The Broad Ax

Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, the New Napoleon in Democratic Politics Rushed Through Chicago from End to End Like a Brilliant Streak of Chain Lightning Carrying Thirty-Three Out of Thirty-Five Wards in the City with Almost Eighty Thousand Majority at His Back. He Crushed or Trampled Mayor Carter H. Harrison or the "Man of Destiny" Under His Popular German-American Feet, and Hurled Him Headlong into His Political Grave P. ea ee ee Se Ro c ee Be ee ae sain ee ee aie ee a | OF SECRET SERVIC $c Re =) See ae fig Ae aie inet ee Inch inet la France i Carefaly Studied. * —— = ' Probably nv army ever had the ben- jeft of eo farreaching a system of sp ‘ernt agervice as that which the Ger manhs developed in Franca It ts now known that every inch of the ground “had Deen carefully stndied, the ready money in every town estimated, every Wiitable-horee and every ton of hay recorded and the plans of every bridge @awn. There is nothing particularity pew fm the stratagems employed by the German splesbut the patience, thor- ee ‘FRENCH SOLDIERS. oughness and hardihood with which ‘they have worked sre worthy of note. . Am long ago as 1887 the topography of the region in which the battle of the Merne was fought was carefully ‘studied by syies, whe presented them- selves even at the mayors’ offices and at the prefectures as engineers study- ing the ground for new railway lines. ‘They got al the information they ‘wanted. When it was discovered that ‘the projected railway lines were myths it was too Inte. ‘It is known that more than 3,000 German spies were arrested in Bel- gium, most of whom hsve been: tried ‘by court martial How many bave Deen arrested in France no one knows ‘The government has thrown an tm eee ee ROYAL HEIRS TO TROUBLE. Children of Beigium’s King Are, in a ‘Way, Vietims of, War. ‘While uneasy rest the heads that at present wear the crowns of Burope. the little heads on which last July the ‘crowns were destined to shine under. ‘stand but little of the significance of the ewful struggle they know ts going on abont them. Innocent children born to kingdoms bave become beirs to trouble. They afm re a | a; Photos by American Press Associatinn. (QROWS PEINCE LEOPOLD OF BRLGIUM San mares Paces MAE way be when the war ends as poor the poorest, for the present war ma} Jbe a cataclysm which will destroy ti ‘Wacopean thrones. The map of ee ee ee ee i ‘what domains, if any, will tall to ‘Giiidren of royalty not even tho oe So ees Queen Eiizabech of Belginm ere ead examples of i Gaye that. eee. eae ‘ee ip tanien Toe eae Oo hele apparent. ‘The kingdion ae Rade -PITH-AND POINT. at tn tae Gash and $00. Went Ree feel er Seat ee a i eligi Ween» walk twotrambet ie ree es an Rae erence _ etre t mate tat mgm * Se A hey Sh poe stn -Adter some ¢tx- months of war Bo- : to the hospitals she bas MMR ir aes . “As @ Tule;-the man who takes bis own time doesn’t hesitate to take yours. a 4 Ite the easiest thing in the worl ‘to paint out the proper course for oth exe to purmie, Some men manage to make a Utti polse in the world by rattling thets ancestors’ bones. ‘The estimates af the cost of the Bu ropean contest make war look like tremsied finance. Some men do not profit by expert ence because they do not recognise {t ‘when they get it. ‘Along with all this price raising Goubtiess wo shall be advised anor ‘that even powder and dynamite are booming. ee ‘You cannot borrow time. ‘There is ‘no interest accumulating on the day a8 we pass them by, Every night the account is closed. What Mexico needs ts & good barbe to call out “Next! as soon as the tarz comes for a new president and thus ‘avoid confusion and disagreeable inct dents. ene He who makes two blades of whes! grow where one grew before is nol opp fade eg Fiore stands a @rst class chance to make money in the transaction. Echoes of the War. ‘Tho worst of it is that.we shall have to Hstep to what the warring nations ‘are going fo do right up to the isst.— Citveland Leader. From present indications the supply of intersationa! law tsn't anything like equal to the demands being made on tt Dy various combatants —Chicago ‘Herald. ‘The airships and the submarines are running a close race as regards daring but as regards destractivences the un Gerson terror has a big leat—New York World. For over six months war hes beer feeding manbood to the cannon. Now it ts taking bread from the bungry ‘War atways has another superistive and a new horror —Philadelpbia Ledger Waves of Water. It te the contention of geologists that the Mediterranean was once a great in- Iand sea. 5 A government survey has resulted in ranking the Yukon river in fifth place among the great streams of North America. Loch Lomond, the “Queen of the ‘Scottish Lakes,” is twenty-one miles Jong and varies in breadth from one to ‘five miles. "The St. Lawrence river is only 775 miles long. but if the lake system be also taken into account its total length ‘will exceed 2,000 miles. The Royal Box. ‘Bx-Empress Eugenie, widow of Na- poleon IIL, was born in Granada. ‘Spain, in 1826. She resides in Eng- _ The family name of the Germen em- ‘Peror 3s Hohensollern; hence his full ‘ame, provided be were just 2 plain eee eae ne ‘The Gtand Duchy of Loxemburg ‘covers about 1,000 square miles and thas population of 200000. The Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide is twenty years old and came-to the ‘throne in 1912, Flippart Flings. If ftaly riots over bread, what’) she do when the macaroni is eut down to foot lengths }— Washington Post. ‘While it bas nothing on hand, Hague peace tribunal migh! settle the base ball war.—New York American. ere nie Saeaeh ated Se: aes ~ see tad arg eatentt—Taret Foes ‘Wait ti! Gtthdpd Willson begins to efiiceseekers with stories of eae te Geet ot 7 Daw eee i ma ete “Andy Cemnegio says be bas gives Sin us trent caht et oe a eo pe aie ho te oda tage woe SRE BROAD 43 , BI _THE BROAD 4 ee wk 4 > : aa ae | pitas Rossiter bas cartied m: B ryICAN tT P| tour years ts Clevstnors * . By Soecnar ater be bas + REST Rye See eave eel Re bad - sm] aman. Taee be etaind. Franeteo Vln Woh Mhm Kay oc tes me oe 0 Villa } Kp} erat is boat tho dest novel f a ie | Beskt te ¢ BE Situation, —{ rrenck viotiniss, woe two 7 Tt Rei tete the Geners conservator — | piace Joseph Joachim as pro The ee the Berlin conservatory, was ipopunerly known en “Panehor) Yama| = Bests. st the besinning of from bandit of the ‘mountains. of| He bas Sines Deen . northern Mexico tothe dominant g-| CS _— ae try has heen accou Baron Stephen Burian von pllsbed ins little more thin four year, | sppdinted t succeed Count Pree both the enigma and the bay of] You Derchtold ex Austrian mi ai m3 foreign affairs, has been Hi Tong ago tt was reported that Vite | minister at the imperial court intended to establish. m- separate: re-| formerly miniater of Anence * public in the north. He has atreaity| of adustnistration for —_ = (@ by American Press Association. GENERAL FRANCISOO VILLA. established « definite and distinct gov- erament which lacks only a name. At first Villa intended to maintain this government and ict the Carransistes ‘and Zapatistas fight it out in the south. ‘Now be ts fully determined to gather ti the whole of Mexico, but intends to take it at bie lelsure and not weaken ‘any of his northern points of commu- nications in order to Wage Ids sotthern ‘campaign. So PES It ts @ campaign of resources. more ‘than of ballets, with tue advantage ‘dlearly on Villa's side. ‘Villa has declared that he would ‘stand for no military leader elected to ‘the presidency. He desires a civilian ‘fn that office, and as he will probably ‘De in control of the situation his de- sires are likely to be carried out He is confident of establishing peace in- ‘side of two months, or three at the most. | RED CROSS DOGS. ‘Attached to Field Hospitals and Dis- ‘criminate Between Quick and Dead. Dogs have been found exceedingly useful in the sanitary corps of both the German and French armies, and several other of the European armies have followed this example and are ‘using dogs for humane purposes, These te cS = Nes <= ' 2 ae a ag ye ae! +3 (Photo by American Press Association. (Q°RMAN BED CROS® 100 45D ORDERLY. doym take mo part in thy Sighting as other trained dogs, but are part of field hospita! equipment and are t of to seareh out the still living fi ‘among the dead on the battlegeld. _ ‘Bach animal wears a blanket with slerge ted ‘cross. which laims him a noncombetunt. A. mack ings from bis neck containing cotton. bandages, brandy and drugs, useful tothe wounded. When one these dogs Gade s soldier who ts, tec badly wounded 10 aelp btmeslf. ‘af thee firet aide the enim 0 the neaieet ambulance and” brings bo ‘man ass'stence. eon preparer ra iments. ond and. thaep Sn. Stee Cag See iy rena hw le a eae, > 1 oa rt ‘ owe eum Some. ~~ SABES AND. SONS." fae aa we in Cleveant oars hon. be etted. tn with "Be still thinks ‘that is a im print _ Balt ‘the celebrated ‘French ‘who two years age ett conservatory to re- piace rs oe a the Berlin et ras arrested in Bertin at the beginning of the war. He has since been confined in # for- Baron Biephen Burian von Rajecs, ‘appointed to succeed Count Leopoid yon Berehtold as Austrian minister of foreign affairs, has been Hungarian minister at the imperial court and was formerly minister of finance and chief of administration for Bosnia and Her- regovina. Carlow Melendes, the newly slected president of the little republic of Bal vador, assumed the office upon the death of Dr. Manvel Araujo in Febro- ary, 1918, Ho fesigved last June tn order that be might be a candidate for reelection. the constitution of Sab vador probibiting the election of ¢ candidate for an office he has held stx months prior to the election. Train and Track. ‘Smoking cars for ladies are in us on some of the railways of Russia. ‘Russian railways represent a mileag of 46,00), just twice that of the rail ways in the United Kingdom. ‘Twenty-four driving wheels, eact sixty-three Inches in diameter, are par of & locomotive recently completed a Philadelphia, the moct powerful ye ‘Of the 170 ranking officers of the Pennsylvania railroad system 163—in cluding the president—started at the bottom, sweeping out cars, carrying water for laborers and other Iike jobs of the very commonest kind. Current Comment. Why not say “American made” for iwerity’s sake?—Boston Herald. Possibly California wants to become two states in order that the one-far- thest-north won't be so near Mexico— ‘Washington Post. In buying another national park Unele Sam is providing against next ‘symmer's vacation season, when tuur ist throngs will be forced to see Amer- ica first—Chicago News. ‘An American has invented a device to destroy airships, whieh we presume ‘will be followed in turn by a device to destroy the device to destroy air ships.—Detrolt Pree Press Fashion Frills. ‘Women’s hats are to be smaller, but no reduction 1s promised in the sise of the price mark—Washington Star. ‘Ob, well, suppose women’s bats are to de more expensive this year? “That's what they ate every year.—Indianapo Us News. If Chicago is right the new skirts must be eight inches above the ground. ‘That's fine—for the shoe and hosiery dealers. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. ‘Women’s skirts are to be wider and cheaper this spring, says a fashion note. She'll never stand for the tast half of the program—Detroit Free Press. BRIGHT BITS. It’s 2 good ruie never to observe s poor rule. a7 Starvation ts the most pitiless weap- on of war. esis A man does nothing original when be makes mistakes. Hard work is the only sure cure for an ingrowing grouch. Jt i» better to have left something ungnid than to bave talked too much. Whatever. talents we have, those ‘which we use are the ones that count. "If Mexico is not careful it may yet ‘choose a president who will take the ee Ba So _ What the world needs 1s some way ‘of making international law keep the ee * ot . The Golden Rule is ail right, but the ee ae ee Pe a - Have tm all things and, even though you know it not yoa are Somes _One of the greatest satisfactions of tile life is to have the money: when Bruner A. She oc SF eR | < And Jest to: think that not vo. long pt we, were rt = Cae er ee ance See Seen oe ean Naa & oS eum Rg a a SB j ee 3s >. VOTE For 62 Oscar DePriest A Regular Republican Candidate for - ALDERMA N pes OP THE tnd WARD Fedcoed by the Regular "cm Republican ekonniseionses aa ae ~_- England's Army Rifle. Quite a number of people believe that cartridges are served out to the soldiers separated from one another. Cartridges are, however, usually given out fastened together In clips of Sve "The modern rifle used by the Britisb army is known as a magazine rifie and holds two clips or ten cartridges ix ‘the magazine iteelf as well as an ot tra cartridge above the magusine, elev- en rounds in all. 4. When the cartridge clip is forced inte the magazine the fastening ts removed, ‘so that each cartridge when if reaches the magazine ts separate trom the oth ers. ‘The magazine of the army rifle 1 nothing more than a detachable bos containing a spring. ‘This spring forces up one cartridge at a tims inte its position ready for firing. As a rule the ten cartridges in the magazine ar quly used in great emergency, as whe: the order for rapid fring ts give. te stop an enemy's charge. In ths ord} nary way the magazine, wit). tts ter ‘cartridges, is shut off from che rest oi the rifle by means of a mecal slide call ef the “cut off.”"—Londea Standard. RBociled the Scoos. ‘The newspaper special, although ab ‘ways the cutest of the cute, is some times “scored off” by a colleague. For instance Sir W. H. Russell represented the London Times at O'Connell's trial tm Dubin, In thoes days the telegraph was un known, and as bis paper wanted to go one becter than the Morning Herald, ite great rival, Russell hurried back to Lon¢on by special boat and train im- mefiately the verdict was pronounced. 4s be got out of the cab in Printing Bouse square man in shirt sleeves, ‘pparestly a printer from the Times, came-up and exclaimed: “So glad to seo you safe over, sir. So they have found him guilty?” “Yes, guilty, my friend,” replied Russell. ‘The Morning Herald came out with the news of the bare fact as well as the Times. The shirtsleeved man was & smart representative of the rival pe per—London, Tatler. Moellaend’s Water Line. ‘The famous “water line” of Holland 4s really the final line of defense which Holland would make use of should she be invaded. The “water line” is a line about seventy miles long by seven to eight milés wide. It is Sooded by means of special siuices and dykes 90 con- structed that the whole of the line can be covered to a depth of e foot and s hatf in two days, In the onfinary way this water i @rawn from the Rhine. In 2 case of great emergency, however, the sluices ‘will also let “free the waters of the Znyder Zee. These waters, however, would only be let loose in the last extremity because, being salt, they ‘would do an immense amount of dam- age to the land over which they flowed —damage which would take years to repatr—London Globe. Bdinian 6 Genilemen, ‘The troe gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good wil and an acute sense of propriety and whose self control is equal to all emer gencles; who does not niake the poor man conscious of his poverty, the ob- score man of his obscurity or any man of his inferiority or deformity: who i himself humbled {f necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, erluge before power or boast of his own possessions ‘or achievements; who speaks with frankness, but always with sincerity and sympathy, and whose deed follows bis word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than of his ‘own; who appears well in any com- pany and. who is at home what he ‘seems to be abroad—a man with whom honor is ‘sacred and virtue safe—Dr. ‘Wayland, $ a eal ae SS ‘The bishop of St. Albans wrote that on a certain occasion be heard Bishop ‘Witberforce deseribe with such singu- lar eloquence and power the effect on the soul of the clearing away of intel lectual doubts thet he begged to be shown the manuscript from whieh his friend bad been presehing, as he wisb- ‘ed to copy certain portions of the ser won. ‘Wilberforce handed him the docv- ment, turned to the page which con- tadned the passage spoken of by the Disbop and showed him a sitet of pe- Yer inscribed with the single word— fos aoe ee reer Richani Jordan Gatling, the tnventor eo eae oe z a . Shere he wan boc in S5tR "he gud wa any extent ruring the + ween the states, Raven or 20 beng eiailoves.by. Relies se Jace te Ean tei a —n Residence, 4630 Evans Av, Tel, Kenwood 5466" . H. REGINALD SMITq cece EYE GLASSES SOMNTIFICALLY FITTED og 5 Office, 3401 S. State St., Chicagy ice Hours: TAM.OSP MN Tory Phone Douglas 1248 Auto. 77-819 ——— Shoes and *erves. Travelers say that the reason why mervous people don’t exist in Chins jy Deemuse it 2s the custom to wear sft ‘thoes there There is no doubt tht ard soled, creaking footgear is m wranaible for such nervous wear wd tear as well as physical fatigue in wes. ern lands. ‘Tired feet and tired nerves will fad wolace tm a warm foot bath with» Bandful of salt in it Move the feet ‘about or keep them still, as best pletss you, as long as the water is pleasantiy ‘Warm; then dry them with 2 rough towel and put on « fresh pair of stock. inga—Family Doctor. A Diffeult Wife, ‘4 Englishman thus described the ‘wife of his bosom in his will: “Heaven seems to have sent her int» the world solely to drive me out of tt ‘Pho strength of Samson, the genius a ‘Homer, the prudence of Augustine, the skill of Pyrrhus, the patience of Jo, the-philosophy of Socrates, the subtlety @¢ Hannibal, the vigilance of Herm nes, would not suffice to suidue the perversity of her character.” Built Over Caverns. The ground under the city of Sa Salvador is full of caverns of w known depths. A man was once dig ging a well there. At the last strote he gave with his pick the bottom fel ‘out, and he and his pick fell through, nobody knows where. At leat © “they say.” No Time to Waste. “Pa, if Mrs. Brown should come over and tell you that I had given her litte boy a black eye, what would you say? ““I really don’t know, young man” “Well, you'd better make up yor mind quick; she’s at the door now.’