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THE BROAD AX No Other State Outside of Nebraska North of The Mason and Dixon Line Has Enacted"Jim Crow" Legislation. OHIO, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, NEW JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS, KANSAS, IOWA, MINNESOTA, WASHINGTON AND OTHER STATES FAILED TO JOIN THE JIM CROW PROCESSION. THE ANTI-INTERMARRIAGE BILL INTRODUCED BY THE HON. SEABORN ANDERSON RODENBERY OF THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA WAS KILLED IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. Vol. XVIII. No Other St side of Neb of The M Dixon L acted 'c Legis OHIO, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVAN SACHUSETTS, KANSAS, IOWA OTHER STATES FAILED TO J THE ANTI-INTERMARRIAGE BILL BORN ANDERSON RODENBER WAS KILLED IN THE UNITED It will be recalled that prior to and shortly after the Cameron-Johnson love and marriage affair late last fall, that the daily newspapers set up a great hue and cry in relation to it, regardless of the fact that for a long time before that time the owners of those same daily newspapers throughout the country had put forth their best endeavors to induce Mr. Johnson to coldly turn his back on his own people and join hands with the members of the proud and haughty White race as he was a good spender and they—the Whites—had more money to bet on him as a prizefighter than the Colored people, and as all of the associates of Mr. Johnson were White ladies and gentlemen, he was therefore one of them. Every time that Mr. Johnson would race through the streets at break-neck speed in one of his fine autos, with the former Mrs. Johnson sitting at his side and if he should happen to run over and kill one or two poor White or Colored people the owners of those same daily newspapers would devote two or three columns in their newspapers to the incident and generally wind up by saying that it was too bad, but after all common people must simply learn to get or keep out of the way of Mr. Johnson when he is engaged in speeding through the public streets in his auto; that he was one of the few first-class gentlemen in the world and so on. Then after the daily newspapers had succeeded in pumping or filling his head full of vanity by making him believe that he was far above the law and that he owned the whole earth, that he had the undisputed right to do as he pleased as long as his conduct amused him and his fast White friends. Not long after those occurrences the owners of the daily newspapers in question decided to pull Mr. Johnson down from on top of the high pedestal where they had placed him, but in order to do so they made up their minds to strike at and humiliate each and every one of the ten million Afro-Americans in this country and force them to atone for the many sins and shortcomings of Mr. Johnson. In harmony with all of the foregoing and much more, a long and loud hue and cry was sent up by the daily newspapers in all parts of the country on the eve of the convening of Congress, December 1, 1912, and on the eve of the meeting of the various Legislatures of all the states throughout the union to the effect that "the purity of the White race must be maintained, that laws must be enacted by the federal government and by the several states as well to prevent weak minded White ladies from being forced to become united in marriage to Colored gentlemen like Mr. Johnson who had passed over on the other side of the color line, and was passing with the Whites as a White gentleman and not as a Colored man. So in accordance with those suggestions from the daily newspapers and just as soon as Congress had settled down to business the Hon. Seaborn Anderson Rodenbery, the eminent Congressman from Thomasville, Ga. we, don't think! delivered a backwoods speech in which he bitterly denounced Jack Johnson and branded him as an African brute, because he had permitted himself to get hooked HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Up with Miss Cameron, and on introducing his anti-intermarriage bill in the house he declared with White blood in his big wild red eyes, that this country was rushing right headlong into hades or that it would be plunged into a bloody war the like of which has never been witnessed in the history of the world. If great statesmen like himself did not devise some law or plan to absolutely prevent weak minded White ladies from marrying or making love to Colored bucks or brutes who were sometimes called men, but at the same time he still wanted White gentlemen to have the right to freely consort with Colored women to their hearts content, for as he aptly put it or intimated that all White gentlemen are far above the law and that they take no stock in decency or morality, neither have they the slightest fear of God, man or the devil when a good or bad looking- Colored woman is in sight. His anti-marriage bill passed the house when no quorum was present and there was much rejoicing on the part of the pin-headed statesmen whose brains are lodged in their heels, in all parts of the country; the Hon. Seaborn Anderson Rodenbery, delivered another eloquent speech in the house in which he used a lot of real bad grammar, just like the other poor White folks in his section of the country. He attempted to urge the newly elected members of the various Legislatures throughout the country north of the Mason and Dixon line to follow suit, and make it possible for him to become the real father of the only law that will forever, save the great White race from utter destruction by marrying in among the "Niggers," his bill was later on defeated in the Senate and now the Hon. Seaborn Anderson Rodenbery is a very dead rooster in the pit. Simultaneously during the month of January, 1913, anti-intermarriage bills and other Jim Crow measures were introduced in all the Legislatures of the states mentioned in the heading, including Illinois, Colorado, M., Calf, and Conn., the Democratic Legislature of Mo. refused to pass the Jim Crow car law, and the Democratic Legislatures of many of the other states, to their everlasting credit absolutely refused to join in the universal southern movement to degrade and humiliate the Negro simply on account of the color of his skin. Here in Illinois some of the Jim Crow Legislation is still pending but we feel confident that the majority of the members of its present Legislature will not disgrace the state, which claims to be proud of the greatness of Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, little fighting "Phil" Sheridan and other distinguished men, who have added glory and honor unto it, by placing any kind of "Jim Crow" legislation on its Statute books. Nebraska therefore, stands out alone of all the states, north of the Mason and Dixon line, for its Legislature has the honor and the great distinction of enacting and passing an anti-intermarriage bill, which was duly signed last week by Governor Moorehead, who must be some Moorehead, for the bill prohibits the marriage of Whites and any person who has one-eighth or CHICAGO, APRIL 26. 1913 more of Japanese, Chinese or Negroite of dentistry, assistance in their blood. The bill originally excluded the Indians, but that part was stricken out of it and from now on, it will be doubly lawful for Indians and Whites to intermarry in Nebraska. It is enough to shame the bold faced devil himself, to think that White men claiming to be intelligent but they are not and they never can be, as long as they are swayed by race prejudice, will enact legislation, placing the Indian on a social level with themselves, and striking at others who are far superior to the Indian in every way. The Indian, is a ward of the government, he is lazy, filthy, lousy and dirty. He never takes a bath, neither does he wear breeches nor underclothing. He will not assist to develop this country. He is an enemy, to progress and civilization. And yet Nebraska has joined the "Jim Crow" States of the south and her legislators and governor are in favor of permitting their beautiful golden haired daughters, to intermarry with the Indians. enforcement for the protection of the public and the teaching of the people generally the ever-increasing value to them of modern dentistry, in order that the largest possible number may receive the benefits of proper dental service. In other words, this society will earnestly endeavor to make the dentists of the present day better practitioners, and to teach more of our people to enjoy the benefits resulting from good dental service. We hope that the frequent coming together of those who have the same interests and similar problems with which to contend will result in a closer acquaintance and the establishment of cordial relations and good fellowship, so that there will be harmony and unity of action on all matters of importance. ALL RACES TO WAR ON PLAY RIDICULE. 