The Broad Ax

Mayor Carter H. Harrison and the New Members of the Board of Education ALL RACES AND NATIONALITIES ARE REPRESENTED ON IT AND ON THE LIBRARY BOARD EXCEPT THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE AND THE CHINESE. SHORTLY AFTER THE ELECTION OF "OUR CARTER" IN THE SPRING OF 1911, MR. JAMES A. QUINN ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT OFFICIALS AND MOUTH-PIECES OF THE "MAN OF DESTINY" HEADED A COMMITTEE OF AFRO-AMERICAN CITIZENS TO CALL ON MAYOR HARRISON AND AT THAT TIME HE PROMISED THEM THAT IN 1912 HE WOULD APPOINT AN AFRO-AMERICAN AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. SOMEHOW OR OTHER HE FAILED TO DO SO WHICH WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT AT THAT TIME HE WAS SIMPLY TALKING THROUGH HIS HAT. Vol. XVII. Mayor Carton son and the bers of the of Edu ALL RACES AND NATIONALITIES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD EXCEPT THE CHINESE. SHORTLY AFTER THE ELECTION OF 1911, MR. JAMES A. QUINN OFFICIALS AND MOUTH-PIBO HEADED A COMMITTEE OF A ON MAYOR HARRISON AND AT THAT IN 1912 HE WOULD A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF HE FAILED TO DO SO WHICH AT THAT TIME HE WAS SIMPLE Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, very keenly commented last week in her "Fellowship Herald", on the new members of the Board of Education, recently appointed by Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and she sadly laments the fact, that, "His Honor" or the "Man of Destiny" played politics to the extent of selecting some one to represent every race and nationality on the Board of Education, except the Afro-American race and the Chinese. It will be recalled that, shortly after the election of Mayor Harrison, in 1911 that a committee of Afro-American citizens, consisting of Rev. Archibald J. Carey, Bishop C. T. Schaffer, Col. Thomas Wallace Swann, Rev. John F. Thomas, Lawyer J. Gray Lucas, and others, headed by Mr. James A. Quinn, one of the official and prominent mouth-pieces of "Our Carter," called on Mayor Harrison, and after being ushered into his presence, Mr. Quinn, had the honor of presenting each member of the committee to him and after extending his political glad hand to them, Mayor Harrison, let it be known that he felt, that without the great aid of the votes which he received from the Afro-Americans throughout this city, that it would have been impossible for him to have gotten by the primaries, as he only brushed by, by 1400 majority, which enabled him to defeat, Andrew J. Graham, and former Mayor Edward F. Dunne, thereby making it possible for him to secure a job for four years at $18,000 per year, and placing him in a position to appoint, many of his friends to good positions whose political influence have always been of a doubtful value. That for some of these reasons if the committee would unite, on a Colored Citizen with a good clean record, that in 1912, as he had already "farmed out" all the appointments for members of the Board of Education at that time that he would appoint him to that honored position and the committee then and there united upon Bishop COL. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS BECOMES PRESIDENT OF A NEW LAW SCHOOL IN CHICAGO The new Webster College of Law will open for business September first on the fourth floor of the National Life Building 29 South La Salle Street and already many law students have been enrolled for the fall and winter term. The purpose and ambition of the new college is to establish a law school in Chicago which, while conducting its classes during the evening for the benefit of ambitious workingmen, will maintain the standards of the university law schools. In making up the faculty Col. Lewis has chosen many Judges of the Circuit and the Superior Court of Cook county and the Superior Court Judges to serve as teachers or instructors, and some of the most prominent members of the Chicago Bar have also been selected to do likewise, much labor will be expended in preparing students to become thoroughly conversant with all the laws pertaining to court practice. The officers of the new Webster College of Law are Col. James Hamilton HEW TO THE LINE: LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY C. T. Schaffer, as its choice for member of the Board of Education. Mayor Harrison, winked at them, with his right political eye, while laughing in his sleeve, and looking up, at the beautiful decorations on the ceiling with his other eye. Somehow or other the boom for Bishop Schaffer for member of the Board of Education, became still born or died aborin, or the committee went to pieces; for it seems if all the reports are true; that his name or claims of the committee nor the name of any other upright and honorable property holding Afro-American received the slightest consideration, at the hands of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, when he got ready to appoint the 8 new and old members of the Board of Education. The following gentlemen were selected by Mayor Harrison to service as members of the Board of Education and the Library Board. Lewis, president; George H. Meyer, treasurer; Albert H. Putney, dean, and James M. Slattery, secretary. For some years Prof. Putney honorably served as dean of the Illinois College of Law and he is one of the best instructors of the law in this country. Sam Gordon, a Negro with white side-burns and described as dignified and genial, serves as body guard, valet and door-keeper for Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, and has served preceding governors for the past 28 years in the same capacity. Mr. Adolph Howlen, President of the Western Veneer Company, 114 South Desplaines Street is of the opinion; that aside from the fact, that national politics are and will be at fever heat, for the next three months that the prospects are very encouraging to for a large increase in all lines of business this coming fall. 1910 MR. JAMES A. QUINN. City Oil Inspector for the City of Chicago Who Headed the Committee of Colored Citizens Who Called on Mayor-Carter H. Harrison for the Purpose of Inducing Him to Select a Member of the Afro-American for One of the Members of the Board of Education. OCTOBER 27TH·IS TUBERCULOSIS DAY. National Observance to be Planned in 100,000 Pulpits—Consumption Causes 50,000 Church Deaths Annually. Churches and religious societies, to the number of at least 100,000, will be urged to give special attention to the prevention of tuberculosis on Sunday, October 27th, or on some day during the week preceding or the week following that date. This season has been set apart and designated as the Third National Tuberculosis Day by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, which makes this announcement to-day. Tuberculosis Day was originally set on April 28th, but was postponed because of a conflict with Conservation Sunday of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, which was held on that date. The observance of Tuberculosis Day in the Fall this year will be utilized by anti-tuberculosis workers not only for the general education of churchgoers on consumption, but also for the purpose of interesting them in the sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals. Every one of the 600 and more antituberculosis Associations allied with the National Association, will be urged to promote Tuberculosis Day in their respective communities. While last year over 50,000 churches observed this occasion, it is expected this year that this number will be doubled. Millions of circulars and other forms of literature will be distributed. The support of every religious denomination will be asked for. That tuberculosis is a serious problem among church congregations is evidenced by statistics which the National Association gathered last year, which show that 10 per cent of all deaths among church members are caused by tuberculosis. Based on these figures and on the mortality statistics of the Census Bureau, over 52,000 of the 33,000,000 communicants in churches in the United States die from tuberculosis every year. This figure assumes that the death rate of 1.60 per 1,000 population in the Registration Area applies to all churchgoers, when, as a matter of fact, the rate would probably be higher. A lawyer in a court room may call a man a liar, scoundrel, villian or thief, and no one makes complaint when court adjourns. If a newspaper prints such a reflection on a man's character there is a libel suit or a dead editor. This is owing to the fact that the people believe what an editor says Why not give the babies of Chicago a show for their lives? Why should these little ones be met at the threshold of their existence with dirty, dangerous milk, that puts thousands of them into their graves before they have lived even one brief year? Are the babies of Chicago to be the victims of the greed for gain? Are these little innocent lives to be needlessly sacrificed in order that the producers and dealers in milk may make more money? The answer to