The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Miss Lucile Cameron who had her day and fling in Chicago Released on a $1000 Bond MRS. CAMERON-FALCONET WHO AT ONE TIME RAN A CHEAP ROOMING HOUSE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. AND WHO IS NOT WORTH ONE PENNY IN CHICAGO REAL ESTATE OR OTHER PROPERTY IN THIS STATE. SIGNED THE BOND FOR HER FAST AND WAYWARD DAUGHTER, WHO WAS MIXED UP WITH ANOTHER COLORED MAN BEFORE SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH JACK JOHNSON. AND SHE IS PERMITTED TO TAKE HER OUT OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AT THIS POINT SIMPLY PROMISING TO RE-APPEAR WITH HER WHEN SHE IS WANTED AS A WITNESS. THE UNITED STATES OFFICIALS GROSSLY VIOLATED THE LAW WHEN THEY RAIDED THE CAPE DE CHAMPION IN THEIR ALLEGED SEARCH FOR FEMALE WHITE SLAVES. THE UNSPEAKABLE CHARLES ERBSTEIN ACCOMPANIED THEM FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE THAN TO PROVOKE JACK JOHNSON TO STRIKE AT HIM SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ENABLED TO LAND HIM IN JAIL FOR A LONG TIME. THE LAWS OF THE LAND ARE ALWAYS SET ASIDE OR OVERRIDDEN WHENEVER A COLORED MAN IS ACCUSED OF BEING MIXED UP WITH A WHITE LADY OF QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER. THE NEW YORK WORLD SPEAKS OUT IN FAVOR OF JACK JOHNSON. Vol. XVIII. Miss Lucile who had fling in O leased Bond MRS. CAMERON-FALCONET WHO ING HOUSE IN MINNEAPOLIS ONE PENNY IN CHICAGO REAL THIS STATE. SIGNED THE BOND FOR HER PAPER WAS MIXED UP WITH ANO CAME IN CONTACT WITH JAC AND SHE IS PERMITTED TO TAKE OF THE UNITED STATES DISPLY PROMISING TO RE-APPLY WANTED AS A WITNESS. THE UNITED STATES OFFICIAL WHEN THEY RAIDED THE O LEGED SEARCH FOR FEMALE THE UNSPEAKABLE CHARLES E NO OTHER PURPOSE THAN STRIKE AT HIM SO THAT THE HIM IN JAIL FOR A LONG TIME THE LAWS OF THE LAND ARE AT WHENEVER A COLORED MAN WITH A WHITE LADY OF QU THE NEW YORK WORLD SPEAKS The people residing in this city and throughout the country are just beginning to revert back to their sane or second sober thought and they are almost able at this time to note the fact that they permitted themselves to be whipped or lashed into a fury by the race prejudice ridden daily newspapers over the Cameron-Johnson affair, that the owners and managers of this class of daily newspapers who had worked them up to the point where they were ready and willing to kill any and every Colored man they met and keep or retain all the good looking Colored women for the sole benefit of white gentlemen, were not interested in Miss Cameron to any greater extent than to enable them to sell several hundred thousand extra copies of their lying newspapers each day while the excitement was at white heat in connection with her immoral and fast conduct, as an evidence of this fact they are one by one dropping her like a red-hot potato. At no time in the history of Chicago have its citizens who as a general rule are reasonably self-possessed and are unaccustomed of going off half cocked in mass on any passing event, permitted the daily newspapers to hand them so much raw bunk and to put one all over on them like unto the affair under discussion, and they should be more than willing to proclaim themselves to the world as a healthy lot of suckers if they ever permit the daily press to dish them up another dose of the same kind of race prejudice medicine. On Monday morning as set forth in these columns last week Miss Lucile Cameron appeared in the United States District Court before Judge Carpenter her mother Mrs. Cameron-Falconet, who at one time ran a cheap room house in Minneapolis, Minn. and who is also charged with being rather fast herself at one time, and turning some tricks which would not look very well in print, was in court with her daughter and signed the $1000 bond for her, it must be remembered that Mrs. Cameron-Falconet has not one penny's worth of real estate in Chicago or no kind of property in this state, at the same time she informed Judge Carpenter that it was her intention to take her fast and wayward daughter who was mixed up with another Colored man before she came in contact with Jack Johnson, out of the Jurisdiction of the United States District Court, at this point and the court took her word for it, and from her bond which is not worth the price of the paper her name is written on that she would reappear in court with Miss Lucile whenever she is wanted as a witness. In view of this fact what becomes of the loud bluffing and frothings of Judge K. M. Landis and United States District attorney James H. Wilkerson who were loud in declaring to the world through the columns of the daily newspapers that they would not permit Miss Cameron to be released from the Rockford, Ill. prison on a $25,000 bond for the reason that she might run away and marry Jack Johnson? As further evidence that race prejudice was running high or strong among the judges and other government officials, for at the time the daily newspapers were doing their best to start a race riot in this city and while they were intimating three or four times a day that Jack Johnson, like King Solomon of old had three or four hundred beautiful white female, unwilling slaves stored away in the upper rooms of the Cafe De Champion and that all they had to do was to dress in fine silks and satins, bedeck themselves with brilliant diamonds and other expensive jewelry, to feast on quail on toast and other good eating, to drink the rarest and the finest of wines and to spend all their leisure time in tickling him under his prize fighting chin. The government officials having a lot of this kind of down right rot pumped into their mule like ears and finally they became so full that they could not stand it any longer, so without warrant or authority they grossly violated the law and raided the Cafe De Champion, in their race prejudice mad and alleged search for white female slaves but they utterly failed to find one in any nook or corner or in any of the dark and secret rooms in connection with the Cafe De Champion at that time. In order to try and get Jack Johnson deeper into the clutches of the law the government officials had the unspeakable Charles Erbstein who is cordially hated by all the decent Colored people in this city to accompany them for no other purpose than to provoke Jack Johnson to strike at him, so that they would be enabled to land him in jail for a long time, for attempting to defend himself against the insults of Charles Erbstein who is in our opinion a greater criminal at heart than Jack Johnson or ten thousand other Colored men, but the Champion was too wise to fall for their ranch house tactics. rough house. The great, most important and the most far reaching question involved in the Johnson-Cameron affair is, simply this namely, that some white gentlemen residing in the North like many CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 30, 1912 ALDERMAN MICHAEL McINEREY. Owing to his hard work in the past in the interest of all of the people residing in the 30th ward. He may be induced to make the race for re-election to the city council this coming spring. white gentlemen living in the South delight to consort with the black est and the most repulsive looking Colored women that can be found in two days travel, they will live with them open and above board and protect them in every way and entertain the idea that they are simply peaches and cream, at the same time these same white gentlemen are ever ready to set aside the laws of the land or over ride them transform themselves into wild and ferocious hell-hounds throw all of their boasted superiority and their so-called high civilization to the winds, revert back to savagery and to mob and lynch law whenever a Colored man is accused of being mixed up with a white lady of questionable character. The New York World, the greatest newspaper in the world speaks out in the following manner on the Johnson-Cameron affair: "The prosecution of Jack Johnson is becoming interesting in more ways than one. It is no longer a mere record of incidents in the life of a dissolute pugilist it is an issue of equal rights in the courts. There is a growing suspicion that no matter how bad a man Johnson may be—and he is bad, undoubtedly-popular clamor and race prejudice are making him blacker than he is. Whatever he may be, he is entitled to his rights under the laws impartially administered. The amount of bail required for him is larger than has ever been asked in similar cases. It is probable that no such sum would be demanded of any other man in America upon a like charge. Offense is not capital. The courts should be no respecters of persons. No man should have to go to the Supreme Court at Washington to get reasonable bail in a criminal case not capital." BOLAND W. HAYES THE TENOR SOLOIST OF BOSTON, MASS. HIGHLY DELIGHTED HIS CHI- CAGO HEARERS. Wednesday evening Roland W Hayes, the noted tenor-soloist of the New England Conservatory of Music Boston, Mass., made his first appearance in this city, in a song recital at the Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn street. To say the least, he highly delighted those who were fortunate enough to listen to his extraordinary fine and classical singing. The following highly edifying program was delightfully rendered: gram was delightfully rendered: Serenade, Schubert; Mmes. Anderson, Towson, Messra, Goessett and Taylor, Hymn to the Night, Tipton; Mr Hayes, (a) Bararearle-Tales of Hoffman, Offenbach; (b) Schon Bosmarin, Kreisler; (e) Läbesfreud, Kreisler; (a) Moonlight Song, Cadman; (b) Ecestacy, Rummel; Mr. Hayes, Trio—Faust, Gounod; Mrs. Anderson, Messrs Gossett and Taylor, Celeste Aida—Aida Verdi; Mr. Hayes, Concerto—Andante e finale, Mendelssohn; Mr. Emanuel, Onaway, Awake Beloved—Hiawatha. S. Coleridge Taylor; Mr. Hayes. Mr. Hayes, possesses a very soft or melodious and at the same time a deep voice, which in