The Broad Ax

Saturday, January 4, 1913

Chicago, Illinois

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The Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards New Year's Ball. AT THE SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY 34TH STREET AND WENTWORTH AVENUE ATTENDED BY BETWEEN FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE. COL. AND MRS. JOHN B. MARSHALL VERY GRACEFULLY LED THE GRAND MARCH WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY CAPTAIN CLINTON L. HILL. MANY OF THE BEST AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN IN THIS CITY ATTENDING IT HISSED MR. AND MRS. JOHN ARTHUR JOHNSON WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO DANCE AND WHEN THEY WITHDREW FROM THE HALL NEAR 12 O'LOCK. MRS. JOHNSON WAS ABLAZE WITH DIAMONDS AND OTHER JEWELS FROM HEAD TO FOOT. SHE WORE A DIAMOND ROPE ABOUND HER NECK WHICH WAS VERY DAZZLING TO BEHOLD AND WHICH MUST HAVE COST FROM $15,000 to $25,000. THE HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD SHOOK HANDS WITH JULIUS F. TAYLOR AS HE AND MRS. JOHNSON WERE LEAVING THE HALL AND HE SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS OVER THE UNPLEASANT SITUATION. ONE YEAR AGO HE AND THE FIRST MRS. JOHNSON ATTENDED THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS CHRISTMAS BALL AT THE COLISEUM AN-NEX IN COMPANY WITH HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS. THE WHOLE PARTY WAS WELL RECEIVED AND THEY DANCED TO THEIR HEARTS CONTENT AND NO OBJECTIONS WAS RAISED TO MRS. JOHNSON ON ACCOUNT OF HER COLOR. THE PAST REPUTATION OF THE PRESENT MRS. JOHNSON AND THE WIDE PUBLICITY GIVEN TO THEIE MARBIAGE WAS THE CHIEF REASON THAT THE UNFRIENDLY FEELING BUST OUT IN A HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THEM AT THE EIGHTH REGIMENT BALL. Vol. XVIII. The Eighth Illinois Nat'l New Year AT THE SEVENTH REGIMENT AND WORTH AVENUE ATTENDED AND TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE COL. AND MRS. JOHN E. MARSH, GRAND MARCH WHICH WAS IN L. HILL. MANY OF THE BEST AFRO-AMERICAN IT HISSED MR. AND MR. THEY ATTEMPTED TO DANCE THE HALL NEAR 12 O'CLOCK. MRS. JOHNSON WAS ABLAZE WITH FROM HEAD TO FOOT. SHE HEB NECK WHICH WAS VERY MUST HAVE COST FROM $15,000. THE HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION WITH JULIUS F. TAYLOR AS BING THE HALL AND HE SEEN OVER THE UNPLEASANT SITE. ONE YEAR AGO HE AND THE FIVE KNIGHTS OF PYTHASIA CHRIST NEX IN COMPANY WITH HIS THE WHOLE PARTY WAS WELL THE HEARBATS CONTENT AND MRS. JOHNSON ON ACCOUNT. THE PAST REPUTATION OF THE WIDE PUBLICITY GIVEN TO REASON THAT THE UNFRIEND HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION A REGIMENT BALL. Tuesday evening, the famous Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guards, Col. John R. Marshall, commanding gave their annual New Year's ball at Seventh Regiment Armory 34th street and Wentworth Ave., and as usual it was attended by between fifteen hundred and two thousand of the best class of Afro-American men and women residing in this city. Many of those attending the ball, being conveyed to and from it in fine autos and taxi cabs and the vast majority of those in evidence endeavored to put their best foot forward all the time or from the time they entered the hall until they left it, and like unto the past many of the dear ladies attending it were handsomely costumed and they looked exceedingly sweet and ever so fair and bewitching. Shortly before 11 o'clock the grand march was formed, it was led by Col. and Mrs. John R. Marshall, who as well as the five to eight hundred others who joined in it were very graceful in their movements in connection with it, it was a nice or beautiful sight to behold and a mighty few people of any race can beat or surpass the Afro-Americans in executing the grand march, it was ably and brilliantly conducted by Captain Clinton L. Hill. Only one thing occurred to mar the extreme and overflowing pleasure of the evening which at that time was being greatly indulged in seemingly by every one in the Armory in the way of hearty handshaking and in wishing each and every one a most Happy New Year, and that was the Johnson incident, which may become far reaching in its effect. It appears that in the afternoon before the ball, Mr. Johnson called one of the officers of the regiment on the phone and wanted to know if he could secure reserved seats at that time for himself and a party of friends, he was promptly informed that there were no reserved seats on hand for anybody, then he requested that ten tickets be sent him at once and it was the painful duty of this high officer of the regiment to inform Mr. Johnson that "it would be impossible to comply to his request as the tickets were only on sale at the Seventh Regiment Armory—that no one could buy them except as they entered the hall," so that was the end of the conversation over the telephone wire. Not long after nine o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and a few of their friends rolled up in front of the Ar- --- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY mory in their latest and finest auto and just as soon as it was learned that they were present, a hissing and a buzzing sound could be distinctly heard throughout the entire hall. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson occupied seats up stairs on the north side of the hall, just east of the band stand, where they viewed or witnessed the grand march and no further unfriendly feeling was displayed against them until after it was all over, then Mr. and Mr. Johnson arose from their seats and wended their way down stairs onto the main floor where they joined in a dreamy waltz, they had not proceeded very far however, before they were in a sea of trouble, many of the ladies bitterly objected to Mrs. Johnson for it seems that she displayed poor or very bad taste in either holding or having her rich or elegant pink gown fastened up so high from the bottom that it was not much trouble for any one who are unable to see any better than yourself not only to behold her lovely shaped ankle but to see almost up to her knees and as the dancers and others beheld that enchanting sight they started in loudly hiss Mr. and Mrs. Johnson who were finally forced to withdraw from the main floor before the waltz had been finished and retire to their seats, up stairs where they remained until near 12 o'clock, then as they started to leave the hall they walked round the gallery passing the ladies dressing rooms, coming down the steps near the main entrance to the hall, where a large number of hissing men and women had collected who had to be forced back by some of the soldiers, who hastily rushed to that point to protect Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Many of the best Afro-American, women in this city attending the ball, joined in the hissing. Mrs. Johnson was ablaze with diamonds and other jewels from head to foot. She wore a diamond rope, which was very dazzling to behold. The many cut diamonds composing it, were so brilliant, that it would almost blind a person to gaze upon it more than one minute at a time and it must have cost from $15,000 to $25,000, it and the other diamonds, jewels and her entire costume, represented more wealth, than was invested in diamonds and other finery, worn by all the other ladies and it is safe to say the men too, and under any other circumstances regardless of her color; Mrs. Johnson would have been easily declared the [Picture of a woman with a high hairstyle, wearing a white dress with a high collar.] MRS. WILLIAM EMANUEL. Popular charity worker who will soon graduate as a full fledged M. D. and who will appear as one of the "end men" in the minstrel show to be given at Oakland Music Hall, Wednesday evening, January 15, for the benefit of the Settlement Club. reigning queen of the ball. For without any question about it, she is ravishingly beautiful, with fine and well chiseled features, and wears a kind expression on her face, and her brilliant eyes, seem to be full at all times with love and sympathy. The writer shook hands with Mr. Johnson, just before he withdrew from the ball and he seemed to be somewhat nervous over the unpleasant situation which had confronted him and Mrs. Johnson. One year ago, Mr. Johnson, and his first wife Mrs. Etta Johnson, attended the Knights of Pythias ball, at the Coliseum Annex, in company with his mother and sisters. The whole party was well