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THE BROAD AX Monster Meeting Held At Sinai Temple THE SESSIONS OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. LAEGELY ATTENDED—IN HIS ADDRESS LAST SUNDAY EVENING OF MR. OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, SEVERELY SCORED JUDGE HOOK. JUSTNESS AND FAIRNESS TO ALL MEN, TENOR OF THE MEETING, Vol. XVII Monster Meeting THE SESSIONS OF THE FOURTH AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADV LARGELY ATTENDED—IN HIS AD MR. OSWALD GARRISON VI HOOK. JUSTNESS AND FAIRNESS TO ALL This society exists in order to combat the spirit of persecution and prejudice which confronts the Colored people of this land, and to assure to them every right, privilege and opportunity to which every citizen of the United States is entitled. It asks no favors, no privileges, no special advantages or benefits for these disadvantaged ones. It merely asks equally of opportunity, equality at the ballot box, equality in the courts of the land. It was three years ago that the need for protest against the growth of prejudice and injustice became so great as to bring this organization into being. Three years ago marked the centennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, surely the most fitting of all times at which to found such an understanding. From small beginnings it has grown rapidly, its organ of public opinion, the Crisis, reaches more than 22,000 readers. Branches have been organized in Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington and New York, and there is a host of applications for branches elsewhere on file at our office. Meetings have been held in great numbers. The associations centenary celebration of Sumner, Wendell Phillips and Harriet Beecher Stowe have done not a little to keep alive the spirit of 'the Abolition times. The work of legal redress is going on space; there is being undertaken at the present time a careful investigation of one of the most terrible lynchings—one of more than a hundred which took place during the year 1911. Looking back on the thirteen months that have elapsed since the last annual conference of this association, it cannot be said that the cause of the Colored people has done anything else than advance rapidly, both from the political and the material point of view. Politically we have reason to be grateful for the Root-Borah debate in the Senate on disfranchisement; for the fight for Negro suffrage in Oklahoma; for the winning of civil rights suits in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and elsewhere, and for another and overwhelming defeat for disfranchisement in Maryland. The blow at peonage in Alabama, struck by the Supreme Court in 1911 is a cause for widespread rejoicing. On the material side is the remarkable increase of Negro wealth in land and homes that continues unabated year by year. In the census report HEALTH NOTES Hurry and worry will help you to an early grave. * * * * Do not go through life with the valve blowing off all the time. It pays to reduce the pressure whenever you can. In other words, after a period of severe mental and physical tension, take a little rest. * * * * You will be surprised to find the benefits you will get from even a few minutes of complete relaxation. The trouble is that so few people really know how to rest. * * * * In order to rest when you are very tired, it is not enough that you stop working. You must also stop thinking about your work. Then minutes spent lying down with the eyes closed, thinking of nothing, it that be possible, will do wonders. Try it and see. Three hundred and fifty years ago, about the middle of the fifteenth century. Louis Cornaro, an Italian nobleman, was told by an physician. --- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY that the Negro population has grown from 1,770,808 in 1810 to 9,828,294 in 1910, the Negro can take unbounded satisfaction since with his increasing numbers comes increasing power and increased strength with which to fight his battles. The efforts to draw the color line at Cornell University University have failed; the appointment of a Colored Assistant United States Attorney-General in Washington and the election of the first Colored Legislator in Pennsylvania are auspicious omen of the future, and but two of many that might be presented. But most significant and striking of all the advances has been the defeat for the Supreme Court of the United States of Judge William C. Hook, of Kansas. There can be no question that Judge Hook would be today upon the Supreme bench of the land after his intolerable "Jim Crow Car" decision but that the so-called "Black Cabinet" of Mr. Taft waited upon the president and notified him that if this wrong were done to Colored Americans, no Colored man would speak in his behalf in the presidential campaign and that he could count upon the certain hostility of the intelligent Colored people of the country. Besides this Association, many other bodies interested in the welfare of the Colored people and prominent white judges and leaders of public opinion protested to Mr. Taft, and Judge Hook is not upon the Supreme bench of the United States. (Prolonged apause.) We hear much about the lack of solidarity among the Colored people. It is an indictment, the truth of which we can not wholly deny if we would. The nine millions of Colored citizens do not yet realize what a tremendous power will be theirs when they but stand together, utilize the political influence which remains to them and take advantage of that right to voice their discontent, to express their bitter feeling of wronged citizenship of which no legislation can deprive them. The Hook case is chiefly significant a changed attitude; a new tone among the Colored people, it is to be welcomed thrice over and written down as a notable political event in the history if it means—as we believe—and awakening to the power which is theirs. (Applause). that he had but a short time to live. Cornaro decided that he would see what could be done. He cut out all the rich and fancy cooked foods and wines, let the fresh air into his sleeping rooms, and spent all the time possible out of doors. He soon grew well and strong and when 95 years of age, he wrote a book telling what plain food, pure air and right living had done for him. He died at the age of 98, having lived just 58 years beyond the time fixed for his death by his doctors. Here is an excellent breathing exercise that should be indulged in at least twice a day. Stand before an open window, or better in the open air, and raise the arms above the head, stretching up as far as possible. Take a long, deep breath while raising the arms; now bend forward, letting the breath out while doing so and without bending the knees, grasp the ankles. Then straighten and repeat the operation, say ten times at each performance. Press Service, Department of Health, April, 1912 CHICAGO, MAY4, 1912 J COL. JOHN R. MARSHALL HIGHLY HONORED. The Colored people of Illinois were signally honored by the Republican State Convention which met at Springfield, by the selection of Col. John R. Marshall as alternate delegate at large to the National Convention. This is the only northern state which has ever given such high honors to the Colored voters. Credit for this recognition is given primarially to Governor Deneen, who made the recommendation, and which was enthusiastically endorsed by the Republican leaders of the State. Col. Marshall and his famous 8th Regiment are known wherever the Eng- BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. Rev. James L. Wharton, Pastor or the African M. E. Church at Council Bluffs, Iawo. Rev. Mr. Wharton came to the Bluffs in Sept., 1911, and found the church members only a 'eew in number holding services in the basement of the church. The basement had been built by the Rev. M. G. Newman'some 7 or 8 years ago. The people had lost interest in the church and would not go in the basement any more. The new pastor saw at once what must be done to get the people coming to church. The first Monday in Dec., 1911, the top came off the old basement and the workmen began working on the new building. The winter came on and work was stopped until spring. The good old time has come and the building is now up and the pastor and members are now holding services every Sunday in the new church. Rev. Wharton is overjoyed because the $3,000.00 is all nearly been raised and Sunday, May 5, 1912, is the rally day at which time the passion says that he will raise the sum of $250.00 which will be the rest of the $3,000.00 and the new church will be out of debt. Rev. Wharton has only been here about 7 months and in that time has built a church and has it nearly paid for, and the presiding elder Rev. S. B. Moore, the presiding Elder of the Des Moines District says that the church at Council Bluffs is the best church building in his district. It is a church building that will speak for itself. Rev. James L. Wharton is known as the sweet Gospel preacher and singer and church builder. He will attend the General Conference and will preach the opening sermon at the District Conference at Oskeloosa, Iowa, in June 1912. Mr. J. C. Stewart