The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The Minds of Many of the Most Prominent and the Most Highly Educated Afro-American Men and Women in Chicago ARE FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH LOW AND DEPRAVED IDEAS AND EVIL THOUGHTS. THEY ARE EVER READY TO ASSASSINATE OR STAB ANYONE IN THE BACK IN THE DARK IF THEY IIAPPEN TO ENTERTAIN THE IDEA THAT THEY OUTSHINE THEM IN ANY WAY. AT ALL TIMES THEY PERMIT THEIR JEALOUSY AND ENVIOUSNESS TO CONTROL THEM, AND ARE READY TO TEAR THOSE TO PIECES WHO DO NOT THINK AND ACT LIKE UNTO THEMSELVES. MANY OF THEM DELIGHT TO WITNESS THE DEAD VICTIMS WHO HAVE ENDED THEIR OWN LIVES OR WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN OR CUT TO PIECES BY OTHERS. THEY WILL TRAVEL FOR MILES TO GAZE UPON THEM AND WITH MUCH RELISH GIVE A MINUTE DESCRIPTION OF THE REVOLTING SCENES WITNESSED BY THEM. FOR SOME CAUSE OR OTHER THEY ARE ALWAYS READY TO PUT AN EVIL CONSTRUCTION ON THE GOOD ACTS AND DEEDS OF HIGH MINDED MEN AND WOMEN. LASTLY THEY ENTERTAIN CRUDE OR IGNORANT IDEAS AS TO THE TRUE MISSION OF THE NEWSPAPER. Vol. XVII The Minds of M Most Promi Most High Afro-African and W ARE FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH IDEAS AND EVIL THOUS THEY ARE EVER READY TO IN THE BACK IN THE IN TERTAIN THE IDEA TH ANY WAY. AT ALL TIMES THEY PERMI OUSNESS TO CONTROL TEAR THOSE TO PIECE LIKE UNTO THEMSELVE MANY OF THEM DELIGHT T WHO HAVE ENDED THE BEEN SHOT DOWN OR THEY WILL TRAVEL FOR M WITH MUCH RELISH G THE REVOLTING SCENE FOR SOME CAUSE OR OTHER PUT AN EVIL CONSTRU DEEDS OF HIGH MINDE LASTLY THEY ENTERTAIN TO THE TRUE MISSION It is very far beyond our comprehension to account for this one great undisputable fact, which is as plain as the bright noonday sun, namely, that the minds of the vast majority of the most prominent and the most highly educated Afro-American men and women in Chicago are always filled to the brim with low and depraved ideas and evil thoughts, that they are always ready and dead willing to eagerly drink in all the evil, filth and foul sewer water they can. That like a pack of bloodthirsty wolves or wild, fighting and snarling animals, they are ever ready to assassinate or stab in the back in the dark, the good character and the untarnished reputation of anyone if they happen to entertain the idea that they outshine them in any way. It is barely possible that these peculiar, destructive and, we might say, immoral tendencies on the part of these so-called highly educated and would be representative Afro-Americans were planted in the hearts of their forefathers during the days of slavery, and a thousand years will pass away and roll on into eternity before they and their descendants will be able to pull themselves out from under the deadly weight of this cursed yoke, which contributes to the non-progress of the Afro-American race along ethical culture lines more than all the other seemingly unsurmountable obstacles combined. At all times they permit their green-eyed jealousy and enviousness to absolutely control them and they are ready to tear those into a thousand pieces who do not think and act like unto themselves; if they have some misunderstanding with someone, and learn to hate them, they will figuratively speaking, loudly cuss and damn everybody else who fails to do the same thing, thus proving that evil influences are always uppermost in their slavish so-called Christian souls or warped and debased minds, and that seemingly they delight to hover around or near the border line of degeneracy. Many of this same class of Afro-American men and women, who are always boasting that they stand out as shining examples of the very best there is in the race which they claim to represent at all times, take great pleasure in witnessing the dead victims who have ended their own lives or who have been shot down or cut to pieces by others; and they will travel for miles to gaze upon them, and with much relish will give a minute description of the revolting scenes witnessed by them; this fact is further evidence that they sadly --- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY need a larger amount of good, wholesome gray matter pumped into their undeveloped thinking tanks or thoughtless heads. For some cause or other the great bulk of the leading Afro-American men and women in this city are always ready to put an evil construction on the good deeds and acts of high minded men and women. To illustrate, several years ago, a well known Colored woman in this city ran up against a whole lot of serious trouble, and a very close friend of the writer unhesitatingly rushed to her assistance, not with the expectation of making or ever attempting to make love to her, but on the contrary he was firmly convinced that she was being wronged and most of her so-called friends who were always ready to laugh and show their teeth and bow and bend to her as long as they thought that she had plenty of money to spend or blow in upon them, but when they learned that her money had run out, with few exceptions they turned their backs upon her, but our friend stood by her to the end of her trouble, backing her up with his own money—seeing to it that she came out of it with flying colors, and while our friend was engaged in performing this entirely unselfish act on his part, many of those composing the upper crust of the highest Afro-American society in this city, who had refused to assist this Colored woman in way at the time of her trouble and needed help were loud in declaring that without any question about it improper love making relations was certainly existing between her and our friend and that was the evil construction which they placed upon the good acts and deeds of our true friend who honestly felt that it was his duty to extend a helping hand to the Colored woman in question. The minds of this same class of high stepping Afro-American men and women, are so steeped in rottenness that every time the writer happens to write and print in these columns, a few kind words in reference to some worthy woman who is endeavoring to accomplish something worthy of note in this busy life and world, aside from spending all of her valuable time in peddling gossip and a whole bushel of down right bare faced lies from house to house; they will loudly cry out there "must be something wrong for every week Old Taylor, has Mrs. so and so's name stuck up in the columns of his Little "Nigger" black mailing sheet, and that Mrs. so and so is either working him out of his small change or he is working her out of her money and other things." CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 10, 1912. M. C. H. This week, his 95th birthday, should be celebrated, for it was largely through his work during the Anti-Slavery agitation in this country, that made it possible for Abraham Lincoln to issue his Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves, and all liberty loving people everywhere should honor the memories of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln on "Lincoln Day." Monday, February 12th. The editors and owners of newspapers published in interest of the white race take great pride in illustrating the columns of their publications with pictures of their best and brightest women, but whenever, a Colored editor attempts to do the same thing; these high up society Afro-American men and women, who dearly love to roll in deprivation, will exclaim that Mrs. so and so's homely mug is again stuck up in The Broad Ax and that she look just like a monkey." was arrested for the second time for stealing an article from a down town department store which was worth only 39 cents; that a prominent Colored lawyer, whose wife the part claims is as crooked as a dog's hin leg represented the Colored woman charged with stealing the article at the Clark street police station; all that we have to say to this is that we are willing to dig up one hundred dollar of our own money and drop it into lap of the party, claiming to know Lastly, they entertain crude or ignorant ideas as to the true mission of the newspaper; they look upon newspapers as their own personal organs and they regard their editors as greenhorns or suckers, these demented or half crazy men and women, are foolish enough to believe that the editors of Colored newspapers are as crazy as themselves and that they are always willing to publish vile and vicious things about those they may happen to dislike, just on their mere statement and without the least foundation whatever, for their frothings at the mouth; they being cowards themselves are every ready to run and hide behind the editor, so that they can shoot out at those who are far above them in every way; three or four years ago we did permit one of our so-called lady friends to write a lot of gush and slush, which appeared in these columns from time to time, concerning the unlady like actions of four or five Colored women who had up to that time always stood well in this city and upon investigation to our hearts content we become firmly convinced that in the main, the articles did not contain the truth nor even half of the absolute truth and from this on we are from Old Mo. and they have got to show us good and plenty, beyond a reasonable doubt, that they know what they are talking