The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Rev. Archibald J. Carey Claims the Honor of Inducing Gov. Edward F. Dunne to Select Julius F. Taylor. AS ONE OF THE DELEGATES TO ATTEND THE EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION TO BE HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, PA., SEPTEMBER 1-6, 1913. THE REV. GENTLEMAN HOT POOTED IT OUT POM UNDEB HIS WORD AND HONOR WHICH HE SOLEMNLY PLEDGED TO THE EDITOR OF THE BROAD AX WHILE VISITING SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 14, IN THE INTEREST OF THE BILL TO APPROPRIATE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ENABLE THE COLORED PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE THEIR FREEDOM IN 1915. AT THAT TIME HE STATED THAT A SLICK LITTLE COLORED MAN HAD SOLICITED LARGE SUMS OF MONEY IN HIS NAME—THAT THE SLICK LITTLE COLORED MAN HAD BLEW THE MONEY IN FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT. THAT HIS DISHONEST ACTIONS IN THAT RESPECT HAD GREATLY LOWERED HIS MINISTERIAL STANDING IN CHICAGO. THAT HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF PERMITTING THE SLICK LITTLE COLORED MAN TO HAVE ANY OFFICIAL CONNECTION WITH THE FORTH COMING CELEBRATION. THAT HE IS A PEST, A PARASITE AND A POLITICAL TRAMP ALL IN ONE—THAT HE NEVER WOULD HAVE ANY MORE USE FOR THE LITTLE SLICK COLORED MAN. BISHOP SAMUEL FALLOWS IS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE IN-INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH, THEREFORE THE GOOD BISHOP SHOULD STEP ASIDE AS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN FAVOR OF AN AFRO-AMERICAN WOMAN. IT APPEARS THAT WHEN REV. ARCHIBALD J. CAREY LEARNED THAT GOVERNOR DUNNE HAD MADE UP HIS MIND TO SELECT A WHITE LADY FOR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN A MANLY MANNER HE UTTERLY FAILED TO URGE THE GOVERNOR TO HONOR A COLORED LADY IN THAT SAME DIRECTION, THEREBY IMPLYING THAT ALL COLORED LADIES ARE FAR BELOW AND GREATLY INFERIOR TO ALL WHITE LADIES. IF THE IRISH-AMERICANS RESIDING IN THIS STATE WERE IN THE ACT OF CELEBRATING SOME EVENT IN THEIR HISTORY AND PROGRESS AND IF THE GOVERNOR WOULD APPOINT AN AFRO-AMERICAN LADY TO REPRESENT THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME FAIL TO NAME A BEAUTIFUL IRISH-AMERICAN LADY AS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS THE IRISH-AMERICANS WOULD INSTINCTIVELY FEEL THAT THEY HAD BEEN HIGHLY INSULTED AND THEY WOULD BE UP IN ARMS TO SUCH EXTENT THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD BEAT IT TO THE TALL TIMBERS IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THEIR FURY AND MADNESS. Vol. XVIII. Rev. Archibald Claims the Inducing of F. Dunne Julius F. T. AS ONE OF THE DELEGATES TO BRATION TO BE HELD AT P. 1913. THE REV. GENTLEMAN HOT POOL AND HONOR WHICH HE SOLE THE BROAD AX WHILE VISIT INTEREST OF THE BILL TO SAND DOLLARS TO ENABLE BRATE THEIR FREEDOM IN 1913. AT THAT TIME HE STATED THAT HAD SOLICITED LARGE SUM THE SLICK LITTLE COLORED MAN FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT. THAT HIS DISHONEST ACTIONS LOWERED HIS MINISTER. THAT HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF COLORED MAN TO HAVE ANY FOETH COMING CELEBRATION. THAT HE IS A PEST, A PARASITIC ONE—THAT HE NEVER WOULD LITTLE SLICK COLORED MAN. BISHOP SAMUEL FALLOWS IS ON INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH, THE STEP ASIDE AS ONE OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN WOMAN. IT APPEARS THAT WHEN REV. ABE GOVERNOR DUNNE HAD LADY FOR ONE OF THE COMS HE UTTERLY FAILED TO UP COLORED LADY IN THAT SAM THAT ALL COLORED LADIES PERIOR TO ALL WHITE LADIES. IF THE IRISH-AMERICANS RESIDENT ACT OF CELEBRATING SOME PROGRESS AND IF THE GOVEN AMERICAN LADY TO REPRESENT FAIL TO NAME A BEAUTIFUL THE COMMISSIONERS THE INTIVELY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE THEY WOULD BE UP IN ARMS ERNOR WOULD BEAT IT TO ESCAPE THEIR FURY AND MAN It is an old saying that everything is fair in love and in a long and bitter warfare if this is true then we will waste no time in beating around the bush but approach the main subject at once. On Thursday morning, June 19, Rev. Archibald J. Carey, who has proven himself to be an expert political preacher who is amply able to mount and successfully ride three or four political horses in opposite directions at the same time, met the writer at the corner of 36th and State Street and we walked with him to the corner of 35th and State Street during which time he had the audacity; the effrontery; the unlimited or houndless gall to inform us that the Honorable, Rev. Archibald J. Carey and so, had sent our name to Governor Edward F. Dunne, and that at the same time he had urged him to select us as one of the delegates to attend the Emancipation Celebration to be held at Philadelphia, Pa., from August 31st to September 30th, 1913. Rev. Carey completely unnerved us for a few moments after he had imparted that startling information to us, finally we recovered our breath long enough to sufficiently thank him for being so deeply interested in our future political welfare, then we went our way on north on State Street, greatly rejoicing over the fact that we had found favor in the eyes of Governor Dunne. Later on during that day and evening when we had found the time to do a little thinking it dawned on our dull mind that Rev. Carey who seemingly has no regard for his word and honor, had set himself up as a Republican political dictator that he greatly de HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY lights to let the world know that he has become an absolute tyrant in that respect and no Colored men claiming to be Democrats can receive the slightest consideration at the hands of Governor Dunne unless they first bow down before him and proclaim him as the tricky high priest or king of Colored Democracy in Illinois. It is therefore, perfectly plain to our mind that Rev. Carey the great acrobatic preacher-politician assumed the right or authority of sending the names of all the Colored men and women to Governor Dunne, whom he conferred empty honors upon, that some of those Colored men had been loyally supporting Governor Dunne in his various political campaigns and were engaged in voting and working for his success while the Honorable Rev. Archibald J. Carey, was busy traveling around over this state, growing real red in his classical and eloquent face from working over time, in denouncing all Colored men as enemies and traitors to their race who supported Governor Dunne or any other Democrat. Prior to the date mentioned at the beginning of this article or on Wednesday, June 11th, the writer held a long conversation with the Rev. Honorable Archibald J. Carey, on the third floor of the state house at Springfield, in reference to appropriating twenty-five thousand dollars to assist the Colored people in this state to celebrate their freedom in 1915 and as he was actively interested in the appropriation bill no doubt from a selfish motive he gave his word and honor to us that if we would make a talk before the committee on appropriations that same afternoon in its favor and if it proved that "he would never be in THE WOMAN favor of permitting one nameless slick little Colored man to have any official connection with the affair—that that slick little Colored man was an old time liar and that no part of the truth never was nor never will remain in any part of his body—that that slick little Colored man had at various times solicited money in his name and blew the money in for his own benefit." That owing to "his dishonest actions in that respect that the slick little nameless Colored man had greatly lowered his ministerial standing in Chicago." That he the Honorable Rev. Archibald J. Carey, "would fight the slick nameless little Colored man to the bitter end in order to prevent him from having any official connection with the forth coming celebration; that he is a pest a parasite and a third rate political tram." failed or refused to pay in their "dollar money" promptly its politician pastor would be unable to collect in enough money to load a shot gun, yet he lacked the manly courage to stand up and contend with Governor Dunne in favor of honoring a Colored woman with a