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THE BROAD AX SPECIAL NOTICE.—The Next Issue of The Broad Ax Will Contain a Detailed Statement in Relation to the Expenditures of the Illinois State Commission, Showing that So Far $15,000 Has Faded Away and Practically Nothing Has Been Accomplished By It Hon. Oscar DePriest Launched His Aldermanic Boom for Alderman of the Second Ward at Olivet Baptist Church on Monday Evening. Dr. J. W. McDowell was Chairman of the Meeting Which was Addressed by Many Prominent Speakers of Both Races Vol. XX. Hon. Oscar Launched a manic Boor man of the at Olivet B on Monday Dr. J. W. M Chairman ing Which w ed by Man Speakers o A most enthusiastic citizens' meeting was held last Monday night at Olivet Baptist church in support of the candidacy of the most logical candidate for alderman of the second ward, Mr. Oscar DePriest. All walks of life and every element of the citizenship of the ward were represented at the meeting, and by the time the speaking program was begun there were no more seats to be had. The great rostrum of the church was also filled to overflowing. Among others seated on the platform were Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, State Representative S. B. Turner, Right Reverend Bishop Samuel Fallows, Judge George W. Underwood, Judge W. W. Maxwell, Dr. J. T. Jenifer, Hon. William L. Martin, chairman executive committee of the citizens' committee, Dr. Carrie Golden, vice chairman, Morris Lewis, secretary; Dr. J. W. McDowell, chairman of the general citizens' committee; Hon. Ferdinand L. Barnett, Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts, Hon. Edward D. Green, Mrs. Adelaide Thomas, Miss Eva Artis, Rev. E. J. Fisher, Charles Norton, John VanCamp, Mrs. Cordelia West, Wm. H. Jackson, Fred. Herr, Sol. Scheffer, Hon. George W. Ellis, Hon. Oscar DePriest. That there was a keen interest in this, the initial meeting in launching the campaign of Mr. DePriest, was evidenced on every hand, from the moment the speaking began up until after 12 o'clock midnight when the crowd seemed as dense as earlier in the evening. In the audience could be seen many representative Colored citizens who had come out to lend their aid to an honest endeavor to place a Negro in the city council. Owing to the necessary confusion of the entrance and seating of the crowds of people who continued coming, Chairman McDowell was unable to announce the first speaker until after 8:30 o'clock, after which there followed sane, logical, interesting and unanswerable argument why, if the Negroes of the second ward really wanted a representative in the council, they could secure such representation by centering their efforts on the man most likely to win, Oscar DePriest. Those who responded in speeches in support of Mr. DePriest were as follows: Bishop Samuel Fallows, Hon. S. B. Turner, Judge W. W. Maxwell, Dr. J. T. Jenifer, Senator S. A. Ettelson, Dr. Carrie Golden, Hon. Edw. D. Green, Dr. J. W. McDowell, Judge G. W. Underwood, Hon. Ferdinand L. Barnett, Hon. W. L. Martin, Rev. Dr. E. J. Fisher, Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts and Hon. S. Laing Williams. One of the features of the evening was a song composed by Miss Grace Johnson, being a sentiment in favor of the candidacy of Mr. DePriest. This song and others were well rendered by the choir of Olivet church. Striking thoughts as follows were presented: "To be successful in the selection of a Negro alderman, all factions must get together and center united effort on one man." "To be successful the Negro should support that candidate who has the promise of greatest support from our White friends and neighbors." "Through the inside working of the republican organization of the second ward, its representative in the state senate saw to it that certain legislation was so modified as not to disturb a Colored man who for many years held office as assistant county attorney of Cook county." "A year ago we stood face to face in a fight along racial lines, which failed. The ward organization at that time assured us that they would endorse a Negro for alderman. They have done so and it is up to us to give that candidate the united support to which he is entitled." "The Negro will not receive the consideration to which he is entitled until he shall have representation in the common council." "A divided Negro vote for Negro candidates at this time would be most J. unfortunate and provocative of a disinterestedness in such candidates in the future by ward organizations." "It is the first time a ward organization has endorsed a Negro for a seat in the city council, and such a candidate should be supported and the other fellows get out of the way." "There is no criticism of the other Colored candidates in the field, but it is submitted that unless the efforts of the Colored voters are centered on one man we shall fail in our endeavor to secure representation in the city council." "Every independent fight for a Negro alderman has met with failure." Mr. DePriest was introduced as the last speaker of the evening, this being a signal for a demonstration of applause and cries of "Our next alderman." Mr. DePriest responded in a well balanced address. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON RECEIVES MORE VOTES FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES. (Special Telegram to The Broad A. On each ballot this week in a great contest at Springfield to elect speaker of the house of representatives. Major Robert R. Jackson has received two to three votes for that honour. The members of that body could much farther and fare a great worse in their choice for speaker, they would be honoring themselves uniting on Major Jackson as a commising candidate, and as a speaker would rule with fairness to all contending factions in the legislature of Illinois. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE WILL HOLD FORTH Among other things he said: "It will be my ambition, as a member of the city council, to accomplish at least two important things if I do nothing else. One will be to secure the naming of some Colored person as a member of the board of education, in order to stop such damnable discrimination as has existed at the Wendell Phillips High School. Another thing will be the passage of an ordinance that will require the mayor to revoke the license of any person upon conviction of discriminating against citizens on account of their color. This thing of going into court and paying a nominal fine does not meet the situation, as such a fine resolves itself into a mere license, but the taking away of a man's license upon such conviction would very quickly bring about the desired reform." Dr. Fisher and those of his board instrumental in providing this meeting deserve much credit for doing a great and intelligent work toward securing a Colored man in the city council. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON RECEIVES MORE VOTES FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Special Telegram to The Broad Ax.) On each ballot this week in the great contest at Springfield to elect a speaker of the house of representatives Major Robert R. Jackson has received two to three votes for that honored position. The members of that body could go much farther and fare a great deal worse in their choice for speaker, and they would be honoring themselves by uniting on Major Jackson as a compromising candidate, and as a speaker he would rule with fairness to all the contending factions in the legislature of Illinois. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE WILL HOLD FOETH IN BOSTON, MASS., IN AUGUST. Col. Thomas Wallace Swann and the other head chiefs of the Illinois State Commission, have for the past year, endeavored to throw some sawdust in the eyes of Booker T. Washington the great wizard of Tuskegee; and to have him and his National Negro Business Legue, to hold forth in this city, this coming August. But Prof. Washington, was unable to see the point and he did not want Col. Swann, and his pay roll brigade, to rake in any money at his expense or popularity. So he will hold forth with his business league, at Boston. Mass., which will be the fifteenth annual convention of the league. The Clover Leaf Embroidery Club gave a very unique and interesting entertainment at 2151 Jackson boulevard, the residence of Mrs. Ella Thomas. Lunch was served. Mrs. Bessie Perkins gave a selection, also Claudia Douglas. The Mayoralty Contest Between Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer and Mayor Carter H. Harrison is On in Full Force. The Popular County Clerk is First on the Primary Ballot,the "Man of Destiny" is the Third FRANK J. WILSON, THOMAS DWYER, JOHN J. GERAGHTY AND BUSSELL P. BUTLER ARE THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC ASPIRANTS FOR MAYOR OF THIS CITY. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRY OLSON OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT, ALDERMAN JACOB HEY, WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON AND CONGRESSMAN CHARLES M. THOMPSON ARE THE REPUBLICAN AND PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR. IN ADDITION THERE ARE MANY CANDIDATES FOR CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED CANDIDATES HAVE SO FAR FILED THEIR PETITIONS FOR ALDERMEN, BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN, FROM THE VARIOUS WARDS THROUGHOUT CHICAGO. On the eve of the greatest mayorality contest ever held in this city, which will simmer down between Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, Mayor Carter H. Harrison, on the Democratic side and between Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Municipal Court and William Hale Thompson on the Republican side, many of the big politicians are far out at sea, many of the former strong supporters of the Hon. Carter H. Harrison are deserting or running out from under him as they are dead anxious to see him fall down all in a heap at the primaries—those who have refused to continue to wear the collar of Mayor Harrison have become camp followers of Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer and are working like wild Indians for his nomination and election for they honestly feel that he would make the very best mayor that Chicago has ever had.—that he is thoroughly honest—that he is extremely popular and eminently qualified to discharge all the duties of that high office. On the other hand it must be admitted that for some cause or other many of the prominent Democratic politicians who have in the past proudly marched under the banner of Hon. Roger C. Sullivan have and are breaking away from his wing of the Democratic party and at the present time they can be found in the camp of Mayor Carter H. Harrison and these camp followers, shouters and retainers are all loud in exclaiming that the present mayor their new found little God looks mighty good to them—that he will be a winner for the sixth time at the primaries and be re-elected with both hands down. No.19 There was much rejoicing this week among the followers of Mr. Sweitzer when it was learned that his name was first on the primary ballot—that the name of the "man of destiny" is third on the list, and they feel confident that thousands of voters will never run across his name so far down on the ballot; that they will therefore vote for the popular county clerk and not take any chances in hunting around after the name of Carter H. Harrison. The other democratic candidates for mayor are as follows: Frank J. Wilson, Thomas O. Dwyer, John J. Geraghty and Peter J. O'Reilly, and Messrs. Olson, Thompson, Hey and Thompson are the republican and progressive candidates for that same office. So far well on to two hundred candidates are seeking the nominations for aldermen from the various wards throughout the city. There are also many candidates who would like to serve as city clerk and city treasurer, and the indications are that there are hot times ahead for the big and small fry politicians from now until after the primaries, Tuesday, February 23d. From on and after this date, every Friday afternoon from 2 to 6 p. m. will be ladies' day or afternoon at the Appomattox Club, 3441 S. Wabash avenue. Families and guests of members are most cordially extended this privilege. Special Saturday afternoon dance class from 1 to 5 o'clock. Admission by card only. Each member allowed only one guest weekly. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO CAPITAL, $200,000.00 NICKELS CENTS This Registering Home Bank FREE to our Savings Depositors will start you saving and keep you at it. A Savings Account is the first step to wealth. OPEN one with US. --- --- PROVIDENT SANITARY CO. Mme. 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PRICE, 50 cts. PROVIDENT SANITARY COMPANY LONGHURST SHAMPOO Unexcelled for cleaning the scalp. Prepares it for further treatment. Removes oily dandruff and promotes the growth of the hair. PRICE, 25 cts. ER FEBRUARY 24, 1915 THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1915 SIRES AND SONS Joseph Hume Cook, prime minister of Australia, is a Methodist lay preacher. Count Zeppelin, inventor of the German dirigible, is "the greatest German of the twentieth century," according to the kaiser. Dr. H. Oliviera Lima, who will teach Latin American history and diplomacy at Harvard university, is a native of Brazil and noted as a diplomat and educator. David Watson Taylor, who will succeed Bear Admiral Richard M. Watt as chief constructor of the navy, graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1885 at the head of his class and excelled the highest record ever made there up to that time. Max Joseph Baehr, who has been made United States consul at Berne, Switzerland, has for twelve years represented this country at Havana, Cuba. He is a native of Bavaria, but came to America in 1878. In 1898 he began his diplomatic career as American consul at Kehl, Germany. General Baron Carl von Piettenberg, commander of the German Guards corps, the flower of the kaiser's troops, is also a general adjutant to the kaiser and very high in his favor, their friendship dating back to the days when they served together in the First regiment of foot guards. The Writers. Mrs. Corra Harris has gone to Europe to write a series of magazine articles on the woman's side of the war. Hugh Walpole, the author, is a son of the bishop of Edinburgh and a cousin of the Earl of Orford. He lives half the year in a tiny fishing village in Cornwall, where he does most of his work. Sir Rennell Rodd, whose name appears in the white papers as that of British ambassador at Rome, spent in 1908 some months in America. He greatly distinguished himself at Oxford, where he carried off several honors, including the Newdigate poem prize. He is well known as the author of at least half a dozen volumes of verse, of monographs on Sir Walter Raleigh and Emperor Frederick. Fashion Frills. Economy is the order of the day. The ladies have even taken to wearing shorter dresses.—Philadelphia Press. If the short skirts become much shorter there will be a falling off in the demand for dress goods and burlesque theater tickets.—Chicago News. In order to increase the sale of cotton why not suggest that the style makers make it fashionable for women to wear more clothes?—Sioux City Tribune. From some of the hats we've seen it's quite clear that busted sixteen inch shells have suggested ideas to the quick witted designers.—Milwaukee Journal. Train and Track. Nearly one-half of Spain's railroads enter Madrid. The average express locomotive consumes twelve gallons of water for each mile traveled. Nearly half of the main line of the Canadian Pacific between Fort William and Vancouver is now double tracked. More than 850 miles of double tracking has been completed this year. The new Union station in Kansas City, Mo., which cost $6,000,000, is the third largest in the United States. All the improvements around it made in connection with its erection cost more than $40,000,000. 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'am," 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 'im runnin' 'is 'ands through it'."—London Mall. Oder of Lodoform. 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. Everding 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. Told You So. "I'te the unexpected that always happens." "Oh, I don't know! Somebody always claims to have predicted it"—Louisville Courier-Journal. """ I just saw him turn his mocc toe a lampoon."-Buffalo express. Stale Bread or Fresh Bread. Most persons don't like stale bread so well as fresh, though many consider it more digestible. As a matter of fact fresh bread is just as digestible as stale, if it be chewed as much, but its very softness is a temptation to chew it too little; hence it is swallowed without the admixture of enough saliva to digest its starch. Stale bread, on the other hand, is difficult to swallow unless thoroughly chewed. The difference between fresh and stale bread is merely a matter of water. In bread as it comes from the oven the crust is dry and crisp and the crumb is moist and soft, because all the water is in the crumb. As hours or days pass the crust absorbs water from the crumb and becomes soft, while the crumb becomes dry. A loaf can be made fresh again by slightly moistening it and placing it for a few minutes in a hot oven. The heat drives the water from the crust back into the crumb.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. One Phase of Tolstoy. In the "Reminiscences of Tolstoy" by his son, Count Ilya Tolstoy, are shown many phases of the great man's nature, this one among them: "All exhibitions of tenderness were entirely foreign to him. I say 'tenderness' in contradistinction to 'feeling.' Feeling he had, and in a very high degree. During all his lifetime I never received any mark of tenderness from him whatever. Nearness and dearness with him were never accompanied by any outward manifestations. It would never have come into my head, for instance, to walk up to my father and kiss him or to stroke his hand. I was partly prevented also by the fact that I always looked up to him with such awe, and his spiritual power, his greatness, prevented me from seeing in him the mere man, the man who was so spitable and weary at times, the feeble old man who so much needed warmth and rest." Hobart Pasha: The Turkish navy of the past owed almost its existence to an English sailor, Hobart Pasha, a bold buccaneer of the Elizabethan period, who by some strange perverseness of fate was born into the Victorian age. He retired from the English navy in 1863, and during the American war he became a blockade runner with halbreadth escapes innumerable. After the war he entered the Turkish service, suppressed the Cretan rebellion by intercepting the supplies from Greece and then reorganized the Turkish fleet so well that the sultan appointed him marshal of the empire. Hobart Pasha also enjoyed the unique distinction of being twice struck off the British navy list for breach of the foreign enlistment act and twice reinstalled there. And he died in 1886 with the rank of a British vice admiral—London Globe. Tests of Civilization. It is only vulgar minds that mistake bigness for greatness, for greatness is of the soul, not of the body. In the judgment which history will hereafter pass upon the forty centuries of recorded progress toward civilization that now lie behind us, what are the tests it will apply to determine the true greatness of a people? Not population, not territory, not wealth, not military power. Rather will history ask: What examples of lofty character and unselfish devotion to honor and duty has a people given? What has it done to increase the volume of knowledge? What thoughts and what ideals of permanent value and unexhausted fertility has it produced in poetry, music, and the other arts to be an unfailing source of enjoyment to posterity? The small peoples need not fear the application of such tests. -James Bryce. The Blind Need Windows. Light has use, even if men cannot or will not see it. Baring-Gould tells of an institution for the blind that was built in England without windows. "Why," argued the committee, "should we provide windows for those that cannot see out of them?" So scientific ventilation and heating were provided, but the walls were left unplierced by any pane of glass. But soon the poor inmates grew pale, and a great languor fell upon them. They fell sick, and one or two died. Then it was that the committee decided to open windows in the walls. In came the healing light, and the human plants responded to it at once in revived spirits, ruddy cheeks and restored health. Light is good, the Light of the World is good, even for those who shut their eyes.—Christian Gerald. Conundrums. Why is a list of musical composers like a saucepan? Because it is incomplete without a Handel. pictures without Why is the letter A Mke 12 o'clock? Because it comes in the middle of day. If all the big waters were dried up what would. Neptune say? I really haven't an ocean (a notion). THE MOST COMPLETE OPTICAL ROOMS IN THE CITY BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE? No Money Needed This is not a Prize Contest. 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Baseball fans may have to attend law schools in order to appreciate all the fine points of the game.—Washington Star. If the lawyers of the country are going to write the rules for baseball we feel sorry for the umpires.—Detroit Free Press. If organized baseball should be declared a trust the fans need not be disturbed about it. There will still be baseball just the same.—Philadelphia Press. As soon as a baseball player jumps his contract he is considered by his former manager to have outlived his usefulness except in cases where he jumps back, when he is still conceded to have several years of baseball in him yet.—Detroit News. PITH AND POINT One doesn't require lessons in order to learn to ride a hobby. Even Solomon couldn't size up a woman's thoughts by her sighs. --- Phone: Douglas 3256 3030 State Street Fly Catches S. E. Cor. 