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THE BROAD AX The First Big Municipal Dance at the Lincoln Gardens Was a Great Success. No Visible Color Line Was in Evidence THE TWO SECTIONS OF THE GRAND MARCH WERE LED BY PHILLIP WILBUR TROUT-MRS. MAUDE L. LAWRENCE, CAPTAIN LOUIS B. ANDERSON-MISS ANNA SEPPLE. JULIUS F. TAYLOR ASSISTED TO DIRECT IT. QUITE A PEW PROMINENT WHITE AND COLORED CITIZENS WERE PRESENT TO WITNESS THE AFFAIR, AND THEY WILLINGLY MINGLED WITH THE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN, FREELY JOINING IN THE DANCING WITH THEM. NO TROUBLE OR DISORDER OF ANY KIND APPEARED ABOVE THE SURFACE. MR. TROUT, SUPERINTENDENT OF DANCE HALLS, WAS HIGHLY GRATIFIED OVER THE FIRST VENTURE OF THAT KIND ON THE SOUTH SIDE. IN THE NEAR FUTURE OTHER, MUNICIPAL DANCES WILL BE HELD IN THE SAME SECTION OF THE CITY. Vol. XX. The First B Dance at Gardens W Success. Color Li Evidence THE TWO SECTIONS OF THE GRAT WILBUR TROUT-MRS. MAUDE ANDERSON-MISS ANNA SEPE TO DIRECT IT. QUITE A FEW PROMINENT WH PRESENT TO WITNESS THE A GLED WITH THE COLORED M IN THE DANCING WITH THE NO TROUBLE OR DISORDER OF SURFACE. MR. TROUT, SUPER HIGHLY GRATIFIED OVER THE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. IN THE NEAR FUTURE OTHER, M IN THE SAME SEC Tuesday evening the first big municipal dance was held at the Lincoln Gardens, 10 East 29th street, and notwithstanding the fact that the weather was very unpleasant on that evening, the hall was well filled. Many White men and women residing in that neighborhood dropped into the hall and it was rather amusing at first to observe their actions; they like the majority of the Colored people who were among the first comers did not know if they would be permitted to pitch in and dance to their heart's content, or whether they should stand back and simply look on; so they like the Colored people with few exceptions at first hesitated and no one seemed to be willing to venture out on the floor and do a little dancing, so that was the way the affair stood until about nine o'clock, for everybody seemed to be hesitating. At that time Mr. Phillip Wilbur Trout, superintendent of dance halls, who is the right man in the right place, very gracefully wended his way to the center of the floor and invited those who desired to dance to follow him and join in a new dance in which the women all joined hands in an inner circle and the men followed suit in a larger circle on the outside of them, and in a few moments from that time the White and Colored folks were all mixed up together and sometimes it was very hard to tell one from the other, and from that time on no one seemed to be fearful that their color would change. Along about half past ten o'clock the grand march was formed and Mr. Trout insisted that the writer should lead it, but we informed him that no one with feet as large as ours could ever earn their salt at dancing, but that if he really wanted us to have a hand in it we would assist to direct it, and it was formed into two sections. One was led by Mr. Trout and Mrs. Maude L. Lawrence, and the other section by Captain Louis B. Anderson, republican candidate for alderman of the second ward, and Miss Anna Sepple, probation officer and president of the Cook county probation officers' association. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas, D. G. Smith and Mrs. Etta Shoecraft, G. Fisher and Miss Mary Webber were some of those who joined in the grand march, which was mixed up with both White and Colored couples. At the conclusion of the grand march the music by Bowman's orchestra and the dancing was very lively until 12 o'clock, at which time "Home, Sweet Home" was played. No trouble or disorder of any kind appeared above the surface and peace and absolute harmony reigned supreme throughout the evening, and Mr. Trout, superintendent of dance halls, was more than HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAX gratified with the first venture of that kind on the south side. At the same time he pronounced it a great success. In the near future other municipal dances will be given in the same section of the city. Aside from those already mentioned, Mrs. Esther Falkenstein, Rev. W. S. Braddan, Miss Mable Hodges, Dr. W. H. Davis, George H. Jackson, Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Col. or Editor R. S. Abbott, Miss Minnie R. Jones, Rev. A. L. Harris, pastor of Hermon Baptist church, representing the Juvenile Protective Association, Mrs. Minnie Berlin, Mr. Farrani, Charles E. Morrison and A. L. Harris, representing Mayor Carter H. Harrison and the city hall who acted and looked as wise as night owls, Mrs. David O. Shea, president Catholic Woman's League, Margaret McGoorty Long, superintendent Juvenile Court, Mrs. Mory, Miss Gilligan, Miss Anne Bigley, representing the Juvenile Court, Miss Welsh, Miss Thulis, Miss Moran and Miss Davern, were among the prominent White and Colored citizens who witnessed the affair. CARVES UNIQUE WOOD CANE FOR THE PRESIDENT. New Orleans, Dec. 28.—Alexander Mouton, grandson of the first Democratic Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator, whose name he bears, has fashioned and carved with an ordinary pocket knife an unique cane for President Wilson. An inscription carved in high relief covers nearly the entire surface of the cane. The wood is very hard, requiring remarkable patience, as well as skill to form the letters. The inscription follows: Woodrow Wilson, Democratic educator, author and statesman, Princeton—Graduated 1879; professor of jurisprudence, political economy; politics, 1890-1897; President, 1902-1910. Bryn Mawr—Professor of political economy, 1885-1888; Wesleyan—Professor of political economy, 1888-1890. University of Virginia—Law student, 1879-1880. Lawyer, 1882-1883. Democratic Governor of New Jersey, 1910-1912. Made of a piece of wood from the property of the first Democratic Governor of Louisiana, carved and presented to the President by the first grandson, whose name he bears. Alexander Mouton, Lafayette, La., 1914. Mouton, who is a machinist, rebuilt the machinery of the mint here following the coinage of the Bland dollar. Later he erected a mint for the Mexican government in the City of Mexico. During President Cleveland's administration he was chief engineer of the mint in this city. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie and a badge on his lapel]. The extremely popular Clerk of the County Court, who has entered the race for Mayor of Chicago and he feels confident that he will put Mayor Carter H. Harrison out of the running at the primaries February 23. TWO GOOD HEALTH ITEMS. One of the most interesting finds of the Department of Health for the year was reported a few days ago by one of its north side sanitary inspectors. In a building three stories high, used as a rooming house and containing fourteen water closets, the only bath tub found was one which the owner of the rooming house had set up in his kitchen for his own and his family's immediate use. The kitchen being rather small it was necessary to economize space and consequently a sort of serving table top was placed on top of the bath tub and the "two in one" fixture was a kitchen work table or a family bath as necessity required. tary conditions of any kind are meant to help those most affected by them. And the more earnest and hearty the operation that is given by the citizens to the Department, the better will be the real service rendered. TUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN SPENDS TWENTY MILLIONS. SIXTY-SIX PER CENT COMES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS. NEW YORK STATE LEADS. More than $20,500,000 was spent last year in the campaign against tuberculosis in the United States. Of this sum, 66.8 per cent was derived from public funds, either federal, state. If one family of four or five persons finds it necessary to have a bath tub in order to keep clean, and maintain bodily health and vigor, how many bath tubs would be necessary in a rooming house of that size? Or, if we put it another way, what is the status of the personal sanitation of fifty persons without bath tub facilities in a rooming house when the family of five in the same house find it necessary to have a bath tub to keep clean! And again taking another view, one would be inclined to think that a landlord who wanted his own family to be clean and healthy, would certainly insist that his tenants occupying the same building with him should have the same advantages. The Department of Health seldom is in receipt of letters such as the following. And on account of its rarity in sentiment expressed, the Bulletin feels warranted in making it public. As will be inferred, the firm deals in a certain line of foodstuffs. But, here in the letter: "Yours of the 8th inst. at hand and contents noted. Your request shall be complied with. "Pleased be advised that it is our constant endeavor to keep all walls and ceilings clean and white. It is approaching the end of the season when we regularly do this work. "We state these facts in connection herewith that you will know that we have not been remiss in this matter. We shall be pleased to have your inspector, however, keep us jacked up from time to time, because we rather welcome it and it is our policy to cooperate with your Department." The point in the above unusual letter is the expressed desire for inspection to the end that the firm's own standards be maintained. This is surely a fine spirit of co-operation. Better still, it shows an appreciation of the helpful character of food inspection work when rightly and properly done. As a matter of fact the Department likes to feel that its efforts to improve either food or sani- tary conditions of any kind are meant to help those most affected by them. And the more earnest and hearty the operation that is given by the citizens to the Department, the better will be the real service rendered. TUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN SPENDS TWENTY MILLIONS. SIXTY-SIX PER CENT COMES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS. NEW YORK STATE LEADS. More than $20,500,000 was spent last year in the campaign against tuberculosis in the United States. Of this sum, 66.8 per cent was derived from public funds, either federal, state, county or municipal, and the remainder was contributed by private philanthropy. These are some of the interesting figures contained in the annual statistical statement of The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, made public today. The statement is based largely on actual reports received from antituberculosis agencies throughout the country, but where reports are not available, the figures have been estimated. Institutional care and treatment of consumptives in hospitals and sanatoria makes up the largest share of the total expenditures. More than $17,300,000 was spent for this purpose, with an additional $225,000 for special treatment of tuberculous insane and prisoners. These figures include not only the cost of maintenance, but in some instances the cost of construction of institutions. Anti-tuberculosis associations spent the next largest sum, amounting to a little over $900,000. Care of patients in dispensaries and by visiting nurses cost almost as much, approximately $860,000. The growth of the open air school movement is shown in the fact that last year more than $300,000 was spent for this purpose, as against $10,000 expended five years ago. State and city boards of health spent $200,000 directly on tuberculosis work. In the last five years, the percentage of money spent from public funds has steadily increased from 53 per cent in 1909 to 69.3 per cent in 1913, and 66.8 per cent last year. The National Association considers this increase significant, since it indicates a shifting of the burden of institutional care of the consumptive from the private purse to the general public purse where it rightly belongs. New York State spent more money last year in the tuberculosis campaign than any other two states in the Union, due largely to the increased and rapidly developing movement for city and county care of the tuberculous. Pennsylvania, which has occupied second Never Too Late to Enter. New Contestants Can Enter Up to Two Weeks Before the Contest Closes. When You Stop to Consider the princely prizes, you should work with might and main; get into the contest with a shout; work hard and there will be no cause for regret. Consider the prizes and you will see that it is worth your every effort. Chance of a Life Time. You may never have the opportunity again to win such valuable gifts with the assistance of your friends. 