The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Mayor William Hale Thompson Failed to Select the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D., As One of the Members of the Board of Local Improvements THE HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN HIS ATTEMPT TO LAND THE CITY ATTORNEYSHIP, ALTHOUGH MANY PROMINENT AFBO-AMERICANS HAD CALLED ON MAYOR THOMPSON, URGING HIM TO NAME HIM FOR THAT HONORED POSITION. THE HON. OSCAR DePRIEST AND THE HON. THOMAS WALLACE SWANN, WHO IS A FIRST-CLASS GENTLEMAN EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK, JOURNEYED TO SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS LAST FRIDAY, WHERE ALDERMAN DePRIEST, SO HE STATES, WAS SUCCESSFUL IN INDUCING P. L. OSBORNE OF THAT CITY TO WITHDRAW AND SETTLE HIS LAW, SUIT AGAINST THE HON. THOMAS WALLACE SWANN AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE COMMISSION. Vol. XX. Mayor W Arch Mem THE HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT W TO LAND THE CITY ATTORNE INENT AFBO-AMERICANS HA URGING HIM TO NAME HIM I THE HON. OSCAR DEPRIEST AND SWANN, WHO IS A FIRST-CLAS WEEK, JOURNEYED TO SPRI WHERE ALDERMAN DEPRIEST IN INDUCING P. L. OSBORNE SETTLE HIS LAW SUIT AGAIN SWANN AND THE OTHER M COMMISSION. On last Monday Mayor William Hale Thompson made several important appointments which were promptly confirmed by the city council. His honor selected Col. August W. Miller, who for a long time honorably served as a member of the Board of Assessors of Cook county, and David W. Clark as members of the Board of Local Improvements; Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe, who is only 28 years old and who worked very hard for the success of Mayor Thompson during his tussle with the Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, as commissioner of public welfare, and Morris Eller as city sealer and Charles R. Francis as city attorney. For some cause or other Mayor Thompson failed to select the Rev Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph.D. D.D., as one of the members of the Board of Local Improvements, as many of the friends of the political pastor of the institutional church labored under the impression that he would, without any trouble, land that four-thousand-a-year job. For our part, we honestly feel that Mayor Thompson acted very wisely in refraining from conferring that position upon him, and he richly deserves to be highly praised for placing Col. Miller on that board, for he will make a first-class, painstaking city official. Two or three weeks prior to last Monday many prominent Afro-Americans had from time to time called on Mayor Thompson for the sole purpose of urging or inducing him to name or select the Hon. Edward H. Wright for that honored position. They all were loud in claiming that he was well fitted, as the lady said at one time, to fill the bill or that position. Mayor Thompson smiled very pleasantly at the members of the various Colored delegations who called on him in the interest of Mr. Wright, and some contend that he informed them that he owed his nomination to the Colored people residing in the second ward; that without their aid at the right time it would have been impossible for him to have won out at the primaries over Judge Harry Olson, and on the back of his manly talk along that line he turned around and in a cold, matter-of-fact manner he cast Mr. Wright aside and selected a White gentleman city attorney. It will be recalled that on the 29th of December, 1913, that F. L. Osborne of Springfield, Ill., according to the Evening News of that city, brought suit in the circuit court of Sangamon county, this state, against the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann, secretary of the Illinois State Commission, and Major George W. Ford, its treasurer, claiming that those two distinguished gentlemen got more than four hundred dollars from him under false pretenses. The following is reproduced from the Evening News at Springfield, Illinois, December 29, 1913: "Major George W. Ford of Springfield, treasurer of the Illinois State Commission for the Half Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom, and Thomas Wallace Swann, of Chicago, secretary of the commission, were today named as defendants in a suit filed in the circuit court of Sangamon county by F. L. Osborne, Colored, a saloonkeeper of this city, in which he seeks to recover on notes for money loaned to the men for the purpose of promoting the celebration. Leaned Them Cash. The bill alleges that Ford and Swann borrowed over four hundred dollars --- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY with which to promote the affair while the bill was pending in the general assembly; it is claimed that the money was used by the men in postage and other expenses during the time they were attempting to stir up interest. On one occasion Swann is alleged to have secured $221.11 on a note signed by himself, while on another, Ford and Swann together secured $207.76. Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago is president of the Commission, and I Susan Lawrence Jorgen-Dahl of this city is vice-president." It is claimed that at that time that Mr. Swann promised to force the Hon. Edward F. Dunne to appoint Mr. Osborne a member of the State Board of Barber Shop Examiners. Mr. Osborne at that time ran a barber shop as well as a saloon. Other Colored men who expected to secure positions through the influence of Mr. Swann with the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, who it is maintained parted with the following sums of money which was supposed to have found its way into the pockets of Mr. Swann, were Major George W. Ford, one hundred and fifty dollars, who was later on selected as one of the commissioners by Mr. Swann; ex-State Senator T. T. Allain, who held a small, cheap job in the state house, $90, and it is asserted that the Hon. Edward F. Dunne forced Mr. Swann to return to Senator Allain sixty dollars of that sum; J. M. Mosley, $150, and quite a few people claim that Mr. Swann still owes some of the Colored people residing in Springfield well on to one thousand dollars. On Tuesday morning, May 18th, the Hon. Oscar DePriest informed Julius F. Taylor to the effect that on Friday, May 14th, that "the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann paid his railroad fare to and from Springfield, Illinois, and that on last Saturday he assisted his friend, the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann, who is a first-class gentleman every day in the week, to settle his law suit with Mr. F. L. Osborne; but Alderman DePriest did not state just how much money was paid to Mr. Osborne to induce him to settle or drop his suit against Mr. Swann in the circuit court of Sangamon county, Illinois. THE CASE OF DR. A. W. WILLIAMS DIPHYSSED As indicated in the columns of The Broad Ax last week, the case of the government against Dr. A. W. Williams collapsed. The case was set for hearing before Commissioner Mason last Tuesday, the 18th. Dr. Williams was present with his attorney, Walter M. Farmer, and with a large number of witnesses. When the case was called the defendant announced ready for trial, but the assistant district attorney after a conference with the revenue officers who caused the arrest, announced that the case against Dr. Williams was dismissed. Upon investigation by the government inspectors, it developed that Dr. Williams had treated an unfortunate victim of the drug habit by the name of O'Laughlin. When Dr. Williams began treating O'Laughlin he was using from ten to twelve grains of marphine per day. Under the doctor's treatment the use of the drug had been reduced to two and half grains per day, and had the young man sent to a sanitarium for further treatment and cure. These facts were related to the officials by the mother of the victim. The Harrison act does not inhibit the physicians CHICAGO, MAY 22. 1915 in issuing prescriptions for morphine or, horine, but it does require druggists to have prescriptions of a regular physician, dentist or veterinary before dispensing the drug, so that the doctor did nothing illegal or inethical in treating his patient. GIVING THE CHILD A CHANCE. The Department of Health has long taken the position that medical school inspection work expressed in a single sentence means simply "Giving the Child a Chance." Some very interesting and instructive examples as to the value of the school welfare work when intelligently carried out and with the proper co-operation of the parents were brought to notice at the Consultation Day Clinic held at the Parkman school last week. Of course, it is understood that medical school examinations cover only what are called minor ailments peculiar to children, such as adenoids, defective teeth, impaired vision or hearing, slight skin eruptions, etc. These so-called minor ailments, however, seriously impair the child's ability to perform its school work and place it in a subnormal or defective class. Experience has shown that where prompt attention is given to this class of ailments, the children immediately improve in both mental and physical condition and are able to carry forward their studies with the same ability as normal children. Here is a report on one case. Let us call it case "B." Child in first grade examined in October last for defective teeth, glandular enlargements and all the characteristics of a subnormal child. A correction of the defects noted was obtained in February of this year. The child was present at the clinic mentioned last week. Here is the teacher's report on the child: Has been in the first grade since October. First month or so made very little progress, restless, inattentive, careless, quarrelsome and backward. Was examined by a child study department physician, who recommended that adenoids be removed. Since that has been done the child has improved in every way. He takes more pride in his appearance, is ambitious, attentive, reads as well as the average child, almost perfect in deportment, where he was formerly the most troublesome child in the room. This one case could be multiplied many times, if only we had space to report the hundreds of similar examples that have come under the notice of the Department during the past year. This single instance, however, should be enough to emphasize the value to the child of the work that is now being done by the Child Welfare Division of the Department and enlist the earnest and aggressive support of every father and mother in Chicago. Filth and dirt make for disease and suffering. Cleanliness counts for health and comfort. Why not clean up? Do it now. A dirty city is never a beautiful city. Dirt is humanity's common enemy, Let us all unite in the fight against the common foe. Flower planting time is here and growing flowers or tending a small garden in the back yard is a splendid pastime for the children. It is good for both their mental and physical development, to say nothing of its value in adding to the beauty and attractiveness of the home surroundings. Fresh air and health go together, as do bad air and disease. Get plenty of good pure air and keep well. TPED 74 Member of the Board of Review, first-class business man, popular with all classes of his fellow citizens, who would make a dandy candidate for state treasurer of Illinois in 1916. PERTAINING TO POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS Every person in the United States ten years old or over may open an account in a postal savings bank after July 1st, according to an instructive leaflet on the Postal Savings System just issued by Postmaster General Burleson. This important extension of the service will be made possible by permitting persons living in communities so sparsely settled as not to justify the designation of their local post offices as regular postal savings banks to open accounts by mail. Governor Dockery, Third Assistant Postmaster General, who has direct supervision of postal savings, was so impressed by appeals from all over the country to open postal savings accounts by mail that he took up the task some weeks ago of working out a feasible and safe method for meeting a demand well illustrated in a letter from a Saline County Missouri, who resides many miles from a postal savings bank. "Having a few hundred dollars saved from fifty years of hard and assiduous labor and skimping economy on the part of my wife and myself, we concluded to deposit it in the Postal Savings Bank of —. We wrote to the postmaster at that place and received reply to the effect that none but patrons of that office could deposit in that office which is very disappointing news to us. Our little farm is not large enough to support us and land is so high that it is impossible for us to buy more with what little we have saved and we are so old that we can't labor much now and we would be so glad to lay by at least enough to put us away in decency." Under the plan adopted by the Postmaster General for opening accounts by mail an intending depositor, residing where there is no regularly designated postal savings bank, will apply to his local postmaster who will see that necessary identification data is prepared and forwarded to a nearby post office authorized to accept deposits. The intending depositor will then be given permission to forward his first and subsequent deposits by money order or registered mail direct to the postmaster at the banking point for which receipts or certificates will be issued. He may withdraw all or any part of his postal savings by mail and on demand together with any interest that may be due him. The new leaflet points out that any person ten years old or over may open an account in his or her own name; that an account may be opened by a married woman free from any control or interference by her husband; that post office officials are forbidden to disclose to any person, except the depositor, the amount of any deposits; that withdrawals may be made without previous notice; and that the government guarantees to repay all deposits on demand with accrued interest. The leaflet will soon be printed in twenty-two foreign languages for distribution through local post offices. The foreign-born citizen has taken very kindly to postal savings, and literature in his own language will be of great assistance to him. In a recent article, Postmaster General Burleson commented on the foreign depositor as follows: "Upwards of 500,000 depositors now have accounts in the Postal Saving System and they represent every nationality on the earth. They also represent almost every known occupation—professional men, theatrical people, mechanics, laborers, fishermen, pack peddlers, etc. But the majority are wage-earners, and of this class the foreign-born largely predominate. A census of depositors taken by the Post Office Department shows that approximately 40 per cent (200,000) of the depositors are foreign-born citizens and they own more than 50 per cent of the deposits—splendid evidence of the confidence of our newly acquired citizens in the ability and good faith of their adopted country to fulfill its obligations. "There is another reason which led immigrants, unfamiliar with our language and business methods, to turn to the government to safeguard their humble savings and that reason is the disastrous experiences many of them No.35 Rev. Hon. one of the popular with all classes date for state treas- have had by the failures of bogus 'private banks' officered by swindlers of their own tongue who have preyed mercilessly upon their loneliness and creedality.' Postal savings receipts have broken all records the past year. During the eight months prior to April 1st there was a net gain in deposits of $19,000,000, as against a gain of $8,000,000 for the same months the year before. Thousands of new accounts have been opened and the millions made up largely of hidden savings have been turned back into the channels of trade just at a time when there was pressing demand for every dollar. NEGBO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE Every Sunday afternoon meeting of the Negro Fellowship League between now and the election will be devoted to giving members and friends the opportunity to hear addresses from the judicial candidates. The following are expected to be present this coming Sunday, May 23d: Messrs. John E. Owens, John Stelk, Frank Johnston, Philip J. McKenna, McKenzie Gieland and Joseph Sabath. Last Sunday the League was entertained with a program by the Equal Rights League. The topic for discussion was "The Birth of the Nations." Interesting meetings held every Sunday at the Reading Room, 3005 State street. The public is invited to attend, Mrs. Ida Wells-Barnett, president. THE EIGHTH REGIMENT BALL Monday evening, May 24th, the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard will give their annual May ball at the eighth regiment armory, 35th street and Forest avenue, and award medals for long and honorable service. The music for the evening will be furnished by the eighth regiment band. Admission, 60 cents. PAGE EIGHT GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages est dents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessment on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business Recent allowed on Savings Acct Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages est payment of taxes and looking after assessment Estate, specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business as 3256 JONES A. F. C THE ELIT CAFE and BUFFET 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. HENRY JONES A. F. C THE ELIT CAFE and BUFFET Finest Table d'Hote in the City 4 p. m., to 1 a. m. BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCK IN BLOCKI & S PERFUMERS GO TO S. Kreyssler, Drugs 1957 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER Grade Drugs, Chemicals, and Medicinal Pro- All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF I's Ideal & Blocki's F In Bottle Perfumes JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. JOHN BLOCK PERF C. E. Kreys 5057 S. STA NOT ON T For high grade Drugs, Chemical All Prescriptions Co ALSO CARRY M Blocki's Ideal & In Bottle For high grade Drugs, Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF Blocki's Ideal & Blocki's Flower In Bottle Perfumes DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. The Duchess of Wellington is president of the National Women's League to Prevent Espionage, recently formed in London. There is a women's court in Los Angeles, Cal., for which a woman judge has just been appointed. She is Mrs. Georgia P. Bullock. Dr. Gertrude A. Walker of the Woman's College of Philadelphia is urging the study of medical work by students on leaving the colleges. Miss Oki Yama, who has come to this country to complete her education in theology, is said to be the first woman Japanese Christian missionary to take this step. Mrs. Guido Melsel has established in New York city a photographic studio devoted largely to impressionistic work. In two years she has made quite a name for herself. Mrs. H. H. Jenkins, director and donor of the Slavonic home in New York city, has been awarded the Order of the Red Cross by Servia, making the third decoration she has received Fashion Frills. The word "stylish" covers a multitude of offenses against good tasta.