The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Many Afro-Americans Played a Very Prominent Part in the Inaugural Ceromonies. ATTENDING THE INDUCTION INTO OFFICE OF PRESIDENT WOOD-ROW WILSON AND VICE-PRESIDENT THOMAS R. MARSHALL. THEY WERE CONSPICUOUS IN THE MEMORABLE PROCESSION FROM ITS BEGINNING TO ITS END—THE NINTH CAVALRY OCCUPYING THE POST OF HONOR. SANDY BROOKS, AN AFRO-AMERICAN, WHO HAS DRIVEN ALL THE PRESIDENTS FROM WILLIAM MCKINLEY DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME, DISCHARGED THAT SAME DUTY TO PRESIDENT WILSON—A COLORED FOOTMAN ASSISTING HIM. A LARGE NUMBER OF AFRO-AMERICANS WERE MIXED IN AMONG THE NATIONAL GUARDS OF THE VARIOUS STATES—MANY OF THE ORDERLIES MOUNTED ON FLEET-POOTED HORSES WERE COLORED MEN. CAPTAIN SPENCER HEAD OF THE COLORED COMPANY OF MARYLAND WERE LOUDLY APPLAUDED AS THEY MARCHED DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WHILE THE BAND PLAYED "MY MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND". THE LAW STUDENTS FROM THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY WITH THEIR LONG COATS AND BLACK CAPS MADE A FINE IMPRESSION AS THEY MARCHED ALONG THAT FAMOUS THOROUGHFARE. THE BATTALION OF THE COLORED HIGH SCHOOL CADETS OF WASHINGTON, D. C., THE UNIFORM BANKS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, THE TRUE REFORMERS, THE COLORED TAMMANY OF GREATER NEW YORK, ROBERT N. WOOD, CHIEF IN COMMAND, ELICTED MORE THAN FAVORABLE COMMENT FROM THE MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED THAT GRAND DEMONSTRATION. THE NATIONAL COLORED DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL BANNER FLYING TO THE SOFT BREEZES—MANY OF ITS MEMBERS WEARING HIGH SILK HATS—WERE HEARTILY CHEERED AND RECEIVED ITS SHARE OF THE HONORS AS ITS MEMBERS MARCHED THROUGH THE COURT OF HONOR AND WERE REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. NO COLOR LINE EXISTED DURING THE INAUGURAL EXERCISES—BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS SAT NEAR THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE DELIVERED HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS—OTHER COLORED MEN AND WOMEN OCCUPIED SEATS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL GRAND STAND AND IN OTHER SELECT STANDS ALONG THE LINE OF MARCH. THE INAUGURAL BALL AND GRAND RECEPTION GIVEN AT CONVENTION HALL WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, WAS A MOST BRILLIANT AFFAIR—IT WAS ATTENDED BY MANY PROMINENT AFRO-AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. POURE HUNDRED COPIES OF THE BROAD AX OF MARCH 1 DISTRIBUTED IN THE CAPITOL OF THE NATION. BIRD'S EYE-VIEW OF THE GREAT PAGEANT BY JULIUS F. TAYLOB. Vol. XVIII. Many Afro-Played a Went Pa Inaugural C ATTENDING THE INDUCTION IN ROW WILSON AND VICE-PRES THEY WERE CONSPICUOUS IN THE ITS BEGINNING TO ITS END THE POST OF HONOR. SANDY BROOKS, AN AFRO-AMERICAN PRESIDENT FROM WILLIAM TIME, DISCHARGED THAT SA A COLORED POOTMAN ASSIST. A LARGE NUMBER OF AFRO-AMERICAN NATIONAL GUARDS OF THE ORDERLIES MOUNTED ON FLEMEN. CAPTAIN SPENCER HEAD OF THE WERE LOUDLY APPLAUDED A VANIA AVENUE WHILE THE MY MARYLAND'. THE LAW STUDENTS FROM THE LONG COATS AND BLACK CO THEY MARCHED ALONG THAT THE BATTALION OF THE COLORINGTON, D. C., THE UNIPOLITHE TRUE REFORMERS, THE NEW YORK, ROBERT N. WOOD MORE THAN FAVORABLE OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSANT GRAND DEMONSTRATION. THE NATIONAL COLORED DEMONFUL BANNER FLYING TO THE MEMBERS WEARING HIGH CHEERED AND RECEIVED THE MEMBERS MARCHED THROUGH REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT. NO COLOUR LINE EXISTED DURER BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTER HE DELIVERED HIS INAUGURMEN AND WOMEN OCCUPIED GRAND STAND AND IN OTHER OF MARCH. THE INAUGURAL BALL AND GRATIATION HALL WEDNESDAY EVEILIANT AFFAIR—IT WAS ATTENDED AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN STATES. FOUR HUNDRED COPIES OF THE UTED IN THE CAPIT. BIRD'S EYE-VIEW OF THE GREATE One hour after arriving in Washington, D. C., Monday evening, March 3, we wended our way to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Dunn, 125 C. Street, S. W. Mrs. Dunn was formerly Miss Alice Fowler, sister of Mrs. Geneva Smith, 5363 Dearborn street this city and we had the pleasure of meeting Miss Fowler while she was visiting her sister here in the summer of 1905, and not long after returning to her home in Atlanta, Ga. she became united in marriage to Mr. Dunn and not long after doing so they removed from Atlanta to Washington, D. C., where he holds a civil service position with the United States government. While stopping at their nicely furnished home we had the freedom of the house and this fact made it ever so much like home. That same Monday evening, after Mrs. Dunn had prepared our dinner and we had safely stored it away, Mr. and Mrs. Whitlow, Mrs. Dunn and the writer strolled down Pennsylvania avenue clear apart the Court of Honor, where the President and Vice-President stood for many hours the next day to review the great parade. Pennsylvania Ave. was brilliantly illuminated from end to end, it seemed with more than a million electric lights, making it just as light as a bright sunny day and it was a most enchanting sight to behold. Right at this point we must pause for a few moments to state for the second time that we arrived in Washington, D. C., on Monday evening just in time to see the tail end of the equal suffrage parade and to witness some of the many insults heaped upon some of the best White women in this country, by White gentlemen hailing from all parts of it. Major Sylvester, superintendent of the police force of that city and the vast majority of his head and lesser officers were not in favor of the equal suffrage parade and very little effort was put forth by them to maintain any kind of order while the paraders passed down Pennsylvania Ave.; many of the (White) officers themselves gleefully joining in with other White gentlemen in loudly hurling some of the vilest, the coarsest and the most abhorrent epithets, not at the Colored women who were in the parade, but at White ladies, their own flesh and blood. Several half drunken White gentlemen spat in the faces of some of the White ladies in the parade and one White gentleman in order to show that he was a real gentleman staggered up in front of a very beautiful young lady who was astride a horse, caught her by the foot, pulled her big toe and was just in the act of taking other undue liberties with her when she kicked him in the face and rode on. Disorder was so rampant and the White police officers from the highest to the lowest with few exceptions made no effort to protect them, and in order to restore order and give the marchers fair play like other American citizens a large number of the ninth cavalry were forced to ride at full speed up and down each side of Pennsylvania Ave. for the sole purpose CHICAGO, MARCH 22, 1913 M. W. WILSON of forcing the mob of White gentlemen to fall back and give their own ladies a chance to march and show their beautiful shapes or forms and many of the White police officers who had been standing around with folded arms and assisting to hurl all kinds of insults at the ladies by calling them "Ga. chickens" and so on, were compelled to flee for their lives in order to avoid being trampled upon by the mounted cavalrymen. Two days after the equal suffrage parade the Senate Committee started into investigating the conduct of Major Sylvester and the other high police officials in relation to the parade and it is very gratifying to state that many of the White ladies testified before the Senate Committee to the effect that "with rare exceptions the Colored police officers were the only ones who honestly endeavored to maintain law and order and that put forth their very best efforts to manfully protect them from the brutal and the uncalled for assaults of White gentlemen." ning to its end; there was no color line in it at any point; it was an old-fashioned Democratic parade in every way; first to attract the attention of the vast concourse of people who witnessed it was the carriage of the Presidential party and it was occupied by President Wilson, former President William H. Taft, and by Senators Crane and Bacon; the fine horses attached to the Presidential carriage were driven by Sandy Brooks, who is a real Afro-American, and he has driven all the Presidents, from President William McKinley down to President Wilson; he was also assisted by a Colored footman; the next to pass the Court of Honor after the mounted police was Major-General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, U. S. A., and his staff; the famous Ninth Cavalry (Colored) occupying the post of honor; the New York Times of Sunday, March 9, contains a very beautiful view or picture of the Ninth Cavalry and the prominent part they played in the parade and so great was the demand for In view of this fact as of all the foregoing, what becomes of the hue and ery that White gentlemen are ever ready to send up to the high heavens, that the honor of White ladies must be protected at all times not by Black men but by White gentlemen; that Colored men have no higher ambition than to rape or assault White ladies? This may be true in the estimation of some White gentlemen but we strongly incline to the opinion that many White gentlemen