about, that it is the truth and nothing but the everlasting truth. And that the most important contents of their statements in relation to the wrongful conduct on the part of the men and women, they spend so much time in talking about can be easily proven in any court of record. One step further and we are through for this week; only a few days ago a certain party wanted us to publish to the world the names of five Colored women all of them of some prominence, three of them residing on Wabash ave., one on 35th st., and one on State st., that the pictures of these five women were and had been for sometime in the rogue's gallery at the old Harrison street police station, now located on Clark st., near Harrison st. and that recently one of these women who is hatted by the party giving us the information, worse than the head devil hates Holy water, should be celebrated, for it was largely Slavery agitation in this country, that coln to issue his Emancipation Procliberty loving people everywhere erick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln ary 12th. was arrested for the second time for stealing an article from a down town department store which was worth only 39 cents; that a prominent Colored lawyer, whose wife the party claims is as crooked as a dog's hind leg represented the Colored woman charged with stealing the article at the Clark street police station; all that we have to say to this is that we are willing to dig up one hundred dollars of our own money and drop it into lap of the party, claiming to know so much in this respect if they can prove either one of the three assertions, but if they attempt to resort to any kind of a hocuspocus in an effort to put one over on us, then we will spend the one hundred dollars and some more for the purpose of endeavoring to land them in jail. DR. E. J. FISHER, OF CHICAGO JLL. ENDORSED. The One Hundred and Eighty Dollars Is Too Small for a Membership of 2,500. It Is Only About 7 Cents Per Member Per Month—We Are Opposed to Cheap Preachers and Preaching. Some Mr. E. B. Moore writes an article in The Broad Ax, edited by Julius F. Taylor of Chicago, which is untimely and out of place, in which he pleads the poverty of the so-called poor members of his church, the Olivet. His argument is a tame affair and is not worth the paper that it is written upon. Dr. E. J. Fisher is one of the greatest men in the Baptist ranks in this country. He is a man among men. The salary that they are paying him is meager when you consider the large membership of the Olivet Baptist Church. They have 2,500 members and Dr. Fisher's salary was raised from $160.00 to $180.00 per month, which would be about seven and one-fifth cents per month for each member in the church. The members of the church who met in regular conference and raised the salary of Dr. Fisher did the proper thing only they did not make it enough. It should have been $250.00 per month with this enormous membership, and even then that would have amounted to only the small sum of ten cents per member per month. We suppose that Mr. Moore belongs to that class of men who believe in riding the church and driving the preacher and whose prayer is: "The minister's head may be nailed to a wisdom post and that he be buckled down with the buckle of salvation and anointed with kerosene oil and set afire." We are entirely out of sympathy with that class of men who The Republican Bosses Oiled Up their Faithful Old Machine THE REPUBLICAN BOSSES OILED UP THEIR FAITHFUL OLD MACHINE AND GROUND OUT A FAIRLY GOOD COUNTY TICKET. AT THE SAME TIME SITTING DOWN MIGHTY HARD ON EX-MAYOR FRED A. BUSSE. STATE SENATOR SAMUEL A. ETTELSON LOOKS LIKE A WINNER FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY. HE WILL SHORTLY OPEN UP HEADQUARTERS IN THE LA SALLE HOTEL AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND BEGIN AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN FOR THE NOMINATION. MILES J. DEVINE IS STILL IN THE LEAD FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE FENCE. The big Republican bosses, with their shouters and followers met in the Second Regiment Armory, on the West Side last Saturday and after oiling up their faithful old machine, they ground out a fairly good county ticket. At the same time sitting down mighty hard on ex-Mayor, Fred A. Busse, he being unable to get one of his candidates out in the running; even his and our good friend Oscar Hebel, was knocked off the slate for State's Attorney. Gemmill, W. N. Cottrell, E. K. Walker, E. A. Dicker, I. H. Himes, Arnold Heap, D. M. Brothers. Many of the politicians claim that the ticket is doomed to defeat next November, but it may win out after all. State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson looks like a winner for State's Attorney; he will shortly open up head quarters in the La Salle Hotel, and on the South Side and begin an active campaign for the nomination, and his law partner and political manager. The following candidates were slated to make the race for the various county offices: State's Attorney, Lewis Rinaker; President County Board, A. A. McCormick; Recorder, John C. Cannon; Circuit Clerk, J. T. O'Connell; Superior Clerk, C. W. Vail; Coroner, P. M. Hoffman; County Assessors, Walter E. Schmidt; Charles Krutchkoff; Board of Review, Matthew Mills, Surveyor, Walter A. Olson. Sanitary Trustees: Thomas J. Healy, Adolph Bergman, Edward I. Williams, County Board—City, Joseph Beifeld, E. L. Roberts, Wm. Blencoe, Carl Chindblom, A. A. McCormick, W. C. Moody, Wm. Armknecht, Louis Selden, Samuel E. Thomas, E. F. Kounofsky. County Commissioners—Country, William Busse, Alfred Van Steenberg, Wm. C. Hartray, Joseph R. Carolan, James Noble, Municipal Court, Chief Justice, Harry Olson; Clerk, Leland S. Rapp, Bailliff, J. P. Kinsella. Associate Justices, F. K. Blake, W. W. Maxwell, W. N. delight to make war on the gospel ministry. Dr. Fisher is an educated Christian minister. He is no cheap man, a minister should not preach for the money and he should not preach without. Now put the two together and you have the solution. The Baptist Reporter, Jackson, Mississippi. Feb. 2, 1912. DR. GEORGE C. HALL OFFERS $100 REWARD TO ANY ONE WHO CAN OR WILL DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO FIRST CIRCULATED FALSE RUMORS RELATIVE TO MRS. HALL. The following letter explains itself. Chicago, Ill., Feb. 5, 1912. The undersigned will pay One Hundred Dollars for information, that will disclose the identity of the person or persons responsible for the rumor or the attempt to connect the name of Mrs. Geo. C. Hall or Mrs. Theo. J. Hall with an alleged shop-lifting episode. (Signed) GEORGE C. HALL MD With plenty of money behind him and with a large practice among the best class of Afro-Americans in this city, Dr. George C. Hall is more than likely to catch some one in his coon trap. No.19 Mlican Bosses to their Faithful chine LED UP THEIR FAITHFUL OLD GOOD COUNTY TICKET. DOWN MIGHTY HARD ON EX- ETTELSON LOOKS LIKE A WIN- RNEY. UP HEADQUARTERS IN THE LA THE SOUTH SIDE AND BEGIN FOR THE NOMINATION. THE LEAD FOR STATE'S AT- RATIC SIDE OF THE FENCE. Gemmill, W. N. Cottrell, E. K. Walker, E. A. Dicker, I. H. Himes, Arnold Heap, D. M. Brothers. Many of the politicians claim that the ticket is doomed to defeat next November, but it may win out after all. State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson looks like a winner for State's Attorney; he will shortly open up headquarters in the La Salle Hotel, and on the South Side and begin an active campaign for the nomination, and his law partner and political manager, Mr. Charles Weinfeld, states that every day the leading political workers and other men of influence in all parts of this city and county are flocking to him, and that in a walk he will win out at the primaries April 9th. Miles J. Devine, who worked mighty hard for the election of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, at the spring election, and who is entitled to the support of the present mayor, for valuable political services rendered in his behalf, is still in the lead for State's Attorney on the Democratic side of the fence. Mr. Devine is the most capable in every way for State's Attorney so far mentioned among the Democratic candidates; he is extremely popular with the masses of his fellow citizens in all parts of Chicago and Cook county and thousands of his loyal friends will do every honorable thing in their power to assist to put him over at the primaries the 9th of April. PEKIN THEATRE Matinee, Sunday, Feb. 11th. Illa Vincent, the undefeated, will meet Ivan Romanoff, whose weight is over 300 pounds. Romanoff is Europe's biggest athlete, and came to America in search of wrestling fame and for the purpose of winning his way to a championship match with Frank Gotch. In this contest there is much to see, as the two men are so unevenly matched in regards to size and weight that to those not knowing the wonderful strength of Vincent would hardly conceive him a chance, but his defeat of Samson demonstrated that the bigger they come the heavier they fall, so an exciting struggle will surely take place. There will be several good preliminaries to a finish, making a high-class athletic entertainment. COLORED WOMAN CALLED FOR SERVICE AS A JUROR. Spokane, Feb. 8.