1 THE AFRO-AMERICAN DENTISTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE FORM AN ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR MUTUAL BENEFIT. The dentists of the South Side met April 19, 1913, at the office of Drs. Plummer, Lewis and Smith and perfected a permanent organization. Those present were: Drs. C. L. Lewis, J. H. Plummer, Theo. R. Mozee, W. A. Richardson, W. T. Jefferson, J. A. Wright, A. C. Johnson, A. D. C. Barnes, C. Nicholl, H. W. Garnes, O. M. Henderson. With Dr. Mozee acting as temporary chairman, the following officers were elected: Dr. A. D. C. Barnes, president; Dr. W. T. Jefferson, vice-president; Dr. J. H. Plummer, secretary; Dr. H. W. Garnes, treasurer; Dr. J. A. Wright, librarian; executive committee, Dr. W. A. Richardson, Dr. A. C. Johnson, Dr. Theo. Mozee, chairman. The object of this society is, first, to give attention to those things which make for the advancement of dentistry and to promote race unity and confidence. It shall be the policy of the society to encourage its members to better professional and more scientific work. To gradually improve the dental service rendered by the entire profession rather than to confine the benefits of membership to a selected few. This society will endeavor in the broadest possible way to accomplish what a dental society should, viz., to look out for the interests of all the people from a dental standpoint. This means not only the furtherance of investigations and the dissemination of knowledge among ourselves, but also the support of proper laws controlling the prac- life of dentistry, assistance in their enforcement for the protection of the public and the teaching of the people generally the ever-increasing value to them of modern dentistry, in order that the largest possible number may receive the benefits of proper dental service. In other words, this society will earnestly endeavor to make the dentists of the present day better practitioners, to rid the profession of illegal practitioners, and to teach more of our people to enjoy the benefits resulting from good dental service. We hope that the frequent coming together of those who have the same interests and similar problems with which to contend will result in a closer acquaintance and the establishment of cordial relations and good fellowship, so that there will be harmony and unity of action on all matters of importance. ALL RACES TO WAR ON PLAY RIDICULE. Movement Begun by Jews Will Be Made to Embrace Every Nationality. FOR COUNTRYWIDE FIGHT Judge Hugo Pam Threatens Boycott and Names Committee at Hotel Meeting. A campaign for the elimination of burlesque on nationalities—Jew, Irish, German, Swede, and all others—was set under way Thursday night when prominent Jews met at the Hotel LaSalle in answer to a call issued by the Chicago Israelite, a Jewish weekly, and various Jewish leaders. The meeting was originally to protect the Jew from such burlesques. It developed into the start of a general movement, in which, however, the present leaders are most interested in the protection of their own race. Already there has been communication with various theatrical producers, each of whom has professed his wish to meet the demand and denied allowing any unfair burlesque on racial traits. Plan General Boycott. A permanent organization is to be established through the naming, by Judge Hugo Pam, of a committee of nine to devise a scheme of work. In general, it will be a boycott of theaters where objectionable characterizations are staged. It is planned to establish bureaus in large centers, from which propaganda may be carried on, aiming at the general uplift of the stage. "This," said Judge Pam, "embodies the purpose of the organization that will be formed here in Chicago at an early day. We do not object to clean, clear cut jokes on the Jew or other nationality, but do protest John Arthur Johnson, The Leading Champion Prize. Fighter of The World. FINED $1,000 FOR ASSISTING TO SMUGGLE A DIAMOND NECKLACE INTO THIS COUNTRY WHICH WAS WORTH $2,000. IT BELONGED TO HIS FIRST WIFE MRS. ETTA DURYEA-JOHNSON AND HE WAS FORCED TO SURRENDER IT TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. Wednesday, John Arthur Johnson, had his day in the United States States District Court, before Judge Carpenter. He was charged with assisting his first wife, Mrs. Etta Duryea-Johnson, to smuggle a diamond necklace into this country from London, England in 1911. Mr. Johnson, contended through his attorney Benjamin Bachrach, that Mrs. Johnson, had bought the diamond necklace, unbeknown to him; that she had paid for it, out of her weekly allowance. Judge Carpenter, after listening to the noise or testimony of Mr. Johnson, and his lawyer, fined John Arthur, who was for some time, the top head liner in all the daily newspapers, $1,000 and ordered the necklace to be forfeited to the government. The diamond necklace is valued at $2,000. As a general rule, when persons are charged, with smuggling goods into this country and are caught with the goods on them they are generally permitted to go free after they have paid the duty demanded by the government and retain the property. If they are fined they pay the penalty and also hold onto the goods. Evidently Judge Carpenter, was greatly in love with Mr. Johnson, for he relieved him of $1,000 in cold case without batting his judicial eyes. Then he coldly separated him from the $2,000 diamond necklace. It is a big thing to be a Coloree prize fighter in free America! against the brutal characterization of the Jew as is witnessed on the American stage of today as uncalled for and unfair. gee, El Reno, Taft, Okmulgee and McAlister, Oklahoma; Dallas, Corsicana Waco, Marlin, Austin, Marshall, Texas and Kansas City, Mo. Wants Jokes Reformed. "Do not think that we must not have any jokes on the Jew. He is as susceptible to jokes as the German, Irishman, or the American, but we want present day jokes reformed, and to have the stings that are now carried with the stage Jew 'joke removed. We do not want to be too radical, but after what we have been subjected to by local theater managers and owners, we will be but right in doing what we may to injure the box office, and if necessary place a ban upon theaters that continue to produce the objectionable Jewish caricatures and burlesques." Rabbi Tobias Schanfarber, Prof. Ernest Freund, Miss M. E. Osherman, Mrs. Henry Roth, Mrs. M. L. Parvin, Max Bloch, and James O'Shaughnessy, former president of the Irish Fellowship club, also spoke. The Afro-Americans should join hands with Judge Pam and help along this new movement which is in the right direction—Editor. MADAME SCRUMANN-HEINK DID NOT ATTEND THE RECITAL AT BETHEL CHURCH MONDAY EVENING It was announced last week, with a great flourish of trumpets, that Madame Schumann-Heink, one of the greatest of the great opera stars, was to be present Monday evening at Bethel church to listen to Mrs. Marie Burton-Hyram sing "If I forget" and other compositions by DeKoven Thompson, who was to be present and perform on the piano. For some cause or other Madame Schumann-Heink failed to show up and as a big crowd had gathered there with the expectation of sitting near her, they raised the price of admission from 25 cents to 50 cents, "so it is said," which came near causing a small riot. Evidently the promoters of the affair, and some of the church officials, pulled in considerable easy money. MRS. ELIZABETH LINDSAY DAVIS RETURNS HOME FROM A TEN WEEKS' TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHWEST. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, organizer of the National Association of Colored Women, returned this week from a successful ten weeks' trip through Oklahoma and Texas in the interest of that organization. Mrs. Davis reports that large and enthusiastic meetings were held in many places, notably Guthrie, Langston, Oklahoma City, Boley, Tulsa, Muskok No.30 the government. The diamond necklace is valued at $2,000. As a general rule, when persons are charged, with smuggling goods into this country and are caught with the goods on them they are generally permitted to go free after they have paid the duty demanded by the government and retain the property. If they are fined they pay the penalty and also hold onto the goods. Evidently Judge Carpenter, was greatly in love with Mr. Johnson, for he relieved him of $1,000 in cold cash without batting his judicial eyes. Then he coldly separated him from the $2,000 diamond necklace. It is a big thing to be a Colored prize fighter in free America! gee, El Reno, Taft, Okmulgee and McAlister, Oklahoma; Dallas, Corsicana, Waco, Marlin, Austin, Marshall, Texas, and Kansas City, Mo. ST. LOUIS NEGROES OPEN BEAUTY YARD CONTEST St. Louis, Mo., April 19.—The Eleardville Civic League, composed of Negro residents near Sumner High School, has offered cash prizes for the best kept front yard, the best kept back yard, the best garden on a vacant lot and the best garden kept by a boy. The contest is conducted by a committee, including Dr. C. H. Turner of Sumner High School, Principal Frank L. Williams, T. J. Nevins, F. A. Carter and S. Campbell. J. L. Velar, one of the members, has offered free nails to repair fences. It would be a mighty good thing indeed if some of the so-called leading Afro-Americans in this city would start a similar movement, for many of them who claim to be up to snuff in all things permit their front and back yards to resemble the worst kind of hog or cow pens—Editor. VIOLIN RECITAL BY HARRISON EMANUEL Monday evening Mr. Frank P. Mandy presented Harrison Emanuel in a violin recital at Kimball Hall, Jackson boulevard and Wabash avenue. Mr. T. Theodore Taylor accompanist. Mr. Emanuel continues to rapidly improve in the advanced art of performing on the violin, and under the tuition of his present efficient instructor, Mr. Mandy, he will soon rank among the best violinists to be found anywhere. The following was the interesting program: Sonata No. 1 Haendel Adagio Cantabile Allegro Deciso Largo Assai Allegro Concerto op. 31, No. 4 Vieuxtemps Andante Adagio Religioso Finale a.—Chant Negre (Negro Melody) Kramer b.—Tallahassee (Negro Melody) Cyril Scott c.—Preludium (for Violin alone) Bach a.—Prize Song Wagner-Wilhelmj b.—La Rinde Des Lutins Bazzini Kimball Grand Piano Used Col. A. D. Gash, 113 N. La Salle street, Oxford Building, who is one of Chicago's leading attorneys, would make an ideal United States District Attorney at this point. THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the Constitution, Protestants, Priests, Includes, Single Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year. $3.00 Six Months. 