and Mr. L. F. Morris of the North West railway were at services with us in our new church Sunday, April 21, 1912. Mr. Morris became a member of said church while Rev. J. C. Stewart said God bless you Morris, God needs you to work for him as you have to worked for the other fellow. Brother J. C. Stewart is a member of Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago. We are in the Bluffs trying to get the people to come to church. The pastor will have the church free of debt by the time of the annual conference as there are other churches calling for him and the Bluffs cannot afford to keep a man like him as he calls for lish language is spoken. His splendid record as a soldier and race leader, are sources of much pride to the Colored people of his home city. No more fitting testimonial to the 8th Regiment in particular, and the Negro people throughout the State of Illinois could be given than by the selection of this distinquished and unselfish representative of the race to this post of honor. No one doubts that the higher honor conferred upon the Colonel will be borne by him with modest and dignified reserve. more money than the Bluffs is able to pay, $25.00 a month is no pay for the Rev. He says that he is trying to make this a good church for some good man that will come next year. LANES WHARTON RECITAL Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson Accompanist: Mesdems Cordelia Yerbrough, Estella Bonds-Majors, Bethesda Baptist Church, 3823 Wabash Ave., Thursday evening, May 9th, 1912, at 8:30 o'clock sharp. Rev. Eli T. Martin, B. D. Pastor. PROGRAM 1. a. I Hid My Love, d'Hardelot. b. I Cannot Help Loving Thee...Johns c Burst Ye Apple Buds.....Emery 2. Waltz Song, "Faust".....Guonod 3. Ah, fores'e lui, "La Taraviata"... .....Verdi 4. The Stars and Stripes Forever... .....Sousa PROGRAM. 5. a. A Song of a Throstle...Roney b. Were My Song With Wings Provided.....Hahn c. Chanson Proveneal ...Del' Acqua 6. When Daylight's Going, "Lt Sonnabula".....Bellini 7. a. O Fair, O Sweet and Holy... .....Cantor b. A Red, Red Rose.....Hastings c. Spring Had Come, "Hiawa- tha".....Taylor 8. Good Night Beloved...Shattuck Ushers: Misses Bennie Stovall, Eunice B. Hunter, Beatric Lee, Myrtle Smith. The members of the Appomattox Club gave a very enjoyable white ribbon dancing party at the clubs parli- sory, 3444 Wabash avenue on last Wednesday evening. Many of the society people were present to grace the occasion. THE CANTATA OF ESTHER THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN. Cantata of Esther the Beautiful Queen, will be given at Olivet Baptist Church, 27th and Dearborn St., Monday evening, May 6, for the benefit of the May campaign. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson Queen, Mr. Frank B. Waring King and Mrs. Della Ridgeway Brown, Directress. Cards of Admission 25c. President Taft Wins Over Roosevelt in Massachusetts GREAT BATTLE WAGED IN BAY STATE IN PREFENENTIAL PRIMARIES; CALLED THE "GETTYSBURG" OF WAR. EXCITING AND ANGRY SPEECHES MADE BY THE ROUGH RIDER OF NEW YORK CITY. TAFTIES CLAIM 415 DELEGATES AND ARE OPTIMISTIC IN SELECTING THEIR CHIEF FOR ANOTHER TERM. BOOSEVELT STILL HERALDING ONSLAUGHTS OF BITTER SPEECH AGAINST THOSE OPPOSING HIM. CHAMP CLARK, DEMOCRAT ASPIRANT GAINING IN STATES WHERE PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY IS HELD. In the recent primary in Massachusetts, both President Taft and Rough Rider Roosevelt fought like bitter enemies; the result being that Taft with his powerful machine won over his bitted antagonist. The fight was described by many as the "Gettyssburg" of war. Both candidates invaded the State delivering fry speeches; some of the addresses being beyond the dignity of such high men in public affairs. The summary of delegates for Sunday accredits Taft with 415 votes, with 125 yet necessary to give him a majority. The fighting colonel is apportioned 207, with 333 needed, La Folette 36 and Cummins 10. Here are 406 yet to be elected, not counting Massachusetts. The Tafties claim to see 125 easily in right, but this is disputed by the Roosevelts. From all indication Taft seems to have it on Roosevelt and the ex-president who as we said last week is past master in the art of cussing and daming and branding those who honestly differ with him, will go down in defeat at the Chicago convention. Champ Clark seems to be sweeping things in States where preferential primaries have been held. "L." GIRL FINDS CLAIM MONEY. Walter A. Scott, an agent, collecting a large South Side industrial debut for the American Life Insurance Company of Illinois, with offices at 72 West Adams street, while purchasing stamps at the Chicago Post office Wednesday evening droppel a wallet containing $711.00 in currency. The money being entrusted to his care for the payment of five death claims in the South district. As is well known, it is sometimes inconvenient for people suffering bereavement, to come downtown and cash insurance checks, and in order to facilitate matters the cash was given Agent Scott in the form of thirty $100.00, eighty $5.00, eleven $1.00 and a 50 cent piece. The money was placed in a large leather wallet and carefully stowed away in his hip pocket. When he reached the Post-office the money was there. After making his purchase he left the Government building and crossed to the opposite side of Dearborn street when on investigation he found the wallet missing. It had fallen in a dark corner near the stamp window and was picked up by a Miss Howard who took Mr. Scott's place at the window to make a purchase. The young lady picked up the pocketbook and jammed it down into her shopping bag. / Upon reaching her home she found a large sum of currency without any marks of the owner's identification. The next morning the Lost and found column of all the Dailies was scanned in hopes that she could restore the money to its rightful owner. After the second day an advertisement appeared in one of the leading dailies and calling at the office of the newspaper she ascertained the name of the loser of the wallet. The American Life Insurance Company of Illinois promptly showed their appreciation of Miss Howard's honesty by giving her a check for $100.00. The newspaper returned the money to Agent Scott and his payments of the death claims were then made. The claimants were, Nancy Johnson, 1826 Armour Ave.; Lottie Washington, 2218 South Dearborn St.; Joseph Ridikas, 3251 Illinois Court, Earnest Greshaber, 573 Laflin St.; and Rosie Maciazek, 614 N. Morgan St. The liberal policy of the American Life Insurance Company of Illinois towards its patrons and its soundness and aggressiveness in getting business in the face of malicious backbiters and envious competition has been so great and its success among the Colored race so satisfactory, that the Company has added to its staff two more Colored agents, Mr. Thos. A. Watson and Mr. James A. Mathias, both well known and responsible educated Colored men. Wins Over Massachusetts DATE IN PREFENENTIAL PRIMARIES; " OF WAR. MADE BY THE ROUGH RIDER OF AND ARE OPTIMISTIC IN SELECTING TERM. ONSLAUGHTS OF BITTER SPEECH IM. ANT GAINING IN STATES WHERE HELD. needed, La Folette 36 and Cummins 10. Here are 406 yet to be elected, not counting Massachusetts. The Tafties claim to see 125 easily in right, but this is disputed by the Roosevelts. From all indication Taft seems to have it on Roosevelt and the ex-president who as we said last week is past master in the art of cussing and daming and branding those who honestly differ with him, will go down in defeat at the Chicago convention. Champ Clark seems to be sweeping things in States where preferential primaries have been held. "L." PREDICTS DEFEAT IF TAFT IS NOMINATED. New York, May 2.—In a lengthy statement Senator Dixon, campaign manager for Col. Roosevelt, declared that he had been assured by a New York Republican congressman who has been claimed by the Taft leaders that "the nomination of President Taft would mean that there would not be enough Republican congressmen in the next House to call for the ayes and noes." Dixon declared that Republican senators and representatives alike in Washington were convinced that Roosevelt was the only candidate whom the Republicans could nominate and elect, and declared that Roosevelt's action in trying to surrender his eight Massachusetts delegates-at-large to Taft was "an epoch in American politics." THE CHORAL STUDY CLUB. The Choral Study Club in their May Festival performance at Quinn Chapel Church, Monday night, May 27th, will present Coleridge Taylors "Blind Girl of Castle Cuille, which is one of the most important choral compositions of the present time and received its only two renditions in America by the Choral Study Club. The second work to be performed is Cowan's "St. John's Eve," rendered with much success by the Club in 1909. Soloists: Mrs. Martha Brandus Anderson, Mrs. Virginia Greene, Soprano; Mrs. Clara K. Williams, Contralto; Mr. George L. Johnson, Tenor; Mr. T. Theodore Taylor, Baritone; Mrs. Pelagie Blair, Miss Gertrude Jackson, accompanists; and the Choral Study Club Orchestra. Admission 50 cents. No reserved seats. TO SPEAK IN MILWÁUKEE Mr. Cary B. Lewis, the well known newspaper editor anad correspondent has been invited to speak at Milwaukee, Wis., the last of the month. He will be the guest of Mr. Alfred Long a former class mate. The Chronicle editor wears a pair of diamond cuff buttons won in a contest on last Christmas. A CARD OF THANKS. Mr. Richard E. Moore and his family, are deeply touched and under many obligations to their relatives and friends, for all the messages of love and sympathy which have come to them during their recent bereavement, in the death of a beloved wife and mother, Mrs. Rosa E. Moore, who died April 15th. They herewith, publicly, express their thanks for the many letters, telegrams and beautiful floral pieces which they received. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principle of Democracy, but Cuthbert, Protestant, Prentice, Include, Single Taken, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, on long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, over claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on an edge of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ... $2.00 Six Months ... 1.90 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX, 5027 ARHOU AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL. JULIUS F. TAYLOE, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19. 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. CHIPS Miss Merian Garner has returned from a visit to Aurora, Ill. Miss Eloise Cook, daughter of the Rev. Cook, has been quite ill. Major Franklin A. Denison was indisposed the first of the week. Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois was the guest of Dr. Bentley this week. Mrs. Della Lewis is reported ill at her home, 5400 South Park Ave. Fisk Club will hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at Douglass Center, 3032 Wabash Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Clinkscale will move the middle of the month at 60th and Wabash Ave. Dr. A. W. Williams spoke at the Sunday Men's Club on Wednesday night at a banquet. Mr. William Pickens, of Talladega College, spoke at Sinai Temple last Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stubbs received their friends at Appomattox Club Monday night. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax is quite ill at his home under the care of a physician. The Knights of Pythias' sermon will be preached tomorrow at Quinn Chapel Church. Miss Mabelle Spinks, of Terre Haute, Ind., will be the guest of Miss Bettiola Fortson in June. Editor R. E. Jones, of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, was in the city Monday night. Miss Anna Clifford of Washington, D. C., was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Claude Bell this week. Mrs. Martha Anderson will appear in a song recital next week at Bethesda Baptist Church. Lieut. Louie B. Anderson has been promoted to Adjutant of the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard. Miss Garnetta Tibbs has been to Oberlin University to attend the graduating exercises of her brother Roy. Dr. Dan Williams leaves the last of the month to attend the Tri-State Medical Association at St. Louis, Mo. Miss Anna K. Jones, principal of the High School at Kansas was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Evans. Most of the A. M. E. preachers have gone to Kansas City to attend the general conference of the A. M. E. Church. Mrs. Jennie E. Lewis, 21 E. 33rd st., has been confined to her home for the past three weeks, through a very serious illness. Mrs. C. S. Smith, 5363 Dearborn street and her sister Mrs. Hattie Jenkins, of 5746 Fifth avenue; left last Saturday morning for Atlanta, Ga., to attend the funeral of their brother William Fowler, who died there recently. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen of the Gammon Theological Seminary will deliver a lecture under the auspices of the Mount Glenwood Chautauqua Association, Sunday evening, May 5, 1912 at Institutional Church. Admission Free. Dr. Bowen delivered the principal address at the Lincoln Centennial Celebration in 1909. Every one should hear him. Mrs. Mary White Ovington of Brooklyn, New York, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement ```markdown ``` of Colored People will speak for the Negro Fellowship League Sunday, May sary Day. Please come early and bring 5th, at 4 clock, at 2830 State street. This is Ladies Day as well as Anniver- young friends. Ida B. Wells-Barnett. of Colored People who will speak for Many Expressions of Sympathy For the Unfortunate. While it can be safely calculated that no members of the colored race lost their lives in this awful catastrophe owing to certain conditions over which we have no control, nevertheless "one touch of nature makes the whole world kin," and our sympathy goes out to the bereaved friends and relatives of the unfortunate who went to meet their Maker so suddenly and unexpectedly.-Solid Rock Herald, Philadelphia. The collision and sinking of the most modern and mightiest steamship that was ever constructed with the loss of over a thousand lives instead of hundreds challenge the attention of the world to the stern fact that there are yet grave dangers in water navigation to be overcome. Those who lived and left their loved ones to go down to a watery grave will probably suffer most. It would seem that death would be sweetest under such circumstances. Let us hope there will never be a repetition of this monster disaster.—Detroit (Mich.) Informer. The captain of the Titanic had seen more than forty years of service. His experience proved his undoing, for he became overconfident, and the largest and costliest steamship in the world now rolls at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean.-Richmond (Va.) Planet. One clear and unmistakable lesson from the sad tragedy is to turn the thoughts of man godward more than earthward. The work of all work to be wrought upon the earth is righteousness, the lifting up of those who are down and the magnifying of God upon the earth. The Almighty is not mocked, and, even though it be a "cross" that raises us, yet the eternal decree is "Nearer, My God, to Thee." Nothing but profound sorrow should energize the breasts of mankind the world over in view of the awful calamity. At the same time, all should be quick to draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to them.—Baltimore Afro-American Ledger. UPLIFT AMONG FARMERS. Bureau of Plant Industry to Aid Tillers of the Soil. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson recently announced that during the present year the farmers' co-operative demonstration work of the bureau of plant industry will have thirty-two colored agents in the field. These agents now have enrolled as demonstrators and co-operators something like 3,500 farmers. The list will probably be increased to 4,000. In addition to this work, having for its object the aiding of the colored farmer in the south, a number of colored farmers are also enrolled under the white agents, of whom there are now 681. Altogether it is estimated that there will probably be between 10,000 and 15,000 colored demonstrators and cooperators on the lists working with the department's agents the coming season and that in addition to these another 10,000 will be indirectly reached, making 25,000 colored co-operators in all. WESTERN UNIVERSITY NOTES. Ward Hall Was Named For Bishop and Pioneer Educator. Ward hall, one of the largest of the group of buildings at the Western university, Quindaro, Kan., which was recently destroyed by fire, was named for Bishop T. M. D. Ward, under whose supervision the school was permanently established. The institution had its beginning nearly forty years ago, when the Rev Eben Batchley, a Presbyterian minister, conducted a school known as the Freedman's university in the town of Quindaro. The plan for the present university was perfected by the African Methodist Episcopal church. Ward hall was erected at a cost of $25,000 and was the gift in donation subscriptions from members of the A. M. E. denomination in all sections of the United States. Political Ambition of George H. White. In speaking editorially of the political ambition of ex-Congressman George H. White of North Carolina the Dallas (Tex.) Express says everywhere the colored man is giving evidence of his determination to "come back" politically. He refuses to die and cannot be legally eliminated. The Hon. Mr. White recently announced his intention to become a candidate for congress next fall. He is now a resident of "Great sale, eh?" commented the ad- vance agent. "Been a line in the lob- by for several hours." "Same six people, though," explained the man in the box office. "Same people you saw an hour ago. The line is being held up by a lady who is thinking of buying a beat."—Washington Herald. "And how many brothers and sisters have you?" Child of the Slums—No use askin' him, mister. He can't only count up to seven—Life. Get out the trusty bathing suit And bake the rhubarb pie! Assault the unpire! Take 'em off! Fresh paint! And swat the fly! —Chicago Tribune. After a banquet a prominent man was asked by a close friend: "Well, did you manage to stay so- ber?" "Oh, yes," he replied, "but my health was drunk."