—Dorothy Coates, a Colored woman, summoned for jury duty in the Superior Court here today, is believed to be the first woman of her race in the United States to have the opportunity of serving on a jury. She owns considerable property here. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Wit promulgate and at all times held the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Privets, In®@ets, ‘Single Taxers, Republicans, or anyone ose can have their say. as long as their tan- ‘euase to proper and reepemsibilty ie fixed. The Broad Ax ls a newspaper whose platform le breed enough for afl, ever ‘dlalming the editorial right to apeak Its own mind. Local communications will receive at- tention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be pald in advance. ic Daath 22s cecctssnsonc MO) Advertising rates made known om appl cation. ‘Address all communications to THE BROAD AX, set1 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. ves JULIUS F, TAYLOR, Balter and Publisher. Potored as Second-Clase Matter AUE. 19. een, at the Post OMfice at Chicago, Tilnots, ander Act of March 3. 1879 —— ————— THE CHORAL STUDY CLUB. At its second concert of the season will render Mendlesohn’s Landa Zion and The Seven Last Words of Christ, by Dubois, at Grace Presby- terian Church, Monday evening, Feb. 19, at 8:15 p. m. This will be a splendid program, well worth hear- ing. The soloists are Miss Cora Spriggs, soprano; Miss Diana Hack- ley, cotralto; Mr. Wm. H. Hackney, tenor and Mr. T. Theodore Taylor, baritone. Tickets 35 cents DR DANIEL H. WILLIAMS WAS HIGHLY HONORED AT NASH- ‘VILLE, TENN. By Cary B. Lewis. Nashvile, Tenn., Feb. 7—(Special.) Dr. Daniel H. Williams, the eminent physician and surgeon of Chicago, ar rived in the city on Monday for a week's work at the Hubbard Hospital. He has been coming here annually for fifteen years upon the invitation of Dr. R. F. Boyd, a member of che Meharry Medical staff. ‘The distinguished surgeon was es: corted to the class room of the college where there was a ‘‘feast of reason and a flow of oratory.” He was in excel lent spirits and delivered a magnifi cent address on ‘‘Seience of Surgery.’” Dr. Williams spoke of the genuine pleasure it gave him to visit the college and said that he came not for the money or honor but to be of service to ‘the young men that are to take up the profession of medicine. He spoke of the need of hospitals for the race in all parts of the United States. He was earnest and serious when he related how the white people are making places for Colored people in their hospitals in separate parts for the practice of their young physicians but showed how nice- Jy the white man has planned to keep ‘the Colored physician out. At Louis- ville, Ky., be said the white people are erecting a million dollar hospital, one wing for the white and the other for Colored, with equal appointments. The white intern and physician will practice on the Colored but a Colored physician or surgeon will not be allowed to enter. ‘It is time for us to consider this ques- tion and have hospitals of our own where our young men may be given every consideration to practice under the guidance of practical surgeons and physicians. ‘Dr. Williams then took up the Science of Surgery and related all the new methods used in var/ous opera tions, telling them he would demonstrate im the cline. He urged the young men to make the most of their seheel career and made a strong plea for unity mong physicians and surgeons. He paid a glowing tribute to Dr. George Hubbard, dean of Meharry Medical Col- lege. He spoke of his long and labori- ous service for the college und its won- derful influence on the race, stating that over 1,000 young men are now grad- ‘ates from the school and are reflect- ing great honor and credit upon their Alma Mater. Dr. P. A. Stewart delivered a stirring address in which he spoke of the sue- cess made by graduates of the school and the high class work being done by its student body. Dr. R. F. Boyd, “the noblest Roman of them all’? was also ‘& speaker. Dr. Boyd is a member of the faculty and bas the interest of the school at heart and was the first to put down $100 for the erection of the new ‘Hubbard Hospital. Dr. C. V. Roman, the orator of the Meharry faculty enlivened the exer- cises by telling a story of being on the firing line. His was words of eloquence and wisdom and Dr. Roman was fre- quently applauded. Dr. I. N. Carroll of England, Ark., and Mr. Cary B. Lewis were among the other speakers After luncheon, the students of the juniér and senior classes assembled in the operating room of Hubbard Hospi- tal for the clinic. Dr. Williams was then for a hernia operation. Dr. Stew- art, a staff surgeon of the college quizzed the body and then the opera- ai ~<a ‘ & > A > 4% : 4 A y, oe , KS ~ 4G - = ‘ re § MOTTS’' PEKIN THEATRE. Sancaocdiany LAtcaction. The management has secured “The Three Neros” for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Neros present a Gladiator production entitled, “Sports of Old Rome,” consisting of plastique poses, showing all the dangerous holds used in the wrestling game. They also illustrate how a small man can overcome a heavy man by a little knowledge of Jiu Jitsu. The | tion was performed with skill and ten. echnique by the eminent Chicagoan. He explained every motion of the band and knife and answered every question. Three other operations were performed the same afternoon. On the next morn- ing there were two other hernias and the afternoon, three tumors were re- moved by Drs.Stewart, Mc. Millian and R. F. Boyd. It was a surprise to Dr. Williams at ‘the number of cases at Hubbard Hospi- tal for operation. Doctors are here from Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Ala- bama with eases of the most difficult sort for operation and treatment. The new Hubbard Hospital has an ideal lo- cation. It 1s near the college; two story a large male and female ward and nu- merous private rooms. ‘The operating is very roomy with all the modern con- veniences tor operating service, amphi- theatre in style. There are 167 young men in the junior and senior classes who are tak- ing the advantage of the elinie. They come at 9 o'clock, remain until 12, re- turn at 1 o'clock and stay until the clinie is dismissed. In point of interest and enthusiasm, this year is exceeding past years of Dr. Williams’ visit. He has more eases and are of a more inrticate na- ture. Drs. Stewart, Boyd, MeMillan dean Hubbard are greatly pleased with the first two days work which speak volumns for the remainder. Dr. Williams will be here until Sat- urday, arriving in Chicago the first of the following week. The white papers have spoken highly of Dr. Williams, callea him one of the noted surgeons of the race. The work for the re- mainder of the week and other items of interest will be published in next weeks interest will be published in next weeks issue. Tuesdey night, Fisk Jubilee singers will give a concert at one of the large tabernacles. It is expected to be the musical event of the season. Dr. Williams has been invited to din- ner by a number of the prominent physicians including Drs. Boyd, Stewart and Noel. Mr. Lewis will visit Fisk, Walden and Roger Williams universities noxt week. TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES. This is another little talk about eye- sight. We say another, for the rea- son that some months ago we had something to say on this very im- portant subject. You need hardly to be told that it is through our eyes that practically all our knowledge is obtained. Every- thing we do either in our work or play depends upon gur eyesight. Loss of vision means loss of both our use- fulness and our happiness. And yet important and indispens- able as our eyes are to us in all the functions of life, most of us know little or nothing about their proper care and treatment as to the way in which we should use them. It is estimated that there are not less than 100,000 persons in the Unit- ed States who are totally blind. It is also asserted that most of this blindness is preventable. A lame man connot walk as far nor as fast as can a man whose feet and legs are sound and in good condi- tion. So if your eyestight is defec- tive your work is not likely to be up act concludes with an exact illustra. tion of the last round of the Johnson Jeffries fight at Reno, Nev. The lady member of the company explains each part of the act. The elaborate plush stage settings make the act a thing of beauty, well worth seeing. It is the only act of this kind in vaude- ville. Four other high-class acts will fill this enormous bill. Prices 10-20 cts. to the same standard as though if were good An important thing in the care o! the eyes is to have a good light in which to work and to have it fall in such a way ag not to cause eye strain. : In many of ‘the trades and occupa- tions good eyesight is so necessary that employers will not hire people whose vision has become impaired. The proper lighting of factories and work shops is an important fac- tor in conserving the eyesight of the workers and in maintaining the high- est standard of efficiency. So you will see that from the eco- nomic or money standpoint, defec- tive vision is a source of great loss And because this is true, we should learn how to