The Broad Ax

Gov. Edward F. Dunne Could Not Perform Any Nobler Act For The Afro-Americans of Illinois THAN BY SEPARATING THE REV. HONORABLE ARCHIBALD JACKSON CAREY AND THOMAS WALLACE SWANN FROM ALL OFFICIAL CONNECTION WITH THE ILLINOIS STATE COMMISSION. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1913, WHILE IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS THE POLITICAL DEMO-REPUBLICAN LINCOLN LEAGUE PASTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH UNBOSOMED HIMSELF VERY FREELY TO JULIUS F. TAYLOE IN RELATION TO THE DISHONEST ACTS OF THOMAS WALLACE SWANN. HE CONTENDED THAT MR. SWANN, AT VARIOUS TIMES COLLECTED MONEY AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH BELONGED TO HIM. THAT HE APPROPRIATED THE MONEY FOR HIS OWN USE IN LIVING HIGH THAT HE GREATLY INJURED THE MINISTERIAL STANDING OF REV CAREY IN CHICAGO. THAT NO DEPENDENCE COULD BE PLACED IN ANY OF HIS STATEMENTS. THAT HE COULD NOT BE TRUSTED AND THAT HE IS UNWORTHY OF THE CONFIDENCE OF HONEST MEN. Once in awhile or on rare occasions the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson the better nature of the Rev. Honor-Carey, Ph.D. D. D. and that Mr. Swann able Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph., D. had appropriated the money for his own D. D. forces itself to the front and at use or personal benefit in living high. such times he appears to be honest with. That Mr. Swann was so rank in his himself as well as with his fellow men, method in gathering in money while he was in such a state or frame of mind serving as his secretary that he greatly Wednesday morning, June 11, 1918, at lowered his ministeral standing in Ohio the time that he held a long conversa-cage and that was the chief cause or tion with Julius F. Taylor on the third reason why he caused him to help a floor of the state house, Springfield, stepping mighty light after that when Ill., it was late in the foremonon that however he would come near unto the Indate when he unbosomed himself very stitutional Church. freely to use in relation to the many The political Demo. Republican Lindishonest acts on the part of Mr. Thos.coln League pastor of the Institutional Wallace Swann; he wanted it distinctlyChurch further informed the writer to understood that in case that the writerthe effect at that time that "on dewould appear before the committee on pendence could be placed in any state-appropriations that same afternoon and ments which might be made by Mr. make a talk in favor of appropriating Swann, that he could not be trusted and twenty-five thousand dollars to assist that he is unworthy of the confidence the Colored people residing in this stateof honest men." to celebrate their freedom in 1915; that In view of the fact that Mr. Swann he the Rev, Honorable Archibald Jack has delighted in the past to brand the son Carey, Ph.D. D. D. "would never Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson be in favor of permitting Thomas Wal-Carey, Ph.D. D. D. as being full of lace Swann to have any official com-dishonest tricks and at all times unertion with the affair in any manner, frustworthy and in as much as the Rev. shape or form. The Rev. Honorable Archibald Jack-Ph. D. D. D. has not hesitated in freely son Carey, Ph. D. D. D. contending at condemning Mr. Swann, accusing him of that time that Mr. Swann was ever doing dishonest things that no decent ready to dart out from under his bestgentleman should do and as neither one friends if it would enable him to gainof them reflect any special credit upon a point for himself; that he had thethe Afro-Americans residing in this habit of permitting other people'sstate or in any other part of the money to stick to his fingers; that atcountry; therefore Governor Edward P. various times while acting as his secre-Dunne could not perform any noblestary Mr. Swann solicited or collected act than to forthwith remove both of money amounting to more than onethem from all official connection with hundred dollars which belonged to him, the Illinois State Commission. Vol. XVIII Gov. Edward Could Not Nobler A Afro-African of I THAN BY SEPARATING THE REV. CAREY AND THOMAS WALLACE, NECTION WITH THE ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1913, WE POLITICAL DEMO-REPUBLIC STITUTIONAL CHURCH UNION JULIUS F. TAYLOR IN RELIEF, THOMAS WALLACE SWANN. HE CONTENDED THAT MR. SWAN MONEY AMOUNTING TO MONEY WHICH BELONGED TO HIM. THAT HE APPROPRIATED THE REV. HIGH THAT HE GREATLY INFORE REV. CAREY IN CHICAGO. THAT NO DEPENDENCE COULD MENTS. THAT HE COULD NO WORTHY OF THE CONFIDENCE. Once in awhile or on rare occasion the better nature of the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph., D. D. forces itself to the front and such times he appears to be honest with himself as well as with his fellow men he was in such a state or frame of mind Wednesday morning, June 11, 1918, the time that he held a long conversation with Julius F. Taylor on the third floor of the state house, Springfield, Ill., it was late in the forenoon on the date when he unobscured himself we freely to use in relation to the mass dishonest acts on the part of Mr. The Wallace Swann; he wanted it distinctly understood that in case that the writer would appear before the committee of appropriations that same afternoon and make a talk in favor of appropriating twenty-five thousand dollars to assist the Colored people residing in this state to celebrate their freedom in 1915; he the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. "would never be in favor of permitting Thomas Wallace Swann to have any official concession with the affair in any manner shape or form. The Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. contending at that time that Mr. Swann was ever ready to dart out from under his best friends if it would enable him to gain a point for himself; that he had the habit of permitting other people money to stick to his fingers; that a various times while acting as his secretary Mr. Swann solicited or collected money amounting to more than one hundred dollars which belonged to him. THE LOUISE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS IS RUNNING AT FULL BLAST. On Monday evening the trustees of the Louise Training School for Coloreed Boys, met at the home at 6129 South Loomis street, and the following are the trustees who will serve for the first year: Jailer Will T. Davies, J. Gray Luces, William O. La Monte, John L. Whitman, J. G. Brumfield, C. M. Reed, the Rev. F. Emory Lyon, Julius F. Taylor, the Rev. Lee Jefferson, James McDonald, Mrs. Alice J. Caldwell, Mrs. E. J. Jenkinson, Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald and Mrs. Georgia Davies. The newly elected officers for the coming year are: Will T. Davies, President, Julius O. Brumfield, vice-President, John L. Whitman, Treasurer, Wm. O. La Monte, secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, superintendent, Mrs. Gertrude Howe-Britton, Mrs. E. J. Jenkinson, Mrs Alice J. Caldwell, Mrs. Georgia Davies and Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, comprise the house committee. Between 40 and 50 boys, can be comfortably provided, for at the training school. They will be received from 2 to 17 years of age. Mr. James, McDonald after several months of hard work, has succeeded in transforming the home into a beautiful place and it is thoroughly sanitary in every respect. Well on 20 boys have no far been committed to it by the Juvenile and the other courts of Cook county and with some of the best people in this city aiding Mrs. McDonald, in her good work, and her new departure; she is bound to make a success of it. GOVERNOR EUGENE N. FOSS OF MASSACHUSETTS, DESERTS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND REJOINS THE GRAND OLD PARTY. This week, Governor Eugene N. Foss of Massachusetts, who has been elected Governor of that state three times, on the Democratic ticket, and who so proudly rode at the head of the National Guard of his state, in the inaugural parade, on the 4th of March, at Washington, D. C., and who threw up his hat and shouted long and loud for President Woodrow Wilson, and who was also himself a candidate for President of the United States, at the Baltimore. Convention, has deserted the Democratic party and re-joined the Grand Old Republican party. Gov. Foss contends, that his views called to harmonize with the tariff CHICAGO, AUGUST 23, 1913 A. THE LATE ALEXANDER SULLIVAN. Alexander Sullivan, one of the prominent attorneys of Chicago, and widely known in this and in the old country as well as an eminent leader of the Irish-Americans; passed away Thursday evening at St. Joseph's Hospital, from complications which followed blood poisoning. Several days ago Mr. Sullivan became lame, in one of his ankles. Investigation showed that blood poisoning had set in from an infection in his heel. The infection rapidly spread to his leg. Complications in the form of lung and kidney ailments set in and he became critically ill. Although hope was expressed at the hospital that if Mr. Sullivan successfully passed the pneumonia crisis he would improve rapidly, the Rev. M. J. Dorne, pastor of St. Gabriel's church, remained all Wednesday night with the patient. Efforts had been made to get into telegraphic communication with a brother, Eugene Sullivan, who lives in Canada. Mr. Sullivan's half-brother, Father Bush of the diocese of Pittsburgh, has already been notified. Father British Army Officer. Alexander Sullivan was born in 1847 at Waterville, Me. His father and mother were both Irish, the father being an officer in the British army. Mr. Sullivan's first work was in a boot and shoe shop in Detroit. The boot and shoe