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THE BROAD AX The Unpreceded Between President And Col. Theo TO SECURE THE NOMINATION FOR STATES IS STILL ATTRACT POLITICIANS. AT THIS WRITING IT IS HARD TO SECURE THE MAJORITY OF TIONAL CONVENTION. GOVERNOR CHARLES S. DENEEN CIENT MANNER IN WHICH OF ILLINOIS. The Unprecedented Contest Between President William H. Taft And Col. Theodore Roosevelt TO SECURE THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS STILL ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF THE WISE POLITICIANS. AT THIS WRITING IT IS HARD TO TELL WHICH OF THE TWO WILL SECURE THE MAJORITY OF THE DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. GOVERNOR CHARLES S. DENEEN HIGHLY PRAISED FOR THE EFFICIENT MANNER IN WHICH HE HAS ADMINISTERED THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS. Bv BEAUEGARD F. MOSELEY. A great deal has been, and is now being said about the relative strength and right of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to succeed President Taft, his predecessor. Charges and counter charges, logical and illogical has been made one way or the other from one end of this country to the other end of it, with the Negro taking an active hand in it and on both sides of it; perhaps this is human but to my mind it is quite ill-logical for the Negro to be upon any side except the side that is arrayed against President Taft. Both Colonel Roosevelt and his predecessor, as Presidents of these United States has had occasion to go on record upon the question of the rights of the Negroes of this country. The former has announced, in no weak time nor flabby indecision "all men up, rather than some men down; all men and all citizens of every rank and condition are entitled to a square deal." These are Roosevelt doctrines. On the other hand "no man will be accorded recognition or appointment in any community where any white man is opposed to it. In order to secure the peace, harmony and progress of the Races, the Negro must not be given appointments that will inflame or dissatisfy the white men of the community." This is Taft's doctrine. Ther may be, and there seems to be quite a few Negroes in this country who are willing, for the sake of individual considerations to subscribe to this Taft doctrine and support him for re-nomination and re-election as against Colonel Roosevelt and his stand for a square manly deal. I am, however, not one of them. I believe now, as I believed in 1901 when I had the honor of organizing and chartering the first original Theodore Roosevelt Republican Club in Amer- MAJOR JACKSON'S LEAD INCREASED. The final canvas of the votes in the 3rd Senatorial District shows his lead to be 1639. His vote leads Roosevelt. Jackson, 6528; Ostrom, 4889; Van Haaften, 2781; Best, 2193; Kelly, 1886; Marshall, 1305. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES A very large attendance is expected at the next meeting, May 15. Dr. Mary Waring will address the club. Mrs. Alice Greene will be the hostess at the social hour. Our friends are cordially invited to be present. Quite a number sent in their special contribution of $1.00 toward the taxes. We hope all others will get on the roll at our next meeting. Mrs. Wm. Fischer our president is doing all that she can to keep the business before the members so their interest will not grow less in their work. Many new members are coming in. The House Committee needs more earnest workers to bring in money for the spring cleaning which is so much needed. Contributions no matter how small, will be received by Mrs. Jessie Johnson, 30262 Vernon ave., at any time for this work. Prof. Eelgars student Orchestra will give a muso-dance at Masonic Hall, Tuesday evening, May 21st. Many splendid features for the eve. Vol. XVII ica, that the Country needs Colonel Roosevelt, needs him badly and that all citizens regardless of Race, creed or color, who believe in a square, fair deal and progress will not hesitate to support the Colonel as against anyone and especially against President Taft, who is the worst type of reactionary, the Negro has had to contend with at the White House since his emancipation. I care but little about political appointments or Federal office holding except where the exclusion to it, is based upon racial or color lines. The man who will enforce the law, the man who will seek to give to every citizen the benefit of the law in letter and in spirit is the man to be intrusted to office. If the interest and welfare of the People are to be guarded in preference to that of the man who gave a few of all classes appointive offices under him and permit the rights of any class to be outraged by a failure to enforce the law in letter and in spirit. In other words, a man like Governor Chas. S. Deneen of this State, is a better Governor than all of his predecessors, because he enforces the law, regardless of Races and does not attempt to hold his position by bribing certain classes by official appointments. This class of men, since the advent of Theodore Roosevelt in Public life, is increasing in this country and it is the duty of all good citizens to encourage such a rare and choice breed of improved statesmen. The man who wishes to have his country prosper, his party succeed at the Polls in November next will not hesitate to cast his vote for Theodore Roosevelt for President of these United, States and Charles S. Deneen, Governor of this State. Those failing to do so, brands and classes themselves as reactionaries. nings entertainment. Be sure that you come early as there will be a large crowd. ST. MARYS' A. M. E. CHURCH. 5251 Dearborn Street. Rev. Jas. Higgins, Pastor. The Third Quarterly Meeting of the St. Mary's A. M. E. Church will be Sunday, May 12. P. E. T. Recus will preach morning and evening. Rev. W. H. Griffin of Hyde Park will preach the sacramental sermon at 3 o'clock. Monday evening, Low Feast. Wednesday evening, Quarterly Conference. The ministers and their congregations are invited to worship with us. Monday evening, the Lewis Carnation Club, will give an entertainment for Mrs. Arnis Club. Tuesday evening, May 14th Drama. "Burley's Ranch," at St. Mary's A. M. E. Church for Mrs. Higgins Club. Wednesday evening Lewis Carnation Club, will give an entertainment at Komers Hall, Evanston for St. Mary's A. M. E. Church. REMOVAL NOTICE Edward E. Wilson Attorney-at-Lawyer announces that he has removed his law office to 115 South Dearborn street. Room 307, Phone Central 6987. [Name] HON. EDWARD D. GREEN. Prominent member of the order of Knights of Pythias and a useful and influential member of the Afro-American Race. THEATRICAL AND STAGE DOINGS. Chicago pays more money for its amusements than all other cities come Edited by the Man on the Corner PEKIN THEATRE The Historic place of Amusement has been closed for several weeks, but is being used occasionally for entertainments of all descriptions. There is a feeling of regret among a large number of our best citizens when their attention