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The Afro-Americans of Chicago Have Raised More Than $66,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COLORED YOUN MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING. JAMES H. TILLMAN WHO WORKES FOR THE CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY. AND RESIDES AT 3319 DEARBORN STREET GAVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. WHICH PUT HIM FAR AHEAD OF ALL THE WEALTHY AND LEADING BIG COLORED CITIZENS HERE IN THIS CITY. THERE IS A TENDENCY ON THE PART OF THE COLORED PEOPLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE WHITES ALONG EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS LINES. IN PHILADELPHIA, PA, SEPARATE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR COLORED CHILDREN. AND THE INDICATIONS ARE T HAT OTHER CITIES IN THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE NORTH WILL FOLLOW SUIT IN THE SEPERATING OR SEREGATING AND JIM CROW "PROCESS OR AD VANCEMENT." Vol. XVI The Afro-Americans Have Raised FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TIAN ASSOCIATION BUILD JAMES H. TILLMAN WHO WORK PHONE COMPANY. AND RESIDES AT 3319 DEARBO SAND DOLLARS. WHICH PUT HIM FAR AHEAD OF LEADING BIG COLORED THERE IS A TENDENCY ON THE PEOPLE TO GET AWAY EDUCATIONAL AND RELE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA., SEPARATE TABLISHED FOR COLOR AND THE INDICATIONS ARE THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF SUIT IN THE SEPERATING CROW "PROCESS OR AD The Afro-Americans residing in all parts of Chicago, have set a record for raising money for religious purposes that cannot be surpassed by the same class of people in any section of the United States. Within ten days time, they hustled in more than $66,000.00 which will be used to assist to construct the Colored Young Men's Christian Association Building; the building will be located somewhere on the South side, either on State street, or Wabash avenue or not so far away from these two prominent streets, for Colored people, and shortly after the ground has been secured work will be commenced on the building, and when completed it will contain 50 or more sleeping rooms, 50x80 foot gymnasium, a suspended running track, a swimming tank 25x50 feet, a dozen shower baths, four bowling alleys, billiard and pool room, restaurant, reading room and library, class room for night and day schools, lecture rooms and assembly hall; it will be up-to-date and strictly modern in every respect and will cost more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Julius Rosenwald, N. W. Harris and Cyrus H. McCormick, each gave $25,000 to help the Christian work along among the Colored people. Many of the leading Colored citizens freely gave up their money for this cause, several planked down one hundred dollars; one big Colored Dr. who can cuss louder and longer than the worst or the lowest whisky drinking crap-shooting Negro in town, who is fully convinced that "The Niggers" as he delights to call them should be forced to ride in "Jim Crow Cars," is constantly running up and down the streets and loudly blowing about the fact that he put down his name for one hundred dollars and if this big Colored Dr. should live for one hundred years, he will always want to be the big dog in the meat house, at all public meetings and do more talking than anyone else because of the fact that he will give up one hundred dollars, to make himself a big leader. But if he has any sense at all he would keep his mouth shut and remain in the back ground on all public occasions, for he looks like 30 cents when we attempt to compare his act in this respect with James H. Tillman, who works for the Chicago Telephone Company and resides at 3319 Dearborn street and without the least noise about it, he gave one thousand dollars, at the meeting at Oddfellows hall, last Sunday, which put him far ahead of all the wealthy and the big leading Colored citizens here in this city. For some cause or other, there seems to be a tendency, on the part of the Colored people in all parts of this country, to get away from the whites, along educational and religious lines. In Philadelphia, Pa., the HEW TO THE LINE: LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Colored people continued to clamor for separate schools; so that the Colored teachers would have a chance to be employed in them, and to gratify their demands in this respect, the Board of Education of the Quaker city, although it is against the laws of Pennsylvania; have established separate schools for them in the above mentioned city. A few years ago, the Republican legislature of Kansas, enacted a law, which was signed by Governor Hoch, forbidding Colored children to attend high schools in cities of the first class, throughout that state, and recently, the city council of Baltimore, Md., passed a law, making it a crime for Colored people, to buy property, and to live in the same blocks with the whites. This new movement seems to be spreading to all parts of this country, north as well as south, and the separating or segregating along educational and religious lines, simply means the further and more permanent advancement of "Jim Crowism" in this country. MADAM HACKLEY AND MISS FITZ- HUGH ARRIVE IN ST. LOUIS, MO., FROM THEIR SOUTHERN TOUR. Madam E. Azalia Hackley, and her protige, Miss Mary Fitzhugh, the blind singer, who had been resting in Atlanta, Ga., for the past three weeks, arrived in St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday. Jan. 17 on their way to that city from their Southern tour they visited Tuskegee and Birmingham, Ala., and New Orleans, La. Madam Hackley has arranged a "welcome recital" Jan. 23, at St. Paul's Church, St. Louis, to launch the young singer in her home town. Miss Fitzhugh has been presented at a great expense in the largest cities of the country. Madam Hackley will formally relinquish her charge, publish an itemized report of the finances of her stewardship and then go South to rest. Had not her health suffered from the tremendous responsibility she would have continued Miss Fitzhugh's tour until the end of May. She feels that she has done all in her power and that the race should assist Miss Fitzhugh, now, since she has a national reputation. Messrs. Graham, Harrison, and Dunne, are as it hot and heavy in their long drawn out fight for the nomination for Mayor of Chicago. The publicity end of the Graham campaign, is working in good shape, and his picture and extracts from his platform can be seen on almost 2,000 bill-boards throughout the city. It is expected that Messrs. Harrison, and Dunne, will shortly follow suit, in this effective mode of advertising. CHICAGO, JANUARY 21, 1911. MAJOR EDGAR B. TOLMAN. Ex-Corporation Counsel of Chicago. Head of the big law firm of Tolman, Redfield and Sexton, Stock Exchange Building; who would make an ideal candidate for Judge of the Superior court, this coming fall. GIVE THE CHILD A CHANCE. COLORED DEMOCRATS HOLDING Here are some interesting figures. In the most forceful and telling way, they show us the importance of giving the child a chance. GOOD POSITIONS IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. The leaders of the Democratic party, Indianaapolis, Indiana have recent During the three months, October, November and December, the medical school inspectors of the Department of Health examined 31,088 school children. Of this number 13,248 were found defective and treatment advised. These are of course, what are considered by parents as minor ailments or defects and to which frequently, little or no attention is paid, for the reason that the parents themselves do not realize the serious handicap these are to the child's normal and proper advancement in its school work. There are many of these defects, among which we may note as most important, enlarged glands, defective vision, bad teeth. Of these, which are the principal minor ailments, out of 31,088 pupils examined 4,316 were found with enlarged glands; 4,938 with defective vision and 11,906 with bad teeth. Parents oft' times wonder why their children do not make better progress in their school work. Many times it is because of their neglect to send the child to the oculist or the dentist or to call in the family physician for his advice. Physical examination of school children was begun by the Department in 1908. Since that time and up to the close of the year 1910, a