business could not hold him, however, for he had a natural gift for public speaking, and was a politician before he was out of knickerbockers. His first important political work was done in 1868, when he stumed the country for Grant. For this he was rewarded by being appointed collector of the internal revenue in New Mexico. Mr. Sullivan came to Chicago in 1873 and went to work as a reporter on the old Chicago Times. There he met his wife, then Margaret Buchanan, an editorial writer on the newspaper. After a year of reportorial work Mr. Sullivan was appointed secretary of the board of local improvements by Mayor Colvin. While in that position he studied law and subsequently was admitted to the bar. measures advocated by President Wilson, and the leaders of the national democratic party. Gov. Foss favors a tariff commission. He thinks that a commission of that character composed of high minded men, could for some years to come, settle the tariff question. He declares, that his hat is in the ring; that he may keep it there and seek the nomination for Governor of Massachusetts for the fourth time on the Republican-Democratic ticket. "SATURDAY NIGHT HOP." At the West Michigan Resort In Honor of Mr. Edward H. Wright. This evening a."Saturday night hop" will be given at the West Michigan resort, near Benton Harbor, Mich., in honor of Mr. Edward H. Wright. The following is the committee on arrangements: In August of 1876 Mr. Sullivan figured in an incident that startled Chicago. His wife, who was teaching in the public schools, had been insulted, as he believed, in a letter which Francis Hanford, principal of the North Division High School, had written about her. Sullivan called on Hanford to demand an explanation. The meeting resulted in Sullivan shooting Hanford dead. He was twice tried. At the first trial the jury disagreed; at the second he was acquitted. During all of this time Mr. Sullivan had been an active spirit in Irish politics in this country. In 1883 he was elected president of the Irish Land League of America. Campaigns for James G. Blaine. In 1884 he took the stump-for James G. Blaine and did such effective work that he was discussed as a candidate for vice-president. In 1898 Mr. Sullivan was one of the so-called "triangle" in the Clam-na-Gael which was brought into the general dispute over the murder of Dr. P. H. Cronin in Chicago. In 1903 Mrs. Sullivan died. Her husband's grief for her was great and he went into retirement. "All of the decedent's activities in the Irish cause were confined to this country,". "He was looked upon as a ruling factor here in Irish societies and was in the vanguard of the Irish National League of America. Charles Stewart Purnell and John E. Redmond always communicated with him before they took any steps in the Irish cause in the United States." For sometime Mr. Sullivan, maintained a fine suite of law offices in the Otis Building, Madison and La Salle streets and since the death of Mrs. Sullivan, he made his home at the Illinois Athletic Club. Funeral services were held over his remains Friday morning, at the Holy Name Cathedral, after which they were shipped to Detroit, Mich., where they will be laid to rest in Mt. Elliott Cemetery. In common with Mr. Sullivan's legions of friends we exceedingly regret his death. W. B. Cowan, Chairman, S. B. Turner, Atty. W. G. Anderson, Atty. Geo. W. Blackwell, Hon. Edw. H. Wright, Jas. T. Brewington, Jr., Dr. Gordon Jackson, Dr. Harry Garnes, Frank L. Hamilton, Mrs. Violet N. Anderson, Mrs. Mark Cowan, Mrs. A. Lane and Mrs. Martha B. Anderson. Prior to the dancing, the following program will be rendered: Address by toastmaster, W. G. Anderson; "'The Birthday of our Guest'" W. B. Cowan; "'Woman and her relation to Home,'" Prof. William Emanuel, Vocal solo, Mrs. Alice E. Houston, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Response, Mrs. Edward H. Wright; Dancing. Rev. Archibald Jackson Carey and His Selfish And Shorted Sighted Acts Briefly Reviewed IN CONNECTION WITH THE ILLINOIS COMMISSION HE SELECTED HIS BOSOM FRIEND AND PAL THOMAS WALLACE SWANN AS ITS SECRETARY. THE GOOD TIME AFRO-AMERICANS ARE SCORED FOR RECKLESSLY SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON EXCURSIONS, PICNICS AND SO ON. ON THE EVE OF AN APPROACHING WINTER. IF THEY WOULD SAVE THEIR MONEY THUS EXPENDED AND INVEST IT UNITEDLY IN SOME KIND OF BUSINESS THEY WOULD SOON BECOME A POWER IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. UNITED STATES SENATORS, BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN, HOKE SMITH AND JAMES K. VARDAMAN SHARPLY CENSURED FOR ENTERTAINING NARROW IDEAS PERTAINING TO THE AFRO-AMERICANS. FROM THE MAN ON THE CORNER In the late legislature, House Bill No. 919 which measure was calculated to redound to the benefit of the Colored people of the State of Ill., and not alone of this State, but of the entire Nation in that, should they demonstrate ability, it could not but prove as predicted for it. In harmony with the law, the Governor appointed a board of commissioners, (himself at the head as the law read) two of whom was selected from each branch of the legislature, to wit: the House and the Senate, and four outsiders, those from the outside, were: Rev. A. J. Carey, Bishop Samuel Fallows, Mrs. Susan Lawrence Jordan-Dahl, and Major Ford, at once a hue and cry was raised that the Governor had made an error, in naming Dr. Carey, in that he would not fairly represent the Colored people, and that he would at once favor the naming of a man with a decidedly unsavored record, and who, by the way, was by him, named for Secretary, in the person of Thomas Wallace Swann. But not content with naming this man, he caused the general offices to be located in the Institutional Church, his church and then had his daughter named as assistant Secretary. The how that has gone up has necessitated the drawing upon his very resourceful make up to silence the Colored people, as a result, Dr. H. J. Caffis was by him named, and offered an honorary position, but who declined, with a red hot letter censuring Rev. Carey, published in The Broad Ax, of the current week, "Comes now a time when the commission must have money, upon application to the State Treasurer, they were promptly informed that the Treasury was bare, akin to the "cubboard of old mother Hubbard," right here the Colored man who essay to be great race loving men, could come to the rescue, advance the necessary cash, discount the paper, hold same until the State could pay, and thereby become real race benefactors. It is to be the Negro Bankers that I allude, no, they will stand idly by, and wait until some of the favored race step into the breach advance the money, and have poor "Ham setting on the fence, gaping, rather upon the situation seriously, first that the "Brothers" are divided. Next the locating of the headquarters in a Church house, thereby making it a sectarian affair, and prejudicing all the other Churches against the effort with the knowledge that the members of the late legislature must have been possession of, at the time that the appropriation for the Colored exhibit was made, it would appear that some one of them, would have seen that, in as much as the State was, at that very time threatened with facing a depleted treasury, that they would have raised the question of the propriety of making an additional appropriation for the Colored exhibit, thus it might have brought the individual into disrepute for the time, but for the time only, as subsequent events would have proven the wisdom of the act, but no, all, even down to the sole and only Colored member, voted aye, upon the measure, and left the race standing helpless, but what's the use, it is popularity, and not ability, which the Colored voter looks for when he is selecting a person to represent the race in a pronounced way. The high cost of living has attracted the Colored brother, and he too, has felt the pressure, it requires no philosopher, to tell of some of the reasons, for a glance at the late census discloses the fact, that the late report shows that the population in the United States increased something over 10 million, while the same book shows, that covering the same time, that the meat products reduced sixteen million head, this not only applies to cattle, but all along the line, so that this is one of the causes for the high cost of food stuff. The "good old summer time" is by the Colored brother surely enjoyed, for it is a City like unto Chicago that one can witness Moonlight boat excursions, innumerable pies, and in fact all sorts of out of door junteings and to which with rare exceptions the race takes most kindly, ever forgetful that the long dreary winter is just over the way. The Knights of Pythians, are to leave on Saturday next for Baltimore, via New York, and Washington, D. C., and other points, which will cost a sum approximating $5000.00. If the head men in that order could influence the members that to invest that much money each year in some of the many paying things offered that within a few years they would be a world reening force in the financial world, notably among the Colored people. That Senators Tillman, Hoke, Smith and Vardamman, all gentlemen? from "Way down youder" are in the saddle, goes without saying, since they declined to confirm a race man to all the position of register of the treasury the "Jim Crowing" of the Departments is another evidence of the fact. But it is gratifying to note that while we serve to give the best to the scene thier is yet other sections of the Country which are raising the latent forces of the Nation, and which sooner or later it is hoped will invite Messrs. Tillman, Hoke, Smith and Vardammans attention in an official way, and during the interim, we will be given a rest, even though it be but the rest for the once.