these vital and pressing questions is up to the people of Chicago. If the fathers and mothers of this big city are not interested in saving the babies, then God help the babies! Read this statement and then it will be easy to understand why the department of Health is interested in securing a clean, safe milk for the babies. Here is the statement: Eighty-five per cent of all the babies that die each year in Chicago from the diarrheal diseases are bottle-fed babies. This means that of the 2977 babies that died from these diseases in Chicago during the year 1911, 2530 were fed on cow's milk. And these pathetic figures also mean that dirty milk is mighty dangerous stuff to feed the babies. If you want to help in this fight for the babies, and surely they are deserving of your help, get after your aldermen and tell them you want a clean milk ordinance for this city and that you want it without delay. Among the many attractions that will be seen during the Grand State Street Fair and Carnival, the following will be on the ground to entertain the public, all of these shows are of a high class order and moral in every particular. Lots of fun and life. Read the list and pick out in advance what you most like, think of it. Circus. The Contest for the Presidency of the United States AND WHAT THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTY MEANS TO THE NEGRO AND HIS DUTY TO IT. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DEAD AND PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAPT WILL BE DEFEATED AT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. CONTRIBUTED BY ATTORNEY BEAUREGARD F. MOSELEY. Now that the nominations for the Presidency has been practically made and the candidates and their records fully known, a prediction can be made as to the outcome in November. No one endowed with ordinary ability, free from prejudice, can escape the conclusion that the contest is between the Democratic nominee, Woodrow Wilson, a Virginia Democrat, schoolled in an Institution noted for its antipathy to citizens of Color and an undying and persistent curriculum against the wisdom of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the National Constitution on the one hand, and Theodore Roosevelt, an Ex-President and nominee of the American people on the other. There are those who would argue that President Taft has a show or chance, but to concede this, would be to give color to the remote possibility of the double death, I might say triple death of Roosevelt, Wilson and Debs, who will run in the order named on the election day in November, thus leaving the field clear to Mr. Taft and the Prohibitionist, whom he might nose out. This is apparent from the fact that no candidate for President on the Republican ticket has ever had the handicap of Mr. Taft, repudiated by the rank and file of the Party in every State, that has heretofore given an electoral vote to the Republican nominee, and in turn, deserted by them after his nomination, by their actual withdrawal from the Republican Party, places the conclusion of his defeat beyond controversy or doubt, in fact the very manner in which Mr. Taft secured his nomination, encompassed and made certain his defeat and were there no other candidate, except Mr. Taft and Mr. Wilson, Mr. Taft would be beaten just as conclusively in the November election as he will be with others in the field, more powerful than Wilson. The "influences" that brought about his selection in June, at the Coliseum in Chicago, are the "influences" that have brought about a condition, threatening the Republic, as well as destroying the Republican Party, and yet, with the latter accomplished, this "influence" is blind to reason; to appeal; or to the eternal fitness of things, but continues to doom and damn, by forcing good men in various Northern states, like Illinois to take a stand in the pathway of the People's will. The man incapable of noting the effect, ruin and blight of the curse of the "influence" that nominated Mr. Taft, on party and country, is unable to see his own ruin, by opposing the will of the People, and it is this fact that will take, to defeat with Mr. Taft, the Republican nominee in most of the states where victory heretofore has been theirs. The purpose of this article however, is to disclose my views as to the duty of the Negroes of this country in this crisis. It is true that the Republican Party has done much for them and for a number of years has stood as a bulwark, protecting their rights, shielding and protecting them from the outrages of democracy. It made them citizens and has protected that citizenship, not completely but as complete as it is and for this, most of them are grateful and are willing to serve as pall-bearers at its demise. For one, I am convinced that the Republican Party in this Nation is dead and that it is highly necessary and essential under a Government like ours that there be a successful, live, energetic Party, fighting to enforce the Constitution and to amend it, where its limitations are too narrow to do complete justice to those who live under it: A Party that exists to meet the problems of today and tomorrow No. 44 and not of yesterday and the day before, a Party that invites all men to unite and labor fraternally to build up the unity of the human family; such is the Progressive Party, that will nominate a candidate for the Presidency in its first National Session commencing next Monday: I BELONG TO THAT PARTY because I believe it will be of more service to my country and to my countrymen and to my Race than was the Republican Party in its lifetime. Unlike the Republican and Democratic Parties, the new Party will know no north, no south, no east and no west, it will not fight over the questions of 1860, '61 and '65 nor about the Panic of '73 or the justice or injustice of the slave trade or what happened to Brownville after the Garrison was removed, but will concern itself primarily with the high cost of living. The injustice of oppressive taxation, a revision of the tariff downward, the completion of the Panama Canal, the harnessing of the high or flood waters of the Mississippi, the conservation of human rights and of our National resources, the adjustment of our economic and industrial troubles, not by laws destructive but constructive, not by alleged dissolutions of quasi public Corporations, but by sane and safe regulations. Not tomorrow or next year, but today, so that those now justly complaining as well as their posterity may have and feel relief from those "influences," so busy at Chicago in June, Baltimore in July and in our State and National capitals during the Sessions of Congress and the Legislatures, and since the Negro has been ever ready in the past, to lend his aid and influence to the success of those men and measures, beneficial to the advancement of mankind and the worship and glory of God, he will hardly forsake or neglect the opportunity to enlist with those of his countrymen, who believe in these reforms christened Progressive; under the leadership of one who is no experiment, but a seasoned statesman, a ripe scholar and a lover of human rights and human liberty for all his countrymen; whether in Georgia or Illinois, New York or Texas, his motto is, rather all men up, than some men down; a square deal for a square man: This is the eldorado for which we Colored men should seek and which we may justly obtain, without following double faced, though single hearted dreamers of Constitutional stand patition and Party regularity, to a goal of certain ruin down a path of splendid shame. Because so many of the original members have become benedicts and in order to not interfere with the future progress of the club as far as membership, etc., are concerned the club will be Known in the future as the BACHEN CLUB and under that name will give their annual picnic and also many other social events during the following year. Charles E. Morrison, special messenger for Mayor Carter H. Harrison, has removed from 3754 Rhodes avenue to 3591 State avenue. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the two principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Inclads, can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibly in fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose purpose is to claim the editorial right to speak its own mind. JULIUS E. FAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Clause Matter Aug. 19 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under Act of March 3, 1870. THE CONTEST FOR THE QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL IS STILL MOVING ONWARD. The August Carnival and Negro Exposition which will hold forth on State street from 31st to 39th street from August 17 to August 31, is becoming the talk of the town and the contest for the queen of the carnival among the many contestants, is still moving onward. The vote so far among many of them is as follows: Votes. Mrs. Wiliam Emanuel..... 1,575 Miss Bertha Moseley..... 1,070 Miss Elizabeth B. Slaughter..... 