making the high notes, resembles a sounding board. He sings German as easily as English and he is not unfamiliar with the French and Italian song writers, or their musical compositions are not unknown to him, when it comes to rendering them as they should be rendered. It was unfortunate indeed that Institutional Church was not filled to overflowing, by the so-called music loving people in this city, to greet Mr. Hayes, on his first visit to Chicago. EIGHTY MILLIONS OF BED SEALS ON SALE TO-DAY. One Hundred Thousand Tuberculosis Fighters in Twenty-five Thousand Agencies Engaged in Holiday Campaign. Beginning to-day over 80,000,000 Red Cross Christmas Seals will be placed on sale in almost every large city and nearly every state of the United States the proceeds to go for the benefit of the anti-tuberculosis movement in the community where the seals are sold. This announcement was made to-day from headquarters of The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis which is directing the sale from its New York office. So carefully has the sale been organized throughout the country that with the exception of the states of Florida, Oklahoma, Nevada and Idaho, Red Cross Seals will be on sale in almost every city, town, village and hamlet of the United States and even in Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Canal Zone. The seals will be sold from drug stores, department stores and other kinds of stores and shops, from post offices, railway stations, booths on the street, hotel lobbies and in numerous other places. The number of agencies handling the sale in this way aggregates over 25,000, while the actual number of individuals engaged in the sale, almost entirely volunteers, will reach well over 100,000. Society leaders in almost every large city of the country, notably in Pittsburg, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati San Francisco and elsewhere are taking a leading part in this campaign. The American Red Cross has already printed for the work over 85,000,000 seals and probably the edition will number 100,000,000 before the end of the campaign. Fully 10,000,000 pieces of advertising literature have already been sent out, and several million more are being distributed from local and state agencies throughout the country. The Ex-Presidents of the United States should not be Pensioned by the Federal Government FOR SUCH A PLAN OR PROPOSITION WOULD ENCOURAGE LAZINESS AND EXTRAVAGANCE. THE MONEY FOR MAINTAINING THEM WOULD COME OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE POOR OR THE LABORING CLASSES AND NOT OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE MULTIMILLIONAIRES AND OTHERS WHO HAVE GROWN FAT AND RICH BY ROBBING AND PLUNDERING THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT. THE PRESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHILE OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE LIVE IN AS MUCH GRANDURE AND LUXURY AS THE KINGS, QUEENS AND POTENTATES OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE EXPENSE FOR MAINTAINING THEM IS DEFRAYED BY THE PLAIN OR THE COMMON PEOPLE. Considerable talk has been indulged in lately in reference to providing a pension of $25,000 a year, for all ex Presidents of the United States by the government, and recently, Mr Andrew Carnegie, the great Iron Kings who accumulated his untold millions by having the government to enact special legislation in the interest of his line of business, which gave him a great advantage over his smaller and weaker competitors, and we might with propriety say, for many years he has enjoyed an absolute monopoly has brought forward or evolved a plan, or proposition, to provide the ex-Presidents with a pension of $25,000 per year and their wives with a like sum and in case they survived their husbands and do not remarry again, they are to receive their pension money as long as they live. In case the ex-Presidents desire, to accept the pension money thus proffered, they and their wives will not be required to sign any kind of application papers whatever. All they will have to do, will be to indicate that they desire to have the money to come or to blow in their direction. Not that we entertain the slightest envy, against those who have all ways inclined to the idea of living in ease and comfort and extravagant luxury beyond extreme, from the earnings of the great middle class or the toiling millions who are never able to get their noses away from the grinding stone or from the coarse bread and meat proposition, any further than two weeks at the very longest. It is for these and many other logical reasons, why we are opposed to the plan of pensioning the ex-Presidents of the United States by the government. For as stated before, the pension money whatever amount it would be, would come either directly or indirectly out of the pockets of those, who could ill afford to be burdened with the extra expense or taxa It is planned to make the campaign this year the largest that has ever been held. If the anticipations of the anti-tuberculosis workers are realized, no less than $400,000 will be obtained from the sale of Red Cross Seals. Practically all of the money remains in the state or city where the seals are sold, only a very small percentage of it is going to pay for the cost of the printing and distributing the seals and for the expense of running the campaign. The National Association announces that in case any person cannot obtain seals in the community where they live, they can secure them by writing to Red Cross Seal Headquarters, 715 Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. Red Cross Seals cost one cent each and every seal sold is a bullet in the fight against tuberculosis. 一 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Clark and the other members of their family have removed from the American Apartment Building, 2728 Wabash Ave., to 3323 Forest Ave. No. 9 tion and it would never come out of the pockets of the multimillionaires and others who have grown fat and emensely rich by robbing and plundering the people in various ways, as well as the government itself. Ever since the formation of this nation, its officials have provided each president with each and every thing, which would be conducive to their comfort and happiness, all the provisions used in the White House are provided by the government, including servants, furnishings of every description, flowers, music for receptions, automobiles, carriage and riding horses—in short the president while occupying the White House, is never called upon to spend one penny of his own money for anything used in connection with his occupancy of it and if the president or the mistress of the White House, desire to spend $50,000 or a $100,000 for new furnishings or trappings for it, the money is forth coming out of the pockets of the common people. For President Theodore Roosevelt, during the time that he occupied it, spent $540,000 on it, and Mrs. Roosevelt, spent $30,000 for one china service which she selected. Thus it will be seen that the President and his family while occupying the White House, live in the greatest oriental splendor—that none of the Kings, Queens or potentates of the old world surpass them, in luxury and grandeur in their mode of living. It is therefore unreasonable to expect that the government should pension the ex-Presidents. For while serving as such, they receive $75,000 per year for their services and everything furnished them excepting their clothing and if they spend all that sum of money in the four years time for extravagant pleasure without attempting to provide for a rainy day, they have no one to blame but themselves and they are not entitled to a pension from the government. WHAT A WIFE NEEDS She needs a good temper, a cheerful disposition and a knowledge of how her husband should be treated. She needs a capability of looking on the bright side of life and refusing to be worried by small things. She needs a secure grasp of such subjects as are of interest to men and should not be above studying even politics in order to understand should her husband speak of it. She needs a sympathetic nature in order that should sorrow fall upon them she may be able to give comfort to her husband. She needs to understand something of sick nursing. A wife with no notion of what to do in cases of illness is but a useless thing. She needs considerable tact and patience—the one to enable her to know when to remain silent, and vice versa, and the other to put up with him when his temper is ruffled. THE BROADAX PUBLISHED WEEELE. (Wil prearsigase =a Sipe een eee oe Sree as tala "write only on one tide of tbs pane Sebecriptions must be psid im advance Se eee eabiqettising cates made known on appl (Address all commanications to THE}BROAD AX er ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, XE. PHONE — ee ULIUs F. TAYLOR, Réttor and ‘Publisher Ses se EDUGATING OUR CHILDEEN. ‘To the Colored People of the South: This season of the year, for several years, I have spoken a word to you Tegarding the importance of building Up & good, first-class school in every community. Plans are on the way by which during the third week in Oc- tober, 1913, the Colored people throughout the United States will cele- brate the fiftieth anniversary of their actual freedom as a race. In this connection it is of the greatest import: ance that we be able to show to the ‘world the progress that we have made in sustaining and building up first-class public schools, especially in the rural districts. During the last fifty years we have succeedpd in reducing our ignorance from 97 per cent to 80 per cent. This is a fine showing for fifty years of freedom. We must not stop, we must go further. The greatest points of weakness just now are in the small country districts. In every ease where there are al- ready proper school facilities, the busi ness men, together with the