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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Rev. Henry J. Callis D. D. the eloquent pastor of Walters A. M. E. Zion Church 38th and Dearborn Street FIRES HOT SHOTS INTO THE REV. HONORABLE ARCHIBALD JACKSON CAREY, Ph.D. D.D. AND THOMAS WALLACE SWANN, SECRETARY OF THE ILLINOIS COMMISSION. TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTY YEARS OF FREEDOM OF THE AFROAMERICANS RESIDING IN THIS STATE IN 1915. IT IS STATED IN THE LETTER WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY EACH COMMISSIONER THAT THE REV. HONORABLE ARCHIBALD JACKSON CAREY WARNED REV. CALLIS AGAINST MR. SWANN STATING THAT HE COULD NOT BE TRUSTED. AT THE SAME TIME MR. SWANN CLAIMED THAT HE SUPPOSED THAT CAREY WAS CUSSING HIM TO EVERYTHING HE COULD THINK OF. IT IS FURTHER STATED IN THE LETTER THAT REV. CALLIS SPENT FIFTY DOLLARS ($50) OF HIS OWN MONEY AND THIRTY DAYS TIME IN HELPING TO GET THE BILL THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE CREATING THE COMMISSION. WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, THE POLITICAL PASTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH WAS FIGHTING AGAINST IT PASSAGE AND ONLY FELL IN LINE FOR IT WHEN HE REALIZED THAT IT WOULD PASS IN SPITE OF HIS OPPOSITION. THEN HE JOINED HANDS WITH MR. SWANN AND THEY DID ALL THEY COULD TO HAVE THE COMMISSION APPOINTED ACCORDING TO THEIR DESIRES. REV. CALLIS DECLINES TO BECOME ONE OF THE HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMISSION, STATING THAT THAT EMPTY HONOR SIGNIFIES NOTHING. GOVERNOR EDWARD F. DUNNE SHOULD IN BEHALF OF DECENCY AND HONESTY REMOVE THE REV. HONORABLE ARCHIBALD JACKSON CAREY, Ph.D. D.D. AND THOMAS WALLACE SWANN FROM ALL OFFICIAL CONNECTION WITH THE COMMISSION. GREAT FEAT AND HARD WORK ON THE PART OF JULIUS F. TAYLOR TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE LETTER SENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. Vol. XVIII. Rev. Henry J. the eloquent Walters A Church 38 born Street FIRES HOT SHOTS INTO THE REASON CAREY, Ph.D. D.D. AND TABY OF THE ILLINOIS COMMISSIONER TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTY YEARS AMERICANS RESIDING IT IS STATED IN THE LETTER, EACH COMMISSIONER THAT JACKSON CAREY WARNED HIS STATING THAT HE COULD NOW AT THE SAME TIME MR. SWARTHAT CAREY WAS CUSSING THINK OF. IT IS FURTHER STATED IN THE FIFTY DOLLARS ($50) OF HIS TIME IN HELPING TO GET THE TURE CREATING THE COMMISSIONER WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, THE TIONAL CHURCH WAS FIGHTING ONLY FELL IN LINE FOR IT WAS PASS IN SPITE OF HIS OPPOSITE THEN HE JOINED HANDS WITH THEY COULD TO HAVE THE ING TO THEIR DESIRES. REV. CALLIS DECLINES TO BECO-PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMISSIONER SIGNIFIES NOTHING. GOVERNOR EDWARD F. DUNNE SHED HONESTY REMOVE THE REV. CAREY, Ph.D. D.D. AND THOROUGH OFFICIAL CONNECTION WITH THE GREAT FEAT AND HARD WORK OF TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE SIONERS. It seems that after Thomas' Wallace Swann had used the Rev. Henry J. Callis, the more than popular and eloquent Pastor of Walters A. M. E. Zion Church 38th and Dearborn street, who paid out his own money for long distance telephone messages in the interest of Thomas Wallace Swann and who was worked by him to his heart's content to add respectability to him while he was engaged in posing as the great and only mighty leader of all the Colored people residing in this state—that he was especially created and sent from on high to guide and direct them in all things and after Rev. Callis like a true Christian minister had greatly assisted him with his time, his money and with his presence, he was given the horse laugh and looked upon or regarded by his very ungrateful so-called friend as being nothing more than an old worn out shoe, for he has no time for anyone unless he can compel them to dance to his rough house music for his own personal or selfish benefit. It further appears that after the above incidents that the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. and Thomas Wallace Swann had the gall to write a letter to Rev. Callis, requesting him to become one of honorary vice presidents of the commission, whatever that is and right at this point we will step aside and permit Rev. Callis to talk for himself through the letter which he sent to each member of the commission declining that empty honor. TRUE COPY OF REV. CALLIS' LETTER. Declining to become one of the Vice-Presidents of the Illinois State Commission. "Chicago, Ill. August 8, 1913. "To the Illinois Commission in charge of the Half Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom. 3825 Dearborn St. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY "Honored and highly respected members of the Commission: "I have the extreme pleasure and high honor *to receive from you the request to become an Honorary Vice-President of your Commission. In reply to your request I beg leave to say, I am in hearty accord with the purpose of this Commission. It was myself, the only Methodist minister in Chicago, who many times paid his own railroad fare to Springfield and return, while Dr. A. J. Carey, was indifferent and using his influence to cripple if not kill the possibility of the creation of this Commission. "It was I who spent my money to pay long distance telephone calls for Mr. Swann, your Secretary. It was I who handed the original copy of the bill creating my Commission to Representative Dr. F. E. J. Lloyd, and saw him introduce it in the House. I went the same day with Mr. Swann, to his Excellency, the Governor, and we suggested the first list of names for commissioners, which was tentatively agreed upon, provided the bill passed. My supposed friend Dr. A. J. Carey, was then warning me, to beWARE of Mr. Thomas Wallace Swann, and said he could not be trusted. Mr. Swann, at the same time told me that he supposed Carey, was cussing him to everything he could think of. I am not exaggerating when I say; that in order to help keep alive public sentiment, to make possible your Commission, I spent about fifty Dollars ($50) in cash and about thirty days of valuable time. while Dr. Carey, did what he could to keep the bill from passing, until he saw that it would be passed in spite of opposition. Then he fell in line and made friends with Mr. Swann, and they did all they could to have the Commission appointed according to their desires. "I never allow myself to accept of any position the responsibilities and duties of which I do not know. The 1900 title Honorary Vice-President is too indefinite for me to comprehend in connection with so weighty a matter. Had the Commission seen fit to appoint me at the head of some one of the departments, the Religious dement, preferred, I should have served gladly and brought with me the power and influence of the great church I have the honor to represent, of whose Bishop, Alexander Walters, A. M. D. D. is one, and whose communicants number more than half a million. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America. "As I have not been considered in that light I beg to remain. ward F. Dunne, should without any further delay remove the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph.D. D. D. D. and Thomas Wallace Swann from all official connection with the commission and its headquarters should be removed from the Institutional church. Not many people will ever know the amount of real hard work and scheming on the part of Julius F. Taylor to obtain a true copy of the letter which was sent to each one of the commissioners and to Governor Edward F. Dunne. GOOD NEIGHBORS. "A friend of the cause. One of the most striking things in the letter is this, namely, that the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. informed Rev. Callis on several occasions to the effect that Mr. Thomas Wallace Swann could not be trusted that he warned him to beware of him and yet when the time came to elect or select officers for the commission, the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph., D. D. D. nominated Mr. Swann for the important position as secretary for the commission and he was in favor of having his salary fixed at three thousand and five hundred dollars a year for doing nothing and with the aid of the White commissioners who know nothing about the eternal fitness of things, when it comes down to differentiating between Colored people, the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. did succeed in having him rammed down the throat of the Colored people residing in Illinois. The Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. has never been known to get left when there is any easy money in sight; he is serving as one of the commissioners, he is a member of the executive committee, he is chairman of the committee on transportation, he has his fifteen year old daughter on the pay roll of the commission as assistant secretary at seventy-five dollars per month, he shakes the commission down for one hundred dollars per month in order for it to maintain its headquarters in his church, he is endeavoring to reach out and wrap his political praying hands around the three thousand dollars which has been set part to be expended for printing the little book setting forth the progress that the Colored people have made in this state during the past fifty years. According to our way of thinking there is no gerater hog all A. M. E. preacher