commissionership, but he has succeeded in having one of his own daughters placed on the pay roll of the commission at seventy-five dollars per month. If the Irish-Americans residing in this state were in the act of celebrating some great event in their history and progress and if the Governor would appoint an Afro-American lady to represent them and at the same time fail or utterly refuse to name a beautiful Irish-American lady as one of the commissioners the Irish-Americans would instinctively feel that they had been highly insulted and they would be up Native of Illinois, highly educated and refined, the owner of splendid income property in her own name and Governor Dunne would have greatly added glory and honor to his name by selecting Mrs. Jones as one of the commissioners to celebrate the freedom of the Afro-Americans in this state in 1915. That he never would have any more use for the slick little nameless Colored man, right at this point we wish to state for the benefit of the many thousands of readers of The Broad Ax, that our memory is mighty short that we are unable to recall the name of the nameless little slick Colored man—that if any one has any desire to learn his name we most respectfully refer them to the Rev. Honorable Archibald J. Carey, the grand Colored high priest of the Democratic party of Illinois. Bishop Samuel Fallows, who is seemingly nothing more than potter's day in the hands of Rev. Honorable Archibald J. Carey and one or two scheming Colored men who are not above robbing the blind or the dead and as long as Bishop Fallows is and has for some time been a director of the Institutional Church, therefore the good and easy going Bishop should step aside as one of the commissioners for no question about it he was simply appointed at the command of the Rev. Honorable Archibald J. Carey, to enable him to run everything in connection with the celebration in a high manner and make room on it for a Colored lady to serve in his place on the commission. It appears that when the Rev. Honorable Archibald J. Carey was informed that Governor Dunne had made up his mind to select a White lady for one of the commissioners, that he utterly failed to urge the Governor in a manly manner to honor an Afro-American woman in that same direction, thereby implying that all Colored ladies are far below and are greatly inferior to all White ladies. It may not be out of place to state right here that if the Colored women belonging to the Institutional Church failed or refused to pay in their "dollar money" promptly its politician pastor would be unable to collect in enough money to load a shot gun, yet he lacked the manly courage to stand up and contend with Governor Dunne in favor of honoring a Colored woman with a commissionship, but he has succeeded in having one of his own daughters placed on the pay roll of the commission at seventy-five dollars per month. If the Irish-Americans residing in this state were in the act of celebrating some great event in their history and progress and if the Governor would appoint an Afro-American lady to represent them and at the same time fail or utterly refuse to name a beautiful Irish-American lady as one of the commissioners the Irish-Americans would instinctively feel that they had been highly insulted and they would be up in arms to such an extent that the Governor would beat it to the tall timber in order to avoid their fury and madness. BROTHER. TAYLOR OF THE BROAD AX. Tells the people of the State of Illinois likewise the Governor, Edward F. Dunne, that honest men should be appointed on the Emancipation Commission. This is correct, he states, there are one or two Colored men who are out to get the money, but does not call names.—The Informer, Detroit, Michigan, July 12, 1913. Brother Ross, if you will write a letter to our highly esteemed friend the Rev. A. J. Carey, care the Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn Street, requesting him to send you the names of the one or two Colored men who have wormed themselves into positions where they are enabled to rake in large bundles of real easy money for the next two years, and if the Rev. Gentleman will send their names to you, we will do the sneezing if you will hold your nose.—Editor. OPENING OF THE STATES THEATRE This evening the States Theater 35th and State street will throw its doors open to the public, the States Theater is a very pretty little play house, it seats well onto eight hundred people, it is modern in every respect and its owners and managers will throw on first class shows and some of the best and well known White and Colored artists along the stroll will appear before its footlights. Colored help will be in evidence throughout the house and it will do a wishing business right from the start. Negro National Exposition and Semi-Centennial Possible--Movement on Foot to Hold It in Chicago in 1915. AFRO-AMERICANS THEMSELVES TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN THAT DIRECTION MANY WHITE FRIENDS WILL ASSIST THEM. HONS, CHARLES S. DENEEN AND MEDILL McCORMICK ARE MORE THAN LIKELY TO JOIN IN THE MOVEMENT. LIVELY MEETING HELD AT THE APPOMATTOX CLUB TUESDAY EVENING MANY PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS WERE THERE TO BOOST IT ALONG. At a conference of leading Negro cage, at the Appomattox Club Tuesday business and professional men of Chi-evening last, a National movement was launched to organize the various states into a great National movement for the purpose of giving, in this city in 1915, an Exposition and Semi-Centennial to fittingly celebrate the fifty years of freedom of the American Negro. The Conference was well attended and was addressed by Mr. Beauregard F. Moseley, who called to order and stated its object, after which, on motion of William G. Anderson, was chosen chairman, and Louis B. Anderson, Assistant County Attorney, secretary of the Conference. Short talks were then indulged in by Major John R. Lynch, W. G. Anderson, Rev. D. H. Harris, Major John C. Buckner, Mr. Henry S. Anderson, Rev. W. S. Braddan, Frank L. Hamilton, President of the Appomattox Club, Attorney Walter M. Farmer, Rev. McCracken, Presiding Elder of the A. M. E. Church, Chicago District, and Colonel John R. Marshall of the 8th Regiment. The consensus of opinion seemed to favor a National, rather than a State Exposition. Many of the speakers being of the opinion that a State Exposition would of necessity be a failure because of a lack of exhibits and interest by the Negroes themselves in an enterprise controlled by a Commission composed of White men and women. The following resolution was introduced and adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting, composed as it is, of representative business and professional men of Chicago, that the Chairman be authorized to appoint a Committee of 20 men and 5 women to take such steps as in their judgment, they may think best to organize and incorporate a National Negro Exposition Commission for the purpose of exhibiting the product of the Negroes' brain, skill and energy in commemoration and celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Negroes' freedom in America, and said Committee is hereby authorized to call a further meeting at an early date. Resolved Further, That the Chairman of this Conference shall be Ex-Officio and Chairman of said committee. Thereupon the Chairman appointed the following persons on the Committee: R. S. Abbott, Major John C. Buckner, W. M. Farmer, Lawyer Frank L. Hamilton, Louis B. Anderson, Rev. W. S. Braddan, Major John R. Lynch, Julius F. Taylor, Rev. D. H. Harris, Chas. B. Travis, Hon. F. E. J. Lloyd, Member of the Legislature, Hon. Medill McCormick, Judge Adelor J. Petit, Hon. Chas. S. Deneen, Robert Milner, Oscar DePriest, J. C. Binga, Montross Rankin, and William G. Anderson; Mesdames Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett, M. V. Deathridge, Sarah Brown, Johannah Snowden, and Miss Bertiola Fortson. This Committee is requested to meet next Tuesday night at the Appomattox Club Parlors, at 8 o'clock for the purpose of organizing. The following address was delivered by Mr. Mosesley upon calling the Conference to order: Gentleman:—It has been deemed advisable to request your presence