—Albany Journal. Isn't it strange that a little wad of hay, with a few tissue paper flowers attached, costs so much?—Macon Telegraph. Milliners charge as much for modern styles as if they had made them instead of merely resurrecting them.—Chicago News. Here's hoping it is true that the women are about to adopt the plug hat. Then, perhaps, the men will quit wearing them.—Cleveland Leader. A great deal of needless sorrow is caused in this old vale of tears not so much by trying to get a 42 figure into a 36 corset, but by succeeding.—Ohio State Journal. BRIGHT BRIEFS The time to swat the fly is before the fly rush is on. ____ Everything becomes new as soon as it becomes old enough. Some of the war correspondents, like Italy, lie beyond the Alps. The odor of the rose never seems so sweet when the thorn jabs you first. The most unappreciated valuable service is that rendered by the alarm clock. --- Phone: Douglas 3256 3030 State Street S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT State on commission, manages estates for non-resi- kexes and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Automatic 72-379 A. F. CODOZOE ELITE and BUFFET F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO eyssler, Druggist STATE STREET IN THE CORNER Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations Operations Carefully Compounded ARRY A FULL LINE OF Real & Blocki's Flower Little Perfumes The most fortunate men in the world are those who can get paid for doing what they like to do. If the air men destroy Greenwich we shall have to find some new place from which to reckon time. Peace talk may not settle the war, but it at least shows that there are people in favor of peace. Perhaps you have noticed that it is mighty hard to make both ends meet when the financial end is short. A scientist has traced the income tax to ancient Rome. Time to quit thinking you've struck a new brand of trouble. It seems probable that if Mexico is ever ruled it will be, as Senor Huerta declares, by a Mexican, as nobody else would want the job. Pert Personals. Here's your hat, General Huerta. What's your hurry? - Baltimore Sun. So it seems that Mr. Jess Willard will spend the next year or two in taking up a collection. -Columbia State. By this time Judge Ben Lindsey has about the largest souvenir collection of vidications on record. -Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. It is creditable to get Laureate Robert Bridges that, unlike William Watson, he isn't producing a poem every little while, to add to the horrors of the war. -Boston Globe. Short Stories. Russian officers when addressing soldiers call them "little brother," "friend" or "little pigeon." It is estimated that 760,000,000,000 cubic feet of illuminating gas are burned in the world annually. It is the custom in Turkey for a hostess to put her entire wardrobe at the disposal of her feminine guests. A Japanese porter carries his teapot with him when he goes to his day's work, as an American workman carries a dinner pail. German Gleanings Germany prohibits domestic stock quotations. Dachshunds are used in Germany for catching badgers. Germany's Navy league has a mem- bership of a million. Punishment of noncommissioned offi- cers for desertion of duty in the Ger- man army never takes the form of re- duction to the ranks. Automatic 72-379 Chicago, Ill THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: N. B. Jones, magazines, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 248 E. 35th St. N. C. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, notion store and news stand, 5012 S. State street. L. E. Chilton, news stand, S. E. corner 51st and State streets. S. Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; 31 W. 51 Street, near Dearborn. E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3109 S. State street. SIRES AND SO Mr. John Redmond was "on the very first day he sait ment. As president of the Frenn M. Polincare receives a salary 000 per annum. Baron Burian, minister of fairs for Austro-Hungary, long and honorable career a man and a diplomat. John Fowler, who has b consular service of this coun na for the past quarter of a will henceforth be stationed ski, Quebec. He is a nati Hampshire and entered the ment service in 1879. Brigadier General Willis 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, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGlofin, news stand and laundry office, 4123 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. 3800 $ \frac{1}{2} $ State street. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3342 S. State street. Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. To Help Him Meet the Cost. "So you are contemplating marriage?" "That's what!" "Have you paused to consider the high cost of living?" "Nary pause. I considered it on the way to propose and then I put on more speed. Her father has money."—Houston Post Its Complaint. One day small Sadie was watching the lid of the teakettle rise and fall, smitting at the same time tiny puffs of steam. Finally she said: "Mamma, you'd better call in the doctor. The teakettle's got the asthma."—Chicago News. Retiring Before the Enemy. Owens--My tailor will be here in half an hour. Elevator Boy—Yes, sir; shall I ask him to wait? Owens—Certainly not, you idiot! What do you suppose I'm going out for?—Boston Transcript. Domestic Bliss "Does your husband ever speak harshly to you?" "No. Thank heaven, my husband and I are not on speaking terms!"—Chicago Herald. Reverable. Reversible. If the hat is becoming the girl is pretty, and if the girl is pretty the hat is becoming. It's easy. — Galveston News. Love. that seldom gives us happiness, at least makes us dream of it. — Seancourt. "I have an old tire. What's the idea?" "You know how our grandmothers used to make crazy quilts for the needy?" "Yes." "On the same principle I am trying to assemble an automobile for a poor woman who has none."—Louisville Courier-Journal Obeying the Sign. "Lady," said the pilot of the club members who had assisted Horatio Hangover to get home, "here is your husband." "But why," she ejaculated as she opened the door—"why did you bring him up the back way?" The pilot answered, "Because there's a sign out there that says, 'Deliver All Packages In the Bear.'"—Detroit News. The First Shall Be Last. Miss Gushington—I think your novel has a perfect ending, Mr. Scribbler. Scribbler—How do you like the opening chapter? Miss Gushington—Oh, I have not come to that yet—Judge. "We can get along without an attic." "We cannot. Where else could we keep the portraits of your relatives?"—Detroit Free Press. Ambiguous. Mrs. A.—How often do your house make dust? Mrs. B.—Which, fun the furniture or ship out?—Boston Transcript. SIRES AND SONS. Mr. John Redmond was "suspended" on the very first day he sat in parliament. As president of the French republic M. Poincare receives a salary of $120,000 per annum. Baron Burian, minister of foreign affairs for Austro-Hungary, has had a long and honorable career as a statesman and a diplomat. John Fowler, who has been in the consular service of this country in China for the past quarter of a century, will henceforth be stationed at Rimouksi, Quebec. He is a native of New Hampshire and entered the government service in 1879. Brigadier General William Luther Sibert, whom the war department has named as commanding officer of the Pacific coast defense district, with headquarters at Fort Miley, San Francisco, was a conspicuous figure in the construction of the Panama canal. Dugald Christie, missionary doctor, who has labored in bleak Manchuria for thirty-three years, is the only man in civil life who has ever been decorated by four rulers—those of China, Japan, Russia and Great Britain. He is a native of Scotland, a veteran of the United Free church of his home land and has lived to devote himself to the work at hand. Town Topics. Now that Detroit is to have a speedway here's hoping the joy riders can be confined to it.-Detroit Free Press. There's a movement on foot to make Chicago a city of gardens. Beer, vegetable, summer or Mary?-Washington Post. The man who enunciated that axiom, "What goes up must come down," never studied the career of the New York tax rate.-New York Press. Philadelphia justifies its title of the City of Brotherly Love by ignoring the war long enough to seek the Olympic games for 1916.-Chicago News. Train and Track. There are 39,000 miles of railway in Germany. Traveling at sixty miles an hour continuously a train would cover the circumference of the earth in seventeen days. There is an electric railway ten miles long in the south Tyrol which is operated entirely by adhesion, though the maximum gradient is 6.2 per 100. By authority of the Brazilian government the railways of that country and Paraguay will be connected, providing another transcontinental line for South America. Tales of Cities. New York has become the world's greatest seaport. Seattle now has a club of former residents of Buffalo. Boston's chief exports are leather manufactures, meats, printing paper and wheat. Toledo this year has planned new buildings calling for expenditures aggregating over $1,000,000. St. Louis estimates that 27,000 tons of soot yearly fall in its streets and on its roofs from the 9,000,000 tons of soft coal annually burned in city limits. Industrial Items. There are 180 shoe factories in Canada, employing 16,150 persons. In Chicago there is an electric pie making machine with which six girls can turn out 23,000 pies a day. In numerous cases women are taking the places of their husbands as officers in the labor unions in Germany. It takes a woman twenty years to reach a maximum wage of $15 a week in many New York department stores. SHORT AND SHARP. The vacant lot league has also opened its season. Too many of the things we wait for are not worth the delay. Little things console us because most of our afflictions are little ones. It costs $25 to tip anybody in Wisconsin now—if you are found out. A cruiser in a snug harbor is worth two on the bottom of the cruel sea. No man has been known to climb down from the ladder of fame gracefully. Why do some men look so startled when their wives call them "dear" in public? Satan seldom collects pay in advance, but he never neglects the accounts at the windup. Best let sleeping dogs lie, is an old aphorism whose value has been proved many times. China finds that being a republic does not free it from the kind of troubles to which it has been accustomed. "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. Make it a point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special bargain offerings that we give in all departments. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600-Wabash Ave. THE BROADWAY The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. 'Phone Randolph 803 Master— lands of This Range— Acorn No. 450 d a Quarter Down lar a Month 25 in all A Prosperity Booster— Three Car Loads of Composite Acorn One Dollar and a C One Dollar a $21.25 in The Car Loads of This Rail Composite Acorn No. 450 Dollar and a Quarter I One Dollar a Month $21.25 in all Three Car Loads of This Range— One Dollar and a Quarter Down One Dollar a Month $21.25 in all THE SAME range we show on page 42 of our new 1915 Catalog, and sell at $26.00. We never carried a more popular style. While it is exceptionally small and compact, it is a complete composite in every respect with all the essential features of the higher priced styles. On display at all our branch stores and our big salesroom down town. The Peoples Gas Light Peoples Gas Building Telep MK DUMN ESTABLISHED B. McCAHEY 1977 BUMTERS The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Gas Building Telephone Randolp ESTABLISHED TEL. EY 1877 JOHN J. DUNN HOLESALE COAL RETAIL TY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 61st St. and L. S. & M. S. 61st St. and ARMOUR AVE. Las Light & Coke Co. Telephone Randolph 4567 PUBLISHED TEL. OAKLAND 1977 1980, 1584, 1588 J. DUNN OAL RETAIL and ARMOUR AVENUE St. and L. S. & H. S. ARMOUR AVE. @MIGAOO The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4567 Optional. a thousand who calls town of the hill can believe he did it for Constitution. All Around Him "I'm looking for spata. "You ought to have swill." commented the wailer.—Louisville Court All Around Him. "I'm looking for spats." "You ought to have my job for swill." commented the weary four writer—Louisville Courier-Journal. OWING to the fact that we have ordered three car loads of this particular range, we are able to make this unprecedented low price, divided into minimum monthly payments, so that everybody may enjoy the advantages of a modern, up-to-date gas range. The three car loads are for this sale only, and this offer holds good while they last. Domestic Harmony Leuces—Does Howard get along hap pily with his wife? Julia—Ice. Some of his opinions coincide with hers and the others he keeps silent about—Life a * Like the Law of Advertising. ‘The following interesting story about President Garfield is told in the Amer fcan Magazine: ‘James BR. Garfield of Cleveland, son of the late Prestéent Garfield, told one of the editors of the American Mags- gine the following story about travel- Se ee es ee ee ‘who was campaigning. night aft ef « speech in Michigan young Garfield said to bis father: “Why do you re peat 89 much? Do you know that you said thé same things several times to- night? Do you know that you said the same things tonight that you said this afternoon in Detroit?” General Gar field made this reply: “You bappen to be an especially interested party and notice these repetitions. Others do not. I repeat the same statements deliber- ‘ately in onder that people may finally get them Anything that I want an audience to get and remember I repeat several times, in somewhat different form perhaps. ‘This practice I have Geveloped out of my experience, which has shown me that people's attention is distracted in various ways and that a'frst or 2 second statement may not really get,to them. You must insist on ‘an idea or fact if you"want to get any- ‘where with it” When the Thames Went Dry. In Stow’s Annals is an account of ‘an earthquake which shook down many ghurebes and houses while the river ‘Thames “was dryed uppe, that all Lon- don might walke over the same dry shod.” This was in the year 1158 In 1501 came an amazing ebb tide, when the river was again so low that a man might ride over it on horseback at Lon- don bridge. In 1687 a tremendous gale blew for thirty-six hours. The great storm blew straight down the valley of ‘the Thames and kept the water back, 80 that the bed was dry. On Sept 14, 1716, the same thing happened again, ‘and, according to the Weekly Packet, i eee Soe rente, see mee Fiver afoot both below and above the bridge, while the sands lay so clear to view that a silver tankard, a silver ‘butted sword, « gold ring, a guinea and other long lost articles of value were picked up. aa ‘Numerous are the queer beliefs con- cerning the number seven. From the ‘very earliest ages the seven great plan- ets were known and ruled this world and the dwellers in it, and their num- ber entered into every conceivable mat- ter that concerned man. There are seven days in the week, “seven holes fm the head, for the master stars are seven,” seven ages both for man and the world in which he lives. There are seven material heavens, There are seven colors in the spectrum and seven notes in the diatonic octave, and the “leading” note of the scale is the seventh. Be it noted that the seventh gon is not always gifted with benefi- gent powers. In Portugal he is be Toved to be. subject to the powers of Garkness and to be compelled every Saturday evening to assume the lke ‘ness of an ass.—St. James Gazette. in Been ee ‘What is the mind? In “The New Psychology,” by Her bert L. Wiibur, the author declares it to be the sum total of all the impres- sions we get and says the sum total fs constantly increasing. This, he con- cludes, explains the fact that all men are of a different size mentally—the fact that old men know more than Young men—also that a few young men know more than some other men ever knew all thelr lives. Herein, too, is where men have the advantage of women—men moving about in the world outside, where the um total is greatest—women staying More on the inside, in the house; but, ‘as ubove, some women know more than some men. The salvation of all of us is to hike—to the right place. False Alarm. ‘The poverty stricken artist gnawed ‘et his last crust of bread. 4 thump resounded on the door. ete “"Tis opportunity knocking.” he said ‘and opened the door. “If you don't pay me that $7 for back sent on 7 eres Meee Life is full of one thing after anoth- after all—Philadelphia Ledger. " G@teciachkt Veto ‘The secret of the ballot ts some: times too. good to keep. “George,” ‘e0id the squire, “did you vote straight, as 1 told your’ “Bure, O! aid, squoire.. It said on th’ paper to put « X, but Ot motnded as how ye said ‘yoat straight’ and O1 put un straight through un's naame”—London Spectator. Recompense. “Danghter, I siw you last night” “Xen, ma.” “What induced you’ to give that, eee en stent: fe, be had listened to my singing patiently for an hour.”