1.00 Advertising rates made known on applications. THE BROAD AX 5057 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DREXEL 4590. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. SARAH BERNHARDT SCORES COL-OR PREJUDICE IN U. S. The following strong and timely article on the effect of race prejudice in the United States, by Sarah Berghardt, is reproduced from the Boston Globe of recent date: An event has just occurred in St. Louis which has filled me with satisfaction, because I think that the ostracism in which the blacks are held by the whites is odious. A Colored woman who is the president of a Colored woman's club, wished to go into the Hotel X—in order to take part in the women's suffrage conference; but the proprietor energetically refused to admit the black woman. She thereupon appealed to all the suffragettes in her club, and 500 white suffragettes joining them, they demanded that the owner of the hotel should admit the black woman. Suffragettes Stand Up for Their Principles One must approve the conduct of those suffragettes. They have shown that all women are bound together by common interests. They have demonstrated that their doctrines are supported by their actions. It is said that the president of this club of Colored women is a very intelligent woman. Extraordinary for Nation to Wish to Exclude an Active Race. It is, however, extraordinary that in a new republic of a quite young nation one should wish to exclude an entire race. White American Women Ferociously Color Prejudiced. I am united in friendship with interesting women who are good, gentle and kind; yet who become ferocious when any one mentions the Negro race. Indeed, this hatred is so great among many society women that the force of its animosity will affect the Colored race to the third and fourth generation. Case of Daughter of the "Black Venus" of France. My niece Saryta, now dead, wished to open a house for fashionable wear in New York, and asked me to help her. I gave her 100,000 francs. She made all her purchases in Paris, and engaged as her assistant a very pretty young woman, whose mother used to be known in Paris by the name of "The Black Venus." She was not black, but her dark complexion was very accentuated. It was known that her great-grandmother was the Countess de Delva, a superb Colored woman who had married a White settler in Jamaica. But this young woman who had been selected by my niece to assist her did not resemble in the least a Negro, but it appears that Americans never mistake certain signs. Noticed Color by Finger Nails and Refused to Buy Hats. My niece opened a magnificent apartment, full of Paris hats. People came in crowds on the opening day, but my niece noticed that the women whispered together while pointing to her associate, Madam de la Piedra. She wanted to know what was the matter. Then one of the young American girls, who was a friend of ours, came up to Saryta and said: "Your associate has Negro blood in her. I see it by her finger nails. Nobody will come back to you." And in effect, no one returned unless it was my niece, who was back in Paris two months after her departure from it. I had lost 125,000 francs; but I was more revolted by the display of injustice than by the loss of the money. WE WANT CHICAGO CLEAN. The above line should be our battle cry from now on. Beginning on Monday of the present week the fight is on to make Chicago the cleanest city of its size in the world. And as Chicago is so big and as we all want to make it as beautiful as it is big, we have therefore a mighty big job in front of us. And because the job is so big it is so important that it be done well, it is earnestly desired that every man and woman and every boy and girl take a part in it. In other words, . everybody should lend a hand and lift a little, boost! The school children and my, what an army there is of them, are all going to help by distributing circulars, to the homes, and they are also going to help in cleaning up the back yards and vacant lots in their own neighborhoods, and better than all, are intending to keep at it all during the summer months. Then the children will be reinforced, aided and encouraged by the women's clubs, by the ward and neighborhood clubs, the churches, the ministers, the school teachers, the lawyers, doctors, blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, oh well, what's the use of naming them all, for everybody is going to help and help with such a hearty good will that within another thirty days Chicago will be given such a cleaning up from Evanston to the Indiana state line, from Michigan avenue to Oak Park, that it will be a joy to behold it. And now here are some of the things that we can all do to help in this glorious task of making Chicago clean: We can clean our attics and our basements. We can clean our front yards and back yards. We can gather our magazines and daily papers in bundles for collection. We can separate junk from combustibles. Junk dealers will call in different parts of the city during the week. We can send combustibles to vacant lots for burning. The different lots where bonfires will be overseen by firemen from engine houses in the wards will be published in the papers. We can put all rubbish in barrels or boxes and place it just inside the back yard gate, so that the city wagons can carry it away without trouble. We can talk to our neighbors about cleaning up and encouraging those who may be a little careless or indifferent about the beauty, cleanliness, and therefore careless about their own health and comfort to fall in line with us and be able to share with us in the pleasure that always comes from doing good work and in doing it well. Oh, yes, we came nearly forgetting to mention the splendid help that this clean city movement is getting from the editors and publishers of the hundreds of papers published in Chicago. Your reading of this article in your home or church paper is due to the fact that its editor loves Chicago and wants to see it a brighter, cleaner and more beautiful city to live in. So he is helping to spread the news about this clean up work; and some of these editors are going to take a day out of the office—it will do them good—to get out with rake, shovel and hoe and help clean up the neighborhoods where they live. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHUCH Cor. 38th and Dearborn Sts. Rev. H. J. Callis, D.D., Pastor. A large and appreciative audience listened to the sermon delivered by our pastor on last Sunday morning. His text was, "God is a Present Help." The audience was much moved, five persons united with the church, and two came forward to be prayed for. The Sunday School and Christian Endeavor services were both well attended and unusual interest was manifested. It is pleasing to note the increased attendance in the class room on Friday nights. The class meeting is the pulse of the Methodist church; it is hoped that ours will continue to throb with more and more vigor. Our Sunday evening services are increasing in interest. The series of sermons on "God's Message to Men" is attracting some attention. The subject for Sunday evening will be "The Message as seen in the History of Man." The No. 2 Stewardess Board entertained the No. 1 Stewardess Board of St. Paul C. M. E. church and the Steward Board of our own church at Mrs. Florence Combs, 4641 Evans avenue, on last Tuesday evening. There were several visitors present. A delightful repast was served, and all report spending a very pleasant evening. The Sunbeam Rally will be held on Sunday, May 11th, at 3 p. m. Our pastor will preach a special sermon to church. auxiliaries. All the church auxiliaries of the city are invited to this service. The debate between the Tuskegee and University Clubs will be held in our church Tuesday, the 29th. Admission free. The Womans' Home and Foreign Missionary Society will serve dinner in the church the same day, beginning at 6 p. m. The Womans' Home and Foreign Missionary Society was pleasantly entertained by Miss Mattie Dawkins last Wednesday evening. The Board of Stewards very pleasantly entertained the participants in the Millionaire Wedding on last Tuesday evening, April 15th, at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Callis, 3629 Forest avenue. They reported receiving $44.87. It being our pastor's birthday, the stewards presented him with a purse of $35.69. Services for Sunday will be as usual; the pastor will preach morning and evening. Rex. Callis spent Tuesday of this week in Springfield, Ill., assisting Mr. T. W. Swann in having a bill presented to the legislature providing for a statewide celebration of the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of the Negro in 1915. The bill was introduced into the House by Representative Lloyd and provides for a commission headed by the governor and an appropriation of $50,000. The same bill was introduced into the Senate by Senator Dailey.