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THE BROAD AX Booker T. Washington On His Annual Booming And Begging Tour THROUGH THIS SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. HE DECLARES THAT "IN NO SECTION OF THE WORLD VISITED BY HIM. WHERE THE WHITE AND COIORED RACES ARE LIVING SIDE BY SIDE DWELL IN SUCH SATISFACTORY RELATIONSHIP AS THEY DO IN THE SOUTH." IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT IN 1906 AT THE MEETING OF HIS NEGRO NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HE PERMITTED JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES TO DICTATE TO HIM WHAT HE MUST OR SHCULD SAY IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESSES TO THE DELEGATES. THAT HE BRANDED THE NEGROES AS A RACE OF CRIMINALS. THAT WHILE THE ATLANTA RIOT WAS IN FULL SWAY HE ADMONISHED THE NEGROES TO REFRAIN FROM ASSAULTING WHITE WOMEN, ALTHOUGH IT WAS PROVEN AFTER THE RIOT THAT NOT ONE CRIME IN THAT RESPECT HAD BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST ANY CLASS OF WOMEN BY ANY NEGRO. HE ALSO ADVISED THE COLORED MEN OF THAT CITY NOT TO ATTEMPT TO DEFEND THEIR FAMILIES AND HOMES, BUT PERMIT THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN TO BE SHOT DOWN IN COLD BLOOD BY THEIR BEST FRIENDS. THE GREAT WIZARD AND SOME OF HIS COLORED DOCTOR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS IN THIS CITY BELIEVE IN THE "JIM CROW" CAR FOR THE NEGRO. Vol. XVI Booker T. W. On His A And Begg THROUGH THIS SECTION OF T HE DECLARES THAT "IN NO TED BY HIM. WHERE THE WHITE AND CORE BY SIDE DWELL IN SUCH SHIP AS THEY DO IN T IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT HIS NEGRO NATIONAL GEORGIA. HE PERMITTED JOHN TEMPLER WHAT HE MUST OR SHOT DRESSES TO THE DELE THAT HE BRANDED THE NEGALS. THAT WHILE THE ATLANTA R ADMONISHED THE NEG SAULTING WHITE WOMEN AFTER THE RIOT THE RESPECT HAD BEEN CO OF WOMEN BY ANY NE HE ALSO ADVISED THE COLOR ATTEMPT TO DEFEND BUT PERMIT THEIR WH SHOT DOWN IN COLOR FRIENDS. THE GREAT WIZARD AND SOME FRIENDS AND SUPPORT THE "JIM CROW" CAR F Booker T. Washington, who recently returned to his native land, from a long to be remembered pleasant trip through the most important parts of Europe, where he dined with Kings and Queens and was royally entertained by the best nobility of the old world, receiving distinguished honors seldom showered upon any American citizen, which fact has added untold glory unto himself, and to the American people in general. Arrives in this city to-morrow morning in his annual booming and begging tour, through this section of the country, it is presumed that as usual he will stop at the Palmer House, and on Sunday evening, he will address the Sunday Evening Club, at Orchestra Hall, and inform his white hearers that the "Negro does not desire, civil, social nor, political equality; that he is perfectly contented to chop wood and pick cotton for eight or ten dollars per month, and that he is unwilling to attempt to aspire to what he rightly considers the untainable." Later on in the evening he will deliver short addresses at Bethel church 30th and Dearborn street and at Olivet Baptist church, 27th and Dearborn street, and no doubt he will tell the Colored people, in order to make them feel good that he is exceedingly thankful to the good Lord for making him a Colored man, that he does not want his color to change, notwithstanding the fact, that he claims in his book "Up from Slavery," that "his father was a white man." Since his return from abroad he has devoted most of his time to speech making, while traveling through the Southern States, with William H. Lewis, of Boston, Mass., Richard W. Thompson, of Washington, D. C., his official newspaper puffer for money and many of his other shouters and retainers tagging at his heels, and while speaking at Durham, N. C., among other things he declared that "the condition of the Southern Negro as a laborer was far better than that of the European," he also declared that of "all the places in the wide world he had visited he has found none where the white and Colored races living side by side dwell in such satisfactory relationship as they do in the South." Rats and hogwash! that utterly false statement on the part of Booker T. Washington, is worth many thousand dollars to him in a personal way, for many rich white men in the south, will willingly give up their money to him, for such rot, fully convinces them that he knows his place when they are around and that he is still a good white man's "Nigger." No attempt will be made at this time to enlarge upon the fact that at every point in all the affairs of life, throughout the Southern states, the so-called white and Colored races are constantly clashing and each year many defenseless Colored women and children are clubbed to death, burned at the stake and otherwise brutally treated, in order to strike terror into the hearts of those who are spared to witness such horrible and revolting scenes and many Colored men who have in the past attempted to protect, their wives and beautiful daughters from the ravishments of white gentlemen, now sleep, the sleep of death in unmarked graves. Notwithstanding these and many other undisputed facts in this respect, Booker T. Washington has the brass nerve to travel up and down or through the land and proclaim that "the two races in the south at all times are happy and are living together in peace and that their relations in every respect are just as pleasant and as beautiful as a red rose in June. It will be recalled that in 1906, at the meeting of his Negro Nation? Business League, in Atlanta, Georgia, he permitted that half savage and half devil John Temple Graves, to dictate to him what he must or should say in his annual ad- CHICAGO, DECEMBER 3, 1910. ATTORNEY WALTER M. FARMER. The Well-known Barrister, Intelligently Sets Forth His Views In This Issue of The Broad Ax, On the "Nigger," Now Being Played At McVicker's Theatre. dress to the delegates that he branded the Negroes as a race of criminals, that he enjoined them not even to look at a white woman; that he unbosomed himself of a lot of other childish talk along the same line which was very pleasing to John Temple Graves and his associates; that shortly after the meeting of his league in that city, the riot occurred, that while it, the riot was on in full sway he admonished the Negroes to refrain from assaulting white women and that the Negro race must get rid of its rapists, but after the riot was over and many of the property holding and best class of Colored men, women and children had been ruthlessly murdered without a just cause, the Mayor of Atlanta, had a committee appointed composed of all white men, to inestivgate the cause of the riot and in their final report they declared that "not one Negro had committed any crime whatsoever, against any class of women at that time; that the best class of law abiding Negroes had suffered untold losses at the hands of the white mob." He also advised the Colored men of that city at that time, in order to make himself solid with the Southern white people to save his own neck, not to attempt to defend their families and homes, but to stand still and permit their wives and children to be shot down in cold blood by their best Southern white friends. Unto this day Booker T. Washington, has never expressed the slightest regret that he greatly assisted to convey the impression to the world that "Negro rapists of white women, were responsible for the Atlanta riot." The great wizard of Tuskegee, and some of his Colored Doctor friends and supporters in this city, firmly believe in the "Jim Crow," car for the Negro, one of these leading Colored doctors who can cuss louder and longer than any crap shooting, whisky drinking Negro, in existence, in order to be in the swim with the head of