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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAX Complete or Detailed Report of the Expenditures of the Illinois State Commission to Celebrate the Fifty Years of Freedom in This State, This Coming August, from June 1, 1914 to January 12,1915, Amounts to Seven Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Seventy-Nine Cents, Leaving Ten Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Six Dollars and Forty-Eight Cents to Be Expended Out of the Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, Which Was Appropriated by the Legislature of Illinois for That Purpose Vol. XX. MISS ANNABEL CAREY, DAUGHTER OF REV. A. J. AND MRS. CAREY, AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY DREW DOWN SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER MONTH UNTIL SHE WAS FORCED TO RELINQUISH HER POSITION. THE HON. JAMES HALE PORTER, AS THE ADVANCE OR CHIEF FIELD AGENT, BAKES IN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH, WITH MUCH RICH PICKING ON THE SIDE FOR SO-CALLED EXPENSES. THE HON. SHADBACK BAILEY TURNER GATHERED IN TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-TWO CENTS FOR ADVERTISING THE FORTHCOMING CELEBRATION IN HIS NO IDEA. C. B. FORD, SON OF COMMISSIONER MAJOR GEORGE W. FORD, IS ON THE PAY ROLL OF THE COMMISSION, AND LIFTS OUT FORTY-FIVE TO FIFTY DOLLARS PER MONTH OF THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY FOR DOING NOTHING. H. J. BUCKINGHAM, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE SAINTED BISHOP SAMUEL FALLOWS, THE EX-SOME KIND OF A SALOON KEEPER, RECEIVES ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH SALARY FOR HIS DOUBTFUL SERVICES. THE WESTERN TRADE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED IN THIS CITY, GOT ITS CLUTCHES ON TO SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR ADVERTISING THE CELEBRATION. THE NEW YORK AGE RECEIVED TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS FOR WHITE-WASHING AND SLOBBERING OVER THE HON. THOMAS WALLACE SWANN, WHO AS SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION, ALWAYS MANAGES TO GRAB OFF SOME EASY MONEY IN THE WAY OF PICKINGS AND SO ON. MRS. JOANNA SNOWDEN-PORTER, ONE OF THE PROBATION OFFICERS OF THE JUVENILE COURT, IS CREDITED UP WITH SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-ONE CENTS FOR EXPENSES AS AN EMPLOYE OF THE COMMISSION. NEITHER BRANCH OF CONGRESS NOR THE LEGISLATURE OF ILLINOIS SHOULD APPROPRIATE ONE DOLLAR FOR THE CELEBRATION UNTIL THE RECKLESS SQUANDERING OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY IS STOPPED—THAT THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL HAVE NO RESPECT NOR CONFIDENCE IN THE HON. THOMAS WALLACE SWANN AND THE REV. HON. ARCHIBALD JAMES CAREY, Ph.D. D.D.—THAT THEY MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE COMMISSION IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CELEBRATION A SUCCESS. THE EXPOSITION AS ANNOUNCED WILL NOT BE HELD IN THE COLISEUM, BUT IT IS TO BE HELD SOME WHERE IN THE STOCK YARDS DISTRICT. THE POLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN JULIUS F. TAYLOR AND THE HON. JAS. J. BRADY, AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AT SPRINGFIELD, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. exclaim, "Will the good Lord please have mercy on my lady heart or soul?" the Hon. James Hale Porter, the greatest wind jammer and the fastest or most talking statesman in the world, Miss Anabel Carey and the members of the trustee board of the Institutional church, which it is said that that part of the money found its way back into the pockets of the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph.D., D.D.—that from June 1, 1914, to January 12, 1915, seven thousand and six hundred sixteen dollars and seventy-nine cents was expended, leaving on hand on the 12th day of January, 1915, ten thousand two hundred eighty-six dollars and forty-eight cents to be expended out of the twenty-five thousand dollars which was appropriated by the legislature for that purpose. As the great majority of the people It will be recalled that on June 27, 1914, the full or the complete statement in relation to the expenditures of the Illinois State Commission which was brought forth to the light of day by the Hon. Edward F. Dunne to celebrate the fifty years of freedom among the Colored people residing in this state this coming August—that from November 20, 1913, to June 1, 1914, that almost eight thousand dollars was blown in; that the bulk of it was spent for foolishness; that more than forty per cent of that sum found its way into the pockets of the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann, who is a political tramp of the first water, the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph.D., D.D., who claims that his bosom pal friend or his brother Swann is dishonest, that he beat him out of one hundred dollars before he had time to CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 6, 1915 led Report of the Commission to Celebrate State, This Coming A 12,1915, Amounts to Dollars and Seventy- wo Hundred Eighty-S Be Expended Out o Which Was Approp or That Purpose are mighty dull or thick-headed whenever any attempt is made to drive or force truths into their heads or brains against their wills, for they never like to read nor listen to the plain, unvarnished truth and as further evidence that we are adhering to the everlasting truth as to the expenditures of the Illinois State Commission we will right at this point bring forth to the light of day the following letters or communications which recently passed between the Hon. James J. Brady, auditor of public accounts for the State of Illinois, at Springfield, and Julius F. Taylor, and they speak for themselves: On receipt of the statement I will remit the usual fee in such matters. Chicago, Illinois. Dear Sir:--In compliance with your request of the 19th instant I hand you herewith statement of disbursements made by the committee in question from June 1st to the present date. You may remit $1.50 to cover cost of compiling same at your convenience. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 19, 1915. Hon. Jas. J. Brady, Auditor of Public Accounts, State House, Springfield, Ill. Hon. Sir:—As an humble tax payer of the State of Illinois, I would esteem it a great favor if you would send me an itemized statement as to the expenditures of the Illinois State Commission to celebrate the fifty years of freedom among the Colored people in this State this coming August, from June 12, 1914, down to the present time. JAMES J. BRADY, Auditor of Public Accounts. The following is the full statement of the expenditures of the State Commission from June 1, 1914, to January 12, 1915: --- No.20 It will be observed that Miss Annabel Carey, daughter of Rev. Archibald James and Mrs. Carey, as one of the assistant secretaries drew down seventy-five dollars per month until she was forced to stop eating at the public crib; that the Hon. James Hale Porter, the big chief or the advance field scout or agent, still continues to rake in one hundred dollars per month without saying one thing about the many rich pickings on the side; that the Hon. Shadrack Bailey Turner, who is a combination republican and demo- crat, who can successfully accomplish the remarkable feat of blowing hot and cold at the same time, very sneakingly gathered in two hundred and fifteen dollars and seventy-two cents for advertising the forthcoming celebration in the columns of his "No Idea." That C. B. Ford, son of Commissioner Major George W. Ford, who is only a figure-head on the commission and a mighty poor one at that, is on (Continued on page 4) = Page TWO ——_—_—_— DS BETHEL LITERARY CLUB TO HOLD LINCOLN CELEBRATION ‘SUNDAY AFTEBNOON, FEB. 14, ‘AT 3:30 O'CLOCK. Congressman A. J. Sabbath and A. H. Roberts to Speak. Prof. Jas. A. Mundy to Furnish Chorus of 50 Voices—To be Held st Bethel ‘Church, 30th and Dearborn Sts. Elaborate preparations are being made for the Fifth Annual Lincoln Celebration to be held at Bethel A. M. E. church, 30 and Dearborn streets, Sunday afternoon, February 14th, at 3:30 o'clock, under the auspices of the Bethel Literary Club. Addresses will be delivered by Congressman A. J. Sabsth, the man who dared to speak in defense of the Negro in the fight against the infamous immigration bill Before the congress of these United States of America. Congressman Sab- ath lives in a district where his(1) constituents are all White, yet he saw the great injustice being done the Ne- gro in passing the bill prohibiting per- sons of their race entering this coun- try, hence he made a masterly fight against that part of the bill, with the assistance of Congressmen Madden, Mann and the rest of the congressmen from Illinois, succeeded in defeating the Dill. He will deliver one of the ‘addresses. Mr. Adelbert H. Roberts, known to all as one of the brightest and best orators of our race, will also speak. An claborate musical program is being arranged by our great leader in the musical world, Prof. James A. Mundy, director of Bethel church choir, who will furnish a chorus of fifty voices for this grand oceasion. Mrs. T. A. Smythe, wife of the pastor of Bethel, will also render & solo, and Mr. Gasset, the expert pipe organist, will also play a selection. A special invitation is extended to all women’s clubs and literary clubs to attend this grand affair. Special seats will be reserved for them. This event is expected to eclipse any yet held in this city. Prominent city and county officials have been invited and several will be present. Come early and secure a good seat and hear these champions of justice and fair play, Congressman A. J. Sabath and our own Adelbert H. Roberts. ALPHA SUFFRAGE cLUR At the annual election of officers of the Alpha Suffrage Club which meets every Wednesday evening at 3005 State street, 8 o’clock, the following officers were elected: Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, president; Mrs. Mary Jackson, first vice-president; Miss Vi- ~ ola Hill, second vice-president; Mrs. Adelaide Brown, secretary; Mrs. Sadie Adams, corresponding secretary; Miss Laura Beaseley, treasurer; Mrs. K. J. Bills, editor. The Alpha Suffrage Club has the dis- tinction of being the only organization that has been honored with the pres- ence of all three of the Colored alder- manic candidates at the same time. Each gentleman presented his cause with force, logic and eloquence, and ‘were questioned by the women as to their policies. Despite the cold night, ‘a large attendance was out and all ex- Pressed themselves as having bene- fitted by the opportunity to see, hear and question the candidates for them- selves. A motion unanimously pre- vailed that any member of the club known to be working for the White aldermanic candidates should be ex- pelled, and those who are not members, their names published in the weekly Press. At the meeting this week the elub will debate the claims of the three candidates and take a vote on which one it will support. NOTES OF THE LOUISE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS. ‘Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, superin- tendent of the Louise Training School for Colored Boys, who is spending her vacation in Hannibal and St. Louis, Mo., writes she has much improved in health. Best regards to all friends. The Sunday afternoon meeting at the school was largely attended by parents and visitors. Mr. Gurney, of Chicago University, gave an interest- ing talk. Mrs. Ethe! Simpson Hyte sang a solo and Miss Tredella Cassell played an instrumental solo. "Mrs. Hattie Arrant, 3230 Calumet ‘Avenue; has been confined to her home with illness for some days. Little Alfreda Barnett, daughter of ‘Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Barnett 3234 Bhodes Avenne; fell on Tuesday evening in her home and broke her arm. Dr. George C. Hall, has been attending her. ‘The “‘ grandfather clanse’’ in Georg- ia hag died a natural death—expired by imitation Jamvary 1, 1915. Whites and ‘Blacks are theoretically on an equal “footing now in that state. Voters must fead or own a certain amount of prop- ety. Major Ollie C. Hall, of Rochester ‘New York, is in the city and the first part of this week, he spent at Batavia TL, where his aged father, Rev. Hall, celebrated his 93rd birthday. Mr. Hall, has not visited this city since 1902, and he thinks it bas outstripped all other places in the way of expanding in every direction. He will spend much of his time until Monday evening when he leaves for his home, in the company of his friends. He is Major of the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias of New York. He is also prominent in other secret Society circles in his home town. For many years, he has been a faithful employe of the New ‘York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. Economy and Saving. A sort of paradox is the fact that thousands of people who make no ef- fort to save a dollar when times are highly prosperous will develop and Practice economy when work and op- Portunity are less plentiful. The best ‘way, of course, is to ry and save at least a little all the time, putting by 2 larger amount when earnings are at their height. As a nation we are not taught that economy, which makes France the banker ot the world and whose accumulations come not from Vast exports of natural resources, but from the combined small savings, con- sistently continued year after year, by the French people as a wnole. ‘The French save partly because It has become hereditary and chiefly be- cause the children are brought up that. way and are taught the dignity of ac cumulation. We, on the contrary, in 8 spirit of false pride, are inclined to scorn the necessity of saving. as though it were something of which to be ashamed. [f our present expe tiences shall teacb os thrift it will be a strengthening of a great national weakness.—H. H. Windsor in Popular: Mechanics Magazine. ‘Seen Meee At an inquest in an English tow: on a five-month-old child the mothe: was said to have given it a decoctior of snails and Demerara sugar as a cure for whooping cough. Sbe put the snails, alive, into the sugar ip a mus lin bag. and the liquid filtrate was th« medicine. 