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Mr. and Mrs. Henry White, Mrs. Isabella Harris, Mrs. Leonard Artis, all of Janesville, Wis., have for the past two weeks been delightfully visiting at the home of Mrs. A. B. Patterson, 5312 Federal street. No.15 For the Children When Old Boreas Blows He Makes ice and Snow. A $ \textcircled{c} $ by American Press Association MISS KDNA HOTT COASTING. Old Boreas has been asleep for a long time, but now his nap is over. Boreas you know, is the North Wind, and Jack Frost is his son. When Boreas wakes up he sends Jack out to let people know that cold weather is on the way. Jack Frost is quite gentle when he starts out on his tour. He breathes on the flowers and trees and grass, and soon they go to sleep until spring shall awaken them. Then old Boreas opens his mouth and blows a tremendous blast. That is how winter begins. Snow and ice take the places of flowers and green trees. Little folks, however, are glad when Boreas wakes up, for he makes lots of splendid sport. Without the snow and ice there would be no skating or coasting—about the jolliest kind of fun there is. Here is the picture of a little girl who was caught by the photographer as she was coasting down a hillside in Central park, New York city. Her name is Edna Hoyt, and she is having a glorious time. Snow brings joy to thousands of kiddies all over this country and in others far away, although the war has saddened the winter for many children. Fortune Telling Game. Write on slips of paper the fortune, of which some samples will be given below, and place them in walnut shells, out of which the nut has been taken. Paste the two half shells together, and when your "party" is seated around the festive board hand them around. Here are a few fortunes: "You will hold a public position in the community in which you live." "Your lot is to bear other people's burdens. Your helpmate will share your troubles with you." "One year of your life will be spent in poverty. All the others will be prosperous." "You will marry a person of good family, fine appearance and extraordinary ability." "Few sorrows will come to you, but much happiness will be your lot through life." "Your relatives will envy you your fine helpmate and lovely family." "Your life will be a continuous climb. You will have ambition for your watchword." Game For Boy Scouts The game of "spot your staves" is played in the same way as an ordinary paper chase, except that the hares are provided with a number of small circular gummed labels, such as are used by shopkeepers for marking the prices on goods. Every time the trail is dropped not more than two labels should be dropped with it. As soon as the trail is picked up by a hound he blows his whistle. The other hounds immediately proceed to the spot and search for the two labels. When found they should be stuck on to the finder's staff, and at the end of the chase the scout with the most labels wins. This tends to keep up the interest of the smaller scouts, who otherwise would soon be inclined to ag behind.—Scout. Conundrums Why is a list of musical composers like a saxophan? Because it is incomplete without a Handel. Why is the letter A like 12 o'clock? Because it comes in the middle of day. When is a newspaper like a delicate child? When it appears weekly. In what key should a man propose to his girl? Be mine ah, (B minor). his girl? Be mine ah. (B minor). Why does a conductor punch a hole in your transfer? To let you pass through. If all the big waters were dried up what would Neptune say? I really haven't an ocean (a notion). Weather Vanes. Our town is full of weather vanes That glitter in the sun; I've watched them often windy days As round and round they've spun. There's one small eagle; there's a horse; I've counted new cows. And shines golden lights all set, And little shining paws. Sometimes they hardly move a bit, All painting to the west. Or else the east or north or south. Just where the wind thinks best. I imagine when I wake at night And hear a creaking vane. Perhaps it wants to rest and so I'm dying to complain. Some days I have to blow a splendid sun. And what to blow and blow. I'm like to client this highest hill And use our town below. -Youth's Companion Culinary Notes Supper is the meal at which the capable housekeeper may show her ability in using up leftovers. If she is clever she may provide appetizing surprises, which generally do not require much material or time, says the United States department of agriculture. It is mistaken economy to add a good deal of expensive materials in order to use up things of little value or to attempt fussy dishes that require long preparation. As far as everyday supper is concerned, it is usually good policy to avoid elaborate dishes and let the most of the time and strength expended for such things go to the main meal of the day. This is especially true where the women of the family do all the work. In many families supper includes one hot dish and a second course of preserves and cocoa. Here, as at breakfast, some kind of bread, with butter and a hot beverage, forms the basis of the meal, with an appetizing dish of eggs, meat, cheese or vegetables. While noon dinner and supper are the rule in most rural districts and smaller communities, in other parts of the country, as every one knows, lunch and evening dinner take their place, as is inevitable where the wage earners must be away from home all day long. In such cases what has been said about supper applies to lunch. If some of the family carry their lunch away with them, bread and butter again form the usual basis of the meal, with cold meat, hard boiled eggs or some other appetizing as well as nutritious food and perhaps fruit and cake to complete and vary it. Desserts Are an Economy When no dessert is provided a greater quantity of meat and vegetables must be eaten to satisfy the demands of nature. For some this is all right, but for the majority of people a certain amount of sugar and starch is necessary in the food. Children should not be deprived of this kind of food. It is economical to provide a dessert even if a simple one. In arranging for a dinner, plan a light dessert when the rest of the meal is to be substantial. When the main part of the dinner is to be light let the dessert be hot and substantial. For example, if the first part of the meal consists of cold meat and vegetables serve a hot apple pudding for dessert. A good one can be made of a pint of flour, prepared as for cream of tartar biscuit, rolled thin and filled with parsed and quartered apples, then steamed for two hours and served with molasses or sugar sauce. Or the apples may be put into a stewpan for a few minutes, covered with the biscuit dough and cooked for about twenty minutes longer. No sauce will be needed with this pudding. Olive Oil In Cookery. In the making of dark cakes, such as fruit, spice cake or gingerbread, and in puddings oil oil can be used instead of butter. In making cakes the olive oil and sugar are stirred to a cream as is the case when butter is used and the other ingredients added in the ordinary way. For greasing baking tins or pudding dishes olive oil can be more economically used than butter, as the small amount needed can be poured from the bottle directly into the dish and then applied with a bit of tissue paper. Crust is not so liable to burn as when butter is used, and the flavor of the crust is much more delicious than when lard is adopted for this purpose. Oiling the crust of bread or rolls just before taking from the oven gives an additional richness both of color and taste. Substitute For Lord. Pork trimmings will serve as a substitute for lard in frying. These can be obtained from your butcher. The economy lies not so much in the price paid, for, of course, there is more oil in lard than in the same quantity of meat, but the food fried in it does not absorb so much fat, and in that way waste is eliminated. Then, too, the flavor is greatly improved. The "trimmings" give the food the flavor of ham without the disagreeable, fatty taste which so often accompanies food cooked in lard. Potatoes fried in it can be eaten with pleasure, and breads and other fried foods usually avoided can be enjoyed when prepared with bacon or pork trimmings. That Underdone Joint If a joint of meat should be too underdone to eat and several slices have been carved out it can be cooked again and served up as a fresh joint if the hole is filled up with mashed potatoes and cooked in a brisk oven for an hour. The browned potatoes will be much appreciated, and that it is the second time of sending it to table will not be noticed. When Serving Baked Potatoes. A baked potato, sweet or white, should be broken open as soon as it is done or it becomes a bit soggy. Both have more flavor when warmed over than boiled potatoes, but the steam should always be let out of them while they are hot. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 2, 1915. Gowns For Festive Occasions Fashioned of This Somber Color. ```markdown ``` BLACK EVENING GOWN. Never has the black evening gown been so popular for both old and young. Fashion, owing to the influence of Paris, continues her allegiance to somber shades. The fascinating evening frock here pictured is of black satin. Over the satin fall three tunics of accordion plaited net. A novel feature of the frock is the wide girdle, simulating a basque. This girdle is of dull gold net set with jet ornaments. The simple little bodice is of black velvet, a material that brings out to perfection the delicate tints of the skin. AIRING BED CLOTHES. Sunshine For Both Sides of the Mattress is Necessary. Many housekeepers think they air beds by throwing the bedclothes over the foot of the bed and the mattress over them, but this is simply aliring the underside of the mattress and smothering the bedclothes. Some persons also think that to air a bed properly it must lie this way about half the day, giving a very untidy appearance to the room. The proper way to air a bed, if bedclothes are not removed from the bed and placed on chairs, is to throw them over the footboard across a chair placed to keep them off the floor and then lift the mattress in the middle, tilting it up so that air passes under and over it. One-half hour of this will thoroughly air a bed, the windows to be open all the time, of course. Air and sunshine are the best purifiers on the market, and they are also the cheapest. If sufficiently used they are enough to meet the need of a healthy family. Air the closets and wardrobes just as you do the room. They are full of clothes that have been worn all day, which need airing. Cleaning Pots and Pans. Keep at hand a small quantity of coarse cornmeal or coarse wheat bran, and when cleaning greasy cooking utensils rub a handful in the pan, kettle or skillet. You will be surprised how clear of grease it will leave the utensil. Wash it then in good soapy water, scald and set to air before putting away. If one keeps chickens the meal thus used is excellent in their mash feed. If not, fold in a waste paper and burn. This way keeps the sink clean and saves much hard work. Coral is a favorite shade in gowns for evening. Dance frocks for young girls are both short and trained. A lovely evening gown is of green crystal net over white satin. Narrow, clinging lines of the middle ages are most in favor for evening gowns. Many evening gowns have no sleeves, narrow jeweled shoulder strape being the substitute. Some evening models have apron drapery in the front, and an odd thing about it is that the apron section falls longer than the foundation. The apron is of metallic lace. The pointed decolletage is a thing of the past. The square cut neck line is in high favor and it is severally plain, being seldom softened with trimming of any description. A great many beads and sequins are used on evening dresses, especially on white satin and net. Black nets with blue sequins and all shades of red over cream lace are used. FOR PRE-LENTEN DANCES. Gown of Shimmering Silver Tissue Contrasted With Black Velvet. THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FETCHING NEW PARTY GOWN. The gown pictured here is a shimmering affair of silver tissue, suggesting moonlight in effect. The bodice of shirred black velvet is supported over the shoulders with straps of black jet and finished at the top with a narrow plaiting of the silver tissue. A silver cord encircles the waist. The skirt consists of a series of circular tunics. For the many social functions that will be crowded into the pre-Lenten season a gown of this sort is both modish and becoming for most women. SELVAGE RUGS. Handsome Floor Coverings That Are Easily Made and Cost Little. When tailors make men's suits they first cut selvages from the materials used. These selvages make much better rugs than ordinary carpet rugs when woven in the usual manner, and they are warm and rich looking, especially if dark colored warp is used, says the Mother's Magazine. Another advantage in favor of selvages is that they come in long strips and require little work in preparation for the weaver. In place of sewing the rags in the usual fashion lay the end of one strip flat upon the end of another and sew together without doubling. Tailors usually throw away selvages and would therefore give them away upon request; others sell them to rag men for a few cents a pound. If you wish to make braided rugs of selvage they must be used double. KITCHEN FURNITURE Should Be Comfortable and Attractive, Yet Adapted to Use. Every kitchen should boast at least one comfortable chair, for the competent cook can learn to perform many of her duties sitting as well as standing. For greater efficiency and comfort the kitchen table is also of importance, for not only should it be strong and steady, but it should also be of the proper height for baking and kneading bread. It should have a deep drawer to hold agate and