—'S.' THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH 8825 Browns St. Rev. A. J. Carey, D.D., Ph.D., Minister. To-morrow will be a day of great things at the Institutional church. It will be the quarterly meeting day and there will be three sermons. The Holy Communion will be administered at 3 p. m. At this hour Revs. W. D. Cook, D. P. Roberts, T. L. Scott, H. E. Stewart, H. J. Callis, R. E. Wilson, J. Brewer, James Higgins, J. R. Robinson, W. H. Griffin and others will be present with their congregations. Quinn Chapel's great gospel choir has been invited to sing for the communion service. Dr. Timothy Reeves, the beloved presiding elder, will preach at eleven a.m. and the pastor will preach at eight p. m. Last Sabbath brought two of the largest congregations the Institutional church has had. The pastor preached exceptionally strong sermons morning and evening. Eight persons united with the church as follows: Mrs. Ida Beecher-Stovall, Mrs. W. G. Anderson, Mrs. Stella Johnson, Mrs. Georgia Day, Mrs. Ella Brown, Mrs. Stella Carper, Mr. Wm Cross and Mr. G. R. Lewis—"D" WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. The pastor will preach at 10:45 a.m. and 7:45 p. m., Sunday, April 27th. Several persons will be baptized by immersion in a few weeks, and as is the custom the pastor will preach a special sermon to the candidates at least one week prior to the baptismal services. The deaconess' have now their full number, 12 excellent women. At each of the services the officers will take their regular places in the church. The deaconess' and stewardess' are anticipating a grand time Monday night, April 28th, at which time the All Star Musical will be given. The program will begin at 8:15 p. m. The Grand Rally of the church will take place Sunday, May 4, 1913. At the evening services the Allen C. E. League will have several selections both from the Juniors and the Seniors. The Morning Choir will give the last of their Sunday afternoon programs Sunday, April 27th. The next will be given the last Sunday in October. Mr. Job and others will assist in this program Sunday.—'“H.” SPECIAL PROGRAM OF THE ENGLEWOOD LYCEUM The special program of the Englewood Lyceum will be given at Hope Presbyterian church, 61st street and Loomis boulevard, at 4 p. m., Sunday, April 27. It will be "Ministers' Day" and the principal speaker will be Dr. D. H. Harris, pastor of Shiloh church. Dr. Harris is eminently qualified to enlighten his audience upon the work of the ministry. Other features of the program will be "Handel's Large" by Miss Marie Jefferson. Invocation, Chaplain. Selection, "Praise Ye the Lord," Lyceum choir. Piano study, Miss Mabel Hill. Solo, "Dream of Paradise," Mr. W. Spurlock. Paper, "Up From the Depths," Mr. J. B. Twitty. Selected solo, Miss Florence G. Jackson. Remarks, Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, pastor of Hope Presbyterian church. JACK JOHNSON BALKS ON COST. Negro Pugilist Willing to Pay $1,000 Fine, but Hesitates on $740 Government Fees. Jack Johnson, yesterday protested when he was told he would have to pay $740 court costs in connection with the smuggling case, in addition to the fine of $1,000 imposed for concealing the facts of the bringing to the United States of a $2,000 necklace. The necklace was forfeited to the government. "What! $740 cost?" he exclaimed before Commissioner Buell, "That's a regular holdup." At his request he was granted a delay until today to see if some compromise arrangement could be made by which the costs could be reduced. Of the $740; $655 was for fees for witnesses who came to Chicago from New York.—Chicago, Tribune, Friday, April 25. Lawyer B. F. Moseley, 6221 S. Halsted street, will leave on Sunday evening for Springfield, Ill., where on Monday, April 28, he will attend a state-wide conference of the leaders and the rank and file of the Progressive party, and some of the wise ones predict that it will only be a short time until the Republicans and the Bull Moose adherents will be united. CHIPS CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. Franklin A. Denison, 5413 Calumet avenue, are getting ready to occupy their summer home near Benton Harbor, Michigan. Col. John R. Marshall, Deputy District Game warden, has resigned his position and it is expected that there will be a general shaking up in every direction, in the Game warden's office. Major John C. Buckner, 3638 Dearborn street, to the great delight of his hosts of friends, is again able to be out after his confinement of three weeks in the house, from the effects of kidney troubles. George W. Holt, owner of the Hotel Brunswick, buffet and billiard parlor, 3004 S. State street, lately bought a three-story modern stone and brick flat building, consisting of three flats, at 5415 Calumet avenue. The Arnett Lodge No. 7455, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, will give its annual anniversary ball Monday evening, April 28, at Central Hall, corner 22nd street and Wabash avenue. Captain Clinton L. Hill, dancing master, Admission 50 cents. Dr. C. H. Knight, 3158 S. State St., wil vacate his office by the first of the coming week and in the near future give up his practice for the present, and depart for England, where he will better equip himself in some of the best medical schools in the old country for the more scientific practice of his profession. Last Thursday evening a song, violin and dramatic recital was given at Aldine Hall, Indiana avenue near 35th street, by Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, Prof. Felix Ware and Mrs. Fannie Hall-Clint. The affair was a flattering success. It was in charge of Mr. W. C. Adams. Admission was by card only, and as dancing followed it, the bon tons or the cream of the 400 among the Afro-Americans in this city were out in full force. The Annual May Ball of the 8th Regt. will be held at the 7th Regt. Armory Monday evening, May 26th. Long term service medals and rifle practice men will be presented on this occasion. A Modern Solomon. He was a magistrate who was used to dealing with negro boys. Two boys were brought up for stealing. The magistrate placed them in separate cells and gave each one a leather string of equal length. One showed his string. It had not been touched. The other had cut two inches off his string. Who? Who put the can in Kankksee? Who put the koke in Kokomo? Who put—won't some one please tell me— The sin in Cincinnati, n. Age-Herald. —Birmingham, n. Age-Herald. Who put the hole in Holyoke, Mass? Who put the ham in Birmingham? Who put the link in Lincoln, Neb. Who put the dam in Amsterdam? —Cincinnati Enquirer. Who hung the wash in Washington? Who filled the can for Canton, O. Who put the bloom in Bloomington? Who put the man in Mankato? —Youngstown Telegram. Who put the hoe in Idaho? Who put the spoke in old Spokane? Who put the sea in Seattle? Who put the bell in Bellingham? —Spokane Spokesman-Review. Couldn't Fill the Bill. Several youngsters who had seen a performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were trying to reproduce the drama in the playroom of a north side home. They were able to cast the play to their satisfaction, but one important feature seemed to be exceedingly disappointing to the juvenile stage manager. Looking dubiously at a small, fluffy and playful little poodle, he observed mournfully: "Gee! Tiny will never do for a man eating bloodhound."—Youngstown Telegram. Important Personage. Oh, take off your hat to the copper! He'll be in society yet. In London he bows so politely Arresting a fair suffrageer. And people of mank and title Their sneers at the constable cease. For the popular notion at present Is promptly to call the police. We send him for opulent grafters; We and him for high chief up. For summer resorters who tarry. At games or the late festal cup, For leaders of various movements, Trust magnates we tell him to get. So take off your hat to the copper. He be in society yet. —Washington Star. Work For Them. "I don't see why there's so much graft nowadays." "Providence has to provide something for the reformers to do, you know." Captain A. B. Davis of Milwaukee has served forty years in the revenue cutter service and is now retired at eighty. Charles Williams, a lighterman of Limehouse, London, is said to be the champion life saver of that country. Since 1896, when he rescued a boy from the Regent's canal, London, he has saved 101 lives, all from drowning. Camille Saint-Saens has received the grand cross of the Legion of Honor, which, since the death of Reyer, has not been bestowed on any musician. Massenet's death solved the problem whether he or Saint-Saens should have it. M. Tokol, who has just been elected president of the diet of Finland, was a miner in this country for more than ten years. He saved money, studied to fit himself for better things and on his return home became interested in politics. A. R. Whaley, elected vice president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad recently at a salary of $25,000 a year, began his career thirty-six years ago as a brakeman on the Providence and Worcester railroad, working for $1.62 a day. George F. Swain, the newly elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which was founded in 1852, is professor of civil engineering at Harvard. For twenty-five years he has been consulting engineer for the Massachusetts railroad commission. Current Comment. Only 61,000,000 pounds of mall were sent out under the franking privilege last year. Some of the congressmen must have decided to leave their furniture at home.—Charleston News and Courier. A magazine writer who has gone "back to the farm" tells about "sixteen hours of nothing but play." We'll leave it to any three farmers picked from any community to determine just what kind of a liar that writer is.—Denver Republican. The announcement that the Culebra cut at Panama is to be flooded early next fall is the best possible reply to forebodings which may have been aroused by occasional reports of the sliding of the banks of that cut into the prism.