The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Hon. Shadrach Bailey Turner, Editor of the "No Idea," Successfully Changed His Republican Coat for a Democratic Coat in Order to Secure Four or Five Columns of State Printing from Gov. Edward F. Dunne MUCH TO THE UTTER DISGUST OF MANY OF THE LEADING AFRO- AMERICAN REPUBLICANS RESIDING IN THE FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT WHO LOYALLY SUPPORTED HIM IN HIS RACE FOR THE LEGISLATURE. IF THESE COLORED STATESMEN LIVE LONG ENOUGH THEY WILL LEARN THAT NO ONE CAN SURPASS COL. TURNEE IN TURNING SHARP OR DOUBTFUL CORNERS IN EVERY DIRECTION, THAT HE WILL HOLD FOUR ACES, FOUR JACKS, ALL THE QUEENS AND DUGS IN THE DECK AND PLAY THEM TO THE LIMIT DURING THE SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE AT SPRINGFIELD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. Vol. XX. Hon. Shadra Turner, Ec. "No Idea," Changed He can Coat for cratic Coat Secure Four Columns of ing from C. F. Dunne MUCH TO THE UTTER DISGUST OF AMERICAN REPUBLICANS RESIDENT DISTRICT WHO LOYALLY SUPPORT LEGISLATURE. IF THESE COLORED STATESMEN LEARN THAT NO ONE CAN SUFFRAIR OR DOUBTFUL CORNERS WILL HOLD FOUR ACES, FOUR DUICES IN THE DECK AND PLACE THE SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE NEAR FUTURE. It will be recalled that it was stated in these columns four or five weeks ago that even after Mrs. S. B. Turner, business manager of the No Idea, had called on his Hon. Governor Edward F. Dunne last summer while she was visiting Springfield, that he would not fall to her for more than one column of state printing, that the bulk of the state printing belonged to his highly esteemed friend, the Rév. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph.D. D.D. That act on the part of the weak-minded governor of this state caused Col. Shadrack Bailey Turner, the so-called editor of the No Idea, to hit upon a new plan in order to gobble onto more of the state printing, and this was his idea or cold-blooded scheme when it became known that the Republicans were more than likely to control both branches of the legislature. Col. Turner let it be known that Governor Dunne could count on him first, last and all the time; that he would be ready and willing to vote for all of his pet measures, in other words, that he was willing to change his thin Republican coat for a very thick Democratic coat, providing that he would be able to secure some more state printing by the grace of God and Governor Dunne. So not long after this statement was made by Col. Turner and the information conveyed to the present shallow-minded governor of Illinois, more than five columns of state printing appeared in the columns of the No Idea December 5th, along with the cuts of the Hon. Edward F. Dunne and the sainted Bishop Samuel Fallows and the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann, all three of them in the same row. It is well to remember that only last summer the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann called Bishop Fallows many vile names over the telephone simply because he removed the headquarters of the Illinois State Commission from the Institutional Church, but now the good bishop is more than willing to rub his white nose up against the tricky and dishonest nose belonging to the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann. SPECIAL NOTICE All matters intended for publication in the issue of The Broad Ax, December 26, must reach the office no later than Wednesday evening, December 23, as the paper will go to press on Thursday morning, December 24. It is an old saying and it must be true, namely, that some prominent White men are perfectly willing to stand all kinds of vile abuse from Colored political tramps as long as they, the White men, are able to pull in a little easy money and to enjoy honor and distinction at the expense of the Colored people. Of course we do not wish to convey the impression that Bishop Samuel Fallows belongs to that class of White men or gentlemen. To return to the Hon. Shadrack Bailey Turner once more and his conduct or actions in running out of his Republican coat into a Democratic coat in order to pick up some easy money with the assistance of Governor Dunne whom he bitterly denounced through the columns of his No Idea in 1912, as being nothing but a Negro-hating Democrat and that all Democrats are alike; that none of them entertain the least bit of love for the Negro; that no Democrat had sense enough nor never would have sense enough to run this state as its governor, and so on, has been an eyeopener to the loud-mouthed Colored Republican statesmen and the rank and file of the G. O. P. residing in the 1st senatorial district who loyally supported him, for they labored under the impression that they were voting for a rock-ribbed Republican and not for a treacherous double-dealing Republican and Democrat combined. At this point there is only one thing more to say, and that is that if the Colored statement she shouted for Col. Turner live long enough they will learn that no one, black or white, can surpass him in turning sharp or doubtful corners in every direction at the same time. That he will hold four aces, four jacks, all the queens, hearts, spades and deuces in the deck and play his hand to the limit during the sessions of the legislature at Springfield; that he will not permit any easy money to lay around loose on the floors of the state capital at any time. Attorney Walter M. Farmer will deliver an address at Grace Presbyterian church, 3409 S. Dearborn street, under the auspices of the Men's Club at 8 o'clock Sunday evening, December 20. His subject will be, "The Darker Races in War and in Peace." Stuart D. Fowler, president; Dr. S. E. Dickerson, secretary. DR. DANIEL H. WILLIAMS One of the foremost physicians and su ident Hospital, who is a great h mankind in general. GREAT ESSAY CONTEST SUNDAY. BETHEL CHURCH EXPECTED TO BE CROWDED. One of the foremost physicians and surgeons in this country, founder of Provident Hospital, who is a great honor to the Afro-American race and to mankind in general. PROGRAM TO BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 2:30 P. M. Final preparations have already been made and everything is in perfect order for the Great Fifth Annual Essay Contest known as the Prize Winners Contest, to be held at Bethel A. M. E. Church, 30th and Dearborn Streets, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20th at 2:30 o'clock, under the auspices of the Literary Club. The prizes, two beautiful diamonds, elegantly set in a lady's and a gentleman's ring, donated by the popular jeweler, Dr. Louie Usselmann, 3150 South State Street, have been turned over to the managers, and were on exhibition all day last Sunday at Bethel Church. The essays have been returned to the contestants from the judges, after having been marked on everything but delivery, markings on which will be made at the time when each essays are read. The Burleigh Girls Chorus, under direction of Mme. Eudora Fisher-Lockett, will render an arrangement of "The Rosary" by Levin, and "Annie Laurie" by Dudley Buck; Mrs. T. A. Smythe, wife of Dr. T. A. Smythe, pastor of Bethel Church, will sing "I Know That My Redeemer Léveth" from Handel's Messiah; Miss Ethel Minor will give an artistic rendition of "Cantique D'Amour" by Liszt; and Mr. Opal D. Cooper, the renowned tenor, will sing "Tarantella Sincera" by Cresenzo. These selections together with the essays by the well known literary students of this city will give an evening worthy of the highest enthusiasm and admiration. There will be five contestants as follows: Miss Leona T. Curtis, Mrs. Irene McCoy-Gaines, and Messrs. Joseph A. Marshall, Frank W. Henry and Cary B. Lewis. Because of the illness of her mother and herself, Miss Katherine Williams will not be able to appear. It is ardently urged that everybody come early because the programme will begin promptly at 2:30 o'clock. MATINEE DANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME. Friday afternoon, December 25, from 2 to 6:30 P. M. Christmas day, a matinee dance will be given by the Advisory Board of the Phyllis Wheatley Home and the Astra club, at Dreamland Hall, 3520 S. State street, for the benefit of the mortgage fund of the Home. Music by Peerless Orchestra. Admission 25 cents. Argeons in this country, founder of Prov- onor to the Afro-American race and to THE EDITOR. Who's the most useful man in town, From preacher, lawyer, doctor, down, Who neither smiles nor wears a frown? The Editor. In all the world who's most ignored, Slighted, deceived, abused and bored, And yet who's flag is never lowered? The Editor. Who fights the battle none dare fight, For what is clearly just and right And drives the foe out of sight? The Editor. And yet, who even hides his name Unmindful of the scroll of fame Or of the public's loud acclaim? The Editor. Who lights the torch for other men, To honor, gain and wealth, and then, Who hears them say, 'Do it again'? The Editor. Who works most like a galley slave And stems the tide of wind and wave With faith and hope, and courage brave? The Editor. Whose heavy task is never done, But meets him with each rising sun As big as when 'twas first begun? The Editor. Who in this world shall know no rest Nor peace within his troubled breast To come a moment as his guest? The Editor. Who'll go to heaven when he dies, And sing with angels in the skies, So very much to others surprise? The Editor. —Ex. GRAND MILITARY BALL. EIGHTH REGIMENT, IN NEW ARMORY, 35th AND FOREST AVE. NEW YEAR'S NIGHT. The officers and men of the famous 8th regiment have arranged a Grand Reception and Ball for their legion of friends to be held in the New Armory on New Year's night, Jan. 1, 1915. This will be the first opportunity for the public to see this monument to the negro soldier in Illinois. The regimental band will give an especially arranged concert from 8:30 to 9:30. At ten o'clock the grand march will begin, afterwards the assembled multitude may dance to the strains of Prof. Berry's famous regimental band until far into the morning. Admission 50 cents. Which Prize for You? Ask Yourself this Question Today. As it is Said that the Early Bird Always Catches the Worm, So Success Always Awaits the Hard and Untiring Worker REV. JOHN W. BOBINSON, PASTOR OF ST. MARK CHURCH, FIFTIETH AND WABASH AVENUE, FORGES TO THE FRONT IN THE GREAT AUTOMOBILE CONTEST. Think of the valuable prizes that awaits your earnest efforts and show your friends who have assisted you that you can and will be the winner. Plan your next two months work carefully. Do not overlook any friends who might help you if you should call on them. iness later." Make your five dollars count big for you now. This offer will expire January 4th 1915, and there will not be another of that will allow you so many votes for that amount. So get busy now and you will sure have that machine, on piano. We are issuing an extra coupon which entitles you to extra votes with every five dollars ($5.00). Clip these coupons and turn them in to the contest department and receive the extra votes they call for. With Every Five Dollars You turn in with one of these coupons entitles you to twenty-five thousand (25,000) extra votes. At the present time five dollars counts for 4,500 votes, with the extra coupon you will receive, all told, 29,500 votes. So you can see for yourself how you can get a big lead in the next few weeks, a lead that will make late workers strive very hard to overcome. So make this your motto “$5.00 now means $10.00 worth of bus- SCALE O $ 2.00 One Year ..... 4.00 Two Years ..... 6.00 Three Years ..... 8.00 Four Years ..... 10.00 Five Years ..... SCALE OF VOTES. NAMES OF CONTESTANTS. Rev. J. W. Robinson, 4925 S. Wabash Ave. Miss Hattie Winslow, 3535 South Wabas Henry Humphrey, 3607 State street.. Miss B. Forston, 2962 Wabash Ave., Fll Mme. E. M. Scott, 3611 S. State St.. Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhodes Ave. Rev. W. S. Braddan (chaplain 8th Reg) Miss Pauline D. Owens, Mounds, Ill.. Miss Ethel Cole, 3600 Wabash Ave., Fll Gaur G. Rowens, 3228 Calumet Ave.. Miss Katie Fowler, 5363 Dearborn St. Miss Cora Mason, 11 E. 34th St.. Miss Amy Boger, Columbia St., Aurora, Miss Marie Jefferson, 6119 Loomis St. Rev. J. W. Robinson, 4925 S. Wabash Ave., Pastor of St. Mark Ch. 35,000 votes Miss Hattie Winslow, 3535 South Wabash Ave. 32,000 votes Henry Humphrey, 3607 State street. 31,000 votes Miss B. Forston, 2962 Wabash Ave., Flat 6. 29,000 votes Mme. E. M. Scott, 3611 S. State St. 26,000 votes Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhodes Ave. 21,000 votes Rev. W. S. Braddan (chaplain 8th Reg.) 5008 Fifth Ave. 17,000 votes Miss Pauline D. Owens, Mounds, Ill. 9,080 votes Miss Ethel Cole, 3600 Wabash Ave., Flat 44. 