1t seems that the “snail” remedy 1s known in other parts of the country. Hot lemonade, hot treacie and elderberry sirup are also given by the poor as a cure, and a sugared in fusion of snails may be just as effica cious as any of them. Walks round the gas works with the soffering children are still prac ticed. Old women were great believ- ers in this method of cure, and they used to be laughed at for their faith in it There was method in their strange apparent madness, and one of the best known cnres today is the vaporizing of fuids that give off com- pounds similar to those emanating from places where they make gas.— London fatier. fim teiiiensnet Blemsece, i “You and that very charming Mis« Maicom were boy and gir! friends, 1'n told?” “Yes.” z “I saw you talking to ber. You mist have bad a delightful time recalling early days?” “Well, no. 1 tried to make it pleas ant, but it didn't seem to work. 1 re called to ber how sbe climbed trees and fences when she was ten years old, and sbe gave me a freezing look. Then I asked ber to remember how she was thrown from an overturned bob- sled and went ber * foremost into a snowdrift and stue rere. ‘You were Seven years old, 1 sid, ‘and 1 recall that you were'— What do you think she did?” “I dunno.” “Said °SitT and stalked away."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. ae Shee Ae a aie Ap amazing amount of material goes to the making of a 22,000 ton pattie Ship. Into the bull alone enter some 9,800 tons of steel! and iron, an amount more than equal to the whole of the materia! from kee! to Sgbting tops if many of the pre-Dreadnougtit war ves- sel. Of this amount of material over 6,000 tons ts steel plating, 2.856 tons ie for shapes. channeling and angie Pieces; the weight of the rivets used exceeds 530 tons, these rivets ranging im diameter from three-eighths of an inch to one and one-balf inches, and there are over 400 tons of specially shaped stee! castings, ranging in weight from two to eighteen tons each. These Sgures include nothing for g¢n mount- ing or special armoring. bat are for the mere construction of the bare bull alone —London Express. London, Ex-Watéring Place. Time was when London was « wa. tering place, whose wells, if not rival img Bath or Harrogate, were widely famed and frequented by people from all quarters. in South London there ‘Were quite a number of spas, Lambeth wells, which sold water for a penny a quart and gave it to the poor for noth- ing. St George's wells. Sydenham wells and Dutwich wells being the best known.—London Graphic. ‘The Usual Way. “My son, be careful to find out the inward depths of a woman's character value before you make @ friend of eer” “That's all right, bet & she's pretty ‘why not take her at her face value?"— Baltimore American. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 6, 1915. —$<——$—_—$———_—————— Sctennttun Gis Gene ees peak ac Commentators cannot Ox the date of Joseph the carpenter's death, says the Christian Herald Some bold that i must have taken place before Jesus began his public ministry. In suppor of this they point to the fact that Jo seph ts hot mentioned in connection with the wedding feast at Cana. Oth. ers believe that Joseph must have passed away before the crucifixion; otherwise be would bave been at the cross with Mary. Under the circum. stances nothing definite can be stated on the matter. Christian tradition as- serts that Joseph was over eighty ‘when espoused and that he lived to be @ very old man. The “upper room” mentioned in Acts 1, where the first gathering of disciples and converts was held after the ascension, may bave been in the house of one of the apostles (of John or Mark, as some suppose), but the general view Is that it was probably the upper chamber in a house the owners of which made K a custom to hire out such rooms for meeting purposes. This custom, it is claimed, was known in Jerusalem long before Christ. Watere of the Nile. | | The waters of the apper Nile start to rise gbout June 15, reaching the great- est belght at the autumnal equinos, and then gradually subsiding until the following April. That the Nile should thus save the country from total bar- renness and make it one of the most fertile lands of the earth 1s reason suf- Gicient for the bestowal on the mighty stream of the name of “the most holy river” and that the good Mussulmans of Egypt should believe that it bas its source in paradise. In ancient times the river had its appointed priests, fes- tivals and sacrifices, and if its rising were delayed a single day they took the most beautiful girl they could find. dressed her richly and drowned her in the waters as a sacrifice to turn away the wrath of the river god and merit his favor. The quality of the Nile wa- ten has been nighly extolled. Some have said that it is to other waters what champagne is smong wines. The priest of Apis would not give tt to the sacred bull lest be should become too fat. ‘iia ini a ial When Rossini. the italian composer, who was noted for bis punctuality, was director of the Theatre Italien in Par. is he used tu attend the rehearsals every morning. Precisely as the clock struck 9 he came out of his house and hailed the nearest cab. Eventually a certain cabman noticed it and was at the master’s door eacb morning. As soon as Rossini entered the cab the driver would iook at his watch and then drive of at a good pace. This Proceeding was repeated every day. Rossini often wondered whether the driver looked at bis watch to see how much time be bad to get to the theater. Finally one day be said, “My friend. why do you always look at your wateb as soon as | enter your cab?” “Monsieur will pardon me,” replied the cabman, laughing. “but 1 do it to see whetber my wated is right”— Novellen-Schatz. Won a Title. December. 1854, when Napoleon IIL offered to send re-enforcements of 20, 000 men to the Crimea if the British would convey them. the government was on the point of declining on the ground that no transports were avail: Able for such work. It was eventually decided to ask some of the great steam- ship companies for assistance, and at the next cabinet Sir James Graham announced that this had been done “Mr. Cunard,” be added. “can provide tmmediate transport for 8,000 men, Jeaving the question of payment to be decided subsequently by arbitration.” “What is Mr. Cunard’s Christian name?" asked Palmerston. “Samuel,” replied Grabam. “Sir Samuel.” said Palmerston. with emphasis on the “Sir.” And at the close of the war the ship owner was created a baronet— London Chronicle. ae aie geen Can any reader, asks a writer in the Strand Magazine, verify and explain the following. brought to my notice re- cently? Deal out four whist bands, Durposely making a misdeal—1 e, two cards to one band. Pick up the bands, shuffle to any extent and then redeal— Droperly this time. [t will be found in nine cases out of tep that one of the bands contains either # singleton tone card of a suit) or lacks a suit alto- gether. 1 have tried this repeatedly and nearly ulways with the same re- sult. Got Rid of Him. “I onderstand your wife is doing her own cooking” “You are mistaken.” “But Jinx told me sbe was.” “Ob, that was just for a little whtle! Jinx was making os a visit, and 1 Guess she thought be had stayed long enough.”—Houston Post. An Unfair Example. Professor—If | fail to give a correct answer to any problem in mathematics that any one present offers me | agree | to forfeit the sum of $10. Voice In Andience—Make the date of my wife's birth agree witb ber present age— Life iiiiinnn Stee, Wien For about three months she regards ber wedding day as the greatest day in history, but Inter on she gets so that she regards pay day as the greatest Gay im bistory.—Cincinnat! Enquirer. ‘They who know not how to act agreeably. though they have learned many things, are stil! ignorant —Cural ; German Women as Soldlérs. Something like a century ago Pras ‘sia rose against Napoleon, who was al teady weakened by the retreat from Moscow, and with the help of the Aus trians and also of @ very large body ot Russians managed to drive the French army over the frontier, after defeating it In the tremendous two day struggle at Leipzig. It appears that certain women play- ed & prominent part in this fighting. Seventeen daughters of Prussia were at the front during this momentous conflict They were most capable as soldiers, able to command and able to obey, as well as being capable of with- standing the hardships of campaign ing. To cite some instances, Maria Werder, a woman of Silesia, was al- lowed to serve as a hussar in the same regiment as her husband, who was a wealthy landowner. Elenora Prochaska is one of the bet- ter known of these beroines. She en- gaged. ander the name of “Cari Renz,” in the Light Horse when only elghteen, and severai poets have sung of her courage. A monument to her memory stands {n Potsdam.—Washington Star. Sunse Ghtined Cleien: | Every one knows of the rose, sham rock and thistle as the foral emblem: ot England. Ireland and Scotland ané the leek. though not a flower, fo Wales. The sugar maple leaf ts th emblem of Canada. Other nations and cities have all their floral emblems and the lily seems to be the favorite Italy has chosen the Iily and also the city of Florence, known affectionately as “Giglio.” which means lily, and the city itself 1s spoken of as “the Flower of Cities und the City of Flowers.” France, of course, bas the lily in the fleur-de-lis. Germany's is the corn- flower, while Prussia’s choice ts the linden tree, and the most famous thor- oughfare in Berlin is known as the Unter den Linden. Spain's emblem is the pomegranate, and its wonderful city of Granada ts named after that fruit. Egypt. with the glories of the Nile, appropriately chooses the lotus. Athens has the violet, while Saxony has the sweet scented mignonette— Pearson's Weekly. Gunct Chan A legal journal gives the following instances of bumor in German coorts: In Berlin an tronworker was sent to prison because he had laughed at a policeman. It appears that as this man was proceeding along a street one ay his risibilities were aroused by the sight of a particularly stout policeman giving chase to a dog. The offender was promptly baled to court and “sent up” for scandal. A German in attempting to board a moving train fractured his leg. After six months in a hospital be was dis- charged. whereupon the state railway department at once prosecuted him for “infringement of regulations.” He was fined sum equivalent to $5. Upon entering an omnibus a man trod on the foot of a woman, who was so incensed by the incident that she remarked that be walked tke a hen. For this term of reproach the Indy was Gned 20 marks. .— | Artists in italy in the Gfteenth cen: ‘tury were little better off than small shopkeepers. ‘This is shown by the dowries they usually gave their daugb- ters, which varied from $1,040 to $2, 080, and it Is related as an extraordi- Bary instance that Andrea Mantegna gave bis daughter $2,000 at the time of ber marriage, which was about the close of the fifteenth century. Michel angelo, Rapbael and Titian were the only painters of the Sfteenth century who succeeded in attaining a position of ease. Michelangelo at bis death left about $48,000, besides some real estate. to bis nephew, Leonardo. Raphael's Property was estimated to be worth $135,000, while Durer was worth at the time of bis death only $31,650. In those days, however, pensions were frequently given to artists by sover- elgns and cities. Ce ee een ‘The town with the anpronounceable mame, Ypres, once proved literally too thorny @ problem for English besteg- era. When Henry Spencer, bishop of Norwich, led his troops against it they tried in vain again and again to pierce the mass of thorn bushes that lined the exterior slopes of the ramparts: hence the image of Notre Damede-Thuine, “Our Lady of the Garden,” in the Cathedral of St Martin at Ypres and ‘also the fair of Thuindag, fixed for ‘the first Sunday in August in honor of the thorn hedge that saved the city.— London Opinion. Educated Men. It ts the worst of educated men that they cannot speak about any great question till they have read everything that bas been written about it, for fear that some one should say, “But have you read Schwartzenburg?” ‘Then, tf ‘they have not read Schwartzenburg. they are done.—Toistoy. Real Power. Nodd—Do you think it is true that » great, nay a gigantic force, like the Dress of this country, is controlled by the advertisers? Topp—Why not the Dress? My wife is—Lite. ———_ Gin teent Diner—I've forgotten what 3 wanted Sater ene ee OS CN et may tongue Waiter — What you say about « tip, sir?—Brookiyn Times. —__ Boys In Spain. In Spain boys under sixtuen are not allowed to lift or carry more than stz- teen pounds or push or draw heavy loade. Registration Day, Tuesday, February 2, 1915. Primaries Tuesday, Feb, Polls open from 6 a. m. to 5 p. m. bruary 23,1915 ARMORY THIRTY-FIFTH AND FOREST AVENUE - sleai erepmial REGIMEN Toc==onseog COLONIAL RECEPTION, BALL AND HOUSE WARMING Monday Evening, Feb. 22nd 8 WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY 8 Rocanoces=0oc==nocrsEoooocS ox First Opportunity for the Public to See This NEW, MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE. Admission 50 cts. | Colonial Costumes optional with guests. MUSIC BY EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND 2 ‘Treat your furnace kindly. Let your watebwords as a furnace tender be gentleness and uplift. Be frm witb your furnace, but always gentle. Some Persons imagine that the way to make @ furnace bebave properly is to first shake it violently and then man! 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 up- lift than does a furnace fire. When in the early morning you wish to arouse the furnace fire from its slumbers, you should first sbake 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 @ minute the fire will be wide awake and in good Lumor, laughing and stick- ing out its tongues of flame at you in merriment. Never swear at your furnace, no mat- ter 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 sou? It is advis- able to take the directly opposite tack. 1 know a man who always addresses his furnace as “sweetheart” or “dar- ing.” and be 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 bammering my fire to pieces. But, anyway, the re- sults are excellent. Savvy ?"