—Louisville Cou- wer Journal ‘Nef—Do you believe in the language et fowers? ‘Ted~To be sure. The last ouds I sent Mise Charmer tell me I ‘have to do without. smoking for a _— pe ge ee $2 ‘The Single One—I'm looking tor an ideal busband. , ‘The Married One — There ain't no euch animsi—Yookers Statesman. Lg ieee ‘What 2 Revival ts. ‘The word “revival” is often given a meaning which primarily does not be- long to it. Many emphasize the con- Version of sinners as the essential ele ment in revival work, but that is the secondary meaning of the word. Bs- sentially “reviva)” means the quicken- ing of God's people. You cannot re- vive © dead man. The unregenerate ainner is spiritually dead. He must be born again. Now, you may revive s partially drowned body or a partially frozen body. The regenerate soal's Ife often weakens and wanes until the flame almost flickers out. But tf there be the least spark of life left it ean be fanned into a flame, and, like the apparently dead cinder in the smithy’s forge, that spark will touch others and kindle a flame that will en- thuse a church, a city or even a nation. A revival of religion, then, must logi- cally begin with the church. Such is the divine order.—Christian Herald. Breaks cf Lencuece. A peculiar kind of blundering known as “folk etymology” is responsible for some of the queerest freaks of lan- guage. An easy example will make this clear. Our American word “car- ryall” for a kind of vehicle is not a crepe pf ceed ama distortion of the French “carri- ole,” a diminutive car. The change wis made in obedience to the univer- sal tendency to assimilate the unknown to the known, to make words mean something by associating them with others which they resemble in sound. Often there is no etymological relation between the words associated, as when sparrowgrass is made out of asparagus. This particnlar corruption was once in such good colloquial use that Walker, the lexicographer, wrote, “Sparrow- grass is so general that asparagus has an air of stiffness and pedantry.” Movies Taken For Ghosts. According to a missionary, the first display of moving pictures in the prov- ince of Szechuan, China, 2,000 miles up the Yangtze, caused a mob disturbance of alarming proportions. When the bodiless, yet vigorous shadows began to move silently across the screen in the visible but imma- tefial simulation of life murmurs arose, soon increasing to sbouts and uproar, that foreign devils bad pos- sessed the locality and were in league With the spirits of the dead. Actual destruction and perhaps bloodshed was prevented only by the clubbed guns of the native soldiers. Later, when the pictures were explained, the natives became ardent fans. The frst feature films shown in Szechuan caused the outburst of superstitious rage —Photo play Magazine. DBevil Shine and Fire Shice. ‘Two warlike contrivances of ancient days were devil ships and fre ships. A devil ship is 2 ship that bas been filled with explosives, which discharge either by means of a fuse, or clock- ‘work, or when the ship hits another ship or obstacle. They were employ- ed as long ago as 1585 by the Dutch, when the Prince of Parma besieged ‘Antwerp. In those days they were sent down the river to explode against ‘a wooden bridge built by the defenders of Belgium's most important city. The fire ships were usually filled with dry ‘wood smothered in pitch, ofl and other inflammable material, and when fired were sent drifting arainst any defense ‘work or ships of the enemy.—London uneias -s en es Old Enclich Fairs. Fairs and feasts were formeriy held tm churchyards in honor of the saint to whom the church was dedicated. ‘In consequence of these popular gath- rings being much abused they had to be suppressed in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Edward IIL, as appears by the following extract, quot- ed by Spelman: “And the Kynge com- mandeth and forbiddeth that from henceforth neitber fairs and markets shall be kept in cburchyands for the honour of the Church. Given at West- minister, the VIII of Octobre, the XIII yeare of Kynge Edwarde's reigne.”— ‘London Mail Lightning. Lightning appears in three forms— xigzag and sharply défined at the edges, tm sheets of light. illuminating a whole oud, which seems to open and reveal the light within ft, and in the form of fre balls. The duration of the frst ‘two kinds scarcely continves the thou- sendth part of a second, but the giobu- lar lightning moves much more slowly, ‘Temaining visible for several seconds. ‘The Boob. “Yes,” said the young lady, “I spent the entire evening telling him that he had-a terrible reputation for Kissing girls against their will” “And what did he do?” “He sat there like 2 boob and de ‘nied t.">Kansas City Journal. : Bad Situation. “Pthink 17 have to get rid of Fido,” ee eee: “Why. the Etyi is getting all kinds ot mention in the papers.” “That's it 1 am not recetying as many press notices as my. dog.”"—Lou- isville Courier-Journal. . Sb Freuble. > ‘Trouble doesn't make people patient. Ht merely weighs them down and ‘(rushes them 20 they cannot compisin, Sia ise cemhiasbe or potieen ‘Deseret News. | et oti Patching Csttieshipe. At Homes In Egys After @ battle Jack tars have sev- ‘The method of serving lig ‘eral methods of stopping the incoming | ments during an afternoon “rater when « battleship has been bit| people in Egypt is somewh below the water line. For instance, tt| and may not be generally 2 small hole has been made fn the ves-| the English people at bom eel’s side an apparatus like an ambrel- | ‘s brought in bearing one Ia ds used. This is thrust through the| rieties of jam or sweetmen hole point first and then drawn back | ber of glasses containing so that it will open like an umbreila.| spoons corresponding to ti leaving the canvas outside. of guests present, As the t ‘Of course the pressure of the water | ried around each person ta effectually forces the canvas against| the spoons and, after help! the ship's side, thus stopping the leak.| to a spoonful of jam. place But to make it more secure the handle | spoon in one of the glasses of the umbrella, which is formed like| Sometimes biscuits and cak a screw, is fastened by a nut inside. | offered. ‘The custom appeai In the case of a bigger leak—when | ancient origin. It might | the ship bas been stove in below the| that one bow! or glass Ww water line—a large mat made of can-| for the used spoons, but ¢ yas and oakum is used. This bas t0| tates that each person mt be fixed into position by means of| separate glass in which 1 ropes, But the fixing is not a very| used spoon. The glasses co easy matter, as one rope has to be g0t| water, which the guests | right under the keel to the other side| should they so desire. — L of the ship in order to drag the mat] pits. down to the hole. Two or three other ——— ropes are also required at different yeon of the 7 angles to guide the umt to its right he caatueie Weipa position. —Pearson's, to carry a sting on each | ‘The Submarine. have several t mee band _ ‘There ts little glorious about the service of the submarine. She is the sneak of war's bloodthirstiness, creep- ing upon her victim like a murderer in the dark. For her there is no defiant battlefiag, no glint of sun on wave, no thrilling roar of battle. She worms ber slimy way through the murk to kill or be killed in the horridly practical business of slaughter. Her seamen tol amid mere machines. For the scent of burning powder she supplies the reek of gasoline Her crashing broadside is but the hacking cough of compress. ed air. And her end comes not with mastheaded ensign, but upside down, with her people tangled in the gear. And this fs the service which takes the strongest, the bravest, the dauntless There can be no trepidation in the spirit which guides the submarine twisting through the depths, where, if she cannot be seen, she cannot sec and where death lurks everywhere— Hartford Times. ‘The First Doctor. ‘The oldest physician whose exist- ence was known practiced at the court of a Pharaoh of the fifth dynasty about 6,000 years ago. His popularity with js master had apparently been great, for the Pharaoh had given an order that he should be supplied with slabs of stone for his tomb similar to those he was baving prepared for bim- self. His private life had evidently been less happy, for in every case the name of his wife had been erased. Splints found in the Nubian deserts were similar in principle to those of the present day, and the knots used to keep them in place were reef knots, the same as those now taught to stu- dents. The bandaging, as today. was done so that the folds crossed at right angles, with a view to their being kept in place. Palm fiber was used to serve the function of cotton wool and a fine linen to take the place of gauze. Mie One Luxury. A wealthy London dandy was noted for always wearing a costly flower in his buttonhole. Then be lost all his money and in time became shabby, but still every day he wore a fresh and expensive bouquet. Curiosity prompted one of his old time friends to ferret out the reason, and be dis- covered that in the man’s prosperous days he found it “a bit of a fag” to pay for his flower every day, and so, in 2 very lavish mood, he struck a bargain with the florist that for a lump sum down—and it was not a small one—be was to be supplied with a fresh bou- quet of his own choice every day for five years. ‘The result was that. although sometimes be had not enough ready cash for a crust of bread, he was always able to claim his fower and to sport “a poppy or a lily” as he walked down the Strand.—London Answers. Bimole Nail File. One of the nicest nail files you can get Is a bit of whetstone, say one and one-half inches long. Try different stones and select the one whose tex- ture best suits the texture of your nails. By using it frequently you can eliminate the cutting of the nails. It leaves a beautiful smooth edge on the nail, Is quicker and easier to use than steel file and never produces any of ‘those unpleasant sensations that so ‘often attend the use of a steel nail fle —Parm Life. Horse of Another Color. . “That's marvelous quick promotion © that ne‘erdae-weel son 0’ Donald- son's. They tell me he’s been pro- posed for a field marshal.” “Aye! His father was awfu’ prood till a wire cam’ sayin’ it wis a mis take. Tt wis a coart martial”"—Lon- don Bystander. Advices. ae eee to this day geese are honored in “In that case if 1 were you I think Td go and live there, my dear."—Kan- ses City Journal Gettine 1 Gtreicht. Husband—You spend altogetier too much money. Wife—Not at.all. The trouble is you don't make enough— New Orleans, Times-Picayune. F Lasly ey Patience—Was sbe shy on her birth- Gay? Patrice—Oh, yes; she was shy about ten candles in her birthday cake. Yonkers Statesman. Chivalry means far more then rever- eee eh ee Sears pein reverence cr “wenkneas wherescever found, ee ae At Homes In Egypt. ‘The method of serving light retreshy ments during an afternoon call among people in Egypt is somewhat peculiar and may not be generally known to the English people at home A tray is brought in bearing one or more va- rieties of Jam or sweetments, & num- ber of giasses containing water and spoons corresponding to the number of guests present. As the tray is car. ried around each person takes one of the spoons and, after helping himself to @ spoonfal of jam. places the used spoon in one of the glasses of water. Sometimes biscuits and cakes are also offered. The custom appears to be of ancient origin. It might be thought that one bowl or glass would suffice for the used spoons, but custom dic- tates that each person must have a separate glass in which to put the used spoon. The glasses contain pure water, which the guests may drink should they so desire. — London Tit- Bits. Beinen of the Gontinede. ‘The centipede is popularly supposed to carry a sting on each foot, but I have several times bandied one after its bead was removed without the claws producing any result. It is the first pair of claws only that are ven- omous, being hollow and provided with poison bagx like a snake's fang. The largest I ever saw was eleven inches in length, a grewsome creature. A bite from one of this size would most likely have been fatal to a man Yin weak health, The tarantula, though his pow- ers of offense are nothing like those of the scorpion or centipede, 1s, how- ever, a more unpopular character than either. The horror of thes large spl- ders entertained by many people 1s curious and unaccountable. I have seen Australian bushmen, who in ev- eryday life scarcely seemed to under- stand danger, turn white as a sheet at the sight of a small “triantelope.” as they called it—Chambers’ Journal. tMausiens. An illusion is something we believe in so much that we prefer it to reality. Happiness is the ability to create and maintain one’s illusions on a paying basis. Every illusion should be properly supported. Some people-are so mean thet when an illusion rings their bell and asks for board and lodging they slam the door in its face. It is better to maintain one or two {lusions in good style, giving them constant care and nourishment, than it is to have so many that you bave to Ait too often from one to another. Without illusions we should lay so much stress on reality that life would not be worth living. Reality iteelf is the biggest {llusion of all, but the most unprofitable. because it is the only one that pays no return on the investment. Life without illusions is like a bird without wings—Life. Qeiaia of Read Rules. ‘The origin of the rule for pedestrians to keep to the right dates back to a period when such things as roads were unknown. Before the road as we know It existed progress from place to place was accomplished by means of tracks or paths, used in common by mounted and foot wayfarers. As in early days every traveler carried bis life in his hands and saw in every approaching stranger # potential enemy, so the un- armed man elther retreated from the path or was beaten from it by ah ad- vancing stranger, if the latter were armed. When two armed men met, with shield on left arm and sword in right hand, they of necessity passed each other on the right, so as to bring shield to shield, thus completely shel- tered, but with the sword arm ready to strike if needed.—London Globe. ‘Gulieitn oft Citetaien Gaaaien ‘The expression “watered stock.” which describes so well the expansion of the stock of a company beyond the value of the property, originated, it is said, in connection with Dantel Drew, who was once the wealthiest and most unique manipulator, in Wall street Drew had been a drover in his younger Gays, and it was said of him that be- fore selling his cattle in the market he would first give them large quantities of salt to make them thirsty and then provide them with all the water they could drink. In this way their weight was greatly increased, and the pur- chaser was buying “watered stock.” Bobby's Fruitiess Search. Bobby heard his mother tell his fa- ther that her mother, who was fll, was in a comatose state and she must go to her at once. Bobby immediately ran for his geog- raphy and looked diligently for some time through it Finally be-broaght it to his father and said: “Father, 1 can’t find the state of comatose in here Will you?”—Judge. Movie ‘The father of whist. Edmond Hoyle, lived to be ninety-seven years old. His treatise on cards bas been published tn all languages, a4 probably no work except the Bible bas passed through more editions. The original work ap- peared in London tn 1742 ' Bravitv. “Brevity is the soul of wit,” remark- 4 the old fogy. “Then there are mighty few witty Preachers in the world.” said the grouch—Buffalo News, — Ite Usual Remark. ‘Master Biiton—Pa, what does money sey when it talks? . Bilton Senior ~If- you don’t do better today you @o worse tomorrow—Loomig it Beate of Archery. ‘In the days when the buffalo was found in vast berds on the western pains there were Indians who while Fiding at a gallop could send an arrow through a buffalo's body. Remarkable as this archery was, it did not equal that reached by the arehers of ancient times, ‘It is of record that the MacRaes of Gairiock, Scotland, were such skilled archers that they could bit a man at the distance of 500 yards. In 1704 the ‘Turkish ambassador at London shot an arrow in a field near that capital 415 yards against the wind. The secretary ‘of thé ambassador, on hearing the ex- pressions of surprise from the English gentlemen present, said the sultan had shot 600 yards. This was the greatest performance of modern days, but a pillar standing on a plain near Con- stantinople recorded shots ranging up to 800 yards. Sir Robert Ainslie, Brit- ish ambassador to the sublime porte, records that in 1708 he was present when the sultan shot an arrow 972 yeeie oe Te att eta Oi In “Sva,” a mediey of the east, Sit George Birdwood has a note on the minute ritual, instinctive in the race of Brahmanical Hindus, observed in re gard to cattle, especially cows: “You must not step over # rope to which a calf is tied and must always approach and pass a cow on your right hand, and keep your right arm covered the whole time you are in the cow sbippen. You must never ride a cow nor interrupt her while suckling her calf nor in any way annoy her. Short: ly after the railway between Poona ‘and Bombay was opened, a cow hav- ing to be sent by a Hindu in the for- mer city to another in the latter, its entrainment for the journey was tele- graphed by the sender to the receiver in the equivalent of these terms: ‘Her holiness just booked by the — a. m. train to Bycula (a suburb of Bombay). Please be at the station at — p. m to receive ber holiness.’ ” Pa ae owe ‘The colored population in a little Alabama town was baving @ race meet at the local fair grounds. An aged ne- gro whose shoes were slashed to give his gnarly toe joints air sat in a seat on the grand stand. Immediately in front of him stood a large, excited damsel who had a whole dollar wager- ed on the favorite in the free for all trot ‘As the horses turned into the home stretch the woman jumped up in the air, coming down squarely with all her weight on the infirm extremities of the old man. A groan escaped him, and sbe turned and begged bis pardon. “Uncle Zach, I's awfully sorry!” she said. “Dat’s all right, honey,” answered the old man gallantly. “I only hopes mah feet ain't too corrugated fo’ yoab pleasure.”—Saturday Evening Post. cei. Starfish will grow new arms, lobsters new claws and lizards new tails. A new lizard will not indeed spring from a new tail or a new lobster from a discarded claw, but a new starfish will grow from a detached arm. In the vegetable kingdom, as a writer in Knowledge remarks, this phenomenon is still more common and bas been put by man to practical use. Although identical in principle, the growing of 9 plant from a cutting may not seem so astonishing as the growing of a new starfish, but growing not one but many plants from a leaf seems almost as extraordinary. Among the many plants that can thus be propagated 1s the bdegonia, and every housewife knows a geranium plant can be grown from a leaf stalk. Saeed a ie A dog is a pet, a friend and a belp- er. The confidence of a dog, once lost. is hard to regain. In teaching tricks always reward the dog with some tidbit when he man- ages the trick properly. ‘A dog can be so trained that he will watch a cat eat without attempting to touch the food himself. When you go into a yard and a dog growls as be comes to meet you speak kindly, act as though you were not afraid of him and he will regard you rather as a friend than as an enemy.