- Detroit Free Press. > “Do you like Miss Prattie”” “Yes, she's so generous. Never kee anything to herself and is avn ready to give. away even ber bet felen@"—London Tit-Bits. Literally. “There are many methods of punit fg naughty children.” “Yea, but spanking takes the palm” London Punch. Spick and Span. “Bpick and span” comes from OF —— and “spanners”—the oot stretchers for stretching cloth ne¥ from the loom. Loaned Books. ‘When toaning a book always be? the name of book and name of pene to whom the book is loaned. Write® down. natn ote of the Giant Sequela® Compared with the cisat sequels fevecy other living thing in the wall {5 a creature of today, and there 8° ‘only a few evidences of man's batt Jwork still in eristence-some of OF ruins of ancient Greece and Assrtis- hat were. constructed at an catlle date . Well Supplied. “Blow about the new cook” “Bho says abe wants three nigbts Si week, deofstenk at every meal ant oom with southern exposure.” ‘Bias she any references?” .. 4 Milo; all abe bas is preferences eee Si Rather Spiteful. Mim Crawtord—Has she realy @ ; “aomemory as sbe claims? uo Grete! for certain eines (Bue can remember tf one bas bad ¢ — pene site Tie Tien the-seme story. Lawyer ate a oe yay, FOOr ; thet A too monotonoas foe 7% Bes Transcript eS ee ea See Pele _ Shim glad Fm note ost om corres ee, pecan, “for in Ost Pa bare.co 0sy to 2 eh an tie oinetnens! Tine SF “giat ond boos tigne wach ny | a 1 MRS. BELLE VAN DORN HARBERT. The International Congress of Farm Women is an organization of women who have caught the vision of an ideal life on the farm. They know the hardships which farm women have endured in the past, and they are anxious to brighten the lives and widen the horizon of all women similarly placed. The American division of the farm women's movement was organized at Colorado Springs in October, 1911, coordinate with the Dry Farming congress. It is now united with many other great national congresses, making one great international union in which twenty-eight nations are represented. The organization is interested in inviting the national and state governments to recognize the needs of farm women. The dangers of the rapid growth of cities, with the accompanying decrease of rural dwellers, is being studied. The doctrine of thrift and the nobility of labor are preached in the hope of encouraging a "back to the farm" movement. Unbiased experiments with modern inventions, calculated to save labor in farmhouses, are being carried out, and an effort is made to make it possible for farm women to discriminate between the useless and valuable ones. The congress is also interested in the development of consolidated schools and in encouraging teaching of domestic science and practical housekeeping. The leader in this useful movement and the president of the organisation is Mrs. Belle Van Dorn Harbert of Manzanola, Colo., a woman of charming personality and wide human sympathy, Mrs. Harbert has made a study of the questions affecting the welfare of women on the farm and has been wonderfully successful in interesting them in the movement. BAMBOO EFFECTS Outing Hats In This New and Pretty Straw Powr, Acceptable. Lacquered straw in bamboo effect has been popular for midseason hats, and its acceptability for rough and ready outing hats cannot be gained. Illustrated here is a model of brown 1910 lacquered straw, woven in bamboo effect. The shape is a modification of the ever popular sailor, the narrow crown drooping to one side and flaring upward at the other. The trimming consists of grosgrain ribbon and felt flowers. Colored Embroideries. There is a great deal of embroidery worn—chifon worked with a loose, course floss—with the happiest results, but we have to accustom our eyes to the bright colors. Red and blue are introduced together on tan and green, and purple on yellow, while yellow and red find favor. Cookery Points Dainty School Sandwiches. Following are a few delicious sandwiches that will doubtless prove a welcome addition to the school lunch box of any boy or girl: Olive Sandwiches.—Slightly butter thin slices of whole wheat bread; moisten chopped olives with mayonnaise dressing and spread upon the buttered slices; spread other slices with cream cheese and press together in paires. Peanut Sandwiches.—Chop freely roasted peanuts; pound them in a mortar until smooth and season with salt. Serve on lettuce leaf between buttered white bread. Fruit Sandwiches.—Cut bread, white, brown and graham, as thin as possible. Use four or five pieces in each sandwich, putting them together so that the colors will contrast. Apple butter, peanut butter, honey or jam, spread thin, may be used as filling. Fig Sandwiches—Chop one fourth of a pound of figs fine, add one fourth of a cup of water, cook to a smooth paste. Add a few almonds, chopped fine. When cold spread the mixture upon whole wheat bread. Raisins, dates or marmallade may be used in place of the figs. The marmalade, of course, requires no cooking. Fancy Cheese Sandwich—Spread fresh bread with butter, over this spread a layer of Brie or other cream cheese, and over the cheese spread a layer of honey. Press two similarly shaped pieces together and serve at once. Facts About Soup Soups cannot be made in a hurry: All remnants of meat, bones, bacon rind, and left over bits of meat of every description may be used to make stock, which is the foundation of all soups. Stock must be frequently skimmed during the early stage of the proceed- dings. Never allow stock or soup to cool in the sancepan. The liquid should be pooled off and strained into an earthen- ware bowl. The bones should be boiled for two or three hours and all the scum removed before the vegetables are added, which should be simmered until tender. Do not overboll soup, as this spoils the flavor. Casserole Cookery. A casserole is a deep, earthenware pan with a lid to it. After buying it fill it with cold water and a little soda, put it in the oven and let it remain there till the water is nearly bolling. This will cleanse it thoroughly and make it last much longer. If you use a gas oven put the casserole in while it is still quite cool. If you suddenly put it into a very fierce oven the casserole may crack. Be careful where you place the casserole when taking it out of the oven. If it is stood in the cold sink or any other cold place it may crack. If you remember these few hints your casserole will last you many years and you will find it exceedingly useful. Baking Hints Do not cover rising bread in bowls and tins with a dry cloth. Instead cover with a damp cloth which has been wrung out in warm water. In cold weather the damp cloth should be placed over a dry cloth. As a result the dough will not dry on the top, and the loaves when baked will be much more uniform. To prevent holes appearing in brown bread prick twice with a needle, once when loaves are placed in tins and once immediately before the loaves are placed in the oven. For Bread Makers. Bread must always be made in a warm place, and all the ingredients must be warmed before they are combined. This is particularly important when you are making yeast bread. Yeast is a little plant which begins to grow when it finds itself in a warm, damp place, and as it grows it puffs up the flour and makes the bread light. If you let it get cold you will stop its growth. Eggs En Cocoffee. Butter fireproof cups and put two tablespoons of cream into each; then on this carefully break a newly laid egg. Sprinkle a little salt, pepper and chopped parsley on the top. Place the cups in a pan of water which comes halfway up the cups and put a piece of buttered paper over the top. Allow them to steam till the eggs are just set; then serve immediately in the cups. Potatoes For Rheumatism A noted Danish food expert claims that an exclusive diet of potatoes is excellent for eliminating the uric acid responsible for the pangs of rheumatism, but he says that to be curative the potatoes must be well chewed and also well buttered to supply the fat needed by the patient. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 27, 1915 S The butterfly motif is used effectively in the decoration of many of the models shown for spring and summer. The pretty frock of white cotton volle here illustrated is embellished with a hand embroidered design in butterflies and scroils. The skirt has the smart yoke shirred in this case. There is a high frilled collar, with a velvet band to secure it to the neck. The girdle is of black velvet ribbon. MILITARY HATS. Everybody Is Wearing Them and Looking Port and Pretty. Would you be in fashion? Then adopt a hat which in shape at least resembles one worn by some person in military service in the armies of Europe. It need not be a general officer. It is the private or the marine who gets the head covering which is jauntiest. These hats must be of the sort which best become a feminine face not too old for small hats, which are only convincing when partly posed a trifle toward one ear. Among the new millinery there is not a model exactly like Tommy Atkins, but there is a tiny affair which covers no more of the hair than does his of scarlet cloth. Like the majority of the military hats not designed for service at the front, this one is of black velvet. A broad sided rever brim lies so flat against the crown that its presence would be overlooked but for an edging of narrow silver ribbon. Tiny tassels in silver or gold are new among military trimimings, but they are not a surprise, for they accord perfectly with the tinsel braids and cordings. Homemade Icebox. Few people know that a very good icebox for summer use can be made by placing a small box inside a larger one and filling the space between with sawdust. Set on blocks, bore a hole in bottom of both. If kept tightly closed twenty pounds of ice will keep in this box three or four days. Air and Exercise Air is absolutely essential to the well being of every child. The mother should make it a part of her regular duties to see that her child has at least two hours' outdoor exercise every day. If school is over at 8 the child can come in at 5 to prepare his or her lessons for the following day. There is more in shopping than entering a department and buying certain articles. There is an art of successfully carrying out this necessary and delightful business that can easily be learned. Do not forget that the saleswoman has to attend to many customers and cannot give an undue share of her time to any one. So do not infiltrate in long and unnecessary conversation. Do remember that standing behind a counter all day is fatiguing and make allowances for human nature. U A handsome afternoon frock of blue and white striped pussy willow taffeta is illustrated here. The bodice, cut on the bias and folded into plats, extends into a pointed hip yoke, held in at the waist line by a cording of the material. Suspenders of the taffeta are developed into a gathered, faring collar with tabs over the shoulders. A tucked and frilled guimpe of cream daphnie silk is worn. The short skirt, straight in front, fares in the back, the bottom being cored to insure firmness. SHABBY WASTEBASKETS. Fancy Covers Make Them Look Prettier Than Ever. When the old wicker wastebasket has become shabby it can be easily renewed by incasing in a tight cover of colored silk and then adding a second and top covering of crocheted lace. The square, octagonal or paneled wastebasket can be readily fitted up with crochet lace. Crochet panels of lace the width and length of each side of the basket. First baste each separate panel thus crocheted to the basket through the wicker, and then proceed to whip the panels together with white thread and an ordinary sewing needle. Bind the top and bottom of the basket with ribbon to match the first layer of material used upon the basket and place bow at the side. The color used in making the basket should, of course, match the color scheme of the boudolr or bedroom for which the basket is intended. RIBBONS FOR TRIMMINGS. Placed on Millinery and Gowns Are Popular Decorations. Ribbons will have large use for millinery decoration and for girdles on dresses, says the Dry Goods Economist. Narrow grosgrain will prevail for the former and wide, plain ribbons for the latter purpose. Striped and check effects will be dominant in the fancy novelties. Vellings worn in loose, draped fashion will be in great vogue. Bordered ones will be popular. Hand run designs, velvet spots and fillet meshes will be features. Millinery features are ultra small sailor, poke, toque and tricorn shapes, lisse straw in combination with other braids; small, flat, floral trimmings; narrow grosgrain and georgette satin ribbons, fancy button and straw novelties and compact feather effects. Baking Cleaning Hist. To clean ecru or cream curtains without washing tack a sheet to the floor, stretch curtain on this and cover with coarse salt and cornmeal. Rub briefly with a whisk broom fifteen minutes and you will have clean curtains and color as bright as new. BEAUTY SNAPSHOTS. It is claimed that tea boiled with water and strained is a mild astringent lotion for lessening hair falling. A cold shower bath every morning will do much toward hardening the skin to winds. An excellent practice to insure bright eyes and a clear skin is to take the juice of a lemon in a glass of water, with a dash of salt added. This acts directly on the liver, which has more to do with good looks than many ima- If your hands perspire too freely, add a few drops of tincture of myrrh to the water in which you rinse them after washing. Then dry thoroughly and dust with balsamic acid or oatmeal. Good form Novel Evening Party. A family of fun loving girls recently gave an amusing entertainment. It was called a nose and goggle party. Each guest wore a false nose and goggles. The noses were purchased or made of heavy cardboard covered with chamois and were not removed until after refreshments were served. As the guests arrived each was given a card perforated with ribbon run through in order to wear the card around the neck so that every one could see it. The cards had on one side a number by which each guest was known, on the other side a list of figures—1, 2, 3, etc. (as many figures as there were guests)—with a space