total of 291,563 examinations have been made. During the same three-year period, of this number 138,106 were found defective and of these, 39,436 showed enlarged glands; 38,335 defective vision and 102,243 bad teeth. These figures tell us more eloquently and more forcefully than words the importance of the physical examination of school children, and in no less way do they emphasize the importance of parents awakening to the responsibilities resting upon them, and the necessity for their hearty and aggressive co-operation in this all-important work. The Hon. Roger C. Sullivan, member of the Democratic National Committee, has become a full fledged orator, and nightly be accompanies, Andrew J. Graham, the big west side banker, on his speaking tour over the city and deliers many knockout body blows for him. Mr. Sullivan, seems to be able to hold his own with the large crowds who attend the meetings and he feels dead sure that Andrew J. Graham will be the next mayor of Chicago. COLORED DEMOCRATS / HOLDING GOOD POSITIONS IN INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA. The leaders of the Democratic party of Indianapolis, Indiana, have recently appointed the following Colored Democrats, to good positions in that city. William Christy, John Banks, William Miller, and John Dell, are holding down positions in the state senate, and M. Collins, C. Lewis and T. Butler, are employed in the lower branch of the legislature, William Morris, Chief Assistant in the County Clerk's office, Charles Harrison and William Coleman, are assistant custodians of the State House. Attorneys James K. Brown, J. T. V. Hill and James A. Bryant, have been apointed deputy prosecutors, and it is said that in a very short time other Colored Democrats will move up to the pie counter in that city. DANCE WITH NEGRO PUPIAL STARTS SEGREGATION MOVE. Flushing, N. Y., Residents Aroused Because of Unusual Punishment Inflicted on White Girl in School. New York.—The residents of the old Long Island town of Flushing, where one school child in every twelve is a Negro, probably will appeal to all parents in New York state, inviting their co-operation in an attack upon the law abolishing segregated public schools, which was passed at the special instance of Theodore Roosevelt while he was governor. Sentiment against the anti-segregation law was tense in Flushing today following discourses of the affair in the Lincoln grammar school in which a teacher gave a 12 year old white girl the choice of dancing half an hour with a Negro boy or being sent in disgrace to the principal's office. The girl was almost hysterical when she reached her home after the dance. —The Chicago Tribune, Jan. 18, 1911. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. Mr. C. D. C. Manning, will on Sunday, January 22nd, at 4 p. m., address the Negro Fellowship League, 2830 State street. Subject, "Christian Education." Good music will be a leading feature of the program. Solo, "I Know Not What." Miss Minnie Barnes, Solo. All are welcoe. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, President; C. K. Smith, Secretary. WHAT IS A NEGRO? Decisions and Statutes in Southern States Received Uniform Lews on This Question are Badly Needed. The interpretation of the statues of Southern states relating to marriages between blacks and whites was the question before the Supreme court of North Carolina in a suit to annul a marriage under the statute providing that a marriage between a white person and a person of Negro descent to the third generation inclusive shall be void. The court in its decision in the case, Ferrall vs. Ferrall (69 S. E. 60), holds that to render a marriage void the Negro ancestor of the third generation must be of pure Negro blood and not fixed and ascertained by the recognition and general consensus of the neighborhood where he lives. The statute in question, which is part of a section revised in 1905, headed "Who May Not Marry," applies either to a Negro or an Indian to the third generation inclusive, and this or an enactment expressed in similar terms has been the statute law of the state governing questions of that character, and the courts have always held that to bring the marriage within the prohibited degree one of the ancestors of the generation named must have been of pure Negro blood. The court said that in Hare's case (113 N. C., 10 S. E. 55), involving the right of an applicant to be admitted to the white schools, the statute providing separate schools for the two races at that time defined the status of a rightful applicant in terms exactly to the law as to marriage, and it was held that the ancestor of the third generation whose blood should determine the issue must have been of pure Negro blood. The court said in that case that the words "the third generation inclusive," must be construed to prohibit intermarriage of whites with persons who are not beyond the third generation from the pure Negro ancestor. Again in the State vs. Chavers (50 N. C. 11), involving the construction of a statute defining free Negroes as "all free persons descended from Negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive," the court approved a charge that "every person who had one-sixteenth Negro blood in his veins was a full Negro within the meaning of the statute" and declared that "no person can cease to be a Negro unless he had reached the fifth generation from his African ancestor." A similar principle of construction has been established by authoritative decisions in Virginia and Alabama. The court says nothing is found to the contrary except a recent decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in Isabel Wall vs. James Oyster, et al., a case not yet reported, which was procured for the North Carolina court by counsel. That case involved the construction of a statute of congress providing for separate white and Colored schools in the District, and arose on mandamus proceedings to compel the board of education to enroll the petitioner in a white school, the admission being made that the petitioner had not less than one-sixteenth Negro blood. The application was denied chiefly on the ground that congress had not undertaken by enactment to define "what race or what percentage or proportion of racial blood shall characterize an individual as Colored: the term being without legislative definition, is left to the import ascribed to it, in the common parlance of the people." Applying this rule the court held that the applicant must be considered a Colored child within the meaning of the statute. The North Carolina court says that if the District of Columbia decision was in direct contravention of the principle obtaining in that state it would not justify the court in departing from a line of precedents long recognised as authoritative and controlling, but "it No.16 will be noted that the language of the statute is very general in its terms, 'white' and 'Colored' schools, and on that very account the common parlance of the people was allowed to prevail and the case therefore presents a very different question from the one we consider in construing a statute which defines status as a 'person of Negro or Indian blood to the third generation inclusive.' The court adds: "In this connection an interesting compendium of the laws of the Southern states on this subject was furnished us by defendant's counsel, showing that the four states of Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland and North Carolina make substantially the same provision with reference to these marriages, and that all of them have regulations on the subject in terms equally specific and definite. In view, then, of these decisions our own courts to which reference has been made, and the very definite language of our statute we may not approve the position, earnestly insisted upon by the plaintiff's counsel, that the Negro ancestor whose blood must determine the issue should be considered not a person of pure Negro blood, but one who has his position as a Negro ascertained and fixed by the general consensus of the community where his lot is cast. Such a position ignores the ordinary and usual acceptance of the words, "of Negro descent to the third generation inclusive," is contrary to a long line of authoritative precedents, and is further objectionable as setting up a varying and uncertain stand by which to determine a most important legislative requirement in the civic