in the world than the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. Therefore, in behalf of decency and honesty and in behalf of the taxpayers in this state and the better element of its Colored population, Governor Ed- ward F. Dunne, should without any further delay remove the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph.D. D. D. and Thomas Wallace Swann from all official connection with the commission and its headquarters should be removed from the Institutional church. Not many people will ever know the amount of real hard work and scheming on the part of Julius F. Taylor to obtain a true copy of the letter which was sent to each one of the commissioners and to Governor Edward F. Dunne. GOOD NEIGHBORS It is a fundamental principle of community life that no one should be permitted to keep or maintain his premises in a manner that will work harm to his neighbors. Nothing is more true than the fact that bad neighbors make a bad neighborhood, and even one bad neighbor in a community can do it a great deal of harm. People who are interested in their neighborhood are not, as a rule, those who do the things that harm their neighbors. Of course, when it comes to property matters every man is interested in things that are likely to affect his property—this is right and proper, but it takes more than property to make a good neighborhood. --- There are many things that people may do that work harm to their neighborhood, and which if persisted in, may react so as to affect property values and, generally these things are those that have to do with human health and comfort. The selfish or thoughtless mother who allows the child, that has a suspicious sore throat, to play with her neighbors' children is doing something that may lead to terrible consequences. The best neighborhood is that where the people composing it are neighbors in the broadest meaning of the word. This means that they are kindly and thoughtful of each others interests; that no person will knowingly do anything that would injure his neighbors. Of course, of course, of this kind, would be ideal but that is what men and women are working for in these days, the highest and best ideals of community life. This means that right thinking people want all those conditions that make for community beauty, safety and comfort. The only trouble is that in nearly every neighborhood there are those who have not yet been brought to see the good that comes from earnest intelligence and well directed community work for community good. When people are better educated as to their civic duties and responsibilities then we will have better community conditions. Here is an example of the kind of carelessness or thoughtlessness that works for neighborhood harm. Governor William Sulzer will put up a stiff fight against his political enemies to the last ditch THOUSANDS OF LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE POURING IN UPON HIM DAILY URBING HIM TO HOLD THE FORT AND NOT TO SURRENDER HIS OFFICE. HE HAS THE GREAT SEAL OF THE EMPIRE STATE SECURELY CHAINED AT THE SIDE OF HIS DESK AND IT IS GUARDED EVERY MINUTE OF THE TIME BY SOME OF HIS TRUSTED AND FAITH. FUL ATTACHES WHO ARE ARMED TO THE TEETH. MRS. SULZER SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM THE SEVERE NERVOUS SHOCK THAT SHE SUSTAINED OVER THE IMPEACHMENT OF HER HUSBAND. One of the greatest political upheavals and revolutions, that has ever occurred in this country, was staged and enacted by the members of the General Assembly, of New York State, this week; when a resolution was passed by it, in favor of impeaching, Governor William Sulzer, for numerous acts of misconduct on his part, prior to and since assuming the duties of his high office. He has until September 18, to prepare himself for defense and to answer to all the charges brought against him. He will be tried by members of the State Senate and Judges of the Court of Appeals; who will sit in inbank on his case. His legions of friends are still confident that he will be able to prove himself innocent of all the so-called damaging charges, which have been hurled at him, by the political bosses and his other political enemies. In the meantime, Governor Sulzer, will still continue to fight those who mother writes the Department of Health and complains of a neighbor woman whose child has the whooping cough its mother takes it to public gatherings and thus exposes her neighbors children to the disease. Now, the mother complained against not only violated the spirit of neighborly kindness and just, but she violated the law that is made to protect people against the spread of the contagious or communicable disease; and had this same careless indifferent mother possessed the educated civic conscience, her neighbor would not have found it necessary to complain to the health officials and to ask their help to protect her children from a disease that she feared and dreaded and very naturally did not want them to have. We should all help to spread the kind of knowledge that will enable people to make their neighborhoods better and safer places to live in. MRS. SAMUEL J. CARTER GAVE A DANCING PARTY IN HONOR OF MISS SUSIE BRENT, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS. On Mouday evening, Mrs. Samuel J. Carter. 3256 Rhodes avenue; gave a more than delightful dancing party, in honor of Miss Susie Brent, of Quincy, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. J. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brent, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mead, Mrs. Charles S. Washington, the Misses Blaneche and Emma Shaw, Mrs. Hattie Curtis-Hall, of Boston, Mass., Mrs. Lottie M. Cooper, of New York City; Mrs. Mamie Odom. Mr. and Mrs. David Lawrence, Mrs. John R. Marshall, Miss Essie Arnold, Mrs. Joe Shoecraft, Mrs. Alberta Moore Smith, Mrs. Beatrice Blackwell, Miss Corine Wilson, Miss Gordon and Miss Brown or St. Louis, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Vance Anderson, Frank L. Hamilton, Drs. Dailey and Garnes, were among those present. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Vineennes avenue; left last Sunday on a pleasure trip to Grand Rapids, Mich; Detroit, Windsor and Chatham, Canada. No. 46 William Sulzer to a stiff fight his political to the last TELEGRAMS FROM ALL PARTS OF IN UPON HIM DAILY UBGING HIM AT TO SURRENDER HIS OFFICE. THE EMPIRE STATE SECURELY DESK AND IT IS GUARDED EVERY HOME OF HIS TRUSTED AND FAITHFULMED TO THE TEETH. ING FROM THE SEVERE NERVOUSED OVER THE IMPEACHMENT OF are in favor of robbing and plundering the people to the last ditch. He does not propose to surrender the duties of his office, without a struggle or a fierce legal battle to retain it and in keeping with his determination in this respect, he has the great seal of the Empire State, securely chained at the side of his desk and well guarded all the time, by, some of his trusted and faithful attaches, and as all the world, greatly admires a manly and heroic fighter; thousands of letters and telegrams, are pouring in on him daily; urging him to hold the fort and not to surrender the duties of his high office; that he is in the right and that the right and the truth must prevail. Mrs. Sulzer, who has the sympathy of a whole legion of friends, who endeavored to shield her husband, from the sledge-hammer blows dealt him, by those who hate him, because he has the manhood to stand up for the right at all times; is slowly recovering from the severe nervous shock which she sustained over his impeachment. TRUE STATEMENT OF THE DEATH OF MRS. CAROLINE BOONE. (The Sons and Daughters of Mrs. Caroline Boone wishes to correct the statement in last week's Defender.) Our Mother was not born in Slavery, nor her children, she never heard the sound of a lash ringing across the plantation, was not insulted by her Master and she did not run off to Ohio and she did not come back and gather up her children because she had no children in Slavery. This is not the statement of Mrs. Adknes. The Defender reporter did not despatch over to see her. This is the true staement of Mrs. Caroline Boone, who died May 11, age 87 years old, she was the Mother of 16 children. She leaves 11 children. 111 grandchildren, 54 greatgrandchildren to mourn her loss. Her Daughter, Mrs. Charles Adknes, of 3322 Michigan Ave., who was on the sick list is out again and wishes to thank her friends for their kindness during her illness.—"C." FOREST NOTES A Russian scientist claims to have discovered an inoculation for use against forest insects. There are nearly six thousand professional foresters in Germany who are associated with various technical societies. The university of Washington has secured the use of two sections of land on the Snoodqualmia national forest in connection with its forestry courses. A tool used to fight fires on the California forests combines a rake, spade, and hoe. It is compact, so that it can be carried on horseback, and weighs less than 5½ pounds. In an increase in timber sales this year and in a decrease in receipts from timber trespass as compared with last year, national forest officers see a growing use of the forests and respect for the federal forest policy. THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and so all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Anglicans, Single Churches, and others may long on their language in proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Aix 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 application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5027 AEMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DREXEL 4500. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 18, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. STATE LEGISLATURES APPROPRIATE MILLIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS. Thirty out of Forty-One States Give Favorable Consideration to Laws Dealing with Consumption. Out of forty-one state legislatures in session during the season of 1913, laws dealing with tuberculosis were enacted in thirty states, while in thirty-four states consideration was given to bills dealing with the prevention of this disease. This is a summary of the legislative campaign for 1913, issued by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis today. Appropriations to the amount of over $5,000,000 have been set aside for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis by the various state legislatures in session this year. Most of this money is for the maintenance of state sanatoria. There are at the present time 39 such institutions in 31 different states, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, each having more than one sanitorium. Delaware is the only state which has made provision for a state sanitorium for tuberculous negroes. In addition to the amounts appropriated by the various state governments, Congress will be obliged to set aside nearly $1,000,000 for the maintenance of the United States Public Health, the Army and the Navy sanatoria, and the tuberculosis hospital of the District of Columbia. Among the notable advances in the legislative enactments of this year, are the tuberculosis registration law of Colorado; laws providing for subsidies to local hospitals in Minnesota and Wisconsin, an act providing for the establishment of county hospitals in Indiana, and the establishment of state bureaus for the prevention of tuberculosis in Ohio and California. A complete analysis of the tuberculosis legislation considered and enacted in 1913 is being prepared by The National Association. TO PLAY BASE BALL TODAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OLD FOLKS HOME. One of the very creditable efforts at self help is the baseball game to be played by the doctors and dentists of Chicago for the Old Folks Home at Rube Foster's Base Ball Park this afternoon at 39th Street and Wentworth Avenue. It is the theme of all Chicago, that the Old Folks Home is too small, lacking in many respects the amplitude of accommodating more than a dozen or so. The Doctors and Dentists have been practicing for several months, getting in shape for this great society event. It is regarded by the citizens generally that this demonstration for such a worthy cause should meet with the most hearty approval and patronage Chicago Negroes do some very colossal things when they make up their minds. This effort on the part of the professional men and women of Chicago, while it is new and novel, promises to be the sure and certain big hit of the season from the purely social point of view. The success of so noble and sacrifice project from the ethical and business points of view, is to say the least greatly encouraging, for it will bring into life much of the appreciation, energy and co-operation of the entire social fabric of the race. The hundreds of clubs, societies and fraternal bodies, business, banking, real estate, insurance and divers of others of the great industrial activities which have become the period of boast of the race. Mrs. William Hathaway, 5302 State street; is meeting with success, as a physical culturist, hair dressing, scalp treatment, massageing and manicuring is her specialty. Mrs. Blanche Lett, 3324 Calhomet avenue; states; "that she will not accompany Lawyer Walter M. Farmer, and Mrs. Jennette Wiley, on a trip throughout the east." [Name not visible] REV. HENRY J. CALLIS The Eloquent Pastor of Walters A. M. E. Zion Church, Who Has Succeeded in Firing Hot Shot into the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph.D. D.D. and Thomas Wallace Swann. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES. The Phyllis Wheatley Womens' Club extend their heartfelt thanks to their many friends who helped them to make the joint Picnic Aug. 2 a financial and Social success. old Skating Rink at 5330 State St. deserves much credit; as he has turned the place of "Fast and Furious" pleasures, into a house of consecrated worship. Prayers and financial assistance will be greatly appreciated. Help to The Social evening at the Phyllis Wheatley Home Tuesday evening August 5 was a very enjoyable affair, one would have to go far to find a pretier bunch of girls or a more gallant set of young men, all expressed the highest appreciation of the Home which means much to so many of our girls struggling to make their way through school, and in other avenues' of life, who come to Chicago during the summer to earn money to defray their expenses through the school year. The regular meeting of the Club was held at the residence of Mrs. Jessie Trayler Johnson, 3026 Vernon Ave., Wednesday, August 6th. After the regular routine of business was finished the following interesting program was rendered by the Visitors present. Helpful talks along Club lines by Mrs. Jennie Endaly Gear, Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. William A. Jackson, Montreal, Canada; Miss Georgia Nugent, First honorary President of the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs, Louisville; Mrs. Turner, Lockport, Ill. Vocal Solos—Miss Ella Mae Smith, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Miss Letta E. Carey, Des Moines, Iowa, and an instrumental solo by Miss Marie Reenes, McAlister, Oklahoma. Light refreshments were served. Everybody is looking forward with pleasurable anticipation to the Benefit Dance to be given by the girls of the Phyllis Wheatley Home at Masonic Temple, Sept. 8. Full particulars in this paper later. SOCIAL ITEMS OR NOTES BY VIOLA POOLE HATHAWAY, 5202 STATE STREET. Mrs. H. C. Harris and Mrs. Ollie Robinson of St. Joseph, Mo., are in our city visiting Mrs. Carrie White, 5015 Armour Ave. The Misses Naomi and Daisy Donaldson of Springfield, Ill., was in the city this week visiting Mrs. Carrie Malone, 5209 Dearborn St. Friends of Mrs. Charles Waters, of Glencoe, Ill. will be delighted to know she is in the city visiting her son Mr. Thomas Kelly of 5255 Dearborn St. Friends of Henry Bernard will be pleased to know that he will recover from injuries received Saturday, Aug. 9; when he was knocked down and seriously injured internally by a south bound street car at 52nd and State St. Mr. Bernard had just recovered from slight injuries received in a wreck on the railroad where he is employed as chef. Friends of Miss Helen Mason Hatwood of 5205 State St. will be greatly, yet pleasantly surprised, to learn of her marriage to John Lytle, of 3606 Wabash Ave. June 9th. The charming Mrs. Lytle is at home to her many friends it the home of her mother Mrs. Estelle Mason. Mrs. H. F. Carroll of 5216 State St. is out of the city on an extended visit of five weeks to relatives in Lebanon Tennessee. During her stay she will attend the Bapt. Convention in Nashville, her former home. Rev. W. S. Stark who has leased the old Skating Rink at 5330 State St. deserves much credit; as he has turned the place of "Fast and Furious" pleasures, into a house of consecrated worship. Prayers and financial assistance will be greatly appreciated. Help to make the efforts of Institutional Baptists a success and enable them to locate permanently in this vicinity. Address news items to Mrs. V. P. Hathaway. Or Waterfield's Candy Shop, 5202 State. Before or not later than Tues. Eve. you can afford to spend a penny on your out of town guests Drop a postal card to the above address. Master Milton Breckenridge of 5209 State St. who was knocked down and run over by an automobile sustaining a broken limb, has recovered sufficiently to be out again. Little Bessie Lowe of 5215 Dearborn St. has been ill for the last two weeks. We sincerely hope she will soon be convalescent. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH Rev. H. J. Callis, Pastor, Cor. 38th and Dearborn Streets. Despite the inclementy of the weather the services at our church were attended both morning and evening. The ten minutes talk given by Rev. J. R. Riley, D. D. of Knoxville, Tenn., was especially helpful and highly appreciated. The sermon by the pastor was up to the usual standard. This new feature to our evening service, the short addresses preceding the sermons, is growing in popularity. Our Sunday School which convenes at 1:15 P. M. deserves more appreciation from the fathers and mothers of the church. The Superintendent, Mr. C. J. Jackson is putting forward every effort to bring the school up along all lines. Our Christian Endeavor is doing a splendid work. It meets at 6:00 P. M. Our services for Sunday will be as usual. The pastor will occupy the pulpit both morning and evening. The Union Methodist outing at Glenwood Park, though having an unfavorable day was a splendid success. Four hundred people attended the outing and everybody reported a pleasant time. Let it be said to the credit of the churches and their pastors that no signs of dissatisfaction were seen anywhere. Mr. William Rhodes of Chicago and Miss Lucie Pullins were quietly married on the 10th inst. at the home of Mrs. Osa Hayes, 3656 State Street. Mrs. C. J. Jackson, our organist, is convalescent. Mr. H. Arthur Callis is in the employ of the American Bible Society and is in a position to supply Bibles at prices much below the average. Mr. Callis worked for the Society in Philadelphia. —“S.” LET THE WOMEN WEAR SLIT SKIRTS Down in Los Angeles the members of the Colored forum club are up in arms against women who wear slit skirts, and to show their utter contempt for this style of dress they passed resolutions condemning it and they propose to follow it up by socially ostracising those women who wear them. Holy Moses! What have these follows to do with what women wear. The men folks wear what they want without a kick from the women folk. These fellows remind us of a smart guy who rushed breathlessly into a club; when asked what was the cause of his hate, he cried out: "I am shocked near unto death. Why," said he, "a woman got between me and the her clothes; yes, see as high as sunlight and I could see clear through her knees," and all of the rakes had a hearty laugh over it. Now, this fellow had little to do to spy on a lady by the aid of the sun rays to find out the things that every sensible person knows—that she had legs and knees just about the ordinary size. Let the women alone and don't spy on them, for the dear creatures must keep up with the style if it kills every Peeping Tom man in the country—The Advocate, Portland, Oregon, August 9, 1913. BANK ERECTING NEW HOME. Structure on South State Street to Cost Around $50,000. The Lincoln State Bank of Chicago is erecting at the northeast corner of South State and East Thirty-first street a handsome bank building which will cost around $50,000. The plans provide for a structure with a Bedford stone front occupying the entire width of the lot, thirty-seven and one-half feet. The banking floor will be built three feet above grade and there will be a mezzanine floor over the entrance to be used as a directors' room. There will be six tellers' cages and a private department for women with rest room accommodations. The safety deposit vaults will have a capacity of 2,000 boxes. The new Lincoln State Bank, is located, right in the midst of a large Afro-American population; and so far, Colored men, have performed all the common and important labor, in constructing the building. Its President, George F. Leibrandt, is of the opinion that the bank building will be ready for occupancy; shortly after September 1. CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. King Jefferson, have removed from 33 W. 51st street; to 317 east 37th street. Mrs. Eliizabeth Lindsay- Davis will spend next week in Springfield attending the Illinois Federation. Rev. M. L. Thornton, has changed her residence from 3533 Calumet avenue; to 5611 Lafayette avenue. Miss Beatrice Manning, 3524 Calumet avenue; spent the past Sunday in visiting in Benton Harbor, Mich. Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 W. Washington street; will leave today on his two weeks' vacation trip to the east.' Miss Bell Scott, a young prominent school teacher of Kansas City, Mo.. is the guest of Mrs. J. B. Hart, 4841 Armour avenue. Mrs. Etta Sheets, of 5244 State St; will leave this evening for a two weeks visit to Bloomington. Ill.; Peoria, Ill., and Oscaloosa, Iowa. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, 6450 Champlain avenue; returned home Monday morning from a short pleasure trip from the west Michigan resort. Mrs. Donovan, a prominent Club woman of Minneapolis spent a few days in the city this week enroute to attend the North Eastern Federation at Boston. Prof. Horace Gear, special teacher of history in the Oklahoma City High School with his bride nee Miss Jennie Endaley, Knoxville, Tenn., are stopping at 3226 Prairie Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Harrison Williams will arrive in the city Thur. Aug. 21, from Topeka, Kansas. They will be the guest of their sister, Mrs. M. L. Manning, 3524 Calumet ave. Dr. J. H. Plummer, 3401 So. State street, has been working very hard to make the base ball game this afternoon, between the Colored doctors and dentists for the benefit of the Old Folks Home a grand success. John (Blind) Boone the celebrated piano player is in the city stopping at the home of Mrs. Mattie Johnson-Young, 3643 Prairie avenue. He will remain here for two weeks, and possibly give a concert before his departure. Mrs. J. B. Stone, sister of Mrs. Reuben Backner 5027 Armour avenue; and her niece, Miss Gertrude Lacey, both of Indianapolis, Ind., returned home with her from a visit to that city last Sunday evening and for sometime they will be her guests. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones, 6641 Evans avenue; are on a vacation trip to Detroit, Mich, Cleveland, Ohio, Buffalo, N. Y., New York City, Cape May and Atlantic City, N. J. where they will attend the Elks convention. They will return home September 1. Julius F. Taylor has been invited to assist in conducting a Round Table, at the Fenton Johnson Day Standard Literary Society, Oliver Baptist Church, Sunday, August 17, at 8:15 p. m. Mr. Johnson's new book "A Little Dreaming" will be the subject for discussion. William H. Terrell, chairman. ```markdown ``` The National Semi-Cen- tennial Emancipation Exposition to be Held in Chicago, Illinois THE LATTER PART OF AUGUST AND THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1915, MANY PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN BELONGING TO THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. ARE BECOMING INTERESTED IN THE MOVEMENT AND THE FOLLOW- ING ADDRESS TO THE COUNTRY PERTAINING TO THE EXPOSITION HAS BEEN PROMULGATED. On the first day of February, A.D. 1865, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the United States was proposed to the 38th Congress by the Hon. John B. Henderson, senator from Missouri. On the 18th day of December of the same year the amendment was proclaimed ratified by the Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, thus abolishing slavery and all forms of involuntary servitude, except for crimes, etc. By this beneficent act of universal freedom ever four million of Colored people in the United States were given bodily emancipation. Ignorant, poor and debased by 250 years of the worst system of human slavery the world has ever witnessed, they faced the dawn of freedom with a resolute determination to measure up to the requirements of their new responsibilities. How well the race has met the requirements of freedom and citizenship can best be told or portrayed by concrete evidences of their achievements and development. In 1915 the former slaves will have been emancipated just fifty years; a short period, indeed, in the life and history of a race or people. Nevertheless, these years are fraught with wonderful meaning to the former slaves and their descendants, because of the things they have accomplished and the obstacles they have overcome. As a race they have constantly been on trial and too frequently the presumptions have all been against them. They have been forced, therefore, to work out their own salvation as it were, not only with fear and trembling, but with a consciousness that the world at large has but meagre knowledge of their struggles, their development and their achievements. The transition from slavery to freedom is always a critical period in the progress and development of a race. A combination of unfavorable circumstances has made this period doubly trying to the emancipated people of this country. The standard by which their efficiency and their achievements are measured, is that represented by the ripest culture and development of Caucasian Civilization. In meeting this severe test their friends have often expected too much of them, while their enemies have met every attempt on their part to enter into the full enjoyment of a freeman's estate, with hostile legislation, bitter denunciation and the spreading of race hatred and prejudice throughout the world. Viewed, therefore, in the light of their peculiar condition and environment; their achievements in their social life, their educational and literary development and in the fields of mechanical arts and constructive genius, have a more inspiring significance and should attract more attention than those of any other race or people in the world. Mrs. Geneva Smith, 5363 Dearborn street; and her sister Miss Katie Fowler, will leave Wednesday evening, August 20, on a three weeks vacation trip; to New York city; Philadelphia, Pa., Washington, D. C. where they will spend the most of the time in visiting their sister, Mrs. Alice Dunn, and Baltimore, Md. A Garden Tragedy. Mister Watermelon Vine got clean above hisself; He fling his long legs crost de groun' en climb up on de shelt. He pass Merry Gold right by to tell his true lub story To jes' flower de ob flock, en dat's Mie' Mawmin' Glory. Sunday meetin' nigger come a-steppin' mighty high. He see dat watermelon from de corner ob his eye. Ses he: "He's lookin' mighty fine. I spee' he's gittin' meller. Is gwine ter hang eroun' or bit en den I grabs dat feller!" De sun he sank, de moon he rose en dan slipped out er sight. Mis' Mawmin' Glory closed her eyes en al-diabid钻 fright. Mis' Merrry' Gold turned yaller en a form drap' from a trie. En dat Mister Watermelon—whar', oh, what was he? Nex' day