wooden spoons, forks and knives, cookie molds, etc. Over the table either a convenient cabinet or a simple board may be nailed into place, upon which can be hung egg beaters, bread knives, measuring spoons—indeed, all those small things which will save a busy woman countless steps during the day's work. There is a wide use of metal laces. Metal laces are used extensively for bodices and sleeves. Two-tone net tops are among the most fashionable laces. Net top lace with hand run design is likely to be much used. Costumes of white net or lace are trimmed with ornaments of jet. Tulle and lace are extensively used both for day and evening robes. A very dashing novelty is a gold lace with the flower pattern in so light a silver as to look white. Overdresses of lace hanging straight from the shoulders and fringed with beads are among the new fashion features. Skirts of lace, tulle or chiffon in ivory, white, black or creamy tones may be worn with the same black velvet basque. Wide black chantilly and silk lace are for full skirted tunics, flounces and are mounted over taffets, but made separate from the foundation. Good form Geranium Luncheon. The most stunning dinner or luncheon table imaginable is achieved when red geraniums are used exclusively as decoration. Nearly every one can obtain these brilliant flowers, and they are usually at their brightest when other blossoms in the window garden are on the wane. Fill a large glass bowl with the scarlet posies, using their own rich leaves for the green. Red candles in holders of glass, scarlet paper bonbon and nut boxes, with ribbons of the same hue leading to the place cards, which should be white with a red geranium thrust through the corner should be adopted. The hostess should be gowned in white, with red sash, flowers and slippers, or the dress may be of red muslin with white accessories. First serve a cherry cocktail, then tomato boulillon, salmon croquettes with Julienne potatoes, beet salad and raspberry sherbet. The cakes may be iceed in red, as there are harmless fruit colorings. A confectioner will make cream patties to match in coloring if the order is given a few days ahead. Smart Stationery. Pure white is the most elegant style of stationery, especially for an elderly woman. For the debutante a tinted paper is in very good taste. This comes in pale salmon, oyster blue and dresden. Well in from the edge of the sheet and envelope runs a fine hair line in a darker shade to harmonize with the lighter tint. For instance, the salmon paper has a dull rose line and the oyster blue a cadet blue hair line. Formerly a monogram was engraved in a corresponding shade in the corner of the sheet, but fashion no longer decrees this. The correspondence paper for an older woman is more than ever elaborate this year. One style in pale French gray, with a heavy monogram in silver and black, is decidedly distinctive. Likewise a natural colored oak with a dull brown and gold monogram, or perhaps the shaded tints of lavender and violet, with a two tone silver monogram, are in good taste for a woman who wishes something that will truly bespeak her personality. Restaurant Etiquette There should be no conspicuous conduct in a dining room of a hotel or a public restaurant. Do not talk or laugh in a loud tone. Do not dispute with the waiter. Do not look around at other guests in an impertinent manner. Eat slowly, act with refinement and remember that you are in a public place. The restaurant is indeed a great test of the true lady and gentleman. The end of the meal should be followed by your exit from the dining room. The lady precedes the gentleman on leaving the restaurant. At the door the gentleman will receive his hat, which has been taken from him on entering. Here there is a call for a tip of 10 cents if it be a restaurant of a large hotel and if the stay be just for one meal. There is much protest against this and the concerted action of men is doing much toward minimising this "holdun." Privacy For Guests When the guest room has an occupant the children of the household should consider it sacred and should never be allowed to enter or even to knock at its door without first consulting an older head. Even a hostess sometimes spoils the pleasure of the loveliest of guest chambers by entering it too frequently with inquiries, etc. Over entertainment is really worse than none at all. One may assume that a guest may perhaps want to be alone when she seeks her room. When Women Call Ceremonious calls are not made between women in the morning, evening or on Sunday afternoons. A man, owing to the exactions of business, may call in the evening and on Sunday afternoon. A woman should never call on a man socially. A business errand is the only occasion for a call from a woman to a man, and in such a case the lady calls during his business hours and sends in her name, not her visiting card. Taking French Leave. If you are unexpectedly obliged to leave a town where you have been entertained without returning any calls send back a card to those to whom you are indebted. Take your visiting card and write "P. P. C." on it, which is the French for "Pour prendre conge" and means "to take leave". Send these cards by post to all those to whom you owe calls. This will show that you are not unmindful of them and were prevented from calling. Matching Partners A good way to match partners at any social affair is the following: Get two kinds of a variety of candies—say two caramels, two chocolate drops, two peppermint sticks, two gumdrops, two butter scotches, etc. Pass one plate to the men and one to the women, and when candies are matched partners will be found. Another good way is to match flowers or animal crackers. Woman's World Jean Webster's Book to Improve the Lot of "Orphant Annie." A. B. MISS JEAN WEBSTER. A book with a purpose is Miss Jean Webster's charming story, "Daddy Longlegs." Since it was published she has gone into many editions. The tale has been put on the stage in a play that is one of the successes of the season. Daddy Longlegs may do as much for the lonely little orphan child of the public institution as Oliver Twist did for English workhouse children. The book has aroused public interest in the lot of the lonely and homeless children of the asylums, and many well to do people, inspired by the example of the Daddy Longlegs of the story, have come forward to adopt or bear the burden of expense of educating one or more orphans. It is said a wealthy New York bachelor has thus adopted forty children. The New York State Charities Aid society found many requests for orphans for adoption coming in after the publication of the book that they appointed a special committee to look after the applications. Miss Vida Mary Clark, a warm hearted woman with experience in children's work, was appointed to take charge of the work. Miss Webster, the author of the book, is a Vassar graduate, and college girls have been particularly taken with the Daddy Longlegs idea. In fact, playing fairy godmother to an orphan child has assumed the proportions of a fad, and, thanks to Miss Webster, the lot of little "Orphant Anns" is likely to be made a happy one. Miss Webster is a granddaughter of Mark Twain and has the sense of humor which seems to be a family girl. She has always been interested in philanthropic work and has written a number of books, most of them dealing with college girl life. She has lived in Italy for a number of years, but now resides in New York city. LINEN GLOVE CASE Attractive Design in Roman Cutwork For Boudoir Fancy Work. The old fashioned "cutwork" is popular again. It is carried out in many styles which differ slightly in processes. In all cases the plain foundation, whether of linen, scrim, lawn, silk or satin, is slightly cut away and embroidered crossbars, ploets or lace ```markdown ``` GLOVE CASE IN CUTWORK stitches are worked into the opening. The outline is worked in buttonhole rithm in in overcasting. in carry out the work the pattern is stamped or traced on the material, the outline of the pattern worked and the inclosed material then carefully cut away. When completed the embroidery is usually mounted over a released background. A simple design in cutwork, carried out on white linen, is illustrated here. It is used as the decoration for a simple glove case and is mounted over purple blue satin. ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 2, 1915. OSPITAL, GERMAN SOLD ae. es —— > =f "a ee. 7 ne Oy = | ¥ Fa aR Ce is Ree eee fs\] oe ene } | PAs ey Caer 2 aah ai Titer Nn ae a germane ae cs oe et ‘% CSOT ULAS GERMAN PRINCESS AT A HOSPITAI. GERMAN SOLDIERS IN CAMP NEAR VERDUN. oe SS Ps Chere SSS a ic Sees cua secre eee om es) | Eh Uh ABS Ba AS | iN + W N Tay WEA, amen 8 A) ASS Fo may \ta ee | fo 2. 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Bonet tes a Ce hl SR eS 2 a Pe an SS eae a tS ee BEE IY We b> 1 See bee). a t~ - =H “He Ssas = es 3 7 Be: RS = Feb A Vs. alWwas > 4: Her A tees Ae che) Goal = he ae ye Ea ae Ne aE oe rt ae ; J ‘| f aon eee oie i bs Ay ’ ae zl { an som umes eee Ee Pee Photo by American Press Association. In the center (the short man in front) is General von Emmich, the captor of Liege, and at his left is the Duke ef Brunswick, who has been reported missing. dsome structure will be devoted to the press at the big show in San Francisco this year. ERMAN OFFICERS LUNCHING NEAR VER DUN, FRANCE. ———————————E 1 ey xe Tet a) < BY) See ee 4 a4 ey he Zz Sof z | Te aS Ss eS 5 as) (Copyright, 1914, by American Press Association. ONE OF THE FORTS AT ANTWERP. ee ee - | a | ee GERMAN WOUNDED IN KARLSRUHE HO: PITAL, oS a Le | S i Ce ue ec, ee F - oO FLT eS) topteee, ) eRe Liane eer ame eal BRC PS A. ae 4g “Sa LF : bl . a: i oe P tl au be a Z. Ce y [ne w aa : GERMAN PRISONERS IN ENGLAND ® 7 , 8 ; E ee wa cannes bactuaniieditesecnaeleaie : PAGE THRES BRITISH SUBMARINE -B-11. GERMAN ARTILLERYMEN ON THE MARCH. (a) Te A ee BN? i aire Pe. Be Bee ‘3 | j acs See ae A i eae | es { aii WE ons! aa ; eal Bae y® mS es Bee ONT Ga Ds ee ol Pan | Ls ae Se ater fae | U558 > eee Sees Photo by American Press Association. A QUIET GAME OF CARDS. ae ss a ne bleh = z rr | Moe Serre a <4 ie 9 Ms ae i FS / A e = : Wea, lint 6S i iz aa \ ane ! Se ONES on Photo by American Proes Association, German prisoners taken in France have an easy life PAGE FOUR THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and as all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year. $3.50 Six Months. 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5027 FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DREXEL 4500. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered on Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1906, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1878. THE 1914-1915 NEGBO YEAR BOOK NOW ON SALE. The Negro Year Book for the year 1914-1915 has been considerably enlarged and greatly improved. The size of the page has been increased twenty-five per cent over that of previous years. The number of pages has been increased from 348 in 1913-1914 to 417 in 1914-1915. Not only has much new material been added, but the information contained in the previous volumes has been expanded, revised, rewritten, and brought down to date. The success of the previous years has encouraged the publishers to believe that there is a very real need for a book which shall provide, in an inexpensive form, a succinct, comprehensive and impartial review of the events of the year which affect the interests and indicate the progress of the race. The Negro Year Book attempts to provide this, together with a compact but comprehensive statement of historical and statistical facts arranged for ready reference. It seeks to be at once a permanent record of current events, an encyclopaedia of historical and sociological facts, a directory of persons and a bibliographical guide to the literature of the subjects discussed. In addition to the extended bibliography of the Negro race at the end of the volume the reader will also find in this year's issue of the Book throughout the volume in connection with each special topic further references to the specific subject mentioned, so that the student who wishes to pursue the investigation of any subject referred to will find the way opened to him. In addition to its interest for the general reader, the book is also especially adapted for use in schools where historical and sociological courses on the Negro are given. During the coming year the publishers are desirous of still further extending the directory feature of the Book so as to include every organization and every individual of any importance in every part of the country. We therefore ask the co-operation of our readers in furnishing the correct name and titles of the organizations to which they belong; also, the exact facts in regard to the personal history of individuals who by their success or by their service have distinguished themselves. During the past year, through the kindness of readers of the Negro Year Book, the Editor, Mr. Monroe N. Work has come into possession of considerable valuable material. So far as the facts furnished this way can be verified, they have been or will be used to make up the annual record of the race's achievement and to expand the historical statements. Mr. Work