and social policy of the common wealth. "We are confirmed in this view by the fact that this same enactment as to Negroes, long embodied in our statute law, and with this repeated and well known construction by the court, was afterward transferred without any change whatever into the constitution of the state and is now a part of our organic law. The action of our constitutional convention in thus adopting a public statute of accepted construction and in a subject of momentous interest, and making the same in its entirety and very words a part of our organic law, affords evidence that the words were intended to bear their established meaning, and on this subject should prevail as the law of the land." The Law Review says that most of the statutory definitions of the word "Negro" are broad enough to include an octooroon, as in the statues of Florida and Alabama, but whenever the question has been considered by the courts independently of statutory definitions they have been in accord with the principal case (Felix vs. State, 18 Ala., 720; Monroe vs. Collins, 17 Oh. Et., 665). Statutes of other states where there is no arbitrary definition of the word "Negro" invariably add "or mulatto," or person of Negro descent to the third generation inclusive." In Virginia "Negro" and "Colored person" are used interchangeably and defined by statute as "a person with one-fourth or more Negro blood." The decision, furthermore, is sustained by the rule that penal statutes are to be construed strictly in favor of the accused. Monday afternoon the Town of Lake Woman's Club, met at the beautiful home of Mrs. J. C. Stewart, 5434 Normal avenue. The following officers were elected for the coming year. Mrs. Emma Stewart, President; Mrs. Venolia Bunch, Vice President; Mrs. Rosia Focha, Secretary; Mrs. Clara Cooper, Treasurer; Mrs. Charles Henley, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. L. M. Mitchell, Weekly Editor. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. wit promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles~of Demo- racy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxers, Re- publicans, or anyone else can have their say, as long as thelr language Is proper and responsibility is “The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own ining. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. ~ ‘Subscriptions must be pald In ad- vance. : Advertising rates made known on iowa all communications to THE BROAD AX 8027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. PHONE DREXEL 4590. | JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Pub- Visher, ~ Entered as SecondClass Matter Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office st Chicagd, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1878. ee EYES EXAMINED AND TREATED. Dr. P. J. Scott, ocular specialist. Bpectacles and eey glasses made to Ger. 2636% State street, Chicago. A BASEBALL APPEAL OF A WOR- THY UNDERTAKING BY A WOR THY MAN TO WORTHY MEN; READ AND RESPOND. To the Public:—We are endeavor- ing to organize a Negro National Baseball League of America, an en- terprise that needs no prospectus to convince one of its necessity to our people, who are already forced out of the game from a National stand- point, with the closing in and nar- rowing each year our opportuni. ties to play with white SemiPro teams, because of the organization of these teams into minor State and City Leagues. Here in Chicago, the City League has barred all but poe sibly one Colored Club; this fact alone presages the day when there Will be none, except the Negro comes to bis own rescue by organizing and patronizing the game successfully which would of itself force recogni- tion fram minor white Leagues to play us and share in the receipts; for with 6 or 8 National Negro Clubs playing clean, scientific Baseball the Public would soon ask itself the ques tion which of the National Leagues are the stronger, just as it queried about the world’s pugilistic Cham- plonsbip until the promoters of the game were compelled to answer at Reno, July 4th last. In that contest, just as in the coming contest of the ‘World's best Ball Clubs the Negro will be prepared, if he acts wise to take care of himself and be herald again the Champion of the World, so let these who would serve the Race and assist it in holding ite own back ‘up and encourage the National move- ments for with it goes the hope of| the Race in more than one direction, for be ft known that there are no gfeater leveler of men than manly sport such as Baseball, which is ad- mired by white and black alike, ap- peals to their pride as athletes and to their senses as the best test of physical and mental superiority and here on-the diamond before the fren- zied anxious populace the Negro has, the best opportunity of his present day advantage to display ability, that faten the Pal Payer in Pennayivania| and California to the Gubernatorial Chair, who care .about color, when the scores are tied and the home: team is at bat in the ninth inning, with two gone and two on Base?| ‘What is wanted is 2 man that can hit, be he biue, bisck, yellow, gtizzle or gray, a hit that scores from 2nd and 3rd and“the batter is forever there- after ‘3 “Hero”; hence the importance of belng a “Hitter” is a great asset, greater perhaps than any other I can| mow ‘recall, the best shot hi:s the Bull's eye, the best Huntsman hits the game and the dest lover of his Race; a plan to elevate it, as equals among its fellows. So I appeal to all Race loving men in the cities in which it has been agreed to piace a’ National League Club to organize an} effort to eecure not only the franchise but the best Club of ball players pos- sible to the end, that nothing shall) retari the entire success of the Na-| tional undertaking. Hesitancy means) ruin. Prognastination hes almost) Grove the best talent from the fold) and stagnation will surely set in if a businesa turn is not thrown over and/ pround the game, $300.00 is a mere| 2 for cities ike St — ammag Clty, Louisville, Memphis, | New tie ant C > eee et 2 82d yet thie ie sufficient to se-) besides it, should be the best invest ment now apparent and make those who invest i proud by the returns due them st the end of the season. 5 per cent of the gross receipts of § Clubs for the season would be not jess than $2500, which means the exact sum invested returned to the investors with the original eum stil intact to do ySomen duty for the next season; Come, hit old and new ex cuses in the head, organize, get 10 of your Tace men together and write a! ogee for your franchise, hustle, the time ig short. The Schedule Commit. teo must report on February 27th next and the organization must be complete and all ready to play Ball by Easter Sunday. Men of the Race this appeal is to you for you and yours, It is in vain or shall we have a Negro National Baseball League? Address your answer to. Respectfully yours, Beauregard F. Moseley, President and Treasurer Commit‘ce, ‘Negro National Basebali League, 6221 Halsted St, Chicago, Ill. CHATEAU RINK NOTES. Kansas City, Chicago, Louisville, New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola. Fla, have all entered the Negro Baseball League and the meeting in New Orleans, February 27th, prom- ises to be a mongter affair. President Moseley is making preparations to at- tend with his Secretary, Felix H. ‘Payne, o7 Kansas City. Big Skate Programme tonight and tomorrow night at the Rink. The prizes were won last Sunday by a new couple which shows that the decisions are fair as well as popular. Sienee Big Skate Programme tonight and tomorrow night at the Rink. The prizes were won last Sunday by prizes were won last Sunday by a new couple which shows that the de- cisions are fair as well as popular. : oper tas Dancing every Thursday night at the Rink. Music the Eighth Regiment Band. Admission 10 c. Those wishing to amuse themselves dancing will do ‘well to take in this function. eee ‘The Restaurant upstairs is still in operation and patrons can be accom- modated to the latest delicacies of cha aeanon: 4 Quite 2 few strangers visited the Chateau last Sunday night. If you have strangers visiting you in the city and wish to show them a good time don’t fail to take in the Rink, owned and operated by our people. WHAT IS WOMAN? What is woman? St. Jerome gives the answer: She is the gate by which the devil enters, the road that leads to sin, she is what the sting of the scorpion is. And in another place he ‘says: women is @ fire, man the tow and the devil the bellows. St. Maxium ‘writes of woman: She makes ship wreck of men, she is a tyrant who leads them captive, a lozess whe holds them fast in her embraces, ¢ @iren decked out to lead them to de. struction, a malicious evil beast. And ‘St. Anastasious the Sinaite says: She is a viper clothed with shining skin, ‘8 comfort to the demon a laboratory of devils, a flaming furnace, a jave- lin wherewith the heart is pierced, @ storm by which houses are over- thrown, a guide leading to darkness, © teacher of all evil, an - unbridled tongue speaking evil of the saiats. And St. Bonaventure writes: A fair women tricked out with her finery is & keen and sharp edged sword in the hand of the devil, Amen! Amen!