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The Entertainment for the Benefit of the Louise Training School for Colored Boys Promises to be a Successful Affair AS STATED BEFORE JUDGE PINCKNEY OF THE JUVENILE COURT COL. A. D. GASH, HON. MILES J. DEVINE AND WILFRED REYNOLDS WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS. THE EXCELSIOR ORCHESTRA, JAMES E. SMITH, DIRECTOR, WILL PURNISH THE MUSIC. SUPPER WILL BE SERVED AT CONCLU- SION OF PROGRAM. JULIUS F. TAYLOR HAS SOLD MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TICKETS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOYS' HOME. Vol. XIX. The Entertain the Benef Louise Tra for Colore mises to be ful Affair AS STATED BEFORE JUDGE PING COL. A. D. GASH, HON. MILES J WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL S THE EXCELSIOR ORCHESTRA, JA FURNISH THE MUSIC. SUPP SION OF PROGRAM. JULIUS P. TAYLOR HAS SOLD MO FOR THE BENEFIT On Friday evening, May 29th, the musical and entertainment will be held at the Hope Presbyterian Church, 61st Street and Loomis Blvd, for the benefit of the Louise Training School for Colored Boys, which is located at 6130 South Ada Street. The officers and directors of the school are as follows: Will T. Davies, President; Julius G. Brumfield, Vice-President; William O. LaMonte, Secretary; John L. Whitman, Treasurer. Board of Directors: Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton, Julius G. Brumfield, Mrs. Alice J. Caldwell, Mrs. Georgia C. Davies, Will T. Davies, Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, Mrs. E. J. Jenkinson, William O. LaMonte, J. Gray Lucas, Rev. F. Emory Lyon, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, James McDonald, Leo A. Philips, Clement M. Reed, Julius F. Taylor and John L. Whitman. And if all signs do not fail it will be a successful affair from every point of view and if it is no one will be more pleased than yourself, for we are heartily interested in each and every boy in the school right up to our neck. The following program will be interestingly rendered: Invocation, C. Lee Jefferson, D.D. Pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church; Boys Glee Club, Louise Training School; Remarks, Hon. M. W. Pinckney, Judge SAVING CHICAGO BABIES The Department of Health has already started active work in its summer campaign of saving Chicago babies, and has opened infant welfare stations at the following locations: Station No. 1 is located in Eckhart Park at Chicago Ave. and Noble St. Miss Clara Zaffike, Department nurse will be in charge, and Dr. Albert H. Roler will hold conferences at this station on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p. m., and Dr. G. L. Kaufmann on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the same hours. Station No. 2 is at 1141 W. Polk St., in charge of Miss Elizabeth Cleveland; Dr. J. A. Sulland will hold conferences at this station on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 1:30 to 3:30 p. m., Dr. S. M. Morwitz on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Station No. 4, at Russell Square, 83d Pl. and Bond Ave., in charge of Miss Agnes J. Martin; Dr. Paul S. Lyon will hold conferences on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, 1:30 to 3:30 p. m.; Dr. F. P. Combes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, same hours. Station No. 3, known as Graeme Stewart Station, will be located on 25th St., near Ashland Ave., and will be opened as soon as the new bath house, now being built, is completed. Mothers are invited to bring their babies to these stations for examinations and for advice and consultation as to the things that they may do to keep their babies well and strong. They will be given advice on the care of the baby, along the lines of dressing and bathing, feeding, alf and sunshine, and general hygiene. Should medical attention be required, parents HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY of Juvenile Court; Solo—Selected, Mr. Wadsworth Holmes; Remarks, A. D. Gash, LL. D.; Music, Excelsior Orchestra, Jas. E. Smith, Director; Remarks, M. J. Devine, LL. D.; Solo—Selected, Miss M. Jefferson; Address, Wiffred Reynolds, Children's Home and Aid Society; Music, Excelsior Orchestra; Master of 'Ceremonies, Mr. J. Brumfield. Admission Twenty-Five Cents. Supper to be served after program. Miss Effie Johnson, representing the Samoan girls quartette will also sing. Some of the many friends of this paper who bought tickets this week for the benefit for the home are as follows and so far we have sold more than one hundred tickets: Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, Frank L. Hamilton, President of the Appomattox Club, Attorney B. F. Moseley, Hon. Oscar DePrist, Joseph H. Hudlun, Alderman Hugh Norris, J. N. Blackshear, Mrs. Carrie Warner, James G. Walecott, Deputy county clerk, tax redemption department and Democratic candidate for member of the Board of Assessors, county district, and Miss Carrie O. Schoby, bookkeeper and acting secretry of the Mt. Glenwood Cemetery Association. We still have about fifty tickets on hand which we must sell this coming week for the benefit of the boys home. will be advised to consult their family physician, and in cases where people are too poor to pay for medical attention, the same will be provided through the County Doctor, the Visiting Nurse Association, the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Tents, the Jewish Aid Society Dispensaries, the United Charities and other agencies. It is the desire of the Commissioner of Health that the people make use of these stations for the purposes indicated and to help keep Chicago babies well. Please note the location of the station nearest to where you live and keep it on hand for reference in case you feel that you need advice and help as to the care of your little ones. BOBERT E. BURKE AND HIS COUNTY DEMOCRACY ARE NOW OCCUPYING FINE QUARTERS AT 108 N. DEARBORN STREET. The first of May Robert E. Burke and his famous County Democracy, which was organized in 1882, removed from their headquarters in the Chicago Opera House Building to the 3rd floor of the Fullerton Building, 108 N. Dearborn street, and they are now occupying by far the best club rooms that they have ever had. Mr. Burke is on hand. a greater portion of the time to greet its three or four hundred members and friends who are constantly dropping in and out. He is strong in his support of Hon. Roger C. Sullivan for United States Senator and feels sure that he will win the nomination and be elected. He is also dead sure that Mayor Carter H. Harrison will be laid out stiff and cold, after he is knocked out of the running in 1915. EIPED 74 HON. FEED W. BLOOKI Influential and prominent German American citizen, who is extremely popular in all parts of Cook County. Successful business man, member of the Board of Review, who would make a dandy candidate for Mayor of Chicago—in 1915. Influential and prominent German-American citizen, who is extremely popular in all parts of Cook County. Successful business man, member of the Board of Review, who would make a dandy candidate for Mayor of Chicago—in 1915. THE VALUE OF THE NEWSPAPER We feel that there is no greater agency known to civilized man than the newspaper, and its potency, for good or evil, is thoroughly recognized by all people, who understand its power and yet it is the hardest matter in the world to teach the Negro, especially that class of Negroes who mostly need its good offices, how to deal fairly with their own newspapers. There was a time, when public men could spurn the influence of the newspaper, and for a long time, ride upon the wave of popular acclaim, but that day is gone: yet maintain a peaceful existence here on earth.—The Star, Newport News, Va., May 16, 1914. OUR WOMAN'S WORK. Exhibit of Textile Fabrics from Mill City Cotton Mills.—Douglass Center Next Monday Night. Chicago citizens are invited to attend the most interesting exhibit of the year next Monday night at Douglas Center, 3032 Wabash Ave., at which time beautifully finished products of the Mill City Cotton Mills at Dallas, Texas and New Albany, In- The men, who now seek popularity and preferment, must, at least, respect the power of the press; must have the common sense to know that his public acts, and even his private doings, are subject to the scrutiny of the people, and there is no avenue through which such information can more effectually be transmitted to the people than through the columns of the newspaper. Despite the fact, that the newspapers conducted by Negroes have, in the past, had a most discouraging existence, it is an undisputed fact, that here and there, all over this country Negro men, have sacrificed and sacrificed until at last the dawn of the success of Negro newspaper is gradually appearing upon the surface. The newspaper of the White man has literally hammered it into the sycophantic Negro, that it has no favors to ask of him, and therefore, is not catering in any way, to his likes or dislikes, and in consequence does not even condescend to give him a line of commendation, unless the demand comes from a source, which might tend to work it some discomfort or as an act of charity, and this light has suddenly been expanding until the Negro now sees that his only hope of getting his good side before the public is through the columns of his own race newspapers. No one has been quicker to discern this situation than the observant Negro newspaper, who has watched for years for this wonderful awakening. Like all great reforms, it is even now, the hardest possible task, to convince some Negroes, how absolutely dangerous it is, to monkey with the Negro newspaper; how foolish it is to suppose they can play hot and cold with the greatest source of direct transmission of all thought and yet maintain a peaceful existence here on earth.