opposite each figure for a name. In the course of the evening each person guessed who the others were. Of course, with intimate friends the familiar voices revealed the personality. In many cases if the voice was disguised this was not easily done, and much amusement and many absurd guesses were made. As each guess was made the name was placed opposite the number on the card of the guesser corresponding to the number of the person whom he or she was trying to identify. For instance, if some one thought he knew No. 4 he turned his card and wrote the name opposite No. 4, etc. It was voted by all who were present as a most original and amusing way of spending an evening. Take Off Your Hats, Ladies. While in these days an audience of women knows hats should be removed when they are likely to obstruct the view of those sitting in the rear, occasionally there is some one who either forgets or is regardless of the rights of others. Then it becomes the unpleasant duty of ushers, perhaps solicited to act as such only for the occasion, to notify the women who have forgotten. Often—too often, indeed—the request is met with an air of haughty disdain and a distinct refusal. Always in these cases the ugly note should be avoided, and the saner, pleasanter method of the request in a conciliatory tone will be the more likely to receive prompt and polite response. Sometimes a woman of tact, sitting behind an offender, may accomplish the end by saying in a soft voice and with great courtesy, "Madam, I am so sorry to inconvenience you, but I cannot see the stage and am going to ask you as a great kindness to remove your hat." Of course, any one can call an attendant and turn the unpleasant job over to him. But this is not always practicable. There may be crowded seats, where it is difficult for him to make his way to the offender's side, and a comotion results. If the weaker of the hat is a woman of good manners and breeding, but has simply forgotten, she will make an excellent reputation for graciousness by instantly removing the hat, turning slightly and saying, "I am so sorry I have inconvenienced you and hope you will pardon me." Making Guest Comfortable. The welfare of the country house guests should always be carefully considered. Their quarters should not only be attractive, but as comfortable as possible. Much has been said on comforts and conveniences, such as a plentiful supply of clothes hangers and slipper trees in an empty closet, a well appointed sewing basket, an equally well equipped writing desk or table, a stock of various kinds of pins and hatpins and other useful toilet accessories for the guest room. But one thing you must remember which, just at this season, is most important and too often overlooked—a generous supply of water in the rooms where the guest must use an old fashioned washstand. So many country homes, even quite pretentious homes at that, have still but the one bathroom and no running water in the bedrooms. Is there anything more discouraging after a long trip than to be ushered into such a room if the "skimpy" size of bowl and pitcher warns you not to be extravagant in your ablutions? There is really no excuse, for one of the large tin "filers," such as chambermaids carry, costs but little, and, painted white or any desired color, is in nowise detrimental to the appearance of a room. Street car manners If you are a street car rider don't delude yourself into thinking you ride in a taxicab or your own limousine or brought. There is nothing to be ashamed of in riding in a street car. The majority of civilized mankind do it when they have the fare. But there is a little code of street car manners that every street car rider should head. To begin with, act as if you were in a street car. Wear clothes suitable to the car. Remember that the small fare you pay entitles you only to your own place. A baby with sticky fingers or a laborer with muddy feet may sit next to you. Such a condition may, of course, be distasteful to you, but it is quite legitimate. You can ask the baby's mother to keep the baby's fingers from your coat, and you can pull your shoes away from the laborer's boots. But you cannot ask either the laborer or the baby to get out of the car. PAGE THREE For the Children Skating Is One of Winter's Most Enjoyable Sports. Photo by American Press Association. Winter brings no more glorious sport than that of skating. With the crisp, frosty air exciting one to effort, a good pair of skates and hard, smooth ice the sport is exhilarating in the highest degree. Most boys and girls will experience a thrill of delight when they view the picture of the young womann on skates. It will remind them of many joyous hours spent in this favorite pastime. In health promoting qualities no exercise excels skating. The ease with which one glides over the ice at great speed is the great charm, and by no other method of locomotion can the human being cover so great a distance without the aid of machinery. But in skating there are a few things to remember. Do not skate until in profuse perspiration and then sit down to cool off. That procedure is almost sure to result in a serious cold. When over-heated move slowly about until the body is in a normal state of temperature. Of course it is unnecessary to remind young folks that thin ice and air holes must be avoided. Who Am I? This game is always a favorite, and, while not new, it may be made to seem so by choosing new characters each time of playing. The hostess prepares in advance as many slips of paper as there are guests expected, writing upon each the name of some well known character in fiction or history on in contemporary life. Upon the arrival of her friends as she greets them she pins one of the bits of paper on the back of each. The wearers do not see them or know what characters they are supposed to represent, but are expected to guess it from the remarks of the rest, who are careful not to tell the name. For instance, the "Queen of Hearts" may be complimented upon her domestic talents and her delicious pastry and be asked whether her dishonest servant had reformed or been dismissed. "Little Red Riding Hood" may be condoled with on the death of her grandmother and warned of the danger of making chance acquaintances on the road. "Henry VIII." might be rallied on his fondness for the ladies and questioned about divorces; "Gollath" advised to "take a man of his size," and not bully a little fellow, and "Columbus" might be asked about his voyages and discoveries. The beheaded letters spell the name of an animal. 1. Behead in this place or state and get an adverb meaning sooner than. 2. Behead to unfold and get an article used in writing. 3. Behead to invade in a hostile man-her and get to help. 4. Behead a place for sitting and get something we must do to live. 5. Behead to dash with success and get coming after time appointed. Answer—Horse, 1, here are; 2, open-pen; 3, raid-aid; 4, seat-eat; 5, elate-ate. China's National Tree. The national tree of China is the tung tree, and it is valuable for both its wood and its oil. Its branches are wide spreading, and its bark is smooth and green. Its fruit, which looks not unlike a shellbark hickory nut, is as large as a small orange. In the center of each of these nuts are three triangular seeds, and valuable oil for polishing woodwork and leather is extracted from them. The refuse is used as a fertilizer. The wood of the tree itself is made into fine boxes and musical instruments. The Seven Dolls. Seven dolls went to school On a lawn beach, nice and oval; Seven dresses and shoes; Seven heads of golden sheens. "We must be polite," said they, "Never cry, always obey; Sit up straight, as we are told. While our little books we hold." Mistress Betty, kind and grave, Made the little dolls behave; Taught them how to read and write, And move with each other digit. From her seat upon the grass She taught each chubby little lass How to keep her dress so neat And her face so clean and sweet. Also how to life a life Free from discord and all strife And to others ever do As you wish they'd do to you. Seven dolls grew up well Each one learned to read and spell, Wise and cultured new are they, And kind and gentle to their play. PAGE FOUR THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infeidle, Single Taxes, Republicans, or mayuno else can have their say, no long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, over 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 Yen.....$3.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 8027 FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILX. PHONE DREXEL 4590. JULIAUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 18, 1978, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1979. "HOLY BIBLE" NO MORAL GUIDE I refuse to accept the bible as a moral guide because it sanctions and enjoins unkindness, injustice and cruelty to dumb animals. Many portions of the bible, and particularly those relating to sacrifices, are calculated to foster a spirit of brutality and a total disregard for animal life. Jehovah revels in the blood of the innocent. The offering of fruits made by Cain was rejected by God, while the bloody sacrifice of Abel was accepted. Nearly the entire book of Leviticus is devoted to barbarous and cruel laws, such as the following: "If he offer a lamb for his offering then shall he offer it before the Lord; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the offering and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation; and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar" (Lev. iii, 7, 8). "And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls then he shall bring his offering of turtle doves or of young pigeons; and the priest shall bring it unto the altar and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar" (Lev. 1, 14, 15). What could be more damnably barbarous, brutal and atrocious than such wanton dabbling in the blood and agony of inoffensive and helpless animals and birds? The minutest directions for conducting these horrible and bloody sacrifices came from the lips of Jehovah himself, and are too brutal, disgusting and revolting to repeat. The number of inoffensive animals sacrificed to the bloodthirsty God of the bible was incredible. At times whole herds were murdered. On one occasion Asa sacrificed 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep. David made an offering of 1,000 bullocks and 2,000 sheep. At the dedication of the temple 142,000 domestic animals were sacrificed by Solomon. This wholesale murder of innocent sentient beings, we are told, "was highly pleasing to the Lord." Have we any record of a cannibal king with a worse record than that of this carnivorous and bloodthirsty God of the bible? A god of mercy, it would seem, ought to protect the weak and helpless orders of his creation; but the God of the bible manifests an utter disregard for their suffering. To wreak his vengeance upon Pharosh God visited with disease, suffering and death his unoffending cattle. In times of war God ordered his brutal soldiers to "sily both man and beast, little children, infants and sucklings." Saul's great transgression, the chief cause of his dethronement and death, was that he saved alive some sheep and oxen, instead of killing them, on God desired. David and Joshua, God's favorite warriors, hought the horses of their enemies, and thus disabled turned the poor mained brutes loose to starve and die. We teach children that it is wrong and sinful to rob the nests of birds. Then we place a bible in the hands of a child who opens it and reads: "If a bird's nest chance to be before thee, in the way, in any tree, or on the ground, whether there be young ones or eggs and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young, but thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thees" (Deut. xxii, 6-7). Damn a book and its divinely inspired author who sanctions the crime of robbing mother birds of their helpless little babies. When Jehovah afflicted with disease and pelted and battered to death with halstones from heaven the cattle of the Egyptians, on account of the sins of their owners, God set before the world the most cowardly and criminal example of injustice and wanton cruelty to inoffensive dumb animals that is to be found in all the recorded history of the world. Throughout Christendom today "man's inhumanity to man" is equalled only by his inhumanity, injustice and cruelty to poor defenseless animals. How could it be otherwise when professing Christians worship a cruel God who commits the most atrocious crimes upon poor helpless brutes for no fault of their own? The Buddhist, who has not the bible for his guide, considers it a sin and a crime to harm the meenest creature on earth. Even the savage kills only such animals as he uses for food or such as threaten him with danger. But the Christian, whose bible gives him dominion over the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, maims, tortures and kills in pure wantonness every helpless, inoffensive bird or beast. After having exacted years of arduous service from his faithful, patient and noble horse, until the poor brute is crippled with hard work and old age, the Christian man will turn his helpless beast of burden out on the commons to die of starvation, exposure and neglect. I have been a special agent of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for more than twenty years, and have come across many such Christian crimes. General Hawkins declares: "Christianity has neither preached nor practiced humanity toward animals." In regard to the treatment of animals the Christians are notoriously careless, cruel and indifferent. No good man wishes to associate with one who overworks his horse and feeds the lean and fainting beast with cruel blows. Almost every day I see professed Christian men, who are in good standing in the church, men who pose as respectable and decent citizens maltreating their poor, dumb, defenseless equine slaves. I have had hundreds of these cowardly criminals arrested and fined for their crimes. For the sake of the patient, willing and suffering horses, I would that our world had less Christianity and more humanity, fewer Billy Sundays and more Henry Berghs. I detest a man or a God who is cruel to animals. —From the People's Press, Chicago. ATLANTA SEGREGATION LAW. Law Killed by Georgia Supreme Court —Says it is Violative of Both State and Federal Constitutions. Hints Given for Framing New Law— Louisville Ordinance Differs from Point in Question. Atlanta (Special to The Broad Ax). —Last Friday the State Supreme Court declared the Atlanta segregation law to be unconstitutional as it violated both the State and Federal Constitutions. The law differs from the Louisville ordinance in that it has "white," "black" and "mixed" blocks. In a mixed block a house which becomes vacant cannot be again occupied except at the whim of the next door neighbor, for the law says, "If the occupant next door objected to the newcomer (the occupant being White, the newcomer being Colored or vice versa) he could not enter." This is the clause which killed the ordinance, as the court decided that in such a case a man's property may be kept vacant forever. The decision rose from the case of John Carey and H. C. Smith v. the City of Atlanta. Carey, a White man, had sold a house to Smith, Colored, who had rented it to a Colored tenant. The house was in a "mixed block," and the White tenant of the house next door objected to a Colored tenant moving into Smith's house. The tenant moved on orders from the chief of police. Smith had not paid Carey full payment for the property, so he and Carey sought an injunction from the Fulton County Court. This was denied and an appeal was taken to the State Supreme Court resulting in the above decision. But like all decisions declaring these laws unconstitutional, hints were given by the court showing how the law could be made to pass muster and Councilman Ashley who drew up the law, says he will fix up another bearing these points in mind. State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson attended the ball at the eighth regiment armory on Monday evening and pleasantly rubbed up against many of his constituents, both White and Colored. No one worked harder for the success of Hon. Oscar DePriest at the polls on primary day, February 23d, than Senator Ettelson, for he was rushing around day and night among his White friends urging them to fall in line for the nomination of Mr. DePriest, and his efforts in that direction greatly assisted to save the day for him. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 27, 1915. The Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards' Housewarming and Colonial Ball, Monday Evening at the New Armory, Thirty-Fifth Street and Forest Avenue Was Largely Attended Despite the Unpleasant Weather on That Evening FRANK S. DICKSON, ADJUTANT GENERAL OF ILLINOIS, AND MRS. FRANKLIN A. DENISON LED THE GRAND MARCH AND WERE FOLLOWED BY COL. M. R. KELLY, AID TO GOV. DUNNE'S STAFF, COL. S. O. TRIPP, EDMUND H. BOCHE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM J. SCOWAN AND BY MANY OTHER HIGH MILITARY CHIEFS REPRESENTING THE OTHER ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARDS IN THIS CITY. IT WAS CONDUCTED BY CAPTAIN CLINTON L. HILL, WHO PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN THAT RESPECT TO PERFECTION. AS THE WHITE AND THE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN FREELY MINGLED TOGETHER ON THAT OCCASION A SPIRIT OF MUCH JOY AND GOOD FEELING PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON, COMMANDING, AND HIS HEAD STAFF OFFICERS HAVE RICHELY FURNISHED BOOMS OR QUARTERS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR OF THE NEW ARMORY. The colonial ball and house-warming given by the eighth regiment Illinois national guards at their new armory, 35th street and Forest avenue, on Monday evening was a grand event in the history of the regiment, for it must be remembered that it is the only Colored military organization in the wide world to occupy an armory of its own, and notwithstanding the fact that the weather was very unpleasant the affair was largely attended, for many of the leading society folks were out in full force, and the great majority of the women attending it were costumed in the height of fashion and they danced all the new or latest dances to perfection. It was well on to half past ten o'clock before the grand march was formed, which was lead by Frank S. Dickson, adjutant general of Illinois, and Mrs. Franklin A. Denison, who performed her part very gracefully and wore her most pleasant smiles throughout the evening and freely bestowed them on all those who honored the occasion with their presence. They were followed by Col. M. R. Kelly, aid to MR. JESSE BINGA MR. JESSE RINGA The successful real estate broker and banker comes out strong in favor of the election of Hon. Oscar DePriest. Mr. Binga not only favors his election, but he is also willing to contribute some of the wherewith all to his campaign fund and he will put his shoulder to the wheel and assist to land him in the city council at the forthcoming April election. The successful real estate broker and banker comes out strong in favor of the election of Hon. Oscar DePriest. Mr. Binga not only favors his election, but he is also willing to contribute some of the wherewith all to his campaign fund and he will put his shoulder to the wheel and assist to land him in the city council at the forthcoming April election. Governor Dunne's staff, Col. S. O. Tripp, Edmund H. Roche, department of state, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Scowan and by many other high military chiefs representing the other Illinois national guards in this city. Aside from those mentioned, between five and six hundred other men and women joined in the grand march which was a thing of dazzling beauty to behold. It was conducted by Capt. Clinton L. Hill, who performed his duties in that respect to perfection. As stated before that the best class of Whites and many of the best class of Colored men and women freely mingled together on that joyous and happy occasion, and a true spirit of cheerfulness and good fellowship prevailed throughout the evening. When the new eighth regiment armory is fully completed it will be 225 feet long and 125 feet wide, and in every way it will be stricly modern. Col. Franklin A. Denison, commanding, and his head staff officers all have richly furnished rooms or quarters on the first and second floors of the new armory. WENDELL PHILLIPS SOCIAL BOOM SEGREGATION. Report by Colored Citizens' Committee of the Negro Fellowship League, 3005 State Street. Chicago, Feb. 24, 1915. Julius F. Taylor. Editor The Broad AX. Dear Sir:—Your readers will be very interested to know the outcome of the conference between the teachers of the Wendell Phillips High School and the citizens' committee appointed at a meeting of the Negro Fellowship League, January 17th. It will be remembered that on that day both Miss Fannie Smith, dean of girls at the Wendell Phillips school, and Mr. Perrine, assistant principal, addressed the League in explanation and defense of the segregation of White and Colored children in the social room. An account which appeared in the daily papers a week before, stated that a protest had been made about this social arrangement, by Miss Marion Talbot, dean of girls at the University of Chicago; that Miss Smith justified her action and that Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of schools, endorsed it. In keeping with its policy the League invited Miss Smith to make an address and explanation. As many will remember, our Reading Room was crowded and the feeling was very strong; the outcome of the meeting being the appointment of a committee to visit the school, it being the recommendation of Miss Smith herself. The following committee was appointed: Mrs. I. B. W. Barnett, Mrs. Stella Majors, Rev. A. L. Stewart, Mr. Frank Hamilton and Mr. George W. Ellis. This committee called at the school Friday of the following week, January 22nd, only to find the examinations for the new year and commence exercises were on foot. It was regretted that we could not see the social room in operation, and we were asked to defer our report until we could come again after commencement exercises were over and new pupils had been received from other schools. For this reason our second visit$^{†}$ was made February 19th. After a lengthy conversation with Miss Smith, who still insisted that she thought the best results with the children of the two races could only be achieved by having them in separate social groups, the committee told her plainly that the Colored people would never consider such a necessity nor acquiesce in this decision; that we came at her request to her, rather than to the school board, but that if we did not succeed in convincing her of the unjust and uademogeratic attitude, we would be forced to take it to the school board. Because of this firm stand, she at last yielded the point and assured us that she would not again have the social groups assemble along the color line; that whatever she undertook in the future would be composed like the classroom groups of the different nationalities represented in the school. Whereupon the committee retired, feeling that it had achieved a bloodless victory; and desiring to let the public know about it, we are sending it on to you. The committee has since heard that both the French and German teachers have attempted to humiliate and to lecture the Colored pupils in the presence of those of other races. We are unable to go into that, because the persons bringing the complaint gave no names of teachers and no specific time when these occurrences were said to have taken place. When they do so, this committee feels safe in asserting that the only way to meet such a situation is to file charges against any teacher guilty of this race prejudice before the Board of Education and insist on his or her removal from the schools. It is only by such drastic action that any of the teachers who feel called on to insult Negro pupils can be taught that our race will not stand for it any more than other races would do. The committee would be very glad to have definite information of that character lodged with it. It will doubtless occur to most of your readers that the pledge of our Colored candidates to use their influence to put a Colored person on the school board is not without warrant, and I am sure that we will all be very glad to help elect Mr. DePriest to the city council for that reason, if for no other. Mrs. Stella Majors Rev. A. L. Stewart, Mr. Frank Hamilton, Mr. George W. Ellis. Mrs. Eva Raymore and family thank Bethel choir for their kindness towards sending a handsome basket of fruit, also all departments of church been very kind to her. Mrs. Mattle Brooks of 5037 Lake Park avenue, who has been sick for quite a while, departed this life the 21st inst. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband, four daughters, two sons and a host of relatives and friends. Her funetal was held Wednesday at 10:30 o'clock from her home. Rev. W. H. Griffin officiated. Mr. Henry Butler of 5483 Wood- lawn avenue, is on the sick list, suffer- ing with rheumatism. Mrs. Annie Sykes of 5039 Lake Park avenue, is still very sick. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. J. Bryant of 1515 East 523 St, who has been very sick is feeling bet- ter now. We hope that he continues to improve. Mrs. Stella Davidson of 5528 Ingle side avenue, is very siek and confined to her bed. She has our best wishes for a complete recovery. FRANK PLEA IN SUPREME COURT Washington, D. C., Feb. 26.—On the ground that the trial court which sentenced Leo M. Frank to die for the murder of Mary Phagan, the Atlanta (Ga.) factory girl, had lost its jurisdiction over the prisoner because of mob violence tolerated during the trial, and the consequent absence of the prisoner from court when the verdict was given, attorneys for Frank today argued before the Supreme Court that their client should be freed from custody. Louis Marshall of New York began the opening argument and will continue it tomorrow, when the representatives of Georgia will be heard. The court is considering an appeal from the refusal of the Federal District Court of Georgia to interfere in the case. Questions Claim of Coercion Mr. Marshall's statements that Judge Roan of the trial court "coerced" Frank into being absent when the verdict was given was questioned by Chief Justice White. The attorney insisted, however, that the suggestion by the judge that Frank's life and limb and those of his counsel might be in danger if they attended amounted to coercion. He argued that the right of the accused to be present could not be denied. "We have held that a court may abolish a trial by jury, and I do not see why a state may not abolish one of the incidents to a jury trial," interrupted Justice Pitney. "The decisions you cite refer to federal cases." Mr. Marshall replied that it was a question of the due process of law, and while the fifth amendment to the constitution guaranteed due process in federal cases, the guaranty of due process in state cases in the fourteenth amendment was the same in effect. Question of Mob Violence. When the point of mob violence was taken up, Justice Holmes remarked: "I am free to confess that point is one that impresses me very much." "This court has said that there must be a trial before a competent tribunal," began Mr. Marshall. "A competent tribunal is one that holds the scales of justice impartially, that is not swayed by fear or favor. Here the trial was marked by prejudice and hostility. Jeers at counsel for Frank were permitted when they lost a point. "Applause greeted the solicitor general when he appeared at the seat of justice, and then the judge held a conference in the presence of the jury with the chief of police and a commanding officer of the state militia." Justice Pitney inquired if the state Supreme Court had not passed upon all these facts, whereupon Justice Holmes asked if Mr. Marshall did not mean that, if these were the facts, it did not matter if twenty courts had passed upon them. The attorney siggified his acquiescence. EVELYN THAW BREAKS DOWN. Wife of Slayer of Stanford White in Serious Condition in Sanitarium— Nerves Give Out. New York, Feb. 26.—(Special)—Mrs. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, the wife of Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White, is reported to be in a serious condition as the result of a nervous breakdown. She has been taken to a sanitarium in the hope that rest will restore her health. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, 3334 Rhodes avenue, who is one of the greatest race women in this country, understands politics from A to Z. At first prior to the primaries she championed the cause of William Hale Thompson for mayor of Chicago; later on she switched over to Chief Justice Harry Olson, and according to the returns from the field of battle something happened to him on Tuesday, February 23d, which he was not expecting or looking for. P re ee ELE Sn ee: ae <0 oe a tela © ‘ # ti : ————— = THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, PEBRUARY 47, 1015, PAGE FIVE _ ——er | = a > - incident ones: coeenred is ers econ tr pasion gr Mark Wood, whe Ses Seay sued gp members for aoe Cee pis colleague in the t of gr Wallan Congreve, the Sapeniae famous “Congreve teckel” _"Dhe Pier resiened in 1816, and 2 Mivished his own son to Mt the wa pach ‘There were only three voters ibe constituency—Sir Marky his eon Si bis butler, named Jennings—tut gs the son was away and the butler fed quarreled with fis miaster-an. op. percent was afforded for s. singulas Mrenge. Jennings Tefsed 40 second & Mark's nomination of is om and frpeses himself, and a Geadlocie was Med only by Sir Mark coming te tems with the refractory butler, hose nomination he seconded in -or- Ja to induce him to act as @ neconder oryis son. Matters being thus” put feaalls in train, Sir Mark arranged yin Jennings that the former's vote poold be slone given, and the final Sute of the poll at Patton's only foown contest stood thus: Wood (ory), 1; Jeunings (Whig), 0—West- pinster Gazette. eeew tas ee Snow ice cream—what @ joy It used to be to the child heart! Mother used fo make it when she bad been impor- tied to “dis let us have one more cup- fo mom.” The youth of today, per- haps, does not need that Joy, with ev- eyiting so bandy for buying “store” je cream. But never can such make- shift take away the memory of the cqtlier dish. It was 80 ensy to make joo, Nature kindly furnished the foun- éstion, and ail that was necessary was fo add sugar and milk. When @ new full of snow came the children watch- 4 anxiously until ft became deep ‘eiough to scoop up cupfuls of the crys- als, Then it was carried to mother ani milk poured in and more snow ‘sided, and then more milk poured in ‘sm{ more snow added, until there was a full cupful. Sugar was added until the taste was just right and the mix- ture was placed out of doors until it ted become @ half frozen mass, and ‘there Was the ice cream!—Indianapolis — eee ited Gene 4 “nick” in an artery is sometimes more dangerous than its complete sev- cing, for the coats of arteries are formed of muscular tissue, which con- ‘mets, and a slight cut at once ex- pends into a round or oval hole, through which the hemorrhage con- tinues unless the artery be tied. When an artery is completely severed the cut eats tend to turn in and ¢lose the tube In the case of a small artery this closing sometimes needs no assist- ‘mee In the case of a larger artery ‘he surgeon ties it at once and thus Goses it for good. The New York ‘Medical Journal reports two cases at Lincoln hospital in which hemerrbages broke out over and over again for sev- enl weeks in arteries that had only Just been nicked and that were finally hetled by being tied just as if they had been severed. A Quution af eee Herbert Spencer did not agree with fh scientists who favored the metric stem. He said it is artificial ané Tatisfactory, ten being divisible by cay two numbers—two and five—and {c me case the result is fifths, which We practically useless im the everyday le of the people. The decimal system ‘s similarly objectionable, he contend- ef, because it has an imperfect fourth {24s more imperfect thind, both of Which are desirable in ordinary trans- Actions. He regarded twelve as one of the most favorable numbers, as it is aly divisible into groups of units fer popular use. Tracing It Back “Inquirer” says: “I am making @ ‘Callection of the best examples of mod- @ slang. What does ‘double cross’ Ren?” Glad to oblige you. aa one Rention is modern, but the source daasical. s Caesar crossed the Rubicon. ‘Then herecrossed it. This {s called “double ‘tuing the Rube.” Story afterward the fighting be- ‘Pa—Clereland Plain Dealer. Mie Sunes. “Cen you wash clothes?” asked the ‘timid young lover. “What's that?” asked the surprised ‘Raiden, Stan you wash dishes?” 