—From the Man on the Corner. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. T. Watkins, 3333 Calumet avenue; left Saturday afternoon, on a months vacation or honey-moon trip for Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, Pa., Baltimore, Md., where they will be in evidence at the K. Pa. convention, New York City, Atlantic City, N. J., Boston, Mass., Quebec and Montreal, Canada. Mrs. Harry Stanton Brown, 2824 Calumet avenue; will on Tuesday August 28, receive from 8 to 5, in honor of Mrs. Lottie Meredith Cooper, of New York City. No. 47 THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promigrate and at all times uphold the tree principles of Democracy, but Oath-bearer of the Constitution, and the Medal of Honor. Single Taxes, Republics, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. 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Take care of the child and when it reaches the earning stage it will be better able to take care of you. If the baby that lies cooing and smiling in its mother's arms could talk, here is, perhaps, what it would say: "This is a very strange world to me. I have not been here long enough to get acquainted with it and to understand its ways; but I hope and trust you are going to be good to me. Oh, yes, I understand that you are mighty glad I came and that all the money in the world would not tempt you to part with me, still I am beginning to be a little bit doubtful as to your good intentions. For example, yesterday when I wanted a drink of water and asked for it in the only way I know how, the nurse took me up and trotted me on her knee and then turned me over on my stomach and patted me on the back; still I kept on yelling for that drink of water, until at last the nurse concluded I had the colic and put a few drops of something on a teaspoon, added a little milk and forced the nasty stuff down my throat in spite of the fact, that I kicked with all my might and jried and "hollered" to beat the band. But with all my kicking and yelling the nurse got most of the stuff down my throat and in a little while I went to sleep and woke up with a heap worse thirst than I had before. My, how I did want a drink of water; so I just set up another howl—I guess that is what they call it when a baby tries to tell what it wants—and just then my grandma came in, took me up in her arms and after cuddling me a little bit, she said to my nurse, "Jane, bring me some of that cooled boiled water, this boy wants a drink of water and I know it. My, how good that water tasted. Grandma said I took three whole teaspoonful, which I did, and wanted more, but Grandma said I'd had enough. I felt just fine after that big drink of water, the first I'd had for a week, and I just kind of rolled over and went to sleep in Grandma's lap and had a nice long nap; when I woke up I was so humgy that I took all the food there was in the bottle that nurse gave me and wanted more. I wonder why it is that big people don't understand that a baby wants a drink of water two or three times a day instead of having milk all the time. I wonder why?" Mrs. I. L. Tanner of 5219 Dearborn St. has left the city on an extended visit to Mrs. Peach of Denver, Col. Mrs. E. Boyd, and children of 14 E. 56th st., has left the city to visit at the Pentwater, Mich. Resort. And will continue on to Grand Rapids, to visit Mrs. J. A. Lasha. Little Thelma, Merchant, of 5207 State st. has gone to Lookpart, Ill., to be with her mother, Sadie Merchant, for the summer. Hurry back we miss you Thelma. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Warner, of 5033 Dearborn St. will leave this morning for West Michigan Resort. After which Mrs. Warner will visit in Kalamance and Globeville, Mich. Mr. Warner will continue on to Springfield, Ill., and St. Louis, Me. Mrs. Marie Senate, wife of Dr. A. S. Senate, of 5034 State St., is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. Stevenson, of Versailles, Ky. While en-route home she will visit friends and relatives in Louisville, Ky. The charming Mrs. Senate will return. Sept. 1st. Mrs. George Gough and Mrs. W. Moore and her two children of Detroit, Mich., are in our city visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Holly, of 5243 Dearborn st. They will leave for their home city Sept. 1st. Mrs. Gough resides at 309 Mullet St., and Mrs. W. Moore at 323 E. Euclid Ave., Detroit, Mich. Mrs. D. E. Carpenter, of 7 E. 52nd St. has left the city for Jacksonville, Ill., to visit her mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Douglass. She will return in a few days. Mrs. H. Smith, 5241 Wabash Ave., has just returned from a visit across the Lake, Grand Rapids, Mich., to her sister Mrs. Lucy Wilson. Mrs. Jackson accompanied her. Both report an excellent trip. Miss Martha Gardner, 5729 Lafayette Ave., is visiting her mother in Sandusky, Ohio. While there she will attend the Perry Exhibition at Put-in-Bay. AMANDA SMITH INDUSTRIAL · SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. With the New Work.-Officers Judge Pickney and Social Service Workers.-Dedication Exercises Labor Day. At Judge Pickney's Court room Thursday afternoon, August 7th, the first general committee meeting of the officers of Amanda Smith Industrial School for girls was held and the occasion marked a new era in the work of educating, training and generally promoting the welfare of dependent Coled girls in Chicago. It was a splendid meeting of representative men and women who are working together with enthusiasm to see that dependent Colored girls are given an equal opportunity with all other girls, to be educated and trained in manual and domestic arts. For years our Colored citizens have felt the need of such a work. Neither State nor county have any public Institution for dependent girls; both depend upon the schools and Institutions founded by private charity, and these generally refuse to accept Colored girls. The result has been that the Colored dependent girls have been denied the benefits of school advantages calculated to educate and fit them for making their way in the world. Both Protestant and Catholic Institutions draw the color line agains Colored girls, and having no suitable place to send our orphan and dependent girls, it became necessary at times to send dependent girls to the State School for delinquent girls, when they should have had the care and training of dependent girls. That is a most unjust condition of public affairs which gives to a White orphan girl, care, education and training in a school and then instead of caring for an orphan Colored girl either farms her out in private homes or sends her to prison. Finally the Catholics organized a Training School to receive Colored girls. They would not receive Colored girls in their schools already established but this new school furnished a place for Colored Catholic girls. As it was the only Industrial School which would receive Colored girls, both Protestant and Catholic Colored girls were sent there from the Juvenile Court. Hence the public interest in this new work. The Amanda Smith Orphan Home at North Harvey has kept its doors open 12 years for Colored orphan and dependent children. The splendid work was founded and during twelve years supported by Amanda Smith, without county or state support. This well known Institution splendidly situated upon its own grounds and in its own buildings appeals to all thoughtful Colored people as the logical place for our dependent girls and when the Board of Directors applied for a Charter which would enable it to take girls directly from the Juvenile Court of Chicago, and county Courts all over the State, the public gladly approved the movements. Leaders in the social, civic and religious life of Chicago Colored people, have joined in the new work and pledge their best efforts to make the school a success. The meeting Thursday showed the strength of this movement by the large number of representative persons present, and their conference with Judge Pickney and Chief Probation officer Hunter was full of encouragement and gave assurance of hearty co-operation and good will. Addresses were made by Judge Pickney and Mr. Hunter then by different officers of the School and Representatives of Auxiliary organizations. Public dedication Exercises will be held at the Home Buildings in North Harvey on Labor Day and friends of the New Work will have opportunity to become fully acquainted with the details of work and the plans for future development.—"F." SHORE FACTORY BY COLUMBIA MARK. J. A. Jackson, of 1308 Poplar street, Philadelphia, Pa., has installed $1,000 of machinery to manufacture shoes. He is the First Colored man to manufacture shoes in that city. Read Citizens, sign your name and address and mail to the editor of this paper Get several names. PETITION. This is to certify that we, the undersigned, are surprised and indignant that under your administration there should be any rule made by members of your cabinet to segregate employees of the national government by race or color. We protest against this as a plain insult, public degradation, and insufferable injury to Colored Americans, the establishment of caste in this free Republic. We petition you to reverse, prevent and forbid any such movement to your bureau chiefs, in accord with your promises of fair, friendly, just and Christian treatment of your Colored fellow-citizens. To the President of the United States, Hon. Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D. C. Sir: This is to certify that we, the that under your administration there your cabinet to segregate employees of We protest against this as a plain in- jury to Colored Americans, the estal We petition you to reverse, prevent bureau chiefs, in accord with your pro- treatment of your Colored fellow-aitize Name Address Name Address Name Address MAJOR BOBERT R. JACKSON, REPRESENTATIVE from the second district, No part of the Second Ward Citizens Aldermanic League, knows Nothing About its Origin. In sympathy With any Movement, that is in the Interest of the Race, as Well as all Other Good Citizens. Purposes of the Second Ward Citizens Aldermanic League: First to Select a Representative Colored Man for Alderman. Second: To Ask a Place for Him on the Regular Ticket in the Primaries. Third: To Elect Him to the City Council. There will be no End to the Fight Until Success Follows. Further Information May be Obtained at 3638 State St., Headquarters. To the General Public: Referring to the article published in one of the newspapers August 16, under the head of "Major R. R. Jackson, a modern Goliath," will say, I am in a position to state that Major R. R. Jackson has no part in the Second Ward Citizens Aldermanic League and knows nothing of its origin, except through a conversation which we had together on Tuesday afternoon, August 19th, after the article appeared in the paper, but Major Jackson, like all other good citizens with the highest interest of the race at heart, is in sympathy with any movement that has a tendency to elevate any citizen. The officers and members of the Second Ward Citizens Aldermanic League, will bear me out in saying that Major Jackson has not been identified with the movement in any way, either in person or by communication. The men who originated this movement have united themselves in this fight, are all American citizens. They are men who are making their daily bread by the sweat of their brows and by the success of the business enterprises which they are conducting. They are not looking to any one for a dollar. They have no personal interests to gain, but the interests of the race, and have done no more than other good citizens of other races have done. One thing they have decided upon that is with the officers and members of the league, and that is "no backward steps will be taken, but the forward march." Our motto is "no criticism but success." Every other nationality and race in the city is represented in the city council, and why not our names be written there! We believe this is one of the best movements that has ever been made in the city, and feel confident of the cooperation of all the best citizens of the second ward, as well as of the press and believe success will crown our effort. If the writer, who submitted the article to the paper referred to, disires further information, it may be obtained readily at the treasurer's office, 3638 State St. 2nd floor. Yours respectfully, M. T. BAILEY, Treasurer. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH, Rev. Callis, Pastor, 38th and Dearborn Streets. During the services of last Sunday the following new members were received into the church: Mrs. Mamie Evans, Mrs. A. Williams, Mrs. A. Smith, and Mrs. Dollie Bennett. At the evening service Rev. Callis prefaced his sermon with a short talk upon the Perry Centennial. Rev. Callis gave special attention to the part the Negro seamen played in that memorable victory and urged the grammar and high school children to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the Perry Centennial Commission which will award medals for the best essays upon subjects relating to the Battle of Lake Erie. The services next Sunday will be as usual. Rev. and Mrs. Callis are in attendance upon the meeting of the Connecticut Council in Pittsburgh, Pa. However, the pastor expects to return to the city for the Sunday services. Rev. Callis here to the Connectional Council an invitation from the Chicago Association of Commerce, inviting the General Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church to convene in this city in 1916. Mrs. Lottie Pope is preparing to astonish the members and friends of the church with a very novel entertainment in the very near future. Watch for the name and date. Sunday, August 31st, has been set apart as Educational Day. Great preparations are being made. In the afternoon Rev. H. E. Stewart of Wayman Chapel, A. M. E. Zion Church, will preach for us. In the evening Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams will give an address."C." Trying to find Uses for Ailauthus. Excelsior can not be made from any or all woods. According to the popular notion it is aproduct of wood waste, but this is not usually the case. For example, the forest service, which has been experimenting to discover uses for ailanthus, sometimes known as Paradise Tree or Tree of Heaven, finds that it probably will not make good excelsior. There are great quantities of ailanthus in the east, and especially in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, where it has been naturalized from specimens introduced from China until it is now more abundant than some of the native species. Its wood has been used in small quantities for boxes and crates, but no other use has been reported. The Indiana state board of forestry and the forest service co-operated in securing a small consignment for an excelsior factory, where it was found that allanthus does not work up into good excelsior because the product was not springy and the strands tended to break and crumble under pressure. This may have been due in some measure to the fact that the wood has been kiln dried, and further experiments will be undertaken to see whether air-died material, after a six-months seasoning, will be more satisfactory. The fashions for next autumn, according to Paris information will include skirts made with "peg-tops" like men's trousers, with cuffs. The slit skirt will be gashed higher than ever—to the knees in advanced styles—and the slit will be in front, but the extreme ones will have buttons so they may be as radical as desired. Skirts will be tight at the bottom and draped from the hips down. At the bottom they will be folded upward into the "peg-tops," as the new arrangement is called. The tendency is toward short jackets, reaching only to the hips—Russian effect—and with fur trimmed collars and cuffs. Both suits and coats will be in the popular Japanese effect. Various shades will be worn with green predominant, and gold and silver brocade will be used extensively on both dresses and wraps. The fur used in dress trimming will be dyed, with purple probably the most popular color. Afternoon dresses will be trimmed chiefly in the back instead of the front, with sleeves suggesting the kimono. Hats will be medium sized or small, and largely green, purple, red or black. NEGRO HURTS OWN CHANGES. Statistics Before National Colored Business League Show Race at Disadvantage in Big Cities. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 21.—Today's sessions of the National Negro Business League convention was devoted to a discussion of general merchandising, the development of insurance business among Negroes, the Negro inventor, and the forward to the country movement among members of the race. Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York were mentioned as having an excess Negre population measured by the opportunities the Colored man has in these cities. Mrs. Noah D. Thompson, of Los Angeles, Cal., recently delivered a very fine eulogy, on the life of Rev. J. W. Gooch, of that city, who had resided in the sunny climes of California, for forty add verses. WANT JACK JOHNSON BABRED. London Actors Condemn Engagement of Negro Pugilist, and Contract May be Cancelled. London, Aug. 21.—The engagement of Jack Johnson, the American heavyweight pugilist, by a London music hall was condemned at a meeting today of the Variety Artists' federation. Regret was expressed that the rules of the federation prevent the executive committee from taking drastic action. A resolution was adopted chacterizing the engagement of Johnson as a violation of public decency. Hostility to the Negro boxer's appearance on the stage is becoming greater and it seems likely that his engagement will be cancelled. DIABYMAN WANTED FOR PART-NER. Wanted by C. Biggs, farm dairman, good reliable man for partner in dairy, with small capital. For further information, apply at dairy, 321 E. 87th Street. Chicago, Ill. CHIPS Editor Charles C. Wilson, of Cairo, Ill., has spent the past week in Chicago. Attorney De-Witt Hardin, has a nice law office at 3522 S. State street, where he will be pleased to receive his many clients. Attorney A. L. Williams, suite 706 Firmenich Building, 184 W. Washington street, makes a specialty of personal injury cases. Mrs. A. Wilberforce Williams, 3408 Vernon avenue; left Monday evening, on a two weeks visit, with her sister Mrs. J. W. Neely, at Buxton, Iowa. Edward D. Green, left Monday morning for Pittsburgh, Pa., his old home and from there he will journey on to Washington, D. C., and Baltimore, Md., where he will take part in the K. Pe' doings and convention. He will be absent two weeks. Miss Nora Comerford, who has for years been the head book keeper and cashier for John J. Dunn the extensive wholesale and retail coal merchant, corner 51st and Federal streets; is spending her vacation in and near New York City. Maj. John C. Buckner, 3638 Dearborn street; will leave this morning on a visit to New York, Philadelphia, Pa., Washington, D. C., and Baltimore, Md., and other eastern points, while in the last named city; he will be the guest of Maj. Robert R. Jackson, for one week. Miss Mary Gaines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Gaines, 5140 Wentworth avenue, was on Wednesday evening united in marriage to Mr Robert Dill. Rev. Father J. B. Massiah, officiating The newly married couple received many useful and beautiful presents. They will take a short honeymoon trip and departed immediately after the wedding for East St. Louis, Ill. Hon. Miles J. Devine, former city attorney of Chicago, grand marshal of the Cook County Democracy, left Thursday evening for Albany, New York, and New York city, while in the first named city he will call on Governor William Sulzer and offer his legal services to him free of charge during his impeachment trial. Mr. Devine will not return to Chicago until after the first of September. Corns do not seem to worry men When they have other ills. For they do lots of kicking when They have to foot the bills. —Clachnati Enquirest. 