—The Star, Newport News, Va., May 16, 1914. OUR WOMAN'S WORK. Exhibit of Textile Fabrics from Mill City Cotton Mills.—Douglass Center Next Monday Night. Chicago citizens are invited to attend the most interesting exhibit of the year next Monday night at Douglas Center, 3032 Wabash Ave., at which time beautifully finished products of the Mill City Cotton Mills at Dallas, Texas and New Albany, Indiana will be displayed. The event will mark the entry into commercial life of a manufacturing industry conducted on a large scale, entirely by Colored people. These Fabrics have been manufactured every step of the way from the ball of raw cotton to the finished products consigned to such establishments as John Wannamakers, Philadelphia and Sears Roebuck and Company and Marshall Field in Chicago. No such practical evidence of the progress of Colored people in Mercantile and Manufacturing, life has ever been seen in Chicago, and every person interested in broadening the field of opportunity for Colored people, should attend the exhibit and see the wonderful work which is being accomplished in this new industry. The present exhibit is confined to the display of plain and fancy rugs. Bath rugs, hall, dining room, and parlor rugs of plain ornamental and oriental design indicate the splendid achievement of Colored Operatives in the Mill City Cotton Mills. The history of this latest success of our race will be told by Mr. Joseph Wiley, Manager of the Corporation. His seventeen years in its organization and development well fit him to explain every detail of its remarkable progress. He will illustrate by samples of the work the various steps taken in converting the raw cotton into cloth and then into the rugs. Equally interesting will be the personal and racial side of the work which will be presented by Mrs. Mary Washington the forebyd of the Mills, and secretary of the Corporation, conducting the New Albany Mills. She will tell of the great field of honorable industry newly opened to colored girls, where the bright minds and mechanical genius, of our race, under the best moral and educational Judge John E. Owens Rounds up the Judges and Clerks of Elections in the First and Second Wards MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN DUMPED OVERBOARD AND HE IS ENDEAVORING TO SECURE HONORABLE UPRIGHT BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN TO SERVE IN THEIR PLACES. THE POLLING OR VOTING PLACES IN THE TWO WARDS MENTIONED WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN RESPECTABLE PLACES SO THAT DECENT MEN AND WOMEN WILL NOT ENDANGER THEIR LIVES WHEN THEY FREQUENT THEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTERING AND VOTING. JUDGE OWENS DESERVES THE UNITED SUPPORT OF ALL FAIR MINDED CITIZENS IN HIS EFFORT TO PURIFY THE BALLOT AND TO CURE FRAUDULENT VOTING IN CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY. The bold action of Judge John E. Owens who very ably and with much credit to himself and to the taxpayers presides over the County Court caused the cold chills to run up and down the backs of the boss politicians throughout the city and their corrupt followers, when with one or two strokes of his pen this week he removed from office and put out of commission all the Judges and clerks of election in the 1st and 2nd Wards. Many of them were dumped overboard for the best of reasons and some of them had long since proven themselves to be utterly unqualified to serve in that capacity. mitted to control the election machinery in any part of Cook county. New polling or voting places will be established in the two wards mentioned, in half way respectable places, so as to enable decent men and women to freely frequent them for the purpose of voting without running the great risk of getting beat up or having their blocks knocked off of them. Many Judges and clerks of election in other parts of the city who have resorted to much crooked work in the past are more than likely to feel the strong arm of Judge Owens in the near future. Judge Owens, who is able to clearly So far Judge Owens has selected some of the best and most prominent business men and women to serve in their places and it is a healthy sign for cleaner and more sane politics. Whenever the better class of citizens like in this instance, show a willingness to do this in this respect, for it is high time that the practice of permitting dead men to vote should be stopped and the tinnah gamblers and the rag tag element should not be per environments, may be developed into successful competition with every other race. Mrs. Washington is a fine speaker and is a highly successful lecturer as D. G. M. N. G. for the State of Indiana. The Exhibit will be opened from 3 to 11 p. m. The special exercises begin at 8 p. m. The admission is free and public is invited to attend. All who attend will encourage the work, by their presence, and at the same time they will be inspired by what they hear and see. ATTORNEY JEREMIAH B. O'CONNELL BECOMES ONE OF THE DEMOGRATIC CANDIDATES FOR JUDGE OF THE PROBATE COURT This week Attorney Jeremiah B. O'Connell, who resides at 5344 Wayne Avenna, Edgewater, and occupies a fine suite of law offices on the 10th floor of the New York Life Building, launched his boom for judge of the Probate Court, on the Democratic ticket, subject to the will of the voters, throughout Cook county, at the primaries, September 9. Mr. O'Connell was for some years a member of the law firm of Devine and O'Connell, Reaper Block. He also honorably served under Miles J. Devine, as first assistant, City Attorney of Chicago and he is eminently qualified to discharge all of the duties as judge of the Probate Court of Cook county. PROF. JAMBAS A. MUNDEY PRESENT ED WITH A FINE GOLD WATCH The members of the Coleridge Taylor Club presented its conductor, Prof. James A. Mundy, with a fine gold watch this week, as a small token of their high esteem for him and to partly pay him for the hard work he per- No.35 IN E. Owens TO the Judges of Elections and Second IMPED OVERBOARD AND HE IS EN- JOIRABLE UPRIGHT BUSINESS MEN THEIR PLACES. IS IN THE TWO WARDS MENTIONED RESPECTABLE PLACES SO THAT DE- LL NOT ENDANGER THEIR LIVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEGIS. UNITED SUPPORT OF ALL FAIR SUPPORT TO PURIFY THE BALLOT VOTING IN CHICAGO AND COOK mitted to control the election machinery in any part of Cook county. New polling or voting places will be established in the two wards mentioned, in half way respectable places, so as to enable decent men and women to freely frequent them for the purpose of voting without running the great risk of getting beat up or having their blocks knocked off of them. Many Judges and clerks of election in other parts of the city who have resorted to much crooked work in the past are more than likely to feel the strong arm of Judge Owens in the near future. Judge Owens, who is able to clearly grasp the most difficult Legal propositions as soon as they are presented to him by the various wrangling lawyers as they appear in his court from time to time as easily as a duck takes to water, heartily deserves the undivided support of all fair minded citizens regardless of their political views or affiliations in his honorable efforts to purify the ballot and to curb fraudulent voting on the part of anyone in Chicago and Cook County. formed in so successfully planning and conducting the Grand May Musical festival, which was held at Orchestra Hall, Monday evening, May 11. MRS. ELOISE BIBB-THOMPSON CONTRIBUTED INTERESTING ARTICLES TO THE LOS ANGELES TRIBUNE, CALIFORNIA, ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLORED RACE. --- Recently Mrs. Eloise Bibb-Thompson the highly intellectual wife of our former townman, Noah D. Thompson, contributed some very interesting articles which are full of historical information to the Tribune, Los Angeles, Calif., pertaining to the advancement of the Colored race in America. We have read the articles with much interest and we wish to heartily thank Mrs. Thompson for favoring us with copies of the paper containing them. UNVEILING OF THE MOSELEY FAMILY MONUMENT IN LINCOLN CEMETERY. Saturday, May 30, at 11:30 A. M., Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard F. Moseley and the rest of the family and their friends will assemble at the family burial lot in Lincoln cemetery to take part in unveiling the family monument, which is now being constructed. Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, pastor of Hope Presbyterian church, will deliver an oration. The song service will be led by Mrs. Martha B. Anderson. Friends are invited to be present on that occasion. John A. Cervenka, Clerk of the Probate Court, has been spending the past week at West Baden, resting up and getting ready to start in on his campaign for re-election to his present position at the election this coming fall. THE BROAD AX : PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ‘Wit! promulgate and at all times uphold tas tree petcipies of Democracy, but Catholics, “Protestants, Priests, Sineie Taxere, Republicans, or enyene sise fan have their any, 0s long as. jan Geage 1s proper and responsibility ts fixed. ‘The Bread Ax whose plstiorm is beoed ‘enough for” ail over Zisiming the editorial right to speak Its < own mind. ‘Local communications will receive atten- tion. Write only om one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in sdvance. Advertising rates made known om appll- cation. "Address all communications to THE BROAD AX sti FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DREXEL 4590. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Bditor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 18 1908, ef the Post Office at Chicage, Hlinels under Act of March 3, 1879. CHANCE TO GET GOOD MAN Clean Hands and Plenty of Fighting Blood for What is Bight. The United States is at the Great ‘Turning Point. The Wilson Adminis- tration has achieved things that others may have dreamed of, but were either afraid to demand or were too fettered by affiliations to try to put through. ‘The real American manhood and self- reliance demonstrated by President Wilson has encouraged many of our people to act for themselves, and now is their chance to add ancther man to our law-making body in Washington ‘who is of the same caliber—Carl Schurz ‘Vrooman. Mr. Vrooman is in hearty we have enough confidence in him to assert that he will carry out his con- vietions if given the place of senator, for which he is candidate. The voters of Illinois now have their golden chance of selecting the man THEM- SELVES, which they never had before. That chance lies in putting Mr. Vroo- man. in Washington as one of our sons- tors. If the feeble voice of the West- erm Trade Journal can be of.any as- sistance in getting support for him from the wavering, we want to speak for him. He is a man of firm convie- tions and one who, we know, will jump right in and take off his coat (figura- tively) and do things. If you are not familiar with his history, here is some ” of it: In the first place, few men in our state are more familiar in an intimate way with public affairs as they bear upon the people in general. He be- lieves in ‘‘regulated competition’"—that is, giving all lines of business fair chance and keeping down the big ones who strive to throttle their competitors, and thus keep prices normal. He be- lieves in voluntary co-operation in business. He believes in the gradual government ownership of natural mo nopolies—such as power dams, ete. He believes in the recall, the short ballot, the fall right of suffrage for women nd in the right of labor tc organize, These are but = few of his beliefs. In short, his platform is ‘fight for what is right.” Mr. Vroo man is a relative of former vice-presi dent Adlai E. Stevenson. He was re cently called to Boston to help work ‘out a solution of the New England transportation crisis. He is an able magazine writer, being considered an authority on economic and politica conditions. He devoted four years to personal investigation of railway con ditions in this country and in Burope He was regent of the Kansas Stat Agricultural College from 1898 to 1900 and for several years has been con ueting an immense model farm ox scientific principles. He represented Harvard on the winning team in the debate with Yale in 1895-94, and wa later made president of the Harvard ‘Debating Union and an honorary mem- ber of the Princeton Cliosophie Society In 1895 he was honored by being ap pointed to represent Oxford University im the annual debate with Cambridge ‘We simply cite these to show that on the floor of the senate chamber be wil know how to place his arguments and make himself heard clearly, as a resull of this admirable training. In conclasion we do not hesitate te ~say that Carl Schurz Vrooman is the kind of s man we necd. He knows " what to do if sent to Washington and, _ more than this, HE WILL DO IT, We | te: gets soy corner pope St the rip will be packed in pro eee ot 2 a he will go S0.enr ations! Soo wcgies take Sacels ahieny Saree aeesctes ie eee HYDE PARK NEWS - By L. W. Washington. ‘The Juniors base bail team played against the Seniors of the ¥. MC. A. upon the diamond of Washington Park ‘Saturday. Mrs. Hall, the very dear mother of Mrs, Fred Mauney of 5218 Lake Park ‘Ave, was buried Wednesday from the house. Rev. Father Massiah preached ‘the funeral sermon. She leaves two daughters, and two sons, son-in-law and grand daughter to mourn her loss. ‘Mr, Billinger undertaker of Hyde Park was in care of the funeral. Mr and Mrs. J. H. Jackson who formally lived at 3001 Wabash Ave. is now residing at 5489 Ridgewood Court, they would be pleased to have their many friends call. It is the purpose of this paper, to call the attention of our readers, to some of the constructive work done, by the Colored citizens of this commu- nity, from time to time. We are pleased to note at this writing, the progressive accomplishments of Mr. A. 'L. Williams, an attorney at the Bar, he is ong of the largest Colored prop- erty owners in‘Hyde Park. He is making good by thrift and econ- omy, you can do likewise. Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Coleman now resides at their new home, 6526 Ingle side Ave. and will be glad to see their friends on or after June first. Arie Woodward was given a birth day party, being 11 years old, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, 5485 Woodlawn Ave. The guests were well jentertained. The gentlemen had their private smokes. The ladies their ice cream and cake, while the Graphone rendered the music for the occasion. ‘The architect has completed the plats for the new church edifice which will be built, on the church lot, on Kenwood Ave. by the help of varied denominations, and our many White friends; to be known as the Institu- tional Church of Hyde Park. This structure will add largely to the prog: ress and Christian development, of the colored citizens, in this section of the city. Mr. Ras Taylor, one of the waiters at the Chicago Beach Hotel, owns prop erty in Blue Island, and on Dearborn St. He also has a business on 53rd Street. The same which cost him one thousand dollars cash. This proves that we are not all subject to the sleeping sickness. The case of the Youths, charged with taking wheels, was transferred to the Juvenile Court, and will come up for hearing Monday, May the 18th. The many friends of Prof. 0. J. Buckner 2nd, waiter at the Chicagc Beach hotel, did not know where he was for two days. When they found him, he was incarcerated, in the po lice station, held as and accessory, af ter the fact on the account of befriend. ing one of the waiters, known as Mitchell, by loaning him money, t see his mother, not knowing at the time, that this young man was wanted by the police, for committing an abor tion on the young lady he was keep ing company with, causing death, o1 had it done some where in the neigh borhood of 48th, and Wabash Ave ‘This is a serious charge and we hope Prof. Buckner will be able to prove ‘his innocence, as we believe him to be In acceptatfon of the proclamation issued by Pres. Wilson, the pastor of the Hyde Park A. ME. church. Rev. W. H. Griffin instituted what was known as Mother's Day. He held up before the Mothers, The Life and Character of Mary, the Mother ot Jesus: as a perfect example or model, to follow and pattern thelr lives after. Next Sunday is Quarterly meeting, the Presiding Elder Dr. W. ‘D. Cook will preach morning and even- ing. Tho ex-presiding Elder Timothy Reves will preach the Quarterly ser mon in the afternoon. MUSICAL NOTES Mr. George R. Garner, Jr., who pos sesses a voice of unusual besnty and dramatic power, and is known as Amer fea’s invincible barytone, leaves this week for Cleveland, Ohio, where he will be heard in a Pre-Junerose recital He will be amisted by Mr. Geo. Dunjill, a teacher in the Cleveland conservatory of music, who enjoys grea! superiority in that his playing is un perverted in expression, free from imi tation of any false peculiarity, and of ‘great ymbolic meaning. SINGLE COLORED LADY WITH A LITTLE OASH WANTED WANTED, single Colored lady to sell ice cream and candies to school chil Gren.” Must have a Uttle cash, Ad dress W. M. Wately 1417 Madison st. aan IN GRAND CONCERT. By George R. Garner, Jr. The Umbrian Glee Club gave their sixth annual concert in Quinn Chapel Church on Tuesday evening last, before lopening number “Men of Harleck” by opening number ‘‘Men of Harlies’? by Brewer, was well given in a spirited manner and was sung by each member ‘with unimpeachable good taste as was ithe ‘Deep River,”” an Afro-American spiritual, by Harry Burleigh. Mile. Maude J. Roberts, the soprano for this occasion, who sang beautifully “They Call Me Mimi’? from Puecini “La Boheme”? or ‘Bohemia’? as it is sometimes called, which opera was first presented at the Teatro Riggis, Turin, February Ist, 1896. Miss Roberts sang