— Detroit Free Press. Information Sought. ‘The bookkeeper approached his em- ployer diffidently. “Seven years ago, sir,” be began, “you engaged me on a week's trial” “Well, what of it?” “May 1 presume now that my posi- tion ts permanent?” — Philadelphia Ledger. The Measmblence. “Tippier reminds me of a moving pic- ture.” “How?” “Coming home from the club in sev- en reels."—New York Sun. Foot Question. Green — So an express train Killed your foreman? Dia tre over Mm? Grump—No. it hit nim on the el bow, and he died of hydrophobial—St Louis Post-Dispatch. ; Perfection. “How are the springs on this car?” “Simply wonderful! You don’t notice ® child, and even when you run‘over & grown man, it’s ‘no discomfort at allr—Lite. —_ Censors originally Roman were 4 mag iden ee The Real Tek An insight into the moder Turk sdoaat & the Dancing nse Tage ot Studies From So Sarat oe mes te ene him, be says: “For parental a he 8 deep regard, some gee is lax enough to drink vere ally hesitate to do ao iro of bis father. sinter =~ even shown sometimes vane! smoking. Near te Ott don ne unseem!y ‘ae Re ty. thetr elder brothers by the = Agha oF Asia tert thir yes Abia, scarcely ever by ‘name the diference in age is vey wt ‘They obey seriously the inj : thelr faith as to charity, aad tee arity of Islam does not Derait to suffer coreligoalss to saree Se thermore, they do not biasptena! Wik inipaeiriaeemetele but we notice it particulary in ed one because the contents tare tn, made solid by cooking and nade hollow space more appareat space ts a provision of nate wt the eblck which grows within that may have alr to breathe tom ty time ft comes to life unt it bees Strong enough to break throngh ty shell to the outside world. ‘To generate life in the ecy ita mp essary that It be subjected to «cg degree of heat for a period ot twa. one days. When this is not done egg remains indefinitely in tn state. When {t ts bolled the poctet within the shell, which would bm deem used up by the chick if the ag had been set to hateh, begiss to tet for its space and pushes the biel contents of the ess back. lxvag ty hollow space.—Rocky Movatain Sem How Long Your Nails Gree ‘The growth of av average Gomt ma fs about one thirty-second of an tata ‘week, oF nearly oue ani! one:bait te im a Fear, 50 those aristocratic Chee who proudly exhibit nails sis w eee fnches in length must have refnist from cutting them at least four ta years. Finger nails grow faster iat summer than in winter. ‘The ale the middle finger grows faster tm any of the others, and that of & thumb fs slowest in growth. Themis of the right hand grow faster ti those of the left. A nail is suppl to reach its full growth in aboot fe and a half months, and at this miss man seventy years old would bavem newed his nails 202 times 00 finger he would have grown nise ft of nail, or on all bis fingers mt thumbs no less than ninety feet 4 nail.—St. Louis Republic. lik cases iceein altel Among the Syrians there is Bach thing as giving a party in celenton of the first anniversary of the bith a child. The celebration is beld "it the baby cuts its first tooth. Onsa an occasion friends of the paren ae not invited to the house to ett ce and listen to a phonograph, bat wiit ever sweets may be prepared for fe ‘occasion are sent by the parests tt homes of the friends whom they ¥# to inform of the news. The fel Inter visit the parents and tender thet congratulations. ‘The dishes in wiies ‘the sanainieh is carried to negtbes and friends are not returned tnselh ately. Sometimes it is a week 68 two before they are back in te tomary places in the family cwbat ‘When they are returned they se = empty. bie Got a Poor Drive > Colonel Carter, says Colliers ty, bad been playing golf for oalr te months. ‘Therefore when the se#4$ Of the club saw the colonel playing M ball several feet in front of the disks during a tournament be ews the veteran soldier had forgutia rule. Colonel! Colonel?” be exeisinet You must play from bebisd te disks!” The colonel’s face tured red. bt preserved his dignity. It's none of your busines. sth! answered as calmly as possible this is my third stroke!” Saris ee Foote and Garrick Foote’s favorite batt was Gane whose thrifty habits be was ome turning into ridicule. One day wi fr ls Company Garsick after slit some individual wound 5? is anet by saying, “Well. perhaps an demn another | should pall the ba out of my own eye.” “And so you would.” ore mae 4 you could sell the timber!” ee p Gtane That Is Elestio. ‘There is a stone that ag rubber and that. wrhen ot edge in a thick plate. swage 10 cae tm wind ike a ect of er. A ee a called ITS and the Scientific inners the mother rock of Brazilisn ee a teen Quaele®. Sp a *T assure you. madam. BY Mey ‘came over with tbe Ast SeUU5S sy “Very likely. We bad 2? tn re Baten Encouraged Him Berm cede ask oe warren creat my proves! 8S "She—But all jokes are 0% you know —Boston Transit ? er cee ar ite is short, bat 1 7S af fon bo vig et Woman's World How a Woman Deals With Vexing Labor Problems. © by American Press Association. MRS. HELEN GOULD SHEPARD. Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard believes in arbitration. She goes about it with a simple directness which it might be well for male employers to imitate. The incident happened some years ago when Mrs. Shepard, then Miss Gould, was building a memorial chapel to her father, Jay Gould. The workmen, so she was informed by the superintendent, were not satisfied. "What is the trouble?" inquired Miss Gould. "The men want more money and fewer hours." "Then give them what they want," was Miss Gould's succinct reply, the finest settlement for a labor problem that any capitalist ever invented. Helen Gould first became the talk of every town in the Union at the outbreak of the war with Spain. An announcement was made that a generous and patriotic woman had given $100,000 to the national government as a contribution to the cost of a righteous war. Shortly afterward the same generous hand gave $25,000 to the Woman's National Relief association. This was too much for the public. It wanted to know what manner of woman was this. Then it was that her unobtrusive benefactions were made known or at least a few of them, for the full extent of Miss Gould's charities will never be known to any one but herself. Born into millions, with a natural place in the most ornate society, she has willingly cast aside all frivolity and devoted herself to the serious business of life and the philanthropic responsibilities of her position. Scarcely a man who suffered in the war in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines who has not been, directly or indirectly, benefited by her generosity. Her house in New York and her country home, near Tarrytown, were turned into hospitals when the transports began crawling northward with their freight of suffering. She cared for hundreds under her own eyes and lavishly contributed when help was needed elsewhere. To hospitals and homes wherever a sick soldier had found refuge she sent flowers and fruit, blankets, food and money. Nor did her efforts stop at easing the hardships of the fighting men. Her sympathies extended to those who are often the most grievously hurt by the war, the mothers and wives at home, who suffer and are wounded without the excitement of battle. She felt that no sacrifice was too great to make for the men who had answered the call of country. She is, above all things, patriotic and takes a great and intelligent interest in the affairs of the republic. Her income is much over a million a year, but of this very little is expended on its owner. Since her marriage to Mr. Shepard, a few years ago, her scheme of life has been the same. If anything, her benefactions are now carried out on a larger scale, for Mr. Shepard is an ideal worker along the same lines, and had been for many years before he met Miss Gould. She regards her fortune as a sort of trust for the less fortunate. When she entertains, it is modesty, and her fashionable visits are few in the course of a season. Indeed, she is far happier when she is entertaining at one of her houses a group of self supporting working girls—a class in whom she is greatly interested. In all her charisma, and in all her work, there has been a practical and sensible spirit. She is not a sentimental giver nor one who gives for the appearance of munificence. She exerts herself to give where it will do good and looks to it that her benefactions will genuinely benefit those for whom they are intended. She has a very clear and right perception of what her duties are. Here, in her own words, is what she told the Woman's club of Chinchoni on the duty of a woman of wealth: "I shall never cease to preach the gospel that women of means should do more than rush through life for nothing but their own pleasure. It is the duty of women who have wealth to help others, and especially other women, and to make life for them worth the bursa." Good form Regarding Week End Entertainments. Spring days suggest the country, and the country suggests week end guests. Week end parties, as everybody knows, are delightful, but week end guests and their entertainment require skill and tact. The woman who intends to have week end visitors, then, or house visitors of any sort needs to consider one thing before inviting the outsider into her home—is the prospective guest worthy of the honor? Is she to be trusted with one's life, ergo one's reputation? If not madam must not issue her invitations, and if she sees fit so to do once the stranger is within her gates all must be given her—full confidence in her integrity and entire liberty in every move that concerns her health and happiness. As the hostess' captiousness sometimes comes from feeling that the visitor of a week or more is outstaying her welcome the English custom of arranging a visit within a prescribed period is an excellent one. If you ask Miss Guest to come on the 15th and stay until the 20th you have no reason to complain unless she prolongs her stay. This arrangement for the coming of the guest and her going puts the whole visit on a pleasant and easy basis, and the hostess and guest of good sense abide by all the requirements of politeness and kindly feeling as long as the visit lasts. Some very definite obligations are involved when inviting a friend to partake of a home's hospitality for this stated period. The hostess must see to it that there are writing materials in the friend's room, stamps excepted. She must consult with her guest concerning the acceptance of any invitation to other homes. When callers come the guest must be asked to go down to the drawing room as a matter of course. The visiting friend must be included in every visit to other friends. Things One Must Do. A friend of Goethe's once remarked that if you wish to appear agreeable in society "you must consent to be taught many things which you know already." You have had to sit many hours with a smile upon your face while some dreadful bore expounded supposed theories of his own which had been as axioms to you from youth up. You have had to listen to society traditions, in which you were not in the least interested, told by some sycophant, because you knew that what lay upon your thoughts light as thistledown encompassed her about like a royal robe. You may hate the molecular theory and despise the foolish vaporings about "society," but you have no taste for the life of the hermit, and you have at least to pretend that you are interested in the ponderous and the frothy. The question is whether you are not a bore yourself, at least to the man with a theory about creation and the woman who adores by way of the social register. Have you ever tried to air your theories about child welfare and the solution of the poverty problem in the presence of the women who were all the time unconsciously counting your frills and speculating as to what sort of "beading" would have improved your costume? If you have you will no doubt have recognized the set smile with which she pretended an interest, because it is part of her religion to appear always to be agreeable. Two Sorts of Manners. "Society is more conventional than it is good mannered at times," remarked a man of manners, "and I know persons of both kinds. Particularly I know a lady who is conventional and bad mannered, and I know a business man who is unconventional and, if not exactly good mannered, better mannered than the lady. "Not long ago he was at an evening affair—he went because his wife wanted him to go—and he wore a shop tied tie, a gaucherie a man of conventional habits could not possibly be guilty of. The lady in question noticed it, and in her naive way she asked him why he wore that kind of tie. "Well, madam,' he replied, 'I do it for two reasons. One is to give stupid people a subject of conversation, and the other is to show that unconventional taste isn't much worse than conventional bad manners.' "Of course he had no right to say it, nor, on the other hand, did the lady have any right to comment on his dress, so it may be called a standoff, though the man still wears a tied tie, and the lady does not make any comments." The Merast Trifles It is always the merest trifles rather than the big things of life which indicate the manners and tastes of the average person. A glaring social error, a particularly rude action or tactless speech, are not made with too great frequency, but other less obtrusive fruits are often committed, sometimes solely through ignorance or want of thought. It is just as grave a mistake to be the polite as to be abnormally rude. The painstakingly polite person is very trying to encounter, for entreaties often meet, and he generally succeeds in being actually all hard. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 22, 1915 J BEAUTIFUL DANCE GOWN. An iridescent overdress over a satin underdress of peachblow colored satin is an expression of an evening frock which when seen would not soon be forgotten. The poising of a butterfly bow of faintest pink illusion at the back gives the creation an ethereal quality which it could not well otherwise have obtained. This frock floufs in no unmistakable manner the passing fad for the extremely wide skirt and gains added beauty and grace from its moderation. GOLD AND BLUE A Garment Which Has Reached the Top Notch of Sweaterdorm. We used to think the sweater rather a plebeian garment, made uncompromisingly for use and comfort. But, lo and behold, we get them made very 100% HANDSOME SILK SWATER. swaggerly nowadays of silk, very expensive and very aristocratic. The one shown in the illustration is of gold color and blue in corded effect; long tight sleeves and patch pockets. The buttons are blue with silk loops. --- The most economical housewives in the world—the French—do not dream it an extravagance to keep always on their dinner tables a few cut flowers. Even the wife of the poorly paid artisan will stop to market and will not be content to go home with her purchases till she has bought a few cents' worth of flowers for her table. And a good many American housewives feel the same way about flowers for the table. They have found that for a quarter or less flowers may be bought which with a few sprays of green thrown in by the florist will make the table attractive for a week. Yes, for a week, for with proper care, cut flowers can be made to last a week—that is, except in the warmest weather, and in the warm weather we are most of us located so that we can get some sort of fresh flowers every day or so, if it is only a bunch of deicles or buttercups. One of the best ways to keep cut flowers from fading is to see that the moment they are cut from their stems they be placed in water. But of course we cannot be sure that this is done in the case of florist flowers. The thing to make sure of is that the sap in the stems does not dry out and one way to accomplish this—a way used by many florists—is to put a place of wax over the stem of the flowers as soon as they are cut. D FLAIDED SPORTS COAT. Anywhere in this country of changeable climate milady will find that a woolly "confy" topcoat is one of her most valued possessions. For a swift ride in a motorcar, a motorboat trip on the lake or a moonlight walk beside the sea the coat shown in the illustration will be invaluable. It is developed here in black and white plaid, with a raglan set-in sleeve, satin rolled collar and large bone buttons. GODMOTHER TO FORTY BABIES Hungarian Countess Takes Upon Her- self Stroncuola Duties The Countess Magdeleine Hunyady von Kethely, the wife of a great landed proprietor of Hungary, is taking under her motherly wing all the posthumous babies born in the county of Estergon, where her husband's principal estates are situated, whose fathers gave up their lives upon the battlefield in this war. Already she has become fairy godmother to nearly forty children. A handsome young matron of thirty-six, with a daughter of her own fifteen years old and a son of twelve, the countess is accepting duties which will extend over many years, involving the dedication of her time and fortune. That she is a Belgian by birth, belonging to the princely family of Caraman-Chimay, which has suffered almost as much at the hands of the Germans as the royal house of Belgium, does not seem to have blinded her to the misfortunes of her husband's country. Countess Magdeleine Hunyady's sister-in-law, Countess Marie Henrietta Hunyady, has been for some years the wife of Count Emil Szechenyi, and the women of the two famous Hungarian houses will probably divide among themselves the care of the little children for whom Countess Magdeleine will stand sponsor before the end of the war. A. Polishing Glove. To the woman who cleans and polishes her own shoes nothing is more useful than the "polishing glove." It is made in the form of a mitt. The palm side is sheepskin with the woolly side out to form a polishing surface. The back of the mitt is a piece of leather. After you have carefully anointed