have not the slightest respect for the very best women of their own race and that on the slightest occasion they are ready to assault and insult them and place them on the same level with the White ladies who reside in the Red Light districts in all the large and in many of the smaller cities and towns throughout this country. With these preliminary remarks we will proceed with the main subject namely, the important part played by many prominent Afro-Americans in the inaugural ceremonies attending the induction into office of President Woodrow Wilson and Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall Thousands of Afro-Americans residing in Washington, D. C., and in other sections of this country were so full of prejudice against the Democrats or the Democratic party, that they felt dead sure that not one Colored person in any manner, shape or form would be permitted to have one thing to do in connection with the inaugural parade, but in this respect they were sadly mistaken and it is far beyond our ability to convey to the minds of the many readers of this paper, the importance of the Afro-Americans in the memorable parade from its begin- ning to its end; there was no color line in it at any point; it was an old fashioned Democratic parade in every way; first to attract the attention of the vast concourse of people who witnessed it was the carriage of the Presidential party and it was occupied by President Wilson, former President William H. Taft, and by Senators Crane and Bacon; the fine horses attached to the Presidential carriage were driven by Sandy Brooks, who is a real Afro-American, and he has driven all the Presidents, from President William McKinley down to President Wilson; he was also assisted by a Colored footman; the next to pass the Court of Honor after the mounted police was Major-General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, U. S. A., and his staff; the famous Ninth Cavalry (Colored) occupying the post of honor; the New York Times of Sunday, March 9, contains a very beautiful view or picture of the Ninth Cavalry and the prominent part they played in the parade and so great was the demand for that issue of the Times in the East that we were unable to secure a copy of that issue until we called at the Times Building, in the Times Square in New York City on Wednesday, March 12. The appearance of the Ninth Cavalry in the parade was the first eye opener for the doubting Afro-Americans, but they were nothing in comparison to that which was to follow them for a very large number of Afro-Americans were mixed up or in among the National Guards of the various states, and at no time were they bunched off by themselves; on the contrary they proudly marched right by the sides of their respective White comrades in arms and not the slightest attempt on the part of any one was made to insult them for so doing. The majority of the orderlies were young Colored men, they being mounted on fleet-footed horses and it was no uncommon sight to see them racing up and down Pennsylvania Avenue, or the full length of the parade carrying orders to this or to that high commanding officer as the case might be. It more than filled our heart with joy when we beheld Governor Foss of Massachusetts in all his military glory, mounted on a beautiful black horse riding well in advance of his staff officers, with the great National Guard of that Cod Fish State following them, and just as Governor Foss rode opposite to where we were standing and looking at him square in his smiling Democratic face, a Colored orderly rushed up in front of him, halted his horse in the twinkling of an eye, then he gave the Governor the The Grand Reception and Banquet in Honor of Bishop Alexander Walters AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO WASHINGTON, D. C., WAS A MOST DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR. PROF. L. M. HERSHAW BRILLIANTLY SERVED AS THE TOASTMASTER. HON. ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKE, ONE OF THE MOST NOTED AFRO-AMERICAN SCHOLARS IN THIS COUNTRY DELIVERED THE ADDRESS OF WELCOME. MISS HENRIETTA VINTON DAVIS INTERESTINGLY RECITED TO THE GREAT PLEASURE OF THE THREE HUNDRED OR MORE GUESTS SEATED AROUND THE LONG BANQUET TABLES. JULIUS P. TAYLOR WAS FLATTERINGLY INTRODUCED BY THE TOAST-MASTER AND RESPONDED TO ONE OF THE TOASTS. Tuesday evening, March 4, the Afro-American citizens of Washington, D. C., tendered a grand reception and banquet, to Bishop Alexander Walters, and other distinguished visitors, to that city during the Inauguration week. Mr. William T. Ferguson, one of our old warm friends, was chairman of the reception and banquet committee, and he is past master of the art in that direction. son, Chairman; Charles E. Barnes, Secretary; J. T. C. Newsom, Treasurer; A. L. Bates, Robert W. Johnson, George C. Smith, Wm. C. Payne, A. H. Underdown, Dorsey B. Conrad. Aides—Miss Thomasine Carrothers, Miss Florence M. Barker, Miss Valerie P. Chase, Miss Daisie L. Caldwell, Miss Ada Williams, Miss Bertha E. Roberts, Miss Neille Johnson. The menu was all that could be expected. It was served by the Califor- The affair was held in the Y. M. C. A. Building, 1816 12th Street N. W. The reception was from 8 to 11 p. m. and the cream of the 400 among the Afro-Americans in that city, also including many of the most distinguished men and women from other parts of the country and it was some manners, the way the ladies were costumed. Many of them were attired in the richest and the finest of creations of the Modiste Art, and they were the personification of all that is lovely and beautiful. The majority of the men were in full evening dress. An orchestra discoursed the finest music, during the reception and the banquet which followed it. Prof. L. M. Hershaw more than sustained his past reputation as one of the most brilliant toastmasters in this country. The following was the order of the program speakers: Prof. L. M. Hershaw, Toastmaster; Hon. Archibald H. Grimke, Address of Welcome; Bishop Alexander Walters, Response—Our Permanent Gains and the Things We Hope to Obtain; Dr. George C. Clement, Prof. Kelly Miller, Good Fellowship in Politics; Fountain Peyton, The Lawyer in Politics; James H. Anderson, The Press; Roscoe C. Bruce, Hon. John C. Dancy, Alain Le-Roy Locke, New Leadership; Julius F. Taylor, Napoleon B. Marshall, Organization; James A. Ross, S. Douglass Russell, J. E. Curtis, Alfred B. Cosey, Reception Committee—W. T. Fergu proper salute. In a very graceful manner the Governor returned it. Then the Colored orderly switched his horse around and rode along by the side of the Governor, ran one hand in his pocket, pulled out some papers, handed them to him and after the Governor had read their contents, they again exchanged salutes and the Colored orderly rode on down Pennsylvania Avenue on other official business in connection with the inaugural parade. More than five thousand members of the National Guards of Maryland were in the line of march, headed by Governor Goldsborough and his official staff, and right in the center of the Maryland troops, marched the First separate company of Baltimore, commanded by Captain Spencer, and they were loudly applauded while proudly marching along Pennsylvania Avenue from both White and Colored alike, while the band played "My Maryland, My Maryland." The law students of the Howard University with their long coats and black caps made a fine impression as they marched along that famous thoroughfare. No.25 Reception get in Honor up Alexander Filters MITORS TO WASHINGTON, D. C., WASH RIGHTFUL AFFAIR. TLY SERVED AS THE TOASTMASTER. ONE OF THE MOST NOTED AFRO- IS COUNTRY DELIVERED THE AD- S INTERESTINGLY RECITED TO THE THREE HUNDRED OR MORE GUESTS BANQUET TABLES. INGLY INTRODUCED BY THE TOAST- ED TO ONE OF THE TOASTS. son, Chairman; Charles E. Barnes, Secretary; J. T. C. Newsom, Treasurer; A. L. Bates, Robert W. Johnson, George C. Smith, Wm. C. Payne, A. H. Underdown, Dorsey B. Conrad. Aides—Miss Thomasine Carrothers, Miss Florence M. Barker, Miss Valerie P. Chase, Miss Daisie L. Caldwell, Miss Ada Williams, Miss Bertha E. Roberts, Miss Neille Johnson. The menu was all that could be expected. It was served by the California Fruit and Delicatessen Co., A. H. Underdown, manager. He is proud of the fact that he is an Afro-American Democrat, and he and his good wife, Mrs. Underdown, conduct one of the neatest and one of the best delicatessen stores in Washington, D. C. In the midst of the feasting Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis interestingly recited to the great pleasure of the three hundred or more guests seated around the long banquet tables. The following are a few of the many prominent ladies and gentlemen present: Bishop and Mrs. Alexander Walters, Bishop and Mrs. G. W. Clinton, Bishop J. W. Allstork, Dr. Dr. George E. Clement, editor of the Star of Zion; Register of the Treasury and Mrs. J. C. Napier, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson, James A. Cobb, Judge R. H. Terrell, Francis Warren, Detroit, Mich.; Rev. W. J. Howard, Lewis E. Johnson, James H. W. Howard, F. H. Murray, J. Frank Wheaton, New York; Dr. O. M. Waller, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Emory T. Morris, Boston, Mass.; Rev. Solomon P. Hood, T. J. Calloway, Joshua B. Bell, Jersey City; Charles