5. 1 thought this was propesal ¢marrinze? What do you ran, amy- *8-2 laundry of @ festaurant?’— Youkers Statesman, Easier Employment aah mertan” said the letter ea “thet some of those ancients: iter writing on rocks and: belek” es,” replied the professor. — “Wel, these times have thelr Tmitges. But Td rather be 6 | So tow than then.”—Wan Sear, rea Sia re ht Ha te oe a rear erred the eg, “ny # Leora Ee Seen eee rious hit"—S¢: Leute, en ee 3 Se det a i ary yaa ST se ‘re her said the suitor. — 6 went makes 70 i Seas Milled be- dad pia Ledger = Teme ee eet vite rotated Ae Ss ry ; Tlation Telegraph Patz ‘Indian on one of the’ ‘Western reservations, ‘Tourists fre. =a oe a @ taciturn Gisposition that belied his name. One Gays party of-castern travelers ‘hunted out the oldman. Among them ‘Tas & young woman who was togged ‘out in the latest ‘style. Her neck was ‘bare, as were ber arms. Her garments —what there -were of them—were skimpiiy-cut. She "was fascinatéd by the chief. Fixing her large, calfifke eyes upon him, she stared and stared exactly as ‘though he were a griffin or a unicorn. ‘The chief began to show symptoms of being excessively bored. He eyed the young woman’ from head to foot in a chilling manner, but it Br not do a Particle of good. Finally young woman spoke. “What a perfectly lovely blanket!” ‘she exclaimed. “I wish I bad it!” She Teferred to the blanket which enwrap- ‘edi the chief. ‘Without a word-he removed it and tossed it at her feet He gave her— and her costume—a parting glance. | “You take um,” he granted, “You eed um most!” And he stalked away.— Pittsburgh Press. Frederick's War on Coffes. In a manifesto issued by Frederick ceed “she teoenoed conremeries “the increased consumption ef coffee by my subjects and the amount of money that goes out of the country in consequence. Everybody is Using coffee. This must no longer be. My subjects must drink beer. His majesty was brought up on beer, and #0 were his ancestors. Innumerable battles have been fought and won by Soldiers nourished on beer, and the king does not believe that coffee drink- ing soldiers can be depended upon to endure hardships or to conquer his en- emies should another war occur.” Cof. fee roasting was made a government monopoly, and & prohibitive price was charged for the berry. “Coffee smell. ers” were appointed all over Prussia to check illicit roasting. Coffee was therefore ousted from popular favor. ‘Threwina Dirty Water. Au English legal periodical recently published an inguiry sent to it by a lawyer as to the origin of a queer be- ef encountered by him—that it is no ‘offense to throw water on & person, provided the water be dirty. A client ‘of his, summoned for assault, had as- sured him that he had a sufficient de fense, because he had taken the pre caution of putting a handful of dirt in the water before throwing it Another correspondent suggested as the solu- tion the ancient practice, before the Gays of drains and sewers, of throw- ing waste water into the street. When this practice was prevalent doubtless the fact that the water was dirty tn- stead of clean was 2 circumstance tending to show thst the wetting of the unfortunate passerby was « mis- adventure rather than by design. Beride| Chamber Silver. _ Baw stants st egnel eet See earth ever prodnced as much wealth im ore as the famous “bridal chamber” im the Lake Valley silver mines in ‘southern New Mexico. It yielded over $3,000,000, the silver ore being found ‘twenty feet underground and was tak- ‘en from a space’no larger than a good sized room. One piece of ore weighed $1,000 pounds and returned smelter ‘valnes of over $82,000. In another nearby shaft fifty feet in depth $116,- 1000 worth of ore of the same charac- ter was hoisted with a hand windlass in eight hours.—Argonsat, _ Firat to Strike Oil. The first man to “strike of!” In the United States was EL. Drake, a con- |ductor on the New Haven railroad. Employed at Oil Creek, Pa., to drill [well for oll, he accomplished bis task on Aug. 27, 1859, and his well went down into history as the first ever [drilled for oll in this country.—New York American. Retormed. “Pa, Jimmy Green, the toughest fighter in our gang, has reformed. He says it's wrong to fight” “De you believe him?" “1 would bat for one thing”. “What's that?” “He never talked tliat way until be ‘broke his arm.”—Detrolt Free Press. b ‘Their Five Heavens | According to the Ptolemaic system of ‘astronomy, there were five heavens, of firmaments, the last of which was the seat of the “pure elemental dre,” and ‘the seat of deity. This fifth or highest ‘beaven was called the empyrean, from ithe Greek “en-fai,” which means “in fire.” ae ae es Seeking the Lost. “What is the poet gabbling about?" “Fils lost Lenore.” “He'd better put an ad in the lost column, By the way, what is 2 len- pre?”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat e Poor Friends. ‘When one loses one's reputation tt is ‘never necessary to advertise it in the ‘colamas. One's friends will a¢- verti it for one as widely as possible sie i Seer oe : | “Do you Relieve in being perfectiy with your friends?” then I am.” eS Baath Se —— | 0 ee ee ae ee Fe ee ecm int a Iie 200mh— Se ee eet . oo Sea a ee _ THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO. PRBRTARY oy i901. a = ‘HON. OSCAR DePRIEST THE NEXT ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD. —————_—_— 8ST. MARK CHURCH. RR de ee ‘The location of the church and the fact that it is taking first rank among Negro congregations, not because of the completion of the $30,000 new andito- rium, but because of the fine quality lof the personnel of its membership. St. (Mark membership is being added to every week by some of the most sub- stantial and progressive men and }women of the city./ And St. Mark in the very nature of the case must take its place as one of ithe chief agencies for good. It is an imspiration to note the large congrega- tions whieh’ crowd the auditoriam and gallery each Sunday, and the spirit_of devotion, the large liberality and the jsopl-inspiring singing impresses all present with its sincerity. St. Mark’s choir—Mr. John A. Washington—ranks jamong the best in the city. Mr. Cornello Canlas Ramirez, a Chris tian Philippino, im bis address at St. ‘Merk Lyceum on last Sundsy after- noon so pietured the race struggle of his people that his remarks were with most hearty applanse. ‘The solo by Miss Alpha Bratton was ‘most excellently rendered. + ‘The address next Sunday’ afternoon ‘will be by Dr. J. W. McDowell. Our pastor, Rev. J. W. Robinson, delivered lan address before the Chicago Meth- lodist preachers’. meeting Monday at ‘11 o'clock on the subject of the ‘‘Ne- gro in Northern Cities.’ It was well received. Miss Bettie Ola Forston also read. Adolphus Johnson, the new Afro- American poet of Philadelphia, Pa., has become. a regular subseriber to The Broad Ax. Mra. Ruby Thomas, sister of. Mrs. jJohn B. Jenkins, 4852 8. Dearborn street, departed this life the first part of last week. Sunday afternoon at 4 p. m. a musi- cal will be given in the parlors of the ‘Appomattox Club, 3441 8, Wabash avenue. The public are cordially in- vited to attend it. Alderman Stanley H. Kunz put up s jgume fight Tuesday to succeed himself fim the eity council from the 16th ward, but he was knocked out stiff and cold |for renomination by Vincent S. Wai- jefka. George L Martin has moved his cigar store and news stand from 18 W. Sist lstreet to 16 W. Sist street, and he now fhas one of the best places of its kind jon the south side. This paper can. be ‘on sale at his news stand. Mrs. James H. Johnson, 3650 Prairie avente, arrived home Thursday morz- ing from Lexington, Ky., where she [spent three weeks at the bedside of her ‘sick mother, Mrs. Lula Chilton, who is still suffering witH much pain and ill ness. Dr. J. ¥. MeDowell, 3509 8, State street, who is chairman of the alder ‘manic citizens’ committee af the see- fond ward, and who worked like an old- politician for the wuccess at the {primaries of Hon. Oscar DePriest, gave the writer a spin north on State strest ‘Thursday morning in his new Ford er. «3 ‘As all-star matinee will be given at 2 Trent, Sorby aftera ‘afternoon March “at 2 p.m, under the anmpicet of Fret. James A. Mundy and Prof. Theo- dore T. Taylor, managers. Sir Knight C. C. Smallwood, 1912 8. Dearborn street, who runs on one of ithe erack trains over the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul and the Salt Lake Route to Los Angeles, Cal., the first of the week aside from paying up his sabseription to this paper, presented the writer with a bottle of California port wine, and we wish to extend our thanks te Sir Knight Smallwood for it Judge Thomas C. Clark, who was elected one of the judges of the Su- perior Court of Cook county, and served as member of the Appellate (Court of the first distriet, passed away ‘at his home in Evanston, Dl, the lat- iter part of last week, after a long spel lof illness. His remains were trans ported to Kalamazoo, Mich., for inter- ment, as he was born in Flint, Mich, January 29, 1860. Judge Clark was a igentleman of the highest culture and re- finement. He was very broad and lib- -aminded on the so-called ‘‘race problem’? in this country. He was s regalar subscriber to this publication right up to the day of his passing away. ‘The Hague pence tribunal was form- ed fifteen years ago. “Effendi” in Turkish bas its equive- lent im the British “esquire.” Practically all cows used by Manila dairymen have been imported from Australia and are under the inspection of the bureau of bealth. Immigration through the port of New York for 1914 fell off to the extent of 001,410 persons, or 45 per cent, as com- pared with 1913, Statistics show that ‘the number of departing aliens was greater by 37,518 than in 1913. The Jitney. ‘The impression seems to be growing that operating a jitney bus is not all velvet—-Detroit Free Press. Dictionaries of the future will have to pay mote attention to the word “itney” than do the dictionaries of the present, which overlook it altogether— Chicago News. Until there was so much in the pa: pers about “fitney” we of Detroit had not Tealized that all along we have bad a jitney ferry, both to Belle Isle and to Windsor.—Detroit News. Industrial items. In Malaga, Spain, shoemakers get 64 to 72 cents a day. Factory inspection laws were estab- lished fp Switzerlaand in 1877. Tilness among the workers annually tovolves x losn of $750,000,000 in the United States. ‘The value of al} th» gold produced in the United States from 1792 to Jan. 1, 1914. f estimated by the United Btates geological survey at $3.549,790.400 aud the value of the allver at $1.700.517.000, Charity AMATEUR 7 For Beootit ae i BEE ae as ot BEE a cn ag, _ The White Flag. a Te tea great tenpeatoe fo command rs in wartime to use the white fiag as 8 trick to obtain breathing space wher hard pressed by the enemy, and this le often done, although it is against the laws of war. ‘The old purpose of the white fing is to notify the enemy that their oppo nents wish to parley, and a commander bas a perfect right to refuse such s request if he deems it necessary. Ever it he consents he can request that the bearer of the fiag of truce be blind folded so that he may not secure in formation concerning the camp whict he enters. In no circumstances must the white flag be shown to trick an opposing side into relaxing their at tack, so that a retreat may be prepared or reenforcements brought up for s fresh attack. In this connection s common ruse is for a harassed com- mander to request his enemy for an armistice apparently for the purpose of burying his dead. He then takes advantage of the truce by retreating with his troops under the cover of darkness.— London Tk-Bits. Fleatina Decks. A Goating dock may be likened to a box with neither ends nor lid. It ts built of steel throughout, the largest type having @ length of 680 feet and a width of 144 feet, while the walls are 8 feet in height. The dock is first submerged by admitting water into the ballast tanks or pontoons forming the base of the structure. When it has been sunk to a suficient depth to Tecelve the vessel the latter is warped into its correct position on the keel blocks of the dock and is then made fast. Powerful pumps are set to work to eject water frum the pontoons, caus- ing the structure to rise gradually with its burden. To lift a battleship of the largest size 46,000 tons of water bas to be pumped out of the pontoons. So Perfectly, however, are these floating docks constructed that one man can control every movement from what is known as the valve house—London ‘Tit-Bits. . Qnirel Mebulec. It is pow an established fact that the majority of the nebulae known to as tronomers are spiral nebulae. Thelt study is very important, and in par ticular a knowledge of their spectra is capable of furnishing valuabie informa. tion. The study uf the spectra of nebulae is. rendered very difficult by the small intrinsic brightness they pos sess. Nevertheless, some careful ex- Periments made by Siipber on the neb ula in Andromeda render it probable that the nebula has a radial velocity of about 188 miles a second, a result which is distinctly greater than the figures formerly obtained for other nebulae. If this nebula in Andromeda approaches the solar system with thi velocity—11,160 miles a minute—it sug: gests that the new star which appear ed near its nucleus in 1885 had been 2 dark star which was encountered Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Pelich Peasant Girle. Polish women have been known to fight on the battlefield and die in the eause of their country. And what seemed harder to some they have gtv- em up all their worldly goods in the same cause. Many have been exiled, but never has there been a murmar heard from these brave women, who are capable of any sacrifice. The Po- lish women have ever been noted for their physical charms, their bands and -feet being, from an artistic point of view, absolutely perfect. In the feld at harvest time far more women are to be seen than men, and the effect of thelr different colored dress makes an attractive picture. The skirts of thelr dresses are generally pinned up, leav- ing bright petticoats exposed to view. —London Express. Train Times. A passenger recently entered a rail road depot to take the 2:15 p. m, train ‘The clock in the waiting room was several minutes faster than the one in the office, and the passenger asked the porter which clock was correct. After scanning the clocks carefully the por ter, with much satisfaction to himself. replied: “It don’t make any difference which is right. The train goes at 2:15 any- how.”—Everybody's. Gan Cintition; “Beauty has vanished from earth,” mourned Cholly Litebrane. “The girl I love has refused my hand and made me miserable.” “Well, you ought to think of some- body other than yourself,” replied his unsympathetic friend. “The girl prob- ably has made herself happy.”—Ricb- mond Times-Dispateb. Rubbing It in, ‘He—I don't think much of the way you practice economy. Sbe—Well, you ‘have nothing on me. I dou’t think much of the way you don’t make any money and force me to attempt some- eaten ien Sr etree cess.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. ‘Tell Him No Fine Yarns. “Men never brag to.me about how ‘much money they have.” “They don't. Who are you?" “I'm « bill colleetor.”"—Detroit Free Press. t ‘the Bill. “z yast Site 2 el mchno would you su as —< D apples.” — Baltimore Ameri- cae i tra Pa ie HIPS ~ AND SEA MINES. Both Play an Important Part In European War. 