— Editor. ; Firing 500 Bullets Per Minute. ‘The recently invented Benet-Mercter gun combines the rapidity of fire, Tange and effectiveness of a machine gun with the lightness and ease of ac- tion of a magazine rife. The gun is fired from a rest and is held against [the shoulder of its operator, who can either fire from 2 sitting position or lying prone. The regulation cartridge {is used in clips that hold fifty. A good rifeman can discharge from 300 to 500 shots per minute if assisted in feeding by @ man to fill the clips. The gun is at present undergoing « series of tests by army officers with a view to its ‘adoption by the government —Popular Mechanics. rae wo St? of Lanaeae. audjence at the last Edinburgh ‘University concert was astounded when Professor Niecks, who has been Professor of music in Edinburgh uni- ‘versity for nearly twenty years, a ‘Gressed them in German. When he ha: finished a little speech, unintelligible to most of bis hearers, some one told hm what be bad done, whereupon ..< laughed heartily and repeated his ad- Gress in English. The explanation of his unconscious lapse into bis native tongue was that one of the performers at the concert -had spoken to him in German « moment before—Giasgow Beet ._ The young ladies of St. Monica’s Church are planning to organize a club. Capt. L. C. Valle is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Pettis, 3610 Calu- met Av. Mrs. M. E, Williams, 3708 Wabash avenue, is convalescent after a two weeks’ illness. | Rev. Campbell, a super-annuated minister of this city is seriously ill at his home 2501 Wabash ave. ‘The Standard Literary of Bethesda Baptist church, have an excellent prepared for Sunday. Alderman Michael McInerney, is still in the running, and will be re- turned to the city council from the 30th ward. Miss Laura Sample of Minneapolis, Minn, has returned to that city af- ter an extended. visit with Miss C. Chapelle, 3435 Wabash avenue. ‘The dashing “Bob King,” a waiter at the Briggs House was given a ten- day lay off because his only excuse for oversleeping was asphyxiation by gas. The friends of Mr. Frank Stewart, 409 N. Woods St, will be pleased to learn that he has recovered from an illness and resumed his duties in the Post Master's office. The Unique Social Club gave a de- lightful dance at Masonic Hall, on Tuesday evening. There was a large attendance and all present reported a pleasant time. Mrs. V. D. Ford, 513 West S4th street, niece of Mrs. J. C. Stewart, after a very severe spell of illness is ‘again able to be around much to the ‘delight of hef many friends. Frank H. Lewis, head of the Belle Meade Club, Sst and Armour ave- nue, is confined to his home through sickness, 5016 Armour avenue; but he expects to be able to be up and around by the first of the week. William R. Sobers, the up-to-date merchant tailor; 5606 Lake avenue, is doing a rushing business and al- ready he is turning out many, new spring suits for his customers. Mrs. James Barnett, owner of the Pullman Cafe No. 40 West Sist st., has moved her home from 41 west Sist street, to 3119 State street, where she is engaged in running Pullman Cafe, No. 2 Rev. H. J. Callis of Walters A. M. E. Zion church returned to the city Monday with his family from Indian- apolis. The future outlook for: this church is bright. The Chocolate Bontons, with Mad- ame Corine Brown are playing this week with much success at Paulding, Ohio. This company is under the management of Mr. S. H. Lane of this city. Mrs. Mary Harsh, 2963 Armour avenue who is 2 member of the True Reformers, and several other socie- ties; has for a long time been a con- ‘stant supporter of The Broad Ax. | The Carter H. Harrison, Central Club, of Colored voters, have opened up headquarters at 2821 State street, and a largely attended meeting was held there last evening. J. V. Lacy, one of ‘the smoothest and slickest plain clothes detectives in Chicago, continues to travel out of Chief Steward’s office, and his repu- tation for still hunt detective work cannot be excelled. At all times, offi- cer Lacy, looks like ready money. Ex-Alderman Thomas Edward Scul- ly and Alderman Charles E: Merriam; so far are the leading Republican | candidates in the field for mayor of Chicago. The candidacy of Charles Ww Vail, Clerk of the Superior court, is looked upon by the wise politicians as a huge joke. Mayor Fred A. Busse, is still un- decided as to whether or not he will ente- the contest for re-nomination. ‘Some day, that ‘he is afraid to do so, jon account of so much unpleasant notoriety in connection with his ad- ey | Robert E. Burke, one of Carter’H. ee maar sande nee: agers, who can be | tach day at the Harrison headquarters, 81 South ‘Clark street! Is willing to wager a little something; that “Our Carter,” will be the next mayor of Chicago. Mrs, Lydie Day, 3666 Wabash ave. entertained the Sun Beam Club of Walters, A. M. E. Zion Church on Tuesday evening. An excellent musi- cal program was rendered and the thirty guests report a delightful eve- ning spent. Miss Rosalie Edie of 3629 Vernon avenue who has been confined to her home for sometime attended the For- ester’s Installation. We are pleased to see Miss Edie is sufficiently recov- ered to be out again. The I-Will-Booster club, rendered ‘an excellent program last Sunday be- for the West Side Sunday Club, at ‘Proidence Baptist Church. The Club was heartily welcomed and it is hop- ed that a branch will be formed on the West Side in the near future. Long live the Boosters of Negro En- terprises. The Dance given by the Paul Law- rence Dunbar Memorial Sanitarium Association at Woods Annex or Wednesday evening, Jan. 1th was 3 financial success in spite of the in- clement weather which prevented a larger attendance. A meeting will be held at Evanston on Sunday, Jan. 20th under the auspices of the Evan- ston, Sunday Club. The public is cor- dially invited” This is a great move- ment and one which should interest everyone. The Epicurean Dramatic Club is ‘the name of an organization which was recently formed by some of Chi- cago’s talented young people. Off cers were elected Wednesday evening Jan. 11th at the residence of Miss K. Williams 3807 Wabash avenue, as fol- lows: Pres. T. S. Ewell; Vice Pres, Miss Murty Collins; Sec., Miss Ophe- lia Anderson; Treas. Miss Annie Laurie Brown. Other members are Misses Kathreen Williams, Claudie Evans, Messrs. Frank W. Henry and Opal D. Cooper. The club is re- hearsing a comedy-drama which will be presented the latter part of March. | The Colored Catholic Order of For- esters gave their annual installation and dance at Masonic Hall, Thursday, Jan. 19th. The affair was one of the most enjoyable occasions of the sea- son. Quite a large number of friends and members of the Order were pre- sent and spent a pleasant evening in social intercourse and dancing. Among some of the prominent speak- ers of the evening were Rev. Father J. S. Morris, Judge Scanlon, Mr. Thomas Kenney and Mr. Helm. Capt. L. C. Valle ‘of Milwaukee, Wis., was one of the distinguished guests of the even- ing. | The Rev. W. L. Anderson, Vice Grand Worthy Master of the True Re- formers organization fiom Richmond, Va, is in the city looking after the interests of the said order in the west prior to the calling of an extra session of the order in Richmond, Va., soon. During the week, he has spoken at Lake Forest, Harvey, Evanston, and Chicago. Leaving here he will visit Danville, IIL, and Pittsburg, Pa. He is acompanied by M. T. Bailey, State Deputy of Ill. The Chicago True Reformers are busy looking forward to a trip to Virginia to help get mat- ters changed up for the benefit of their order. MORGAN’S