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No wonder earthquakes are being reported. What is going on upon its surface is enough to make the poor old earth shake to its center. Haiti might resent so many revolutions if they did not tend to give the taxpayer of today hope of being the officeholder of tomorrow. Animal Oddities Turbot lay 14,000,000 eggs in a season and cod 9,000,000. The kangaroo, which is noted for its enormous appetite, is said to be able to eat as much grass as six sheep. Alligators when in captivity have to be fed on meat, but they need no food from Sept. 1 to May 1, for that is their hibernating season, when they do not eat at all. When a lobster is about to shed its shell the latter splits down the back, and it drops off in two equal parts. Then the tail slips out of the shell like a finger out of a glove. Tales of Cities. Pittsburgh is building a new courthouse and city hall, to cost $3,000,000. Albany (N. Y.) building record of 1914 eclipses that of many preceding years. Louisville, Ky., has 22,574 children in public schools, a gain of 624 over last term. Winter street. Boston, was formerly known as Ladies' street because women's shops were situated on that thoroughfare. Fashion Frills. here he enceded ball in Cheer up! The made in America fashions can be just as expensive as those imported.—Baltimore American. Woman's waist line is to be restored by fashion. However, no one is bold enough to predict. where it will be.— Chicago News. In spite of the war Vienna plans to hold her annual fashion show. Austria also seems to believe "as good be out of the world as out of the fashion."— New York Sun. 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: N. B. Jones, magazines, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 248 E. 35th St. N. C. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, notice store and news stand, 5012 S. State street. L. E. Chilton, news stand, S. E. corner 51st and State streets. S. Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; 31 W. 51 Street, near Dearborn. E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3109 S. State street. CAVE DWELLE IN THE TREN How the Soldiers Underground Burrow NOT since the pleiston has cave dwelling be eral in Europe as to are hundreds of the men, on and off the firing burrow into the earth for sh 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. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to bacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. Sylvester McGlofin, 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 parlers and news stand. $ 3800 \frac{1}{2} $ State street. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 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. Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 Street street. The Black Bear. It is the common idea that a black bear will hug people to death. This is of course, a mistake. A bear almost invariably makes its attack by striking a stunning blow with the fore paw and tearing with his very formidable claws. A large black bear can strike a terrific blow and is capable of knocking down and mortally wounding a full grown caribou. When their enemy or prey is felled to the ground they usually bite them about the head and neck until death ensues. They are remarkable for the strength of their jaws and have been known to bite through the skull of a man. Many animals that can generally be counted on not to attack may do so when come upon suddenly, crowded, wounded or annoyed. The black bear is no exception. The more I see and study animals the more I am impressed with the fact that there is no fixed rule what the same species of animal will do under similar circumstances, as they seem to vary as much in mind and temperament as the individual. Although one might predict with a very good average of correctness, there would always be the exception—"Big Game Fields of America." On Having the Blues If without any real cause of worry, says a writer in the Unpopular Review, you wake up two or three consecutive mornings feeling that the world is an unsatisfactory place probably you had better go to the doctor. He won't be apt to give you anything worse than rhubarb and soda. You might even try it before going, and if it is a sunny day try to glory in it, out of doors if possible, and if it is a rainy day try to thing how cozy it will be by the fire, or if you have to go to an office how good it will be to have a day for steady work, when clients and customers are not apt to come in. In similar vein Kipling prescribed for a case of the blues, which he referred to as a "came-elious hump," you remember, common to "kiddies and grownups too." When the hump rests heavily upon you, said Mr. Kipling—Don't frowm with a book by the fire. But take a large hoe and a shoed also. And dig till you gently perspire. Where Mirrors Are Forbidden The followers of Jean de Labadie still flourish in some parts of Holland. The tenets of the Labadists forbid the use of mirrors as tending to foster vanity and a love of fine clothes. This self denying ordinance is all the more creditable, seeing that, next to the founder, the leading figure among the Labadists was a woman. When Jean de Labadie left the Reformed church and founded a sect of his own orthodox hate made it impossible for him to tend his stock. Anna Maria van Schurman came to the rescue and enabled the Labadists to settle at Wisewerd in Friesland. Her eloquent sermons brought many converts to the new faith, for she was a pioneer of women's rights.—London Chronicle. Let us do the best we can. We are not all tailors, who can cut out things easily. The luxuries of yesterday look pretty cheap alongside the necessities of tomorrow. Knowledge may not always be power, but it usually enables one to put on the power. CAVE DWELLERS IN THE TRENCHES How the Soldiers Live In Underground Burrows. NOT since the pleistocene age has cave dwelling been so general in Europe as today. There are hundreds of thousands of men, on and off the firing line, who burrow into the earth for shelter from the enemy's fire and the weather's inclemency. Vast underground cities have been built. In Galicia a newspaper correspondent saw a hill which had five tiers of caves, in rows of forty each. The entire establishment sheltered 2,500 men. The men in their letters write of their caves with as much feeling as they would of home. Though snow and rain beat down without, the winds howl and great guns boom, the cave is always snug and warm, especially if it has been possible to gather enough straw for the floor and bed. A letter from the front from a German captain, who is terse and laconic, says of trench life: "We are as wet as young dogs, as dirty as swine, hairy as monkeys and keep singing with the enemy 320 feet away. We live in caves, which are now and then destroyed by shells of the enemy. When that happens we crawl out like so many rabbits and continue to live on pigs, steers, hens, goulash and rice. We cut our hair stair flashed, write by light of candles, upon which we do the cooking at the same time. "We are now our own antediluvian ancestors and gladly anticipate a bayonet attack for the relief it gives us through a change of air." This is a war of trenches, writes a French correspondent. There are hundreds and hundreds of miles of them from Switzerland to the sea. These THE GREAT WAR are the homes and the battlefields of the soldiers, and they are safer than any fortress in these days, when heavy guns have taken to growling about the land. Namur stood three days' bombardment. The trenches on the Aisne have survived nearly three months' cannonade. Two or three miles to the rear of the firing line is a ditch six or seven feet deep. Drop into it, and you feel as if you were in a rabbit warren. This is the subterranean passage that leads to the subterranean city of the bearded, long haired and begrimed soldiers who are the pride of France. Halfway you scent an appetizing odor and hear cheery voices and laughter. They come from the kitchens—great chambers excavated out of the earth and roofed with timber. Here are the real "marmites" calling the hungry soldiers to dinner. They are well cared for in the trenches. Their meals—when they have time for them—are hot and plentiful. They have wine and cognac and coffee and tobacco. We are bidden to share their meal, but our guide is eager to get to the front and hurries us once more into the passage. Ten minutes and we reach the first line of trenches, which run east and west, almost at right angles. These are the trenches of the reserves—men who were in the front line two days ago and are having a rest before they return. It is wonderful what ingenuity and labor can accomplish out of the most unpromising material. I used to think that the Japanese were the only people who knew how to convert a ditch into a home. But the French are quite as clever. Here is a trench with head cover formed of crossbeams overlaid with branches and earth—a sure protection against shrapnel if not against the ponderous "marmite." It has a long bench of telegraph poles. There are little cupboards for cartridges and kit; picture postcards are fastened to the walls; there are ramps for reclining chairs or couches and drains to carry off the rain. A STORE FOR EVERYBODY HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. Make it a point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special bargain offerings that we give in all departments. The-Cranford Apartment Building. 3600.Wabash Ave. THE FORTY-FOURTH STREET The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, Phone Randolph 803 74 W.WAS-INGTON STREET. Take a Seco the Store-Full of L Take a Second Look At— store-Full of Light Across th If the owner buys that light By Measure He Is Using GAS For a store-full of gas store-full of any other light-softest and most diffusive. A single Gas Arc actually and burns one cent's worth A Huge Volt for Little We RENT these Gas Arcs lighted and most economically factories and warehouses in The Peoples Gas Peoples Gas Building GAS ARCS for a store-full of gas arc light costs far less full of any other light—and gas arc light is be- and most diffusive. single Gas Arc actually yields a volume of 400 returns one cent's worth of gas an hour. A Huge Volume of Light for Little Money RENT these Gas Arcs—95,000 of them, to and most economically managed stores, shop- es and warehouses in the city. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. gas Building Telephone Ran ANN ESTABLISHED TELE HEY 1877 1877 ISI For a store-full of gas arc light costs far less than a store-full of any other light—and gas arc light is by far the softest and most diffusive. A single Gas Arc actually yields a volume of 400 candles and burns one cent's worth of gas an hour—that's A Huge Volume of Light for Little Money We RENT these Gas Arcs—95,000 of them, to the best lighted and most economically managed stores, shops, lofts, factories and warehouses in the city. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4567 JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51et St. and L. S. & M. S. 51et St. and ARMOUR AVE. JNN FIFTY-FIRSt STREET AND ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51et St. and L. S. & M. S. 51et St. and ARMOUR AVE. Motion pictures of insects in flight show that they regulate their speed by changing the inclination of their wings rather than by altering the rapidity of their motion. "The man who tells us of our faults is our best friend," quoth the philosopher. "Yes, but he won't be long," added the mere man-Judge. Perhaps it is. "If you want a thing well done"— "Get an expert to do it for you. Ain't that more sense than what you were going to say?" ? FRANK DUNN J. B. MoCAHEY TRUSTEES! FRANK DUNN J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WA-INGTON STREET ond Look At— ight Across the Way. ARCS its arc light costs far less than a —and gas arc light is by far the yields a volume of 400 candles arth of gas an hour—that's volume of Light le Money cars—95,000 of them, to the best by managed stores, shops, lofts, the city. Light & Coke Co. Telephone Randolph 4567 and ARMOUR AVENUE St. and L. S. & M. S. ARMOUR AVE. CHICAGO Greenland Summers. Things grow very fast in the short Greenland summer. As soon as the snow melts off in many places the ground is covered with a vine which bears a small berry something like a huckleberry. It is nearly tasteless, but it is juicy, and the natives are fond of it. To the Point. Her Father—Young man. I must ask your object in coming here so often. Young Man—I love your daughter, sir. She is adorable, a queen. Her Father—Then, I take it, your object is to be come her subject. Very well, she's yours.—Boston Transcript TEL. OAKLAND 1550, 1551, 1652 CHICAGO THE BROAD AX SPECIAL NOTICE.—The Next Issue of The Broad Ax Will Contain a Detailed Statement in Relation to the Expenditures of the Illinois State Commission, Showing that So Far $15,000 Has Faded Away and Practically Nothing Has Been Accomplished By It Hon. Oscar DePriest Launched His Aldermanic Boom for Alderman of the Second Ward at Olivet Baptist Church on Monday Evening. Dr. J. W. McDowell was Chairman of the Meeting Which was Addressed by Many Prominent Speakers of Both Races Vol. XX. Hon. Oscar Launched a manic Boor man of the at Olivet B on Monday Dr. J. W. M Chairman ing Which w ed by Man Speakers o A most enthusiastic citizens' meeting was held last Monday night at Olivet Baptist church in support of the candidacy of the most logical candidate for alderman of the second ward, Mr. Oscar DePriest. All walks of life and every element of the citizenship of the ward were represented at the meeting, and by the time the speaking program was begun there were no more seats to be had. The great rostrum of the church was also filled to overflowing. Among others seated on the platform were Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, State Representative S. B. Turner, Right Reverend Bishop Samuel Fallows, Judge George W. Underwood, Judge W. W. Maxwell, Dr. J. T. Jenifer, Hon. William L. Martin, chairman executive committee of the citizens' committee, Dr. Carrie Golden, vice chairman, Morris Lewis, secretary; Dr. J. W. McDowell, chairman of the general citizens' committee; Hon. Ferdinand L. Barnett, Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts, Hon. Edward D. Green, Mrs. Adelaide Thomas, Miss Eva Artis, Rev. E. J. Fisher, Charles Norton, John VanCamp, Mrs. Cordelia West, Wm. H. Jackson, Fred. Herr, Sol. Scheffer, Hon. George W. Ellis, Hon. Oscar DePriest. That there was a keen interest in this, the initial meeting in launching the campaign of Mr. DePriest, was evidenced on every hand, from the moment the speaking began up until after 12 o'clock midnight when the crowd seemed as dense as earlier in the evening. In the audience could be seen many representative Colored citizens who had come out to lend their aid to an honest endeavor to place a Negro in the city connell. Owing to the necessary confusion of the entrance and seating of the crowds of people who continued coming, Chairman McDowell was unable to announce the first speaker until after 8:30 o'clock, after which there followed sane, logical, interesting and unanswerable argument why, if the Negroes of the second ward really wanted a --- representative in the council, they could secure such representation by centering their efforts on the man most likely to win, Oscar DePriest. Those who responded in speeches in support of Mr. DePriest were as follows: Bishop Samuel Fallows, Hon. S. B. Turner, Judge W. W. Maxwell, Dr. J. T. Jenifer, Senator S. A. Ettelson, Dr. Carrie Golden, Hon. Edw. D. Green, Dr. J. W. McDowell, Judge G. W. Underwood, Hon. Ferdinand L. Barnett, Hon. W. L. Martin, Rev. Dr. E. J. Fisher, Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts and Hon. S. Laing Williams. One of the features of the evening was a song composed by Miss Grace Johnson, being a sentiment in favor of the candidacy of Mr. DePriest. This song and others were well rendered by the choir of Olivet church. Striking thoughts as follows were presented: "To be successful in the selection of a Negro alderman, all factions must get together and center united effort on one man." "To be successful the Negro should support that candidate who has the promise of greatest support from our White friends and neighbors." "Through the inside working of the republican organization of the second ward, its representative in the state senate saw to it that certain legislation was so modified as not to disturb a Colored man who for many years held office as assistant county attorney of Cook county." "A year age we stood face to face in a fight along racial lines, which failed. The ward organization at that time assured us that they would endorse a Negro for alderman. They have done so and it is up to us to give that candidate the united support to which he is entitled." "The Negro will not receive the consideration to which he is entitled until he shall have representation in the common council." "A divided Negro vote for Negro candidates at this time would be most CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1915 J. B. HON. OSCAR DE PRIEST unfortunate and provocative of a disinterestedness in such candidates in the future by ward organizations." "It is the first time a ward organization has endorsed a Negro for a seat in the city council, and such a candidate should be supported and the other fellows get out of the way." "There is no criticism of the other Colored candidates in the field, but it is submitted unless the efforts of the Colored voters are centered on one man we shall fail in our endeavor to secure representation in the city council." "Every independent fight for a Negro alderman has met with failure." Mr. DePriest was introduced as the last speaker of the evening, this being a signal for a demonstration of applause and cries of "Our next alderman." Mr. DePriest responded in a well balanced address. Among other things he said: "It will be my ambition, as a member of the city council, to accomplish at least two important things if I do nothing else. One will be to secure the naming of some Colored person as a member of the board of education, in order to stop such damnable discrimination as has existed at the Wendell Phillips High School. Another thing will be the passage of an ordinance that will require the mayor to revoke the license of any person upon conviction of discriminating against citizens on account of their color. This thing of going into court and paying a nominal fine does not meet the situation, as such a fine resolves itself into a mere license, but the taking away of a man's license upon such conviction would very quickly bring about the desired reform." Dr. Fisher and those of his board instrumental in providing this meeting deserve much credit for doing a great and intelligent work toward securing a Colored man in the city council. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON RECEIVES MORE VOTES FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Special Telegram to The Broad Ax.) On each ballot this week in the great contest at Springfield to elect a speaker of the house of representatives Major Robert R. Jackson has received two to three votes for that honored position. The members of that body could go much farther and fare a great deal worse in their choice for speaker, and they would be honoring themselves by uniting on Major Jackson as a compromising candidate, and as a speaker he would rule with fairness to all the contending factions in the legislature of Illinois. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE WILL HOLD POETH IN BOSTON, MASS., IN AUGUST. Col. Thomas Wallace Swann and the other head chiefs of the Illinois State Commission, have for the past year, endeavored to throw some sawdust in the eyes of Booker T. Washington the great wizard of Tuskegee; and to have him and his National Negro Business League, to hold forth in this city, this coming August. But Prof. Washington, was unable to see the point and he did not want Col. Swann, and his pay roll brigade, to rake in any money at his expense or popularity. So he will hold forth with his business league, at Boston. Mass., which will be the fifteenth annual convention of the league. The Clover Leaf Embroidery Club gave a very unique and interesting entertainment at 2151 Jackson boulevard, the residence of Mrs. Ella Thomas. Lunch was served. Mrs. Bessie Perkins gave a selection, also Claudia Douglas. The Mayoralty Contest Between Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer and Mayor Carter H. Harrison is On in Full Force. The Popular County Clerk is First on the Primary Ballot,the "Man of Destiny" is the Third FRANK J. WILSON, THOMAS DWYER, JOHN J. GERAGHTY AND RUSSELL P. BUTLER ARE THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC ASPIRANTS FOR MAYOR OF THIS CITY. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRY OLSON OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT, ALDERMAN JACOB HEY, WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON AND CONGRESSMAN CHARLES M. THOMPSON ARE THE REPUBLICAN AND PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR. IN ADDITION THERE ARE MANY CANDIDATES FOR CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASUREB, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED CANDIDATES HAVE SO FAR FILED THEIR PETITIONS FOR ALDERMEN, BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN, FROM THE VARIOUS WARDS THROUGHOUT CHICAGO. On the eve of the greatest mayorality contest ever held in this city, which will simmer down between Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, Mayor Carter H. Harrison, on the Democratic side and between Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Municipal Court and William Hale Thompson on the Republican side, many of the big politicians are far out at sea, many of the former strong supporters of the Hon. Carter H. Harrison are deserting or running out from under him as they are dead anxious to see him fall down all in a heap at the primaries—those who have refused to continue to wear the collar of Mayor Harrison have become camp followers of Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer and are working like wild Indians for his nomination and election for they honestly feel that he would make the very best mayor that Chicago has ever had—that he is thoroughly honest—that he is extremely popular and eminently qualified to discharge all the duties of that high office. On the other hand it must be admitted that for some cause or other many of the prominent Democratic politicians who have in the past proudly marched under the banner of Hon. Roger C. Sullivan have and are breaking away from his wing of the Democratic party and at the present time they can be found in the camp of Mayor Carter H. Harrison and these camp followers, shouters and retainers are all loud in exclaiming that the present mayor their new found little God looks mighty good to them—that he will be a winner for the sixth time at the primaries and be re-elected with both hands down. No.19 There was much rejoicing this week among the followers of Mr. Sweitzer when it was learned that his name was first on the primary ballot—that the name of the "man of destiny" is third on the list, and they feel confident that thousands of voters will never run across his name so far down on the ballot; that they will therefore vote for the popular county clerk and not take any chances in hunting around after the name of Carter H. Harrison. The other democratic candidates for mayor are as follows: Frank J. Wilson, Thomas O. Dwyer, John J. Geraghty and Peter J. O'Reilly, and Messrs. Olson, Thompson, Hey and Thompson are the republican and progressive candidates for that same office. So far well on to two hundred candidates are seeking the nominations for aldermen from the various wards throughout the city. There are also many candidates who would like to serve as city clerk and city treasurer, and the indications are that there are hot times ahead for the big and small fry politicians from now until after the primaries, Tuesday, February 23d. From on and after this date, every Friday afternoon from 2 to 6 p. m. will be ladies' day or afternoon at the Appomattox Club, 3441 S. Wabash avenue. Families and guests of members are most cordially extended this privilege. Special Saturday afternoon dancing class from 1 to 5 o'clock. Admission by card only. Each member allowed only one guest weekly. ST. MARK CHURCH NEWS. By A. J. Nimrod. When Rev. John W. Robinson, pastor of St. Mark M. E. church at 50th street and Wabash avenue announces the new church ready for dedication on Sunday, March 14th, one of the greatest pieces of work ever undertaken by any pastor of Methodism in this city will have been accomplished. Possessed with what seems an inexhaustible supply of energy, the pastor and congregation are working and praying to accomplish this worthy task. St. Mark worshipers are enjoying most splendid sermons every Sunday morning and evening as evidenced by the large crowds. Selecting his text from the 107th Psalm, 28th verse, "Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their distresses," the pastor urged the necessity of fervent prayer and cautioned his hearers to guard against the neglect of prayer. Two ladies united with the church at the close of the day's services. The Rev. J. Bernheim, "a converted Jew," addressed the Lyceum at 4:30 p. m. and also preached a splendid sermon at the evening service. The City Federation of Women's Clubs will render a program for St. Mark Lyceum Sunday, February 14th. All are cordially invited. Opening hour 4:30 p. m. Miss Lucile Beatrice Robinson has recovered from her illness to the delight of her many friends, and has resumed her studies at Wendell Phillips High School. MISS BETTIOLA FORSTON The new poetess of the Afro-American race in the middle west, this week forged to the front and she now occupies second place in the popularity contest. CHIPS CHIPS Dr. D. E. Burrows, 3221 S. State St., without the least doubt about it is one of the most popular M. D.'s on the south side, for each and every day his office is filled with patients, which is an evidence of his popularity and medical skill. Sir Knight S. W. Green of New Orleans, La., supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias throughout the world, still desires to be counted among the many subscribers to The Broad Ax. Miss Stella E. McCoy, niece of Mrs. Irene McCoy-Gaines, 6155 Wentworth avenue, has become one of the new and active contestants in the popularity contest now drawing to a close in this paper. Charles A. Griffin, independent republican candidate for the nomination of alderman from the second ward, this week opened his aldermanic headquarters at 3313 S. State street. L. W. Washington will be his campaign manager. Mrs. Grant Gardner of Muskegon, Mich., who has greatly enjoyed the winter weather in that part of Michigan and who was up until several years ago quite prominent in secret society circles in this city, is still numbered among the steadfast supporters of this paper. Miss Maude J. Roberts, the noted soprano song bird, assisted by C. Cecil Cohen, pianist, will give a recital Thursday evening, February 4th, at 8:15 p. m. at the Abraham Lincoln Center, N. E. corner Oakwood boulevard and Langley avenue. Miss Roberts will render selections in English, French and Italian. See ad in another column of this paper. Miss Pauline D. Owens of Mounds, Ill., spent a few days in this city this week as the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. J. Meahm, 3414 Calumet avenue. While in this city she has attended several meetings of the Endowment Board of the Knights of Pythias of which she is the head and the front. She returned to her home yesterday morning. Miss Owens is in the popularity contest and she has secured a number of new subscribers for this CHIPS. February 14th at the Star Literary Club of Ebenezer Baptist church, 4 p.m., you will hear one of the most interesting subjects ever discussed, True and False Leadership, by L. W. Washington. Captain Louis B. Anderson who states that he is the people's candidate for alderman of the second ward, will not open up headquarters along on State street. Some of the boys or his followers were hoping that he would do so and provide them with a good warm place to lounge in these cold winter days and lay in a large stock of pig ankles and other good things for them to feast on. Handy Quotation Marks Judge Bodkin's book of reminiscences contains a description of one of the editors under whom he served, John B. Gallagher, who is said never to have read a book in his life. It was he, says the Dublin General Advertiser, who revised the reporter's copy and mercilessly mutilated the manuscript. He had one curious delusion. He fancied that inverted commas were a protection against a libel action, and, stranger still, an excuse for any eccentricities of style. On one occasion Mr. Bodkin in describing a theatrical performance wrote that it was "exquisitely amusing." "Old G." cocked his head cridically on one side. "I don't like that word 'exquisitely.'" he said. "All right, sir." I answered, "I'll strike it out." "No, no; it's a good enough word, but it's a little unusual there. Tell you what, we'll quote it." "Quote it from what?" I asked in amazement. "Oh, it does not matter. Just simply quote it." Next morning the Freeman's Journal duly reported that the performance was "‘exquisitely’ amusing." The Venice of Borneo Brunel, Borneo, is one of the strangest cities in the world. Once the head quarters of the Borneo pirates, it is a kind of eastern Venice, being built entirely over the water. This remarkable city is the capital of the state of Brunel, Borneo. All the houses are built over the Limbang river, constructed on slender piles made from the Nibong palm, a wood that resists the action of water for many years. The inhabitants of Brunel are Malays, Kadayans, Orang-Buskits and a few Muruts. They earn their living mostly by trading with other tribes in the interior of Sarawak and British North Borneo. Some of them are very skilful brass workers, and the Brunel women make beautiful cloth, interwoven and embroidered with gold thread. Sago is grown in the valleys near by $ _{j} $ and a small quantity of rice is also raised. In the early part of the nineteenth century Brunel was the rendezvous of the dread Borneo pirates and a market for the slave trade.—Wide World Magazine. Interplanetary Gases According to the Scientific American some of the striking changes that take place in certain comets in their passage through space may be explained by their encounter stray masses of gas. If it is true that such masses of gas exist comets would be more than likely to encounter them, for the inclinations and the extents of their orbits make them especially good explorers. The planets move in a narrow zone very near the plane of the ecliptic, whereas the inclination of the cometary orbits is sometimes considerable; for the periodic comets it varies from 3 to 162 degrees. Consequently comets attain regions of the solar system that no other bodies penetrate. These gaseous masses, if indeed they exist, are of varying chemical composition and may be considered as fragments of the initial nebula that escaped the combustion from which the members of the solar system arose. Death by Freezing. It is not clearly understood how severe cold causes death, remarks the Journal of the American Medical Association. A variety of causes have been assumed to be at work—accumulation of carbonic acid, paralysis of the vasomotor centers, loss of heat, accumulation of blood in the heart, anemia of the brain, destruction of red corpuscles—all of which tends to show that we really do not know anything definite as to the precise cause. The signs of death caused by exposure to cold are also poorly understood. This is especially unfortunate in view of the fact that in all northern countries cases of death from freezing frequently present themselves for investigation. Long Sermons. Long sermons were the rule in the time of the Rev. Thomas Boston, who is on record as having preached one sermon arranged under elghty-six heads and four others of hardly less generous proportions. Such pulpit performances as these brought out the necessity for the long poles with which the old time wardens gave slumbering members of flocks awakening taps on nodding heads. Unique. Doting Mother—Our Willie's teaches has paid him a high compliment. Sympathetic Friend—How was that? Doting Mother—Why, she wrote me that Willie's spelling was quite remarkable and that she had never known of anything quite like it—Richmond Times Dispatch. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1915 The new provisional president of Mexico, General Roque Gonzales Garza, is enjoying no softer bed of roses than did his predecessor, General Eulalio Gutierrez, who practically threw up the job and fled from Mexico city to head a new revolt. Gutierrez, according to his own account, was obliged to flee from the capital. He had sought aid from the Carranza forces to help him resist the control that Villa and Zapata had established over every branch of the government, making Gutierrez a mere figurehead. The political situation in Mexico changes with kaleidoscopic swiftness and has been complicated by the reported intention of General Villa to es- P. A. GENERAL BOQUE GONZALES GABZA. tablish an independent republic in northern Mexico. There are at present three governments in Mexico, all pretending to be legitimate, and opposing them are three separate revolutionary movements. Martial law has been proclaimed in Mexico City by General Garza, who evidently believes in stringent measures. The new provisional president first came into prominence with the forces of Madero in the movement that drove Diaz to exile. He held the title of major under Madero and has since been actively concerned in every phase of the prolonged civil warfare in Mexico. Garza is about thirty-six years old, a graduate of the law school in Mexico City and has been practicing law for years. His brother, Federico Gonzales Garza, was for several months governor of the federal district under Madero. Roque and his brother joined Villa soon after Huerta came into power. After President Madero was murdered General Garza made a scatting speech against Huerta and Felix Diaz in congress and afterward was in such imminent danger that a large escort of personal friends took him to the border. Thence he went to Washington, where he remained for a time, and then returned to Mexico. WARTIME DELICACIES Trained Army Nurses Make Dainty Dishes For the Invalid Soldiers. The life of a soldier even during the present terrible war is not without its mitigations, and one of the great blessings of wartime is the nurse. She is indeed the angel of the troubled pool. A woman pouring water into a large bucket. Photo by American Press Association. ENGLISH NURSES MAKING A PLUM PUDDING. The soldier who is wounded or otherwise invalid is well taken care of, and many dainty dishes are prepared by the trained army nurses for his benefit. The illustration shows some English nurses making a plum pudding for invalid English soldiers, who will thus have home remembrances brought to them by a much appreciated home dish, one that every Englishman regards as one of the comforts of home. Enchanted Garden. It has always seemed to me that no child had been quite fairly treated who had not lived with the fairies in an enchanted garden. There must be walls about such a garden to hold in memories and tall trees for mystery and much fragrance—and shadows—and the child must sometimes play alone that his delicate joy may not be marred. What peace this garden will bring in the old, dry years to come; what ineffable tears, what longing! Pierre Loti found his first touch of romance in a sweet French garden where there were friendly old aunts, much color, perfume and long, idle, still days. I remember a wonderful haunted wood in Holland which rested at the edge of a queen's garden and was all a soft, translucent green. The trees met overhead and sent down pale greens shade, and the little stream that moved so slowly through the woods was like a narrow strip of jade. Even the air was green and heavy with stories, and I knew that there were fairies everywhere, hiding under the leaves, peering at me from the thick fern beds and sailing silver boats down the jade river. -Clara T. MacChesney in Craftman. Umbrella Morale "Not long ago at a tea," said a man who frequents such decadent divertements, "somebody walked off with a new umbrella of mine. What I got in return was not fit for publication. "I spoke to the host about it—the tea was at a bachelor apartment—and he gave me a list of all those present, with their addresses, about twenty-five person, suggesting that I write and ask who had a new umbrella in place of an old one. "I took it with some degree of hope, which he at once crushed by telling me that on one occasion he had lost a new silk hat at a social function and the hostess had given him a list of sixty-four men who had been among those present. He wrote to the entire lot and received four replies in the negative. The others simply ignored his notes of inquiry. "Thereupon I concluded to let somebody have my new umbrella. But stealing's stealing just the same, in my opinion." - New York Sun. Freiburg Often Attacked. During the eight centuries of its existence Freiburg, the ancient cathedral city in Baden, has again and again suffered almost every possible kind of attack. In the wall above the door of the Loretto chapel there is embedded an iron cannon ball which nearly took the life of Louis XV. when he assaulted the city. But the most interesting memorial of an attempt to get Freiburg is the picture on the Schwalben Thor of a peasant with a cart. It commemorates the Freiburgers' habit of jesting at the Swabian peasants. One of them, the tale ran, decided to buy Freiburg and brought two sacks of gold and asked, "Was koset's Stadle?" ("What does this bit of town cost?") When opened the sacks were found to contain only sand, which the peasant's wife had prudently substituted for fear of accidents—London Mail. China's Procession Would Be Endless. The population of China has never been exactly ascertained. The latest census, taken some years ago, is said to yield a total of 410,000,000. Perhaps 300,000,000 would be a more nearly correct estimate; even that would absorb no less than one-fifth of the human race. From this total it is easy to estimate that if the Chinese people were to march past a given point in single file the procession would never end. Long before the last of the 300,000,000 had passed by a new generation would have sprung up to continue the endless line.—From "Civilization of China," by H. A. Giles. Crape on the Door The custom of placing crape on the door of a house where there has been a recent death had its origin in the ancient English heraldic customs and dates back to the year 1100 A. D. At that period hatchments, or armorial ensigns, were placed in front of houses when the nobility or gentry shape. The hatchments were of diamond shape and contained the family arms quartered and covered with sable. Reasonable The Boss—Take that suit at $10, and I'm losing money. Customer—Well, I'll take it; but how much are you losing? The Boss—Well, I'll tell you. I paid $5 for it and have had to store it, brush it, insure it and advertise it for ten years. Figure it out for yourself—New York Globe. Made Over. "I'm all out of kelter," declared the typewriter man. "My arm feels loose, my back seems twisted, and my left leg is shaky. What would you advise?" "I think I'd get myself rebuilt," suggested the automobile manufacturer.—Kansas City Journal. Attire to Suit. "The cashier and his bride were certainly appropriately dressed for their wedding." "How so?" "She wore a changeable silk, and he had on a check suit."—Baltimore American. People of the World According to an Italian every person in the world could stand comfortably in an area of 500 square miles, while a graveyard about the size of Colorado would bury all of them. Doubt indulged becomes a doubt realised. To determine to do anything is half the battle. Courage is victory; timidity is defeat--Nelson. Registration Day, Tuesday, February 2, 1915. Primates Tuesday, February 23, 1915 Polls open from 6 a. m. to 5 p. m. NEW ARMORY THIRTY-FIFTH AND FOREST AVENUE EIGHTH REGIMENT COLONIAL RECEPTION, BALL AND HOUSE WARMING Monday Evening, Feb. 22nd WASHINGTON'S.BIRTHDAY First Opportunity for the Public to See This NEW, MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE. Admission 50 cts. Colonial Costumes optional with guests. MUSIC BY EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND JOHN H. HARRIS NEW A THIRTY-FIFTH AN EIGHTH COLONIAL BALL AND HO Monday Even WASHINGTO First Opportunity for the MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE Colonial Costumes MUSIC BY EIGHTH COAXING THE FURNACE Try Gentleness and the Uplift and Kindly, Soothing Words. Treat your furnace kindly. Let your watchwords as a furnace tender be gentleness and uplift. Be firm with your furnace, but always gentle. Some persons imagine that the way to make a furnace behave properly is to first shake it violently and then manl the life out of the remaining coals with the poker. They try chastisement when they should try gentleness and uplift and only succeed in packing the coal harder and destroying ventilation, the secret of successful furnace tending. Nothing responds more readily to uplift than does a furnace fire. When in the early morning you wish to arouse the furnace fire from its slumbers, you should first shake it gently, then gently tickle the ribs of the grate with the poker to make ventilation more perfect and then crack the top crust with a lever-like uplifting use of the poker. In a minute the fire will be wide awake and in good humor, laughing and sticking out its tongues of flame at you in merriment. Never swear at your furnace, no matter how it annoys you. That will make it sulky and obstinate. You never saw a furnace which was sworn at often which was not frequently sulky and obstinate. Now, did you? It is advisable to take the directly opposite tack. I know a man who always addresses his furnace as "sweetheart" or "darling" and he assures me the plan works to perfection. "Maybe it doesn't really make the furnace warm up the way it seems to," he frankly admits. "Maybe the mere suggestion just keeps me from losing my temper and hammering my fire to pieces. But, anyway, the results are excellent. Savvy?"—Lee Shippie in Judge. Aisle on the Car In a Wreck A veteran railroad man gave a piece of valuable advice not long ago. "If you ever get into a wreck," he said, "and have time to follow out this suggestion, remember this: Always stand in the aisle. Most of the injuries that are suffered occur because the victim is crushed between the seats. If you are in the aisle you may be thrown forward and brushed a little, but there is much less chance of receiving serious hurts. It isn't always possible to get out of your seat before the crash comes, but if it is follow that advice." —Pittsburgh Press. Dome of the Rock The name "Dome of the Rock" is one that has been conferred on the celebrated mosque of Omar, at Jerusalem. It stands on Mount Moriah, on the site once occupied by the temple of Solomon. Immediately under its dome an irregular shaped rock projects above the pavement. This rock was the scene of many Scriptural events and has been greatly revered for ages by Jews and Mohammedane. Tools. Not Toyz. Flimmer—Met Umson downtown today. He'd just bought a tin horn, a triangle, some blocks, a rattle box, some sleigh bells and a popgun. I didn't know he had a baby. Flamson—He hasn't. He's a vaudeville trap drummer. Those things are part of his outfit—Puck. They Were Not: A young clergyman, small of stature, preaching as a candidate in a certain place one Sabbath, peering over the pulpit Bible, announced as his text: "It is L. Be not afraid." Arab Horse Test. A good horse, according to an Arab test, is one that can stand perfectly erect upon his legs when drinking from a shallow pool. As we grow less young the aged grow less old.