9,000 votes Alma G. Rowens, 3228 Calumet Ave. 7,800 votes Miss Katie Fowler, 5363 Dearborn St. 6,340 votes Miss Cora Mason, 11 E. 34th St. 6,180 votes Miss Amy Boger, Columbia St. Aurora, Ill. 6,020 votes Miss Marie Jefferson, 6119 Loomis St. 5,020 votes MOTION PICTURES AND RED CROSS SEALS. Five different motion pictures, dealing with Red Cross Seals and the anti-tuberculosis campaign, have been prepared by Thomas A. Edison in cooperation with The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, and are being used all over the country during the holiday season. The first one, "The Red Cross Seal," prepared in 1910, deals with the struggle and self-sacrifice of a young girl artist, who won a coveted Red Cross Seal design prize, and then gave it all away to send a consumptive son of a neighbor to a sanatorium. "The Awakening of John Bond" deals with the reformation of a young politician, whose wife was stricken with tuberculosis through contact with a consumptive sailor, who lived in one of her husband's tumbledown tenements. "Hope," a Red Cross Seal Story," shows that tuberculosis is a problem e for You? self this Ques- sy. As it is the Early Bird catches the Success Al- its the Hard ing Worker ER OF ST. MARK CHURCH, FIFTIETH S TO THE FRONT IN THE GREAT iness later.' Make your five dollars count big for you now. This offer will expire January 4th, 1915, and there will not be another offer that will allow you so many votes for that amount. So get busy now and you will sure have that machine, or piano. SPECIAL VOTE COUPON. RETURN THIS COUPON on or before Monday, Jan. 4th, 1915, with five dollars, either in subscriptions or advertisements, and you will receive 10,000 SPECIAL VOTES. (Fill out blank below.) Canditates name Each candidate is limited to ten coupons. # OF VOTES. 1,000 votes 3,000 votes 6,000 votes 10,000 votes 15,000 votes # CONTESTANTS. Ave., Pastor of St. Mark Ch. 35,000 votes Cash Ave. 32,000 votes Lat 6. 31,000 votes 29,000 votes 26,000 votes 21,000 votes ( g.) 5008 Fifth Ave. 17,000 votes 9,080 votes 9,000 votes 7,800 votes 6,340 votes 6,180 votes 6,020 votes 5,020 votes of the small towns as well as the city, and tells the story of a young girl who was cured by her determination to get well, being cheered on in her fight by the double red cross, the emblem of hope. The 1913 picture was entitled "The Price of Human Lives," and showed the evils resulting from the use of fraudulent consumption cures. This year's picture, "The Temple of Moloch," deals with the problem of tuberculosis in children, and shows in a dramatic story how this disease is spread by bad working and living conditions. MEN'S CIVIC CLUB. Spend a pleasant hour every Tuesday evening with the Men's Civic club at 3005 State street, from 8 to 9 o'clock. The club is growing in interest and membership at each meeting. Questions of vital importance are being solved. Visitors cordially invited to be present and take part in the weekly discussions on current events. No.13 Milady's Mirror Decorating the Christmas Table. There is no time when an attractively decorated table makes a stronger appeal than on Christmas day. A brilliant display can be made at little cost, and a hostess is well repaid for her efforts in the pleasure of her guests. If one has a family dinner from year to year it is well to think up something new each time to make the table attractive. A simple centerpiece can be made by covering a large gas globe with white cotton batting and setting it in a wreath of holly like a giant snowball. Fill the globe with a small gift for each guest, and from the top have sprigs of holly, mistletoe or sprays of red berries peeping. Attached to each gift should be a narrow red ribbon that extends to the plate of a guest. The ribbon can be tied around the neck of a struffing box turkey filled with candy and used as a place card. At the close of the meal each guest pulls her ribbon and draws out a gift. Scattered around the table may be small dishes of cakes and candy set in beds of holly, to which extra berries are tied to give a more vivid tone. The four candles or the branching candelabra may have shades of bright red paper under the cut silver frames, if one owns them, or paper shades can be made in a blunt wedge shape, with sprays of holly or poinsettia painted on each of the four sides. For Tender Feet. When the feet become tender from excessive use so that standing or walking on them is painful a foot bath of strong alum water each night will prove most beneficial. At least once a week the feet should receive special attention. Immense them for fifteen minutes in hot water. A small quantity of almond meal may be added to soften it. Wash off with a good medicated soap and rub briskly with a coarse towel. What thickened cuticle will not come off with the rubbing should be removed with fine emery paper or a pumice stone. If the cuticle about the heel is greatly thickened it can be removed with a file which comes especially for the purpose, after which it is best to lubricate the parts with a bland cream, carolized. The skin between the toes is more delicate than that which is exposed. Here there is less circulation of air, and as a rule the parts are apt to be moist. In some cases the skin is constantly in a state of maceration. To obviate this condition the space between the toes should be lightly dusted with a fine healing powder every night after washing. How to File the Nails Always file the nails from the corners toward the center of the nails. This tends to make the finger tips slender. It is well to file the nails on the same day every week. They look better for being done in this way. About polish, every one has her own. Polishes are all about alike—that is, if you get a good one, which you should be careful to do, as a rough, inferior polish is apt to scratch the nails and in time thicken them. Those who have not thought it worth while heretofore should begin now to care for their nails. The little time spent at this will show in good looking nails before very long. Begin today. The outfit costs so little almost any one can afford it. Gouty Hands Rheumatism in the family is often the cause of chronic roughness of the hands, and you will find that people who come of a gouty stock have a great deal of trouble in keeping their hands nice, but they can be kept nice and the roughness can also be cured by constant attention and care. In the first place, never wash the hands in hard water and before drying them rub well into the skin some glycerin and rosewater mixed in equal proportions. Don't be afraid of using too much. Rub it well in and then thoroughly dry the hands with a soft towel—no half measures, mind you. Rub and rub them until they are perfectly dry, then dust over with a little boracle powder. Strengthening Round Shoulders An excellent exercise to straighten round shoulders—very good for girls or women who have to sit a good deal—is performed by placing a thin stick or wand across the back and letting it run out through bent elbows. The arms are bent so that the hands rest on the chest. Keep the arms and shoulders pressed back and down and walk about the room in this way for five or ten minutes. Boracic Acid For Even A good boracic lotion for the eyes may be made as follows; Put into a pint bottle one ounce of boracic acid crystals, fill up with hot boiled water and thoroughly shake. When the lotion has been used if any crystals are left at the bottom more hot water can be added. Chronic Moisture of Hands. If you are troubled with moist hands rub them several times a day with just a little of the following mixture: Two ounces of enu de cologne and a quarter of an ounce of belladonna. Afterward sprinkle with calcium powder. SANTA CLAUS Photo by American Press Association. When good old Santa Claus drops down the chimney here pictured he need waste little time looking for stockings to fill. As soon as he pops out of the fireplace he can begin unloading his pack, and in a jiffy the gifts he has brought can be transferred to the time honored receptacles hanging to the mantelpiece. According to the picture, the stockings look pretty long to be worn by the little girl who is hanging them up. Perhaps she borrowed a large pair so that Santa would find plenty of room for the presents he brings. Quite a shrewd young lady she is, but Santa Claus is wise and is not easily hoodwinked. New Year's Resolutions. For a New Year's party or for one given near Jan. 1 a good suggestion is new year resolutions. Penclis and paper are distributed, and every guest is asked to write his, or her resolutions for the new year, or, if preferred, to write some one else's resolutions (or those some one else ought to make) signed by that person. The papers are folded and collected, and each in turn draws one and then in turn reads aloud the resolution drawn. Here are a few specimens: If I can't be honest I'll be as honest as I can. I will not chew taffy with my imported ivories. For healthful exercise I will walk around the block each morning before rising. I will try to stop smoking in my sleep. I will always walk with my left foot on the right side. The Crow's Riddle The crow had thought very hard all week thinking up a riddle. Saturday night he flew to the raven's tree. "Suppose you tell me," said he, "the difference between a dude and a man with a glass eye." "Huh," croaked the raven. "there's a great deal of difference-uh, great deal of difference!" Then he put his claw to his beak and thought and thought and thought and thought! "Well, what is it?" said the crow, beginning to get impatient. The raven thought some more, but at last had to give it up. "Caw, caw!" laughed the crow. "Caught you that time! A dude has an eyeglass, and a man with a glass eye has a glass eye. Ha, ha, ha!" And the crow flew away, much pleased with himself—Philadelphia Ledger. Behead. 3.—Cost and leave a favorite food of the Chinese. Answers: 1, c-lock; 2, m-Adam; 3, p-rice; 4, m-ice; 5, p-earl; 6, s-peak; 7, p-ear; 8, b-ill. Dr. Diddey's Donkey. Seat all the players in a line and ask the leader to state that Dr. Didley's donkey walks in an awkward way. The next player must form a sentence retaining the words Dr. Didley's donkey and awkward, although he can have the animal engaged in any way that to him seems best, such as kicking, braying, eating, drinking, dancing, grasing, etc. The players other than the one giving the sentence may laugh as much as they choose, but the one speaking must pay a forfeit if he smiles. The task of framing sentences with the four words goes down the entire line of players. Tom's Reaolve "I'm going to turn a brand new leaf," Saldt Little Tom, the sinner. "But I shall wait till after I Have had my New Year's dinner, For 'mong the things that I resolve And mong the things that I resolve And comes from getting everything That I can find in sight. But just this once I'll set my fill; Then, If my stomach pain. I'll turn the leaf and make resolve To be after so again." THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, DECEMBER 19, 1914. MOLES ARE MODISH. Why? Because a Queen Adopted Their Fur For Muffs and Wraps. 