," began the Interviewer, "I"— "Certainly, certainly," replied the Tennessee executive, reaching for a blank. "What are you guilty of?"— Philadelphia Public Ledger. Man's inconsistency. Men 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 To please him are quite slim If parchure, his love grows gold And she makes it hot for him. The Latest. "Is it the latest thing in care?" "I guess so; it has never get me up where on time yet."—Houston Post Her Love. "Now, do you love your neighbor well?" I asked a fair and charming one. "Not much," she said, "the truth to tell, But, oh, I love my neighbor's son!" —Dentruck Free Press. His Descent. Mrs. Gabbie (to her new wawawawman) his husband has descended from one of the Great houses in the land. Mrs. Mulcahy—An' phwat is he, a MID carrier!—Boston Transcript. Don't Worry. Can't stop the world from rolling, So keep a quarrel soak. Although you're standing in the way, It's bound to roll and roll. —Atlanta Constitution. A Combat. "Terrible attack at the club law's wrangling." "What happened?" "Cholly struck Fendy with a table moon."—Karina City Journal. --- Play Ball. As it was never played is what we are doing every Saturday, Sunday and Holidays at our new Park. Leland Giants 69th and Halsted Streets. To the most select audiences in the city. Games with the best talent pre-creable. 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 Box seats reserved by mail or phone if order is accompanied with cash, 66 cts. per seat. Special attention to ladies and children. Ice water served free. Take any southside surface car to 69th street 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 2550-155 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. Ry., 32nd St. and Armour Avenue CHICAGO Phone Main 4258 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 5670 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 171 Washington St. Res. 485 Langley Av. CHCAGG NOW IS THE TIME TO ADVERTISE IN THE BROAD AX To and From All Depots MOVING AND VAN SERVICE. Ice Coal Whelesale 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 PARKROOM J. S. DORSEY, R. Ph., proprietor 116% W. 51st Street, near Dearborn, Chicago. TELEPHONE OAKLAND 803 Our Motte is Purity and Accuracy Phone Al Hotel Br Gee. W. M. BUFFET, POOL Phone Aldine 3653 BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. F. A. RA F. A. RAWLINS --- May 15th General Expressing 3004 State Street O Back to the Old Stand. 11 W. 39th St. near State St., T. R. Hall, laundry mans' furnishings, notions, cigars, tobacco, and news stand. Phone Douglas $258. Phone Aldine 2686 Renting a Specialty Clark, Hayes & Co. Real Estate, Renting, Loans and Insurance Flats and Houses to rent and For Sale. 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, 10:30. 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, 8024 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 ce. W. Molt, Prop. OOL AND BILLIARDS. Chicago RAWLINS UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR Not in any trust; funerals cheaper than the trust. Investigate me and see for yourself. Caskets, $15 and up; complete funeral for $50, 60, 75 and up. Calla answered day and night. --- 3705 STATE STREET CHICAGO 4817 STATE STREET Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company Main Office: Branch Office Suite 64, 95 Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. 3517 State Street 'PHONE 4966 CENTRAL H. C. Conley Phone Oak Conley & 511 S. S. Real Estate, L Insur Property care Get our prices, they are free. Cor savings in Chic Insure your household goods to d Notary Money to Loan. William Thomas, 6 Kentucky C. Conley Phone Oakland 1452 John T. Jenifer Conley & Jenifer 511 S. 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Cash or Easy Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30. Phone Doug. 975. PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENGE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4000 Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1215-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS Northampton W. Massachusetts Street Telephone Address 888 Office Telephone Central 1209 Minneapolis 1649 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1215-1219 Ranger Blvd BARN AND WARNINGTON STREET ONARD. ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 815-6200 Ranger Blvd. AMM AND WASHINGTON OLD CAMERON. OHN R. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR LAY LAW Knew His Game. He—A philosopher says, "The e- thing worth while in life is trying to something you can't and doing it." She (sweetly)—Is that why you p bridge?—Life. Pawnillam. Every state has its favorite son. Though oft he's sad out to slaughter, but how does it happen there's no one that has a favorite daughter? -Chicago Tribune "Twice False. Lady (at the jeweler's)—Is this Island 1452 John T. Jenifer K Jenifer estate St. loans, Renting insurance fully managed fer with us before you invest your go, Real Estate. ay, to nigh you may hav to Public Collections. on. Mgr. and Treas. Club Cafe Finest Dining Parlors Best to Drink. Best Music. Best of Everything Sam'l I. Lee PIANO CO. TE STREET I recollect a nurse called Ann. Who carried me about the gras. And one day a fine young man Came up and kissed the pretty leon She did not make the least object. Thinks I: "Aha! When I can talk I'll tell mammal." And that's my earliest recollection. Net 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 growing in the moon. And maybe tell us truth, "You just can't raise a tunef." —Atlanta Constitution Knew His Game. He—A philosopher says, "The only thing worth while in life is trying to do something you can't and doing it." She (sweetly)—Is that why you play bridge?—Life. Pavilion. Every state has its favorite son. Though off he's out to slaughter, But how does it happen there's not a one That has a favorite daughter? —Chicago Tribune. "Two False. Lady (at the jeweler's)—Is this die- BROOKLYN BANK S. E. Corr. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 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 not dents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money t on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- s, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. 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 finest building ever open Steam heat, electric light, tile bat The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. in heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent. THE BROADWAY 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 Boy's Question. "Yes, my son." "Will you please tell me something?" "What is it, my boy?" "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 his to elapse. But his wishes went unheeded. For she calmly answered, "Nope! Not while 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 la Laforcade is the new official guide of royal visitors in France, succeeding M. Enoll in that capacity. 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 casked boy on the vessel which took Napoleon to St. Helena ninety-five years ago. Emil Blorn and Dr. Niles T. Quinlan, leaders in the Chicago Norwegian colony, have been decorated by King Haakon VII. with the Order of St. Olaf. 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 New. 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. 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