take care of our eyes. Factories, shops and stores should be properly lighted. And above all there should be instruction in the sschools as to the proper care and treatment of the eyes. WALTERS A. M. E ZION CHURCH. Cor. 38th and Dearborn Sts. Rev. H. J. Callis, Pastor. The severe cold on last Sunday caused a marked decrease in the at- tendance at our church, the auditor- ium, however, was very conforta- ble and those present seemed to en- joy the services. The Sunday school elected and in- stalled a new corp of officers: For ‘Superintendent, H. J. Johnson; As- sistant Superintendent, L. J. Denby; Secretary, W. J. Burdine; Assistant Secretary, Eva Kelly; Treasurer, Mrs. Ophelia Mills; Librarian, Mrs. Lu- cinda Jones and Ear! Simpson. The Men’s Utility Club met with Mr. U. Collins Thursday evening at 3820 Dearborn street. They had a very enthusiastic meeting and enjoy- ed a social hour at the expense of their host. The Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society prayer service was well attended. Their place of meeting for next week will be an- nounced on Sunday. The sick of our church: Sister Price, of 5223 Lake avenue; Sister Rice, of 2735 La Salle; Brother S. M. Hardin, of 4110 State street, and Sis- ter Burleigh, of 4010 Dearborn street, are all improving. The death of Sister Nancy Lewis, who has been a familiar figure in our church for many years, removes one of Zion’s landmarks. Sister Lewis will be much missed, for she was one of those characters which impressed itself upon all who knew her. The Sunday services will be as usual. Rev. Callis will preach morn- ing and evening. Do not forget the playlet entitled “The Ventures of Beelzebub,” writ- ten by the author of Tallaboo, which will appear in this church Monday evening, Feb. 19th. This is a very interesting drama and will be well set. Don't fail to see it. The men's banquet, on Feb. 29th, is to be the greatest social gffair ever held in this church. The caterer has been secured and the tickets are going rapidly.—“S.”” OnmRIiP ss R. L. Jackson, the successful Afro- American printer, 2822 S. State street, is still holding his own in polities in the new 2nd ward. ee Louis Seldon, $013 Armour avenue, who has been slated for county com- missioner, has been confined to his house for the past week with a severe attack of pneumonia. eS oe Mr. and Mrs. Philip Green, 243 W. 47th street, who are old steadfast friends of Dr. George C. Hall, through thick and thin, will stand by him to the last ditch. | . . | Louis B. Anderson, who has made! a fine record as one of the assistant| County Attorneys, is more than like-| ly to become the new Adjutant of the | Sth Regiment, Illinois Nationat| Guards. ; + eee | Dr. Theo. R. Mozee, 4715 South | State street, is heading to the front as one of the most expert dentists in this city. He maintains a nice, clean and neat office, and is working up a nice trade among the people in his neighborhood. i = eee Thomas Motts, as the hustfing | manager of the Pekin Theatre, is| proving himself to be a live wire, and he is neither sparing money nor | pains in an effort to. provide the! latest attractions for its many pa- | trons. j! es ee Dr. Daniel H. Williams will re- |! turn home Sunday morning, February |‘ 1th, from Nashville, Tenn. where he has been performing surgical op- trations for the benefit of the stu- dents of the Heharry Medical Col- 7 lege. = © ue Mrs. Grace Hart-Alexander, 3236) Vabash avenue, will leave tomorrow | , or New Orleans, La. to attend the | Mardi Gras, to be held February 15 { 0 20. While in the Crescent City he will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs 5. W. Green. | * . . c Ald. Joseph T. Mahoney, Joseph |” \. Swift, George P. Latchford Thomas J. Fenton, and William J ynch are the Democratic candidates |“ or Alderman in the 30th ward, and |“ here will be a lively scrap among hem to see who will win ont at the| rimaries. X * 2 © it Mr. and Mrs. Noah D. Thompson | 2 re and will be for some time located |" t 1226 West lth street, Los An-| 1 cles, Cal. In a letter from him to) ™ he writer this week, he states, “that! oth of them are well and enjoying | he delightful California climate. Mr. |— ‘hompson heartily desires to be re-| y embered to his many Chicago! ends. i se | Jesse Binga has refitted up his real ® state office in the rear of his bank, | tate and 36th Place, with the latest | ™ ighly polished oak fixtures, and | is banking rooms and real ¢s-| ite department, for neatness and “at- |, activeness, will more than compare | worably with similar _establish- | rents in the down-town district. | y . ss ® The Volunteer Workers, a club for | # harity, will give a Lineoln and| ™ Jougiass memorial Feb. 14, 1912, at! ne residence of Mrs. W. M. Web-| py ‘er, 6430 Vincennes avenue. A spe-| h ial program wilt be rendered by hi ome of the prominent and talented | a dies of the city. A free will offer- ig will be accepted—Mrs. Clara ohnson, Pres; Mrs. Nina Tives, ec’y. 1 A Hard Winter. “I remember when 1 was a bey,” the oldest inhabitant said. “the well froze. and we had to melt snow to get water.” “That must have been annoying.” a Mstener ventured. “Yes.” continued the oldest inhab- tant. encouraged. “and that was the winter when there wasn't any snow, either.” ‘Truly. our fathers had a bard time trying to wrench a living from the world!—Buffalo Express, She Was Net There. ‘There's a lezend of Ewe that comes down from the past How the serpent forbidden fruit gave her TN Adam and she from the garden were cart ‘The story ip not in her favor Oh, where and, oh, where wax the mother ‘n-inw. That always reliable madam? For had she been there she'd have told what she raw. And the blame would today be on Adam. —Lippineott's Magazine Devetien. ‘When the doctor called to see the baby its mother informed him that the medicine left for the Infant the day before was all gone. “Impossible!” declared the surprised physician. “I told you to give him a teaspoonful once an hour.” “Yes, but John and mother and I and the nurse have each had to take & teaspoonful, too, in order to get baby to take it—Youth’s Companion. National and Local Theatrica| and Stage Notes Edited by the Stroller or by the Man on the Corner i] . = A q ) W = enpeat Cometory iets, easiest payments, meet convenirat | | S || greece Cock Teen, Sade Satara mack, comcenit S | mates ce, sister, A"warm cartater ree Somes cemetery | | S | faic_in winter. and it is a cool ride in summer.” You step from Br oat Ste ihe Cemmetery. * ou" cam eo'to the farthest ht oF rae S|) te mimaten “Mier the ‘service atthe tract See bare © arm || S| IMP aierantars artah meek eagees Weeoab hae S|) Soa inlets" aalmutcn to walt’ tor" retarad = we 8300 on ying betore Terme a a we | jth sie coat: cet ote et nah ‘nurment of $2.60 oh a ot rooster F or C. or with $5.00 will make a fret cash payment of S|) Fielse Se ay" in ection “0. oe - ‘This offer ts not good after March ist, 1912. S 3 | | C tl A jati 1 =| Mount Glenwood Cemetery Association || Phone: Douglas 5574 3125 S. State Street | - Auto. 71-946 Open Evenings, 7 to9 PEKIN THEATRE. The Pekin Theatre opened Mondas ‘night, offering a first-class bill, con sisting of the “White Zola in Black Art.” This act was well received Prof. Coleman, in an excellent musi- cal act, played on different. instru- ments, finishing by playing on two French horns at the same time. Reese and the Alfrey Sisters, in a comedy singing and dancing sketch, Miss Hazel Lynch, a charming soubrette in songs and sayings, and the Carray's in a novelty act. closed the bill. The Pekin is now playing vaudeville, be ing booked by one of the largest cir- cuits and giving a new program on Mondays and Fridays. The program offered for the last of the weck is one of much merit, as on the bill is the sensational “Neros” in their Ro- man sports. Frank Kirk, the King of Tramps, and others on the bill are well known vaudevillians. MONOGRAM. ‘The Monogram opened with a good Bill of Colored acts. Lottie Grady received quite an ovation on her appearance in Armtes. Billy and Grace, Johnson and Roper, and the Russells, all worked to advant- axe. GRAND. The Grand opened its first me The bill was fair in spots — STAGE NOTES. ; Cooper and Robinson were com- pelled to cancel their Milwaukee en- xagement owing to the illness of Mr. Cooper. os 8 8 MeCarver and Diggs returned from Cincinnati after playing an engage- ment at the Pekin Theatre. + & 1s The Garther Theatre is still closed and will not reopen. as the building is unsafe Miller and Lyle were a big hit at Hammerstein's, with such big favor- ites as Avery and Hart on the same bl, Quite a rivalry existed, and re~ ports from the Eastern papers say that Miller and Lyle carried off the honors. 6 ech Brown and Navarre, tot fee subbing It In. I do not find fault with the lot that is mine: T humbly accept and am “thank‘lt;" If I'm busted I never show any sign: If I've money I hasten to bank it But, hang it, why fs it that many old pards Now loafing by Florida rivers Make it their business to send mo post- cards From there, mocking me and my shiv- ers? —Buffalo. News, His System. Elderly Relative—John, what's the use of wrangling with your wife over small matters? Give up the conten- tion rather than prolong # fruitless argument. Mr. Dorkins—Blame it, Aunt Judy, that’s what I do! I always say to her: “Maria. I see you're bound to have the last word. Well, you can have tt” And theo ? turn and walk away.