1 MOLESKIN WRAP. Anybody who knows the little gray mole in his haunts and is aware of his unpopularity with gardeners will be surprised to learn that a moleskin mantle like the one illustrated is a very costly wrap. The answer is that mole is fashionable. The story goes that Queen Alexandra of England hearing that farmers in a certain section of Great Britain were suffering from a plague of moles, adopted the use of moleskin with the object of making it fashionable and creating a commercial demand for the peits of the little animals in order to aid the farmers. She succeeded, for in a short time moleskin was one of the most popular of furs. It is a very beautiful pelit, its soft gray being becoming to most women. Hundreds of skins are needed to make a wrap like the one shown here. This luxurious mantle has a collar of unspotted ermine and is lined with satin. SUBSTITUTE FOR SHELLAC. An Economical Varnish Which May Be Easily Prepared at Home. For keeping the woodwork that is finished natural in good condition this substitute for shellac varnish may be made at home and kept ready for use any time the housekeeper chooses: Take four pounds of silica or the same quantity of China clay—the former, however, is the better—and stir into it a quart of good Japan liquid drier. Beat the mass into a perfect mixture. Then add, while stirring the mass quickly, one and a half gallons of best hard oil, after which let the mass stand an hour or so and strain through a fine sieve. Thin with turpentine for use. On soft woods use it very thin, but it should be applied heavier on harder wood. This shellac will look and wear well. COLORS THAT MAKE ONE SEEM SLIM. A girl who fears that she is too plump for the fashionable ideal of beauty should ponder well before choosing the color of her clothes. Many colors add to their wearer's apparent size, while others have a kindly way of diminishing it. Thus black—as that it should be so in a gray world—has the power of making any one look her slimmed, and the stout find it a friend. Yet its effect is so depressing that one forgives those who ignore this quality. Subdued shades of blue, heliotrope and olive green have also this happy and much coveted effect of lessening the appearance of bulk, but wedgwood blue, pale gray and almost all tones of red have the opposite power. White can be worn by all, though only the blond should choose clear or dead white. The wise brunette should select creamy tones. Mauve and certain shades of green if worn near the neck and shoulders are helpful in lessening any appearance of overstoutness. Oddly enough, these colors usually suit a certain type of blond that is apt to become stout after very early girlhood is past. First Lady of Empire State May Be First Lady of the Land. O MRS. CHARLES S. WHITMAN. On New Year's day New York will have a new governor, Charles S. Whitman. This governor, who belongs to the new school of politics, based on efficient service and devotion to public duty, is said to be one of the strong possibilities to succeed President Wilson in the executive mansion at Washington. As district attorney of New York city Mr. Whitman made a national reputation in his campaign against police graft. One of the most interesting things about this interesting man is that he has a modern, up to date wife, who is a comrade in the best sense of the term. Whatever her housewife gifts may be—and they are no mean ones, her friends declare—she is a woman of strong individuality and progressive ideas. She is a suffragist, although she dwells with a husband whose views on that subject no one really knows. Mrs. Whitman was before her marriage Miss Olive Hitchcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olliver Nelson Hitchcock of New York. She has plenty of courage of both the moral and physical kind. To overcome her fear of water she went up in a hydroplane with a well known aeronaut and circled over the Hudson for twelve minutes. She is interested in many philanthropies and is an active worker for the success of the vacation savings fund for working girls, in which Mrs. August Belmont and Miss Anne Morgan are enlisted. She has taken an active part in suffrage work in New York city and in a recent interview is quoted as saving: "I shall certainly continue to be interested in all matters pertaining to the improvement and progress of women. Speaking as one interested in suffrage, I am not so interested in the actual attainment of the ballot for women as I am in the wonderful educational value such a campaign represents. "As mother of a little girl four years old I naturally look forward to the future and give consideration to what the future will hold for our children." Household Economies A good housewife, who has begun a campaign of economy, gives the following advice: The primary duty of every housewife is to prevent waste. She can do so not only by gauging to a nicety the requirements of her household, but also by giving out the stores day by day as her grandmother habitually did. Before resorting to stricter measures she should decree economical methods of cooking. Fish should be for boiling and not for frying and meat for stewing slowly instead of for roasting. Puddings that require flour should give place to milk puddings, stewed fruit and simple savories. Every effort should be made to save fuel. Bread should not be served when fresh, but be kept until stale, when it will be more digestible and less wasteful and every scrap can be utilized for nursery puddings. Jam instead of butter should be served on the children's tea table, not the two together. Soup made of lentils and dried peas will be a resource, and in every case great care should be taken over the flavoring of it/and of other dishes. Vegetables dressed in different ways are an excellent resource and very good for the health. Gift Suggestions What girl ever had too many silver picture frames? A pair of opera glasses, a first supply of calling cards or monogrammed writing paper, an attractive leather portfolio, a fitted sewing box, leather traveling trinkets and desk appointments are among the large assortment of gifts suitable for the girl. A jewel case of French gilt or an ornate little silken and lace beffred bag which might serve for the opera or theater is a charming receptacle for the Christmas sweets. If one enjoys making dafty things a set of pink brocaded slipper bags, with a fetching little cap to match, or a protector of light satin or brocade trimmed with soft swandown to wear under the coat with the evening gown will make charming gifts for young girls going to their first parties. ```markdown ``` BROADCLOT AFTERNOON DRESS. Fashion designers even of the made in America school revel in the military suggestion. The cossack, the zouave, the grenadier, the hussar, the dragoon, the ublan, the cuirassier uniforms have all been scrutinized for style suggestions. The costume picture here is a novel development of the fad. It is in the new zouave effect, carried out in a draped tunic with hip pockets. This suit, which is for afternoon wear, is of nocturne blue broadcloth and velvet. The short jacket, with tiny side pockets at the waist line, is fastened with gun metal buttons. It has a collar and cuffs of white caracul. The close fitting turban, with its band of metallic trimming, also carries out the military idea. LAST MINUTE GIFTS. The Shops Are Full of Dainty Novelties to Delight Late Buyers. There is that late gift that you, of course, forgot to buy for the cousin or aunt or friend who is sure to remember you. Do not worry, for this season the shops are wonderfully well supplied with trifles that are sure to be pleasing and appropriate. When in doubt, jewelry is always nice if you can afford it. A pdn set or ```markdown ``` INEXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. a fancy brooch, such as are illustrated, costs comparatively little. Collara and cuffs are modish, and your women friends will like them if you select the very latest. Charming is the turned over collar with long cuffs of embroidered batiste and valenciennes lace which are shown here. Handkerchiefs, books, ribbon novelties, etc. are thrifty choices for the last minute gift buyers. Any woman who cares for furs will like a set of fox furs for Christmas. According to the Dry. Goods Economist, natural blue fox and dyed blue fox are much in vogue. As the real blue fox is so high in price that it will not become a big factor in the smaller stores, the dyed furs, which closely imitate this coloring, are mostly shown, as they are offered in medium priced qualities. As these furs are quite as suitable for the matron as for the miss, they will doubtless be an important item in the Christmas showings. Other furs in novelty sets which are in good demand are fitch, skunk, beaver, ermine; the variety of foxes, civet cat, Hudson seal, seal. Points for Mothers There is a tendency on the part of parents to make of Christmas a very practical holiday. If we look back at our own youthful Christmases it is not the memories of Santa Claus, the wonderful Christmas tree and the wonderful Christmas morning stocking that stand out most vividly and pleasantly? After all, is Christmas really Christmas with the imaginative element left out? To those who have known the old fashioned Christmas the very modern Christmas is quite unsatisfactory. Give the little ones as jolly a Christmas as you can. Don't be ashamed of having a big Christmas tree, a Christmas tree frolic and a Santa Claus. The Christmas legends are lovely, and when they grow up the youngsters are sure to discover the truth, and a little make believe won't hurt them now. Forget about the practical Christmas and give your children a real old fashioned Christmas. See how much better they like it than the other. Forming a Girl's Character One of the hardest periods of a girl's life is between the ages of thirteen and seventeen years. So many mothers fail to realize how much maternal care and the closest loving attention in this period can do to form their daughter entire after life. The average mother seems to think that when her girl has grown as far as thirteen years she is able to look out for herself. There is no time when she is in greater need of attention than this. The years between thirteen and seventeen are really the formative period of the girl's life. Her character, her manners and her habits are formed during this time. Before this period she is too young to have anything make a decisive difference in her whole life. After she has passed her seventeenth year she is too firmly fixed in her past way of living to change very quickly. But during this period of four years her character may be molded like clay to grow into either the most beautiful or the most bifacial model, according to the fingers which have done the work. Baby's Eyesight. A newly born babe shows in no unmistakable manner its aversion to bright lights, and for this reason it is always important to shade the infant from direct sunlight or bright artificial lights for some months or so after birth. When an infant is born with inflamed eyes no effort is spared by both doctor and the nurse to cure this condition. There is no doubt that many cases have been saved from blindness. It is as well for a mother to be in mind that an infant which has suffered from sore eyes may at a later period display some ocular weakness, and she should lose no time in putting the child in touch with medical advice. Most infants under the age of three months, since they are not able to properly co-ordinate the eye movements are liable to squint, but this is of no importance whatsoever. After this age the infant can be truly said to be able to look at things, but it is not until the sixth or seventh month that recognition of things seen is developed. Balls For Christmas. Homemade balls for wee tots are made in the following way: Take two pasteboard disks, four inches in diameter, with an inch circle cut out of the center. Wrap colored worsteds all around the edge from the center outwardly, until in time the ball has the appearance of a very fat doughnut, then with very sharp scissors cut around the edge carefully, draw the two disks a trifle apart and tie the center tightly with a cord, remove the disks and fluff the ball, trimming away uneven fringes so that the ball will be perfectly round. The more colors of worsted that are used in the winding the gayer the ball will be. Bathtub Ball "It used to be a terrible task to bath my baby, as he was so afraid of the water," one mother says. "One day I threw a small celluloid ball in the water, and it bounced around so enriched that baby's attention was diverted in trying to catch the elusive plaything, and his bath was finished in comfort. comfort. "Since then I have bought half a dozen of the pretty balls to be used exclusively in the bathroom. "Baby fairly squeals with delight when he sees preparations going on for his morning plunge." Christmas Aprons Christmas April. Charming pinafores of colored linens or of white, embroidered in colors, make pleasant work for Christmas. The most popular stamped patterns are fluffy kittens, processions of ducks and floral designs, all appropriate and amusing both to the donor and the recipient. A Gift For the Baby. A pretty baby sack is made of soft quilted silk, white on the outside and delicate pink or blue inside, with a crocheted edge of silk scallops all around. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, DECEMBER 19, 1914 GERMANY. GERMAN FRENCH PRISONERS IN GERMANY. GERMAN SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES. 90 GERMAN SOLDIERS SHARING THEIR FOOD. Victory American Press Association. Victory American Press Association. Victory American Press Association. Victory American Press Association. C Photo by American Press Association. WINTER HEADWEAR OF THE GERMANS GERMAN SOLDIERS SHARING THEIR FOOD. THE GENTHING GERMAN COLLEGE C The first picture shows the hood worn under the helmet, the second the hood without the helmet and the hood worn over the helmet. The first picture shows the hood w orn under the helmet, the second the hood without the helmet and the third the hood worn over the helmet. Photo by American Press Association. This picture was made in Sedan and This picture was made in Sedan and shows how hungry women and children were fed by the invaders. DEMONSTRATION AGAINST RUSSIA. FIELD KITCHEN OF THE GERMAN ARMY. THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE PAGE 10 by American Press Association. RD DUTY. L [Image of a large crowd of people, many wearing hats, raising their hands in a gesture of surrender or defiance.] Photo by American Press Association. This picture was made in a town in Russian Poland during a parade of the Young Sharpshooters, a local organization. The German government says the populace of Russian Poland is opposed to the czar's rule. This picture was made in a town in Russian Poland during a parade of the Young Sharpshooters, a local military organization. The German government says the populace of Russian Poland is opposed to the cxar's rule. GERMANS ON GUARD DUTY. THE WAR IN THE RUSSIA THE KRUPP GUN WORKS AT ESSEN. THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Photo copyright, 1914, by American Press Association. --- --- Photo by American Press Association Photos by American Press Association. Photo by American Press Association. BELGIAN SHARPSHOOTERS IN ACTION. 1 PAGE THREE GERMAN GRAVES IN FRANCE. THE MEMORIAL Photo by American Press Association. Helmets worn by the dead soldiers are left to mark their burial spots. PAGE FOUR THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 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The following brief extracts are taken from a few of the many letters received by Major Lynch in commendation of his great book, "The Facts of Reconstruction." "In this book the facts of reconstruction are presented with marks of careful foundation and intimate acquaintance, as well as a keen and conscientious appreciation of personal character and political actions of the chief performers in the most masterly act of this government establishing universal freedom, and its most disgraceful attempted repudiation of the pledge involved in its guarantee. You have spoken with charity and courage concerning those facts, but have maintained throughout the dignity of fairness and the hope of a new and better reconstruction—a re-reconstruction. I must thank you for writing this book which I found to be of sufficient magnetism to compel me to read every word of it in three evenings." Bishop B. F. Lee, Wilberforce, Ohio. "Your book is a store of stolid truths undeniable—'The Facts of Reconstruction' is our strongest Vindication in politics both in the past and the present." Dr. M. A. Majors, Chicago. "I have carefully read your book and to my mind the chapter on what constitutes "Negro Domination" is worth the price of the book." Dr. W. A. Buckner, Chicago. This book ought to be in every American home. Suitable for a Christmas, New Year, Birthday or Wedding present. Price $1.50 . . . . By mail, $1.65 Address MAJOR JOHN B. LYNCH, 4321 Forestville Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Phone Oakland 5802. HOW TO USE THE RED CROSS SEALS. Red Cross Seals should, in accordance with Order No. 5,020 of the Post-office Department, "be affixed to the reverse side of domestic mail matter," and not on the address side of any letters or packages that are going through the mail. They may be placed anywhere on matter going by express. As many seals may be used on the back of a letter or package as may be desired. 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They will not carry any mail matter, but any kind of mail matter will carry them. --- By L. W. Washington. Mrs. Eva Raymore, formerly of 5726 Lake Park Ave., has moved to 5606 Lake Park Ave. She is now convalescent. Mrs. Anna Sykes of 5039 Lake Park Ave., is on the sick list. Mrs. Webb, of 5535 Kimbark Ave., is some better at this writing. We wish she will continue to improve until she shall have required absolute health. Sixty-one dollars was made from the benefit concert given by the United Societies in Hyde Park for the assistance of the Simmons family. The committee in charge decided to allow this family $3.00 per week, which assures them this amount for twenty weeks. W. W. Peters, chairman; J. H. Webb. secretary; T. H. Montgomery, treasurer. Rev. W. H. Griffin was made custodian of the fund. The Hyde Park Charity Club was represented by Mrs. L. W. Washington; the Benevolent Club by Mrs. Edward McQuil; Del Prajo boys by Mr. L. E. Pierce, the head waiter. The Broad Ax would suggest to those who for years prating about their great leadership learn from these, and do something tangible for the whole people. Let us get together on these lines if charity begins at home, and it should. PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION MEETING There was a meeting of the Parent Teachers Association on Friday, December 18, at 8 p. m., in the Hyde Park High School building. The entire plant was open for inspection, and there were special exhibits in the shops and laboratories. During the afternoon and evening the Junior Girls held a bazaar and sale of fancy articles. The proceeds are to be used for needy families in the neighborhood. A worthy effort for a worthy cause. H. B. Loomis. REPORT OF THE DOINGS OF THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY WOMANS' CLUB. The Executive Board of Phyllis Wheatley Home wish to thank the officers, clubs and friends of the Federated Bazaar, November 23 to December 1. Also to thank Mrs. Ethel Cleaves, the chairman, and her able corps of assistants who worked so hard to make it a success. The East End Women's Club, Mrs. L. Crawley president, received the set of hand painted plates for selling the largest number of tickets. Miss Violet Anderson the lavallier for the most popular young lady. We wish them all a Merry Christmas. Received from admission fee contests, $36.15; from sale of refreshments, $8.85. Expended for repairs on Home, $12.00; furnishings, $6.00. $18.00 last payment on sewing machine. MRS. MINNIE COLLINS, Chairman of Board. Mrs. Jessie Johnson, Sec'y. ST. MARK CHURCH NOTES By A. J. Nimrod. Although a heavy snow was falling on last Sunday morning and the weather was cold, Rev. John W. Robinson, pastor of St. Mark church, preached his regular 11:00 o'clock sermon to a large congregation and it was a very interesting and instructive one. At the close of the services for the day two persons had united with the church which is growing steadily, as the reports of the recent quarterly conference show an increase of 117 persons received by the pastor, while the treasurer reported $5,675. The pastor will preach at 11:00 o'clock Christmas day, and at the close of the service souvenir pictures of all the officers will be taken for the dedication of the new church which will be early in February. The Sunday Supt., Mr. B. A. Crawley, and his corps, of teachers have arranged a Xmas cantata to gladden the hearts of the children as has been the custom in former years. The bazaar which began on Monday evening, December 14, and which was continued for four consecutive nights done very nicely. FATHER OP PORTY-TWO DREEN-AND LIVES Muskogee, Okla., December 16.—Charles Roberts, an aged Creek Negro, enjoys the distinction of being the father of 42 children, 33 of whom are living. Roberts lives in Tulsa county near Black Arrow. Nearly every President of the United States has been drawn upon in naming the children and some foreign rulers, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Frederick Doughnas, Booker T. Washington and others have also been drawn upon for names. Brother Roberts seems to be working overtime in order to do his part in helping to increase the population of the United States—Editor. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, DECEMBER 19, 1914. PETER H. DR. LOUIE USSELMANN The popular and practical optician and jeweler who has contributed valuable prizes for the essay contest which will be held Sunday afternoon at Bethel church, each year from 1910 to 1914. Dr. Louie Usselmann, who has been engaged in the jewelry business on the south side for more than thirty-five years, his establishment being located at 3150 S. State street, phone Douglas 5308, and he has the most complete optical rooms in any part of this city. rious literary or essay contests which have been held in the various churches on the south side. In 1910 Mary V. Anderson and Attorney James A. Scott won the diamond and solid gold signet ring furnished by him. In 1911 Cary B. Lewis His large and extensive stock of diamond rings, gold and silver watches, bracelets, lavalieries and other jewelry of every description suitable for Christmas or holiday presents are temptingly and artistically displayed for prospective purchasers and they are sold at the most reasonable prices and it is useless for those desiring to buy anything in his line of business to rush down town for better bargains or lower prices than is in vogue in his up-to-date jewelry store. For many years Dr. Louie, in order to show that he wants the trade of his Colored fellow citizens, has given employment to two Colored men all the year around. From 1910 to the present time he has contributed very valuable prizes to the successful contestants in the va- NEGRQ FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The Sunday afternoon meeting of the League will not take place on this coming Sunday on account of the Fifth Annual Literary Contest at Bethel church, having a competitor in the contest. The regular meeting will be held on Sunday, December 27th, at which time the discussion on 'The Aldermanic Situation in the Second Ward' will be continued. This was the topic on Sunday last. The reading room was crowded, Hon. E. H. Wright delivered an able address on this subject, followed by short addresses from others present. A committee was appointed to arrange for a conference between the three aldermanic candidates. If you are interested in this matter, you are cordially invited to be present at the reading room, 3005 State street, at 4 P. M. The League is at present making plans for its fifth annual celebration of the taking effect of the Emancipation at Orchestra Hall, at which time Mr. William Monroe Trotter will be chief speaker. THE NEGRO AND THE NEWS- PAPER. The Colored people everywhere are beginning to realize that it is folly for them to think of making progress as a race without newspapers of their own. A. B. HON. WILLIAM M. TROTTER WILLIAM MONBOE TROTTER OF BOSTON, MASS., WILL SPEAK AT ORCHESTRA HALL. Negro Fellowship League's Fifth Annual Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation will be held at Orchestra Hall, 220 S. Michigan Ave., New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31st, 1914, 7:30 P. M. William Monroe Trotter, editor of The Guardian, Boston, Mass., will be the orator of the evening. Mr. Trotter is the brave young man who defended the race before President Wilson in his plea against segregation. Every Negro in Chicago should welcome the chance to show his appreciation of Mr. Trotter's work for the race. Chief Justice Harry Olson will also speak. The Umbrian Glee club with a chorus of one hundred voices will sing. One hundred lady patronesses. Tickets 50c, 75c and $1.00. Tickets on sale at 3005 State street and Orchestra Hall. rious literary or essay contests which have been held in the various churches on the south side. In 1910 Mary V. Anderson and Attorney James A. Scott won the diamond and solid gold signet ring furnished by him. In 1911 Cary B. Lewis and Mrs. Irene McCoy-Gaines, diamond cuff buttons and diamond brooch. In 1912 Frank W. Henry and Katherine Williams, solid gold watch and chain and diamond ring. In 1913 Joseph A. Marshall and Miss L. T. Curtis, diamond scarf pin and diamond laviillere. In 1914 diamond ring to each of the prize winners. All the above indicates that Dr. Louie is friendly disposed to the Colored people and they will appreciate that fact by heartily giving him a large share of their patronage at all times. Mr. B. W. Fitts, the successful printer at 3315 S. State street, will be in charge of the essay contest which, as stated before, will be held at Bethel church, 30th and Dearborn streets, this coming Sunday afternoon, December 20th. The White men's papers of the country publish very little about the Negro, only his faults and mistakes, and this pulls down a low opinion of all people upon the whole race. But it should be remembered that the day that the White men's papers begin publishing the names of Negroes too freely in the published accounts of the social life of White people their papers will be dead. Let the Negroes do like White men, and support their own papers. There are any number of White men who take pleasure in helping them to do so. They will subscribe and advertise. Sometimes they will have the paper sent to some one else simply to help it along. The newspaper, the great moulder of public sentiment, is one of the most important needs of the Colored people of the various communities of this country. As such no right thinking Negro can hesitate to support them—Ex. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB A lively discussion was held at the meeting of the Alpha Suffrage club on last Wednesday evening. The subject was "Shall We Have a Municipal Dance Hall in the Second Ward." It was lead by Mesdames Albreta Moore Smith and Jessie Thomas and Miss Sophie Boaz. Many points were advanced to show the necessity of such a movement in this ward. Regular meetings of the club every Wednesday at 8 o'clock. 3005 State street. CHIPS E. Spore. 16 W. 35th street, Carpenter and Jobbing. I am selling coal at prices that can't be beat. Wm. Crudup, 53 W. 35th street. B. W. Wall Co., Tailors, 3513 S. State street. Phone Doug. 9168. Let us be your tailor. Suits to order $15.00 and up. Ex-Judge John E. Owens has opened up a fine suite of law offices in the new Conway building opposite the new county building and the city hall. The Necessity club will give a charity dance at Magnetic Hall, 3956 S. State street, Monday evening, December 28. Admission 25 cents. Mrs. Fay French Crump, secretary. Cigars, candies, periodicals or magazines at the lowest prices. "Steves' Shop, 3511 State street, Mrs. White, manager. All the leading Afro-American newspapers for sale at "Steve's' Shop. Mr. James Marshall, 526 Bryant avenue, who is manager of a wholesale boot and shoe establishment at 207 W. Monroe street, will become the regular Democratic candidate for Alderman in the Second Ward. A number of Colored lawyers met last evening at the Y. M. C. A., 3763 S. Wabash avenue, for the purpose of attempting to form the Cook County Bar Association. George W. Ellis, Richard E. Westbrooks and James G. Cotter, are heading the movement. Hon. Oscar De Priest, the regular Republican candidate for Alderman in the Second Ward, has been confined to his home, 3815 Vernon avenue, all of this week from the effects of a severe cold. He expects to be in good shape and ready for active campaigning again by this coming Monday morning. Former Alderman James J. McCormick, of the Fifth Ward, who was engaged in business for a number of years at the corner of 35th and Halstead street and who had hosts of friends in all parts of Chicago, passed away this week after one months' sickness. For a number of years, to the day of his death, he was a constant subscriber of this paper. Peace will and should follow him into the next world. A Dvak War Yell. I was anxious to hear a Dyak war yell, and I asked the rajah to get a native to give vent to one of these sounds of gratification, heard when heads are taken by Dyaks without loss to themselves. A curious falsetto sound issued from his lips. It went higher and higher, louder and louder, something between the crowing of a cock and the whistle of a steam engine, and then it died down into a whisper. Two or three times he repeated this performance, which greatly interested me. It was not so terrible as I had imagined it must be, but the rajah explained that when heard in a chorus of thousands of men, all yelling at once, as he had heard it after successful skirmishes with the pirates, it was a most terrifying experience, and froze the blood in one's veins.—Wide World Magazine. An Old Time Joker. It happened that Dean Swift, having been dining at some little distance from Laracor, his residence, was returning home on horseback in the evening, which was very dark. Just before he reached a neighboring village his horse lost a shoe. Unwilling to run the risk of laming the animal by continuing his ride in that direction, he stopped at one Kelly's, the blacksmith of the village, where, having called the man, he asked him if he could shoe a horse with a candle. "No," replied the son of Yulcan, "but I can with a hammer." The visiting lady had kept her hostess at the open door fully half an hour saying goodbye. Finally an irate masculine voice indoors called out: "Say, Marie, if you're going out, go; if you're staying, stay, but for heaven's sake don't core out"—Harper's Magazine. "I can't it strange that so rew men discover the secret of success in life?" "Yes, but it's stranger still that the secret is still a secret. Surely some of the men who discovered it must have told it to their wives."—Philadelphia Press. A woman's birthday is a fact, but her age is fiction. The rolling stone acquires a polish along with his bumps. The industrious man prays for work; the lazy man for a snap. In the matter of war neither might nor dynamite makes right. The best lessons a man can learn are from his own mistakes. People who take themselves too seriously never have any fun. Cheer up! Sunshine will eventually puncture the thickest cloud. A woman/always wants another woman to help her keep a secret. War is just as bloody, no matter which side seems to be winning. No real hustler is satisfied with the things that come to those who wait. At least the Swiss navy will not do anything to complicate the situation. If there is anything glorious at all about war it is the Red Cross Nurse. In this war nothing is sure but death in Europe and taxes in America. China still sits by the "open door" wondering what is going to blow in next. Some fellows strike out for their selves, while others depend on a pind bitter. A man's appetite gives doctors an opportunity to experiment at his expense. It is easier for a young man to make love to a girl than to make a living for her. The pen may still be mightier than the sword, but only the pen wielded by the censor. Paraguay has signed a peace treaty with this country, and, of course, every little helps. Turkey seems to be getting ready to get it in the neck once more about Thanksgiving time. While Europeans are dodging bullets Americans are dodging the "when I was in Europe" stories. The aviation corps of a country's forces is the only one which can fly without running away. A New York doctor claims that it is injurious to put sugar in coffee. To the sugar or to the coffee? If there ever is an international hay fever association it should always hold its convention in Klauchau. Where is the old fashioned man who used to predict that the next great war would be fought on the seas? It may have been noticed that the of the fashionable honeymoon plan are including a trip to Europe. If war cuts off the entire supply of dyestuffs blonds and brunettes will be shown up in their true colors. For purely lingual reasons the American reader is grateful that the war is not to extend very far into Russia. Don't spend too much time boasting of your grandfather. Fix it up so that your grandsons will be proud of you. The European war eagle, with wounded wings, must envy the tranquility of the much maligned American peace dove. A diplomat can take his choice be tween being called loquacious or being described as preserving an ominous silence. Money makes a powerful ripple on the waters, but it does not always turn the tides. There is a little of the war spirit in all of us. Note your own seasations when some awkward gink tramples your corn. A diamond trust has been formed thus threatening still further to increase the cost of living for deserving prima donnas. The discovery of a new comet is reported from Bulgaria. As a presage of war it arrived considerably behind schedule time. One difficulty with a war correspondent's life is that if some hasty officer shoots him as a spy the mistake is so hard to correct. To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in public life. One way to circumvent the advance of food prices, announces a New York investigator, is to eat less. 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The man with an easy look often has a time lock on his pocketbook. The only time some people ever count the cost is after they get the bill. If you have a bad temper starve it by giving it nothing on which it can feed. When the world owes a man a living it takes most of his time making collections. The unfortunate thing about good resolutions is that they are so often made too late. A fool can ask a lot of puzzling questions, but it never does him any good to have them answered. England will soon be aroused to the seriousness of the war. Already the taxes are being doubled. Before embracing an opportunity it is a good plan to find out who has been embracing it before. Whether a spy is called a patriot or a traitor often depends on which national language is used in writing his biography. That man who was going to cross the Atlantic by aeroplane will wait until there is a safe place in Europe to land on. In an appeal to arms it is always important to know who fired the first shot. And of equal importance is it to know who is going to fire the last one. The Writers. Miss Margaret Anderson, the writer is literary critic of the Louisville Post and a poet and lecturer on art subjects. Florence Barclay, the author, is in private life the wife of an English vicar and a most enthusiastic church worker. Herbert Putnam, on whom Brown university has conferred the degree of doctor of literature, has been librarian of congress since 1889. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has published numerous articles in reviews and professional journals. Train and Track Dec. 13, 1913, there were 25,343 miles of trunk line railroad in France. Moving pictures are used in a school of electric railway employees in Los Angeles to show how all sorts of accidents occur and how many of them can be prevented. Pittsburgh still has a horse car on the Sarah street line on the south side. The preservation of the railway company's right to the tracks is the cause for keeping the car in operation. Many days it passes back and forth on its trips without a passenger. Tests of Civilization. It is only vulgar minds that mistake bigness for greatness, for greatness is of the soul, not of the body. In the judgment which history will hereafter pass upon the forty centuries of recorded progress toward civilization that now lie behind us, what are the tests it will apply to determine the true greatness of a people? Not population, not territory, not wealth, not military power. Rather will history ask: What examples of lofty character and unselfish devotion to honor and duty has a people given? What has it done to increase the volume of knowledge? What thoughts and what ideals of permanent value and unexhausted fertility has it produced in poetry, music, and the other arts to be an unfalling source of enjoyment to posterity? The small peoples need not fear the application of such tests. James Bryce. The Blind Need Windows. Light has use, even if men cannot or will not see it. Baring-Gould tells of an institution for the blind that was built in England without windows. "Why," argued the committee, "should we provide windows for those that cannot see out of them?" So scientific ventilation and heating were provided, but the walls were left unpliered by any pane of glass. But soon the poor inmates grew pale, and a great languor fell upon them. They fell sick, and one of two died. Then it was that the committee decided to open windows in the walls. In came the healing light, and the human plants responded to it at once in revived spirits, ruddy cheeks and restored health." Light is good, the Light of the World is good, even for those who shut their eyes.—Christian Gerald. The only result of all those battles in Europe seems to be still more battles. Whoever was responsible for the foot and mouth disease certainly went to extremes. Success is always due more to the ability to stand the bumps than any thing else. NICE FIVE ROOM FLAT TO RENT For Rent—Nice five room flat, newly decorated, fine plate rail in the dining room, elegant china cabinet, modern in other respects. Free rent to December 1st. Call at 5027 Federal street and inspect it. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Signe Bergman, president of the Swedish Society of Woman Suffrage, is also chief cashier of the State Bank of Sweden. Mrs. Mazzuchelli of Cormarthen, England, left a bequest in her will of $5 a year for which to pay for the cleaning of the marble of her grave with soap and water. Mme. Curie, the famous woman scientist, has installed at her own expense a radiographic apparatus for the wounded at the Pantin hospital, near Paris. By means of this apparatus bullets and shell splinters and fractures can instantly be located—a powerful aid to the saving of life. Dr. Mary M. Crawford, who has been chosen as one of the six American surgeons selected through a fund started by the Duchess of Talleryand for hospital and field service in France, is a resident of Brooklyn. Dr. Crawford was born in Nyack, N. Y., in 1884. She was graduated from Cornell university in 1904 and from the medical school three years later. Flippant Flings. "Mines Scare Away Lobsters," says a London headline. One disaster after another in this awful warl—New York World. Anyway, nobody is offering a free trip to Europe for being the most popular something or other.—Philadelphia Ledger. If, as one scientist says, the woman of the future will be bald, how in the world are we going to tell the blondes from the brunettes?—Philadelphia Inquirer. Somebody suggests a censor for the Congressional Record. That's right. Take an ax to the ballot box and put a torch to the constitution.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. BRIGHT BRIEFS. Honesty is the best policy for the man who would avoid worry. When nations fall out the troops have to do a lot of falling in. Going to war is easy. It is coming home from war that is difficult. The "made in America" movement may even extend to world peace. The great monetary problem of the age is how a Mexican war is financed. It's all right to pray for peace in Europe, but don't wear a frown at home. Engineers are hoist by their own petards and war vessels by their own mines. What is the use of talking about the horrors of war when an army retreats in automobiles? "Millions for relief!" is almost a better cry than the familiar one of "millions for defense." A lady writer claims crime is rare among actors, but perhaps she has never seen some of them act. Pockets for skirts are predicted. In which case hubby may be able to recoup himself if he can find the pocket. Judging by recent financing, we are willing to lend Europe money on the condition that it doesn't try to take it away. An insurance company in London is taking wagers on the length of the world war. There are men who would bet on a funeral if they had a chance. For the first time in 214 years a spy has been shot in the tower of London. Incidentally, that is about as far back as the war has thrown European civilization. Short Stories. More than 800 Americans live in Barcelona, Spain. Heligoland was at one time the Greta na Green of north Europe. A gravity railroad will take visitors around the Panama exposition. The crater of an ancient volcano, in which there are numerous hot springs, is utilized as a sanitarium in Japan. To help the cotton situation in the south the members of the Indiana Equal Suffrage association have voted to wear only cotton stockings so long as the war in Europe lasts. Pert Personals. King Albert of Belgium seems to be living up to the ancient standard of royalty.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Dr. Wiley is seventy years old, which may explain why he's so fussy about what he eats.—Detroit Free Press. Carranza may have his failings, but he takes the best photograph of all the Mexican leaders.—New York World. "We now propose to render war impossible," says Mr. Carnegle. But why the delay, Andrew.—Cleveland Leader. Town Topics. Portland, Ore., and Portland, Me., are alike in having prohibition.—Boston Herald New Yorkers are reported to be drinking less. The times there must be hard.—Detroit Free Press. Philadelphia is considering the advisability of selling bread by weight. Then let Philadelphia look out for the cobblestone biscuit and the granite block loaf.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. DECEMBER 19. 1914. SIRES AND SONS. Arthur H. Wilde, president of the University of Arizona, has been appointed professor of education and school administration at Boston university. P. Stewart Heintzleman, who goes to Mukden, China, as consul general, has been assistant chief of the division of far eastern affairs in the state department. Alfred P. T. von Tirpitz, chief of the admiralty of the German navy, is second in command only to Prince Henry of Prussia, the kaiser's brother. He is an officer of great experience in sea duty. The Right Hon. F. E. Smith, on whom the world depended for official war news of Great Britain, he being in charge until recently of the official press bureau, is a member of parliament, forty-two years old, self made and noted as a barrister. Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, imperial German chancellor, is now fifty-seven years of age. He studied law at Gottingen and practiced for about six years, after which he was made a judge at Potsdam. There he became intimate with and gained the confidence of the present emperor, with whom he had formerly been a fellow student at Bonn. Fashion Frills. As the waist line is now at the hip, high heeled shoes will again be the vogue in order that women's feet may be enabled to reach the ground.—Washington Post. If the general use of cotton is necessary to the country's welfare the public may even be reconciled to the reappearance of the old fashioned calico dress.—Washington Star. A fashion note predicts the decline of the slim girl, but we can't see how the slim girl, as we have known her recently, can decline much further without disintegrating entirely.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Pert Personals. Among the unaccounted for are Doc Cook and Victoriano Huerta.-Baltimore American. Doubtless if the Boston fans had their way it would be Johnny Forevers.-Pittsburgh Press. General von Kluck should be able to land a nice postmastership when this wretched business is over.-Columbia State. John Lind, it is said, is "resting in a sanitarium." Perhaps it will be learned when he comes out that he has recovered his voice.-Philadelphia Inquirer. The Royal Box. King George of England employs 1,000 servants. The wife of the crown prince of Sweden is the Princess of Connaught, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, present governor-general of the Dominion of Canada. Born in 1868, the present czar ascended the throne in 1894 and a month later married Princess Alexandra Alix, daughter of Ludwig IV., grand duke of Hesse, by whom he has four daughters and a son. State Lines. Pennsylvania mines one-tenth of the world's coal. Wisconsin has 10,000,000 acres awaiting settlement. Indiana this year has had one fire for every 435 inhabitants. The forests of Florida contain 175 different kinds of wood. Virginia furnishes about 95 per cent of our supply of soapstone. Last year California recorded one marriage every seventeen minutes. SHORT AND SHARP. When money talks it never lacks an audience. Wealth doesn't bring happiness, neither does poverty. Arkansas is Arkansaw, but Warsaw is not spelled Warsas. That idea of having an apple day will strike many as a pippin. Some men are born with black eyes and others have to fight for them. The love of justice is in most men only fear of suffering injustice. When some folks are very happy the fear that it won't last worries them. It is pretty tough on a captured city to be shelled and then have to shell out. Unfortunately, the trenches dug in Europe cannot be utilized for another Panama canal. A war prevention day might prove as useful in Europe as a fire prevention day in America. Love is nine parts agony, according to a woman writer; but think of the one part that isn't! Is there nothing the war will not affect? Here it has cut out the weekly weather reports from Washington. The quiet and effectual way in which Spain is keeping out indicates that bull fights aren't so awfully inhumane after all. Being able to read other people's minds might be all right, but few of us would care to have somebody read our minds. 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There are so many varieties of schools, besides the folk schools, elementary and higher; there are lyceums, schools of forestry, of agriculture and of navigation, schools for training teachers, commercial schools, technical, music and art schools, etc. There are three large garden schools in Finland, where boys as well as girls are taught cooking. "They must learn to cook what they grow," said one of the teachers. The dairy schools are particularly interesting. Dairying comes second among the industries of Finland. The pupil must have worked for one year at a butter factory before he or she will be admitted to the school—Christian Herald. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, DECEMBER 19, 1914. "War Bread" of Soldiers. The commissary departments of the armies of Europe in supplying "war bread" to troops have sought to give to the men a bread ration of the highest nutritive value as well as of the highest degree of palatability. The war bread is not the bread which is regularly baked in the field bakeries for issue and consumption within the customary time, but is bread that is issued to troops to be eaten when fresh bread cannot be had. The war bread of the German soldier is made of wheat flour, potato flour, rice, eggs, milk yeast and salt and is flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg. The war bread of the Austrian soldier is made of wheat flour, potato flour, eggs, milk, yeast and salt and is flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg. The war bread of the Belgian army is made of wheat flour, sugar and eggs. The war bread of the French soldier is baked of flour, yeast and water, and the war bread of the British army is thoroughly baked wheat flour put up in airtight tin boxes, which, like the first aid pockets, are not to be opened until needed.—Washington Star. What "S O S" Means In talking with the wireless operator many ship passengers ask the meaning of the three letters used in the distress signal, "S O S." There seems to be a general opinion that the letters are the abbreviation of three separate words with a definite meaning. Persons of an imaginative trend will tell you that the letters stand for "Save our ship," "Send out succor," "Sink or swim" or some such meaning. The letters signify nothing but that a ship is in distress and in need of assistance. The call is used by all nations as a universal code, so that any wireless operator, regardless of the language he speaks, can immediately intercept the call of distress. Inasmuch as the call is in use by all countries, it can be seen that the signal can have no meaning in any language. The character of the code makes it a call that can be picked out easily from other signals, being composed of three dots, three dashes, three dots.—Ocean Wireless News. The Way to Boston. Earlier in the day he had been sixteen miles from Boston. He was now only eleven miles away. The condition of his pockets was such that there was no way for him to reach the city without further wear on his shoes. Several automobiles had rushed past him toward the city, but although he had looked at them appealingly, the drivers had made no sign that they were willing to help the footsore pedestrian. He grew a little bitter as he put one foot up and the other foot down on the dusty road. Finally he was hulled by the driver of a car that bore a Pennsylvania license number. "Hey, there, do you know the way to Boston?" "Yes, I do. Just follow me. I am going there." The driver grinned. The tramper reached Boston in twenty minutes. Youth's Companion. Round Shouldered Boys Head up, chin in, chest out and shoulders back is a good slogan for a boy scout who desires an erect figure. One can scarcely think of a round shouldered scout. Yet there are such among the boys who desire to be scouts. There is no particular exercise that a boy can take to cure round shoulders. The thing to remember is that all exercise that is taken should be done in the erect position, then the muscles will hold the body there. An erect body means a deeper chest, room for 'the important organs to work and thus affords them the best chance to act. A few setting up exercises each day in the erect position will help greatly to get this result.—Boy Scout Handbook. He Got There. The man was reading the front page of the newspaper as he walked across the busy street. "Gee," he mused, "I'd like to get my name in big type on the front page of a newspaper." Just then a street car bumped into the man. He got his name on the front page of the next edition of the paper. But he missed the story.