this number in a most exquisite man- ner and her voice possesses a flexi- Dility and charm which’ nature bestows on very few artists indeed. Miss Roberts second number in this group was ‘‘Ma Voisine,’? a french song, lwhich she sang with admirable skill Having the good fortune to have with me at this concert = most excellent French scholar in the person of Miss Beatrice Lee. I thoroughly enjoyed the above number given by Miss Rob- lerts, who possesses a lovely, even, lsympathetic voice and with her youth, talent and musical feeling, combined with intelligence, no limit can be placed on the height to which she may rise in her chosen profession. ‘Mr. David Mitehell bas » splendid tenor voice and with more training will be one of our best tenors. A num- ber that was well given was Hugh Bu- ehanan’s ‘¢ ’Taint no Use in Oryin’,’ sung by Mr. Chas. Pierce and the Glee Club. Mr. Andrew Childress (Chilli) gave us the sermon by Will Marion Cook and Reverend Ghillie, a full fledged licensed preacher did so well that the brethren and sisters shouted to such an extent that he was forced ‘to preach his sermon over again as the sisters in the ‘‘Amen’? corner cer tainly felt the spirit. Mr. William A. Hann, basso, gave the ‘‘Vulean at the Smithy’? from ‘‘ Philemon and Baucis’ [this mythological subject being the text jof many operas. Among them the earl. iest is by Gluck and was produced in Parma, 1769, This particular one by Gounod with the text by Barbier and Carré, was produced at Paris in 1860 jand is perhaps the best. Mr. Hann gave most excellent interpretation in that he was many times recalled responding to the applause with ‘‘The Toreador’s ‘Song’? from Carmen as an encore. Mr. Hann possesses a rich deep bass voice full and resonant with a very wide range of unusual dramatic power. His superb work in Opera in Cincinnati has deepened the impression already made by him in concert. Mr. Thomas Theo: dore Taylor, pianist, played brilliantly “Scenes from an imaginary ballet’? by Samuel Coleridge Taylor. Mr. Taylor always popular for his unassuming ait is easily one of our best pianists with his delicacy of touch, his beautifully singing tone, all of which go to make him the real artist. The program closed with the ‘‘Bain Song’? by Will Marion Cook, led by Mr. Chas. Settles This number was made very effective by the several members who costumed themselves as ‘‘Old Men’? and acted {the part admirably. Mr. Arthur A. Brown in his analysis of the program in his excellently gotten up poem ha said: ‘‘For a little chat you’re wish’ jso we'll take an intermish’n; an’ te make his sermon blend, we will all ris and sing Amen!”? BULES FOR CONSUMPTIVES Acting under a law of 1912, the New Jersey State Board of Health has is sued the following rules, which are to be followed by all consumptives in that State: ; 1. All persons suffering from pul monary tuberculosis (consumption) shal effectively destroy their sputum (spit). 2 All persons suffering from run ning sores due to any form of tuber culosis shall burn all soiled dressings immediately after removal. 3. The room occupied by a tuber eulosis patient shall have at least one outside window. 4. No person suffering from pul monary or other communicable form of tuberculosis shall handle food designed for the use of others except when neces sary in the performance of household Jduties, unless the food be wrapped is such © way as to protect it from con tamination or unless some necessary subsequent process of preparation suck ‘as cooking will sterilize it and prevent its carrying infection to the consumer 5. The manufacturing of Any kiné of goods for commereial purposes or th performance of any work known a ‘shop work?’ in the home of any per json suffering from pulmonary or other communicable form of tubereulosis, ‘is Brobibited, unless the product is such /as ean be sterilized, and unless steriliza tion is done im strict accordance with ithe requirements of the local board of health. If you are not at the big Reception Monday night in honor of the Sth Regi- ment your friends will either think you are paralyzed or out of your mind, — DECORATION DAY EXERCISES AT ‘MT. GLENWOOD CEMETERY. Mount Glenwood Cemetery will hold their Memorial Day exercises on Sun- day, May Sist, instead of Saturday, May 30th. Come out with us on that day and help us in our Decoration Day exer- cises. ‘Train time, 2:15 from Dearborn sta- tion, 2:25 from 47th and Wallace, and 2:30 from Englewood station. Mrs, Franklin A. Denison and her new baby boy have been conveyed to ‘her home, 5413 Calumet Avenue, from the Washington Park Hospital. Attorney J. Gray Lucas will address the boys of the Louise Training School 6130 8. Ada street, Sunday af- ternoon at 4 P. M. Mrs. Marie Burton-Hyram, is on a singing tour through several of the eastern states. The first of this week she sang in a successful concert at ‘Pittsburg, Pa. Col. Archibald N. Fields arrived home last Saturady evening from Montreal, Canada, and other points in that sec- tion of the country, where he spent three weeks. Dr. W. A. Driver, 3300 8. Sate street, has opened up a branch office at 1473 Larabee street. Hours 10 to 12 a. m. Dr. Driver is one of the many Afro ‘American doctors who are making good im this city. Miss C. Dalpha, Boger, who was in charge of the Musical department at the Colored State College, Orangeburg, 8. C., is now studying music at Boston, ‘Mass, where she will spend her sum- mer vacation. Mz, Michael D. Williams of Lagos, ‘West Africa, is in Chicago for the pur- pose of taking Post graduate course during the summer. He is a registered druggist. A Birthday Luncheon given by Mrs. Josephine Faulkner at Glencoe, Llinois, to her husband, the 63rd year of his presence. Those invited were four sons land a few neighbors. ‘The grand march will begin promptly at 10 P. M. on Monday at the 7th Regiment Armory. Col. Denison will make the natives look in wonder at is new uniform made especially for the occasion. Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, who has in the past honorably served as Senator ‘from the Third Senatorial District, is spending some of his time to building up his political fences, so that he will have clear sailing at the primaries, September 9, and he feels dead sure that it is peaches and cream as far as his re-election is concerned. Mrs. Nancy J. Nelson, Cincinnati, 0, is as true and as honest as pure gold. Each and every year she cheerfully and willingly forwards her subscription for The Broad Ax, without any solict- tation on our part and if we had ten thousand subscribers like Mrs. Nelson, we could bask on a bed of ross all day long in the bright sunshine. President Frank I. Hamilton of the Citizen's Committee in charge of the Reception and Ball tendered the Sth Regiment on next Monday night, re- ports that everything is in readiness for the biggest event of the season. ‘He says that indications point to a eapacity attendance. The officers and men of the famous 8th Infanty are keyed up to the highest piteh for the Reception and Ball ar- ranged for them at the 7th Regiment Armory on Monday night. They pro- [pose to show their appreciation for this ‘testimonial in their honor, by the pre- [sence of every Officer and enlisted man in Chieago. Adjutant General F. S. Dickson says [that he always takes an especial pride in attending any ceremony in honor of the 8th Regiment. He will tell the boys Monday night when he presents [the long and Honorable service medals, how highly they are esteemed, and how proud is the State of Ilinois of them. Miss Carrie O. Schoby, the efficient bookkeeper and acting secretary of the Mt. Glenwood Cemetery Associa. tion 3125 8. State street is working very faithfully to induce as many peo ple as possible to attend the Decora- tion Day exercises at Mt. Glenwood ‘Sunday afternoon, May 31. Never before in the history of Chi jeago’s Colored people has such an in [tense interest been manifested as in the Monster Reception and Ball of [the 8th Regiment on Monday night at ithe 7th Regiment Armory. No- matter }where you turn you will hear this grest jevent talked about. It will be a record b ‘if enthusiasm counts for any- ete ‘Miss Maude J. Roberts was hand somely remembered for her sweet singing at Quinn Chapel Tuesday evening, by some of her admiring friends, and she was presented with several lovely boquets of American Beauty Roses. Mrs. Samuel Peyton, Mrs. D. Jefferson, Prof. Edward Mor ris, Mr. and Mra. Roberts and Mr. Ad kins were the donors of the flowers. ‘The Eighth Regiment Illinois Na tional Guard, Col. F. A. Denison com- manding will hold forth at Quinn Chapel, at 3 P. M. Sunday afternoon, May 24. Captain W. 8. Braddan, Chaplain of the Regiment, will preach the annual sermon. He will be assist: ‘ed by Rev. J. C. Andersor, pastor of Quinn Chapel. Chief Musician Berry, leader of the famous Eighth Regiment Band, says that he has something new arranged in honor of Governor Dunne, which will make everybody ‘‘sit up and take no- tice’? at the ‘‘big doings’? Monday night. Prof. Berry knows ‘‘a thing or two’? in the music line, and we will not be surprised if he is not invited by the Governor to ‘‘repeat’’ at the Executive Mansion in Springfield. The Chicago Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs will meet in Glencoe, Il, Monday, June Ist, 1914, at the A. M. E. Chureb, 10:30 A. M. Guests of the North Shore Women’s Club. A special ear to Glencoe will meet the delegation at Church Street, Evanston, 10:00 A. M. Get off elevated car at Davis Street, go 1 block to Chureb ‘Street, take Evanston L to Davis Street, change to interurban, get off at South Avenue in Glencoe. Mrs. Clara Johnson, President. Mrs, A. J. Caldwell, Secretary. “What is the curved line of beauty?” asked the Boob. “The dollar mark,” replied the Grouch.