—Chicago Tribane. On the Pier. Sing « song of customs, Baggage crammed with stuff; Four and twenty trunkfuls Packed to work a bluff ‘When the trunks were opened Hands began to probe— ‘Wasn't there a dainty eatch To set before a Loeb! Judge's Library. —— Senerinn Pubiicien | “I want the newspapers to give the Utmost attention possible to our pro- ceedings,” said the astute political manager. “How will you contrive to keep the reporters alert and attentive?” “Easily. Early in the proceedings ‘We'll announce that we are going into executive session.”"— Washington Star. England, are now playing the | ory Time. Mr. Brown came ove: ; 9 tend the Frogs’ entertain»; which he is one of the chary-. bers. « & & Quite a contest has begun : > +e naming of the New Theatre bh is being built in New York. Stroller intends to select 5 Watch this column, then con) yee opinions to the Stroller, is case 4; The Broad Ax - em Miller and Green will put in Stock Company at the Rarret: The, tre, St. Lonis, Mo. ie cet ce Managers of the Howard Washington, D.C, and the soos ium at Philadelphia, ought + . up. * ee Camby and Wilson just got in on the West and have been on the Van- tagas time. so 8 No date has yet been announced for Aida Overton Walker at the Majestic s 8 The man that built the Wather Theatre at Indianapolis is thinking of turning it into a Tanndry—“4 Clean Act.” ' * « The Broad Ax is now being > 24 by many managers and performer . 8 © The “Smart Set” broke all records of the Lyceum Theatre at Cleveland last week. wens Champion Jack Johnson, at the Haymarket, is drawing immen-e au diences. “Black Carl” has organized > vau- leville show to take the rou! in the spring. It has been booked west 1s far as Kansas City. Miss Fannie Wise is on the hold- wut Tist. She has refused several of- ers om account of salary offered * ee Ollie Dempsey, manager and own- + of the Pekin Theatre at Cincin- ati. is all smiles, as the closin: of he Garther Theatre gives him the ield_ to himself; but if reports are rue. Mr. Garther will build a Family heatre. Them he can «mile. ST. MARY'S A. M. E. CHURCH. 4926 Dearborn St. Rev. Jas. Higgins, Pastor. Second Quarterly meetim: at St Mary's A. M. E. Church, Sunday, Feb. 11th. Rev. T. W. Reeves, P.E will preach morning and evening. Rev. R. E. Wilson, of St. Stephens’ A M. E. Church, will preach the Socra mental sermon at 3 o'clock Love Feast Monday night. All are cordially imvited to all the ser- vices. ee Phone, Calumet 126 FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FEB. 9, 10, 11. 1917. 3—NEROS—3, In Sports of Old K. FRANK KIRK. Musical ‘Tramp Comedian LA LONDA AND YARICK, Fashion Plate Impersonate”s THE GREAT ARCARIS, World's Greatest. Kalfe Throwers CORA MAXWELL, Dashing Soubrette 2 Shows Nightly 2. Prices 10 and 20 ct Box Seats 3 ives oe ae. PUBLISHERS' OPPORTUNITY Advertising Agencies Lean Toward Papers Edited by Afro-Americans. "Within the past two weeks, since Jan. 1," says Albon Lewis Holsey, "the proprietors of two well known advertising agencies have consulted me with regard to advertising propositions for papers published by and in the interest of Afro-Americans. In each case reliable information was sought as how best to reach the largest number of papers at once. "I named to such inquirers a long list of papers published by our people, gave their location and quoted their approximate circulation. This seems to me to be a fine opening for a number of publications to greatly increase the number of advertisements from that which they are now carrying. "Why not combine their efforts to secure advertisements? Such organizations as the National Negro Press association should inaugure a large advertising campaign to let the general advertising public know the value of their papers as advertising mediums. At the last session of the Negro Press association I had planned to offer this suggestion, but the time was squalored in electing officers and arguments over trivial matters. "I spoke to President Lewey about this matter, and he expressed himself as being much in sympathy with such a movement. It is my hope that this matter will be taken up at the next meeting, for advertising is certainly one of the vital factors in journalistic activity." BELIEVES IN ADVERTISING. Results of Ita Constant Use Shown by Baltimore Druggists. Baltimore.—The value of continual advertising in race papers is exemplified in the remarkable success that Stokes & Derry, druggists, of this city have had within the past three years. Starting out in 1908, they have built up a business that exceeds that done by any of the four other colored drug stores of the city. When asked recently what he thought had contributed to the success of his business venture Dr. E. Verry Stokes, senior member of the firm, said: "I attribute much of the success that we have had in the drug business to the fact that we have always let the public of Baltimore know through the local race papers what we have to sell. I am firmly of the opinion that colored men in business can add considerably to the volume of trade done by advertising their wares in race papers. "White men who are successful along business lines continually let the people know what they have to sell by advertising. Another factor in business success is letting the public have the right goods at the right prices, and if you have not an article that a customer wants make a strenuous effort to get it. Up to date methods, modern equipment, polite and quick service also help immensely." Dr. Stokes is a native of Baltimore. While studying in the Baltimore colored high school he worked in one of the drug stores of the city. He then entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, where he was graduated in 1968. While in Philadelphia he filled the position of pharmacist at the Frederick Douglass Memorial hospital and nurse training school. He returned to Baltimore and passed a very creditable examination as pharmacist. Dr. Derry is a native of Baltimore also. He was educated in the Baltimore public schools, Lincoln university and Oberlin college, afterward studying pharmacy at the University of Michigan. He worked for a number of years in local drug stores before embarking into business on his own account. Knights of Pythias' Annual Carnival. The annual mask ball and Pythian carnival of Ben-Hur lodge No. 19, Knights of Pythias, recently held in Brooklyn, was largely attended and was also a social and financial success. The officers of the lodge are Edward Henry, John Curtis, Thomas T. Scott, Charles E. Porter, Robert Lee, Cornelius Lovett, Robert Baynard, William H. McFarland, Gaston Smith and Anthony Fenty. The past chancellor commanders are Robert Baynard, Major E. B. Ceruti, Walter Kelly, William H. McFarland, Frank Dowling and J. H. Williams. Colored Soldiers In Turkish Army. It is hardly worth while to express surprise at finding colored soldiers in the ranks of the Turkish army, for whenever men strive in a common cause at home or abroad either for racial or national honor the colored man shoulders his share of the responsibility. The two killed in a recent skirmish between Turkish and Italian soldiers at Tripoli are said to have been the aggressors. Dr. B. T. Washington to Tour Florida. The managers of the tour of Dr. Booker T. Washington which is to be made through Florida have announced that the start will be made at Pensacola on Friday. March 1. The pilgrimage will end in Jacksonville Thursday night. March 7. A number of successful business men and educators will accompany Dr. Washington on the trip through the state. Looking Ahead. David A. Ball of Pike county. Mo., was once state senator and acted as lieutenant governor during the two years he presided over the senate. He had an ambition to be lieutenant governor, in fact. One day he confided this ambition to his old family doctor. "The old man." Ball says in telling the story, "walked two blocks with me without making any comment. Then he turned and said: "That's all right, Dave, but look here. Suppose you were elected and the governor should die. Wouldn't that leave Missouri in a mighty bad fix?"—Saturday Evening Post. Mary Jane. Mary Jane asked me to wed Just four years ago. Waited till I shook my head As I answered no. Mary Jane has married three Since four years ago. Now again they say she's free And with lots of dough. I am wiser far today Than four years ago. If she asks I will say- Well, I guess you know. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. That reminds me of—er—any ladies present?—Rabelals. Will somebody move that I have leave to print?—Gutenberg. Yes, I have friends in both places.—Dante. See what I've saved by not carrying any life insurance!—Methuselah. -Chicago Tribune. With Best Regards. So then I wrote a funny verse, And true it is, though strange, That these same papers copied it And credited it to Ciph琳娜 Enquirer A Shrewd Financier "Say, boss," said Uncle Eben, "would you lend me 'bout six bits and take dis mule foh security?" "How long do you want the loan?" "Oh, till 'long 'bout April or May." "That's a curious kind of transaction." "Well, I'll make it four bits. All I really kyahs about is gittin' rid o' feedin' de mule."