received and they danced to their hearts content and no objections was raised to Mrs. Johnson, on account of her color or nationality. The doctor charges $2 a visit; the undertaker is rarely satisfied with less than fifty times as much. Call the doctor for the child's sore throat and you won't need the undertaker. A clean community will be a healthy community, also property values will be higher than in a locality where dirt, filth and unsightiness abound. And one dirty spot in an otherwise clean community is a reflection on the entire community. Here are a few good suggestions concerning coughs and colds: Don't neglect a cold. If your cough continues and you do not get well soon, consult your doctor. Never cough, sneeze or breathe into another person's face. And to avoid having colds, get all the good, fresh air you can. It was the past reputation of the present Mrs. Johnson, and the wide publicity given to her marriage to Mr. Johnson which participated the unfriendly and hostile demonstration against them at the 8th Regiment ball. One of our dashing lady friends, who is just as fair in every way as Mrs. Johnson, and no one possessing the most critical eye, can not in any manner, shape or form detect the slightest trace of African blood in her veins nor in the features of her face, in discussing the affair, said the "reason that she hated Mr. Johnson, and joined in the hissing against him, was, that "he had utterly failed to show the proper amount of respect for the memory of his first wife, Mrs. Etta Johnson, who ended her life, with her own hands in this city only a short time ago." For our part we felt real sorry for Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and it was too bad that they did not remain quietly in their seats during the progress of the ball and not have attempted to have joined in the dancing. They must both learn that once in awhile there are some few things in this old wicked world that they cannot buy with all their money. A safe water supply is among the most valuable assets a city can have. Did you sleep in a closed bedroom last night? If you did, don't do it again. The unvaccinated person may and often does get smallpox. The vaccinated person never. Are you vaccinated? reigning queen of the ball. HEALTH NOTES The doctor charges $2 a visit; the undertaker is rarely satisfied with less than fifty times as much. Call the doctor for the child's sore throat and you won't need the undertaker. * * * A clean community will be a healthy community, also property values will be higher than in a locality where dirt, filth and unsightliness abound. And one dirty spot in an otherwise clean community is a reflection on the entire community. * * * Here are a few good suggestions concerning coughs and colds: Don't neglect a cold. If your cough continues and you do not get well soon, consult your doctor. Never cough, sneeze or breathe into another person's face. And to avoid having colds, get all the good, fresh air you can. * * * It is said that fully 25 per cent. of all the school children in the United states have defective eye sight. Don't neglect your children's eyes. Eye sight is precious to every human being. Impaired vision is a serious handicap in any calling. Don't neglect your children's eyes. Consult your family doctor about them. If he recommends, the oculist, see him without delay. SULZER QUITS CLUBS TO GIVE TIME TO STATE. Intent upon freeing himself from all influences which might interfere with his work as chief executive of the State, Governor William Sulzer has resigned his membership in all organizations and clubs here, except the National Democratic Club, the Manhattan Club and the Democratic Club of his own political district. The Governor-elect will journey to Albany next Monday. He has wound up his law business and all other business affairs and is prepared to devote himself exclusively to the administration of the State Government. Mr. Sulzer is giving up his apartments down here and for the next few months will turn down practically all dinner invitations, and they come to him at the rate of about fifty every day. He has told his friends that he expects to remain at the Capitol until after the Legislature has adjourned, applying himself unremittingly to his new duties. Governor Sulzer has not as yet announced whom he will appoint to the vacancies on the two Public Service Commissions, though there is every reason to believe that his prospective appointees for those places have been picked, too. --- Booker T. Washington the Great Wizard of Tuskeyee does not like to share his popularity with Jack Johnson The distinguished leader and scholar, Dr. Booker T. Washington, has changed his policy of a lifetime, namely: never to publicly condemn a member of his own race by name on account of any error of judgment or conduct. His recent singling out of Jack Johnson, his only serious rival in popularity with the Colored people of the country, has attracted widespread attention and won for him much applause at the hands of some White people in this great country of ours. His first denunciation of the celebrated pugilist was upon the occasion of an address delivered by him in Detroit, Mich. Reports state that he followed up this policy in Philadelphia and that the celebrated and honored Theodore Roosevelt also received a "back-handed lick," so to speak, on account of his recent political deviations. It is refreshening and enlightening though to hear from the well known educator after the many months of silence. As President Taft has invited President-elect Wilson to the White House, it may be that the far-seeing and "right-side-up-with-care" educator may yet be able to retain favor at the presidential mansion and be an important factor in affairs about the White House, in case that Bishop Alexander Walters should "be weighed in the balances and found wanting." But why is it that Dr. Washington has changed his policy of a lifetime? Does it portend some trouble for the Colored people as a result of Jack Johnson's private action, of which the majority of the Colored people—and a large majority of them—do not approve? We assume that we must wait and see. We have not had anything to say about this "Jack Johnson business" for the reason that it was none of our business. It is a question of doubt-expedience, this "living" into White or Colored men's social affairs. If carried out to its logical conclusion, it would revolutionize conditions in the Southland where White men and Colored women live in open concubinage and "raise up children unto Abraham." So we have been disposed to let Jack Johnson alone. The type of woman whom he married may be all right, but from the information furnished, there are many Though the Sulzers will go to Albany on Monday, they will not install themselves in the Executive Mansion until New Year's Day, because the Dix family will not move out. It is Mr. Sulzer's purpose not to visit the Executive Mansion, which will be his home for two years, until he has been sworn in as Governor. Many friends, including Lieutenant-Governor-elect Martin H. Glynn, have invited Mr. and Mrs. Sulzer to be their guests until they get settled in their Albany home, but the Governor-elect has not yet determined whether he will go to a private house or a hotel. Mr. Sulzer spends much time here at his Broadway office. He is overrun with visitors and place-hunters. "No appointments to-day, and there may be none until I reach Albany," he said to-day. The will be a special Kings County Democratie delegation train for Albany next Wednesday. There is to be no special Tammany train. John H. McOoey and his Brooklyn followers to the number of a thousand will attend the inauguration ceremonies, but it is the present plan of Charles F. Murphy not to attend. Nor is there to be a demonstration of any kind by Tam- No.14 White women in Chicago who have taken up with Colored men and the men are to be pitied rather than the women. "Verily, they have their reward." We have never been able to understand why a Colored man should want to marry a White woman, when it is a fact that there are scores of White men after Colored ones. There has been much prejudice aroused against us as a people on account of the alleged fondness of some of our men for White women, but the great mass of Colored men have no such feeling. The average Colored person in the Southland has antipathy to Colored men who associate with and marry