your shoes with the paste or polish and let it dry thoroughly slip on the mitt and polish with a will. In a moment your shoes will be shining nicely. SOME NEW WRINKLES. Before removing ribbon from lingerie, etc., sew tape—the same length—to one end of the ribbon. In drawing the ribbon out the tape takes its place. When the ribbon goes back again sew it to the end of the tape and the tedious task of drawing the ribbon through in the old way is removed. After washing the hair, a good way to thoroughly rinse it is to fill a common tin flower sprinkling can with water and suspend on a nail or hook above the head over the bathtub. The water comes with just force enough to rinse, and the sprinkler can be filled as often as necessary. After washing woolen blankets, dry them on curtain stretchers, which will prevent them from shrinking. A handy little dish washer for the milk bottle, etc., too narrow for the hand and cloth, is made from the wire handle of a grape basket, which is straightened out, with the hook left on one end. Instead of the ordinary method that is used for removing rust stains try the lemon juice and salt as usual, but place over a steaming kettle. The rust spots will be removed in a few moments. Cookery Points There is a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem on this imported cake. variety of this imported cake. Cream together half a pound of butter and half a pound of sugar. Add the yolks of sixteen eggs, two and a half ounces of grated almonds, two and a half ounces of browned breadcrumbs, two and a half ounces of sifted flour, the soft center of half a vanilla bean, a fourth cake of sweet chocolate grated, and lastly the whites of the sixteen eggs stiffly beaten. Bake in shallow, lightly buttered pans in a moderate oven for from twenty to twenty-five minutes, and when done invert over plates to cool. When cold cut into two and a half inch squares. Split the squares with a sharp knife into two layers, spread the under layer with the filling and the upper layer with the glazing. For the filling use half a pound of butter and half a cake of grated sweet chocolate melted and beaten together till smooth and creamy. For the glazing, to a fourth cake of sweet chocolate grated add half a cupful of sugar and a fourth cupful of water. Let this boil up well, then beat until cool and creamy and spread lightly over the cake. The quantity given in this recipe will make three ordinary eight inch square cakes. For the Invalid Tray. Bavarian creams of all sorts make delicious and nourishing desserts for invalids. For chocolate Bavarian cream, soak half a box of gelatin in cold water for at least half an hour. In a double boiler heat one pint of milk; add the gelatin and stir until dissolved. Next add half a cupful of sugar and remove from the stove. Turn into a deep bowl and add one teaspoonful of vanilla; set this bowl into a pan of ice water and stir until it thickens like a sauce; then add a pint of cream whipped stiff. Stir lightly, pour into a mold, wet with cold water, set it on ice and serve with whipped cream. This must be made very early in the morning if it is to be used for lunch or tea. If a fruit cream is desired substitute fruit juice, stewed and strained, or the juice from canned fruit, for the milk, omitting the grated chocolate. Both raspberry and peach Bavarian cream are delicious. Cream Toast. Make thin slices of golden brown toast, crisp and dry. After placing the slices in a wire sleeve you steam them until soft over hot water. Then butter and put in a soup plate—about three slices, cut in half. Over them pour white sauce. Make this by heating a cupful of milk in a double boiler and then adding two tablespoonfuls of flour rubbed into two tablespoonfuls of butter. Cook gently over a low heat until the flour has lost its starch taste. Season with salt and pepper and serve very hot. Such a dish loses its appetizing qualities if it is not hot when served, so it should be carefully covered in transit from the kitchen to the room where it is to be served. Brown Potato Soup. Cook two cupfuls of sliced potatoes and a little chopped onion and celery in a quart of salted water until quite tender. Place in an iron skillet a teaspoonful of butter and one of lard and when very hot rub into it sufficient flour to thoroughly absorb the butter and lard and keep stirring it about until dry and quite well browned and granular. When the soup is boiling rapidly sift in the browned flour while stirring and continue to add browned flour until the mixture is as thick as you wish. Old Fashioned Bread Pudding. Soak a pint of fine breadcrumbs in a quart of milk for two hours. Stir in four well beaten egg yolks, two table-spoonfuls melted butter, a scant half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little boiling water and a pinch of nutmeg. Last of all, fold in lightly the stiffened whites of the eggs. Bake in a well greased pudding dish, cover for half an hour, then uncover and brown. Send to the table as soon as done and eat with hot wine sauce. Scalloped Fish In Ramskins Use boiled fish and cut in one-half inch cubes. Butter a cupful of breadcrumbs and put in individual ramekins that are well buttered. Put in a layer of shredded fish, sprinkle with another layer of chopped almonds and then a layer of fish. Cover with a tomato sauce and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Place ramekins in a pan of hot water and bake for fifteen minutes. Serve hot and decorate with parsley. Vanilla Ice Cream. Boil a quart of cream, add a cupful of sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Cool and freeze. Hot chocolate sance: Boil one cupful of water and one-half cupful of sugar fire milk. Add one-half cupful of milk, two squares of melted chocolate and a tablespoonful of dissolved cornstarch. Boil one minute. Minced Chicken Sandwiches. Take minced chicken and add two tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise. Shrill well. Cover bread with this dressing. Garnish with minced lettuce and strings of pimentons. PAGE THREE ForYoungFolks Crown Prince of Belgium, Who Became a Soldier. T Photo by American Press Association. Of course all well informed children have read about the dreadful war that has been raging in Europe since last summer. They know the pitiful plight of the people of Belgium, and doubtless many young readers have contributed in various ways to the relief of that sorely stricken people. Recently news was received that the little Duke of Brabant, crown prince of Belgium, had shouldered a rifle and is now fighting in the trenches in northern France. He will be fourteen years old next November, so he is very young for the peril of warfare. Still such incidents have been noted in the history of all wars. In the great civil war of our own country, that ended fifty years ago, many boys younger than the Belgian prince went to the front as drummer boys. Sad to relate some of them were killed and perhaps that may be the fate of Prince Leoepold. A. Paddle Trick Take a piece of wood four inches long, one inch wide and one-half inch thick and form a handle on one end. Drill three holes about the size of a match in the wood, beginning one-half inch from the top with the first and spacing them one-half inch apart. The first hole is drilled only halfway through the wood, the second and third run through. This completes one side. Turn the paddle over, and the first hole will be one inch and the second one and one-half inches from the end. Space off another half inch and drill a hole halfway through the wood. This completes the paddle for the trick. Break off a piece of a match three-quarters of an inch long and run it through the center hole of the first side. Turn the paddle over, and the peg will be found in the first hole of the second side. If the peg is put in the center hole of the second side then when the paddle is turned over it will show in the lower hole of the first side. Show the audience that the peg is inserted in the center hole of one side and tell them to watch it change. Swing the paddle and at the same time turn it, and the peg will appear to have changed. Historical Saving. Each of the following sentences contains a word of a famous historical saying: There are millions of people in the world. He was rewarded for good behavior. The monument was erected as a tribute to his memory. Answer.—Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute. "The Skin of My Teeth" It may be interesting to note that this expression, which by many is regarded as vulgar slang, has really the high classical authority of the Bible. It is Job (19:20), who exclaims in his anguish, "I am escaped with the skin of my teeth" Some common sayings, such as "God tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb," "Pouring oil on the troubled water," "The war horse scents the battle from afar," are supposed to be in the Bible, though not so. But there are not many who, in using the expression of hanging on or being saved by the "skin of their teeth," know the high authority for its use. "Oh, he's in the hospital," answered the cotton umbrella. "He was attacked by a strong wind yesterday and three of his ribs were broken." What key is the hardest to turn? A donkey. Why is O the only vowel sounded? Because all the rest are in-uudible. Why is a gun like a jury? Because it is same when disclosed. 101 Able lawyer, friend of the laboring people and non-partisan candidate for judge of the circuit court of Cook county. C HON. JOHN H. OWENS The people's candidate for judge of the circuit court of Cook county—He loyally supported Hon. Robert M. Swettner at the late election for mayor of Chicago, showing that he is true blue and that he is entitled to the friendship and the support of the two hundred and fifty thousand voters who habitually stood by Mr. Swettner to the last ditch. PAGE FOUR JOHN D. Able lawyer, friend of the laboring peo of the circuit cou A demand has been made by the citizens of Cook county for John D. Farrell, of the law firm of Farrell & Thompson, for judge of the circuit court. No lawyer in Chicago is better or more favorably known among the working people than John D. Farrell. Before becoming a lawyer he was employed in the machine shop and coming from the working class as he does, his experience gives him an advantage of knowing their joys and sorrows, their likes and dislikes. Mr. Farrell was one of the original Thompson men and in the mayoralty campaign did much to arouse interest and secure the support of union labor for the new mayor. Mr. Farrell is well known and will MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY'S MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES Memorial services will be held at Mount Glenwood cemetery on Sunday, May 30th. There will be interesting exercises, and the following speakers will furnish the program: Gen. S. D. Fowler will represent the K. of P.'s; W. H. Montgomery, adjutant, John R. Tanner Camp No. 11, will represent the Spanish-American war veterans; R. J. B. Ellington will represent the civil war veterans and the Masonic orders; and R. B. Glover will represent the Odd Fellows. Trains leave Dearborn Station (Polk street) at 1:00 o'clock p. m., 47th and Stewart at 1:10, and 63rd and Wallace at 1:15, returning at 5:19. If possible get numbers of your graves and lots at the office before Decoration Day. --- undoubtedly lead the ticket. He has been endorsed by a large number of organizations for judge who have voluntarily offered to canvass the entire county in his behalf. Mr. Farrell is one of the people, and coming from the people, he will be a good, honest, fair and upright judge. No better man can be found for judge than John D. Farrell. You won't be afraid to trust your case in his hands. His broad training and great legal ability make him an ideal candidate and should have the honest support of all classes. He is big in body, big in mind, and big in heart, and by-your vote for the "non-partisan" judges you will do your duty as a citizen and a man. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB The Alpha Suffrage Club voted to co-operate with the Negro Fellowship League in making the Sunday meetings a success, as the League has decided to devote its Sundays to addresses from the circuit court judge candidates until the election of June 8th. Although the women do not vote for circuit court judges, they consider it their duty to use their influence to aid in selecting good judges. LEGAL NOTICE The Mount Glenwood Chautauqua Association has been wound up and its charter surrendered, according to the corporation laws of Illinois. EDWARD S. MILLER, Secretary. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 22, 1915. By Benjamin A. Browning. The dedication of a purpose can be simplified by saying, one's aim or one's object in life. It is that which one has designated as the achievement he intends to make. The man or person who has something specific that they want to accomplish will always find something to devote their time to. It is not likely they will be found in a poolroom, moving picture show or public dance. At regular intervals, of course, every one needs recreation and a certain amount of pleasure, but there are so many beneficial ways of obtaining pleasure and gaining recreation that there are no excuses for wasting time and money on things that are absolutely no good to us. The bright lights and good times are luring the minds of the young people of this day. Oh, how they crave for frivolity and chum with dissipation; how they seek for soft spots to linger in idleness; how they will scorn and belittle an idea or attempt to uplift them. When approached, they will reply, "Let other people look out for themselves. I believe in having a good time while you are young." This sentiment is expressed because they are influenced by the wrong environments. But the person who is scaling the ladder of ambition, to drive his peg high, will shun the demoralizing contacts and go about unheeding the things that are mentally devastating and because they so wrapped up in their work are deaf to the calling of physical and moral corruption. The ancient Greeks, as primitive as they were, in some respects were superior to us. I do not intend to convey the idea that they were perfect, for they had their vices and faults. There was no great economic problems then or labor questions; in fact the various problems of today did not confront them. Nevertheless they have set some examples that have lived until today. The Greeks' great aim may be expressed in three terms—Knowledge, Wisdom, Education. Under education was included the religious, physical and moral development. Their minds and their efforts were concentrated upon what was considered their chief purpose, education. The Roman's ideal was strength, physical and military, and they were also firm coherents of patriotism. The children of the Greeks and Romans were taught in their early age to regard these ideals as supreme. The motives of the parents were imbedded in the catechisms of the time and executed by the children. In studying history we learn of Spain's attempt to colonize the entire world. Her chief object was to make Spain ruler over every dominion. So she set about claiming, colonizing and warring. These were the important steps leading to the accomplishment she desired. Later on we learn of Napoleon's aim, which was to make France sovereign over the universe. He did hold May festivals or Olympian games, although he may have enjoyed them, because they did do him any good in achieving his purpose, but he did attend a military school, and when he received a commission in the army he worked hard for advancement. After gaining prominence and leadership he began to realize his object. These are only a few examples of the many. All great and successful people have at an early period of their life designated something specific that they wanted to be or to accomplish, and worked along those lines. Not every one reaches the goal he is headed for. Some start out to be something and end up in jail or vagabonds, but if one starts out as a mechanic and ends up as a professional, he has fundamentally and virtually accomplished his object. HYDE PARK NEWS Sunday morning, we learn, in front of a Greek restaurant, 5508 Lake Park avenue, a Colored woman about 25 years of age was taken into custody for drawing a revolver on a young Colored man about the same age. Seemingly, the old adage is true, "It never rains without it pours." * * * The Hyde Park Charity Club convened at the residence of Mrs. Webber, on Kenwood avenue, for the purpose of electing officers. The following were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. Bessie Perkins, president; Mrs. Nettie Merritt, vice-president; Mrs. Annie L. Shelby, secretary. The quarterly meeting of the A. M. E. church was held at 5626 Lake Park avenue last Sunday afternoon. A large number were present and enjoyed the services. Dr. Carter preached the sermon. Dr. Cook, the presiding elder, preached both morning and evening. His subject in the evening was "Heartfelt Acquaintance with God." The Christian Endeavor Society of the Hyde Park A. M. E. church will celebrate their first anniversary, and the presentation of the district banner for the best report given in the district by the district superintendent, Mr. Robert Glover. A splendid program is anticipated, and a large audience is expected to attend the exercises. Mrs. E. H. Brown is the presi- ident of the Hyde Park society. Rev. W. H. Griffin, pastor. The white girl waitresses who displaced the Colored boys two months ago at the Gladstone hotel, were not acceptable to the guests of the hostelry and were replaced last week by another crew of Colored waiters, with Mr. John Thompson, formerly of the Auditorium hotel cafe, as head waiter. Mr. Thompson is one of the most capable and experienced young men in the profession. There will be no excuse if he does not make good, because he is well qualified to fill the bill. Mr. Benjamin, our friend from the West Indies, is now at 5519 Kenwood avenue. V. M. C. A. BANQUET The membership campaign of the Y. M. C. A located at 38th street and Wabash avenue was started at a banquet given at that institution Tuesday evening. Tables were spread for 150, and every plate was taken. Three persons took out a senior membership, fourteen regular membership, and about twenty-two the social membership. The toastmaster was Dr. Hall, its president. Mr. A. L. Jackson, the new secretary, was the principal speaker. From