Tuskegee, bitterly contends that the Southern whites are simply displaying the greatest wisdom by providing seperate cars for the Negro but whenever his wife travels through the south, she passes for white in order to duck the "Jim Crow" cars. These upholders of his theory of the "Jim Crow" cars utterly ignore the fact that the better class of Colored people, while traveling in that section of the county are subjected to the same inhuman treatment as the "Jim Crow" Negro; that no moral improvement can be made as long as each and every Negro is at all times treaded as a criminal and kept on a dead level. THE "SMART SET" HEADED BY S. H. DUDLEY ARE IN THIS BIG TOWN. Next week's attraction at the Globe theatre will be the "Smart Set" Company, that mirthful and side-splitting three act musical comedy headed by S. H. Dudley, the popular and versatile Negro comedian. The production which is under the direction of Messrs. Barton & Wisw, is by Edwin Hanford who has revived plenty of novelties, situations and surprises that are out of the ordinary. There are fifteen original song hits and musical numbers furnished by Brim, Simth and Burris. The music is of the jungling, tuneful variety certain to please the most exacting lover of light and catchy melodies. Mr. Dudley has a part that is sure to set off his well known capabilities as a fun maker to excellent advantage. He will appear as Raspberry Snow, one of those ne'er-do-well Negroes who get in all sorts of troubles ill-advisibly. Raspberry has one ambition and that is to shave the President of the whole United States. The ambition is realized—but only in a dream. There are seven scenes all told and the action is so surprisingly spirited and the dialogue so crisp and witty that in order to appreciate every line and feature one must be on the alert all the time. Mr. Dudley is supported by a company of sixty people including Alda Overton Walker, one of the best singing and dancing comediennes in the country. The play, too, is handsomely staged, and despite the great cost of the production there will be no advance in prices. Matfnees as usual on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR CHARITY BENEFIT BALL. Last Friday afternoon the ladies who are to act as patronesses met in the parliors of the Appomattox Club at the call of the chairman Mrs. Wm. Emanuel, a large number were present and many responded by card or "Phone." Extensive preparations are being made to make the Benefit Ball New Year, Monday, January 2nd, a grand financial and social success. The Patronesses will meet every Friday at the Club. There will also be a musical or literary Program to which all interested in the cause of charity and Institutions are cordially invited to attend. A complete list of the Patronesses and full details of the Benefit and Beneficiaries will appear in the next issue of this paper. MRS. EMANUEL. The New Celebrated Play the "Nigger" Now On the Billboards at McVicker's Theater IS ATTRACTING WIDE ATTENTION. THE PLAY ON THE WHOLE TEACH LESSONS. THE RACE PROBLEM SET FORTH IN MISS AMY LESLIE, DRAMATIC CRITI IS REMINDED THAT IN 1906 COOK COUNTY WERE CHARGE THE NAMELESS CRIME AGAIN THAN WERE CHARGED UP AGAINST GROES ALL OVER THE COURT OTHER INTERESTING COMMENTS ON TORNEY WALTER M. FARMER THE PLAY ON THE WHOLE TEACHES MANY WHOLESOME LESSONS. THE RACE PROBLEM SET FORTH IN A NEW LIGHT. MISS AMY LESLIE, DRAMATIC CRITIC FOR THE DAILY NEWS IS REMINDED THAT IN 1906 MORE WHITE MEN IN COQK COUNTY WERE CHARGED WITH COMMITTING THE NAMELESS CRIME AGAINST WOMEN. THAN WERE CHARGED UP AGAINST THE TEN MILLION NEGROES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. OTHER INTERESTING COMMENTS ON THIS NEW PLAY BY ATTORNEY WALTER M. FARMER. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad | ments on "The Nigger" a few evenings ago made it appear (and I trust Readers of current literature are frequently impressed with the conviction that there is evidently a paucity of appropriate subjects to engage the literary genius of America. The absence of ancient castles, stately man or houses or scenes and characters that tempt the muses or inspire romance has caused the essayist and pamphleteer, the historian, the dramatist to choose the so-called race problem as the most inviting as well as the most profitable vehicle for the display of their talents. In this particular field the imagination is permitted to run riot (the more extravagantly riotous the better) provided always that it does not offend the "Cherished traditions of the South." The latest production to attract public attention is a drama from the pen of Edward Sheldon, entitled "The Nigger." The author of this piece has taken a bold departure from accustomed paths followed by other writers on this subject and is brave enough and fair enough to expose wrongs and plead for justice and fair play for the black man. It is true there are some objectionable features in the drama, chief among which might be instanced the name and the first act. But the name is chosen, no doubt, with a view of emphasizing the shocking unfairness the term so often inflicts. "Nigger" is applied to the cringing wretch charged with the most heinous offence in the category of crimes. "Nigger is applied with equal venom to Governor Morrow, a man of character and pronounced ability, a man who had been a brave and faithful sheriff and who is now an ideal Governor. A few drops of Negro blood are sufficient to place him on a level with the lowest and meanest of his race. And it might be added here that after all this is the crux of the whole race question in America. The white man must be fair enough to differentiate between the self-respecting worthy black man and the worthless, shiftless member of his race. Like other races the individual that is unworthy and is a menace to good society must be to represent only his class, and not the race to which he happens to belong. Races of men are to be estimated by the achievements of their most worthy members. This is the standard by which all other races are judged except the American Negro. In this connection so persistent has been the effort on the part of the southern white man to have the Negroes in this country estimated by the lowest among them that it is difficult for even our friends to free themselves from this unfair influence. It is well known that the attempt has been made and almost successively to impress the world with the fact that the Negroes in America is a race of rapist. And so Miss Amy Leslie, dramatic critic for the Daily News, one of the fairest writers as a rule on matters affecting the race, in her com- No. 9 ments on "The Nigger" a few evenings ago made it appear (and I trust unwittingly) that the few drops of Negro Blood in Governor Morrow, a character in this play, had almost impelled him to commit the same heinous offense with which the criminal had been charged. Miss Leslie evidently did not stop to weigh her words. Every thoughtful person knows that the crime of rape is not of Negro origin, in fact the crime is practically unknown among the tribes of Africa. It might be said that the offense was almost unheard of, so far as the Negro was concerned, during the days of slavery in this country. Why in the face of criminal statistics and indisputable facts, anyone should attempt at this day to make it appear that this crime is confined almost exclusively to the Negro race is difficult indeed to understand. In Cook County alone in 1906 there were more cases of criminal assault of white men than were charged up to the ten million Negroes all over the country. I have no doubt but that the dramatic critic never once stopped to think of the injustice she was doing our race in making such an intimation. In fact writers on the subject of the Negro are so won't to make bold assertions and unguarded remarks, irrespective