—Lee Ship bey in Judge. Aisle on the Car In a Wreck. A veteran railroad man gave a plece of valuable advice not long ago. “If you ever get into a wreck,” he said, “and bave time to follow out this Suggestion, remember this: Always stand in the aisle. Most of the injuries that are suffered occur because the vic- tim is crushed between the seats. If you are in the aisle you may be thrown forward and bruised a Uttle. but there is much less chance of receiving seri- ous burts. It isn't always possible to get out of your seat before the crash comes, but if it is follow that advice.” —Pittsburgb Press. —— Dome of the Reck. The name “Dome of the Rock” is one that bas been conferred on the celebrated mosque of Omar, at Jeru- salem. It stands on Mount Moriah, on the site once occupied by the tem. ple of Solomon. Immediately under its dome an irregular shaped rock pro- Jects above the pavement. This rock was the scene of many Scriptural events and bas been greatly revered for ages by Jews and Mobammedana Tools, Not Toys. Flimmer—Met Umson downtown to- day. He'd just bought a tin born, a triangle, some blocks, a rattle box. some sleigh bells and a popgun | didn’t know be bad a baby. Flamson —He hasn't. He's a vaudeville trap Grummer. ‘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 Dulpit Bible, announced as his text: “Itt L Be not afraid.” —___. A good horse, ee according to an Arab srece “nea fast ee stand pertecty erect upon when trom a shallow pool. drtaking ed As we grow less young the aged gs A ta paid ee aut x7 | ia VOTE FOR &] Oscar DePrieg Regular Republican Condid ste for ALDERMAN OF THE ind Wary Endorsed by the Regular 2nd Warg ccem=0Republican Organizationcmeg Shat the natives of Nizeria are Pable of advanced forms of education is apparently proved by this little tat dent told by Constance Larymore ig “A Resident's Wife In Nigeria” “My busband told me that in te course of the patrol they passed through a valley where the inbabitany Of the rocks and hills above appareat ly made their homes in boies and caves. One member of the party idly asked what was the scientific name for cave dwellers, the word baring slipped his memory for the momest No one appeared to be able to supply the word. But then the native tater Preter, plodding along bebind. came up, saying: “Pardon me, sir. Don't soe mean troglodytes? “The Englishman, amazed, astet where he bad ever heard such a wont and ‘George’ replied placidly, ‘I was reading a dictionary one day and saw it’ “I cannot imagine myself reading 2 German or Italian dictionary for pless re and storing in my mind for furare use conversationally a specially uw usual scientific term. 1 only wish | could.” ities tiie i The ancient Spartans paid as wach attention to the rearing of men as cat tle dealers in this country and England 1m modern times do to the breeding of cattle. They took charge of érmnes ‘and looseness of men’s flesh, and rege lated the degree of fatness to which it was lawful, in a free state, for say citizen to extend bis body. Those who dared to grow too fat or too soft for military exercise and the — of Sparta were soundiy whip In one particular instance, that of Nauelis, the son of Polytus, the offend er was brought before the Ephori and a meeting of the whole people of Sper ta, at whieb his unlawful fatness was publicly exposed, and he was threat ened with perpetual banishment if be did not bring bis body within the rez ular Spartan compass and give up bis culpable mode of living. which was de elared to be more worthy of av foniap than a son of Lacedaemon.—Philade! phia Inquirer. , oe __ Britain was on the verze of # bread famine during the Napoleonic a and in 1800 a law was enacted probil- iting the sale of bread till it had bee» out of the oven at least twenty-four hours. “Fodd was so searce and dest.” writes F. W. Hackwood, “that & pF ‘ton of the population refused to starve im silence, and rioting broke out 2 many parts of England. * * * A rot! grant of £500 was made to one Thomss ‘Toden to enable him to prosecute # dis covery made by him of a ‘paste’ #8 ¢ substitute for wheat flour. * * * Th unfortunate seamen fizhting Grest Britain's battle on the high seas bad to subsist on biscuits so badiy made that when the weevils were knocked out there often remained nothing Det empty shells.” A plentiful harvest te following year saved the situation London Standard. “Decimation.” trap| 4 popular error which rerum © t of| Unvarying regularity whenecer mt tary engagements are reported is OF ‘Use of the word “decimated” to imlls @ crushing defeat or something 5° ture,| Proaching annihilation. Yet. as # O rtain | Ment’s consideration of the real meen the| ig of the word suifices to sbow. rert.| Word ts 90 used quite erroneots!) “Decimation” means the destruction of ‘one-tenth part of the force involved. and the lose of one in ten. thoug® 5 trap] ficlentiy serious, certainly does 5% ctty | Mean anything like that wholesle 2 king{ struction usually meant when - mation” ta talked of. Losses of m8 three oF one tn four have beeD ygea | © by forces which stil maintained thetr cohesion and discipline-Wer tainster Gasetta Woman's World Ex-President Cleveland's Daughter Studying Nursing. Miss Esther Cleveland is a member of the class in nursing which is conducted at the central branch of the Young Women's Christian association, New York. Many other young women of society are included in the class. Among them are Mrs. De Lancey Nicoll and Miss Elizabeth Hilben, daughter of the president of Princeton university. Many of the women of the class expect to put their knowledge to practical use by nursing wounded soldiers of the allied armies in France and England. This class has always been a popular one, and this year it has been especially so with women of society. Many of the members have friends whose chateaux in France or country houses in the south of England have been turned into convalescent hospitals, and it is to these homes, as a rule, that the graduate trained attendants will make their way next spring. Miss Esther is the eldest of the late President Cleveland's children. She was a White House baby. Born in 1883, she is now twenty-one years old. She has always been exceedingly popular in Princeton, where the family make their home. The former Mrs. Cleveland, who married a second time, is now Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY FAVORS. For the Washington's birthday dinner favor, souvenir or gift pretty and appropriate boxes are shown in the shops. Two popular designs are pictured here. One of them is a box FANCE CANDY BOXES. surmounted by a doll's head, tricked out with flowing locks and a long beard to represent Yankee Doodle or that famous personage known as Uncle Sam. The other box is a miniature drum with crossed drumsticks on the side, tied together with red, white and blue ribbon. The head of the drum may be removed and the interior filled with candles. Light Window Shades If in doubt what kind of shades to select for your windows use cream shades, not a dead white, and you will be pleased with the effect both from the inside and out. A good quality of "Holland" shade in cream with no trimming whatever beyond a good cord to raise and lower it by is a good choice in shades. The cream pebble dash with brown trimmings is always good and equally so with dark green trim. Silks For Spring. With plain pongee is used flowered pongee, the latter being employed for the long sleeves, the girdle and skirt trimming. Of course there are foulards in striped, checked and flowered designs, and lovely crapes and soft taffetas lend variety to the choice for spring dresses and semi-tailored costumes. Milady's Mirror Oatmeal For the Skin. Never wash the face just before going out into the fresh air or just after coming in. Nothing is more injurious to the skin. Washing the face with oatmeal takes off the greasy look and leaves the skin like velvet. A few drops of ammonia in the water with which the face is bathed is also excellent for an oily skin and gives a fresh coloring by bringing the blood to the surface. If the skin has already too much color borax should be used in place of the ammonia. When the face is constantly pale bathe it in cold water, rub briskly with a soft towel and apply daily the following preparation: Two ounces of glycerin, one ounce of diluted liquid ammonia and four ounces of water. Rub well into the skin, then wipe carefully. If any irritation is felt the glycerin should be increased. The following lotion will be found the most satisfactory and the least harmful of any of the preparations for softening and whitening the skin: Boil two tablespoonfuls of fine oatmeal in sufficient soft water to make a thin gruel and strain carefully. When cool add a lemon with a dessertspoonful of wine. Keep on the toilet table, making a fresh supply once in about ten days. Bathe the face with this every night before retiring. Do not wipe entirely off, but leave the skin a little damp. In the morning wash in tepid water and oatmeal in the proportion of a tablespoonful of oatmeal to a quart of water. Dry the face thoroughly and put on thinly a little cold cream. Care of the Face. Daily attention to the face is the price of beauty. With the tips of the fingers massage the forehead from temple to temple with a rotary motion, then glide down to the chin and work upward from the chin close to the side of the nose to the eyes. Glide down again, each time a little further back, and repeat the motion until the face has been covered. Next work under the eyes with the middle finger from the nose outward to the corners of the eyes. Remember that the movement should be rotary and always up and out toward the ears. A good cleansing cream should be used on the face at least once a day. Water and soap do not remove the dust sufficiently well. Such a cream may be made as follows: Take and combine oil of sweet almonds, four ounces; white vaseline, one ounce; white wax, one ounce, and extract of violets, ten drops. To prepare an excellent massage cream take oil of sweet almonds, three ounces; lanoline, one ounce; cucumber juice, two drums, white wax, two drums; spermacetol, two drums; tincture of benzol, thirty drops, and oil of rose, ten drops. Mechanical massage will reduce a double chin. Lemon Juice as a Beautifier Lemon Juice as a Beautifier. To bleach the skin and nails of sunburn, to refine coarse pores and soften the skin, lemon juice is invaluable. Where the juice is too astringent, as is the case where the skin is very sensitive, add a little glycerin, rosewater or witch hazel. See that the proportions are not over one-third strength. Dip the finger tips in the juice and rub over the hands, or take a bit of absorbent cotton, allowing it to dry on for five minutes; then wash off in warm water and a soap containing a bleaching astringent, such as elderflower, benzoin, boric acid or similar specifics. Direct application of the lemon juice is more effective. Do not remove all the juice. Slice the four sides of the lemon so that it lays flat and readily reaches all crevices in the nails. When the wrists or arms are also in need of renovation apply the same treatment there, otherwise a ring of tan is sure to show. Hollows Under the Eyes. Hollows under the eyes can be filled out by correct massage. Apply a good skin food, place the first finger on the eyelid close to the nose, move halfway to the ear, coming back under the eye to the starting point. This is an effective treatment for crow's feet, since it irons them flat and smooths the grooved cuticle. Sluggish circulation, general malnutrition of the body, worry, loss of sleep and a rundown constitution will bring hollows under the eyes. Therefore put yourself on a rational diet, rest all you can, exercise out of doors every day and take a refreshing bath every morning. Eyebrow Tonic. A good tonic for the eyebrows is made with two ounces of red vaseline, one dram of tincture of cantharides, fifteen drops of oil of lavender, fifteen drops of the oil of rosemary. Apply night and morning with a tiny brush. This can also be used on the eyelashes, but must not be allowed to get in the eyes, since any oily preparation will inflame them. For a Tall or Short Woman. The tall woman may lessen her height with tucks; the short woman may lengthen hers with pitsils. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 6, 1915 FOR SLENDER WOMEN. Though Somewhat Passe, the Tunic Has Many Charms. GAUZE AND SATIN BOBE Fashion is expected to swing away from the tunic, but many tunics and tiered gowns will doubtless be worn for a time. Certain designers still favor them, and certain types of women still find them becoming. There is no doubt that they are a boon to the very slim. The gown pictured here is an evening model in satin with silver embroidered overdress of gauze. A drapery of the embroidered gauze over the shoulders maintains the sleeveless effect. Charming and artistic, this gown is of almost Greek simplicity in line. SPRING HATS. Manufacturers Are Making Up a Great Line of Attractive New Straws. In regard to spring fashions the Millinery Trade Review says: Of straw materials the fine milans, hems, lisere, leghorn and tagal come in for their usual share of prominence in the development of high priced hats. A new tubular braid that is described as lemon or barnyard straw is prominently featured. This last named material makes up a very smart blocked hat, and there is every possibility of its being extensively used. New spring hats are shown developed of plaited raffia, which comes in squares and is especially clever in the making up of hand made models. Gelatin straw braid also promises to be popular. This is of very glossy appearance, with an exceedingly rough surface. The combination of straw braids with fabrics of various textures is a happy addition to the list of novelties shown, among which faille taffeta, and satin are used, as well as chiffon and geogette crape. In the development of midsummer hats this last named fabric makes a strong bid for favor. Horsehair lace braid was much used last spring, and comprehensive lines show a few of these models, which are naturally of the hand made type. Tennis and Golf Skirts For spring tennis and golf there have been provided pleated and gored skirts of serge, of gabardine and of linen, very short as to length and wide as to hem. They find their complement in the tailored shirtwaists of silk or linen, made with faring collar, completed by a Windsor tie of some brightly figured silk. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY MENU. Inexpensive porcelain and pressed glassware of colonial pattern are better suited to a Washington birthday celebration than the finest china and glassware are of other designs. The following is a most palatable and appropriate luncheon menu: Sweet Pickles. Olives. Chicken Fricassee with Biscuits. Sweetbreads. Mushroom Sauce. Asparagus Tips. Potato Croquettes. Celery. Cherry and Almond Salad. Frozen Custard. Hatchet Cookies. Coffee. The fruit cocktail is made without liquor. Mix bananas, pineapples and oranges, all cut into convenient pieces. Season with lemon juice and sugar and serve in cocktail glasses with a couple of candied cherries on the top of each. The bread sticks may be tied with red, white and blue ribbon, and in each potato croquette a tiny flag may be stuck. The frozen custard should be served in little round balls (cannon), with a tiny flag stuck in each. C. WHITE VOILE GOWN. Among the white fabrics which will be popular for the spring afternoon frock one may mention voile with a good deal of confidence, since the majority of fashion designers look upon this fabric with favor. One has a charming example of its use in the gown illustrated, which is an afternoon creation suitable for the smart tea, luncheon, bridge or the informal dance. The gown is of white voile, cleverly embroidered with black and with the wide girdle and sash of black velvet ribbon. One notices with interest the narrow plaiting which trims the little jacket and appears in three undulating lines on the skirt. The hat is a wide brimmed spring model, well adapted for Easter wear. Shoes For Spring. Shoe styles show a distinct trend toward the military type of button and lace boots in women's high footwear, with the button boot characterized by military braids and eagle brass buttons, says the Dry Good Economist. In low shoes for women the short tongue colonial and the small tongue pump will predominate, closely followed by novelty strap effects in the medium grades. The gaiter effect will be carried into low shoes, and black and white combinations will be received with much favor. In men's shoes the tendency is toward the larger use of the cloth top button boots. Convenience In Scales The new spring scales for household and nursery use have an adjustable tube which makes it possible to weigh the contents of a box or basket hung on the hook without having to deduct the weight of the empty receptacle. The empty basket is hung on the hook first by itself and the inner tube scale adjusted to the "O" mark. Then whatever is to be weighed is placed in the basket and the weight is registered. Apple Batter Pudding. Take six cooking apples and peel and core them without slicing. Now fill up the cavities with sugar and cloves. Have ready a good light batter, and when you have placed the apples in a buttered dish pour this over. them One and a half hours' baking in a moderate oven is necessary. WHAT THE COOK BOOK SAYS. If you would have your fried eggs look pink and beautiful fry them one at a time in a good deal of fat and give them your undivided attention. As they are cooking take a spoon and continually pour the hot fat over them until they are done. An egg that is a little stale is almost sure to break its yolk when it is put into the pan. You can warm over meat much more quickly if you wrap it in greased paper. The steam will prevent the meat from becoming hard and dry. A very quick way to cool a hot liquid is to pass it through a clean cloth saturated with cold water. And if the liquid is soup no trace of grease will remain. Pickles will never become moldy if you put a tiny bag of mustard in the top of the receptacle in which they are kept. Don't forget to close the refrigerator door each time you use the box. The ice will last much longer. To keep pancakes from being greasy and flabby do not have the batter too thick, and be sure that the fat is piping hot. Points for Mothers Presidential Game. "Who's who?" is a good game for Feb. 22. One may easily obtain penny pictures of United States presidents. Secure about six sets of, say, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. Paste these pictures on cardboard. Then cut them in quarters and shuffle them together on a large table. Let the contestants work in couples around the large table. To the couple who first succeed in completing a set goes an appropriate prize, such as a neatly framed print of Washington for the boy and a box of candy tied with a patriotic ribbon for the girl. Naming the presidents is an instructive games. The children choose sides for this just as in the old fashioned spelling match. After the sides have been chosen the hostess names one side Republican, the other Democratic. She tells them she wants to find out which party is most familiar with the full names of the presidents of the United States from George Washington down to Woodrow Wilson. Paper and pencil are provided each contest. The winning party, of course, is the one whose papers show the greater number of correctly named presidents. This game may be followed by an individual contest on the naming of all the states in the Union, the prize going to the one who first completes the task. Nursery Play Tray. A truly invaluable nursery possession is a tray of sand which will fit upon a child's small table or even rest solidly upon the floor. The tray should have upright borders not less than four inches in height—and a little higher is better—and should contain a heap of clean sand. This, when slightly moistened, can be "built" into all manner of fascinating objects, from the elementary "castle" of babyhood to a complete railway line, with station, bridges and tunnel, through which toy trains can be run, or the daintiest of miniature gardens planted with twigs and leaves and bordered with massive "rocks" formed of stones, over which more flowers will trail, or a fortified town in which the soldiers, with cannon and the rest—naturally so popular this year—can attack and defend to the endless amusement of the young owner. This tray need take up no appreciable room when not in use, for the little owner can soon be taught to scoop the sand up and put it in a closed receptacle. Then the empty tray may stand quite out of the way until the next time it is used. Washington's Birthday Party. At a children's party one hostess supplied the little girls with colonial caps patterned after the kind that Martha Washington affected, with a fuchi or kerchief made of white crape paper. A belt, a sword and a cocked hat were given to each small boy. Thus adorned, the youngsters were seated at a round table, in the center of which was a huge Jack Horner cherry pie made of red crape paper and trimmed in artificial cherries and surmounted with figures of George and Martha. From this centerpiece extending to every child's plate were narrow red ribbons. At the hostess' signal the pie was opened, every child pulled on his ribbon and extracted from the pie a little prize. Cherry Tree Game. Cutting down the cherry tree is an amusing game for Washington's birthday. A small tree or shrub from which all the lower branches have been cut is set in a deep box of sand and two strong cleats nailed to it on each side and to the top edge of the box. Each contestant is blindfolded, given a small toy hatchet and told to cut down the tree. If he succeeds in knocking it down, which he can do if he strikes exactly parallel with the cleats, he receives as a prize one of the imitation bark covered stumps dilled with bonbons. The fun of the game is in watching the ridiculous antics of the contestants in hitting out at empty air. Nice Hair Ribbons. A little girl's hair ribbon musses very quickly if tied each time it is used. Instead of tying make the ribbon into a bow and tie the latter to the hair with a short piece of baby ribbon, the same color as the bow, slipped through the knot. By this means the bow is fastened to the hair securely and is always kept fresh. Keeping Baby In Bed. To prevent a baby from rolling off a bed spread a large cotton quilt or piece of denim between the springs and the mattress, letting it hang over the sides to a depth of twenty inches or more. Sew strong tapes firmly to each corner of the quilt or cloth, turn upward and then tie securely to the bedposts. Drying Children's Hair Drying the children's hair will not take half as long if the towels are heated. With a radiator it is a simple matter to keep several towels warm, and by using them in rotation it is surprising how fast the hair may be dried. Do not have them too hot, but quite warm. PAGE THREE For the Children Little Miss Brown All. Ready For the Plunge. Photo by American Press Association. Among a score or so of girl swimmers who took part in the racing and diving contests at the recent Sportsman's Show in New York city none attracted so much attention as Miss Catherine Brown. She was the youngest of the lot and surely the handsomest. Miss Catherine is only five years old, but she has been an expert swimmer ever since she was able to walk. Her father, Commodore Alfred Brown of the American Life Saving society, is a professional swimmer, and he used to take Catherine out in Flushing bay when she was a baby. In fact, she is not much more than that yet. But under his tutelage she has become an expert diver and is able to swim long distances. Her home is in Flushing, a part of New York city. Washington's Birthday, Old Style Of course we of the present day wouldn't even dream of allowing the 22d of February to pass without observing it as the birthday of George Washington. But there was a time when it was not celebrated on that day. This was due to the fact that some of the states kept the old style calendar long after sister states and other countries had changed to the new. So we find as late as 1815 the 11th of February being observed as his birthday. In that year a stone to mark his birthplace was set up in Westmoreland county. Va., bearing the inscription, "Here the 11th of February, 1732, George Washington was born." George Washington's Way. Boys and girls, you can learn this among the many lessons derived from Washington's life and actions. Washington believed in the equality of things. Once he was traveling with his servant and stopped at an inn. When the landlord handed him the bill he found the charge to be 3s. 9d. for himself and only 3 shillings for his servant. "How is this?" asked Washington. "My servant eats as much as I." And he paid the extra ninepence to the astonished host. Washington's Great Feat. Two boys were standing on the water's edge of the Potomac. The bigger boy was bragging of his uncle as a great pitcher. "Why, do you know," he said, "he could stand here and throw a stone clear across the river. Did you ever hear of such a feat before?" "Sure!" exclaimed the other. "George Washington chucked a king clear across the Atlantic ocean." Sayings of Washington. Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better to be alone than in bad company. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few. Let those be well tried before you give them your confidence. Washington's First Command. The first military command held by the future commander of the continental army was that of a cornstalk brigade. Toy guns and swords were luxuries unheard of in the colonies, and when the boys wished to become soldiers they armed themselves with cornstalks. Geographical Names. What is known as the "hollow land?" Holland. What is known as the "prospect mountain?" Montevideo. What is known as the "swift river?" Tallapoosa, Ala. What is known as the "cat's throat?" Cattegat. Charade. Soft and still o'er the woods and fields My first unto Aurora yields. 'Neath the oak's wide spreading bough, Seeking second, come the cows. Grows my whole in hedges high; He who eats the fruit will die. Answer: Night, shade—nightshade. PAGE FOUR PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Cathelica, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Takers, Baptistians, 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. $2.00. Six Months. 1.00. Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 8027 FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILL PHONE DREXEL 4800. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1903, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. REPORT OF THE ILLINOIS STATE COMMISSION. (Concluded from page 1) the pay roll of the commission and lifts out forty-five to fifty dollars per month of the taxpayers' money for doing nothing; that H. J. Buckingham, who claims to be the private secretary to the sainted Bishop Samuel Fallow, the ex-some kind of a saloon owner and keeper, receives one hundred dollars per month salary for his doubtful services; that the Western Trade Journal, which is published in this city and it has not one dozen readers among the Colored people in any part of the country, got its clutches on to seventy-five dollars of the people's money for advertising the celebration; that the New York Age, which is published in that eastern city, received twenty-two dollars for whitewashing and slobbering over the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann, who as secretary of the commission manages each month to grab off forty to sixty dollars in easy money in the way of pickings and so on; and if there is one thing that will forever prevent the Hon. Edward F. Dunne from entering the kingdom of heaven it will be because of the fact that he was so short-sighted and weak-minded enough to select the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph.D., D.D., and the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann to blow in the taxpayers' money and to boss the Illinois State Commission. It will also be noted that Mrs. Joanna Snowden-Porter, one of the probation officers of the Juvenile Court, is credited up with $16.71 for expenses as one of the employees of the commission; that the Hon. J. Gray Lucas, one of the leading Afro-American attorneys in this section of the country, who drew the bill asking for the appropriation of the $25,000 for the celebration, had to fight like everything in order to come into the possession of the $50 to pay him for his legal talent and labor. In view of the fact that the pay roll of the State Commission amounts to $700 or $800 per month with other useless expenditures of large sums of money which runs to about $1,000 per month, neither branch of congress nor the legislature of Illinois should appropriate one dollar for the celebration until the reckless squandering of the taxpayers' money in that direction that they should see to it that the State Commission must be reorganized; that Messrs. Swann and Carey, who have not the respect nor the confidence of the people in general, must be removed from it in order to make the celebration a success. As it has been announced from time to time by the good Bishop Samuel Fallowes that the exposition was to be held at the Eighth Regiment Armory, later on they claimed it would blaze forth in all its glory at the Coliseum; now they claim that it will be held somewhere in the stock yards district. NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. At the meeting of the Negro Fellowship League Sunday afternoon, February 7th, to be held at the Reading Room, 3005 State street, an Abraham Lincoln program will be rendered. The public is cordially invited to be present. The meeting will start promptly at 4 o'clock. Sir C. C. Smallwood, 1912 Dearborn Street; who has for a long time, wended his way back and forth to Los Angeles Cal., on the Pacific limited, on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad; has been resting up from his long run for a short while, and is doing special duty at the Union Station, Adelaide and Canal Streets. --- HON. ROBERT M. SWEITZER, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO, STANDS SQUARELY ON A CLEAR-CUT PLATFORM. Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, one of the most popular German-Americans in this neck of the woods and democratic candidate for mayor of Chicago, to be voted for at the primaries Tuesday, February 23d, who feels dead sure that he will put all the other candidates seeking that office out of the running, squarely stands on the following platform which is bound to cause many thousand of people to rally to his support. "For years," says Mr. Sweitzer in his platform, "a false atmosphere around the Chicago mayoralty has been cultivated sedulously. Promises of great things tomorrow have been employed to forestall demand for action on the obvious needs of today." Conditions in the police department, Mr. Sweitzer says, are a striking example of the evil which follows incompetent, insincere, or dishonest supervision and direction. Blame for Police Conditions. Blame for Police Conditions. "The mayor of Chicago is the head of Chicago's police department," the platform charges, "as he is the head of all other city departments. The chief of police, or any other city department heads, holds office as long as he runs his department the way the mayor wants him to run it, and no longer. "For the out of joint conditions of Chicago's police department," says the platform, "the mayor of Chicago, and he alone, must accept responsibility on one hand or the other. Either he knows, and has known, its condition and wants it to be as it is, or he is blindly indifferent. Either way, he is unfit for his responsibilities." Heavy Tax Rate. For waste, extravagance, and inefficiency in the management of the city government, the platform charges responsibility to the mayor. "Under the first budget made after the present mayor went out of office in 1903," the document says, "city expenditures totaled $39,340,380, or $19.63 per capita. Under the last city budget made before he came back into office expenditures totaled $49,941,462, or $22.40 per capita, an increase of $2.77 per capita in six years. "Under this mayor, and in the short space of four years, the city's expenditure has grown from $49,941,462 to $89,800,005, or a per capita rate of $36.65, the amount carried in the budget just passed—a gross increase of $39,858,543, and an increase per capita of $14.25. What have we got for it? Think it over." Transportation Problem. On the transportation issue the platform says street cars are for the use and benefit of the public—not private conveyances to use once in four years for a return trip to the city hall. "This question has no place in politics," Mr. Sweitzer argues. "Let us take it out and keep it out. Let us pay attention to it each day of every year. That is the first essential step to better service. "The present administration is promoting attack upon the ordinances of 1907, which have brought nearly $14,000,000 into the city treasury, and have given street car users universal transfers and transportation from any part of the city to any other part for one fare. This is an attempt to dismember our transportation facilities and return to separate systems and double fares. It is an attempt to revive the old game of playing politics—and worse—with the transportation question. And back of this is a still more sinister attempt to make the board of supervising engineers a political organization." Opposes Politics in Schools. Opposes Politics in Schools. Mr. Sweitzer believes that if the city cannot get relief from financial waste, excessive taxation, and multiplicity of taxing in any other way, there should be a constitutional convention. Turning then to school matters, the candidate says: "The board of education is another branch of city government that should be kept entirely out of politics. If I am elected, members of that board will be chosen for their fitness and character, and not to please particular political cliques, and there will be no suggestion of private traffic in school sites." Busses and Garbage Wagons. Alley cleaning and the motor bus proposition are coupled together by the candidate in this way: "Our present rainbow painting administration, by a simple twist of the wrist, can find $3,000,000 for motor busses further to congest the already overcrowded downtown streets; but it cannot find enough money to buy needed garbage wagons, so that the city's wastes must be left to rot in the alleys and breed disease. I commend this situation particularly to the attention of our women voters." Robert J. Roulston, 436 W. 61st Place Vice President of McNeal, Higgins Company, wholesale grocers, State and South Water Streets; has been indisposed at his home for a few days past. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 6, 1915. ```markdown ``` MR. ERNIST HEIMMEL Strong and influential German-American, first-class business man and democratic candidate for city clerk of Chicago, to be voted for at the primaries, Tuesday, February 23d. NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS. Furnished by the National Negro Business League. The late Mrs. Ellen Bransford, of Little Rock, Arkansas, better known as "Aunt Ellen" left $6,000 to the Negro Lutheran Church of the city. She had been working as a domestic since the Civil War and invested wisely in real estate. Solomon Harper, a Colored man, has invented an automatic signal and safety device for trains. Representative Colored men of New York City have organized a company called the National Grand Control Signal Company which will take charge and promote the sales. John E. Nail is the president. Mr. E. G. Charleston, a Colored undertaker of Charleston, South Carolina, has erected a $10,000 office building in that city. The Philadelphia (Pa.) Courant has a published "black list" of advertisements which they refuse. The list includes liquor, cure-all medicines, clairvoyants, fake land sales and all advertisements which hold the race up to ridicule. The Railway Employees Protective Association was organized in Nashville, Tennessee, recently. This is an organization of Colored men from all sections of the country. The National Negro Business League has issued a call for the observance of a National Negro Health Week, March 21 to 27th. The Provident Association of St. Louis has been organized to relieve the poor and destitute of that city. The Colored people have already contributed more than $200. At the First Baptist Church, Newport News, Virginia, a special Business Men's Service was held last Sunday. "Negro business: how to build it up and how to tear it down" was the subject selected by Rev. C. D. Henderson, the pastor. The Standard American Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Houston, Texas, made a very creditable showing for its first six months of operation. Dr. M. W. Dogan is president. The Farmer's Co operative Mercantile Company, of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, has just closed the most successful year in its history. The books showed a total business for the year of $32,210.51. The Torchlight, of Danville, Kentucky, has installed a "service department at its office which supplies all kinds of local information, such as names of persons having rooms to rent or who wish to take boarders. It also proposes to be a guide for shoppers. This service is designed to help both their advertisers and readers. Colored business men of Des Moines, Iowa, have organized the Iowa Realty Investment Company with S. Joe Brown as the secretary. Mr. Brown is also secretary of the Local Negro Business League. Henry E. Burris, for twenty-five years a carrier in the postoffice at Rock Island, Illinois, was recently tendered a banquet by other carriers in his city. Speeches of appreciation were delivered by the Postmaster and Assistant Postmaster. The City Federation of Women's Clubs, will give an art exhibit, at Johnson's Dreamland Hall 3520 South State Street, Thursday evening February 18. Prizes will be awarded to those selling the largest number of tickets. Admission 10 cents. THE RECITAL BY MISS MAUDE J. ROBERTS WAS A VERY CLASSY AND SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR. Thursday evening Miss Maude J. Roberts, soprano, assisted by C. Cecil Cohen, gave her recital at Abraham Lincoln Center, Oakwood boulevard and Langley avenue. Despite the fact that the weather was very unpleasant, the auditorium was filled by the many friends and admirers of Miss Roberts, who possesses an exceedingly rich and pleasing soprano voice. The affair in every way was very classy and successful. Mr. Devries, her instructor, accompanied her on the piano. It was the first time in sixteen years that he has appeared before the public with any of his pupils, and he was so highly pleased with her singing that several times after the conclusion of some of her numbers he warmly grasped her by the hand, while both of them gracefully bowed before the audience. Miss Roberts received a half a wagon load of rare and beautiful flowers from many of those who were completely captivated by her singing. Carey B. Lewis, manager of the affair, was so well pleased over its success that he conducted himself like a French dancing master. The following program was rendered: Mr. Cohen: Aufsehwung, Schumann. Miss Roberts: (a) A Pastoral (from the Opera Rosalinda), Veracini; (b) Ah, Love, but a Day, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach; (c) They Call Me Mimi (La Boheme), Puccini; (d) Romance, Claude Debussy. Mr. Cohen: (a) Romance, Op. 16, No. 2, Gliere; (b) Poeme, Op. 32, No. 2, Seriabene. Miss Roberts: (a) Pourquoi (Lakme), Leo Delibes; (b) Bonjour Suzon, Herman Devries; (c) Le Meilleu Moment des Amours, Herman Devries; (d) Tu Verras, Herman Devries. Mr. Devries at the piano. Mr. Cohen: Finale, Op. 13, No. 12, Schumann. Miss Roberts: Surrender, St. Niewiadomski; One Fine Day (Madame Butterfly), Puccini; Vissi d'Arte, Vissi d'Amore (Tosea), Puccini; The Vain Suit, Johannes Brahms. OSCAR DePRIEST STILL LEADS IN THE RACE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD. The eight republican candidates for the nomination for alderman of the second ward, five White candidates and three Colored candidates, are fighting among themselves like so many mad dogs and cats, and if the fight continues to grow hotter and hotter and more bitter between them it will be very hard to tell just where it will end, for so far more ill or bad feeling has found its way into the republican aldermanic contest in that ward than at any of the other fights in that direction in the past. In the midst of all the fighting, back-biting, double-crossing or double-dealing Hon. Oscar DePriest, the regular republican candidate for alderman of that ward, who has the solid backing of Congressman Martin B. Madden, State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson and all the other strong leaders among both races in the second ward, continues to wage a manly fight for the nomination prize and his army of loyal supporters among all classes of his fellow citizens, as well as himself, feel confident that on Tuesday, February 23d, that he will come in under the wire ahead of all of his republican opponents and capture the nomination for alderman of the second ward. Fenton Johnson, the poet, author of "A Little Dreaming" son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Johnson, 3026 Vernon Avenue; who is making his home in New York City; visited his parents and friends in this city the past week. Rev. J. E. Heywood, The Energetic and Hard Working Pastor of the Salem Baptist Church, Enters the Contest, with a Promising Start that Threatens the Leaders THREE WEEKS MORE Only three weeks and then the contest is finished. Now is the time to get out and hustle. Work hard and devote all the available time to the contest. Sufficient energy applied to the contest within the next three weeks is bound to show results, providing you are energetic enough. March 2, 1915 should be the happiest day of your life. One of you will wake up to find SCALE O $ 2.00 One Year 4.00 Two Years 6.00 Three Years 8.00 Four Years 10.00 Five Years SCALE OF VOTES. $ 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., F... Rev. J. W. Robinson, 4925 Wabash Ave... Rev. W. S. Braddan (chaplain 8th Reg... Miss Pauline D. Owens, Mounds, Ill... Miss Hattie Winslow, 3535 South Wab... Henry Humphrey, 3607 State street... Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhodes Ave... Rev. J. E. Heywood, D.D. (Pastor Salem... Alma G. Rowens, 3228 Calumet Ave... Miss Stella E. McCoy, 6155 Wentworth 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..... 47,900 votes Miss Pauline D. Owens, Mounds, Ill..... 43,790 votes Miss Hattie Winslow, 3535 South Wabash Ave..... 43,470 votes Henry Humphrey, 3607 State street..... 31,000 votes Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhodes Ave..... 21,000 votes Rev. J. E. Heywood, D.D. (Pastor Salem Bap. Ch), 151 W. 30th St..... 20,000 votes Alma G. Rowens, 3228 Calumet Ave..... 8,000 votes Miss Stella E. McCoy, 6155 Wentworth Ave..... 5,000 votes ST. MARK CHURCH NEWS My Sons, be not negligent; for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him. Preaching from the above text on last Sunday morning Rev. John W. Robinson, stirred St. Mark congregation with a keener sense of christian responsibility. The pastor is rallying his forces to succeed in the dedication of the "New Church" which is planned for Sunday March 14, 1915. "The City Federation of Womens Club" will celebrate "Douglas Day" at St. Mark M. E. Church. Fiftieth Street and Wabash Ave. Sunday March. 14th. A splendid program will be rendered, owing to this extra program the Lyceum will open at 3:30 P. M.. The principal speakers for the occasion will be Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Rev. John W. Robinson, pastor. All are cordially invited. "The Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episopal Church, will be the feature of the morning services on Sunday morning, in which an appeal will be made to raise money for the support and maintenance of its schools in the South for the purpose of "Negro Education," genuine interest should be shown. St. Mark has opened a day nursery at 47 West 47th Street, known as "The Wanita Day Nursery," and is proving very helpful. The feature of Friday night class meetings is the role call, next Friday night will be the call of classes 8 and 9. Prof. W. Henry Thomas, dramatic instructor of New York will give a recitation at St. Mark Church on Tuesday night Feb. 9, a large audience is to be expected. 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 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. yourself famous. One of you will find yourself not only the most popular person in the state, but the proud passenger of a $1,500 five passenger touring car. And to receive the auto signifies that you are the best liked, the most popular, and the hardest working candidate that competed for the prizes. 1,000 votes 3,000 votes 6,000 votes 10,000 votes 15,000 votes 95,660 votes Flat 6. 76,300 votes Ave., Pastor St. Mark's Ch... 71,940 votes (g.), 5008 Fifth Ave. 47,000 votes 43,790 votes bash Ave. 43,470 votes 31,000 votes Ave. 21,000 votes m Bap. Ch), 151 W. 30th St. 20,000 votes 8,000 votes th Ave. 5,000 votes His office and residence are still at the old stand, 3401 S. State street. Hours, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Phone Douglas 1234, automatic 71-729. HYDE PARK NEWS. Mrs. Annie Sykes, of 5029 Lake Park avenue, who has been siek for quite a while, is getting better, but slowly. Mr. John Lowe, Jr., of 5212 Lake Park avenue, one of the night clefs of the Hyde Park post office, had a very bad accident Sunday evening. On entering his room, stooping down to put away his music, he struck his eye and is now in the Ill. Eye and Ear Hospital. Mr. Kennett Williams, of 5508 Lake Park avenue, graduated from the Bay school. We are very proud to know that the young men of Hyde Park are taking advantage of the opportunities afforded them. Rev. J. E. Carter preached at the Hyde Park A. M. E. church Sunday evening. He took for his text the second epistle of Paul, the apostle's letter to the Corinthians, first chapter and third verse. Mrs. John Williams, Sr., 5408 Kenwood avenue, is sick and confined to her bed. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Eva Raymore is still very sick. Court General Robert Elliott No 7895 A. O. F. held a reception at Woods' Academy, 38th street and Vincennes avenue, Thursday evening. February 4th. The house was crowded to the doors. Many ladies of the court were present. A splendid program was rendered. Monday evening May 4, the Citizens Committee, Col. John R. Marshall, chairman, which meets at the Appomaton Club, 3441 S. Wabash Avenue; will give a grand ball and reception, at the Eight Regiment Armory 35th Street and Forest avenue, for the purpose of reising the money to assist to entertain the delegates and their friends, who wil attend the National Medical Association; which will meet in this city in August. PRINCELY PRIZES IN PRODIGAL PROFUSION SPECIFICATIONS MOTOR--35 horse power. WHEELBASE--116 inches. TIRES--34x4 in. IGNITION--Magneto and dry cells. AXLES--Front axle "I" beam with ball bearings. Rear full floating with ball and roller bearings. WHEELLS--Artillery type, demountable rims and one extra rim. BRAKES--Two sets, both operating on rear wheels. STEERING GEAR--Worm' and gear type with four full positions to take up wear. Irreversible. 18-in. solid walnut wheel. FRAME--Dropped pressed steel, channel section. GEAR RATIO--4 to 1. TREAD--56 in. SPRINGS--Front semi-elliptic and rear full elliptic with scroll ends. CONTROL--Spark and throttle levers at top of steering column. CLUTCH--Multiple disc operating in oil in fly wheel housing. TRANSMISSION--Selective type, three speed forward and reverse. HOW TO ENTER AND WIN A PRIZE It costs you absolutely nothing to enter this contest and win the $1,500.00 Marathon Automobile. You need not be a subscriber you don't need to subscribe to enter and win. To enter and win the $1,500.00 Marathon Touring Car, all you need do is call or phone to the office of our Contest Department, $439 South State Street, Chicago (Phone Douglas 7877), and then proceed as directed. Send in your name on a nomination blank clipped from The Broad Ax. That counts notes and starts you on the way to success. In each issue of The Broad Ax you will find a "Voting Coupon" good for Ten Votes. Ask all your friends to save them for you. It will surprise you the thousands of little "Ten Vote Slips" they will send in for you. Besides these "Vote Coupons" every paid Subscription for one year ($2,00) counts 1,000 votes. 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CASH REGISTER Office of Gift Depart. with DePriest & DePriest, 3439 State Street JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor of The Broad Ax, J. J. CARR, Contest Managers 厚 These Rich Prizes Free For Popular Persons Any Man, Woman Or Child Can Compete "THE BROAD AX" GIFTS TO POPULAR PERSONS ALL PRIZES DELIVERED MARCH 1st,1915. Other Prizes SECOND PRIZE Stephen M. Meyers PLAYER PIANO Value $650. CONTEST OPENED November 1st, 1914 with De THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 6. 1915. Piano NOMINATION COUPON "THE BROAD AX" CONTEST Other Prizes SECOND PRIZE Bought from Stephen M. 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In case of a tie, Prizes of Equal Value will be awarded all tieing Candidates. Votes will be allowed on prepaid subscriptions to THE BROAD AX secured anywhere. Votes will be counted weekly, and hold six days to avoid possibility of error. Errors in scoring must be reported within six days or they will not be considered. To secure the special vote ballots, all money must be sent direct to THE BROAD AX Contest Department. Votes will be issued only at the office of the Contest Department in accordance with Published Schedule of Votes. THE BROAD AX will not be responsible for typographical errors, further than to make necessary corrections. In accepting nominations all candidates must accept and agree to abide by the above conditions. ```markdown ``` ne Douglas 7877 ```markdown ``` Read The Rules Enter Your Name Today PAGE SIX "MOTHER" JONES AND J. D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. Two Extreme Examples of Social Conditions Meet. Extremes meet at times and the other day while they were both testifying before the federal commission on industrial relations "Mother" Jones and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., met and exchanged greetings, and later a conference was arranged between them. "Mother" Jones, who has had some part in every American coal strike of the past twenty-five years and who was imprisoned for her activities at Mrs. Photos by American Press Association. "MOTHER" JONES AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. Ludlow, Colo., congratulated Mr. Rockefeller on the account he had given of himself as a witness. "Thank you." responded Mr. Rockefeller. "I'd like to take up some' of these things with you." And so these two extremes met and talked for an hour at Mr. Rockefeller's office in the Standard Oil building in New York city. After she left the meeting Mother Jones spoke with great cordiality of Mr. Rockefeller and declared that she had misrepresented him, but further said that she did not believe that he fully understood the needs and aspirations of the working people yet. AUSTRIAN HEIR APPARENT. His Influence Is Held Responsible For Count Berchtold's Resignation. It is now asserted that the real reason for the recent resignation of Count Berchtold, the Austrian minister of foreign affairs, was because of opposition to his views led by Carl Franz Josef. The young Austrian heir apparent has been taking a considerable part in political and military affairs since the war began. He presided over M. CARL FRANE JOSEF. a council which declared against Count Berchtold's idea that it was inadvisable to organize a new offensive against Servia and that all available troops should be utilized in strengthening the positions in Galicia and in the Carpathians. The young heir apparent is still an unknown quantity, and his lack of military experience is causing grave apprehension in many quarters. The great age of Francis Josef and the youthfulness of his heir cause concern. SIRES AND SONS. E. S. Rock of Washington is the "double" of President Wilson in features. Ermete Novelli. Italy's greatest living actor, once achieved the feat of playing Hamlet and Charley's Aunt on the same night. Elias Derby of Salem, the first millionaire in the United States, practiced profit sharing with the sailors of his merchant ships. "Marse" Henry Watterson, with a worldwide reputation as a journalist, has still another talent. He is one of the finest piano players in the United States. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Trueblood, general secretary of the American Peace society since 1892, has resigned, owing to failing health, his resignation to go into effect next May. He was born in Indiana in 1847. Myron T. Herrick, former ambassador to France, has been honored with the decoration of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in recognition of his services to the French people while serving in his official capacity. The Grand cross is the highest honor which the French government can bestow. Current Comment. The housewife is never among the unemployed.-Baltimore American. The big difference between war and earthquakes is that there is a way to prevent war.-Detroit Free Press. With eight presidents in less than four years Mexico is graduating from mere vaudeville into a continuous performance of movies.-Philadelphia Ledger. Swiss banks are receiving large deposits of money from various parts of Europe. The thrifty little republic may become a financial center as well as a playground.-Washington Star. Educational Notes. Bryn Mawr, college, Pennsylvania, has an open air study room. The first class of women was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1865. Columbia university again claims the largest registration in this country, having 10,961 students. The University of California is second with 8,481. In Illinois the average salary of the 5,600 men teachers is $722.67 a year. Danish schools do not use a spelling book. Spelling is taught as a part of the reading process. Curious Cullings. Grape fed fox was an old Roman delicacy. The Mohammedan does not wear silk because it is the product of a worm. He regards it as unclean. Two bridges in a city in India are supported on large metal tanks, which float on the water and accommodate themselves to the rise and fall. A gold engagement ring set with a diamond and containing an inscription was recently found tightly fastened around the neck of a partridge shot near Gaschowitz, Bohemia. Town Topics. New York city still has coroners and wooden cars.—Boston Advertiser. When we get our new subway and elevated lines—if we ever do—nobody is going to dare call Philadelphia slow.—Philadelphia Press. More slang that is new and up to date may be heard in Chicago than in any other city, brags a Chicago paper. Well, has anybody any objection to handing that doubtful honor to the Windy City without a struggle?—Cleveland Plain Dealer. BRIGHT BRIEFS. Mexico "never is, but always to be blessed." Nothing in this country is suffering from lack of free advice. Domestic peace is often interrupted over a scrap of green paper. Europe went to war in a taxi, and there's a long bill to be paid. Keeping one eye on a desk motto is as useless as watching the clock. It is well to keep your troubles out of sight if you do not brood over them. Nobody cares whether a man is self-made. It's what he has been made that counts. The announcement that there will be no Nobel peace prize this year sounds like a practical joke. Talking of "a union of the world's armies" establishing peace, have not the allies a pretty fair union now? The Chicago doctor who says love is a disease may have the right diagnosis, but does he know any doctor who can cure it? If you want people to speak well of you do not speak too much of yourself unless you are able to say something worth listening to. For Italy's great catastrophe Italy is in nowise to blame. Some other nations cannot say as much in regard to great catastrophes of their own. If it is to be "Serbia" the capital of Cuba will get up its courage to request us to remove the "v" that the English speaking world has put in its name. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 6, 1915. BIG FAIR READY FOR ITS OPENING First Exposition to Be Completed on Time. THE Panama-Pacific International exposition at San Francisco, opening on Feb. 20, is unique in many ways. Not only is it the greatest exposition in point of magnitude, of thought and labor expended and of cost, but, wonderful to relate, it is ready and waiting for the opening. This is a situation unheard off in the history of world expositions and redoubts greatly to the credit of the officials behind the enterprise. It has fulfilled the prophecy made by its president, Charles C. Moore, over a year ago: "The exposition will be ready." The exposition will be ready. Other records have been established by this exposition. For instance, during the month of December there were 354,000 paid admissions to the grounds, a figure unheard of in other expositions for pre-exposition visitors and a figure that is equal to the total official figures at many fairs for a like period. This is only one indication of the tremendous interest in the fair. It is impossible in a limited space even to give a Homeric catalogue of all the splendid buildings and attractions that go to the making up of this wonderful world's fair. The Panama-Pacific exposition has cost $50,000,000 in money and covers 635 acres, set among towering hills and by a bay which is likened to the bay of Naples. The surrounding region is inviting. San Francisco bay is about the size of Rhode Island, and its shores are dotted with growing cities and towns. Tamaulipa, which only needs a smoking peak to make it a duplicate of Vesuvius, looks down upon the city of dreams from a height of more than 3,000 feet. Berkeley, the seat of a university, with more than 7,000 registered students, and Oakland, Alameda and San Jose are some of the nearby attractions. A larger circle might be drawn to include the Yellowstone, Yosemite and the whole Sierra region replete with matchless scenery, for the CARLOS MAYOR ENTRANCE TO VARIED INDUSTRIES BUILDING. exposition is not only an interpretation of the canal, but also of the greater west. Pertinent points are: To what markets, domestic and foreign, will the San Francisco exposition appeal? What is the character of the trade in these markets and what proportion of it is in merchandise each state and nation can furnish? Will the canal enable manufacturers in any given state to compete on an even or favoring basis with rival producers, domestic or foreign? The determination of these points defines the trade range of the exposition. The direct appeal of the San Francisco exposition will be to all countries bordering on the Pacific and Indian oceans. The indirect appeal will be to the sense of self preservation in European countries. What effect will the war have upon the exposition? The best answer is the decision to open the exposition at the time appointed. It cannot harm the construction, which was 90 per cent completed the day war was declared. It will not deplete the attendance, because travel will be diverted from Europe to the Pacific coast. The three largest nations involved—Great Britain, Germany and Russia—were never counted on as a part of the forty foreign nations. France cabled a few weeks after hostilities began that her appropriation of $400,000 would stand and that she will participate in 1915. German and British participation by individuals gives every sign of continuing with the original plans. South American countries have cabled additional requests for exhibit space, seeing as they do the new alignment of trade and commerce following the war. The loss in representation from Europe will be more than met by a greater representation at home. Some of the cotton states of the south have for the time canceled their exhibit contracts owing to the difficulty of moving the cotton crop, but the New York bankers have pledged a half billion dollars to support the cotton staple, already filling the warehouses of the south, pending the time when the path of commerce will be open on the seas. No, the city of domes and towers will not be changed into a cemetery of dead hopes by the European war. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mrs. Mary G. Spenser has been state librarian in Michigan for the last twenty-two years. Miss Elsie Burr, a well known Boston society girl, has gone to Paris, where she will act as a Red Cross nurse. The Duchess of Marlborough has had a net to fend off Zeppelin bombs rigged up on the roof of Sunderland house. The net is the device of a famous artillerist. "Fame," said Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, "depends not only upon what you do, but upon getting what you do into the written record. For centuries it has been civilization's policy to ignore and discourage in women those achievements that make men famous." Lady Victoria Pery, who is a daughter of the Earl of Limerick, chief of a British feminine flying corps, is one of the most daring of English women aviators. She was trained by Grahame White and the late Gustave Hamel, in whose company she "looped the loop" in a most daring manner. Flippant Flings. Price of outs is going up. Heavens, what will be left for us to eat ultimately?—Portland Oregonian. It is stated that it costs but 5 cents a month to feed a chicken in Belgium. We've had such a different experience in American restaurants.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The state of Massachusetts is to investigate its preparedness to repel invasion. If Texas and California will take the same steps Missouri will feel comparatively safe.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A New York man who kissed a girl in church was sent to the workhouse for twenty days. Now he knows that the commandment "love thy neighbor" is not to be taken literally.—Detroit Free Press. SHARP AND SHORT. The motto of the soldier is trench and trench. Concealed knowledge is as useful as buried treasure. An earthquake is almost as destructive as a modern army invasion. If you desire to worry your enemies become a success at something. It is better to begin the day with a smile even if you have to end it with a howl. Placing the blame doesn't end the controversy unless you place the blame on yourself. Speaking of the rise in flour, the doughnut man can balance by enlarging the hole. Nor is that new scheme to revise the national constitution every twenty years expected to create much excitement. A Paris paper has offered a big cash prize for the best map of Europe after the war is over. A sort of prize puzzle, as it were. Possibly the "safety first" movement is doomed to be permanently confined to the United States, because it's the only country that has any. If somebody, acting on Serbia's suggestion, should substitute a "h" for "v" in Slav, there'd be a storm of protest from the Russian contingent. Among the other bores you no doubt have met is the fellow who starts to tell a joke and becomes so immersed in a flow of language that he forgets the point. Three Reels. Italians are making their own moving pictures with such marked success that foreign films are in little demand. A motion picture theater of Los Angeles, Cal., restricts its patronage exclusively to women and children until 6 o'clock in the evening unless the man is accompanied by a woman. The motion picture negatives made in the United States in the last twelve months would reach from New York to Kansas City, while the films for exhibition would encircle the world more than three times. Science Siftings. More than 400 patents have been issued by the United States for devices intended to harness the power of sea waves. Aluminium is the most abundant of all metals, being an essential constituent of all important rocks except sandstones and limestones. Meteorological experts have discovered that clouds in certain positions, instead of shielding the earth from the sun's heat, sometimes increase its radiation by as much as 40 per cent. Train and Track. British authorities are discussing the possibility of rubber tires for street cars. Kansas City and Lawrence, Kan.. are to be connected by a trolley line which will eventually be extended to Topeka. A novel bumper to stop railroad cars is made of a series of curved elevations over which wheels pass to reduce their speed, the last one being high enough to halt them. The case of Harry K. Thaw is one of the most celebrated and remarkable in the history of criminal jurisprudence. The fight to win freedom for Thaw, which has dragged through the courts for years, was recently renewed when Thaw was led from the Tombs in New York city, whence he had been brought from Manchester, N. H., over the bridge of sighs, to the criminal court building, where he was brought before Supreme Court Justice Vernon M. Davis of the charge of conspiring to escape from Matteawan. It was the third time Thaw had been arraigned in New York, and, while the charge to which he answered recently was a minor one, he realized that the battle THE HISTORY OF THE HOLY SIXTH DAYS Photos by American Press Association. WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME, HARRY K. THAW AND SECTION OF MATTEAWAN ASYLUM. the attorneys were engaged in would decide whether he would be returned to the asylum at Matteawan, N. Y., from which he escaped eighteen months ago or would be permitted to go to his home in Pittsburgh. One of the chief surprises of this remarkable case was the dropping the other day of William Travers Jerome as the chief prosecutor on the eve of Thaw's arraignment in the supreme court of New York. Jerome for nearly nine years had led the fight against Thaw, first as district attorney of New York city, when he sought to convict Thaw of murder, and later as special counsel engaged by the state to keep Thaw from gaining his freedom from the asylum. MORGAN SHUSTER ON PEACE. Education, He Believes, Can Alone Cause Wars to Cease. William Morgan Shuster has had for a man of his years—he was born in Washington in 1877—a most remarkable and varied experience, which has embraced United States government public service in Cuba and the Philippines and the onerous position of financial adviser to Persia. He has an article in the February Century Magazine in which he asserts that each nation must continue to maintain defen- PETER H. WILLIAM MORGAN SHUSTER sive forces and that education alone in its broadest sense is the hope of a lasting peace. He says in part: "If, therefore, nations are to be impelled to make any progress in the difficult task of restraining their ambitions and passions, whatever the apparent provocation, it is manifest that recourse must be had to something besides treaties, arbitral tribunals or an international police force. There seems only one hope, and this is education in its broadest sense - education which will increase our knowledge of and contact with our fellow citizens of the earth; education which will give to every person what Dr. Butler has called 'the international mind'; education which will bring us to realize and understand the aspirations and ambitions of other races and peoples, just as experience of human nature in the case of an individual enables him to realize and make allowance for the fobiles of his fellow men." Servia insists on pronouncing her name through the nose. They never "rise to opportunity" who waste the morning in bed. People generally are much quicker to take offense than advice. A dime found somehow looks much bigger than a dollar earned. Not an astrologer of them all could foretell that Italian earthquake. Just about the time a man succeeds in developing a theory it explodes. Life in Mexico continues to be simply one provisional president after an other. Winds and tides are among the least of the hindrances now confronting navigation. Europe intimates that the war may not be over in time to give the American campaign of 1916 a clear field. If you think that your troubles are interesting topics of conversation listen to some other fellow's woes for a season. Favored visitors to the White House now will be admitted to see the president. Especially favored visitors may be taken in to see the baby. A French soldier and his bride were married the other day under German shell fire. He ought not to mind anything else that happens later. There has been a falling off in the diamond trade owing to the hard times, but the demand for bread and meat is about the same as ever. New towns will rise on the ruins of those destroyed in Italy. Only too clearly do scientific excavators show how this has happened again and again in the long history of that land Pert Personals. Governor Tener probably feels greatly relieved. Baseball is his chief business now. - Philadelphia Press. Besides having whiskers like Carranza, as a contemporary points out, George Bernard Shaw has become as loquacious as Carranza. - Chicago News. If Doc Wiley had been "raised" on the eugenic food he is now prescribing for the kids he wouldn't have to diet today to keep down his avoididupoia-Washington Post. Mr. Rockefeller's foundation reports that he has given $73,000,000 for educational purposes, and he isn't putting up any bluffs about dying poor either. - Indianapolis News. Echoes of the War. Foreign powers on the fence can't pick a soft place to fall where the soil is sown with bayonets.—Atlantic Constitution. New Zeppelins are being tried out but the real damage continues to be done by machinery of the old kind—Washington Star. Isn't it strange that almost every body has a recipe to stop war, but nobody can think of a way to stop the war?—Cleveland Plain Dealer. This year 1915 is going to generate a greater hatred of war than has ever been known before, which will be a considerable contribution to progress—Chicago News. Recent Inventions. A motorcar has been invented which is a combination of car and motorbeat. A coin in the slot machine has been invented for checking umbrellas, canes or small packages in public places. Riveting a spring to the side of a nail set a Massachusetts man has invented a tool which will hold a nail in a place difficult to reach until the point has been driven. A European violin instructor has invented a diagram printed on paper to be pasted on the neck of an instrument to show a pupil where to place his fingers to produce desired notes. The Royal Box. King Albert of the Belgians was born in 1875. Czar Nicholas frequently visits military hospitals in Petrograd. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is economizing at the Dutch court so there will be more funds for the use of the army. Crown Princess Cecilia of Germany no longer claims as her chum her cousin, Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, or as her little friend her cousin. Princess Mary of England. War has severed the ties that bound in friendship most of the royal folk of Europe. Short Stories. In Europe there are twenty-two monarchs, three presidents. archs and three presidents. More than 300,000 persons in the United States wear glass eyes. There are in the world about 3,000,000 lepers. 2,000,000 being Chinese. India has about 200,000 and the United States about 500. Frederick L. 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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 350 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 usbed 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. Exading Responsibilities "I promised that girl never to smoke if she would marry me," said the discouraged looking man. "What did she say?" "She remarked that she did not care to be utilized as an excuse for any personal economies I might contemplate." -Washington Star "It's the unexpected that always happens." "Oh, I don't know! Somebody, always claims to have predicted it."—Louisville Counter-Journal. "Tep. I just saw him turp his mator Hips up a laappost." -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 moltening 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 outward manifestations. It would ever have come into my head, for distance, to walk up to my father and him or to stroke his hand. I was only prevented also by the fact that always looked up to him with such love, 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 hairbreadth 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 suitan 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 reinstated there. And he died in 1886 with the rank of a British vice admiral—London Globe. Teste 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 unpliered by any pane of glass. But soon the poor inmates grew pale, and a greet 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 healt. 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. 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. Every boy who fills out and mails the corner coupon can earn this high-grade Bicycle for very little effort during spare time. ASK "The Bicycle Man." Mail this coupon TO-DAY. FILL OUT AND MAIL THIS COUPON TO DAY "The Bicycle Man" % The McCall Co. 236 W. 37th Street New York City Dear "Bicycle Man": Please tell me how to get one of your high-grade Bicycles, without money, and for very little effort. Name Address A. D. 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Mrs. Victor Morawetz of New York city is paying all the expenses abroad of Miss Sarah T. Lawrence, who has volunteered her services as a nurse in the American hospital in Paris. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont has just opened a free soup kitchen at the headquarters of the Political Equality association, New York. Mrs. Belmont's aim is to aid unemployed women and girls Dr. Anna Tjomfand has been chosen to succeed a man as night admitting physician at Bellevue hospital, New York. This is the first time in the history of the big hospitals of New York that a woman has been honored in this way. Dr. Tjomfand was the first woman ambulance doctor to be appointed at Bellevue. 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 Bolomon couldn't size up a woman's thoughts by her sighs. Phone: Douglas 3256 3030 State Street Fly Catches. JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 Slowed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT Estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- tates and locking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Automatic 72-379 A. F. CODOZOE ELITE and BUFFET F. W. BLOCKI, Trees. 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Although lead is the softest metal in general use, it is very dense—that is its particles are very compactly united and there is no room for air to circulate in between these particles. Most apparently solid substances are presented by more or less air, and this of course, affects the weight in proportion to the bulk. A piece of wood is lighter than a piece of lead of exactly equal bulk because the little particles which make up the piece of wood are not very close together, and it contains a lot of air—Boston Herald. Looking Far Ahead The vivid imagination of childhood is as a fairy charm for magnifying possibilities. A small boy, being directed to empty his bulging pockets brought forth among other strange treasures a circular piece of rubber. Asked its nature and purpose, he made answer: "Well, that's a real good washer. I'm going to start an automobile shop with it some day."—Pittsburgh Press. No Idle Gossip. "There's one thing I can say," said Mrs. Waggies, "and that is that I never indulge in idle gossip. "No," replied Miss Cayenne. "You must be given credit for industry in whatever you undertake." — Washington Star. Hard Water The Papa-What's the baby crying about? The Mamma-Oh, he's being washed "Oh, is the water as hard at that?" Yonkers Statesman. He—You do not seem to be so anxious for a flat now. She—How can I be? Didn't I marry you?—Baltimore American. If fun is good, truth is still better and love best of all.—Thackeray. 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. The Keystone State There are several theories Pennsylvania came to be Keystone State. The one most accepted and the one most all who own Pennsylvania at the active state, is that Pennsylvania the great issue of American ence. At the meeting of the bacco and news stand, 248 E. 35th St. N. C. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, notion 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. Falkner, news agency; 3109 S. State street. 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, cigar bacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. Sylvester McGlodin, 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 parlors and news stand, 3800½ 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 State street. Horses in Argentina Horses imported into Argentina are taught to avoid a poisonous weed that the native animals shun naturally by forcing them to inhale smoke from burning piles of the weed. What's In a Name? One summer a distinguished member of the French academy rented a cottage in Savoy, and when the time came for his return to Paris he went to say farewell to the owner of the cottage, a prosperous farmer's wife. "I hope you will write your name in my album before you go," she said. "With pleasure," he replied, and, taking a pen, he wrote his name in the book. "Thanks," she said, "but won't you please tell me your profession, so that I can write it after your name?" "Oh, put down 'landowner'!" he answered. "But that isn't a profession," she said. "Well, then, put down 'academician,'" was his answer. This word seemed to puzzle her, and therefore he asked, with a smile. "Don't you know what an academician is?" "Not quite," she answered, "but it's such a long word that the profession must be a spendiid one." A Chinese Proverb's Origin "He'll steal your shoes" is an expression which in China is used to describe an arrant knave and pilferer. The expression is hundreds of years old. A wealthy Chinaman, whose gorgeously embroidered shoes were the envy of the community, was, according to the legend, despoiled of his pride in the following manner: A rascal one day rushed up, gave the rich man a nearly blow on the back and, seizing the astonished gentleman's hat, pitched it upon a high wall. The next moment the fellow seemed to discover that it was not an old friend he was greeting so enthusiastically and apologized profusely. "How shall I get my hat?" inquired the man with the beautiful shoes. "Jump on my back, and you can reach it." replied the schemer. The suggestion was carried out, but while the batteness man was reaching for his head covering the nasal slipped off the handsome shoes and made a way, leaving the simple minded millionaire clutching the wall. Old Tin. The expansiveness of pure tin accounts for the care with which it is handled. It is astonishing how little tin can be made to cover thousands of cans. Yet tin would be still more expensive than it is had not the following process been invented for its recovery at very low cost: Great heaps of empty cans (preferably washed and dried by mechanical means) are piled up in an airtight room. Warm chlorine gas is forced into the room, where it reaches every nook and corner of the cans. The warm gas has a tendency to unite with tin and form tin chloride, a highly volatile liquid. The mixture of gases, consisting of air, free chlorine and the vapor of tin chloride, is passed through a condenser, where the tin chloride is separated from the other gases, and by a simple chemical process the absolutely pure tin is precipitated. New York World. The Keystone State. There are several theories as to how Pennsylvania came to be called the Keystone State. The one most generally accepted and the one most dear to all who own Pennsylvania as their native state, is that Pennsylvania decided the great issue of American independence. At the meeting of the Continental congress in Philadelphia July 4, 1776, the vote adopting the Declaration was taken by states. Of the thirteen original states six had already voted in the affirmative and six in the negative, when the delegation from Pennsylvania came in. John Morton casting the deciding vote in the affirmative. Thus Pennsylvania, by her vote, decided and was named the Keystone State. Another reason advanced is that in constructing a bridge between Pennsylvania avenue and Georgetown, Washington, a single arch was erected of stone left from building the walls of the capitol. On the thirteen "woussoirs" or arch stones, the names of the thirteen states were engraved. Pennsylvania, falling in the keystone of the arch, became still more widely known as the Keystone State.—Philadelphia Press. Lubbock and the Bees In "Ants, Bees and Wasps" it is related that one summer some fifty years ago Sir John Lubbock became interested in a curious parasite of the bumblebee. He wished to complete his investigations, but as the winter came on did not know where to get the bees so he advertised. In reply to us advertisement a man wrote offering him a supply of bees at one and six apiece. The price was high, but in the cause of science Lab bock did not demur, only when he had bought all the bees he required he wrote to the man and said, "Now that I have had the bees, for which I am greatly obliged, would you kindly tell me, to satisfy my curiosity, now you are able to procure them at this time of year?" The man wrote back quite courteously, but quite firmly, saying "No. Since I can sell the bees at eight enepence each, I think it pays me better to go on doing so than to tell any body else how to procure them. The Alaskans According to the government statistics, the natives of Alaska are about 26,000 in number, and they are spread over more than 350,000 of the 500,000 square miles of the territory. Their small settlements extend along 10,000 miles of coast and on both sides of the Yukon river and its tributaries, for a distance of more than 2,500 miles. One of the supervision districts contains a full 100,000 square miles. The others average more than 65,000 square miles each. Of the natives of Alaska ap proximately 11,000 belong to six tribes of Indians in southeastern and southern Alaska and in the valley of the Yukon. About 11,000 are Eskimos on the western and northwestern coasts along the Bering sea, the Bering strait and the Arctic ocean. Something more than 3,000 are Aleuts and mixed races through the Aleutian islands.- Christian Herald The Admirable Towser "I've got the most wonderful dog in the world—the smartest, I mean," said one of a party camping in Canada last fall. "When I bring out my rifle he knows I'm going after deer, and he never offers to follow me, but if he sees me reach for my shotgun he knows that means partridges, and when I get to the woods I find him there waiting for me. Actually that dog knows the difference between a rifle and a shotgun." "That's nothing," said another of the party from his place at the other side of the fire. "You fellows have seen my little Towser, haven't you? Well, when I begin to get out my fishing kit Towser runs up behind the barn and begins digging worms."—Saturday Evening Post. Our Postal Service. the beginning of the postal service in what is now the United States dates from 1639, when a house in Boston was employed for the receipt of letters for and from the old world. In 1672 the government of New York colony established a post to go monthly from New York to Boston. A general postoffice was established in Virginia in 1692 and in Philadelphia in 1693. In 1789, when the federal government went into operation, the number of offices in the thirteen states was only about seventy-five.—New York American Chinese Language Where the Chinese language, written or spoken, came from nobody knows any more than they know where the original Chinese themselves came from. But it is probable that the primary Chinese characters existed 5,000 years ago pretty much as they do today. A Gentle Reminder He—Have you decided what you will wear at the next german? She—That depends somewhat on the flowers that are sent me. I have a perfectly dear gown that, with a dozen jack roses, would be just too sweet for anything.—Richmond Times-Dispatch What We Remember The will governs the memory. We forget what does not concern us; we remember what is of lasting importance to the will. Friedrich Paulsen in "Introduction to Philosophy." Ennui perhaps has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst and perhaps as many suicides as despair. 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