at this time and this place to consider the advisability of organizing a Na- No.42 tional Negro Exposition and Semi-Centennial to fittingly commemorate the Godlike conduct of fifty years ago of Abraham Lincoln; in declaring by proclamation, the deathknell of Slavery, and the birth of freedom to more than four million of our kith and kind, who for a period of 240 years had been held between these oceans as slaves. Few of us enjoy the privilege of witnessing a half century, this side of the great beyond and those of us here assembled hardly hope to be bothered with the question of Anniversaries, Expositions and Centennials, fifty years hence, but we may lay the foundation so well now in our day and time, so that our posterity will confront not a mooted question, but a foundation solid and broad enough to erect and hold expositions, displaying the intellectual and industrial Progress of our people until the millennium; therefore I cherish the hope that this Conference, composed of some of our best, business and professional men, will mark an epoch, not only in the history of our lives but in that of the country as well, by the inauguration of a movement that will become country-wide; yes,—greater than that, for the exposition and centennial to exploit the Negroes advance intellectually as well as industrially, must of necessity embrace his activities in far away Liberia, the only Negro Republic on earth, since Abysinia is a Kingdom. I know that you, as successful men will lay aside all prejudices and feeling of animosity that you may have heretofore entertained toward one another and go about the work in a spirit, pregnant with the Race pride, and a desire to make the affair a grand impressive and lasting success. The biggest, the best and the brainiest of the Race should be chosen for officers, regardless of the State in which they may live, whether it be Alabama, New York or Illinois: A Ladies Board of Management to cooperate with a Nation's commission created by the appointment of the Governor of each of the ex-slave holding states, three Commissioners, two of whom shall be Colored, to organize the state into an Exposition District and to select from the State organization, a representative upon the National organization to fittingly give here in this city in 1915, an Exposition. You beeing thoughtful men, I think I have said enough to apprise you of your mission and to invite you to your task. I thank you. The 22nd annual session of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias was held last week in Decatur. The following officers were elected for the new year: Grand Chancellor, Dr. Allen A. Wesley; Grand Vice Chancellor, Otis B. Duncan; Grand Master of Work, Chas. Bowlar; Grand Prelate, W. O. King; Grand Master of Exehequer, Robert R. Jackson; Grand Keeper of Recorde and Seal, Frank B. Waring; Grand Lecturer, S. L. Beatty; Grand Medical Director, Dr. E. S. Miller; Grand Attorney, Robert A. J. Shaw; Grand Master at Arms, Joseph Moxley; Grand Inner Guard, H. L. Thomas; Grand Outer Guard, Harvey Watkins. Will promulgate and at all times unbind the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Inundates, can have their say, as long on 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 $2.50 Six Months $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all 'communications to: THE BROAD AX 5027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DREXEL 4500 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. HEALTH NOTES Chicago has thousands of homeless or ownerless dogs that are a menace to the communities they are permitted to infest. In addition to these are thousands of dogs, that have owners and are roaming at large without being either muzzled or licensed. The facts are that the present dog tax should be doubled; and then when doubled, should be rigidly enforced and collected. In Germany, no unlicensed or untaxed dog is allowed to live. For example, the city of Berlin has 45,340 dogs, the tax from which brings into the public treasury a trifle over $200,000. Frankfurt has $9,700 dogs that yield a yearly revenue to the city of $50,000. So in all the cities of Germany the dogs are heavily taxed and in addition their owners are required to keep them in such a way that they can neither annoy or injure human beings. Did you ever see a thoughless woman on a shopping expedition hurrying along the street with rapid strides and, tugging at her hand, a little tot running at almost its topmost speed to keep up with its nervous, bargain seeking mother? Usually that little one is crying and protesting at being thus literally dragged through the streets for blocks without a chance even to rest its weary little feet that must make a least three steps to its mother's one. No, the mother does not mean to be unkind or cruel to her child; but she is just the same. And to be cruel or unkind to a child just because we are thoughtless or so intent on either pleasure or profit seeking is just about as bad as though we did it with deliberate intent. Anyhow, the physical damage to the child is just the same. We should not forget that little, short legs cannot take as big steps as long, strong ones can; also that when grown-ups are walking at anything like a rapid gait, the little one is compelled to run to keep up. So, let's be considerate when out with the children and moderate our steps to suit theirs. If you don't want your neighbors to complain about you: Don't neglect broken roof gutters and down spouts. Don't throw rubbish on the nearest vacant lot. Don't beat rugs on the back porch. Don't allow manure or other filth to accumulate on your own premises. Don't keep chickens or ducks under your back porch; don't keep your pigeon cage outside the kitchen door. And finally don't allow your neighbor to do any of these things without speaking to him about them. Then if he refuses to be good send your complaint to the Department of Health. Government authorities assert that rats cause a loss to this country of $167,000,000 annually. In view of this tremendous waste due to rats and also the additional fact that they are carriers of disease, especially of Bubonic Plague, money spent to secure their extermination should be a most profitable investment. Is your community infested with flies? If so, it means that the manure piles are not receiving proper attention. Remove all flith and the flies will soon disappear. GOVERNOR DUNNE APPPOINTS MR. AND MRS. J. GRAY LUCAS, RESPECTIVELY. Governor Dunne, on July 3rd, appointed Lawyer J. Gray Lucas, a Commissioner to attend the Emancipation Celebration at Philadelphia, September 1st to 6th, 1913. Governor Dunne, also selected and appointed Mrs. J. Gray Lucas as a delegate to the National Negro Educational Congress, at Kansas City, Mo. which convened July 15th to 19th, 1913; but owing to the short time between the receipt of the notice and the Convention, Mrs. Lucas was prevented from attending, much to her regret. --- WHY NOT A NATIONAL NEGRO EXPOSITION? It is befitting and right that every race and nation should celebrate the days on which they derive great benefits by some great epoch in history that wrought a change in the conditions of that race or nation. Therefore as the Colored race in the United States have passed over 50 years of freedom, fresh with achievements and victories over adversities that would at times seem impossible for them to overcome, in this fiftieth year of freedom it is befitting and right that they should in some form show that they are grateful to those who were instrumental in securing their freedom and thankful to God for enabling them to cope with American civilization so successfully. Thus, we are in favor with and willing to do all that we can to assist in the movement to have a National Negro Exposition at some city in the United States to celebrate our fiftieth year of freedom. We with our more favored brothers in the States of the Northern section of the Country where large sums have been given them by the legislatures of those States to hold an exposition in commemoration of this great event are thankful to those bodies for the gifts, but we believe that the Negroes of the United States should hold a National Negro Exposition, where representatives of the race from every State in the Union will meet, exchange ideas, reach agreements, learn about each others conditions and work together in unity for the good of the race everywhere. Those members of the race who are classed as leaders of our people ought to meet in an exposition of this kind, settle all of their personal grievances, lay aside all petty jealousies do away with all selfishness and work together for the general good of our people. An exposition of this kind, we believe, would be a great help to our people, enable them to get closer to each other and be the means of opening up more avenues for them. By all means let us have a National Negro Exposition.