—Judge's Library. Clerk—Perhaps, madam, you would like to look at some goods a little more expensive. Customer—No, not more expensive, but of better quality.—Boston Transcript. The fisherman sits by the stream all day And fishes and fishes and dreams away. The breezes are mild, and the day is fair, And the fisherman hasn't a single care. The fisherman's wife, with a frown that appalls, Plies the chairs on the porch and the beds in the halls. With her hair in a knot and a streak on her face She cares not a rap which way the wind blows. —Chicago Record-Herald. He—Madam, you promised to obey me. Do you do it? She—Sir, you promised me your worldly goods. Do I get 'em?—Baltimore American. "You say the leading soprano has a phenominally light voice?" "Yes." "You add that frequently her voice is scarcely heard, and then you go ahead and praise her?" "Yes; that's the reason."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Your friend, Miss Claire, is passing fair," Said I to Kate when we met last. "Yes," she agreed, "she is, indeed— "Wogglebat must have made garden before." "Goes about it in an intelligent manner, does he?" "Yes; he isn't promising his friends any early vegetables."—Louisville Courier-Journal. "Selling your home to buy an automobile. What will you do without a home?" "Won't need none after I git the auto; wouldn't never be there anyhow."—Honston Post. When peaceful on the rug you lie You warm the soul and please the eye, You gladden home, none can deny, O Thomas Cat! But when you prowl about at night And in the alleys woo and fight Your warmest friend would cry in spite, "O Thomas, soot!" —Kansas City Star. Before you sympathize with the underdog make sure that he didn't start the scrap.—Puck. "What's the matter wiv' old Bill?" "Why, that post what used to stand outside the Dook o' Cambridge 'as been taken away, an' the pore old feller came out an' didn't notice it."—London Opinion. She wears clocked stockings every day. She says they're to her liking. But the real reason for her play Is that they're always striking.—Cincinnati Enquirer. McTavish—I want sixpennyworth of strychnine. Chemist (with professional caution)—What do you want it for? McTavish (snatching at the opportunity)—Fourpence.—Penny Illustrated. She—You used to be a healthy man. He—Yes; I had a strong constitution before the doctors amended it.—Satire. Howe'er advanced may be her views Or fierce her righteous rage. She'll never skip the fashion news To read the sporting page. —Washington Star. "James, I wonder how you can sit there and look me in the face." "So do I, my dear, but it's surprising what a really brave, brave, reckless bad man can do."—P. I. P. "The car rode right over your face, you say? Do you feel any effects from it?" "Yes. I've had a taste of india rubber in my mouth ever since."—London Opinion. The statesman does the speaking. The editor booms the town. The lover does the popping. The damsel turns him down. The poet does the dreaming. The farmer cleans the woods. The eagle does the screaming. But the stork delivers the goods. Montgomery County (Mo.) News. "What happened to that ticket you organized as a split from your party?" "That ticket?" echoed the restless politician. "Oh, it got punched!" Washington Star. Hostess (to one of the small guests)—Now, dear, will you have some bread and butter to finish up with? Small Guest—No, thank you. I will have some cake to be going on with—Punch. A fellow from old Mississippi Was courting a girl who was snippi. He said. "Be my bride." But she coldly replied: "Aw, beat it, young feller! You're dippil" -Milwaukee Sentibal. WANTS LYNCHING STOPPED. Right Use of the Ballot Will Do It, Says Dr. W. A. Creditt. In an able article which appeared in a Philadelphia paper not long ago from the pen of the Rev. William A. Creditt, LL. D., are found the following interesting and logical statements: "It is difficult to make us believe that our nation can exert influence to the advantage of the Hebrew in Russia and at the same time be unable to exert an influence upon the states where our people are lynched without trial, without judge, without jury, and portions of the charred, riddled, mutilated and dismembered bodies carried around as souvenirs. "The colored men in the section of the country where they have the right of franchise have a mighty power in the ballot. Let them, as the Hebrew, remember, no matter how highly they themselves may develop, their development, opportunities and successes are only theirs in order to help their suffering brethren and they are connected by blood with the colored men who suffer in certain sections of our country. "If the Hebrews in America can succeed in having America protect the Hebrews in Russia, why may not the colored men of the north so use their political power as to cause the statesmen of this section to come body out in their utterances and say, 'Lynch law must go?' Dr. Creditt is the successful pastor of the Cherry Memorial Baptist church in Philadelphia, Pa., president of the New England Baptist missionary convention, which includes ten states of the Union, Haiti and Nova Scotia within its jurisdiction. He is also president of the Industrial school at Downingtown, Pa. DELEGATES TO GENERAL CONFERENCE THRONG CITY. Bishops Turner, Schaffer and Smith Among First Speakers. Kansas City. Mo. — Representative African Methodists from all sections of the United States, the West Indies and Canada are gathering here to attend the twenty-fourth quadrennial session of the general conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church, which opens in the Allen A. M. E. church Monday, May 6. The delegates will number more than 500 and will represent 800,000 members of the strongest colored Methodist body in the world. At the forthcoming session reports from all departments of the church will be received, laws made and revised. the general needs of the denomination discussed and several new bishops and all of the general officers elected. The new bishops are to take the places of Bishops Edward W. Lampton, Abraham Grant, James A. Handy and Wesley J. Gaines, who have passed away since the last general conference. Prominent among those mentioned in connection with the bishopric are John Hurst, financial secretary of the denomination; W. W. Beckett, secretary of missions; G. W. Allen, editor of the Southern Christian Recorder; T. N. M. Smith, W. D. Chappelle, president of Allen university; Joshua A. Jones, former president of Wilberforce university; J. M. Conner, Little Rock, Ark.; F. Jesse Peck, California; James Dean, Florida; William T. Vernon and H. T. Kealing. Reys, A. L. Galnes, Carl M. Tanner and the present incumbent, R. R. Wright, are aspirants for the editorship of the Christian Recorder. Dr. C. V. Roman and the Rev, R. C. Ransom are among those mentioned to succeed H. T. Kealing as editor of the A. M. E. Church Review, and John R. Hawkins, commissioner of education for the denomination, is among the aspirants for the financial secretaryship. Dr. D. J. Jordan, president of Kittrell college, wants to succeed Professor Hawkins as commissioner of education. Rev. M. W. Thornton of Philadelphia is among the aspirants for business manager of the A. M. E. Publishing House, in Philadelphia. The various boards of the African Methodist church have met here this week to receive annual reports from their agents. These meetings are usually held in the city, where the headquarters of the respective boards are located. Bishop Henry M. Turner, the senior prelate, will call the general conference to order. At other sessions the bishops will preside in turn. The opening sermon will be preached by Bishop C. T. Shaffer of Chicago. Bishop Charles S. Smith will read the quadrennial address of the bishops. The finishing touches were put upon the address a few days ago at a meeting here of all of the bishops. A great array of speakers will take part at the formal opening service. The general conference is made up of lay and clerical delegates from each annual conference. Prior to 1808 every elder who had traveled for six years was a member of the general conference. The next session of the general conference will probably be held at Mother Bethel church, in Philadelphia. In connection with the centennial of African Methodism. Baptist Convention May Change Date. The New England Baptist missionary convention will not hold its annual meeting with the Monumental Baptist church in Philadelphia, as previously announced. Due notice of the time and place of meeting will be announced later. The change is due to the fact that the Rev. Alexander Gordon has resigned from the pastorate of the Monumental church, where the convention was to be held in June. Selected by Attorney General Wickersham at the Suggestion of Influential Friends as the Successor of the Hon. William H. Lewis—Man of Known Legal Ability. Washington.