of their effect that we begin to wonder their standard of justice and fairness. The drama however, after the first act, makes sufficient amends for any shock that might have occasioned the race upon the first raising of the curtain. Senator Long's plea for fair treatment of the Negro and Morrow's conclusion to devote the remainder of his life to the uplift and advancement of the race, form a fitting climax to one of the fairest, most courageous and interesting productions, dealing with the Negro, that has ever been presented to the American public. Moses C. Wetmore, the millionaire tobacco manufacturer of St. Louis, Mo., and member of the Democratic National Committee of that state; was knocked down in the streets of St. Louis, and run over by a reckless driver, last Wednesday, receiving injuries which caused his death. His funeral the first of this week, was attended by Col. William J. Bryan, whom Col. Wetmore, stood by and warmly espoused his cause in 1896, when other prominent leaders of the Democratic party turned away from him and refused to warm up to him; many other distinguished men also attended his funeral. Col. Wetmore, was a very genial and distinguished looking personage. He was plain and simple; generous, heisted and freely contributed his great wealth to help or advance a worthy cause. He worked himself up from the ranks of the lowly or the common people and he was always in sympathy with every effort put forth by them to better their economic and industrial condition. 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United States Circuit Court Stands by Constitution. THE TWO STATES IN QUESTION. Scheme to Diefranchise the Colored Citizens of Annapolis, Md., Given Black Eye by Justice Thomas J. Morris, Who Bases His Decision on the Fifteenth Amendment. The United States circuit courts for Maryland and Oklahoma have each recently passed upon disfranchise laws aimed at the Negro. The court in Maryland dealt a stunning blow to the scheme to disfranchise the Colored voters of the state, particularly so in Annapolis, where registration was refused Colored men under the "grand-father" clause in the election laws for Annapolis. The court also rendered an elaborate opinion in which the Negro's right to vote under the fifteenth amendment was upheld. The Oklahoma case was the result of the recently adopted constitutional amendment which disfranchises 14,000 voters in that state. The case in Maryland was brought by three Colored men, William H. Howard, J. B. Anderson and George Brown, claiming damages for being denied registration. The defendant's counsel brought a demurrer to the suit, which was overruled by Judge Thomas J. Morris in a decision which squarely faces the question of race disfranchisement. Judge Morris in his decision said: "It is supposable that a property qualification might, in fact, result in some localities in all Negroes being excluded, and the same might be the result in some localities from an educational test, and it could not be said, although that was the result intended, that it was a discrimination on account of race or color, but would be referable to a different test. By looking at the constitution and laws of Maryland prior to Jan. 1, 1869, how can it be said with any show of reason that any but the white man could vote then, and how can the court close its eyes to the abvious fact that it is for that reason solely that the test is inserted in the Maryland acts? "The fifteenth amendment provides expressly that all citizens of the United States otherwise qualified should be entitled and allowed to vote at all elections in any state, territory, county, city, without distinction of race or color, any constitution, law, custom, usage or regulations of any state to the contrary notwithstanding." The Oklahoma case was an application for a writ of injunction of Daniel Simons of Guthrie restraining an election official from denying him the right to vote. In deciding against Mr. Simons the court said: "It is ordered that the application for an interloctory injunction be and the same is hereby denied, not on the ground that section 4 of article 3 of the constitution of Oklahoma at the election in August, 1910, is not in violation of the constitution of the United States, but on the sole ground that, although the complainant may have a remedy at law in this court for the deprivation of his vote, this court has no jurisdiction in equity to grant him the relief he seeks from the threatened deprivation of that eight under the decision of the United 9. 29 States supreme court in Giles versus Harris 189 U. S. 475." The decision by the Maryland judge will be taken to the highest court in the land, and, as Judge Morris has been seldom reversed, the whole question of Negro disfranchisement may assume a phase at variance with the wishes of the bourbon south. The Oklahoma decision is along the line of the usual evasive way the United States courts have had in deciding similar actions. BOOKER T. WASHINTON'S PRO GRAMME FOR CHICAGO AND EVANSTON, DEC. 4th, 5th. Sunday afternoon at Ebenezer Methodist Church, Evanston, Ills., under the auspices of the Colored Young Men's Club, of which Dr. W. F. Garnett is president, and at the First Congregational Church. In the evening the distinguished educator will speak at Orchestra Hall, this city, after which he will appear at the Olivet Baptist Church and at Bethel A. M. E. Church, at 9 p. m. and 9:45 p. m., respectively. The Scovby Club, composed of 26 Congregational ministers will entertain him, Monday noon at luncheon. On Monday afternoon he will speak at the University of Chicago and 8 o'clock p. m., at Quinn Chapel under the auspices of the Tuskegee Club of this city. It is quite probable that Dr. Washington will speak at several of our white churches during his stay here. This depends entirely on the time of his arrival here on Sunday morning, Dec. 4th. There will be no charge for admission to any of the meetings at which he will appear. In his talks he will no doubt dwell at considerable length on his recent observations in Europe where he studied the conditions of the laboring classes, while royalty sought to do him honor as a leading American citizen and benefactor. Tuesday, Dec. 6th, Dr. Washington, will be the guest of the Sunset Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is hoped that Dr. Washington will find time to inspect our many business houses before he leaves this section of the country.—"T." Grand Rapids, Mich., November 28 —Judge Hess of the police court here yesterday refused to perform a wedding ceremony for W. M. Ware, a Negre, and Sarah L. Wheeler, a white woman, when called upon to do so. Not only did the magistrate refuse to perform the ceremony, but he plainly told the bride and groom that he did not approve of races intermarrying, and while he recognized their right to do so under the law, that he would not lend his official services to that end. Another justice was secured and tied the knot. Pugilist Source Option on Real Real Estate of South Side Turner Hall. Savings of $165,000 Evidence Champion is Not Squandering Ring Money. Champion Pugilist Jack Johnson, in pursuance of his purpose to invest his ring earnings in Chicago real estate, has secured an option on the property in State street, near Thirty-first street, known as the South Side Turner hall. The champion has the matter of purchase at a price said to be in the neighborhood of $60,000 under advisement, and he is expected to close the deal within a few days. While Johnson is putting his money in real estate primarily as an investment, the purchase of South Side Turner hall, with its auditorium, two dance halls, and smaller halls suitable for lodge purposes, probably would see the Negro occupy part of the building himself while "landlording" it for the