525 Mrs. John R. Marshall..... 475 Miss Nioma Bunn..... 35 Miss Harry A. Duncan..... 40 Mrs. Carrie Warner..... 20 Mrs. J. H. Johnson..... 25 Mrs. Geneva Smith..... 22 Mrs. Louise Montgomery..... 21 Mrs. J. C. Stewart..... 27 Mrs. S. A. T. Watkins..... 135 Mrs. Martha B Anderson..... 22 Mrs. Rose Richardson..... 720 Miss Lucile Peyton..... 509 Miss Essie Arnold..... 165 In order to vote for your favorite for queen of the carnival, cut out the coupon in another column of this paper, and mail it as directed, and the lucky winner of the $100.00 prize may be the one you are greatly interested in. The contest will close Saturday evening August 17, and all the coupons cut out of The Broad Ax, must be in our possession on the evening of that date, or early Monday morning August 19, so that they can be checked up properly by Mr. Jesse Binga and the other members of the committee, and the lady receiving the highest number of bonifidee votes, will be declared the queen of the August carnival and crowned with all the honors due the queen on Wednesday evening August 21. LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF THE Y. M. C. A. Last Sunday afternoon the corner stone of the South Side Branch of the Y. M. C. A., 38th and Wabash Ave. was laid in the midst of a vast concourse of people, prior to proceeding with the set program, a street parade was inudled in by 2,500 members of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, and the Odd Fellows and it was headed by the Eighth Regiment and Knights of Pythias bands. When completed the building will cost $180,000, to which sum the following are principal subscribers: Julius Rosenwald, $25,000; Norman W. Harris, $25,000; Cyrus H. McCormick, $25,000, and 10,000 Colored people raised $68,000 additionally. The amount needed to complete the building is $37,000. The speakers at the exercises were Rev. H. J. Callis, pastor of Walter's A. M. E. Zion Church; Dr. George C. Hall, Julius Rosenwald, N. W. Harris, and William P. Sidley. The new building will be five stories high. POLITICAL NOTES The National Progressive Convention will no doubt be the first National Convention in which Illinois will be represented by a Colored man as a National delegate; as it is the purpose of the leaders of the movement in this State to select a Colored man as a delegate at large. The meeting Thursday night at $104 State Street to select Assistant Serg. at Arms of the State and National Progressive Conventions, to represent Colored Progressives, was a step in the right direction. No one can complain that provincial Commisseman, Benreard F. Moseley is not giving the People a chance to say who and what they want at all times. Such a man is a worthy and safe representative. May his breed increase. James N. Simms, H. W. Ellis, W. H. A. Moore are not as harmonious as three pess in a pod. We wonder what is the trouble. The National Progressive Party seems to be a reality and prodded to become the successor to the Demub- . lican Party as it already has become in such states as Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, California, Kansas, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. MAN DIES SAME AS BEASTS. Had man an immortal "soul" then all the lower animals would have had "souls" also. Evolution shows that no gap exists in the process of developments between the lower organic forms—the monera and the highest—man. There is an unbroken continuity between man and the animal world, physically, mentally and morally. Man is the paragon of animals. He differs from the sub-human in degrees only, not in kind. There is a greater difference between the lowest man and the highest man than there is between the lowest man and the highest ape. If a human baby is immortal, why should not a baby monkey be immortal? A human infant cannot display more mental or moral capacity than an infant monkey. Had man an immortal "soul," then would the lowest animals have it too. But as the lowest animals have no future life, neither has man. One of the very few important true texts in the "Holy Bible," which is always overlooked by idolators, is found in Ecclesiastes (3:19). "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath, so that man hath no pre-eminence above a beast." Man has evolved from the lower animals. Since practically all admit that the lower animals are not immortal, while believing man to be immortal, when and how did he become so? When did man first become separated from the lower animals by so prodigious an attribute as immortality? Man, at the beginning of his career, is indistinguishable from the brutes. There must, then, have been a particular moment when he became immortal. Is it possible to conceive that the species were mortal one moment and immortal the next? GRACE PRESSBYTERIAN CHURCH Last Friday evening a vocal musical recital was held at Grace Presbyterian Church. Mr. J. Elmer Spyglass, was the leading star, and the following was the highly edifying program rendered by those taking part in it. I. Le Introduction.....Mr. Chas. W. Pierce. II. La Donna e Mobile.....Verdi Lied des Abendstern.....Wagner Recitativo ed Arioso.Leoncavello Mr. J. Elmer Spyglass. III. Aria—Ah! non credea Mirarti... ...Bellini Rondo—Ah! non giunge.Bellini Mme. M. Broadus-Anderson. IV. Thine Only.....Bohm The Sweetest Flower.....Hawley Autumn Song.....Salter Mr. Rollin R. Dent V. Prelude.....Chopin Titania.....Wely Russian Dance.....Engelman Mlle. M. Gertrude Jackson. VI. Greeting.....Hawley Das Meer.....Schubert Die Beiden Grenadiere.Schumann Delire.....Calzelli Derlenz.....Hildach Mr. J. Elmer Spyglass. SOUTHEEN MOOSEBERS WOULD BAR NEGROES. John M. Parker of Louisiana Announces He Will Fight Admission of Blacks—Mississippi Delegation Also Opposed to Color. NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 1.—John M. Parker announced tonight just before leaving for Chicago to attend the national progressive convention that he would make a fight for the new organization to be "strictly a white man's party," and to get a platform plank providing for federal control of levees and water ways. Mr. Parker has been mentioned as a possibility for the temporary chairmanship of the convention, but he stated tonight he would take part only as a delegate, so he might better advocate these two principles. "I realize it will be a hard fight, but I propose to make it and hope to win," said Mr. Parker tonight. WOULD BAR NEGROES JAOKSON, Miss, Aug. 1.—Roosevelt supporters had a state convention here today and elected delegates to the National Progressive convention in Chicago and adopted a platform, one plank of which would exclude the Negro from politics. B. F. Fridge, chairman, in his address said he had been given authority by Senator J. M. Dixon to exclude Negroes from today's convention. Excepting the race plank, the platform was practically the same as adopted by many other state conventions. Two delegates at-large and two each from the eight congressional districts in the state were chosen to attend the National Progressive convention. Progressives of both races held a state convention here yesterday and also named delegates to Chicago. Both will take their claims for regularity before that meeting. --- Tomorrow is "Quarterly Meeting Day" at the Institutional Church and a great day is looked for. This will be the last Quarterly meeting for this conference year and the pastors of all the Methodist Churches of the city will participate. Increased attendance on service and the addition of new members every Sabbath has been noticeable especially since the close of the General Conference in Kansas City in May. The General Conference removed the "Pastoral time limit" from the Institutional Church and the minister and warden there may now lay comprehensive plans for broad, aggressive work without the necessity of being disturbed every five years. This has lent new inspiration to the workers and a new $1,500 steam heating plant is now being installed. The coming of the broad-minded, big-hearted Bishop B. F. Lee, D. D. to the Episcopal supervision of this city and state will also mean much to the work of this church. By reason of his deep learning, his long experience as a practical educator and his breadth of vision. Bishop Lee is thoroughly capable of comprehending the needs and importance of this work and will not be swayed by any petty prejudices. The National Negro Business Men's League will hold their sessions in the Institutional Church and the officers and members are determined to have everything in ship-shape for the coming of this August body. Fifteen hundred delegates from all sections, are expected. Dr. Booker T. Washington will preside.