what the writer could glean from the meeting, the officials seem to be smarting under the unkindly criticism coming from those who should be putting their shoulders to the wheel and help make the institution what the friends and donors expect it to be. The officers are working overtime trying to keep the good name of the Christian Negro of Chicago intact. They are asking for the co-operation of every Colored man in this city, by taking out a social membership, which is only two dollars. The slogan is five thousand members this year, and from the activity of the new secretary, Mr. Jackson, I believe they are going to get the number. The membership campaign is on; watch it grow. At this reception many of our most prominent citizens took out membership and paid up in full. A snap-shot scene was taken and the representatives of the Colored press will be conspicuously seen in full view. We contemplated to publish the speeches, but took this method of boosting the campaign, which to our way of thinking is the most useful and effective. The report was fine and pleasing, and those who were present were more than satisfied and all of one accord voiced the sentiments expressed by the officials. Let the membership campaign proceed. MRS. S. J. CARTER, THE POPULAR CATERESS. Mrs. S. J. Carter, better known as the proprietor of the "Villa Carter" Caterer, located at 3256 Rhodes avenue, whose service is known far and near by the best people of our country, has also taken charge of the cafe department of the Chateau on 35th street, number 346 East 35th street. Her 35 cent dinners during the week cannot be beat, and her 50 cent dinners on Sundays cannot be surpassed. The fact that she is in charge is enough to say to the patrons who know her. Arrangements can be made with her for parties, small or large, wedding breakfasts or evening suppers or banquets. Her prices are reasonable, and her services are of the best. Regular meals are served at the Chateau from 4 p. m. in the afternoon to 8 p. m. in the evening. Don't forget that Mrs. Carter of the Villa Carter is in charge. Leon Bailey, of Buster and Bailey's team, who has just spent a successful seven years' trip touring Europe, at our headquarters at the Crystal Printing Office, 3315 State street, and found him to be a wide-awake young chap. The critics say he is the only Colored stage artist who can fill the late Geo. Walker's shoes. The Grand has recalled him back for another engagement. He feels that the time will come again when the Colored artist of the stage will come back to his own. The Griffin sisters are here from the East, and are in the best of health. They are glad to learn that we have a Colored alderman in the person of Mr. DePriest, since we did not get Mr. Chas. A. Griffin, their choice. They are expecting to open a large theater here in the black belt. These two aggressive Colored women of the 20th century are doing much for the Colored actors by establishing a chain of playhouses throughout the East and the West for their employment. Let us have more like the Griffin sisters. The political pot is steaming in the second ward, most especially in the second senatorial district, where the political chemist has found a new formulae of succession. It is a combination of heartychokes, huckleberries, persimmons and poison oaks. A peculiar mixture, to be sure, but we are told that the political doctor has accepted this formulae for a cure for our old friend, Major R. R. Jackson, who represents this district in the 49th general assembly. He says, however, "That he will retain his old family physician, provided, that the new formulae is a cure which spells harmony." SCARLET FEVER Scarlet fever is an acute infectious disease with a variety of signs or symptoms which will cause the casual observer to mistake it for other diseases. Its chief victim is found in the young, the children; although it may attack adults. Children at the breast are rarely subject to the disease. Its principal symptoms are a skin inflammation, a rash and an angry looking inflammation of the throat and tonsil. In the sixteenth century Ingrasseas of Naples and Coyttar of Poitiers recognized the disease. Sydenham described it in 1675 under the name of febris scarlatina. The definite cause of the disorder is not known. It is supposed to be a germ and because the streptococcus pyogenes is found in the blood of the victims during life and after death frequently, it is supposed to be the causative germ. Since the streptococcus pyogenes is constantly present in the throat in severe cases, it is certain that that microorganism plays an important part in the poisons that prostrate the patients. It is a widespread disease; it occurs in nearly all parts of the earth and attacks all race varieties. It varies greatly in the intensity of the outbreaks. Some years it is mild and in others it is fearfully malignant. Sporadic cases occur from time to time; again epidemics are frequent. Ninety per cent of the cases that produce death occur before the tenth year of life. The children are more liable to measles than scarlatina. There is family susceptibility as has been observed when four or five members of the same family are killed by the disease in rapid succession. Some individuals possess immunity. An attack usually confers subsequent immunity; but there have been what is considered by the highest authorities one or two recurrences. Some authorities consider such so-called recurrences a skin disease that resembles scarlet fever; it is called acute exfoliating dermatitis. The disease is probably spread by the secretions of the nose and throat as well as by the breathing mechanism or respiratory tract. Of late years it is a custom to regard all cases of sore throat or inflammatory conditions of the tonsils and fauces of mild type as means of spreading the disease. In this way it seems to be spread in the schools. It has been noted that when the schools are not in session, the disease is not so prevalent. There is thought to be a fruitful source of contagion in the scaling which is of several weeks' duration. The disease is MR. JUSTICE EDWARD OSGOOD BROWN President of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Colored People, who has always been a true friend American race, and in his race for re-election as one of the circuit court he should heartily receive the votes of all their politics or nationality who are in favor of liberty and President of the Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who has always been a true friend of the Afro-American race, and in his race for reelection as one of the judges of the circuit court he should heartily receive the votes of all those regardless of their politics or nationality who are in favor of liberty and justice. A. E. said to be spread by a contaminated milk supply. The streptococcus pyogenes has been traced in the milk through the various channels from a case to the dairy, it having been demonstrated that persons connected with the milk supply had the germ in their excreta. The onset of scarlet fever is as a rule sudden. There is often a preceding indisposition which is hardly noticeable. Convulsions are common early in the disorder. Sometimes the disease is ushered in with a chill. Vomiting is a frequent early manifestation. The fever is high and rises rapidly. Cough is not so frequent and the catarrhal symptoms are rare. The skin is dry; the tongue is furred, later it becomes red, which has evoked the term "rasberry" or "strawberry" tongue. The eruption, which sometimes does not appear, begins on the neck and chest and extends so rapidly that by the evening of the second day it may have invaded the entire skin. It has a vivid scarlet hue at its height; the color of the rash is distinctively characteristic of scarlatina and absolutely unlike that of any other eruptive disease. After persisting for two or three days the rash gradually fades. The eruption may not appear upon the face while visible corporally. By the seventh or eighth day the rash has disappeared. With the disappearance of the rash, the upper layer of the cuticle begins to separate. It begins at the neck and chest and flakes are gradually detached. The complications and sequelae are kidney involvement, heart involvement, joint inflammation, ear trouble, enlargement of the glands of the neck sloughing of anatomical structures in or about the throat, acute bronchitis and broncho-pneumonia, paralysis and nervous complications, such as mania and melancholia. The intense throat symptoms and high fever lead us to suspect the co-existence of diphtheria. The two disorders have much in common. The death rate of this disease has been falling off of late years. The younger the child the greater the danger. The most unfavorable symptoms are high fever, hemorrhages, suppression of urine, which often proves rapidly fatal, laryngeal obstruction and suppuration of the cervical glands or cerebral bubo. The successful cure depends upon the physician's care and the strict carrying out of his instructions. School inspection will prevent children spreading the disease; in like manner the disease may be nipped in the bud. ```markdown ``` National Association for the Advance always been a true friend of the Afro- reelection as one of the judges of the five the votes of all those regardless of in favor of liberty and justice. 101 Able lawyer, friend of the laboring people and non-partisan candidate for judge of the circuit court of Cook county. M. HON. JOHN H. OWENS The people's candidate for judge of the circuit court of Cook county—He loyally supported Hon. Robert M. Swetzer at the late election for mayor of Chicago, showing that he is free blue and that he is entitled to the friendship and the support of the two hundred and fifty thousand voters who mustfully stood by Mr. Swetzer to the last ditch. A demand has been made by the citizens of Cook county for John D. Farrell, of the law firm of Farrell & Thompson, for judge of the circuit court. No lawyer in Chicago is better or more favorably known among the working people than John D. Farrell. Before becoming a lawyer he was employed in the machine shop and coming from the working class as he does, his experience gives him an advantage of knowing their joys and sorrows, their likes and dislikes. Mr. Farrell was one of the original Thompson men and in the mayoralty campaign did much to arouse interest and secure the support of union labor for the new mayor. Mr. Farrell is well known and will MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY'S MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES Memorial services will be held at Mount Glenwood cemetery on Sunday, May 30th. There will be interesting exercises, and the following speakers will furnish the program: Gen. S. D. Fowler will represent the K. of P.'s; W. H. Montgomery, adjutant, John R. Tanner Camp No. 11, will represent the Spanish-American war veterans; R. J. B. Ellington will represent the civil war veterans and the Masonic orders; and R. B. Glover will represent the Odd Fellows. Trains leave Dearborn Station (Polk street) at 1:00 o'clock p. m., 47th and Stewart at 1:10, and 63rd and Wallace at 1:15, returning at 5:19. If possible get numbers of your graves and lots at the office before Decoration Day. undoubtedly lead the ticket. He has been endorsed by a large number of organizations for judge who have voluntarily offered to canvass the entire county in his behalf. Mr. Farrell is one of the people, and coming from the people, he will be a good, honest, fair and upright judge. No better man can be found for judge than John D. Farrell. You won't be afraid to trust your case in his hands. His broad training and great legal ability make him an ideal candidate and should have the honest support of all classes. He is big in body, big in mind, and big in heart, and by your vote for the "non-partisan" judges you will do your duty as a citizen and a man. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB The Alpha Suffrage Club voted to co-operate with the Negro Fellowship League in making the Sunday meetings a success, as the League has decided to devote its Sundays to addresses from the circuit court judge candidates until the election of June 8th. Although the women do not vote for circuit court judges, they consider it their duty to use their influence to aid in selecting good judges. LEGAL NOTICE. The Mount Glenwood Chautauqua Association has been wound up and its charter surrendered, according to the corporation laws of Illinois. EDWARD S. MILLER, Secretary. DEDICATION OF A PURPOSE. By Benjamin A. Browning. The dedication of a purpose can be simplified by saying, one's aim or one's object in life. It is that which one has designated as the achievement he intends to make. ident of the Hyde Park so W. H. Griffin, pastor. The white girl waitress placed the Colored boys ago at the Gladstone hotel acceptable to the guests of The man or person who has something specific that they want to accomplish will always find something to devote their time to. It is not likely they will be found in a poolroom, moving picture show or public dance. At regular intervals, of course, every one needs recreation and a certain amount of pleasure, but there are so many beneficial ways of obtaining pleasure and gaining recreation that there are no excuses for wasting time and money on things that are absolutely no good to us. The bright lights and good times are luring the minds of the young people of this day. Oh, how they crave for frivolity and chum with dissipation; how they seek for soft spots to linger in idleness; how they will scorn and belittle an idea or attempt to uplift them. When approached, they will reply, "Let other people look out for themselves. I believe in having a good time while you are young." This sentiment is expressed because they are influenced by the wrong environments. But the person who is scaling the ladder of ambition, to drive his peg high, will shun the demoralizing contacts and go about unheeding the things that are mentally devastating and because they so wrapped up in their work are deaf to the calling of physical and moral corruption. The ancient Greeks, as primitive as they were, in some respects were superior to us. I do not intend to convey the idea that they were perfect, for they had their vices and faults. There was no great economic problems then or labor questions; in fact the various problems of today did not confront them. Nevertheless they have set some examples that have lived until today. The Greeks' great aim may be expressed in three terms—Knowledge, Wisdom, Education. Under education was included the religious, physical and moral development. Their minds and their efforts were concentrated upon what was considered their chief purpose, education. The Roman's ideal was strength, physical and military, and they were also firm coherents of patriotism. The children of the Greeks and Romans were taught in their early age to regard these ideals as supreme. The motives of the parents were imbedded in the catechisms of the time and executed by the children. In studying history we learn of Spain's attempt to colonize the entire world. Her chief object was to make Spain ruler over every dominion. So she set about claiming, colonizing and warring. These were the important steps leading to the accomplishment she desired. Later on we learn of Napoleon's aim, which was to make France sovereign over the universe. He did hold May festivals or Olympian games, although he may have enjoyed them, because they did do him any good in achieving his purpose, but he did attend a military school, and when he received a commission in the army he worked hard for advancement. After gaining prominence and leadership he began to realize his object. These are only a few examples of the many. All great and successful people have at an early period of their life designated something specific that they wanted to be or to accomplish, and worked along those lines. Not every one reaches the goal he is headed for. Some start out to be something and end up in jail or vagabonds, but if one starts out as a mechanic and ends up as a professional, he has fundamentally and virtually accomplished his object. HYDE PARK NEWS Sunday morning, we learn, in front of a Greek restaurant, 5508 Lake Park avenue, a Colored woman about 25 years of age was taken into custody for drawing a revolver on a young Colored man about the same age. Seemingly, the old adage is true, "It never rains without it pours." The Hyde Park Charity Club convened at the residence of Mrs. Webber, on Kenwood avenue, for the purpose of electing officers. The following were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. Bessie Perkins, president; Mrs. Nettie Merritt, vice-president; Mrs. Annie L. Shelby, secretary. The quarterly meeting of the A. M. E. church was held at 5626 Lake Park avenue last Sunday afternoon. A large number were present and enjoyed the services. Dr. Carter preached the sermon. Dr. Cook, the presiding elder, preached both morning and evening. His subject in the evening was "Heartfelt Acquaintance with God.". The Christian Endeavor Society of the Hyde Park A. M. E. church will celebrate their first anniversary, and the presentation of the district banner for the best report given in the district by the district superintendent, Mr. Robert Glover. A splendid program is anticipated, and a large audience is expected to attend the exercises. Mrs. E. H. Brown is the prea ident of the Hyde Park society. Rev. W. H. Griffin, pastor. The white girl waitresses who displaced the Colored boys two months ago at the Gladstone hotel, were not acceptable to the guests of the hostelry and were replaced last week by another crew of Colored waiters, with Mr. John Thompson, formerly of the Auditorium hotel cafe, as head waiter. Mr. Thompson is one of the most capable and experienced young men in the profession. There will be no excuse if he does not make good, because he is well qualified to fill the bill. Mr. Benjamin, our friend from the West Indies, is now at 5519 Kenwood avenue. Y. M. C. A. BANQUET. The membership campaign of the Y. M. C. A located at 38th street and Wabash avenue was started at a banquet given at that institution Tuesday evening. Tables were spread for 150, and every plate was taken. Three persons took out a senior membership, fourteen regular membership, and about twenty-two the social membership. The toastmaster was Dr. Hall, its president. Mr. A. L. Jackson, the new secretary, was the principal