SORE POINT. Indifferent to Attack, He Wants Hie ‘Name Spelled Correctly. | An associate of J. P. Morgan on sev. ‘eral boards relates the following: “The only time f ever saw Mr. Mor. gan show that be was annoyed was at one of the board meetings of those days. A subordinate officer of a rail- way corporation brought in a docu- ment or a report containing the names of the directors and. among others. the name of Mr. Morgan, who glanced im turn at the document and. after looking at it 2 moment. threw it on the table. He pointed to his name and said angrily: “That isn't the way to spell my name. I want it corrected. My name is spelled Pierpont, not Pierre: pont, and J should be pleased if that ‘would be understood hereafter in this office.” “If there appeared in print an ar- ticle praising him for anything he had done and his name was spelled Pierre- pont that lapse outweighed anything that was said; he was simply exus- Derated.” ‘An extremely sensitive man to small things, to eriticlem, to attack, to noto- riety, he was indifferent, ‘and his friends say that even in the early Gays of his career he regarded the gradual creeping of his name into the Rewspapers. either with absolute in- difference or with a mild curiosity, as though he wondered why anything that he did. and especially his per- sonality, should be of the slightest interest to the public—rom “The Kips Bovey sé 3. Maia” te Sepe- Magazine. BINGS’ BARGAIN And the Way He Turned His Purchase to Account. By heen PAYNE. pled cherub, patting the bald spot that spread like a small shining desert tp ‘an oasis of thick blond hair on Bings well shaped head. Whitlock grinned. “Mamma’‘s pet mustn't be naughty,” said the pretty widow, turning her brown eyex apologetically on Bings. “Come tu mamma, dearie. Mr. Bings isn’t used to babies.” But the dimpled cherub, otherwise Baby Moffatt, who had purposely and after many backslidings climbed upon the rustic seat occupied by Bings. for whom she had evinced a decided par- tiality from the start, only snuggled the closer to the secretly delighted Bings and cooed. “Baby ‘ove Bings,” ‘then as a happy afterthought. “Mam- ‘ma ‘ove Bings.” at which frank and wholly unexpected revelation” of her small daughter the pretty widow's face rivaled Bings’. Whitlock guffawed. “Now's your chance, Bings.” he urged. with mali- clous levity at his rival's discomfture. But Bings, with a basty adien, fled. leaving the cherub disconsolate. Bings metaphorically kicked himself all the way bome for not taking ad- vantage of the bext opportunity be had ever had, even if It wax before the sneering Whitlock, and for his cow- ardly desertion of the pretty widow to Whitlock's caustic raillery. Bings paused at bis own gate and gazed miserably at the big silent house. He shut bis eyes a moment and imag- ined he saw the pretty widow and the cherub sitting on the front porch. It was a Diissful vision. but Bings felt that it would never become a blissful reality unless a miracle happened. Bings was a bachelor, Bings was big and biond and bald, Bings was basb- ful—in fact. Rings was a whole swarm of “B's.” He uarrowly excaped being a beauty with bix baby complexion and innocent blue eyes. His size was the only thing that saved him from this terrible fate. Moreover, Bings was a bargain fiend. No woman could scent a bargain sale farther off than could Billy Bings. Incidentally Billy was the climax to Bings’ woes. But no persuasion on bis part could -con- vince his. friend of the absurdity of calling a six footer Billy. Bings’ bachelorbood was a condition of neither birth nor achievement—it was thrust upon him. During bis evo- lution into that state there had been any one of a dozen maids and widows that Bings would have been only too happy to have endowed with balf bis worldly goods but for bis excessive bashfulness. Never set had be been able to screw his courage up to the point of proposal. though he bad made almost superbuman efforts in that di- rection. This scemed a pity. for Bings was undeniably cut out for a benedict. He thought all women angels and all ba- ples cherubs. As be started uptown on the mo- mentous morning after bis precipitate fight Bings bad a particular cherub in mind—a pretty. brown eyed. dimpled cherub that he would have given half be was worth to possess and the other nalf to possess the cherub’s pretty, prown eyed mother. But so far every glance from Mrs. Jessie Moffat's oguish eyes had produced the unfor- unate effect of Instantaneous paraly- is of poor Bings’ tongue. so that he ould only stand dumb or blush and tammer like any silly schoolboy. ‘This was not the first time by any means that Bings bad performed that netaphorical feat. It had been at least } semiweekiy occurrence for several ponths past. Each time Bings vowed hat the next time be would not act he fool. But he did. He had reached he point where the inevitable mental eat was copiously punctuated with a igorous ejaculation that would have hocked the pretty widow had she eard it. Bings felt his helplessness bitterly. jo absorbed was he In his thought as e picked bis way along the shady treet that he failed to observe the ridow a block or so ahead of him. A eep gloom enveloped Bings' soul that right June morning. “Confound it!" he muttered. “If omething doesn't happen soon P'il”— “Going. xolng—gone!™ Bings pricked up his ears and has- med his steps. An auction and he ot to know It! Turning a corner. he ame full upon a familiar scene just | 8 a table was knocked down to the ighest bidder. Bings’ eyes gloated ver the unusual display of household ods spread before bim. “Fifty cents!” bid a voice in the rowd as the auctioneer held up an rticle. It was Whitlock’s voice. ings’ wrath famed up. and before be | ad time to think he was bidding fu- | ously against bis rival. Fast in the || rip of “bargain fever” and whetted | a by Whitlock. Bings rapidly bécame | pasessor of various articles that were | fas much use to him at that period | Ned ee en ne oe ee ee —— a persmbaletor? Binge wipeg Derspiring brow and giar. . * slaved defiant, “Why. Billy Bings!” crieq img feminine voice at his’ ot “What do you want with a perampt lator?” Bings’ exasperated gaze ou countered that of Mrs. Marston, a ierry woman. By her side stood the on widow with the coveted cherub eg ing to her hand. : Bings turned ery red and caught wildly at bis bat, or where ic sappeet It to be, only to find that hie was fas ning bimself with it. Matiag an on Derrassed bow, he bezan iv mop iy perspiring face violentiy “Here's yer p'ramb'lat’r,” said sam Jagonieally. pausing in front of hinge Bings turned fascinated eyes oa tye thing, which seemed to bit: ty nave greatly increased in size during qe Progress from the auctioneers sting, “And a baby’s high chair,” anvoonce, another laughing voice as the speayer eraned forward and inspected Ling. barricade. ‘There was a general craning of necks “And a little red rocker,” excluimed another. “A doll—and a doll carriage. “A ebiid’s cot.” “Footstool, workbasket, sexing chaie and sewing machine.” envucrates Whitlock. pushing nearer. “Great Jy. piter, Bings: What does this mean with mock severity. Poor Bings thanked his stars that none of them kgew of that cradle ip the attic, the result of a former aberr. tion. He gazed helplessly arvund st his tormentors, then at his barricade What on earth had induced him to bid fo all that stuff? He bad made himself so ridicwous a her eyes he'd not stand a ghost of ¢ show now. The only thing left for him to do was to make his escape as best he could. Bings glanced furtively around, but all avenues were closed by laughing faces. He grew desperate. Just as be was contemplating a dash for liberty along the line of the least resis:ance the miracle that he had been <o skep tical about happened. A fractious horse, 2 woman's scream, a scene of confusion, and when Bings came to he found his arms around the pretty widow, who was clasping the pretty cherub to her breast and sob bing hysterically on his shoulder: “Oh, Billy—dear, dear Billy! Save me, sare me!” At these inspiring words Bings’ cour. age rose to the occasion, his bashful- ness slipping from him like « cloak. Before the astonished eyes of the whole staring crowd he bent and kiss ed the pretty widow and the dimpled cherub. “There, there, sweetheart,” be sald soothingly, “the danger is past.” Then. turning to the gaping crowd, Bings ed magnificently. “I was just going to explain.” said