White women. These men are practically outlawed among their own people. Still, from the standpoint of personal liberty, a White man has the moral right to marry a Colored woman and vice versa. Colored people in the Southland universally believe that it is a case of "mighty poor" judgment, and they feel disposed to ostracise both the male and the female of such a contracting union. We do not see why though that Jack Johnson should be pilloried for his action. He has selected the woman of his choice and the other one has not as yet turned to dust again. We are of the opinion that "the less said the sooner mended," and this applies to us as well as to the distinguished Wizard of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. We had hoped that the great pugilist would have seen fit to follow the life of single-blessedness and steer clear of the sea of marital troubles. The girl's mother, aided by the Negro haters of Chicago, forced this union no doubt, and Jack Johnson poses as a martyr. He is the slave of his passions, his appetites and his desires. He is not as popular today among his own people as he was a few months ago, and whereas, if Colored people had the power he might have sat in the White House, today it is doubtful if he could be elected a city scavenger. Jack Johnson has made money and now he is spending it. He has reached the goal of wealth and he is now leaving it in a wild chase after poverty again. We draw the curtain on Jack Johnson.—The Planet, Richmond, Va., December 28, 1912. many as an organization, though individual leaders and members will go to the ceremony.—The New York Evening Journal, December 28, 1912. THE STOVALL-TOBIN WEDDING Tuesday evening, December 31, at the home of Mrs. Myers, 3244 Vernon Ave., Miss Bennie Stovall was united in marriage to Mr. Lee Tobin, Rev. Moses M. Jackson tying the wedding knot. Miss Marie Burgett, Milwaukee, Wis., was the maid of honor. The Brides Maids were: Miss Ethel Flowers and Miss Gorngallas Porter, the best men were: Mr. Will Kelly, Mr. Dave Burns and Mr. Sam. Fielding, Miss Mayme Triplett played the wedding march. Mr. Harrison Emanuel performed on the violin, the decorations were simply beautiful, the newly wedded couple left the city that same evening on a short honeymoon trip to Cleveland, Ohio and on their return to the city they will be at home to their many friends at 5257 Wabash Ave. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Ree ec Sea : Siting fhe ‘cdots vient epeak ts on : 2 tities sotr"en' one sine of to poner ‘@ubseriptions mast be pald in advance ks cae ‘Advertising rates made mnown em appl- “faces ot commantantions © THE BROAD AX (st ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DEEXEL see ‘SULIUS F. TATION, Batter and Publisher Sse es NOTES INDICATING NEGEO BUSI- NESS PROGEESS. As Supplied By the National eer - Business League. Samuel J. Davis has opened a first elags grocery store at 24 Broad street, New Rochelle, N. Y. Jackson, Miss. has the distinction of having all its letter carriers Colored men. Muskogee once had the same fame. Negro churehes are supporting 200 home missionaries and 100 missionary stations, and contributing $50,000 an- nually for foreign mission work. Another undertaking firm has now set up for business in Jacksonville, Fla. under the name of J. E. Hawkins & Company. They advertise themselves as being well equipped for up-to-date service. =, Burkes & Arbuckle Company is the name of @ new Negro music publishing company in Boston, Mass. The firm is not only the only one of the kind in Boston, but, as far as is known, is the only one of the sort in New Eng- land, A new skyscraper, a six-story Odd Fellows building, to cost $135,000, is the work of 2 Negro contractor, Mr. BR. E. Pharrow, of Atlanta, Ga. This is only one of a great many building: he has erected, among which is Sale Hall of Atlanta Baptist: College, and the First Congregational Church, of Atlanta, ‘The Scullin-Gallagher Steel Foundry, of Bt, Louis, Mo, one of the largest steel plants in the world, employs sev: eral thousand Colored men in its shops. Negroes are to be found working in all but three of its depariments, and lack of experience and training is the sole yeason. The wages paid Negroes run from $1.75 to $6.00 per day. Not a few Negroes have learned the trade in this foundry and are now foremen of their departments. Sam Powel, of Paw Creek, N. C. sold in the Charlotte market early in December thirteen bales of cotton for which he received $1,086. He disposed of 400 bushels of cotton seed for $600. Eight bales sold at 18 cents a pound, and five bales at 17 cents a pound. He averaged a bale to the acre. Mr. Pow: ell is in every way an up-to-date farm- er. He subscribes for and reads sev- eral papers, both daily and farm jour- nals, He raises each year his own food supplies and sells enough to pay his expenses. Dearfield, Colo. is the scene of a Ne- Bro cblony in the West. It is located west of, the river and north Seas feats Ean econ tae wire miles northeast of Denver. Twenty-six Colored families are settled on govern- ment land. Mont $2 them ave alveady Deen here long enough to own the soil they till. They have 6,000 acres under their control. , In 1911 they had but two habitable houses. Now they have fourteen. In the same year there were but 200 acres fenced; now there are 3,000. In 1911 they had 150 acres broken and in euftivation; this year 500 acres are under cultivation. The land is especially adapted to the. culti- vation of bests. ‘The settlement is ery- ing for tradesmen. They are especially im need of blacksmiths, cobblers and gaddle makers. ‘Mr. Jesse Washington, wholesale and retail grocer of Marlin, Tex., is an example of the up-to-date Negro busi- ness. man. Mr. Washington was for- merly ‘a school teacher, but happening one day to read an article of Dr. Book- @ T. Washington's advising the Negro to branch_ont, he quit the school room ‘and embarked in business. He, now seagate on sta eres tore at Marlin. He carries regularly ‘@ $10,000 sté¢k. . When he began busi- ‘ness in Marlin, there was only one Ne- gro business in the town and this was failing because ne ae esa no he oe pete with the White businesses of the town. Ho has been sble to buy goods im large enough quantities to success fully meet competition. He has also ‘been able to sell to the Colored busi nesses so that they can also meet’ com: petition. This has been helpful. in building up Colored businesses in Mar- lin, There are now thirteen prosperous Negro businesses in this small town, ‘Mr. Washington is assisted in his busi ness by two of his sons, one of whom is a graduate of the Bryant & Strattoz Business College of Chicago, ‘and the other has just graduated from an em: balming school in that city. Mr. Wash- ington’s suecess in Marlin is an indi. cation of what can be done in almost any small town in the South, and is an inspiration to young Colored men to en- gage in business, NINETEEN MILLIONS SPENT IN . TUBERCULOSIS WAR. Big Increase Over 1911—New York \ Leads. Nearly $19,000,000 was spent in the anti-tuberculosis campaign in the Unit: ed States during the year 1912, accord: ing to the fourth annual statistical statement of expenditures in this movement issued by the National Asso- ciation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis today. ‘These annual statements are based largely on reports received from anti-tuberculosis agen- cies throughout the country. The fig: ures are estimated where actual re- ports are not available. ‘The expenditures during the year for sanatorium and hospital construction and treatment make the largest single ‘item in the total, amounting to nearly $16,800,000. This is an increase of nearly $5,000,000 over the same group of expenditures for the year 1911. The anti-tuberculosis associations and com- mittees spent over $765,000, while dis- pensaries and tuberculosis clinies spent over $500,000. Over $115,000 was spent for the maintenance and establishment of open-air schools and fresh air = which is more than double the it spent for this purpose in 1911. Of cial, state and municipal expenditures outside of the maintenance of institu- tions, which are included in the other totals, amounted to $280,000. In addi- tion to these figures, about $500,000 was spent by hospitals for insane and penal institutions in caring for their tuberculous inmates. ‘The total expenditures for the year 1912 are 29 per cent.; or nearly $4,500,- 000 greater than the total for the year 1911, Another significant feature pointed out by the National Association is the expenditure of public money. During the year 1912, 65.6 per cent. of the $18,900,000 spent in tuberenlosis work came from either federal, state, county or municipal funds, This fig- ure is considered by the anti-tubercu- losis workers as particularly signifi- cant because it indicates the shifting of responsibility for the provision of tuberculosis hospitals and other insti- tutions upon the municipality, county and state. New York State again leads the country in its antituberculosis ex- penditures. Pennsylvania comes next and Massachusetts and Colorado are in third and fourth places, respectively. The following table shows the esti- mated public and private expenditures from tuberculosis in the ten leading states: | ‘Expenditures in i912. State Poblle. Private Total New York ....