is called to the fact that the Pekin is closed. It was the Pekin Theatre that made the Colored People of Chicago famous, among the Thespians of both races on both sides of the Ocean and at this writing a number of our business men are to try and organize a corporation to buy or lease the Pekin and have it revived and conducted as it should be, the leading Colored Theatre of the world. Its name alone has an asset that is of the utmost value in the theatrical world. During the long existence of this noted play house and within its walls it has housed all of the most distinguished Colored actors and actresses of the present generation, it has also had as its guests many of Americas most noteable citizens. In looking over conditions the people of this city should be proud of the reputation that the Pekin has enjoyed, and if the people are sincere in wanting to secure it, they will get together at the first call and put it in operation. It will also give our business men an opportunity to try combined interests, which is one of the surest ways to arouse race sentiment, as it looks like the way our commercial business is going that we are loosing all race sentiment and are surely paving the way to get away from each other, but with a concerted movement carried to action, we will soon have confidence restored and those who have money will be anxious to unite on all enterprises that the race is willing to support and if there is any doubts concerning the gilt edge proposition this new movement offers just take a birds eye view of South State St. any night and you will see the necessity of having the Pekin open. Now is the time to get in action, look what will be here this summer. Then what will our out of town friends and strangers say if we allow the dear old Pekin to remain closed. I want to call this to your mind that those who are contemplating taking stock in the Pekin are not doing it at a risk. A theatrical business is no longer an experiment and I am saying from experience that Chicago pays more money for its amusements than all other cities combined when it comes down to Colored patrons I want to call your attention to some facts, the present owner of the Pekin being a lady, has had no theatrical experience and does not care to handle such affairs, but is willing to give a long lease to any reputable parties, so that they can afford to operate to their own interests. Right now great interest is being shown that Colored people want some of the money that the wise white men are reaping. See the extent that they go to. There is a standing advertisement in the Indianapolis Freeman which reads: Thusly, Grand Theatre, 31st and State Sts., Chicago. Finest Theatre in America. Then consider who supports it, but is there one cent of Negro capital invested. Then why should we as a race stand idly by and not make an effort to come into some of our own. New York City has awoke to the fact that the Crescent Theatre on 135th St. has been reaping a harvest from the Colored people. This theatre is owned by white capital, but in September a new theatre will open its doors and ask for the solid support of the Colored people and they will no doubt receive it as it is purely an Negro enterprise who are expending $160,000 in a beautiful theatre. Washington, D. C., has resented the capital of white intrangers and although Rosenthal and Benedict expended over a $100,000 in an endeavor to colonize the Negro in gilded walls, the loyal Negroes of that district pay it no mind but prefer less pretentious theatres which are owned and operated by Colored men. Let the same race spirit be shown in Chicago and those who intend to secure the Pekin will have their path strewn with roses. No better judge of the vast amount of money that Colored people spend annually in theatres in that famous American comedian Mr. S. H. Dudley, only a few weeks ago he filled an engagement at the Howard Theatre, the business being very bad, he wanted to know the reason and his most ardent admirers informed that they did not patronize the Howard on account of race pride. Mr. Dudley got busy in a minute and immediately purchased a theatre in Washington and on June 1st will open it, all that is needed is encouragement from ourselves. Mr. Dudley has not stopped at Washington, but intends to invade Philadelphia where at the present time are two so called Negro Theatres owned by whites doing a big Business among the Colored people of that city. Cincinnati is one city that gave the so Anias Made A living in Their big Last Sunday THE PROCESSION, AND THE BEST BING THE LINE OF MARCH. USUAL WAS AT HIS BEST AT THE WK. Knights of Pythias Made A Grand Showing in Their Marching Last Sunday FOUR BANDS OF MUSIC WAS IN THE PROCESSION, AND THE BEST OF ORDER PREVAILED ALONG THE LINE OF MARCH. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON AS USUAL WAS AT HIS BEST AT THE HEAD OF THE UNIFORM RANK. REV. W. D. COOK, PASTOR OF QUINN CHAPEL ELOQUENTLY PREACHED THE ANNUAL SERMON. THE CHURCH WAS FILLED TO ITS FULLEST CAPACITY BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE ORDER. 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. The Knights of Pythias held their annual sermon exercises at Quinn Chapel, last Sunday. It was an ideal day and some 2000 members of the Order turned out and took part in the parade which is conceded to be the largest and most spectacular ever seen on the streets of Chicago among the Colored people. The Uniform Rank under command of Major General R. R. Jackson numbered 522 swords and they presented a magnificent appearance in their full dress uniforms and white flannel trousers. There was four bands in the line of march and the 8th Regiment Band headed the procession. As usual their music was easily the feature of the day and thousands of people lined the streets to hear them play and view the great event of the year which only the Pythians can present. General J. E. Wright was the Grand Marshal of the day and he acquitted himself with honor. At the church, Dr. Allen A. Wesley presided and told of the progress of the organization. Mr. Albert B. George delivered an address on Friendship, Charity and Benevolence. It was a peroration seldom equalled by the orators of the Order. The courts of Calanthe were represented by Mrs. C. A. Crul. Major Jackson represented the Military Dept. on the program and called Negro Theatre a severe blow to white owners in their refusal to patronize the most beautiful Magnolia theatre. Those who intend to become interested in the reviving of the Pekin will have clear sailing in getting financial returns as the theatrical industry is in much evidence on State street. A meeting of intending cooperators will be held in a few days when all details will be published in this paper the most reputable and influential business men are to be at the head of this enterprise. HEALTH NOTES A dirty home is a dangerous home. Have you cleaned up your back yard yet? If you have don't forget that it will need attention right