is particularly desirous of receiving the names and copies of the writings of Negro authors, the names of inventors and inventions, of those who are making historical collections relating to the Negro, of those who are making investigations of Negro life and history, and especially the names of all publications of whatever kind by Negroes. In asking your co-operation in our efforts to make a bigger and a better book we trust you will do so in the confidence that you are doing something not merely for the Negro Year Book but for the Negro race as well. Owing to the increase in the size of the Book the publishers find it necessary to charge ten cents postage on single copies sent through the mail instead of five cents as charged on copies of previous editions and as announced in the advance advertisements of this edition. Rev. E. J. Fisher, pastor of Olivet Baptist church, spent the first part of this week in Nashville, Tenn., on official business in connection with the National Baptist Association. JAMES A. QUINN, CITY OIL INSPECTOR FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO SENDS FORTH HIS ANNUAL REPORT. The following is the annual report of James A. Quinn, the up-to-date city oil inspector for the City of Chicago, and it speaks for itself. Hon. Carter H. Harrison, Mayer City of Chicago, Hon. Mayor: Compllying with your request of December 4th, 1914, for a general review of the work done in this office during the year 1914, I herein submit a statement showing the number of barrels inspected each month, during the year 1913, also the amount inspected in the eleven months of the year 1914, and net receipts of each month which was paid into the City Treasury. For the month of December figuring the number of barrels to be the same as last year will increase the amount of barrels inspected for the year to 951.139 and make the net receipts of the office $41,663.77, which is a net grain in number of barrels inspected in 1914 over the year 1913 of 34,036 barrels and a net gain in receipts of $1,041.87. During the three years and seven months of my term in office as City Oil Inspector there were 3,144,880 barrels inspected and the net receipts amounted to $135,164.46. There is no doubt that the five remaining months will increase the net receipts $18,000.00 more and make the total amount paid into the City Treasury during the four years of my term in office as City Oil Inspector $153,000.00 and the total number of barrels inspected over 3,500,000 barrels. Respectfully submitted. A LETTER OF THANKS Chicago, IL., Dec. 26, 1914. Dear Mr. DePriest: We, the inmates of the Old Soldiers Widows Brow, do want to thank you for the most needed donation of coal you sent us just at the most needed time. We haven't words to express our thanks. We can only say may God bless you, yes, may God bless you in your every day undertakings and especially in this one great effort which is being made to elect you as our next alderman in the Second Ward. We want to thank you also for being the first of our men who are connected with politics to think enough of us old ladies to come in and shake hands with us. We have asked many of our people to just remember us by coming in and giving us a word of cheer but aside from Mr. DePriest and Mrs. Farrell, with her big, good and kind heart who has been the means of many kind deeds to come to this Home, none other has come. While speaking of the two or three of our people who have not forgotten us we must not forget our dear Rev. T. H. Smythe of Bethel church who seen to it that a ton of coal was put in our bin, for which we were so thankful. We cannot thank Brother S. M. Harris who with his means sent in a supply of groceries of which we were able to realize quite a bit from. May God bless every one that will remember that there are fifteen old ladies at 3258 Forest avenue who are glad to have a word and a hand shake especially from our men and women of influence. Let us all join hands with Mr. DePriest and help to push the battle to the front. Inmates of the Old Soldiers Widows Rest, JANE RIDELY, Matron. 2858 Fountain 3258 Forest avenue PASTOR SEEKS PLEDGES TO SWEAR OFF SWEARING. The Rev. Father Joseph E. Phalen Holds Irreverency Worse than Common Bad Habits. For a New Year's resolution the Rev. Father Joseph E. Phalen of the Cathedral of the Holy Name is urging people to pledge themselves to the use of cleaner language. "I promise to abstain," reads a card which he will distribute today, "from all indecent language, cursing, swearing, blasphemy, and the irreverent use of the name of God." "Clean words will mean clean minds," said Father Phalen. "and THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JANUARY 2, 1915. The Great Emancipation Day Celebration at Olivet Baptist Church 27th and Dearborn Sts. Friday, Jan. 1st, at 2 P. M., the famous barrister of the west the Hon. Wm. H. Harrison of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who championed the Negro's cause before the Supreme Court of the U. S. against Jim-Crowism and segregation in the State of Oklahoma, will be the orator of the day. A splendid program is in store for those who will avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing this of Legal Ethics. Dr. E. J. Fisher is master of ceremonies. Opening chorus invocation by the Rev. F. A. Thomas, scripture reading, music—America by chorus, reading of the Proclamation by Miss S. Mattie Fisher, "We have fought every race battle but our own." Solo and chorus "The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground," written by Bob Coles, rendered by Dr. A. L. Smith. Address of the afternoon by Hon. Wm. [Image of a man with dark hair and a white shirt. The background is a solid black oval.] ATTORNEY WILLIAM H. HARRISON One of the enterprising citizens of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who championed the cause of the Negro before the Supreme Court of the United States against the Jim Crow law and segregation bill of that state, who was the orator of the day at the emancipation exercises at Olivet Baptist church last evening. One of the enterprising citizens of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who championed the cause of the Negro before the Supreme Court of the United States against the Jim Crow law and segregation bill of that state, who was the orator of the day at the emancipation exercises at Olivet Baptist church last evening. with clean minds there is no need of 'And the word was made flesh and resolutions to get on the 'water dwelt among us and we beheld his wagon,' quit smoking, or stop some glory, the glory as of the only begotten habit classed as weakening, for ten of the father, full of grace and after all these are less than the use truth.' At the close of his sermon of foul or irreverent language.' "WHY DID A GOOD GOD CREATE A BAD DEVIL?" On the third of this month I visited Racine, Wis. While there I went to Mound Cemetery to see the grave of M. M. Secor, who was an earnest free-thinker and twice mayor of Racine. Mr. Secor sleeps beneath a monument, which bears an inscription, that makes the Christian shudder when he reads it. "The inscription is, 'Why did a good God create a bad Devil?'" The question on Mr. Secor's tombstone is a rock of Gibraltar against which the waves of Christianity dash in vain. Why did God create Lucifer? when he knew that Satan would not only fall himself but mislead a number of the other angels as well. Why did God not give Satan, at least, one more chance? Why cast him out forever? Why persecute instead of punish? Why did God leave innocent, inexperienced Adam and Eve alone with a fallen angel that had at one time mislead the angels themselves? Why did God drown the world instead of destroying the evil that had provoketh him? Why did God say? "Spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling (1 Sam. xv, 3.) Again why did he say? "Slay utterly old and young, both maids and little children. (Ezek. ix: 6.) Once more why did God say? "Cursed is he that keepeth back his sword from blood." (Jer. xlviii:10.) Why did God permit Jephtha to burn his daughter. (Judges xi.) After all is God really a "Good God," and what has Satan done that is as bad as what God himself has done? Has Satan done anything bad that God could not have prevented? After all is Satan really a "Bad Devil." May we not ask, why did a bad God create a good devil?—Warren C. Banes.—The People's Press, Chicago, Dec. 26, 1914. ST. MARK CHURCH NOTES. St. Mark congregation heard a beautiful, instructive and practical sermon preached by our pastor, Rev. Jno. W. Robinson, on last Sunday morning. Selecting his text from the book of St. John, 1:14, which reads as follows: H. Harrison. Quartette, Freedom. There will be short addresses by distinguished speakers. A special invitation is given to the entire public, you are expected to be there. A banquet from 5:30 to 7:30 P. M. at the small sum of 35c per plate. This also will be a rare treat for you on New Year's day. This grand affair is given under the auspices of the Standard Literary Society of this church, which must be congratulated upon the success of presenting to the public an effort worthy of our highest commendation. We likewise congratulate Dr. E. J. Fisher, pastor, Mr. Wm. H. Terrell, its president, and officers; "The better the day, 'the better the deed.'" May your church be crowded to its full capacity and the beginning followed to its successful conclusion. "And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father, full of grace and truth." At the close of his sermon three persons united with the church. The church choir sang beautiful Christmas anthems at the evening service which was pleasing to hear. Watch night services were held on Thursday night. The Epworth League had charge of the first hour. Our annual love feast took place at 10 P. M. and closed with a consecration service at midnight. The Women's Home Missionary Society of St. Mark, will give a reception on Jan. 4, 1915, in honor of the Negro preacher's union of which Rev. John W. Robinson is president. The windows for the main auditorium of the new church have been delivered and will doubtless be set this week. REDUCED RATES TO SUNDAY SCHOOL CONGRESS Reciprocal News Service. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1914.—Reduced rates have been announced for the Sunday-School Congress at Birmingham, Ala., which is to meet June 9 to 14th. This is the information that was given out this week from the Sunday-School Congress headquarters. The early announcement of the rates, declares the Secretary, is a guaranty that ten thousand Sunday-schools will begin now to provide for their delegates. When asked what the exact rate would be, the Secretary stated that the rate will be based upon the four cent per mile proposition for the round trip and that any one could be able to ascertain the cost from their respective towns by getting the distance from Birmingham to their town and multiply it by four. The railroad tariff authorizing the rate is to be published at an early date. As soon as it is published it will be circulated very extensively. The amount of the round trip fare from the leading cities in the United States will be shown. Another encouraging feature about the early announcement of the rate this year, declares the Secretary, is the guaranty of a number of special trains. Nashville has been made, so it is learned, a stop-over point, so that all persons living beyond Nashville going through to Birmingham may stop going or returning from the Congress. As soon as this was known, the Nashville people began to make preparations for their entertainment. HYDE PARK NEWS. By L. W. Washington The Hyde Park Charity Club was entertained at the residence of Mrs. L. W. Washington last week by Mrs. Amie L. Shelby, quite a number were present and spent a delightful time. Mrs. Eva Raymore, the president of the Hyde Park Charity Club, was remembered by them on Christmas. The Clover Leaf Embroidery Club was entertained by Mrs. Webber at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Perkins, 6330 Kenwood avenue. Prizes were awarded for the most successful contestant in unraveling the puzzles which was won by Mrs. Annie Grayson, worthy councilor of Hannibal council. Mrs. E. H. Brown, of 5526 Engleside avenue, is out again after being on the sick list. The Del Prado Hotel waiters gave a very pretty drama Tuesday evening at the Hyde Park A. M. E. church for its benefit which was a success. We wish all our friends a Happy New Year. CHIPS Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 S. Dearborn street, left the city Thursday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where she spent New Year's Day with her mother and sister. Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis, 3226 Prairie avenue, arrived home Monday morning from Peoria, Ill., where they spent Christmas and were present at the annual reunion of the Lindsay family. Mrs. Hattie Arrant, 3230 Calumet avenue, had a fine Christmas tree on Christmas eve in honor of her little granddaughter, Vivian Powell. Each member of the family received many beautiful presents and the Christmas tree was loaded down with dolls and other good things to delight both the young and the old. Dr. Henry R. Smith, 3401 S. State street, arrived home last week from London, England, where for the past six months he has been taking special courses at the London University. The Doctor is looking exceedingly well and quite English you know. He is greatly pleased to be able to greet his many Chicago friends once more. Dr. W. H. Britt, 4710 S. State street, was called away very unexpectedly to attend the funeral of his mother. Dr. Britt is well known in Chicago and is highly esteemed for his christian character. His friends extend their greatest sympathy in this time of bereavement.