—Washington Star. As They See It. The politician's views are grin.— *Oh, world of strife!* Most everybody seems to him To have a knife. —Springfield Union. The merchant's views are very grim; They are, alack! All women live, it seems to him, To bring things back. —Chicago Record-Herald. His Best Job. "What was the best job you ever did?" inquired the first barber. "I once shaved a man," replied the second ditto. "then I persuaded him to have hair cut, singe, shampoo, face massage, sea foam, electric buzz, tar spray and a tonic rub." "What then?" "Then I gave him another shave."—National Monthly. Bonnet and Brain BOMBER and DRIVER: When I see your face crowned with a marvelous height Of feathers and flowers I think at the sight; What were your head worth on that wonderful bonnet If you'd only got in half as much as you've on it! —New York Sun. An Invalid. "You know that ball player who had a glass arm, a weak knee and a game ankle—the one who only finished in five games during the season?" "Yes. What about him?" "He has been working in a stone yard through the winter." — Kansas City Journal. A Tariff Question. How shall the lot of humankind be eased? By what new tariff can we be relieved? If those who now complain are fully pleased A lot of other folks will be aggrieved. —Washington Star. Ethel—Oh, easily enough. I told him you were crazy about him and reminded him that this was leap year.—Boston Transcript. As Shelley Has It Not. I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden; I fear thy mien, thy tone, thy motion—Methinks thine eyes are heavy laden With thoughts about this leap year notion. One Exception has by his outside." "Oh. yes; you know when he's a real Christian by the ashes on his sidewalk."—Baltimore American. Lost His Passengers. The man sat on the water cart. Whence all but he had fled. He was the driver, and he sought To find his steeds a bed. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Well Liked. "Does he stand well with his neighbors?" "Yes, indeed. He hasn't any more money than they have."—Detroit Free Press. Remember the Unprotected. Protect yourself from chill and blast, Prepare when storms are due. But don't forget when gales swirl past To keep your heart warm too. —Cleveland 'Phila' Dealer. Swiss Vodka Twenty years is the voting age in Switzerland. The Pacific ocean covers 68,000,000 square miles, the Atlantic 30,000,000 and the Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans 42,000,000. Double Glazed Windows To give quiet to dwellers in noisy streets an English builder has simply used windows with double glazing. In sickrooms, lecture rooms and others the sound of street cars and the rumble of wagons were greatly diminished, and the sound of voices was made imperceptible. Catnip. Catnip, familiarly associated with a tea for babies. is a common weed naturalized from Europe. It is noted for its quieting effect on the nervous system. Gold Coin. The world's gold coin weighs less than 900 tons. Education In India. Illiteracy among the native population of India is alarming. In the great northwestern provinces of the country the illiterates run as high as 8,000 among the males and 8,500 among the females to the 10,000. English is spoken by only a small percentage of the population. Hungry Kangaroos Kangaroos are great feeders. With a given time one of them will eat a cow h as half a dozen sheep would insure Glass Making. The art of glass making was known in Egypt as early at least as 2000 B. C., and in Old Phoenicia and Syria its manufacture was common. They had glass windows in Pompell. Gregory of Tours speaks of church windows of colored glass. Glass was introduced into England so long ago as the middle of the seventh century, although the manufacture was not established there until about the year 1550. Dogfish Skin. The dried skin of the dogfish was once upon a time used for sandpaper. Photograph Prints Photograph prints can be kept from curling by soaking them for a few minutes in a weak solution of glycerin, about an ounce to two quarts of water. Peculiar Hump. The Paris police arrested an interesting beggar the other day. They thought he was humpbacked. When he was examined the hump was found to be a parcel containing $4,000 in gold, which was wrapped up in a sack. He had $10,000 in banknotes hidden under his shirt. Seagulls. According to estimate, each seagull eats ten fish every twenty-four hours. Women and Leap Year. Woman's leap year privilege was established by law centuries ago. A law of Scotland passed in 1228 gave woman the right to propice in leap year and imposed a fine of $7 on the man who refused. The first English law on the leap year privilege was passed in 1606. Water Lily Farm One of the beauty spots in Washington is the water ill farm conducted by a woman who, as a clerk in the treasury department, lost her health. Palm of the Hand The palm of the hand has eight divisions composed of one triangle and seven mounts. The triangle is located in the center of the hand and is sometimes called the plain of Mars, being surrounded by the seven mounts of Jupiter. Saturn, Apollo, Mercury, Mars, Venus and the moon. Cern In Germany Carp are eaten in Germany on Christmas eve, and those at table scrape a few of the scales off and place them in their purses to insure having plenty of money during the coming year. South America. South America is nearly twice as large as the whole of Europe. Seaweed Barometer. One of the oldest and simplest ways of telling whether the air is dry or moist is to suspend a piece of seaweed out of doors or even in an apartment where there is no artificial heat. The weed is crisp and dry at the approach of fine weather, while it is flabby and moist when rain is likely. Mistleton. Mistletoe is seldom found on the oak the principal trees from which it is gathered being the apple, lime, hawthorn and maple. Bagpipes. Although bagpipes are Scotland's national instrument, there are only two Scottish articles used in their construction, the sheepskin and the tartan. The wood—ebony or cocus—comes from Africa or Jamaica, the ivory from Africa, the horn from Australia and the cane for the reed from Spain. The Yule Log. In olden times a bonfire was kindled in honor of the god Thor, a procession was formed, and a huge log was drawn to the spot and thrown upon the fire. This was the origin of the Yule log. Knicker—Is Jones well educated? Bocker—He can read a speedometer and write a check.—Evening Sun. "She accepted me on one condition." "And that is?" "That she doesn't get a better offer between now and spring."—Louisville Courier-Journal. A little lemon now and then Is good for some conceited men. —Judga "Sir, did I understand you to call me a Mar?" "No, sir; I believe in the conservation of energy."—Life. Marks—That new member seems pretty green for a man who claims to be a college graduate. Parks—Probably it was an agricultural college.—Boston Transcript. Be fair to old John Barleycorn. To knock him we are prone. He never tries to hunt us up When we let him alone. —Cincinnati Enquirer. The Gull—What are all the mermaids out on the rocks looking at? The Albatross—At an ocean grey-hound chasing a sea puss—Baltimore American. "I see you're still in mourning, though your husband has been dead three years." "Yes; in the first place, I can never forget him, and then my fiance likes me better in black."—Fliegende Blatter. And now the trusts to regulate An adage quaint and snappy We'll quote with expectations great. "Be good and you'll be happy." —Washington Star. New York now has all night banks, all night saloons and all night restaurants. We are informed that the churches continue to close early.—Chicago Record-Herald. "I should like to exchange this five dollar vanity bag for a five dollar chafing dish." "Sorry, madam, but those vanity bags have been marked down to $3.99 now."—Kansas City Journal. Sowing and reaping. Glad work of a man— To sow in the springtime And reap when he can. But sewing and ripping. Oh, woman's distress— To change a spring harem Into a fall dress. —Lippincott's Magazine. First Magnate—What became of this fellow Shuster, who was in trouble in Persia? Second Magnate—Oh, he got his unconditional release. — Cincinnati Enquirer. A president of the United States is supposed to smilingly shake hands with all comers, including the Fourth of March pneumonia germ.—Washington Star. The desk of a dead poet Brought a fortune yesterday. They never pay a genius Until he has passed away. —Exchange. Hubby—I won't say marriage is a failure, but some are more fortunate in what you get than others. Wife—You're quite right, dear. For instance, you got me, but I—got only you.—London Tatler. "Hubby, you have a lock of my hair, haven't you?" "Next to my heart." "See if you can match it in some puffs when you go downtown."—Washington Herald. Never hunt trouble. Take this cue: Just sit down And it'll hunt you. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Stenographer.—Hello, Mame! Are you still with old Rumsey, the broker? Ex-Stenographer—Very little. We are married now, you know!—Puck. "How do you like your new minister's wife?" "Not very well. She's just as stylish as the rest of us."