balance. The scheme of a music and concert-hall for Colored people has been presented to the conqueror of Jeffries, and he might assume the role of proprietor. Lease Expires Next May. It generally is understood that a lease on the property is held by several German societies, but Johnson has been informed that this lease expires next May. The ability of Johnson to consider real estate deals of this size naturally aroused some comment in quarters which had given crudence to the reports that the Negro was squandering the earnings of his Reno fight when he took the title from Jeffries. From those in close touch with Johnson's financial affairs, it is learned that the champion has a cash balance in a local savings bank of nearly $165,000, and that instead of drawing on this sum for living expenses he has paid all his current expenses out of the theatrical earnings since the fight, and has in addition increased his wealth enough to buy the Prairie avenue property, for which he is reported to have paid $18,000. In previous talks on his finances Johnson has said, "I will show you one prize fighter who never will end up broke." Few took seriously his talk that he would put the money in good paying improved real estate, but he possibly remembers the days before it became so easy and he is preparing for the future.—The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 3, 1910. Wednesday evening, December 14, Miss Edna Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson, 4834 Armour avenue; will be united in marriage to Mr. William H. Turner, on and after that date, they will be at home at 4988 Dearborn street. Presenting the Incomparable Comedian S.H.DUDLEY Supported by the Peerless Comedienne AIDA OVERTON WALKER and 50 Associate Players in the Latest Comedy Creation His Honor The Barber MILD CASES DANGEROUS. The mildest cases of diphtheria or scarlet fever are as dangerous for well children to be associated with as are those of the most dangerous type. And most dangerous of all is what we call the unrecognized case of either one of the two diseases mentioned. It is a well-known fact that from the mildest case of either diphtheria or scarlet fever, the most malignant form may be and frequently is contracted. Many times people will insist upon the early raising of quarantine for the reason that, as they put it, "the child was hardly sick at all." For the same reason too, they will think that the disease "could not be catching." This is a serious mistake. The child with only a light attack is just as dangerous as a means of spreading diphtheria as is the child that has it in its worst form. Here is a case that illustrates what we are trying to make clear. A young married man with wife and little child, complained of not feeling well for nearly two weeks, but continued at his work. At the end of that time his wife was taken down with scarlet fever of a most malignant type. She was removed to the hospital. The mother died within a week after entering the hospital and three days later the baby died. An examination of the father at the time his wife was taken sick showed that he had had scarlet fever in a mild form and was still peeling. The only trouble as his case was so light that it went unrecognized and cost him the lives of his entire family. Mild cases spread more contagion than do the very severe ones. PRINTING MILLION CHRISTMAS SEALS A DAY. Washington, D. C., December Ist. Announcement comes from the headquarters of the American National Red Cross that Christmas Seals are being printed at the rate of a million a day and that already over 60,000,000 have been given out to agents in all parts of the United States. The demand for these holiday seals is greater this year than ever before. At the same time the Red Cross issues a warning calling attention of all users of Christmas Seals to the ruling of the Post-office Department that these stickers must be placed on letters and packages. To avoid the possibility of the misuse of holiday seals, warning cards are being posted in every booth where Red Cross Seals are sold, telling that the stickers are not good for postage and must be used only as seals. Already several million seals have been sold to large manufacturing concerns and other business houses in all parts of the United States, and orders are coming in hourly. The outlook for selling 100,000,000 seals and thereby making good the slogan of the campaign, 'A Million for Tuberculosis', are very bright. --- minenb Aida Overton Walker. Mrs. Kate Trimble Woolsey, who was the Delegate at Large from the U. S. to the Free-thought Congress at Brussels last summer, in an interview on her arrival in New York in speaking of the clergy, said: "Hell was a man-made invention. They found hell useful for nearly 2,000 years to intimidate weak-minded women and keep them in what they chose to designate as woman's sphere of subjection and silence. "But civilization has eliminated this horrible belief from the heart of men as it has overcome other frightful crimes and brutalities." Declaring that she could not express the opinion of hell better than the little verse which forms a part of her prayer, Mrs. Woolsey said: "What a distortion of the Deity to endow him with the cruelty and brutality of man! It is a part of the same theology which classes women with dumb beasts, which has inflicted political, legal and civil death upon the feminine sex. "It is woman who has emancipated mankind from this frightful belief in a place of eternal torment. "No woman could have ever invented the harrowing description attributed to a medieval theologian that hell is paved with the skulls of unbaptized infants. "Maternal tenderness has always been the antidote of masculine cruelty and has been one of the influences which have won the world away from the idea of torture in the present and future life. Paganism did not contain this charming conception of grilling souls, and paganism was much kinder to woman than the theologians have led to believe. "Of course there are still many ignorant beings to whom the myth of hell seems a brutal actuality." Mrs. Woolsey's new Lord's prayer has been adopted by freethinkers the world over.—The People's Press, Chicago, November 26, 1910. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, president of the Phyllis Wheatley club, was called home last Wednesday evening. Her mother who has been ill for some time passed away Friday. The club members extend to her their sympathy in this her time of sadness. A special illustrated health talk at the home 3530 Forest ave., Wednesday, Dec. 7th, at 2:30 by Mrs. Martha Thrall. Every one is cordially invited to be present. Admission and refreshments free. We hope all the members are busy trying to earn that dollar by the 15th of December. At that time each member will relate her experience in getting it. A good time is expected. Please be present—"L." PUBLIC PROVISION FOR CONSUMPTIVES DOUBLED. More than $6,000,000 Appropriated—Still Face Great Lack of Accommodations. Sixteen state sanatoria, twenty-eight county hospitals, and twenty-one municipal hospitals for tuberculosis have been erected and provided for since January 1, 1909, says a bulletin of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, issued today. Within the last two years the number of state institutions for tuberculosis has doubled, and the number of county and municipal institutions has increased from about 30 to 80. The expenditures of public money for the treatment of tuberculosis also has more than doubled. Not less than $3,000,000 of state money was appropriated for tuberculosis institutions in 1909, when 43 legislatures met, and over $600,000 in 1910, when only eleven legislatures were in session. The appropriations of counties and cities for tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoria in the last two years will aggregate fully $2,500,000, bringing the total of official appropriations for tuberculosis hospitals up to over $6,000,000 in the past two years. In spite, however, of this good showing, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis states that not one-tenth of the public provision for tuberculosis that is needed has been made. More than 250,000 tuberculosis patients are constantly without proper institutional treatment. EMANUEL SETTLEMENT NOTES. The executive board of the City Federation held an interesting meeting at the Settlement last Monday afternoon. Miss Saddie Williams, of 2911 Dearborn St., is teaching the kindergarten in the absence of Miss Morgan who is expected to be back to her post after the holidays. The Kindergarten has an average attendance of 20 children. 