'T is rather interesting in these days of frequent submarine raids to reflect that when Fulton, the American inventor, first pro- Pounded his idea for an under water boat and experimented under the aus- pices of the British and French gov- ‘ernments his plans were denounced as “revolting to every noble principle,” both French and British admirals de- claring that they wished to “fight like gentlemen and not to be drowned like rats.” ‘The method of attack of a submarine is very simple. Seeing an enemy, she biows out the required number of air tanks and by means of her planes de- scends until the conning tower is just above water, from which the move- ments of the distant enemy are observ ed. Having approached within a dis- tance judged to be safe from discovery, the submarine ts submerged complete- ly, ber course being coaned solely by means of the periscope, and at the chosen moment discharges her torpedo. At night the submarine is biind, and in bad light or rough sea she works with difficulty owing to the obscurity of her vision. ‘The submarine is still in a way an unknown quantity in international law. While the existing rules of internation. al law provide that all passengers and crew on unarmed belligerent merchant Vessels must be taken off before the ship can be sunk, this has been held to apply to war vessels which are able to care for passengers. The fact that @ submarine may endanger itself ‘by approaching a belligerent merchant- man is a consideration which may ne- cessitate new rules when the subject ts taken up by future conferences. In addition to the submarine ship, the submarine mine is playing an im- portant part in the present European war and in the strategy of the fighting ae ty ee fee + We) i 7h ee RR got? = i * iy i: = ae ; ) ree a ape Photo by American Press Association. TOWER, PERISCOPE AND WIRELESS OF 4 ‘SUBMARINE (BATTLESEIP aT LEFT). game, particularly as it relates to the defense of a country on its seaboard or to the offense of a nation against an enemy's navy. ‘Mines, as they are placed in the sea and as they have been placed in great numbers in the North sea, are of three kinds—harbor defense mines, deep sea floating mines and moored contact mines. Harbor defense mines are part of the armament of a country to keep the vessels of a hostile nation from enter- Ing a harbor to occupy a city. They are used to the best effect where the channel to a harbor ‘s somewhat nar row. These mines consist of heaty charges of a high explosive placed in the channel. They are exploded by ‘an electric current sent through a wire connecting them with the shore. The contzet that detonates the mine is made from a fort on shore or other point of observation, and the explosive is discharged when the ship of an ene- ms Is close to the hidden mine. ‘These mines are under the control of man. and unless through an acci- dent or by mistake they could not in- fure the ships of 2 neutral power or of the power which controtled them. The other kinds of mines are auto- matic and make no distinction between friend and foe. If the ship of a friend- ly power touches the mine it is the same as though the ship of a foeman bad touched it Fe Os es Se 1g made the mine is discharged. ‘The deep sea floating mines are the easiest to place in position, and they are the most easily detected of any of the different classes of mines. As ‘their name indicates, they float on the wsarface of the sea and can be seen by ‘the vigilant lookout of = vessel ts ‘many instances and can be avoided or can be detonated from s distance nets ee as SS CES eae most, Gungerons — wre the most Gangerous 1 SN em tad joard from the wine laying | conaiat of « lobe nt sibel whic Luxurious Military Aeroplanes. The German arrow type of flying machine can compare with nothing so much as an automobile de luxe, says an English journal. It has the strength, the perfection, the reliability, the safety of a superb motorcair. And it has the luxury. On the dashboard before the pilot, in addition to his control gear, there is a nest of drawers containing, among other things, a vacuum flask, chocolate cubes wrapped against the damp in tin foil, a small bottle of brandy in case the aviator should become faint, a petrol sponge for wiping the goggles, a revolver holder, a dispatch case with sharpened pencils of different colors, so that the dispositions of the enemy's troops can be more adequately marked, a map board and maps. Moreover, the exhaust pipe of the engine passes under the floor boards, so that the pilot, who must constantly keep his feet at an angle on the pedals, may have them warmed throughout the flight. The filer, too, sits in a comfortably upholstered club chair. First Balloon Ascension In America. The first balloon ascension in America took place in Philadelphia on Jan. 9, 1783. The aeronaut was a Frenchman named Blanchard. He secured the yard of the Walnut street prison as the place from which to make the ascent. Among the many distinguished persons present was George Washington, then president of the United States. The start was made 10:03 o'clock, and as the balloon began to ascend the aeronaut waved the United States flag and the tricolor of France. The voyage lasted forty-six minutes, during which the balloon traveled fifteen miles, descending a little to the eastward of Cooper's Ferry, N. J. Blanchard returned to the city about 6:30 in the evening, and immediately paid his respects to President Washington. Following this ascension, during the year he made a number of others, but owing to lack of public support and insufficient funds of his own, he returned to France sadly disappointed at his success in America.—Philadelphia Press. A Knight of the Garter A knight of the Garter dressed in the regalia is an imposing sight. He wears a blue velvet mantle with a star embroidered on the left breast. His trunk hose, stockings and shoes are white, his hood and surcoat crimson. The garter, of dark blue velvet edged with gold and bearing the motto "Honi soli qui mal y pense" ("Evil to him who evil thinks"), also in gold, is buckled about the left leg below the knee. The heavy golden collar consists of twenty-six pieces, each in the form of a garter, bearing the motto, and from it hangs the "St. George," a badge which represents St. George on horseback encountering the 'tragon. The "lesser George" is a smaller badge attached to a blue ribbon worn over the left shoulder. The star of the order consists of eight points, within which is the cross of St. George, encircled by the garter. Poor Gas. Some men were riding in the smoker end of a Pullman car recently when one of them referred in a rather uncomplimentary way to the gas supply that was dished up in his home town. "Yours may be bad enough," reflectively commented a party named Jones, "but I want to say right here that we have the worst gas of any town in the United States." "That is saying a whole lot," returned the first speaker. "Do you really mean it?" "You just bet a hundred that I mean it!" was the rigorous rejoinder of Jones. "Every morning when we go to cook breakfast we have to pour kerosene on the gas to start the fire in the gas stove."—Philadelphia Telegraph. A Tongue Twister. Do you read by sight or sound? Do you skim the sense or pronounce the words as you go? Inaudibly, but consciously? There are many readers who read by the ear, and when this writer had written the sentence about Wick (there was an election there) "Wick is rich in Pictish relics"—he leaned back and tried to whisper it, thinking of the next. "Wick is rich in Pictish relics." Say it three times quickly—London Mall. Old Newspapers. Old newspapers form the basis of most of the boxes in which goods are kept in the furnishings stores. When ground into pulp and treated with certain chemicals they furnish an ideal material for the pasteboard used in the cheapest as well as the more expensive grades of boxes.—Argonaut. Truth or Fiction? "Ah, what a difference there is," remarked the cynic wearily. "between courtship and marriage! Courtship is made up of soft nothings—marriage of hard facts." And he broke the world's record for a stig.—New York Times. Best For the Inner Man. We are very fond of music, literature and art, but when all is said and done nothing makes a stronger appeal to us than something in the nature of a fritter.—Ohio State Journal. PANAMA EXPOSITION WANTS LIBERTY BELL Much Opposition to Moving Relic Across Continent. San Francisco is renewing its efforts to secure the famous Liberty bell from the old statehouse in Philadelphia so that it may be an interesting and historic attraction at the Panama exposition. Recently Mayor Rolph of San Francisco and President Moore of the exposition sent telegrams to Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia urging that the bell be sent to San Francisco. The mayor of Philadelphia is in favor of sending the bell to San Francisco, but a great deal of opposition has developed owing to the condition of the bell itself and the fear that it might be further damaged by the journey across the continent. For a long time the old bell hung suspended from its ancient beam, and LIBERTY Photo by American Press Association. THE FAMOUS LIBERTY BELL. the hanging weight of more than a ton had helped to widen the tiny lateral crack until it formed a serious menace to the relic's safety. The weight of hanging metal below the crack had gradually pulled the bronze apart under the stress and vibrations. Then jacks were placed beneath it and the stress was relieved and the progress of the crack was stopped. But despite these remedial measures a good many patriotic societies in Pennsylvania, as well as citizens generally, have serious objections to any risk being taken with the bell, and they have voiced their protests publicly and through extensive circularization. AN ANTARCTIC MASK. Explorer, Subjected to Blizzards, Has His Face Incaased by Ice. The picture at the top is not one of an oyster, however much it may resemble that edible bivalve. It conceals, strange to say, the face of a man who has been exposed to an antarctic blizzard. The face of the man, Meteorologist Madigan of Sir Douglas Mawson's antarctic expedition, appears just below the reproduction of his ice incrusted face. The ice was carefully scraped off at the winter quarters of the expedition where a thawing temperature was possible. In order to take his observations Madigan had to ascend a plateau and CORRECTION there set up his scientific instruments. Going up the steep icy sides of the hill was comparatively easy, for the tremendous wind helped him up. It was descending against the force of the wind that was difficult and trying. Often Madigan would have to stand at an angle of forty-five degrees in the descent, for the attraction of gravitation was by no means an offset to the terrific wind. The descent had to be accomplished by sheer force, and often the wind was so tatterly cold that Madigan's face would become intrusted with bea as is shown in the illus- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 27, 1915. How Warships Communicate. Every battleship at sea has its wireless installation adjusted so that it can send and receive signals and messages to other squadrons at sea or in harbor and to stations ashore. For the purpose of obtaining information as to the whereabouts of the enemy and guarding against surprises wireless telegraphy is, of course, invaluable, says the Wireless World. A great number of cruisers are sent out ahead and spread a number of miles across. The duty of these ships is to keep a thorough lookout and report to the ship in the battle fleet looking out on their particular wave length. This ship in turn reports by semaphore or Morse lamp to the admiral of the battle fleet. The cruisers are sometimes assisted by torpedo boat destroyers. Now, if thirty of these ships are used it will be readily seen that the area of their vision is enormous, and it would be almost impossible for a fleet to pass unobserved. Immediately any of the ships sight the enemy's squadron they would report at once by wireless, stating the number of ships sighted, with their speed, latitude and longitude, etc. The admiral would then give his orders, also by wireless—Pearson's Weekly. Queerest Dolls In the World. Queerest Dolls in the World. The dolls played with by little Mohammed children are sadly unique. They are not allowed any features and are, in fact, little more than mere bundles of rags rolled up. Mrs. Penny in "Southern India" recalls the reason for this deficiency. The Moslems believe that any human figure that is made by man will receive life at the last day and will reproach its maker for having brought it into existence without having the power to endow it with human and spiritual privileges. One feels that the prophet might have compromised a little when it came to dolls, especially in view of what was later to happen. When British rupees were first circulated in India the figure of the sovereign in relief was regarded with distrust. Fortunately for the peace of the merchant the eye was so small as to be almost invisible. Through this loophole the followers of the prophet found a way of escape from the difficulty, deciding that no harm would come in the use of the money. A. Stonehenge Legend. Friar's Heel is the name given to a large stone at Stonehenge, England. An interesting tale surrounds the placing of this stone in its present upright position. It is related that Geoffrey of Monmouth said that the devil bought some stones of an old woman in Ireland, wrapped them up in winthes and took them to Salisbury plain. Before he got to Mount Ambre the withies broke and one of the stones fell into the Avon; the rest were carried to the plain. After the fiend had fixed them in the ground he cried out, "No man will ever find out how these stones came here." A friar replied, "That's more than thee c'u tell," whereupon the fiend threw on of the stones at him and struck him on the heel. The stone struck in the ground and is said to remain there to the present hour. A Remarkable Prediction Manasheh Cutler of Massachusetts, in a circular in 1787 "booming" the settlement which the New Englanders were about to plant on the Ohio at the mouth of the Muskingum, declared that "the current down the Ohio and the Mississippi" for produce and merchandise of all sorts would one day "be more crowded than any other streams on earth," which was a remarkable prediction considering that it was made twenty years before Fulton's Clermont was launched in the Hudson, which was the first steamboat in the world ever put in successful operation. Family Fun. They had been having a quarrel, and after Mrs. Gilson had spoken the last word, as usual, she felt that perhaps she had overdone the matter and, picking up the evening paper, began to read little items from it. "Oh, Henry," she laughed, "isn't this funny? Here is a man advertising for a silent partner with $1,000." "Funny!" growled Gilson. "Yes; it's terribly funny. If he'd married you he'd have been darned glad to get a silent partner even if she didn't have a cent."-Philadelphia Record. Comprehensive Advice It is probable that seldom has better advice been given than in the following condensed rules: Drink less, breathe more; eat less, chew more; ride less, walk more; clothe less, bathe more; worry less, work more; waste less, give more; write less, read more; talk less, think more; preach less, practice more. To follow these is to strive for better health, further popularity and greater success. Explaining it "Robert," said his mother, "what mischief have you been up to now? I can tell by the look in your eyes that you have been naughty." "Oh," replied Robert, "that's part of the look left over from the last time I was naughty."