—Detroit Free Press. I've often seen a millionaire. It's not so much to be one. And yet, I'll tell you on the square, I'd rather be than see one. —Chicago Record-Herald. "Pat, do you know anything about your ancestors?" "What's the difference between a chiropodist and a corn doctor, paw?" "Fifty cents or a dollar, I suppose, Tommy."—Chicago Tribune. "No longer will I sail the skies," Some airman to murmur. We all agree that he is wise—He'll find the terra firmer. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I am afraid Mrs. Wapping is a termagant," remarked Mrs. Pilcher. "Indeed!" said Mrs Bluntsome, with a slight elevation of her eyebrows. "Some people take up every new fad that comes along."—Birmingham Age-Herald. "Aren't you afraid you will catch cold on such a night as this, my boy?" "No, sir. Selling papers keeps up the circulation."—Tit-Bits. Of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest here are chosen: To hear your wife announce at dawn "The water pipes are frozen!" -New York Sun. Phone, Office Hours: Wentworth 215 8:30 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. LAW OFFICE 6221 S. HALSTED STREET National Theatre Bldg., Suite 15, 16, 17 CHICAGO Tel. Aldine 1820 In Office at Night C. H. Knight, M. D., C. M. (Canada) Office Hours: 9 to 11 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. 3158 State Street, Chicago Office Hours—From 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.: from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sunday by appointment. DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST DENTIST 4715 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO Phone, Oakland 4662; Automatic 73058 Frenzied Financier. Little Jack Horner got a good corner On all the wheat supply. But the price of it fell before he could sell. And he said, "What a thickhead am I?" -Judge. Just the Place. "I agree." grimly remarked the erratic thinker. "that an excellent place to deposit useless junk, like the names of prominent citizens, medals, copies of addresses, old coins, and so forth, is under a corner stone."—Puck. Parody No. 252,323. A Mutual Feeling: A Mutual Feeling. Mother—You have accepted George! Why, you know very well that I don't approve of him. Daughter—That's all right, mother. Neither does he approve of you—Stray Stories. Another Suggestion. Let legislation thrive unchecked. That earthly cares may cease. We need some game laws to protect The dear old dove of peace. —Washington Star. Infuriating Ambiguity. "I never leave my wife without kissing her." A "High Cost" Poem. A "High Cost" Poem. Armour and Morris and Swift agreed To boost the price of our daily feed. They all got millions out of shaughter. While the public paid for the water. —Chennai Enquirer A Distinction. Lawyer--Don't you dare to call my client a thief? He may have interrupted his course of honesty, but a thief--never!-Satire. 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: A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. M., Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 36th St., new Dearborn. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st St., near Dearborn. Mrs. Jas. H. Lewis, notions, cigars and newsstand, 15 W. 36th St., near State. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State St. W. M. 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C.—The world's fair in the woods is the title of a series of Literary and musical entertainments which will be given under the auspices of the Jenkins orphanage in this city, beginning on Monday, Feb. 5, to run three weeks. For twenty-one years similar entertainments have been successfully held for the benefit of orphan children cared for by the institution. The mayor of the city and other prominent citizens have consented to make addresses at different times during the series, and the outlook for a profitable ingathering of funds is encouraging. The churches and other organized bodies for religious and material uplift will take an active part in helping the asylum to raise the sum of $1,000, which amount is much needed to enable the management to care for the large number of orphan children housed by the institution this winter. Rev. D. J. Jenkins, founder and president of the orphanage, has asked for 500 volunteers to assist in the work, besides a special committee which has charge of the arrangements. Through the uniting zeal of the Rev. Mr. Jenkins many friends from among both races have become much interested in the orphanage and contribute annually to its support. These friends are not confined to Charleston alone, but are scattered in different sections, north, east and west. Any one desiring to help a worthy cause could find no better channel through which to contribute for the making of an intelligent citizenship than the Jenkins orphanage. The city council and the charities commissioners are interested in the institution to the extent of not only placing the funds which the city provides for its support, but take an active part on the official board of managers. The report of the orphanage for 1911 has been compiled and forwarded to the commissioners, who will in turn submit the same to the city council. An accurate account of all funds donated is kept on record and published annually. The children are taught the various industries or trades, such as sewing, embroidery, domestic science, basketry, shoemaking, chair caning and kindred subjects. Many former inmates of the asylum who have grown to manhood and womanhood are now engaged in gainful occupations. Elementary subjects are also taught. Vocal and instrumental music are among the most interesting of the educational features. CODE OF ETHICS BY CRISIS. Influential Publication Issues Broad and Manly Declaration of Principles. In the January number of the Crisis Magazine the following editorial for the new year occurs under the caption "I Am Resolved." It reads thus: I am resolved in this new year to play the man—to stand straight, look the world squarely in the eye and walk to my work with no shuffle or slouch. I am resolved to be satisfied with no treatment which ignores my manhood and my right to be counted as one among men. I am resolved to be quiet and law abiding, but to refuse to cringe in body or in soul, to resent deliberate insult and to assert my just rights in the face of wanton aggression. I am resolved to defend and assert the absolute equality of the Negro race with any and all other human races and its divine right to equal and just treatment. I am resolved to be ready at all times and in all places to bear witness with pen, voice, money and deed against the horrible crime of lynching, the shame of jim-crow legislation, the injustice of all color discrimination, the wrong of disfranchement for race or sex, the iniquity of war under any circumstances and the deep damnation of present methods of distributing the world's work and wealth. I am resolved to defend the poor and the weak of every race and hue and especially to guard my mother, my wife, my daughter and all my darker sisters from the insults and aggressions of white men and black with the last strength of my body and the last suffering of my soul. For all these things I am resolved unfinchingly to stand, and if this resolve cost me pain, poverty, slander and even life itself I will remember the word of the prophet—how he sang: "Though Love repine and Reason chafe, There came a voice, without reply. Messengership For James D. Gross. As a reward for diligence and because of his peculiar fitness for the position the Hon. Frank J. Harris, county treasurer in Pittsburgh, has appointed Mr. James D. Gross messenger in his office. Mr. Gross was for two years a turnkey at the central police station. He has also served seven years as a deputy constable in the Seventh and Eighth wards. He is a prominent member of royal grand lodge. No. 31. Knights of Pythias, and captain of Greater Pittsburgh company. No. 14. of the uniform rank of the order. Juvenile Buds of Promise Prospers. The Juvenile Buds of Promise, No. 8, Grand United Order of Sons and Daughters of Moses, in Brooklyn is one of the most thrifty organizations of little folk in Greater New York. It numbers over 100 boys and girls who are being trained for the work of the order by competent instructors. The reports of the officials at the recent annual meeting showed that after paying all expenses for the year a ssum remains in the treasury. The Juvenile Buds were organized in 1902. Dr. D. H. Williams to Conduct Clinic. The annual clinic at Meharry Medical college, Nashville. Tenn., will be held the first week in February and will be conducted by Dr. Daniel H. Williams, the noted surgeon of Chicago. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Helen Taft's preference for pink is shown by the many gowns she wears of that shade. Baroness Hengelmuller, wife of the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, who is spending the winter in her own country, will come to the United States early in the spring. Maggie Teyte—her real name is Plumnon—"with reddish hair, numerous freclegs and an unmistakable cockney accent," though only twenty, is a new diva, one of the few English singers who have ever captured the ear of Paris. Mrs. E. H. Harriman, widow of the financier and railroad builder, who left her a fortune of $149,000,000, received during the past year 6,000 requests for aid, which, if granted, would have meant a disposal of exactly $120,000,000. Mother Mary Joseph Stanislas of the St. John's Wood convent, England, and Mother St. George of the Convent of the Faithful Virgin, Norwood, are said to be the only survivors of the band of young nuns who accompanied Florence Nightingale as nurses to the Crimean war. Current Comment. There is a large mortality among infant New Year resolutions.