300 applications for work have been received through the Employment Bureau, which shows the great amount of relief work to be done this winter. Visitors are cordially invited to visit the Settlement. Preparations are being made for the Christmas Festival for the children. The Settlement force is kept very busy these days with the sick. It is with deep regret that we receive news of the closing of Charity Hospital. BIRTHDAY PARTY BY THE TOWN OF LAKE WOMAN'S CLUB. Wednesday, December 7, the Town of Lake Woman's Club, will give an all day birthday party and entertainment at Jackson's Hall 2959 State st. a fine repast will be served. Free admission. He will bury cheaper than the trust P. GEO. C Funeral Director and Embalm successful undertaking establish of the people's appreciation of I am the only Undertaker that the same price as Hearse and o to One Hundred Dollars on a fu You are cordially invited to co making arrangements. GEO. O. JONES. We carry a large stock on ha suit the people. Funerals are conducted in any out extra charges. Large Chapel free to our pat of the United States and fore prices. Phone, West 1761. Lady attes Lake St., near Lincoln St. THE TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE. 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. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, November 19, 1910. The twentieth annual session, of the Tuskegee Negro Conference will convene at Tuskegee Institute on Wednesday and Thursday, January 18th and 19th, 1911. On Wednesday the first day, the Tuskegee Negro Conference will be held. Among the topics to be discussed are: "Making Farming Pay," "Successful Truck Farming," "Fruit Raising," "Live Stock and Poultry-Raising," "Cotton-Raising," "How to Successfully Manage a Large Plantation," "How to Make a Living on a Small Farm." A number of prominent white planters are expected to be present and the question of making tenant farming more profitable both to the landlord and to the tenant will be discussed somewhat at length. On Thursday, the Annual Workers' Conference will be held. On this occasion an unusually large number of persons directly engaged in Negro education from the schools of the South especially, or interested in the uplift of the Negro are expected to be present. Among the subjects that will be taken up at the Workers' Conference is the following: "How Ministers, Teachers and Business Men assist the farmers to make Agriculture more Profitable, particularly by assisting in teaching farmers more efficient methods of farming and also to develop the business side of farming. The indications are that the coming Tuskegee Negro Conference will be the largest and most successful of all the Conferences held at Tuskegee Institute. MILLIONAIRE WETMORE WILLS BOOKS TO BRYAN. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1.—The will of Moses C. Wetmore, millionaire tobacco manufacturer, leaves the estate in trust with instructions to pay $450 a month to Mrs. Theresa G. Thompson until her death, when the $450 a month is to go to Wetmore's niece's, Misses Eunice and Mary Lee Wetmore. Wetmore was a bachelor. To William J. Bryan is bequeathed Thomas Jefferson's works in Wetmore's library. PROGRAM FOR TUSKEGEE NIGHT AT QUINN CHAPEL .MONDAY, DECEMBER 5th. 1. Musical selections, Prof. Ed. F. Morris; 2. Tuskegee Song, Chicago Tuskegee Club; 3. Invocation, Dr. Wm. D. Cook, Pastor; 4. Plantation Melody, Chicago Tuskegee Club; 5. Introductory remarks, Pres. A. G. Chandler; 6. Address, Dr. Booker T. Washington. The trustees of Quinn Chapel announce that on Monday their grand bazaar will begin. A. JONES. ter who conducts, one of the most mments 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 and from which to select, that will part of the city or suburbs with- irons. Bodies shipped to all parts ign countries at the very lowest adant. Office and chapel, 1904 W. SAMUEL GOMPERS, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FEDER- ATION OF LABOR. Eavors the Admission of Colored Me- chanics Into Labor Unions. Last week the American Federation of Labor, held its annual convention at St. Louis, Mo., and it was given out during its sessions, by the daily press that its President, Samuel Gompers, declared, in one of his addresses during its sessions that "he was emphatically in favor of preventing Colored mechanics, from being admitted into full membership in the Labor union." That was a false impression, sent forth by the newspapers, to manufacture race prejudice among the laboring class of whites against the Negro. For President Gompers, wants it distinctly understood, that he heartily welcomes men of all nationalities and complexions into the labor unions composing the American Federation of Labor." NEGROES GIVEN SANATORI IUM. Colorado Springs, Col., Nov. 26. James K. Polk, Taylor, a former slave, 71 years old, and his wife, it was announced today, have given 480 acres of land at Calban, forty miles east of Colorado Springs, to the Charles Sumner Tuberculosis association as a site for a national tuberculosis sanitation for Colored persons. WOMEN CABBIES ARE HUMANE Horses Much Better Kept Than Men's, Paris Finds. The League for the Protection of the Horse, which exists in Paris, alight as may seem the results it obtains, has been making an inquiry into the lot of the Paris cab horse, and its report of the result lays special stress on the superior condition of horses of cabs driven by women as compared with those driven by men. The women cab drivers were found to be uniformly kind to their horses and scarcely ever to use the whip, and were often seen giving them some little delicacy to eat. At one/of the largest stables where cabs are let to drivers the league was told of a mare named Rosette which was so vicious and bad tempered that no driver was willing to take her out. One of the women drivers asked for her and treated her so well that she became a tractable and useful animal. $10,000,000 TO AMUSE PARIS Tax Figures Indicate Total Spent During 1909. Parisians spent more than $10,000,000 on public amusements in 1909. The figures are official, being known because of the tax for the poor levied on all public entertainments. This tax is now paid by the public, the managers having raised their prices a year ago sufficiently to cover it. CHIPS Mr. Benjamin Crockett, 2962 Wabash avenue, spent Thanksgiving at his former home, Litchfield, Ill. Dunn and Hight, owners of the Budweiser, 5050 State street; have had their cafe up-stairs renovated and everything put in apple pie order. Mrs. Jennie E. Johnson, 3443 Wabash avenue, will the latter part of next week, journey to El Paso, Tex., where she will spend the winter for the benefit of her health. Willam D. Neighbors and Company real estate dealers have moved their main office from 95 Washington st., to their former branch office, 3517 State street. Dr. J. S. Dorsey, the popular young druggist 20 West 51st street, has been confined to his room for the past four or five days, with a very severe cold and racking pains in his head. Mrs. L. Covington who was formerly an advertising agent for the Interprise Institute now has charge of the States Home for boys at 6662 Hartwell Avenue. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, 6450 Champlain Ave., the sweet voiced soprano soloist, returned home Thursday morning from Louisville, Ky., where she spent ten days in filling several important singing engagements and greatly enjoying a rare social visit with her many friend in Old Kentucky, and at New Albany, Ind. Mrs. R. Whitlow, 3524 Dearborn street, announces the marriage of her daughter Bethenia, to Mr. David Pointer of this city. The wedding took place on Wednesday evenings. Nov. 23rd at 8:30 o'clock at the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. David Pointer are both well-known young people of this city and their many friends wish them a happy life. One of the most brilliant of the early winter dances was that given Thanksgiving evening at the Oakland Music Hall 40th and Cottage Grove avenue, by the Swastika Post Office Club, Dave Peyton's orchestra played for the dance. The Swastika's certainly showed their ability to entertain. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McElwee, 3230 Forest avenue, announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Helen C. M. McElwee, to Mr. Greene B. Carter, of San Antonio, Tex. The wedding will occur near the holidays, and after a short honeymoon trip, the newly wedded couple, will be at home with the parents of the bride, at the above mentioned number. The Illinois Chronicle, will tender an informal dinner to Mr. Noah D. Thompson, of Tuskegee, Ala., Monday evening, December 5th at 5:30 o'clock at the Dumas Hotel, 3312 Wabash avenue. It is also expected that Prof. Booker T. Washington, will be present and respond to one of the many brilliant toasts, which will be delivered on the occasion. Sunday Dec. 4th, is Dunbar Day at the Standard Literary. The program will be under the auspices of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Tuberculosis Sanitarium Association of which Dr. Anna R. Cooper is president. Some of the most attractive numbers on the program are, an address by Mr. Walter M. Farmer, readings from Dunbar, by Miss Kathreen Williams and Bettiola Fortson. Duet by Miss Buelah Medley and Mr. James P. Norwood. Mr. Petis James of Battle Creek, Mich., was the guest of honor at a dinner party given by Mrs. Mary Watkins, 17 E. 51st t., on Thanksgiving afternoon. Among the guests present were, Misses Kathreen Williams, Ethel Spence, Anna Hudlin, Leona Daughtery, Emma Shaw, Pearl Carter, Mexico City; N. M. and Messrs. W. A. Howse, Wm. J. Kelley, Jos. Snowden, Wm. D. Neighbors. Cary B. Lewis and relatives of the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. George Thronton, 4325 Forrestville avenue, celebrated their twelfth wedding anniversary on Wednesday evening. Nov. 23rd with one hundred and twenty-five guests. Her former-bridesmaids, Mrs. Seldon-Carroll, Mrs. Alice Simpson and Mrs. Lutie Jackson and Miss Eva Damon assisted in receiving. The young ladies of the Midlothian Club of which Mrs. Thornton is directress served. They were the recipients of many valuable presents. Mrs. Thornton was Mrs. Mattie Smith. A LONG WASH DAY. It Lasted a Week, but Game Only Four Times a Year. Every one has heard of the German and Dutch method of accumulating solled clothes and of having a wash day only two or three times a year. Not every one realizes, perhaps that the custom was brought over to this country from Holland and that the Dutch settlers long continued its practice. In these days of the ever ready laundry it is strange to read of the laborious period which came to our New Amsterdam ancestors four times a year. Helen Evertson Smith tells about it in "Colonial Days and Ways." The custom of quarterly clothes washings was maintained notwithstanding our summer heats and the immense quantities of clothes necessary to keep up the state of cleanliness required by Dutch instincts. A New Englander who had married a citizen of New York writes in 1700 of this practice, which was undoubtedly strange to her: "Grandmother Blum is so deep in her quarterly wash this week that she has time only to send her love." The washing was done in an outhouse called the bleeckeryen, where the water was boiled in immense ketties and all the other processes of the laundry work carried on. The work required not less than a week, frequently two weeks. During the time preceding this cruelly hard labor the soiled clothes were accumulating in very large hampers of open basketwork. This custom originated the necessity for the great stores of linen with which every bride was provided. PARSLEY SUPERSTITIONS. S minister Beliefs Associated With the Plant in England. Many superstititions are connected with the herb parsley, probably through an ancient Greek practice, the graves of the dead being strewn with it and the plant thereby gaining a sinister significance. In Hampshire it is considered very unlucky to give a root of this herb away, since they say that if this be done ill luck will fall upon them. In Devonshire to transplant parsley is likewise to commit a serious offense against the guardian genius who presides over the plants. In Suffolk it is said that if parsley be sown on Good Friday it will grow well and flourish, but if it be sown on any other day it will not come double. In Shropshire they have a saying that where parsley grows in the garden "th' missis is master." In Buckinghamshire parsley is regarded as a somewhat uncanny herb, and an old gardener once assured me on hearing me lament that the seed I had sown had not come up that it was necessary to sow parsley for nine times before one could get any to grow. This saying I have heard later in Shropshire, where they say the devil takes all but the last. Likewise, too, in Shropshire they say that to transplant parsley will bring about a death—Westminster Review. An Oversight. To impress on young children just what should and should not be done and why is among the most trying problems of parents, as evidenced by the recent experience of a West Philadelphia mother. Last Sunday she asked her small son, aged eight, to rinsing the collars rub them in the starch, fold them in a cloth for about ten minutes, pince them on a well padded ironing board, then cover with a cloth and iron on the wrong side until nearly dry, then without the cloth until perfectly dry, finishing the buttonhole part on the right side to curve it. Turn over the embroidered part last. INK STAINS. How to Take Them Out of White Materials by Simple Methods. To remove ink stains from white materials before the ink is quite dry sprinkle it with salt and rub with half a lemon or even squeezed rind. Riise off the acid and wash at once. While the ink stains are wet a good plan is to sprinkle some powdered chalk or starch on the spot and moisten with milk. When ink stains are fresh they may be removed by dipping the stained part into buttermilk or milk that has been boiled. Change the milk frequently and then wash the article well. When ink has been allowed to get dry place the stained part on a saucer containing a little boiled water, moisten the stains and cover with oxalic acid. Let it remain a few minutes, then pour boiling water on carefully to prevent the acid from spreading, as it will burn and rot the dry threads. It is advisable for this reason that the article should be well rinsed in warm water. Pour a few drops of chlorinated soda upon dry ink spots. If the first application does not remove the stain try a little more liquid. Wash immediately. The chlorinated soda is cheap, 10 cents' worth being enough to last for some time. This preparation is a poison and should not be left within the reach of children. It is excellent for linen or cotton, but will destroy silk fabrics. Muratic acid is most useful in removing red ink stains. Jersey Schools Rank High. New Jersey maintains its high standard of public schools at an average cost of about 20 cents a day per pupil. British Coal Exports Small. Great Britain exports about one-quarter of the coal it mines. A. Main Store: 724 Wabash Avenue New York Office: 17 Malden Lane O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen 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 L. 