—Another fine appointment has come to the race from the Taft administration and the department of justice, over which presides that sterling friend of the race. Attorney General Wickersham, to whom credit is due for the appointment of William C. Mathews as assistant district attorney for Boston, the position previously held by William H. Lewis before his elevation to assistant attorney general. Mr. Mathews is one of the best known young colored lawyers in Massachusetts. Like his predecessor, Mr. Lewis, he was a famous football player on both the Andover and Harvard teams and a famous baseball player on the teams of both colleges. For three years he was the crack brilliant shortstop on the All American college team. After his graduation from Tuskegee, where he was the valedictorian of his class, Mr. Matthews entered Andover college, in Massachusetts. So popular was he at Andover that for several years he was made captain of the team, a place never before or since held by a man of his race, and he was also one of the editors of the college paper. In the fall of 1901 he entered Harvard college, where he finished his law studies, and afterward was admitted to practice. He is a very popular member of the race in the old Bay State and a bright, capable lawyer. The matter of his appointment was taken up at the White House by [Name] HON. WILLIAM C. MATHEWS. his friends in this city, and Mr. Wickersham favored it at once. As soon as he was convinced that Mr. Mathews had the required legal ability he ordered the appointment made. The appointment of Mr. Mathews only confirms what President Taft has privately and publicly said—that when his administration was completed the Negro would have no reason to complain. This appointment totals three colored assistant district attorneys under this administration and one assistant attorney general. By reason of both the leading Republican candidates maintaining headquarters in this city it makes it a veritable political caldron. The friends and supporters of both Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt predict, as it were, a hand to hand contest for the nomination from now on until this particular phase of the situation is settled. Each candidate will be measured by what he has done for the benefit of the people as chief magistrate of the nation. In so far as the colored voters are concerned, the sentiment in many sections of the country is to the effect that careful consideration is being given to the merits and demerits of both candidates and that much will depend upon the actions of the national Republican convention to be held in Chicago in June as to the real lineup of the colored citizens throughout the country. On the other hand, it is said that a careful perusal of the records of the two candidates bearing on their public speeches on the race question, coupled with the recognition which the race has thus far received in a public way, is being made and that this will go far toward determining the final action of the colored citizens in this campaign. No quarter asked and none given seems to be the ipse dixit of the supporters of each candidate from now on. Must Hold Republican Voters In Line Must Hold Republican Voters In Line. There is no question about the Negro vote being divided, says the Muskogee (Okla.) Cimeter. A large number of Negroes voted the Democratic ticket in the last election, and a still larger number now threaten to register and vote the Democratic ticket next fall. We must stop this exodus by a close organization, and the work must be started now burying insects. There are five kinds of insects that ruin office records in India - viz. white ant, fish bug, water bug, cockroach and borer. There is no way of preventing ravages by these enemies except by keeping all records in tight steel cabinets and bookcases. Sun Worship Sun worship prevailed in the earliest times among all nations. At the 600-year-old Audiem church, in Cheshire, England, the curfew is regularly rung, after which the date of the month is toled, a survival of the times when no almanac existed Old Time Easter In olden days Easter marked the dawn of a new year. Radium emits three streams of minute particles. These all carry definite charges of electricity, which made their discovery possible. No microscope could detect them, but they became a parent under proper conditions because of the electrical charge. Oxygen. Oxygen constitutes one-third of the solid earth, nine-tenths of water and one-fifth of the atmosphere and is the most abundant of all substances. Trained Tortoises There are to be found in the Gala- pagos islands a certain species of toor- toise which when tamed perform very creditably in contests of various de- scriptions. Youngsters frequently use them in races, mounting upon their backs while they hold the greedy eyes and nostrils of the animals temp- ing morsels of fool. In this way in a race they are urged to committable speed. Fly Catches. Sam Crawford of the Lakers is using a heavier but than usual and says the ball looks bigger than ever. There are ten players on the Boston Nationals whose aggregate height is sixty-one feet, and they have a composite batting average close to 300. Bugs Raymond will earn his livelihood this season, playing ball for a semi-professional team in Chicago. He has again taken the pledge and claims he will be back in fast company before the season is over. The Boston Americans spent $4,000 for baseballs last year, twice as much as any other club paid for cork centers. President McAleer has hired a corps of sleuths to trail foul balls over the grand stand and fences this season. Primary Ballots We prefer the Australian ballot primary. Only Fiji cunnibals and ignore head hunters have the brains to understand the present system.—Brooklyn Eagle. Thus far human ingenuity has been unable to devise a form of presidential primary that will be even fairly satisfactory to the loser.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. There seems to be a great deal of room for improvement in the preferential primary laws throughout the country. In fact, some of them don't seem to be any better than the Sherman law.—Chicago Record-Herald Trust Thrusts. It is always melon season with Stand- ard Oil.—Baltimore American. We shudder when we think of the vast sum of money which the defense of the packers cost and of the means which will be used to retrieve the loss. —Kansas City Journal. The result of trust prosecutions thus far sustains the judgment of those who have felt that the most practicable way to enforce the Sherman act is through civil actions to enjoin and disintegrate combinations. —New York Tribune. Bunched Hits. One touch of baseball makes the whole world kin.—Baltimore Sun. "The saddest hour," remarks a poet, "is the hour after sunset." And the sadness is intensified when the home team loses.—Milwaukee Seintinel. The St. Louis fan is again prepared to pay his money, pennant or no pennant. He gets it back in bawling the players and occasionally throwing empty bottles at the ampire.—St Louis Globe-Democrat. Laundry Lines. Starched clothes, shirts, collars, cuffs, etc., if dried before a bright fire after ironing, become beautifully stiff. Cold water, with but little soap, should be used for washing colored milks. If the color runs vinegar should be stirred into the water until the color sets. To have your clothes clean and beautifully white place a slice of lemon with the rind cut off in the boiler. The result is surprising and will not in any way hurt or injure the clothes. FOUR ROOM STRICTLY MODERN COTTAGE TO RENT. For rent four room strictly modern cottage to rent at 6252 Sangamon St., will rent to a family of adults for $12 per month. Nice lawn and everything fine call and see ; Can You Afford Sickness or Accidents? Very few people can. Your pay usually stops, and the bills keep right on coming in. Thousands of accidents happen each day, and sickness may come almost any minute. A SURE WAY TO AVOID THIS is by taking out a policy in the Bankruptcy Union. Then you can keep right on paying your bills, and make us be your paymaster. ACCIDENT, HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE Alaska has paid for itself twenty times over in fish alone. The purchase price was $7,200,000—less than 2 cents an acre. A Royal Motto "Dieu et mon Drout," the Royal mob to, was first used by Richard L. in 1188. A Mile In Burma The Burmese equivalent for our "mile" is a word that means "to sit" and is used to indicate the distance a man can ordinarily go without sitting down to rest. North American Fisheries When the Cabots returned from their voyage of discovery in 1497 they informed the English of the abundance of fish in the seas around Labrador and Newfoundland. In 1517, just twenty years after the Cabots' announcement, mariners made their first voyage from England in quest of sea food in the deep North American waters. Natural Gas In China Natural gas has been used in China for many centuries. It issues from fissures in the earth near the coal mines and is fed through bamboo tubes to the point where it is consumed. Marriage In Norway. In Norway no clergyman may perform a marriage unless the couple can prove that they have both been vaccinated or have had smallpox. Parental consent is necessary in Russia. Lack of sufficient means to support a wife is a bar in Austria. A Venerable Tree. On the Canandaigua lake shore near Tichener Springs stands a venerable tree which, experts declare, is not less than 800 