$3,805,556 $1,356,760 $5,162,316 Pennsylvania .. 1,587,506 692,231 2,219,827 Maseachosetts . 1,004,005 342,416 1,407,319 Colorado ..... 35,500 970,020 1,005,520 Mola ....+5 $23,000 307,280 090,870 New Jermy ... 532,100 213,110 646,4T0 Connecticut ... 44225 141,685 g85,010 California... 183,800 467,619 001,419 New Mexico .. 296,000 267,659 503,689 Oho weererene 384882 928TT 477,150 18 EVERYBODY HAPPY?” A True By-Word for.........-+++++- «Bill Bailey’s Jubilee,’?. with thirty funny chaps and sprightly Creole girl of musical comedy distinction, is her alded for appearance at the Globe the- atre for one week starting next Sunday matinee, January 5. , With a few possible slight exceptions this amiable theatrical topic may well be considered the nearest approach tc a genuine Colored comedy cyclone of Southern pastimes and natural cut-upe of adept performers of ebony hue ever staged for public appearance. Through « process of elimihation al serious thought is transposed into az evening’s enjoyment of amusing ab- surdities, which leaves the andienee with s smile and «laugh as they say good night. The public inclination and desire for a production of this kind ‘ai provailed opon the management th sense of offering this Colored show ai popular pricts; 25, 50 and 15, cents matinees Tuesday, Thursday, Seturday 25 and 50 cents. ¢ The Antiual Report of the Litiise Juvenile Home for Neglected and Dependent Children. vous a > = a: eS - 5a =| i | | Oe a ee oe cP e oop ies ae | is ena ie a u an a i ast ae 2 | i ip | SY Aes 5 F € ‘ia te { LR a ay - = = > sj we. i > ey ae a a ni pce 8 Tas, ¥ i b i) oe oo me ig Pe ilo a he exterior view of the Louise Juvenile Home for Neglected and Dependent Children, 6126 Ada street, showing some of the children who make their home in it. As usual, the work has been hard, with many difficulties, but we are thankful to the Almighty God that He has led us safely this far, and we hope ‘and pray that during the ensuing year we may be able to do more than we were able to do the year just gone by. Everything is now advancing and we hope to be able to keep pace with the times, and advanee in every phase of the work. ‘My report is as follows: Number of children eared for. 90 Received for care of children $485.50 By donations as follows: Mr. W. T. Davies. 5.00 Mr. J..L, Whitman 6.00 Mr. Joseph M088 nennnnnmnv» 2.00 Mr. J. G. Broomfield... 5.00 Se a i a i ae Mr. J. H. Whitter 5.00 Mr. Diek Bradshaw... 3.00 Mr. Davies, for repairing. 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor for groceries... 10.00 Lagrange Women’s Club, eight aprons (ee OO Total doastions —.___$ 57.00 Donations in Clothing and Food. From Kellogg's Corn Flake Co—120 pounds of wheat biscuits. From United Charities—120 pounds Dutch biscuits. Mrs. Cuba Mercer of Bethel Church —68 cans of fruit; also clothing. | Mrs, Dange—Clothing. Mrs. John W. Hasburg—Box of Clothing. ‘ ‘Mrs. Carter—Hats and clothing. | Mrs, Emma Riee—Clothing. Mrs. Louise Hull—Eight cans of fruit. Mrs. Olive Lucas—Baby clothes. Mrs, H. L. Haywood—Clothing. Hope Presbyterian Church—Two bas: kets of vegetables. Mr. Julius F. Taylor—Twenty-five loaves of bread, three bushels of po- tatoes, three bushels of onions. Mr. W. Biggs, Bass Lake, Indiana— One bex of meat. Berean Notes. Bev. W. 8. Braddan, pastor. Sunday-school—9:30 a. m, Classes for all. Preaching services—11:00 a, m. and 8:00 p.m. i‘ B. ¥. P. U—7:00 p.m. The B. Y. P, U. are having interesting topics and refreshing meetings. Come and be one of us. ‘ ‘The Christmas exereises by the chil dren were enjoyed by all. Instead of receiving presents, the children brought something to be given to the less for tunate. . Watch meeting was observed at Berean, the time being spent singing and praying. It brought to each mind afresh the loss of gur dear Brother Risley, who. this tine jngt goss, we with us, putting his shoulder to the wheel, ready to’ help in God's. work where he was most needed, doing his fall duty willingly and earnestly, whe thin, your hag passed to zeceive the re ‘ward no man can give, and, as he used to say, (“Dwell in the city mot made by man.’? s * Total expenditures for the year $1,944.06 Less receipts for the year. 547.50 Leaving excess of expenses over receipts _........$1,396.56 We especially wish to mention those who have so heartily supported us dur- ing the year: Dr. C. L. Jefferson, of the Hope Presbyterian church, with his entire congregation; Judge Pinckney, of the Juvenile court; the County Board of Visitors; the president, Mr. W. T. Davies, and vice-president, Mr. Julius G. Bloomfield, of our advisory a) Bishop Schaffer, Elder Reeves, Dr. A. J. Carey, and all who have giv- en us their assistance even in the slight- est degree. We extend to each and ev- ery one of you our sincere thanks and hearty appreciation of your liberal sup- port, and we earnestly hope that you will continue to lend a helping hand. Onur spiritual work is as follows: Number of conversions in the home, six; number of prayer meetings, 180; one backslider reclaimed, and two babies baptized. We have distributed outside of the home one Bible, two hymn books, one church discipline, 300 pieces of cloth- ing, 100 books and papers, eight pair of shoes, sent to conference, $4 for Mite missions, $1 for education, 50 cents for Bibles. ‘Thanking each and all for their sup- port, and earnestly hoping that each may feel with me that In His Rock of Ages resting, I enjoy a sweet repose, Where the grace of God forever Like a mighty river flows. In the Rock of Ages trusting, I am kept in perfect peace, Till the toil of life shall cease. Yours in His name, ’ ELIZABETH M’DONALD, Superintendent. ETHEL SIMPSON HYTE, ‘Matron. The Louise Juvenile Home, 6130 Addi- son street, Chicago, Ill, December 31, 1912, 5 The W. W. held their annual recep- tion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. ©. Childress, 5727 La Fayette, Ave., Thursday evening, December 26, where they entertained their friends. Be- freshments were served and a pleas- ant time reported. eee Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Randolph, 5025 Armour avenue, pleasantly entertained the following at dinner Saturday even- ing, 7:00 p.m: Mr. and Mrs. Child- ress and daughter Beatrice, 5727 La Payette Ave.; Mr. J. L. Green, 3540 State street; Mr. I. C. Bradly, 4758 State street. After = sumptuous re- past, games and music were features of the evening. ' ‘We are glad to Jearn that Mr. Frank Prince, 5237 Dearborn St, is improv. ing after a serious illness—Mrs. R. Attorney B. F, Moseley left the city, Tuesday evening for Kansas city, Mo, where on Wednesday evening at Allen Chapel in that city, be delivered an oration, on the ‘‘Emancipation Proc- lamation,”” or the fifty years Yreedom of the Negro. : = , WAYMAN CHAPEL, A. M E CHUBOH, 912 NORTH FRANK- LIN STREET. Pastor, H. E., Stewart, D.D., resi: dence, 870 North Franklin street; phone Dearborn 6117. Sunday serv- iees 6 a. m. Prayer meeting led by H. C. Boyd; 11 a m:, preaching hour; 12:30 m,, ¢lass meeting; 1 p. m., Sun day-sehool; 4:30 p. m. Sunday Club; 6 p. m, Allen League, intermediate; 7 p.m. Allen League, senior; 7:45 p. m. preaching; mid-week service; Wednes day night prayer meeting; Friday night class; trustees meeting, first Mon. day in each month; official board, ev- ery two weeks. ‘There will be a special service Sunday, the first Sabbath in the ‘new year, all persons who are entitled to the rerviee of full membership re- lation will be read in Sunday at the morning hour. The pastor will take up some