L. Barnes, Prof. L. B. Moore, of Howard University; Alain Leroy Locke, F. H. M. Murray, Walter Singleton, Miss Nellie Johnson, Assistant Attorney General W. H. Lewis, Whitfield McKinlay, Dr. F. O. Williston, Salisbury, N. C.; Edward Braithwaite, Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Anderson, Chicago, Ill.; James A. Ross, Robert N. Wood, James L. Curtis and James H. Lynch, New York, and Julius F. Taylor, Chicago, Illinois. The Battalion of the Colored High School cadets of Washington, D. C., marched and counter-marched almost as well as the well drilled or trained soldiers and with a fine band of music they attracted much attention, right here it must be said that the color line was so indistinct that several of the White bands had from one to three or four Colored men in them and they played away and made as much noise in blowing their horns as the White members of the bands. The Colored Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias, the True Reformers and several other Colored civic clubs and so on including the National Colored Independent League with William Monroe Trotter, Editor of the Guardian, Boston, Mass., well to the front; Richard R. Horner, one of the leading Afro-American lawyers of Washington, D. C., commanding the Eighth Brigade, which was headed by the National Training School Band (Colored) Washington, D. C., were the next to pass in review. Tammany of Greater New York, two Continued / on page 2. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and as all things掌 the true principle of Democracy, but Cathleles, Protestants, Priests, Bishops, Single Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is grud. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose purpose is to all, all, all, all, claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. THE BROAD AX SOT ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19. Battered in Chicago, Illinois. under act of March 8, 1975. THE AFRO-AMERICANS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PARADE. Concluded from page 1. thousand strong, which is the greatest Political organization in the world, with Grand Chief Charles F. Murphy in command and after it had passed by right in the center between them and of Tammany of Brooklyn, came the United Colored Democracy, also of Greater New York, Chief Robert N. Wood in command, and they were as fine a looking lot of Colored men and very few White men surpassed them in appearance, that has ever marched on Pennsylvania Avenue, and they elicited more than favorable comment from the more than three hundred thousand people who witnessed that grand demonstration. The National Colored Democratic League with its beautiful Blue Silk Banner, heavily trimmed with gold, softly flying to the gentle breeze, was the next to pass; with the following inscription on the banner: "The National Colored Democratic League, Organized in 1892. It was carried by one of the largest Colored men in Washington; about fifty of its members were in evidence in the parade, many of them wearing high silk hats. Only five were present that marched behind the same banner at the Kansas City convention in 1900, when Colonel William J. Bryan was nominated the second time to make the race for president of the United States. The five men were as follows: James A. Ross, Buffalo, N. Y.; James H. W. Howard, Harrisburg, Pa.; George E. Taylor, Ottumwa, Iowa; James H. Lynch, at that time residing in Helena, Mont., now of New York City, and Julius F. Taylor, of Illinois. The members of the League were heartily cheered, along the line of march and received their share of the honors as its members passed through the Court of Honor, and were reviewed by the President and Vice President. No color line existed during the inaugural exercises. Bishop Alexander Walters and several other Afro-Americans sat near President Wilson when he delivered his inaugural address; other Colored men and women occupied seats in the Presidential Grand Stand and in other select stands along the line of march. The inaugural ball and reception given at Convention Hall, Wednesday evening, March 5, which was given by the Colored citizens inaugural committee was a most brilliant social affair and it was attended by many of the most prominent men and women from all parts of this country. 21 It was the first time in the history of this country that the best and the most distinguished Afro-American men and women dressed in the height of fashion many of the men spending money like lords, attended a grand ball and reception in honor of the inauguration of a Democratic President, and it was an evidence to our mind that the great majority of the Afro-American men and women are rapidly advancing and are fast becoming more liberal along political lines. Four hundred copies of the special Washington, D. C., edition of The Broad Ax of March 1, 1913, were distributed in the Capitol of this mighty nation and they were read by some of the most eminent White and Colored men and women in the world. --- COMMITTEE KILLS BILLS PRESENTED ON MISCEGENATION. Detroit Negroes Elated Over Failure of House to Get Vote. Detroit Negroes are elated over information received from Lansing that the miscegenation bill has been killed in the house committee on state affairs. The measure aimed to prohibit marriages between members of the White and Black or Yellow races. Agitation which resulted in the determination to press the inter-racial marriage prohibition began immediately after the Jack Johnson-Lucile Cameron union, and received a local impetus when a Chinese restaurant keeper married a White girl. Detroit legislators almost without exception at that time announced themselves in favor of making such unions illegal. At the opening of the present session of the legislature, two misegenation bills were introduced into the house, both being referred to the committee on state affairs. The committee gave a public hearing and about 200 Negroes, largely from Detroit and Ann Arbor, appeared in opposition to the measure. They made strong pleas for the killing of the legislation in the committee, being fearful that a record vote in the house would mean its passage. Word has been received that the state affairs committee had voted not to report the bill, on the ground that it would absolutely prevent the marriage of about 8,000 people in Michigan who have about one-eighth Negro blood in their veins, and would by the terms of the measure be unable to wed either a member of the White or Black race.—The Informer, Detroit, Mich., March 15, 1913. ATTORNEY-A. L. WILLIAMS AND JULIUS F. TAYLOR SPENT LAST WEDNESDAY AT SPRINGFIELD HORNOBBING WITH MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. --- Tuesday evening at 10:30 o'clock, Attorney A. L. Williams, 184 W. Washington Street, and Julius F. Taylor left for Springfield, Ill., on the Diamond Special, over the Illinois Central Railroad, and spent all day Wednesday in hobnobbing with Democratic, Republican, Progressive and Socialist members of the Legislature of Illinois. They were kindly received and accorded the very highest consideration by each and every member of the Senate and House, approached by them and they feel safe in saying that no "Jim Crow" legislation will be enacted by the present session of the Legislature of Illinois. Governor William Sulzer of New York Spoke at the Banquet AT THE CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, AT WALDORF HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY. Mr. Sulzer said in part: liberty and patriotic fervor. General Mr. Sulzer said in part: "The memory of Saint Patrick is an inspiration to the lovers of liberty, and an incentive for nobler and better things to the friends of humanity. "No race in all the world, has ever met adversity with more heroism, with finer fortitude, and surmounted greater obstacles, in the march of progress, than the intrepid sons and the virtuous daughters of Ireland. "One of the greatest characters of all the past, from whom the Irish people have ever gained hope and courage, in their struggle for better conditions, for more freedom, and for the rights of their country, has been dear old Saint Patrick, who drove out the snakes, planted the Shamrock on Irish soil, and instructed the Irish of bygone days to cultivate love of country and national unity. "Amid all the trials and afflictions with which the Irish people have been surrounded, they never lost faith in the dawning of the better day. In visions they have seen and struggled for happy homes and a contented country. All honor and all glory to the Irish for their fidelity to principle, and their devotion to the patriotic aspirations of their race. "There is no way by which one can better gain courage, and hope, and determination, to perform his duty as he sees the right, than to look back for inspiration to the lives of illustrious men who in their day and generation had the courage of their convictions, and did their duty honestly and fearlessly, regardless of the future or of personal consequences. "Philosophers have speculated as to whether prosperity or adversity is the more conducive to the genius of accomplishment. The spirit of the Irish race which has always met adversity with sublime faith in the future and a determination to overcome every obstacle, answers the question; and