years old. Proving It "People nowadays," said the old house cat, "don't know how to raise children. They let the youngsters have their own way too much." "That's right." replied the old brood hen. "Now, look at these chicks of mine. They wouldn't have amounted to anything if they hadn't been sat upon." - Catholic Standard and Times. Recent Inventions. A new electrical soldering iron is stationary, articles to be soldered being held against it. An Iowa man has patented a bedsteed that holds a mattress on rollers and pivots. The object is to turn the mattress around or turn it over with alight effort. For the convenience of carpenters there has been invented a machine which, held in one hand, feeds nails into the position in which they are to be driven by a hammer held in the other hand. Automobile Runs A flexible steering wheel shaft for automobiles is a recent French invention. Of the passenger traffic in the London streets 92 per cent of the vehicles are motor drawn. An automatic change speed gear for automobiles, which regulates the speed of a car to the tractive resistance, but allows the motor to operate with undiminished power, has been invented. Pert Personals. You may never have suspected it, but there is a Mr. Pankhurst—Exchange. Doc Wiley out strong against treating. Must have had to set 'em up after that vindication—Atlanta Constitution. It looks as if Andrew Carnegie has been overpaid again. He received $29 in witness fees for the information he gave the Stanley investigating committee—Cleveland Leader. AGENTS WANTED. Agents to sell lots in beautiful Mount Glenwood Cemetery, men and women employed who want to make good extra money by selling lots evenings and on our Sunday excursions. Big commissions paid. Ask for T. M. George, General Manager. Mount Glenwood Cemetery Association. 3125 S. State St. SPECIAL NDTICE To the readers of The Broad Ax:— Here is your chance to get some cheap property, all in best of loca- tions. Cheap lots for cottages from $500 up and other houses and lots for homes or for business places. For particulars, address with stamp. GRANT GARDNER. RANT GARDNER. 1440 Franklin Ave. Grand Haven, Mich. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mrs. B. M. Waddell is the newly elected poundmaster of Los Angeles, the first woman in the country to occupy such a position. Miss Laura G. Grant of New York has been appointed a member of the fire prevention inspectors' bureau of that city, of which there are seventy-five, she being the only woman. The appointment of Mile. Edmes Chandon as assistant astronomer at the Paris observatory marks the official recognition by France of feminine achievement in a branch of science for which women have shown a peculiar aptitude. The Rev. Autolnette Blackwell, D. D., the first woman to be ordained a minister, now in her eighty-eighth year, is the only survivor of the speakers at the first national woman's rights convention, at which Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was the presiding officer. Ellen Spencer Mussey, who for a quarter of a century has held the position of attorney for the Swedish and Norwegian legations in Washington, has been an active and successful lawyer for thirty-five years. In 1896 she established the Woman's Law Class, which has since developed into the Washington College of Law, with its founder as dean. Current Comment. Sir Thomas Lipton wants the America's cup again.—Atlanta Constitution. The new Dreadnought Florida can make 25.0 miles an hour and is meant to run toward an enemy, at that.—Detroit News. The per capita money volume is now smaller than a month ago and a year ago, which ought to destroy the last excuse for any further rise in the cost of living.—New York World. Uncle Sam has some cause to grow dissatisfied with his neighborhood. The next door neighbor to the north refuses to borrow and lend household articles across the back fence, and the next door neighbor to the south is always having a noisy family row.—Nashville Banner. Automobile Runs Clearly something should be done to lessen the number of accidents and fatalities due to the operation of automobiles.-Worcester Gazette Of course people who drive automobiles faster than they ought to do not want to kill anybody. But they expect pedestrians to do too much of the watching and all the getting out of the way.-Baltimore News. The driver of a motorcar seems to take it for granted that the lordly superiority given by an automobile endows him with full authority to go where he pleases and how he pleases, whether the pedestrian pleases or not.-Philadelphia Times. Woman's Ways. Most women are economical as long as you can keep them out of dry goods stores.—Chicago News. A woman will tote around two street car tickets and a powder rag in a handbag that cost $37.49.—Ohio State Journal. New York woman says that mothers should teach their daughters to dirt. Give them a MA degree, as it were.—Columbia State. New York burglaries robbed a safe with a can opener, but we'll bet that a suffragette could have done it with a hairpin.—Washington Post. Strap Hangers. Pity the new stepless car cannot be also strapless.-New York American. The stepless street car has arrived, but the strapless car is still deep in the bosom of the future.-New York World. A Chicago physician says street car straps are covered with every germ known to science. Boil your hands after strap hanging.-Baltimore Star. Pert Personals. A poet has called Wilbur and Orville Wright sons of an eagle bird. That's soaring some—Dayton News. Perhaps Commander Scott is lingering long enough at the south pole to establish a summer resort there.—Denver Republican. The name of the leader of the Chinese suffragettes is Yik Yug Ying. It sounds as if one of her cylinders were missing fire.—St. Paul Dispatch. Liberian Affairs Satisfactory. His excellency Daniel Howard, Liberia's new president, is getting a firm grip on the affairs of the government and has thus far demonstrated his ability as a thoughtful leader. President Howard attributes much of the present satisfactory condition of the republic to the interest which the United States has taken in Liberia's welfare. SIRES AND SDNS Representative William D. Stephens of California is the only member of congress who can speak Chinese. Bishop John M. Walden of Cincinnati rounded out the eighty-first year of life and the skirtth year of his ministry by preaching his ten thousand sermon. He is still robust and addresses his hearers with remarkable vigor. A. K. Bubenstein, who carried off the honors of the second international chess masters' tournament at San Sebastian, Spain, is the champion chess player of Russia. This is the fourth time that Rubenstein has finished at the top in an international congress. Charles Mitchell, one of the most picturesque Indians in Maine, owns a piano and a cornet and is a skilled performer on both. He is a Passmaquoddy and spends much of his time in hunting and fishing. Often when traveling about the country he is arrayed in the garb of his ancestors. The Rev. Bertram A. Dickens, a Methodist minister who has been preaching in northern Illinois since 1884, is a nephew of Charles Dickens, the novelist. The novelist's youngest brother, Augustus N. Dickens, was until 1866 a merchant in Freeport, Ill., and the minister is the latter's son. Education Notes Twenty-five per cent of the receipts from the sale of federal forest timber will go to the states in which the forest is located for the benefit of public schools and roads if a bill now pending passes congress. "As I see it," says Dr. P. P. Claxton, the United States commissioner of education, "our most important problem in education today is the problem of the country schools, where 65 per cent of the children of the United States receive their education." The North Carolina state board of health, together with various private health organizations, is conducting a series of seven prize essay contests on health subjects among the school children of that state. Among the subjects assigned are "The Care of the Teeth," "The Hookworm Disease," "Files" and "The Benefits Derived From Playgrounds." The Titanic Disaster. Just to save a little time the Titanic was forced through a fog enveloped ice field and went to her doom. Speed madness.—New York American. The musicians of the Titanic as they stood at the post of death in the ship's last moments were a heroic band whose memories should never be forgotten.—New York World. The much vaunted protection of water tight bulkheads has been shown to be absolutely valueless under the conditions experienced by the Titanic.—Washington Herald. The one alleviating circumstance in the otherwise immittigable tragedy is the fact that the men stood aside and insisted that the women and the children should first have places in the boats.—Philadelphia Ledger. Town Topics. Paris follows Berlin in moving for the electrification of its steam railroad tracks. Chicago's move in that direction will come presently.—Chicago News. Wall street being comparatively inactive during the summer, New York is providing itself with another slippery place for the warm months in the form of a skating rink in a roof garden.