day sent for Sherlock Holmes, de great detective chief. Doy gib him all de mournful facts ter sie' on de thief. He shuck his head, "Tain't no use for me, chance a mollot loot. For a niger in a mollon patch am always in cahoot!" —Willie Bellish in Atlanta Constitution. This Semi-Centennial of their Emancipation offers the Colored people of this country their first opportunity of demonstrating to the world what freedom has done for them. A National Semi-Centennial Emancipation Exposition, to be held at Chicago during the months of August and September, 1915, is the object and aim of the organization sending out this communication; and, it is earnestly hoped, that it will meet with the hearty approval of the Colored men and women of the United States and the generous support of their friends. In launching this movement for a national exposition there is not the slightest intention or desire on our part to antagonize the various state expositions now under way. We are of the opinion, however, that it is hardly possible for a separate state exposition to present an exhibit sufficiently comprehensive to properly show the progress made by the race, nor will it attract the attendance that a concentrated national exposition would. It is sincerely believed that such an exposition can be made a potent factor in vindicating the race, checking the spread of race prejudice and of securing for our people a more patient and considerate hearing in their plea for justice and fair treatment. With an exposition broad enough in scope and purpose to comprehend not only their achievements of brain and brawn, but to give to the world some adequate conception of their wonderful capacity for entering into harmony with, and assimilating the highest culture and laudable aims of our Twentieth Century Civilization, the race will be able for the first time in its history to give the world a glimpse of the inner soul of a people striving to lift itself from the galling curse of a demoralizing slavery to the glories and blessings of a great civilization. Let Colored architects design the buildings; let Colored artisans rear the structures, and let Colored men and women direct and superintend the Exposition. We feel assured that the results will justify the outlay in money, time and energy, and will prove a creditable offering to the world's achievement. THE NATIONAL SEMI-CENTEN- NIAL EXPOSITION ASSOCIATION. Beauregard F. Moseley, President, Frank L. Hamilton, General Secretary. Committee on Address. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Hon. F. E. J. Lloyd, Julius F. Taylor, Louis B. Anderson, Walter M. Farmer, Chairman. Address all letters to 2830 S. State St, Chicago, III. Other newspapers please copy. HOLCOMBE' DEFENDS HOME AGAINST WHITE INTRUDERS Soleilator Jackson Renders Fair Decision In Port Tampa Holdup Episode. Tampa, Fla.—On the night of July 23 at about 1 o'clock three white men entered the home of Columbus Holcombe, an Afro-American, residing in a town near this place, claiming to collect a bill from one of Mr. Holcombe's lodgers. Mrs. Holcombe remonstrated with the men, and they in turn cursed her. Holcombe arose and told the intruders that he did not curse before his wife and did not allow any man, white or black, to curse her. The white men fired two shots in the house, and Holcombe seized his revolver and shot repeatedly until one of the white men was killed and the other two were wounded. Holcombe and Charles Hall, the lodger, were arrested and taken to the county jail. On July 25, after an investigation upon the part of County Solicitor Jackson, they were released on the grounds that they had acted in self defense. This decision has surprised many of the Negro hating white people, as they had hoped for a lynching bee. The colored men were advised to leave this vicinity. The editor of the Tampa Daily Times in commenting on the affair said that Solicitor Jackson did right in exonerating the Negroes. This impartial comment, coming from the pen of a southern white man, shows that not all the white people of the south are enemies to the colored peo- K. OF P. FIELD DAY THE AMERICAN GIANTS BASE BALL PARK 39th and Wentworth Avenue THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 21 Band Concert, Exhibition Drill by Knight Templars, Patriarchies, U. B. F.'s and the 1st Regiment Champion Team. MUSICAL DRILL AND DRESS PARADE Committee of Arrangements: Col. H. H. Biggs, Capt. J. Isem, Capt. Chas. Seals, Q. M. Committee on Invitations: Col. F. H. Powell, Lient. Thos. Foster, Capt. L. Willis. Admission 25c Grand Stand 35c Box Seats 50c RENT FREE TILL SEPT. 1ST. Modern apartments, steam heat, hot water the year around. 3 rooms, $22.00; 4 rooms, $27.50; 6 rooms, $32.00; 8 rooms, $40.00 to $42.50. AMERICAN APARTMENTS, 2728 Wabash Ave. FLATS TO RENT. S. Richardson, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 160 N. 5th Ave., Room 506, near Randolph St., phone Main 2133, Automatic 33-201, has the following flats to rent: 2420 Le Salle St., 5 rooms, $12. 2720 Dearborn St., 7 rooms, $19. 3002 Armour Ave., 5 rooms, $14. 5754 Wentworth Ave., 5 rooms, $18. 7530 Wentworth Ave., 7 rooms, $22. S. Richardson, 160 N. 5th Ave., Boom 506. Tel. Main 2133. Automatic 33-201. "BOGER'S COMPLEXION CREAM" is guaranteed to remove all blemishes from the face, black heads, sunburn, tan. Will heal all pustular eruptions. Price 50 cents. Quality not quantity. Address 3540 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, or 228 Claim Street, Aurora, Ill. FOR RENT Desk Room for business purposes in branch law office of W. G. Anderson & L. A. Newby, 35th and State St., N. W. corner. Phones Douglas 8078 and Auto. 72-384. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M. Dr. MacENRY J. BROWN Physician and Surgeon Oculist. Practice limited to Diseases of Eye and Ear. Office and Residence, 3502 S. State St. Chicago. FOR RENT. For Rent, 4451-33 South State Street, four (4) room apartments. 4519-23 Evans Avenue, six room apartments. 8308 Rheden Avenue, House eight rooms in perfect condition. Inquire, Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company. 117 North Deerbury Street Room 604. THRIFTY SECRET ORDER. Progress of the True Reformers Under Grand Master Floyd J. Ross. The thirty-third annual meeting of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers will be held in Richmond, Va., from Tuesday, Sept. 23, through Thursday, the 25th. Recent reports from the subordinate fountains have greatly encouraged the grand officers in their efforts to extend the benefits of the order to all who need protection of the kind which the institution offers. Within less than a year under the safe and energetic leadership of Grand Worthy Master Floyd Ross, 30,000 members have been added to the organization, 100 new subordinate lodges organized, eighty old lodges which had ceased to be active have been reinstated, $280,000 added to the general fund and claims paid to the heirs of deceased members amounting to $130,000. Miller at Gettysburg Celebration. Levi Miller of Relief, Winchester county, Va., bears the distinction of being the only colored Confederate veteran of the civil war in attendance at the anniversary celebration of the great battle of Gettysburg. It is said that the Confederate camp sent Comrade Miller to the celebration at its expense. He wore his gray uniform and received marked attention. Success of Rural School Supervisors. The position of supervisor of education has always carried with it a high degree of honor and distinction for the person appointed. Three southern states now have colored supervisors of education for the schools attended solely by colored youths. Kentucky and Virginia led off, and Alabama follows. The work of these educators in the two states first named has been eminently successful. K. OF P. FI THE AMERICAN GIANT 39th and Went THURSDAY EVE "Are you prepared to undergo hardships?" "I think I am." "Are you willing to be laughed at and ridiculed and pointed out as one who ought to be under the care of a guardian?" "I think I could even undergo that if necessary." "Are you willing to give up all worldly pleasures, to walk when others ride, to be pitted as a weakling, to be sneered at by people who have little wit and to be generally regarded as one who has forfeited the right to hope for the respect of society?" "Yes." "All right; then go ahead and be a poet."—Chicago Record-Herald. Why? Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? As he rides in his swift flying car like a cloud A break in the axle, a bust in the tire— He passes from life to the heavenly choir. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? The while he is soaring above the great crowd The monoplane busts or its motor's delayed. And they hunt for the man with a pick and a spade. —Denver Republican. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? As long as the motorboat craze is allowed A sudden explosion, a wave of the hand, Man passeth from life into Gabriel's band. Sounded Very Alarming Simmons had returned from his vacation. "I certainly enjoyed the husking bees," he said to a young woman. "Were you ever in the country during the season of husking bees?" "Husking bees!" exclaimed the girl. "Why, of course not! How do you husk a bee anyway, Mr. Simmons?"