—Bacon. Endorsed by the Regular 2nd Ward Republican Organization ARMORY TH AND FOREST AVENUE EIGHTH REGIMENT NATIONAL RECEPTION, AND HOUSE WARMING By Evening, Feb. 22nd INGTON'S.BIRTHDAY In the Public to See This NEW, CTURE. Admission 50 cts. Costumes optional with guests. EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND First Steps In English. The police in Calcutta caught a native coming out of a shop early in the morning and arrested him on suspicion. The man had on the previous evening concealed himself inside the shop and had employed the time until morning in fitting himself with a complete suit of clothes, including a white shirt, white studs and links, a red tie, carefully put on, black socks, a pair of patent leatherers, watch and chain, handkerchief, pocket knife, straw hat and cane. He even went the length of writing his name inside the hat. On being arraigned before a magistrate he gave the queerest excuse imaginable. He said that he wanted to learn English and, as a preliminary step, thought it best to dress like an Englishman. What He Wanted Arthur H. Engelbach in his collection of anecdotes of the bench tells this story about Lord Braxfield, who was among the last of the Scottish judges who rigidly adhered to the broad Scotch dialect. "Ha'e ye on counsel, mon?" he said to Maurice Margot when placed at the bar. "No," was the reply. "Do ye want to ha'e ony appointit? continued the judge. "No," said Margot. "I only want an interpreter to make me understand what your lordship says." JAPANESE COURT TRIALS The Judges, Not the Lawyers, Question the Witnesses. The defendant in a Japanese court was testifying in his own behalf. He stood directly in front of the presiding judge, not ten feet distant from him, and answered his questions in a clear voice, without any apparent hesitation. The judge seemed conversant with the case, for he put questions rapidly, giving a funny little grunt of acclescence after every answer. Occasionally one of the associates wrote a suggestion and handed it to the president, and once or twice the defendant's counsel asked the court to put a certain inquiry. The whole proceeding—and the same may be said of those in several other courts I visited—was conducted in a quiet, colloquial way. In every instance I was impressed with the simple, businesslike atmosphere. Some of the Japanese lawyers with whom I have talked say that they feel that very often the court does not elicit all the facts and that our system of having witnesses questioned by counsel would be better, but, on the other hand, some lawyers maintain that better results are realized by the system, which puts upon the court the duty of getting at the truth, maintaining that the witnesses are more apt to talk frankly to the court than to the lawyer for the opposite side who is engaged, as they think, in trying to make them ollars I came away quite favorably impressed with what I saw and wondering whether on the whole in 95 percent of the cases a decision by three judges trained in the investigation of facts would not be as nearly right as the verdict of twelve citizens casually gathered in from the general community.-George W. Wickersham in Case and Comment. Railed Dynamite Fifteen to twenty drops is the usual amount of boiled dynamite, or "goup" as it is known among peggmen, used in blowing the average safe. They carry it in a small bottle. One Consolation. Console yourself, dear man and brother; whatever you may be sure of be sure at least of this, that you are dreadfully like other people—Lowell. It is bad luck to pass under a ladder—if it happens to be the ladder of fame—Life. ST. MARK CHURCH NEWS. By A. J. Nimrod. When Rev. John W. Robinson, pastor of St. Mark M. E. church at 50th street and Wabash avenue announces the new church ready for dedication on Sunday, March 14th, one of the greatest pieces of work ever undertaken by any pastor of Methodism in this city will have been accomplished. Possessed with what seems an inexhaustible supply of energy, the pastor and congregation are working and praying to accomplish this worthy task. St. Mark worshipers are enjoying most splendid sermons every Sunday morning and evening as evidenced by the large crowds. Selecting his text from the 107th Psalm, 28th verse, "Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their distresses," the pastor urged the necessity of fervent prayer and cautioned his hearers to guard against the neglect of prayer. Two ladies united with the church at the close of the day's services. The Rev. J. Bernheim, "a converted Jew," addressed the Lyceum at 4:30 p. m. and also preached a splendid sermon at the evening service. The City Federation of Women's Clubs will render a program for St. Mark Lyceum Sunday, February 14th. All are cordially invited. Opening hour 4:30 p. m. Miss Lucile Beatrice Robinson has recovered from her illness to the delight of her many friends, and has resumed her studies at Wendell Phillips High School. MISS BETTIOLA FORSTON MISS BETTIOLA FORSTON The new poetess of the Afro-American race in the middle west, this week forged to the front and she now occupies second place in the popularity contest. CHIPS CHIPS Dr. D. E. Burrows, 3221 S. State St., without the least doubt about it is one of the most popular M. D.'s on the south side, for each and every day his office is filled with patients, which is an evidence of his popularity and medical skill. Sir Knight S. W. Green of New Orleans, La., supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias throughout the world, still desires to be counted among the many subscribers to The Broad Ax. Miss Stella E. McCoy, niece of Mrs. Irene McCoy-Gaines, 6155 Wentworth avenue, has become one of the new and active contestants in the popularity contest now drawing to a close in this paper. Charles A. Griffin, independent republican candidate for the nomination of alderman from the second ward, this week opened his aldermanic headquarters at 3313 S. State street. L. W. Washington will be his campaign manager. Mrs. Grant Gardner of Muskegon, Mich., who has greatly enjoyed the winter weather in that part of Michigan and who was up until several years ago quite prominent in secret society circles in this city, is still numbered among the steadfast supporters of this paper. Miss Maude J. Roberts, the noted soprano song bird, assisted by C. Cecil Cohen, pianist, will give a recital Thursday evening, February 4th, at 8:15 p. m. at the Abraham Lincoln Center, N. E. corner Oakwood boulevard and Langley avenue. Miss Roberts will render selections in English, French and Italian. See ad in another column of this paper. Miss Pauline D. Owens of Mounds, Ill., spent a few days in this city this week as the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. J. Meahem, 3414 Calumet avenue. While in this city she has attended several meetings of the Endowment Board of the Knights of Pythias of which she is the head and the front. She returned to her home yesterday morning. Miss Owens is in the popularity contest and she has secured a number of new subscribers for this paper. CHIPS February 14th at the Star Literary Club of Ebenezer Baptist church, 4 p.m., you will hear one of the most interesting subjects ever discussed, True and False Leadership, by L. W. Washington. Captain Louis B. Anderson who states that he is the people's candidate for alderman of the second ward, will not open up headquarters along on State street. Some of the boys or his followers were hoping that he would do so and provide them with a good warm place to lounge in these cold winter days and lay in a large stock of pig ankles and other good things for them to feast on. Handy Quotation Marks. Judge Bodkin's book of reminiscences contains a description of one of the editors under whom he served, John B. Gallagher, who is said never to have read a book in his life. It was he says the Dublin General Advertiser, who revised the reporter's copy and mercilessly mutilated the manuscript. He had one curious delusion. He fancied that inverted commas were a protection against a libel action, and, stranger still, an excuse for any eccentricities of style. On one occasion Mr. Bodkin in describing a theatrical performance wrote that it was "exquisitely amusing." "Old G." cocked his head cridically on one side. "I don't like that word 'exquisitely.'" he said. "All right, sir," I answered, "I'll strike it out." "No, no; it's a good enough word, but it's a little unusual there. Tell you what, we'll quote it." "Quote it from what?" I asked in amazement. "Oh, it does not matter. Just simply quote it." Next morning the Freeman's Journal duly reported that the performance was "exquisitely amusing." The Venice of Borneo Brunel, Borneo, is one of the strongest cities in the world. Once the head quarters of the Borneo pirates, it is a kind of eastern Venice, being built entirely over the water. This remarkable city is the capital of the state of Brunel, Borneo. All the houses are built over the Limbang river, constructed on slender piles made from the Nibong palm, a wood that resists the action of water for many years. The inhabitants of Brunel are Malaysia, Kadayans, Orang-Buskits and a few Muruts. They earn their livelihood mostly by trading with other tribes in the interior of Sarawak and British North Borneo. Some of them are very skilful brass workers, and the Brunel women make beautiful cloth, interwoven and embroidered with gold thread. Sago is grown in the valleys near by, and a small quantity of rice is also raised. In the early part of the nineteenth century Brunel was the rendezvous of the dread Borneo pirates and a market for the slave trade.-Wide World Magazine. Interplanetary Gases According to the Scientific American, some of the striking changes that take place in certain comets in their passage through space may be explained by their encounter stray masses of gas. If it is true that such masses of gas exist comets would be more than likely to encounter them, for the inclinations and the extents of their orbits make them especially good explorers. The planets move in a narrow zone very near the plane of the ecliptic, whereas the inclination of the cometary orbits is sometimes considerable; for the periodic comets it varies from 8 to 162 degrees. Consequently comets attain regions of the solar system that no other bodies penetrate. These gaseous masses, if indeed they exist, are of varying chemical composition and may be considered as fragments of the initial nebula that escaped the combustion from which the members of the solar system arose. Death by Freezing. It is not clearly understood how severe cold causes death, remarks the Journal of the American Medical Association. A variety of causes have been assumed to be at work—accumulation of carbonic acid, paralysis of the vasomotor centers, loss of heat, accumulation of blood in the heart, anemia of the brain, destruction of red corpuscles—all of which tends to show that we really do not know anything definite as to the precise cause. The signs of death caused by exposure to cold are also poorly understood. This is especially unfortunate in view of the fact that in all northern countries cases of death from freezing frequently present themselves for investigation. Long Sermons. Long sermons were the rule in the time of the Rev. Thomas Boston, who is on record as having preached one sermon arranged under eighty-six heads and four others of hardly less generous proportions. Such pulpit performances as these brought out the necessity for the long poles with which the old time wardens gave slumbering members of flocks awakening tapes on nodding heads. Unique Doting Mother—Our Willie's teachers has paid him a high compliment. Sympathetic Friend—How was that? Doting Mother—Why, she wrote me that Willie's spelling was quite remarkable and that she had never known of anything quite like it—Richmond Times Dispatch. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1915. The new provisional president of Mexico, General Roque Gonzales Garza, is enjoying no softer bed of roses than did his predecessor, General Eulalio Gutierrez, who practically threw up the job and fled from Mexico city to head a new revolt. Gutierrez, according to his own account, was obliged to flee from the capital. He had sought aid from the Carranza forces to help him resist the control that Villa and Zapata had established over every branch of the government, making Gutierrez a mere figurehead. The political situation in Mexico changes with kaleidoscopic swiftness and has been complicated by the reported intention of General Villa to es- P. A. GENERAL BOQUE GONZALES GARZA. tablish an independent republic in northern Mexico. There are at present three governments in Mexico, all pretending to be legitimate, and opposing them are three separate revolutionary movements. Martial law has been proclaimed in Mexico City by General Garza, who evidently believes in stringent measures. The new provisional president first came into prominence with the forces of Madero in the movement that drove Diaz to exile. He held the title of major under Madero and has since been actively concerned in every phase of the prolonged civil warfare in Mexico. Garza is about thirty-six years old, a graduate of the law school in Mexico City and has been practicing law for years. His brother, Federico Gonzales Garza, was for several months governor of the federal district under Madero. Roque and his brother joined Villa soon after Huerta came into power. After President Madero was murdered General Garza made a scattling speech against Huerta and Felix Dias in congress and afterward was in such imminent danger that a large escort of personal friends took him to the border. Thence he went to Washington, where he remained for a time, and then returned to Mexico. WARTIME DELICACIES Trained Army Nurses Make Dainty Dishes For the Invalid Soldiers. The life of a soldier even during the present terrible war is not without its mitigations, and one of the great blessings of wartime is the nurse. She is indeed the angel of the troubled pool. A The soldier who is wounded or otherwise invalided is well taken care of, and many dainty dishes are prepared by the trained army nurses for his benefit. The illustration shows some English nurses making a plum pudding for invalided English soldiers, who will thus have home remembrances brought to them by a much appreciated home dish, one that every Englishman regards as one of the comforts of home. Enchanted Gardens. It has always seemed to me that no child had been quite fairly treated who had not lived with the fairies in an enchanted garden. There must be walls about such a garden to hold in memories and tall trees for mystery and much fragrance—and shadows—and the child must sometimes play alone that his delicate joy may not be marred. What peace this garden will bring in the old, dry years to come; what ineffable tears, what longing! Pierre Loti found his first touch of romance in a sweet French garden where there were friendly old aunts, much color, perfume and long, idle, still days. I remember a wonderful haunted wood in Holland which rested at the edge of a queen's garden and was all a soft, translucent green. The trees met overhead and sent down pale green shade, and the little stream that moved so slowly through the woods was like a narrow strip of jade. Even the air was green and heavy with stories, and I knew that there were fairies everywhere, hiding under the leaves, peering at me from the thick fern beds and sailing silver boats down the jade river. —Clara T. MacChesney in Craftman. Umbrella Morale "Not long ago at a tea," said a man who frequents such decadent diversions, "somebody walked off with a new umbrella of mine. What I got in return was not fit for publication. "I spoke to the host about it—the tea was at a bachelor apartment—and he gave me a list of all those present, with their addresses, about twenty-five person, suggesting that I write and ask who had a new umbrella in place of an old one. "I took it with some degree of hope, which he at once crushed by telling me that on one occasion he had lost a new silk hat at a social function and the hostess had given him a list of sixty-four men who had been among those present. He wrote to the entire lot and received four replies in the negative. The others simply ignored his notes of inquiry. "Thereupon I concluded to let somebody have my new umbrella. But stealing's stealing just the same, in my opinion."—New York Sun. Freiburg Often Attacked. During the eight centuries of its existence Freiburg, the ancient cathedral city in Baden, has again and again suffered almost every possible kind of attack. In the wall above the door of the Loretto chapel there is embedded an iron cannon ball which nearly took the life of Louis XV. when he assaulted the city. But the most interesting memorial of an attempt to get Freiburg is the picture on the Schwalben Thor of a peasant with a cart. It commemorates the Freiburgers' habit of jesting at the Swabian peasants. One of them, the tale ran, decided to buy Freiburg and brought two sacks of gold and asked, "Was koster's Stadl?" ("What does this bit of town cost?") When opened the sacks were found to contain only sand, which the peasant's wife had prudently substituted for fear of accidents—London Mail. China's Procession Would Be Endless. China's Procession Would Be Endless. The population of China has never been exactly ascertainned. The latest census, taken some years ago, is said to yield a total of 410,000,000. Perhaps 300,000,000 would be a more nearly correct estimate; even that would absorb no less than one-fifth of the human race. From this total it is easy to estimate that if the Chinese people were to march past a given point in single file the procession would never end. Long before the last of the 300,000,000 had passed by a new generation would have sprung up to continue the endless line—From "Civilization of China," by H. A. Giles. The custom of placing crape on the door of a house where there has been a recent death had its origin in the ancient English heraldic customs and dates back to the year 1100 A. D. At that period hatchments, or armorial insignes, were placed in front of houses when the mobility or gentry died. The hatchments were of diamond shape and contained the family arms quartered and covered with sable. The Boss—Take that suit at $10, and I'm losing money. Customer—Well, I'll take it; but how much are you losing? The Boss—Well, I'll tell you. I paid $5 for it and have had to store it, brush it, insure it and advertise it for ten years. Figure it out for yourself—New York Globe. Made Over. "I'm all out of kelter," declared the typewriter man. "My arm feels loose, my back seems twisted, and my left leg in shaky. What would you advise?" "I think I'd get myself rebuilt," suggested the automobile manufacturer—Kansas City Journal. "The cashier and his bride were certainly appropriately dressed for their wedding." "How so?" "She wore a changeable silk, and he had on a check suit."—Baltimore American. People of the World. According to an Italian every person in the world could stand comfortably in an area of 500 square miles, while a graveyard about the size of Colorado would bury all of them. Doubt indulged becomes a doubt realised. To determine to do anything is half the battle. Courage is victory; timidity is defeat—Nelson. Registration Day, Tuesday, February 2, 1915. Primaries Tuesday, February 23, 1915. Polls open from 6 a. m. to 5 p. m. NEW ARMORY THIRTY-FIFTH AND FOREST AVENUE EIGHTH REGIMENT COLONIAL RECEPTION, BALL AND HOUSE WARMING Monday Evening, Feb. 22nd WASHINGTON'S.BIRTHDAY First Opportunity for the Public to See This NEW, MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE. Admission 50 cts. Colonial Costumes optional with guests. MUSIC BY EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND JOHN H. HARRIS NEW A THIRTY-FIFTH AN EIGHTH COLONIAL BALL AND HO Monday Even WASHINGTO First Opportunity for the MAGNIFICENT STRUCTUR Colonial Costume MUSIC BY EIGHTH COAXING THE FURNACE Try Gentleness and the Uplift and Kindly, Soothing Words. Treat your furnace kindly. Let your watchwords as a furnace tender be gentleness and uplift. Be firm with your furnace, but always gentle. Some persons imagine that the way to make a furnace behave properly is to first shake it violently and then manl the life out of the remaining coals with the poker. They try chastisement when they should try gentleness and uplift and only succeed in packing the coal harder and destroying ventilation, the secret of successful furnace tending. Nothing responds more readily to uplift than does a furnace fire. When in the early morning you wish to arouse the furnace fire from its slumber, you should first shake it gently, then gently tickle the ribs of the grate with the poket to make ventilation more perfect and then crack the top crust with a lever-like uplifting use of the poket. In a minute the fire will be wide awake and in good humor, laughing and sticking out its tongues of flame at you in merriment. Never swear at your furnace, no matter how it annoys you. That will make it sulky and obstinate. You never saw a furnace which was sworn at often which was not frequently sulky and obstinate. Now, did you? It is advisable to take the directly opposite tack. I know a man who always addresses his furnace as "sweetheart" or "darling," and he assures me the plan works to perfection. "Maybe it doesn't really make the furnace warm up the way it seems to," he frankly admits. "Maybe the mere suggestion just keeps me from losing my temper and hammering my fire to pieces. But, anyway, the results are excellent. Savey?"—Lee Shippey in Judge. "If you ever get into a wreck," he said, "and have time to follow out this suggestion, remember this: Always stand in the aisle. Most of the injuries that are suffered occur because the victim is crushed between the seats. If you are in the aisle you may be thrown forward and brushed a little, but there is much less chance of receiving serious hurra. It isn't always possible to get out of your seat before the crash comes, but if it is follow that advice." -Pittsburgh Press Dome of the Rock. The name "Dome of the Rock" is one that has been conferred on the celebrated mosque of Omar, at Jerusalem. It stands on Mount Morlah, on the site once occupied by the temple of Solomon. Immediately under its dome an irregular shaped rock projects above the pavement. This rock was the scene of many Scriptural events and has been greatly revived for ages by Jews and Mohammedane. Tools, Not Toys. Flimmer—Met Umson downtown today. He'd just bought a tin horn, a triangle, some blocks, a rattle box, some sleigh bells and a popgun. I didn't know he had a baby. Flimson—He hasn't. He's a vaudeville trap drummer. Those things are part of his outfit—Puck. They Were Not. A young clergyman, small of stature, preaching as a candidate in a certain place one Sabbath, peering over the pulpit Bible, announced as his text: "It is I. Be not afraid." Arab Horse Test. A good horse, according to an Arab test, is one that can stand perfectly erect upon his legs when drinking from a shallow pool. As we grow less young the aged grow less old.