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 recognised by the chairman?" "I don't know his name, but he is a carpet manufacturer." Ownership of real estate is a certificate of thrift. The young man who seeks a position of responsibility can furnish no better recommendation than the deed to well chosen city or farm property paid for out of his earnings. Debt due to spendthrift habits is a tremendous handicap to the young married couple beginning life. Many a matrimonial ship has been wrecked on just such a rock. But debt assumed to purchase real estate is different. Instead of causing discouragement, and impairing a man's ability to succeed in his life work, it is a powerful incentive to industry, and almost infallibly adds thrift and good habits to the character. The most solid foundation of financial independence is the possession of real property, because as population increases its value constantly grows. The young man who is about to marry can give his bride no more eloquent proof of affection than her own home. It is a fact that the couple who begin married life under their own roof seldom end it in the divorce court-Chicago Journal. What a Sparrow Did What is perhaps the most remarkable accident that ever occurred was reported from Germany. A large touring car was traveling at fair speed along a boulevard lined with trees. Large flocks of sparrows were in the trees, and several boys were taking chances of being arrested by the police by shooting at the birds with sling shots. One pebble, particularly well aimed, struck a sparrow on the upper wing and sent him gliding through the air directly toward the driver of the car; the bird struck him full in the face, and in the next instant things began to happen. The driver clutched at his eyes, the car lurched into the ditch, knocking down a telegraph pole, valuted to a plowed field on the other side of the ditch, and went full force into a huge haystack. Despite this wild swerve, no one was even scratched except the driver, whose eyesight was damaged by the claws of the sparrow. The whole incident had taken far less time than needed to relate it—Leslie's. Origin of Norfolk Jackets What is the origin of the Norfolk jacket, and why the straps or plaits and belt? The name is derived from the county of Norfolk, on the southeast coast of England. The shores of the county are marshes intersected by tidal streams locally known as "the broads," an ideal spot for shooting wild fowl. The nature of the country is such that the shooter must carry his own game bag and ammunition, for loaders would be more bother than they are worth. Accordingly there developed a shooting jacket with conveniences for this employment, the belt for the carriage of the game bag and powder horn or cartouche box, the straps to distribute the weight more fairly upon the shoulders. Modern fashions of tailoring have retained these conveniences in a form of conventionalized ornament—New York Sun Mystery of a Missing Will. In July, 1910, Frederick Holden Turner, a well known London solicitor, had a stroke of paralysis which left him quite helpless, yet with his mind perfectly clear. Soon after his seizure he told his nurse to fetch a drawer from his writing table. He made her take out a particular paper and put this into an envelope and seal it. He then said, "Write on the outside, 'My last will.'" This she did also. The envelope was put back and the drawer locked. After Mr. Turner's death his nephew went with the nurse to the drawer, only to find that the will was missing from the still sealed envelope. The envelope itself was shown in court, but the mystery of the disappearance of its contents could not be solved—Pearson's Weekly. No Room For Cream. "My dear," said the young husband, "did you speak to the milkman about there being no cream on the milk?" "Yes. I told him about it this morning, and he has explained it satisfactorily. I think it is quite a credit to him too." "What did he say?" "He said that he always filled the jug so full that there is no room on the top for the cream."—Farm and Home. Science and the Milkman Housekeeper — What makes you so late with the milk these mornings? Milkman — Well, you see, mum, the pure food law don't allow us more than 25,000,000 bacteria to the gallon, an' you wouldn't believe how long it takes to count the little divvils!—Lipipcott's. Crual "Men are really too mean for anything!" "What's the trouble now?" "Why. I asked John for an automobile today, and he said that I must be contented with the splendid carriage that nature has given me." Judge Baked Potatoes When cooking baked potatoes it is a good idea to nip the ends off and grease them before placing in the oven. When finished you can take them out. gently break apart without spoiling their appearance and serve at once So Comforting. Hub—The doctor says if I keep working at this pace after money I shall be a wreck at forty-five. Wife—Never mind, dear. By that time we shall be able to afford it—Exchange. Those who fearlessly shoulder their burden generally find a loyal helper. RENT FREE TILL SEPT. 1ST. Modern apartments, steam heat, hot water the year around. 3 rooms, $22.00; 4 rooms, $37.50; 6 rooms, $32.00; 8 rooms, $40.00 to $42.50. AMERICAN APARTMENTS PLATS 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 fats to rent: 2420 La Salle St., 5 rooms, $12. 2720 Dearborn St., 7 rooms, $19. 3002 Armour Ave., 5 rooms, $14. 7554 Wentworth Ave., 5 rooms, $18. 7230 Wentworth Ave., 7 rooms, $22. S. Richardson, 160 N. 6th Ave., Room 506 Tel. Main 2153. 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. 72-884. 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, 4451-88 South State Street, four (4) room apartments. 4519-88 Evans Avenue, six room apartments. 3808 Rhedes Avenue, House eight rooms in perfect condition. Inquire, Chicago Real Estate Loan 117 North Dearborn Street Room 604, and Trust Company, Prepared. "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 crashes is allowed A sudden explosion, a wave of the hand, Man passeth from life into Gabriel's band. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 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?" o "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 glorious 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 owes 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 Crane to think of the care that's fed. Saturday is a day to brightly Look 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 Stateman. Uses For Old British Uniforms. Black cloth clothes purchased by secondhand dealers, provided they are too far gone to be "reylived," are sent to France, Russia and Poland to be made into caps, which the working people of these countries wear. The castoff red coats of the British soldiers almost all go to Holland, for in that damp country the people have a notion that red cloth keeps off rheumatism. Therefore, all careful Dutchmen of the laboring classes wear red cloth waltzcoats next their skin. These are made by cutting off the sleeves of the British soldiers' red coats and altering the shape a little. The showy uniforms of the guards and the full dress liveries of the lord mayor's footmen and the royal servants come into the hands of the old clothes dealers and go chiefly to the south coast of Africa, where they are sold to the native chiefs. Travelers are sometimes amused at being received in full state by a swarthy chief on his throne dressed out in footman's livery or a rifleman's uniform.—London Answers. The Country Boy's Creed. "I believe that the country, which God made, is more beautiful than the city, which man made; that life out of doors and in touch with the earth is the natural life of man. I believe that work is work wherever we find it, but that work with nature is more inspiring than work with the most intricate machinery. I believe that the dignity of labor depends, not on what you do, but on how you do it; that opportunity comes to a boy on the farm as often as to the boy in the city; that life is larger and freer and happier on the farm than in town; that my success depends, not upon my location, but upon myself; not upon my dreams, but upon what I actually do; not upon luck, but upon pluck. I believe in working when you work and in playing when you play and in giving and demanding a square deal in every act of life."—Suburban Life. Conserve Your Steam A man who never amounted to much once got a job running the engine of a sawmill. He was greatly impressed with the importance of his position and wanted every one to know that he was the man who made all the wheels go round. The first morning he steambed up the engine he jerked the whistle wide open and made the welkin ring for miles around, saying to himself as the echoes bounced over the hills, "I am certainly the big noise in this part of the country." Just then the foreman started the force on a big day's work and discovered that there was not enough steam left to start the machinery. He of the big noise was promptly canned, and the job was given to a hole. Moral—You can't saw wood if you use all the steam blowing your whistle.