—New York Evening Post. An Optimist's Calendar. Saturday is a girlious day. With Sunday coming after, A day for brushing gloom away, A day for joyous laughter. Saturday is a day of hope For the man who opens the envelope Containing the wage which he has earned. Saturday is a day of glee; Saturday is a day to be. Free from trouble and unconcerned. Saturday is a day to lightly Cease to think of the care that fled. Saturday is a day to brightly Cold ahead. —Chicago Record-Herald. An Inherited Taste "What's the kid crying for?" asked the husband. "The moon, dear," replied the wife. "Well, tell him it's made of green cheese." "I did, dear, and he still wants it. I suppose he thinks I can make a Welsh rabbit out of it"—Yonkers Statesman. Her Care. He bade his wife be merry; He bade his wife be gay; He bade her sing and dance for him And put her cares away. But still she clung to weeping, And still she heaved a sigh. She would not sing or dance for him, And so he asked her why. "You ask why I should worry." Said she, "and why I pine?" The servant girl our neighbor hires Has bought a hat like mine! —Detroit Free Press. Hard Luck. Quizzer—Well, what's the trouble? Hasn't he been successful? Sizzet—Successful! I should say he has! I'm paying him hush money.— Judge. Vain Desires. I want to be elemental, To wear skins and kill my own grub; Like the cave men of old I would roam, free and bold, And woo me a bride with my club. I want to be elemental, In primitive fashion to dwell, But my barbarous wife Just dotes on the life Of a blasted expensive hotel! —Chicago Daily News. Greatest Diamond Mine. The Premier diamond mine, in South Africa, twenty-five miles to the east of Pretoria, is the biggest in the world, where 15,000 Kafirs work every day digging, drilling and loading trucks of blue earth, from which diamonds are extracted to the value of $10,000,000 per annum. EELD DAY TS BASE BALL PARK tworth Avenue NING, AUG. 21 DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Achsah Lippincott has been appointed chief market clerk of Philadelphia. Mrs. Walter Hancock recently received the degree of master of arts from the Temple university of Philadelphia. Charlotte Perkins Gilman says that the Englishwoman knows more, cares more and talks more about public matters and with greater, ability than her American sister. "As our men will not willingly go back to the farms, we must induce our women to go," says Mrs. Kate Trimble Woolsey. "We know that when they do the men will follow." The oldest woman in England—Mrs. Rebecca Clark of High Road, Wood Green—is hale and hearty at 100 and is fond of a good meal. She says: "I never believed in being faddy about food. Eat what you fancy and you'll be all right." Mrs. A. A. A. Brooks, president of the Gotham Club of New York, has been interesting her fellow members in an effort to bring pressure to bear for legislation compelling manufacturing chemists to use a special mold for poison tablets. The Writers. Romain Rolland, to whom the grand literary prize has just been awarded by the French academy, is well known as a playwright, novelist and historical writer. The amount of the award is $2,000. Algenon Blackwood, son of Sir Arthur Blackwood and the Duchess of Manchester, is one of the newer authors who have had varied experience. He was a newspaper man in New York, farmed and mined in Canada and conducted a hotel. He has also been in the dried milk business. In 1006 he began writing books. Frau Emma Glebri of Munich, daughter of a former Bavarian finance minister, recently celebrated a remarkable jubilee. For fifty years she has not left her sickbed, and to forget her sufferings and to give pleasure to other people she has during this period written stories of mystery and educational works. Her books for women and invalids form quite a library. Fashion Frills. Paris skirts are reported as diaphanous. Let it be hoped that this is an error. If a skirt must be this, then why is it a skirt?—Los Angeles Tribune. Earrings for men are now on sale in New York. One hopes they will become fashionable so that the sort of men who would wear them can be identified at a glance.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Our inclination is to make no further allusions to the funny kind of clothes the women wear, but we feel it necessary to observe that the present modes are not adapted to the kitchen, nursery or the polls.—Houston Post. Current Comment. Tears shed today will not put out the fire in the death trap of tomorrow.—Washington Post. They are expecting Vesuvius to erupt again. It has been seven years since the last time—ample time for building new villages in the danger zone and setting the stage for new tragedies.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A dealer in cocaine and opium has been fined $3,000 and sentenced to two years in the United States prison at Atlanta. No lawbreaker looks better in jail than a practitioner of this infamous trade—New York Sun. Pert Personals. An Illinois court has decided a man can be beautiful. Watch Uncle Joe Cannon and Colonel Jim Ham Lewis blush—New York American. A man who insisted upon proclaiming John D. a "good fellow" has been sent to a Philadelphia hospital for examination as to his sanity—Pittsburgh Dispatch. President Wilson's "tut, tut," may be all right for golf, but what does he say when he lifts out the pan beneath the icebox and it overflows down his shirt front?—Detroit Free Press. Foreign Affairs. Turkey must be beginning to feel that she quit the game too soon.-Omaha World-Herald. The German eagle doesn't look like a dove of peace, but he is doing his work pretty well.-Philadelphia Record. The Baikan disturbance shows that the dogs of war can quarrel over a bone like the hungriest mongrels.-Hartford Times. After China's civilization gets well established Japan may not have to travel quite so far in search of an outlet for its energies.-Washington Star. Flippant Flings The man who designed the Lincoln penny has just been married. He'll have to make dollars hereafter.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cheese, we learn, is now cured by electricity. We have seen cheese that must have been shocked dreadfully.—Philadelphia North American. San Francisco is certainly having a hard time getting the Liberty bell for exhibition purposes. Perhaps the old bell is controlled by a ring—New Orleans Piscayne. Don'ts For Summer. Don't forget to leave off your overcoat. A careful observance of this rule will be found to be exceedingly conducive to the acceleration of the evaporation of the perspiration. Don't become heated. There are several excellent ways to keep cool, any one or all of which we heartily recommend. It is becoming heated in summer that causes by far the largest part of the discomfort. Don't keep your head under water too long while in swimming unless you are wearing a diver's helmet. The exigencies of the human physiology require continuous and relatively regular connection of the respiratory orifices with the oxygen of the atmosphere. Don't have a fire in the furnace except for Turkish baths, drying paint, entertaining Boston ladies, etc. Furnace fires in the summer tend to raise the temperature—life. Case For Psychical Research. Both fat men and lean, As we've all of us seen, Still in country or town, With a like choice of cause, By the same common laws, Must to die lay them down. Now, these lean men and fat— Flesh counts not; we know that— While the story we tell As they play out life's game In exactly the same Sort of places must dwell. Yet their dwellings are still Haunted ever at will By gaunt shades that can boast That men's terror they've stirred, But who ever has heard Of a jolly, fat ghost? Here's a problem, my friend, That is queer without end: Do fat folk spirits lack, Or are fat men so fit That to heaven they fit And then never come back? Chicago News Perhaps That Helped Miss Carter had not been successful in bringing, young Mr. Dodge to her feet and in consequence felt a little spiteful toward him. One evening they were having quite a serious talk in the library. "Do you think," asked the young man, "that men progress after death?" "Well," responded the girl, "if they don't it would almost seem useless for some of them to die."—Harper's Magazine. In a Railway Station "Come on! Come on!" the gateman said. "It's time to start! You'll have to run!" Her sigh was deep, her lips were red. The man beside her bent his head. And then—and then—the dew was done! There was a roar of steam, a jar; The gateman grimly closed the gate; Men on the observation car Beheld her turn—it was too late! Her satchel dropped upon the floor; Her ticket fluttered in the air; Her lips went up to his once more; The scowl the 'angry' gateman wore Was awful, but they didn't care. —Chicago Record-Herald. She Was Called "Alice." "I can't call you by your first name," said the new mistress, "for it is the same as mine—Alice—and might be confusing to my husband. Do you mind if we call you by your last name?" "Oh, no, indeed, me'am," replied the new maid; "I'm quite used to it." "And what is it, please?" "Darling."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Auto Adva I read them ere Sleep steals o'er me, And all night long I drive one free. —Boston Transcript And when o' morns To work I walk I dodge the horns' Imagined squawk Ouah! "Why am I gloomy?" demanded the undesirable admirer, to whom she had given the cut direct. "Isn't it enough to make one gloomy to be cut by one he loves best?" "The idea," exclaimed the heartless girl. "I didn't even know that you shaved yourself."