ministers and teachers, should appeal constantly to the public school authorities to sec that better provisions are made. Un- Jess we look out for ourselves, we can- not expect other people to do so. As an illustration of what united and con- stant effort can accomplish, I would state that during the last five years the Colored people in Macon County, Alabama have contributed $12,133.05 toward the building of new school: houses; in addition they have contrib- uted $14,000 toward the extension of school terms in the county. The result is that nearly every school district in ‘Macon County has a first-class school: house, well painted and well furnished, ‘the school term has been extended from four to seven months in the year, and the people are continuing to contribute in the way of extra taxation toward the upkeep of public schools. Something of this kind can be done in every county in the South where there are not satisfactory facilities. In order to indieste the problem that is before us, I understand, on good au- thority, that in Louisiana in one par. ish where there are 8,000 Colored peo- ple, there is no school building in the entire parish. Of course, such a condi: tion means ignorance, and ignorance means poverty, and poverty means crime. We must not cease to agitate the question of education, to keep the white people in our communities in- formed concerning our educational in- terests and desires. We cannot get something for nothing. It is only through constant effort that we shall get education for our children. While in many parts of the South the educational opportunities are sc few that it is almost discouraging, ix other sections the outlook is bright For example, at a meeting of the county superintendents of Alabams called by the State Superintendent of Education in Montgomery a few day: ago, the following sentiment, relating to the Negro, was unanimously en dorsed: ««By providing him with schools an¢ churebes instead of poison and whiske he will make better and more usefu Citizen, secording to one delegat present. Others expressed their opin ion on the Negroes’ relation to educa tion, and it was the unanimous opinior that the race should be aided as much ‘as possible by the state.’’ It is encouraging to note, too, that im many connties in the South, the teachers are under the supervision and guidance of Dr. James H. Dillard president of the Anna T. Jeanes Fund and ave doing much to improve the edu. ation of the race and to bring about etter ‘relations between black and white people. These Jeanes Funé ‘teachers should have the constant sup port and co-operation of our leader ‘wherever they are at work. In csnctesion, lat me mae ministers ‘and ail classes to unite and make this a basiner year in the matter of improv ing the public schools for onr - Gigned) 7. ‘Tuskegee Institute, Als, EANSAS DEMOCRATS ELBOT A ‘NBGRO COUNTY ATTORNEY! Hon. W. L. Sayers, One of the State's Brightest Lawyers Lands @ High Of- fice—The Democtats Nominated and ‘Stood by Him. We are glad to note the fact and the Oglored people should be very grateful to know that some of the good things that are passing around to the Democrats are also passing into the hands of Colored people. We can rejoice over the election of a promi- nent Colored lawyer, Hon. W. L. Sayers, to the office of County Attor- ney of Graham County, one of the most prominent lawyers of that county as well as of the whole western por- tion of this state. He was elected on the Democratic ticket with » majority of 324, Mr. Crank, the white Repub- liean candidate, received a total of 564 votes, Mr. Clack the Socialist candi- date, 119 and Mr. Sayers, the Colored Democratic candidate 888, carrying 11 of the 13 townships of the county. It is true that this county has a large Colored population, but the white popu- lation is far in the majority. Mr. Sayers even had the support of some of the old moss-back Democrats of the Southern states. This shows that the Democrats are having a change of hearts as well as thought and we can- not help but feel proud over this hon- ored position given s member of our race. If the Democrats would only put the brakes on some of the hot-headed members of their party in the South and give the hard-working, progres- sive Colored citizen an even break, the Colored people would vote the Democratic ticket as well as any of the rest. We wish Mr. Sayers well and hope he will use his influence with the President-elect, Mr. Wilson, in such 2 way as to cause him to give his Colored brethren an even break for existenee—The Plaindealer, Topeka, Kansas, November 23, "12. AMALGAMATION OF RACES. Well Known Anthropologist Notes (Change in Color of Afro-Americans. ee ee ee Or, Nn ‘As the earlier separated American types are becoming centralized into one type, 80 the American Negro, al- ready possessed of many of the men- tal and emotional characteristics of our nation, has become so importantly different from his African ancestor ‘that to call him a plain Ethiopian ‘would not be touching the point, says Walter Winston Kenilworth in the Forum. He is already an American citizen, Who knows what he will be six generations hence? ‘Apart from this, it remains singu- larly mysterious just exactly why the ‘Negro type is gradually relinquishing its darker bodily shade and coming into rarer and more Caucasian color. ‘There are Negroes, and an increas- ingly growing number of them, whose color is not far removed from that of the average Caucasian of southern Europe or western Asia. Many of them in truth might be taken for ori- entals of the darker Italian or Span- ish types. The only reasonable hypothesis is the amalgamation of the Negro with the Caucasian. It alone can account for the gradual change in the frontal development of the head, the gradual thinning of the lips, the gradual con- traction of the nostrils and the gradual change in texture of the hair, reced- ing from its primitive curly state to the straight black coarse hair of the south Asiatic, the Malay or Pacific island type. ‘This is so emphatically striking that attention only need be called to the fact. A TYPE OF NEGRO RURAL SCHOOL. ‘What are some of the facts about the condition of Negro publie education in Virginia? There are about 2200 Ne- gro public schools in the state. Of this number a conservative estimate would give 2000 of them as one-room schools. Many of the schools have no home at all. They are carried on in rented halls, or in old shacks and log cabins. In one county that we visited a school was held in one room of an abandoned Negro dwelling house. ‘This house was box shaped and cut up cross- wise into three rooms. A sill, in the room in which the school was held, was broken on one side, throwing up the floor in the middle of the room. Every pane of glass was out of the window, the door could not be closed, and the walls of the room were black with smoke, dirt and cobwebs. The teacher's chair was without bottom, her table was made of an old drygoods box, very roughly put together, the benches on which the children sat would not stand upright except when the children were sitting on them, and the stove was so full of holes that it hardly held the fire. The whole place was recking with odors and smells common to old, disearded houses where old shoes, rags and s thousand other things are left around. This is one of the worst types of schoolhouses ia the state, yet there are many of its kind. ? ‘Much has been done during the isst ten years in the rural districts in school decoration and improvement by the Seala cok eee are Thomas C. Walker and others, yet capse of the extensivencss of the field and the diffcylties of the work, much ‘yet remains to be done in this direc- tion—J. M. Gandy in the Southern Workman. PLEASURE TRIP. | Miss Ethel McElwee, daughter of ‘Mr and Mrs, & A. McElwee, 3230 Forest avenue, who has for sometime ‘been assisting her father in his law practice, left the latter part of last ‘week on a pleasure trip through the south. While absent she will visit various points in East, Middle and West Tennessee and in Mo. during her stay in Nashville, Tenn. she will be the guest of Lady Emma the very popular and accomplished daughter of Bishop and Mrs. C. H. Phillips. She will then visit her aunt, Mrs. Josie Auterberry at Chattanooga, Tenn. and then take a run to her father’s farm in West Tennessee near Brownsville, Tenn., where she will be the guest of her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Me- Elwee both of whom are living and are over 80 years old and still do work on the farm. She will then go to St. Louis, Mo. where she will spend the holidays as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Phillips, the son of Bishop C. H. Phillips who has in a short time built up a large and lucrative practice in his profession. She will then re- turn home early in January, 1913 and after assisting her father for a short time he will send her to New York to take a Special Course in Domestic Science. THE BEDBUG. ‘The bedbug is an unmitigated nuis ance and so regarded by everybody and by all good housewives in particu: lar. This universal hatred of bed- bugs, according to Assistant Surgeon General Rucker of the Public Health Service, is a valuable thing; and if only all housewives would fight the fly as strenuously and diligently as they carry on their war against the bedbug our nation would make a long stride toward the goal of health. However, Dr. Rueker says it is not a disgrace to have bedbugs, as their presence may mean merely accidental introduction. But, he adds that their continued pres ence means a positive disregard for health. ‘According to Dr. Rucker, the bed- bug is one of the oldest of pests to the human race. And that when primeval man quit living in tree tops and took to cover, the bedbug went with him. In all his wanderings around the earth man has carried the bedbug with him and few of the modern ocean