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Cromwell's Seal. The seal of Oliver Cromwell, now in the possession of a prominent family in Wales, is a plain, gold mounted corundum stone five-eighths of an inch in diameter. It dates from 1653 and was used on several of Cromwell's deeds. All the Lord's prayer is engraved on it—London Globe. Natural Anxiety Lawyer (to hesitating client)—Revenge is sweet, remember. We'll fight this case to the bitter end. Client—But who'll get the bitter end, the other fellow or me?—Chicago News. "They can never dye, you know."—Boston Transcript. Fuillersa. "Fuill" was the old name for the flintlock to distinguish it from the matchlock, and fuseliers were those who carried fuillis. A Famous Old Abbey A Famous Old Abbey. Melrose abbey is in Roxburghshire, Scotland, in a beautiful situation between the Eldons and the Tweed. David L. of Scotland founded an abbey at Melrose in 1138. It was several times torn down and rebuilt. The present famous ruins are what is left of the abbey built largely by the gift of Robert Bruce in the fourteenth century. They are the property of the dukes of Bucleugh and are carefully preserved. The abbey was a cruciform building in the decorated and perpendicular styles, with pronounced French influence. Much of the nave remains, with the two transepts, the chancel and the choir, two west piers of the tower and the sculptured roof of the east end. Sir Walter Scott has immortalized the east window in "The Lay of the Last Minstrel." The heart of Robert Bruce is buried at the high altar. Sir William Douglas, "The Knight of Liddesdale"; James, the second earl of Douglas, and Alexander II., king of Scotland, are also buried in the abbey.—New York Times. Didn't Discharge Him In the financial district they tell a story of a bank that was in difficulties several years ago and how the clearing house happened to learn of the situation. One of the big national banks was clearing for a certain other bank that was in trouble and every day the president of the clearing house bank would certify $2,000,000 worth of checks for the other. Finally the paying teller called the attention to the fact that he was taking a mighty long chance, but the president paid no attention to the hint. Then the teller informed the clearing house of the situation, and the president was called to book. "Did my paying teller tell you you that?" demanded the president. "He did," replied the chairman of the clearing house committee. "I shall discharge him at once," declared the president, bristling up with indignation. "You do and we'll close your bank tomorrow," calmly replied the chairman. Needless to say, the teller was not discharged—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Falstaff and Yarmouth Yarmouth has a claim upon all Englishmen quite independently of its associations with the breakfast bloster. For it was the home of Shakespeare's Falstaff, who appears to have been a man of exemplary piety. The Falstaffs were an old Yarmouth family. "A Falstofle or Falstaff," writes John Richard Green, "was a bailiff of Yarmouth in 1281. Another is among the first of its representatives in parliament, and from that the members of that family filled the highest municipal offices. John Falstofle, a man of considerable account in the town, purchased lands at the close of the fourteenth century in Caister, and became the father of Sir. John Falstofle, who, after a distinguished military career, was lockless enough to give his name to Shakespeare's famous character. In Yarmouth, however, he was better known as a benefactor to the great Church of St. Nicholas."—St. Nicholas. Europe's Richest City. The richest city in Europe is Basel, the great Swiss railway center, Zurich, in a neighboring canton, coming second. This is proportionate to the number of inhabitants. Basel's richest citizen boasts a fortune of £500,000, another has £500,000, while no fewer than sixteen residents pay income tax on a round million dollars. Eighty-two are "French millionaires," possessing fortunes of a million francs. The average wage earning capacities of the various professions form an interesting contrast. Basel's doctors—the place is flooded with medical men—are the worst paid, averaging only £240 a year; druggists are good for more, and lawyers the same. Professors, on the other hand, earn something like £500 a year and bank directors anywhere from £1,000 to £1,200.-Pearson's Weekly. A Statue of Brick Perhaps no other nation in the world save the inventive Germans would have thought of building a statue of brick. In the little city of Vegesack, near Bremen and in the district of the German clay fields, the citizens have erected such a statue to one of their number who won fame as an African explorer. The monument is of brick, thirty feet in height, including the pedestal. The architect molded the figures of a man and camel out of a solid mass of clay, which was burned in a great kiln and then sawed into brick sized blocks. A Herculean Task The bridegroom was intensely serious. "My dear," he said to his little wife (they are always little), "you have a hard task before you. 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Phone Douglas 6001 NOTARY PUBLIC Office Phone NOTARY PUBLIC Office Phone Automatic 44-183 W. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 40, 143 North Dearborn Street Cor. Randolph St. CHICAGO McCormick Blds Evening Office, 3458 State Street Phone Automatic 77 574 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 1 18 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Phone FRANKLIN 2717 Louis B. Anderson LAWYER Room 508 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. :: CHICAGO Cor. 5th Ave. PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4183 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7990 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARY PUBLIC CHICAGO Good Letters Pay ```markdown ``` L. Benter ::- Theo. Stahl PLAIN and GROCERIES at reasonable FANCY Prices. PROMPT DELIVERY Theo. Salth's Meat Market in connection. 3601 So. Wabash Avenue Phones Douglas 4809, Auto. 71974 CHICAGO Why Do Seals Swallow Stones? No nature student seems yet to have discovered for what reason seals swallow stones, though the fact is a well established one. Certainly the stones are not taken in for ballast, for the empty seals keep down as easily as the others. They are not swallowed for the purpose of grinding up food, for they are found in the stomachs of nursing pups. They are not taken in with the food because they are found in the stomachs of both young seals and in those that live in the open sea and feed on squid. Yet it is evident that these things are not swallowed haphazzard, but are selected with considerable care from the articles strewn along the shore, and that a preference is exhibited for rounded objects. This is shown by the fact that, as a rule, only articles of one kind are found in any one seal's stomach. Russia's Duma. No law in Russia can come into effect without the approval of the duma—an elected body of representatives—and the council of the empire, nominated by the emperor. Just So. "Do you think that marriage is a lottery?" "Can't say I do. Still, everybody who marries takes a chance."—Kansas City Journal. PAGE SEVEN RESIDENCE 1262 MACALISTE LACE TELEPHONE, MONROE 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 314-329 REAPER BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. PHONES CENTRAL 329 AUTOMATIC 41-916 Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randelpb Street, CHICAGO Suite 708 Delaware Blvd. Tel. Central 3142 Office Phone: Rev. 5133 So. Wabash Ave. Oakland 4082, Auto. 73-058 Phone Dresel 18815 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 Phone FRANKLIN 2727 AUTO. 41-543 Phone Res. 508 E. 36th St. BANKLIN 2727 Phone Douglas 4397 UTO. 41-543 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 25 N. Dearborn St. ion Bank Building Suite 311 CHICAGO Phone Main 2017 Automatic 32-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Bldg. 184 W. Washington St. Residence 5548 Jefferson Av. " Phone Midway 5515 Chicago Hours 4 to 11 Uncle Sam's Money Factory. Uncle Sam's great money factory in Washington is one of the wonderful sights of the world. Housed in a building 580 feet long and with four wings each 285 feet deep, it takes 32-840 panes of glass to admit light to its four stories. The structure of the bureau of engraving and printing is built of Indiana limestone and it presents to the shining Potomac, which it faces, a row of columns on the front as imposing as those on the east side of the treasury. This probably is the finest manufacturing plant in the world in point of scientific equipment to conserve the health and comfort of its inhabitants. Two of the great roofs are given over to the employees for recreation purposes, one for men and the other for the women. A hospital equipped for surgical operations and physicians of each sex are provided. The hospital treats about forty-five patients a day for accidents and illness, but many of these troubles are of a minor character. As more than 4,000 men and women are employed in the building, some of them working nights, about 1 per cent only require medical attention.—Chicago News. Fame of a Tailor. The name of Captain Keayne has a secure niche in history as the founder of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company. He was a merchant tailor and had been a member of the Honorable Artillery company of London, and his Boston company had to overcome the opposition of Governor Winthrop, who feared the establishment of a Prefectian guard. Perhaps Keayne would have failed entirely had he not been "distinguished for his plenty and benevolence." In the practice of his art as a tailor he ran foul of the laws for the regulation of business and was fined 2200 by the great and general court for exacting more than sixpence in the shilling profit on foreign goods. He died in Boston March 23, 1656, and his will, in which was a substantial bequest to Harvard, is one of the longest on record—New York Sun. F222 JESSE BINGA ==) BANKER meee |S. E, Cor, State and 36th Place, Chicago aie Telephone Douglas 1565 : GENERAL BANEKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT ctr eee nace en Chicago Real Estate. < Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. AD : Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance ere { Doagias 4482 HARRY aay KELLY LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street CHICAGO HENRY JONES A. F. CODOZ0E ‘THE ELITE - CAFE and BUFFET Finest Table d’ Hote in the City 4p.m.,tola.m. 3030 State Street Chicago, Ill JOHN BLOCKI, Pree F. W. BLOCKI, Trees. JOHN BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS C. E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER For ge Drugs, ante Medicinal Preparations i rene In Bottle Perfumes PAGE EIGHT , [Batablished 1890 ‘Tel. Dougias 9069-9022 Automatic 72-109 Office 1279 Douglas AL. RUSSELL LIQUORS CAFE AND CHOP SUE IN CONNECTION I. © Gor ath and. Sate St, Chicago ‘Cupid's Gheriock Holmes. A prominent alienist bas presumed to. put love on a scientific basis. He has issued 2 formula by which a Goubting swain may ascertain without fall the name of his closest rival for “Sher”, affections. Hore it is: 4 Carelessly hold “ber” wrist, as if GAtessingly. Craftily place your fore- finger on “ber” pulse. Then name rer in casual conversation the rivals You fear most. When you name the ight one “her” pulse will Jump scan- G@alously. If it increases something ifke ‘200 beats you might as well quit the mo ‘To offset this mean betrayal the ) Scanapuanplmpeebdnd fair sex on how to avoid nervousness. “Boom gossip,” he says, “and don't at- fend to other persons’ business or ne fore op manag But be doesn't say & word as to bow ‘Dpleines might have Kept the fatal i 6 85s eo eee ' ee oe ease ie Scafing Fish. A Mississippi woman tells as follows im the Woman's Home Companion how to scale fish with a minimum of dis comfort: “Scaling Gish as generally done is a disagreeable task, as scales fly in every Girection. I have discovered that fish may be scaled without this trouble if they are beld under water in a large pan during the operation. Have just ‘enough water to cover the fish nicely.” een . Sweet Return. She (tearfullyy—Henry, our engage ‘ment is at an end, and I wish to return to you everything you bave ever given me ‘He (cheerily)—Thanks, Bianche! You ‘may begin at once with the kisses. ‘They are married now.—London Tele- graph. A Back Number. “I wouldn't dream of marrying him. ‘Why. ne said he would do everything to make me bappy.” “What is wrong about that?” “Be ought to know that humans are pat on earth to fulfill missions, not to be bappy.”