he, “when that confounded horse in- erfered that I bought these things for my wife and child. The fact is"— “Mr. Bings!” protested a shocked but smothered voice. “Mrs. Moffatt and I expect to be married Just a week from today, and [ take this occasion to invite"— “Billy Bings! How dare you?” —“the whole crowd to attend. The fact is”—the sight of Whitlock's amaz- 4 and wholly skeptical countenance timulated Bings to greater invention —“we would have announced our en- agement sooner but for certain un- joreseen circumstances that—er—caus- d us to—er—await a more propitious fme. But”— “Ob. Billy. bush!” —“after next Thursday we'll be at ome to our friends. You all know the ray to the Elms, where you'll always ind” — “Ob, Billy, dear! Phen mpeg) } Fiction In History. ‘Thomas Carlyle“in bis history of the French revolution gives a description ‘of a naval battle June 1, 1704, of Brest between VillaretJoyeuse, {0 command of the French fieet, and Ad miral Howe. in which he vividly de picted the sinking of the Vengeur. ‘These are the concluding sentences: “Lo, all fags, streamers, jacks, every Tag of tricolor that will yet run 0B Tope files rustling aloft; the whole erew crowds to the upper deck and. with universal, sou! maddening selh shouts, “Vive Ia republique!” sinking, sinking. She staggers, she lurches her last drunk whirl. Ocean yawas abysmal; down rushes the Vengeur. carrying ‘Vive Ia republique!” slong with her, unconquerable, into eterat ty." Rear Admiral Grimths, at the time @ Weutenant on Qoard the Culloden. Wrote to a newspaper to show that Carly‘e’s account had no foundation {= fact. After Investigation Cariyle sé mitted that not a word of this thrilling story was true except that the Vengeor sank. Small but Deadly. ‘Bhe fly. the flea and the mosquito® the veritable scourges of the bumam Face in the disease they carry. Tbe fly carries disease which decimate the native population of the African bigh lands. The mosquito spreads malaris. the most ubiquitous of tropical dix eases, and is suspected of propagating yellow fever as well, and the fe Spreads plague.’ In the last case there 1s usually only one kind of flea, Poles cheopis. which spreads the infection: and the other fleas which might spresd tt—the Ceratopbyllus fasciata and the Typhotopsylia musculi—are not very partial to human blood. though tbe second will take to t more readily than the first. Happily for the white man and the dwellers in temperst® climes, the range of most of thee death and disease carrying losects # limited to the troples.—Londoo, GraPt He will bury cheaper than the trust [Name] GEO. C Funeral Director and Embal- successful undertaking establis- of the people's appreciation of I am the only Undertaker that the same price as Hearse and to One Hundred Dollars on a f You are cordially invited to co- making arrangements. 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. 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. TIES THAT BIND. Sweet Influence of Children After a Stay in Reno. Dear Percival-The time has come when, in spite of our disagreement, I must appeal to you for the sake of your son. If you do not wish the boy to become a hypochondriac in this desolate place you will do something for him at once. The poor little fellow pines for the pleasures to which he has been accustomed. "Oh, mamma," he exclaimed yesterday. "I haven't been kidnapped either by you or papa in more than a month!" I think, Percival, that you could spare a few days from your questionable pleasures in New York to at least steal your own son. But do be careful. If he suspected that I had written to you about it half his pleasure would be spoiled. Engage plenty of detectives and let him be shadowed for a few days before laying hands on him. He expressed the wish that he might be carried off in an airsblly. He is so tired of automobiles! It is the long waiting that troubles the boy. He is really very much interested in the divorce proceedings and testifies beautifully against you at rehearsals, avoiding the truth with an inherent sagacity that reminds me of you. But how he misses the crowds and the gayeties of dear New York! Here there is nothing but sheep for him to kill on his joy rides and not a chorus girl for him to marry. Do not spend too much money on Natalie. You always did spill the girl and neglect the boy. Algernon is terribly jealous because her picture was in the papers in connection with your sentence to prison for the banking fraud. I shall really have to give up my suit and return if you do not see your duty in his matter. Yours pending. EMMALYNE. Dear Em—Great idea! Come ahead and save me from this crazy kid. Never mind about the boy. If he's big enough to forge all these magnificent checks I'm paying he's big enough to kidnap himself. But Natalie, at fifteen, is a worse nuisance than you were at forty. Forgive the figures and the tense. I'm nearly mad with trying to amuse her. Just fired the sixth chauffeur this week. Wouldn't do. Too homely to elope with. To tell the truth, you know, I sometimes half disapprove of this chauffeur eloping craze anyhow. It was all right when it was new, but it's getting all to the Elinor Glyn. "Papa," she blubbered today, "I have not been arrested for smuggling since mamma went away." It was heartrending. I tried to get her to read a book—handed her "The Song of Songs"—but she said it was too stupily moral. I hope she'll be quiet tonight, for she's giving a bare-foot dance at Mrs. Cairrie's. Her costume arrived today in a postcard, price $2,500. The less the more with these dressmakers. I hate to disturb your plans for being rid of me, but for my part I'm ready for a complete reconciliation, you to live in Paris and I here, all just as comfortable and happy as it was before. And we shall always cherish the thought that it was our little ones who brought us together. Your affectionate husband. PERCIVAL—Chester Furstley. CENTER PARKING IN FOOL Reno, Dec. 10, 1910. mer who conducts, one of the most mishments in Chicago. As a result honest funeral direction. that furnishes automobile funerals for carriages, can save you from Fifty funeral. compare our prices with others before and from which to select, that will be any part of the city or suburbs with- trons. Bodies shipped to all parts foreign countries at the very lowestendant. Office and chapel, 1904 W. M'GINNISS THAT WAS. McGinniss is dead; but, begory, He left a great record behind! He died at the height av his glory, An' he wag the glorious kind. His inmiles called him a grafter, An' maybe he was, but I know He was head av the legions av laughter An' I'm happy to think av him so. He was brimmin' wid blarney an' banter An' buzzin' wid humor an' fun. He rollicked through life at a canter He'd spend his last lint like the first one Wid a manner no words cud express. He was fond av good dinners an' suppers 'An' fond av good liquor as well, An' though he was off on his uppers, Ba' For his smile was a warm one an' win- nin', His manner was gracious an' bland. In virtuous ways or in sinnin', Obo, but McGlinnis was grand! McGlinnis is dead an' departed. But he was a man to the ind. Big handed, big volced an' big hearted, A fril that was always a fril ind. From New Year's clear through to De- Cember He wint the whole route, good or bad. Ochone, we'll be proud to remember An' sue to be missin' the lad! —Berton Braley in Harper's Weekly. No Wonder. Photographer—Now please look pleasant. Man In the Chair—Can't do it. I am the funny man on a newspaper. Not the Lathery Kind. A New Jersey farmer came to the city the other day, and, among other things, he visited a high class restaurant. His appetite ran to cheese, and, inquiring of the waiter what sort of cheese was listed, he remarked that he desired "something new." "Why don't you try a bit of Roquefort?" suggested the waiter. "What's that?" asked the farmer. "Hang it." he added, "bring me some. I like the name anyway." He ate of it and liked it. So he thought he would take some home to his wife. Arriving late, he laid the small cheese wrapped in silver paper on the sideboard. He forgot to inquire about it till the next night, and then he asked his wife how she liked it. "Oh, I s'pose it's mighty stylish up to the city, but I jes kinder couldn't use it. I couldn't get no foam out of it, and when I washed the children they smelled kinder funny, and I can't say's I like it."