speaker. From what the writer could glean from the meeting, the officials seem to be smarting under the unkindly criticism coming from those who should be putting their shoulders to the wheel and help make the institution what the friends and donors expect it to be. The officers are working overtime trying to keep the good name of the Christian Negro of Chicago intact. They are asking for the co-operation of every Colored man in this city, by taking out a social membership, which is only two dollars. The slogan is five thousand members this year, and from the activity of the new secretary, Mr. Jackson, I believe they are going to get the number. The membership campaign is on: watch it grow. At this reception many of our most prominent citizens took out membership and paid up in full. A snap-shot scene was taken and the representatives of the Colored press will be conspicuously seen in full view. We contemplated to publish the speeches, but took this method of boosting the campaign, which to our way of thinking is the most useful and effective. The report was fine and pleasing, and those who were present were more than satisfied and all of one accord voiced the sentiments expressed by the officials. Let the membership campaign proceed. MRS. S. J. CARTER, THE POPULAR CATERESS. Mrs. S. J. Carter, better known as the proprietor of the "Villa Carter" Caterer, located at 3256 Rhodes avenue, whose service is known far and near by the best people of our country, has also taken charge of the cafe department of the Chateau on 35th street, number 346 East 35th street. Her 35 cent dinners during the week cannot be beat, and her 50 cent dinners on Sundays cannot be surpassed. The fact that she is in charge is enough to say to the patrons who know her. Arrangements can be made with her for parties, small or large, wedding breakfasts or evening suppers or banquets. Her prices are reasonable, and her services are of the best. Regular meals are served at the Chateau from 4 p. m. in the afternoon to 8 p. m. in the evening. Don't forget that Mrs. Carter of the Villa Carter is in charge. Leon Bailey, of Buster and Bailey's team, who has just spent a successful seven years' trip touring Europe, at our headquarters at the Crystal Printing Office, 3315 State street, and found him to be a wide-awake young chap. The critics say he is the only Colored stage artist who can fill the late Geo. Walker's shoes. The Grand has recalled him back for another engagement. He feels that the time will come again when the Colored artist of the stage will come back to his own. The Griffin sisters are here from the East, and are in the best of health. They are glad to learn that we have a Colored alderman in the person of Mr. DePriest, since we did not get Mr. Chas. A. Griffin, their choice. They are expecting to open a large theater here in the black belt. These two aggressive Colored women of the 20th century are doing much for the Colored actors by establishing a chain of playhouses throughout the East and the West for their employment. Let us have more like the Griffin sisters. The political pot is steaming in the second ward, most especially in the second senatorial district, where the political chemist has found a new formulae of succession. It is a combination of heartychokes, huckleberries, persimmons and poison oaks. A peculiar mixture, to be sure, but we are told that the political doctor has accepted this formulae for a cure for our old friend, Major R. E. Jackson, who represents this district in the 49th general assembly. He says, however, "That he will retain his old family physician, provided, that the new formulae is a cure which spells harmony."3 SCARLET FEVER. Searlet fever is an acute infectious disease with a variety of signs or symptoms which will cause the casual observer to mistake it for other diseases. Its chief victim is found in the young, the children; although it may attack adults. Children at the breast are rarely subject to the disease. Its principal symptoms are a skin inflammation, a rash and an angry looking inflammation of the throat and tonsil. In the sixteenth century Ingrasseas of Naples and Coyttar of Poitiers recognized the disease. Sydenham described it in 1675 under the name of febris scarlatina. The definite cause of the disorder is not known. It is supposed to be a germ and because the streptococcus pyogenes is found in the blood of the victims during life and after death frequently, it is supposed to be the causative germ. Since the streptococcus pyogenes is constantly present in the throat in severe cases, it is certain that that microorganism plays an important part in the poisons that prostrate the patients. It is a widespread disease; it occurs in nearly all parts of the earth and attacks all race varieties. It varies greatly in the intensity of the outbreaks. Some years it is mild and in others it is fearfully malignant. Sporadic cases occur from time to time; again epidemics are frequent. Ninety per cent of the cases that produce death occur before the tenth year of life. The children are more liable to measles than scarlatina. There is family susceptibility as has been observed when four or five members of the same family are killed by the disease in rapid succession. Some individuals possess immunity. An attack usually confers subsequent immunity; but there have been what is considered by the highest authorities one or two recurrences. Some authorities consider such so-called recurrences a skin disease that resembles scarlet fever; it is called acute exfoliating dermatitis. The disease is probably spread by the secretions of the nose and throat as well as by the breathing mechanism or respiratory tract. Of late years it is a custom to regard all cases of sore throat or inflammatory conditions of the tonails and fauces of mild type as means of spreading the disease. In this way it seems to be spread in the schools. It has been noted that when the schools are not in session, the disease is not so prevalent. There is thought to be a fruitful source of contagion in the scaling which is of several weeks' duration. The disease is [Name] [Picture of a man with a mustache and a suit]. MR. JUSTICE EDWARD OSGOOD BROWN President of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Colored People, who has always been a true free American race, and in his race for re-election as one of the circuit court he should heartily receive the votes of all the their politics or nationality who are in favor of liberty and President of the Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colorad People, who has always been a true friend of the Afro-American race, and in his race for reelection as one of the judges of the circuit court he should heartily receive the votes of all those regardless of their politics or nationality who are in favor of liberty and justice. [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. said to be spread by a contaminated milk supply. The streptococcus progenes has been traced in the milk through the various channels from a case to the dairy, it having been demonstrated that persons connected with the milk supply had the germ in their excreta. The onset of scarlet fever is as a rule sudden. There is often a preceding indisposition which is hardly noticeable. Convulsions are common early in the disorder. Sometimes the disease is ushered in with a chill. Vomiting is a frequent early manifestation. The fever is high and rises rapidly. Cough is not so frequent and the catarral symptoms are rare. The skin is dry; the tongue is furred, later it becomes red, which has evoked the term "rasberry" or "strawberry" tongue. The eruption, which sometimes does not appear, begins on the neck and chest and extends so rapidly that by the evening of the second day it may have invaded the entire skin. It has a vivid scarlet hue at its height; the color of the rash is distinctively characteristic of scarlatina and absolutely unlike that of any other eruptive disease. After persisting for two or three days the rash gradually fades. The eruption may not appear upon the face while visible corporally. By the seventh or eighth day the rash has disappeared. With the disappearance of the rash, the upper layer of the cuticle begins to separate. It begins at the neck and chest and flakes are gradually detached. The complications and sequelae are kidney involvement, heart involvement, joint inflammation, ear trouble, enlargement of the glands of the neck sloughing of anatomical structures in or about the throat, acute bronchitis and broncho-pneumonia, paralysis and nervous complications, such as mala and melancholia. The intense throat symptoms and high fever lead us to suspect the co-existence of diphtheria. The two disorders have much in common. The death rate of this disease has been falling off of late years. The younger the child the greater the danger. The most unfavorable symptoms are high fever, hemorrhages, suppression of urine, which often proves rapidly fatal, laryngeal obstruction and suppuration of the cervical glands or cerebral bubo. The successful cure depends upon the physician's care and the strict carrying out of his instructions. School inspection will prevent children spreading the disease; in like manner the disease may be nipped in the bud. ```markdown ``` National Association for the Advance always been a true friend of the Afro- preelection as one of the judges of the five the votes of all those regardless of in favor of liberty and justice. ```markdown ``` MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON One of the most gallant members of the ered himself over with undying glor bill, which was skillfully drawn by One of the most gallant members of the Illinois legislature, who this week covered himself over with undying glory in securing the passage of his race film bill, which was skillfully drawn by Attorney Walter M. Farmer of Chicago THE REPORT OF THE AMATEUR MINSTREL CLUB. The Amateur Minstrel Club made their annual donation to the Old Folks' Home Friday night at the Y. M. C. A. The Home was represented by Mr. S. R. Johnson; president; W. H. Yancy, secretary; Jas. W. Camp, treasurer, and Mr. F. L. Cuffee. Mr. H. H. Horsby, assistant secretary of the Minstrel Club, read the report which showed over $200 increased expenses over last year. On three items—hall, stage and music—amounted to $180 more than last year. The Minstrel Club through their president, C. S. Washington, presented to the board of trustees a check for $300 on Jesse Binga's bank. The check was greatly appreciated and will help to reduce their indebtedness, which is over $1,000. The Minstrel Club wishes to thank the public and the press for their support; also the eighth regiment for the chairs and repurchaseing the stage for $20, which helped to reduce the expenses. Following is the treasurer's report: RECEIPTS. Balance from 1914.....$ 37.90 Paid at the door.....186.00 Punch bowl.....57.25 Cloak room.....35.40 Programs.....26.87 Tickets by members.....155.00 Mailing list.....134.00 Sale of stage.....20.00 $652.42 EXPENSES. Rent of 8th Reg. Hall.$100.00 Music.....67.00 Building stage.....70.00 Costumes.....13.55 Cloak attend.....10.00 Frozen Arts Co.....12.35 Rent for rehearsal.....16.50 Printing.....34.00 Newspaper haul., etc. 26.58 $349.48 $302.94 To Old Home.....300.00 $ 2.94 THE FOLLOWING LETTER EXPLAINS ITSELF. Chicago, Ill. May 15, 1915. To the Officers and Members of the Amateur Minstrels: We the board of directors of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People extend to you our sincere gratitude for your liberal donation of $300.00. Words are inadequate to express our appreciation. If we had a few others who would follow the example laid down by you, viz., giving us a yearly donation, we would be able to make it one of the finest institutions of its kind in the state. We sincerely hope that others will follow your example. Again the board of directors will vote. Again thanking you, we remain yours for the success of the Home. W. H. YANCY, Secretary. JAS. W. CAMP, Treas. NICE FURNISHED BOOMS TO RENT. For rent—Nicely furnished rooms, hot and cold water, all conveniences; for mon only. E. Hardin, 3144 Rhodes avenue. Notice—A six-room flat for rent at 6044 Ada street, including toilet and bath; everything in first-class condition. Good neighborhood and congenial neighbor. Elevated and surface lines just two blocks away. Only $14. Apply on the premises. FLAT FOR RENT e Illinois legislature, who this week cov in securing the passage of his race film Attorney Walter M. Farmer of Chicago. Mr. Nat Jones of 248 E. 35th St., has left the city for Grand Rapids, Mich., to spend his vacation. We wish for him a pleasant trip. Mr. W. A. Wallace, president of the Colored Political League, will address the Star Literary Club Sunday at 4 p. m. at Ebenezer Baptist church, 35th and Dearborn streets. Subject, "Going Forward." We are sorry to note that the very dear son of Rev. J. C. Anderson, pastor of Quinn chapel, is at this writing a very sick young man. We wish for him a full and complete recovery. Captain Anderson, ex-chaplain of the U. S. Army, 10th Calvary, is in the city, and paid a glorious tribute to the Colored soldiers of the United States Army at the Institutional Church, 38th and Dearborn streets, last week. We happened to meet on the surface car the other day our old friend, Harrison Stewart, just from the East. Things looked somewhat blue to us at the time, when he said: "Cheer up, old chap; that won't do for a newspaper man; just keep up that Pekin smile." Mr. John Andrews, who was considered one of the best cafe waiters in Chicago, and who has been away in the West and East for some time, has just returned from Philadelphia, Pa. He is looking around and expects to invest in business here. "A thousand hard earned dollars given to Fisk University by Mrs. Dismukes of Nashville, Tenn." A laundress in Fisk University, who out of her small means gave $1,000 toward a music building for Fisk, a splendid sacrifice, a monumental endeavor, a wonderful example of chivalry. Forty-nine thousand others are necessary to have if the building is to be realized. But Mrs. Dismukes has infinite faith that others will give them. She has for four years given her monthly salary to this institution; she had given them the amount of her pledge. This is a worthy sacrifice, worthy of the highest consideration. The management of the beautiful Hotel Lincoln at Arverne, L. I., has formed a plan for making Decoration Day one of the "gala events" of its summer season. The building, which stands in striking contrast with its new bright, white decoration, both interior and exterior, against its color scheme of somber hue of last summer, has been made over into the last word in hotel perfection. Announcement cards have been sent out, giving a schedule of feature attractions, among which will be dancing and musical festivities for Saturday, May 28th Sunday, May 29th, guests will be entertained with an elaborate program of music. Monday, Decoration Day, dancing festivities will be resumed. A large tennis court is being laid out for the free use of the hotel's guests. ANNUAL MAY BALL Eighth Regiment Ill. National Guard New Armory, 35th St. and Forest Ave. Monday Evening, May 24, 1915. Presentation of long and honorable service medals and rifle decorations. DANCING. Admission.....50 cts. CHIPS --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO; MAY 22, 1915 Major Robert R. Jackson Secured the Passage of The Race Film Bill, Baring the "Nigger,' Thomas Dixon's "Clansman," or "The Birth of a Nation" Tuesday, May 18, 1915, was a red letter day for Major Robert R. Jackson who honorably represents one of the most exclusive districts in this state, the Kenwood district, who secured the passage of the following bill which was brought forth by Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 West Washington street, this city. One hundred and eleven members voted in its favor, while two voted against its passage. A BILL For an Act to prohibit Acts tending to incite ill-feeling or prejudice or to ridicule or disparage others on account of race. Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any corporation, person or combination of persons who shall advertise, publish, present or exhibit or cause to be advertised, published, presented or exhibited, in any public place in this State, any lithograph, drawing, picture, play, drama or sketch, that tends to incite race riot or race hatred; or that shall represent or purport to represent any hanging, lynching or burning of any human being, incited by race hatred, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and The Writers. Mr. Hall Caine began life as an architect. St. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, is now seventy years old. As a young man Mr. William Watson, like many of his craft, had some difficulty in making his way. His first volume of poems was published at his father's expense, and ten years later not twenty copies had been sold. Mrs. Mary Gaunt, explorer and author, recently returned to London after long and arduous travels in Asia. Her most remarkable feat was the journey up the river Amur a distance of nearly 2,000 miles, during which she visited the former convict colony of Saghallien, being the first Englishwoman to make the visit. The Cookbook For a small cake or cookies have a hot oven; for a large, rich cake, a slow oven. In making a plain omelet it is better to add hot water than milk, as it makes it much more tender. Put a handful of ralsins on top of apples when baking your apple pies. This gives them a fine flavor. A steaming hot dish of baked or boiled macaroni dressed with cream and grated cheese is a very good substitute for meat. Overboiled potatoes, placed in a cloth and squeezed hard, can be mixed with flour or barley meal and made into scones. They should be toasted and eaten with butter. Flippant Flings Thank goodness, Switzerland is not laying in a stock of submarines!—Philadelphia Record. Congress is going to have an electrical device for use in recording votes taken at the sessions. Time thus saved can be devoted to talking—Detroit News. Now it is declared that Mrs. Christopher Colurbus discovered America. They'll be selling us next that Mrs. Noah built the ark—Detroit Free Press. China may have a few diplomatic cards up her sleeve, but the advantages afforded by a Japanese kimono are not to be overlooked.—Washington Post. Echoes of the War. Each party is willing to make peace at once-on its own terms.