great character of the Bible at each even- ing during the month of January. ‘The second quarterly meeting will take place at the church Sunday, Jan- uary 12. Dr. T. Reeves will preside all day, preaching at the morning hour. ‘At the afternoon service Rev. Dr. Hor- ace Graves, the distinguished pastor of Evanston, will preach the communion sermon, and his choir will furnish the musie for the occasion. The pastors of the city churches and of other denomi- nations will assist in the afternoon service. - Wayman chapel will conduct a two- weeks’ series of meetings beginning the first of the year, preaching every night. NEGRO BEATS WHITE WOMAN FOUND IN BLACK HUSBAND'S | COMPANY. Canton, Ohio—While a crowd of sev. ‘eral hundred persons, mostly wom en, looked on and applauded, Mrs. Har ry Johnson, a Colored woman, armed with a club, beat a White woman whom she found in the company of her hus. band, a Negro, in a crowded downtown street here today. While his wife was beating his White companion, Johnson, who is six feet four inches tall and weighs over 200 pounds, stood helplessly to one side. He took no part in the disturbanee. ‘The White woman is said to have been well dressed and good looking. When Mrs, Johnson went home her husband followed. She telephoned po lice headquarters and had him locked up. Now, why? There are always two sides to every question —Ex. WHITE GENTLEMAN IN RICH. MOND, VA. DELIGHTS TO ASSO. CIATE WITH COLORED PEOPLE. It is right disgusting to read of the hypoerisy of some White folks. A White man was arraigned before the police court of Richmond, Va., the other day, and he declared that he pre- ferred to live with Negroes rather than his own race. There is a great many of these kind of White men in the South, but they never make such a bold declaration of the fact as this man; and when the police justice decided that the fellow must be erazy he. was certainly telling the truth, because generally the aver- age White man who consorts with Ne groes under cover are usually the most bitter enemies of the Negro in public. ‘He usually tries to make his White friends and acquaintances believe that he hates a Negto in his sight—Ex. THE MEN'S CLUB OF ST. THOMAS CHURCH. A choir festival under the auspices of the. Men’s Club of St. Thomas Epis- copal Church, Thirty-eighth street and Wabash Avenue, will be held Sunday evening, January 5, 1913, at which time the full yested choir of St. Paul’s Churehy Madison Avenue and Fifty: first Street, will render the program. St. Panl’s choir, consisting of thirty- five men and pays, is one of the best im the city and well worth hearing. All seats free; everybody is cordially wel- come. Services at 8 p. m. - ee = = . et a5 | on ) Saat . caer i 3 | aad Se i \ i i i MES. ELIZABETH M¢DONALD, Founter and Manager of the Louise Tuyenile. Home, for Neglected and Dependent Children. CHIPS. ‘Mrs. Charles Bates, 4615 Portiang avenue, who is as honest as the day ig Jong, is still a warm supporter of Tig Broad Ax. Major Franklin A. Denison ang Cary B. Lewis, were among the callery New Year’s Day on editor and Mn Jalius F. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Matta entertained a few friends New Yeur', Eve at their beautiful residence, 5; Langley Ave. Whist and dan-inr were indulged in long after the New ‘Year was ushered in. Mr. Cary B. Lewis will be given gold fountain pen by the Bethel Liter. ary Society on the Third Sunday iq January, for his interest in publishing accounts of the literary in yariouy ‘papers. ‘Mrs. Minnie Wood and her {itt}. daughter Miss Edna, of St. Louis, fo, are visiting her sister and brotler.in- law, Mr. and Mra, Edward Carter, 529 Dearborn. street. They will positiy remain in the city for three or fou weeks. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bish, 5321 Wabash Ave, held an informal recep. tion from two to four o’clock Tuesiay afternoon, New Year’s Day, in honor of the marriage of their son to Miss Eliza Ross. | Mrs, Bd. Mead, 6351 Vincennes Are, left Thursday morning to attend 4 ‘select dancing party at her old home, Detroit, Mich, she will retura hone ‘Monday morning. ae | Mrs. Robert A. Williams, 3541 Dear. born St., returned home Tuesday mors- ing from a two weeks visit to Young:- town, Ohio, where she was in attend- ance at the bedside of her motherin- law Mrs. Williams who has been very ill for some time. J. C. Hogan, 5018 Armour Ave, died last Thursday evening at the County Hospital and on Sunday morning his remains were laid to rest in the Lin- coln-Oakhill Cemetery, Charles Jack son, 3245 State street was in charge of his funeral. Dr. J. H. Sheppered of Peoria, I, who is a prominent part of the medical staff of the Eighth Regiment, Dlincis ‘National Guards, spent a few days iz this city, visiting some of his many friends, he made his headquarters at the Keystone hotel, 3022 South State St. Attorney Edward E. Wilson, begat his duties Thursday morning at the ‘35th street police station, as one of the assistant State’s attorneys and his legions of friends freely predict, that he will have no trouble in making good wherever he is assigned to duty, by State’s Attorney Maclay Hoyne. Mr. Edward Carter, 5429 Dearborn street, who is one of the erack met on the Chieago Northwestern Railroad, met with a painful accident last Sat- urday morning, severely cutting ox of his fingers while splitting kindling wood, causing him to lay off from his work for several weeks. Edward Tidrington, returned home Christmas morning from Evansville, Ind., where he was hastily summonel at the bedside of his brother Ernest Tidrington, who was severely and dangerously injured in an accident it that city several days before the be- ginning of the holiday season. Hon. A. Munger, President of the Hanite Club, will deliver the ‘«Emaneipation Day’? address at the Institutional Church Sunday night st 8 o’elock. Speeial musie has been arransed. Every race-loving man and woman in- vited. Everybody welcome. Congressman and Mrs. James T. Me Dermott, left for Washington, D. C- ‘Tuesday morning where they will T- main until after the extra session of Congress, March 15. ‘Mrs. McDermott who is deeply interested in politics ‘and in the suceess which continue to crown the labors of her hustling bos band in behalf of the voters residine jim the 4th congressional. district, will read The Broad Ax,j each week while [they are absent from home. Hon. William Sulzer, was on Wednes day inducted into office as Governor of ithe great State of New York at A! fbany, in the midst of the greatest simplicity and in plain old Democratic fashion. The military parade and sl! ithe other frills in connection with suc jan affair were dispensed with and in jaddressing the large concourse of Pec ple, who had gathered around the capitol to eateh a glimpse of him [Governor Sulzer, promised to dischars? ll of his duties Bonestiy and £08 STARTING WITH Sun. Matinee Jan. 5th THE BIG MUSICAL COMEDY BILL BAILEY'S JUBILEE 40---Colored Performers---40 INCLUDING FAMOUS BEAUTY CHORUS NIGHTS: 25c, 50c, 75c IN THE LATEST SONG HITS MATINEES SUN. TUES. THUR. 25c SAT. MINSTREL SHOW By the Members of the Settlement Club WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 15th, 1913 N. W. Cornur Fifth Avenue and Randolph Street., Opposite Briggs House—Suite', 506 Telephone Automatic 33-201 Main 2101 CHICAGO DESIRABLE FLATS TO RENT 2720 Dearborn Street, 2nd flat, 6 rooms—$19 3741 La Salle Street, 2nd flat, center, 4 rooms & bath—$15 2426 Seminary Aqe., 1st flat, 4 rooms—$14 5521 Shields Ave., 1st flat, 5 rooms and bath—$18 7230 Wentworth Ave., 2nd flat, 7 rooms and bath—$22 5754 Wentworth Ave., 2nd flat front, 5 rooms and bath—$18 The Song of the Orange Peel. Like a bar of the beaten gold But foolish is he who treadeth on me. He'll wish he had never been born. Like the flower of the field, vain man Goeth forth at the break of day, But when he doth feel my grip on his heel Like the stubble he fadeth away. For I lift him high up in the air. With his heels where his head ought to be. With a downcoming crash he falls like a flash, And I know he's clean gone upon me. I am much scorned by haughty mankind; I am modest and meek, if you will; Though my talents are few, yet the work that I do Has often taxed medical skill. I'm a blood red Republican born, And a nihilist fearless I be. Though the head wear a crown, I would bring its pride down If it sets its proud heel upon me. -Tit-Bits. Why He Limped. "I admire a liar," says William Alden Seltzer, the Cleveland author of wild west stories, "even when his prevarications strain my credulity. A friend of mine who objects to my efforts to pry into his personal affairs recently limped into my west side workshop. "What's the matter with your feet? I asked, more to be polite than because I cared what was the trouble. Then he gained my everlasting admiration by a display of nerve and mendacity I never saw equaled. "An 'eel stepped on 'em!' he said."