along or it will soon get dirty again. If your home surroundings are clean, the flies will not bother you much. Kerosene sprayed on ponds or pools of stagnant water will prevent mosquitoes from breeding. A half-pint is sufficient for 100 square feet of surface. If possible, all stagnant pools of water should be drained or filled. One fly killed now will prevent a million later on. It is good work when we do something that makes our community a pleasanter, safer place in which to live. If your grocer's goods are fly specked, take your trade somewhere else. Fly time should mean war time, that is, time to war against the fly. No.32 QUINN CHAPEL ELOQUENTLY ERMON. FULLEST CAPACITY BY MEM- ORDER. it is said by all who heard his speech that never before in the history of Quinn Chapel have such eloquent words fallen from a man's lips occupying the pulpit of that edifice. The Major electrified his audience to the extent of tumultous applause and his praise of the Hon. E. D. Green and Abraham Lincoln created such a scene of enthusiasm that he was compelled to stop speaking in order to get quiet among the three thousand souls who were fortunate enough to gain admission and hear his sultend speech. Rev. Dr. W. D. Cook preached the annual sermon and his words of wisdom will never be forgotten. The following took part in the services: Lodges—Damon No. 1, Pythias No. 2, Trinity No. 4, Chicago No. 5, Hannibal No. 6, Anchor No. 14, Syracuse No. 15, Cicero No. 28, Palestine No. 31, Savannah No. 32, R. B. Elliott No. 36, Oak Park No. 40, Temple No. 42, Grayson No. 45, Battle Axe No. 47, Uniform Rank Companies — Crispus Attucks No. 1, Chivalric No. 2, Banner No. 3, Illinois No. 4, Havana No. 5, Cicero No. 7, R. S. Bryan Cavalry No. 9, Syracuse No. 12, Battle Axe No. 14, J. Early Lash No. 19, Palestine No. 1, Milwaukee, Syracuse No. 1, Courts of Calanthe—Beacon Light No. 1, Friendship No. 2, Hannibal No. 3, Fidelity No. 5, Cicero No. 18, Syracuse No. 23, Carthagenia No. 34, Temple No. 35, Lake Shore No. 31. Do not throw dirt or refuse of any kind in the alley or on a vacant lot. Put all waste or cast off material into receptacles so that they may be removed without further annoyance to yourself or to your neighbors. Community dirt is a community contribution. THE CHORAL STUDY CLUB SOME FINE FOUR TO SEVEN ROOM FLATS TO RENT. TO RENT—Some fine 4 to 7 room flats to honest Colored people who wish to get away from the lower element. Here is a few of them. 5754 Wentworth ave., 4 to 6 rooms. Rent $11 to $18. 7228 Wentworth ave., 7 rooms and bath. Rent $22. 7240 Wentworth ave., 7 rooms; and bath. Rent $22. 7242 Wentworth ave., 7 rooms and bath. Rent $22. For more see Geo. White, 2420 La Salle St., 1st flat.] THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Quichella, Protestants, Priests, Inkedda, Single Tatzen, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, an 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 one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $2.00 six Months ..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX, 5027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL. PHONE DREXEL 4500. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under Act of March 3, 1879. CHIPS Our old friend Lee Ormstead, of Springfield, Ohio, was in the city last week and paid his subscription to the Broad Ax. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Womack, have removed from 6048 South Park avenue to 6058 Calumet avenue; where they are now at home to their many friends. The recital given at Bethesda Baptist church, Thursday evening by Miss Martha B. Anderson, assisted by the members of its choir, was a success in every way. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Armour ave., Phone Drexel 4590 is still confined to his home with illness. He is improving and expects to be able to be out again this coming week. At a meetin gof the Board of Trustees of Provident Hospital during the week. Dr. Daniel H. Williams tendered his resignation. STAGE NOTES. Lottie Grady made her first appearance at the Grand, the management booked her for the entire week. Well knowing her drawing powers. The house being packed nightly. Her act was an all Rossiter Song Review. The closing number was easily the hit of the bill, entitled "Circus Day." As a mimic Miss Grady should prove to be above any of the present day mimics if she will give a close study to that line of acting. J. Leubne Hill jumped from here to Washington. Opened at the Howard to a week of very poor business. He is thinking of selling out his interests in the "My Friend from Dixie." The Pumpkin Colored Trio, better known to us as Sid Perrin, Goldie Crosby and Henry Saparo, are due here as they are finishing their last week of the "Gus Sun Time." They have had the longest and most consecutive booking of any Colored act in vaudeville and they have made an enviable reputation that they should feel proud of, what has been much satisfaction to the managers of the different houses they played, was that their act was always the best and their department was of the highest order. This trio intends to take a well deserved rest having been working since December. Mr. and Mrs. Perrin will resume house keeping on their arrival, although the act has been offered some excellent summer booking. Goldie has made up her mind that she likes State St., so what's the use. Miss Fannie Wise has been offered time in the East, but prefers the Windy City. Our real comedian, Mr. Claude Winfrey who has been East about 8 weeks has met with great success has indefinite booking. He is another product of the Pekin. The new team, Hart and Johnson, late of Avery and Hart and late of Cole and Johnson, have met with pronounced success. The big time have seen the act to the extent of $700.00 per week. This week at the Monogram, Henry Winfrey, of the Original Golden Gate Quintette opened with his Golden Gate Trio, consisting of a clever comedian, assisted by a dashing soubrette, the act was well received. Mr. Clarence Powell famed for many seasons as the leading comedian of the Roscoe and Hollands Georgia Minstrels made his appearance in a local theatre. His appearance was a genuine surprise to his many friends. Especially those who remembered him only as "Dat Minstrel Man," but he cleverly showed his great versatility by jumping right off the reel and pulling over one of the best monologues that we have heard in many a day. I consider Mr. Powell an artist of the first volume, an artist who in a moment is able to discover what will please his audiences his personal appearance goes a long way with an intelligent audience, as he dresses his act in a manner that makes his comedy alone stand out and not the usual comedy costumes that our Colored performers adopt to create laughter. Mr. Powell is a gentleman on and off the stage, the W. V. A. have offered him some choice booking, while in our city Mr. and Mrs. Powell are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. March Craig