—New York Tribune. Sporting Notes. E. A. Southee of Sydney, who has a brilliant record as an all round jumper, will be one of the Australian Rhodes scholars to enter Oxford university. The University of Illinois has signified its intention of sending a team to Philadelphia to take part in the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival on April 26. The team probably will run in the one mile relay championship race. The Eastern Intercollegiate Rowin association will extend an invitation to the winner of the triangular varsity eight oared shell race between crews of Stanford university, the University of California and the University of Washington (Seattle), to compete in the regatta on the Hudson on June 21. Science Siftings. Alloying tin with lead, a German scientist has produced a porous tin the lightness of which is its chief advantage. A Swiss scientist has invented an instrument for accurately measuring the intensity of X rays when used on deep seated human organs at any depth desired. The suggestion that there are airquakes, due to explosions of meteorites and quite independent of earthquakes and volcanoes, comes from no less an authority than W. F. Denning, the British astronomer. That such explosions are sometimes audible is well known. Fashion Frills. Accordion plaited coats for men are predicted. Will the next fashion be accordion plaited trousers?—New York Tribune. Dr. Winfield Scott Hall declares that women's gowns are "immodest and uncomfortable." But if they are not so to the women why should he care?—Baltimore Sun. The fashion editor's authoritative announcement that the latest thing in tea gowns is of taffeta more with peasant pantaloues gives us a mild desire to see one in action—Ohio State Journal Turbulent Mexico. Mexico seems to be kicking over the famp.—Chicago News. Is Mexico to be a government of gun men?—New York Tribune. The Mexican part of the Pan-American union seems to be a frying pan—Kansas City Star. May the black days of Mexico be ended speedily and a real constitutional polity established!—New York Sun. Aviation Aeronauts in China are known as the "sons of heaven." Following the example of France, the British government has decided to use only biplanes for military purposes. The mechanism and driver's seat in a new German war aeroplane are surrounded by an armored cylinder, proof against bullets. One of Germany's numerous dirigible balloons has made more than 100 journeys with passengers without meeting with a single mirabel. SENIOR LAW CLASS BANQUET. Future Legal Lights of Howard Uni- versity Make Their Initial Row. The "coming out" banquet of the senior class of the law department of Howard university on Feb. 21 at Gray's, in Washington, was a veritable "feast of reason and a flow of soul." A larger or more progressive gathering of young men of the race have never put their feet beneath a festal board in the nation's capital. It represented an inspiration for the present and a glowing promise for the future. The program of speeches, embracing a number of topics of practical value and strong contemporaneous interest, was as follows: "The Progress of Criminal Law Reform," Chester A. Carpenter; "The Position of the United States Relative to Panama Canal Tolls," Peter R. Lee; "The Political Status of the American Negro." John H. Berry; "Evolution of Law and Its Relation to Modern Sociology," Harry A. Capehart; "The Relation of Judicial Procedure to Government," Garfield C. Thompson; "Federal Control of Corporations," Edward R. Dryer; "Our Moral Duty as Lawyers," E. E. Jones; "Fifty Years of Freedom," Huver L. Brown; "Class of 13," Arthur E. Briscoe. Mr. Arthur A. Rhambo acquitted himself admirably as tostmaster. An opportunity for brief discussion was allowed, and a brilliant array of supplementary talks was given by members of the class not down on the regular program. Felicitous addresses were delivered by Professor W. H. H. Hart of the faculty of Howard Law school and Mr. R. W. Thompson, president of the National Negro Press association, who were special guests of the occasion. The class yell was a delightful feature. The officers of Howard's law class of 1913 are: President, John E. Roundtree; vice president, Robert D. Brooks; secretary, Arthur E. Briscoe; assistant secretary, William H. Tabbs; treasurer, Harry J. Capehart; sergeant-atarms, Garfield C. Thompson. The social committee was made up of Alonzo Ware, chairman; E. R. Dryer, Huver I. Brown, William H. Burrell, John H. Clinton, C. A. Carpenter, Artee H. Fleming, J. Arthur Davis, Henry E. Dunne, Marion F. Harris, Edward E. Jones, Bernard I. Jackson, B. T. Montgomery, William H. Martin, James E. Buckner, John W. Robinson, Jacob L. Reid, Phillip G. Reed and Joseph A. Thornton. The remaining members of the class are: William B. Bruce, J. H. Berry, Walter L. Browne and Alfred H. Rhambo. They hail from every section of the country and from the West India islands. Gray's mirror encircled dining room was a bower of beauty, American flags and /bunting being displayed on the walls. The table sparkled with cut glass and Haviland china, and huge bouquets of tea roses added picturesqueness to the color scheme. Musical selections were played on a high grade planola during the discussion of the menu and between the speeches. The menu was got up in fine style. TIDAL WAVE OF INIMICAL LEGISLATION WIDELY FELT Afro-Americans Still Have Many Friends—Rabbi Hirsch is Optimistic. In the midst of the great tidal wave of agitation and introduction of legislation against the intermarriage of white and colored persons in the various states let the colored race remember that it still has friends among the white people. Neither segregation nor prohibitory marriage laws can stop the progress of a race united in heart, purpose and constructive effort. There will always be strong defenders of truth and righteousness, persons of wealth and influence, who love justice and hate injustice to fellow human beings. As the enemies of the race increase, so will its friends multiply. Character, honesty and integrity are not judged by the color of a person's skin. They are virtues by which the world measures mankind. They are not to be bought or sold. They are nature's priceless jewels. Rabbil E. G. Hirsch, the great Jewish scholar, in a recent tribute paid to Dr. Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute recently, used the following expressions to convey his meaning: "Have you ever thought that the great Son of Palestine was a carpenter's son? He did not have a classical education, but he learned the lesson of life in his father's carpenter shop. He did not go to academies, but he heard his divine Father's call. "Whatever message he had he clothed it in the phraseology not of the counting room and not of the drawing room, but in the impressive vocabulary of the farmer and the artisan. "In practicing and learning to practice the religion of labor you at Tuskegee become Christianized in the spirit of the great Teacher and Judaized in the spirit of the Jewish prophets." New Branch Library in Louisville. The library board in Louisville, KY., has appropriated $4,000 toward the starting of a branch library in the eastern section of the city. The library will be greatly appreciated by the colored citizens of the east end. The committee which has charge of the work will raise $1,000 from among members of the race. Interest in Iowa Masonic Affairs. Much interest is being taken by the members of the Masonic fraternity in Iowa. Grand Master John L. Thompson spent the third week in February making official visits to lodges in the western part of the state and in Nebraska. The jurisdiction of the order in Iowa is divided into three districts. PATRONIZE THE Home Security Savings Bank START TO SAVE NOW 3 Per Cent Paid on Savings SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES, $3.00 PER YEAR Stocks and Bonds for Sale. Best Investments. Come Here to get that Loan You Need. Visit Our Real Estate Department for Positively the Best Bargains on the South Side. Fire, Plate Glass, Automobile INSURANCE Wm. D. Neighbors, Cashier S. E. Cor. 31st and State Sts.: Bank Floor Phones: Douglas 31 Automatic 74-259 SAVE DIMES and dollars may save you. 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For further information, call on er address Julius P. Taylor, 5027 Armour avenue, Phone Drexel 4590. This is a good investment and good income property. No National Holidays. There is no national holiday—not even the Fourth of July. Independence day and Thanksgiving day are the nearest approach to a national holiday. New Guinea. New Guinea is the largest island in the world, having an area of 323,000 square miles. Long Island is a dwarf in comparison, having but 1,376 square miles. PATRONI Home S Savings START TO S "So you found your last prospective customer a hard one to deal with?" "Yes. He insisted that our company was overcapitalized," explained the mining stock salesman. "What did you do?" "I made him take water."—Buffalo Express. When women mix In politics. Oh, won't it be immense To see them try In manner shy To straddle the old fence? —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Do you really think that your sister is making such a match with the baron?" "Judging by the great number of anonymous letters addressed to her, I should say so."—Fliegende Blatter. "These are the times that try men's souls." As old Tom Paine once said. Afar the smoke of battle rolls; Tranquillity is fed. But may this turmulit, strife and din Serve some high purpose yet, Some superman to usher in— Or supersuffragette? —Chicago News. "I long for fame." "It is easy of attainment." "How?" "Take any brand of patent medicine until it cures you and let the company know of it." One lawyer tries to hang the crook And stamps around in fury; The other lawyer knows his book And tries to hang the jury. —Denver Republican. "This dog of mine is some dog, let me tell you. He has a wonderful pedi- gree." "I suppose you trace him away back to the dog Noah took into the ark?" "Say, this dog's ancestor didn't go into the ark; he had a bark of his own."