The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Hon. William Hale Thompson Elected Mayor of Chicago, Receiving More Than 390,000 Votes, His Plurality Being 139,489, as Against 251,000 and Some Odd Votes for Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer THE FULL DINNER PAIL AND REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY WAS THE WAR CRY WHICH LANDED MR. THOMPSON IN THE MAYOR'S CHAIR, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE LEADERS OF THE GRAND OLD PARTY OF GOD AND MORALITY. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR CITY TREASURER AND CITY CLERK AND THE CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT ALSO MADE HOME RUNS ALONG WITH MAYOR ELECT THOMPSON. HONS. ROGER C. SULLIVAN AND ROBERT M. SWEITZER SENT LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MAYOR ELECT WHO HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT CONCERNING SOME OF THE POLICIES WHICH HE WILL ADHERE TO WHEN R ASSUMES THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE. THE HON. BARNEY J. GROGAN WAS DEFEATED IN HIS RACE FOR ADERMAN IN THE 18TH WARD AND CARL T. MURRAY WILL REPRESENT THAT WARD IN THE CITY COUNCIL. AFTER GOING THROUGH A HARD POUGHT BATTLE HON. OSCAR DE PRIEST WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE SECOND WARD WITH MORE THAN 3000 MAJORITY, IT WAS THE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE HIS ELECTION POSSIBLE, THE BROAD AX STOOD UNFLINCHINGLY BY HIM FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF HIS LONG AND BITTER CONTEST. FROM ITS OPENING TO ITS CLOSE MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND EXTRA COFIES OF THE BROAD AX WERE DISTRIBUTED FREE AMONG THE VOTERS THROUGHOUT THAT WARD, THE MANY FRIENDS OF MR. DE PRIEST ARE FREE IN PREDIOTING THAT HE WILL MAKE A FIRST CLASS CITY FATHER. Vol. XX. Hon. Williamson Elector Chicago, Re Than 390 His Plural 139,489, 251,000 and Votes for M. Sweitze THE FULL DINNER PAIL AND B WAR CRY WHICH LANDED CHAIR, THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE LEADERS OF THE GRAD ALITY. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES CLERK AND THE CANDIDATE COURT ALSO MADE HOME BY THOMPSON. HONS. ROGER C. SULLIVAN A LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION WHO HAS ISSUED A SEATH POLICIES WHICH HE WILL A DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE. THE HON. BARNEY J. GROGAN W ADERMAN IN THE 18TH WAR BESENT THAT WARD IN THE AFTER GOING THROUGH A HAL DE PRIEST WAS ELECTED THE SECOND WARD WITH MORE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN W THE BROAD AX STOOD UNFLI GINNING TO THE END OF HIS FROM ITS OPENING TO ITS CL EXTRA COPIES OF THE BRO AMONG THE VOTERS THROU FRIENDS OF MR. DE PRIEST A WILL MAKE A FIRST CLASS O It is sufficient to say that the voters of Chicago on Tuesday, April 6 gave the Democrats the very worst dose of the most bitter republican medicine that was ever rammed down the throats of the leaders or the members of any political party in any part of this country, as the saying goes the Democrats were completely wipped off the face of the earth and four years will pass on into the next world and many of the present leaders of the Democratic party in local politics will also follow the years on into eternity before they will have a look in, in the city hall, for the Hon. William Hale Thompson and his air tight republican machine started the Democrats on the dead run and they are still running yet and it is very hard for them to tell or to figure just what ar who did strike them, just at the time when they felt that they owned all of the earth and its fullness thereof. They the Democrats for many years to come will be unable to figure out just how it happened that William Hale Thompson received more than 390,000 votes, giving him a plurality of 139,489 as against 251,000 and some odd votes for Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer who died game and has proven himself to be a first class loser. According to our way of thinking it was the war cry of the full dinner pail and republican prosperity which after an exciting contest the likes of which was never beheld in this city before which finally put Mr. Thompson in the Mayor's chair and turned the city council over to the grand old party of God, and morality. Messrs Sergel, Siman, republican candidates for city treasurer and city clerk and H. W. Wells republican candidate for Judge of the Municipal Court also made home runs along with mayor elect Thompeen. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Just as soon as it was apparent on Tuesday evening that Mr. Thompson would be the next mayor of Chicago Hons. Roger C. Sullivan and Robert M. Sweitzer, sent the following communications to him. William Hale Thompson, 3200 Sheridan road, Chicago: My congratulations upon your victory. It was conclusive. The majority of the people of Chicago have put their confidence in you and it is my sinece wish that your administration will deserve it. Robert M. Sweitzer. The people of Chicago have tendered to Mr. Thompson a magnificent opportunity to do the needful for this great city. I congratulate him on his success at the polls and hope the people will think as highly of his administration as they did of his candidacy. Following his election Mr. Thompson served notice on all the crooks and the criminal element that when he assumes his duties as mayor of this city that they must light out of Chicago, if Mayor Thompson will make good in this respect and conduct the affairs in a business like manner as they should be conducted he will be entitled to receive the united support of all classes of his fellow citizens. The Hon. Barney J. Grogan who a few years ago forced Mayor Carter H. Harrison to appoint a Colored gambler to a good position in the city hall, was on Tuesday defeated in his race for alderman in the 18th Ward and Carl T. Murray republican will represent that ward in the city council. The thing which will always cause us to rejoice more than anything else is, simply this that after going through a very hard fought battle Hon. Oscar De Priest was elected to the city council M. from the Second Ward with more than three thousand majority. It was the Colored men and women to a large extent, who made his election possible. For in many of the White precincts throughout the ward, he was knifed unto death. The precinct in which Alderman Hugh Norris resides, only gave him about 60 votes, while Al Russell, the White Democratic candidate and a saloon keeper, received well on to 200 votes in the same precinct. We feel proud in stating, that The Broad Ax, was the only newspaper in Chicago, which uninchingly stood by Alderman elect De Priest, from the beginning to the end of his long and bitter contest; that from its opening to its close more than ten thousand extra copies of The Broad Ax were distributed free among the voters of that ward, in an effort to educate its residents up, to the point, of supporting a first class business man for alderman and we are firmly convinced that Mr. De Priest will make a first class city father. Thomas J. Hay, Noted Authority on Autos, Appeals for Support in the Fight for Signs. Declares Time Ripe for Much-Needed Reform and Explains Advantages to All Concerned. (This article is written by one of th most widely known automobile dealers in the United States. By bicycle and automobile he has toured every part of the country and knows whereof he speaks.) By Thomas J. Hay. According to the state automobile license register of last year there were 128,000 men and women in Illinois licensed to operate automobiles. This year there will be many more. I appeal to every autoist in the State of Illinois and every one of the hundreds of thousands of others throughout the United States to join in a movement to place markers on country roads, just as they are placed on city streets. When the Chicago Examiner offered me the use of its columns to make this appeal I felt the opportunity was too good to be overlooked. I have thought, talked and written of this subject for several years, and now I believe the time is ripe to call for concerted action. Did it every occur to you while speeding along a country road lined with prosperous farms and comfortable homes that the people occupying them are being cheated out of something to which they are entitled! the Democrats out of the City dinner pull and Republican pros merchant, the telephone and telegraph companies, our own Uncle Sam and his mail service, as well as the autoists, are all concerned. Suppose you, Mr. Autoist, are driving along a country road and you ask a farmer to direct you to some given point. Here is a sample reply: Keep right on to the turn at the creamery, a jog left, then right and follow the road to the white schoolhouse. Cross the plank road and turn to the right for a mile until you hit the creek road and the first big house with a red burn behind it is your place." Why? Why is the farmer, who may be living like a prince, denied the privilege of a definite geographical location? Why is the autist, or any one else who is a stranger to the locality, compelled to grope his way as if he were in the dark! It is bad enough during the day, but it is a thousand times worse at night. It is algebra by day. It is a combination of Greek, higher mathematics and the fourth dimension by night. Parmers. Good-Natured. Most farmers retire early. If the autoist gets lost he must awaken the farmer—something I do not like to do, for I have some consideration for the other fellow. Usually the farmer is good-natured. He directs you in such manner as would be perfectly clear to a resident of the neighborhood, but the autoist has to trust to luck and a kind providence. And sometimes it happens that the farmer is angry. Worse yet, it often happens that the autoist gets out of the front gate about two jumps ahead of a dog. Once in a while he isn't ahead. Worst of all are the nights when storms are raging. If there is anything worse than being lost on a country road at midnight in the midst of a driving thunder storm I would like to know it. AMATEUR MINSTREL CLUB WORKING FOR THE OLD POLKS HOME. Chicago will be presented with a great surprise Monday, April 12, at Eighth Regiment Armory, when the Amateur Ministrel Club will present their annual show and dance for the benefit of the Old Folks Home. A large stage will be erected and 1000 seats will be provided. Many, new and novel features will be added to the show. These young men give their time and talent for true charity—100%. John Arthur Johnson, Better Known to the Sporting Fraternity Throughout the World as Jack Johnson, Went Down at Count of Nine in the Twenty-Sixth Round in His Encounter With Jess Willard THEREBY LOSING THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. THE FIGHT WAS STAGED AT HAVANA, CUBA AND WAS WITNESSED BY MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE AFTER AN ALMOST UNCONQUERABLE AND UNPRECEDENTED CAREER IN THE PRIZE RING ONE HEAVY BLOW TO THE JAW KNOCKED JACK JOHNSON OUT COLD AND STIFF CAUSING HIM TO PASS ALONG DAMONG THE "HAS BEENS." MANY OF HIS AFBO-AMERICAN ADMIRERS AS WELL AS HIS ADHERENTS AMONG THE WHITES LOST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BETTING ON HIM. (TEENAN) HENBY JONES PART OWNER OF THE ELITE CAPE LAID DOWN ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON HIM WHICH WENT UP IN "BIG SMOKE" ALTHOUGH ME, JONES IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE FIGHT WAS ON THE SQUARE, THAT JACK JOHNSON AT LAST MET HIS MATCH IN THE PERSON OF JESS WILLARD WHO WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT AND DEAL HIM SLEDGE HAMMER BLOWS AND ADMINISTER TO HIM MANY DOSES OF HIS SAME KIND OF MEDICINE WHICH FOREVER SETTLED HIS CAREER AS A PRIZE FIGHT. THAT JACK JOHNSON WILL REALIZE A LITTLE OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FIGHT, INCLUDING HIS SHARE OR INTEREST IN THE MOVING PICTURES WHICH WILL SOON BE EXHIBITED IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. On Monday of this week—at Havana, Cuba, John Arthur Johnson better known to all the dead game sporting people throughout the world, as Jack Johnson had a most terrific encounter with Jess Willard and near the end of their bulldog fighting he tossed up the sponge and went down at the count of nine in the twenty-sixth round. The-sad ending or losing of the heavy-weight championship belt of the world by Jack Johnson was witnessed by more than twenty thousand people, after an almost unconquerable and unprecedented career in the prize ring for one heavy blow to the right jaw laid or knocked him out cold and stiff causing him to pass along down among the "has beens" and almost in the twinkling of an eye Jess Willard the new "White hope" snatched the crown of glory and honor from his head and he now stands in the forefront as the heavy-weight prize fighter of the world. Many of his Afro-American admirers as well as hundreds of his adherents among the Whites, throughout the country lost thousands and thousands of dollars in betting on him, for it seemed hard for them to realize it that Jack Johnson had lead a very fast life for the past ten or fifteen years and that he was all in as a long winded ruff and tumble heavy-weight prize fighter. Let the Chicago people show their appreciation of these young men and their effort to help the Old Folks Home by packing Eighth Regiment Armory Monday, April 12th. Washington, D. C., April 8—Justice department officials were not prepared today to say what they would do if an attempt should be made to display the Willard-Johnson fight pictures as part of a movie drama. The owners of the picture rights, it No. 29 OUR Johnson, known to the Fraternity at the World Johnson, Went count of Nine twenty-Sixth His Encounter Willard EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. THEANA, CUBA AND WAS WITNESSED BE AFTER AN ALMOST UNCONQUER-CARRER IN THE PRIZE RING ONE NOCKED JACK JOHNSON OUT COLD PASS ALONG DOWN AMONG THE ADMIRERS AS WELL AS HIS ADHER-OST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS HIM. OWNER OF THE ELITE CAPE LAID DOLLARS ON HIM WHICH WENT UP IN ME, JONES IS OF THE OPINION THE SQUARE, THAT JACK JOHNSON IN THE PERSON OF JESS WILLARD OUT AND DEAL HIM SLEDGE HAMER TO HIM MANY DOSES OF HIS WHICH FOREVER SETTLED HIS IZE A LITTLE OVER ONE HUNDRED THE FIGHT, INCLUDING HIS SHARE OF PICTURES WHICH WILL SOON BE THE WORLD. (Teenan) Henry Jones part owner of the Elite Cafe, was one of Jack Johnson's strongest backers in this city for he laid down almost one thousand dollars of his own money on him which went up in "big smoke." Notwithstanding this fact Mr. Jones is firmly of the opinion that the fight was on the square that Jack Johnson at last met his match in the prize ring in the person of Jess Willard who was able to reach out and deal him sledge hammer blows and administer to him many doses of his same kind of medicine which forever ended or settled his career as a prize fighter. It is estimated that Jack Johnson will realize about one hundred thousand dollars from this his last fight including his interest or share in the moving pictures of the fight which will soon be exhibited in all parts of the world. For some years past Jack Johnson has in many ways been a great menace to the Colored race, greatly assisting to retard their progress along many lines of honest endeavor and no doubt that there was great rejoicing among the sober and industrious Colored people over his defeat, that from henceforth Jack Johnson will be a thing of the past and that he will finally drop out of sight. was understood at the department, proposed to condense the hottest rounds from the films, weave a love plot around them, and display them ostensibly as an ordinary photo drama, not as fight pictures. By this mans, it was said, they believed they could evade the law against the inter-state transportation of prize fight films. Department officials admitted the idea was ingenious and some of them thought it might work. Mr. and Mrs. Merriman Martin were entertained at a luncheon given at the Residence of Mrs. Willie Cooper Tribute of 5338 Kenwood Ave., Tuesday, March 29rd. ```markdown ``` PAGE TWO Child Life in Africa. Child life in Africa has few pleasures and many sorrows and is in a state of constant reversal and change. From the time of a boy's birth until he has gone through the "devil bush" he is little thought of, but as soon as he has passed through its terrible ordeals and practices he is regarded as a man and an asset in the native community. With a girl it is different. It is very hard to procure girls for the mission stations because they are considered specially valuable as workers and possible money bringers until the period arrives for them to enter and pass through the "gree-gree" bush ordeal. Then they are regarded as women and eligible for marriage, and their industrial value decreases. Still, if they rear large families, their market value up in a measure, for in certain sections of Africa tribal custom permits a man to sell, loan or rent out his wives or keep them in household slavery or give them their freedom. Freedom is conferred by presenting the wife with the long tooth of a leopard, which indicates that she is no longer a slave, but a free woman, not a divorced wife—Christian Herald. A. Bernard Shaw Criticism. Before fame came to him Bernard Shaw wrote dramatic criticisms for the London Saturday Review. The following sample is characteristic of the man: "I am in a somewhat foolish position concerning a play at the Opera Comique, whither I was bidden this day week. For some reason I was not supplied with a program, so that I never learned the name of the play. At the end of the second act the play had advanced about as far as an ordinary dramatist would have brought it five minutes after the first rising of the curtain or, say, as far as Ibeen would have brought it ten years before that event. Taking advantage of the second interval to stroll out into the Strand for a little exercise, I unfortunately forgot all about my business and actually reached home before it occurred to me that I had not seen the end of the play. Under these circumstances it would ill become me to dogmatize the merits of the work or its performance. I can only offer the management my apologies." Eastern Vermont's Marbles Though the western part of Vermont includes the most extensive marble industry in this country, the eastern part is a virgin field, where, in the lack of a general study of the stratigraphy, the structure, the paleontology and the areal geology, it is at present not only impossible to determine the area and position of many of the beds, but also even the thickness of some of the marble formations, which are but partly exposed. The marbles of eastern Vermont, many of which are dolomitic, vary widely in kind and character, and the outcrops, though few in number, are scattered from the Massachusetts line to the Canadian boundary. Many of the marbles are suited only for indoor ornamental use. The greater part of the ledges are to be classed as mineral reserves, which will be drawn on in the future. Burial With Military Honors. After a battle the dead are buried "with military honors." These in times of peace are both impressive and elaborate, but in time of war they are much curtailed. The principal features are the playing by muffled drums of the dead march, the resting on the arms reversed by the troops engaged and the final firing into the air over the grave of three blank volleys. The number of volleys is always the same, but the number of men comprising the firing party increases with the rank of the deceased. A muffled drum is a drum the cords of which have been loosened so as to slacken the parchment head and cause it to give forth on being struck a dull, muffled sound.