—Cincinnati Enquirer. ‘The linen shower friends promised her Produced an added wrinkle, For it, so enemies aver, ‘Was nothing but a sprinkle. “Louisville Courier-Journal. ‘Teacher—What can you say f Cain? Young American—He was the leader of the younger set in the garden of Eden.—Kansas City Star. “I used to be a silk high hat Until old Mr. Grouch Sat down kerfiop and broke me tn, And now I am a slouch.” —Philadeiphia Ledger. “Do they get along well together?” “In everything but the hesitation.” —Detroit Free Press. ‘There once was a very wise Worm, ‘Who said: “I arose from a Gorm. ‘That's wonderful, what? The Microbe could not Even think, whereas I—I can squorm!” —Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Tm looking for spats.” “You ought to have my job for awhile,” commented the weary floor- walker.—Pittsburgh Post. ‘They say that time is money. Weill, ‘This may be true, my brother, But you will have to spend one it ‘You want to get the other. ‘Cincinnati Enquirer. Church—Has she done anything to Improve conditions in her home? Gotham—Ob, yes; she’s given away her chafing dish.—Yonkers Statesman. My first is nothing but a name; ‘My second still more small; My all ehows such a lack of fame Tt has no name at all. —St. Louls Post-Dispatch. Green—What is the hardest work you ever did? | City Employee—The work I did land- Ing this Job, and the next hardest ts the work keeping it from being taken away from me.—Judge. A street Arab stood on the weighing ma- chine __In the light of the lingering day; ‘Then a counterfelt penny he dropped te the slut And silently stole a-weigh. —Cornell Widow. “What's the matter, old man? Have you been learning the tango? “No. I've had muscular rheumatism.” '—Chicago Record-Herald. ‘The —- bucket that hung in the | wan futt of germs stealthy, But we never knew it, as matters befell, And so grew up healthy. “an Francisco Chronicle “I looked at the man and saw his face grow darker and darker.” “What was the matter with him?” “He was blacking up for a minstrel show.”—Baltimore American. ——*—_ “I asked my mother for fifty cents ‘To see the elephant jump the fence” But that was in the days of yore, And now I pay a little more ‘To see a ball do that same trick ‘When J. Frank Baker wields the stich. —New York Press. Anyway, the man who is unable to get credit doesn't have to dodge up an alley when he sees a bill collector com- ing. Rte ‘That the father of thirty-five chil- Gren found time to go and be compll- mented by the kaiser is his greatest feat. | Perhaps the dramatic critics can ex- plain why most of the plays described ‘aa being “Intensely vital” are the drst “Mexico's ‘thatinini daysare over, ‘The best of all investinents is y home. ‘The man who bluffs never expo to be called. Modern babies don’t know why: , cradle is like. You know your duty. No maw ever looked for tt and did not find it. Luck bas a perverse habit of favor ing those who don’t depend on it Poor old Mexico is paying a hic) price for having delayed interval :» forms. Half the world doesn’t know how the other half lives, but it has its s.. picions. ‘The more you talk to a man alwit himself the more intelligent he thi i. you are. - The only man who can afford to bok like 30 cents fs the man who has alot $30,000,000, Another advantage in being poor is that you don't get a reputation for be ing stingy. Even truth has its ups and down Crushed to earth, we are told, it wil rise again. ‘The reason we have so many dirty towns is because there are so many dirty people. By the eternal verities, a woman who wears a green wig should marry a Binebeard! ‘The “sermons in stones” may be found in the pavement of the trans gressor’s hard road. No man should be ashamed to ss!ute the American flag. It fs an ensizu that never oppressed anybody. ~The modern war correspondent d= Gnes an uncivilized nation us one that censors its press dispatches. By saving a girl a New York man won a bride and a medal, He will not have to buy shoes for the medal. A horse's kick cured a blacksmit! of his lameness. Despite the automlile, the humble horse still has his uses. In an argument did you ever notice that the man who says he “holds a brief” usually makes the longest talk? ‘There are at least three different ways of looking at money—as “evil.” a “necessory evil” or just “necessary.” Mrs. M. E. Greathouse’s advice tv marty college girls comes too late for the oll ‘ans who don't like fudze any- how. | A government ennmeration in Alas ka shows 47.266 reindeer, all in train ing for roof climbing next Christmas ‘time. | The friends of radium shew! pul Ish a list of folks who have beet cured by its use to offset the tnt of deaths. ‘The trouble about giving wives «it keys is that the absentminle! «rt ‘tures are Hable to leave thew in the keyhole. | Sitting on the floor is sugzeste! %< # new cure for obesity, but how |v te | world is a fat man going to be alle ‘sit on the floor? Now that airship collisions are le ‘coming frequent somebody shoul! ot ‘ganize the safety first movement among the aviators. Enough bananas were tmported into the United States last year to furnish peelings sufficient to give the pev!® 100 slides per capita. Dr. Wiley says his new infant is at absolutely perfect baby. This does wot necessarily prove that the kid ts ner mal, but it proves that bis daddy is ‘A French avintor recently flew S¥ miles in a little over twelve hours Aviation Is rapidly becoming « jumble of new records and death statistics A Chicago woman has secured: t ‘vorce on the plea that her husbsind fused to talk to her. Speak up. mes! Don't sit around and listen all the time. : A surgeon says he can graft bait 0 the head of a bald man, and some mi" are so sensitive about baldness tlt you can work almost any hair graft o i A Chicago judge has ordered « ™? with an income of $6,000 to pay bt wife $4.00 alimony. He's got the laugh on her at that. She'll have © pay the income tax now. Messina is now building eartha'k* proof buildings, but Americans ©" tinue to batld homes and places °f work and business that are fod [0° flames. They have not yet ‘eared. thelr lesson. ‘The passing of the Majestic is ant” ef mournful superannyation. Sie © ov taeaee pene In 1891 sh" ‘was the empress of the Atlantic. \"" a record of 5 days, eighteen bours "" 8 minutek between New York *" Queenstown. Now she goes to Sunk beap at $125.00. — . cba The following Bargains will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION from 2 to 4 P.M. Daily. Be sure and see them. 541 East 36th Street, near Vincennes Ave., 2-story brick, newly decorated, 2-flat, stone trim, hardwood floors, cement basement, uphalt street, cement sidewalks: lot 25x150, two street frontages. 3228 Calumet Avenue, brown stone front, newly decorated, 2-flat; rooms all light, large brick barn, near 33rd Blvd.; good transportation. 523 East 36th Street, newly decorated, 3-flat; lot 50x150, two street frontages, hardwood floors. This is a decided bargain. See it to-day. For special appointment to see any of our several hundred bargains, phone our Mr. Thomas between 10:30 and 12:00 A.M. Buy from Bartlett's and save commission charges and save money. TITLES ARE ALL GUARANTEED. FRED'K. H. BARTLETT & CO., Owners, Chicago's Largest Real Estate Operators, Merchandisers of Real Estate PHONE RANDOLPH 3751. 59-69 W. WASHINGTON ST. PHONE RANDOLPH 3751. 