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. 51st 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. Jas. H. Lewis, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th street near State. B. Davis cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3582 State street. B. 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. Buffet of Meanister Floss Telephone Ashland 268 Office Telephone Central 1359 Attempts 5048 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 610-320 Reeper Blvd CLARK AND WASHINGTON ST. CHICAGO Phone Aldine Hotel Brun Geo. W. Holt, BUFFET, POOL AND 3004 State Street 3705 STATE STREET CHICAGO Phone Aldine 3653 Brunswick Leo, W. Holt, Prop. COOL AND BILLIARDS. Chicago RAWLINS Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. F. A. 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. Calls answered day and night. --- --- M. J. E. WEBB, Manager. C. FRED JONES CO. SUCCESSORS TO JONES CO. CREATR. 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, 1924 State street. J. S. Dorsey's drug store, 20 W. 51st street, near Dearborn. Phone Oakland 1328 Christmas Diamonds - Watches Jewelry 3536 State Street The NEW STORE--a branch of the JONES' DIAMOND SHOP now open and doing business every minute, under the management of J. E. Webb. Everything in fine DIAMONDS, WATCHES and JEWELRY at less than downtown prices and on easy weekly or monthly terms. Make your Christmas selection now—all you need is a dollar or two for deposit. Drop in any time (day or evening). Let Mr. Webb show you how you can buy a fine Watch or Diamond and never feel the expenditure. It's the best way in the world to save your loose change. If you cannot call, Mr. Webb will be glad to send a representative with anything you would like to consider. Telephone Douglas 4784 will get him. Take your Watch and Jewelry repairing to Webb and save money PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4600 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS Phone Main 4158 NOTARY PUBLIC phone residence, Gray 6470 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 171 Washington St. Res. 4856 Langley Av. CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 205-7 Kedzie Bidg. Telephene Randolph 3575. J. A. TRIBUE Attorney at Law 171 WASHINGTON ST. Room 706 Chicago A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson Soprano Fall Term Begins September 1st, 1910 Residence 6450 Champplain Avenue Chicago, Ill. Phone Normal 3316 Phone Aldine 2686 Renting a Specialty Clark, Hayes & Co. Real Estate, Renting, Loans and Insurance Flats and Houses to rent and For Sale. Chicago 4817 STATE STREET WM. D. NEIGHBORS & CO REAL ESTATE AT LOWEST PRICES Easiest Terms to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company 3517 State Street CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Aldine 2532 UNCLE SAM'S PRISONERS. They Travel In Luxury From Washington to Federal Prisons. "The Leavenworth overland special" is a car which runs every now and then from Washington to a certain rest cure out west with a stone wall around it. The tours are personally conducted and are rapidly becoming famous. With Uncle Samuel there is no class distinction. It doesn't matter whether he was a "man higher up" or not. He travels like one. He travels to the golden west in a Pullman. He has porters to wait on him and extremely attentive detectives to see that he is comfortable. He lolls in plush swivel chairs, and he dines in those neat little a la carte Pullman buffets on chicken, porterhouse steaks and all the side dishes. He eats what he pleases, and he does not tip the waiter. Neither does he pay the bill. Uncle Sam attends to that. It is a delightful trip that is furnished him in his concluding days of freedom, days he is not likely to forget. From Washington to Leavenworth is a trip of more than 1,500 miles. On every mile of the journey the wants of Uncle Sam's prisoners and guards are well catered to, as evidenced by the hampers of chicken, beef, ham, eggs, sardines, and so on, down to the more aesthetic delights of the tourist Library. Warden McKee, who has been in charge of the United States jail for several years and who has sent more than 500 convicts to various federal prisons from Washington, said that it is possible to feed the prisoners fried chicken, steaks of various kinds and even a few watermelons for the negro members of the aggregation at a comparatively small cost when the raw food is purchased before leaving Washington. An appropriation of about $30,000 is made each year for this itm, and the meals cost only 86 cents each.—Washington Cor. Kansas City Star. Ocean Derelicts. Floating wrecks are a serious and constant menace to commerce. There is one bureau of the navy department which keeps track as best it can of these derelicts and whenever practical sends a revenue cutter or the special derelict destroyer Seneca to destroy them or tow them to port. The extent of this work of hunting down waterlogged and abandoned ships is indicated by the fact that during a recent seven year period no fewer than 1,628 derelicts were reported at Washington, an average of 223 for each year. A large part of them are lumber indian craft, as other vessels usually go to the bottom when water gets inside. They sometimes drift for great distances, thousands of miles, and remain afloat for years before finally going ashore somewhere or being captured by a government vessel—Exchange. The Blind Man's Lantern. A blind man in Khoota (a Caucasian village) came back from the river one night bringing a pitcher of water and carrying in his hand a lighted lantern. Some one meeting him said: "You're blind. It's all the same to you whether it's day or night. Of what use to you is a lantern?" "I don't carry the lantern in order to see the road," replied the blind man, "but to keep some fool like you from running against me and breaking my pitcher." His Peers. "Pa, what does it mean to be tried by a jury of one's peers?" "It means, my son, that a man is to be tried by a jury composed of men who are his equals or on an equality with him, so that they will have no prejudice against him." "Then, pa, I spose you'd have to be tried by a jury of baldheeded men." The Widow. "In a town," said a life insurance official, "where life insurance was a rare thing a schoolteacher said to a little boy pupil: "Tommy, define the word widow." "A widow," Tommy answered, "is a poor woman with a large family of children who takes boardroom." Weddely—They say that a man and his wife grow to look alike after they have been married a few years. Now, my wife and I have been married two years. Do you think we look alike? Singleton—Yes. Indeed. You both seem to have the same and express Problems of Light. A remarkable increase in the efficient distribution of light from an incandescent or other lamp has been exhibited by the holophane reflectors recently introduced in England. Photometric tests have shown that the efficiency is increased from seven to ten times by the reflectors, and the distribution is very much improved. The reflectors are in the form of globes surrounding the light, having a series of prisms in the interior to diffuse the light and another series of horizontal prisms on the exterior to redirect the light. The angles and inclinations of the external prisms are carefully calculated in order to direct the light to the best advantage. The gain in effective illumination is described as surprising. Turning Polished Nuts. 