on Forest Ave. The Union Theatre at Indianapolis is now in the control of a Negro symbicate, the most of the stock being taken by members of the Knights of Pyhtians. Things took a decided change in the theatrical affairs of that city, previously the two theatres were owned by whites, namely the Crown Garden, and what was formerly the Walker Theatre is now the Union. The first owner of the Crown Garden had several successfull seasons catering exclusively to Negroes he acquired a small fortune out of the Crown. Then sold out went in another location opened up a fine theatre and has barred his Colored patrons, so it looks that, if this theatre, Union Theatre is properly managed that the lesson that they have been taught by the other white manager that they will in the future gather by their own fireside, Ernest G. Tidrington and C. W. Downs were in the city this week in the interests of their new Colored Theatre, both are leading business men and don't hesitate in declaring that the former owner of the Crown Garden has wounded the race feelings of Indianapolis Theatre goers and in the future will give their support to their own theatre, although the Crown Garden has underwent extensive alterations and has a new white owner, who has put in a Colored manager, it will not go with the Indianapolis people. Wait and see who wins Black or white. The closing of so many Colored road shows has filled the city with good performers some of them are suggesting that an all star bill could be given every Sunday night at the Pekin, which would no doubt be appreciated as it would be a change from what the Grand and Monogram have been offering during the week. Let some one start it. Irwin Miller and Geo. Harris played at Philadelphia for two weeks meeting with great success. Green and Bailey a new team opened on the West Side Academy, Monday for 3 days, but their act was such a big hit that they were engaged for South Bend for the last half, were booked by the W. V. A., who are always willing to book Colored acts Billy McCarver will soon have a new partner in Miss Maud Turner, late of King & Baileys Chocolate Drops. Miss Turner has just arrived from England in explanation of this partnership. Mrs. McCarver has decided to take a long rest. W. H. Dorsey the musical director at the Monogram laid off several days last week owing to sickness. He is at work again. That Wrestling Wonder, Illa Vincent, has created a sensatton. His showing against Zbyszko made him many new friends. He is engaged to wrestle Dr. Roller out of town this month. Ada Overton Walker has made an extended tour of all the Western vaudeville houses. Other well known acts that are in the West are Tom Brown and wife. Fiddler and Shelton, Cook and Stevens, Cooper and Robinson. Miss Laura Bailey of the Cubanola Trio has been a great sufferer with stomach trouble, although she has continued to work every night. She insists on doing so, on account of the other members in her act, as she don't want to keep them idle although both of her partners want her to take a much needed rest. The trio is one of the best acts we have. The lady that plays the male character is an excellent impersonator and of fine stage appearance. This week the act is at the Palace. Tim Owsley was in the city this week; he is manager of the Crown Garden Theatre, he feels very uncomfortable now that they will have a genuine Colored house at Indianapolis. Louisville, Ky., has taken on a new lease of life and both theatres running at ton speed Elvira Johnson is playing this week at the Crown Garden, making good. The biggest quartette in the country are in town with them, is that old time Pekin Favorite, Mr. Sid Kirkpatrick, the entire bunch weighs over 900 pounds. Kirk has been around looking up the ladies. He is only willing to sing a solo until he has selected his own. The other members can't get him to rehearse these days. Some of them will find his auto number. Ada Banks Davis at the Monogram in new gowns and an excellent medley her offering this week is on the refined order, and goes much better than her last effort. She has abundance of talent properly used. Nashville, Tenn., has made a noose like a fish concerning its Majestic, owned by A. N. Johnson. S. H. Dudley and the Smart Set are at Newark, N. J., this week, will open at Hertig and Seamons, 125th street, New York city, Monday. Their season will close there. Carita Day, was home a few days last week. She is on the W. V. A. time. Sammy Davis of Davis and Walker has contracted to play at the Grand. Mr. Shellon Brooks is able to get around on crutches. DOUGLAS HOTEL is the newest and most up-to-date Hotel in the city offering the best rooms and accommodations to the general public "Men Only" this policy once adopted insures all that it can be no other than most reputable. among some of the up-to-date features are the perfect sanitary conditions, its absolute fire proofness, steam heating, electric lighting, bath rooms and the large office and reading room, writing desks. All the Colored newspapers on file for the use of transit and regular roomers. Everything is being done to make it homelike for men. The house is mounted with an efficient staff of Colored help although the house has only been open to the public a short time already many applications are now on file for rooms for the Republican Convention and the Colored Men's Business League delegates. We can recommend the owner to be a well wisher of the race and having full confidence in their desire to support this magnificent Hotel, costing $50,000. Safety at Sea. Despite the progress of invention it still seems to be worth while to pray for "those who go down to the sea in ships."—Louisville Courier-Journal. It seems remarkable that, with the knowledge already gained of the incalculable value of the wireless telegraph as a safety provision at sea, so few vessels thus equipped should have but one operator.—Springfield Republic. The one unsinkable ship has been traveling the seas these many years. Derelict destroyers search for her to blow her up after her crew has abandoned her. She is the wooden lumber schooner. But she has no palm gardens.—Hartford Times. Town Topics. Cleveland is now experimenting with pay as you leave cars. The conductor who carries a woman two blocks beyond her corner will have a fine chance to get her nickel.-Detroit Free Press. "Do you remember what Pittsburgh looked like twenty-five years ago?" asks a newspaper of that city. Aren't there enough disagreeable things to think about without that?-Cleveland Leader. The three story house in Philadelphia which was once the home of Benjamin Franklin has been sold for $000. What a real estate boom Philly has been having for the past century!