—Catholic Standard and Times. At Singapore and Timbuktu. When I lived at Singapore It was something of a bore To receive the bulky Begums who came trudling to my door. They kept getting into tangles With their bingle-bongle-bangles. And the tiger used to bite them as he sat upon the floor. When I lived in Timbuktu Almost every one I knew Used to play upon the sockbut, singing toodle-doodle-doo. And they made ecstatic ballads And consumed seductive salads Made of chicory and hickory and other things that grew. —Argonaut. A Standing Excuse "I fear that my authority as a father is on the wane." "What makes you think so?" "Every time I tell my son to do some little task about the house he remembers that he has to attend a muster of the boy scouts." — Birmingham Age-Herald. The Record Fire. The world's record in fires is not the great fire of London, but the Moscow fire of 1570, in which 200,000 people perished. Norway's Postal Service. For fifty years Norwegian women in the postal service have been paid the same salaries as men for the same SIRES AND SONS Nathon Valone, a Pittsburgh merchant, has twenty-six children. William Waldorf Astor now owns the Morning Post, the Observer and the Pull Mall Gazette, London's three important Conservative newspapers. W. G. Smith, just appointed treasurer of the territory of Alaska, an office created by the first territorial legislature, recently adjourned, is a bank cashier at Katalia. He is independent in politics. M. Stourm, just elected permanent secretary of the French Academy of Practical and Moral Sciences, is the well known French political economist, whose contributions to that form of the world's literature have been widely published. Vladimir de Pachmann, the famous Polish pianist, announces from London that he is about to retire. He is, it is said, looking forward to a peaceful time in his Swiss chalet with his piano. As the result of his long concert experience he has established a fortune larger, perhaps, than that of Paderewski. Sir Chinubuhal Madhowlal Runche尔al, upon whom the dignity of a baronet of the United Kingdom has just been conferred, is the first Hindu to receive such an honor. He is a prominent merchant and mill owner of Bombay and has given munificently toward the advancement of education and for philanthropic purposes. The Davis Cup. The return of the Davis cup to America will be hailed with joy by all tennis players. It seems likely that it will remain here for many years to come—New York Times. That McLoughlin is a marvelous player is a trite tribute to his prowess. May he long protect the badge of supremacy he has contributed much to bring back, after an absence of ten years, to its home!—New York Sun. For ten years the tennis championship has been in the keeping of Australia or England despite the best that our challengers could do. It remained for a pair of wonderful youngsters to ripen into masters of the game and defeat the nations of the world—Australia, Germany, Canada and England—in succession—New York Tribune. Town Topics. New York city is looking for a slogan. We self repressively suggest the assertive part of her own name, "New York's it."—Boston Herald. The most widely disseminated fiction in Cleveland, though not the best seller, is the cards in the street cars declaring that those who spit on the floor will be arrested and fined.—Cleveland Leader. While the country at large is mildly interested in the discussion over changing the color of mail boxes from green to red and back to green again, the prevailing color of the Rochester boxes continues to be a dull rust, with match scratches as the motif of the decoration.—Rochester Post-Express. Three Strikes. A minister says there will be no baseball in heaven. In that case the umpire can be talked to in the same old way.—Cleveland Leader. John D. says that "waste of energy is one of the wanton extravagances of the time." Epecially the three healthy swings taken by the home player who strikes out with the bases full.—Detroit Free Press. We can tell when a great ball player begins to go back by noting the time when enterprising manufacturers of soft drinks and breakfast foods stop advertising that he subsists almost entirely upon their respective products.—Duluth News-Tribune. Train and Track. Omaha folks are clamoring for better street railway service. Austrian railway men number 175,501, and their total wage is $56,000,000. J. P. Ramsay of Boston is the first man who ever operated a railroad's signal tower in the United States. In the United Kingdom there are 23,442 miles of railway. Of the 1,204,458,000 passengers carried last year, the vast majority used third class—458,000,000. First class traveler numbered 30,000,000, while only 15,000,000 took second class. Timely Tips. Our numerous friends—drat 'eml- inform us that week ending is a popular diversion just at present—Chicago Record-Herald. Another good thing to take on a vacation is an accurate statement of how much of a balance remains in the bank. —Chicago News. Avoid the fly as you would a viper, says a health authority. That sounds all right, but the fly won't let us. Cleveland Leader. Automobile Runs. In 1800 696 automobiles passed through Fairmount park, Philadelphia; in 1912, 900,000. It has been demonstrated thoroughly that automobiles can be operated in a temperature as low as 70 degrees below zero. A New Yorker has invented a motor truck with four rear wheels instead of two, so mounted on short axles that the load is equally distributed among all of them regardless of the roughness of a road. First Woman—I just can't understand why our reform ticket didn't get elected. Second Ditto—Maybe the people didn't think your side stood for reform. First Woman—No, it couldn't have been that. We had the word printed plainly on all our campaign banners.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Of course one swallow does not make a summer, not at all. Yet to this fact we're all awake—One apple made a fall. —Chinchnati Enquirer. Appleton—Your friend Stagely, the actor, is making an ass of himself these days. Holden—How so? Appleton—He is playing Nick Bottom in the "Midsummer Night's Dream."—Harvard Lampoon. There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise. He laid in quite a stock of goods, Which he did advertise, And when he found his goods all sold With all his might and main He got another stock of goods And did the trick again. —Yonkers Statesman. Stella—Could you make a martyr of yourself by stopping a race horse? Bella—No, but I might walk across a field with cows at the other end of it—New York Sun. Bend over a little cradle And the dust of the day will fly; The grind and burden and battle Like a horrid vision will die. And there we find the sunshine. And there as you bend above You will learn what it is to hallow All life with a lasting love. —Baltimore Sun. Coed—Ob, Mr. Spooner, you have no idea how much it meant to me when you kissed me last night. Mr. Spooner—Really? I won $5 on it myself—New Orleans Times-Democrat. But when the other fellow gets along We're just as sure it only was his luck. —Lippincott's. "Yes, sir. I have just graduated from Haleward." "In that case I'll make it nine."—Kansas City Journal. I'd like to be a rich man And with the rich men ride, A long white road before me, A chauffeur by my side. But when the road is broken And brakes refuse to work, I'd rather be a poor man And work here like a Turk. —Denver Republican. The fair stenographer wore a slashed skirt. They spoke of her as a visible typewriter.—Newark News. Don't talk to me of "chickens" That strut along the street; I know a kind that's better far, More tempting and more sweet. A chicken that can win and hold The love of any man. The kind that makes that sizzling sound When frying in the pan. —Locsville Post. Teacher—What is the derivation of the word lunatic? Pupil—Luna, the moon, and—er—er— attic, the upper story.—Town Topics. Little tender squeezes, Now and then a kiss, Fill a summer evening Brimming full of bliss. —Judge. Liza—When yer goin' ter git married, Polly, my dear? Polly—Never. Liza—Why? Polly—Well, yer see, I won't marry Bill w'en 'e ain't sober, and 'e won't marry me w'en 'e is—London Tatler. Coras do not seem to worry man When they have other lills. For they do lots of kicking when They have to foot the bills. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Amateur Camerist—Here's a photograph I took of myself. What do you think of it? Miss Bright (examining it)—The expression is very glum. You shouldn't take yourself so seriously.—Boston Transcript. This is the weather when the ice cream brick Appeals to Maude and May and Sade and Sal. Whose escorts learn that the arithmetic Was right in saying, "Four quartz to one gal." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Who is that man who is gesticulating so frantically to be recognized by the chairman?" "I don't know his name, but he is a carpet manufacturer." "Then by all means let him have the soor."—Baltimore American. The perverse hen is hard to beat, Consarn her peaky way! She always ambles home to eat And goes next door to lay. —Kansas City Journal. "Washington threw a dollar across the Potomac." "That feat was overrated." "Who ever excelled it?" "Washington himself, the time he threw 3,000 troops across the Delaware."