—Cleveland Leader. In the matter of fires at least New York leads London. The total number in New York in 1911 was only 13,868, while in London it was only 4,450. It is doubtful, though, if New York is much gratified by its pre-eminence.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Current Comment. The "unsinkable ship" and the "fireproof building" are fine figures of speech, but not the last words of civilization—New York World. Travel in Europe threatens to lose its charm. A judge over there has decided that it is unlawful to permit an American tourist to pay $2 for a ten cent souvenir.—Cleveland Leader. A Boston clergyman says that American women wear too many clothes when at summer resorts. That is a new complaint to make about our seaside resorts—Rochester Times. Wireless Whispers. Twas no fault of the wonderful wireless that the Titanic could not keep afloat fourteen instead of four hours. New York American. One more has been added to the already long list of live saving achievements to the credit of wireless telegraphy, a record that places its inventor, Marconi, at the head of the practical philanthropists of the age.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. Flippant Flings A machine has been installed in Washington for cleaning money. How would you like to take in washings?—Detroit News. The hydrocarbon plane will never be safe if the operator tries to think how it is spelled while he is running it.—Washington Star. Surgents have removed a set of false teeth from the stomach of a New York man. He didn't know what aled him until he had that gnawing sensation.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS Georgette Leblanc, who in social life is the wife of Maurice Maesterilnck, author of "The Bluebird" and other noted productions, has frequently interpreted the principal parts in her husband's plays abroad. Countess Engenia Hildegarde von Boos, who is devoting her time and personal fortune to the spread of the universal peace movement both here and abroad, is a member of the old German family of Boos zu Waldeck. Mrs. Alfred Seton Post is the president of the girls' branch of the Public Schools Athletic League of New York city. About 25,000 girls, pupils of the public schools, are being taught folk dances under the auspices of the league. Mrs. Frances White of Baltimore, at the age of eighty, will go to England in June, where she will enter Cambridge university for a course in English classics. At one time she was a prominent society woman of Baltimore, but has lived a retired life since her husband's death. The Royal Box. Some years ago a loyal German bequeathed a large pottery to his sovereign. Despite his many other cares, the kaiser finds time to look after this, and the yearly profits have increased considerably since it came into his possession. Abdul Aziz, sultan of Morocco, lost his throne partly because of his fondness for European inventions. And now his successor, Malay Haif, has installed a wireless station at his capital, Fez, and also amuses himself, so it is said, with an aeroplane. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is no longer the only female ruler in Europe, for by the death of the grand duke of Luxemburg the succession, owing to the complete extinction of male heels, passes to his daughter, the Grand Duchess Marie Adelalde. She is the eldest of six sisters and was born on June 14, 1894. The Writers. Rev. S. Baring-Gould, author of the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers," recently celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday at his home in North Devon, England. For fifty years he has been a prolific writer. England's "oldest woman novelist," Mrs. Katharine S. Macquold, recently celebrated her eighty-eighth birthday. Mrs. Macquold entered the literary arena with George Elliot, Charlotte Bronte, Mrs. Gaskell and Mrs. Oliphant. Professor George Brandes, famous historian and critic, has just been honored by the King of Denmark, who conferred on him the golden medal of merit with crown. Professor Brandes lives at Copenhagen, where he was born in 1844. He is known in all English speaking countries by his works on Shakespeare and modern literature. The Lacking Lifeboats. A few more dollars expended for lifeboats for the Titanic and there would have been a different story.—New York American. In that midnight crisis, the one thing needful was not provided where every thing else that could fillate the senses was supplied. The one inadequacy was the lack of lifeboats.—Philadelphia Ledger. A small proportion of the money spent on the provisions for the mere amusement of the passengers would have sufficed for lifeboats enough to take off all who were carried down to death for lack of such accommodations.—Boston Advertiser. Bunched Hits. It is too early to pick a pennant winner yet; also it is too early in the season to give up hope—Detroit Free Press. "A Homer brings $10,300."—Art note. The market is weak. At the close of business last season Baker's was worth far more than that—Hartford Times. While he is the most hated ball player in the business, nobody can fill the pitcher's box, spread himself over the diamond and cover, all of the fielding positions like Jupiter Pluvius, and no one player has saved so many games.—St. Louis Republic. . Fly Catches. It is claimed that the Philies are the best balanced big league team, being half Irish and half German. Catcher Ira Thomas of the Philadelphia Athletics is using newfangled skin guards that can be adjusted without the use of leather straps. Willie Keeler, who is the Brooklyns' coach and scout, is receiving $600 a month for his valuable services. Keeler and Dahlen, old pals, keep their heads close together. They are trying to make the Brooklyns play some inside ball. Political Quips. The country is going to be saved all right. We have the assurances of all the candidates to that effect.—Tacoma Tribune. The "jelly wabble" is hailed as a new dance by Washington society, but it has been done in politics for years.—Washington Post. Did it ever occur to you that we as a people could dispense with a great deal of our politics and constantly recurring elections and be none the worse for the loss?—Pittsburgh Post. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Ellen Emerson, the granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is a nurse in the Massachusetts General hospital at Boston. Miss Louise F. Brown of Wellesley college has the distinction of being the first woman to win the prize offered biennially by the American Historical association for the best essay on European history. Little Askey Tercoye Martin, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Martin of Brooklyn, is showing phenomenal precocity for one of her age. Without any regular instruction she has acquired a fluent command of four languages. Mrs. Carruthers is the first woman to be elected treasurer of the London Institute of Journalism. Mrs. Carruthers and Miss Patterson were recently chosen to represent the London district on the council of the institute, and Mrs. Carruthers' election as treasurer followed. Frau von Gontard, who becomes a peeress through the distribution of honors in commemoration of the kaiser's birthday anniversary, is an American girl, the daughter of Adolphus Busch of St. Louis. Her husband, Dr. von Gontard, has been given corresponding honors. Frau von Gontard is one of the leaders of Berlin society. Tales of Cities. Chicago's court of domestic relations has an official bridesmaid. Between the hours of 9 and 10 in the morning more than 5,000 people enter the city of London every minute. Teberan the principal) Persian city, has a population of 280,000. Tabris 200,600 and Isfahan 80,000. Fewer than 1,500 Europeans reside within the empire. The new social register of New York city contains 11,519 families. According to the social register, the social center of the city has moved within six years from Fifty-eightth street to Sixty-second and Sixty-third, and it will continue to move northward. 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 L. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. 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GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Telephones Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 1760 Auto. 79156 Henry C. Bomar & Son FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3 Trips Daily to All Depots 4706 Indiana Ave. Cheiago IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE BROAD AX. "Binkley, batting is what wins games." "That's right, old top. Take it from me." "Say, Bink, it's the fielding that counts, ain't it?" "You bet it is, my son." "Bink, it all depends on the pitching, doesn't it?" "That's what it does. Ivo always said so." "Mr. Binkley, don't you think the umpire has more to do with winning or losing a game than anything else?" "Undoubtedly he has, ma'am." "Hello, Bink! On the dead, aren't all these big ball games fixed before-hand?" "Don't say anything about it as coming from me, Smidgins, but they are." —Chicago Tribune. A Back Yard Garden I'll mash a lot of rusty pans Into a mass, Top dress the same with empty cans And broken glass. Some ashes on the beds I'll dump From time to time. With now and then a handy lump Of builder's lime. And soon I'll have a garden fine In my back yard And sit beneath a spreading vine, A happy bard. —Louisville Courler-Journal. Modern Beauty. A young man the other day said to his best girl: "I visited that fashionable Fifth avenue palmist this afternoon, and he told me I'd marry a blond." The girl, who was very dark, said thoughtfully, "Did he say when the marriage would take place?" "Yes; in three months." "Well, I can easily be a blond by that time, dear," said the girl, with a shy smile.