—London Scraps. Intellectual Life People without intellectual life are virtually under condemnation to hard labor. Unless their thoughts can give them wholesome occupation they must find it for their hands. Otherwise they cannot live well and must expect deterioration. But, unluckily for lazy people, the achievement of a good grade of intellectual life involves about as much work as anything else. Life without effort seems not to have been intended. The original plan was to have it end by starvation and, though people nowadays get around that, they cannot altogether defeat the original intention.-Life "Not much. The only difficulty I have is to remember that you must hold on to the gavel and hammer with it instead of throwing it."—Washington Star. Through the Loofing Glass. If you listen to two men discussing eastern races—the Chinese in particular—you will invariably hear them remark with that weighty tone of finality in which people are wont to deliver their obiter dicta: "The Chinaman is an enigma, an insoluble mystery; behind his impenetrable mask there lurks we know not what curious variant of the human race." But does it ever occur to us that in the "barbarian" or "foreign devil" the Chinaman finds a problem of even greater perplexity? The fact that all our books begin at the wrong end and that our lines are printed horizontally instead of vertically is to him-overwhelming evidence of the toopay turryness of our minds; that we shake a woman by the hand is, in his eyes, most unseemly, while our dancing, with its lack of dignity and stately grace, suggests to him nothing less than a war dance of savages. The practice of walking with a stick shows us to be in very sooth a most ferocious and uncivilized people, for who would carry a stick save for the purpose of beating innocent folks?—Baltimore Sun. Finding His Bride In one part of the canton of Tikino, in Switzerland, a very quiet marriage ceremony prevails. The bridegroom dresses in his "Sunday best" and, accompanied by as many friends and relatives as he can muster for the fete, goes to claim his bride. Finding the door locked, he demands admittance. The inmates ask him his business, and in reply he solicits the hand of his chosen maiden. If his answer he deemed satisfactory he is successively introduced to a number of matrons and maids, some perhaps deformed and others old and ugly. Then he is presented to some large dolls, all of which he rejects with scorn, amid general merriment. The bewildered bridegroom, whose impetuosity and temper are now sorely tried, is then informed that his ladylove is absent and is invited in to see for himself. He rushes into the house and searches from room to room until he finds her in her bridal dress ready to go to church. Then are his troubles over and his state as a benedict assured. How a Zeppelin Is Made. The building of a Zeppelin is not the work of a day. The mere work on the vessel takes an entire year, and when that work is done another three months must be spent in testing. Stretched on a framework of girders there are from seventeen to twenty-five balloonettes from end to end. Over these and over the girders is an outer skin of proofed canvas. Slung under the great length is a series of cabins. Right in front is the station of the lookout man, who is in charge of the starting and the landing. He has anchors slung beneath him. In the first boat, which is entirely covered in, are two petrol engines. Behind this boat is the gangway, fitted up with sleeping berths for the crew. In the center is the observation station. It is from here that the bombs are dropped, and it is in here that the marvelous steering and sighting apparatus is installed, as well as the wireless plant-St. Louis Republic. Swine In Old London. We hear much today of the dangers of the London streets, but the inhabitants are spared some of the perils of an earlier age. The calendar of coroners' rolls for the city tells how the many swine wandering about the streets were once London's greatest nuisances. In 1322 an inquest was held on a child who was attacked in her cradle by a pig which had wandered in through the open door of her parents' shop. And a little earlier letters patent were issued to an infant who lost an ear from the same cause. The letters certified the cause of the accident, lest later on the unchastic should say that the ear had been cut off in the pillory by the knife of the law—London Spectator. A Long Popular Vegetable. Asparagus has evidently been known during a considerable period, for it figures in the title of a seventeenth century play. Richard Brome, who started life as a domestic servant and in that capacity had Ben Jonson for a master, became a popular dramatist, and one of the most successful of his comedies was "The Sparagus Garden," acted, according to the title page of the edition published in 1640. "by the Company of Revels at Salisbury Court." One of the characters in this play expresses a wish to have "asparagus at every meal all the year long."—London Globe. as a public spirited citizen?" "Oh, decidedly! Why. I have known that man to lend a big tract of land to the city on the sole stipulation that the city should drain, grade and otherwise improve it and then hand it back."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. One Detail. He—You can't truthfully say I haven't supported you in the style to which you were accustomed. She—Yes, I can. You never hold me on your lap any more—Judge. Superior Skill. Walls—What's the professor of mathematics making the fuss about? Bert—He was just short changed by a banana peddler—New York Mail. The Reason. Bilton (steraly)—What's the reason that young man stays so late when he calls? Miss Bilton (demurely)—I am, papa—judge. ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 10, 1915. The Literary Jamaican Mind. During the early period of the work on the Panama canal many persons were injured by jumping on and off trains in motion on the Panama railroad. There were on the zone police force many West Indians who were trained and capable men, but incurably literal. An order was issued to the force to arrest any person found jumping on or off a train in motion, and the next day two West Indian policemen brought into a police station a white man who was struggling fiercely to break away from them. "What have you arrested him for?" asked the police sergeant who was on duty. "For jumping on and off the rear of a train, sah," one of the policeman replied. Movie instead of it. It is a significant detritus spelling in the uneducated that the word resent in short form me has taken the form movie moving pictures was rechildish form movies in d haps to the growing intel patrons of those works then when occasion arose singular it was not spelled book rules would me but movie. And we read show. The ending "le" been popular in pet namble. Annie, Carrie, Fannie sie, Katie, Lottie, Mattie nie, Willie, etc. The spell is later and in some nam mon. Carrie is seldom C "The blamed fool!" cried the arrested man. "I'm the brakeman!" On one occasion a Jamaican boy who was a switch tender in Culebra cut was found asleep with his head resting on the rails of the switch. "Dad's all right, boss," said the boy when waked. "No train can get by here wildout me known' it!"—Youth's Companion. Bpohr and the Violin Louis Spohr, the greatest of all German violinists and a man whose name is otherwise indelibly written on the pages of musical history, was born at Brunswick on April 5, 1784, just fifteen days after his great contemporary and rival, Nicolo Pagannini, first saw the light of the world. Two greater contrasts than these two men could not be imagined. Pagannini, the brilliant, dazzling, comet-like apparition, overawed the masses, for whose favor he made a high bid, while the German, the serious, dignified, deep artist, appealed to the connoisseurs and cultured musicians. Spohr both by precept and example exerted a tremendous influence on violin playing and violin composition and, in fact, on composition in general. The greatest musicians of his day stood in awe of him, and even Richard Wagner, after Spohr had produced "The Flying Dutchman" at Casel in 1843, where he was then conductor of the opera, in a letter written to the great violinist displayed a sense of gratitude of which in later years he seemed incapable. Spohr died at Casel in 1839. A Great Italian Estate. The Duke of Sermoneta ranks among the greatest land owners in Italy. Fogliano, his estate near the Pontine marshes, extends to 80,000 acres, mainly under grass, for the duke owns vast herds of cattle. The most productive portion of the estate, however, is a lake several miles long and about a mile in breadth, which, from the time of the Roman empire downward, has supplied fish for the market in Rome. Whenever there is a flood caused by rain on the hills the lake overflows through a narrow channel into the sea. The sea fish find their way through into the lake, remain to fatten in the fresh water and then are captured on their return by an ingenious labyrinth constructed of reeds into which they swim. They are of the best kind—chiefly gray mullet—London Mail. Polyglot Britain Norman French is still the official language of the Channel islands. It is rather a surprise when one begins to count the different languages spoken within the borders of the United Kingdom. How many people would guess that there are still at least five living tongues used among us? There is English in England, Welsh in Wales, Erne in Ireland, Gaelic in Scotland and French in the Channel isles, while Cornish in Cornwall and Manx in the Isle of Man have scarcely yet faded entirely, and in Whitechapel even the post-office prints its notices in Yiddish.—London Mirror. The Five Pointed Star: In astronomical figures stars of the different magnitudes are shown with three, four, five and six points. On many of the ancient armorial bearings the star has six points and is called a "star," while that with five is called a "mullet." This figure of the star with five points was in use as far back as can be traced in history. It was called a pentacle, or pentogram, and came to have a mysterious symbolical meaning. His Wish. "It is a woman's fate to suffer in silence," she volunteered. "If they'd only let us suffer the same way," he rejoined. Whereupon she remarked that he was a hateful, mean, stupid, contemptible, despicable, beneath contempt man. So therel-Philadelphia Ledger. "Robert," said the teacher to a small pupil. "can you tell me what imagination is?" "Yes," ma'am," replied the little fellow; "imagination is what makes a fellow think a bee's stinger is three feet long after he gets stung."—New York Globe. A Mean Critic. "How realistic your painting is! It fairly makes my mouth water." "A sunset makes your mouth water!" "Oh, it is a sunset, is it! I thought it was a fried egg!" Movie instead of Mavy. It is a significant development of English spelling in the circles of the uneducated that the word used to represent in short form moving picture has taken the form movie. The plural moving pictures was reduced to the childish form movies in deference perhaps to the growing intelligence of the patrons of those works of art. And then when occasion arose to use the singular it was not spelled as the spelling book rules would make it movy, but movie. And we read of the movie show. The ending "ie" has always been popular in pet names, as in Abbie, Annie, Carrie, Fannie, Jennie, Josie, Katie, Lottie, Mattie, Bille, Johnie, Willie, etc. The spelling with "j" is later and in some names less common. Carrie is seldom Carry, and Annie is never Anny. The ending "ie" was formerly pronounced in these names as it is in field, but shorter and with a secondary stress—"Jen-nie," "Wil-ile" etc, so "little Billee." It is the popular spelling in bonnie, collie, laddle, lassie, birdie, doggie, mouse and other words of Scottish and nursery associations. — Simplified Spelling Bulletin. The Hurt Flower. Somebody, a scientist, has assured us that plants are not insensible to injury—that a flower may feel the hurt of rough treatment. Whether this is true or not, there comes the notion that it would be a blessing if everybody had the imagination to fancy a violet sensitive to rough hands and the weight of a careless heel. Twould mean more gentleness in a world none too tender toward many of the beautiful things of life. More than a century and a quarter ago Robert Burns, on turning down a mountain daisy with the plowshare, broke into a song typical of his sympathetic nature: Wee, modest, crimson tipped flower. Thou's met me in an evil hour. These two lines are suggestive of the whole poem—a simple, sweet melody whose dominant chord is contrition. This century old song is in harmony with the views of the modern scientist. The hurt flower idea is good enough to have a place in our thoughts. We lose nothing when we snuggle a little closer to nature—Toledo Blade. De Quincey's Vice Explained. De Quincy's style was variegated enough, but his diet was monotonous to a degree, his dinner for the last thirty years of his life invariably comprising some lion of mouton, boiled rice and coffee. Every day he interviewed the cook and told her to prepare these dishes, adding, "If you do not remember to cut the mutton in a diagonal rather than a longitudinal form consequences incalculably distressing to my system will arise and will prevent me from attending to matters of overwhelming importance." No wonder the bewildered Scotswoman when thus drenched with polyasyllables for the first time was heard to remark, "The body has an awful sight of words."—London Strand Magazine. The Sex of Ships The word "ship" is masculine in French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese and possesses no sex in Teutonic and Scandinavian. Perhaps it would not be an error to trace the custom of femminizing ships back to the Greeks, who called them by feminine names, probably out of deference to Athene, goddess of the sea. But the English speaking sailor assigns no such reasons. The ship to him is always a lady, even though she be a man-of-war. She possesses a waist, collars, stays, laces, bonnets, ties, ribbons, chains, watches and dozens of other distinctly feminine attributes—Collier's Weekly. Business Jokes The clerk who thinks the house can't do without him. The credit man who can always trust his intuition. The head of the firm who always sticks to the way he always did it. The customer who doesn't know what he wants. The house that won't advertise, because its goods are "different."-Printer's Ink. Good In Either Case. Mabel—What are you going to do with all these flowers after the carnival is over? It's a shame to waste them. Maud—They won't be wasted. If Jack sees me before papa does there'll be a wedding, and if papa sees Jack before I do there'll be a funeral.—Puck. Black Howlers. Regarded as weather prophets by the natives, the "black howlers," largest of the Panamanian monkeys, set up a roaring howl suggestive of the lion for volume of sound. They howl oftenest before or during a storm, hence the native belief.-Argonaut. "I've been wearing the same suit of clothes for five years. That's pretty tough." "Of course it is, my friend. But I'm worse off than you. I've had the same automobile for five years"—Birmingham Age-Herald. 1. **Lenfant—Father, what is a "sepulchral tone of voice?"** Le Pere—That means to speak gravely—Dartmouth Jack-o'-Lantern. If you are content you have enough to live comfortably—Plautus. We Offer Bargains Only Must Sacrifice POULE FLATS PRESSED BRICK FRONT, BATH AND GAS. 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Citizens Ball MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19th, the Citizens Committee, which is assisting to raise money to help to entertain the delegates attending the National Medical Association which will convene in this City August 24, 25 & 26, 1915. Will give a GRAND CITIZENS BALL at the Eighth Regiment Armory, 35th Street and Forest Avenue. Music by the Eighth Regiment Band. Admission 50 c. COL. JOHN R. MARSHALL, Chairman GEORGE H. WALKER, Secretary In "Hamlet," act 1, scene 4, occur these lines: Ay, marry, is't. But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honored in the breach than the ob- servance. Some have maintained that in this case "manner" should be spelled "manor," because the former was an old variant spelling of the latter. The phrase would then be applied to a person accustomed to the usages of a locality. But the weight of opinion favors "manner" as used, for instance, by Swinburne in the sentence, "He has not the eyes and nerves of one to the manner born." In this case the phrase refers to one having a lifelong acquaintance with given conditions and customs, regardless of whether they are associated with a single locality. Philadelphia Press. Source of Robinson Crusoe. The Edinburgh Courant, long since dead, is worthy of remembrance, not only by Edinburgh and Scotland, but by the literary world at large. Its editors include Daniel Defoe, who seems to have been the first occupant of its editorial chair, to which he appears to have gone on his liberation from Newgate. "Old and New Edinburgh" mentions "the Edinburgh Courant of Oct. 16, 1707 (then edited by Daniel Defoe), but Dr. Chalmer in his "Life of Defoe" says it is not suspected that he continued long to edify the Edinburgh citizens with his lucubrations. It was doubtless during his Edinburgh sojourn that Defoe heard all about Alexander Selkirk of Largo, the original of Robinson Crusoe.—London Chronicle. Language of the Noose. "Here is an article in the paper that says a woman's character can be determined by her nose." "Well, there may be something in that, but there's a surer way. No one can make a mistake concerning a woman's character if he will look at the noses of other women who meet her. The extent to which they turn up at such times shows just what she is or isn't."-Exchange. In the Same Boat. Newlywed Husband-The time has come, dearest, when I shall have the painful task of acquainting your father with the fact that I am heavily in debt. Wife--Don't mind that. I'm sure he'll give you the sympathy of a companion in adversity.-London Telegraph. "Why is Mrs. Van Wombat so angry with you?" "It seems the cook she lured away from me is not satisfactory."