this faith and this determination have produced the heroic men and the noble women of the Emerald Isle. "Speaking as the Governor of the first state in the Union, I assert without fear of successful contradiction, the great debt the commonwealth of New York owes to the sons and the daughters of Ireland. The earliest history of our state tells of celebrations in honor of Saint Patrick like that which we are holding tonight, the records show that Saint Patrick's day was celebrated in New York as early as 1762. The New York Mercury on March 15, 1762, informs us that the following notice was published: "The anniversary feast of Saint Patrick is to be celebrated on Wednesday, the 17th instant, at the house of John Marshall, at Mount Pleasant, near the college. Gentlemen that please to attend will meet with the best music." In the New York Journal of March 11th, 1769, appears the following notice: "The Friendly Brothers of Saint Patrick and several gentlemen of this city, intend dining together at Bolton and Siegels next Monday, and from thence to go to the play in the evening; such gentlemen as propose to join them will please to send in their name to the bar of said tavern two days before." "We may read between the lines of these notices of days gone by, that Saint Patrick's day celebrations were then as now, intended to foster sentiments of love of good cheer, and of friendship. "In the story of the American Revolution we find many references to the fact that the memory of Saint Patrick was stimulating Irishmen to love of liberty and patriotic fervor. General Washington gave orders for celebrating the day in 1780, at Morristown, New Jersey. We read of his-dining with the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, where the 'triumphant democracy'; 'the American President'; 'our Army'; 'our Navy'; 'our heroes and our martyrs'; were honored with hearty toasts. "In those days, as today, the Irish people were known for their joyous dispositions; for their hearty appreciation; for every kindness bestowed; for their reverence and veneration for the good and great; and for their ambition to achieve industrial and political freedom and independence. "Irishmen have never believed that government is a compact between those who govern and those who are governed. They have always been imbued with the spirit of the Declaration of Independence that the people composing any country constitute the sovereign power; and that governments only have a right to arise through a compact of the people with each other. "Irishmen have ever believed in governments arising out of the people and not over the people. They have never ceased to protest, and never will cease to protest against government by conquest. No country has more unhappily illustrated the evils of government founded on conquest than has Ireland." "The old-time spirit of 1776, which wrote the Declaration of Independence, which declared that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with the inalienable right of life and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, gives rise today to the sentiment for Home Rule, and to the demand that the people of every community shall have the right to govern their own affairs. "Let me say again what I have often said before that I am now, always have been and ever will be, a firm believer in Home Rule—in the doctrine of the right of the people to govern themselves. In my opinion every community of men inherently possess the right of self-government, and its denial has ever compelled the friends of liberty to seek through the most heroic struggles to attain this right when denied by despotic rulers. "The establishment of the United States has shown that the people can be trusted with self-government. The eyes of suffering Ireland have ever been fixed on us with joy and hope, where every man is a sharer in the direction of government he feels that he is a participator in its affairs not merely on Election Day, but on every day in the year. "A government of the people is the only government which is not eternally at war with the rights of man." "Saint Patrick was a Home Ruler. He stood for local self government. At no time can we more appropriately look forward to visions of a more perfect State, dealing out even-handed justice to all, than upon these annual celebrations of Saint Patrick's Day, when we rejoice that thrones are crumbling; that King craft is passing away; that the aristocracy of idleness is vanishing; that industrial slavery is going the way of chattel slavery; where the homes of the working people will be supplied not only with the necessaries of life, but with some of its luxuries; where-honest work will reap its just reward; where society will see no honest girl driven by poverty to the desperate choice of suicide or shame; where the shadow of the gallows will no longer fall; where we shall see no more oppressed, humanity's outstretched hand—but where love will reign and in every heart shall shine the bright star of hope eternal." day morning to appear before the legislature as chairman of the committee from the Ministers Association.—"C"** The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, W. Va., Highly Praises the Washington, D. C. Special Edition of The Broad Ax. Editor Julius F. Taylor of The Chicago Broad Ax, issued a fine special Washington edition of his paper on the Saturday preceding the inauguration. It contained catchy writeups, photos and views of noted Democrats in Illinois and the nation, and was a Democratic periodical of which the party might justly feel proud, and render unto Brother Taylor the honor that is rightfully his as a result of his remarkable eldibility to his organization in season and out of season. Dutiful son that he is, and mindful of the fact that his mother is celebrated too, for ripe old age and keen wisdom, Editor Taylor also gave his readers and patrons an excellent likeness of Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor-Dixon, of Harrisburg, Pa., who gave our Chicago friend to the world.—The Pioneer Press, Martinsburg, W. Va., March 15, 1913. Thanks Brother Clifford, thanks!—Editor. NOW FOR A CLEAN CHICAGO. NOW FOR A CLEAN CHICAGO. The signs of spring are here and before very long winter will be a memory. There are also some other signs cropping up all over Chicago that are very good to see; and these are the signs which indicate that Chicago will be a good deal cleaner city in this year 1913 than it has ever been before. These signs for a cleaner Chicago may be both seen and heard on every hand. The many ward and neighborhood improvement clubs are already beginning to get active; the Women's City Club has called a mass meeting to consider ways and means for a cleaner city; the Citizen's Street Cleaning Bureau has started a movement for the organization of a Clean Chicago League; and last but not least the Boy's and Girl's Clean Chicago Clubs, under the auspices of the Department of Health are being organized and promise to do great things towards making Chicago the cleanest city of its size in the world. --- Concerning the Boy's and Girl's Clean Chicago Clubs, it perhaps should be stated again that the Department of Health now has all the necessary printed matter including membership application blanks, report blanks, plans of organization, stamped and addressed envelopes and button badges. It is suggested that each neighborhood have a club of this kind and that the parents not only give their consent but also encourage their children in this work. There can be no question but that the children themselves will be benefited in every way. Their duties will take them out of doors and besides being of physical benefit will tend to develop habits of observation and study of conditions that make for community good and safety and thus inculcate some splendid lessons in civic work. Any boy or girl desiring to organize a Clean Chicago Club in their communities can obtain full information and supplies by calling on the Secretary of the Department of Health, Room 710, City Hall. , * * * Don't wait for the Mayor's proclamation for a clean-up day. Start now and beat him to it. In a big city like Chicago every day should be a clean-up day. Rubbish, ashes and garbage should be gathered up and placed in receptacles ready for the city wagons to remove. Let everybody tidy up. Just now there are thousands of manure piles all over the city. These manure piles will breed flies and flies are dangerous. Stable manure is valuable for fertilizing the soil. It should be gathered up and sent to the country where the farmers and truck gardeners can make good use of it by scattering it over their fields and ploughing it into the soil. Then they will raise big crops of nice, fresh vegetables for the markets of Chicago. So, manure in the proper place is of great value; but allowed to remain in the alleys and stables of Chicago it breeds countless millions of flies that only carry disease and death wherever they go. --- So, the Department of Health is glad to see the signs of Spring and glad also to see the signs that promise good things for Chicago. For if we make our city clean it will be a healthy city. There will be fewer sick babies and fewer baby funerals; and everybody will be healthier and happier than they could be in a dirty city. And as cleanliness makes for health let us all help in this splendid job of making a clean city. A clean bed and a closed window make a dirty and dangerous sleeping place. The open window will supply the clean air which is fully as important for comfort and health as the clean bed. The Democrats of Old Missouri Killed the Jim Crow Car Law. The Missouri legislature, which is overwhelmingly democratic has killed the Jim Crow car bills. In a committee composed of 13 Democrats and 4 Republicans the bills received but two votes. Colored brothers of Missouri, congratulations are in order. You have all done splendid work with the Democrats and continue the great fight in favor of the full manhood rights of all American citizens regardless of race or nationality—Editor. Intermarriage Bill Killed Trenton, N. J., March 16.