'Almost all machines are made with some nuts or bolt heads finished "bright" or highly polished, and to set them up tight and not mar the surfaces calls for more than an ordinary monkey wrench. A special socket head must be made to fit the head close and used with an ordinary wrench in turning a nut. Where only a few bolts or nuts are to be tightened take a strip of heavy tin or zinc and bend it to the shape of the nut to take the place of the special socket head. The jaws of the wrench should be perfectly parallel and set up as close as possible. NEPT HER BUSY. The Way She Tried to Discover the Telephone Numbers. "I don't believe that the public schools teach their graduates to use their minds," remarked a well known citizen of Philadelphia the other day. "Here's a story just to illustrate what I mean: "I got a secretary last summer who had just been graduated with high honors from the Commercial high school. She had been picked out for me as the best girl in her class, and I found her excellent in all that required methodical, parrot-like work. "One day I jotted down some telephone numbers that I wanted to remember and, having a poor memory, forgot in the course of the morning whose the numbers were or what the business was upon which I wanted to phone. "So I called Miss Blank just as I was going out and said, 'Before you get your luncheon I wish you'd find out for me whose those telephone numbers are.' "Two hours later I came back, and Miss Blank was sitting at her desk, weary and perseveringly studying the telephone book. "I asked her if she had got some letters written that I had left, if she had lunched, if she had done several little things. She said no and then explained: "You see, it takes me a long time to read through the book till I come to the numbers you want," she said. "I haven't had time to do anything else?" — Philadelphia Times. Marbles. Marbles got their name from the fact that originally little bits of marble were rolled down the hills and rounded and pounded by other stones until they became toys for the children to play with. It is said that the Dutch exported them to England. Whether they did or not makes little difference to the boys and girls of today. No matter who introduced the world to marbles as toys, they are with us and always will be. Some of you get them from other children, some of you trade postage stamps for them, but some persons originally bought them from the little store around the corner, whose owner got them from the greatest toyshop in the world-Germany. In the beginning marbles were called "bowl," and men and women played with them as well as children.—Dundee Advertiser. A Tree Cut Down by Rifle Bullets. In theanguinary annals of the American war there was no moreanguinary episode than the fight in 1804 of "the Bloody Angle at Spottyvania." "Every bush and every sapling that constituted the thicket there," says Mr. G. C. Eggleston in his "History of the Confederate War," "was cut away by a stream of bullets as grass is before a mower's acryta. Even an oak tree nearly two feet thick was worn in two near its base by the continual and incessant stroke of burden balls until it fell, crushing some of the Confederates who were fighting a houthhe branches. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. THE NEW YORK MUSEUM The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 'Phone Randolph 803 101 WASHINGTON STREET. Pianos, Organs, Talking Machines and Supplies. Brass and String Instruments. Cash or Easy Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30. Phone Doug.4558. We Furnish You Money to Protect Your Property or Business Mortgage Banking and General Brokerage All Business Strictly Confidential Northern Assets Realization Company Office, 3517 State St. Phone, Aldine 2532. MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY PRICE LIST Single Adult Grave.....$7.00 " Ohlids " (5 to 12 Years).....6.00 " " " (Under 5 Years).....5.00 Beautiful family burial lots, consisting of any number of graves, $30.00 and upward. The usual easy terms still prevail. $2.00 Cash. $2.00 per Month. Select a lot NOW before prices are advanced. MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY ASS'N Phone Douglas 5574 3125 STATE STREET It pays to advertise in the Broad Ax. THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Rent Direct from Four, Five and Convenient to Surface and Colored people always appreciate If you desire to live when your friends call on you before you North Side, cut this Ad out and p Samuel R. 142 LA SALLE STREET; Room 1 Southwest Corner of Madison & LaSalle Sts. Telephone The BELLE M Buffet a FRANK H. LE 5059 Arre Cor. 51st St - American President and Treasurer, T Vice-President, J Secret MANUFAT Common and Office a 45th and Direct from the Ow ier, Five and Six Room Fl ient to Surface and Elevated Roads. Hon ople always appreciated and treated respect desire to live where you won't be ashamed call on you before you rent either on South cut this Ad out and present it to Samuel Richardson BLE STREET; Room I. Chi or of Madison & LaSalle Sis. Telephone Oakland 1787 BELLE MEADE C Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 59 Armour A Cor. 51st Street, Chicago American Brick Co Client and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIV MANUFATURERS OF Lemon and Sewer B Office and Yards: h and Robey S 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 The BELLE MEADE CLUB Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 5059 Armour Ave. Cor. 51st Street, Chicago 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 Dayer. Telephone J. R. Dunn 'Phone O Budweiser 5050 STAT CHICAG Fine Wines, Liquors, Imported and Domestic Cigars St. Monica's Church Phone Yards 12 Telephone Yards 128. 'Phone Oakland 1014 Budweiser Buffet 5050 STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Liquors, Imported Domestic Cigars Cafe Up-stairs. Open Service First Cla Budweiser Buffet 5050 STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Fine Wines, Liquors, Imported and Domestic Cigars Cafe Up-stairs. Open All Night. Service First Class. St. Monica's Church, Dearborn and 36th streets. Rev. John S. Morris, Pastor, Rectory, 3543 Dearborn street Masses on Sundays, 6:30, 9:99, 10:09. Instruction for the children after the 8:30 mass. Attorney Walter M. Farmer has built up an excellent practice in the short time he has been in the city of Chicago. As a collector of debts he can't be surpassed. Office 171 Washington St, Room 702. 'Phone, Main 4153. NOW IS THE TIME TO ADVERTISE Established 1867 Phone O John J. D Wholesale and Retail Coal and W FIFTY-FIRST STREET AND A Hall Hards: 31st St. & L. R. O. M. and Armour Avenue CHICAGO from the Owner. Six Room Flats Elevated Roads. Honest working and treated respectfully. If you won't be ashamed to have rent either on South, West or present it to Richardson CHICAGO, ILL. Oakland 1787 MEADE CLUB and Cafe VIS, Proprietor Anour Ave. Street, Chicago Brick Co. 4 THOMAS CAREY. JOHN SHELHAMER, BY, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. BUREERS OF Sewer Brick 1 Yards: Robey Sts. Yards 128. Oxland 1014 Geo. Hight er Buffet E STREET O, ILL. Cafe Up-stairs. Open All Night. Service First Class. Dorsey's WHITE ROSE Petrolatum For Chapped Hands, Face and Lips. KINGSTON PHARMACY J. S. DOREY, R. Ph., proprietor 116% W. 51st Street, near Dearborn, Chicago. TELEPHONE OAKLAND 302 Our Motto is Purity and Accuracy Established 1867 Phone Oakland 2550-1551 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Coal and Wood FIFTY-FIRST STREET AND ARMOUR AVENUE Call Bards: 810 St. & L. R. & M. S. Ry., 52nd St. and Armour Avenue CHICAGO Geo. Hight