—Exchange. Poe's Airship Hoax. Edgar Allen Poe was a pioneer in the art of aerial hoaxing. In 1844 the New York Sun announced one morning: "Astounding news! Atlantic crossed in three days! Triumph of Mr. Monck Mason's flying machine!" Folks rushed for the paper, and found therein a long and detailed account of the crossing of the Atlantic in a steerable balloon by Mr. Monck Mason, Harrison Alnsworth and four others. The balloon was minutely described, long extracts were printed from a disy which Harrison Alnsworth was supposed to have kept on the way, and the whole story had such a touch of truth that it took some days for New Yorkers to realize how completely they had been hoaxed.—London Chronicle. Good Sitters. Turkish women are said to have one accomplishment in which they excel the women of all other nationalities. They know how to sit. Hester Donaldson Jenkins calls attention to the fact that the Turkish verb to sit is used where occidentals would use to live, or stay, or visit. To the question, "Where are you living?" one gets the reply, "I am sitting in Stamboul." Or to the question, "Are you married?" the answer will be, "No. I am sitting at home." And when they sit they sit quietly, "in the perfect repose of a sleeping cat." They don't have to keep their hands busy. They don't crochet or knit. They just sit. Redeemed Himself. Sir Charles Napier had an effective method of dealing with cowards. On one occasion a flying soldier was stopped by his fellows, who were about to shoot him when the general intervened. "Give the man another chance," he ordered, "Place him in the front rank, and if he turns again let him be shot." The man eagerly embraced this chance of life, overcame his fears and fought bravely for the rest of the day. Humbled Her Pride. "Where did you learn French?" a Parisian asked a New York woman traveling abroad. "From a native," was the proud answer. "Ah," said the Frenchwoman, "A native of what?" All Off. Jack—So the doctor said you had to hacoce heart. Have you told your fiance? Tom—Yes, and she's given me the marble one—Boston Transcript. Naturally. Judge—You said the defendant turned and whistled to the dog. What followed? Witness—The dog—Illinois Siren. Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful, but avoid all unnecessary actions. Weight Dead and Alive. It is a very popular idea that a person when dead weighs heavier than when living. One reason that a dead body is thought to be heavier than a living one is probably this: In carrying a living person we have the center of gravity adapted by the person carried to suit the convenience of the carrier and maintained in a position as far as possible to fall within the base of his body. Again, the elasticity of the structure of the body, especially the cartilages, though not in reality diminishing the weight, gives an appearance of lightness, as we see in the beautiful movements of the stag, and this would seem to corroborate the notion that living creatures are lighter than dead ones. It has also been asserted that the breath makes the body lighter than the dead. But we need hardly say that a man when dead weighs no more than when living. They Eat the Bait Off the Hook They eat the Bark on the Rock. Of all sad things of tongue or pen, the saddest of all is the cuner, that skinny, bony little fish that knows how to enter the jaws of hell and carry off its teeth. This measly vermin of the pathless deep is stronger for its size than the lion of the desert or the red ant of tradition. It is quicker than the wit of woman and more elusive than the shadow of a dream. It is bolder than a Bengal tiger and more justly entitled to kingship among the creatures of the sea than Job's leviathan or the great whale of Scandinavian mythology. Hats off to the man. Man is both fearfully and wonderfully made, but in the presence of this superunny miracle of subaqueous evolution he stands humble and agast. The best way to get him is with a small hook about the size of a bent pin and a goose pimple full of clam.—New London Telegraph. The End of the Earth. The ancient Persians believed in the renovation of the earth. A comet in the course of its revolutions will strike the earth and set it on fire. Rivers of molten metals will float down the mountains and deluge the valleys. All men must pass through these streams. The good will find them like baths of milk. The evil will find them like torrents of lava, but they will be purified thereby and finally will join the good upon the new earth and sing praises to the eternal source of all. This belief was held also among the American Indians and the Hindus. The Egyptians believed that the earth would be destroyed by fire and water. The Chaldeans said that when all the planets met in the sign of Capricorn the earth would be overwhelmed with a deluge of water, and whenever they all met in Cancer it would be consumed by fire. Sheets In Scotland The custom of sleeping in one large sheet, doubled at the foot, seems to have been peculiar to Scotland and to have made special impression on more than one English traveler. Fynes Moryson, writing in 1598, says, "They used but one sheet, open at the sides and top, but closed at the feet and so doubled," and John Ray, the naturalist, who visited Scotland about 1662, remarked that "it is the manner in some places there to lay on but one sheet as large as two, turned up from the feet upward." The practice, I imagine, was continued until recent times, and I have, when a boy, slept in a sheet of the kind. Such pieces of linen were termed "sheets," par excellence, the single coverings which are now used being called "half sheets"—London Tatler. Fixing the Price A shambling old negro went down the street leading a big dog with a "For Sale" sign on its collar. A little girl spied the dog and wanted it. She teased so hard that her mother finally asked its price. "Two dollars," said the negro. an expe-tant grin dividing his features. "Two dollars!" exclaimed the lady. "Why, the dog isn't worth that much! I give you 50 cents." The negro drew himself up indignantly. "Lady," he said. "Ah couldn't think of it. Why. de fellow Ah got his dog from gave me a dollish to get rid of him." - Everybody's. Cause For Tears Dr. Pitcairn, being in a church in Edinburgh where the preacher was not only emphatic, but shed tears copiously, was moved to inquire of a countryman who sat by him what it was all about. "What the deevil makes him greet?" was the inquiry. "Faith," said the man, slowly turning round, "ye had maybe greet yourselves" if ye was up there and had as little to say!"—Dundee Advertiser. Some Exercise "Duke," said the medical man, "you motor, ride horseback and biplane. You never walk. Your legs will become atrophied from lack of exercise." "My legs get some exercise, doctor. I kick the servants quite frequently." —Kansas City Journal. Origin of "Whisky." The word usk is an Anglicized form of the Welsh word wyg, a Celtic word meaning water. It is connected with the Irish word uisque, from which the Saxon gets the word whisky.—Cardiff Western Mall. Honk. Honkl "Did she come to the door when you serenaded her with your mandolin?" "No; but another fellow came along and brought her out with an auto born."—Washington Herald. Philosophy is nothing but discretion. —Seldon. All dreams are rapid. A tutor fell asleep as a scholar was reciting, dreamed a little-playlet and awoke to hear the end of the boy's sentence, elapsed time not more than fifteen seconds. Touch, sight and hearing are prominent in dreams, but taste and smell exceptionally rare. Dreams can be made to order by outsiders, but not by the dreamer. Yell "Fire!" in the ear of a sound sleeper or allow a sudden draft of cold air to play on the back of his neck and he will dream to order, but he can't go to sleep with his mind made up to dream of any certain thing and then actually dream of it. In spite of this fact books are sold in Europe which tell what one must do in order to dream the lucky number in the lottery. Furthermore, there are no ethics in dreamland. One sees or commits himself the most atrocious crime with no feeling of pity or guilt—Chicago Tribune. Power of Suggestion. What he calls an "effective suggestion test" is given by Professor Hugo Munsterberg in an article on "How Can We Know Ourselfs" in the Youth's Companion. "Draw several pairs of circles," writes the psychologist, "and let your friend decide which circle in each pair is the larger. In some cases make one circle slightly larger than the other; usually, however, make the circles of each pair the same size. In each circle write a figure of two digits. Although the circles are alike, you will find that if in one you have written a small number, such as twenty-one, and in the other a larger number, such as seventy-nine, the boy or girl who is open to suggestion will tell you that the circle that contains the higher number is the larger. The size of the number suggests a wrong idea about the size of the circles." Saved by April Fool Time When Francis, duke of Lorraine; and his wife were awaiting death in the prison of Nantes they chose as the day for an attempt to escape the 1st of April. Disguised as peasants, says a chronicler, the one bearing a hod on his shoulder, the other carrying a basket of