-S. H. Falstaff and Yarmouth. Yarmouth has a claim upon all Englishmen quite independently of its associations with the breakfast bloater. 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 Calstor, and became the father of Sir, John Falstofle, who, after a distinguished military career, was luckless 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 Status 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 steel blocks. A Pretty Experiment How quickly the body eliminates waste matter may be seen by the following simple and pretty experiment: Eat a tablet of lithium citrate. Then take a clean platinum wire, hold it in a colorless flame of a Bunsen burner and note that it gives no coloration to the flame. Now cool the wire and pass it along the skin of the forehead, or after rinsing the hand in distilled water draw the wire across the palm and again hold it to the colorless Bunsen flame. Note the beautiful yellow color, due to the presence of the sodium. Next take blue glass and observe the yellow flame through this. The cobalt glass absorbs the yellow sodium rays, and the lilac flame of potassium now shows. About a half hour after taking the lithia tablet makes the same test as above with a clean platinum wire. The vivid red flame of lithium is now obtained. In one short half hour the lithium entering at the mouth has been absorbed into the blood and carried to all parts of the body and is being excreted through the skin. -New York World. Bell Tenta The interior of a bell tent is full of surprises for the new hand. He begins by expecting it to be the earliest of lodgings; it is really the stuffiest. Unless the flaps at the entrance are left open or the apron around the foot lifted it soon becomes insufferable it there are many men sleeping in it, and it is possible to sleep ten or a dozen men or more in a bell tent, with feet to the pole, of course, and heads to the canvas. Another surprise is that there is nowhere to hang anything up. It is contrary to regulations to drive nails into the tent pole. The official way is a ring with hooks on it to be clamped around the pole, but old campaigners say that the supply of these is never anything like equal to the number of tents and that only the lucky ones get them. With all this a bell tent is the cheapest and most comfortable of temporary homes for a party of three or four once they get used to its little ways and cease to mislay things in its featureless circularity.—Liverpool Mercury A Story of Dickens M. Anatole France has an amusing reminiscence of Dickens—of whom he is a great admirer—in his "Vie Littéraire." One wonders whether it is autobiographical. "A Frenchman who made the journey to London," he writes, "went one day to see the great Charles Dickens. He was admitted and expressed his admiration as an excuse for thus trespassing on the precious time of such a being. 'Your fame,' he added, 'and the universal sympathy you inspire doubtless expose you to innumerable intrusions. Your door always is besieged. You must be visited every day by princes, statesmen, scholars, writers, artists and even madmen.' Yes, madmen, madmen! cried Dickens, carried away by the agitation which toward the end of his life often moved him. 'Madmen! They alone amuse me.' And he pushed his automaton visited out by the shoulders." Hie Last Look A church in the north of Scotland requiring a pastor had a beadle who took an active interest in all that concerned the church. One of the candidates after the last service for the day was over stepped into the vestry to put off his gown. He thought he would have a look at the church and meeting the worthy beadle putting things to rights, said: "I was just taking a look at the church." "Aye, tak' a guild look at it," said the beadle, "for it's no likely we'll ever see't again." Dundee Advertiser. Immunity of Children Professor Armbruster asserts that the reason very young children are relatively immune to infectious diseases is that their hearts beat so much more rapidly than those of older persons that the blood flows swiftly through the arteries, and this swiftness of flow makes it difficult for micro-organisms to gain a foothold in the blood stream. - New York World. One Danger. "Have you fastened the windows, dear?" she asked as they were about to retire for the night. "No. What's the use? I gave you the last dollar I had to buy that new hat, and we needn't fear burglars." "But they might sit down on the hat, you know."—Washington Post. He was abusing things in general. "Have you registered?" asked the other man. "N-n-no." "A citizen should always register. Your vote will do more to correct matters than your criticism."—Pittsburgh Post Seeking Information Seeking information: Little Wife—How do you like me saline and broached satin with chiffon over velvet? Hubby—What are you talking about—clothes or the platform of the woman's party?—Chicago News. Musical Note Musical What do they mean by "Say, Him, What do they mean by a Stray animal"? "Oh, a Stradear'us is the Latin name for a fiddle."—Musical Courier. Common Course. Hi-What course is Sarah studying at that boarding school? Si-I can't remember, but I think it's cosmetics.—Stamford Chaparral. 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In accepting nominations all candidates must accept and agree to abide by the above conditions. ```markdown ``` ne Douglas 7877 图 Read The Rules Enter Your Name Today — PAGE SK ———— site BMamee Meade ‘What ts called a crutier tm New York ‘ts called « doughnut im Boston, and ‘what ts called a cruiler tn Boston 1s called « doughnut tr New York. “and © on through the lst There is no ‘More certainty or Gxity about the pop ‘ular names of disbes than there Is about the. popular names of Sowers and birds’ At teast thirty different Sowers are“known by the name of “mayfower™ tu the United States. The mayflower of New England is the ar Dutus of New York and the wax myr- fle of the south. To obtain certainty in such matters it is necessary to have & scientific classification and a Latin fame. When you speak to a botanical gent about 2 “mayfower” be Knows not what you mean, but if you refer to the Epigaea repens be knows exactly what you are talking about Conse- quently we shall never bave any cer tainty about what 2 dish ts anti! we bave a regular scientific classification. with Latin names, for all dishes. In that case the “botanical name” of Ver- mont basty pudding would ve some- thing Hike musbius cornmesiensis and no ehance for controversy.—New York Mail Ree IE, Nae ate ee Count Karolyi, according to the Vos sische Zeitung. returning to his castle im Hungary, met one of bis old serv ‘nts who bad just been sent bact ‘wounded from the war. “My good man, I bear you fought e valiantly at the front.” said the count. “I would like to give you some reward. ‘What spall it be?” ‘The old servant replied: - “Well, If you insist upon tt, sir, Just give me enough kronen coins to reach from one ear to the other.” “That seems to be a very little re z. ” replied the count, smiling at the Cars oan 00 sir, me, sir,” answered ‘the servant modesty. == © As the count was Beginning to cod. y with the strange request be 00 ticed that the servant bad only one ear and remarked upon the fact. “Yes, sir. | left the other ear on the battlefield at Sbabatz,” answered the modest man. na a Following “is an extract from an ar ticle In Farm and Fireside on prevent Ing and fighting fires: Fires tn our bomes are so frequeni ‘that the insurance companies tell us that we bave about one chance in sixty ‘of being burnt out sume time in the course of a lifetime. But in the same breath they tell us that more than baif ‘the fires could be prevented if people sanderstood the commonest causes of ‘them and knew just what todo when 8 ‘Gre starts_Smokers are responsible for thousands of Gres, and rats and mice cause many others by nibbling st sut- phar tipped matches. Pires which start fn closets are often caused by matches ‘elng-left in clothes or by ofly cloths wwhieb“bave beea stored away. Many of the Soor polishing mixtures contalp highly explosive otis, and spontaneous combustion may start from # nest of these cleaning cloths if placed in a ‘Closet near the chimney. Pics’ Feet in the Pit. Salaries at the early New York thes ters were extfemely small, Sut if the salafies were.gmali so were the prices of admission. One shilling, 12% cents Jet you into the gallery or the pit, and ‘2 you didn't have the shilling the mer. cenary management forced you to pay cepts. So the boys got the habit of ee sac kkeon em the corner, who for 15 cents oblig fngiy gave them a shilling and a pig’ foot. They banded in the shilling at ‘the door and during the course of the ‘evening presented the well picked bone to the management by way of some ‘unfortunate in the pit or on the stage, - ‘An Easier Method. Not Handsome bet Wealthy Bride (asking the question for the bundredth time or thereabouts—Are you sure, Perfectly sure, dear Albert, that you married me for myself alone, and not for-my money? Dear Albert twho getting somewhat weary of answering the same old chestnut}—Of course I ‘am! If it had been only your money 1 ‘wanted 1 would bave tried burgiary Of some easier way of getting it ‘iiertamiee “Fred. Gear. why are some women ealled Amazons?” me “Well, my dear, you remember our geographies told os that the Amazon ‘bas the largest mouth™— Bat abe went out and siammed the Goor before be couid say any more, Bread Hint. ‘Benry—My, my. tow you've grown since I've been calling on yuur sister Mac Jobnoie—Seore Sis cays che guesses Ili be a voter before you git ‘ground to propuse.—Boston Record. . Lignt Reading. Booklover—Have you something for Might reading? Librariao—‘ea, ma'am “Here's tne gas company’s annual re Dor. —Botwo xpress. = A Warning. — “Today the buy who ts sassing mother peeen esteem: oones wae “gill Dot stand for any pert mik—New ‘Oriwans States. Layers. ere ain ene comer. Bocker—Phe under Gog. the mid- apts nes the man might 20—-Tne, Dury w the only webernacie wunta ‘which.2 amp can siwaye make tte “home on the transfiguration moontaim —Pbillipe Brovza, ~ a Quaint Old Harvard Rules. ‘Quaint rales and customs regulated lass days at Harvard university in the seventeenth century, for in 1681 the overseers ordered that the presi: ent “from time to time commend it to the parents and guardians of the students that commence that they pro- vide not above one gallon of wine for @ student, judging it to be sufficient for that occasion.” In 1693, “the cor- poration having been informed that the custom taken up in tlie college for the commencers to have plum cake is dishondrable to the college, not grate- ful to wise men and chargeable to the Parents of the commencers, do there- fore put an end to that custom.” In 1727 a private commencement was de- termined upon and was observed for several years, but was hot a success. The laws of 1734 provided that “no commencers shall have at his cham- bers any plum cake, plain cake or pies or hot meats of any kind except what 4s left of the dinner In the hall or any brandy, rom or distilled liq- uors or composition made with any of them.” eit Cinema “One of the reasons for the cost of living,” observes a wise clubman, “lies in the fact that people buy wholly un necessary things. I had « conversation with the proprietor of a novelty shop im Fifth avenue a few days ago. A shiny object had attracted my atten- tion, and I inguired about its use. “"Those,' said the proprietor, ‘are gilded pincers to pick up letters one has placed on the letter scales." “‘and that tvory stick, carved and forked at the end? “People use that to fish out things they have dropped into carafes.’ ““That square of morocco about the size of a nut; what is that for? “That's a tampon—used to press down stamps after sticking them on envelopes.’ “That ornamental box with a whole battery of little brushes? “*Those are to clean other brushes; brushes to clean hairbrusbes, brushes to clean toothbrushes.’"