—The Wide-Awake, Birmingham, Alabama, July 12, 1913. Brother Howzer, you struck the nail right square on its head and let the newspapers all over this country lead off in this national movement and the object which is so dear to your and our heart will be accomplished without any trouble in 1915.—Editor. ONE HUNDRED MILLION RED CROSS SEALS BEING PRINTED FOR 1913. Sale in 1912 was 40,000,000—New style of design this year. Orders for printing 100,000,000 Red Cross Christmas seals for use during the holiday season this year have already been placed and preparations for the sale are well under way according to an announcement made from the New York campaign headquarters to-day. Over 40,000,000 or $400,000 worth of seals were sold in 1912, a gain of nearly 25 per cent over the previous year. Because of the deep interest in the anti-tuberculosis movement for which the seals are sold, the American Red Cross and The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis who conduct the sale, hope to reach the 50,000,000 mark this year, netting $500,000 for the prevention of consumption. A radical departure from previous seals in the shape and character of the design will be instituted this year. The seal will be rectangular in shape, 1½ inches wide and 1 inch deep. The center of the design will depict Santa Claus with his eight reindeer dashing across a field of snow, and the border will be a brilliant red and green decoration of poinsettias and holly, the Red Cross emblem appearing on either side. The design was drawn by C. J. Budd of New York, the well known illustrator, who was awarded a prize of $100 for his drawing. The second prize $50 was awarded to R. Foster Worthley of New York and the third to Miss Hazel de Berard of Brooklyn. Miss Sara B. Hill of New York was given honorable mention. Distribution of the seals will be started about September 1st and by December 1st it is expected that the entire 100,000,000 will be distributed. If more are needed, an additional supply will be printed. In addition to the seals themselves, advertising material to the amount of several million pieces is also being prepared. The campaign this year will be organized in almost every city and town of the United States, and no less than 100,000 agents will give their services to the work. LONDON STAGE BARS JOHNSON. Opera House Manager Refuses to Engage Negro; Pearing Disapproval. London, July 17.—Jack Johnson, the American Colored pugilist, has tried to obtain an engagement at the London opera house, but the management declined his offers, saying that he certainly would be kissed off any London stage. FOREST NOTES France has spent $35,000,000 in planting trees on the watersheds of important streams. According to the Canadian forestry association 50 per cent. of Canada is capable of growing nothing but timber crops. Ammonia bombs are being tried out on some of the national forests for the purpose of extinguishing forest fires. They are said to have worked well in the case of brush fires where the firefighters find difficulty in getting near enough to the burning area to beat out the flames. Each bomb exploded will extinguish fire in a circle of about five yards in diameter. The Western Pacific Railway has instructed its engineers to report fires along the right-of-way where it traverses the Plumas national forest, California. The location of fires is indicated on a card dropped by the engineer or fireman to the next section crew met after the fire is discovered. It is then the duty of part of the section crew to go back on handears or speeders and put out the blaze. More persons make use of the national forests in Utah than in any other state. Nearly 27 per cent. of all permits for sheep and cattle grazing on the forests are taken out this state. This does not mean, however, that Utah carries one-fourth of all the national forest cattle and sheep; it happens that many small grazing interests make use of the forests there; and individual flocks and herds are larger elsewhere. THE COLORED PEOPLE ARE BEHIND THE TIMES DOWN IN ALABAMA. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S STATE. This is the 50th year of our freedom and everywhere the Negroes are celebrating their freedom. We would advise the outside world that Alabama is down about the bottom of the list of States in intelligence and at the top in ignorance, and that she still has her slave fields and whipping bosses. Throughout the State Negroes are convicted for minor offenses and sold into slavery to the highest bidder. They are whipped and beaten with many stripes so that the slave holder can get the purchase price out of them. In selling these slaves the State gets more money for one than it pays on an average to its Negro school teachers. This condition could exist in no State except one that is at the bottom of the list in intelligence and at the top in ignorance—The Colored, Alebamian, Montgomery, Ala., July 12, 1913. Mrs. Bruce who lives at 1917 Carroll avenue, the complaining wife told the judge that her husband was good to her and made home happy, until he got mixed up with the wife of a neighbor who monopolized his attentions so that he finally left home and refused to support his own wife. Mrs. Bruce did not impress the court as being unreasonable. She told how this neighborhood "affinity" called up the erring husband at all times of the day or night and made dates with him. Mrs. Bruce determined to do a little detective work to see what was going on. She saw the husband and the affinity take a car one night at 9:30 and not being able to follow them she waited their return until after midnight and saw Mr. Bruce take a key out of his pocket and open the affinity's door. She thought that when her husband carried the key to another man's house, and kept midnight dates with that man's wife it was about time to go to court. And that wasn't all. She told the court that she had a fifty dollar graphophone and it was all paid for and she had a receipt to show for it, but it was gone. In the happy days gone by, she and her husband enjoyed the happy strains of "Honey, Honey, bless your Soul", "You Great Big Blue Eyed Baby" and other love songs, but after the "affinity" got hold of Mr. Bruce, he took the graphophone and gave it to the affinity as a birthday present, after that the graphophone played love songs for the affinity instead of the wife. Judge Uhlir after hearing the wife's testimony, asked the prisoner what he had to say for himself. His excuses did not satisfy the judge who told him that he ought to be ashamed of the way he had treated his wife and that it was not a case for a fine, but he must either leave other women alone and take care of his wife or go to the Bridewell. Tomorrow morning Dr. R. A. Adams, the great evangelist who conducted the recent revival at Quinn Chapel will preach. He will preach again on Monday night. A cordial invitation extended to all "D" CHIPS Miss Mamie Hutt of St. Louis, Mo. is expected in the city soon as a visitor. I remember, I remember, When courtn' Sal I went, The parlor where so many Dellightful hours were spent; The poor old horsehair sofy, The crayfish too, too, Which stared so impatiently, As a crayon portraits lie, The whatnot in the corner Filled up with ancient junk; The stuffed owl on the mantel, Who listened to the bunk I peddled just like you did When courtn' of your gal, And life was simply heaven When I was courtn' Sal. I remember, I remember, How I marched up the alaie. The knot tied by the pastor Has held for quite awhile. The horsehair sofy's missing, The crayon portraits, too— We're living in apartments, With modern stuff clear through. The stuff on our with us, Perched up above the crate; We have no corner whitots, For we are up to date. I remember, I remember, I married Sal, you bet. The landlord and collectors Will not let me forget. —Brooklyn Eagle. Too Busy. Gotham—How many buttons have your wife got on the back of the dress? Flatbush—Oh, I'm sure I don't know "Why, you've buttoned it up for he nough, haven't you?" "Oh, yes, a hundred times!" "And you don't know how many butons are there?" "No; when I've been buttoning up I've been to confounded busy to count the buttons!"