—Bacon. First Step in English. The police in Calcutta caught a native coming out of a shop early in the morning and arrested him on suspicion. The man had on the previous evening concealed himself inside the shop and had employed the time until morning in fitting himself with a complete suit of clothes, including a white shirt, wrist and links, a red tie, carefully put on, black袜, a pair of patent leather, watch and chain, handcuffs, pocket knife, straw hat and cane. He even went the length of writing his name inside the hat. On being arrested before a magistrate he gave the queerest excuse imaginable. He said that he wanted to learn English and, as a preliminary step, thought it best to dress like an Englishman. Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, Noted Illinois Suffrage Leader. P. A. MRS. GRACE WILBUR TROUF One of the most effective workers in the suffrage movement is Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout of Chicago, who was among those who led the women of Illinois to victory in their campaign for the vote. She is one of the most popular clubwomen in her state and president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage association. The work of the association has been by no means diminished since the granting of the franchise, for the organization has courageously faced the problem of organizing and educating the women voters of the state. It is now necessary to teach them to realize their civic duties and responsibilities and to show them what can be accomplished by intelligent and conscientious citizens who have the ballot. This work is entirely nonpartisan. Mrs. Trout is a handsome woman, a witty and convincing speaker whose aid is sought in every state where a pro-woman's suffrage campaign is being waged. TAILORED SHIRT WAISTS. Revival of These In Silks of Various Patterns. A revival of the old time tailored shirt waists is predicted. These tailored shirt waists are of silk, usually in stripe design, which always gives a severe aspect to a blouse cut on plain lines. The blouses, or, more properly, shirt waists, have yokes, long sleeves and high turnover collars of silk, quite after the pattern of the masculine white collar. Perhaps it will even come to the latter, and again our necks will be pinched and hopelessly collar marked, and the sale of peroxide will probably go up as a result. Valentine's Day Favor. Many attractive favors for the Valentine day luncheon or dinner are seen on the counters of shops where smart novelties are shown. Some of these are carried out in china. Many of these little novelties may be used even after Valentine day is over. For in- ♥ CHINA DINNER FAVOR. stance, the winged cupid illustrated here, who is scrubbing a cobwebbed heart in a little tub, may be afterward used as a match holder or receptacle for loose pins. The tub's attractiveness at the dinner or luncheon may be increased by serving it filled with short stemmed violets or fancy bonbons. Setting Colors In Wash Goods. Before making up the colored wash materials the wise woman shrinks them and "sets" the colors. Green and lavender materials in many cases will retain their coloring, unhurt by laundry work, if they are soaked first fifteen minutes in about two gallons of cold water to which a cupful of strong vinegar has been added. Salted water or water to which turpentine has been added will sometimes set pinks and blues. Colored silk stockings may be succes- tively washed by following the sane rules. Good form The heart is the accepted symbol for St. Valentine's day, and place cards for the dinner or luncheon table cut out of red or white paper in this shape can be easily decorated. The pairing off of dinner companions on this evening is easily done if the names of famous lovers of history are borrowed to help you in a modern placing of guests or members of the family. By writing or printing the names on cards a very easy arrangement is possible. Romeo and Juliet, Dante and Beatrice, Petrarch and Laura, Antony and Cleopatra, Darby and Joan, Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming are some suggestions for pairing. The woman's name should be placed on one card, the man's name on another, and the two lovers should seat themselves in adjoining chairs at the table. Little Cupids form a very important part of the decoration. Their artistic arrows and forgetmenots are also good to use as decorative accessories. These can be drawn or painted, and if traced from tissue paper or regular wax tracing paper can be done with satisfaction and quickness. Verses from the poets found in any collection of poetical quotations will help you in a further appropriate decoration of place cards. For Spring Holidays Such bewildering assortments of place cards, favors and table decorations are to be found in the shops that the hostess need not lack for suggestions along these lines. Flags, of course, predominate as a decoration for the Lincoln day as well as the Washington birthday celebrations, while the crimson heart holds its own as a suggestion for St. Valentine's day, and nothing yet has been discovered which can take the place of the shamrock and harp as typical of St. Patrick's day. For the hostess, however, who is striving to find something original one would suggest as a centerpiece for the Lincoln day table a huge bunch of cotton bolls, which are in themselves very dainty and pretty and suggestive of the southland. The whole plan of decoration may be carried out along these lines, using miniature colored dolls, log cabins, banjos, etc. Then a menu card might be arranged naming the different dishes after the battles of the civil war. Scheme For Card Party At a card party of six tables the hostess assigned the table by colors in this way: She had her little daughter distribute four flowers of a kind, and each table had a vase of flowers in the center of the kind given to the guests. For instance, four guests received red roses, and they went to the table having the vase of red roses in the center. The four pink roses found their places, the four yellow and the four pink tulips and the four yellow, etc. Scores were kept, as usual, on flower decorated cards, and at the end of the game the vases and flowers were awarded as prizes. They were removed from the table during the game. One would suggest baskets instead of vases, as they are somewhat newer and much in favor as prizes, or some of the very attractive flower holders might be used. Guests are always pleased with them, and no one minds having more than one. On St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine's day is always a day for much entertaining. A suitable centerpiece would be a plaster cast of the goddess of marriage. Arrange a wreath of orange blossoms or bride roses at the base of the statue and around her neck place garlands of small pink flowers, to be distributed later among the guests. Instead of place cards use a small gilded bow and arrow at each place, writing the name of the guest on the arrow and a quotation appropriate to that guest on the bow. Serve as many things in "heart shapes" as possible. The Engagement Ring. It is no longer chic to wear an engagement ring next to the wedding ring. The plain gold band (already platinum is passe) must be alpine in its glory, while the engagement ring is worn on the little finger of the left hand. It should be a diamond, surrounded by colored stones, set quite low and flat. Of course no other rings must ever be worn on that hand. Fish and Salad. It is incorrect to use the knife for either fish or salad. The flesh of the fish is so tender that it may be cut with a silver fork without any trouble. If the salad is not broken into pieces of convenient size you should cut it with the side of the fork or fold each piece over into suitable size for eating. Birth Announcements. When one receives the card announcement of the birth of a child to a friend one should write a note of congratulation to the mother, and, if so inclined, one should send a gift to the baby. A dainty dress, an embroidered fannel skirt, a cap or appropriate jewelry would be suitable gifty THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1915 I NEW SKIRT AND COAT. The outfit illustrated here is a convenient one for the outdoor girl. It includes one of the new flaring skirts with ample fullness, the skirt being fashioned with the hip yoke and a broad stitched hem. Worn with separate blouses, to suit the fancy, skirts of this type are featured for spring. With this skirt is donned a lightweight wrap of cotton corduroy. It has the high waist line and the directoire collar trimmed with self covered buttons. The natty little hat of straw is turned up very much at one side and adorned with a little feather fancy. THE LINEN GOWN. Models That Forecast the Summer Modes For This Type of Gown. No summer season can be considered altogether complete in a sartorial sense without linen. Linen's great drawback is that it wrinkles easily, but even this defect cannot detract from the high estimation in which it is held by the majority of women. For the Palm Beach costume heavy white linen is combined with embroidered linen, and, following the fashion established last year, there are many attractive examples of colored linen frocks and suits. A charming dress included in the wardrobe of a belle departing for southern resorts was made of light blue linen of medium weight. It exploited a skirt with a deep yoke, to which was hung the plaited lower section. These plaits had a one inch heading, and they were pressed flatly from top to bottom. The blouse was fastened with black satin buttons quite to the throat, where there appeared a choker of soft white linen covered with embroideries. The long sleeves had narrow cuffs of the embroidered linen, and the essential belt was introduced in one of black patent leather. To go with this dress was a hat of fine white straw, faced with black satin. Its shape inclined to poke outlines, turned up at the back to show a narrow bandeau of pin roses. Middy Blouses It may not be amiss to speak of the milddy blouses which give such great freedom of movement to the arms for the girl who likes to row or play tennis or golf. For spring there are middles of biscuit color linens, as well as the more familiar sort of white, and the collar and sleeve trimmings may be of any preferred contrasting color. Rather distinctive are the models with hand embroidered insignia on sleeve and shield. Rongees In Neutral Tones The great vogue of putty and sand tones has been responsible for the revival of pongee, which has not been in good fashion repute for several seasons. Both suits and dresses are being made of that serviceable fabric, mostly in tallored or demi tallored effects. Of course this means that the motor coat of pongee will come in for a renewed share of attention. Real metal roses are found on millinery. Black takes the lead among ostrich plumes. Glass flowers and fruit appear on some hats. The transparent lace brim appears on hats for evening wear. Large velvet flowers are much used for the trimming of small hats. It is rumored that the spring millinery will be a flat contradiction of the jaunty, the dashing and the military note. Hats wreathed with flowers, with flapping brims, hats distinctly picturesque, are to run in opposition to the present fashions. K SATIN AFTERNOON GOWN. Novel, yet chic, is the afternoon gown pictured here. It is of satin cut on simple lines that adapt it to the requirements of the young girl. Its only decoration consists of bands of shirring, a form of trimming that is being featured by smart modistes. The girdle itself is formed by a shirred band. The bodice, with its line of buttons running from the straight high collar to the waist, has a quaint, old fashioned appearance. For the St. Valentine luncheon or card party a gown of this sort would be extremely effective. CIRCULAR SKIRTS. The Gored Models Are Likely to Win Out In Popularity. Every woman who remembers the last time that circular skirts were in vogue will call to mind the great difficulty experienced in maintaining an even hem. The circular gides were bound to stretch and sag despite all the efforts of the skillful dressmaker to the contrary. And, although the circular skirt is featured among the new season's models, there can be little question but that the gored adaptations will win out eventually. For those who do not mind odd devices the hem introduced by Premet of Paris will make a strong appeal. The hem is the outcome really of the effort to counteract the sagging tendency of the circular model. It is scoped away at the sides, thereby indicating a longer line at the front and back sections. In the course of time the sides drop a little bit, and the hem balance is thereby maintained. Diana's Wrap. The athletic girl usually prefers a wrap of some fabric other than her skirt, and her choice usually falls on a Norfolk of corduroy or a knitted sweater, the latter in the new striped or checked designs. She wears no hat, or if she is of the unusual sort, anxious about her complexion, a chapeau of corduroy, satin or soft straw gives the crowning touch to the costume. The pedal extremities are shod with buckskin or canvas oxfords, with heel low rather than otherwise. Leather Belts Again. Leather belts, by the way, are to be revived. As a matter of fact, they have already arrived, as evidenced in certain of the spring models of morning and afternoon costumes, as well as in some of the linen frocks made for southern wear. The belts are not only of patent leather, but also of dull suede, in dark brown, in blue and green, as well as in the pure white. For early season costumes the smart belt appears to have superseded the girdle. HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES. Rusty looking silk can be made clean and new looking if sponged with the water in which potatoes have been boiled. To remove machine grease from clothes without taking the colors out rub the spot with a solution made of cold water. ammonia and soap. To remove tar stains rub the spot first with lard and then with soap. Leave for an hour and then wash in hot water softened with ammonia. If traces still remain rub with turpentine. To clean a hairbrush mix one-half cupful each of salt and flour and rub through and into the bristles. Shake out and the brush will be clean and white. This does not soften the bristles as washing does. Cookery Notes Lenten Meat Substitutes. With the approach of Lent, when the supply of meat will be cut down, housewives are interested in knowing how to substitute for it foods that will supply equal nourishment. Meat is not a necessity, though it has many points in its favor—that is, it is palatable, capable of much variety in cooking and is fairly easy of digestion, with the exception of veal and pork. Foods best adapted to take the place of meat are eggs, milk and cheese, and, for those who are leading an active life, pulse foods such as peas, beans and lentils. These nitrogenous vegetables have excellent meat value, but are not easily digested in large quantities by those leading sedentary lives. Remember that cheese is a highly concentrated food, so should be mixed with starchy foods, such as macaroni, bread and rice. Nuts are highly nutritious and capable of being converted into many attractive dishes. Pine kernels, almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts are good meat substitutes, while Brazil nuts and cocoanuts are oleaginous. Chestnuts alone contain any starch. Too much meat is not healthy unless one is expending a great deal of energy. Vegetables make a satisfactory and wholesome diet, especially when they are supplemented by fruits. With the exception of beans, peas and lentils, which contain a large amount of protels, vegetables are valuable for their potash, and salts are a valuable part of diet. They contain cellulose, which gives the needed bulk to food. Winter vegetables should be kept in a dry place. Dinner Combinations Any vegetable harmonizes with beef. Serve caper sauce only with mutton. With fricaseed meats serve baked potatoes. Serve tomatoes in some form with veal. Serve potatoes plain boiled only when new. With roast chicken serve mashed potatoes, onions and tart jelly. With roast meats serve potatoes mashed or roasted in the pan with the meat. For dinner salads use only the simple green salads with French dressing. With roast pork serve baked potatoes, a green vegetable and a sour apple sauce. With broiled steak serve creamed potatoes and a crisp fried vegetable like eggplant. With roast lamb serve mashed potatoes, green peas or string beans and a mint sauce. With roast beef serve potatoes baked in the pan and a sweet watermelon or peach pickle. For a family dinner serve a clear soup, meat, potatoes or a starchy vegetable like rice or hominy, a green vegetable and dessert, or meat, potatoes or a substitute, a salad and dessert, or a cream soup, a made dish of meat and potatoes and dessert. Egg Canapes For Lent Take four eggs, three mushrooms, two anchovies, six capers, one teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar, one teaspoonful of butter and eight small rounds of fried bread. Boll the eggs quite hard. Take off the shells and cut them in halves across. Take out the yolks and chop them up. Chop also the capers and mushrooms; soak the anchovies, dry them and remove the bones; chop the anchovies. Mix well together with enough salt and pepper to season and add the tarragon vinegar. With this stuff the whites of the eggs, neatly pling the mixture to a point. Put a small piece of butter on the top of each. Have the eight small, neatly cut rounds of bread fried; make the eggs stand, one on each, put them into the oven to get quite hot and serve at once. Cake Baking Hints If the cake rises rapidly in the middle like a pyramid and cracks it is cooking too quickly. A well cooked cake should be flat on top when done. Cake tins, patty pans, etc., are easily cleaned by boiling. Put them in a saucepan with some soap powder and water, boil them for about an hour and they will be found clean and new looking. Soap and soda or borax may be used instead of soap powder if preferred. Delicious Blanc Mange. To make chocolate blanc mange take two teaspoonfuls of cocoa in a basin and mix with half a pint of boiling milk; stir well. Then mix two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with half a pint of cold milk. Put all in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Stir well and let boll for half a minute. Making Barley Water To make barley water take three teaspoonfuls of pearl barley and wash in several waters until quite clean. Add one and one-half pint of cold water, boil down to one pint; then strain. Barley water must be freshly made every day. When patent barley is used it can be made in twenty minutes. Baking a Pudding. When baking a pudding always place the baking dish within a stew pan or larger baking dish half full of water. You will then have no burned edges, no hard crusts and consequently no waste, and it will be infinitely easier to wash the baking dish. PAGE THREE Little English Boy In the Uniform of a Hussar. ```markdown ``` Photo by American Press Association. Playing soldier is very popular with the young folks of the nations at war in Europe. They do not realize what a terrible calamity war is and in their innocence think it is grand to be a soldier. Recently at Aldershot, which is a great military camp in England, the camera man snapped a little boy arrayed in the uniform of a hussar. The hussars are cavalrymen and in times of peace wear a gorgeous uniform ornamented with gold braid, and on their heads are caps or shakos made of fur. Probably the miniature soldier's father is a member of this arm of the service, and his mother clothed him in military regalia as a token of patriotism. Anyhow, the little fellow makes a most interesting and cute picture. A. Funny Animal. The armadillos live exclusively in the warmer parts of the earth. If you were to meet one, you would know it immediately by the peculiar strong, horny plates with which its body is defended. When attacked these odd animals roll themselves up, wrap their tails round them, and raise the whole array of sharp edged scales with which their body is covered, and bid defence to almost any enemy except man. They live on ants and termites, or white ants, as they are called. They capture the insects by thrusting among them their long, slender tongues, covered with a gummy substance. When the tongue is covered it is quickly withdrawn, and the ants swallowed. To gain access to the ants the armadillos are furnished with powerful claws to tear down the dwellings of their prey. The natives of the countries where they live consider them great delicacies when roasted in their shells—St. Nicholas. Some Old Riddles As I went through a garden gap whom should I meet but Dick Redcap, a stick in his hand, a stone in his throat. If you guess this riddle I'll give you a great. Answer.—A cherry. Thirty white horses upon a red hill. Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. Answer.—Gums and teeth. A house full, a yard full, can't catch a bowl full. Answer.—Smoke. Nature requires five, custom gives seven, laziness takes nine and wickedness eleven. Answer.—Hours of sleep. What flowers are always under your nose? Answer - Tulips. The Game of Birds. Have as many small tables as you have sets of players, and the sets may include as many young people as can be seated at a table. Provide a box of pasteboard letters for each table and place them face downward. The first player draws a letter and lays it face downward, calling its name. The first player that speaks the name of the bird beginning with that letter wins it and also the chance to draw another. The player winning the greatest number of letters is entitled to a prize, while the one who guesses the least should be presented with an elaborate fool's cap. Heard In the Hall. "What's the matter with the stovepipe hat, I wonder?" asked the umbrella of the cane. "He's stuck up because he's always on top," answered the cane. "Pooh, pooh! I don't think he's such a much," said the umbrella. "If it wasn't for me he would have all the starch taken out of him many times."