—Philadelphia Times. An Object Lesson. "Charles," said a sharp voiced woman to her husband in a railway carriage, "do you know that you and I once had a romance in a railway carriage?" "Never heard of it," replied Charles in a subdued tone. "I thought, you hadn't. But don't you remember it was that pair of slip- pers I presented to you the Christmas before we were married that led to our union? You remember how nicely they fitted, don't you? Well, Charles, one day when we were going to a picnic you had your feet up on a seat, and when you weren't looking I took your measure. But for that pair of slippers I don't believe we'd have ever been married." A young unmarried man sitting by immediately, took down his feet from the seat—ideas. RAPHAEL ON THE NEW YEAR. Predicts an Earthquake Near Washington Next Summer. Raphael's almanac or prophetic messenger for 1911, just published, says prospects for the year in the United States generally are good, although it gives warning of a seismic disturbance to occur near Washington in the summer. Raphael predicted the death of Queen Victoria and in 1910 published a paper indicating the death of King Edward VII. For the winter quarter beginning Dec. 22 the almanac says in relation to affairs in the United States: "There will be an increase of honor to the president. Some notable marriages are likely. In congress there will be much wrangling and recrimination, and there will be a wave of discontent in the eastern states. The navy will benefit, and foreign affairs will be prosperous. Fires and explosions on board ships will be prevalent." For the summer quarter beginning June 22 the almanac says: "The people will be successful, the revenue good and trade returns far above the average, but there will be much scandal in high places. Some notable men are in danger of disgrace, and the president will have serious trouble to face." For the autumn quarter a loss to trade is predicted owing to bad legislation, but "all amusement places will prosper." The almanac predicts a very prosperous year for Germany and, speaking of Japan, foresees trouble with foreign powers and the likelihood of war. A bad year is predicted for the king of Spain, and in January, October and November it is prognosticated that he is likely to suffer from ill health, personal dangers and violence. The almanac also predicts trouble for Greece. The New Reading. The New Mother—You know, hygienic science has demonstrated that many of the old ideas about children are absolutely pernicious to the race. The Old Mother—Yes; I understand the new philosophy says the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that wrecks the world.—Baltimore American. An Interesting Antique An interesting Antique. "Fine old inn, sir," commented the host. "Everything in this house has its story." "I don't doubt it." remarked the grouchy tourist. "And is there any legend connected with the piece of cheese?" -Washington Herald. Too Near the Goal. YOU NEED THE QUEEN! "I am not good at guessing. I could not come within forty years of it." Knew Its Value. Solomon—I suppose dot on account of dot punch bowl being a birthday gift you value it very highly? Isaac—You bet I do! Why, I wouldn't take less den feety tollars for it!—Illustrated Sunday Magazine Sister's Beau. When sister's beau comes Sunday nights We always turn on all the lights. And pa and ma and sis and me We entertain the company. He sits across the room from sis Like this. Our bedtime's nine o'clock, you know. (I just pretend, but do not go.) The lights they seem too strong for him. And so they turn 'em awful dim, And he sits on the couch with sis Old Timber Stronger Than New. Which is the stronger, a piece of sound old timber or a piece of new? We think it probable that the majority of engineers would say that the new timber was the stronger. In either case, however, the opinions would be mere guesswork. for there has been hitherto, so far as we recall, no authentic information on this point. This lack is now supplied in a paper by Mr. C. P. Buchanan in which he shows as a result of careful tests that sound timber a quarter of a century old is materially stronger than new stock. Mr. Buchanan's tests were made on white pine, but there is no reason to suppose that oak, hard pine or any other wood commonly used in building would behave differently. It is fair to conclude that all wood maintains its strength, except as decay weakens it, or fire and mechanical abrasion destroy R.-Engineering News. FREED FROM ILLEGAL ARREST White Friends Rescue Colored Woman From Clutches of Police. The Charleston (S. C.) Messenger, under date of Dec. 24, 1910, sax: "Conditions are improving for the Negro in the south, and right here last week we saw evidences of the remarkable change for the better that is going on. One week ago a policeman, suspecting a certain colored house, went there to arrest a woman and broke open the door to do so. The woman had done nothing, but submitted and went to the lockup with the officer. "There she gave ball for the charge of disorderly conduct and returned home, feeling deeply the outrage of an illegal arrest. She made known her troubles to her white neighbors, who kindly took the matter up, caused an investigation by the police committee of the city council and produced sufficient testimony from surrounding neighbors to prove that the officer exceeded his authority in making the arrest. "In the meantime she was tried by the mayor and fined $20 for disorderly conduct, but at a meeting of the town council Friday night a motion was made to remit the fine. The mayor hesitated in putting the motion, but he was forced to do so, and the motion was carried. "The matter stirred up the council for awhile, and the mayor threatened to resign. But the fine was returned, justice prevailed and matters have again assumed their equilibrjum. 'His truth is marching on.'" Comparative Cost of Lights In few branches of science has greater progress been made than in artificial lighting. That is why the illuminating engineer is today a factor in solving the cost and efficiency of labor problems. Roughly estimated, the relative cost of power an hour for a sixteen candle power light is as follows: Candles, .08; oil lamp, .03; incandescent lamp (carbon filament), .006; gas flame, .003; arc light (carbon), .003; acetylene, .0006; incandescent lamp (tungsten filament), .0024; gas with mantle, .002; mercury or filament tubes, .001 to .0025. THE COLONIAL GUARDIAN New Publication In the Interest of Interracial Union. The Hinds Publishing company in announcing its new publication, the Colonial Guardian, which is to be issued monthly, beginning with the January number, says in consequence of the growing connection between the members of the colored race at home and abroad the object of the Colonial Guardian is to voice the sentiments of such a connection, as there is no such publication extant for that purpose. The new periodical will deal largely with the progress and development of the colored people in the United States and those in the West Indies, defending also the interests of colored persons throughout the world. Both colored Americans and West Indians will contribute to its pages. E. St. Clair Hinds, editor and proprietor of the paper, is a practical printer by trade, having had considerable experience in the business before coming to the United States. Telephone Monroe 8857 L. D. Williams Painter, Paperhanger and Calciminer Plasterer & Whitewasher 609 West Harrison Street Chicago 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, 8924 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, 5364 State street George I. Martin, maker of face cigars and news stand, 12 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. 20th street near State. E.A. Stack Prescription Druggist 2842 South State Street, Chicago Corner 29th Phone Calumet 185 GRAFT & SONS BANK 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. Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson Soprano Fall Term Begins September 1st, 1910 Residence 6450 Champlain Avenue Chicago, Ill. Phone Normal 3316 Phone Wentworth 215 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Beauregard F. Moseley Law Office 6221 S. Halsted Street National Theatre Bldg., Suite 15 16 and 17 CHICAGO C. J. Waring Attorney-At-Law SUITE 310 59 DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO Residence 2803 S. 42nd Court S. A. T. WATKINS LAWYER Suite 411, 59 Dearborn St. 659-661 W. Madison St. Savings Department Open Evenings Hours 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Telephone Haymarket 796 PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4660 O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS Phone Main 4153 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 5670 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 171 Washington St. Rea. 4856 Langley Av. CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Res. Phone, Doug. 4397 3337 Wabash Ave., Third Apart. J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 205-7 Kedzie Bldg. Telephone Randolph 3575. 120 Randolph Street, Chicago Telephone Main 2017 J. A. TRIBUE Attorney-at-Law 171 WASHINGTON ST. Room 706 Chicago DR. M. J. BROWN Physician & Surgeon 3000 St. Street Chicago Phone Aidine 2058 S. W. Corner OFFICE HOURS: 10 to 12, 3 to 5, 7 to 9 Established 1867 Phone Oakland 2550-185 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Coal and Wood FIFTY-FIRST STREET AND ARMOUR AVENUE Rail Earle: 51st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry., 51nd St. and Armour Avenue CHICAGO Stack cription 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 AFRO-AMERICAN VOTERS. Important Part Which They Are Taking In Political Affairs. In the fight for honest elections that is now being waged by the different political organizations it is a noteworthy fact that the Afro-American is playing a large and important part, says the Portland (Ore.) Advocate. There was a time when, no matter what the manner of the election was or the man to head the ticket, if he bore the stamp of "G. O. P," he was certain of no questions asked by his colored colleague and receiving his vote in the bargain. But that is all changed, and now to obtain the assistance, whether small or great, of the Afro-American one must bear the stamp of honesty, capability and a near equilibrium to justice rather than the stamp of any political party or faction. Has Taft Deserted William H. Lewis? Since it seems a certainty that President Taft is not going to appoint the Hon. William H. Lewis as an assistant United States attorney general, as was announced previous to the election last November, there are other positions of trust and honor to which the president might assign Mr. Lewis. Some consideration is due Mr. Lewis for the embarrassing position in which the administration has left him. Rose City Lodge's New Officers. The newly installed officers of Rose City lodge, Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Portland, Ore. for 1911 are the following: J. Manley, exalted ruler; L. H. Dawley, leading knight; W. D. Allen, loyal knight; A. Lewis, lecturing knight; Lew Hubbard, secretary; A. Ballard, treasurer; J. Prescott, tiler; trustees, V. Keene, E. Richardson and George Elliston MODERN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Institution at Downingtown, Pa., Result of Good Leadership. The question of preventing a Negro problem in the north, which the thoughtful race leaders see in the constant stream of migration from the south and in the trend of the northern born Negro of the present generation, has resulted in a number of substantial movements in the north for his betterment. The results obtained by the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian associations, the Association For the Improvement of Colored Girls, Home For Working Girls, the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs, settlement house work and similar institutions and undertakings have attested the wisdom of these movements in the interest of the race. These institutions have brought to their support many generous patrons and a public liberal in its contributions because of a deep conviction of their necessity. As a result of much serious study and a number of conferences upon this question by some of the formerly colored churchmen and business men of the north they decided that the peculiar conditions which obtain among them as a race and for which there was no applause in the public schools north made necessary an educational movement which would embrace the plans of a modern school. After much effort and sacrifice a farm of 110 acres was purchased in Chester county, Pa., thirty-two miles from Philadelphia, upon which has been laid the foundation of the Downingtown industrial school. Self help has been applied to strenuous tended, and it was not until the colored people through their churches and organizations, had given a substantial help and had maintained the school for two and more years that the managers of the institution appealed to philanthropists and the state of Pennsylvania for help. The legislature appropriated $2,500 for two years' maintenance and $5,000 to assist in the trades work of the school. There are four buildings on the grounds and a large quantity of farming utenails, a number of hogs, horses and cows, which have been contributed. Ten thousand dollars is needed to complete Penangunia hall and 43,000 to install the trades. Because of the limited accommodations more than 100 wealthy young people were refused acceptance this year. the president of the institution, Dr. William A. Crediti, and the trainee John S. Trower, and all who are connected with the management of it use gently ask the friends of Negro education to become acquainted with the object of the school and with what it is doing. Many have visited the school, and as a result churches and individuals are contributing to it. HIRAM LODGE INSTALLS NEW CORPS OF OFFICERS. Interesting Exercises Mark Close of a Successful Year's Work. The most interesting event in Masonic circles in Brooklyn during the holiday period was the annual communication and installation of officers of Hiram lodge, No. 23, Free and Accepted Masons. All the officers were in their respective positions. Joseph L. Lane presided, and the annual calendar of business was gone through with precision. There were representatives present from the various lodges and a large delegation of ladies from the Eastern Star court. The outgoing officers made brief addresses, as did also those elected for the ensuing year. Revs. William R. Lawton and W. A. T. Miles each spoke in glowing terms of the success of the lodge during the year and commended the retiring officers for having done their duty. The following officers were installed: Peter M. Jacobs, W. M.; Joshua T. Foy, S. W.; Joseph Rilurrell, J. W.; Alexander Randolph, secretary; Robert Jackson, treasurer; Daniel A. Jackson, S. D.; John Myers, J. D.; Thomas Parham, S. S.; William H. Stevenson, J.; William K. Llewellyn, S. M. C.; James Brown, J. M. C.; Allen S. Dillard, chaplain; William Marshall, tyler; Thomas Steward, marshal; Gouverneur Staten, organist. Elks Consolidate Under New Title. Under the new consolidation act Elk lodges among Afro-Americans will hereafter bear the title name of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World. The general officers of the order are: President, Benjamin F. Howard, Covington, Ky.; grand president board of trustees, James E. Mills, Norfolk, Va.; grand organizer, J. Frank Wheaton, New York; grand exalted ruler, Harry H. Pace, Memphis, Tenn.; grand secretary, Oscar D. Morris, Washington; grand assistant secretary, Sandy Dougtry, Portsmouth, Va.; grand treasurer and national receiver, E. Burton Ceruti, Brooklyn. Beneficial Effect of Race Prejudice. Professor W. E. Du Bols says it is strange that in a country like the United States, which is attempting to open the largest opportunities to men, the door of opportunity is kept closed against millions of American born citizens. Race prejudice is harmful not only to those whom it concerns directly, but to the entire country. It is spoiling our ideals of democracy, leading to caste and to the exaggeration of social differences. "Mr. Nollejus," she said, "there is something I have been wanting to ask you for a long time. Will you please tell me in a few words what Pythagoras taught?" "Pardon me, madam," answered the information editor, "but that would be telling tales out of school"—Chicago Tribune. Fatiguing Experience. "Do you think our newly elected friend' will be able to do much?" "I dunno," replied Farmer Cornossel. "He had such a fight gettin' the nomination so such another guy gettin' elected that I expect he'll need a heap 'n rest when he's in office"—Washington Star. 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