—Chicago Newa. THE impression got abroad that the date of the official opening of the Panama canal was changed from March 6 to July 4, 1915, because it would be unwise to send the United States fleet to the Pacific while conditions in Europe were in so unsettled a condition. This report carried a suggestion that the government feared that an emergency might arise. But Secretary Daniels has publicly denied that there is any basis for this impression. He further asserted that the real reason for the postponement was the condition of the canal itself. This was carefully gone over by President Wilson with Colonel Goethals shortly before the latter salied to resume his work at the canal, Colonel Goethals said at the time that it was impossible to state precisely just then whether the canal would be blocked as a result of slides during March or not. He said he hoped there would be no further slides, but that he could not guarantee a clear waterway. The president asked Colonel Goethals if July would be more satisfactory than March. He answered that it would be much better and that he would be relieved if July 4 was chosen. As a result of this conference President Wilson decided that the ceremonies should be postponed. The president will go to the Panama exposition by rail as soon as congress adjourns. The exact date of his departure, of course, depends upon this contingency. The slides at Culebra cut are still the sword of Damocles that causes fear and unrest at Panama. New and more powerful dredges than have been used heretofore have been ordered and will soon be digging up the sides of Gold THE SHIP Photo by American Press Association. STEAMSHIP ANCON AT CULLEBRA CUT. hill, which slipped into the Culebra cut and thus reduced its depth very considerably. In the accompanying illustration the steamer Ancon is passing through the canal at the summit of the Isthmus divide, where the treacherous slides are making so much trouble. The impression given by the picture is that the canal is open full width. As a matter of fact, however, twenty feet below the surface of the water, shown in the illustration, the rocks and earth have upheaved in places so that only a narrow channel remains for ships drawing thirty feet or more. This condition of the canal, Colonel Goethals said before his recent departure for the canal zone, he hoped to remedy by June. A picture of any section of the nine mile Culebra cut, the subject of the slides, would give the same wrong impression of the waterway's real condition. But the new and powerful dredges are expected to increase the depth of the canal to the intended forty feet and to widen the ship channel to 300 feet as originally planned. A new factor in hydraulic engineering has been developed as the result of the operation of the Panama canal. None of the distinguished engineers who participated in designing the great waterway ever took into account the peculiar conditions that might arise and affect navigation as a result of the sudden mixture of large quantities of fresh and salt water. Yet it has been found that an important element of delay in the passage of vessels through the canal is caused by the discharge into the great locks, already filled with salt water from the oceans at either end, of the perfectly fresh water which fills the prism of the canal and is supplied from the Chagres and other rivers. The result of the sudden mixture of the waters when the lock valves are opened is the creation of heavy currents, which continue until the fresh water has thoroughly permeated the heavier salt water, and these currents sweep in back and forth through the locks we apt to dash about and seriously injure any vessel within unless she is securely held and carefully handled. When making the first night lockage recently the steamship Limari was held in the lower chamber of Mirafores lock for fifteen minutes waiting for these currents to subside. Professor Pickering of the Harvard astronomical observatory declares that there is nothing less true than that the moon is without air, water or vegetation. There are certain large lunar areas that darken toward lunar moon and fade out toward lunar sunset. They correspond in some degree to the so called Martian seas, and Professor Pickering uses the term "fields" to describe these plains or slopes, which he believes to be covered with vegetation. He is convinced that the dark fields to be seen during the lunar summer do not owe their blackness to shadow, for you can see them at full moon when shadows are absolutely invisible. The blue-black color of the fields and canals, he argues, can therefore be owing only to a discoloration of the surface that comes alike on slopes and levels in the lunar summer, and that is invisible in the spring and autumn. We know of no mineral that acts in that manner, and the only possible explanation seems to be that it is the result of a covering of vegetation—Youth's Companion. The Smoker's Paradise Mexico may be called the smoker's paradise. There is plenty of good, cheap tobacco in that country, where the leaf grows freely. Furthermore, no tax is levied upon it. One may buy in Mexico a cigar, every bit as good as the average ten cent brand in this country, for a sum equivalent to two and a half cents of our money. Cigarettes are cheap in proportion. To protect the domestic article Mexico levies a prohibitive tax upon imported tobacco, so that no Mexican thinks of buying an American cigar. The laboring classes are able to buy two boxes of cigarettes, containing ten each, for two and a half cents in our money. The tobacco in these is the sun dried natural leaf and of coarse grade, with coarse paper wrappings. The market is abundantly supplied also with cigarettes of high grade tobacco in the best paper wrappings. For the most part the Mexican takes his tobacco in the form of cigarettes—New York Tribune The China of Burma. The Chins of Burma are divided into a large number of clans, and a man may not marry a woman of his own clan, but after the marriage ceremonies are over the wife is initiated into her husband's clan and has her wrists wrapped round with cotton yarn as a witness to all evil spirits that she is under the guardianship of the kun, or ancestry, of her husband. The Chins are afraid of witches; but, as has been the case with other peoples, they find great difficulty in learning for certain whether a given woman is a witch or not. If they knew it they would certainly drive the woman out of the village and perhaps resort to further violence. Like the Burmese, they believe that witches have the power by their incantations to introduce foreign matters into the bodies of those whom they hate and so to cause them to die. The First London Directory. The great family of Smith, Brown, Jones and Robinson had not spread so far over London when the first directory was published as it has now. Only eighteen Smiths, ten Brown, nine Joneses and four Robinson figures in it, the Cooks, Halls, Hills and Kings being almost as numerous. There were then but five London bankers, or "goldsmiths that keep running cash," as the directory describes them—Richard Blanchard & Child, at the Marygold, in Fleet street; Mr. Coggs, in the Strand, at the King's Head; Benjamin Hinton, at the Flower de Luce, in Lombard street; James Herrliot, at the Naked Boy, in Fleet street, and James Johnson, at the Three Flower de Luces, in Lombard street—London Graphic. Dresses and Flowers. If you have had a waist or a light dress stained by wearing a bunch of flowers you will appreciate how much trouble might be saved by owning a chamois case to cover the stem. Make this by stitching into shape a piece of chamois the desired size. Into this case may be slipped the stems of any short stemmed flowers, and then they may be carried or worn without staining waist, glove or gown.-Exchange A facetious bishop went to preach a charity, sermon a short time ago in a church. The rector said: "I am grieved that you should have to come on such a windy day." Greatest Railroad Terminal Chicago is a greater railroad center than New York, or any other place on earth. As a railroad terminal the Windy City bears the palm over all the world and will probably continue to do so for a long time to come. New York American "No; her idea is that two ought to live as expensively as five or six"—Louisville Courier-Journal. The widow's cap is as old as the days of Julius Caesar. An edict of Tiberius commanded all widows to wear the cap under penalty of a heavy fine and imprisonment. Beth. Beth in the names of places mentioned in the Bible is the Hebrew word for "house." Thus, Beth-lehem is the house of bread; Beth-said, house of meats. BETROTHAL PLAYS PART IN WAR DIPLOMACY Bulgaria and Roumania to Be United by Royal Marriage. The most beautiful young princess in Europe, the golden haired Elizabeth of Roumania, who has been reported as betrothed to almost every eligible young prince, is finally to have her future settled in a marriage with Crown Prince Boris of Bulgaria. The two fathers, King Ferdinand of Roumania, who succeeded to the crown last October, and Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, a reigning prince for twenty-seven years, are arranging a visit of state on Roumanian soil, when their foreign ministers will discuss politics and treaties while the fathers plan for the forthcoming marriage. Prince Boris reached twenty-one years last January, while Prince JOHN W. HARRIS PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND CROWN FROM BORIS. Elizabeth will be twenty-one next September. Both were born in the countries to which their German fathers went in search of thrones, and both have been carefully reared to understand the Balkan peoples and to sympathize with them in their aspirations for recognition in European political affairs. 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Removes oily dandruff and promotes the growth of the hair. PRICE, 25 cts. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Adelina Patti, known as the Queen of Song, was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1843, of Italian parents. Commissioner of Corrections Katharine B. Davies of New York has a plan for organizing a farming colony for woman prisoners. Melinda Scott, president of the New York Women's Trade Union league, is striving to have similar organizations formed in cities in other states. Sister Margaret Clothilde Macdonald, matron-in-chief of the Canadian army nursing service, who accompanied the Canadian army to England, together with half a hundred nurses, is a native of Nova Scotia, but was trained as a nurse in New York. Mra. Stella von Turnau, who has been decorated with the order of Francis Joseph by the emperor of Austria, is the first woman on whom the honor has ever been conferred. She is a crack shot and a remarkable horsewoman and followed her husband to the front, where she distinguished herself in the trenches. Food Prices. With the price of bread advanced in a year when we raised more wheat than ever before possibly it is just as well that the crop was not larger.—Detroit News. Statistics as to the supply of cattle indicate that the cost of beef should not go up. But statistics have never been considered reliable as a basis of prediction—Washington Star. If wheat goes higher use cornmeal, is the advice of an expert. Why not? It is healthy; it sustained our forefathers; it is good all the way from cakes to pone. All, being the most American thing we can eat, it ought to feed the common patriotism—Falladelphia Ledger. SHORT AND SHARP. Our wonderful language, "Civilized warfare." A bad egg takes up as much room as a good one. Success is unworthy if its price is another's failure. Do not expect to live forever on the fruits of one victory. Motto of the submarines, "There's always room at the bottom." THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 27, 1915. Wheels and the World. The history of the evolution of lee- motion as well as an infinity of other studies of the keenest interest could all be centered in the wheel. Without wheels we should have no watches, no steering at sea. We should be unable to utilize the waterfalls as motor force, nor should we have hun- dreds of other things of the utmost attrac- tion and utility. SHORT AND SHARP Sarcasm may make good but it doesn't make friends. The more things a man is of the more respectable he is. Many a good idea is wasted All our modern civilization has come to us on wheels. All we know about other countries, all the commerce we have established throughout the world and our means of wealth we owe to the wheel. It is difficult to imagine what the world would come to if suddenly all wheels vanished from our midst. No war, no famine, no revolution, could be one-hundredth part as effectual in putting us back centuries as the lack of wheels. The romance of wheels has gone, never to return again. Wheels are now looked upon merely as accessories, whirling indifferently, faster and faster, but practically ignored. He Saw the Battle There were no war correspondents in Wellington's time, but that his attitude toward such would have been friendly may be judged by a story told by Lady Doronthy Nevill. At Waterloo the duke noticed a little man in plain clothes, mounted on a sturdy cob, who rode hither and thither in the thick of the fight. He had him brought to him to demand his business, whereupon the man explained that he was traveling for a Birmingham button maker and, chancing to be in Brussels and never having seen a battle, he was taking the opportunity of seeing this one. Wellington not only allowed him to continue his observations, but presently trusted him with a dispatch for one of his generals in the firing line. The safe delivery of the message was rewarded, in more peaceful times, by a comfortable government appointment. —London Opinion. Placing the Defendant A legal journal says that a suit brought by a portly man against a little man with a hacking cough had gone to the jury, at which time it appeared from the evidence and the instructions of the court that the big man had won the case. After half an hour the jury was called and asked if a verdict had been reached. "No, your honor," replied the foreman. "We only want to know which is the defendant and which is the plaintiff." "The large man sitting over there is the plaintiff, and the small gentleman here is the defendant," replied the judge. The jury filed back to the jury room. In a few minutes they signaled that they had reached a verdict. The judge received it and read: "We, the jury, find for the man with the consumption." Early Hand Guns. When Edward IV. returned to England, in 1471, ten years after he succeeded to the throne, he obtained some forces from his brother-in-law, the Duke of Burgundy, including 300 Flemings armed with hand gusx, thus being the first to introduce these weapons into England. Afterward they became common. At first they were fired by the application of a lighted match to the touchhole by the hand. The match was a wick lighted and pressed against the powder in the pan. The invention of a lock to fire the powder in place of the hand was suggested by the trigger of the crossbow. The matchlock fired the arquebus, or harquebus, used by the soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in projecting a ball which weighed nearly two ounces—London Telegraph. A Rapid Calculation Trick A RAPID CALCULATION PROJECT By means of a simple arrangement of numbers a calculation can be made which will easily puzzle any unsuspecting person. If the two numbers 41,096 and 83 be written out in multiplication form very few will endeavor to write down the answer directly without first going through the regular work. By placing the 3 in front of the 4 and the 8 back of the 6 the answer is obtained at once, thus: 41,096x83 equals 3,410,968. A larger number which can be treated in the same way is the following: 4,109,589,041,096x83 equals 341,095,890,410,968.—Popular Mechanics. Tibetans and Prayers. The Tibetans are the most pre-eminent praying people on the face of the earth. They have praying stones, praying pyramids, praying flags flying over all the houses, praying wheels and praying mills and the universal prayer, "Om mani pad me haun," is never out of their mouths.