—The bill prohibiting the intermarriage of Colored and White persons has been killed by a committee of the State Legislature. It was vigorously opposed by leading Colored residents of the State. WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SERUM AND A VACCINE? Well Known Medical Authority Explains Distinctions and Uses. "The Nature of Vaccines, Sera and Tuberculins with Special Reference to their Use in the Treatment of Tuberculosis" is the title of a timely article which will appear in the April number of the Journal of the Outdoor Life, the Anti-Tuberculosis Magazine (New York). The article is written by a well known authority on clinical pathology. The author states that the use of bacteriological preparations, such as vaccines and sera is twofold, both for the purpose of producing immunity against certain diseases and also for the purpose of assisting in the cure of certain disease processes. They are used both upon healthy and upon sick persons. A serum may be defined as a fluid separated from the clot of the blood of some animal which has previously been immunized against the germ or poison of a certain disease such as diphtheria, or hay fever. It is administered to cure a disease process in the human body after the disease has already developed and is not designed as a preventive. A vaccine on the other hand, is a weakened poison or virus of a certain disease such as smallpox or hydrophobia, which is taken from a calf or some other animal afflicted with the disease in question. During the process of the disease in the animal, the poison which the germs of the disease east off, becomes attenuated. Then, when it is inoculated into the human body, a protective reaction of the healthy tissues against this poison follows and an immunity against the disease is thus produced. A vaccine of this character is designed for use only in a healthy body and is not for use after the active symptoms of the disease appear. The term vaccine is also used in some cases to apply to attenuated germs which have been weakened, usually by heating or otherwise. These preparations are also called "bacterial-vaccines," or bacterins, in distinction from virus-vaccines. These bacterial-vaccines are employed not only for inoculating the healthy individual in order to protect against infectious disease, such as typhoid fever, the plague, or tuberculosis, but also for inoculating the diseased body in order to stimulate the production of protective substances when the processes of nature apparently are not working sufficiently actively toward recovery. Tuberculin, of which there are a considerable number of varieties, is a preparation made from the germs of tuberculosis, so treated that the poison ordinarily produced by these bacilli is killed or rendered innocuous. Tuberculin is really a distinct kind of bacterial-vaccine used in the treatment of tuberculosis, and has been employed both for therapeutic and preventive purposes. AUBORA NOTES. --- Mrs. Robert Plowden was taken to the St. Charles Hospital last week, the victim of blood poison. * * * Miss Marie Muse is spending the week in Chicago, the guest of her brother, Mr. Hayes Muse of 3756 Calumet Ave. ```markdown ``` The Masons gave a dance last evening, March, 17, and the attendance was good, the music excellent. These affairs are generally family gatherers, therefore the public is slow in responding when a dance is given for the public in general. The K. of P. will give a banquet on the 27th of the month in G. A. R. Hall and excellent speakers have been scheduled for the evening. --- A musical club has been formed in Aurora and Miss Edith Cypert has been elected president, Miss Delphia Boger, director; Miss Pearl Edwards, secretary; Miss Ruth Boger, vice-president; Miss Mabel Scott, treasurer. The purpose of the club is to promote music to a higher standard, in the homes and churches. The club consists of thirty members, fee one dollar and no new applicants. Monthly musicals will be given, at which time the public will be invited. Miss White has given lessons on the piano for several years and Miss Delphia Boger is at present a student at the Chicago Musical College, graduating in '08 from the Columbia Conservatory in Aurora. Miss Mabel Scott is a reader of no mean ability and a favorable pupil of Mr. Waterhouse Parker. Miss Edwards has won recognition in the musical world with her sweet contralto voice and Miss Ruth Boger is a student of Columbia Conservatory. at the Columbia Conservatory. The S. Colredge Taylor Musical Club was the name given the organization. ALL NEW THIS YEAR The Black Patti Musical Comedy Co IN A NEW 3-ACT LAUGHABLE MUSICAL COMEDY WEEK COMMENCING SUN. MAT. MARCH 23. Mat. Sun., Tues., Thurs. and Sat. Prices Mats. 25-50c. Night 25-50c A few choice seats 75c. "Captain Jasper" as presented by The Black Patti Musical Company at the Globe Theater on Sunday matinee for 7 nights and 4 mats. There is a plot and a story that is interesting. Friends of Captain Jasper, Colonel Warsaw of the U. S. A. with his daughter Lucy, when on the eve of their departure for the Philippine Islands for a pleasure trip discovered the theft of very valuable papers to this government concerning secret plans of attack on the Philippine strong-holds also documents given in trust to the Colonel by his friend Sergeant Jackson, intended for his daughter Cheteka when she becomes of age. These papers concern an enormously wealthy grant of land in the United States, which some day will make her very wealthy. Before departing for the Philippines, Col. Warsaw is informed that a certain Major Drummond who was commissioned to the Islands several months prior to the discovery of the theft, had committed the crime. Captain Jasper is commanded to search for him and to recover at all hazards the secret plans. The Colonel intends at the same time to make an effort to secure the return of the valuable documents left by Sergeant Jackson, to the Colonel. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson (formerly Cheteka Castro) a native of the Philippine Islands, whose relations have become estranged, and having a longing for her native land, decides to return and take her daughter Cheteka with her. Here she meets Major Drummond who acquaints her with the contents of the valuable missing documents left in trust to Colonel Warsaw. Through much persuasion, false promises, etc., he finally induced Cheteka to sign a power of attorney authorizing him to dispose of her property rights left by her father; just as he is negotiating to dispose of same at a great undervalue, he is detected by one U. R. Swift and his friend Captain Jasper Charcoal, (an inoffensive character) who afterwards stirs up things for Drummond and others by being mistaken for the real Captain. Upon the arrival of the party in the United States Major Drummond in an effort to escape meets an untimely death. The stolen papers are eventually returned to their real owners. CHIPS CHIPS Prof. George Burnam Foster of the University of Chicago will speak on "Prejudices" at the Institutional Church Sunday evening at 8 P. M. Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett and Mrs. Eva Jenifer spent Wednesday in Springfield, Ill. Prof. Richard T. Greener also spent that day at the State Capitol. Bishop Benjaman F. Lee is in the city the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Carey, 3416 Vernon Ave. and will preach at the Institutional Church tomorrow morning. Messrs. Harris and Anderson of the Amsterdam News, New York City N.Y., extended many favors to us while in that city, last Wednesday and Thursday, for which they have our most profound thanks! Editor Julius F. Taylor, of The Chicago Broad Ax, is to be congratulated on his splendid get up of such superior pictorial political number as was his issue of March 1.—The Advocate, Portland, Oregon, March 8, 1913. Mr. Julià F. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax, published an eight-page last week, containing cuts and writeups of the country's leading Democrats. It was a fine issue.