rubbish on her back, they both at an early hour of the day passed through the gates of the city. A woman having a knowledge of their persons ran to the guard to give notice to the sentry. "April fool!" cried the soldier, and his comrades to a man shouted out, "April fool!" The governor, to whom the incident was related as a great jest, became suspicious, and ordered an investigation, but it was too late, for in the meantime the duke and his wife were well on their way. The 1st of April had saved them. Captain Cook's Shilling Young James Cook, destined later to become England's greatest navigator, was at seventeen placed on probation in the shop of a small tradesman at Staithes, near Whitby. Seeing a new shilling in the till, the lad took it out, replacing it by one of his own. The master, missing the bright shilling, searched Cook's box and found it there, sent for a constable and for Cook's father and charged the boy with theft. The boy declared his innocence and explained. The master expressed his regret, and, although Cook's father and the master both pressed him to stay, his reply was: "No. father. I can't Once a thief, always a thief. I must go." And he then went to Whitby and was there apprenticed to the sea—"Captain James Cook." "Chouse" Seymour. There was an Irish actor named Seymour, who had the nickname "Chouse," which came from his unlucky slip in the passage in "Othello," "When I love thee not chaos is come again." It was in Cork that he made the break, and Cork did not forget. When he returned a year later the city was placarded by an artist in chalk, "Chouse has come again." He played Othello, and the gallery observed, "Deuced good, Chouse!" The dying Moor sat up, shook his fist in the direction of the observer and invited him, if he were a man, to come down and have his head punched. Modern Ages As a Venerable Boa Constrictor was about to Narrate Some Reminiscences of his Youth. a pert young Chimpanzee remarked that "Snake Stories were an awful Boa." whereupon the Serpent did him in his Tall Enfold, saying that even Monkeys had their Place in the Economy of Nature. Moral. You should never sass a Person who has the Age on you—Boston Herald. American Literature. American literature is on the whole idealistic, sweet, delicate, nicely finished. * * * The notable exceptions are our most stalwart men of genius, Thoreau, Whitman and Mark Twain—John Albert Macy in "The Spirit of American Literature." Value of Hum The man who becomes a humorist is the man who contrives to retain a certain childlike seat and freshness of mind side by side with a large and tender tolerance.—Cornhill Magazine. Joining the Majority. Remember when you get the worst of it that you have again switched over on the side of the majority.—Al- bany Journal. Millet's Difficulties Two of Millet's famous pictures, the "Sower" and the "Binders," were produced in a damp studio, ineffectually warmed by a tiny stove. In order to keep warm he would work with his feet in big wooden shoes stuffed with straw, himself enveloped in a heavy horse cloth with a hole in the-center, through which he put his head! In these pictures Millet had simply sought to express with all his might one of the phases of man's unceasing combat with nature. But "political" parties drew their conclusions. The "labor" party declared that these pictures protested against the misery of the laborer, while official critics said that the artist sought to set class against class. At this time Millet willingly painted a signboard for a Parisian tradesman. But then he painted it so well in the end it figured in an exhibition of his works in the School of Fine Arts. Nickel In Soapmaking It will probably be news to the average ablutionist that the metal nickel is used in making his soap. And further, perhaps, he will be glad to learn that although the nickel, finely ground, is mixed with the other soap ingredients, the finished product contains none of it. This is so because the nickel acts as what the chemists call a catalyst—that it, its presence causes certain desirable changes to occur, although it takes no part in the chemical reaction. Offensive oils and those too thin for satisfactory use, when mixed with finely divided nickel and subjected to the action of a current of hydrogen, become deodorized and harder and suitable for the soap maker's use. Cottonseed oil, for example, after the nickel-hydrogen treatment, makes a satisfactory soap—New York Post. "Come Ye to the Waters." Julian Grande, who recently returned to England from Bible lands, has had some interesting things to say about Damascus. The pride of the district lies still in its rivers, Abana and Pharpar, but this does not hinder the citizens from polluting them with the refuse of the streets, making the water quite undrinkable in summer. Water is brought from a distance and sold in the streets at about a farthing a quart, and to buy a cupful of cold water and give it to "one of those little ones" is a typical act of eastern charity. Pious Moslems will buy water and then gather the thirsty children round them, using almost the very words of Isaiah-"Ho, every one that thirstest. come ye to the waters."—Homiletic Review. Force of Habit There is at Princeton an instructor in mathematics who was country bred, a fact that is frequently betrayed by some homely saying of his. One day an undergraduate had performed some peculiarly useless and complicated process in arriving at the solution of a problem when the instructor said: "This reminds me of a colt once owned by an old friend of mine down east. This colt was put out to pasture after having been fed from its birth in a box stall and watered at a trough in the yard. The pasture lay across a small river, and in the middle of the day the colt would swim the stream to go up to the barn for a drink of water."-Harper's Magazine. Oxford Terms A Rhodes scholar of Denver, speaking of Oxford, said: "Oxford is a funny place. Magdalen is pronounced Maudilin there. 'Full term' means three-quarters of a term. 'General admission' day is the day, not when you enter, but when you leave. An 'ordinary degree' is one obtained by a special examination. An 'inspector of arts' is not an inspector, but a student. "How queer, by jingo? How queer it all is! And if I go to the Oxford depot and ask for a ticket by train to London will they give me a passage by steamer to Marseilles?" — Exchange. The Great Violin Makers. The Great Violin Maker Antonio Stradivari, the famous violin maker of Cremona, lived 1649-1737. He was the pupil of Nicholas Amati and carried the Cremona type of violin to its highest perfection. The Amati, Nicholas and his sons, Jerome and Antonio, rank next to Stradivari if not with him. The Tyrolean makers, Jakob Stainer, 1621-83, and Matthias Klotz and his sons made violins that stand very high in the estimation of connoisseurs. Villaume of Paris is the most celebrated modern maker. "No, si;," remarked the young man, with a smile. "I'm only the bear of the head."—London Tit-Bits. No, He Wasn't Excited. Miss Rows—Was Gilbert excited when he proposed? Miss Violet—Well, we were in his car and he ran it backward for more than a mile without noticing it—Chicago News. "What's the trouble, old man? "I'm in a bad way. I lie awake nights thinking about my work. When when I'm at work I keep, going to sleep."-Pittsburgh Post. Conspicuous by Absence. The bridegroom is of little importance in a wedding, but let him fall to show up, and his stock suddenly flies in value - Minneapolis Journal. Curves of Japanese Roofs. Curves of Japanese Roots. Western architects are often pummed by the origin of the Japanese root curve and the ease with which Japanese carpenters can so accurately construct what their architects design. The curve of a Japanese temple roof is about as difficult a line to draw as man has contrived, but how the Japanese artists themselves succeed so well in reproducing it has never been explained. Modern artists and writers see in these unique and beautiful curves a resemblance to the sagging outlines of the primitive tents used ages ago by the forefathers of the Japanese race, who dwelt on the burning plains of China, but there does not appear to be any evidence to support such, a conclusion. The curve is a catenary, the most beautiful perhaps of all natural curves, formed by gravitation when a chain or cord is suspended between two points.—London Globe. Stear Clear of the Police. One thing that convicts careless automobile drivers beyond all else, says the New York Times, is that none of them ever runs down a traffic patrolman. Hundreds and hundreds of blue-coats are on crossing duty in New York every day of the year, and if they were not protected by their uniform their calling would be extra hazardous. They stand in what for civilians would be the most dangerous positions conceivable—right in the middle of the tide of traffic, with automobiles and motorcycles and other vehicles passing them by dosens, scores, hundreds, thousands, and on holidays tens of thousands. There is nothing to prevent any traffic policeman from being crushed at any moment of his day's work. No matter how stout he may be, his bulk could not stop an automobile. Yet the significant fact remains that he is not run down. Bulwer's Deafness. If Byron was possessed of an enormous vanity Sir Edward, Bulwer-Lytton was quite his equal in that respect. There was a medium by the name of Home, who in the course of an eventful life held spiritualistic meetings in the United States, England and on the continent of Europe was expelled from Rome as a sorcerer; married twice, each time to a Russian lady of rank, and published various books. Home was particularly disliked by Charles Dickens, who applied to him all the hard names of which he could think. Mr. Bigelow once remarked to Dickens that Bulwer had faith in the medium. "Oh, yes," Dickens replied, "but you see Bulwer is deaf and does not like to have it remarked; so Home would say, 'Do you hear those raps?' and Bulwer would say, 'Oh, yes. I heard them perfectly.'"