-Washington Post. Wireless Whispers. The signal corps at Fort Myer, Va. can unpack its wireless machine, erect the antennae, forty feet high, and begin work in sixty-eight seconds. On an automobile wireless outfit built for the Austrian army the motor used to propel the car may also be utilized to drive the electric generator. The Marconi company and the Italian government have made an agreement to erect a large wireless telegraph station in the suburbs of Rome, with two towers 240 feet high and four 150 feet. Bunched Hits. Nevertheless it won't be safe to try kicking the umpire aroun'—Cleveland Leader. One reason a woman never really enjoys watching a baseball game is because she never can tell when the umpire ought to be killed—Galveston News. The season is young, but Muggay McGraw already has been chased. If that man ever saw the dove of peace he would shoot it for a quail—Detroit News. COLORED WOMEN IN LITERATURE Cursory Glance at the Achievements of Some of the Many Brilliant Women of the Race Who Have Made Valuable Contributions to American Letters. Future Possibilities Pointed Out. First and foremost, of course, stands Phillis Wheatley, the poetess of the revolutionary period. Any mention of colored women as writers would be incomplete without her. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper of Maryland was one of the sweetest of our women poets. Her poem "The Burial of Moses" will rank with any similar poem of its character in the English language. Mrs. Anna J. Cooper is a schoolteacher in Washington, with the mind of a wise statesman. Her book "A Voice From the South" is a most valuable contribution to race literature. Mrs. Josephine Heard, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Miss H. Cordelia Ray and her sister, Miss Florence Ray, are W. H. MRS. LYDIA C. SMITH also poets. Mrs. Heard, who is the wife of a former minister to Africa, wrote a very readable volume of poems entitled "Morning Glories." Mrs. Grimke has written many very beautiful poems, one of them a masterpiece, entitled "Charles Sumner." The Misses Cordelia and Florence Ray have recently published a volume of poems, which they have dedicated to their father, the late Dr. Charles B. Rav. The wife of Dr. Harvey Johnson, Baltimore's leading Baptist clergyman, is a writer of stories suitable for Sunday school libraries. The American Baptist Publication society paid her a handsome sum a few years ago for two books from her pen. Mrs. Johnson is a fine French scholar. Amanda Smith, the noted evangelist, has published an interesting autobiography of her labors in Africa, England and the United States. "Poor Ben" is the title of a biographical sketch of the late Bishop Arnett, from the pen of Miss Lucretia Coleman. Ida B. Wells Barnett in journalism wielded a trenchant pen twenty or thirty years ago, and her right hand has not yet lost its cunning, for she is now editing a weekly newspaper in Chicago as Mrs. Barnett. There used to be several other papers edited by our women. Ringwood's Magazine was an ambitious undertaking and a creditable production. The Woman Era was edited in Boston by Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. There are any number of careful and brilliant women correspondents, some of whom have done and are doing good work on race papers and papers published by white people. Miss Ida Griffin was for a number of years editor of a periodical devoted to the interests of the home and fashion, which circulated largely in the south. Mrs. Mary C. Lawton, wife of the Rev. Dr. William R. Lawton, the successful pastor of St. James' Presbyterian church in New York, contributes regularly to a Brooklyn daily, the Standard Union, and Mrs. Lydia C. Smith is regularly employed by the Brooklyn Dailly Eagle. For eleven years Mrs. Smith has reported the daily happenings among our people in Greater New York for the Eagle. She is secretary of the woman's auxiliary board of managers of the Howard Colored Orphan asylum and vice president of the Fifty-third Street (New York) Young Women's Christian association. There are bright women enough in the race to have a paper all their own, just as their white sisters have, and it is hoped that they will get together and think about it. There are enough women societies of one sort and another to support a paper independent of any help from men, for there are even some compositors among our women, as well as writers, poets and lecturers. Industrial and Higher Education Industrial and Higher Education. The difference between industrial and the higher education, as explained by Professor Kelly Miller, is that industrial education develops an instrumentality and the higher education a personality. Professor Miller is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard university. THE CRIME OF LYNCHING. Attacks Foundation of All True Government, Says Dr. Jones. Under the caption, "The Crime of Lynching Needs National Attention," the Southwestern Christian Advocate, ably edited by that fearless agitator for human rights, Dr. R. E. Jones, says: "The recent rockless taking of life in various parts of the country is an imperative call upon the listless ears and the calloused conscience of the American people. The crime of lynching grows. Constitutional law and procedure weaken. "Permit the former, and the latter necessarily follows. It does not matter what the color of the victim of the mob may be or the crime of which he is accused, when duly enacted law is set aside the foundations of all true governments are attacked and sooner or later means inevitable failure. During the recent session of the Washington conference a resolution was introduced by Dr. Ernest Lyon which was unanimously adopted. "It called attention to the fact that the orderly operation of law and justice is seriously threatened by mob violence; that the practice of lynching human beings without a trial by law, and the more heinous and atrocious crime of burning men alive, are not only on the increase, but are no longer confined to any particular section of our commonwealth. "It is a happy omen that President Taft in a very recent address before the alumni of Howard university and a great audience of colored people in Washington took 'Lynching' as his text." COLLEGE MEN ACTIVE IN CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE. Iota Sigma Club In Musical Comedy Bethel Church Honors Pastor. By WHITTIER H. WRIGHT Philadelphia,—The Iota Sigma (Intercollegiate) club of this city recently presented the Mask and Wig club in "The Junior," a typical college play in three musical and comical acts, at St. Peter Claver's auditorium. The Intercollegiate was organized a little more than a year ago for the purpose of getting the colored students together, believing that such association would benefit each one and that student life would have more effect upon the community. The club numbers twenty-five members and represents the following colleges—namely, University of Pennsylvania, Temple university, Medico-Chirurgical college, Philadelphia Dental college and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Among the activities of the club are to be found a basketball team, a track team, a baseball team, a tennis team and a glee club. Miss Willianette Ferguson, soloist of