—Philadelphia Press. Neatness In School. When school is over for the day And books and pencils put away, Remember, please, in every case, That all things have their proper place. A tidy desk arranged just so Will save a lot of time, you know; A little boy I knew was late Because he couldn't find his siate. Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, Noted Illinois Suffrage Leader, Mary MRS. GRACE WILBUR TROUZ. One of the most effective workers in the suffrage movement is Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout of Chicago, who was among those who led the women of Illinois to victory in their campaign for the vote. She is one of the most popular clubwomen in her state and president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage association. The work of the association has been by no means diminished since the granting of the franchise, for the organization has courageously faced the problem of organizing and educating the women voters of the state. It is now necessary to teach them to realize their civic duties and responsibilities and to show them what can be accomplished by intelligent and conscientious citizens who have the ballot. This work is entirely nonpartisan. Mrs. Trout is a handsome woman, a witty and convincing speaker whose aid is sought in every state where a pro-woman's suffrage campaign is being waged. TAILORED SHIRT WAISTS. Revival of These In Silks of Various Patterns. A revival of the old time tailored shirt waists is predicted. These tailored shirt waists are of silk, usually in stripe design, which always gives a severe aspect to a blouse cut on plain lines. The blouses, or, more properly, shirt waists, have yokes, long sleeves and high turnover collars of silk, quite after the pattern of the masculine white collar. Perhaps it will even come to the latter, and again our necks will be pinched and hopelessly collar marked, and the sale of peroxide will probably go up as a result. Valentine's Day Favor Many attractive favors for the Valentine day luncheon or dinner are seen on the counters of shops where smart novelties are shown. Some of these are carried out in china. Many of these little novelties may be used even after Valentine day is over. For in- ♥ CHINA DINNER FAVOR. stance, the winged cupid illustrated here, who is scrubbing a cobwebbed heart in a little tub, may be afterward used as a match holder or receptacle for loose pins. The tub's attractiveness at the dinner or luncheon may be increased by serving it filled with short stemmed violets or fancy bonbons. Setting Colors In Wash Goods Getting Colors In Wash Goods. Before making up the colored wash materials the wise woman shrinks them and "sets" the colors. Green and lavender materials in many cases will retain their coloring, unburn by laundry work. If they are soaked first fifteen minutes in about two gallons of cold water to which a cupful of strong vinegar has been added. Salted water or water to which turpentine has been added will sometimes set pinks and blues. Colored silk stockings may be successfully washed by following the same rules. Good form For St. Valentine's Functions. The heart is the accepted symbol for St. Valentine's day, and place cards for the dinner or luncheon table cut out of red or white paper in this shape can be easily decorated. The pairing off of dinner companions on this evening is easily done if the names of famous lovers of history are borrowed to help you in a modern placing of guests or members of the family. By writing or printing the names on cards a very easy arrangement is possible. Romeo and Juliet, Dante and Beatrice, Petrarch and Laura, Antony and Cleopatra, Darby and Joan, Sleeping Beauty and Prince Prince are some suggestions for pairing. The woman's name should be placed on one card, the man's name on another, and the two lovers should seat themselves in adjoining chairs at the table. Little Cupids form a very important part of the decoration. Their artistic arrows and forgetmenots are also good to use as decorative accessories. These can be drawn or painted, and if traced from tissue paper or regular wax tracing paper can be done with satisfaction and quickness. Verses from the poets found in any collection of poetical quotations will help you in a further appropriate decoration of place cards. For Spring Holidays Such bewildering assortments of place cards, favors and table decorations are to be found in the shops that the hostess need not lack for suggestions along these lines. Flags, of course, predominate as a decoration for the Lincoln day as well as the Washington birthday celebrations, while the crimson heart holds its own as a suggestion for St. Valentine's day, and nothing yet has been discovered which can take the place of the shamprock and harp as typical of St. Patrick's day. For the hostess, however, who is striving to find something original one would suggest as a centerpiece for the Lincoln day table a huge bunch of cotton bolls, which are in themselves very dainty and pretty and suggestive of the southland. The whole plan of decoration may be carried out along these lines, using miniature colored dolls, log cabins, banjos, etc. Then a menu card might be arranged naming the different dishes after the battles of the civil war. Scheme For Card Party. At a card party of six tables the hostess assigned the table by colors in this way: She had her little daughter distribute four flowers of a kind, and each table had a vase of flowers in the center of the kind given to the guests. For instance, four guests received red roses, and they went to the table having the vase of red roses in the center. The four pink roses found their places, the four yellow and the four pink tulips and the four yellow, etc. Scores were kept, as usual, on flower decorated cards, and at the end of the game the vases and flowers were awarded as prizes. They were removed from the table during the game. One would suggest baskets instead of vases, as they are somewhat newer and much in favor as prizes, or some of the very attractive flower holders might be used. Guests are always pleased with them, and no one minds having more than one. On St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine's day is always a day for much entertaining. A suitable centerpiece would be a plaster cast of the goddess of marriage. Arrange a wreath of orange blossoms or bride roses at the base of the statue and around her neck place garlands of small pink flowers, to be distributed later among the guests. Instead of place cards use a small glided bow and arrow at each place, writing the name of the guest on the arrow and a quotation appropriate to that guest on the bow. Serve as many things in "heart shapes" as possible. The Engagement Ring. It is no longer chic to wear an engagement ring next to the wedding ring. The plain gold band (already platinum is passe) must be alpine in its glory, while the engagement ring is worn on the little finger of the left hand. It should be a diamond, surrounded by colored stones, set quite low and flat. Of course no other rings must ever be worn on that hand. Fish and Salad. It is incorrect to use the knife for either fish or salad. The flesh of the fish is so tender that it may be cut with a silver fork without any trouble. If the salad is not broken into pieces of convenient size you should cut it with the side of the fork or fold each piece over into suitable size for eating. Birth Announcements. When one receives the card announcement of the birth of a child to a friend one should write a note of congratulation to the mother, and, if so inclined, one should send a gift to the baby. A dainty dress, an embroidered fannel skirt, a cap or appropriate jewelry would be suitable gifts. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1915 I NEW SKIRT AND COAT. The outfit illustrated here is a convenient one for the outdoor girl. It includes one of the new flaring skirts with ample fullness, the skirt being fashioned with the hip yoke and a broad stitched hem. Worn with separate blouses, to suit the fancy, skirts of this type are featured for spring. With this skirt is dunned a lightweight wrap of cotton corduroy. It has the high waist line and the directoire collar trimmed with self covered buttons. The natty little hat of straw is turned up very much at one side and adorned with a little feather fancy. THE LINEN GOWN Models That Forecast the Summer Modes For This Type of Gown. No summer season can be considered altogether complete in a sartorial sense without linen. Linen's great drawback is that it wrinkles easily, but even this defect cannot detract from the high estimation in which it is held by the majority of women. For the Palm Beach costume heavy white linen is combined with embroidered linen, and, following the fashion established last year, there are many attractive examples of colored linen frocks and suits. A charming dress included in the wardrobe of a belle departing for southern resorts was made of light blue linen of medium weight. It exploited a skirt with a deep yoke, to which was hung the plaited lower section. These plaits had a one inch heading, and they were pressed flatly from top to bottom. The blouse was fastened with black satin buttons quite to the throat, where there appeared a choker of soft white linen covered with embroideries. The long sleeves had narrow cuffs of the embroidered linen, and the essential belt was introduced in one of black patent leather. To go with this dress was a hat of fine white straw, faced with black satin. Its shape inclined to poke outlines, turned up at the back to show a narrow bandeau of pin roses. Middy Blouses It may not be amiss to speak of the middy blouses which give such great freedom of movement to the arms for the girl who likes to row or play tennis or golf. For spring there are middles of biscuit color linens, as well as the more familiar sort of white, and the collar and sleeve trimmings may be of any preferred contrasting color. Rather distinctive are the models with hand embroidered insignia on sleeve and shield. Rangers In Neutral Tones The great vogue of putty and sand tones has been responsible for the revival of pongee, which has not been in good fashion repute for several seasons. Both suits and dresses are being made of that serviceable fabric, mostly in tailored or demi tallored effects. Of course this means that the motor coat of pongee will come in for a renewed share of attention. MILLINERY MODES. Real metal roses are found on millinery. Black takes the lead among ostrict plumes. Glass flowers and fruit appear on some hats. The transparent lace brim appears on hats for evening wear. Large velvet flowers are much used for the trimming of small hats. It is rumored that the spring military will be a flat contradiction of the jannty, the dashing and the military note. Hats wreathed with flowers, with flapping brims, hats distinctly picturesque, are to run in opposition to the present fashions. This Form of Decoration Featured on Many New Brocks. iK SATIN AFTERNOON GOWN. Novel, yet chic, is the afternoon gown pictured here. It is of satin cut on simple lines that adapt it to the requirements of the young girl. Its only decoration consists of bands of shirring, a form of trimming that is being featured by smart modistes. The girdle itself is formed by a shirred band. The bodice, with its line of buttons running from the straight high collar to the waist, has a quaint, old fashioned appearance. For the St. Valentine luncheon or card party a gown of this sort would be extremely effective. CIRCULAR SKIRTS. The Gored Models Are Likely to Win Out In Popularity. Every woman who remembers the last time that circular skirts were in vogue will call to mind the great difficulty experienced in maintaining an even hem. The circular gides were bound to stretch and sag despite all the efforts of the skillful dressmaker to the contrary. And, although the circular shirt is featured among the new season's models, there can be little question but that the gored adaptations will win out eventually. For those who do not mind odd devices the hem introduced by Premet of Paris will make a strong appeal. The hem is the outcome really of the effort to counteract the sagging tendency of the circular model. It is scooped away at the sides, thereby indicating a longer line at the front and back sections. In the course of time the sides drop a little bit, and the hem balance is thereby maintained. Diana's Wrap. The athletic girl usually prefers a wrap of some fabric other than her skirt, and her choice usually falls on a Norfolk of corduroy or a knitted sweater, the latter in the new striped or checked designs. She wears no hat, or if she is of the unusual sort, anxious about her complexion, a chapeau of corduroy, satin or soft straw gives the crowning touch to the costume. The pedal extremities are shod with buckskin or canvas oxfords, with heel low rather than otherwise. Leather Belts Again: Leather belts, by the way, are to be revived. As a matter of fact, they have already arrived, as evidenced in certain of the spring models of morning and afternoon costumes, as well as in some of the linen frocks made for southern wear. The belts are not only of patent leather, but also of dull suede, in dark brown, in blue and green, as well as in the pure white. For early season costumes the smart belt appears to have superseded the girdle. Rusty looking silk can be made clean and new looking if sponged with the water in which potatoes have been boiled. To remove machine grease from clothes without taking the colors out rub the spot with a solution made of cold water. ammonia and soap. To remove tar stains rub the spot first with lard and then with soap. Leave for an hour and then wash in hot water softened with ammonia. If traces still remain rub with turpentine. To clean a hairbrush mix one-half cupful each of salt and flour and rub through and into the bristles. Shake out and the brush will be clean and white. This does not soften the bristles as washing does. Cookery Notes Lenten Meat Substitutes. With the approach of Lent, when the supply of meat will be cut down, housewives are interested in knowing how to substitute for it foods that will supply equal nourishment. Meat is not a necessity, though it has many points in its favor—that is, it is palatable, capable of much variety in cooking and is fairly easy of digestion, with the exception of veal and pork. Foods best adapted to take the place of meat are eggs, milk and cheese, and, for those who are leading an active life, pulse foods, such as peas, beans and lentils. These nitrogenous vegetables have excellent meat value, but are not easily digested in large quantities by those leading sedentary lives. Remember that cheese is a highly concentrated food, so should be mixed with starchy foods, such as macaroni, bread and rice. Nuts are highly nutritious and capable of being converted into many attractive dishes. Pine kernels, almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts are good meat substitutes, while Brazil nuts and coconuts are oleaginous. Chestnuts alone contain any starch. Too much meat is not healthy unless one is expending a great deal of energy. Vegetables make a satisfactory and wholesome diet, especially when they are supplemented by fruits. With the exception of beans, peas and lentils, which contain a large amount of protels, vegetables are valuable for their potash, and salts are a valuable part of diet. They contain cellulose, which gives the needed bulk to food. Winter vegetables should be kept in a dry place. Dinner Combinations Any vegetable harmonizes with beef. Serve caper sauce only with mutton. With fricaseed meats serve baked potatoes. Serve tomatoes in some form with veal. Serve potatoes plain boiled only when new. With roast chicken serve mashed potatoes, onions and tart jelly. With roast meats serve potatoes mashed or roasted in the pan with the meat. For dinner salads use only the simple green salads with French dressings. With roast pork serve baked potatoes, a green vegetable and a sour apple sauce. With broiled steak serve creamed potatoes and a crisp fried vegetable like eggplant. With roast lamb serve mashed potatoes, green peas or string beans and a mint sauce. With roast beef serve potatoes baked in the pan and a sweet watermelon or peach pickle. For a family dinner serve a clear soup, meat, potatoes or a starchy vegetable like rice or hominy, a green vegetable and dessert, or meat, potatoes or a substitute, a salad and dessert, or a cream soup, a made dish of meat and potatoes and dessert. Egg Canapes For Lent Take four eggs, three mushrooms, two anchovies, six capers, one teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar, one teaspoonful of butter and eight small rounds of fried bread. Boll the eggs quite hard. Take off the shells and cut them in halves across. Take out the yolks and chop them up. Chop also the capers and mushrooms; soak the anchovies, dry them and remove the bones; chop the anchovies. Mix well together with enough salt and pepper to season and add the tarragon vinegar. With this stuff the whites of the eggs, neatly pliling the mixture to a point. Put a small piece of butter on the top of each. Have the eight small, neatly cut rounds of bread fried; make the eggs stand, one on each, put them into the oven to get quite hot and serve at once. Cake Baking Hints. If the cake rises rapidly in the middle like a pyramid and cracks it is cooking too quickly. A well cooked cake should be flat on top when done. Cake tins, patty pans, etc., are easily cleaned by boiling. Put them in a saucepan with some soap powder and water, boil them for about an hour and they will be found clean and new looking. Soap and soda or borax may be used instead of soap powder if preferred. Delicious Blanc Mange To make chocolate blanc mange take two teaspoonfuls of cocoa in a basin and mix with half a pint of boiling milk; stir well. Then mix two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with half a pint of cold milk. Put all in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Stir well and let boll for half a minute. Making Barley Water. To make barley water take three teaspoonfuls of pearl barley and wash in several waters until quite clean. Add one and one-half pint of cold water, boil down to one pint; then strain. Barley water must be freshly made every day. When patent barley is used it can be made in twenty minutes. When baking a pudding always place the baking dish within a stew pan or larger baking dish half full of water. You will then have no burned edges, no hard crusts and consequently no waste, and it will be infinitely easier to wash the baking dish. PAGE THREE Little English Boy In the Uniform of a Hussar. ```markdown ``` Photo by American Press Association. Playing soldier is very popular with the young folks of the nations at war in Europe. They do not realize what a terrible calamity war is and in their innocence think it is grand to be a soldier. Recently at Aldershot, which is a great military camp in England, the camera man snapped a little boy arrayed in the uniform of a hussar. The hussars are cavalrymen and in times of peace wear a gorgeous uniform ornamented with gold braid, and on their heads are caps or shakos made of fur. Probably the miniature soldier's father is a member of this arm of the service, and his mother clothed him in military regalia as a token of patriotism. Anyhow, the little fellow makes a most interesting and cute picture. A Funny Animal. The armadillos live exclusively in the warmer parts of the earth. If you were to meet one, you would know it immediately by the peculiar strong, horny plates with which its body is defended. When attacked these odd animals roll themselves up, wrap their tails round them, and raise the whole array of sharp edged scales with which their body is covered, and bid defiance to almost any enemy except man. They live on ants and termites, or white ants, as they are called. They capture the insects by thrusting among them their long, slender tongues, covered with a gummy substance. When the tongue is covered it is quickly withdrawn, and the ants swallowed. To gain access to the ants the armadillos are furnished with powerful claws to tear down the dwellings of their prey. The natives of the countries where they live consider them great delicacies when roasted in their shells—St. Nicholas. Some Old Riddles As I went through a garden gap whom should I meet but Dick Redcap, a stick in his hand, a stone in his throat. If you guess this riddle I'll give you a great. Answer.—A cherry. Thirty white horses upon a red hill. Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. Answer.—Gums and teeth. A house full, a yard full, can't catch a bowl full. Answer.—Smoke. Nature requires five, custom gives seven, laziness takes nine and wickedness eleven. Answer.—Hours of sleep. I have a little sister. They call her Peep Peep. She wades through the waters deep; she climbs the mountains high, high, high. Poor little thing—she has but one eye! Answer.—Star. What flowers are always under your nose? Answer.—Tulips. The Game of Birds. Have as many small tables as you have sets of players, and the sets may include as many young people as can be seated at a table. Provide a box of pasteboard letters for each table and place them face downward. The first player draws a letter and lays it face downward, calling its name. The first player that speaks the name of the bird beginning with that letter wins it and also the chance to draw another. The player winning the greatest number of letters is entitled to a prize, while the one who guesses the least should be presented with an elaborate fool's cap. Heard In the Hall. "What's the matter with the stovepipe hat, I wonder?" asked the umbrella of the cane. "He's stuck up because he's always on top," answered the cane. "Pooh, pooh! I don't think he's such a much," said the umbrella. "If it wasn't for me he would have all the starch taken out of him many times."—Philadelphia Press. Neatness In School. When school is over for the day And books and pencils put away. Remember, please, in every case, That all things have their proper place. A tidy desk arranged just so Will save a lot of time, you know; A little boy I knew was late Because he couldn't find his slate. PAGE FOUR THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestants, Priests, Infeild, Single Taxes, Republican, 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. $3.00 Six Months. 