-Washington Star. On Buying a Spring Suit. On Buying a Spring Suit. Mistress Fancy, if you may Picture me some April day and allow me to down Yon and crowsways through the town In an ultra English suit Loud enough perhaps to toot! You refuse? Ah, well you know How my tastes in suitings go. I shall paw them over—all, Checks and stripes both great and small, Only to essay my splurge Finally in the same old gorge! -Buffalo News. Objectionable. "I don't like the looks of that juror with the big ears and the long, pointed chin," the defendant in the case whispered to his lawyer. "He has an ugly mug," said the lawyer; "that's a fact." "It isn't altogether his looks, though," confided the client. "He's paying too blamed close attention to the testimony."—Chicago Tribune Signs of Spring. **Money for the cleaners, cash for garden feed.** $shell out to the landlord—it's very tough, indeed! $pouse must have new outfit; $must all the kiddies. Got to buy $some fodder to feed the chick-abldiddies. Poor old dad must $shoulder the cost of everything! To him the dollar $sign's the most $uggestive sign $of $pring. Disappointing. "Judge, I've just seen a big news item to the effect that your boy at college has married a chorus girl and left school." "Confound the boy! What does he mean? Here I've intended him all along for the law, and now he's gone into the advertising business!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Vernal Indications A silence more significant maybe And sweeter, too, than all the songs they sing. Although the robin warbles gay and free, The soft shell crab's the welcomest sign of spring. Time Wasted. "If you are so firmly opposed to war why do you wish to send your son to West Point?" "Oh, what's the use discussing the thing with people who are so narrow minded that they always want to make a personal matter of every international issue?"—Judge's Library. One Good Feature When aviation's at its best And battles all above us are At last we'll give the dogs a rest- We'll then "unleash the birds of war." —Kansas City Star. Just Pernickity Enough Just Pernickiy Enough. "Was it because there were ladies aboard the car that you did not swear when your glasses fell to the floor and broke?" "No. The fact is, I knew that everybody was waiting for me to swear, and I felt so mean I deliberately disappointed them."—Buffalo Express. Peer Grandma The melancholy days have come, The saddest of the year, When grandma dies most every day And Willie sees the light —Cincinnati Enquirer. Suspicion. Suspicion. He—Dearest, you are the first woman I ever kissed. She (cynically)—You don't do it like an amateur. He (wrathfully)—Deceitful one, how do you know the difference?—Baltimore American. Simple When You Know. The secret of real beauty is As plain as day. You've merely to accomplish this: Be born that way. —Catholic Standard and Times. "If the delegates seek me, mollie, Said the lass with the sword eye, "When John's song sounds sweet and strong And the sun is in the sky I don't care to be queen of the May. "If they want me for sheriff, mother, or fireman or county clerk; If the public choice bids me lift my voice But often To the friends I've known, but have quite greatly outworn outgrown I don't care to be queen of the May." -Washington Star. Where Romance Failed. "I saw a curious item about that famous author of fairy tales who died a few days age." "Yes, I saw that he was dead—a man of extraordinary powers of invention." "Why, you would think so, of course." "What was the item?" "Why, it stated that when he happened to be out late with the boys he would go home and stammer and falter and get confused and mixed up and end by telling his wife the whole story just as it happened!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Lesson For Lovers. Two violets bloomed in a garden When the bluff March breezes blew, And they loved each other fondly, As violets often do. But rynness kept them from speaking Till death had torn them apart, And neither knew that the other Had died of a broken heart. Take warning, you who are lovers, By the violets' hapless fate. Don't wait till you're dead and buried, For then it may be too late. Don't foolishly let your passion Remain locked up in your breast, But speak to your loved one boldly And so get it off your chest. —Punch. What She Wanted. The four-year-old daughter of a popular New Hampshire clergyman was alling one night and was put to bed early. She said, "Mamma, I want to see papa." Her mother replied: "No, dear. Your papa must not be disturbed." Pretty soon she said again, "I want to see my papa." The mother replied as before, "No; your papa must not be disturbed." It was not long before she uttered this clincher: "Mamma, I am sick, and I want to see my pastor." -Christian Herald. After E. H. Henley. After E. H. Henley. When from the night that covers me Out of the deep Ozarkian fog I come to town the boy who lives in the faithful dog. In the fell clutch of circumstance He has not winced nor yelped aloud, Although beneath the boots of chance He necessarily is cowed. It matters not how ill renowned, How charged with epitheta and slur, I am the master of my bound. I am the captain of my cur. -Chicago Tribune. Saving His Conscience. Hostess (at the conclusion of a Saturday night game of bridge)—Oh, dear, colonel! I hope you don't mind. It's ten minutes past 12 o'clock, Sunday morning in fact! Colonel (a strict Sabbatarian)—Not really! Dear, dear! Still, as a matter of fact, I was dummy during the last ten minutes—Punch. Always With Us Always With Us. When the moon turns Camembert And the glow worm lights the day And the fireflies walk away And the pyramids walk away, When the fans refuse to root And the Allens cease to shoot Will the world have TR still? Echo answers with "I'll" -Buffalo News. Journalistic Amenities Johnny—Paw, what does a newspaper mean when it says "our esteemed contemporary?" Mr. Rivers—It usually means, my boy, "the miserable, contemptible, lying, snarling little sheet that pretends to consider itself an organ of public opinion."—Chicago Tribune. The little girls are skipping rope once more. The Boyhood Aspiration "The Boyhood Aspiration" "I hate to see any one change his mind or sacrifice his first ideals," said the uncompromising person. "And yet," replied Senator Sorghum, "if none of us had changed our minds or sacrificed our first ideals most of us would be circus clowns."—Washington Star. Mean Man. Mean Man. It was leap year when he proposed. To old Bachelor Freeway. And he, mean man, said, quite composed, "I'll be a brother to you." Polinnati Enguiler. Money In It Anyway. "What's the use? Even if we grab the government there's no money in the treasury." "Well, can't we make money out of the moving picture rights?"—Louisville Courier-Journal. In the Spring. In the spring the young man's fancy hose begin to reappear; In the spring the women's bonnets get a little bit more queer. A Gentle Renroof The Charming Wife—Charlie, if a man were to sit on your hat what would you say? Charlie—I should call him a silly ass. The Charming Wife—Then don't sit on mine any longer, there's a dear.—Pearson's Weekly. BANK OF NEW YORK JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on condents, including payment of taxes and loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patron The Cranford Building. 360 The finest building ever opened Steam heat, electric light, tile batt cent allowed on Savings Acc Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estat payment of taxes and locking after assessment Estate. 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The Death Chair Time Measurement The civilized world has only one unit of measurement in common—time. The second is based upon a sixtieth part of a sixtieth part of a twenty-fourth part of the time it takes the earth to revolve. Other weights and measure systems vary. Ireland's Names. Hibernia, Ibernia, Ivernia and Ierne were names give to Ireland by Aristotle, Ptolemy and other ancient writers. Housefies In South Africa. Houseies in South Africa. Houseies are prevalent in South Africa during the months of October, November, December, January and February. As screen doors and windows are unknown there, the houses are filled with files. Fly paper is used extensively. The "Noggin." In London a gill is often termed a "quartern." In the north of England half a pint is called a gill and the true gill a "noggin." Shooting Stars According to Cosmos, the mean height at which shooting stars first become visible is eighty-one miles. 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