—Yonkers State man. Disquieting Possibility. Where would the gossips get their clef If you and I should go To doing what we ought to do Just as we should, you know? If we should leave no thing undone, No duty unfulfilled. But worked from morn to set of sun With patient ardor thrilled. What would the gossips do, my dear? I surely wish I knew. If you and I were models here What would the gossips do? If I went straight upon my way Nor ever swerved aside. If you austerely every day Took duty for your guide. Too Busy. If I should ne'er temptation meet, If you should pleasure flout, If you and I were most discreet, What would folk talk about? What would folk say to those they meet? What would they talk about, If you and I were most discreet? That I can't figure out. -Chicago News She was making the usual female search for her purse when the condor or came to collect fares. Her companion meditated silently to a moment, then, addressing the other said: "Let us divide this, Mabel. Youumble and I'll pay."—Harper's Magazine. With Regrets. Notice found by proprietor, left of grand plano by burglars who had looted a house: "We had to leave the plano. He did you get it in—on the installment plan, or did you build the house around it?"—Life. He need not tremble when he dies Nor fear the coming wrath. For every time he counts the ties He walks the narrow path. -New York Times FOR RENT. RENT FREE TILL SEPT. 1ST. Modern apartments, steam heat, hot water the year around. 3 rooms, $22.00; 4 rooms, $27.50 5 rooms, $32.00; 8 rooms, $40.00 42.50. AMERICAN APARTMENTS 2728 Wabash A. FLATS TO RENT. Richardson, Real Estate Loans a SIRES AND SONS Bernard Dillon, the famous Irish jockey, was only fourteen years old when he rode his first winner. James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel corporation, began his career at the age of fifteen as a laborer in a steel mill at New Haven. Conn. Lupungp, chief of the Basongi and one of the most powerful chiefs in the Kongo, is described as a villainous looking individual with one eye and 300 or more wives. He pays a state tax of 2 francs for each wife. E. C. Lewis of St. Louis has a plan to establish a $10,000,000 woman's town on his 12,000 acre ranch at Atascadero, Cal., and plans include a home for each woman, paying employment and incidentally a woman's college. F. H. Soper, the first man to ship apples to England, is known as "the apple king of Delaware," where he has been raising the fruit for twenty-nine years. He was a pioneer in the scientific management of the fruit business, and his methods are copied extensively by Delaware apple men. Thomas Burt, "father of the house of commons" and the first actual laboring man to enter parliament, began life as a pit boy. For eighteen years he worked in the coal mines, educating himself as best he could. He has represented Morpeth since 1874 and, despite his age, has never ceased to advance. He is now seventy-six. The Royal Box. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria forwore beer, wine, liquors and stimulants of all kinds some years ago on the advice of his clever mother, who, he always declares, was his most sagacious political adviser. The king of England is one of a small band of marksmans who have performed the remarkable feat of firing both barrels of two guns (the second, of course, handed by a "loader") with such quickness and accuracy as to have four dead pheasant falls through the air at the same moment. Alfonso XIII, has the reputation of being open handed and generous to a degree, and so he is, but he is no fool, and he hates waste. When he became his own master he found that there were many royalties—connections, but not blood relatives—drawing pensions from the Spanish government, and he promptly stopped them. Current Comment Lack of official residence and parimony in salaries do not discourage aspirants to American embassies—Philadelphia Record. A Missouri mule weighing 1,200 pounds has been sold for $1,200. That is higher than beef, but the mule was not sold for food purposes. That may come later—Boston Traveler. Another hampering distinction of the parcel post is cleared away, and four ounce packages may now be mailed as parcels in the package boxes for ordinary mail. Let the simplification proceed—Boston Herald. Flippant Flings. And now Mount McKinley has been scaled. Those explorers never will stop persecuting old Doc Cook—St. Louis Republic. What difference does the tariff make to the father of six boys? He'll find his best suit cut up to make trousers for them, no matter what's the price of sugar.—Philadelphia Ledger. It is estimated that within six weeks European liners could bring 150,000 armed men to this country, but what good would that do? The immigration authorities wouldn't let them land.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Science Siftings. A microscope using X rays has been perfected by a French scientist. The international map of the world, on a scale of 1 to 1,000,000 will, when completed eight or ten years hence, cover a total area of about 150 by 75 feet, or the surface of a globe forty feet in diameter. A method for coloring copper blue, red and iridescent hues by suspending it in a copper acetate solution and passing an electric current through the latter has been perfected by a Cornell university professor. Timely Tips Every time hot weather comes a man wishes he had the courage to dress comfortably.-Chicago News. When the temperature is above 90 don't try to stop the electric fan with your index finger.-Toledo Blade. A look over the daily casualty list throughout the country suggests the value of this advice; Learn to swim—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Train and Track Paris' underground electric railroads are now carrying more than 400,000, 000 passengers a year. Only one railway in England showed an increase in 1012 in its passenger receipts over those of 1011. Philadelphia recently completed the largest car barn in the world, covering 611 by 877 feet of ground The Indianapolis Union Railway company will elevate its tracks from Senate avenue to Washington and Noble streets at a cost of $10,000.00. Cane Sugar. Pure cane sugar consists of a mass of white crystals (e.g., the old fashioned "rock candy") easily soluble in about half their weight of cold or in a small quantity of hot water. Cane sugar is about two and one-half times as sweet as grape sugar. Cactus Fiber In a Bridge A river in Peru is spanned by a bridge more than 200 feet in length which is suspended from thirty-two ropes made from cactus fiber. Deep Water Divers The greatest depth ever reached by a diver is said to be 204 feet. The greatest depth at which useful work has been done is 182 feet. Sponge and pearl divers, working without armor, frequently descend to depths of 150 feet. France In Africa French equatorial Africa is about three times the size of the mother country and has a population of nearly 4,000,000. Wood Fibers The fibers of wood are strongest near the center of the trunk. Substitute For Whipped Cream. Add a sliced banana to the white of one egg and beat until stiff. The banana will entirely dissolve, and you will have a delicious substitute for whipped cream. An Odd Looking Tree The giant pine at Wakanoura, near Osaka, Japan, is a remarkable tree, the main stem of which rises from a mass of roots more than ten feet above the ground. These resemble the tentacles of a giant octopus or devil fish, giving it a weird and uncanny appearance. Divorces. Divorces annually average seventy- three to each 100,000 of population in the United