liners are free from this ever present and much dreaded pest. Neither cold nor heat seems to affect the bedbug, and in addition it can hibernate indefinite ly witbout sustenance and come uf alert and vigorous after a prolonged period of starvation and rest. ‘The bedbug is really a mysterious sort of insect. It thrives and multi- plies in old and dirty houses, in the cracks and crevices of floors, walls, ceilings, in all wooden bedstepds and behind wall paper. Its natural food is human blood, but failing to get this it seems to thrive and do well upon de- eaying wood and the dust in floor cracks. Bedbugs are hard-to get rid of, when once they have found lodgment in the house. The best means is to destroy ‘or remove their place of concealment As is well known, bedbugs work only st night and remain quiet during the day time. While they multiply rapidly, it takes from seven to 11 weeks ac cording to warmth and food supply from the time eggs are laid until the ‘bugs are full grown and ready for theit nightly depredations. "To destroy both the bugs and the ‘eggs, corrosive sublimate and boiling i are the best and safest agencies for the housewife to use. Benzine and ‘turpentine poured in cracks are effec tive but are both dangerous and should ‘be used with care. 8. H. DUDLEY AND THE SMART SET PLAYED TO CROWDED HOUSES AT THE GLOBE THEA- TRE. Sherman H. Dudley, and his new Smart Set Company, in ‘Doctor Beans From Boston,’’ opened up at the Globe Theatre, Wabash avenue and Hubbard Court, last Sunday afternoon and played to capacity houses at each performance including the last, Thurs- day evening. On the whole the show is much better than it was on its previous visit to this city. Arthur Talbot, Miss Lottie Grady, Henry Troy, Miss Bessie K. Payne, James Burris, and others of lesser light were exceedingly fine in their respective characters. ‘Sherman H. Dudley, as the bogus “Doctor Beans, from Boston,” as us- ual was more than half of the whole show, and he brought down the house every time he unwound some of his large stock of wit and new jokes. oe ae we to Ter ‘De Beare a Sear. a eS cnt cal at var en che toh sod. lagu? sortames pein by the Indie connected with the com- [pany were peat and fresh and made ‘a Sno on by their lady like de- feanor aed graceful dancing. JESUS A STUPENDOUS FAILURE. Jeaus, of Nazareth, was not consid- ered much of a success by the respec: table orthodox people of His day. His career, from the manger of Bethlebem to the cross of Calvary, was regarded by the vast majority of His gener tion as a most stupendous failure. Yet from that failure there dawned a new era—a wonderful age, and for nearly twenty centuries His name has affected the destinies of the world. Twenty-five hundred yeats ago a man lived and died in China, and the event was not thought of much im- portance by his countrymen at the time. That man was called Confucius ‘And yet, for two thousand years the words of Confucius have been the moral and civil law of the Chinese em- pire, and to-day four hundred million human beings—one quarter of the world’s population—bold in veneration the sacred name of Confucius. ‘The standard by which the world judges its living and contemporary minds is a false and foolish standard. It is the standard of material success. It is the standard of gilt and glitter and of sham and humbug. By that standard no prophet was ever meas: ured. The prophet stands upon the signal towers of progress and beholds the dawn of a new age while the world sleeps in intellectual darkness. The prophet stands upon the shore of the great ocean of truth and sees land on the other side. But the world has no use for the prophet until he has been dead two centuries—Boss Winn. PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. More Negro saints. The church has already raised to her altars Saint Bene- diet, the Moor, under whose invoca- tion a eburch bas long stood in New York City, and Blessed Martin Porres, a South American, a son of a Spanish father and a Negro mother. ‘The beatification cause of 22 na- tive black men, martyred a few years ago in the Nyanza, is now being opened at Rome. Most of these were converts of Cardinal Lavigerie’s White Fathers, and were baptized only in the 780s. Some had previously been Prostes- tants; others, Mohammendans. At the test they met death as bravely on the hill of Kampia, and torments as fright- ful as those of the martyrs of the Col- iseum in Pagan Rome. In the matter of the Negro mar- tyrs, their prayers must be helping the spread of the faith amid their race in America, for New York has now its second church for them, and a house of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacra- ment—Mother Katherine Drexel’s or- der, founded exclusively for the serv- ice of the Negroes and Indians—bas been opened in this city. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH, Cor. 38th & Dearborn Sts. ee Ee Last Sundays services marked a new epoch in the history of Walters A.M. E. Zion. It was our rally day for the mortgage debt. The weather was not so pleasant and our audiences were not as large as usual, our collec- tion in the morning was only $20.00. ‘At 3:30 P. M. Dr. D. P. Roberts of Bethel A. M. E. Church preached us an excellent sermon to a very small audience, and Rey. T. L. Scott of the €. M. E. Church rendered us valuable service at the same hour and we raised a little over $35.00. Our evening service was not as large as usual; but when the roll call of Captains was ended and the battle seard warriors of Zion had made their last self sacrificing rush to the table it was found that the enemy was in full retreat and $1072.67, had been raised. The first time in the history of the church, that over a thousand dollars was raised in a sigle effort. ‘The mark set and which we must reach is $150,000. We wish our friends to know that we are continuing the fight and hope to reach the mark by the close of Sunday services. Bishop G. L. Blackwell, 8. T. D. our presiding hishop will preach for us morning and evening. Dr. W. D. Cook of Quinn Chapel will preach for us at 3:00 P. M. A very cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend all of these services. ‘When the rally is over a full report will be givea the public—‘‘O’* JACK JOHNSON. ‘We have reached the conclusion and so have hundreds of others, that Jack Johnson is being persecuted rather than prosecuted, although we do not doubt but that there is some truth in the tales that are being told on Jack in regard to his relation with white women. But Jack has not kidnapped any of them, and neither is be guilty of being a white slaver. The trath of the matter is Jack is s fool with plenty of money, and those white yomen are after it. If you doubt it, wateh the outcome of the whole dirty ea Sete eet. Or Nov a 42 Ap ‘MBS. BABBER WILL RE Lap SIDE IN PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, November 27.—Dr. and Mrs. J. Max Barber, who were married here a few days ago, are now aiding at 3223 Woodlawn avenue, Philadelphia. The bride was Miss Hattie B. Taylor. ‘Dr. Barber is 34 years of age and ‘was graduated from Virginia Union University. He is a brilliant writer and was editor of the Voice of the Negro, which was first published at Atlanta. When the Atlanta riots oc- curred in 1906 he sent a telegram to the New York World, giving what many said was the true status of things. For this he was ordered to leave that city. He came here several years ago and began the study of Den- tistry at the University of Pennsyl- vania, He was graduated last June. CHIPS. ‘The Indy minstrels and some of their male friends will give a one night show at Oakland music hall, ‘Monday evening, December 16. ‘Mrs. Julius F. Taylor, celebrated her umpteenth birthday Thursday, Thanks- giving Day and received several nice presents in honor of the event or the occasion. “The stork who is kept mighty busy these cold winter days, on Tuesday, November 26, presented Mr. and Mrs. Floyd S. Emanuel, 5649 Grove Ave. with a bouncing baby boy and all parties are doing well. Mrs. Reuben Buckner, 5027 Armour ‘Ave. returned home Thursday from Indianapolis, Ind., where she attended the funeral of her late Brother William Anderson Taylor who passed away in that city, November 9 after a long spell of sickness. The Advoate, of Atlantic City, N. J. which is the best and most up-to-date Afro-American newspaper published in that state, has each week for the last four or five weeks, been publish- ing our articles in full, on ‘‘the Jack Johnson and Lucile Cameron affair, which shows that brother and editor James H. Lightfoot, knows a good thing when he sees it. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, 3253 South State street, ‘<I take great pleas- ure in stating that the last issue of The Broad Ax, was full of racy and unanswerable reading and I only hope it would be possible for every person in the civilized world to obtain and read a copy of it, you are a bold and fearless writer in behalf of right and justice.’