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 5027 FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILL PHONE DREXEL 4500. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 18, 1982, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. A GREAT NATIONAL HEALTH WEEK TO BE OBSERVED FROM MARCH 21st TO 27th, 1915. To the Editor: Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.—After considering the whole matter carefully, I am authorized by the Executive Committee of the National Negro Business League to invite the following organizations, as well as others to be named later, to unite with the League in observing a National Health Week: Daily and weekly newspapers. Health journals. The National Medical Association. The National Association of Graduate Nurses. The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. The National Negro Press Association. The Bishops and other officers of Colored religious denominations. State Medical Associations. Annual Church Conferences and Associations. Secret Society organizations. Colored insurance companies. Farmers' Conferences. Farmers' Improvement Societies. Churches, schools, and other local organizations. State Health Officers. In Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and other States special Health Days have at one time or another been observed. For some years the Virginia Organization Society, under the leadership of Major R. R. Moton, has observed a Health or Clean-up Week. It is thought to be well to unite all these efforts into a National Movement and join the movement on to the Virginia effort. It is thought that the race will welcome this opportunity to unite all these efforts in one great National Health Movement, and thus gain the benefit of the momentum and the enthusiasm that will come from the great United Health Movement. The dates decided upon are March 21, to 27, 1915. Without Health and until we reduce the high death-rate it will be impossible for us to have permanent success in business, in property getting, in acquiring education, to show other evidences of progress. Without health and long life all else fails. The following facts will illustrate something of the need and importance of this health movement: 450,000 Negroes in the South alone are seriously ill all the time; the annual cost of sickness of these 450,000 Negroes is $75,000,000. 112,000 Negro workers in the South alone are sick all the time; their annual loss in earnings is $45,000,000; 45 per cent of the annual deaths among Negroes is preventable. 225,000 Negro workers in the South alone die annually; 100,000 of these deaths can be prevented. The annual funeral expenses of Negroes of the South alone amount to $15,000,000; $6,500,000 of this amount could be saved. Sickness and death cost Negroes of the South alone $100,000,000; $50,000,000 of this amount could be saved. We must reduce our high deathrate, dethrone disease and enthrone health and long life. We may differ on other subjects, but there is no room for difference here. Let us make a strong, long united pull together. Other facts will appear in the weekly press and in circulars from week to week and information will be gladly furnished. (Signed) BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. President, National Negro Business League. --- NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS. It is reported that more than 500 Colored people including many newsboys have joined the 1915 Christmas Club of the Wage Earners' Bank at Savannah. Georgia, of which Walter S. Scott, a graduate of Tuskegee, is Cashier. The Colored Waiters and Cooks' Association of California has been organized with headquarters at Los Angeles. Greater efficiency, protection and advertising their services to hotel proprietors of the state are some of the objects. The Montgomery Local Negro Business League presented resolutions of respect to Hon. Emmet O'Neal the retiring Governor of their State, endorsing his administration as one of justice to the race. While Governor, Mr. O'Neal set up a standard in the matter of lynching, which all state executives would do well to follow. During the last three months of the year 1914, the Mutual Aid Department of the United Brothers of Friendship, Jurisdiction of Texas, received from its members, $32,916.29. The O. P. Baur Company of Denver, Colorado, one of the oldest and largest catering establishments in the West, has several Colored people holding responsible positions. Owen Caswell has under his care all of the linen and silver and chinaware. C. H. Watson of Charlotte, N. C., has published a study of the Colored people of this city. The book is neatly done and contains a statistical study of Negro business enterprises, together with a hundred cuts of residents and residences. Robert Jones, a young Colored man, is salesman in the Gardner Shoe Store of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The "Negroes' Creed" is a "Confession of Faith" in Negro business enterprises written as an advertisement by Charles H. Anderson of the well known banking firm of Anderson & Company of Jacksonville, Fla. It is a splendid example of "reason-why" advertising, and is printed on an attractive card. Mr. Anderson is treasurer of the National Negro Business League. The African Union Company, an organization of Negroes, incorporated under the laws of New York for $500,000.00, recently shipped from its African office to its New York office 5,820 pounds of cocoa beans and two hundred ninety-three and four-fifths tons of mahogany. The European war has made shipping hazardous, but the company has continued storing logs in Africa and is awaiting opportunity to ship more of them. Mr. Jos. L. Jones, secretary, of Cineinnati, Ohio, and Mr. John T. Bireh, treasurer, of Brooklyn, New York, are busy finding markets for many kinds of African produce to be forwarded to New York. NEW COMMITTEES OF THE AP- POMATTOX CLUB FOR 1915. S. A. T. Watkins, president of the Appomattox Club, 3441 S. Wabash avenue, announces the following stand- ing or permanent committees for 1915: House Committee—J. S. Nelson, chairman; E. M. Sutton, J. T. Morton, C. Jordan, C. E. Morrison, S. J. Evans, J. Miller, J. M. Woodard, M. White, J. L. Fry. Membership Committee—A. L. McBride, chairman; B. E. Pinckney, W. H. Plummer. Publicity Committee—R. S. Abbott, Julius F. Taylor. Library Committee—W. R. Cowan, chairman; Col. F. A. Denison, C. S. Washington, D. Manson, Dr. C. E. Bentley, Dr. S. C. Dickerson. Entertainment Committee—Dr. S. C. Dickerson, Chairman; Dr. W. A. Buckner, Dr. U. G. Dailey, Dr. H. W. Garnes, Dr. W. T. Jefferson, Dr. L. W. Lewis, Dr. E. S. Miller, Dr. A. A. Wesley, Dr. J. R. White, Dr. A. W. Williams, Hon R. R. Jackson, C. S. Washington, G. H. Walker, W. R. Sobers, D. A. McGowan, L. J. Conner, B. Jamieson, W. Adams, H. C. Allen, G. Bundy, L. B. Anderson, H. S. Goins, J. A. Brent, W. T. Johnson, E. C. Moore, A. L. Malone, R. P. Johnson, H. A. Isaacs, D. Manson, B. G. Johnson, J. T. Morton, M. Cowan, P. T. Tinsley, R. I. Collins, A. P. Perry, W. H. Jones, W. M. Curis, J. S. Nelson, F. C. Johnson, H. F. Daniels. The following two committees are subsidiary to the Entertainment Committee: Billiards—G. Walker, chairman; B. Jamieson, Dr. J. R. White, W. Adams, J. S. Nelson, D. A. McGowan. Cards—L. J. Conner, chairman; S. A. Buckner, J. A. Brent, R. I. Collins, C. F. Johnson. Anditing Committee—H. Cornwell, chairman; S. R. Gwynne, J. M. Curry. Legislative Committee—Hon. R. R. Jackson, chairman; Hon. E. H. Wright, L. B. Anderson, J. R. Auter, R. S. Abbott, Jalius F. Taylor, Col. F. A. Deni- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 30, 1915 M. E. H. MR. (TEENAN) HENRY JONES The guiding or moving spirit of the new Elite No. 2, 3445 S. State street, which threw its doors open to the public on Thursday morning. It is one of the best appointed establishments of its kind in any part of the United States. OPENING OF THE ELITE No. 2 UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF (TEENAN) HENRY JONES AND ARTHUR F. CODOZOE. It is One of the Most Elaborate Establishments of its Kind in Any Part of the United States. hogany. There are ladies and gentlemen's waiting rooms on each floor. The interior of the cafe is decorated in very rich green and gold; ceiling lights with old rose shades. The cabaret rooms are finished in dark grey with white frosted ceiling lights, and it might be said that the entrance to Bright and early on Thursday morning Elite No. 2 located at 3445 South State street threw its doors open to the public. It is under the active management of (Teenan) Henry Jones and Arthur F. Codozoe, who will also continue to conduct the old Elite at 3030 South State street as in the past. Without the least boasting about it, the new Elite No. 2 will far surpass any of the most elaborately appointed establishments of its kind in any part of the United States. The building which is two stories high which is constructed with a terra cotta front and everything in connection with the main entrances is very beautiful to behold. The whole building was erected under the personal direction of Mr. Jones, who possesses a very keen eye for high art and beauty. All of the furniture and other furnishings were all made to order to fit in every nook and corner of the two main floors of the building. The furniture is heavy mahogany of the latest designs and all of the wood work throughout the building consists of ma- Civic and Public Speakers Committee—B. F. F. Moseley, chairman; B. Binga, A. C. Harris, Dr. C. E. Bentley, Dr. A. A. Wesley, W. R. Cowan, L. B. Anderson, Prof. W. Emanuel, F. L. Hamilton, Col. F. A. Denison, Hon. E. H. Wright, Dr. W. A. Buckner, Hon. R. R. Jackson. [Name] Republican candidate for alderman of the second ward, popular with the German-Americans and the rest of his fellow citizens residing in that ward. Don't forget to register Tuesday, February 2nd, and vote for an honest, efficient candidate endorsed by all the business men and the voters' best choice. Max J. Schmidt Republican candidate for alderman of the second ward has no race distinction—a friend to all. The right man for the right job—the only man to succeed George F. Harding, Jr. Registration day February 2nd. Primaries February 23rd. Headquarters 2026 40 Cottage Grove Headquarters 3250-az Cottage Grove avenue and 2 E. 31st street.—Adv. Max J. Schmidt hogany. There are ladies and gentlemen's waiting rooms on each floor. The interior of the cafe is decorated in very rich green and gold; ceiling lights with old rose shades. The cabaret rooms are finished in dark grey with white frosted ceiling lights, and it might be said that the entrance to the cafe and cabaret rooms consists of tiling and mahogany finish. In the buffet great or massive columns of mahogany are in evidence, with soft white ceiling lights and very large French plate mirrors extend clear across its long, richly decorated walls. Two hundred and seventy guests can be comfortably served on the two main floors at one time. Chinese and American cooking of the highest art will be in vogue at all times. Mr. Codozoe and (Lovie Joe) John Whitson will be in active charge of the establishment. William Able, who formerly held forth at the Mineral Spring Cafe, will manage the cabaret room, and Miss Ethel Cole and Miss Alvaria Johnson will be the leading entertainers in that room. There will be no singing on the second floor. A string orchestra will softly discourse sweet classical music during the evening hours to the great delight of the diners on that floor. All in all, Messrs. Jones and Codozoe have covered themselves over with much glory in bringing forth or evolving the new Elite No. 2. GETS HER STOLEN EARRINGS. Mrs. F. W. Harris Recovers Gems Taken in Pullman Car when Porter and Woman were Arrested. A pair of diamond earrings valued at $1,000 stolen from Mrs. F. W. Harris of Highland Park while she was sleeping in a Pullman car December 26th were recovered Tuesday. Henry Glassberry (Colored) of 3632 Calumet avenue, the porter on the car, and one of his friends, Mrs. Fannie Henry (Colored) of 3700 Forest avenue, were arrested. The police say Glassberry confessed to having stolen the earrings and giving them to Mrs. Henry, having first, however, removed the most valuable diamond from each earring. Mrs. Henry is held as an accessory. NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. For the last two Sundays the League has discussed the recent separation of White and Colored pupils in the social room of the Wendell Phillips High School. A partial report of the interview with the head authorities last week was made at the meeting last Sunday. The committee expects to make its final report at the meeting Sunday, January 31st, at the Reading Room, 3005 State street, 4 p. m. Other matters of interest will be taken up. Last evening the Citizens' Committee met at the Appamattox Club to further perfect arrangements to entertain the delegates and visitors who will attend the meeting of the National Medical Association which will convene in this city this coming August. Col. John R. Marshall was chairman of the meeting. It is Only by Hard Work that You Can Get the Lead; to Keep the Lead Means More Hard Work Madam Scott, "The Beauty Lady," Still Leads. Miss O. B. Forston, the Popular Poetess and Dramatic Reader, Leaps from Seventh to Second Place is this Week's Surprise. Rev. J. W. Robinson, Third Miss B. Forston, the popular and advertisements without any let up. hard working poetess and dramatic She Realized that reader jump to second place proves the coming election was good for ad- that if you concentrate your mind with vertising purposes, and took advantage the intention of reaching a certainof it. And if she wins the auto it will point, you are bound to succeed, pro-be for that reason—taking advantage viding you back up the concentration of every opportunity offered. with a little hard work. Miss Forston You Have Only Four Weeks made up her mind to reach second more to win one of the prizes we are place this week, and she was success-giving away, and it rests with you ful. If she should concentrate herwhich prize you are to receive. Make mind with the auto as the objective up your mind which prize you want, point—contestants, beware. and then work accordingly. If you Madam Scott "the Beauty Lady" are satisfied with a small prize, then deserves her well earned praise. Ever it is not necessary for you to work since entering the contest she hashard at all. If you are ambitious and worked with might and main to winwould only be satisfied with a large the first prize. Her determination togift, you will have to work so much win the auto has caused her to expend harder. In other words, you earn just all her energy in that direction, andwhat you work for; and your success she is at work from day to day dagend depends upon how successful you want ering votes, getting subscriptions andto be. SCALE OF VOTES. years ..... years ..... years ..... years ..... years ..... $ 2.00 One Year ..... 1,000 votes 4.00 Two Years ..... 3,000 votes 6.00 Three Years ..... 6,000 votes 8.00 Four Years ..... 10,000 votes 10.00 Five Years ..... 15,000 votes NAMES OF CONTESTANTS. Mme. E. M. Scott, 3611 S. State St..... Miss B. Forston, 2962 Wabash Ave., L. Rev. J. W. Robinson, 4925 Wabash Ave. Rev. W. S. Braddan (chaplain 8th Rep. Miss Pauline D. Owens, Mounds, Ill.... Miss Hattie Winslow, 3535 South Wash Henry Humphrey, 3607 State street.... Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhodes Ave. Miss Ethel Cole, 3600 Wabash Ave., L. Alma G. Rowens, 3228 Calumet Ave. Miss Cora Mason, 11 E. 34th St..... Miss Josephine Davis, 3244 Wabash Miss Elizabeth Clark, 3812 Wabash Mrs. Louise Webb, 3807 Vincennes Ave. Miss Bertha Moseley, 4331 Forestville Miss Geneva Jones, 4165 S. State St..... Miss Fannie Stout, 1940 Walnut St..... Miss Stella E. McCoy, 6155 Wentworth RECIPI MISS MAUDE J. (Pupil of Mr. Cott, 3611 S. State St. Brown, 2962 Wabash Ave., Flat 6. Binson, 4925 Wabash Ave., Pastor St. Mark's Church. Buddan (chaplain 8th Reg.), 5008 Fifth Ave. Owens, Mounds, Ill. Cinslow, 3535 South Wabash Ave. Clyne, 3607 State street. Galloway, 3300 Rhodes Ave. Gilbert, 3600 Wabash Ave., Flat 44. Goss, 3228 Calumet Ave. Gun, 11 E. 34th St. G Davis, 3244 Wabash Ave. G Clark, 3812 Wabash Ave. Gobb, 3807 Vincennes Ave. Goseley, 4331 Forestville Ave. Gines, 4165 S. State St. Gout, 1940 Walnut St. McCoy, 6155 Wentworth Ave. = RECITAL = MAUDE J. ROBERTS, S. (Pupil of Mr. Herman Devries) Mme. E. M. Scott, 3611 S. State St. 95,660 votes Miss B. Forston, 2962 Wabash Ave., Flat 6. 76,300 votes Rev. J. W. Robinson, 4925 Wabash Ave., Pastor St. Mark's Ch. 71,940 votes Rev. W. S. Braddan (chaplain 8th Reg.), 5008 Fifth Ave. 47,000 votes Miss Pauline D. Owens, Mounds, Ill. 43,340 votes Miss Hattie Winslow, 3535 South Wabash Ave. 40,470 votes Henry Humphrey, 3607 State street. 31,000 votes Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhodes Ave. 21,000 votes Miss Ethel Cole, 3600 Wabash Ave., Flat 44. 9,000 votes Alma G. Rowens, 3228 Calumet Ave. 8,000 votes Miss Cora Mason, 11 E. 34th St. 6,180 votes Miss Josephine Davis, 3244 Wabash Ave. 5,000 votes Miss Elizabeth Clark, 3812 Wabash Ave. 5,000 votes Mrs. Louise Webb, 3807 Vincennes Ave. 5,000 votes Miss Bertha Moseley, 4331 Forestville Ave. 6,500 votes Miss Geneva Jones, 4165 S. State St. 5,000 votes Miss Fannie Stout, 1940 Walnut St. 5,000 votes Miss Stella E. McCoy, 6155 Wentworth Ave. 5,000 votes Assisted by C. CECIL COHEN, Pianist (Oberlin Conservatory) Thursday, February 4th, 1915, at 8:30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN CENTER N. E. Cor. Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Aven. One block west of Cottage Grove Ave. One block south of 30 Miss Roberts will render Selections in English, French French Group by Mr. Devries, composer, at the piano ADMISSION 50 CENTS. CARY B. LEW Sunday, February 4th, 1915, at 8:30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN CENTER E. Cor. Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Aven- tle of Cottage Grove Ave. One block south of 3 its will render Selections in English, French, French Group by Mr. Devries, composer, at the piano SION 50 CENTS. CARY B. LEW Miss Roberts will render Selections in English, French and Italian French Group by Mr. Devries, composer, at the piano DR. H. REGINALD SMITH, AFTER HIS SOJOURN IN EUROPE, IS AGAIN READY TO LOOK AFTER HIS MANY PATIENTS. Several weeks ago it was announced in these columns that Dr. H. Reginald Smith had returned home from London, England, where for nine months he attended the London University, drinking in many special studies in advanced medicine and surgery, and Dr. Smith 95,660 votes 76,300 votes 71,940 votes 47,000 votes 43,340 votes 40,470 votes 31,000 votes 21,000 votes 9,000 votes 8,000 votes 6,180 votes 5,000 votes 5,000 votes 5,000 votes 6,500 votes 5,000 votes 5,000 votes 5,000 votes ITAL ROBERTS, Soprano (German Devries) 4th, 1915, at 8:15 p.m. NACOLN CENTER vd. and Langley Avenue One block south of 39th St. car line ons in English, French and Italian series, composer, at the piano CARY B. LEWIS, Mgr. announces with pleasure that he is again ready to administer to the wants of his many old patients, as well as new ones; that he will impart to them the best medical skill which he acquired abroad. which he acquired abroad. His office and residence are still as the old stand, 3401 S. 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A dozen times in the course of ber recitation she was prevented from making the gestures she desired until ‘Qt the very end she conld stand it no longer, and in the climax of her emo tion she broke ber bonds and swung ber hands to ber head. When sbe came off the stage sbe went bombly to where Mlle Clatron ‘was standing tn the wings and apolo sized for baving snapped the thread. “But you did quite right.” sald the teacher. ~That was the time to make the gesture, not defore.” When Earthauskes Coma ‘That animais are sensitive to the ap roach of earthquakes is a fact fre quently observed. and the more recent seismic troubles in various countries give numerous examples of this singv- Jar faculty which many animals pos- sess. For instance, in Japan borses set Up ap anusual agitation whenever a seismic sbock ts near at hand in Cen. tral America dogs and cats tlee from houses, and the inhabitants nave be ‘Come 90 accustomed to this that they follow the example of the animais ano leave their dwellings so as to escape danger. Ip Italy ft bas been observed that ‘birds left thetr nests and few up to 8 great beight im the air. bot this with- Bt noise before the earthquake took Place. However, at tbe tme when the earthquake shocks were produced the birds uttered cries which lasted for all the duration of the earthquake. It i» asserted that im Sicily cocks row and dogs bow! just before an earthgquate —Chicago News Power of the Supreme Court. “The supreme court of the United States.” writes Christian Bonnet w Case and Comment, “erercises « pow ex which we think ts anique im th ‘World. to pass upon the constitutional ity of the statutes enacted by con ‘gress. It may thus suspend the execo tion of the resolutions :awfully adopt- ed by both houses. “The French courts nave the right to ‘tmterpret the aw. They cannot refuse to do so ander pretext that the law ts mot clear or that it t silent or tesot- Scient By so doing the jodge ve comes guilty of a misdemeanor cailed “Genial of justice, and he ie panishec by a fine and deprived of all civi fights for = period varying from Sve ‘> twenty years But m0 court ip ‘France, not even the court of cassa tion, nas the power to decide whether & law passed by congress is anconstite- tional or not” Two Kettles of Water ‘Sir Robert Hart, speaking of mar Hinge and death customs in the fal east, told a story of a great Chinese scholar and high official who said that the foreign way of Jetting the young People fall in love and choose and the Chinese way of frst marrying anc then making acquaintance remindec him of two Ketties of water. ‘The first —the foreign—was taken at the boiling Point from the fire by marriage and then grew cooler and cooler, whereas the seconod—tbe Chinese—was a attic ‘Sf cold water put on the Gre by wea lock and “ever afterward growing ‘warmer and warmer, “so that,” said his friend, “after Afty or sixty yeare We are madly in love with each oth- e@P—Exchange. Why He Was Careful. 