St. Phillips Episcopal church, Richmond, Va., a singer of much promise, is on an extended visit to friends in this city. Since being here she has been in much demand and has won her way into the hearts of the Philadelphia Afro-Americans.' Miss Ferguson possesses a rich soprano voice, which is very effective with the classics. She has received several offers in the line of her profession since being in the city, and it is rumored that she may remain here permanently. "Mother" Bethel A. M. E. church held its fifth annual reception the latter part of April in honor of Pastor M. W. Thornton and family. The affair was liberally subscribed to and largely attended. A very interesting program was rendered. The pastor was presented with a purse of $86. Dr. Thornton is now closing his fifth year at Mother Bethel, with the honor of being the only minister since Richard Allen that has held this charge in succession for such a number of years. In 1895 this young man was elected president of Campbell college, Jackson, Miss, which had been struggling for permanent footing for fourteen years. In less than two years he erected its first building on a plot of five acres of ground, gave it a full equipment and an enrollment of 200 students. Dr. Thornton has built several churches, paid off several mortgages, raised thousands of dollars for the connection and added thousands to the church. He is identified with several successful business enterprises and is a strong representative of his church and race. In 1892 he graduated from Drake university, Des Moines, Ia., and was the first Afro-American to receive a diploma from this institution. Campbell, Paul Quinn and the Philadelphia Bible colleges have in turn bestowed upon him the doctor's degree. He is an able writer and has been editor of several publications. Dr. Thornton is a life trustee of Wilberforce and president of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Bible institute. Hampton as Demonstration Center. At the recent meeting of the board of trustees of the Hampton (Va.) institute Dr. Frissell presented his annual report as principal. This year Dr. Frissell outlined in detail the position of the Hampton school as a demonstration center which is visited annually by over 20,000 people from all parts of the world-casual visitors, public officials, educators, social workers and philanthropists, students of race problems and educational methods. Next International Conference in 1915. At the closing session of the international conference on the Negro recently held at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute it was decided to hold the next conference at the institute in 1915. Earliest Transportation. The earliest and simplest conception of transportation is a man astride a log propelling it through the water with his hands and feet. Dog Meat While Aundsen and others differ as to the edibility, digestibility, flavor and appetibility of polar dog meat, old Uncle Hippocrates, the first great scientific observer of the world and one of the most accurate, reckoned a fat puppy as one of the greatest delicacies Greece offered. Deep Breathing Air is to the body what coal is to the furnace. The deeper the breathing the more drafts are turned on and the brighter life burns. Costly Fishes The most beautiful and costly fishes in the world come from China, says the London Mall, and the rarest of all is the brush tail goldfish. Specimens of these have sold for as high as £140 each, and in Europe the prices range fro £50 to £100. The brush tail goldfish is so small that a half crown piece will cover it, and probably there is no living thing of its size and weight that is worth so much money. Rubber Tires. Although rubber has been in use since 1745, it was not until 100 years later that it was applied to the wheels of carriages. The Coffee Tree The coffee tree in the valley of the Amazon yields four times as much fruit as in Mexico. But it is not a native. It was introduced from Africa. Flags. It can hardly be doubted that days or their equivalent were used very early in the world's history. Among the buried remnants of early races and civilization are found records of objects which were apparently used as ensigns. These are accepted evidence that the ancient Egyptian soldiers were not without their standards. The Assyrians and Jews also carried something similar in design and purpose. Queer Springs In Spain there is a spring of water said to cure lovesick people. Another queer spring is situated in Mexico, the waters of which cure alcoholic cravings, so the legend runs. Sea Legs. To keep your footing in a car or on a boat walk with your feet wide apart. This is all there is to "sea lega." Fusal Oil. Fusel oil is a byproduct produced in the distillation of alcohol from various substances, including grain, beet and cane molasses and wood. Its chief use in the United States is in connection with the manufacture of explosives. It is also used in making artificial fruit essences. Trout and Salmon A trout is a trout from the day it is born, but not until it gets into the ocean is a salmon a salmon. While it lives in a river it is a parr. Music and Flowers Professor Hans Teitgen of Munich has discovered that flowers are sensitive to music and betray their individual natures by expanding their petals under the influence of certain melodies. Elephants In Siam The whole elephant tribe is looked upon with great veneration by the Siamese. The elephant is the symbolic animal of the country, and, though his ponderous strength is daily used in his master's service, he is man's colaborer, not his beast of burden. Names In China. In China married women preserve their own names after marriage, the name of a person being regarded as very important in that country. A Famous Tea House The firm that exported the celebrated chests of tea which were sunk in Boston harbor is still doing business in London. The firm is the oldest established tea house in England. Wedding Funerals In Japan, land of flowers, they hold funeral services at the home of the bride's parents the night she is married. This is to show that the young lady is dead to her father and mother. Bornee's Marriage Ceremony Borneo's marriage ceremony. In Borneo the bride and bridegroom sit on metal logs before the priest, who gives them cigars and betel while he blesses them. He waves above them two fowls bound together. The bridegroom then places the betel in his bride's mouth and a cigar between her lips. They are then married. A Secret. A clever woman once gave a very smart designation of a secret as something for one, enough for two, nothing for three. 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 " Mrs. E. 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. Edmee 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. Sir Thomas Lipton wants the America's cup again.—Atlanta Constitution. The new Dreadnought Florida can make 25.6 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. 