? The One Hundred and First Anni- versary of the birth of Wendell Phil- lips, wns celebrated last evening at Quinn Chapel, 24th and Wabash Ave. Mr. Charles Edward Russell the far famed and noted author and bumani- tarian, delivered the leading oration, on ‘<Wendell Phillips,’? the church wan well filled and it was an evening well spent by all who attended the eelebratics. Saturday evening the majority of the members of the Appomattox Club, met in their parlors and after consider- able all around talking by the members the following ticket was united upon, to be voted for at a later date. For President, Frank H. Hamilton, Viee- President, H. C. Catlin, Treasurer, Henry §. Anderson, Corresponding Secretary, Jobn Trott, Financial See- retary, David MeGowan. Mr. George King, 99th street and Vincennes Road, who bas been a faith- ful employe of the Chieago and Rock Island Road, for a number of years and his good wife Mrs. King, who is station agent for the railroad company at that point, are still firm supporters of The Broad Ax, and they are both loud in proclaiming that it is by far the best newspaper, published among the Afro-Americans in this neck of the woods. | ‘Mr. and Mrs. Monroe L. Manning, 3524 Calumet avenue, have agreed to isagree and to break away from each other forever more hereafter and Mrs. Manning through her lawyer Attornes ‘Walter M. Farmer, 184 West Washing: ton street last week, instituted divorce proceedings in the Circuit Court against her husband, charging him with repeated cruelty, and not loving her as much as he should, according to the promise he made in the presence ‘of the preacher and their friends of the day of their wedding. A BARGAIN. $2750 cash takes Bedford stone front, three fist building, lot 252125, near Grand Boulevard end lst St Good condition. Plate glass windows, Kiowenes se, © per cet ene $8000, 5 per cent. Brings AT per cont om equity. Lonis B. Berg- eet 0 Se eee ome. Phone West ‘WOMEN HOLD CONVENTIONS ST ee a a Convention Held In Brooklyn The eleventh annual meeting of the woman's missionary convention, anxit tary to the colored Baptist state con, vention of New York. was held ig Brooklyn on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct 8081, and was larcely attended, ‘There were delegates from most of the ehurebes in Greater New York ang from many in other parts of the state ‘The sessions of the contention wers presided over by the presilent, Mey D. D. Richardson. ‘The reports from the various organ. gations of which the convention is com, Posed showed an incrense in the voi ume of work done over that of the pre. vious year. The president's annus] address was fraught with mony help. fal suggestions and timely information concerning the work of the conventiog im rendering assistance to many needy Persons as well as its financial gifts to missions and education ‘The annual sermon to the auxiliary ‘was preached by the Rev. T. J. King of Yonkers, N. ¥. The Rer. Me King urged the women to continue their work of faith and labor of lore, ‘assuring them of the hearty co-open. tion of the main body tn their efforty to better the condition of onr people along spiritual and material lines. [p 4s sald that this meeting of the conven. tion was the best in many respects of any since its inception. MANY SIDED LIFE OF PRESIDING ELDER MIXON, —— ' Founder of Payne University Actimis Recent Political Campaign, Selma, Ala.—One of the most pra. Bent ministers in the south is the Rer. ‘W. H. Mixon, D. D., presiding elder ot the Huntsville (Ala) district of the 4 ME. church. He bas been most a= tive in the affairs of his church an has been a delegate to every genenl conference since 1888 and is oue of the four founders of Payne university this city, one of the best schools in the de Bomination. He was one of the dele gates to the ecumenical conference ia London a few years ago. Dr. Mixon after receiving a prelin- inary training In the county schools entered Selma university, where be re ceived an academic and theological training. He {s prominent in fraternal orders, having served as deputy grand a ot Ny a if Rad Md tana master of the Masons of Alabems, Dreme master of the Independest OF der of Brothers and Sisters Coult tion, grand director of the Knights of Pythias and grand auditor and grt director of the Odd Fellows. He was a delegate to the recent ennial movable committee of Odd Fe- lows and placed Grand Master BE ward H. Morris of Chicago in nomine tion for re-election, thus shatteriss the chances of any other candidate for the position at that time. He was one of the delegates throws out by the Taft forces at the receat Republican national convention snd delivered the opening prayer whe Roosevelt adherents formed the Pre gressive party at the Congress botel Chicago. He was most active in te Progressive campaign, having deliver ed addresses all over the middle 4t lantic and New England states. Dr. Mixon is in great demand 38% platform speaker and is the author o “a History of the A. M. E. Church 1 Alabama.” He is also the editor of the Selma News. Dr. Mixon is alreedd being asked by many of bis friends © run for the bishopric four years hence. ‘Teachers’ Association to Meet President J. E. Mason of the North east District ‘Teachers’ association of Oklahoma is working assiduously fF the coming meeting of the organise: tlon, which is to be held in Wasvoety Okis., on Friday and Saturday. Nor 2 and 30, The association extends throughout the counties of the old Creek and Cherokee uations. Prom nent educators, chiefly those in Oxia- oma, will take part in the pros Miss A. Bryant is secretary of the sociation. ‘The sessions of the com ention will be held in the courthows? at Wagoner. ‘The Functions of Higher Education, “I have no patience with unwarrast ed attacks upon industrial education © higher education,” says Dr. Coots Bimund Baynes, professor of acleoce at Fisk university. “bat T 0? grocatetnat every man A rod cose ‘auch education as will develo? Crap erted ¢ fis to develop the pow ‘thought and emotion of the ented leadérs of our civilisation” =—- SIRES AND SONS. R. Kliping is the name of a theater manager in Honolulu. Mattias Erro, a Mexican, owns 150,000 goats, valued at over $20 each. William Rockefeller is fond of club life and is one of the governors of the Sleepy Hollow Country club. John D. Rockefeller is not a member of any club. Chung Mun Yew, the first ambassador to the United States from the Chinese republic, is a Yale man and was coxswain on the crew. He is a member of the D. K. E. fraternity, being the only Chinese in this country so honored. Sir David Burnett, the new lord mayor of London, is one of his majesty's lieutenants for the British metropolis. He was knighted in 1908 and prior to that time was sheriff of London for a year. He has been an alderman for ten years. Judge Alfred B. Beers, the new commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has been a municipal judge of Bridgeport, Conn., for nearly twenty years. He saw heavy service in the war and took part in a number of historic battles. George Grist, who has made seven trips to Europe in eighteen years, has probably set a record for foreign travel on a very limited income. He is a street sweeper in the employ of the city of Baltimore and earns $12 a week. Recently when he left for another overseas journey he took $146 with him. Your Oysters. Do not salt oysters when cooking. Wait until just before they come from the stove; otherwise they will shrivel and become tough. One woman who has a reputation for her cooking always adds just a pinch of baking powder to the cracker—not bread—crumbs in which she rolls the oysters before trying. Before turning oyster soup into the tureen put into the dish a heaping tablespoonful of finely minced celery and half as much chopped parsley. The flavor of the soup will be much enhanced. The Law's Delay. The law's delay is a misnomer. It is the lawyer's delay. -Late Judge Truax. In my judgment, a change in judicial procedure * * * in both civil and criminal cases constitutes the greatest need in our American institutions. -President Taft's Message, Dec. 7, 1900. Our courts trifle with justice by permitting delay after delay upon mere technicalities. * * * I advocate that the states shall enact laws that will permit of but one appeal after the trial judge. -Late David J. Brewer, Justice United States Supreme Court. Dress Hints. Do not lay silk waists away without taking out the shields, as the rubber is likely to crack the silk. Where a raw seam would look unightly try running through the small hemmer of the sewing machine. This may be done much more quickly than by hand and with better results. In making buttonholes in materials which fray easily it is a great help to stitch twice around on the sewing machine before the hole is cut, as a firmer foundation is secured and no fraying results. Train and Track. German passenger trains are not remarkably fast, but they usually keep to schedule. With a mileage of 1,121, the Great Southern and Western is the largest railway in Ireland. One of the English railway companies has installed speed indicators, which give the engineer, night and day, ample warning when and where to reduce his speed at danger points. These indicators, it is said, would have prevented some of the worst accidents on record. Automobile Runs. Germans are worrying because of invasion of American automobile dealers. Clevelanders are promoting suburban automobile tours along picturesque roads. The Massachusetts Automobile club has decided to build a clubhouse in Boston. Auto manufacture in the United States employs 75,721 men. Their annual product is valued at $249,202,000. Science Siftings. Oxygen is sixteen times as heavy as hydrogen. Mars has a day forty-one minutes longer than our own. It is said one horsepower will operate 270,000,000 watches. A camera which will enable motion pictures of the aurora borealis to be made has been perfected by a Swedish scientist. Aviation. Twenty-five per cent of accidents in aviation are due to poor construction. An airship mal' service across the Baltic sea is proposed to avoid winter ice blockades. M. Georges Legnoux, the French aviator, who recently created a world's record by ascending to a height of 18,786 feet, attained that distance in forty-five minutes. He carried a tube of oxygen, which he was compelled to use on reaching an altitude of 18,780 feet. London was a place of importance even under the Romans and was famed for its great commerce as early as the first century of the Christian era. From the Romans it received municipal institutions which have endured in their main features to the present day. In Saxon times it was, in reality, a small independent state. The Balkana. The Balkans is the name given to the Balkan peninsula, which includes the following