States. In Austria the average is one. Cement Hitching Post You can make a substantial and good looking hitching post by filling a nail keg with soft cement, inserting an iron ring in it, and when thoroughly hard knock the keg apart. It can be moved about, but no horse can get away from it. Boiled Eggs. It is quite a mistaken idea to suppose that an egg boiled for half an hour will be hard of digestion and lie like a heavy weight on the stomach. As a matter of fact, eggs cooked for that length of time are very easily digested, and in many of the big hospitals eggs are generally cooked this way for patients. When Metals Boil The boiling points of metals are as follows: Aluminium, 1,800 degrees C.; copper, 2,310 degrees C.; iron, 2,450 degrees C.; lead, 1,525 degrees C.; silver, 1,955 degrees C.; tin, 2,270 degrees C. Russian Betrothal Feast A Russian wooding culminates in the betrothal feast, at which the bride elect cuts off a long tress of hair and gives it to her betrothed, who, in turn, presents the bride elect with bread and salt, an almond cake and a silver ring set with a turquoise. Muskrat. Young muskrat are very gentle and playful and may be handled without fear. They do not grow fierce with age if reared in captivity and accustomed to gentle treatment. Fashionable Shoemaking. A curious craze swept over fashionable society in England in 1809, which absorbed the attention of the smart world. A mania for making shoes suddenly obsessed society. Lessons in the art were demanded on all sides, and the shoemakers were so busy in giving instructions that they had no time to practice their craft. Both men and women succumbed to this craze. Sandals The ancient Greeks and Egyptians wore the simple sandal. The Assyrians first introduced the heel for security and comfort in walking. Coffee. The first mention of coffee in English statute books is in the year 1600, when a duty of fourpence was laid on every gallon of coffee made and sold, and in 1765 King Charles issued a proclamation shutting up the coffee houses because they were seminaries of sedition. The French first conceived some coffee plants to Martinique in 1727, whence they probably spread to the neighboring islands. Evelashes. Eyelashes. Give most useful aid in shading the eyes. The average person has 100 or 150 hairs on the upper lid and 80 or 100 on the lower, or, say, 450 to 500 lashes in all. 1. 如图所示， Society of the Cincinnati. The Society of the Cincinnati was an order established by the officers of the Revolutionary army in 1783 to perpetuate their friendship and to raise funds for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who had fallen during the war. It was so named because it included patriots headed by Washington, between whom and the old Roman farmer general, Cincinnatus, there were supposed to be many resemblances. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS Forty-nine years as teacher in the public schools of Chicago is the record of Harriet N. Winchell. Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, originator of the "moonlit schools" in Kentucky, has taught more than a thousand literate adults to read and write inside of two years. Nine years' perfect attendance at school has been completed by Phyllis Hare, aged thirteen, of Woodston, Petborough, England. She has never been absent since the age of four. Mrs. Joynson, the only woman lighthouse keeper in England, who has just retired after twenty years in the lighthouse at Hale, is known all over England as the heroine of the Mover Miss Ina Shepherd of Birmingham, Ala., is credited with being the first woman to have charge of a clearing house. Miss Shepherd for several years has been secretary of the Birmingham Clearing House association, and each month the clearings from eight banks, amounting to from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, pass through her hands. Town Topics. New York, it is said, will try to abolish noise, but why should New York thus seek to destroy the greater part of itself?-Charleston News and Courier. Philadelphia will never advance as she should until we get rid of the petty jealousies of prominent citizens and a general all around "dog in the manger" spirit,-Philadelphia Inquirer. Bridgeport, Conn., is officially declared to be the cheapest place in the country to be sick in. and Cairo, Ill., the cheapest in which to die. But there is a deplorable economic wastefulness in having them so far apart—New York Tribune. Forest Notes. Experiments with a tree planting machine at the Utah agricultural experiment station indicate that it may be used to advantage in reforestation old burned areas in the national forests. The officials of the Tosemite National park are co-operating with the forest officers of the Stanislaus and Sierra national forests for fire prevention and control in both the park and the forests. The leading forest schools of the country not only have their own forest tracts for continuous experiments, but give their students actual experience in the woods by having them take part in big lumbering operations. Pert Personals. John D. Rockefeller gets up at 4 o'clock in the morning. The "healthy, wealthy and wise" jingle is peculiarly applicable—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Something like this is inevitable, so here goes: At least two pages of American literature are bound to become well known in Europe in the next four years—Indianapolis News. Chauance M. Depew, who says "peace is an iridescent dream" and expects to "see our cities burned and destroyed by Japanese," is too old a man to eat hot mince pie at midnight. That's all—Louisville Courier-Journal. Aerial Flights. If Count Zeppelin comes over in his dirigible he can be assured of a high old time.—Philadelphia Ledger. They are living high in Paris—more so than ever before. It is reported that 1,000 registered aviators dwell within the city limits.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Count Zeppelin is contemplating an airship trip across the Atlantic. As a matter of international courtesy he should select a time when Sir Thomas Lipton is not using the ocean.—Washington Star. Fashion Erills. Some women who paint their faces seem to forget that the world is full of people who have good eyesight—New Orleans Pickyune. A "pistol pocket" is said to be the latest thing in the smart woman's skirt. Well, why not? She should have a place for her purse and her samples, even for her cobweb of a handkerchief. Woman's deprivation of pockets has always been a cruel injustice in the opinion of many pocketed man—New York Sun. The Income Tax Many a man will pay an income tax just to improve his credit—Atlanta Constitution. If the income tax exemption limit is fixed at $3,000 we shall expect a large increase in the number of $2,999 income—New York Tribune. No matter how a man kicks, he is really proud of being pointed out as one who pays an income tax because he has a $4,000 income—Birmingham Leder. Three Strikes Before the end of the season possibly somebody will gain well earned fame by finding something new to call the umbrella-Cleveland Leader. A rally round the flag is a pretty stirring thing in time of war, but fades into insignificance beside a rally in the math—Boston Transcript. When the baseball trust is investigated maybe St. Louis will learn why the other towns succeeded in monopolizing the first division—St. Louis Republic. He had been set upon by thugs as he stepped from the ferryboat. It was his first visit to New York, and for a few moments it looked as if his first visit would be his last. But presently he staggered along the street and met a policeman. "What's wrong, my friend?" the kind officer inquired. "I've been robbed of all my money," stammered the victim. Whereupon the policeman burst into tears and walked away. — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Scandal's Development. I met a little scandal yesterday. It seemed afraid to be abroad alone. A timid thing. It shunned the crowded way. And there was something wistful in its tone. It shrank within the shadows, seemingly Desirous of a chance to hide somewhere. To find some nook in which to creep and be Forgotten there. This morning I encountered it again Where many people hurried to and fro. It turned away from doubters with disdain. And it had grown as few things ever grow. With boldness that amazed me it appeared And, courting the attention of the crowd. Said blatantly what yesterday it feared To speak aloud. —Chicago News. Both? "An acclivity," said the teacher, "is a slope up, a declivity being a slope down." "Then," asked the class prodigy, "upon which would I be standing if I were on a side hill? It runs both ways." But the teacher was making little Johnny Jones throw away his chewing gum.