—'O' WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH COR. 38TH AND DEARBORN STS. REV. H. J. CALLIS PASTOR. At the close of our class meeting on Friday evening July 27th, which was largely attended; the following persons were elected trustee's D. W. Thomas, George McFadden, C. J. Jackson, J. B. Foster, A. R. West, J. Collins, W. H. Young, D. Humphrey and A. Kelly. The Sunday services were well attended and the usual interest manifested, one person joined the church during the day. The old and new trustee's held a joint session on Tuesday evening. The records for the year were submitted and approved, the new trustee's board elected the following officers; J. B. Foster Chairman, Alex. Kelly Treasurer, C. J. Jackson, Secretary. Wednesday was our annual outing at Chautauqua Park near Mt. Glenwood a goodly number of members and friends availed themselves of this outing and enjoyed an exceedingly pleasant and helpful days outing, the balloon ascension, indulgent in base ball and other games, music by the 8th Regiment band and the addresses delivered by Bishop W. O. Sheppard of Kansas City, Albert H. Putney, Dean of Webster College and Dr. H. J. Callis were the special features of the day. The services for Sunday will be as usual, the pastor will preach morning and evening, the Holy Communion will be administered at the 11 a. m. service. —'8' Whalebone the bone of an average whale weighs forty-five tons. Caraway Seed. Caraway seed is used for flavoring and also, perhaps less extensively, as a carminative. It is employed in confectioners, distillers and perfumers in the preparation of liquors, cakes, sweetmeats, scented soaps, etc. It depends for its aromatic properties on oil, which is obtained by bruising the seeds and distilling them in water. The Star Shower The wonderful meteoric display known as the "star shower" or "the time when the stars fell" occurred in 1883. It was on the nights of the 12th and 13th of November. Odorlesa Onienda Among the vegetables cultivated by the Chinese is an odorless onion. Dandelions. Dandelions, says a writer in the Country Gentleman, can be used for many appetizing dishes, and from them can be made also a kind of dandelion "shrub," a dandelion "coffee" and dandelion preserves. They may also be canned and kept for use in seasons when suggestions of spring will be welcome. Turkey's Import Duties All goods imported into Turkey, with the exception of tobacco and salt, are subject to a tax of 11 per cent on their total value. Clear Air. The air is so clear at Arequipa, Peru, that from the observatory at that place, 8,050 feet above the sea, a black spot one inch in diameter placed on a white disk has been seen on Mount Churchani, a distance of eleven miles, through a thirteen inch telescope. CHIPS. Rev. Jordan Chanis, was last week elected National Grand Master of the United Brothers of Friendship. George L. Knox, owner and manager of The Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind., spent a few days of the present week in this city. Mrs. William Emanuel and Mrs. Hattie Arrant, Thursday attended the meeting of the Fox River Chautauqna near Aurora, Ill. Mrs. Sallie Maguire Bogers, a well known Kansas City teacher, formerly of this city, is visiting her aunt Mrs. Martha Gray, at 4743 Evans Ave. Phone, Kenwood 4879. Mrs. William Emanuel, 6352 Rhodes avenue; celebrated her umphteenth birthday Wednesday. She remained at home all day, and received many of her friends in her most gracious and pleasant manner. State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, of the big law firm of Schuyler, Ettelson and Weinfield New York Life Building is spending his vacation in Atlantic City, N. J. He will return home about August 10. Attorney Charles L. Rice, of Mound City, Ill., was the guest of Col. William Randolph Cowan, at the Appomattox Club last Saturday evening. In this city he made his headquarters at the Hotel Brunswick. Miss Mattie Ellis and Mrs. Ida Windell wife of Dr. T. T. Windell of Lexington, Ky., is visiting their many friends in Chicago stopping at the home of Mrs. India Deming, 3542 Wabash Ave. William H. Lewis, assistant Attorney General of the United States, Washington, D. C., passed through the city Wednesday en route to Topeka, Kan., where he addressed a large gathering of Afro-Americans. Robert J. Roulston, director of McNeil & Higgins Grocery company, was chosen president of the board of directors of the Chicago public library at its meeting Monday night for a fourth consecutive term, thereby making a record in that office during the forty years' life of the public library. Mrs. W. A. Seams, 5026 Armour avenue, entertained the Ladies Culture Military Drill Club, at her home Wednesday evening. In the near future, the club which is organized to grace and culture to women while walking and talking will appear that is its members in striking white military costumes trimmed in gold braid and buttons. Mr. and Mrs. J. Elmer Spyglass, left Monday morning for their home in Toledo, Ohio; by way of Detroit, Mieh. The first week in September, Mr. and Mrs. Spyglass, will leave for Europe, where he will again for another three years, tour the continent in a singing engagement. While in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Spyglass, were the guests of Mrs. Mattie Johnson-Young, 3635 Fores' avenue. Last Saturday, W. R. Smith and Charles E. Morrison, special messenger to Mayor Carter H. Harrison, were invited by Chief of Police John McWeeny, to be present at the launching of the new Police Patrol boat, No. 2 and they were royally treated by the ladies who served the luncheon and other refreshments they were the only Afro-Americans present on that occasion. GRAND MOONLIGHT EXCURSION Thursday evening, August 8 a grand moonlight excursion along the lake shore will be given under the auspices of the Men's Club of St. Thomas Church, 38th and Wabash avenue, aboard the great steel steamship United States. Tickets 50 cts. Prof. Garfield Wilsons Orchestra will furnish the music aboard the boat. The boat will leave Clark Street Bridge at 7:45 P. M. Train and Track. Electrified railways in Great Britain have a mileage of nearly 150. Five railways are in operation in the Hawaiian Islands. The longest is seventy miles, from Honolulu, to the extreme northern point of Oahu, where it connects with the Koolau railway. Among the new railroads in the Philippines are one from Manila to Batangas, seventy-three miles long, now completed, and a forty mile line from Luta to Lucena, of which twenty-five miles are completed. Temperamental passions high Pierce me like a rowel Every time my hands I cry On a slippery towel —New York Mail. "You say you have played Hamlet? "Yes." "How long?" "Well, I've played it as long as an hour and a half once or twice." Washington Herald. The Politician—What is the next question to bring before the American people? The Voter—They have had questions enough. What they want is a few answers—Puck. Boreleigh—I hope my call has not tired you. Miss Keen—Oh, no. I inherit a wonderfully strong constitution—Boston Transcript. He—I heard, Miss Pert, you were looking for a husband, and here I've turned up. She—Have you? Well, now you're turned down—Baltimore American. What is a vacation? Delight's annual goal— Time's most feasting portion Marked down by a roll. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Why don't you take a part in politics?" "I never take a part in anything," replied Mr. Dustin Stax. "My rule is all or nothing."—Washington Star. Missionary—Why do you look at me so intently? Cannibal—I am the food inspector.—Judge. First Walter—George, that customer you served is a foreign count. Second Walter—I'm not surprised. He soon spotted the mistakes I made in his bill.—London Opinion. "Is she good to her children?" "Very. I've known her to stay home from her afternoon card club to take care of them."—Detroit Free Press. Yes, swat the fly, but don't forget When you are waging strife To swat the garbage and the fifth That give the critter life. -Cincinnati Enquirer. He-I understand that Mrs. Lux gets $25,000 a year in pin money. She- Mercy! What is her husband's business? He-Her husband is dead. He left a pin factory.-Boston Transcript. Miss Goodley-Miss Bloomer seems to keep her youth still. Miss Chellus—Well, she keeps her age quiet.—Catholic Standard and Times. "Why don't you rub your furniture with a little crude oil?" "Laws! Maria wouldn't let me use anything that wasn't strictly refined." —Baltimore American. She—Do you suppose those big hoop skirts will ever come in again? He—Well, not in this flat they won't, dear.—Yonkers Statesman. Now cheers arise from all the clan For leaders in each race. The candidate, likewise the man Who slides to second base. —Washington Star. Louise—Is she impressed with her own importance? Julia—Yes. She even believes she'd have New York men call on her if she lived in the suburbs.—Life. There is frequently something about a girl that draws her closer to a man—unless she asks him to remove it—Judge. "You say that your husband grants your slightest wish and yet you are unhappy." "Yes. It is only the unimportant things that he does for me."—Buffalo Express. Lawyer—In suing for divorce I presume you want alimony? Client—Yes, at least $1,000 a month and also the custody of Fido.