59-69 W. WASHINGTON ST. FIVE ROOM MODERN FLAT TO RENT. Nice five room modern flat to rent; newly decorated. A homely man is reported to have been made handsome by a collision with a steam roller. It probably flattered him. SPECIAL NOTICE All parties having social or personal items or other matter for publication. Such social items and so on must reach the editor not later than on Thursday morning, prior to the Saturday the articles are expected to appear. Write plainly and on one side of the paper only. Personal or social items and short church notices, will be published free. If you have friends visiting you, or if you are going on a visit out of the city, or move from one section of the city to another, or buy a new house or flat building, or if any of your near and dear friends become united in marriage to some one, or join the Heavenly host in the great beyond; or if you give a dancing party or other social functions and so on; all such information plainly and shortly written will be considered news matter. And as stated before will be published free of all charges. Remember that all communications along this line must be short and to the point. Address all communications to the editor of The Broad Ax, 5927 Federal street. Phone Drexel, 4590. Money is man's greatest trouble if he hasn't any. Luck is too uncertain to sit around and wait for it. It never improves a woman's appearance to put on airs. Perhaps next Asquith will be trying on the king's crown. Many a man can't tell black from white when it comes to a lie. ANNUAL BALL and BAND CONCERT 8:30 to 9:30 P.M. By the EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND GRAND MARCH AT 10:00 P.M. PRESENTATION Of MEDALS for MARKSMANSHIP And LONG AND HONORABLE SERVICE 9:30 P.M. Colonel Franklin A. Denison. Commanding At SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY 34TH STREET AND WENTWORTH AVE. MONDAY, MAY 25, 1914 ADMISSION 50 CENTS ETT & CO., Owners, Real Estate Operators, of Real Estate 59-69 W. WASHINGTON ST. A homely man is reported to have been made handsome by a collision with a steam roller. It probably flattered him. The German tailor who has sent six of his thirty-five children to the army should be called the honorary father of his country. One advantage of being a British officer is that one can resign when one pleases. Plain Thomas Atkins would have to desert. The income tax assessors are finding that we have long had an exaggerated notion of the fortunes of most of our so called millionaires. The wireless telephone is soon to be installed on ocean liners. Then it will no longer be doubtful what is meant by "speaking a vessel." A ple baking contest between suffragists and antis has been proposed. This could be followed by a sock darning race and a house cleaning contest. Possibly that Chicago behest who married a gardener married beneath her, but any one can be an helen if she has luck. It takes ability to be a gardener. A German aviator has succeeded in ascending to a height of 20,564 feet, but what's the use getting so far away from the earth now that the baseball season is here? Sometimes congress succeeds in being as truly exciting as it habitually represented to be by the New York feature writers sent over from time to time to "discover Washington." An advanced woman lecturer announces that the time will soon be here when the housewife will have a kitchenless home. Nothing new in that—some of them have it now. Chicago wife deserters are sent to the psychopathic ward now instead of to prison as heretofore. It will please the deserted wives to learn that it's a disease rather than a misdemeanor. A statement that New York high school students succeeded in spelling "isosceles" fifty-six different ways would have been more satisfactory had it informed us which way was right. MILITARY RECEPTION THE RY ILL. N. G. power, The market's high and mighty czar, The envied of the hour; You may have ruled society With autocratic reign, All bowing at your haughty feet Admission there to gain; You may have been a scientist Famed far throughout the land, With riches, power, homage, awe, All at your least command, But you have never gained the height Of all that human can, You've never known the highest thing Within the reach of man Nor envied best of men and, kings, This feat of life to crown, Until you've sailed in aeroplanes A few times updash in —Baltimore, American Insomnia Cure "Doctor," said he, "I'm a victim of insomnia. I can't sleep if there's the least noise, such as a cat on the back fence, for instance." "This powder will be effective," replied the physician after compounding a prescription. "When do I take it, doctor?" "You don't take it. You give it to the cat in a little milk."—Pearson's Weekly. Nature Studies. The peacock has a beauteous tail, For which it may rejoice. But beauties pale before the wall Of its soul destroying voice. —Peoria Journal. The porker has almost no tall, If we are not mistaken. But its voice is grand as the peacock's, and It pays its way with bacon. —Houston Post. The tadpole has no voice at all, Though tails are to them clinging. He mouths his tail to gain his wall— Oh, hear the bullfrog singing! Nothing Much. He had held forth for so long on the subject of his adventures that the entire smoking room was distinctly bored. Finally he reached India. "It was there that I first saw a man eating tiger," he announced boastfully. "Pooch! That's nothing," said a mild looking little man, edging toward the door. "I once saw a man eating rabbit." And he sauntered gracefully out—London Tit-Bits. Tangodes. Little Bo-Peep Has lost her sleep And cut a pretty caper, But leave her alone And she'll stay home, Now it is in the paper. Jack Sprat was dancing His wife up a ditch. She didn't dip with him, And in they did pitch. Said Jack, "We'll be drowned." But Joan told him when, And, rising together, They dipped out again. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Money Didn't. A guest was expected for dinner, and Bobby had received 5 cents as the price of his silence during the meal. He was as quiet as a mouse until, discovering that his favorite dessert was being served, he could no longer curb his enthusiasm. He drew the coin from his pocket and, rolling it across the table, exclaimed: "Here's your nickel, mamma. I'd rather talk."—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Gradually. Gradually. He thought he saw an elephant That practiced on a life. He looked again and found it was A letter from his wife. "At length I realize," he said, "The bitterness of life." —Lewis Carroll. He thought he saw a pretty girl Who did not wear a dress. He looked again and saw that she Half hid her nakedness. * He understood and said, "They'll come To that in time, I guess." —Chicago Record-Herald. No Use at All. Would Be Tourist (entering bookshop)—I'm about to go to Bermuda. Have you a guidebook I can rely on? Bookseller—Certainly! Here's one just out. It is entitled "Four Weeks In Bermuda," and it's by Walter B. Hay. Would Be Tourist—Sorry it won't do me any good. You see, I'm only going to stay three weeks—New York Post My Luck. My Luck. If I had twenty thousand pounds And jewels by the score, Argyll swam in array Stood round about my door; If I had all I wished to drink And, say, three kegs beside, And lots of girls with golden curls Became my joy and pride; If I'd a chateau on a hill, A palace by a lake, I'll bet my bottom dollar that— I'd be a fool and wake. -Sydney Bulletin. Toning It Down. Talkington (pleased)—So your friend Miss Gusher said that I was a wit, did she? Miss Keen—Yes, but Alice is so given en to exaggeration. Now, I should call you merely a half wit—Boston Transcript. Degrees of Finality. When a girl says "No" She may kinder grow. But there's little hope When a girl says "Nope." And there's not a bit When she murmurs "Nit." —Los Angeles Times. Old Habits. "I think our new butler must have been a baseball umpire once." "Why so?" "He's dusting off the plate with a whisk broom."—Pittsburgh Post. ```markdown ``` This would be a tiresome old world without its crimes. To overshoot the mark is just as bad as to miss it any other way. No man succeeds unless he takes chances; neither does he fall. Happiness—a good bank account, a good cook and good digestion. Health is the greatest gift a municipality can bestow upon its people. Sometimes a man is luckier to miss what's coming to him than to get it. A man may be a light sleeper and still be able to sleep only in the dark. A court has no business to try to define a kiss. That is a job for the poets. A man who wishes to rise in the world should try rising early in the morning. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but it isn't so cheap. At least in the "movies" we don't have to listen to the heroine trying to play the piano. The man who cultivates his prejudices may expect them to keep him awake at night. Boston has discovered that it is carrying too large a municipal debt. Well, what city isn't? The fellow who marries a girl with an independent fortune also gets an independent wife. War does not develop heroes. It only calls attention to some who hitherto had been unnoted. The dance craze has not gone so far as to substitute tangolo for plain old fashioned base running. The time has come when everybody's vocabulary must include a few mispronounced Mexican words. A lion has just eaten a missionary in the Sudan. So it does happen outside of the comic papers! One of the oversights of history is its neglect of what John Lind said when the muzzle of office was removed. 