—Cary B. Lewis in the Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind., March 8, 1913. Julius F. Taylor of Chicago, editor of The Broad Ax, was a visitor at the Courant office Tuesday. He stopped in Philadelphia on his way to see Governor William Sulzer, Albany, New York, enroute from Washington, D.C. The Grant, Philadelphia, Pa., March 15, 1913. The Appomattox Club 3441 Wabash avenue; this evening, will give a Stag and Smoker in honor of Bert A. Williams, late of Williams and Walker company. Mr. Williams is well known, not only in Chicago, but throughout the country. The attendance will be limited to members only. The Amateur Minstrel Club will on Monday evening March 24, give its annual Minstrel show and dance at Oakland Music Hall, 40th street and Cottage Grove avenue, for the benefit of the Old Folks Home. It will be the first real live social affair following Easter and it should be largely attended. The Knights Templar will give their Second Annual Easter Ball on Monday evening, March 24th, at the Seventh Regiment Armory, Thirty-fourth Street and Wentworth Avenue. Music by the Eighth Regiment Band. Refreshments. Admission 50 cents. Mr. J. H. Bish, one of the highest Knights, has earned our thanks by honoring us with two tickets. Attorney Edward H. Wright will Remove His Law Office to 312 South Clark Street. On April 1st, Mr. E. H. Wright will move his law offices from the Omaha Building, to suite 419, Imperial Building, 312 South Clark Street, between Van Buren Street and Jackson Boulevard. For Rent: AMERICAN APARTMENT BUILDING, 2728 Wabash Ave. Modern, Steam Heated Apartments. Every room private, leading off from private halls, all light and airy. kitchen .....$25.00 Three rooms and bath.....22.00 Four rooms and bath.....28.00 Six rooms and bath.....30.00 Seven rooms and bath..$35.00 & 40.00 Eight rooms and bath..42.50 & 50.00 Phones, Douglas 31 Auto. 74259 FLAT FOR RENT. To Bent—2424-26 Seminary Ave. 3 and 4 room flats with bath. Excellent location. Convenient to Fullerton Ave. L. Express Station. 20 minutes to loop. Bent, $14 to $16. See Dr. T. H. Wilson, 532 Grant Pl. Phone Lincoln 2483. 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. Bent $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. FOR RENT. For Rent, 4451-33 South State Street, four (4) room apartments. 4519-23 Evans Avenue, six room apartments. 3808 Rhodes Avenue, House eight rooms in perfect condition. Inquire, Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company, 117 North Dearborn Street Room 504, Phone Eandolph 5771 THIS YEAR MUSICAL ORGANIZATION. Musical Comedy Co ABLE MUSICAL COMEDY JASPER TH Happy Julius Glenn (That Wangdoodle Comedian) The frost had frozen some of the taps in a gentleman's house and burst a few pipes, so that a plumber had to be called in. The plumber was shown round by the coachman, but as soon as he began to work an officious butler kept close watch over him. He didn't like this treatment and determined to play a trick on the butler. In the bathroom he found a burst pipe, and after cutting out the ice he quickly popped his thumb over the hole. "Here, mate," he said, turning to the butler, "hold yer thumb over this hole while I fetch my soderin' iron. Don't shift or there'll be a flood." An hour went by, but the plumber had not returned. Then the butler called a servant who was passing and told her to fetch him up. She found him enjoying lunch in the kitchen. "The butler wants to know when you're going to release him." she said. "Go an' tell the fool to shift his thumb. I turned the water off before I started on the job." replied the plumber, grinning--Tit-Bits. If I Dared. I do not know her very well, Although I've often met her, But she's so pretty and so swell I'd like to know her better. Ah, if I did but dare presume I might try to advise her About some things wherein there's room To show I'm much the wiser! I'd tell her she's too young by far To wear gowns so expensive And that her youth should be a bar To social rounds extensive. I'd tell her that she ought to wear her coat when weather's chilly And that neck and arms all bare In winter's rather silly. I'd tell her that young Johnny Reed Is not the fellow for her. I'd pick a different youth, indeed, To be her true adorer. But should I speak it's plain to see I'd simply waste my bother. I know she wouldn't list to me, For I am just her father! Quick Action. Speaking of brevity, William F. Garcelon, chairman of the Harvard athletic committee, said recently that the palm should be awarded to a marine who testified about the explosion of a gun upon a war vessel. The marine testified at a hearing after he had passed some months in the hospital being patched up after the accident. "Please give your version of the explosion," he was asked. "Well," he replied, "I was standing beside the gun, there was an awful racket, and the doctor said, 'Sit up and take this.'"—Boston Traveler. Don't Wait. Don't Wait. When a man has done a thing That is worthy of a cheer Do not wait till others bring That people be long to hear. Don't lag behind Till others find Him worthy of attention. Be first to show. Him that you know His star is in ascension. Do not fear to be the one Who starts the loud applause When a man has bravely done Well in a worthy cause. Don't grudgingly Pretend to be Still putting or doubting Till others raise A shout of praise And then join in the shouting. —Denver Republican Man Higher Up. The geography class is in session. The teacher asks: "What is the highest point in Ohio?" A little pupil holds up his hand and, being given permission to answer, says, "Columbus." "Why, what makes you think Columbus is the highest point in the state?" asks the teacher. "My papa was sent up a year ago, and he ain't got down yet!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her Wish "He told me the sun would cease to glow If I answered him no," said she. "The tides no longer would ebb and flow If I spurned him, he promised me. "He swore that the faithful moon would fall From her proud position above Unless I yielded and gave him all, Accepting his faith and love. "I gave him my love, and he claimed my hand. The sun is a faded ball; The moon is a chilly old planet, and I wish I had let 'er fall." -Chicago News. MOVING PICTURES "A DAY AT TUSKEGEE" BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S FAMOUS INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA HALL, APRIL 1, 8 P. M. SEE this wonderful exhibit in moving pictures. An education within itself. Three reels showing in perfect moving pictures 100 various scenes and industries in which nearly 3,000 students are actively engaged. An especially trained octette will render between the reels folklore songs as preserved and sung at Tuskegee, under the direction of Prof. James A. Mundy. (Seats now on sale at Orchestra Hall, Michigan near Adams.) WOMEN AGAINST MOB VIOLENCE --- Northeastern Federation Aroused by Prevalence of Lynching. MEETING HELD AT CONCORD Organization Representing Over Two Thousand Club Members Enters Sensible and Dignified Protest For the Suppression of Great National Disgrace - Mrs. Terrell Chief Speaker. By N. BARNETT DODSON. Brooklyn.—Stirred by the constant lynching of members of the race in various sections of the country without giving the accused the opportunity of trial by judge or jury, the department for the suppression of lynching of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs held a big protest meeting in the Concord Baptist church, in this city, on Thursday evening, Feb. 27. The meeting, which was attended by prominent clubwomen from the immediate northern and New England states, was presided over by Mme. Adena C. E. Minott, head of the department. By an arrangement with the officers of the Concord Literary circle that organization entertained the audience with an interesting musical and literary program from 8 to 9 o'clock. The clubwomen were noted by their badges and club pins. Associated with Mime. Minott in arranging public meetings for the department for the suppres- 1920 MARE. ADENA C. E. MINOTT. sion of lynching are Miss Maritcha R. Lyons and Miss Elizabeth A. Mickens. Lyons and Miss Elizabeth A. Mickens. Mrs. C. S. Gunner of Hilburn, N. Y., president of the general organization, made a strong plea for concerted action on the part of every club and every friend of the race to combat the matter of discrimination on account of color wherever it crops up. Mrs. Gunner is an able debater and a woman of splendid literary and executive ability. The federation of clubs, over which she has presided for the past three years, numbers several thousand women. Each club does a special educational, charitable, philanthropic or industrial work. Mme. Minott's Effective Leadership. Mme. Minott in her report and introductory remarks said: Realizing that all great reforms in the history of the world have been brought about by public sentiment, the department for suppression of lynching has sought by letters to the governors and mayors of our country and also to newspapers to arouse public sentiment against this great evil and to stimulate those in power to an expression of their position, which should further check the rapid growth of the horrible crime of lynching. Since every detail in the work of each department is the property of the federation and because of the limited time necessarily given to the conference of each department, which would not allow for the reading of all the letters received in answer to the ones sent out, I have thought best to present each of our members with a pamphlet containing a copy of the letter sent out and some of the answers received. The circular letter sent to governors of states and mayors of municipalities in which lynchings have occurred during Mine. Minott's administration reads thus: Honored Sir—In the name of womanhood and as the representative of more than 2,000 colored women of the northeast and middle Atlantic states of our country we beg a moment of your valuable time to speak about a matter that is undermining the peace of the nation and sapping the very strength of our race, but that of the white race as well. We here approach this question not only as a racial one, but more so because of its demoralizing effect upon the public morals. The present growing spread of lynchings seems to take on more brutal forms with its added numbers, and any barbarous practice upon one race will not be seen but scar the soul of the perpetrator in proportion to the sufferers of the injured. We feel, honored air, that the souls of such men as yourself, who stand at the head of places where these murderous atrocities are perpetrated, are too pure to allow these conditions, to prevail much longer. We a band of more than 2,000 women, therefore plead with you for the righteous enforcement of a just and correct law; legal punishment for the guilty, protection of the lives of the innocent. We realise that it takes time to permanently eradicate an evil that is so deep nested, but what we beseed of you now, The Common Man—Why is it you actors wear heavily furred coats in all seasons? Great Actor—The fact is, my dear fellow, my profession is the only one liable to frosts in all seasons.—Sydney Bulletin. To debate matrimony she Attempted. She was sly. His arguments were good, and the Wise judge announced a tie. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Bookkeeper (to boss)—Mr. Grouch, I'm going to get married. Grouch—Glad to hear it. You won't be so all fired anxious to get home early.—Boston Transcript. One life is all we have to live. Why cling to hate or scorn a smile? The joys we gain and those we give Are all that make the world worth while. —Chicago News. She (meaningly)—Do you consider kissing really dangerous? He (meanly)—Yes; it often brings on marriage.—New York Journal. Some years ago the sages spake the welcome household word That children should be seen at times, but never, never heard. It's different with the dictograph, for here is a machine Mother (entering bedroom)—Why, children, what are you crying for? Bobby—I wanna dink. Mother—Well, I'll get you a drink. Else, what are you crying for? Else—You didn't hear Bobby, mamma, so I was helping him cry.—St. Louis Republic. The snow's on the ground. And the bees haven't hived. But the government seeds Have already arrived. —Detroit Free Press. Mother (after reading pathetic story) —Now, Reggie, wouldn't you like to give your bunny to that poor little boy you saw today who hasn't any father? Reggie (clutching rabbit)—Couldn't we give him father instead?—Punch. He didn't think he ought to be Forever in the spotlight's glare. When people were applauding he Believed in letting others share. He often sat in silence when Another fellow had the floor. And thus among his fellowmen He never came to be a bore. —Chicago Record-Herald. "That dressmaker's model always wears a long wrap when she goes out." "Hers is evidently a sinister motive. She wants to cloak her designs."—Baltimore American. The secret of wealth I am giving. With glad news my message is fraught. Just give up the high cost of living And live on the cheap food for thought. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "Say, ma, who said 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be?'" "Some person who'd never lived in the suburbs, Tommie."—Life. "At night-te-he-I always peep Beneath the bed To look for men before I sleep," Miss Elder said. "Wise," mused Miss Pert, "he must have been Who first expressed The thought 'Hope springs eternal in The human breast!'" —Kansas City Star. Blobbs—There is only one thing a woman loves more than to be told a secret. Blobbs—And that is? Blobbs—To find it out herself.— Philadelphia Record. A lesson his exit is giving. Let it not challenge your smiles. He climbed to the high cost of living And fell twenty miles! —Atlanta Constitution. "She has great confidence in her husband." "Tes. She even takes it for granted that he has fired the furnace for the night before he retires."—Detroit Free Press. Since Dr. Young announces That shaking hands is wrong, Because it helps the microbes Too gladiately along. I see that I shall simply Be forced to substitute Somewhere on your complexion An ardent, chaste salute. —Chicago Inter Ocean. Crawford—To do a thing well, you know, you must do it yourself. Crabshaw—But you miss the fun of seeing the other fellow work—Judge. Little drops of nonsense, Little grains of verse Keep the pessimistic world From growing any worse. —Spokane Spokesman-Review. "So you are going on a strike?" said the cafe patron. "Yes," replied the waiter. "Great Scott! If I have put up with this place all these years I don't see why you can't." - Washington Star. Riches have wings, So I've often heard tell, But I'm eager to know Have they drummaticks as well? -Denver Republican. Griggs- Your wife no longer objects to your staying out nights. How did you manage it? Briggs- I began smoking in the house the cigars she bought to keep me at home- Boston Transcript. You may think you're a fast young man But were your speed to double You couldn't dodge the old tib can, For you can't outpace trouble. Cincinnati Enquirer. LITERARY CLUB'S HIGH STANDARD La Malta Among the Elite In Philadelphia. QUAKER PUSH AND AMBITION Popular Organization Composed of Business and Professional Men, College Students and Federal Employees Rounds Tenth Year of Its Existence. Fine Fraternal Spirit Exists. Philadelphia.—This city has long enjoyed that enviable cognomen of the City of Brotherly Love. That it is legitimately entitled to this name can be best exemplified by the character and fraternal spirit that permate all of its social organizations. Of the many social and literary organizations in this country none perhaps occupies so unique a position in the immediate community as does La Malta club of Philadelphia. This club is composed of many of the city's most intelligent, progressive [Name] DR. BERTON C. TRUITT. and most socially prominent young men, and a passing introduction of the personnel, the aims and the achievements of the organization will convince one that the young Philadelphia Afro-American adds his share in the fostering of this "brotherly love." La Malta club is now in its tenth year of existence, having been founded in 1903 with about a dozen members. Since that time additional members have brought its total membership up to about thirty of Philadelphia's best known young men. The organization contains professional men in many walks of life, such as dentists, physicians, lawyers, theologians, college students and self made men, who without professional training are fast forging ahead, representative of Quaker push and ambition. Any attempt to go into further details is unnecessary. Reference to the records of some of its members, however, at this point seems most inappropriate. One of the founders of the club is Dr. Edgar A. Draper, a product of Philadelphia's public and high schools as well as the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. This young medico is at present doing research work in the Douglass hospital and who can justly doubt that in him we may have a latent Negro Pasteur or an Agnew or a Tyson. The president of the organization is Dr. Berton C. Truitt, a native of Philadelphia. He is another product of Philadelphia's educational institutions and the University of Pennsylvania's medical department. Dr. Truitt enjoys a wide and incursive practice and was the first colored physician on the board of health of Philadelphia, which connection he still holds. Other members whom the club should feel proud of are: Dr. Vivian Bailey, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and one of the most progressive and successful dentists in this city; Dr. Henry L. Gowens, a rising young medico whose sterling qualities have more than once won for him the respect and confidence of the entire community; George H. White, Jr., son of ex-Congressman George H. White, at present a student of law in that department of the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate of Lincoln university. A more recent member is Whittier H. Wright, son of the great and nationally famous Major R. R. Wright, president of the Georgia State college. Mr. Wright is a medical student in Temple university and is an effective worker in the club. He published the Philadelphia Colored Directory of 1910 and the Savannah (Ga.) Colored Directory of 1912, which are handbooks of information concerning the professional, business, political, social and philanthropic activities of Afro-Americans in the two cities. Leo Taylor is a prominent music teacher; Harry Duplessis, a federal employee and a man of literary prominence; Clifton R. Blue, who holds a very responsible position in one of Philadelphia's large railway offices, and Charles Smith, one of the city's recognized caterers. $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 THE BROAD AX CAN BE POUND ON SALE AT THE POLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George L. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. B. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 51st 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. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 8 W. 27th St., near State. 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 S. State St. Abram Aplin, cigars, tobacco, gents furnishings and news stand, 4730 S. State St. A. H. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2825 S. State St. White & Bell, toilet articles, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2942 S. State St. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 1343 W. 61st street, near Ada. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Old Line Legal Bank Co. Under State Government Supervision. $10,000 deposited with the State. Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our industrial Contracts give to the color of the cover 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. The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, Tel. Radalph $ 72 West Adame Street Telephones, CALUMET 4401--4428 COMATIC 75-655 J. S. DORSEY, Druggist 2701 Dearborn St. CHICAGO Use Dorssey's fine Pomade for the hair. It will make it soft and glossy. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Phone your ORDERS Phone Douglas 5530 Rooms by Day or Week Room 25-05-07s The Douglas Hotel For Men Only Betha, Steam Heat, Kleistle Light 2000 S. State Street, CHICAGO TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 17601 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3Trips Daily to AllDupote 4706 Indiana Ave. [CHICAGO Suite 310-520 Rampage St Clark and Washington Streets CHICAGO Phones: Central 1309, Auto. 41-013 Phones: Office, Main 4153 Res. Drummel, 7990 Auto. 33-736 WALTER M. FARMER ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL. Office Phones: Central 6624. Res. Phones: Down. 4397. No. 508 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randleph St. 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 FSuite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Notary Public Office Phone Automatic 64-185 Res. Phone Automatic 79-137 W. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Phone Douglas 3688 First Class Accommodation for Single or Married People HOTEL PULLMAN THE FINEST AND LARGEST COLORED HOTEL IN AMERICA Steam Heat and Bath Everything New and Up-to-date Rooms by the Day or Night 50c 75c and $1.00 Including Free Bath. Rates by Week $2.25 up (EUROPEAN PLAN) 3639-41-43 So. State St. CHICAGO J. A. JONES, Proprietor OFFICE HOURS Phone Oakland 4662 From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday by Appointment DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST, 4709 S. State St CHICAGO CHARITY FOR Old Folk Home Easter-Monday Night 8:30 P.M. MINSTREL SHOW AND DANCE BY JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor, State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Acc Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages est dents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessment on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business The- Cranford Apart Building. 3600 Wabash A The finest building ever opened to Colored tena Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- tues and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Fenford Apartment 5. 3600 Wabash Ave. over opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The-Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. 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. A Suggestion- Shut the Furnace Down This Use Instead—A Little Gas From now until Spring a little hour a day will keep you comfort. A furnace fire must work 24 hour single hour task—23 hours of ex which you must waste through doors and windows. A gas fire gives you heat on tap, at tenth of a cent to one half a minute according to the heater's The saving is surely well worth w will buy a lot of things that you afford if you keep using your The Furnace Down This Week stead—A Little Gas Heater. Now until Spring a little heat for an day will keep you comfortable. A fire must work 24 hours at this our task—23 hours of excess heat you must waste through open and windows. It gives you heat on tap, at from one of a cent to one half a cent per according to the heater's size. It is surely well worth while and by a lot of things that you can't if you keep using your furnace. aters Shut the Furnace Down This Week Use Instead-A Little Gas Heater. From now until Spring a little heat for an hour a day will keep you comfortable. A furnace fire must work 24 hours at this single hour task—23 hours of excess heat which you must waste through open doors and windows. A gas fire gives you heat on tap, at from one tenth of a cent to one half a cent per minute according to the heater's size. The saving is surely well worth while and will buy a lot of things that you can't afford if you keep using your furnace. Cost from $3.50 to $16.00 Terra Cotta Gas Logs for Grates Cost from $9.00 to $21.00 We will send an expert to tell you all about it—phone Randolph 4567—and ask for Gas Heater Dept. The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company Peoples Gas Building JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. gas Logs for Grates Cost from $9.00 to $21.00 an expert to tell you all about it—phone 4567—and ask for Gas Heater Dept. Gas Light and Coke Company Peoples Gas Building F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. Terra Cotta Gas Logs for Grates Cost from $9.00 to $21.00 We will send an expert to tell you all about it—phone Randolph 4567—and ask for Gas Heater Dept. The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company Peoples Gas Building C. E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER Blocki's Ideal & Blocki's Flower In Bottle Perfumes THE MUSEUM 'Phone Randolph 803 Little Gas Heaters "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 BELLE MEADE C Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 59 Armour A Cor. 51st Street, Chicago Douglas 4482 HARRY to 73-974 P to 74-478 LA VERDO BUFFET ED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGA Street The BELLE MEADE CLUB Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 5059 Armour Ave Cor. 51st Street, Chicago IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES F. 3100 State Street CHICAGO Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS Street lite Buffet and Caf Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Elite Buffet and Cafe AM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEE [Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic]75-173 GENERAL SPRING CITY FET AND CAL 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVEN ANN ESTABLISHED TEL. HEY 1977 158 JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and ARMOUR AVE. DUNN BEAUTIFUL MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY. In The Most Perfect Burial Ground in the Northwest concrete two-story building is now being erected which station room and a perfectly appointed lunch room. Well for the purpose of supplying the purest and cool plans are being made for their new vault to be consi e Ones will buy lots now before the improvements no prices. $0.00 cash and $2.00 per month, with a free Sick and A to protect your payments. Telephone for an agent to come and tell you about to all Colored churches, Sunday-schools, lodges and Grove for picnics or outings. Train stores at the ga The Most Perfect Burial Ground in the Northwest. A new concrete two-story building is now being erected which will contain a cozy reception room and a perfectly appointed lunch room. A deep well for the purpose of supplying the purest and coolest water will be drilled. Further, plans are being made for their new vault to be constructed during the summer. The Wise Ones will buy lots now before the improvements now being made increase the prices. Terms: $2.00 cash and $2.00 per month, with a free Sick and Accident Insurance Policy to protect your payments. Telephone for an agent to come and tell you about it. FREE To all Colored churches, Sunday-schools, lodges and clubs, beautiful Oak Glen Grove for picnics or outings. Train stops at the gate. A day's outing for young and old at Oak Glen, under oak trees, on the banks of a nice stream of water, in the pure country air, will not soon be forgotten. Make dates at once. Office 3125 S. State St. Open evenings. The BEL Bu 5059 Cor. Phones {Douglas 4482 Auto 73-974 Auto 74-478 LA IMPORTED AND F 3100 State Street Hotel BUFFET 3004 State Street A. F. Codence Elite Phone Douglas 6559 WILLIAM LEW Phone MINERA BUFF 3517 HIGH CLASS FRANK DUNN J. B. MoCAHEY TRUSTEES JO WHOLE FIFTY-FIFTH RAIL FRANK DUNN Douglas 5574 The Most A new concrete two a cory reception room A deep well for the be drilled. Further, plans are the summer. The Wise Ones will increase the prices. Terms: $2.00 cash an ance Policy to protect Telephone FREE To all Col Telephone Yards 693 Phone Aldine 3653 3030 State Street E CLUB safe for or Ave. Chicago HARRY J. KELLY Prop. FET AND CIGARETTES CHICAGO. wick LIARDS. Chicago Henry Jones Cafe C. SNEED, M'g'r 75-173 CLUB CA FE AGO ARY EVENING TEL. OAKLAND 1850, 1551, 1552 NN DETAIL AVENUE M. S. CHICAGO Automatic 71-866 Northwest. selected which will contain room. it and coolest water will to be constructed during movements now being made. Sick and Accident Insur- you about it. odges and clubs, beauti-