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. 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 hand-bag that cost $37.49.—Ohio State Journal. New York woman says that mothers should teach their daughters to flirt. 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 s fraggtette could have done it with a hairpin.—Washington Post. 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. Boll your hands after strap hanging.-Baltimore Star. 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. Can You Afford Sickness or Very few people can. Your pay usually stops, and the in. Thousands of accidents happen each day, and al- minute. A BUREE WAY TO AVOID THE is by taking out a policy in the Bankers Union. Then your bills, and make us your paymaster. ACCIDENT AND LIFE IN $100 to $500 Bancards for $1,000 Balance to protect contracts over $1,000 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 Bankers Union. 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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 Canandaliga 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 bedstead that holds a mattress on rollers and pivots. The object is to turn the mattress around or turn it over with slight 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 comes 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 locations. Cheap lots for cottages from $750 up and other houses and lots for homes or for business places. For particulars, address with stamp. GRANT GARDNER, 1440 Franklin Ave. Grand Haven, Mich. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS Current Comment. Automobile Runs Woman's Ways. Strap Hangers. Pert Personals Libesian Affairs Satisfactory. I round the purling brook that flows Beneath the sky so blue, Repeating softly as it goes A story ever new. I gayly sought the sylvan glade And then came home again. Moist was the meadow where I strayed And dank the shadowy glen. Each germ that lingers about My life all fiercely seals. The doctor says I will be out, Perhaps, in several weeks. —Washington Star. Old Friends Are Best William Ladd of the famous banking family of Portland, Ore., is fussy about his hats. He likes them easy and comfortable on his head. One day he wanted a new derby and went to buy it. The clerk showed him a lot of hats. Ladd tried them all on, but none suited him. Finally he picked up a hat and put it on. It was very comfortable. "I'll take this," said Ladd. "All right, Mr. Ladd," said the clerk. "Five dollars, please." Ladd paid the money and went along. When he got home he discovered the clerk had sold him the old hat he had worn into the store.—Saturday Evening Post. Say This Quickly. Betty Botter bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter It will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter Will make my better butter." So wait or better? Better than the bitter butter And made her bitter butter better. So 'twas better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter. A Personal Affront Striking members of the Amalgamated Skirt Stitchers were holding a conference. "Where is that tall, thin girl who joined the union last week?" inquired the walking delegate. The secretary arose to reply: "She handed in her resignation this morning." "What was her reason?" "She took offense when she was called on to act as a picket."—Judge. Back Again. Now cease to fret o'er butcher bills; The price of meat forget. What matters if the finny folk Escape the fisher's net? Farewell to pork chop and to stew! Avant, you costly steak! We welcome back to festive board The juicy red shortcake! No Waves. A young mother who still considers marcel waves as the most fashionable way of dressing the hair was at work on the job. The precocious child was crouched on its father's lap, the baby fingers now and then sliding over the smooth and glossy pate which is father's. "No waves for you, father," remarked the little one. "You're all beach."—New York Times. Lucky Adam. Lucky Adam Eve was a model wife. No slew Of clothes she had to pack. She never asked old Adam to Please hook her up the back. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Another Optimist Butter is always optimistic. "Yes; I have noticed that he keeps thinking things might be worse than they are." "He was saying this morning that we ought to be gud the women who wear waists which have to be hooked up in the back do not wear boots which have to be buttoned behind."—Chicago Record-Herald. Amended. "Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine"— For I should have to pledge my watch If you should ask for wine. The Very Good Man. Towne—I don't see why Goodley should be so unpopular with all of you. He never speaks ill of any one. Browne—No, but he's one of these aggravating fellows who can say, "Oh, yes; Jones looked very happy when I saw him last!" and say it in such a way as to give the impression that Jones was horribly drunk—Catholic Standard and Times. A. Vast Consumption "I'm glad the straw vote now holds sway," The horse remarked, with glee. "For if they got to using hay Where would my luncheon be?" A. Midnight Monologue Clubleigh—No, and I didn't get in without my hearing her, either.—Boston Transcript. At His Best. The pigeon neer is called a past, Though song is not his best. He's handsome, but he looks his best. When playing the trumpet, —Denver Republican. Heredity "I think he must have inherited his ability to talk while on his feet." "Was his father a public speaker?" "No; a barber."—Chicago Record-Herald. The Recall. The Recall. The recall is not new at all. We've had it all our lives. All married men's decisions Are recalled by their wives. —Cincinnati Enquir What's the Use? What's the Use? He—Shall we bunny? She—No; let's just sit down and bug -Harvard Lampoon. "Wombat says his wife is his right hand." "Well?" "Sometimes he doesn't let his right hand know what his left hand is doing."—Washington Herald. Polly—Miss Yellowleaf says she always tries to get her beauty sleep. Dolly—Well, all I can say is she must suffer frightfully from insomnia. —Woman's Home Companion. He said she was his shining light. They wed and came to town. Now when she asks for money, why, He always turns her down. —Cincinnati Enquirer. He—So you lost that handsome little dog you had? She—Yes, in a railroad accident. I was saved, but the dog was killed. Benham—We need a reform in our banking system. Mrs. Benham—Yea. It's a shame that a wife can't overdraw her husband's account.—Judge. There was a man in Michigan Who used to wish and wichigan That a sparring would come, So he could bome And go away and fichigan. —Chicago Chronicle. "He said you were afraid of nothing."—Houston Post. A reputation for honesty is the best policy.—Puck. I've noticed that I never feel Like working while I'm smoking; Then indolence will o'er me steal, My mind in drowsies cloaking. When first this fact got in my head I told my wife—slack—oh! "Td often wondered why," she said, "You men so love tobacco." —Kansas City Star. "I'm afraid we might run into an iceberg." "The danger is very slight, auntie." "Well, give the captain a dollar anyhow, and then he'll be extra careful."