—Boston Transcript. What matter if your wife is slow? Why worry if she huns and sings When you await her down below And she is putting on her things? What matter if she takes her time In getting on her hat and shawl? Why should you think it any crime To keep you waiting in the hall? If in a jiffy she can get Your breakfast in your modest flat, Why, then I guess it's safe to bet That wifey is all right at that. —Yonkers Statesman. "But, my dear madam, there's no use consulting me about your husband. I'm a horse doctor." "That's why I came to you. He's a chronic kicker."—Life. Extinction for the buffalo Will come unless rare luck prevents. A half a dozen in a row Now merely look like thirty cents. —Washington Star. "He has money to burn." "But I never have seen any evidence of a conflagration in his vicinity." "No, but I understand that he is about to make a match, and then watch out." "Who is the belle tonight?" asked she. As they stood on the ballroom floor. He looked around the room to see, And she speaks to him no more. —Cape Cod Item. Doctor' (to patient) — You've had a pretty close call. It's only your strong constitution that pulled you through. Patient—Well, doctor, remember that when you make out your bill.—New Haven Register. They disagreed on politics. On medicine and law. The battle raged from two till six And ended in a draw. When tea was poured the club adjourned. Mrs. Youngwell (shopping)—Look at this new stove with the glass door in the oven. Wonder what it's made of glass for? Youngwedd—it's to make the bread lighter, I suppose—Boston Transcript. She said, "I have a royal strain." He merely answered: "Tushi" For you a royal strain, but be a lady that, but as for me—Give me a royal flush." SEIZE THE Security Bank SAVE NOW HOLSEY ON ADVERTISING Some Essential Elements In Successfully Conducting Ad. Agencies. "Many are called, but. few are wanted." Many ambitious, well meaning colored men have felt the call to enter the advertising agency business, says Albon Lewis Holsey, but few have been able to "stick," and if I were asked to give the reasons for this contention they would be stated in part as follows: Colored advertisers do not conduct national publicity campaigns in the real broad sense of the word. Therefore they do not have occasion to show their "race loyalty" by placing their business through the colored agent. To be sure, there are many colored enterprises whose annual business goes into the thousands and who should conduct such campaigns, but as a rule they are local advertisers, because their business has been built up in some locality through years of patient toll and energy of perhaps one person who depends entirely on local trade. Again, advertising agents lack capital. To establish an agency requires sufficient backing to carry the business at least two years under present conditions. Postage, stenographic help, etc., make rapid inroads on a small bank account, but these helps are essential to the establishment of such a business. The publisher must have confidence in the new concern, and the advertiser who is responsible will not trust his advertising business to any concern unless reasonably sure that it will make a judicious investment of his money. To obtain this confidence necessitates a great deal of advertising. Furthermore, the white advertiser knows and appreciates the value of the service offered him through the advertising agent, and his demands for better qualified workers in this field and the natural growth of his business have opened the way for thousands of white agencies to handle their enormous business. Thus none of the business from white concerns is left to the colored agent with his limited experience and resources. NEW DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED National Association Fills Vacancies on Board at Annual Meeting. At the annual meeting of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, held in the banking room of the Evening Post building, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 21, Charles H. Studin, Mrs. Max Morgenthau, Jr., and Wilson M. Powell, Jr., were elected to the board of directors for the term expiring in 1916. The Rev. Hutchins C. Bishop was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. F. R. Keyser, whose term would have expired in 1914. Dr. V. Morton-Jones was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. M. D. Maclean, whose term would have expired in 1914. The following were also elected for terms expiring in 1916: George W. Crawford, New Haven; Thomas Ewing, Jr., New York; Paul Kennaday, New York; Joseph P. Loud, Boston; Dr. William A. Sinclair, Philadelphia; Miss Lillian D. Wald, New York, and Rev. G. R. Waller, Baltimore. SHOULD PRACTICE THE GOLDEN RULE AT HOME. Example of Puritans Exemplified In Afro-Americans Who Go Abroad. The following letter, the writer of which signs the initials E. H., recently appeared in the Philadelphia Press: Sir-I read in the columns of a Philadelphia evening paper of the 5th note of warning from an unknown source, pointing out the danger in England's tolerance of the colored man in the British isles. Assuming the author of the letter to be an American citizen and that his sentiments are already too widely indorsed, I feel justified in submitting the fact that if this nation's moral ideals were higher and its common sense kept pace with its material development none of its people would have cause to go elsewhere in search of life, liberty and happiness. History repeats itself. Human nature is always and everywhere the same. Therefore why discourage them in seeking relief from oppression when they are but following the examples set by the pilgrims, Puritans and Huguenots, who sought relief in this country from religious and political persecution? The class of colored people who go abroad are of a higher order of intelligence than the borders of emigrants who flock here, and yet no note of warning is sounded against their coming. I think that all the world, America excepted, realizes the fact that the colored people have, on the whole, a creditable idea of moral responsibility and are, of all races, the least to be feared. President Boyd Makes Clear Report. The address of Dr. R. H. Boyd, president of the One Cent Savings bank in Nashville, Tenn., at the annual meeting of the stockholders recently held was a well defined and exhaustive statement of the progress and internal workings of the institution. The bank was organized Jan. 16, 1904. It started business with a capital of $1,600 paid in by sixteen persons. The reports at the meeting showed a clearance of $332,000 for the past year, which is an increase of $45,000 over the previous STIRES AND SONS Andrew D. White, now eighty, of Ithaca, N. Y., has taken up the study of criminology. Giovanni Pace, a Philadelphia musician, the other day played the march for his own wedding. A. G. Haight of Brooklyn has set out to visit every state capital in the United States. He journeys a-foot. Sir John Kirk of Sevenoaks, England, now an octogenarian, was with David Livingstone in exploring Africa. Alvey Augustus Adee, second assistant secretary of state, who recently celebrated his seventieth birthday, has been in the government service since 1870. Sir Roger Casement, British consul general at Rio Janeiro, who prosecuted the British investigation of the Putumayo rubber district atrocities, has been appointed consul general to a number of other states in Brazil. Charles D. Sigsbee, son of Sear Admiral Sigsbee (retired, commander of the ill fated battleship Maine, works eight hours a day in the power plant at the Charlestown navy yard to perfect his knowledge of mechanical engineering. He is twenty-two, thoroughly self made, and his knowledge of chemistry, necessary in his work, has been largely acquired outside of any school. College and School. Minnesota's public school bill for 1912 was $15,981,085. More than four-fifths of the elementary schoolteachers in Prussia are men. A chair in social hygiene has been established in the University at Munich, Germany. An editorial council to have supervision over all university student publications and to consist of both students and faculty members is under consideration at the University of Wisconsin. The woman's law class at New York university is probably unique in that it is not intended to prepare women for the practice of law, but to give them sufficient legal knowledge to conduct the administration of trust estates and other forms of business. Pert Personals. Forty thousand dollars to play baseball! Geewhillikins, what a Chance!—New York American. Roald Amundsen is curious to know whether there are not two north poles.—Philadelphia Record. "Rockefeller and Morgan Ancestry Traced Back to Monarch"—headline. Probably one of the seizers.—Columbia State. William has lost his voice, and John D. lost his hair long ago, but you never bear of a Rockefeller losing any money.—St. Louis Republic. While the country is thinking up nice things to do for Colonel Goethals the colonel might confer a lasting blessing on the country by giving out the correct pronunciation of his name.—Denver Times. The Royal Box. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy is the only monarch in the world who has the right to vote. As a youth Ferdinand of Bulgaria was not very robust. His face was pale, and his nerves would twitch of their own accord. When he entered the Austrian army it was as a lieutenant in the Eleventh hussars, but he was never at ease in the saddle and exchanged into the infantry. Prince Gustavus of Denmark, regarded as a strong contender for the nebulous Albanian throne, is the sixth child of the late king of Denmark and a brother of the reigning king. King George of Greece is his uncle and the dowager queen of England his aunt. Prince Gustavus is quite young, having been born in 1887. Sporting Notes. Keene Fitzpatrick, the varsity trainer, and William J. Clarke, the baseball coach, have both signed contracts to remain at Princeton. Frank Chance, the new manager of the American league team in New York, wants the name Yankees dropped. He will call the club the New Yorks. In twenty-three years De Oro has lost only four pool matches. He has been beaten several times in tournaments, but has been almost invincible in matches. Congressional Cuts. Congress can also economize by talking less and making it less expensive to get out the Congressional Record—Boston Journal. If the new member of congress who is preparing a speech of ringing denunciation will look through the files of the Congressional Record he will find that most of it has been said before—Washington Star. Timely Tips. Now is the time to come out for a sane Fourth of July.