'Ru Ro' is the newest world language. But the only successful world-wide linguist so far has been cash. The trouble about that thing we call conscience is that it persists in speaking when we want it to keep silent. By way of celebrating her seventieth birthday Sarah Bernhardt may try out another farewell tour in this country. Women are not employed by the government as secret service workers. The government is a crabbed old thing. Vesuvius and Etna are in eruption again. Even a volcano must be going full blast to attract attention these days. Warm beeswax is advised by Paris doctors for rheumatism. This is a big improvement on the first idea of hot stings. A Pittsburgh man was sent to jail for ninety days for stealing an umbrella. At this rate we know men who'd have to serve for life. A real French duel has just been fought for the benefit—jointly—of honor and a motion picture company. Thus do art and commerce wed. Every little while one meets a man who doesn't care whether the baseball season is with us or not. It takes all kinds of people to make a world. A suffragette smashed a fifty dollar saucer in the British museum the other day. The London suffs must be gaining recruits from the kitchens. Porfirio Diaz, former president of Mexico, is at Monte Carlo, where the dangers to which one is exposed are not the same kind as those in Mexico. An Italian count committed suicide in New York the other day. Starving to death in a land of plenty is nothing to killing oneself when entirely surrounded by heiresses. Harvard students no longer use the phrase "I beg your pardon." Instead, they say "I'm very sorry," which seems to indicate more sincerity than the request for a pardon. No fewer than 28,674 teachers of England have declared for woman suffrage, but the figures are less impressive when we read that 45,123 of the same profession have declared against it. Miss Peate, a young lady farmer from England, says that American girls would be better off if they got up a 4 a. m. They do, the most conservative of them, and have just one more dance before going home. A Russian lawyer has invented a gyroscope motorcar that can turn a corner at full speed without upsetting. Such a device should be forbidden by international action. Motors can turn corners now at a sufficiently deadly speed. WORK OF EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE Wins Success After Hard Struggle For Existence. ITS OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT. Institution Fostered by the African Methodist Episcopal Church In Jacksonville, Fla., Placed on Firm Foaming by Bishop John Hurst With the Cooperation of the People. Jacksonville, Fla.—Edward Waters college, the A. M. E. school of Florida, situated at Jacksonville, under the wise management of Bishop John Hurst, D. D., of Baltimore, is fast forging to the front. Debt ridden since its birth back in 1885, it has had a most heroic struggle for existence. After the destructive fire that swept away the greater part of Jacksonville in 1901, when the college was destroyed, Edward Waters saw some very hard times. Sometimes hardly existing, the college was moved from place to place, now in a rented hall and again in some building, but always with the hope that some day it would have a fixed abode. Every bishop who has served the diocese, together with the good men of Florida, has striven hard to realize that hope, but one reverse after another came until some began to think that surely a relentless fate must be following the institution. Bishop Salter, although enfeebled in health, got behind the movement on his going to the district and with the help of the then president, Dr. A. Henry Attaway, and the men of Florida who had never given up the struggle, erected Salter hall, a large building of sixty-four rooms, situated on Kings road, the beautiful drive that stretches through the western part of the city. [Name] JOHN A. GREGG, B. A Still heavily encumbered with debt, the school struggled on, but with renewed hope. After his elevation to the bishopric at Kansas City in 1912 Bishop John Hurst, who was assigned to the diocese of Florida, hastened to the state to look the situation over. The outlook was not very promising; but, with the courage and belief in the ultimate triumph of right that have always characterized the man, he at once set to work. He evolved a plan whereby the people of Florida, putting forth herculean efforts, have swept away the last penny of indebtedness against the school. Never have the faithful presiding elders, pastors and people worked so before. At the grand rally held at Mount Zion church in Jacksonville on Oct. 1. 1913, more than $13,000 was raised. Now African Methodism points with pride to her school, and a new day seems to be dawning for the institution. The old episcopal residence had in the meantime been converted into a beautiful thirty-two roomed dormitory for the boys, so that these two newly painted main buildings, situated on a little over six acres of ground, call forth words of praise from the many passersby on this main traveled thoroughfare. The Rev. John A. Gregg, B. A., the present president, seems to be grasping the work in a way that spells success for the institution. His preparation and travel have peculiarly fitted him for the work, and Florida is blessed in having secured his aid. He was born in Eureka, Kan., Feb. 18, 1877, and attended the public schools of that place and as the only colored member of his class, having served it as president. He graduated from the high school with honor in 1896. He then took the scientific course in the Southern Kansas academy of the same city, graduating from the same in 1897 as class orator, which honor he won against nine other contenders, all white men. In the fall of 1897 he entered the Kansas State university. When the Spanish-American war broke out in 1898 he left school with a number of his schoolmates and joined the Twenty-third Kansas volunteers and served as quartermaster seigneant with his resentment in Cuba. RESIDENCE 1262 MACALISTER PLACE TELEPHONE, MONROE 2714 MILES J. 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Phone Douglas 6001 Phone Douglas 8078 Automatic 72-384 Office Hours--8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Dr. MacENRY J. BROWN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OCULIST Practice Limited to Diseases of Eye and Ear Office Phones: Res. 5133 S. Wahab Ave. Oakland 4662, Auto. 73-058 Phone Drzsel 18615 Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST 4709 S. STATE STREET CHICAGO Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays by Appointment AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Old Line Legal Reserve Co. Under State Government Supervision. $100,000 deposited with the State. Police Department. Fees required to ten thousand dollars. Our industrial Contracts give to the colored policy holder more than any other company for the money needed. 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. Tol. Dulphish 3. Office-Harris Trust Building. 115 W. Moore St. CHICAGO. TELEPHONES Oakland 1601 Rue. Oakland 1760 Auto. 79136 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO HOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3 Trigge Daily to All Deposits 4766 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO 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. --- Reports | 4 th Paras For eee Ee chore Wo New York:The’ ahshal meeting. of the missionary board of fhe African ‘Methodist Episcopal church held in the Bible’ Hoase in this city on Wednes- day, April 29, was attended by some of the most” noted “ministers from every section of the country. ‘The metting Was held for the pur pose of hearing the annual report of Missiondey Secretary Dr. J. W. Ran- kin, audit his books and appropriate funds on hard to the cause of mie- sions. ‘This was one of the most im- portant sessions ever held in the bis tory of the board, as it is the first time that the secretary was able to report from the feld from personal ob- servation, Dr. Rankin having recently returned from 2 visit to Africa. ‘The members of the board present werd Hets. A. E. Mufiay, Jetsey City, N. J.; 8 8. Morris, Richinond, Va.; C. & Williams, Cincinnati; N, J. Me Cracken, Chicago; N. ©. Buren, St Joseph, Mo.; W. D. Jobnton, Plains. Ga; D. H. Johnson, Abbeyville, 8. C. J. W. Washington, New Orleans; J. 4 Lindsay. Memphis, Tenn.; R. 8. Jem kin, Fort Worth, Tex.; 8. A. Harris Coacoa, Fia.; G. R. Tucker. Oklahoma City. Okia.; TS A. Smythe, Chicago; Mrs. Laura L: Turner, Atlanta, Ge.. and Mra. Mary F. Handy. Baltimore. Following an impressive opening ex ercise, Bishop C. 8. Smith. D. D., of Detroit. Mich. presented Secretary Rankin, whose report showed a large increase over the previous year. Re ceipts for the year amounted to $51. 570.18, and the expenditures for the year amounted to 180. leaving Scans ‘The work of Dr. Rankin was highly commended, and a vote of thanks was extended for bis information about the work in West Africa. Bishop W. Hi Heard, who is in charge of the work tn West Africa, delivered a short ad ote: MEMORIAL BENEFIT FOR THE HOWARD ORPHANAGE. Pioneer Effort by Citizens of Brooklyn ‘te Aid Deserving Institution. ‘Brooklyn.