4 man who believed in pedestrian- {gm coaxed a friend to accompany him om a little jaunt Every time they ‘erossed the road bis friend looked Arst one way and then the other and re fused to budge tf there chanced to be &@ motorear in etgnt “It's all welt enough to be careful,” said the pedestrian. “but you seem to Rave tet automobiles get on your perves.” “F've good reason to be careful,” an. sSwered nis friend “The insurance policy 1 carry ts void if 1 get ran over by ene.”—Jodre. The River indus. ‘The River Indus in width during the year way vary by miles. Traffic for Jong distances cannot be guaranteed Decanse the ever shifting channel throws up mod flats and sand banks here and overwbelmed good land there fm a manner which defeats the wisdom f the ancient boatmen. Gastronomic Health, ~ “Pa, what is envy?” “Envy. my boy. ts what your mi- Bonaire uncle feels every time be hears you begging your mother for » second lece of pie"—Detrott Free Press. The Object. “Why do you write articles on bow ‘cheaply people can tive if they try?” “In the bope of getting enough mon- 27 to avoid having to lve that way.”— ‘Washington Star. Romans and Beards. ‘The ancient Romans considered tt ‘effeminate to wear beards AB their ‘busts. representing the famous men of ‘@lden times. are without beards. _ No westber ts Ui if the wind be stat. _—fipaniah Proverh «> —i«s Pretty Expensive Steak. ‘The highest known price ever paié for beefsteak was at Circle City, Alas ka, a town that sprang up almost in the night during the Klondike gold ex. citement The first steak to reach there sold for $$ a pound It was s ten pound steak and was sent from « point fifty miles away. It was placed on exhibition and was such a curiosity that all the miners turned out in a body to seo it Of course every one wanted a piece Of the precious meat, and the prices offered might have resulted in 2 gen eral mining camp quarrel had not some ‘one thought of raffling the steak for the benefit of a hospital which a bish- ‘op was trying to establish for the min ers at Circle City. Bids started at $3 ‘& pound and rose quickly to $35. At last, in order to avoid possible trouble. it was decided to sell tickets at prices ranging from 50 cents to $2.50 for the privilege of drawing a slice. After $480 worth of tickets had been sold the drawing began, and to the relief o! those in charge of the enterprise no Serious consequences resulted.—Detre!t Free Press. i i i a Let me implore any reader who has a fairly large Mbrary of his own and ts honestly anxious to know what bis books contain to devote some period o1 letsure to go through these volumes ‘shelf by shelf, as they stand, to leary ‘which of them be can remember well [which are half read or unread. Wha: Pleasure and profit he would Gnd in recalling the poetry be once so enjoyed or in turning to such essays as be had hitherto overlooked! He would find. | am sure, that the very things he long ‘Wanted to know, the poetry that had almost faded from his memory, the bursts of eloquence and prophecy that had stirred his youth, now grown dim tm bis mind es “an ancient tale, ai- though the words were strong.” ll this had stood silent and unnoticed on his walls for years and years, while be had been stuffing himself with the last short story, the lives of royal laundry women or tt may be an article tm a magazine—Frederic Harrison. ii ee: A Louisville woman who ts some what of a crank on hygiene and who brings ap her small daughter accord. ing to the latest methods took the child on a day train to a nearby little town. ‘The mother sighed as she glanced at the dusty velvet seat and cloudy win- dows. The youngster, however, folded ber manicured fingers in her white pique tap and apparently tried to ab sorb as little dirt as possible Looking Up from her magazine, the immaculate arent was horrified to find the small daughter's jaws working violently. “What ave you in your mouth? ‘she demanded at once. “Gum,” said the child. “Where did you get it?” gasped the mother. ‘The child pointed to a clean, round spot on the grimy windowsill. “There,” she said. —Louisville Times ® wah te See ‘It costs on an average $10408 t aise 2 horse to the age of three year: on the farms of Indiana and those o! other states. This price has been care fully figured by experts of the depart ment of agriculture, who based thelr figures on those furnished by 10,00 ‘correspondents scattered throughout the country. New Merico can raise horses cheap e than the other states, or at an aver ‘age price of $60.50. In Massachusetts the raising of colts is more expensive than im any other state, the average horse at three years representing an tavestment of $141.80. Not to Be Repeated. ‘Shakespeare's contention that “there was never # philosopher who could en ure the toothache patiently” was dis proved by Canon Liddon After an ex- Derience that would have closed the ‘mouths of most of us, Liddon found it Possible to write to a friend: “I have been quite laid up with trouble with my few remaining teeth, of which | bad Gve taken out the day before yes terday. As only four remain, this par. ticular experience cannot be repeated tm this present life” This is a classic instance of the triumph of philosophy over pain—London Globe. i lit ee ‘The eastern edge of the North Amer Jean continent is overflowed by the sea, and that is why the water near the coast is so shallow. To find the true edge of the great continental land mass one would bave to travel some thing lke eighty miles due eastward from New York. ree ey 1 am not bound to win, but I am Dound to be true; 1 am not bound to succeed, but 1 am bound to live up to the light that 1 have 1 must stand with anybody who stands right—stand with nim while he ts right and part from tim when he goss wrong—A. Lincoin. Geranium Ol, Geranium of! is largely used in per fumery and is known as rose gerant ‘Um, owing to the common practice of adding rose petals to the plants before istiliation Floating Bridge. ‘Two bridges in s city in Indie are supported on iarge metal tanks, which Goat on the water and accommodate themselves to its rise and fall. Some Paradoxes ‘The dumb map saw 2 wheel ané spoke; the deaf man saw a fock and berd: the blind ma bought 2 plane and caw THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 380, 1915. —$ Se THE PURPLE GROSS “|” SHORT AND SHI ‘The hard part about an RELIEF TO HORSES] *"== ~~ ‘The expression “As happy ae has become obsolete. New Society For First Ald to) xcutrauty at stonte carto tmpartially breaking all whe Wounded Equines, ‘This world would be a f — place if our debtors had me Anew and unique , the P our creditors. Cross service, has been formed under| the war censor has muc English auspices for relief to horses| gor, but they can't blame on the battlefield. The Earl of Buchan| songs on him. is president, and the vice presidents — are Lady French and Miss French. What Mexico needs more ‘A conference is to be held in Geneva| thing else is a drastic law & with the object of obtaining an exten-| rying firearms. sion to the terms of the Geneva con- se2 vention to afford international protec-| The wise wife never in tion for the work for the relief of| naving her own way. She horses wounded in war. President] j¢ and says nothing. Wilson has expressed himself as being eee thoroughly in sympathy with this plan.| what a lovely collection | ‘The objects are to mitigate the suf-| mists we would be if we cot ferings of horses by the establishment! Jo)co< ac others see us! ro a ee YT ‘ ae a ok ied Pm | Photo by American Press Association. WAR HORSES BEING SHIPPED FROM SHORE 10 SHIP ON FLOAT. of veterinary base and fleld hospitals to maintain a corps of veterinary sur geons for first aid, transport and hos pital service; to provide horse ambu- lances for the transport of sick and ‘wounded horses; to supply surgical in struments and veterinary appliances for the use of the military authorities and others who undertake the cure of wounded and disabled horses; to se cure permission from the authorities for a corps of dyly qualified men to Kill badly wounded horses left on the Dattlefields; to maintain a number of inspectors for the purpose of searching for disabled and abandoned horses and assisting farmers and others who have taken charge of such animals, TERRORS OF WAR IN WINTER. Cold Is One of the Most Dreaded Ene- mies of Armies. With the winter a frightful enemy appeared upon the scene of embattled Europe, for cold has always been one of the most dreaded enemies of armies. Cold conquered and drove back Napo- Jeon in his Russian campaign, from which he returned with but « handful of men out of 000,000, and it has also defeated many lesser generals. Few Persons realize what a tremendous part the weather plays in the drama new belne enacted on the continual SS. a ay _- a, \ oe een Eee 3 ey ae eet * ean | Fe “S| ath ae . lr Res 4 a ' a ee | Photo by American Press Association. | ‘SERVIAN SENTINEL OF WINTER CAMP. | Burope and how the general results de- Bend on conditions lable to obtain uring the winter. History shows that some of the greatest losses to armies have come not from the guns of the enemy, but from the grim, cold winter. ‘There are bitter cold days in the Servian mountains, and the illustration sbows a typical winter camp scene in Servia with a sentinel standing still Uke a frozen statue. These are the ays that try men's souls, and the out- come of the war will depeud in a large ‘measure on which side has the best winter soldiers. =a SHORT AND SHARP. ‘The hard part about an easy Job is the getting thereof. ‘The expression “As happy as kings” has become obsolete. Neutrality at Monte Carlo consists io impartially breaking all who come. ‘This world would be « far bappier place if our debtors had memories like our creditors. ‘The war censor has much to stand for, but they can’t blame the war songs on him. What Mexico needs more than any- thing else is a drastic law against car. rying frearms. The wise wife never insists upon having her own way. She merely has it and says nothing. What a lovely collection of pessi- mists we would be if we could see our- selves as others see us! It is well to be patient with the chil- dren, but not so patient that they will have no patience with you. A scientist says he is in favor of fre- quent yawning. So are we, when the other fellow takes the hint. Belgium is no doubt surprised to learn from Lord Kitchener that the war won't begin antil next May. | ‘The ascent of the ladder of fame ‘may be difficult, but we never notice the splinters until we begin to slide down again. Men do not marry for money one- half as often as is supposed. and they do not get It one-balf as often as they marry for it. i The fate of the North sea whale that was mistaken for a submarine is merely another example of what bap- pens to the innocent bystander. Recent Inventions. A window shade bracket so shaped that a roller cannot be jarred out of it is the invention of a New York man. Over the surface of a new pressing fron for tailors there is a band of eloth to prevent the metal touching gar. ments and making them shiny. A machine which unreels ribbon. sews it in place and cuts it off auto matically when a hat bas been trim- med has been invented by a Pennsyl- vanian. Embodying something like the prin- ciple of the gyroscope, a new device ‘will detect the portion of a revolving mass, such as an engine flywheel, that may be out of balance. Town Topics. Boston may have beans on the brain but she also has brains in the bean.— Boston Transcript. Between wur sentiment and earth quakes Rome is bavinz xome difficulty in sitting tizht on her <even hills.—Cht cago News. Thousands of buffale uickels. plated and slightly altered. are being passed in New York ax five dollar cold pieces Is there anything they can't work of on that town?—Pittsburzh Post. If Washington were as wicked # town as it is often represented the ides of sending innocent statesmen here from all parts of the country would be unpardonable.— Washington Star. German Gleanings. __ At the beginning of the war German; ad 45,414,000 acres under cultivation. Berlin is the-home of nearly one third of Germany's more than 500 mu sic schools. German army officers are experiment ing with rubber foot pontoons to en able soldiers to walk on water carrying heavy loads and using their rifles free ly at the same time. The people of Berlin have been “rig orously forbidden” by the authorities to throw away “kitchen refuse,” which fg to be collected and sold at a nominai price to the military administration for use as horse fodder. The Royal Box. ‘The czar is the head of the Greek v. Russian church in the same sense that King George is the head of the English chureh. King Peter of Servia, known as the “lightning monarch,” is seventy years old. As to military training and expe. rience he stands pre-eminent among all the warring monarchs of Europe. It ts said that the German kaiser has great faith in the war sagacity of his daughter, Crown Princess Louise, now Duchess of Brunswick, and that he frequently discusses the movement of troops with ber. flippant Flings. ‘This is certainly warlike era. Ever the girls are wearing spats—Illinois ‘State Journal. Is it any violation of neutrality for Americans to lick war stamps?—Loe Angeles Times. “Golf profanity,” says former Presi dent Taft. “is bad for one’s score.” And a bad score is bad for one’s lan- geage.—Detrojt Free Press, If you do not become tired you are im proper health, says a scientist. Bet this geezer never worked in a news- paver editorial room —Albany Kaleker. SIRES AND SONS. President Emeritus Cyrus Northrep, University of Minnesota, is now eighty. Admiral Reginald F, Nicholson, whe recently retired. having reached the age limit of sixty-two, is said to be the last officer who served in the navy in any capacity during the war between the states. Colonel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon. ‘who has been appointed high commis. stoner for Egypt. now that that coun- try-has been declared under the pro- tection of Great Britain, has been for eign secretary to the government of India since 1911. Dr. Jose Vicente Concha, the new president of Colombia, is a lawyer of high attainments and a diplomat of recognized ability. He has something of the shrewd carefulness and reserve of the Scot and holds fast to that ‘which has been tried and proved rather ‘than incline himself to the fancies of ‘the hour in government. Professor Garrett Droppers, who some fifteen years ago was professor of political economy at Kelo univer- sity, Tokyo, has been appointed minis. ter to Greece in succession to George Frederick Williams. He was president of the University of South Dakota. 1898-1906. Since 1908 he has been sec- retary of the commission of commerce and industry of Massachusetts. Echoes of the War. If the guns get much bigger Burope may expect a protest from Mars.— Loaisville Courier-Journal. Mohammedan and Hindu soldiers clash over the manner of Killing a sheep, but any old way will do for a man.—Washington Post. Lord Kitchener says the war won't begin until May. If the preliminary bouts are any indication the main event is going to be some scrap—De- troit Free Press. All the enemy countries in Europe are sure they cannot be starved out. What the rest of the world hopes. rather, is that they may find them- selves overfed—with war—New York World. Current Comment. Diplomatic notes are to a large de- gree and in thelr own peculiar way Promissory notes.— Washington Star. It is moved and seconded that more people go in for raising meat and few. er people go in for raising meat prices. —Life. Armour, the big meat man, notes a shortage of cattle, while Wall street is suffering from a shortage of lambe— Philadelphia Press. Who would have thought while the six power loan controversy was raging that the first gold to reach America since the war broke out would come from China ?—Springfield Republican. Short Stories. ‘Three years ago the population of the world was 1,630,000,000 souls. ‘The Moskva, one of Peter the Great's squadron in 1758, has been found near Libau. About 8,000,000 feet of timber were destroyed by forest fires last summer im British Columbia. In the past 3,000 years it is estimated that the world has seen only six- ty years of uninterrupted worktwide peace. ‘The Japanese wife can now become bead of the house, a direct contrast to the laws which were in vogue in olden times in that country. BRIGHT BRIEFS. 4 man is also known by the company be dodges. Hatred is the worst kind of filling for one’s memory tank. ‘Man cannot serve two masters, even when he is master of himself. The idea of neutrality according to some people is to cuss both sides. We can all heartily recommend love in a cottage—for the other couple, ‘The quietest office in the werld must be The Hague headquarters of peace. It's well to know how todo some things, and better to know how not to do others. A broken promise doesn't worry the fellow who feels that he can easily make a new one. One reason many do not succeed is that they try to grasp opportunity with white kid gloves. Truth is stranger than fiction, possi- bly because we don't get so well ac- Quainted with it "To put aside provision for a rainy day is not sufficient. It must be enough for a month or two, ‘Trouble is « sprinter. If you don’t believe it see how he overtakes those who travel at the fastest clip. Holland has become the home of more than 1,200,000 refugees. And the Uttle country was already crowded. A soft answer may turn away wrath, but often it is given too late to block the blow that has already been started. When the geological survey says the World ts 100,000,000 years old it pute it Up hard to those who have to prove that i isn’t. Moleanoes in New Zeatang New Zealand’s voicauie Dette are accounted for in tbe Maon fo the following manner. Owe first eblefs to reach New Zealand te the ancient bome in Hawainy Sith im a trusted follower, neat hoe, with whom be set out © exami, the country. When they Feached thy highest peak they suttera) Cb fry cold. and the chiet stout to tans fers on 8 far distant iand wm, some of the fre which mad tet brought tm canoes froin Hawelt, Re fire immediately came in + socthos® crly line, "subterrancousts bane, forth on the summit where the aus and bis follower set freezing, Tears. dim time to save the ire of te te mer. but not that of Nzicruhoe, wing Bame 19 commemorated in the bgnes Peak of the Tongariro wotntsing tare era, hot springs and fumarvies mee the course of the subierranean pe sage. Mount Ezmont stands in wy tary grandeur becuse tie. as one the three giants, quarried with i other two, Tongariro and Ruapene and bad to Gy to the coust to emap their wrath. Meme Mie On the steamer off the west coat g Africa I picked op an acquatntany with an Englishman who had em aboard somewhere alous the Gog Coast. After the usual commoapiagy be drawled. “You are an Americar L admitted the soft impeachment “Did you ever meet on Engthae over there named Jessup?" was iy Bext query. I always take Englishmen sertomt, 80 instead of rolling my eyes and et Plaining what a large country Ameria fs, I told him the truth about all te Jessups I happened to know. Then Were only two—one wus a steel ageat tm New York city and the other wat YM. C. A. secretary in Summit XJ “That's the chap.” sald the Brtim unexpectedly. “He used to live sex door to me in Birmingham” And he did. you know. And | couldn't keep op my pretense tte America was a big country after tha Cleveland Plain Dealer. Eucene Field and Children, “It was children whow Field loved dest,” says Miss Hildegarde Baw thorne tn St Nicholas, “and be wou take all sorts of trouble to makes ehild bappy. Eis room was crowéet “with tos, queer dolls, funny little me chanical toys that ran about or botet or nodded strange heads or performs tricks. His study door was never sim to @ child. and be bad many chit friends his family knew nothing o ils brother tells how s few hours aftr his death a little crippled boy came w the door and asked if he might go and see Mr. Field He was taken bo the room where the gentle, mach lored figure iay and left there. In a lite while be came limping downstairs the tears streaming down his cheeks wt went silently away, known to nobody there.” ae Scientiee eee ‘The lady jury was out longer Om the importance of the case would wir rant ‘The Judge grew tmpatient “What's the trouble in there? & said to the bailiff “I'l see.” replied the bailift. “Hold on,” cried the judge “Te em if there's any Knotty points abou the case that bother them they sbesld appeal to me.” “Yes, your bonor.” . ‘The bailiff goes to the door of Be ‘Jury room and returns. “Well?” “They ain't got to the case yet Jou Donor. They're still discussix’ piaintif’s clothes” — Cleveland Pils Dealer. ‘The High Seas ‘The “high seas” is a term siguityis the entire marine expanse, so far # it fs not the exclusive property of 7 particular country. ‘The rule of inter Rational law ts that every county bordering on the sea has the exciesire sovereignty over such sea to the & tent of three miles from its shore, ts all beyond and which ts not with three miles of some other county # open oF common to all countries: <n nn tiene ‘The young attorney hud hung oF shingle but « week before. and whe # friend met bim in the corridor of tbe courthouse the friend exclaimed: “AR bat ave sou landed a client alread? “Yes,” replied the soung attorney “My tailor is suing me."—Cineinastt Enquirer. Sharpening 2 Worn File “When » file gets dull” sid O master mechanic. “you cup restore 1 effectiveness bs pouring a little alte acid over it. ‘This rouztiens the rise Parts and deepens the sunk parts that ft will nzain tle your ualls oF /# bar of tron.” Paradoxical Enersy- “People who speak Enziish foo By things. don’t they?” “How sot - “Why, they put stops 0 organs make them go." Baltimore Ameri=® Before and After: . “a woman is a3 old as sbe bos qnoted the wise cay “Before or atter she is dressed BS out?” queried the simple mog— Pe delphia Record. acca et gs Woman—Have foo 00 © used Tramp—Plenty! What | ince is relatives when | need # wan. — Ne York Globe. Know tnis—cnat ecerr county - produce good mea — Lessing