—Jacksonville Times-Union. All the new counterfeit money is in the form of ten and twenty dollar bills. That lets a good many of us out of danger.—Cleveland Leader. The law of compensation is right on the job. This is 1913, but there will be only one Friday, the 13th, this year. It will come in June, though, and brides may as well be warned.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Snow Bawls. Downy snowflakes On the walk. Soft and crystal, Block by block! Heaps of whiteness On the track; Ride downtown And then walk back! Piles of snowdrifts In the hills Hold the fast trains, Give us chills. Brand new shovel, Daddy's pride, Digs a path Ten inches wide. In the morning, Bless his heart, How he tears Those drifts apart! In the evening, Sad to state, Still more drifts His muscle wait. O you winter! Not for mine! Bring back sunny Summer time! -Spokane Spokesman Review. All For a Dollar Fee. "You are soon to be married to the man you love," said the fortune teller. "Is he a blond?" inquired Miss Calculate. "Yes." "Is his name Henry?" "Yes." "Does his father own an automobile?" "Yes." "Will Henry give me a ring with a turquoise and two diamonds?" "Yes." "Are we going to Europe on our wedding trip?" "Yes." Miss Calculate turned to a friend. "Isn't it wonderful?" she said.—Exchange. Gemini. Now, Castor lived six months and died, And Pollux came to life and cried. Then Pollux lived six months and croaked With grief resurgent Castor choked. Life six months later ceased to vex, And Castor was sick, and frocks, While Pollux everted up the score By living one semester more, Then bade farewell to earthly toil And shuffled off his mortal coll As Castor, with a weary yawn. Came back again and struggled on. Those twins kept up this seasaw thing And they were still weary. Old Jove, grown weary, called a halt And set them in the starry vault. So by this alternating game At last they rose to stellar fame, And as they twinkle in their place They help, like this, to fill up space And weave An Ambiguous Title. "That's a swell umbrella you carry." "Isn't it?" "Did you come by it honestly?" "I haven't quite figured out. It started to rain the other day, and I stepped into a doorway to wait till it stopped. Then I saw a young fellow coming along with a nice large umbrella, and I thought if he was going as far as my house I would beg the shelter of his umbershoot. So I stepped out and asked, 'Where are you going with that umbrella, young fellow?' and he dropped the umbrella and ran."—Houston Post. Callers. There's some folks that I just can't stand to have around at all. Old Trouble and Old Hard Luck they butt in and make a call. They worry you and pester you and act almighty strong. But I notice Mr. Money never makes his calls too long. The folks that you don't want to see just stick around and chat. They never even take the hint when you say, "Here's your hat." Old Castor Oll and Smallipox always stay a month or so. But you never have to tell old Mr. Money when to go. -Cincinnati Enquirer. His Choice of Charity Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, was condemning in Washington certain senseless economies. "Economy is all very well," he said, "but some of the latter day, scientific management economy you hear about reminds you of the skinflint millionaire whose only charity was foreign missions. 'You see,' the man explained, "I choose foreign missions because I want to make my money go as far as possible.'"—Washington Post. To Statesmen. No man who thinks he has a job Almost within his reach Will work long for A senator Who malls him but a speech. No man who thinks a consulship Just fitted to his needs Will be content If he is sent Some doubtful garden seeds. —Kansas City Journal. How It Happened, "In all the course of evolution quar rels occur only in the animal kingdom." "I beg to differ." "Do you mean to say that vegetables quarrel and fight?" "I do." "Produce your facts." "Did not the first apple destroy the happiness of the first pair?" His Glory. His Story. He wasn't very sweet. And he wasn't very rich. Didn't have an A rate. Just a modest little niche In the hall of life he kept. But a lot of friends he made. Furious he asked to To the man who needed aid. -Boston Herald Looking Ahead. Fenshaw—I hear you are to wed Colonel Swinger, Mrs. Grasse. He's a noble fellow, every inch a soldier, born to command. Widow Grasse—H'm; we'll see about that!—Tit-Bits. MUSIC CHARMS AUDIENCE Miss Clarice Jones and Roland Hayes Heard In Brilliant Recital. Washington.-Roland W. Hayes of Boston, a tenor of pronounced talent, and Miss Clarice Jones of this city, a planiste whose fame is rapidly growing, in a recent joint recital charmed one of the most brilliant audiences ever seen in Andrew Rankin Memorial chapel, Howard university. Both artists were received with unfeigned enthusiasm, and the program was one of rare excellence. Mr. Hayes is well known here, and his numbers were all applauded to the echo. His repertory for the evening embraced "Hymn to the Night" (Tipton); "The Beat of a Passionate Heart" (Phillips); "Celeste Alda" (Verdil); "The Sweetest Flower" (Batten); "Land of the Sky Blue Water" (Cadman); "Just Because" (Burdgeh); "I Hear You Calling Me" (encore), concluding with "Onaway, Awake, Beloved Hinawath" (S. Coleridge-Taylor). Mr. R. Wilfred Tibbs, assistant director of music in Howard university, presided at the piano. The deepest interest of the occasion was, of course, in the work of Miss Clarice Jones, who made her initial appearance in public since her triumphant graduation last year from the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, in connection with Cornell university, where she carried off all the honors as a skilled pianist and interpreter of classic music. Her graduating recital at Cornell was admitted to have been the finest that historic institution had known in many years. At the Howard university recital, Miss Jones' selections ran the gamut of the classics, and the remarkable technique displayed by the young debutante has been the talk of Washington's music lovers. Her offerings included Sonata A major scherzo and rondo (Beethoven, Nocturne C minor (Chopin), Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 (Liszt) and "Caprice Espagnol." Moskowski, with encores demanded after each principal rendition. She was repeatedly recalled and was presented at the close of her first number with a beautiful shower bouquet of Killarney roses. The most competent critics say that Miss Jones has more than technical perfection at the piano. Not only does she handle the heaped up mechanical difficulties of the ponderous compositions of the music masters of Europe with ease and grace, but she gives full expression to the soul spirit couched in the rich melodies. With the vitalizing touch of genius, she adds life and color to flights that must be given their true emotional value to be effective. Miss Jones is the supreme mistress of varied effects. Her range is wonderful. Though slight in physical development, so well does she grasp the possibilities of her instrument that she is able to give to massive chord passages orchestral volume and power. Her tone coloring is of endless variety; her planissimos are the acme of delicacy; her runs and arpeggio passages absolutely flawless, are of falrylike lightness. The stately rhetorical loveliness of tone and meter is brought out in everything that demands exceptional treatment. ORGANIZED EDUCATIONAL WORK IN OLD DOMINION. Teachers' Association Makes Optimistic Reports at Meeting in Norfolk. Norfolk, Va.-The Colored Teachers' Association and School Improvement league of Virginia met in Norfolk, Feb. 27 and 28, to report on the progress which has been made in improving rural schools and communities. The reports covered a wide field of observation and work and were in the main optimistic. This association and league seeks to combine all the educational forces at work among colored people in Virginia. It has the endorsement of the state department of education and is doing great good in the rural districts among the masses. E. A. Long, Cambria, Va., who is the president of the association and league, arranged an attractive program for the two day meeting. A summary of the program follows: "Value of Business Training." R. B. Saunders; "Grading For Rural Schools." W. B. Williams; "Geography." Miss A. E. Tucker; "Reading." Miss Sarah J. Walter; "Arithmetic." M. W. Connor; "How the Secondary Schools May Help the Public Schools." Rev. J. S. Russell; "Industrial Work For Rural Schools." Alida Ranks; "Negro Organization Society," Major R. R. Moton and J. M. Gandy. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. B. B. Munford, Richmond, president of the Co-operative Education association; Messrs. R. A. Doble, R. A. Tucker, J. Paul Spence, Rev. J. H. Hughes, Rev. E. H. Hunter, Attorney W. H. C. Brown, Attorney A. J. Oliver, S. Ragsdale, Thomas C. Walker and G. W. Owens. The Centenary of David Livingstone. The national Baptist foreign mission board, with headquarters in Philadelphia, is preparing to celebrate the centenary of David Livingstone through special programs distributed among the various churches and Sunday schools of the denomination. David Livingstone was born in Scotland March 19, 1813. Thirty years of his life were spent in Africa. Easter Sunday, March 23, is the day set apart for the celebration. Rev. L. G. Jordan is the corresponding secretary, to whom orders for programs should be sent. $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 FOUND 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 I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. 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. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 S. State St. J. H. Roberts, barber shop and news stand, 330814 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 Reserve Co. Under State Government Supervision. $100,000 deposited with the State. Bills of all payments to the Company, than than than dollars. Our Industrial Contracts give to the colord policy holder more than any other company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business Information of rates and values at your age will be furnished free, upon giving your age, name and address to The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, Tel. Randolph S. 72 West Adams Street TELEPHONES Oakland 1608 Parkland 1760 Auto. 79156 FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3:Tripe Daily to All Depots 4706 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO OFFICE HOURS Phone Oakland 4662 From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday by Appointment Automatic 73-058 4709 S. State St CHICAGO Notary Public Office Phone Automatic 44-185 Res. Phone Automatic 79-137 Suite 5, Methodist Church Block 8. E. Cor. Clark & Washington Sts., CHICAGO Residence: 3642 Prairie Ave. Suite 110-520 Rampant Bluff Glenn and Washington Streets CEMCA&O Phones, Central 1341) Auto, 41-013 Phones, Office, Main 4153 Re. Drumel, 7990 Auto, 33-736 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL. Office Phone Central 6624. Rn. Phoma, Doug 4997. No. 908 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randolph St. Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street, CHICAGO Suite 708 Delaware Bldg. Tel. Central 3142 A. D. GASH A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 On the last day of each year the Korean throws out of his house a straw image of a man, which is said to carry sins and bad luck with it. Grass Eggs. When a hen is made sick eating too freely of grass she lays what are known as "grass eggs." Grass eggs are poor stuff. They have an unpleasant flavor, and the yolk wabbles around in a weak and watery white and is green and dull in color. Trial Trips. In order to gauge her average speed a vessel, when on her trial trip is made to run four times over a measured mile—twice with and twice against the tide. Mine Fires. Chemicals are more effective in fighting mine fires than water. The Belgian Kongo. There are no native industries in the Belgian Kongo. In every community there is the village blacksmith, who can fashion knives and spears of a certain quality, and there are also village experts (always women) in weaving, pottery making and kindred occupations. Glass Structure. In order to determine the structural quality of glass it is necessary to corrode the surface with hydrofluoric acid and thus reveal the interior to inspection. Xanthippe must have been a pest With many faults, but worst of these She couldn't eat her meals with zest Unless she could her Sora tease. --Youngstown Telegram. Xanthippe on the neighbors called And all her home affairs revealed, But most of all she cowered Because he. Soo was not well healed. --Cleveland Plain Dealer. $15 THE MUSEUM JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on co- dents, including payment of taxes and lia- on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patro The Cranfor- Building. The finest building ever op- Steam heat, electric light, tile ba per cent allowed on Savings Acco- mity Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estate ing payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Real Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business m e- Cranford Apartment building. 3600 Wabash Ave. best building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. slowed on Savings Accounts mit Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT state on commission, manages estates for non-resi- tues and looking after assessments. Money to loan is the patronage of Chicago business men. Anford Apartment g. 3600 Wabash Ave. ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago, t, tile baths, marble entrance. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. THE NEW YORK MUSEUM 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. Like These Cut High Cost of Living Dinners Like the High ners Like These Cut the High Cost of Li Dinners Like These Cut the High Cost of Living A 40c Dinner for Four People Vermicelli Soup . . . . 2c Veal Fricassee . . . . 13c Mashed Potatoes . . . . 4c Minute Tapioca . . . . 4c Bread and Butter . . . . 6c Coffee . . . . . . . . 3c Cream . . . . . . . . 5c Gas to Cook All . . . . . 3c 40c and School Girl Cooks You All About It Fifty Thousand Can Tell You Thousand School Girl Can Tell You All About Fifty Thousand School Girl Cooks Can Tell You All About It Fifty Thousand School Girl Cooks Can Tell You All About It These girls are being taught kitchen economies in Chicago public schools. They see, handle and cook real food in some 170 school kitchens. From demonstrations and actual experience they learn how to turn the cheaper things from the grocery and meat market into wholesome, square meals good enough for anybody. "Compost" Range No. 18-39 with double ovens and window in open door. JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI JOHN BLOCKI & S PERFUMERS GO TO C. E. Kreyssler, Drug 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNE BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI HN BLOCKI & S PERFUMERS GO TO E. Kreyssler, Drug 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNE F. W. BLOCKI, Trese.] BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO reyssler, Druggist STATE STREET ON THE CORNER JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI, Treas.7 JOHN BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO C. E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER For high grade Drugs, Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF Blocki's Ideal & Blocki's Flower In Bottle Perfumes Telephone Douglas 1565 J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. They learn also how to cook these meals with the least possible amount of gas. They learn that the old way of cooking a meal on a hot plate—with many fires burning, is a wasteful way. They are shown how the same meal can be cooked in a "Composite" range with but one fire burning. Using a range of this type our school girl cooks would put the meats in the lower oven—the breads, rolls, vegetables, etc., in the upper ovens, and light the one fire in between. The top burners would be used but a few minutes for the coffee and soup. Composite Ranges Some fifty shapes are sold at all of our stores and our big show room in the Peoples Gas Building down town. They are the finest and most economical ranges in the world. D "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. Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 1787 The BELLE MEADE CLUB Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 5059 Ar Cor. 51st 1959 Armour A Cor. 51st Street, Chicago Douglas 4482 HARRY auto 73-974 auto 74-478 LA VERDO BUFFET LICENSE AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS East Street Phone Aldine 3653 Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS East Street Elite Buffet and Car 5059 Armour Ave Cor. 51st Street, Chicago Phones Douglas 4482 HARRY J. KELLY Auto 73-974 Prop. Auto 74-478 LA VERNE IMPORTED AND DOMES 3100 State Street Hotel B Geo. BUFFET, POOL IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street CHICAGO. Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Elite Buff 3030 Elite Buffet and Cafe 8030 State Street Engles 8030 Chen. Kearn Phone Beogins 8888 WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. Phone Douglas 33 MINERAL S BUFFET 3517 S. State HIGH CLASS INTER Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic]75-173 NERAL SPRING C FFET AND CA 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY MINERAL SPRING CLUB JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51et St. and L. S. & M. S. 51et St. and ARMOUR AVE. DUNN BEAUTIFUL MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY The Most Perfect Burial Ground in the Northwest concrete two-story building is now being erected wh tion room and a perfectly appointed lunch room. Douglas 5574 BEAUTIPUL MOUN The Most Perfect Bu A new concrete two-story build a cozy reception room and a perfect A deep well for the purpose of be drilled. Further, plans are being made the summer. The Wise Ones will buy lots no BEAUTIFUL MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY. 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 3195 S. State St. Open evenings. 3004 State Street A. F. Codence FRANK DUNN J. B. McCAHEY TRUSTEES FRANKIDUNN ESTABLISHED 1877 E CLUB safe for r Ave Chicago HARRY J. KELLY Prop. FET AND CIGARETTES CHICAGO. wick IARDS. Chicago Merry Jones Cafe C. SNEED, M'g'r 75-173 CLUB CA FE AGO RY EVENING TEL. OAKLAND 1850, 1551, 1552 NN TAIL AVENUE M. S. CHICAGO Automatic 71-866 METERY. Northwest. ected which will contain room. t and coolest water will to be constructed during evements now being made Dick and Accident Insur-