—Exchange. Grased Torpedoes. It is not generally known that every torpedo is covered over with fine vaseline so as to make it run easily in its tube as well as to protect the valuable weapon from rust and sea water. Many a good idea is wasted because the man who has it won't work. If you have a plan to end the war wait till the others are through. Heroes have to wade through a job lot of trouble to get a reputation. Take care of the night before and the morning after will take care of itself. The man who makes light of other people's troubles usually swears at his own. Drop the letter "s" from the phrase "shell fire" and you have a good definition of war. "Laughter," some one has said, "is a smile set to music." That depends on who is laughing. They say the Zeppelinls look so much like clouds it's hard to distinguish them from thunderstorms. "Will civilization endure?" asks a contemporary. Well, enduring seems to be its long suit just at present. A missionary states that African natives ask why civilized white men go to war. A big price for an answer that answers. Some folks with splendid plans for ending the war in Europe have never managed to end a quarrel with the next door neighbor. Racket or Raquette. When you use the racket in playing tennis you do not stop to think what it means and how difficult it has been to trace the word. Some thought that it was so called because of the noise made by the ball striking it, but this is impossible. The real origin is from the French raquette, the palm of the hand, which was originally used in the game before the racket was invented. It's all very simple when you know.—Exchange. Cured by Suggestion. "And you say that Jorkins was cured of an extremely bad case of insomnia by suggestion?" "Yes, purely by suggestion. His wife suggested that since he could not sleep he might as well sit up and amuse the baby. It worked like a charm." All Through. 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Instructing the youth of the country in handling arms and ammunition might do something toward reducing the number of didn't know it was loaded accidents.—Washington Star. It costs $20.70 for three minutes' conversation between New York and San Francisco and $6.75 each additional minute. Talk is certainly not cheap when it's transcontinental.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Fashion Frills. To talk of the "laws" of fashion is manifestly absurd, since fashion is founded on caprice.-Chicago News. A million dollars' worth of dystyuns has arrived in New Pork from Germany, so maybe we shan't have to wear white ones all the time, after all. -Indianapolis News. Siks suit for men, it is promised, will be the fashion for next summer. This sounds like a conspiracy of the feminists to insure that they can be both masculine looking and comfortable -New York Sun. Advertise THE MOST COMPLETE OPTICAL ROOMS IN THE CITY BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE? 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Anderson, 6450 Champlain Avenue; entertained the Woodlewn Whist Civb, ‘whieh is composed of 12 lady members and every two weeks, they meet at the thome of one of the members of the Glub and play whist, simply for the Pleasure of playing, a8 no prises at no -time are awarded to the winners, “SIRES AND SONS. ‘Dr. Stepben Panaretoff, the frst P=t garlan minister to the United 8 . recently entered upon his official du tes at Washington. ‘Wiliam A. Orr, secretary to Charles & Whitman, governor of New York, bas been city editor of the New York ‘Tribune for the last year. He was ora ts Wingham, Ont, and is thirty. One years old. Panl Poiret, who is called the “com. mander ‘in chief of fashion,” bas given et see Soteniee haste gewns for 3 and at last reports (was serving 28 an infantryman in the ‘French rank and fle. Reet eneee Deny ments ote ee eee te a ; ‘Visitors, “I have been retiring iaeley RGR OASee end 5 sawp “at 5 c’elock every morning reading newspapers vefore anybody else in Washington.” ‘Bir Henry !{oward, who har ap pc “Dulish embaseator extant “nary at the Vatican, is the first repre- “sentative ct (tain has sent to the pel on tr, 400 ; and the Bay pot won the gorerament : west policy, = =< Flippant Flings. It will be funny to see dignified offic seekers tiptoeing around for fear of peaks Sen ahs Constitu: George W. Perkins advises consum- ers to buy in bulk and save on the cost of living. How would you buy liver by the bulk?—Detroit Free Press. ‘A Kansas man wants a divorce be canse his wife snores. Goodby mar Hage if he gets it and a precedent is ‘established —Atlanta Constitution, Since the White House is the tra- @itional goal of every American boy, what is now left for President Wi- son's grandson to plug for?—New York sun BRIGHT BRIEFS. A grievance is never improved by secret nursing. Industry 1s the mother of success. ‘Lack is merely a distant relation. ‘Mexican generals are spectacular in everything except getting killed off. ‘When a man writes his autobiogra- phy Inany interesting facts are omitted. Some men are so lucky that they even fall down when nobody fs around to see. ae Swelled head is the only disease tn which the suffering is done by other ‘people. . Tho greatest mistake is to become @iscouraged because you have made a ‘mistake. ee __ Kipling insists that the English are the only humorous nation. If they can ‘fathom that joke they are. | ficlentists are agreed: that the old earth ts cooling off. But the proves aan anne It ts sad to see family relics’ sold at ‘exction, bet the most painful thing up- er the hammer is. generally your ere —_— wr ai Sa a Breornet ints soy i et eee ee Hs Nin satire of ce ene ae ae former Khedive. Otherwise the gov- A census of the men who have been frecidert of Mexico tn the lest four Fears sin order. A census of those ‘who have tried to be president is hope- Jeasty impossible ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 27, 1915, ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING) = achellgp arliegg oye NEWS STANDS: is ep ee eae rom on ‘aed after this date The) Re7etone State, The one most Broad Ax, can be found on tale at the| 2h who own Pensayiecala as following news stands: tive state, is that Pennsylvania NN. B. Jones, magazines, cigars, to bacco and news stand, 248 E, 85th St. NN. G. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, no- tion store and news stand, S012 8. State street. L. E. Chilton, news stand, 8. E. cor ner Sist and State streets. ‘S.: Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; 31 W. 51 Street, nest Dearborn. B. H, Faulkner, news agency; 3109 & State street. George I Martin, maker of fine cig- ars and news stand, 18 W, Sist St. near State. BR, M. Harvey’s barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to baceo, confections anf news stand, 5244 Btate Bt. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 80th Bt. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th Bt, near Btate. Sylvester MeGlofin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 ‘Btate St. E. M. Oliver, notions; cigars and news stand, 15 W. 86th Street, near State. A. D, Hayes, cigars, tobaeec, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 8. State Se 4 George MeFaro, shoe shining parlors and news stand. 8800% State strect. T. B, Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobscco, notions and news stand, 5902 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobsece and news stand, 3342 S. State street. Miss EB. M. MeOlein, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. Tiny German States. While it is well known that some of the German states are of lilliputian size, few persons are aware that it ts quite possible to visit seven of them. including two kingdoms, two duchies and three principalities in an easy walk of four and half hours. A good walker, starting from Steinbach, ip Bavaria, will arrive in half an hour at Licktentanne, which is situated in Saxe-Meiningen. Thence the road pre ceeds in one and a half hours to Rauschengesees (Reuss, elder branch), after which ix’a few minutes Gleima. in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, is reached. Half an hour’s walk brings the pedes- trian to Altengeseees (Reuss, younger branch). An hour farther on lies Drognitz, on Prussian soll, and the last stage is another hour's stroll, finishing up at Saalthal, Saxe-Altenburg—Wash- ington Star. : Over Their Meade. |, Lady Southwark, in ber “Social and Political Reminiscences,” relates this experience of her father, the late Sir ‘Thomas Chambers, during an election meeting in 1880, when Gladstone was speaking for him in St. Pancras: “When my father arrived the crowd gatside the building was so dense that it seemed physically impossible for him to get in. An inspector, realizing this, suggested that he shoud go over and Bot through the crowd. This extraor- inary idea was carried out. My father ‘was lifted up with a gentle shove and Propelled along on the heads of the Deople on all fours. This, he said, was not so dificult, as most wore bowler ‘hats. Willing hands assisted, and when he reached the inside of the door he ‘was gently lowered to the gud.” One Exception. gitt™ Blane said to ber Guughter one “I am certainly easy on shoes. Look at this pair of elastic sides, I've worn them three years, and they're as good as new. I'm easy on clothes too. ‘There's my tweed—Just as fresh as the ay I bought it seven years ago. And hats, gloves, stockings—in fact, I'm easy on everything.” “Except father, eh?” said the daugh- ter—Detroit Free Press. Semin Oo: Ctentnie oan ere of Paris im 1500 the Parisians invent- ed the first bombs ever used. - Being short of ammunition with which to reply to the artillery of the Bearnais, SSters could. Old nails and bits of wire, copper and other metals were rolled ‘Up im leaden envelopes, and the can- ‘Rons Were loaded with these impro- ‘Vised projectiles. Pe Sieh ond tat i writer says that probably in every Uanguage, as in English, “right” orig “straightforward” and thas “norshal.” “Left” at first was 20 opposite to “right,” bet meant “weal,” “ineft- tent” “Don't worry. Worry afferm the @uetiess giands of the body, ‘hese eee, Be wil make me. worr ~ There are several theories as to how Toten ams to ew el Keystone State. The one most general- ly accepted and the one most dear to all who own Pennaylvania as their na- five state, is that Pennsylvania decided the great issue of American independ ence. ‘At the meeting of the Continental ‘congress in Philadelphia July 4, 1776. the vote adopting the Declaration was ‘taken by states. Of the thirteen orig- ina} states six bad already voted in the affirmative and six in the negative. when the delegation from Pennaylva- nla 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 Penn- aylvania avenue and Georgetown, Washington, a single arch was erected of stone left from building the walls of ‘the capitol. On the thirteen “vous- solrs” or arch stones, the names of the thirteen states were engraved. Penn- sylvania, falling in the keystone of the arch, became still more widely known as the Keystone State—Philadelphia Press. Snbteck: and Um Gin, In “Ants, Bees and Wasps” it ts re Jated that one summer some fifty year ‘ago Sir John Lubbock became inter ested in a curious parasite of the bum Diebee. He wished to complete his in -Yestigations, but as the winter came o1 4id not know where to get the bees 80 be advertised. In reply to his advertisement a max wrote offering him a supply of bees a one and six apiece ‘The price wa: high, but in the cause of science Lub bock did not demur, only when be had bought all the bees he required he ‘wrote to the man and said, “Now tha I have had the bees, for which | am greatly obliged, would you kindly tel me, to satisfy my curiosity, how you are able to procure them at this time of year?” The man wrote back quite courteously, but quite Srmiy, saying: “No. Since | can sell the bees at eignt eenpence each. { think it pays we bet ter to go on doing so than to tell any- body else how to procure them.” ‘The Alaskans. According to the goveroment statis tes, the natives of Alaska are abou 28,000 In number, and they are spreac ‘over more than 350,000 of tbe 500,00 square miles of the territory. Their ‘small settlements extend along 10.00 miles of coast and on both sides of the Yukon river und its tributaries. for » istance of more than 2.500 miles. One Of the supervision districts contains » fall 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 sonth- ern Aiaska and in the valley of the Yukon. About 11,000 are Eskimos op the western and northwestern coasts. along the Bering sea, the Bering strait ‘and the Arctic ocean. Something more ‘than 8.000 are Aleuts and mixed races through the Aleotian islands. —Chris tian Herald. Si tee Di “I've got the most wonderfu! dog in the world—the smartest, 1 mean,” said one of a party camping in Canada tas fall, “When | bring out my rifle be knows ['m going after deer, and be ever offers to follow me, but if be sees me reach for my shotgun be knows that means partridges, and when 1 get to the woods 1 find bim there waiting for me. Actually that dog knows the difference between « rife and a shotgun.” “That's nothing,” said another of the party from bis place at the other side of the Gre. “You fellows bave seen my little Towser, haven't you? Well. when I begin to get out my Sshing kit Towser runs up behind the barn and begins digging worms.”—Saturday Bvening Post. ~ Que Dated Oi The beginning of the postal service im what is pow 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 2 post to go monthly from New York to Boston. A general post office was established in Virginia in 1602 and in Philadelphia in 1698. In 1780, when (>s federal government ‘Went into operation, the number of offices in the thirteen states was only about seventy-Gve—New York Amer- fean Chinese Language, Where the Chinese language, wrtt- ten oF spoken, came from nobody knows any more than they know ‘where the original Cbinese themselves ‘came from. But it is probable that the primary Obineso characters existed 5,000 years ago pretty much as they do today. A Gentile Reminder. He—Have you decided what you wii: wear at the next german? She—That epends somewhst on the fowers that are sent me. 1 have @ perfectly dear gown that, with a dozen jack roses. ‘Would be just too sweet for anything.— ‘Richmond Times-Dispatch Sinad Ve Baminaien ‘The will gorerns the memory. We forget what does not concern as; we remember what ts of lasting tmpor- tance to the will.—Friedrich Paulsen io “Introduction to Philosophy.” Bano! bas made more gam sini aes ene Seyaiionna pete cea Gées esd * , | aa ATEN a) ae IRR YEN i ATLC WASHING ANS CEE erage bargain offerings that we give in all departments The- Cranford Apartneit Building. 3600. Wabash Are, Bet a a Pepe ere i. A Peet GS Bree ies coe a hes ‘ mere ck le = ech Hy ap ee ee os is 7 pee = Pie eens 7 te 7 mt = re -_ ai ee Sat ty ; et Sed Vax Set | { Fee : | ik | [be i 54 if = a i te iad Peet Ser SireEs 4 a ‘The finest building ever ae to Colored tenants in Chi Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. — J. W. Casey, Agent, “Phone Randolyyh 803 74 W. WAS"ANGTON STREET. é a Ss : Be Gi Gees : 3 —_— | Take a Second. Look At— the Store-Full of Light Across the Way. If the owner buys that light By Measure He Is Using. GAS ARCS For a store-full of gas arc light costs far less thana store-full of any other light—and gas arc light is by far the softest and most diffusive. “A single Gas Arc actually yields a volume of 400 candles and burns one cent’s worth of gas an hour— that's A Huge Volume of Light for Little Money We RENT these Gas Arcs—95,000 of them, to the best lighted and most economically managed stores, shops, lofts, factories and warehouses in the city. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Peoples Gas Building eilsphove Rendcich £22 PRANK DUNN eetamuienes—~CTELL OAKLAND J.B. MeCAHEV “77 ad ‘TRUSTEES x JOHN J. DUNN . WHOLESALE COAL ReETAiL FIFTY-FIRSt STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDE Giot St. asd i 9.2 5. 5. = Gilet St. and ARMOUR AVE. FRANK DUNN = enieaee imeects in Flight Motion pictures of insects im ftight show that they regulate their speed by changing the inclination of their ‘Wings rather than by altering the ra- Didity of their motion. The man who tole 0s of cur fusita ‘tm our best friend,” quoth the phitcs- “Yes, but he wou't be long,” added the mere man.—Jndge. —S ee Perhape ft ta, “If you want a thing well Gone” ” eresan Apert 10 Go Xt: Bet: Jem, Ain't that more sense than ears conn, Ore sense than whet you Greentand Summers Things grow very fast 2 te Oy @reentand commer. As s000 # Geow cmclte of in many piace Ground fo covered with # rie oy Beare a smell berry something BM hbockleberry. ie is eariy tasteless i josey and the nates a eit meee 2 To the Point a Father—Toung m22. 1 5 ‘audect a coming bere OG Man—t love your 4a00™ 5 fens fe sun ; 3 tt, Jour fehiace vert “Transcript i