—Philadeiphia Ledger. _Leseid an oe Cunto | Ugtiest of teades bave their moments ot pleasure. if 1 were a gravedigger Jor even a nema tete are some peo pie 1 covid work for with 2 great dea! coer soe cree sere es ‘Met the Same Thing. “I bear young Spriggins bas taken a “aie necematy, at he's } married.” fae ees: ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, DECEMBER 19, 1914. ———————————————————— THE BROAD AX CAN BB FOUND Cooling by Flame. OW SALE AT THE FOLLOWING] 1 is hard to appreciate that { NEWS STANDS: widely different degrees of he From on and after this date The| every burning blaze seems ti Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the| the extreme heat of fire, yet tht following news stands: of burning alcobol is actually u E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3109 & State street. ‘Mme. Rosa Lee Tyler, ice cream cafe; 3313 & State St. George 1 Martin, maker of fine cig- ars and news stand, 18 W. Slst St. near State. BM. Harvey’s barber shop and news stand, 2024 State street. W. 8, Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. Slst St, near Dearborn. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to bacco, confections and news stand, 544 Btate St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th St, near State. Sylvester MeGlofin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St William Gaughan, . laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State Bt. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near Btate. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 8. State St. George MeFaro, shoe shining parlors 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. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobaceo and news stand, 3342 8. State street. J. 8. Williams, ladies and gents shoe dressing parlor, laundry office and news stand. 12 E. 34th street. Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. P. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. A. Turpin, cigars, confections and ‘news stand, 3511 8. State street. On Business Bent. “Can you make me a sheet fron man- dolin?” “I might, but it wouldn't have much tone What do you want of a sheet- fron mandolin, anyhow?” “I'm trying to serenade a girl, and they have a bulldog. I've busted sev- eral instruments on him. Next time I ‘smash him I want to smash bim good.” —Kansas City Journal. Oh, That's Different! “I thought you told me that you would not contract any new debts without my knowledge.” howled Mr. Gabb as be tore up a bunch of dunning letters. “I haven't, my dear.” replied Mrs. Gabb. “I merely expanded some of the old debts.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Cherry Wood. Cherry is the wood most used as 8 backing for the metal piates from which illustrations are printed in mag- azines and periodicals. it is chosen above all others because it holds its sbape, does not warp or twist, works smoothly and does nut split. ‘The Greater Courace. ‘Men bave offered up their lives by the thousands upon the field of battle, but in the struggle for existence woman ts continually offering up her life for man. if there is a mission of mercy to perform she undertakes it. If there is Suffering or distress to succor her wil. ling hand is always ready. If wretch- edness and misery need a comforter she is present. The faintest whisper of pain brings ber as a pilgrim to its cotch, and in the chamber of death she takes her place, assuaging the hopeless sufferer with the comforting assurance that there is a home beyond the grave free from the agony of pain. She suffers herself without a murmur or compiaint, and the man that would in the slightest degree add to it and in- crease the anguish that it is her lot to bear is beneath the level of the brate. If she should happen to possess de- fects and faults, which every human being has in a greater or less degree, let him compare them with her virtues, and especially with his vices, and ev- ery impulse of his better being will prompt him to overlook them and make due allowance therefor.—isidor Ray- ner. Relainets Pastecn A Beigian who has money owing to him often hands the account to his postman, who passes it through the of- fice, to be presented to the debtor in whatever Jocality the latter may re- side, and if payment be made the creditor receives it from his postman on the following day, with but a tr fling deduction for commission. As to newspapers, almost all regular subscribers to a journal pay their ‘money to a postman, and two or three days before the subscription expires that official presents the notice for the Tenewal of the subscription during # fresh term. All this makes of the Belgian post- man a kind of ambulating general agency and bank of deposit, and the eae na ee in front of bim and to carry a for valuables, wor wtnaoiy, been od are short—Peatsoh’s i= Cooling by Flame. Tt is hard to appreciate that fire has widely different degrees of heat, for every burning blaze seems to have the extreme heat of fire, yet the fame of burning alcohol is actually used for cooling purposes in one make of search- light because the alcohol fame is not nearly so hot as the point of fre at the center of the searchlight. ‘A good searchlight needs to have its lamp 2s small as possible, and the nearer it is to just a point of light, though still having Intense light, the farther can its beams be thrown. The ‘only way to concentrate the light is to raise the degree of heat of the light ‘source, such as an electric arc, but in- tense heat fs likely to result in melt- ing the whole apparatus. ‘The above searchlight succeeds in highly concentrating the light source, and then to prevent this concentrated light from melting everything near it alcohol vapor is fed round it. The al- cobol vapor burns of course, but as It naturally barns at a temperatore far lower than that of the electric are It acts something like the water jacket of an aufomobile engine and prevents the metal and glass of the searchlight from becoming excessively hot.—Satur- day Evening Post. Beautiful Kashmir. ‘It bas been said that India is the brightest Jewel in the British crown. But one cannot realize the brightness of the gem to the full until one hag so- journed for a space in that veritable @reamland situated in the wedge of mountains forming the north center boundary of that peninsula. No other country in the world can boast of such a diversity of scenery or is so full of beanty spots as the valleys and up- lands of Kashmir. Snow covered mountains, pine clad hills, rushing tor- rents, clear streams, iimpid takes and broad alluvial plains all combine to make up this wonderland, which forms the summer haunt of many jaded plainsmen from the sultry eanton- ments of India. Of tate. alas. the ubiquitous globe trotter has discovered ft, and his excessive supply of cash brings higher prices. silk socks and white waistcoats into a paradise where “boiled shirts” and other ap- purtenances of an evil civilization should never have been allowed to pen- etrate—Wide World Magazine. Sain al a ‘The collector was after a deadbeat. and there were rumors that be was in more serfous trouble even than ow- ing debts. The collector was told to get after him at once and run him down before anybody else got bold of him. So he chose a time of day when the deadbeat would be most likely to de at home and went to bis house and rang the bell. The man’s wife came to the door. “Your husband is in?" he said sternly—he made a statement rather than a question of it. She look- ed scared and answered, “Y¥—yes. sir.” “I want to see him at once,” he went on, very severely. “Why, you can't see him,” she answered. “He's in, and yet I can’t see him? I'd like to know why I can’t!” “Because he's in for six months!" she sobbed. and.shut the door in bis face.—Argonaut. Lyddite. Lyddite, the powder that has enor- mous explosive force and can be fired from a gun easily carried about, does not, as bas been widely supposed, take its name from a man, but from an ancient town near the coast of Kent, England, the town of Lydd. where there is a government artillery range. where the tests were made that result: ed in the preparation of this explosive Lyddite has extraordinary qualities aside from its explosive force, since its fumes are so suffocating as some- times to be {ntolerable. Lydd shares the notoriety that attaches to the name of Dumdam. that other peaceful city im Bengal, where are manufactured the expanding bullets that attract so much unfavorable comment in war. Penetrated His Disguise. ‘The last minstrel stopped at a back oor and said to the housewife who greeted him:. “Give me something to eat, fair dame, and I will tickle your ears with & merry tale of romance.” “But why not tell me the tale first?” the dame suggested. “No. I must have the food and drink before I talk.” ‘Thereupon the dame slammed the door with the tart retort: “You're not a merry minstrel. You're ee York ‘Wellincten’e Revorts Veluminous. In the campaigns of the past our generals had much more time to write Gispatcbes than now. Wellington, for instance, was able to write a detailed account of the battle of Waterloo on the night following its occurrence. And to read the whole of his dispatches in his various campaigns you would have pene er imngtiagean dimen srr get Yolumes.—London Chronicle. ‘The Worm Turned. Coal Merchant—I say, Premium, 1 ‘want to insure my coal yard against fire. What's the cost of a policy for £10,000? Insurance Agent—What coal is it? Same kind you seut me last? Merchant—Yes, it is. Agent—Ob, 1 wouldn't insure it if I were you. It won't burn —Loaden Express. A Shere Lak Oa Qa * | Ea a tee eo See oe “Tve invented a boat made entirety sf cork.” “Who will man it?” “Ob, I am the cork’s crew.”—Phils- 0, detain : ‘Witnout aenger: danger cannot be \ STORE FOI NE HILLMAN ee 2 The- Cranford Apartmeit Building, 3600. Wabash An, Meee tec A ae By ete a ee ea / Ree ace. esa fy a Pepe fen ek et 4 fe Seen Si ee Pr 3 eae; gan Se Fes Steal ILE uss bE abt i F Fe . ~ md i Fy Pe Cn i | : «i or | 1 - = ms 3 | oe oe ee (4 rf oe : rte a bs SS a See The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. ba J. W. Casey, Agent, “Phone Randolph 803 74. W. WAS INGTON STREET. = ee a = gee reece we ¢ g Bea aK iG ee 4 We) pi eh i Sr Pe te x Take a Second Look At— the Store-Full of Light Across the Wa If the owner buys that light By Measure He Is Using GAS ARCS For a store-fall of gas arc light costs far less than® | store-full of any other light—and gas arc light is by far the softest and most diffusive. A single Gas Arc actually yields a volume of 400 candles and burns one cent’s worth of gas an hour—that’s A Huge Volume of Light for Little Money ¢ We RENT these Gas Arcs—95,000 of them, to the best lighted and most economically managed stores, shops, lofts, factories and warehouses in the city. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 457 FRANK DUNN ESTABLISHED TEL. OA J.B. MoCAHEY 1877 1560, 168%. ‘TRUSTEES! JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIRSt STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS Gtet St. and LS. & M.S. Dei thstase Stet St. end ARMOUR AVE. cnicase Handicapped. ight Writers Dr. Curem—You will find your dys. writera wo babiealy workstse Pepsin greatly alleviated, Mr. Peck, by| ang all night, frequently st Ty cheerfol and agreeable conversation at | nervous fancies. Huxley #6 ae Your meals. Mr. Peck—That's good'| fam working at nistt ! Bot OY Sy sdvice, doc. bot my income will not | pargiars moving about. bat ! "iy Permit me to eat away from home—| see them looking through ? ‘Terre Haute Express. Be door at mer” sits 0 Rige in Scotland. se he was tigen In Scotland the corn and grass fields EE by the appearance of 00005 ip fe Givided into spaces twenty to thir: | Collins, who sat down st te. yay SZ Mite be 5 Saree mate ty fim and tried to monopole {5 yy 8 plow. ‘These are termed rigs. here was 0 SUES 1 pel FE ——__ stand was upset. When ‘Seentent Madintn Stand Was Ope to nimeel In the order named quinine, calomel, tered ate as eae eee the tropics, = eer The Night Writers. Writers who babitually work st 50 and aul night, frequent set Sg nervous fancies. Hsley said “We Tinm working a nlctt #20 O05) Darglars moving about. bat ! . poo thar Hooking through the oO the door at me!” he oor at Tin was «habit iy worker until he was ricsiene! Fee acarance of ae ay Colton, who ant down at the ii Cala son to ocorate Bee There was a strugsic. nt stand was upset. When Oy Kie Collins came (0 oe aoa, the ink was Tun0lDs Tag Sriting table, proot enous 3 © pa, Ser thar 3x. Colla OT night work. /