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Getting the Future Meal [Scientists declare they soon will be able to extract food directly from the atmosphere.—News item.] All circumjacent atmosphere is packed and jammed with food. But means for its extraction are at present writing crude. Potatoes haunt the autumn air, andborne on every breeze Are onions, though invisible and quite unseen, there’s cheese. The panicles of the azure floats and maple sugar, too. While from the zephyr steaks may fall as gently as the dew. When science has contrived the way reach forth with either hand And from low lying strata pluck “soft bolled” and eke “ham and.” The future rain will be of tea or coffee And heaven drop, of cake and pie, the kinds that hit the spot. —New York Evening Sun. GLOBE THE STARTING After Election "The time has come," the voter said, "To think of other things— Of making dough for daily bread And paying rent, by fingers." A Fair Warning. Peasant (reading over his accident insurance to his powerful wife)—Look here, next time you fall out with me you'd better take care. This policy says that when I suffer from circumstances over which I have no control I don't get anything.—Flergende Blatter Where It Came From: Teacher (reading aloud)—The weary sentinel leaned on his gun and stole a few moments' sleep. "I bet I know where he stole it from." "Where, Dot?" "From his 'nap-sack.'—San Francisco Examiner. Your Best Girl When sleighing, should the moon go hide Behind a cloud, you never miss her. Then is the time to turn aside And take her in your arms and kiss her. —Lippincott's. The oyster in the stewpan stirred Attended strictly to his biz And never said a single word, And yet see what his finish is! —Washington Post. Blobbs—Does Longbow ever tell the truth? Slobbs—Well, I caught him in the truth once, but he tried to lie out of it —Philadelphia Record. The fly looked around at her progeny As she swarmed up the walls and stairs And proudly smiled. "Well, it seems to me That I am a sort of Carnegie. For I rank with the million-heirs." —Harper's Weekly. FOR RENT. For Rent, 4431-33 South State Street, four (4) room apartments. 4519-23 Evans Avenue, six room apartments. 3308 Rhodes Avenue, House eight rooms in perfect condition. Inquire, Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company, 117 North Dearborn Street Room 504, Phone Randolph 5771 ATRE WABASH AND HUBBARD G WITH ee Jan. 5th CAL COMEDY Flight of Birgs Some birds have a long range of flight, such as the martingale, wild goose and several members of the vulture tribe. In general birds are restricted to certain geographical areas, although the same fishing eagle that inhabits the shores of Scotland is seen in south Europe. Blanched Almonds If almonds after being blanched are plunged into cold water they will keep snow white. To blanch them it is best to put them into cold water and let it come just to the boiling point. Many Patent Documents If all the documents stored in the patent office at Washington could be placed end to end they would form a strip that would reach around the earth three times. Library Buildings. The writer of a book entitled "How to Plan a Library Building For Library Work" says, "I not only believe, but know, that 1 per cent of the cost of building put into employing a really competent expert librarian to collaborate with the architect will save from 10 to 40 per cent on the cost in space, convenience and material." Hoist With His Own Petard The Regent Morton of Scotland, who invented the maiden, a sort of guillotine, was the first to be beheaded thereby. This was in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Islands of the Amazon The mighty Amazon river abounds in floating islands whose underpinning of mud is washed away gradually by the currents, and then the isles, mere patches and pads of earth, roots and tropical vegetation. float slowly seaward or are dissolved, stranded, sunk or washed into the Atlantic. Cad. From cadet, the younger son, who was looked upon with scorn by his older and richer brother—"Oh, he's only a cad," only a cadet, having no property and not worth notice. Alexander the Great. Alexander succeeded to the throne of Macedonia in his twenty-first year. He died at the age of thirty-two. Thus in the space of about twelve years the young soldier had brought the Greek states into submission, crushed Darius and his million of Persians and crossed the Indus and defeated the Indian king Porus. Alexander was not merely a brutal conqueror, but tried to weld the various countries into a solid empire. Oatmeal Jelly. To make oatmeal jelly boil four tablespoonfuls of oatmeal in one pint of water (in a double boiler) for three hours, adding water from time to time, and then strain. English Literature In Bulgaria. Bulgaria is the most literary of the Balkan states, and the works of English writers have a considerable vogue there, both in the original and in translations. The Turk's Dinner Rarely indeed is a wealthy Turk seen at his wife's dinner table. He usually dines in a part of the house remote from that occupied by his connubial partner or partners, and his companions are generally his elder sons and perhaps some male friends. Baby Superstitions Welsh mothers put a pair of tongs or a knife in the cradle to insure the safety of their children. The knife is also used for the same purpose in some parts of England. Red Hair. History shows that no great genius ever had red hair. Alone among the poets of the world was Swinburne, whose hair was distinctly reddish, and among the great reformers only John Bunyan's hair was really red. The simon pure carroty head, however, appears nowhere linked to world fame. Mica. To clean mica in stoves tike it out and thoroughly wash it with vinegar slightly diluted. If the black does not come off readily let it soak in the vinegar a little while. Saves the Books Insects will never attack books that are dusted once a year with powdered alum and white pepper. Three parts of alum should be used to one of pepper. Wooden Spoons In Russia The peasant class in Russia, which forms 77 per cent of the total population, still uses the wooden spoon. The people of this class cannot afford steel knives and forks and never have plated silverware. The middle classes use steel and plated ware, and the wealthy classes usually have sterling. Snob. In some English college lists those who were not of noble birth were entered as a. nob. -sine nobilitate. Thackray grafted the word snob on the English language. Cork. The best cork comes from trees in Spain and Portugal that are allowed to become forty years old before the bark is cut, and then it is removed only every eight or ten years. Cats and Dogs. A Japanese saying runs: "Feed a cat three years and she remembers you three days; keep a dog three days and he will cherish it three years." "Your boy seems to be stronger on athletics than he is on the classics." "Yes," replied the candid parent. "He explained that to me. He says he knows I am much more likely to understand and appreciate what he is doing in athletics."—Washington Star. He sang to her under the window. He told of the peaceful night; He sang. "How serenely quiet Is all 'neath the stars so bright!' But just as he reached the stanza That ended with 'silver moon' Her father appeared at the window, And he instantly changed his tune. —Lippincott's Magazine Pouting Wife—You used to call me the light of your life. Hub—So I did, but I had no idea the meter was going to register such a cost.—Boston Transcript. The small boy's growing rather glum. He's anxious as he waits. It seems the time will never come For him to put on skates. —Fun Magazine. One Lawyer to Another—You are the biggest fool I ever saw! Judge—Order, order! You forget that I'm in the room!—Pittsburgh Dispatch. A wild and uncivilized Sioux Once asked a Chinee for a chioux. No "baccy" he had. It made him so mad He cut off the Chinaman's quioux. —New York American. Mrs. Goodley—Mrs. Bloomer seems to keep her youth still. Miss Chellus—Well, she keeps her age quiet—Catholic Standard and Times. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" Is a motto that has cost. The safest way to put it is "Nothing ventured, nothing lost!" —Judge. "So your engagement to Miss Jor- rocks is broken?" said Dubleigh. "Yes," sighed Higgins. "Her mother said she was a first class cook, and I saw at once I'd never be able to keep her."—Harper's Weekly. Talk is rather cheap, and why? Because, you understand. There's nearly always a supply Exceeding the demand. —Washington Herald. First Suffragette—So those horrid college students broke up your parade? Second Suffragette—Yes. In a parade they had the night before ours was scheduled they broke every plate glass window in town—New York Times. He was a saving cuss for air, But carried it too far; To save his brand new shoes from wear He bought a motorcar. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "How did you like our new medicine almanac?" "It was simply great." "Ah! And will you give us a testimonial?" "Sure. You may say that the jokes are the kind I have always used."—Toledo Blade. He'd always borrow trouble, and He acted like a jack. For when he had a stock on hand He couldn't pay it back. —Washington Star. "Is your son an optimist?" "No, sir. No eye doctors in this family."—Baltimore American. A cop's range of language is spacious, A ball player's blue and pungacious, A conductor can cuss, A stage driver is wuss, Wife—Be sure to advertise for Fido in the next morning papers. Next day the wife read as follows in the newspapers. "Lost—A mangy lap dog, with one eye and no tail. Too fat to walk. Answers to the name of Fido. If returned stuffed $15 reward."—Tit-Bits. Twinkle, twinkle, lovely star! How I wonder if you are When at home the tender age You appear when on the stage! —St. Louis Dispatch. He—Would you rather be beautiful or clever? She—Beautiful, I think. You see, there are lots of stupid men, but only a few blind ones.—Boston Transcript. There was a young doctor named Ledd, Whose last case was checked off as "dead." When asked why he scowled He grumbled and growled. "Tm all out of patients," he said. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "Own up, now. Who's the head of your family?" "My wife used to be," admitted Mr. Enpeck, "but since my daughters are grown up we have a commission form of government."—Washington Herald. Oh, Eden's garden was a place Where man might rest contented! No piano ka-thumped next door. They had not been invented. —Houston Post. Minerva—Isn't it strange, mother, that all the heroines in novels marry poor men? Mater—Yes, my dear; but that is fiction—Judge. POUR FLAT BRICK BUILDING POR SALE AT A BAEGAIN. 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; $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 Suite 316-320 Rampage Blush Clark and Washington Streets CHICAGO Phone: Central 1249; Auto: 41-013 Phone: Office, Main 4153 Ren Dresel, 7990 Auto: 33-736 WALTER M. FARMER Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL. Office Phone; Central 6624. Rea. Phone, Doug. 4397. No. 508 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randolph St. Tel. Central 3162 Franklin A. Denison Attorney at Law 30 W. RANDOLPM STREET Suite 708 Delaware Building CINCAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Notary Public Office Phone Automatic 44-185 Res. Phone Automatic 79-137 W. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 5, Methodist Church Block S. E. Cor. Clark & Washington St., CHICAGO Evening Office 3449 State St., 7 to 9. French Dynn and J. B. McCain, Trestone Tel Oakland 1550-1551-352 Established 1877 John J. Dunn Coal Wholesale Retail FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVE. Railroades Slot St. and L. S. & M. S. Slot St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO C. H. KNIGHT, M. D., C.M. Office Hours 9 to 11 A.M., 2 to 5 P.M. 3158 State Street, Chicago Office Hours From 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Md. from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. Sunday by appointment. DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4718 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO 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. $1st St., near State. B. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. 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, 5532 State St. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 6244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 63 W. 80th St. William Gaughan, laundry office, eigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, eigars 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. Old Line Legal Reserve Co. L. Under State Government Supervision. 100,000 dollars to the State; Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our industrial Contracts give to the colored policy holder more than any other company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business. Information of taxes and amounts as 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 Adame 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 Phone Douglas 8520 Rooms by Day or Week Room 38-65-80 The Douglas Hotel For Men Only Batha, Steam Heat, Kleotric Light 8006 S. State Street, CHICAGO TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 17603 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMARI & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3/Trips/Daily to AllDepots 4706 IndianaAve. CHICAGO $15 DAMÉS AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Bertha A. Dutton of Cleveland has been a schoolteacher since 1858 without missing a day. Miss Helen Gould has just given $10,000 to the Day and Night camp for the cure of tuberculosis in St. Louis. Six years ago Mme. Tetrazinl was singing in a San Francisco music hall at $100 a week. Now she receives $3,000 a night, but does not sing every night. Mrs. Louise Remsen of Toronto, who died leaving an estate valued at $1,100, bequeathed to her husband the sum of $1 10s., to be paid in installments of $2½ pence per week. The Rev. Miss A. J. Allebach has been elected president of the National Association of Women In the Ministry. Miss Allebach is a native of Green Lane, Pa. She was ordained in 1911 and is now preaching for city missions in New York city. Mrs. Russell MacLennan, who has secured the passage in the thirteenth state besides the District of Columbia of a law forbidding discrimination at places of public amusement against men wearing the uniform of the United States army or navy, is the founder and president of the Society For the Protection of the Dignity and the Honor of the Uniform of the United States Flippant Flings. Erecting a monument to Pocahontas is well enough, but if they start putting 'em up to John Smith, goodbye treasury.—New York American. According to government statistics, mere bachelors than married men go insane. Why not? Many married men have their thinking done for them.—Cleveland Leader. A New Orleans surgeon has made a jawbone out of a rib. Cynical beneficts maintain that the same thing happened in the garden of Eden.—New York Evening Sun. "When I go home it will be evening," says an Indianapolis News poet. You're different from most fellows, old top. Generally it's morning—and well advanced morning—when most of 'em hit the home trail.—Los Angeles Express. Pert Personals. No, this is not Bernhardt's farewell tour. She expects to come across as long as we do.—Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Catt advocates women wearing trousers. Dr. Mary Walker goes her one better in wearing them.—Omaha Bee. J. Pierpont Morgan is making a collection of valuable autographs. Well, one of his own ought to secure for him anything in that line he wants.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Mary Garden says that when she becomes thirty-five she will never have any more birthdays. Few of us expect to live to hear Mary admit that she is thirty-five.—Detroit Free Press. The Writers. Ambassador Bryce in his book on South America aptly describes the Panama canal as "the greatest liberty man has ever taken with nature." Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the famous author, has been appointed the seventh professor of English literature at Cambridge university, with an income of $4,000 a year. The appointment has been approved by the king. "Why don't you write a play?" asked an actress of the late David Graham Phillips. "I have too many other ways of breaking my heart." he replied, with a bitterness which suggested that he had already experimented in the matter. German Gleanings The Germans are not emigrating to any extent at present, for the reason that conditions are being made far more comfortable at home for the workingman. The "crimes in the German army last year may thus be summarized-500 desertions from the colors, 1,000 thefts and 338 cases of ill treatment of privates by noncommissioned officers. So important has domestic science instruction become in Germany that a special "Domestic Science Dictionary" has been issued for the use of teachers and others interested in education for the home. Town Topics. A prominent railroad advertises "The Way to Cleveland." But why should any one want to go there?—Philadelphia Inquirer. The pier question in New York is all the more grave from New York's point of view because as a transatlantic port Boston is New York's peer—Boston Globe. If motor buses in London are killing a pedestrian every day they are menacing a record in which New York's motor vehicles have long been pre-eminent—New York World. Cost of Living. Owing to the high cost of living couldn't the United States government confer a boon upon the 90,000,000 by coating the postage stamp with something nourishing as well as adhesive?—Louisville Courier-Journal. When a New York hotel invests $100,000 in music for a year people begin to understand why it is necessary to make a separate charge on the bill for bread and butter. The cost of high living is no mystery after all is explained.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. SIRES AND SONS. Mr. J. P. Morgan has been elected senior warden of St. George's church, Stuyvesant square, New York city, for 1913-14. Theodore Marburg, recently named by President Taft as minister plenipotentiary to Belgium, is an old personal friend of the president. He is a political economist of note and a trustee of Johns Hopkins university. General Savoff, "the Bulgarian Molte," as he has been termed, has the proud satisfaction of knowing that as minister of war he built up the Bulgarian army. "Speed is trumps," is one of his favorite sayings. Professor Perry G. Holden, who has been engaged by the International Harvester company to administer a million dollar fund to further scientific agriculture, has for ten years been the Iowa state director of agriculture extension. Shuji Izawa, whose efforts have been largely responsible for the Tokyo Academy of Music, has been a foremost figure in the modernization of Japanese music since he established, in 1879, "a bureau for investigation of music." David White, who succeeds Waldemar Lindgren, resigned, as chief geologist of the United States geological survey at Washington, was born in Palmyra, N. Y., in 1862. He has been geologist of the United States geographical survey since 1899. Winter Baseball. "Stuffy" McInnes of the Athletics handled 1,600 chances last season, thereby stamping himself as the busiest first baseman in the American league. Malcolm Douglas, shortstop of the Virginia university team, has quit college to enter professional baseball. He has not yet signed with any club, though he has received a flattering offer from Manager Griffith of the Senators. Garry Herrmann has announced that the Washington Senators will play the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati on March 30. This date was originally given to the Highlanders, but they canceled their games in view of their prospective trip to Bermuda. Education Notes. Twenty-one states in the Union have abolished the common drinking cup in schools. A two years' course in forestry has been instituted at the University of Wisconsin to meet the demand for trained forest rangers. More than a thousand schoolteachers in the Netherlands are banded together in an association for temperance work among their pupils. At a conference of Swedish teachers recently it was emphasized that instruction in domestic science in the schools must deal principally with the substantial things instead of the "caramel and tart" kind. The Professor's Chair. What are the dimensions of the chair offered to the president at Yale?—Boston Globe. Having made a professor president, we are now going to make a president professor. A great country, by jingo!—St. Louis Republic. The chair which President Taft may take at Yale after March 4 will have to be especially built to fit his dimensions. —Albany Knickerbocker Press. Political Quips. In most cases a president soon realizes that inauguration day was the least of his troubles.—Washington Star. Our only fear of a woman in the president's cabinet is that she*would put scalloped paper on its shelves.—Chicago News. The 10,000 jobs at the disposal of President Elect Wilson could be used up with one day's applications.—New York American. Fashion Frills. It has just about got so in this country that a woman can always tell when she is getting stout by the hard time she has in getting her skirt on without a shoe horn—Galveston News. According to a fashion journal, ladies' suits next spring will be devoid of curves. Still the delivery of the dressmaker's bills over the home plate will be as accurate as ever.—Cleveland Leader. Japan has more telephones than all the rest of Asia. Within three years a quarter of a million new telephones have been installed in farm houses in the United States. The telephone has invaded Jerusalem, a system having been installed that connects official points, business houses and some residences. Aviation Notes. The British aeroplane fleet comprises about fifty machines, of which some thirty are practicable modern craft. Following the example of the French, the British government has decided to use only biplanes for military purposes. The many deaths that have occurred is the obvious reason. According to European figures, the fatalities now attending aviation hardly exceed one death for each 100,000 miles flown as compared with one for each 1,000 miles three years ago. GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per 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 co dents, including payment of taxes and l on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patro The Cranfor Building. 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"What makes you think so?" "Her mother and father have both started in to knock him."—Detroit Free Press. Then that famed man perhaps I'll sight Who gets up with the lark. --Youngstown Telegram. And when I've found that man I'll seek the husky man of brawn And some cold morn I'll shiv'ring take Through the deep snow a path To see the man who likes to break The Joe to take a bath. Johnnie's Reply. A teacher in a Sunday school wanted to reprove a small boy. "Johnnie," she said quite solemnly, "I'm afraid I shall never meet you in the better land." Johnnie put on a look of astonishment. "Why, teacher," he asked, "whatever have you been doing now?"—Boston Herald. Talents For the Law "I'm certain, William," she began. "When Johnny grows to be a man And his mind's blas finds expression He'll choose the medical profession. Last night I noticed at the table How thoughtfully he cautioned Mabel About the hurtfulness of ple." 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Two men who really did not want to fight, but had got the idea that it would be disgraceful not to do so, fell to blows. Friends rushed in and held each contestant firmly. Warrior No. 1, seeing the extremely violent efforts of warrior No. 2 to break away, cried out: "More of you men hold Swanson! One man can hold me!"—Everybody's. asked, g now? gan man session mission. able Mabel ed, "lie, d saw, the true, Scott's. ing, Mr. in-law. ins with w, with his hand -Penny Sidburns are a coming in- Blow, winds, blow! Temperance and lavender, Hedge and golden glow. Ridiculing them's a sin. Sidburns are a coming in, Portiere and gobelin- Blow, winds, blow! Sidburns are a lovely crop- Blow, winds, blow! Picket fence and mutton chop. Lusciously they grow. On the street and in the shop Sidburns are a lovely crop. Train them upward, lest they drop- Blow, winds, blow! -Spokane Spokesman. No Vacancy. Book Canvasser-In these volumes you have the whole sum of human knowledge in convenient form. 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