—Kansas City Journal. Her. Scheme. "Why does your fiancee study the bill of fare so long?" "She wants to figure to me afterward how much I will save if we get married."—Meggendorfer Blaster. Accomplished. "Is he well versed?" "Yes. He's a fool in many languages and on many subjects."-Philadelphia Ledger. Residence, 4630 Evans Avenue Tel. Kenwond 5466 EYE GLASSES SCIENTIFICALLY FITTED Office, 3401 S. State St., Chicago Office Hours: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. 7 to 9 P. M. Phone Douglas 1248 Auto. 77-806 Health Hints. There is no excuse for a shallow complexion. Exercise and diet are the two things that will cure it. To cure hysteria wrap mustard plasters on hands, wrists, soles and palms and allow patient to rest. Apply glycerin to a scald directly the accident occurs and cover it up with strips of rag soaked in glycerin. Used in water as a daily gargle borax keeps the throat healthy. Used in water for cleansing the teeth it disinfects them and prevents their decaying. Current Comment. Mexico continues to illustrate the old saying that nothing is so bad that it cannot be worse.-Boston Herald. Our national "back door" may be open, but anybody taking advantage of it should find plenty of us at home-Wall Street Journal. It is gratifying that South America is beginning to see the wisdom of looking this way. She still hesitates a little, but curiosity has already given way to confidence, and soon she will be smiling.-Philadelphia Ledger. Recent Inventions A machine for stringing beads by centrifugal force has been invented in France. To blow two soap bubbles at once one within the other, is the purpose of a recently patented pipe. a recently patentee A Frenchman has invented a machine for dealing cards that is said to make misdirections impossible. make machine A device consisting of jointed sections effectively wood has been pat- ented for pressing trousers without the ring of patting hot irons. danger of using hot water. Don't tell your troubles if you are looking for an encore. The most unneutral thing in the world is a floating mine. It is better to forgive and forget than to forgive and remember. After all, if there was no currently nobody would ever learn anything. There is a fad for iron jewelry. Get engaged, young man, before the style change! Admission 50 cent Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, who brought peacefully into custody twenty-seven "bad" Plute Indians, including Old Polk and his son, Tsa-Negat, wanted for murder, after the aborigines had defied arrest, is known throughout the west as a friend and student of the Indian. He is credited with being more adept in the Indian sign language than any other white man. Besides, he has A. GENERAL HUGH L. SCOTT AND PIUER INDIANS. a thorough knowledge of the Filipinos, gained when he was serving in the islands. "I have more real trustful friends, friends who are willing to lay down their lives for me," he said recently, "among the wild red men of the plains and mountains and the wild Moham- medans of the Philippines and the islands of the Pacific than I have among the people of my own race. The man who would deal fairly with the Indians is the man who proves truly their friend; the man who will not had bet- ter keep away from them." MADE ROUNDABOUT TRIP. Germany's New Minister to China Had to Dodge Fears to Reach Post. One of the busiest of the world's diplomats in these troubulous times is Admiral von Hintze, the new German minister to the Chinese republic, who is doing what he can to save his country's interests from the advances of Japan in China. Admiral von Hintze had an exciting time getting to his post of duty. When the war broke out he was stationed in Mexico as minister of 1930 Germany there. To get to Germany, whither he had been recalled by his government, he had to travel first to England, stricly incognito, of course, since direct communication with Germany was barred. The tale of his travels to Berlin has not been made public, since it would involve those who helped him to get across the North sea; but reach Berlin he did. To get to China Admiral von Hintze had to travel by way of Holland, England and the United States, thus traversing the enemy's country. He is said to have traveled from Honolulu to China disguised as the superagent of a Scandinavian trawner ship. In 1811 Von Hinden became minister of Germany in Mexico for the special purpose, it was sold, of reporting on the progress of the Panama canal. B. B. Thinker, ninety-three years of age, of Pittsburgh, helped to nominate Lincoln in 1880. Sir Percy Scott, reputed to be England's great gunnery expert and champion of the use of submarines against Dreadnoughts, has rejoined the admiralty. It has frequently been stated that General Foch, second in command to General Joffre and Joffre's chief lieutenant and confidant, is Alsatian. This is an error, as he comes from the Basque country, on the borders of Spain. General von Hindenburg, probably the most noted German commander the war has produced, retired from the army in 1907, a veteran in years and experience. He is a tactician of rare ability, grim and lacent, and is known as "the cold old man." Kulchi Tanaka, member of the Japanese Imperial Geographical society, has for eight years devoted himself to a world tour, collecting material for presentation to his people in book form relative to the many countries of the globe. He has visited fifty-three countries so far in his journeys and expects to complete his task in two years. Flippant Flings. Bathing suits at some of the European resorts this summer will have to be made of armor plate.-Philadelphia Press. Silk trousers for men are now suggested. Ours will have to be content with merely shining like silk.-Detroit Free Press. Turks look to the United States for aid after the war, says a dispatch. Aren't we already manufacturing their antique rugs for them?-Philadelphia Ledger. A direct descendant of Brian Boru, now located in Albany, being asked to explain the new name of the capital of Russia, said it was derived from an Anglo-Russian Irishman named Peter O'Grady.-Albany Knickerbocker Press Short Stories. Gibraltar is less than two square miles in area. In the Falkland islands there are five men to every woman. Dancing, singing and a hot bath every Saturday night are the main delights of the Russian soldier. With but three horses to each 100 residents, Switzerland has the smallest equine population of any nation. Litters used by the Netherlands army are made of straw and are provided with straw blankets so they can be used as beds. The Ubiquitous Germ. The New York health commissioner reports that germs in clothing are not killed in the laundry process, which shows that a germ has more vitality than a shirt.-Boston Transcript. Federal health experts have decided that the feather bed is insanitary. A germ which wouldn't go to sleep and be perfectly harmless in a feather bed incarnates total deprivity.-Louisville Courier-Journal. German Gleanings The territory of seven nations joins that of the German empire. Last year Germany launched six steamers of over 10,000 tons, the largest being of about 65,000 tons gross. For many years past the population of Germany has been increasing at the rate of about 900,000 a year. In 1871 the population was 41,000,000, and by 1910 it had risen to almost 65,000,000. SHORT AND SHARP. Envy is the drippings from the engine of success. _____ Folly is a man's worst enemy and discretion his best friend. _____ An egotist is a person who won't let you talk about yourself. _____ Occasionally a whale explodes a sea mine, but there are no trained whales. _____ Gossip is the invisible deadly weapon that kills more people than the sword. _____ THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 10. 1915 THEORETICALLY at least the nations fight with powder and shell, with armed forces on sea and land, under the waters and in the air. Actually they fight almost as much with food supplies, whereas we read so much of the attempts of one of the warring nations to "starve out" its adversary. And in the drama of food supplies wheat, the most widely grown and most valuable of grains, plays a leading part. It has been asserted by leading economists that the nation which can finally control the largest share of the wheat supply of the world will win the war. In this matter the United States stands supreme. American farmers raise the largest supply of wheat for export, although this country is surpassed in some years by Russia in quantity of wheat grown. In the season of 1913-14, for instance, Russia produced 120,000,000 quarters of 480 pounds each of wheat, while the United States produced only 91,000,000. But in exports the United States was far ahead of Russia, sending abroad in the season of 1912-13 19,000,000 quarters of 480 pounds each, while Russia exported only 12,500,000. In the matter of export Russia fell behind the United States, Argentina and Canada. Should the flood of Russia's wheat be released to flow through the Dardanelles this year the effect will be enormous. Allied with the question of the exportable quantity of wheat in the United States is the matter of stocks on THE WHEELS SCENE IN NEW YORK WHEAT FIT AND FARMERS DELIVERING GRAIN AT ELEVATOR. hand. The recent government report on farm reserves of wheat and other grains disposed effectually of the notion that the farmers of the United States were in a conspiracy to hold back their products and force up the price of bread. Incidentally the government's investigations show that there has been no conspiracy anywhere. Buyers, exporters and producers, influenced by the natural laws of trade, have been actively co-operating to move the country's farm products to foreign markets. When the war broke upon Europe last August the United States was harvesting the greatest wheat crop in its history. It had an exportable surplus of 800,000,000 bushels, and as fast as ships could be found tremendous energy has been exerted to send it across the water. But notwithstanding the great size of the crop, the government report reveals stocks on the farm as but little more than a million bushels greater than last year and about 2,000,000 bushels more than the five year average. Washington, for example, is credited with a reserve on March 1 of 5,000,000 bushels as against a five year average of 6,300,000. Idaho 2,400,000 as against a 2,900,000 average and Oregon 1,800,000 against an average of 2,100,000. Up to Feb. 1 the United States had exported 209,839,000 bushels of wheat as compared with exports in the previous year of 101,839,000. Our export trade since the war started has been chiefly in farm products. The total value of breadstuffs reported in January amounted to more than $55,000,000, an increase of more than $44,000,000 over the value of breadstuffs exported in January, 1914. The total value of breadstuffs exported during the seven months ended with January was more than $294,500,000, an increase of more than $188,000,000. This proves that the country's farm products are moving naturally to markets; that instead of a "conspiracy" to hold them back and run up prices the American farmers have been moving them forward. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS The Marchioness of Londonderry is colonel in chief of the woman's volunteer reserve in London. Mrs. Hetty Green agrees with girls that living properly on $6 a week is a pretty hard thing to do. Miss Blanche Payson, the queen of the Panama exposition police, is only twenty-one years old, but is six feet four inches tall and weighs 235 pounds. Miss Rose Cresshull, business and employment secretary of the Indianapolis Y. W. C. A., manages an employment bureau, the services of which are free to Y. W. C. A. members. Mrs. R. C. Talbot-Perkins of New York city, who recently celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of her work as a real estate agent, is one of the comparatively few women in this business. Mrs. Waldorf Astor, living in Plymouth, England, recently made an agreement with the men of two regiments there that if they would sign a pledge to live sober, as Lord Kitchener desired, she would see that they all had cottages to live in instead of tents. They signed, and she kent her word. Pert Personals. Sir Oliver Lodge is not the only man who has talked with a dead one, but the others are not bragging about it.—Washington Post. If Harold McCormick lent the Chicago Grand Opera company $260,000 he should be called an archangel.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Recently $650 was paid for a scarce Rudyard Kipling first book. This is the more remarkable because Kipling isn't a dead one—Atlanta Constitution. General Hugh L. Scott has again quelled an Indian uprising without violence or bloodshed. General Scott would make a mighty poor hero for a novel of western life—New York Sun. PITH AND POINT. A faint heart has often been won by a fair lady. It is better to say nothing than to say the wrong thing. The wise man bottles his wrath and then loses the corkscrew. Charity never is satisfactory. The best way is not to need it. The less security you have the more easily you can borrow trouble. There is an appreciable difference between living simply and simply living. When it comes to the matter of post-pension tomorrow is aa far away as the next century. The new kid is for iron jewelry, an excellent chance to give wedding presents without stealing. Perhaps you have observed that those who use cheap materials generally get cheap results. The airships in use in the European war zone believe in safety first. They do not attempt spectacular feats. One of the hardest tasks of the Mexican school children of the future will be to memorize the names of their country's presidents. New York school children are to be taught how to prevent fires. Then maybe the little folks will instruct their elders. That will help. A New York court has decided that all a wife earns belongs to her husband. However, the husband who can collect it has not yet appeared. The Cookbook An excellent stew is made of soup meat and macaroni flavored with tomatoes. Before stuffing a chicken rub it inside and out with bacon drippings. Sausage instead of stuffing in a chicken is an agreeable thing. When using stale bread for puddings always soak it in cold liquid, not hot. The former will make it light and crumby, the latter heavy. Cold rice left over from a meal can be made into an appetizing dish with tomato sauce, minced onion, butter and seasoning. Bake half an hour. Train and Track Virginia has 924 miles of railroad. Virginia has 924 miles of railroad. A Spanish syndicate is considering building a railroad across northern Africa 1,864 miles long. German engineers have built a machine for weighing locomotives in which a separate scale is provided for each wheel. For the French railroad in the Sahara there have been built locomotives and cars especially designed for passage through sandstorms to offer resistance to the metal cutting sand. Facts From France Codins are being made of paper in France, cheapness and lightness being their advantages. Dueling is forbidden by law in France, and duelists are liable both civilly and criminally, but the laws are not enforced. A letter from Paris says that during the last six months not a single book has been published in that city that did not have connection with some aspect of the war. Delegates of All Nations Will Gather at The Hague. A great women's international congress in the interest of peace is to be held in the peace palace at The Hague at the end of April. Women of practically all nations are expected to be present, including the nations now at war. The exercises will be held in Dutch, English, French and German. Following is the call which the women of Holland have sent out: "From many countries appeals have come asking us to call together an international women's congress to dis- MONTREAL Photo by American Press Association. PEACE PALACE AT THE HAGUE cuss what the women of the world can do and ought to do in the dreadful times in which we are now living. "We women of the Netherlands, living in a neutral country, accessible to the women of all other nations, therefore take upon ourselves the responsibility of calling together such an international congress of women. We feel strongly that at a time when there is so much hatred among nations we women must show that we can retain our solidarity and that we are able to maintain a mutual friendship. "Women are waiting to be called together. The world is looking to them for their contribution toward the solution of the great problems of today." MAN WHO MAKES OUR CASH. Robert W. Woolley of Virginia is New Director of the Mint. Robert Wickliffe Woolley of Fairfax, Va., is the man to whom has recently been intrusted the interesting and important task of making our metallic money. He succeeds as director of the mint George E. Roberts of Iowa, who resigned after serving in the office almost continuously since the McKinley THE COUNTY COURT OF MIDDLEBURY ROBERT W. WOOLLEY AND MINT IN PHILADELPHIA, administration, to accept the place of assistant to the president of the N ational City Bank of New York. Woolley was at one time connected with New York newspapers and later entered magazine work. He was assoc with Secretary McAdoo in the campaign of 1912 and was at one time stated for assistant secretary of the treasury, but some of his magazine stories, reflecting upon senators, were resurrected. He was appointed auditor for the interior department, with the promise that he would get something better. PAGE THREE Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. Swat the early fly. Do not wait for the opening of the campaign. Occasionally the test of true courage is in being able to keep out of a fight. A broken promise can be repaired, but it can never be made as good as new. Among the unfalling paradoxes is the impregnable fortress that is always captured. About the only class of people not yet seen around the trenches is life insurance agents. Some persons are so hard to suit that they want the silver lining to every cloud gold plated. The fellow who is looking for trouble is the only person who can get along without the want ads. Wall street has seen so few lambs of late that it has almost forgotten the flavor of young mutton. War continues to slay people by the thousand. The wireless at sea continues to save them by the score. The prophets and guessers are now fixing the limit of the war. For the credit of humanity that limit cannot be too short. The Hague may find itself busy enough when the readjustment comes to make up for its present lack of employment. Quite a lot of sixteen-year-old girls say they wouldn't marry the best man in the world. They generally keep their word. Town Topics. New Yorkers now complain that Chicago has better shipping facilities than their city. Some day New York will admit that Chicago is quite a town.