—New York Post. Stratecem Veraus Perfidy. The laws of war have always dis- tinguished sharply between stratagem and perfidy. It is-a legitimate strata- gem to send bogus signals and tele graph messages and bogus dispatches or newpapers, to be intercepted by the enemy; to make use of the enemy’s signals, bugie calls, watchwords and words of command or to clothe the men of a single unit in the uniform of several units, so that the prisoners and dead may give the idea of a large force. On the other hand, it is perfidy to take advantage of the enemy by de- Uberate Lying or deception when there is a moral obligation to speak the truth. It would be perfidy, for. in: stance, to pretend an armistice when none-had been agreed on, to break s suspension of arms. by surprise, to vio- late safe conduct or any other truce or agreement. to fire on the enemy's ‘uniform—London Opinion. The Red Ses Route. When Napoleon invaded Egypt by way of Suez he attempted to cross the Red sea at the spot assigned by tra- @ition to the crossing of the Children of Israel. He and his horsemen, how. ever, seem, unintentionally, to have im itated Pharaoh rather than Moses, for they came very near to being drowned. According to French accounts, Napo Jeon saved bis army by his presence of mind, ordering his cavalry to scat: terin every direction to multiply the chances of coming on shallow water, and thus finding a line by which be and his people were extricated. The people of Sues, says Kinglake, declare that Napoleon: lost his horse, got thar oughly submerged and was only fished ashore by the assistance of the natives —London Standard. Ancient Oricin of Military Galute. ‘When did the military salute come into use? It certainly dates from the earlier balf of the fifteenth centary, says the St James’ Gazette In the “Speculum Humanse Salvationis,” ‘which was issued before the invention of printing by movable types, there is an exceedingly quaint fllustration tn whieb Abraham is represented as sa- luting Melchisedec. The patriarch is im medieval armor and apparently on guard, and it would seem that Mel- chisedec is bringing him refreshments of water, and the salute is distinctly ‘the military one still in use. i Bunkum. Politicians are prone to talk “bunk- um.” And we so call it because when & member speaking in the United States congress was interrupted by ‘the others leaving, be said: “Never ‘mind, I'm talking to Buncombe,” mean- ing Buncombe county, N. C., whence be came. Not Too Early. Father (sternly)—Elizaheth ro now I don't believe iu cari marriages Danghter \ «ret ciziteeu, Joytally)— Why, neither do Harold and 41 iv? ‘We've decided on high noon. 1"... 4. ‘oni. atom New Parsop—And what ts your bus- band, Mrs. Brown? Mrs, Brown—Well, sir, '¢ ain't exactly a policeman, but ‘e goes with ‘em @ good deal—London ‘Peter : ‘Your Own Faults. | Most of us are quick enough at see- a ere een se 2a Sook tere, bs ‘we forget what others have to put up with from-os, _ Bach Gay is the scholar of yesterday. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 2, 1915. —<—$—$—$—$—$———— —————— SSS War and Counterfeite, Prior to Napoleon's 1812 campaign the Paris gendarmes one night made : @ raid on & house in the Plaine Mont- Touge and discovered quite a fine man- ufactory of false notes. There was quite a stir next day when the police minister made the announcement that the manofactory bad been started “by order of the emperor.” The false notes, which were Austrian and Rus- sian instead of French, were intended li jj for use against the enemy on the Rus- i sian expedition, but the bulk of them y | came to grief during the great re. 4g 4 treat. oe ys Wellington was responsible for a S similar stroke of business during the ») Peninsular war. Being badly in need ‘of gold when about to invade France, be conceived the queer idea of bunt- ing out some counterfeit coiners from 4 the ranks. Quite a number of these Z gentry were forthcoming, and these es) were ordered by the duke to exercise f their evil art by transferring his Eng- UK 7 Usb sovereigns into louis d'or and na- iV poleons.—London Globe. i i Mla ee = 4 If you are right banded, then the right hand is stronger than the left. If you are left banded the left hand will be stronger. If you are truly ambidex- trous the strength of both hands will be equal. The advantage of one band over the other is due to the greater ex- ercise it may recelve. All the muscles of our arms and legs are developed by exercise, and their respective strength ‘will be in accordance with thelr use. ‘That the right hand is stronger than the left can be proved by discontinu- ing the use of the right arm for sev- eral weeks by tying it to the side of your body. When you release the arm you will find that much of its strength fs gone and that now the left band is stronger. This applies to a right handed person, and the test would work the other way with a left handed person. This goes to show that the strength of hands and arms is uncon- sciously affected by the amount of ra- tional exercise.—Exchange. Our Mineral Wealth. ‘The United States is not only the ‘world’s greatest producer of mineral ‘Wealth, but it possesses by far the greatest known reserve of any nation im most of the important minerals. ‘This is one of the things that has made us great and which is destined to make us far greater as measured by world standards. In some instances, such as coal and ol! and phosphate rock and rad'um ore, the United States possesses more than all the other known deposits of the world, and the only essential minerals of the first rank of which the United States has no known supply at all commensurate with {ts needs are nitrates, potash salts, tin, nickel and platinum. But as ft-stands today no other nation in the ‘world so nearly approaches absolute independence in respect to minetal re- sources, notwithstanding the vast mag- nitude of our home consumption —Re- view of Reviews. ‘The Professions. ‘The census bas provided us with a GeSinition of “the professions.” A good many folk have wondered a good many times what the “professional classes” were. The census has decided. They constitute— Actors. Architects, designers, draftsmen, etc. Artists and teachers of art. Clergymen (including religious and ‘charity workers). Dentists, Journalists, Lawyers (including abstractors, no- taries and justices of peace). Literary and scientific persons. Mosicians and teachers of music. Physicians and surgeons (including nonmedical healers). Schoolteschers, professors in col- leges, ete.—New York Press. ‘The Earth’s Shadow. ‘The earth has a shadow, bat few ever see it except in eclipses of the ‘moon. Nevertheless, many of us have noticed on fine, cloudless evenings in summer, shortly before sunset, a rosy or pink are on the horizon opposite the sun, with a bluish gray segment under it. As the sun sinks the are rises until it attains the zenith and even passes it This is the shadow of the earth. PS a ae ee | “That,” said the physician, as he ex- amined the lump on the man's neck, “is the remains of-an old boll that started to come and then became en- eysted there.” “Well,” said the unlettered patient, “it sure bas encysted on stayin’ there.” Chicago Post. . Early Writing Implements. |. When writing Confuctus used a small ‘brush, ke camel's bair brush, for a “pen, and so did his ancestors for cen- ‘turles before his time. ‘The reed came tnte oe tc writing fn the marshy sutvies of the orler+. si us Bollow sud cut ip xhert ten. < Lucky Deg. “Sbe calls ber Gog and her busbend by the same pet name. it must cause "frequent confusion.” “Not at all. She always speaks gen- fly tothe dog.”—Jugend. Inéoogrueus. Mamie—That Mra. Flipp ts a great matchmaker, isn't she? Tessie—I used ‘to think so until she bought ber red hatred busband a purple necktie— OP ten Adee Jeck—Ite a Gne air castie you've built. Bow do you propose to get into tt—by airship? ‘Tom—No; by heiress — Bootes Tranmecttpt. . e Arthur's $2.00 Hats The Fall ‘Heading’ 4% if a for you is an Arthur S ST ray Hat--- one like our NG a sf iys “Green Top,” say. If NS K } you want to see this = and about a hundred — \ 4\ other down-to-the- hg [ minute styles of con- f ha kT sisent $3.00 quality; Joe NG} drop in to-day---and 7 2 admit we're showing grinies 5 them at “GREEN TOP” 2. $2.00 = i Tl @. || @ = ; ly ARTHUR FEILCHENFELD’S 34W. Van Buren St. vn eee ake &: Advertise in The Broad Ax * 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.—Wasb- tngton Post. If the generat-use of cotton is neces- sary to the country's welfare the pub- Me may even be reconciled to the reap- Pearance of the old fashioned calico Gress. —Washington Star. A fashion note predicts the decline of the alim girl, but we can't see how the slim girl, as we have known her recently, can Gecline much further without disintegrating entirely—Phil- adelphia Inguirer. Pert Personals. Among the unaccounted for are Doc Cook and Victoriano Huerta—Baltt- more 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 John Lind, it is said, is “resting in a sanitarium.” Perhaps it will be learned ‘when be comes out that he has recov- qed his voice.—Philadelphia Lnoguirer. The Royal Box. King George of England employs 1,000 servants. ‘The wife of the crown prince of Sweden is the Princess of Connaught, Ganghter of the Duke of Connanght, Present governor geperal of the Do- tainion of Canada. Born im 1863, the present czar as ended the throne in 1804 and a month later married Princess Alexandra Altr, daughter of Ludwig IV., grand duke of Hesse, by whom he has four daugh- ters and a son. State Lines. Pennsylvania mines one-tenth of the ‘world's coal. ‘Wisconsin has 10,000,000 acres await- Ang settlement. Indiana this year has had one fire for ‘every 435 inhabitants. The forests of Florida contain 175 @ifferent 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, nel- ‘ther does poverty. Arkansas is Artansaw, but Warsew BPetewpdici Wamn =~” Though you bave money, you cannor buy what is not to sell. Everything must be at sea when the ‘nations can't even float a loan. When bad news travels it always throws on the high speed lever. Lots of royal kinsmen in Europe now do not speak to one another. ‘The European situation is a remind. @ that cousins frequently quarrel. Some men are like mules—they have no kicks coming; they are all going. Many a pOlitician has found it easier to make @ record than to explain tt Belgtum is bitterly opposed to being ‘the international cemetery of Europe. Burope will find the bread bor is more vital than the ammunition chest ‘The colleges’ courses in European story will all have to be changed this Some people's curiosity is as crooked 2 the interrogation point that goes ‘The great decisive victory will be ‘won when General Starvation takes command. However, war has its compensa tions. Several poets have been sent to the front. Anyway, Holland should have no ‘trouble in placing her enemies on the water wagon. America is at present enjoying su premacy based on plowshares rather ‘than on swords, It takes @ good deal of care at the spigot to save a waste of $50,000,000 @ day at the bung. A great many actors are said to be strantled abroad. Just as many are that way over here. No doubt it is worrying the caar « great deal these days to know whether Bis Poles are negative. —_ ‘They were so successful in localizing the war in Europe that pretty mach every locality gets some of it. ‘When this war is over there probs- biy ill be 20 complaint for eome time that Europe is overpopuiated. ‘To say that the unexpected always bappens ts merely to confess our igno- ance of what ought to be expected. As war is expensive Canada is proba. Diy sending those million bags of Sow S0 that England may have the Goozh. ‘What is the use of talking avout te horrors of war when an army retreats im automobiles? “Millions for relief!” is almost a bet- ter cry than the familiar one of “wil- Mons for defense!” A lady writer claims crime 1s rae among actors, but perhaps she bis ‘ever seen some of them act. Pockets for skirts are predicted. Ip which case hubby may be able to re coup himself if he can find the pocket Jodging by recent financing, we are willing to lend Europe money on the condition that it doesn’t try to take it away. i An insurance company in London taking wagers on the length of the world war. There are men who would Det on a funeral if they bad a chance For the first time in 214 years a SPF has been shot in the tower of London. Incidentaily, that 1s about as far back as the war has thrown European cit Msation. Short Stories. ‘More than 800 Americans live in Bar celona, Spain. Helgoland was at one time the Gret ‘22a Green of north Europe. A gravity railroad will take visitors ‘around the Panama exposition. ‘The crater of an ancient volcano, 10 which there are numerous hot s)rins® fs utilized as a sanitarium in Japoo To help the cotton situation in the south the members of the Indians Equal Suffrage association have voted to wear only cotton stockings 50 1ons ‘as the war in Europe lasts. Pert Personals. King Albert of Belgium seems to De living up to the ancient standard of royalty —Pittsburgh Dispatch. ‘Dr. Wiley is seventy years old, whic may explain why he's so fussy about ‘what be eats.—Detroit Free Press Carransa may bave bis failinss. bat he takes the best photograp!: of sll the Mexican leaders.—New York Word. “We now propose to render wt '@ possible,” says Mr. Carnegie. (ut “'S the delay, Andrew ?—Cieveloud be Town Topics. Portiand, Ore.. and Portian! are alike in having prouilatin ton Herald. Mow Yorkers are reported 10 Grinking Jess. 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Address all com- test Department, 3439 South State St. Earthquakes An eminent authority on earthquakes believes that any great displacement of the crust of the earth makes the earth to rotate unevenly, or "wobble," and that that unevenness of motion has to be neutralized by displacements in other regions.—Exchange. Nought. "I tell you what, sir," said a Yankee or his opponent, "that man don't amount to a sum in arithmetic. Add him up, and there is nothing to carry."