countries: Turkey in Europe, with its possessions; Macedonia and Albania; Bulgaria, with eastern Romelia; Servia, Montenegro and Greece. Popes and Beards From the time of St. Peter down to the year 1158 the popes all wore full beards, but for the next four centuries they were cleanly shaven. Then came a period of two centuries in which they again wore the beard, but from the year 1700 until the present time the smooth face alone has been seen in the papal line. Force of Waves The force of waves is in proportion to their height. It is said that the sea strikes upon certain rocks with the force of seventeen tons for each square yard. Medical Religion A forerunner of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy has been discovered. She was a Japanese woman who long before Christian Science was heard of founded in the island empire a very similar cult. According to a writer in the London Chronicle, about 4,000,000 inhabitants of Japan are believers in this system, which they call "Tenriyo" and the "medical religion." Olympiada. The olympids consisted alternately of forty-nine and fifty months. Mercury and Air. The reason that mercury rises and falls in the barometer is that dry air is heavy, moist air is light and the column of mercury is affected by atmospheric pressure. The tube of a barometer being open at the bulb end, the air when moist cannot support the weight of the mercury. When the air is dry the mercury cannot resist its weight; hence the rise and fall in dry and wet weather. Fishing. "Treatyse of Fyshyhynge With an Angle" was the first book on angling printed in English. It appeared in 1440. The Thing They Missed. It is said that Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, having installed a complete workshop, offered his workmen a prize of $25 if any of them could discover a single known tool or handy article in mechanics missing. The only thing subsequently discovered to have been omitted was a pinn! Camels. A camel when burdened can travel twenty-five miles a day, when unburdened as many as sixty or even ninety miles. A Queer African Tribe. The Suk tribe in Africa work their hair into a kind of bag shaped matted chignon stiffened with clay. This reaches almost to the waist. The Suks also wear a curious cape made of monkey skin rubbed soft. This cape is not worn for warmth or protection from the sun, but when it rains they put the cape over their heads to prevent the clay being washed out of their hair. Montenegrins. It has been said that courage and energy, with other kindred virtues, may be seen in their highest perfection among the Montenegrins. When a girl is born the mother says: "I do not wish thee beauty, but courage. Heroism alone gains the love of men." The Treadmill. The treadmill for raising water was first used by the Chinese. Warm Beds Among the Musgum tribe of the Kamerun, near Lake Tchad, a German explorer reports that he has discovered an unexpected luxury. As the nights are very cold in that part, the beds are built like stone coffins, and underneath a fire burns all night, keeping the sleeper warm. Big Grasshoppers The largest grasshoppers are found in South America, where some specimens reach a length of five inches, with a spread of wings of ten inches. An English Superstition According to an ancient bit of Sussex folklore, when a bride returns home from church her single friends at once rob her of all the pins in her dress under the impression that every maiden who is lucky enough to possess one will be married during the course of a year. Meet That Has Turned When boiling meat that has turned a little add a little vinegar and it will be as good as ever. Trees. A tree does not die of old age. It accumulates infirmities with the years and has many diseases. It may starve or die of thirst; caterpillars may eat its foliage, scale bugs suck its juices, beetles tunnel under the bark; scab, rust, molds, rot and blight may prey upon it. The wind is also an enemy. Misjudged the Uniform. During the war in the Philippines General Charles King, one day while resplendent in his uniform, which was made especially brilliant by several rows of new brass buttons, came upon a raw recruit. The latter was on post duty and failed to salute the general. "Are you on duty here?" asked General King, with a show of anger. "I guess so," said the recruit. "They sent me out here anyway." "Do you remember your general orders?" asked the general. "I guess I do—some of them," said the raw recruit. "Well," said the general, "don't you know that you are supposed to salute your officers? Don't you know I am the general of this brigade?" "You the general?" said the new recruit. "Gosh, no; I didn't know it. I thought you was the chief of the fire department."—Kansas City Star. Leave It to Them. When you're a has-been and out of the game. When eyesight is falling and you're getting lame. When life's little winter comes on with its cold. Some one will warn you that you're getting old. Age won't surprise you. Of that have no fear. Time need not whisper the news in your ear. But somebody somewhere will warn you each day— Some one will notice that you're getting gray. The friend who has never in all of his life Thought once to cheer as you fought in the strife Will gladly come forward with solace untold Just to remind you that you're getting old. Men are forgetful when one meets success; They are unmindful of one in distress. But you can depend on them always to say, "Good gracious, old chap, but your hair's getting gray!" Every One Knew It. The newly married pair had escaped from their demonstrative friends and were on the way to the depot when the carriage stopped. The bridegroom looked out of the window impatient. "What's the matter, driver?" he called. "The horse has thrown a shoe, sir," was the reply. "Great Scott!" groaned the bridegroom. "Even the horse knows we're just married."—Ladies' Home Journal. The Boycott. "How can I give the stuff away?" Exclaimed the man of wealth: "This gold that haunts me night and day In public or by stealth? If for a campaign fund I draw A check with generous hand The story I will break the law And boss my native land. "Assistance on a needy friend I must bestow with care. He'll scan each dollar that I lend For motives all unfair. To simple toys I dare not stop. Like folks of humble lot. They've got me where I fear to drop A nickel in the slot. -Washington Star. A Nasty Accident. Bennie, aged four, met Henry, aged five, and the following conversation ensued: "What's matter your head?" "No. I was playin' lil' my papa on a floor an' I was sittin' on his tummy." "An' nen what?" "Papa sneezed."—London Opinion. The Crab's Handicap. As crabs are wont to do. And he lost his way in the crooked streets. As so no doubt have you. He asked a lobster he chanced to meet Of a place he knew on the map, And the lobster said, with a haughty air, "Why, follow your nose, old chap!" But the crab just sideways ambled on As he bid his friend good day, "I'd follow my nose," he said, "But I never can walk that way." --Konkers Statesman. The Swallow's Home The teacher in natural history had received more or less satisfactory replies to her questions, the Delineator asserts, and finally she asked: "What little boy can tell me where the home of the swallow is?" "The home of the swallow," declared Bobble seriously. "is in the stummick." A Hapless House Cleaner. A hobo stout in spring set out. But each place he requested A cowardly scanty tail Bug beating they suggested. Work by the day for food and pay Was all that he was offered Until he had to take, poor lad, The irksome toll so proffered. So in the night he took his flight, In search of slums retreating. But there he was arrested 'cause His way he had been beating -Kansas City Star His Depth. A philosopher and a wit were crossing the water when, a high gale arising, the philosopher seemed under great apprehension lest he should go to the bottom. "Why," said his friend, "that will suit your genius to a title; as for my part, I am only for skimming the surface of things." Buried Treasure Then to a garret's dark retreat He quickly went with eager feet. And seeking in a corner there He lifted forth with tender care An object, too good to be true. Ah, how the thanks poured from his threat: For there, almost as good as new. He found his last year's overcast —Judge. Facts From France. Paris requires dog owners to submit their animals to veterinary inspection. During times of peace France has an army of 601,000 men, but in times of war this can be increased to 4,000,000. The new French battleship Paris was launched recently at La Seyne. The Paris will be the most formidable ship in the French navy, her armament consisting of twelve twelve-inch guns and twenty-six smaller pieces. Town Topics. It appears to be a part of the union station plan to make Kansas City a good place to eat in.—Kansas City Star. Chicago indulged herself in the unique luxury of having an insane man act as a bank president, but the funds were looted just the same.—New York World. They have opened a barroom in New York especially for women, the necessity for which will be a surprise to any one who has ever been in New York.—Philadelphia Press. No Place For Him "This is a pleasant little village," conceded the visitor. "Yes, sir. It's one of the loveliest spots in the country." answered the native. "I was thinking of moving here with my family." "Why not? We're up to date. We have a amachoor dramatic club, a"— "What was that first item?" "A amachoor dram"— But he never finished the sentence. The prospective resident was running so fast that he had already become a thing of the past—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The National Pastime The shades of night were falling fast When through an Alpine village passed A youth who bore mid snow and ice A banner with a strange device— "Got a match?" It was a summer's evening. Old Kaspar's work was done, And before he his cottage door He sat in the sun. His little grandchild butted in. "Have you a match?" said Peterkin. -Milwaukee Sentinel. Wisdom of Minerva. A famous spinster, known throughout the country for her firmness, was entertaining a number of little girls from a charitable institution. After the luncheon the children were shown through the place in order that they might enjoy the many beautiful things it contains. "This," said the spinster, indicating a statue, "is Minerva." "Was Minerva married?" asked one of the little girls. "No, my child," said the spinster with a smile; "Minerva was the Goddess of Wisdom."