—Pittsburgh Post As the bride and groom depart Cause the team to run away. This is always very smart. As the bride and groom depart. Secure the horses at the start. It's a jolly trick to play. As the bride and groom depart Cause the team to run away. --- THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. P. Terralon, 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 Street 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. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 6244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 80th St. W. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, S W. 27th St, near State. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4123 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, stationary and news stand, 3640 S. State St. J. H. Roberts, barber shop and news stand, 3308½ S. State St. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Bell and Alford, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3128½ South State street. T. S. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 2845 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State Street. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Old Line Legal Reserve Co. Under State Government Supervision. $100,000 deposited with the State. Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our instituted Contacts are to the colored policy holder more than any other company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business. Information of 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 5. Home Office—Harris Trust Building. 15 W. Monroe St. CHICAGO. TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 17601 Auto. 79156 HENRY C, DOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS OFFICE HOURS Phone Oakland 4662 From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Automatic 73-858 From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday by Appointment DR. THEO. R. MOZEE [DENTIST] NOTYAR PUBLIC Office Phone Automatic 44-185 Room 40, 143 North Dearborn Street Cor. Readhall St. CHICAGO McCormick Blvd. Evening Office, 3458 State Street Phone Automatic 77-574 Treasury Employees. The employees of the treasury department of the United States government number more than 11,000 persons. Polished Apples. When serving large red apples whole on the table polish them with olive oil. Port and Starboard. If you stand on the deck of a ship and look forward the port side is on your left, the starboard side on your right. Gravity The most distant planet in our solar system, Neptune, is 2,750,000,000 miles from the sun, and yet the arm of the sun reaches out and controls the remote planet without the least difficulty. In a word, gravity is universal, every atom in the universe exerting its influence upon every other atom. Cleaning Tiling. Never clean tilings with water, as it invariably loosens them. To make them look bright and clean apply some turpentine with a woolen cloth. Ate His Way to Old Age. Peter Czartan or Tortin, the Belgrade parachute, a notorious glutton, could not have been troubled much with indigestion, as he is stated to have lived to 170 and even 180 odd years. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney-at-Law 118 N. La Salle Street Oxford Building Suite 403 CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street, CHICAGO Suite 708 Delaware Bldg. Tel. Central 3142 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 NorthjLa Salle St. Chicago. Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Whalers of Norway. Norway's whaling industry began in 1868. Ocean Steamers. An ocean steamer of the first class, going at full speed, cannot be brought to a standstill in less than three minutes, in which time she will have traversed a distance of about half a mile. Ancient Cheeses. Cheeses 100 years old are said to exist in Switzerland. Paperhanging. A good hint for those who do their own paperhanging is to apply the paste to the wall instead of to the paper. Amateurs will find it much easier to match the pattern, and the paper is less liable to tear by following this method, besides saving time and trouble. Japan's Coal Deposits There are 1,200,000,000 tons of coal deposits in Japan. This coal is now being mined at the rate of 14,000,000 tons a year. Snoring. Snoring is due to air drawn in and expelled through the mouth in such a way as to set the soft palate and vula vibrating. The reason a person is apt to snore when lying on the back is that in that position the lower jaw is apt to drop down from the pull of gravity, thus opening the mouth and causing the sleeper to breathe through it instead of through the nose. While lying on the side no effort is required to keep the mouth closed. Tree Hearts. The "heart wood" of a tree has ceased to take any part in the vegetative economy of the tree. Its only use is to strengthen the trunk. Lace Centers. Brussels is one of the four important centers for the manufacture of high priced gloves, Grenoble, Paris and Luxemburg being the only other centers of equal or greater importance. Dated Spoons. During the seventeenth century in England, before the English spoons changed from the round to the oblong bowls, it was customary to date them. A Good Floor Stain A good floor stain that goes right into the wood and is very durable is made of linenseed oil colored with ground burnt umber. Rub thoroughly into the boards with a flannel pad and next day polish with beeswax and turpentine or any floor polish that you are in the habit of using. Electricity in Coal Mines. Stray electric currents have been found in Kentucky coal mines sufficiently powerful to explode blasting powder. Packing China. Pack glass or china in straw that has been slightly moistened. This will prevent the articles from slipping about. Wrap each article separately, placing the heaviest on the bottom. Our Original Forests. The original forests of the United States contained timber in quantity and variety far exceeding that found on any similar tract in the world. 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. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The Cranford Apartment Building, 3600. Wabash Ave. ```markdown ``` The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. Vegetables Are Best Cooked With Moderate Heat Only very strong juiced vegetables should be cooked rapidly—all the sweet juiced sorts, such as peas and young beans, should "simmer" over a slow fire. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Peoples Gas Building The Pompei 20-22 East 31st Street :: CHICAGO THE MUSEUM 3 per cent allow Safety Deposit REAL As agent buy and sell Real Estate, including payment of tax on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites The- Crane Building The finest building e Steam heat, electric light 'Phone Randolph 803 Vegetables With M Only very strong rapidly—all the sw young beans, should "Composite" Range No. 289 with burner in bottom of oven for cooking vegetables. Branch The Peoples Peo Thos. McCain Joe Shoe S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING owed on Savings Accounts fit Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT state on commission, manages estates for non-resi- xes and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Sanford Apartment g. 3600. Wabash Ave.; ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. Is Are Best Cooked Moderate Heat juiced vegetables should be cooked veet juiced sorts, such as peas and did "simmer" over a slow fire. The modern way is to cook your vegetables in the oven—this scheme preserves the flavor and sends the odor up the flue pipe. Some of our new types of "Composite" Gas Ranges have burners in the bottom of the lower oven—especially for cooking vegetables. Every "Composite" is of course equipped with a "simmering" burner on top. You will find a "Composite" Range much more economical than a hot plate or single oven stove. "Composite" Ranges are built for us in fifty shapes. They are sold on monthly payment plans—delivered and connected free. We are selling over 150 "Composites" every day. Telephone Randolph 4567 and ask for handsome illustrated catalog. Stores in Every District Gas Light & Coke Co. Apples Gas Building craft, Mgr. Chicago Mort Shoecraft "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. Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Phones { Douglas 4482 Auto 73-974 Auto 74-478 LA VE IMPORTED AND DON 3100 State Street Hotel BUFFET, Douglas 4482 Tel 73-974 Tel 74-478 HARRY LA VERDO BUFFET FURNISHED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS Street Phone Aldine 3653 Hotel Brunswick Geo, W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS Street Douglas 3256 Auto LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street 0. Hotel Brunswick Geo, W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Phone: Douglas 3256 HENRY JONES THE CAFE Finest T 4 THE ELITE CAFE and BUFFET 3030 State Street WILLIAM LEWIS, F Phone Doug MINERAL BUFFET 3517 S. S HIGH CLASS INT JOHN WHOLESAU FIFTY-FIRST RAILYAR 51st FRANK DUNN JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. 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 3004 State Street FRANK DUNN J. B. McCAHEY TRUSTEES BUFFET AND CIGARETTES 0. nswick BILLIARDS. Chicago Automatic 72-379 A. F. CODOZOE LITE FFET the City m. MARY C. SNEED, Mgr' omatic, 75-173 ING CLUB D CAFE CHICAGO EVERY EVENING UNN RETAIL OUR AVENUE S. & M. S. AVE. CHICAGO HARRY J. KELLY Prop. Chicago, Ill. TEL. OAKLAND 1850, 1851, 1852