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Although it never felt a blow, The window has a pane, And no one ever seems to know What makes the weather vane. —Milwaukee Sentinel. She—We women suffer in silence. He—I suppose that's why you never permit it to exist where you are.—Boston Transcript. "Well, major, I notice that you're runnin' for office again?" "No, sir. It's the same old run. I got started years ago, and, to save my life, I can't stop myself."—Atlanta Constitution. "What did you think of my graduating poem?" "To be candid, my dear, I don't think it hung quite right in the back."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Grandma wore a Mother Hubbard. Mary, how the neighbors-rubberbed! No one behold me nearth! No one notices nor careth. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "What is the secret of your success?" "To be perfectly frank with you, I was fortunate enough to have wealthy relatives who were willing to back me patiently in the hope that some day I might make good."—Detroit Free Press. Employer—You're late again! New Clerk—Well, you said you didn't want a man who watched the clock. —Life. "What are they rehearsing for, papa?" asked the little girl. "For some pantomimes, my dear." "is-mamma to be in 'em'? "No, dear. No one does any talking in pantomimes."—Yonkers Statesman. "You'll have to work to earn a meal." She said, "before you get it. Just beat you carpet." Then with seal The hobo promptly "beat it." -Chicago News SIRES AND SONS. Wendell Sooy has worked twelve years selling newspapers in Philadelphia that he may obtain a college education. He will begin his education at the opening of the University of Pennsylvania in the fall. Sydney Kidman, cattle king of Queensland, holds more land than any other person in Australia and it is thought more than any one else in the world. His cattle roam a territory of about 50,000 square miles. Dr. Jerome Dwelly, who first demonstrated the use of ether as an anaesthetic in Fall River, Mass., which he did in a surgical case in 1847, is still a resident of that city. He is now in his nineteeth year, but it was not until recently that he retired from active practice. Bishop J. Albert Johnson, a missionary in South Africa, now on a visit to this country, undoubtedly preaches to the largest congregations in the world. In the dark continent he is heard by an audience ranging from 10,000 to 16,000. The services are conducted outdoors. Andrew A. Allen, who has retired from the presidency of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, began life as a messenger boy at $3 a week. An operator taught him the Morse code, and at fourteen he was sending messages over the wires. His rise was gradual, but sure. Household Helps. An envelope pasted in the cover of the cookbook is a handy device for keeping loose recipes. To remove discolorations from enameled pans boil a little chloride of lime in the water with which they are filled. An apron made of white oilcloth saves the housewife's dress from soiling and dampness and needs no laundering. Windows become dimmed quickly where soft coal is used as fuel. A good way to clean them is to rub with alcohol and polish with cheesecloth. It is a good plan to place a piece of canton flannel between plates when they are piled in the china closet. It reduces the danger of breakage and prevents rattling. Sporting Notes. The Detroit baseball club will add a handball court to Navin field. Purdue university plans an interscholastic Olympic meet at its athletic field, Lafayette, Ind. next year. Amateur Athletic union track and field championships are set for Sept. 20 and 21, but no place has yet been named. The Olympic Athletic club of San Francisco recently opened a new $500,000 clubhouse. A feature is the swimming pool, which is 100 feet long and 35 feet wide. The Olympic games tryouts at the Harvard stadium netted $10,500, which sum is reported to have been the largest ever taken in at an athletic meet in this country. Town Topics. Chicago women have now the smallest feet, says the national chirpistools' convention. Chicago's motto is "I will."—New York Tribune. The statue of "Sunset" Cox in Astor place, like that of Nathan Hale in City Hall park, has been compelled to move on. In New York not even statues can stand still.—New York World. Amelia Bingham, the actress and president of the Professional Woman's club, says New York is the most moral town in the world. We shall continue, however, to believe that there is less wickedness in Coshooton, O., than in New York.—Chicago Record-Herald. Cooling Reflections. Do your Christmas shopping early. Cranberries for the Thanksgiving table again promise to be plentiful and cheap. The most intense cold ever recorded was 00.4 below zero, marked at Werchafsank, in central Siberia. In lack of snow with which to rub them frozen fingers or toes may be treated with plain ice water. Loose overcoats are warmer than very tight ones because they keep the warmth of the body from escaping, while not interfering at all with the circulation.—New York World. Aerial Flights. The airship is another means of transportation less in need of speed than of safety appliances.—Washington Star. The fellows that named their aeroplane car a hydrocarobus might just as well have called it a gyascutus.—New York World. For the present the great effort must be to make the aviator with his engine independent of the vagaries of the air.—New York Post. German Gleanings Germany now has fully 60,000 men in her navy. The largest representation of women in industrial pursuits in Germany is in the clothing and allied trades, in which 1,582,000 are employed. There are now 251 "infant care stations" open in 165 towns of the German empire. One effect of their establishment has been to reduce the percentage of bottle fed babies from 60 to 35 and to decrease infantile mortality from 8.4 to 4 per cent. ---GRAND AUGUST CARNIVAL Two Big Weeks of Mirth, Merriment and Review of Enterprise AUGUST 17th to 31st 1912 Construction of arches, pillars, etc., to be a work of art. Designs for the street decorations will be a revelation of incomparable beauty. Over-head lighting, multicolored effects, a veritable blaze of glory. A Special Feature for Each Day's Program Every military organization, all secret orders, associations, clubs, institutions to be featured in this stupendous display of thrift. Daily Parades Music Everywhere Amusements Watch weekly papers for later announcements or call "Douglas 1565"! FOR CONCESSIONS ETC., THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OR THE MOST POPULAR WOMAN IN CHICAGO TO BE THE QUEEN OF THE Grand August Carnival $100.00 One Hundred Dollars To The One Elected Queen Cut out this Coupon and vote for the Lady you think is the most beautiful or most popular I Vote For M___ ___ Street The Broad Ax, Office Hours: 9 to 11 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. 3158 State Street, Chicago Office Hours—From 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sunday by appointment DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4718 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO Phone, Oakland 4662; Automatic 73053 Frank Dunn and J. B. McCabey, Trustee Tel Oakland 1550-1551-1552 Established 1807 John J. Dunn Coal Wholesale Retail FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVE. Railyards: 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Miles J. Devine Attorney at Law Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Streets CHICAGO Phones, Central 1243; Auto. 41-913 Tel. Central 3142 Franklin A. Denison Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL. Office Phone: Central 6624. Res. Phone, Doug. 4397. No. 508 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randolph St. "Your man was a dark horse in the race?" "Yes. But his darkness was not of the right kind. It resulted from the fact that the whitewash had been rubbed off."—Washington Star. I'd like to sympathise with you, I sure would, but I know You'll keep me here an hour or two And stretch your tale of woe. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Lady—I ventured to call on you for your opinion, professor. Do you think it would do my son good to study the piano? Famous Pianist—Does he show any taste for it? Lady—Not the least. But his hair has been falling out so much lately, and everything else we have tried has done no good at all.— Punch. She—I never saw Mrs. Havertime with that man before. I must find out who he is. He—You needn't worry. It only her husband.—Illustrated Bits. There was a sign upon a wall. The sign was "Palnt!" And all mankind that sped that way. Sinner and saint. Put out their finger tips to it And made complaint. Said, with a scowl upon their face, "Derned if it isn't!" —Cincinnati Post-Dispatch. Marjorie—We have acolytes in our church. Little Mabel—That's nothing; we have 'lectric lights in ours.' Boston Transcript. Of chafing dishes eight or nine, Of berry spoons a score. The bride declares her presents fine And ambles for the store. And there she says it is her wish To turn in, if she can. A nickel plated chafing dish And get a frying pan. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Servant—You want to see Herr Doktor? Could you come again tomorrow? Patient—Why? Isn't he in? Servant—Oh, yes, but you're our first patient, and it's his birthday tomorrow. I should so like it to be a surprise for him.—Fliegende Blatter. He put his trust in women. His money all took wings. On queens he bet at poker. And the other chap held kings. —Boston Transcript. Mrs. Yeast—I just love to shut my eyes and think. Mr. Yeast—Why don't you try that with your mouth some time, dear?—Yonkers Statesman. "Tis now the summer bachelor Piles dishes mountain high And sights the while he looks at them, "I'll wash them by and by." —Denver Republican. Cholly—There's always something to laugh about when I tell a joke. She— Yes, and you're always so nice about it. You never get mad—Puck. That the pleasures of wealth are well ridded with flaws. I've no doubt, though I never have won it. When I get a new suit I'm kept worried because I can't scratch my matches upon it. —Kansas City Star. He—My dear Miss Gladys, I have been converted, but I find there are some things I must do. The minister has told me, for instance, that where I have done wrong I must make restitution. She (sympathisingly)—Sometimes that cannot always be done, for ministers ask hard things. He (doubtfully)—Now, Miss Gladya, the other day I stole a kiss from you, and, according to the minister, I must give it back. She (promptly)—Well, I suppose you ought to do what the minister tells you—Baltimore American. De Skestah Time Do good book say eat a time to sleep, a time to eat an' drink. A time to do what yo's about an' a time to stop an' think. A time fo' dis, a time fo' dat, but de wusses' time o' de yeah Is when de skeetah 'gin to bite—an' de skeetah time is heah! I dumno what de folks gwine do, kaze he gittin' wus an' wusa. If you find a place to hide yo'self de skeetah's got dar fus'. An' he bites, an' you fights, an' you fuses, an' you cusua, an' you swan, But de sumhah time is skeetah time, an' de skeetah time is heah. You can't tell what he comes from, an you can't tell what he swine. When yo' beats him off in front of you he bites you from behlin'. An' ef you tries to sleep he sings a reg'lar chime in yo' eah. Oh, a pesky time is de time what is when de sketah time is heah! Quarrel Over Laundry The family laundry had just been returned, and the usual struggle to identify their respective belongings was on "That's my shirt!" insisted the elder brother, who worked in a printing establishment. "I can tell it by that ink spot." "Pshaw!" exclaimed the younger brother, who worked in a lumber yard. "I suppose in order to be mine it would have to have slivers in it."—Judge. To the Point. I asked Marte to marry me. My heart stopped beating then. She did not answer "Yes," but, gee, How quick she gurgled, "When?" —Youngstown Telegram. I asked Toinette to be my bride. I did not hope to win her. But she, dear girl, straightway replied, "Right now or after dinner?" —Johnstown Democrat. When I asked Maude to be my wife I simply had not reckoned That she be big as life, "Sure Mike, in half a second!" —Springfield (Masa.) Union. When I proposed to Annabelle I thought my speech would fetch her, But my romantic notions fell When she replied, "Be bothered!" —Detroit Free Press. Let's Have It. "This high cost of living is a serious question!" bawled the campaign orator. "It is a great question, a very serious question indeed." "We know it's a question," yelled a coarse man in the audience. "What's the answer?"—Louisville Courier-Journal. Thankfulness. There was a little girl, a dainty little girl, With a mouth of rose and pearl and a little golden curl. She was neat and very sweet—very neat and very sweet— And she looked, I know not why, very shy. And once upon a time in the golden summer time She did walk in the garden for to hear the church bells chime. As each clear and mellow note floated I knew I would hear throat How she felt I suppose no one knows. With a quaint little sigh, just a faint little sigh. She lapsed: "Oh, me! Oh, my! I so glad I knew I would cry That's here in week day clothes, wiv scaustes in my nose, Instead of starched 'an new in a pew!" —Chapple's News-Letter. The Meekest Man "He never kicks on the umpire's decisions." "Doesn't, eh?" "No, and, what's more, when his wife calls him down for staying out late he admits that she's right too."—Detroit Free Press. The Pannier. The Pannier. The new pannier is not so part And won't make many trips. It's nothing but the oblique skirt With curtains on the hip. -Cincinnati Enquirer. But what have men to do with this, Or what have they to say? They know that their plain duty is To look the other way. -Boston Globe. That curtain is what makes us smile As winds give it a flirt; Reminds us how that flapping style, A Chinese wears his shirt. -Houston Post. Where Divorce Was Futil. "In ancient Greece when a man was divorced the law provided that he must not marry a woman who was younger than his first wife." "Did they ever have a divorce case in ancient Greece?"—Chicago Record- Herald. Swat Him. Just let the fly go for awhile And step to swat the man a few Who asks you with a silly smile, "Bo. is it hot enough for you?" —Cincinnati Enquirer. Address Wanted. Charlie—Well, I see that the show girl has got to go. Bertie—Where, dear boy?—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fish Lines. The herring is a funny fish. Of that be well assured In every case it must be killed Before it can be cured. —Satira DAMES AND DAUGHTERS Mrs. Margaret Kelly is described as Boston's only woman contractor. She has been in the business more than seventeen years and has brought up six children. Miss Flora Dunlap is the first woman to be elected a member of the board of education at Des Moines, Ia. She has been engaged in settlement work for several years. Bertha Kruse-Silesius, for many years a member of the National Theater company in Berlin, celebrated her eighth birthday a few weeks ago in the enjoyment of perfect health. Mrs. Honora McPherson, who has been elected superintendent of schools at Denver, was for a number of years a teacher in the public schools, then served for seven years as the secretary of the superintendent of schools and recently has been engaged in club and philanthropic work. Miss Frances Perkins of New York executive secretary of the Consumers league, has resigned to accept the position of executive secretary of the committee of safety, succeeding Dr Charles H. Keyes. The committee was formed directly after the Triangle fire its chief aim being the protection of life and property against fire. Facts From France. The sum of 10,000,000 francs is being spent on the improvement of Paris hospitals. In one street of Paris, the Champ Elysees, there have been during the past twelve months 580 accidents, of which thirty have proved fatal. From the state tax on games of chance, including the tax on the totalizator, the machine which registers race track bets, the French government receives about $1,500,000 a year. Experiments having demonstrated that the new powders used in the French navy were no better than the old ones, the battleships of the third battleship squadron and the first squadron recently received orders to put them ashore. New York's "System." New York simply couldn't exist without a police scandal.—Schenectady (N. Y.) Union-Star. The query of an ancient Roman, "Who will watch the watchmen?" has become distressingly appropriate to New York.—Philadelphia Ledger. The latest graft scandal in New York city gives a stunning inference as to the defiant power of the criminal classes when in league with the police.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Many times the public has come to believe that the police of New York were to a certain extent in partnership with the people who make their living by breaking the laws.