—St. Louis Republic. A movement has been started to make Chicago a city of gardens. That is an example which ought to spread to every city and town in the country.—Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Mrs. Louis Closser Hale gives it out that "Boston is the wickedest city in the world." Her idea gains some color from the fact that even the streets in Boston are crooked.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mutual rivalry has reached that pitch that we may expect any day to learn that a St. Paul paper has reproduced a Minneapolis editorial under the heading of "foreign comment."—Washington Post. Current Comment. Nearly everything about the war has been proved now, except the necessity for it—Detroit Free Press. And just to think—the terrifying and destructive airplanes, submarine, torpedo and mine were Yankee notions!—Providence Journal. That open door in China seems to be one of the revolving kind, so that you cannot be quite sure whether it is open or not—Philadelphia Press. Wealthy Americans living abroad are hard hit by war taxes. Some of them, probably, could not be taught in any other way the advantages of living in their own country—New York World. Fashion Frills In the spring the young-man's fancy lightly turns to gray topped shoes.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. "This year's styles," says Judge, "are certainly tough on the blind." Granted. But some of them should make the deaf hear.—Kansas City Star. There is nothing in the advance styles of men's neckwear to indicate a shortage of dyestuffs in this country.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. One could express himself more clearly about these nice little spring hats if he really felt sure of the difference between a casserole and a ramekn.—Milwaukee Journal. Household Helps The a knot of red ribbon on scissors or keys you wish to find quickly. All acid drinks, such as lemonade or fruit punch, should never be mixed or served in a metal pitcher. Use a glass or china one. Nothing will clean and sweeten a sink better than a strong solution of washing soda, and the refrigerator likewise should, frequently be washed with this. Table oilcloth can be utilized for other purposes than its name indicates. It can be placed on kitchen and bathroom walls when smooth by adding a little glue to the paste. Constantinople Constantinople is built upon seven low hills. It has suffered twenty-six sieges and has been captured eight times so far. Constantinople is 1,585 years old. It was founded by the Roman Constantine the Great A. D. 330. The Turks have been masters of Constantinople since 1453. They routed the Greeks from it then. Constantinople teems with baggars, not of the tramp class, but rather gentlemen down on their luck and not above asking for alms. ol) Qn wer” PE SS BERT, var al ina Sosa ‘Bingis Texers, Repeotionns. or anyone cise can -beve thelr ony, as long os thelr ew guage ls proper and responsibility te @xed. ‘The Bread Ax ts = sowspaper whose pintiorm t bread enough for all, eter Gniming the editertal right to cpenk tts own mind. ‘Lecal communications will receive atten- tien. Write only om one side of the paper. Subecriptions mast be paid tm advance Ome Week... -eeeeennereeenepecenee eens e RMD GEE Momths....-..-er0erereeeeseecnerey LOO Advertising rates made known en sppit a io aenee THE BROAD AX set] FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. ours samme JULIUS F. TAYLOB, Bélter and Publisher Entered as Sevend-Class Matter Aug. 18 1902, at the Pest Siiee at Chtenge, Litnols, under Act of Macch , 157%. ee HIS ‘‘WIFE"’ HELD FOR SHOOTING OF ALD. M’'DERMOTT. ‘*¥ards’’ Oouncilman's _ Denials Drowned by Cries of Baby Mother ‘Contends Is His. ‘Supporting himself on a cane, Ald. Frank McDermott of the Twenty-ninth ward limped to the witness stand in Judge Prindeville’s court Thursday to testify against Mrs. Anza Zippman McDermott, who shot him as he was leaving the council meeting in the eity ball on Jan. 25. ‘The alderman’s testimony was at times almost drowned out by the cries of a baby which Mrs. MeDermott held im her arms. Mrs. McDermott waived examination. No testimony was intro- duced by the defense, and after Ald. McDermott had been cross examined Judge Prindeville held the defendant to the grand jury in bonds of $3,000 on 8 charge of assault with intent to kill ‘Mrs.’ MeDermott, carrying her baby im her met the alderman in ‘8 brief altercation, shot him in the left leg. Following her arrest, she asserted she was the alderman’s wife and that he had refused to support her and the baby. This was denied by McDermott. ‘McDermott Tells of Shooting. The alderman testified that the ‘Woman approached him, said, ‘I’ve got you now,’? and then drew a revolver ‘and fired one shot. He denied on cross- examination that he had seen Mrs. Me- Dermott previously on the day of the “(Wae there any discussion about money before the shooting?’’ asked Attorney Emile Van Bever, counsel for ‘Mrs. McDermott. a ‘No,’ replied the aléerman. “Did you strike her before she shot!” “No. “*Didn’t you knock her head against the walt” “No,” Question on Marriage Stopped. ‘The alderman was then asked if he ‘was married to the defendant. But be- fore he could answer Assistant State’s Attorney Henry Eckhardt objected and ‘was sustained by the court. Attorney Van Bever then pointed his finger at ‘Mrs, MeDermott and asked the alder- man if he was sure she was the woman who shot him. Mrs. McDermott looked ‘the alderman squarely in the eye as he. looked at her and replied: <‘Yes, sir, 1 am positive.”’ ‘He denied be saw the baby in her arms at the time of the shooting and that anything had been said about maf- riage. - ‘Did zhis woman say enything to you sbour having to go out on the street as 2 common woman for a living if you didn’t give her money?’’ asked Mr, Van Bever. ON" ‘Denies She Asked for Money. | ‘«Didn’t she ask you for money the support of herself and baby?”” How you known ee ee eee "Four years. acme BS oP Pa hehe eee ae REE, SIRE Oe een ee eee oe Se Se & a. HON. OSCAR DePRIEST. THE NEWLY ELECTED ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD. Syn? avn S eek ea rae a fp Soman Se oe Bt ces ee ic Se ee Pa rae ee tee Bethe le Se 34 Se Fae of gee Bee ee eR Bs eats - . z , : DEMANDS PASSPORTS FROM JACK JOHNSON. ‘U. 8. Minister Holds He Secured His ‘Papers Under False Pretenses. Havana, April 8—The senate com- mittee tonight reported favorably a ‘Dill to prohibit prize fighting in Cuba. ‘Havana, April 8—United States Min- ister Gonzales, who yesterday issued passports to Jack Johnson and his Whjte wife, today demanded that the passports be returned on the ground that they were obtained under false pretenses. ‘The Negro refused to hand them over. ‘There was a wordy war, which ended when Johnson promised not to leave Cubs until April 20. In the meantime Minister Gonzales said he would com- municate with the state department and ask for instructions. Claimed Papers Were Stolen. Johnson obtained the passports after swearing he had never been convicted of felony in the United States, that no charge. was pending against him, that he was not subject to arrest if he re- turned to America, and that he in- tended to'return to the United States within the next three months. He de- elared his American passports had been stolen from him while n Cuba. It is understood Minister Gonzales believes Johnson made false represen- tations concerning the status of the White slave charges against him at Chicago. ‘May Remain at Havana. Johnson has abandoned his plan to go by way of Santiago to Kingston, Jamaica, and thence to England, trans- portation from Santiago to Kingston and from Kingston to England being suspended. Johnson says he now has no plans in view, but that he may pro- ceed direct to France or Spain or even femain in Havana indefinitely. A movie ‘‘sniper’? who eluded the vigilance of numerous scouts ambushed Johnson and Willard as they battled for the heavyweight championship of the world and obtained pictures of the contest. c This is the opinion of Jack Johnson, who, learning that films of some of the rounds of the fight were to be shown at several Havana thestres tonight, at once started to stop what he termed an infringement of his property rights. He consulted the secret police and applied ro the judge of the night court for an injunction. ‘The merits of the complaint could not be acted upon immediately and the judge advised the ex-champion to serve written notice of his claim on the theatrical managers who had tbe films, promising to inue an.injunc- pee eee en me ree ‘THE APPOMATIOX CLUB. * ‘The calendar for the Yest of the month st the Appomattox Club, 3441 South Wabash Ave., is as follows: ‘Wednesday, 14th—Whist, (Members’ Wives), Prides, 2 to 6 p.m, Mrs. A. A Wells, Mrs. W. T. Jefferson, Mrs. W. BR. Cowan, Mrs. M. C. Cowan. Saturday, .17th—‘Grecter’s Night” and Reception to New Members. Sunday, 25th—Musieale, 4 p. m, “*Coleriaige Taylor’’—Dr, C. E. Pent- oo peg eg nape tag A. T. Wathing, Gdlone! and Mrs. Joba R Marchal eee "Cards ‘end | al ae a ae THE BROAD. AX, CHICAGO, APREL 10, 1915. THE LINCOLN JUBILEE AND THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL HALP CEN- TURY EXPOSITION. ‘The Exposition which is to be held in Chieago at the Coliseum from Au gust 22 to September 16, will be one of the most interesting demonstrations of the progress of the American Negroes that has ever been placed before the public. ‘The crowning feature will be the Celebration of the work of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lineéls. ‘The hearty co-operation of all progres sive people is solicited. The applica tion for space may be made through the office of the Commission which is located at 128 N. Le Salle street, B. 40. Appropriations for state exhibits have been made by the Legislature ot several states. The Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition whieh is to be held in Richmond, Virginia, in Juiy Mas assured us of valuable contribu- tions im the line of Fine Arts, Histori- cal and Industrial exhibits, which heve been secured at @ cost of 635,000, ef / ‘The Iilinois Exposition will have many distinct departments. In them Will be shown exhibits from every state in which the Negro is a part of the population. These departments include Teligion, education, industry, social Progress, music, sociology, military, liberal arts, professional, fraternal, ath- letics and miscellaneous. ‘The following conventions will be held in Chicago during the life of the Exposition: National Medical Association; Phy- sicians, Dentists, Pharmacists. LB. P.O. of Elks. Illinois State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. National Colored Funeral Directors. Religious Congresses (Inter—Denomi- national). National Baptist Convention. Negro Authors. United Brothers of Friendship and 8. M. T's. Besides @ number of important Con- gresses. Years ago Lincoln said, ‘Let us keep step with the music of the Republic.’ Men who are behind the movement for the éelebration wait to show that Lincola’s plea has been complied with, in @ great measure—Adv. QUESTIONS GLEANED By Daily Contact with the People By L. W. Washington. ‘The general feeling gow in the Black belt is that the White man is to be congratulsted by the splendid physical effort upon the part of Jess Willard ‘The World’s Champion in becoming in reality the ‘‘White Hope’? And the Black man is to be congratulated upon the splendid political effort of The Hon. Oscar De Priest of throwing wide open the door of the cit} ecuneil The Black Hope, of our Negro boys and girls, ‘The old saying ‘‘you may close one door in my face; But 10 will open somewhere’s else.’? ‘The defeat of Jack Johnson demon- strates one thing at least, it has dis- played a greater bond of sympathy be- tween the races. In other words there Prevails obviously @ mére friendly feeling toward the Black man by the White man since the fight st Havana, why such a change in sentiment ox- Pressed in feeling 20 soon, is hard to ee 4 in en ee Bat to Mr. Gus Sime the active: ene oie: ae ee ‘De es Foe Se ae BS Seis a ort tree, Fe da etch ar8 Byer eae zo pa Retna Rok Srey, ig TPO Ee Be Suan ties Ea te cities Poe ees Se ween e é 7 which landed his man, and gave us the Ist Colored Alderman of this great city. We congratulate you, for such splendid work is worthy of any people’s highest consideration, so The Broad Ax off our hats to you, and The Black Hope, Mr. Oscar De Priest. HYDE PARK NEWS By L. W. Washington. Mr. Aggie Colbert of 5622 Lake Park Ave, was called suddenly to attend the funeral of his father in South Carolina. Mrs, Frank Sebree of 5216 Lake Park Ave, entertained the following guests Tuesday night, Mrs. Paul Duckworth, Mr, and Mra! Merriman Martin, Me. Henry Wright of New York City ‘(cousin of Mrs. Martin’s) Mr. and ‘Mrs. Robt. Caner! and Mr. Rudolph. | ‘The Rev. John Williams is now con- ‘valescent, after being in doors for week, the children and wife as well as his White and Colored friends are happy beeause of it. Revival services are now being held at the Hyde Park A. M. E. Church 5626 Lake Ave. ST. MARK M. E. CHURCH, 80th St. and Wabash Ave. Easter at St. Mark was in every respect a great success. The Congre- gation celebrated the Lord’s Supper at 11 o'clock. The Pastor assisted by the Rev. J. C. Peters administered the sacrament to a large number. The sermon by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. John W. Robinson from Matt. 28: 6 verse, “(He is risen; He is risen; as he said’? ‘was not only most appropriate for the occasion but inspired the master flow of spiritual eloquence and ecstacy of the pastor. The congregation which filled main floor and baleony uatil it was necessary to bring in chairs to seat them was greatly pleased. Sev- ‘eral came forward for prayer, two ‘united with the church. Mr. J. A. Washington assisted by his Choir sang “He rose from the Grave.’ | MMe Sunday School room was crowded for the Easter program at 1 p.m. At the evening service the St. Mark Choir rendered as fine a program of Easter music as any one would like to hear. The pastor preached, subject: ‘Alive after the Passion.’’ Collection for the day $119.00, Next Sunday will be the pastor’s last before the Conference. It is also the day when the new financial plan will be launched. ‘Thirty men will canvass the member- ship in the interest of next years bud- get for current expense and benevo- Jenée. Let each member be ready to answer without great delay what he or she will give weekly next year. Work on the new church ‘goes on finely. It will not be long now before St. Mark will open one of the largest and grandest eburch edifices among. Negroes in Chicago. ‘The funeral of Mr. Chas. Henry Jones was attended by our pastor in St. Mark, Saturday morning, April 3rd. He was buried by the I. O. of Elks and the F. and A. M. Bi Damper pas yee yl ‘was held Sunday morning in Mark, the pastor delivered the eulogy. He was buried by the good Samaritans | next week at St. Marl aes the Lexington Annual “Conferwe ce aera Me Re: Mee ate Se ee Sa Se De C aiadiciaceneet smtvenen 2 bas = ia eee aS ee be 8 fine thing for the ; - ree es “y ‘Talks on Health, Cleanliness Proper Living Sanitation, Etc. by Dr. W. A. DRIVER 3300 So. State St. ‘There has been so much information given from time to time concerning fresh air in its relation to the health of the people that the writer begs the kind reader's indulgence for inflicting this subject upon those who are fa: miliar with the benefits derived from a knowledge of the subject. There are ‘many good and sufficient reasons for repeating the talks on fresh air. ‘Many persons have not learned thor- oughly the value of pare air. It is quite probable that many have not been as fortunate as some others in this re- gard. We have abundant evidenee in proof of the two former sentences. It is so frequently observed that many people do no ventilating of their living rooms; many others say they ventilate their apartments during the day but are afraid of the ‘‘night air.’ The “night air’? bugaboo is a relict of the denser ignorance of a generation ago. Some of us are exceedingly afraid of draughts of air and consequently we sit in stuffy rooms and breathe the viti- ated atmosphere of such foulness as is of our own making. When we do so, we breathe over and over, air that has been devitalized. In that way, we de- Prive ourselves of that important ele- ment called oxygen, thus impoverish- ing the blood and starving the tissues of that necessary link in the chain of the human economy. It is not only necessary to lower the window above but to raise the window below also in order to ‘secure proper ventilation. The fresh cool air coming im below is the pure air that vitalizes; the air that pagses out the window above is the expired, warm air that has been deprived of its oxygen by the lungs. Such air devitalizes if allowed to remain in the house. Many persons are afraid of the cold air that comes in at the window below; as such air is 4—BROAD AX—April 9—Mary ees oe seen that those who deny themselves of it must be in danger of such diseases as come from such a course. An easy experiment to prove that the air passes out of the window above is bereft of oxygen and that the air that comes in St. Mark Lyceum, good programs each Sunday, opening hour, 4:30 p. m. NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. Dr. Midian O. Bousfield will address the Negro Fellowship League, Sunday afternoon, April 11th at 4 o’clock. His subject will be ‘Social Service.’’ Dr. Bousfield is one of the rising young ‘physicians of the city, and it is hoped that members and friends will crowd the Reading Room, 3005 State street, to hear him. On lest Sunday Mr. J. ‘Thomas Gray spoke to the boys. Plans were made for the organization of s boys”"band in the near futore. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB. It is needless to say that joy reigned at the Alpha Suffrage Club on last Wednesday evening over the election of Hon. Osear De Priest to the city council. This event was celebrated by giving him a public reception at the club rooms, 3005 State street, The Reading Room was filled with those who. wished to congratulate Mr. De Priest on his success. ‘THE KNIGHT TEMPLARS BALL AT THE EIGHTH REGIMENT WAS A GRAND SUCCESS. Monday evening the Knight Templars gave their annua] ball at the Eighth Regiment Armory 35th and Forest Ave, and it was s grand success in every way, it was attended by fully fifteen hunéred people. BARGAIN IN A BRICK 7LAT : BUILDING. Jor sla Beek Sat uiding, ot 8 saap. Rent $27 per month, 555 BE. 36th’ a all esah. eT - yas saps o Rtg Re Pie ) el Ties eae P= aS . ay aa oo Sa “ x yy co a & ‘ fe ea below is charged with th come ee a it at the opening above (it wit y extinguished), then hold the lighted mateh below near the opening (ig z a burn). We need Oxygen to bum the waste tissues of the boly and reg the chemical equilibriam of the stag We cannot live witho at Oxygen and ty way to get it is by way of the gg Window below. We need to get nb the expired air, for itis Jead sirandty way to get rid of the dead sir inh lowering the window above. Wy should kee} both sections of the wa, ow open about a quarter of an eights of an ineh continuously. It is safe ap sane. It will prevent much diam and render yeoman service in the em of that dread disease called puimoury tuberculosis, better known as lang ee sumption. Put lots of cover on tie bed if necessary but always sleep wi the window open, top and bottom, the wider the better. Be not afraid of te air. The air of the country is beatae than the air of the city. The city ar is contaminated by the congested pope lation. ‘The smoke pollutes the ety air. The garbage and refuse matterd the city is a source of contaminate The plant life of the country pure the air; that is the reason that tube culosis camps seek the country. Tat is why the aristocracy keeps a commy home. Take a walk through the pat and note the exhilirating effect of te air as you breathe deeply. The now vegetation there is in that yark te more exhilaration. ‘Those who are careful in the matte of the air they breathe have s decide Hsdvantage of those who pay no attee tion ‘to such matters. It is a smal matter, some will venture to say bt remember the old proverb: “‘It is te little things that count." It is gud treatment to have tubercular yatiets ‘sleep out of doors; those who rast will readily understand that it is good prevention to do likewise or tod ‘as near to it as is practical. We be ef you, kind readers, to apply bere tie saying ‘Prove all things; bold fit to that which is gool.”” Try sleise with the window open above snd be low. Charles Lett, who several years a ‘van the Twentieth Century Cafe sf Buffet, 3120 S. State street, has bees visiting his friends in this city week and he may decide to reloci® here in the near future. ‘Mr: John Hardie, assistant easier the Lincoln State Bank of Chie 3105 8. State street, is proving hime to be a level headed business man im time he may become the regust cashier of the bank. | Attorney Faustin S. Delany, 322 § ‘Clark street, continucs to eniet * ‘splendid practice in his chosen ple sion. In connection with bis la¥ bor ness, he conducts 2 correspentet school of law. The Citizens Committee, will give ® “Big Ball’? Monday evening, April 8 at the New Eighth Regiment Are? 35¢h street and Forest avers, ™ fret of this coming week more ee ‘one thousand invitations will be at ent, to the shining social lights, 257 fof whom will be present on tat ‘ing. The home of Violette ¥- Andere 28 E. 4éth street was the seqne ofS esutifal home wedding on Bester Me day morning when ‘Miss Bisbee Rosser became the bride of Gust B Chavis, A wedding breskintt ‘Father Cumming: ot the coset ‘Paul and Peters. Covers iid 1 re Me, Chavis has Deen £0 ‘on the ume? sat E yin te Fe —- ig In Defense of the Mule. In what is described by Justice Henry Lamm of the supreme court of Missouri as a "celebrated case" the court handed down a decision exonerating the Missouri mule. Some years ago one Lyman sued one Dale for damages done to the plaintiff's buggy by "the aforesaid wild and unruly mule." After being considered by justices of the peace, one circuit Judge, three judges of the court of appeals and four supreme court justices the mule is exonerated by Judge Lamm as follows: "There are sporadic instances of mules behaving badly. That one that Absalom rode and 'went from under' him at a crisis in his fate, for instance, the mule don't kick according to no rule,' suith the American negro. His voice has been a matter of derision, and there are those who put their tongue in their cheek when speaking of It. "However, the faithfulness, surefootedness and good sense of the mule, all matters of common knowledge, may be allowed to stand over against his faults and create a preponderance in the scale in his favor." - New York Sun. Grief of a Rhinoceros A rhinoceros is capable of grief, according to a Paris writer who wrote this anecdote years ago: "The animal had been in the collection at the Jardin des Plantes for twenty-two years, but was of an unscioable and irascible temper, and not even his keepers ventured to take any liberties with him. One day, however, the little lap dog of the wife of the director got into his house by squeezing in between the bars. Instead of killing the intruder, as expected, the rhinoceros allowed the little creature to play with him, scampering over his back, biting his neck and playing off all manner of sportive tricks. The two became great friends, the 'wee doggie' passing several hours each day with his undemonsitative acquaintance, who put up patiently with all its teasings. One day the rhinoceros inadvertently set his foot on his little pet, killing it instantly. The poor brute's grief at the catastrophe was pliable. For two days he did not eat a particle of food." Verbaeren's Love of Finery A love of gorgeous aliment, such as characterized Emile Verhaeren, the noted Belgian author, in his youth, has been common to many famous writers. Disraeli as a young man startled the town by an evening dress comprising green velvet trousers, a canary colored waistcoat and a coat with lace cuffs. Dickens, likewise, was fond of a certain bright green waistcoat, which he wore in accompaniment with a vivid scarlet tie, and he turned up at Frith's studio one day in a sky blue overcoat with red cuffs. Even more fearful and wonderful was Dumss' appearance at an ambassador's reception in "a shirt on which were depicted a number of little red demons disporting themselves amid flames of yellow fire." "My costume was a great success," he wrote. "Every one thronged round and made much of me."—London Graphic. "If you had it to do over again, would you marry?" "Yes, I think I would." "The same girl?" "Yes, the same girl." "Then you have no regrets whatever?" "I wouldn't say that exactly. If I had it to do over again, I shouldn't be so reckless during my courtship days with promises of the things I would buy for her after marriage. I'd have more common sense and fewer electric motorcars and fur coats and servants and unlimited charge accounts in my wooing."-Detroit Free Press. Cynical. Two actors were discussing their ideas of marriage. At the seventh wedding breakfast of the first actor the other, who had himself been married six times, said: "Well, old man, I thought you had learned by this time that a marriage is nothing but a sentence of hard labor for life." "Yes," said the other actor, "but it's a sentence that you can get commuted by bad behavior."—Exchange. We Remember: Bacon—It is said that tin is used to weight silk to such an extent that many a woman's dress would assay as highly as what often is considered good tin ore. Egbert—Yes, and then the women get a lot of "tin" out of our clothes, too, you must remember. Yonkers Statesman Same Power. "I have tribute to my powers as an actor. I can draw tears from men and women alike any time by working on their feelings." His Bread and Butter. "I met Biffers' wife yesterday. Talks all the time, doesn't she?" "Yes." "I have never heard Biffers complain about it." "He'd better not. She supports him by lecturing."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wanted Her to Have the Best. Nell—Rather conceited, isn't she? Belle—I should say. He said the best was none too good for me, and then he proposed.—Philadelphia Record. Innocence is better than repentance, an unsullied life better than pardon.—Binney. OF THE BROAD AX, PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT CHICAGO, ILLS. FOR APRIL 1, 1915, BEQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912. right. Please list name and the names and addresses of stock- holders holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not a cor- poration, give names and addresses of individual owners.) Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Federal St., Chicago, Ill. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: (If there are none, so state.) None. Average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above. (This information is required from daily newspapers only.) JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of April, 1915. A Dream Joke. Almost every one has dreamed of writing a poem, delivering a speech or making a witty remark that seemed at the time wonderfully brilliant, but that, recalled on waking, proved to be either commonplace or wholly meaningless. That is not always the case, however, as this story, which the Rev. Washington Gladden is fond of telling, proves. "I dreamed," says Dr. Gladden, "that the old house that formerly stood near my church was still there and that old Mr. Deshler, who has been dead many years, still lived in it. I also knew that his old dog, George, who never failed to bark at me when I passed the house, still lived. In my dream I was passing the house when the door opened and the old gentleman came out, followed by George, who, as usual, rushed barking up to me. "Now, now, George,' said the old man, 'you ought not to do that. You know that's a friend of ours. That's Dr. Gladden.' "Oh, I have met George before,' I responded to the introduction. 'In fact, George and I have for some time had a bowwowing acquaintance.'" — Exchange. Riding In a Jinrikisha. When the European or American tourist first lands in Japan he at once demands a jinrikisha. Having read of it and heard so much of it he wants an immediate experience of it as soon as he finds himself in the land of its birth. Almost any day one may see a procession of men and women, ashore for a day or two from a steamer in port, making their way up the crowded thoroughfares of Tokyo, sitting rather awkwardly in their jinrikishas, trembling unbalanced over the axle, not knowing whether the thing is going to tip backward or fall forward, so loosely does the puller seem to hold the shafts. The first time one gets into a jinrikisha he always feels like a baby, and this gawkish sensation coupled with that of the uncertainty of one's position in balancing it, renders the experience not quite so pleasant as anticipated. But the only way for comfort to sit back at one's ease and leave the responsibility to the man who pulls it.—Japan Magazine. RED CROSS DOGS Attached to Field Hospitals and Discriminate 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 KENNEDY dogs take no part in the fighting as do other trained dogs, but are part of the field hospital equipment and are trained to search out the still living from among the dead on the battlefield. Each animal wears a blanket marked with a large red cross, which proclaims him a noncombatant. A small sack hangs from his neck containing cotton, bandages, brandy and drugs, useful to the wounded. When one of these dogs finds a soldier who is too badly wounded to help himself to any of these first aids the animal runs to the nearest ambulance and brings human assistance. As dogs are able to discriminate unerringly between the dead and those in whom the breath of life remains, their use in this way is highly commanded as a humane means. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 10, 1915 JULIUS F. TAYLOR (My commission expires March 8, 1916.) SHORT AND SHARP. Sartasm may make good repartes, but it doesn't make friends. The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. 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 Zeppelins 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. [Name] MR. JACOB LEDFORD Composer of the following and many other classy and catchy songs. "I Have Searched the World for the Girl of My Dreams" is Mr. Jacob Ledford's latest composition. Being a high class sentimental song of unusual type, it has been highly complimented by some of the best musicians, both Colored and White, and is predicted to take its place in helping to revolutionize the musical field of today. It is rapidly selling, so order at once. On sale at 5412 Kenwood avenue, and Lyon & Healy music store, Chicago, III. Price 25 cents. Charity AMATEUR MINSTREL CLUB For Benefit Old Folk Home Monday, April 12th NEW 8th REG. ARMORY AMATEUR When President Wilson ordered American warships to Vera Cruz for the protection of American interests in Mexico he brought that busy and interesting little Mexican city again into the focus from which it had been displaced by the European war. Vera Cruz was much in the eye last April, when nineteen American sailors and marines were killed there. Vera Cruz knows what it is to be captured. Five times has the city fallen before foreign arms, once to General Winfield Scott of the United THE STREETS OF MADRID AVENIDA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA, VERA CRUZ. States in 1847, again to the United States in 1914, once to France and the allies in 1861 and twice to buccaneers. Vera Cruz has suffered more than any other city in Mexico. As far back as 1883, when it was a very small town, it was captured by buccaneers. Again in 1712 Laurent and Van Horn buccaneer kings, seized the port and plundered it for ten days. From then until well along in the nineteenth century the city had comparative peace. But at the outbreak of the war between this country and Mexico it was inevitable that movements of troops against the City of Mexico must begin with Vera Cruz. So on March 7, 1847, a fleet appeared bearing General Scott and a small army. While the ships bombarded the defenses troops were landed. They succeeded in capturing the city after a siege of thirteen days, in which there was much bloodshed. PARIS LIKES T. ATKINS. Fancy of the French Capital Captured by British Soldier and His Dress. In the severance of ties between persons of various nationalities the great war is saddening, of course, but in the bringing together of others its influence is good. For example, there is the fraternizing of Tommy Atkins with his companion at arms of the French army and the mingling of the two with the Belgian soldier on the battle line. It is an old saying that "good Americans when they die go to Paris." But Tommy Atkins does not have to die to D7934 get to the beautiful French capital. All he has to do is to get a leave of absence from the trenches or to get himself wounded—slightly, however, so that he can bear transportation. Paris has taken a liking to the British soldier, formerly looked down upon, and it smiles happily when it sees a bus load of Britishers riding on the boulevards. The attire of the soldier of King George has had an effect on the fashion. Style creators have copied as closely as they could the highlander's bonnet and plaid, and they would like to take in his kilt also no doubt if the dressmakers thought their customers would so far. SIRES AND SONS. Patrick Grant, seventy, has just retired after forty-nine years of service as a policeman in New York. Ernst Roume, former governor general of the French province in East Africa, has been appointed governor general of Indo-China by the cabinet. Marshall Morgan, recently appointed secretary of the American and British claims arbitration commission, has been for the last three years managing editor of the Nashville Tennesseean. The Right Hon. Thomas Burt, who rose from pit boy to privy councilor and who is known as "the father of the house of commons," is to retire on account of his age. He is seventy-seven years old. In recognition of over twenty-five years' service with the Hamburg-American line Julius P. Meyer of New York has been given the decoration of the Red Eagle of the fourth class by the German emperor, through Ambassador Count Bernstorff. John M. Carnahan, the telegraph operator who flashed the news of the Cluster massacre to the world in 1876, retired on New Year's day, after active service of more than fifty years. He has entered upon the enjoyment of the pension which the company granted for long service. Flippant Flings. One thing that bothers us is what a fitney passenger does with his strap arm.—Toledo Blade. Women have started a movement to conceal their ages when registering. Very few of them look as old as that—Chicago News. Adulteration of merchandise has gone so far that rubber is now found in cotton bales and copper in barrels of sugar.—Philadelphia Record. One of the latter day prophets says the destruction of men by war will ultimately result in a revival of polygamy. Not while the price of bonnets remains at current quotations.—Houston Post. Town Topics. Killing bank robbers has become a habit in Cincinnati—Pittsburgh Post. Cleveland police are forbidden to wear wrist watches. But are they permitted spats?—Detroit Free Press. The perfect man is being sought by Chicago tailors. The only joke in this news consists in the fact that they are looking for blim in Chicago—Cleveland Plain Dealer. There is some complaint in Boston that baseball is interfering with art. Still baseball has given Boston considerable prominence that would have been impossible to art—Philadelphia Press. Wireless Whispers. Test messages of wireless telegraphs sent in Peru with five kilowatt power passed the Andes mountains from 14,000 to 20,000 feet high. Japanese electricians were among the first experimenters with wireless telegraphy and have perfected one of the most efficient systems known. Two German wireless experts have succeeded in sending messages through the earth from mines 1,600 feet deep and one and one-half miles anart. Culinary Capers. Lamb chops are improved if dipped in lemon juice just before cooking. Instead of boiling beetroots roast them in the oven. The flavor will be much improved. To successfully bake a pie crust without its filling line it with paraffin paper and fill with uncooked rice. BRIGHT BRIEFS. The easiest way to get a living is to earn it. _____ The more you know the less sure you are. _____ A stitch in time is worth two needles in a haystack. _____ A short answer is often followed by a long silence. _____ Mexico seems to have found the secret of perpetual motion. _____ Better not try it on the dog—unless you are sure of your dog. _____ Every time a man picks up a few cents' worth of experience he drops a dollar. _____ Indeed do we live in a rapid aga. A history of the present war is on the market. It's easier for a young man to make love to a girl than for him to make a living for her. The income tax doesn't bother the man whose principal holdings consist of castles in the air. The only way to tell for sure that you don't owe more than you can pay is to go ahead and pay it. It is all right to speak well of your enemies, but it is better to give your friends the first compliments. If there is anything you haven't seen now is the time to take a good look. Manufacturers announce a jump in the price of eyeglasses. PAGE FIVE Improving the Family Tree. "Look at this, my dear," said Mr. Newrich to his wife, displaying a fine case of jewels. "Oh, you have bought them for me, haven't you?" she exclaimed. "How sweet of you!" "No, my love; I have bought them for my grandmother." "Your grandmother?" "Yes, dear." "But she is a bedridden nonagenarian. She can't appreciate them." "True, dear. And she need never know anything about them." "What in the world do you mean?" What in the world do you want? "Simply this, dear: It is always advisable to have some hatricoms in a family that makes any social pretensions. These jewels now belong to my grandmother. When our daughter Ethel comes out in a year or two she shall have them, and when it is understood that they were once the gems of her great-grandmother just see the antiquity which our family will develop and all on account of my having a great head." And Mr. Newrich drew mental bouquets at himself with supreme lavishness. The Profession of Mayor In Germany, where efficiency has become a national passion, the profession of mayor of cities has been established. The people of the German cities reason in this fashion: "We have here a big corporation. It is a big business corporation and more. It is a big social organisation as well. On its efficient management much of our comfort, our health, our success depends. Therefore we will get the best manager we can find. If he does not happen to be in the city we will go outside to get him." The cities pay well and employ the mayor-manager for a long term of years. After a preliminary trial he is retained indefinitely. In the larger Prussian cities his ability is so esteemed that he is usually made a member of the Prussian upper house. If he shows unusual qualifications he may be chosen a minister of state. The mayoralty in Germany really offers a career—Kansas City Star. Left Over Roast Lamb To use left over reast lamb take it and cut away all the bone and gristle and grind through a food chopper or chop fine in hash bowl; then mix with six sprigs of parsley and two stalks of celery. Add crumbled soda crackers, one tablespoonful of softened butter, a little salt and pepper, one spoonful of minced onion and enough milk or water to make moist and then beat in one egg and form into a steak. Put in a buttered pan, place in a moderate oven and roast for twenty-five minutes, basting with melted butter or good drippings. Just before the last five minutes is up spread a generous layer of fine breadcrumbs mixed with egg yolk over the top and sides to brown, serve on a hot platter and garnish with sliced lemon or parsley. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Table Manners The good people of the church gave the poor children of the parish a bountiful New Year's dinner, and the delight of the youngsters was much more manifest than their table manners. One little fellow was discovered clutching a doughnut in one fist and a lump of steak in the other. He was reproved for his breach of etiquette and took the reproach very meekly. But a moment later he turned to the diner next him and remarked regretfully, "The trouble about these here table manners is that they was invented by somebody who wasn't never really hungry!"—Argonaut. Just Let Her Talk "How did you happen to marry that man, Imra? Did he please you so well?" "Oh, on the contrary! But when I told him the reasons why I wouldn't marry him he listened to me without interrupting me for two hours, so at last I accepted him." An Eve to Business. Drummer—And so our friend, your husband, is gone! He dealt with me for twenty years. Weeping Widow—Yes, and if you had come a fortnight earlier you would have found him still among the living. Drummer—Do you think he left any order for me!—Filegende Blatter. Great Bridge The largest suspension bridge in the world is the Manhattan, between New York city and Brooklyn. The longest railroad bridge over navigable water is the one on the Norfolk and Southern line at Edinton, N. C., connecting Edinton with Mackaya—New York American. True to His Profession True to His Profession. Physician—I'm sorry, sir, but we can't quite be sure as to what is wrong with your arterial system unless we put you under the X ray machine. Publisher-That's all right. I never made any secret of my creation—Judge. Doctor—You must go away for a long rest. Overworked Merchant—But, doctor, I'm too busy to go away. Doctor—Well, then, you must stop advertising. —St. Louis Times. Ignorance is the duplication of abused- ity—Fronds. Woman's World A Woman Who Has Hed Two Distinct Professions. MISS ELSIE DE WOLFE. New York and the United States have many interesting women to their credit, but they are usually women who have made a specialty of one profession and have won distinction thereby. Miss De Wolfe is unique in that she left the stage when a star and has since devoted herself to interior decorating. Miss De Wolfe lives with a friend, Miss Elizabeth Marbury, in a house which was originally a four story and basement house of pinkish brown stone and had an ugly stain from the street to the front door. Miss De Wolfe says: "I wanted to prove to my friends that it was possible to take one of the darkest and grimiest of city houses and make it an abode of sunshine and light, and I wanted to furnish the whole house exactly as I pleased—for once!" The first thing she did was to tear away the front stoop and give the house an entrance door just below the street level. The stairway running up from the hall was torn out and the whole front of the house thrown into the drawing room, the staircase being rebuilt in the center of the house. It has been called "The Little House of Many Mirrors," for much of its spaciousness and charm is the effect of skillfully managed reflections. The stair landings are most ingeniously planned. There are landings that lead directly from the stairs into the rooms of each floor, and back of one of the mirrored stair walls there is a little balcony, connecting the rooms on that floor, that is a private passageway. In the dining room Miss De Wolfe is guilty of a trick, but it is a very clever and pretty trick. The two windows in this room are obviously windows by day, but at night two sliding doors of mirrors are drawn; just as a curtain would be drawn, to fill the window spaces. This is a little bit tricky, but it is a very good trick. The walls of this house are painted a dull French gray, and there is no paper at all. It is not a shining paint, but of a dull finish that has to be properly done to be effective. On this subject Miss De Wolfe says: "To me the most beautiful wall is the plain and dignified painted wall, broken into graceful panels by the use of narrow moldings, with lighting fixtures carefully placed and every picture and mirror hung with classic precision. This wall is just as appropriate to the six room cottage as to the twenty room house. If I could always find perfect walls I'd always paint them and never use a yard of paper. Painted walls, when very well done, are dignified and restful and most sanitary. The trouble is that too few plasters know how to smooth the wall surface and too few workmen know how to apply nails properly." Mins De Wolfe is interested in a new venture in New York city, which is, as one man remarked one day, "the greatest thing in New York." It is a roof garden called the Strand Roof Garden, which is run on the cafeteria plan. But dancing can be enjoyed there at noon by shopgirls or any working girl or young man absolutely free of charge. The place is wonderfully decorated in pale greens and soft creams, and each little table has its vase of reasonable flowers. A chaperon is always there to take charge of the manners of the place. Good form What Gifts to Accept. Among the many questions where the usages of social life we call etiquette are called upon to define lines either strictly or only with slight restrictions the one concerning the acceptance of expensive gifts from men friends to girls and women friends is often discussed. It has come about in some way that to accept things that are very costly shows lack of personal pride. A woman who does is apt to find herself placed under obligations. This is something no delicate minded woman is willing to do. She does not like the idea that a man has been given cause to think himself entitled to more consideration on account of handsome gifts made to her. So she very properly returns any such that may strike her sense of propriety as of too great value, as far as price is concerned, for her to use in any way. But unfortunately there are many girls and maturer women who gayly declare they will "take anything" they can get from men friends and acquaintances. The argument is very feminine: "He will spend that money on somebody. Why not on me?" is the way they put it. But when pay day comes and such women find that it is presumed they feel obliged or are under obligations to the giver they repudiate and still, strange to say, they keep the gifts, no matter what they are. This is a very serious breach in the laws of social usage. Eitquette strictly demands, first, that such gifts should not be received at all, and if for some reason it appears better to accept than to "make a fuss about it" they should be returned as soon as possible, with the most friendly assurance that a simpler expression of good will will be far more acceptable and still more appreciated. A man is justified in presenting a hostess who has been delightfully hospitable with something very handsome for her house, never for her personal wearing. But the accepted and correct gifts from men who know to their women friends are flowers, books, music or bonbons. These may be in fancy jeweled holders, but even that is not in perfect taste. Good Manners at Home. Take your good manners home with you. You cannot afford to be negligent of or rude to the people with whom you live every day. Unfailing courtesy in the family circle is the best possible investment to secure peace and harmony. Etiquette differs in its outward manifestations in different countries and among people of different walks of life. In Europe the stranger makes the first call. In England and this country the resident makes the first call. In Europe the man lifts his hat to the woman before she bows to him. In this country and in England the woman bows first. The habit of using the knife as we use the fork is not utterly unknown among foreigners, while with us it is considered bad form. But it was not always so regarded here. You still see in out of the way places the old fashioned knife with the curiously enlarged and rounded end, so made to facilitate the eating of peas. Some continentals do not consider it out of the way to use toothpicks at the table. They sometimes have chic little jeweled weapons to use in this way. Even a diamond trimmed toothpick would hardly make the custom acceptable in this country. But then some of our customs and manners probably shock foreigners quite as much. But, though it has many different rules and forms, the underlying motive of etiquette is pretty much the same everywhere. Its effort is to embellish, dignify and make attractive human social intercourse; also to simplify it and make it easy without removing those restrictions which make the difference between civilization and savagery. Therefore do not put too much weight on the small signs of etiquette, but never let go the large ideal of it. Use of Cards If a double card is used with Mr. and Mrs. engraved on it when calling on a married woman leave just one. In making a first call on a married couple, however, the wife leaves her own card and two of her husband's, keeping the combination card for use in subsequent calls. An engagement announcement should be acknowledged. Send a card with or without a polite acknowledgment and greeting in a few words, such as "Congratulations and good wishes." In making an evening call a man waits until the maid tells him he will be received, when he removes his hat, coat and gloves in the hall before being ushered into the reception room. For a Simple Wedding. If the bride wears a street costume she should also wear a hat and coat to complete it. Some fashionable and smart brides dress this way for their weddings, especially if either the bride or bridegroom has been married before or if neither is in the first youth. As to color, light gray or tan is preferable to darker colors for a wedding suit. No attendant is customary at such a wedding, which is supposed to be a quiet simple affair. ELABORATE CREATION. Frille and Bown Make Tefeta Freck Very Smart. AFTERNOON GOWN. Some frocks this season are plain, but we would by no means include in the category the frock pictured in the illustration. The gown is developed in pale gray taffeta, and the skirt is covered with wide circular fliences held beneath a straight panel at the back. The bodice is of taffeta, with sleeves and collar of white net, finished with stiff frills. The wide girdle ends in a huge bow placed sidewise over the hip. Domestic Hinta Never use linen to clean mirrors or windows, as it sheds lint and often causes streaks. Wash linoleum and oilcloth with lukewarm water, then polish it with a soft woolen cloth which has been dipped in milk. Use no soap on window glass. Use old muslin and clean, soft water. A cotton cloth dipped in a little alcohol will add brilliancy to the final rub. If white of egg is applied with a small camelshair paint brush to fly specks on gilt frames, then rubbed gently with a soft cloth the specks will disappear. When your house plants look a trifle dejected and water does not revive them try putting coffee grounds on the roots three times a week; then once a week give them a tablespoonful of olive oil. Do not allow the earth to become hard and dry. The Useful Sailor Every one is glad that the sailor shape is in evidence in spring millinery. Many hats there are of picture type, poke shapes, too, that are vastly becoming. But for general wear nothing is so smart as the sailor. It will probably be worn a good deal when warmer weather comes. Ether Remove Grease Stains Ether is a very good thing to remove grease stains from wearing apparel. Another method is to dip the garment in tepid water, then place it in cold water to which a little borax has been added. The article should be soaked for several hours and then dried quickly. WOMEN'S WHIMSIES. --- Beaded, brocaded and plain velvet or satin bags are the mode, made in reticule shapes, quite large and finished with a long tassel at the bottom or with ribbon drawn tops. One wrinkle is to wear Egyptian designed annulets done in rhinestones set in flat settings of antique gold or silver or even of jet or ivory, appended to long chains made of the same jewels. These accompany trailing, scarlet evening gowns made of gorgeously colored chiffons, brocaded crapes or satins of a particularly soft quality. For those who possess lace scarfs, no matter what the shape or length, quality or type, the season's latest adventure reveals a liking for these frivolous neck or shoulder fixings for wear with the new gowns for dance and evening wear. Even theuffs of tulle or maline which have been used all season in clouds of frothy white or in sunset tints of gorgeous colorings have their ends weighted by single metallic threaded tassels or with silk made roses in bouquet forms, each one concealing a silk covered weight to keep it in position. 1930 BLOUSE AND SKIRT. The skirt and blouse shown here is a combination which is extremely practical for all but formal occasions. The separate skirt of covert can be worn throughout the summer with blouses of slik or linen or lawn. This skirt is a plain circular one with a belt attached and trimmed with ball buttons. Suit Case Sewing Room Suit Case Sewing Room For a woman living in a small apartment, or a home that is not large enough to include a sewing room, an excellent substitute for a sewing room—not a sewing basket—is an inexpensive Japanese suit case. The bag fastened to the inside of the cover (for shirts) is a splendid place to keep paper patterns, scraps of cloth, written lists of little things required on the next shopping tour, etc. The other part of course, is for the sewing. A cushion can be attached to the side for pins and needles; also a box containing thread, scissors, tape measure, tailor's chalk, lead pencil, thimble, etc. Such a suit case is large enough to contain practically all that one needs in sewing. Furthermore, it looks neat when closed than a box of the same size would, is much more durable and is easily carried from one room to another, or kept by the side of the machine. Sweet Scented Grass Workbasket. The pretty basket shown in the illustration is made of the lovely sweet grasses which emit a most agreeable A CONVENIENT HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE. odor. The one shown is lined with flowered silk and equipped with all sewing appurtenances. RIDE A HOBBY. The woman who is not interested in things in general or something in particular is an uninteresting companion. No matter how beautiful she may be, her charm will be minimized or of short duration. The victim of ennul or indifference victimizes everybody about her. Her friends may look upon her and admire her beauty, but she is decidedly uninteresting, and even a little bit of her society is generally an overdose. To be blase is not to be interesting. If you are weary of everything in life you need the attention of a physician; there is something wrong with you, mentally and physically. Something new and interesting in this world is cropping out every minute. The most interesting people are those who see things and get all possible pleasure out of them. An exhibition of indifference to things about you is not an evidence of intelligence. Intelligent people are the ones whose eyes are open. That is the way they become intelligent. Such people are the most interesting. Sometimes they are so interesting that even if they happen to lack beauty that fact is forgotten in admiration for their intellect. Some one has said that everybody should ride a hobby Cookery Points Now that the high price of sugar is beemoan it behooves us to remember that there are other sweetening agents, molasses and honey, which can virtually take its place. When baking apples use a teaspoonful of strained honey to each apple instead of sugar, and in fruit pies and sauces also use this sweetening agent. When making gems and muffins a teaspoonful of honey in place of sugar will answer just as well. Cakes and desserts are the great sugar consumers of housekeeping. Some can be made without it and with results which are just as satisfactory. Honey Blancmange—Dissolve three tablespoonfuls of cornstarch in a little cold milk and add it to one pint of boiling milk. Boll until thoroughly cooked, then add one-half cupful of honey and a few drops of vanilla, stirring thoroughly. When cold serve with cream. Honey Rice Cupa.—Make a thick custard by bolling a cupful of washed rice in slightly salted milk, cooking until the rice is dry and tender; then stir in one well beaten egg, a tablespoonful of honey and a few drops of vanilla; lastly two tablespoonfuls of cream. Beat until light and pour into shallow cups and set away until cold. Before serving turn out and hollow out a small piece on the top, fill with any kind of canned fruit or jelly which is open, put in the oven a few minutes and serve with cream. Old Time Molasses Cookies.