—Exchange. Some Literary Favorites. Would I again such joys could know As when I first read "Ivanhool!" —Baltimore Sun. Those days I'd have back if I could. Thrilled by the deeds of Robin Hood. —Oakland Inquirer. Oh, could my soul find such delights As when I read "Arabian Nights!" —Brooklyn Eagle. But all your joys to mine look stated When first I saw my verses printed. —Yonkers Statesman. Knights, outlaws, caliph, check and Jinn All fade away before, - Washington Star Appropriate Reference Tramp-You know the saying, mum, "He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord." Tramp- Which one is that, mum? Mrs. Subbubs- The one back in the woodshed. - Pathfinder. The Roller Towel Roll on, thou roller towel, roll on! The charm of life from thee is gone. Thou long didst stand behind the door; Thou oft didst help to dust the floor. I made upon the an impress thee with the an impress. Upon thy features were the signs That told to shew detective minds Who here had wiped and who wiped there And who had e'en shampooed his hair. The little germs sped o'er thy face. The tiny microbes thought it fun To keep the doctors on the run. But now, slack, thy fateful day Has torn the from thy place away. No longer art thou washed by Mary. For we have grown quite sanitary. And A Poor Substitute "How did you enjoy your sojourn in England?" "I certainly missed baseball." "They have no substitute for the sport?" "None that suited me. A friendly chap did offer to take me fox hunting." —New York Mall. Did Anything Get Away? The boy stood on the burning deck. His fleece was white as snow. He stuck a feather in his hat. John Anderson, my Jo. The banks of Bonnie Doon. The sailor of the sea. The frost is on the pumpkin. My country, 'tis of thee. "Come back! Come back!" he cried across the door sands. My love is like the red, red rose, And the village smithy stands. —Wellington (Kan.) News. Proprietor—If madame offers to pay for the hat don't show, her the bill, and I will increase it. Somebody has to pay our bad debts. "But if she doesn't offer to pay?" "Then bring the hat back. We can't add to our bad debts."—Fliegende Blatter. Before and After. "Mother, may I go out to vote?" "Yes, my darling daughter. Be sure the women's hats to nots And what Miss Jones has bought her." "Mother dear, I've been to vote." "What ticket, Darling Sun?" "I voted pink because I think Miss Jones she voted blunt." —Chicago Inter Ocean. Watch and Prev The Old 'Un—Pluck. my boy, plucks first and last, that is the one essential to success in business. The Young 'Un—Oh. of course. I quite understand that. The trouble is finding some one to pluck—London Sketch. In California. They can raise anything, they say. The climate sure is swell— In fact, it seems most every day They're raising a disturbance. —Boston Herald. Bill—You say you got caught in a shower? Jill—I certainly did. "Didn't you have any umbrella?" "Sure. It was the fellow who owned the umbrella that caught me."—Yonkers Statesman. If money could talk you would hear the world holler. The talk coin could tell would make most of us glum. And wed stop to think where we spent every dollar. It saves lots of trouble to have money dumb. —Cincinnati Enquirer. "How did he raise the wind?" "Well, he had a fine air to start with, so he just blustered a bit and blew about his prospects."—Judge. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods there be I at least did well at the fourteenth hole. —Chicago Inter Ocean. "I don't know what it is," gushed the animal lover, "but there is something about cats that sort of takes hold of me." "Oh," said his matter of fact friend, "T'll bet it's fleas."—Fun. It used to make a man enthuse If he could keep the babe in shoes, But modern mankind but apires To keep a motorcar in tires. —Louisville Courter-Journal. Enthusiast—Oh, don't you love a good play? Modern Girl—Yes, indeed. It adds so much to the scenic effect and costumes—Life. The old basket plenic Is with us again. The day it is planned for I hope it will rain. —Detroit Free Press. "Dearest, I told your father I meant to prove my love for you not by words, but by deeds." "What did he say, George?" "He asked me if they were title deeds."—Baltimore American. The newest freak of fashion, The latest dad in dress, May rouse some angry passion Or cause mere man distress; It may accrue his laughs Or move his tongue to scorn. But women follow after The fad—and it is worn. —Cincinnati Post. Mrs. Angus—She has a terrible time training Henry in the polite language of our set. Mrs. Datus-Yes; she was a year getting him to say "habderasdert" instead of "gents' furnisher." — New York Globe. The iceman grins a fliesdish smile. As weman days grow still hotter, And still the busy ice cream man Don't cool us like he "ougher." —Spokane Spokesman-Review. "I am going to make that boy stop whistling!" said the nervous man. "Don't. If you knew the words of that song you'd be thankful to let him whistle it instead of singing it."—Washington Star. A hen after laying will vainly Stand and cackle absurdly, insanely. Though you wonder, no doubt, What she's talking about. She's egging you on very plainly. —Los Angeles Express. "I saw a cubist painting of a man on horseback yesterday." "How did you know it was a man on horseback?" "Why, anybody could see that." "Then it was not a cubist painting." —Houston Post. Adam had an easy time Back in the garden there. When he was late in getting in There was no chance for him to skin His shin against a chair. —Chicago Record-Herald. Proprietor — What would you suggest as a sign for a first class second-hand shop? Sign Painter — How would "Up to Date Antiques" do?—Exchange. Thinkin' on the life way You're still the upper crust; But, though you bear your daily load Or race like lightning on the road, You don't raise all the dust. —Atlanta Constitution. "So Miss Brown is married. Well, I'm not surprised. She always desplaced her own name for its commonness and declared she would change it at the first opportunity. By the way, whom did she marry?" "A Mr. Smith."—Boston Transcript. No doubt the coming income tax Will raise the green stuff down in stacks. Then let 'em tax for further greens. The folks who live beyond their means. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "It is only a question of time when the suffragists will sweep the country." "Nonsense! Not half of them know how to handle a broom."—Town Topics. Our legislator's with us. We're proud of him, by jinks! He showed his fellow members A lot of brand new kinks. His laws were most all freakish And gained him widespread fame. And he's signed up for ten thousand In the lecture circuit game. —Denver Republican. Visitor—Are you going to get a new hat? Congressman's Little Daughter — I don't know yet. Mamma has passed the aproprisition, but I'm awfully afraid papa will veto it. He is opposed to every bill we send in.—Brooklyn Citizen. The female of the species Is more deadly than the male. But nowadays in England They put them all in fall. —Philadelphia Press. And I want to show you what the new Soil theory will do. Give me three grains of corn, father, And you can have the rest. I only want enough to give The theory a test. If I don't make you whistle Before another snow I'll buy you a little fluegel horn To sit around and blow. Give me three grains of corn, father, And just a bit of ground And I will show you the newest thing In all the world around. The miracles of science Are rising in the west. Give me three grains of corn, father, And I will do the rest. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Took No Chances A certain man is no beauty. He is not only long and angular, but has a face and complexion that neither pale blue, sky yellow nor any other color in dress effect will attune to. One day the aforesaid party called to see an acquaintance, and while waiting for him to appear in the parlor was entertained by the little eight-year-old son. "Well, what do think of me?" asked the caller, after conversing several minutes. Instead of replying the boy turned aside and thoughtfully hung his head. "You haven't answered me," smilingly persisted the caller. "Aren't you going to tell me what you think of me?" "No, sir," returned the youngster. "Do you suppose that I want to get a kicking?" -Philadelphia Telegraph. A Charmer. Of all attractive girls there's one I often see and many know. She lures in earnest mood or fun, in silk or lawn or callico. Her spell to some unique may seem. Of lovers she has had a score. And on each fond one she would beam As though but him she could adore. Her life stern moralists might ban If idle rumor had its way, But her admirers never can Quite free themselves from her odd sway. I've seen her with a sailor "spoon" And to a soldier's love respond. In daylight or beneath the moon She's ever of some fellow fond. She has been married many times To king and peasant princes and cloak. And still may long for wedding chimes-- This charming motion picture girl. -J. A. Waldron in Judge A Critical Cow. The city girl boarding in the country spoke to the farmer about the savage way in which the cow regarded her. "Well," said the farmer, "it must be on account of that red waist you're wearing." "Dear me." said the girl; "of course I know it's awfully out of fashion, but I had no idea a country cow would notice it"—Ladies' Home Journal. The Jester's Dream That I bestrode old Pegasus, And through the day and through the night Across the miles we took our flight Upon it last my wing borne steel Plum at least upward, and we stood upon The earth-beside the fount, indeed, Of Hellcon! And I was happy, not because I knew that by the poets' laws I, too, belonged to that bright band And with the laureled throng might stand. Nay, I was glad because I'd be Prepared to answer by and by That chestnut, "Did you ever see A horse fly?" —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cause For Sorrow "What's the matter, Freddie? You appear cast down." "Annette's father refused to accept me for a son-in-law." "Well, cheer up; there are other girls." "It isn't that. I'm thinking what a chump I was. I let her father's bulldog bite me eleven times."—Exchange. Song For a Suffragette. When Phyllis pours the kerosene along the castle's stairs How soft and dainty is her mien, how rapt the look she wears! And, ah, what chants could poets sing to spread abroad her pride If she were growing when Phyllis sets the blasel But of her mad and merry moods the one that I love best. But, oh, the heart within me leaps when Phyllis hurts the bomb in New York Times. Very Likaly. Yeast—At Swedish weddings among the middle and lower classes the bridegroom carries a whip. This is an emblem of his authority in the domestic circle. Crimsonbeak — And when he says "with all my goods I thee endow" I suppose the wife takes the whip, of course—Yonkers Statesman. Eugenic Love Lyrics Eugeneivieve, Eugeneivieve, But each to other we shall cleave As long as science tells us so. II Hook-a-type, baby, dry ibri's hygiene, Pope's a doctor and ma's a engender. And don't take a husband unless he's a gent Whose mark in the Health league is one hundred per cent. —Boston Traveler. Answered. "New, children," said the Sunday school teacher to the juvenile class, "can any of you tell me what an epistle is?" "I can," answered a little fellow at the foot of the class. "An epistle is the wife of an apostle."—Judge. ‘3HB BROAD AX CAN BE POUND sae | STANDS: : ee ee ‘Ax, can be found on sale at the ‘teliowing news stands: ‘AE Tervalon, cigar store and new stand, 5004 Btate street. George IL. Martin, maker of fine cig ‘axe and Sewn stand, 15 W. Sist Bt, near State. RM barber shop and mt ian gies cue Mrs, Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions end news stand, 15 W. Sist St, neat Dearbers. ““W. 8. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. Sist St, near Dearborn. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 Biate Bt. W. M. 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SNEED, Mi'r "== Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic 75:173 MINERAL SPRING CLUB 8° Ur €: ess: 2 CAFEB 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO HIGH CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVENING Town Topics. No news from Philadelphia can pes- |sibly be true since news does not hap- pen in Philadelphia.—San Francisco | Argonaut. A movement for “a quieter Obieage” is in progress. But does the lake me- tropolis want to denature itself?}—New ‘York World. A 8t Louis butcher got his name in the papers by making a sausage fifty feet long. That town makes a record on every skin game ft tackles —Cleve Jand Plain Dealer. . If New York demands a 2.per cent tax on theater tickets it will afford an excuse for the Broadway houses to tack an extra tax of 50 cents on the public—Milwaukee Sentinel The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chica: Meum heater light, te ats, marble entrance : Vegetables Are Best Cooked With Moderate Heat Only very strong juiced should be cooked SS ; the avorand sends the odor up the fiue pipe. aad Some of our new types of ‘‘Composite”” oat Gas Ranges have burners in the bottom of ui Wate the lower oven—especially for cooking rs — Every “Composite” is of course a equipped with a ‘‘simmering’’ burner on top, Bip segah mn sot concen se oa ee Ol oren mere J -~ ‘‘CSomposite’” Ranges = a are built for us in fifty shapes. Oey sae idiveed ant ceased ee iter ‘We are selling over 150 “Composites” Se. Ts =e} Sorc: Branch Stores in Every District The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. _ ‘Thos. McCain a oer. me Chtsais a The Pompei 2 : : | -. . Buffetand Cafe Sie ESS : 20-22 East jist Street : CHICAGO ae sc dR eae Pr “betes 4 a ox ian - Phones, ERE SCPE te aerate Woman and Dress. 4 German brain specialist finds only two types of women who love fine dresses. He should look again—New Zork World. As a geveral thing, when a woman gets tt into her head that she has a Perfect figure she wants to dress like the pictures in the corset ads—Gal- ‘Veston News. American husbands have been occu- ‘pying « fool's paradise. They fancied ‘that hats could not be made more ex- pensive, but Paris has pushed back the ‘Mmit by deceratiag bonnets with real Sowers.—Chicago Record-Herald. Comparisons. Complaint that people would rather Msten to ragtime music than to lec- tures is not wholly s condemnation of ragtime nor the people—New York ‘World. ‘London announces tt has copied the American quick lunch. One patron got throngh in a minute over the hour! ‘Ideas of speed must differ —Pittsburgh ‘Dispatch. Over in Russia they refer to the ‘rink habit as « “bet winged vampire,” which is < good deal more thrilling than the American form, “demon rum.” Soria Times-Union. PRANK DUNN ESTABLISHED TEL. OAKLAND J.B. MoCAHEY 1877 1880, 1851, 1552 ‘TRUSTEES , JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIRSt STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS Stet St. aad. S.& M.S. © Wr ogy. Slot St and ARMOUR AVE. FRAN KIOUNN . cHicaso Automobile Runs, Ber ponder the fact that it takes horse sense to run an automobile? ‘Nashville Banner. ‘The old fashioned man who used to go down in the cellar with a lighted Match to look for a gas leak ts now qranking ibis sutomobile with the luteh in —Boston Transcript. ‘The annual automobile slaughter hes begun. We have no practical sugges- tions to make in order to stem the fimson tide, but the automobilists eught to think up some for their own en nee Seen pene JOHN BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS C. E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER Block!’s ta eal & Block's Flower me An Bottle Perfumes Timely Tips. ‘Babies actually seem to be becoming a fashionable as dogs—New ‘Tribune, ‘Tt is always interesting at this time ed new Chicage News. ‘Thtak of all the hard work you are a ph gated swat one fy wand thus prevest the birth of ee on nae