—New York World. Cause of the Trouble. Mrs. Nupler—Are the Bridelums happy with each other? Mrs. Alters—I haven't heard them say, but I notice they never speak to Mrs. Lovitt any more. You know, she is the lady who introduced them.—Lippincott's Magazine. Take the Cash and Let the Credit Go. The knot was tied, the pair were wed, and then the smiling bridegroom said Unto the preacher, "Shall I pay To you the usual fee today, Or would you have me wait a year And give you then a hundred clear If I should find the marriage state As happy as I estimate? The present time in thought, To his reply no study brought. There were no wrinkles on his brow. Said he, "I'll take three dollars now."—Ladies' Home Journal. Playing Safe. Mother—The teacher complains you have not had a correct lesson for a month. Why is it? Son—She always kisses me when I get them right—New Orieans Times-Democrat Two Views. She saw a hat and liked it much. Asserted that a stunner such as it she'd seldom seen before. The hat she liked was in a store. She chanced to spit this hat next day. But passed it by in scornful way. The hat at this time, be it said. Was on another woman's head. FOUR FLAT BRICK BUILDING FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. For sale, four flat brick building, at a bargain, located on Armour avenue, near 36th Street. Rent $60 per month. Price, $4,650. For further information, call on or address Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Armour avenue, Phone Drexel 4590. This is a good investment and good income property. FLATS TO RENT. 7240-7242 Wentworth Ave., first flat, 7 Rooms and Bath, $20.00. Second flat nothing better seven rooms and bath Bent $22.00. 5754 Wentworth Ave., 5 Rooms and Bath front flats $18.00 four room rear flats, Bent $10.00 Stone front Bath, $18.00 best resident district. Housa 5881 Shields Ave., 5 Rooms and 2811 Armour Ave., 2nd flat 5 Rooms and bath, $16.00. 2412 La Salle Street, 5 Rooms, $15.00. S. RICHARDSON, 180 N. 5th Ave., Boom 508, Phone $15 Victor-Victrola IV You never thought of getting a genuine Victor-Victrola for $15—yet here it is. And it is of the same high quality and perfection which characterizes all the products of the Victor Company. Come in and hear it—any time. Other styles $25 to $200. Victors $10 to $100. Telephone Douglas 4558 Telephone Automatic 71-703 FRANK L. GALE PIANO CO. 3159 S. State Street : Chicago Bankruptcy, 1824 Main Street Telephone, Manors 2714 Miles J. Devine Attorney at Law Suite 310-320 Ranger Blvd Clark and Washington Streets CHICAGO Phone: Central 1242; Auto: 41-913 Phone: Office, Main 4153 Rn. Dresel, 7990 Auto: 33-736 WALTER M. FARMER Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Netary Public CHICAGO, ILL. Office Phone: Central 6624. Rn. Phone, Doug. 4397. No. 508 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randolph St. Tol. Central 3142 Franklin A. Denison Attorney at Law 38 W. RANDOLPH STREET Suite 708 Delaware Building CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Netary Public Office Phone Automatic 44-185 Res. Phone Automatic 79-137 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 5, Methodist Church Block S. E. Cor. Clark & Washington Sts., CHICAGO Evening Office 3449 State St., 7 to 9. Frank Dunn and I. B. McCahoon, Trustees Tel Oakland 1550-1551-1952 Established 1877 John J. Dunn Coal Wholesale Retail FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVIL. Railvards Stl St. and L. S. & M. S. Slot. St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tel. Aldine 1830 In Office at Night C. H. KNIGHT, M. D., C.M. (Canada) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 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 DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4718 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO Phane, Oakland 4662; Automatic 73053 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 L. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 36th St., near Dearborn. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st St., near Dearborn. T. B. Hall, laundry office and news stand, 11 W. 29th St., near State. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State St. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. William Gaughan, laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notions, Stationery and News stand, 3640 South State street. J. Hamilton, news stand, out of town papers, and shoe shining parlor, 3220 South State street. J. H. Roberts, barber shop and news stand, 3308½ State street. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Under State Government Supervisors, $100,000 deposited with the State, Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our industrial contracts give to the color- ing company more than any other, company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business Information of rates and values at your age will be furnished free, upon giving your age, name and address to The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, Tel. Randolph S. 72 West Adams Street Telephones, CALUMET 4401--4428 AUTOMATIC 75-655 Artesian Pharmacy 2701 Dearborn St. CHICAGO Use Dorsey's fine Pomade for the hair. It will make it soft and glossy. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Phone your ORDERS Phase Douglas SS29 Rooms by Day or Week Room 22-28-36-40 The Douglas Hotel For Men Only Batha, Steam Heat, Electric Light 2000 S. State Street, CHICAGO TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 17603 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3 Trips Daily to All Depots 4706 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO $15 "She—And if I should marry you what could I expect? He (excitedly)—Anything you wish, dear, anything you wish. She—And would I always get it? He—Oh, that would depend entirely on your father.—Judge. Aviation. Exhilation. Cachinnation. Gravitation. Ejaculation. Precipitation. Indentation. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "Why do you wish to divorce her— because she doesn't cook like your mother used to?" "No; because she does."—Houston Post. In vain we Jacks kick up a fuss At garb worn by our Jills. The only footwork asked of us Is that we foot the bills. —Boston Transcript. "I am sure we have met before. Let me see. Didn't we go to school to together?" "Sure we did. Don't you remember? You were my teacher."—Baltimore American. Mother, may I go out to vote? "Yes, my darling daughter. Don't you vote for a dollar note; Charge 'em two and a quagher." —Milwaukee Sentnel. "Dukfitz married an optimist." "Why do you think so?" "Any woman would be an optimist who accepted Dukfitz."—Birmingham Age-Herald. And here is another lesson In history, as I've found it: J. Caesar crossed the Rubicon 'Cause he couldn't go around it. —Chicago Tribune. She—Sometimes you appear really manly, and sometimes you are effeminate. How do you account for it? He-I suppose it is hereditary. Half of my ancestors were men and the other half women.—Tit-Bits. The dollar bill will be cut down. The treasury is mean. For now the cut-ups around town Can't speak of the "long green." —Kansas City Star. Mrs. Jones—Why are you going home so soon? Surely your husband can get along without you. Mrs. Smith—I know it. But I don't want him to find out that he can. New York World. "Don't be a goose," he sternly said. With this he stopped, for as he looked He saw the fires of anger rise, And then he knew "his goose was cooked." —Boston News Letter. "I have often wondered," said the newly married missionary to the geni- al cannibal, "what became of my pre- decessor." "Oh," replied the cannibal, "he has gone into the interior."—Fun Magazine. The poet has an easy job. He never has to think. He only needs a fountain pen, Some paper and some ink. The editor has got it soft. His lot is never hard. For the yeomen pay no more arrears In squashes, cheese and lard. Reporters have a sinecure. They're always smartly dressed And slam their copy up the chute— The printer does the rest. —Wisconsin State Journal. "What's the matter with your eye, Jane?" "Got a cold in it again, mum." "Ah, I must put some curtains over the keyholes. They are evidently very drafty."—Public Opinion. There was a young girl named Stella. Who got stuck on a bowledged fella. So loving was she. She sat on his knee. And fell clean through to the cella. —New York American. "I'm feeling well today. My mind is at ease, and my business is good." "Well, we always put up a boiler when things go wrong. Why shouldn't we occasionally admit that things are going right?"—Louisville Courier-Journal. What does the sun hatch when it sets? The answer tell, and, say. Why, oh, why does the moon get full? Who mends the break of day? —Judge. Garside—Why do you think the Fletchers are vegetarians? Woodside—Their little dog always comes over to our house at meal time. —Newark News. The boob's the man who knows it all, To hear 14m use his tongue. The wise man has no chance to fall; He's tired of being stung. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "Did you suffer from mal de mer when you crossed the ocean?" "No; I didn't notice that, but the motion of the ship affected me terribly."