—Christian Register. An Exception. "How did he get his start?" "His uncle left him some money." "Humph! That's usually a young man's finish."—Detroit Free Press. He who aims at perfection is great things, but is willing to be imperfect in little things, will never reach any great height. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 2, 1915. The Prince and the Captain. The admiral commanding the British Mediterranean squadron a number of years ago gave a dinner to the captains of the fleet at Malta. By 6:45 most of the captains had reached the flagship, been received on deck by the admiral and ushered below. Next the Duke of Edinburgh arrived. The admiral received him and, keeping him in conversation, continued to pace the deck. All subsequent arrivals were duly ushered below to the saloon, but still the admiral kept the duke on deck. At last it occurred to the duke that the dinner hour had been passed, and he ventured to inquire if his host was waiting for anybody. "Yes," replied the admiral, "I am waiting for the captain of the"— Supposed Danger to the Many people believe the modern illuminants are dawn the eyes on account of a violet or actinic radiations. Bell and Dr. F. H. Verhoeff an extensive investigation fects of radiation on the van of the eye, from the corneal back to the retina. In Science the investigation that no artificial source of duces enough ultra violet re be of the slightest danger. Such pathologic or injurious as they have been able to perimentally from ultra vio confined to a strictly limi of the spectrum, and perfect laws govern its quantity. Instantly the duke took the hint, called for a boat and made posthaste for his own ship. He alone among the captains of the fleet had turned up in ordinary evening clothes, forgetting or not knowing that the dinner was official. On his return to the flagship in the quickest time on record and in full uniform the gallant but inflexible admiral was still pacing the deck and, deprecating his royal highness' profuse apologies, conducted him to dinner. Eighteenth Century Tipping Eighteenth Century Tipping. You and I complain—and not without reason—of the tyranny of the tip. But consider the unhappy plight of the eighteenth century man. Here is the anguished wall of "Constant Reader," who in 1705 writes to the Times: "If a man who has a horse puts up at an inn, besides the usual bill, he must at least give 1 shilling to the waiter, sixpence to the chambermaid, sixpence to the hostler and sixpence to the jackboot, making together 2s. 6d. At breakfast you must give at least sixpence between the waiter and hostler. If the traveler only puts up to have a refreshment, besides paying for his horse's standing he must give threepence to the hostler, at dinner sixpence to the waiter and threepence to the hostler, at tea sixpence between them, so that he gives away in the day 2s. 6d., which, added to the 2s. 6d. for the night, makes 5 shillings per day on an average to servants." And 5 shillings then meant at least 10 shillings today.—London Express. Theodoreia Once Great Corn Port Theodosis Once Great Corn Port. Theodosis, the Crimean port, bears one of the oldest names in Europe. It was founded in the seventh century B. C. by the Greeks of Miletus and became a great exporter of corn. In one year alone of the fourth century B. C. Theodosis sent 2,100,000 medimn (a medimnus equals twelve gallons) of corn to Athens. How climate influences history is illustrated by the fact that the Crimes, which had so much corn to spare in antiquity, has in our time had to be fed from Russia. "It is very probable," says Mommsen, "that the extraordinary drought, which is the chief obstacle now to agriculture in the Crimes, has been greatly increased by the disappearance of the forests of central and southern Russia, which formerly to some extent protected the coast provinces from the parching northeast wind." World's Debt to the Unfit The world owes much to the physically unfit. It would be less living in today but for the brilliant consumptives and cripples and blind and deaf men who have enriched it. In our craze for efficiency and for standardising everything we are in danger of forgetting that there are other things in the world too. We cannot do without the consumptive Stevensons, the blind Milton, the deaf Beethovens, the hunchback Alexander Popes, the clubfoot Byrons, the helpless Prescott. A rule that would have deprived Heing of an education would have been costly to the world. Enforced against Alexander H. Stephens it would have deprived American history of one of its noblest figures.—New York Times. Money Wasted. "That young millionaire says he holds you in the kindest remembrance. He says it was at a party given by you that he proposed to his wife." "The affair has unpleasant reminiscences for me. That was a very expensive party, and I gave it in the expectation that he was going to propose to one of my girls."—Louisville Courler Journal. Investigating. Blackstone Kent (to partner)—Have you investigated Mrs. Brown's case sufficiently to say whether we would be justified in asking a divorce? Partner—Well, I have asked the mercantile agencies for a report on her husband's financial standing.—Bichmond Times-Dispatch. Toronto's Name. The name of the city of Toronto is of Indian origin, and its meaning is "a place of meeting." The site of Toronto before the arrival of the white man was an established rendezvous among the Indian tribes of the surrounding districts. The Grouchy View. Secretary (writing advertisement)—Wanted. an intelligent young man, unmarried—Old Grouch—Leave out the "unmarried." You said intelligent, didn't you?—Exchange. Wanted More. "Why did Kate refuse at the party to sing 'All That I Want Is Love?'" "She refused because it wouldn't be true. She wants the vote also."—Exchange. When men are rightly occupied their amusement grows out of their work, as the color petals out of the fruitful flowers—muskin. Supposed Danger to the Eyes. Many people believe that certain modern illuminants are dangerous to the eyes on account of their ultra violet or actinic radiations. Dr. Louis Bell and Dr. F. H. Verhoeff have made an extensive investigation of the effects of radiation on the various parts of the eye, from the corneal epithelium back to the retina. In an article in Science the investigators report that no artificial source of light produces enough ultra violet radiation to be of the slightest danger to the eye. Such pathologic or injurious action as they have been able to detect experimentally from ultra violet rays is confined to a strictly limited region of the spectrum, and perfectly definite laws govern its quantity and effect. Actual experiments on the human eye show conclusively that no concentration of radiation on the retina from any artificial illuminant is great enough to produce injury under any practical conditions. Protective glasses are useful only, they conclude, in cutting off dazzling light. Marriage In Japan. A Japanese husband is allowed only one wife, but to marry is sometimes a much more serious matter than with us. Either the husband must be formally adopted into the family of the wife or the wife into the family of the husband, the couple being absorbed into one family and subject to its discipline. As a rule, this custom weighs more heavily on the bride than on the husband, for she must not only obey her husband, but every member of his family of an older generation than himself; hence a young woman often longs for old age, so that she may wield authority over the younger generations. To bring about a marriage in Japan an intermediary is appointed, whose duty it is to introduce the parties and to look to every arrangement of the wedding. He remains through life the guide, philosopher and friend of the married couple, who refer all matters, all misunderstandings, to his counsel. - Pearson's. Napoleon a Good Reader Napoleon not only read a great deal, but read with profit. His memory was extraordinary. Take, for instance, his knowledge of Roman civil law, long passages of which he once reeled off by heart to the astonishment of the state council engaged with him in the production of the Code Napoleon. To one of the counclors he explained how he gained his legal learning. When a young lieutenant he found in the cupboard of a prison room in which he was confined a ponderous tome of Roman law. "You can easily imagine," he said, "what a valuable prize that book was. When, at the end of ten days, I recovered my freedom I was saturated with Justinian and the Roman legal decisions." Napoleon added that the old book was so much so that he could not have been idle if his imprisonment had "lasted a century." The Country Newspaper. I am ashamed to say that I had entertained a good humored tolerance, mingled with contempt, for country newspapers. They seemed to me the apotheosis of the little, the pallidium of the uninteresting. It did not occur to me that anything possessed of such tenacity of life as the country newspaper must have a real meaning and perform a genuine function in our civilization. In this roaring age of efficiency we do not long support any institution that does not set its claws deep into our common life—and hang on—David Grayson in American Magazine. Acute Pleasure. Wife (returning from matinee)—Oh, it was too lovely! She had on a pale nile green silk, with bands of passementerie down the front and the grandest diamonds you ever saw, and when she died, in the last act, she rolled over four times, and every woman in the house was crying. I never enjoyed a play so much in my life—Puck. Her Nice Little Plan. He-I don't believe your father will give his consent. I haven't got much, you know. She-That doesn't matter. The first month we can live on love, the second I'll begin to borrow things from namma and about the third papa will get tired of it and come to the rescue-London Telegraph. Nice Neighbors. "Tough neighborhood I live in. People steal everything I leave in my shed." "Why don't you put a padlock on the door?" "I put on a fine one, and somebody got it the first night."—Kansas City Journal. The Remedy. Aviator—I don't know the air currents up there. Friend—Then why not take a minister up with you? Aviator—A minister? Friend—Yes. Isn't he a sky pilot—Baltimore American. Badly Aimed. "Blinks always hits the nail on the head." "Yes, but usually he drives it into the wrong place."—Philadelphia Ledger. Recognized. She—The waiter is hanging around as though he expected something. He—Oh, yes; he's a tippical waiter.—Previdence Journal. The crosses which we make for ourselves by overanxiety about the future are certainly not heaven sent. Bone Douglas 7720 Chicago REST AYB. 6001 PR CENT AUTOM FRAN AUTO Phone Main 2017 Automatic 32-395 CARL L. COTTON PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Office 3109 S. State Street Phone Auto. 71685 Boy Do'y this BICYCLE Contest. Every boy mails the corner cou- high-grade Bicycle during spare Bicycle Man." TO-DAY. Theo. Stahl The Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE? TILL OUT AND MAIL THIS DOUCTION TO DAY "The Bicycle Man" "% The McCall Co. 236 W. 37th Street New York City Dear "Bicycle Man": Please tell me how to get one of your high-grade Bicycles, without money, and for very little effort. Name Address Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE? No Money Needed This is not a Prize Contest. Every boy who fills out and mails the corner coupon can earn this high-grade Bicycle for very little effort during spare time. ASK "The Bicycle Man." Mail this coupon TO-DAY. FILL OUT AND MAIL THIS COUPON TO-DAY "The Bicycle Man" % The McCall Co. 226 W. 37th Street New York City Dear "Bicycle Man": Please tell me how to get one of your high-grade Bicycles, without money, and for very little effort. Name Address a quiet church low, and quarters again. If Quikle Turn. "Jiggs is quite a magician." "Soo." "Yep. I just saw him turn his motor into a lamppost."—Buffalo Express. 100 --- LAWYER NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 8 Johnson Bldg. Phone Douglas 7720 3522 So. State St., Chicago RESIDENCE 3423 FOREST AVB. Phone Douglas 6001 NOTARY PUBLIC Office Phone NOTARY PUBLIC Office Phone Automatic 44-185 W. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 40, 143 North Dearborn Street Cer. Randolph St. CHICAQO McCormick Bldg 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 No Money Needed This is not a Prize Contest. Every who fills out and mails the cornerpon can earn this high-grade Bicycle for very little effort during span time. ASK "The Bicycle Man." Mail this coupon TO-DAY. 