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. That some forms of literary work do pay appears from the fact that the banks lost $15,000,000 last year through forgery.—New York Post. One by one the old sea fighters pass away, but perhaps their successors will prove just as brave and just as efficient when opportunity gives them a chance to show of what stuff they are made. Palmimore American. It looks as if somebody could make a "best man" ten strike simply by putting the berman law between pins covers. Those who should have read it, but haven't, still constitute an army large enough to delight any book agent's soul.—New York Tribune. Pert Personals. J. Pierpont Morgan has sailed for Egypt, but not for the purpose of buying it.—Detroit Free Press. When he can borrow $1,500 and turn it into $400,000,000 we must admit Andrew Carnegie is some wizard—Baltimore Sun. Can't keep a good man down. General Porfirio Diaz has been decorated by the Swiss government for heroism in saving a child from drowning.—New York World. The first name in the City Directory of St. Louis is A. A. Aal, and the first name in the directory of Rochester, N. Y., is A. Aab. Somebody should invite these gentlemen to come on in—the alphabet is fine.—Kansas City Journal. Fire Losses. Europe has long considered American fire losses the most inexplicable of all the national wastage—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The population of the United States increased 73 per cent, while in the same period the fire loss increased 134 per cent.—Toledo Blade. It is about up to us to make prevention of fire waste one of the important features of our conservation programs.—St Paul Pioneer Press. It is very remarkable that a people as wide awake and progressive as ours should go on year after year and submit to such immense unnecessary fire losses.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Science Siftings. Light goes around the world seven times in a second, but it takes 500 seconds for it to come from the sun and four years for it to come from the nearest fixed star. The theory has been advanced by a Munich physician that heat prostrations are due directly to the reduction by the high temperature of the salts in the body to a point below the required normal. A new theory to explain the rings of Saturn is urged by Professor Birkeland of Christiana, who holds that they are produced by electric radiation from the planet and are "renewed, so to say, every instant." The Writers. William Dean Howell, who recently returned from a trip to Spain, will probably write a book of his impressions of that country. Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, the novelist, who was born in 1831, wants to sell her handsome estate on Storm King mountain, New York, before she dies. Edmond Rostand, the noted French playwright, looks upon thirteen as a lucky number. Besides having thirteen letters in his own name, he is the son of Eugene Rostand (thirteen letters) and is the thirteenth holder of the thirteenth armchair in the French academy. Short Stories. Hose for fire engines was invented in 1672. The pulp made from redeemed old bills amounted in value to $23,000 last year. For the first time in history portraits of the czars of Russia are to be placed on the postage stamps of that country. Metal sheets are proposed as a substitute for paper for the pages of books. Such sheets, would be tougher, more flexible and would absorb ink better than those of paper. GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on or dents, including payment of taxes and l on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patr The Cranford Building. 36 The finest building ever open Steam heat, electric light, tile ba cent allowed on Savings Ac- Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estat- payment of taxes and locking after assessment Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash A building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As ageut 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 FEDERAL MUSEUM The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 101 WASHINGTON STREET. Frank L. Gale Sam'l I. Lee THE GALE PIANO CO. 3159 STATE STREET Pianos, Organs, Talking Machines and Supplies. Brass and String Instruments. Cash or Easy Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30. Phone Doug. 4558. Dale Sam GALE PIANO 3159 STATE STREET Organs, Talking Machines and and String Instruments. Cash or E- payments. Open Evenings till 10.30 Phone Doug. 4558. RE Pianos, Organs, Talking Machines and Supplies. Brass and String Instruments. Cash or Easy Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30. Phone Doug 4558 SIRES AND SONS. Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations in Washington, has purchased Red Top, the former home of President Grover Cleveland. Speaker Clark made his first fee when a young man by writing an oration for a college student who had been elected class orator and wanted to get off something particularly fine. Fernando Pico, son of the last Mexican governor of California, lives with his wife in an old stable on a ranch in the Santa Monica mountains. He is caretaker of the place. Pico is sixty-seven years of age. William Wallace Gilchrist, for thirty-six consecutive years conductor of the Mendelssohn club, Philadelphia, and now in his thirty-seventh year in that capacity, holds the record for such service in this country. M. Peru, the last surviving pupil of Choph, recently gave his farewell concert in Paris. He is over eighty years of age, but remarkably vigorous, and plays with all the delicacy which tradition associates with the art of the great Polish pianist. Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, now chairman of the senate committee on military affairs, was an WM. D. NEIGE REAL AT LOWEST Easiest Terms to Loans on first and Fire Insurance pla D. NEIGHBORS & REAL ESTATE AT LOWEST PRICES Terms to be had in Ch s on first and second Mortga Insurance placed in any comp 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 BROOKLYN BROOKLYN BROOKLYN TUNING JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT state on commission, manages estates for non-resi- ces and locking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Ford Apartment . 3600 Wabash Ave. Her opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 101 WASHINGTON STREET. Sam'll I. Lee LE PIANO CO. ESTATE STREET Talking Machines and Supplies. Instruments. Cash or Easy Open Evenings till 10.30. One Doug. 4558. officer in the war between the war and received the congressional medal of honor for gallantry in the field at the siege of Port Hudson. Current Comment. Almost any seer will prophesy offhand that 1912 is going to be a year of unrest for schedule K.-Denver Republican. The man who invented international peace—if there is such a man—has not yet got his invention in successful working order.-Philadelphia Press. China is "fighting for freedom and good government." When she acquires the latter we of the occident would mightly like to know how she did it.-Boston Transcript. Dr. Cook declared in Pittsburgh that he had lecture dates booked for two years ahead. Barnum's immortal saying finds fresh corroboration daily.-Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. There are forty memorials to Robert Burns, of which twenty-seven are statues. During the last decade statues to the poet have been erected at Toronto, Melbourne, Denver, Sydney, N. S. W.; Chicago, Frederickton, N. B.; San Francisco and Milwaukee. EIGHBORS & CO REAL ESTATE WEST PRICES to be had in Chicago t and second Mortgages are placed in any company REPAIRING "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Phone Douglas 746 Auton The ROUMANIA BU JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO PETER B. BROWN W. M. THOMAS Telephone The BELL Buffet FRANK 5059 A Cor. 51 Telephone Oakland 1787 ELLE MEADE Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 9 Armour For. 51st Street, Chicago NOW IS TIME TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BROAD AX $2.00 PER YEAR Phone Douglas 4482 The La Verne 3100-2 STA First Class Chinese and High Hotel BUFFET, F La Verdo Cafe and B 3100-2 STATE STREET, CHICAGO Chinese and American Restaurant in High Class Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY 3100-2 STATE STREET, CHICAGO First Class Chinese and American Restaurant in Connection High Class Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY, Proprietor. Hotel Brunswu Geo. W. Holt, Prop. FFET, POOL AND BILLIAR BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Elite B 3030 Elite Buffet and Cafe 3030 State Street IT to IT PAYS to Advertise in The Broad Ax 3004 State Street A. F. Codozoe Telephone Yards 693 M. 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