—Bookman. First British Mounted Police When the departure of the Roman legions from Britain, as Tennyson tells us, left men to do about as they pleased in the absence of any adequate government, the roads were filled with robbery, and everywhere outside of walled towns men generally adopted the robbers' simple plan, "That they should take who have the power and they should keep who can." Therefore, King Arthur gathered man of noble instincts about his round table and made them knights to go forth, not to conquer territory or markets or win spoils, but to redress wrongs, to defend the weak, especially womanhood, in the spirit of the cross. They were "knights without fear and without reproach" who took King Arthur's oath. - Christian Herald. An Anniversary A man may be rough looking and yet have a touch of sentiment about him. "Ordinarily, yes, ma'am. But this is my birthday," explained the tramp—Harper's Magazine. Tar and Feathers. Tar and feathers are not a peculiarly American punishment. Richard the Lion Hearted first proclaimed this punishment. It was when he was setting out for the third crusade that he gave warning that "a robber who shall be convicted of theft shall have his head cropped after the fashion of a champion, and boiling pillar shall be poured thereon, and the feathers of a cushion shall be taken out on him, so that he shall be known." Something to Remember. "Now is the time to pitch in and achieve—now, now!" said Norman Hapgood, in a political address in New York. "Remember, my friend," said Mr. Happgood. "the present is the future from which you hoped so much." Also a Musical Sharp Host (to caller)—What my daughter played just now on the plane was the overture from "Mignon." Caller—You don't say so! Who would have thought it!—Ellegende Blatter. Logical Conclusion: Lord Notasent (moodily)—I dreamed last night, James, that I had plenty of money: The Valet (agently)—An 'oo' was the 'appy American girl, me ind!—Puck. Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with a half mind, with a faint heart and with a fine endeavor.—Harrow. “oe cum ay tap Toraowan aewecrame: = ‘Wren i asd after shld Bite Te Bn pla earn ow F ware stand; 6004 State strest. ‘ Geonge L Martin, maker of fine cig ese and nown stand, 18 W. Slat Bt, moar State. RM Hatvey’s barber thop and mows stand, 5924 State street. ‘Mire, Nellis Phelps, tigate, notions and news stand, 15 W, Gist St,, nest Dearborn. ‘W. &. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news ptand, 84 W. Sist St, near Dearborn. B. Davis, eigars, tobaceo snd news stand, 3532 State Bt ‘W. M. Matwoll, ‘notions, cigars, to- ‘bacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State Bt. ‘Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 62 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, § W. 27th St, near State. Sylvester MeGloffin, news stand end lsundry office, 4183 State Bt ‘Wittiam Gaighan, lanadry offies, digirs, tobecso and news stand, 2636 ‘tate St. Mrs, L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th) Btrest, near State. A. D. Hayes, cighrs, tobacco, notions, stationery and- news stand, 5640 B Site Bt. J. HL Roberts, barber shop and news wtand, 3308% 8, State Bt. T. B, Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South ‘State street. Bell and Alford, cigars, tobaceo and mews stand. 3128% South State treet. Beene T. S. Harris, cigarsg tobsceo and mews stand. 2845 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State Street. 3 THE - AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE GOMPARY OF ILLINOIS. ‘Old Line Legal Reserve Co. ete outrCommnas pert eee eee 2t chart Senne ‘wame weekly premium. Snopes et ate eptsmoe tee se eee fine ‘The American Life lavtrance Ce. of Ulimats, ‘Tel. Randaigh 5, ‘Heme Office—Harris Trast Building. / 3S W. Monroe St CHICAGO. ‘TELEPHONES Onbiand 1609 - Ouhiaed 17601 Acte. 79156 TINE FURNITURE AND PIANO ‘OVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS ‘Teton Daily ve Al!Depete (106 tuna Ave. = CHICAS ‘GPFicz mOURS ‘Phene Oukland 4062 Sent penetes atte eed Sanday by Lpyettonst = DR. THEO. R. MOZEE @DENTIST} "7 #909 3. Sate Bt cuicago eee eae W. G. > AUTORNEY-AT-LAW Sa ea Beening Orcs, 3488 Stato Strest Phéie Automatic 77-574 ‘Treaauty Employees. ‘The employees of the treaury Ge mecrernes Pollahed Apples, te Ge eae ports than hatte a #1 xa peels een skip « eg is acini, Gravity. ‘most distant tn Out ‘tbalat Sune 2 ena Never clean tilings with water, as tt aerecialty Wrsane them. Ty ‘make sapreteeee Peter Ouarias ot fest, toe Belge = atin et | Se road sh wai kena = Se et eee ten ~TSee a ‘Res, Dewan, 7990 Act STS ‘ ATTORNEY AT LAW Butte YS, 184 Washington S Rotary Public CHICAGO, ILL. A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW SUE ws weer eames tee Phone Franklin Rea 508 E. 36th St. 3727 ‘Tel. Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS Attomey-atLaw 118 N. Le Salle Street Oxford Building Suite 403 CHICAGO Franklin A. a eet TrONY Ar Law 36 W, Randelpb Street, CHICAGO TT et EY SBS JESSE BINGA 226 BANKER oemees =. E, Cor, State and 36th Place, Chicage = Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANEING., 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- Seca en after assessments, Money to loam Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. Movno)(108 x0KG OU aca tele) a ULAR VEN, i | HIL ATCT NS en ee Saisancmrnrmsterctune reso ‘vargain offerings that we give in all departments, Telephone Yards 693 : i JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate : Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST oe fT tan 2. ey LA VERDO BUFFET “TMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street d. Ho” HOT ( Anal WCHL ‘Building, 3800. Wabash Ave; Phone Aldine 3653 . ; EXotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. ( BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. 3004 State Street Chicago A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 NorthiLa Salle St. Chicago = Suite 615 te 616 * Telephone Main 3077 The finest building to Colored tenants in Chicago. Ancient Cheeses. Cheeses 100 years old are sald to ex fst in Switzeriand. ee. THE ELITE : CAFE and BUFFET Finest Table d’ Hote in the City ate 4p. m., te la. m. 9630 State: Strest Chicago, I. », .. Paperhanging. A good hint for those who 46 thelr own paperhanging is to apply the paste to the wall instead of fo the pe- per. Amateurs will find'it much easier to match the pattern, and the paper is leas liable to tear by following this method, besides saving time and trov- Vegetables Are Best Cooked With Moderate Heat Only very strong juiced should be cooked eS eae 3 ‘The modem way is to cook your veze- sa Senin PO us Sang have betters othe Somat we AA the fewer over—especially for cooking CT wetablee, aE 2r7,s Char ot cou eed aso = Poh iS single oven stove. . e Se “Composite” Ranges a QA te bulk for-us in Sitey shapes, Se Wass. B ‘We are selling over 150 “Composites” el = mee Branch Stores ta Beery District The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. < ~~ Peoples Gas Building ee The Pompei OS eR 3 a nee 5 pad -~ : ™ oes 8 CHICAGO keg a : at : ghee ye ws coe as ae Cn Ae PT Japan's Coal Deposits. ‘There are 1,200,000,000 tons of coal Geposits in Japan. This coal is now Deing mined at the rate of 14,000,000 tons @ year. | a Snoring. Snoring is due to air drawn in ani qpelied through the mouth in such ‘way as to set the soft palate and uvul vibrating. The reason a person is ap te more when lying on the back ts tha im that position the lower jaw is apt t drop down from the pall of gravity thus opening the mouth and causing the sleeper to breatbe through it in stead of through the nose. While lying ea the side no effort ts required to kes the mouth closed. WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEED, Mer GER PPhone Douglas 3909 Automatic 75.173 MINERAL SPRING CLUB BUFFET AND CA F 5 . 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO HIGH “CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVENING ‘Tree Hearts, ‘The “Deart wood” of a tree has coud- 4 to take any part in the vegetative economy of the tree. Its only use is to strengtten the truant FRARK OUNN ‘i ESTABUeWEO ‘TEL. OAKLAND J.B. MoCAHEY srr 1080, 1001, 1982 ‘TRUSTEES Fe JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL meta PIFTY-PIRSt STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILVAROS Stet St. dod i. 5.8 @. 5. = ~. Siet St.and ARMOUR AVE. FRANKEOUNN ¢ cHICAsO Recs dno te fu peta Si cane ‘emburg being the only other centers of equil oF greater importance. the seventeenth sein Renn| Defore the English spoons ebanged from the round to the otlang Dowis, it was customary to date them. 3 . A good oor stain that goes right aetoat ot lore ith ween made of Hoseed ofl colored burnt umber. ae See boards with a flannel 4 sof ext Gay polish with decswax and turpen- tine or any floor polish that you are in the habit of using. JOHN BLOCKI & SON i re C. E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER ees Preparations Blocki’s ideal & Blocki's, Flower dn Bottle Pertumes Electricity In Coal Mines. ‘Stray electric currents have been found in Kentacty. cowl mines suff ‘Slentiy powerful to explode blasting powdes. S Packing Shin, Pack glass or china in straw: Serie te ‘ eee aes ee ee ee are