—One cupful of melted lard; one-half cupful of warm water, two cupfuls of molasses, one teaspoonful each of soda, ginger and cloves, a little salt and flour enough to roll thin. Golden Orange Cake—Mix one-half cupful of butter or clarified drippings, one cupful of New Orleans molasses one beaten egg, juice, pulp and grated rind of a small orange, one teaspoonful of soda (dissolved in a scant half cupful of cold water), two cupfuls of pastry flour and a little salt and bake in a shallow pan in a hot oven. Rub the top with a little orange marmalade. The Cooking of Fish It is well to remember in preparing fish that boiling is the most insipid and wasteful way of cooking fish. To be made at all palatable a rich sauce is needed for all kinds of boiled fish except salmon and bluefish, which are so olly in themselves that boiling does not hurt them. Never try to boil a fish whole, as the head of a boiled fish is about the most unsightly object that can be offered a hungry family. If you must boil, bear in mind that if fish be put in cold water the juices are drawn into the water, and if cooked in rapidly boiling water the fish breaks on the outside before the middle is done. If the fish breaks and looks unsightly remove the bones and fake it, piling it lightly on a platter and pour the sauce over it. If it comes out unbroken serve on a folded napkin, with the sauce in a sauce boat. Allow about six minutes to a pound in boiling. All varieties of fish need accompaniments of starchy foods, like bread and potatoes, and white fish need also fat or butter to make them desirable as food. Because of the tannin in tea it is better not to serve tea at the same meal with fish. The juices of fish—shellfish particularly—are of so alkaline a nature that lemon juice or vinegar afford the neutralizing agency in the form of a desirable condiment. Fish bake through more evenly, brown better and are more easily served if placed upright in the pan instead of on one side. Fish that are short and broad, like shad, may be propped in place with stale bread or pared potatoes. Sponge Gingerbread. Pour one cupful of best molasses in mixing bowl or dish and stir into it (molasses) one teaspoonful of baking soda (saleratus), dissolved in a little hot water, and follow with one-half cupful of sour milk or buttermilk (use the one most convenient). Add one generous tablespoonful of melted butter and one teaspoonful of ground ginger. After stirring all well together add flour to conveniently handle on board and roll out. Cut in squares about one-half inch thick and bake in a reasonably quick oven. Baked Barley. Soak six tablespoonfuls of barley in cold water overnight. In the morning put the barley in an earthen dish and pour three and a half pints of boiling water over it. Add salt as desired, bake in a moderately quick oven about two and a half hours or till perfectly absorbed. When half done add four or five tablespoonfuls of sugar mixed with grated lemon peel. It may be eaten warm, but is pleasant served cold, molded in cups and served with cream or nut cream. Apple Fritters. Slice thin two medium sized sour apples. Make a batter of one and one third cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-quarter teaspoonful salt, one egg and three quarters cupful of milk. Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add the milk gradually and egg well beaten. Stir in the sliced apples and drop by spoonfuls in hot fat which will brown a cube of bread in sixty seconds. Drum on brown paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar. For the Children Little John Jacob Astor is a Sturdy Youngster. 1915, by American Press Association Among the children of the rich who may be seen almost any pleasant day playing in Central park. New York city, none attracts more attention than little John Jacob Astor. When he goes on his rambles he is accompanied by a corps of nurses to guide his footsteps and guard him from harm. Baby Astor is now just a month past two and a half years of age and in the photograph is a sturdy and handsome youngster. His father, Colonel John Jacob Astor, was lost on the ill fainted Titanic, which went down on April 11 1912. His mother, formerly Miss Madeleine Force, was rescued. Mrs. Astor who devotes much of her time to the care of her child, is an advocate of the open air treatment of children, and so Baby John has grown lusty and healthy. In the summer he spends his days at Bar Harbor, Me. He will have a great many millions of dollars when he grows up. Russy. Come Walk. This game, which is sometimes called "invisible cats," is one of the numerous amusements in which a particular player has to be guided by the acuteness and accuracy of the sense of hearing. One player is blindfolded and seated in a chair in the middle of the room. At a call from him of "Pussy, come, walk," each of the company passes before him in turn. When the walker reaches the chair he utter a "Mew, mew," and the blindfolded player has to try to identify the speaker by his voice. Should he succeed, the other takes his place; should he fail, the signal is repeated, and another cat comes forward. Players may, if they choose, disguise the voice in saying "mew," but it is difficult enough to recognize the natural voice, and to add to the difficulty retards the game, and it is apt to grow tedious if played slowly. Transpositions 1. Transpose a legal claim and get a boy's name. thing and get a boat. 4. Transpose a conjunction and get an open wooden vessel. 5. Transpose to put on as a garment and get to incline the head as an formation of anything. Answers: 1. ien-Nell; 2. Moor-room. 3. Tab-bat: 4. But-tub: 5.丹-nod. Beheadings. 1. Behead domestic animals and get a kind of grain used as food for both man and beast. man and bear. 2. Behead the title of a man holding a very-important office and leave a citizen of a town. 3. Behead a tropical fruit and leave to be animated with life. Answers. -1, g-oats; 2, p-resident; 3, o-live. A Plea For the Birds. Don't kill the little birds that sing on bush and tree. All through the summer days their sweetest melody. Don't shoot the little birds; the earth is God's estate. And he provideth food for small as well as great. Don't kill the little birds, whose plumage wings the air. Whose trill at early morn makes music everywhere. What though the cherries fall, half eaten from the stem. And berries disappear in garden, field and glen. Still, like the widow's cruet, there's always plenty left. How sad a world were this of little birds bereft Think of the good they do in all the orchards round. No hurtful insects thrive where robins most abound. Don't kill the little birds that sing on bush and tree. All through the summer days their sweetest melody. In this great world of ours, if we can trust his word. There's food enough for all. Don't kill a single bird LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO UNDER STATE SUPERVISION |3105-07 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Douglas 200 CAPITAL, $200,000.00 SURPLUS, $20,000.00 Commercial Banking Savings and Checking Accounts Foreign Exchange Safety Deposit Vaults Mortgages and Bonds 3 Per Cent Interest on Savings Deposits Your Patronage Solicited This Registering Home Bank FREE to our Savings Depositors; will start you saving and keep you at it. A Savings Account is the first step to wealth. OPEN one with US. Depository and Correspondent, Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Illinois. The Christian era which we now use was fixed by Dionysius (surnamed The Little), a Roman abbot and one of the most learned men of the sixth century. Its epoch, or commencement, is the first day of January, on the fourth year of the one hundred and ninety-fourth olympiad, the seven hundred and fifty-third from the foundation of Rome and four thousand seven hundred and fourteenth of the Julian period. It is usually supposed to begin with the birth of Christ, but there are various opinions with regard to the year in which that event took place. The system accepted by the Christian world is that of Usher, which makes the date of the birth of Christ four years before the Christian era. The time for the Christian era was introduced in Italy in the sixth century and began to be used in Gaul in the eighth century, though it was not generally followed in that country until a century later. From extant charters it is known to have been in use in England before the close of the eighth century. Before its adoption the usual course in Latin countries was to distinguish the years by their number in the cycle of indiction, or tax levying era.-Philadelphia Press. A Pleasant Time It was Thursday afternoon, and the housemaids were in great evidence on one of the trolley cars. Presently one of them came in and took her seat and at once discovered an acquaintance sitting opposite her. Leaning across the alley, she said: "Hello, Annelie! Where you livin' now?" "Oh. I'm workin' away out in the subu's now." "Ain't it turrible lonesome out there?" "No, not a bit. You see, the house is on a corner, and there is a church on the next corner and a fire engine house on the opposite corner and a police station on the other corner. Yesterday there was a funeral in the church, and the fire engine was called out three times, and two men was run into the station, all in one day. Then the couple I lives with don't git along very well. So, take it altogether, there's plenty doin' all the time, an' I never git a bit lonesome."—New York Tribune Force of Habit "Funny things happen, even on street cars," stated old Dad Bing. "Tuther day I got on one that was entirely empty, and at the next corner it stopped and let another gent on. He was a middle aged person with a faraway look in his eye, and instead of taking his choice of seats he grabbed a strap and hung there, swaying and flapping like a fresh caught fish. "I don't aim to be inquisitive, podner, says I, 'but if it's a fair question why don't you set down?' "Why—why, say he, T could do that, couldn't I? But, no, also! It is too late to change the habits of a lifetime. I never saw an empty seat before." "So saying, he clung and swung clear downtown, and I went along just to look at him."—Kansas City Star. Hazel Twigs Hazel twigs long have been used as instruments with which to discover water under ground. The twig has at various times been credited with many marvelous powen. Not only could it discover water, but concealed lodes of metal, especially silver, were betrayed by the hazel, which according to tradition, was guilded by the pixies who guarded the treasures of the earth. In France the divining rod of hazel was used in the pursuit of criminals, while in many of the methods of investigating the future the burning of hazel-nuts played a part. A Magnetic island. The island of Bornholm, in the Baltic sea, may be regarded as a huge magnet. Although the power of attraction is not so great as to draw nails and bolts out of approaching ships, the magnet works a good deal of damage in that it deflects the needle of the compass so that it cannot be depended upon. The effect is perceptible at a distance of nine and a half miles. Sleep and Postry. An exchange recommends the reading of a fine, soul felt poem before retiring for the night's rest. It tends to compose the soul and put it in harmony with the truth and goodness of things. A novel will not do that, nor a newspaper, nor anything that sets the mind in a flutter. Reading a poem—one of the good old kind that gets into the heart and has a nice time there—is like floating down a quiet stream, past the fragrance of flowers and the songs of the birds. Never had that experience, eh? How very shiftless, indeed. Did you ever try reading "Snow-bound" on an evening when the snow was piling up the "silence deep and white?" Well, try it. Whittier will give one something for any evening. Tennyson's "Idyls" are a little more urgent, but they are as tranquilizing as a gentle arm around you. Wordsworth is great, but takes too much thought; Browning, too, and Lowell, but Longfellow not so much. But as easy as smiling is the humorous kind, like Riley. But there are hundreds of poems floating about as sweet as a bush of roses. Take them in and read them before going to bed. A good one will last a week. Like a song, they improve with age. Columbus Journal. Just Pleasantness. Perhaps just pleasantness has not a very heroic sound, but the human heart that, knowing its own bitterness, can yet carry itself cheerfully is not without herismol. Indeed, if that human heart does no more than hold its tongue about its own aches and pains it has a certain moral value that the world cannot afford to lose. "Pleasantness" does not sound as well as self sacrifice or wisdom or spirituality, but it may include all these great words. And certainly just to start one's husband out to his work cheerly, to make the hobbledchoy of a son feel a gentler and sweeter sentiment toward women because of his own mother's sound, sweet gayety and strength, to help one's servants to put good humor and friendliness into their services—these things make for right-cousness in the world.—Margaret Deland. The Panama Canal. The Panama canal was suggested for the isthmus of Panama as early as 1520 by Angel Saavedra, but for a long time all such suggestions met with determined opposition from Spain, which made it a capital offense to seek or make known any improvement on the existing route from Porto Bello to Panama. More recently Louis Napoleon, when a prisoner at Ham, spent much time considering the practicability of such a scheme. It was not, however, until the California gold rush of 1849 that any accurate knowledge of the topographical conditions was obtained, and even then thirty more years elapsed before the actual site was chosen by an international body and the work begun. Origin of the Organ The date of the invention of the organ is unknown. It is said to have been during the third century previous to the Christian era, and from that period to A. D. 670 the invention has been ascribed to various parties. At the latter date organs were said to have been introduced into some of the churches of western Europe. This statement, however, is not considered trustworthy, and it is not certain they were used in church service until 755. when one was sent as a present by Copronymus, the Greek emperor, to King Pipin of France, who placed it in the Church of St. Cornellle at Complegne. Keys were invented about the close of the eleventh century and pedals in the fourteenth. An Apt Student. A young woman who went to Columbia to take her degree of doctor of philosophy married her professor in the middle of her second year. When she announced her engagement one of her friends said: "But, Edith, I thought you came up here to get your Ph. D." "So I did," replied Edith, "but I had no idea I would get him so soon."—New York Post. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 10, 1915 John Bull. "John Bull" a popular epithet for an Englishman, as a personalization of what is supposed to be the English type, is derived from a prose political satire by Dr. John Arbuthnot, who used the name in his "History of John Bull" (1712, reprinted complete in "Pope's Miscellanies" in 1723). The subject of that history is the "Spanish succession during the reigns of Queen Anne and Louis XIV." Queen Anne is "Mrs. Bull." "Lonely" and "Lonesome" Here's the distinction in words lonely and lonesome often they are used in the "Lonely" means to be depr man society and companion "lonesome" is the defective due from lack of soclc is a state of being, the oth mind. To be lonely is entire while lonesome is exclusl and may be the result of "John Bull's mother" is the church of England, and "John Bull's sister Peg" is the Scotch nation, represented as in love with Jack (Calvin). The description of Bull is so close to the familiar figure in the pages of Punch that a sentence or two may be quoted: "Bull in the main was an honest and plain dealing fellow, choleric, bold and of a very inconsistent temper. He dreaded not old Lewis (Louis XIV.), either at back sword, single chivalry or cudgel play, but then he was very apt to quarrel with his best friends, especially if they pretended to govern him. If you flattered him you might lead him as a child." Literary Controversies Famous controversies over the authorship of poems include the following: "Laugh and the World Langhs With You," claimed by four or five different authors, is now credited to Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Her chief opponent was John A. Joyce. "Rock Me to Sleep" was claimed by two different authors. John J. Ingalls, the great Kansas statesman and writer, had his authorship of "Opportunity" disputed many times. Walt Whitman and Mary Mapes Dodge had a stirring dispute about a little poem, "The Two Mysteries." The authorship of Shakespeare's plays has been ascribed to Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam), Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh and other contemporaries. Sir Louis Republic. Popular Poverty. Katie, aged seven, was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. One day, when the new minister called, Katie, upon her own invitation, went into the parlor to entertain him until her mother came down stains. As she approached the parlor door, Mrs. Jones heard the minister ask Katie how many children her mother had, and was very much surprised to hear her little daughter reply "stx." Her mother wisely made no comment upon the startling reply of the child, but sent her out to play, and when the minister's visit was over she asked Katie why she had told him that her mother had six children, and was more dumfounded than ever when Katie said, "Because, I did not want the strange gentleman to know that you were so poor that you didn't have but one child."-National Monthly. An Efficiency Resine Be earnest, but be calm, no matter what happens. A man may learn to treble his day's work by systematically shutting out all feeling during office hours. What fatigues and annoys us is not our work, but the mental friction, nervous strain, muscular tension, emotional wear and tear which we allow to accompany our work. A real man is always a machine while on the job, never a machine at any other time. Recipe for efficiency: Be a ploader by day and a poet by night. Do your planning, your dreaming, your resolving, when silence and solitude open the mind for great thoughts and purposes; then appear to the world just as an ordinary business man, with nothing unique about you to rouse the neighbors' suspicions—New York Independent. The Dramatic In Life. The undying interest which is taken in the theater is explained by the very profound line with which Shakespeare began a very silly speech, "All the world's a stage." People, as a rule, take no interest in anything that is not dramatically or, as in the case of politics, melodramatically formulated. Any creed to be popular must be dramatically stated. Therefore the gospels are preferred to the epistles. Aesop's tables are remembered because they are the truth about things stated dramatically and morally—George Bernard Shaw. A sense of humor preserves all who have it from extremes. It warns away from the confines of the petty and ridiculous and produces very often the same tolerant effects as magnanimity, revealing through laughter that reasonable line of thought which was obscured by logic. The Test. "Do you really believe. college education helps a young man in business Whe?" "I know it does. At college my boy was the champion sprinter of his class and now he has a job as a bank runner."