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 Prudence and Shaving. The classic case of a king who knew better than to let anybody else shave him is that of Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who appears to have been unable to shave himself, for he is said to have resorted to the uncomfortable device of singing off his beard with hot walnut shells. We may suspect that Napoleon's was another case of the kind. Rogers asked Talleyrand whether Napoleon shaved himself. "Yes," replied Talleyrand; "one born to be a king has some one to shave him, but they who acquire kingdoms shave themselves." That way of putting it pleasantly emphasizes the practical superiority of the parvenn to the helpless spolled child of heredity, but prodence probably entered into the matter also, if Talleyrand's statement was correct—London Standard. Nevon Cathedral Noyon, in France, held peculiar attractions for Robert Louis Stevenson because of its cathedral, where he heard the "Misercere" sung one summer afternoon. Of the place itself he wrote: "It was but a stack of brown roofs at the best, where, I believe, people live very reputably in a quiet way, but the shadow of the church falls upon it when the sun is low, and the five bells are heard in all quarters telling that the organ has begun. If ever I join the church of Rome I shall stipulate to be bishop of Noyon on the Oise."—Pall Mall Gazette. PAGE SEVEN RESIDENCE 1262 MACALISTE PLACE TELEPHONE, MONROE 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 815-320 REAPERS BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON ST2. PHONES CENTRAL 219 AUTOMATIC 41-216 Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street, CHICAGO Suite 708 Delaware Bldg., Tel. Central 3142 Office Phones: Res. 5133 Sq. Wabash Ave. Oakland 4062, Auto. 73-058 Phone Drusel 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 Res. 508 E. 36th St. Phone Douglas 4397 Phone Res. 508 E. 36th St. FRANKLIN 2727 Phone Douglas 4397 AUTO. 41-543 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 25 N. Dearborn St. Union 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 That Ruffled Air. The judge made jokes, the witnesses looked weary, the counsel declaimed and cross examined, the twelve good men and true twiddled their thumbs, and the usher ushed whenever necessary. Altogether it was a model court. "Now, ma'ma," cried the cross examining K. C., "was the defendant's air when, as you allege, he promised to marry you perfectly serious or was it, on the contrary, jocular and full of levity?" "It was all ruffled," replied the plaintiff, "with I'm runnin' its 'ands through it'"—London Mall. Odor of lodeform. The odor of iodoform can be removed from the hands by wetting them, taking a pinch of dry mustard, rubbing it well in and washing it off with soap and water. In the same way the odor of iodoform may be removed from utensils that have contained it, only in this case the mustard should be made into a paste, spread upon them and left for two or three hours. Evading Responsibilities Evading Responsibilities. "I promised that girl never to smoke if she would marry me," said the discouraged looking man. "What did she say?" "She remarked that she did not care to be utilized as an excuse for any personal economies I might contemplate." —Washington Star. "It's the unexpected that always happens." "Oh, I don't know! Somebody always claims to have predicted it."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Let the gulled foot the toll of war pumme, where bleed the many to enrich the few...Shenstone. PAGE EIGHT JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on co- dents, including payment of taxes and le- on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patrion Telephone JOHN J. Real Lo cent allowed on Savings Access by Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estate, payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Real Estate. 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BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO Heyssler, Druggist STATE STREET IN THE CORNER Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations Options Carefully Compounded HARRY A FULL LINE OF Real & Blocki's Flower Little Perfumes For high grade Drugs, Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF Blocki's Ideal & Blocki's Flower In Bottle Perfumes Established 1890 Tel. Douglas 9059-9222 Automatic 72-109 Office 1370 Douglas AL. RUSSELL RETAIL LIQUORS CAFE AND CHOP SUE IN CONNECTION 20 YEARS AT THIS CORNER N. E. Cor. 35th and State Sts., Chicago Cupid's Sherlock Holmes. A prominent alienist has presumed to put love on a scientific basis. He has issued a formula by which a doubting swain may ascertain without fail the name of his closest rival for "her" affections. Here it is: Carelessly hold "her" wrist, as if carelessly. Craftily place your forefinger on "her" pulse. Then name over in casual conversation the rivals you fear most. When you name the right one "her" pulse will jump scandalously. If it increases something like 100 beats you might as well quit the race. To offset this mean betrayal the alienist has issued some hints to the fair sex on how to avoid nervousness. "Scorn gossip," he says, "and don't attend to other persons' business or worry over their troubles and you will be all right." But he doesn't say a word as to how Dulichen might have kept the fatal pulse jump from giving her away.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. --- --- Phone: Douglas 3256 Here it is: Telephone Douglas 1565 2HARRY J. KELLY Prop. A. F. CODOZOE Scaling Fish. "A Mississippi woman tells as follows in the Woman's Home Companion how to scale fish with a minimum of discomfort: "Scaling fish as generally done is a disagreeable task, as scales fly in every direction. I have discovered that fish may be scaled without this trouble if they are held under water in a large pan during the operation. Have just enough water to cover the fish nicely." Sweet Return. She (tearfully)—Henry, our engagement is at an end, and I wish to return to you everything you have ever given me. He (cheerly)—Thanks, Blanche! You may begin at once with the bikes. "I wouldn't dream of marrying him. Why, he said he would do everything to make me happy." "What is wrong about that?" "He ought to know that humans are put on earth to fulfill missions, not to be happy."-Philadelphia Ledger. Jerrold as a Cynic. Uglierst of trades have their moments of pleasure. If 1 were a gravedigger or even a hangman there are some people 1 could work for with a great deal of enjoyment—Douglas Jerrold. "Not necessarily, but he's married." -Lyndon Lance. Automatic 72-379 Chicago, Ill THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3109 S. State street. Mme. Rosa Lee Tyler, ice cream cafe; 3313 S. State St. George I Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st St., near Dearborn. PITH AND POINT Pacifying Mexico is a position job. Everything in Belgium is up but its courage. Possibly the warring naiheated to mind the rigors campaign. Another of the mysteries Why does a man want to of Mexico? Opportunity rarely knocks door when there's a glimpse the window. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State 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 McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 S. State St. George McFaro, shoe shining parlor and news stand. 3800½ State street. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Bell & Alford, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3182½ South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3342 S. State street. J. S. 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. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. A. Turpin, cigars, confections and news stand, 3511 S. State street. On Business Bent. "Can you make me a sheet iron mandolin?" "I might, but it wouldn't have much tone. What do you want of a sheetir mandolin, anyhow?" "I'm trying to serenade a girl, and they have a bulldog. I've busted several instruments on him. Next time I smash him I want to smash him 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 he 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 a backing for the metal plates from which illustrations are printed in magazines and periodicals. it is chosen above all others because it holds its shape, does not warp or twist, works smoothly and does not split. The Greater Courage Men have offered up their lives by the thousands upon the field of battle, but in the struggle for existence woman is 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 willing hand is always ready. If wretchedness and misery need a comforter she is present. The faintest whisper of pain brings her as a pilgrim to its couch, 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 complaint, and the man that would in the alightest degree add to it and increase the anguish that it is her lot to bear is beneath the level of the brute. If she should happen to possess defects 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 every impulse of his better being will prompt him to overlook them and make due allowance therefor.—Isidor Rayner. Belgium's Postmen. A Belgian who has money owing to him often hands the account to his postman, who passes it through the office, to be presented to the debtor in whatever locality the latter may reside, and if payment be made the creditor receives it from his postman on the following day, with but a trifling 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 renewal of the subscription during a fresh term. All this makes of the Belgian postman a kind of ambulating general agency and bank of deposit, and the man is obliged to have a desk slung in front of him and to carry a locked and chained portfolio under his arm for valuables, but he gets through his work satisfactorily, because his rounds are short—Pearson's Weekly. PITH AND POINT. Pacifying Mexico is a perpetual motion job. Everything in Belgium has been shot up but its courage. Possibly the warring nations are too heated to mind the rigors of a winter campaign. Another of the mysteries of life is. Why does a man want to be president of Mexico? Opportunity rarely knocks at the door when there's a gloomy face at the window. And think of the volumes of explanation of defeat that will be written after the war is over! Wood alcohol has too innocent a look. It ought to fly a skull and crossbones in its name. Old ocean's bed seems also to be paved with a fine assortment of armor plated good intentions. Holland behind its dikes and Switzerland on top of its glaciers may manage to keep out of the war. Now that they have carried the war into Egypt, the correspondents may be referred to the sphinx for news. The notion that artillery fire produces rain, as the basis of rain making experiments, is receiving a severe jolt. Thomas A. Edison remarks that "Our present civilization is only a thin veneer." Yes; and in a large share of Europe the veneer is entirely scratched off. In placing orders for hardware with this country, European countries continue to overlook our special facilities for producing plowshares made from swords. Current Comment. In order to have no further perplexities over the question, "What is whisky?" a number of states have decided that there will be no whisky.—Washington Star. The United States has in actual gold metal almost as much as any other two nations together. That illustrates the wisdom of not going to war.—Philadelphia Ledger. Is it a sign of the times that the Princeton students vote 960 to 199 against compulsory week day chapel, or is it a proof that boy nature never changes?—New York Sun. Some day there will be a fool proof, crook proof voting machine that will make voting an agreeable pastime and give the result as soon as the last ballot is cast—Chicago News. Echoes of the War. European maxim, "There's gone enough for all!"—Washington Post. He is a wise ambassador who keeps his trunks packed these days.—Chicago News. Turkey is making the mistake of thinking it can beat the other fellow's game.—Detroit Free Press. The people who had an idea that the European war, begun after breakfast, was going to end before dinner have long since revised their opinion.—Philadelphia Press. When the war began it was in Europe, but was not European. Today it threatens to develop into the nearest thing to a world war of which history has any record.—San Francisco Chronicle. Facts From France. Firing at its highest speed a French battery would take thirteen minutes to cover every square yard within range. The stores of Paris that are still doing business, even the big department stores, are reported now to be closed for an hour at noon because there are not enough clerks left for one to relieve another at lunch time. French candle makers have been detected saving wax by leaving three small holes around the wick lengthwise of the candles. Thin portions of wax at top and bottom cover the cheat. Melted wax fills the holes as the candle burns. Industrial Items. About one-third of Great Britain's telegraphers are women. Over 2,000 women belong to New York printing trade unions. There are about one and three-quarter millions of children between the ages of ten and fifteen engaged in earning their living in the United States. Before the war nearly all the copra produced in the Philippines went to France. That market being closed now local vegetable oil factories are being built to dispose of the cocaoanta. Tree Branches There are 500 recognized species of trees in the United States. The oak begins to rot at the heart at the age of about 300 years. A count of the annual rings of a California redwood tree indicated that it began its career in 550 A. D. The yellow poplar or tulip tree, the largest broadleaf tree in America, has been known to reach nearly 200 feet in height and ten feet in diameter. 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