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Gabe—Johnson is always broke What's the matter with him? Steve—He's always trying to get rich quick.—Cincinnati Enquirer. A lovely magnifying glass A mirror is to every lass. Her charms are magnified in it; It does not show her faults a bit. —Catholic Standard and Times. Townley—Jones says that he's making $5,000 a year out of the chicken business. Subbubs—I'll bet it is out of it. He's not making that in the chicken business.—Boston Transcript. Judge—You have been here twice before, and twice I have sent you to jail. Have you anything to say why I should not send you there again? Prisoner—I have scuples against a third term, your honor.—Judge. Oft does it cause me sorrow great And leave me somewhat frightened When the "instructed delegate" Seems strangely unenlightened. —Washington Star. "I see your son has gone to work." "Yep," "How is he getting along?" "Oh, fine. Anything in the way of a novelty always appeals to him." —Washington Herald. "Then the wedding was not altogether a success?" "No; the groom's mother cried louder than the bride's mother. It was considered very bad form." —Louisville Courler-Journal. The meanest thing about our work. The thing that makes us rue it. The thing that makes us try to shirk. Is that we have to do it. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "I am another man since I was married." exclaimed the happy benedict. "And does your wife love that other man?" -Puck. "Grandma might have had an army pension as well as not." "And what prevents her from getting it?" "Why, she married a stay at home." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Since I purchased some gloves made of chamois," Remarked a young man called Samois, My hands feel quite nice "Where they once felt like ice. They were always so cold and chamois." —Satire. "Do you think selective memories are the best?" "I don't know about that, but they are mighty handy in an investigation."—Baltimore American. Her Father—Can you support my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed? Sultor—No, sir; but she says she can accustom herself to the style in which I can support her. —Boston Transcript. "Ive lost my punch," the villain said. "My are strikes out and misses. Of late the tired stage I tread. But can't pull down the hisses." —Kansas City Star. "Some of your friends say you will be a candidate, and some say you won't." "Well," replied the wary statesman, "what do you expect me to do at this stage of the game? Break in and try to be umpire?" —Washington Star. "And what experience have you had in the real estate business?" asked the manager. "Lots," replied the appellant—Ocinnati Enquirer. 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. Tabriz 200,000 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. 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"Mr. Binkley, don't you think the umbrella 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. Once more I take my trusty spade And work begin. I'll have to have a subsoll made Of battered tin. 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, In a hard hat —Louisville Courrier-Journals 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. Mistress Fancy, if you may Picture me some April day Promenading up and down Yon and crossways 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 serge! 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 $eed. $shell out to the landlord—it's very tough, indeed! $pouse must have new outfit; $o must all the kiddies. Got to buy $ome fodder to feed the chick- abiddies. 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 swear it 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?"—Judre'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 "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. Poor Grandma. The melancholy days have come, The saddest of the year, When grandma dies most every day And Willie seeks her bler. —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. The Ex-May Queen. "If the delegates seek me, mother," Sald the lass with the keen blue eye, "When the robin's song sounds sweet and sweet." 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 To help in convention work, You may ring the bell for me, mother, But otherwise simply say To the friends I've known, but have quite outgrown 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 ago." "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 Lesson For Lovers. Two violets bloomed in a garden When the bluff March breezes blew, And they loved each other fondly, As violets. But shyness 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 soo, 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 ailing 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. When from the night that covers me Out of the deep Ozarkian fog I come to town the boys in glee Begin to kick my faithful dog. In the fell clutch of circumstance He has not wined nor yelped aloud, Although beneath the boots of chance He necessarily is cowed. I am still unknown, How charged with epithet and slur, I am the master of my hound. 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. When the moon turns Camembert And the glow worm lights the day When a billiard ball grows hair 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 a "twee" 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. Spring Spring. The boys are playing marbles in the street. The little girls are skipping rope once more. And I with slow and hesitating feet Trudge, heavy laden, from the hardware store. -Detroit Free Press. 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. It was leap year, and she proposed To old Bachelor Freewail, And he, mean man, said, quite composed, "Till be a brother man— Chicknati Enquirer. "Let's get up a revolution." "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 A Gentle Reproof. 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. BROADWAY BANK GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Va REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on dents, including payment of taxes and on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patr The Cranfor Building. 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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. Hibernia, Ibernia, Ivernia and Ierne were names given to Ireland by Aristotle, Ptolemy and other ancient writers. Houseflies In South Africa Housefiles 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. 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." According to Cosmos, the mean height at which shooting stars first become visible is eighty-one miles. The mean height of their disappearance is about fifty-eight miles. The mean length of their visible path is about forty-five miles. 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