—Baltimore American. A Hero. Muggins—That little shrimp doesn't look like a hero, does he? Buggins—Great Scott, no! What has he ever done? Muggins—He's been married six times—Philadelphia Record. Crust of the Earth. The volume of the rocky crust of the earth, estimated as ten miles thick, including the mean elevation of the land above the sea, is 1,633,000,000 cubic miles. The Turks have a proverb which says that the devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the devil—Charles Colton. "Lonely" and "Lonesome." Here's the distinction between the words lonely and lonesome, although often they are used in the same sense. "Lonely" means to be deprived of human society and companionship, while "lonesome" is the dejection and sadness due from lack of society. The one is a state of being, the other a state of mind. To be lonely is entirely physical, while lonesome is exclusively mental and may be the result of actual loneliness or may merely be an imaginary lonesomeness caused by mental depression. The difference between the words is better illustrated in the following: A man is sitting in the library of his home, both lonely and lonesome. The telephone rings. Friends invite him to join a merry party then in progress a few miles away. In order to reach this party he must mount his horse and traverse a lonely and dangerous road. In this journey he is lonely, for the road is lonely, but he is not the least bit lonesome, for his thoughts are pleasant in anticipation of the enjoyable evening he is about to spend with gay comrades—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lincoln and the Preachers Lincoln and the Preachers. I talked once with an old man who heard the Lincoln and Douglas debates at Bloomington, Ill., who said, "I remember Lincoln quoted Scripture like a preacher." Browne, one of his biographers, wrote: "He made frequent use of Bible language and of illustrations drawn from Holy Writ. It is said that when he was preparing his Springfield speech of 1883 he spent hours trying to find language to express the central idea. Finally a Bible passage flashed through his mind, and he explained, 'A house divided against itself cannot stand!'" (Mark III, 25.) In his second inaugural he quoted twice from Matthew and once from the Psalms. It would seem that in every crisis of his life he sought Bible inspiration and divine guidance. While he was running for congress he declared his religious attitude when, pulling a small Bible from his pocket, he said to a ministerial friend, "If I read this book aright every preacher ought to be with me in this contest."—Christian Herald. Squeaky Shoes. The "squeak" in shoes is caused by the inside and outside soles rubbing together in walking. To overcome this disagreeable trouble make an opening at the edge of the inside of the shank of the shoe and work a screwdriver between the soles to the tips, thereby loosening the inner and outer soles. Then work in a little French chalk, soapstone or talcum powder through the opening. By bending the soles back and forth or slightly tapping the edges the powder will work itself between them. The opening can then be closed with one or two tacks, and the squeaking will be permanently stopped. Such an emergency repair is very much better than the soaking and oil frequently resorted to and yet does no harm to the shoes provided the job is done by a competent shoe repairer.—Technical World. Where Leaders Stand. There is one Asatic idea as to the right place of the commander in warfare which is altogether different from the frigid scientific Japanese principle. Sir Francis Younghusband has told us that when the British expedition to Lhasa first met the armed host of the Tibetans and a fight was provoked, with consequences disastrous to the primitive warriors, the lamas protested against the wickedness of the British attack. The Tibetans, they insisted, had never meant resistance, and for proof they pointed to the presence of the leaders with the troops. If, they said, any fighting had been intended all those in authority would of course have moved a day's march to the rearl—Manchester Guardian. Why He Was Cut Off Why He Was Cut Off. "I thought you were a friend of his?" "I used to be." "And now?" "I had to give him up in self defense." "Why?" "To every life insurance and book agent that asked him if he had any friends who might be interested in their propositions he insisted on giving my name."—Detroit Free Press. Easily Arranged. "How did you come to get married?" asked a man of a very homely friend. "Well, you see," he replied, "after I'd vainly tried to win several girls that I wanted I finally turned my attention to one that wanted me, and then it didn't take long to arrange matters."—London Strand Magazine. Thought He Was Smart. "Oh, dear," groaned the young wife, "I don't know what to use to raise my bread; I've tried everything." "A derrick and a couple of jack-screws ought to do it," thought her husband, but he didn't say it aloud.—Boston Transcript. "He knows enough not to lose his temper in the presence of a man he can't lick."-Detroit Free Press. NOTARY PUBLIC Faustin S. Delany Attorney and Counselor at Law 312 S. Clark St., Suite 422 CHICAGO COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY Res. 4510 St. Lawrence Ave. Tel. Drexel 5280 Office Phones: Res. 5133 So. Walsh Ave. Oakland 4062, Auto. 73-658. Phone Drexel 10815 Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST 4709 S. STATE STREET CHICAGO Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M., 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays by Appointment Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE? No Money Needed This is not a Prize Contest. Every boy who fills out and mails the corner coupon can earn this high-grade Bicycle for very little effort during spare time. ASK "The Bicycle Man." Mail this coupon TO-DAY. FILL OUT AND MAIL THIS COUPON TO-DAY "The Bicycle Man" % The McCall Co. 236 W. 37th Street New York City Dear "Bicycle Man": Please tell me how to get one of your high-grade Bicycles, without money, and for very little effort. Name Address PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4183 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7990 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. 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BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO Keyssler, Druggist ON STATE STREET IN THE CORNER In Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations Options Carefully Compounded HARRY A FULL LINE OF Real & Blocki's Flower Bottle Perfumes Blocki's Ideal & Blocki's Flower In Bottle Perfumes Town Topics. Having its river terminal system complete, New Orleans is getting all the advertising, to say nothing of the business.—St. Louis Republic. Talk of making St. Paul and Minneapolis one city is liable to preclude internecine strife as to which shall stand in front of the hyphen.—Washington Post. It has taken a Detroit man seventeen years to get a divorce. Detroit is not so big as Cleveland, but in some of these little details she has it all over us.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. There is some complaint in Boston that baseball is interfering with art. Still baseball has given Boston considerable prominence that would have been impossible to art.—Philadelphia Press. PITH AND POINT. The only way to be a neutral is to talk about something else. An explosive mine has no sense of discrimination or of safety first. Cotton is vainly waiting for fashionable philanthropy to boom the calico dress. He who relies on posterity to do him justice will not feel the pain of disappointment. e gloves an inter- face with else over Swelled head is the only disease in which the suffering is done by other people. The greatest mistake is to become discouraged because you have made a mistake. When a fellow puts on the gloves with old habit he is in for an interesting bout. All the nations want peace with "honor." The trouble will arise over defining the latter word. We shall not surely know whose ocean it's going to be probably until it is settled who wins the war. Mines and submarines, it would seem to a landubber, are about enough to blow the romance out of the sailor's life. Iceland has had an earthquake. The country that has not had something in the way of trouble is, indeed, a lonely one on the map. He who lives much out of doors is seldom out of sorts, and the only weatherwise are those who do not mind the weather. With so much wealth being shot away every day, the dollar purchasing power shows only a middling to poor recuperative power. Evidently the man who takes a cold bath every morning isn't repaid by the resulting benefit; he has to talk about it to get his money's worth. 1 --- Telephone Douglas 1565 A. F. CODOZOE Flippant Flings. It will be funny to see dignified office seekers titoeing around for fear of waking the baby.-Atlanta Constitution. George W. Perkins advises consumers 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 because his wife snores. Goodbyy marriage if he gets it and a precedent is established.-Atlanta Constitution. Since the White House is the traditional goal of every American boy, what is now left for President Wilson's grandson to plug for?-New York Sun. BRIGHT BRIEFS. A grievance is never improved by secret nursing. Industry is the mother of success. Luck is merely a distant relation. Mexican generals are spectacular in everything except getting killed off. When a man writes his autobiography many interesting facts are omitted. Some men are so lucky that they even fall down when nobody is around to see. Kilping insists that the English are the only humorous nation. If they can fathora that joke they are. Scientists are agreed that the old earth is cooling off. But the process doesn't extend to the firing line. It is sad to see family relics sold at auction, but the most painful thing under the hammer is generally your thumbnail. With its armed neutrality, its mounting deficits and its dearth of tourists, Switzerland finds its scenery less satisfactory than usual. Hussein Kemal, the new khedive of Egypt, has a larger mustache than the former khedive. Otherwise the government is not greatly changed. A census of the men who have been president of Mexico in the last four years is in order. A census of those who have tried to be president is hopefully impossible. Automatic 72-379 Chicago, Ill THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 10, 1915. THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad AX, can be found on sale at the following news stands: L. E. Chilton, news stand, S. E. corner 51st and State streets. S. Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; 31 W. 51 Street, near Dearborn. E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3109 S. State street. George I Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5944 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 S. State St. George McFaro, shoe shining parlors and news stand. 3800¼ State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3342 S. State street. Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. Tiny German States. While it is well known that some of the German states are of illiputian size, few persons are aware that it is quite possible to visit seven of them, including two kingdoms, two duchies and three principalities in an easy walk of four and a half hours. A good walker, starting from Steinbach, in Bavaria, will arrive in half an hour at Lichtentanne, which is situated in Saxe-Melingen. Thence the road proceeds in one and a half hours to Ranschengesees (Reuss, elder branch), after which it, a few minutes Gleimus, in Schwarzwburg-Rudolstadt, is reached. Half an hour's walk brings the pedestrian to Altengeesees (Reuss, younger branch). An hour farther on lies Drognitz, on Prussian soil, and the last stage is another hour's stroll, finishing up at Saalithal, Saxe-Altenburg.—Washington Star. Over Their Heads. Lady Southwark, in her "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 outside the building was so dense that it seemed physically impossible for him to get in. An inspector, realising this, suggested that he should go over and not through the crowd. This extraordinary idea was carried out. My father was lifted up with a gentle shove and propelled along on the heads of the people on all fours. This he said, was not so difficult, as most wore bowler hats. Willing hands assisted, and when he reached the inside of the door he was gently lowered to the g. d." "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 day I bought it seven years ago. And hats, gloves, stockings—in fact, I'm easy on everything." "Except father, eh!" said the daughter.—Detroit Free Press. Bombs in Warfare. It is claimed that during the siege of Paris in 1860 the Parisians invented the first bombs ever used. Being short of ammunition with which to reply to the artillery of the Bearns, they set to fabricating it as best they could. Old nails and bits of wire, copper and other metals were rolled up in leaden envelopes, and the cannons were loaded with these improvised projectiles. Right and Left A writer says that probably in every language, as in English, "right" originally signified merely "straight," "straightforward" and thus "normal." "Left" at first was no opposite to "right," but meant "weak," "inefficient." CONSTANTINOPLE MAY BE CZARGRAD NAPOLEON THE GREAT once said, "Constantinople means the empire of the world." Western Europe, England above all, accepted the dictum for a century and acted upon it. The theory of the supreme importance of Constantinople was the controlling feature of the British foreign policy for generations. Yet ever since the present war broke out British public opinion has been educating itself to an abandonment of Constantinople to Russia, and it seems within the bounds of possibility that the cxar will reign in ancient Byzantium and change its name to Czargrad, "fortress of the cxar." To appreciate conditions in Constantinople it is necessary to understand the place. To come upon it by boat up the sea of Marmora and to catch a first glimpse of St. Sophia over the hill and then, after rounding the Golden Horn, to come upon Stamboul and Pera, white in the sunlight, is to see one of the truly artistic vistas of the world. The black and white shadows of the oriental mosques and their minarets hung upon the cypress covered slopes of the Bosporus pattern a rare picture for the eye of any man. The Turk always has loved that which is beautiful, and wherever he has builted he has selected the most attractive site for his city. Sloping hillside, blue sky and sun kissed stretch of semi-tropic sea, a silhouette of dark trees against the sky line, the mystic hush which is found only in this land, and you have what should be the true spirit of the place. Under all this there are avarice, passion, stealthy crime, intrigue and cringing servitude. In a place which to the eye is beautiful and in which we expect to find things worth while there are mas- A macro, disease and filth, due mainly to misgovernment and the corruption of the Ottoman officials of high and low degree. In Pera, the city on the hill; in Galata, which is reached by the most wonderful bridge in the world, and in Stamboul, the old city, under normal conditions there are more people of different races than in any other place on the globe. Greeks, Germans, English, French, immigrants from the Bulkan lands, Jews, wealthy Armenians, orientals from Asia, each with his own religion, each with his own motive, each with his own deep rooted fear, dislike and distrust of the other man, live in fear of their very lives. Picture to yourself a city with streets so narrow that the bay windows of the overhanging houses fairly touch each other and shut out the sky above the narrow roadway below. Picture this street rising sheer from the sea, flagged with stones centuries old and ending abruptly at its upper extremity in a veritable desert, and you have a fair idea of the thoroughfares of the congested section which rise from the water front in old Stamboul. Picture these streets teeming with people so close one upon another that they touch as they pass and you have some idea of the compactness of the place. The movement of people in Constantinople is as ceaseless as the fluttering wavelets of the Bosporus. The flow of humanity back and forth across the Galata bridge has no counterpart on the globe. Across this ancient and historic bridge, touching elbows, are the rich and the bitterly poor, the great and the small of almost every nation of the earth. Beside a Turkish officer in uniform laden with gold lace mumbles the ragged, crouching beggar. Trotting behind a Parisian equipage of the latest pattern is a turbid Arab, hustling and bustling along the countless throng of water vendors, fresh meat venders, runners, children, velled women, Europeans, sailors of every nation, a welded composition of men who mingle and who yet will not mix. Picture to yourself a city, if one may call such a quant group of "Arabian Nights" buildings people with such a rainbow people a city, which anything is possible, from the tender set of romance to the most flendish act of brutality, and you have Constantinoleo. "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. 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Not one man in a thousand who roll down to the bottom of the hill can make the world believe he did it for exercise.—Atlanta Constitution. eptient. is a thousand who roll bottom of the hill can believe he did it for a Constitution. All Around Him. "I'm looking for spats." "You ought to have awhile." commented the wolters.—Louisville Courier. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WAE INGTON STREET. Betty Plans a For Mother tell her how to prepare the cook it, but her success will range she is compelled to use. when wizard" to cook a real range, but a school girl can be a "COMPOSITE"— ite Ranges by the ten leading makers. at all of our stores. J. DUNN OAL RETAIL and ARMOUR AVENUE St. and L. S. & M. S. ARMOUR AVE. CHIAGO Domestic Harmony. Louise—Does Howard get along happily with his wife? Julia—Yes. Some of his opinions coincide with hers and the others he keeps silent about—Life All Around Him. "I'm looking for spats." "You ought to have my job for awhile." commented the worry four walker.—Louisville Courier-Journal. TEL. OAKLAND 1593, 1691, 1652