—The memorial beneft for the Howard Orphanage and: Industria! school held in the Majestic theater, in this city, on Sunday afternoon, April 26, under the auspices of the Citizens’ club, was the largest undertaking of ite Kind ever held in the interest of the institution. Mr. L. Hollingsworth ‘Wood, president of the institution, pre- sided over'thé Ifterary program and in ‘his usual etrnest and painstaking way ‘SAre'® brief outline of the present stat- "sof. the work. Mr. Clinton Rossiter was chairman of the finance commit. tee for the occasion. W. Frederick Trotman was chairman of the benefit committee, which con- sisted of the following named well known public spirited citizens of this city: Chatles W. Anderson, Fred R. Moore, Edwin F. Horne, Sr. Mansfield B. Snevily, R. M. Meroney, A. D. Hamp- ton, Clinton L. Rossiter, Frank H. Gi- bert, Dr. E..P. Roberts, George W. Harris, L. Hollingsworth Wood, Fred- erick B. Watkins, Henry T. Mars, Wil- liam Russell Johmson, Charles H. Lan- sing, Lester A. Walton. Charles 0. ‘Thomas, secretary; N. B. Dodson, and Edgar C. McDonald, treasurer, Nassau National bank. ‘The management of the affair by Mr ‘Trotman was masterly and business- Uke and showed him to be a young man of broad experience in matters of financing large movements which re- quire skill and adaptability to get re- sults in a given cause. In the matter Of advertising the betfeth by the-use of large piacurdis on the stations of the elevated railroad and at otber b»- portant points of public travel, the se- curing of the Tempo club, which pre- ‘sented the National Negro orchestra to furnish the musical program under the Girection of Mr. James Reese Europe and bis assistants, the influence and Rational character of the speakers and the piace in which the concert was held, tt was a ploneer movement which Dfesages even greater things for the future. ‘The speakers were Dr. Nathan Krass, rabbi of Temple Isréel and director of the Probation association of Brookiyz xd the Hon. Charles W. Anderson. collector of internal revenué. Mr. 1 Hollingsworth Wood teceived a great aha Ag hon ge nee ‘referred to his unselfich work for the maintenance of the Howart Orptianage and Indestriat school. Mr ‘Wood 1s a trué and ted friend of ou race and « philanthropist t the mas ner born. ‘The meeting has arouse ‘vew interest in the institution smoug Siace cons pee bes Scie Sot ever before to give it pet sonal_and financial aid and to bold uf the hands of such white triends as Mr an ‘efforts: to muke th Sobol of fo Our face. Deen Rn Bort rene pastot and iicmbers of the Stit Jot Baptist church tm Houston. Tex are congratulating themselves upon the completion of their new meeting house ‘which: was dedicatedthe latter part of April. The dedicatory sermon was “preached by the Rev. Dr. L. L. Camp- belt of Austin, Tex." Dr. Campbell is President of the geners] Baptist state convention The new edifice was erect- "Sd 'at & cost of $10,000. ‘The Bev..Dr. ‘J. L"Gross and. Dr.Rébert Cartell. ‘prominent white ministers in Houston. eS FOUND From on and after this date The Broad Ax, en be found on sale at the following news stands: A.B, Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 State ‘street. ‘George I Martin, maker of fine cig are and news ‘stand, 18 W. Slst St. near State _ RM. Barvey’s barber shop anc news stand, 3924 State street. ‘Mrs, Nellie Phelps, cigars, notion and’ news stand; 15 W: Gist St, near Desrbora. W. 8. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news sand, 34 W. Slst St, near Dearborn. B. Davis, eights, tobaxco and news stand, 3632 State St. W. M. Maxwell, sotions, cigars, to 5244 Btate Bt. Edward Feliz, notions, cigars anv news stand, 52: W. 30th-St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobatco and news stand, 3 W. 27th Bt, near State. Sylvester MeGlefin, news stand anc laundry office, 4122-Btate St. William Gaughn, launtiry office cigars, tobacco and sews stand, 269¢ State Bt. E. M. Oliver, notiows, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, neat State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and views stand, 3640 8. ‘State Bt. George MeFaro, shoe shining parlor and news stand. 3800% State street T, B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street, Bell & Alford, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3128% South State street T. 8. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 2845 South State street Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco notions and news stand, 6202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobace and news stand, 3342 8. State street. J. 8. Williams, ladies and gents shor dressing parlor, laundry office an¢ news stand. 12 B. $4th street. Miss E. M. McClain, bair dressin, parlor and news stand. 30 W. 304! street. Charles A. Murphy, cigars, tobacco laundry office and news stand. 20724 8. State street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notion and news stand. 3605 State street. C. Cunningham, cigars, song store news stand, and periodicals, 3242 § State street. 4 A. Turpin, cigars, confections an news stand, 3511 8. State street. ~ ie pe c (F> JESSE BINGA =? BANKER ee ae $. E, Gor, State and 36th Place, Chicago eee” Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year esiesnogand oct a ee eaeaneae Rap sieht mse enn emerenreet taxes and locking after assessments. Money to loam Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. RO ae ‘ €,, \ STTA Ome Sean Die aches - > Brecything to cot, te weer and for the heme. Read » . wear attive for man, women and child af lowest price. quaitty and workmanship considered. Make fs point 1 ‘vists thés stewe svery day and take advantage of the spo: bargain odferings that we give tm all departments. Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance | pula Ig. 3600 Wabash Ave, miss SSF 5 ee fad aS a a = aac hie =e 4 Be acs Tl 4 J iE Pt iz iE | ‘GE Ee | : oS ae a | aa oe eda SSS von (EEE ae LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETiES 3100 State Street CHICAGC. PHONE DOUGLAS 8653 HOTEL BRUNSWICK GEO. W. HOLT, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS 3004 STATE STREET cHiCAGo oe ee Steam heat, electric light, tile marble entrance. |. W. Casey, Agent, ~ Seas manta ae seaon Franch. Phoas: Douglas 3256 Avtematie 12319 HENRY JONES A. F. CODOZOE CAFE and BUFFET {Finest Table d’ Hote in the City 4p. m.,to 1 a.m. 3030 State Street Chicago, Ill SSS WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEED, M’s’r Phone Douglas 3308 Automatic 75-173 MINERAL SPRING CLUB B.UcE FET (2A ND” CA F OS 3517§S. State Street, CHICAGO HIGH CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVENING What Kind ! ! aS of Fale Se SORE (HS); Gas Range fay _L\ /) cee In Your (Ti X\ N Fl 2 ne ew Flat: Pa | It should be a “Composite” 23S Don't take the chance of sacrificing your disposition, health and good looks on the altar of an out-of-date worn- out range. We have installed “Composite” Gas Ranges im 90,000 Chicago kitchens. These ranges with their two - ovens heated with one fire are far more economical than the coal ranges and single oven gas ranges they have displaced. Remember too that we install “Composite” Ranges free and grant you the privilege of remitting the cost in small sums monthly with your gas bills. Make your selections from fifty styles at any of our branch stores or our big salesroom down-town. Branch stores open evenings till 9 o'clock on Tuesdays, Thuredays and Saturdays. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Peoples Gas Building . . — Telephone Randolph 4567 3448 Indiana Ave., near 35th St, Phone Douglas 8242 ‘The class in history had the oor. “Can any scholar tell me where the Declaration of Independence was sigo ed?" asked the teacher. “At de bottom, like # letter,” prompt ly replied a Ind.—Detrolt Free Press. A woman always has a grouch ‘When thinking of her fetters, But she is sure to smile the day ‘The postman brings ber letters. —Yonkers Statesman. Mrs, Fiitt—My busband very seldom ges to his club. ‘Mrs. Flatt—Ob, is that so? My hus- band goes to his club nearly every day. “But you do your own cooking, don't you?’—Yonkers Statesman. It des “bout all dat you kin do : ‘Ter ho? yo’ Itvin' groun’ ‘While de wor!’ des beats de tightnin’ ‘De way it’s spinnin’ roun’! But all de time you's de lucky one, ‘Kase you can't fall off nohow, my son! Atlante Constitution. “I think the world takes a man at bis own valuation.” “I think you're mistaken. The cus- tom house inspectors are as alert os ‘ever.”—Town Topics. Said « cubist en to herself one day, ‘With puraled kind of mien, “If I Gidn’t know that I was a beo Té think that I was a bean!” '—New York Sen FRANK DUNN ESTABLISHED TEL. OAKLAMS J. 8. MoCAMEY 1877 1980, 1657, 1569 muTnuetess JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-PIRSt STREET ond ARMOUR AVENUE f RAILYARDS Biot St. ond LS. & M.S. Stet St. and ARMOUR AVE. FRANK DUNN z CHICAsO ‘Mrs. Hiram Offen (to epplicant}—But you have had « good many places in a short time. Servant—Yes, ma'am; that shows how much competition there is to secure my services.—Boston Trav- script. en en ae In tones of deep distress. a maiden wi ome Se “Faint heart never won fair lady.” “I detest that proverb.” “Why so?” “I consider it a sip et us brunettes.” <Kamses City Journal. JOHN BLOCK! & SON PERFUMERS C.E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER For Meh grade Drews, Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations Biock!’s ideal & Block!’s Flower : In Bottle Perfumes ey a7. Boys! Z a , é \ & re Do you want EY “the No v AXP this dandy me, Bicycle — (7 BICYCLE ee Mon CY? of ES aoe ise OL, Pee cee She i ot el a ce / anaes pe cm ee th 5 iO for very lice effort. ; Tittle effort 41 Lf Bil ne Sue ASK “The PE ie Sa ‘Mail this coupon TO-DAY, 90 fo Get out and work: your talents use; Live life while life is sweet, or those who wait for dead men's shoes ‘Will often get cold feet. Sen Francisco Chronicle ‘Wittie—Paw, what is meant by say- ing thet a girl has an arch look? Paw-it means that she is bowleg- ged, my son.—Cincinnati Enquirer. _ ‘T suppose that my beart should be joyous ‘and light nd T should be, deep tn «trance, Wor Molly said at the party t- ‘But You me, all T-asked was 2 dante. Jedge. “Pa, the paper says there's a crisis 4m Mexico. What's a crisis?” “A ecarelty. of news, my boys"=