—Detroit Free Press. She shares things with her husband, though He seems to take it ill. She has a bird's wing on her hat And lets him have the bill. —Tit-Bita. A gentleman who was asked to illustrate the difference between "sit" and "set" recently answered. "The United States is a country on which the sun never sets and the rest of the world never sits."—Christian Register. The wild ducks huddle in the ponds. Their troubles have begun. For now they find they have to duck From each son of a gun. —Boston News Letter. --- Those guys upon Olympus Were happy as a goat. They didn't have to worry How the other fellow voted. Xonkera Statesman. She Did. The young girl sat in her bedroom reading and waiting impatiently. Her older sister was entertaining a young man in the parlor, and she wanted to know how it would terminate. At last there was a sound in the hall, and a crash at of a closing door made it plain to the girl that the young man had gone. Throwing down her book, she ran to the head of the stairs and peered eagerly and intently into the blackness of the hall beneath. "Well, Maude," she called, "did you land him?" There was a peculiar silence, and then a masculine voice responded: "She did."—New York American. Not Built That Way. Not Built That Way. With ease and grace she drives a car and threads the crowded streets. With practiced eye she steers it by each obstacle she meets. Through park and lane she drives her team of prancing thoroughbreds. Nor she nor they at once, they say, have ever lost their heads. She drives a bargain at the shops with even greater skill. And always looks for little books with trading stamps to fill. She drives a dozen fellows mad—she drove one chap to jail. Uncle Joe's Objection. Uncle Joe Cannon, seated on the plaza of a seaside hotel, condemned a certain improvident type of social reformer. "They're great borrowers," he said, "these chaps who are going to make the world over again." With a chuckle he added: "The worst thing about your Utopians is that they're all I-O-U-topians."—Washington Post. A "Billet Doux." And while they strolled in twilight dim, As near the time for parting drew, Asked if she would have from him A "billet doux." Now, this simple maid of French knew nought. But doubt not "twas something nice, Shyly she lifted her pretty head. Her rosy lips together drew and coyly sald. "Yes, Billy do." And William did. —Ladies' Home Journal. Hard on the Flowers. Coming home the other day in a rush of excitement. Dora rushed to her mother and said: "Oh, mamma, guess what we are going to do?" "I don't know, dear, but I hope it is nothing dreadful." "We're going to study botany, and next Saturday we are going out to the woods to tantalize the flowers"—New York Times. Shrunk Some. I've been hack to the swimming hole Of which boys we were fond, But it has dwindled. Bless my soul, It isn't half a pond! It used to seem a good mile wide When we kids used to meet, But now I really must decide It's only twenty feet. I used to think it was as deep As all the seven seas, But now-it must have shrunk a heap- It doesn't reach my knees. —Kansas City Journal. No Harmony There. Miss Fussanfeather—I think your wife has such good taste. Mr. Styles—Do you, really? Miss Fussanfeather—Yes, I really do. Everything she has seems to harmonize with the surroundings. Mr. Styles—Well, I guess not. I happen to be part of the surroundings, and her dog and I don't harmonize worth a cent!-Yonkers Statesman. Canning Time. Fragrant spills fill the air Steamed in every window pane. Mother's face is wretched in care. It is canning time again. Down poor mother's patient cheeks Tears are splashing now like rain. Due to onions, garlic, seeks. It is canning time again. From the hot long handled spoon Father sips and grows profane. Testing caspse is no boon. It is canning time again. -Detroit Free Press Queer. Ethel—There is one feature about this engagement that I don't like. Maude—And what it it, dear? Ethel—Jack didn't have to go to the jeweler's for the engagement ring. He simply went up to his room and got it. Fun Magazine. JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Sav Safety Deposit Vaults, $3 REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, re- dents, including payment of taxes and locking afte- on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Ch The Cranford A Building. 3600 W The finest building ever opened to Co Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marb J. W. C. 'Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WA cent allowed on Savings Accounts by Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan real Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. Cranford Apartment building. 3600 Wabash Ave. It building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year 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. The-Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. THE BROADWAY The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 'Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. Rumors of a Coal Famine Make the Heating Problem a Live Subject And there's many a full coal bin that this year until real winter comes. Until then thousands of coal eating furna re's many a full coal bin that won't be touched year until real winter comes. en thousands of coal eating furnaces will give way to And there's many a full coal bin that won't be touched this year until real winter comes. Until then thousands of coal eating furnaces will give way to Little Gas Heaters These little heaters have been greatly i Some of the newer models have five brie and throw out heat long after the tle heaters have been greatly improved. the newer models have five brick backs that retain throw out heat long after the flame is turned off. These little heaters have been greatly improved. Some of the newer models have fire brick backs that retain and throw out heat long after the flame is turned off. A Five Dollar Heater will in a few minutes make the air warm and cozy on a frosty Fall m This heat on tap effects a big saving on stove fire that eats coal day and night At our big salesroom down town and we are showing these heaters in shapes from $5.00 to $20.00. Ask us for descriptions and pictures. in a few minutes make the average living room room and cozy on a frosty Fall morning or evening. but on tap effects a big saving over the furnace or the fire that eats coal day and night. big salesroom down town and our outlying stores are showing these heaters in dozens of different oes from $5.00 to $20.00. for descriptions and pictures. will in a few minutes make the average living room warm and cozy on a frosty Fall morning or evening. This heat on tap effects a big saving over the furnace or stove fire that eats coal day and night. At our big salesroom down town and our outlying stores we are showing these heaters in dozens of different shapes from $5.00 to $20.00. Ask us for descriptions and pictures. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Peoples Gas Building Tel. Randoph 4567 The Speed Mania. They say that scorching automobiles suffer from neuromobilitis, but what they need is bridewell sentences. Chicago News. The Balkans are tired of having Central America monopolize the revolution business.—Boston Journal. Wonder what old Omar/ Khayyam would say to the "strangling of Persia."—New York American. It is incorrect to speak of the careless pedestrian in the present tense. The careless pedestrian is dead and buried. -St. Louis Republic. That the kaiser and the crown prince are at odds is merely an evidence that the one is getting old and the other impatient—New York World. A scientist declares that the speed mania has converted a great many automobiles into nervous wrecks. We would like to have him diagnose the case of the man who has to, dodge them—New York Herald. With steel gaffs on its rudimentary spurs the dove of peace is circling above the Mexican battlefields uttering ahrieks of distance.-Chicago News. --- --- BROOKLYN MUSEUM Foreign Affairs. "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. Make it a point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special bargain offerings that we give in all departments. JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 1787 The BELLE Buffet FRANK H. 5059 Ar Cor. 51st Phone Douglas 4482 The La Verdo 3100-2 STATE 2 First Class Chinese and Art High Class Hotel B Geo. W. BUFFET, POOL 3004 State Street BILLE MEADE Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor O Armour R. 51st Street, Chicago 482 Automatic Verdo Cafe and 2-2 STATE STREET, CHICAGO Chinese and American Restaurant High Class Entertainere HARRY J. KELLY 5059 Armour Ave Cor. 51st Street, Chicago Phone Douglas 4482 Automatic Phone 74478 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. el Brunsw Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BET, POOL AND BILLIAR Buffet and C Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Elite Buff 3030 S Elite Buffet and Cafe 3030 State Street WIS, Prop. HENRY C. S. e Douglas 3309 Automatic 75-17 AL SPRING ET A N D C S. State Street, CHICAGO INTERTAINERS EVERY WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. Phone Douglas 330 MINERAL S BUFFET 3517 S. State S HIGH CLASS INTERTA THE MASTER'S HOUSE --- --- A. F. Codense Phone Douglas 8888 Phone Calumet 2918. MEADE CLUB and Cafe EWIS, Proprietor Amour Ave. Street, Chicago Automatic Phone 74-478 Cafe and Buffet STREET, CHICAGO American Restaurant in Connection Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY, Proprietor. Aldine 3653 Brunswick Holt, Prop. AND BILLIARDS. Chicago Henry Jones et and Cafe Phone Aldine 3653 HENRY C. SNEED, M'sr Automatic 75-173 PRING CLUB AND CAFE street, CHICAGO NERS EVERY EVENING AMERICAN BANK WILL NOT FAIL PAYS 3% ON SAVINGS WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE Wm. D. Neighbors, Cashier 2728 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO --- Henry Jones Chea. Harris, Manager