—Boston Advertiser. Aviation Notes. By the rules of the air two aircraft meeting each other must steer to the right and must pass at least 110 yards apart. Seventy miles an hour is the probable limit of speed with safety for the aeroplane, according to the belief of Louis Bleriot, the French aviator. The monoplane is not so much in favor in France as formerly. The war office has forbidden its use by military pupils in aviation, declaring the biplane to be preferable on account of its superior stability. Foreign Affairs. China is at any rate getting experience in the fine art of ministerial crises. —New York Tribune. Query—How will the world know when the Turko-Italian war is ended? —New York American. The Portuguese royalists, again reported upon the warpath, get into the headlines about twice a month, but never into Portugal—Louisville Courier-Journal. Olympic Echoes. English sprinters have never shows the form they revealed in the 1776 Olympiad—Columbia State. Finland is taking advantage of the Olympic games to get temporarily on the map—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Now that the Olympic games are over Europe is satisfied that if you scratch an American you will find an athlete—New York Tribune. Political Quips. Remorseless time has eliminated the log cabin as a presidential birthplace. Cleveland Plain Dealer. A man who's a candidate for some office can be nice even to his poor relations. New York Press. When a man makes politics his profession he begins to cultivate the habit of seeing only one side of a thing. Chicago Record Herald. English Etchings Orchards cover 250,000 acres of land in Great Britain. Bananas recently sold at seven for a penny in London's Covent Garden. Masts used by the British army for anchoring dirible balloons carry at their tops cones into which the nozzles of the balloons fit. Globe of Paris One of the manifold duties of the Paris chief of police is the care of the city's clocks, of which there are some 8,750. The official to whom is intrusted the winding and regulation of these clocks receives 20 cents for each. He is appointed for three years. Birds as Weather Vane. Birds perched on trees or bushes almost invariably sit with their heads to the wind; hence they are trustworthy weathercocks. A Steep Road. The rack road up Mount Platius, one of the loftiest peaks of the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland, is said to have the steepest grade of any road in the world not operated by cables. Rising from the western shore of Lake Lucerne, the rails ascend the precipitous side of the mountain, 6,998 feet to its summit. A Drop of Milk More than 1,000,000 tiny globules of fat are contained in a drop of milk. Easy to Float. A good many people can't float even though they can swim. They can't float because they keep the line of the body, from head to heels, stiff and straight. The line should be kept curved a little—it should resemble a very broad V—and all the muscles should be loose, relaxed. It is easy to float. Horses' Hearts While a man's heart is beating seventy times a horse's is pulsating but forty times and an elephant's only thirty. Tea Drinking. British people drink more tea by far than the people of any other country. Their average consumption is over six pounds per capita. The per capita consumption in the United States is less than nine-tenths of a pound. French and German people drink still less. --- 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 Sate street. George I. 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(Cents only go onto a year, including any one of the celebrated McCall Patterns free. McCall Patterns Land all others in style, fit, simplicity, economy and number贮. More dealers on McCall Patterns than any other two in magazine or patterns. Buy from your dealer, or by mail from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St. New York City Aim - Google Docs, Freeze, Grab and Paste Sticky Sug inagraph The Darkest Hour. The darkest hour is when you find that all your coin is spent As you stand beneath the shadow of the gloomy pawnshop, you see the Chennai Esquiler. The darkest hour is when you find the team three runs behind And batsmen cleave the atmosphere as if they and gone blind. You never know the value of a solid three base clou Until the bags are filled with waiting men and two are out. —Birmingham Age-Herald. The darkest hour is when you find six races have been won And to defeated favorites every penny you have tossed. You'll never know the value of a nickel rusted brown Until you've utilized Shanks' mare and walked five miles to town. —Louisville Times. Our darkest hour is when we rise to the call of the phone. And bump our nose and break our toe and smash our funny bone. You'll never know the comfort that a hot cussword can bring Till some wrong number starts your phone to going ting-a-ling. —Houston Post. Shank's Alias. Lew Shank, the Indianapolis mayor went to a convention out of town and registered at a hotel under the name of "Frank Dawson." An acquaintance of his sounded him on the alias, to which Mr. Shank responded: "It's this way. When a man in public life travels around he is frequently annoyed by visitors and cranks. If I put down my right name I wouldn't have a minute to myself. "I'm not alone in this idea. Nowadays many a public man travels nur vomica."—Chicago Post. Our Old Friend Mary. Mary had a little dog. She was kind of him. Until one day the arute got gay And bit her on the limb. —Milwaukee Sentinel. We had heard she had a dog. Which she had taught to beg. And that one night for reasons slight He bit her on the leg. We knew she had a canine, a bulldog strongly built. And we heard too he at her flew and chewed her left hand stilt. —Houston Post. We heard she had a mangle cur With ears inclined to flop. And this same cur walked up to her And guawed her starboard prop. —Cincinnati Quiremet. In the Last Division. "Johnny, do you think your sister likes me?" "I dunno, sir. Women are a hard lot." "Have you heard her speak about me in any way?" "Yessir, in a way. I heard her tell pa you'd never be a pennant winner if yer slid the bases around here for ten years." Some Timely Verse. Some Timely Verse. Come out to the shore of the frozen lake In the sharp and bracing air. Clamp on your skates on the smooth, clear ice. And glide o'er the glistening glare. With a laugh and a shout and gay halloo Add a share to the skaters' mirth. For the frost king reigns, and his icy away. Prevails o'er the frozen earth. Or bundle yourself in your wraps and furs And come to the waiting sleigh. How the jingling bells fill the frost air as the horses dash away! The white expanses contrasts with the sky's clear blue. (And it may be this hasn't cooled you off. But we've done what we could for you.) -Somerville Journal. Would Be Terrible "The doctors are going to operate on her." "What's wrong? "Something about the coat of her stomach, I understand." "I hope they don't find it out of style. She'd never get over that"—Kansas City Journal. A Clerical Error. It chanced like this: Attorney Small—Touching the estate of Mary Crider—Dictated thus: "And in the fall She put her apples down in cider." Which, when his youthful typlist heard, Although her eyes grew wide and wider, She wrote it down without a word, "She put her apples down inside her." —Satire Benefactors. "The food barons are claiming credit for putting up the price of foodstuffs as benefactors of their kind." "How do they do it?" "They say all experts are advising the public in the summer to eat sparingly."—Baltimore American. More Truth Than Poetry. If we all told the truth in this Unhappy vale of tears We'd say goodbye to all our bites, And days would seem as years. There'd be no faith, no love, no trust, The smiles, no peace, no sooth, We'd want you, we'd want us, If we told nothing but the truth. —Chucknall Enquiries. The Day of the Suffragette. "Are you an instructed delegate?" "I should say so!" "How were you instructed?" "By my wife before I left home."—Washington Star. Most Likely, I've kicked about the weather cold, But like as not I'll be the first to make a how! When it gets hot. -Detroit Free Press. And Fido. Lawyer—In suing for a divorce I presume you want alimony. Client—Yes, at least $1,000 a month and also the custody of Fido.—Philadelphia Telegraph. J. P. Morgan has bought the southeast corner of Wall and Broad streets, New York; assessed valuation, $2,500,000. Emil Sauer, on whom the French government has just conferred the Legion of Honor, is the first German pianist who has ever been so distinguished. Ten years ago the Rev. Thomas Smith, vicar of Greenhill, Harrow, England, resolved not to wear a hat until the debt on his church was paid off. He is now wearing his hat again. Viscount Tajirj of Japan, recently decorated by the emperor with the second highest order, likes to dress in khaki and goes about the streets in the garb of a poor man. He is president of the audit board and a member of the faculty of the imperial university. In rain or snow he goes to his classes on foot, though he might easily own a costly equinage. Walter Williams, dean of the department of journalism of the University of Missouri, never went to college. At fifteen he started life as a printer's "devil" in a country shop and four years later had progressed to the editorial chair. He has the distinction of being the first dean of the first professional school established in this country for the teaching of journalism. Four Kings. Oscar Nicholas II. of Russia spends a great deal of money on court luxuries. He is fond of pomp and has elaborate court entertainments. Emperor William is fond of the theater, attending frequently. Several seasons ago he spent several million marks redecorated the Theatre Royal in Berlin. King Albert of Belgium is inclined to serious study and prefers a book on scientific subjects to a court ball. He spends money on mechanics and encourages science of all kinds and is interested in the mental development of his people. Alfonso XIII. of Spain is especially fond of automobiling and is his own chauffeur. He keeps twelve automobiles. He is fond of all out of door sports and collects rare sporting trophies. He is fond of horses and spends much money on his stable and in travel. Current Comment. The great American game at this season is summer resorting.—Baltimore Sun. Canada proposed to return a cannon captured at Bunker Hill. We've had the hill for 138 years.—Philadelphia Record. Chicago women have evolved a "pickpocket proof" hat, in which they hide their purses. From one extremity to another.—New York Tribune. The postoffice report shows that the American public was swindled out of $120,000,000 last year by fraudulent use of the mails. Will the people never learn?—New York American. Sporting Notes. Louis Tewainland, the Carlisle distance runner, will quit athletica. He has finished his course in the Indian school. Walter McClure, one of America's 1,500 meter entries in the Swedish Olympic games, is a vegetarian. He is a junior in the University of Oregon. President Navin of the Tigers says that with regular work Tex Covington, sent to Providence, will develop into a star. What he lacks most is control. The official scorer of the La Grande club in the Western Tri-state league is a woman. She is a real fan and knows the national pastime from the big gate to the flagpole. Tales of Cities. Kansas City, Mo., plans erection of a garbage incinerating plant at a cost of $800,000. It will have a capacity of seventy-five tons. Chicago has just paid off $2,192,975 of its indebtedness and now owes only $26,613,525.52. Under existing law the city can borrow $19,835,184.88 more when necessary. In Wurzburg, Bavaria, the use of black tiles for roofing purposes is prohibited. Red tiles must be used instead, "so as not to interfere with the beauty of the landscape by the erection of varticolored roofs." Dress Hints. A cloth dipped in ammonia will often remove stains from the collar of an overcoat. If seams are pressed over a broomstick or any rounded edge, with care in keeping them straight, there will be no shining streak to mark their length. Sometimes white trimmings on a colored dress look dingy. Just wring a white cloth out in thin starch, place on the trimming, then put a dry cloth over that and iron with a hot iron and the dirt will come off on to the starched cloth. State Lines Texas is now producing peaches to the annual value of $7,000,000. Of the 9,000,000 inhabiting New York state 7,000,000 live in cities. The state of West Virginia produces sixty-five times more coal than it did thirty years ago. North Carolina last year produced almost as much gold as all the other eastern states combined. If Oregon had as many people to the square mile as has Massachusetts it would have a population of 30,000,000. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL 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 pat The Cranfor Building. The finest building ever op Steam heat, electric light, tile 'Phone Randolph 803 Recent allowed on Savings Acct. Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estate payment of taxes and looking after assessment of Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash A The building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. 2 The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. GALE PIANO 3159 STATE STREET Organs, Talking Machines and Bells and String Instruments. Cash or I payments. Open Evenings till 10.30 Phone Doug. 4558. THE GALE 3159 ST Pianos, Organs, Talking Brass and String Inst Payments, XOpe Phone TUNING Pianos, Organs, Talking Machines and Supplies. Brass and String Instruments. Cash or Easy Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30. THE HOTEL Phone Calumet 2918. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North - La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615Mo 616 Telephone Main 3077 TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 1760 Auto. 791 HENRY C. ROMAR'& SON Summet 2918. CHICAGO GASH KEY AT LAW In Salle St. Chicago 6158to 616 In Main 3077 PhoneES Oakland 1760 Auto. 79156 Phone Douglas ES80 Room Room 25-30 The Douglass Frank L. Gale S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT State on commission, manages estates for non-resi- ties and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Fenford Apartment 45. 3600 Wabash Ave. ver opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. LE PIANO CO. STATE STREET Talking Machines and Supplies. ing Instruments. Cash or Easy Open Evenings till 10.30. phone Doug. 4558. AMERICAN BANK WILL NOT FAIL PAYS 3% ON SAVINGS WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE Wm. D. Neighbors, Cashier Chas. L. Lewis REPAIRING "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. EVERYTHING TO WEAR TO EAT AND FOR THE HOME AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. H Real Lo Fire and Plate 4709 S. HA CHIC IN J. BRADL Real Estate Loans and Plate Glass Insuran 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 1787 The BELLE M Buffet a FRANK H. LE 5059 Arrow Cor. 51st St Phone Douglas 4482 The La Verdo C 3100-2 STATE ST First Class Chinese and American High Class Phone All Hotel Br Geo. W. H BUFFET, POOL BILLE MEADE Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 9 Armour Rt. 51st Street, Chicago 482 Automatic Verdo Cafe and B 0-2 STATE STREET, CHICAGO Chinese and American Restaurant in High Class Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY The BELLE MEADE CLUB Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 5059 Armour Ave Cor. 51st Street, Chicago The La Verdo Cafe and Buffet 3100-2 STATE STREET, CHICAGO First Class Chinese and American Restaurant in Connection High Class Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY, Proprietor. Phone Aldine 3653 el Brunsw Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BET, POOL AND BILLIAR e Buffet and C Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Elite Buffe 3030 State Street 66 Chas. "I wonder what his become of my husband? Three days ago I sent him to match a sample at a department store. He hasn't been seen since." "I saw him yesterday. He was at the third counter of the fourteenth aisle and was just starting for the fourteenth counter of the third aisle."—Washington Herald. If a burgiar skipped through a basement door To steal a ham would the furnace roar? If he stopped to learn if the ham was good Would the coal chute quick as the kin dling would? -Satire. Young Doctor-What do you support I got out of the senator's windpipe? Old Doctor-Oh, about $1,000! -Judge. His poem pictured sea and wave, Calm lake and brooklet sweet So realistic was his art His stanzas had wet feet. -Satire. Woman-What do you charge for procuring a divorce? Lawyer-Fifty dollars, but if you can get up a club of six-10 per cent off- -Life. I remember, I remember The flat where I was born. Where hill collectors came around From the first peep of morn. The handford was a funny man. He used to want his pay. And so when I was three months old We had to move away. —Pittsburgh Post. "My daughter wants to marry a duke." "Mine wants to marry a poet." "Well, I believe I'd rather support a poet than a duke. From all accounts a poet won't eat much, and I don't think he'll want to play the stock market all the time."—Kansas City Journal. 3004 State Street A. F. Cedezos Phone Douglas 8258 BRADLEY Estate ans Glass Insurance ALSTED ST CAGO MEADE CLUB and Cafe WIS, Proprietor Amour Ave. Street, Chicago Automatic Phone 74-478 Cafe and Buffet STREET, CHICAGO American Restaurant in Connection Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY, Proprietor. Idine 3653 brunswick Molt, Prop. AND BILLIARDS. Chicago et and Cafe Ghae, Harris, Manager Little drops in water, Little drops on land, Make the aviator Join the heavenly band. -Satire Netherlands Courts. Trial by jury does not exist in the Netherlands. The Name Kansas: The name Kansas, it is said, was originally Kauzas. The name Kauzas, or Kawa, belonged to the early Indians of the region. A missionary wrote about the Kauzas, and so it got into print, but a proofreader thought that the "u" was an accidentally inverted "n" and changed the word to Kansas. Dust In Air. A cubic inch of air arising from the flame of a Bunsen burner has been found to contain no fewer than 480,000,000 dust particles. The Fixed Stars The distances in the universe are so vast that no telescope has ever actually revealed the disk of a fixed star. All that is shown in the most powerful reflector is a mere point of light without any definite outline. Each fixed star is regarded by astronomers as a sun, the center of its own planetary system. The "Valley" of Mexico. The "valley" of Mexico is 7,500 feet above the sea level. It is generally supposed that there are many fundamental things, such as mathematics, which must be exactly the same everywhere. A scientist declares in Popular Mechanics Magazine that this is not strictly true and shows that it is possible, and, in fact, very probable, that simple arithmetic on Mars differs much from that which is used on the earth. Chicago Henry Jones