-Philadelphia Record. Neutrality might now be defined as an attitude that is equally offensive to all the belligerents.-Chicago News. There are a good many authorities telling us what is going to happen after the war. But wouldn't it be more to the point if somebody could say when after the war will be—Philadelphia Press. fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. Speech Fires House. Major Jackson made the speech of his life which set the members of the house and the many visitors on fire, causing them to stand up on their feet all the time he was speaking, winning a decisive victory over those who were attempting to defeat the bill. In closing he maintained that the moving picture interests were behind the effort to kill his bill. The measure prohibits the exhibition of any film that shows a lynching or unlawful hanging and is based on the theory that presentation of such pictures tends to race hatred and to rioting. Calls Bill Too Sweeping. Representative Louis J. Pierson of Wilmette led the fight against the bill. He made an extended argument, alleging that the bill as drawn affects much more than the Negro race difficulties. He contended in his speech that the bill if it becomes a law prohibits in a religious way the use of any reproduction of the crucifixion in any church, any film which would raise the racial issue in any form, and in effect would put the movies out of business. SIRES AND SONS Like Caruso, Sir Edward Elgar, the famous musician, is gifted with the pencil and is an excellent caricaturist. Rene Vidal, a French reserve soldier, received 138 distinct wounds from the explosion of a shrapnel shell. He is living. Gustav Lindenthal, who is building the Hell Gate bridge at New York, the greatest structure of the kind in the world, which will have a length of three and one-half miles, is an Austrian by birth. General von Schubert, of whom little is heard, has won great honors in the present war. His official title is general of the artillery of the German army, and to him more than to any other one person is due the credit for the manner in which the German artillery has performed the work mapped out for it in the war thus far. Thomas Benton Howard, who has just attained the rank of admiral under the operation of the new law creating this rank, graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1873. He took part in the battle of Manila Bay as navigator of the Concord and later served with the Charleston and the Monadnock during the Philippine insurrection. English Etchings. Altogether seven Englishmen have been knighted for acting. There are 17,000,000 acres of waste land in the United Kingdom. The ribbon of the Victoria cross is crimson for the army and dark blue for the navy. No foreigners have ever been admitted to the freedom of the city of London, as they are unable to declare allegiance to the sovereign. The largest single dock enclosed by artificial walls in Great Britain is at Newport, Monmouthshire. Its total water area is 110 acres and its dimensions 4,000 feet long by about 1,000 feet wide. Household Hints. Every cellar should be alred and suned often. Use paper bags for covering pitchers with food in them. When you paste labels on glass jars that are used for spices or cereals put the labels on the inside. They will stay more securely. To put a new wick in any lamp burner quickly thread a needle first, run the thread across the wick and pass needle through burner. 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. After a woman becomes the wife of a great man she wonders what causes his greatness to evaporate. The fellow who starts out to find a new home always discovers that somebody is living in the house he wants to rent. Statisticians announce that on April 4 the population of the United States reached an even 100,000,000. Those who doubt it are privileged to count HOTEL LIN (American on European Plan) HOTEL LINCOLN Arverne, L. I. Phone 1417 Hammel Arverne, L. I. Phone 1417 Hammel Apparently a man never gets to be so old that he ceases to be surprised when women's fashions change. Do not allow the making of plans for tomorrow to interfere with doing what you planned yesterday to do today. One dollar spent on the prevention of disease will bring bigger dividends to any town than $10 spent on relief or cure. The figuring of war indemnities will represent one of the biggest tasks the expert accountants have had to undertake. Warmbad has just appeared on the war map. As it is located in equatorial Africa the name can't be ascribed to inefficient heating. Garrett Serviss says the latest aeroplane is like a winged lobster. If he'll now tell us what a winged lobster is like our stock of information will be complete. Timely Tips. Now comes the season when the Sunday automobile accidents crowd the Monday morning papers.—Philadelphia Ledger. The American spirit of restlessness is typified by impatient search for last year's rod and line.—Baltimore American. It is time to clean up back yards and front yards. In fact it is always time to clean up yards.—Albany Knickerbocker Press. Swat the files before they are born. You can do that by swatting the fifty places where the files are hatched and brought into existence by the hundred thousand to torment humanity.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Animal Oddities The queen-bee lays 200 eggs a day. The swallow has a larger mouth in proportion to its size than any other bird. The sea elephant uses its trunk to seize its prey and to transfer food to its mouth, just as does its brother which roams the land. A hawk can spy a lark on earth almost exactly the same color at twenty times the distance at which it is perceptible to a man or dog. The roar of a lion can be heard farther off than the sound of any other creature. Next come the cries of the hyena, the screech owl, the panther and the jackal in succession. Flippant Flings. Sherman omitted to go on record about neutrality.—Wall Street Journal. The highest ambition of the Panama canal seems to be to act as much like a folding bed as a canal can act.—Chicago Herald. Philadelphia is to teach geography by moving pictures. That is about the only way to keep up with European geography.—Indianapolis News. We shall miss having to listen to people who have been to Europe this summer, but already people who have seen the San Francisco fair are returning.—Detroit Free Press. Short Stories Reindeer are more numerous in Norway than horses. The services of about 70,000 are required to take a census of this country. In the United States there are 6,861,502 farms, with a total acreage of 878,798,825. There are now sixty-seven bird reserves in the United States where wild fowl may live unmolested. A law in Montreal compels the bakers of that city to stamp on each loaf its weight and their initials. Recent Inventions. Paper clubs for policemen, practically indestructible, have been invented by an Englishman. A cone shaped adjustable cover has been invented that will fit any ordinary sized cooking utensil. A gas motor has been invented that automatically prints bills for the gas that has passed through it when a lever is pressed. Two Wisconsin inventors have patented a kerosene lamp that is automatically extinguished if upset or even lifted from a support. PAGE FIVE THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and as all time uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Priest, Indies, Single Taxes, Republiann, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6523 ST. LAWRENCE AVE. CHICAGO, IL PHONE WENTWORTH 2587. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered no Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1903, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. REMOVAL NOTICE From on and after this date, all letters or other mail matter intended for Julius F. Taylor or Mrs. Annie E. Taylor or The Broad Ax, should be addressed to 6532 St. Lawrence Ave., Jackson Park station. Phone Wentworth 2597. PITH AND POINT. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to wish him good luck. "Love just happens," says a woman writer. So do mistakes. Only those who hesitate can have the benefit of second thought. Swimming the English channel is not a very popular sport just now. It is better to take up another line of work than to remain in the "has been" class. While a man knows that he pays high for experience, he keeps on buying it. Sometimes a man just pays you a compliment when he owes you real money. Huerta says this is a great nation. It was a trifle too great for Huerta's own good. Every young man should understand that his dead ancestors cannot hold his job for him. Fools not only rush in where angels fear to tread, but they sometimes get away with it. Possibly a cleanup week in the Balkans would go far toward dispelling the typhus plague. BRIGHT BRIEFS. Peace continues to be an increasing long felt want. _ The one who hesitates may lose a good opportunity. _ The man who is too proud to ask for favors doesn't get many. _ The world owes every man a living, but doesn't furnish a collector. _ To be content with what you have imagine how you would feel if you had lost it. _ Stock Exchange seats are about to be listed once more among the seats of the mighty. _ It is never easy to find a good excuse for not doing something that should have been done. _ It is better to live within your pay envelope, even at the risk of being known as a cheap skate. LINCOLN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Combines the restful quiet of the country and seashore with the galeries of a great city. Only a few minutes' ride by train separates New York City from this delightful spot. Hotel Lincoln is within three minutes' walk of the Beach, where there is boating, bathing and fishing; 26 magnificently appointed rooms, single or en suite. Every convenience to suit the most exacting. Excellent Cuisine, Moderate Rates, Best of Service. For information write one 1417 Hammel C. A. BRECKENRIDGE Proprietor 1930 MAJOR ROBERT B. JACKSON One of the most gallant members of the ered himself over with undying glo bill, which was skillfully drawn by One of the most gallant members of the Illinois legislature, who this week covered himself over with undying glory in securing the passage of his race film bill, which was skillfully drawn by Attorney Walter M. Farmer of Chicago THE REPORT OF THE AMATEUR MINSTREL CLUB. The Amateur Minstrel Club made their annual donation to the Old Folks' Home Friday night at the Y. M. C. A. The Home was represented by Mr. S. R. Johnson, president; W. H. Yancy, secretary; Jas. W. Camp, treasurer, and Mr. F. L. Cuffee. Mr. H. H. Horsby, assistant secretary of the Minstrel Club, read the report which showed over $200 increased expenses over last year. On three items—hall, stage and music—amounted to $180 more than last year. The Minstrel Club through their president, C. S. Washington, presented to the board of trustees a check for $300 on Jesse Biuga's bank. The check was greatly appreciated and will help to reduce their indebtedness, which is over $1,000. The Minstrel Club wishes to thank the public and the press for their support; also the eighth regiment for the chairs and repurchasing the stage for $20, which helped to reduce the expenses. Following is the treasurer's report: RECEIPTS. Balance from 1914...$ 37.90 Paid at the door...186.00 Punch bowl...57.25 Cloak room...35.40 Programs...26.87 Tickets by members...155.00 Mailing list...134.00 Sale of stage...20.00 Rent of 8th Reg. Hall. $100.00 Music ..... 67.00 Building stage ..... 70.00 Costumes ..... 13.55 Cloak attend ..... 10.00 Frozen Arts Co. ..... 12.35 Rent for rehearsal ..... 16.50 Printing ..... 34.00 Newspaper haul., etc. ..... 26.58 $349.48 $302.94 To Old Home ..... 300.00 $ 2.94 Bal. for 1915. THE FOLLOWING LETTER EXPLAINS ITSLEF. Chicago, Ill. May 15, 1915. To the Officers and Members of the Amateur Minstrels: We the board of directors of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People extend to you our sincere gratitude for your liberal donation of $300.00. Words are inadequate to express our appreciation. If we had a few others who would follow the example laid down by you, viz., giving us a yearly donation, we would be able to make it one of the finest institutions of its kind in the state. We sincerely hope that others will follow your example. Again thanking you, we remain yours Again thanking you, we remain yours for the success of the Home. S. R. J. HONNSON, President. EDWARD WASHINGTON, Vice-President. W. H. YANCY, Secretary. JAS. W. CAMP, Treas. NICE FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT. For rent—Nicely furnished rooms, hot and cold water, all conveniences; for men only. E. Hardin, 3144 Rhodes avenue. Notice—A six-room flat for rent at 6044 Ada street, including toilet and bath; everything in first-class condition. Good neighborhood and congenial neighbors. Elevated and surface lines just two blocks away. Only $14. Apply on the premises. FLAT FOR RENT. e Illinois legislature, who this week covy in securing the passage of his race film Attorney Walter M. Farmer of Chicago. Mr. Nat Jones of 248 E. 35th St., has left the city for Grand Rapids, Mich., to spend his vacation. We wish for him a pleasant trip. Mr. W. A. Wallace, president of the Colored Political League, will address the Star Literary Club Sunday at 4 p. m. at Ebenezer Baptist church, 35th and Dearborn streets. Subject, "Going Forward." We are sorry to note that the very dear son of Rev. J. C. Anderson, pastor of Quinn chapel, is at this writing a very sick young man. We wish for him a full and complete recovery. Captain Anderson, ex-chaplain of the U. S. Army, 10th Calvary, is in the city, and paid a glorious tribute to the Colored soldiers of the United States Army at the Institutional Church, 38th and Dearborn streets, last week. We happened to meet on the surface car the other day our old friend, Harrison Stewart, just from the East. Things looked somewhat blue to us at the time, when he said: "Cheer up, old chap; that won't do for a newspaper man; just keep up that Pekin smile." Mr. John Andrews, who was considered one of the best cafe waiters in Chicago, and who has been away in the West and East for some time, has just returned from Philadelphia, Pa. He is looking around and expects to invest in business here. "A thousand hard earned dollars given to Fisk University by Mrs. Dismukes of Nashville, Tenn." A laundress in Fisk University, who out of her small means gave $1,000 toward a music building for Fisk, a splendid sacrifice, a monumental endeavor, a wonderful example of chivalry. Forty-nine thousand others are necessary to have if the building is to be realized. But Mrs. Dismukes has infinite faith that others will give them. She has for four years given her monthly salary to this institution; she had given them the amount of her pledge. This is a worthy sacrifice, worthy of the highest consideration. The management of the beautiful Hotel Lincoln at Arverne, L. I., has formed a plan for making Decoration Day one of the "gala events" of its summer season. The building, which stands in striking contrast with its new bright, white decoration, both interior and exterior, against its color scheme of somber hue of last summer, has been made over into the last word in hotel perfection. Announcement cards have been sent out, giving a schedule of feature attractions, among which will be dancing and musical festivities for Saturday, May 28th Sunday, May 29th, guests will be entertained with an elaborate program of music. Monday, Decoration Day, dancing festivities will be resumed. A large tennis court is being laid out for the free use of the hotel's guests. ANNUAL MAY BALL Eighth Regiment III. National Guard New Armory, 95th St. and Forest Ave. Presentation of long and honorable service medals and rifle decorations. DANCING. Admission.....50 cts. CHIPS THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO; MAY 22, 1915 Major Robert R. Jackson Secured the Passage of The Race Film Bill, Baring the "Nigger,' Thomas Dixon's "Clansman," or "The Birth of a Nation" Tuesday, May 18, 1915, was a red letter day for Major Robert R. Jackson who honorably represents one of the most exclusive districts in this state, the Kenwood district, who secured the passage of the following bill which was brought forth by Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 West Washington street, this city. One hundred and eleven members voted in its favor, while two voted against its passage. A BILL For an Act to prohibit Acts tending to incite ill-feeling or prejudice or to ridicule or disparage others on account of race. Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any corporation, person or combination of persons who shall advertise, publish, present or exhibit or cause to be advertised, published, presented or exhibited, in any public place in this State, any lithograph, drawing, picture, play, drama or sketch, that tends to incite race riot or race hatred; or that shall represent or purport to represent any hanging, lynching or burning of any human being, incited by race hatred, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and The Writers. Mr. Hall Caine began life as an architect. St. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, is now seventy years old. As a young man Mr. William Watson, like many of his craft, had some difficulty in making his way. His first volume of poems was published at his father's expense, and ten years later not twenty copies had been sold. Mrs. Mary Gaunt, explorer and author, recently returned to London after long and arduous travels in Asia. Her most remarkable feat was the journey up the river Amur a distance of nearly 2,000 miles, during which she visited the former convict colony of Saghallen, being the first Englishwoman to make the visit. The Cookbook. For a small cake or cookies have a hot oven; for a large, rich cake, a slow oven. In making a plain omelet it is better to add hot water than milk, as it makes it much more tender. Put a handful of raisins on top of apples when baking your apple pies. This gives them a fine flavor. A steaming hot dish of baked or boiled macaroni dressed with cream and grated cheese is a very good substitute for meat. Overboiled potatoes, placed in a cloth and squeezed hard, can be mixed with flour or barley meal and made into scones. They should be toasted and eaten with butter. Flippant Flings. Thank goodness, Switzerland is not laying in a stock of submarines!—Philadelphia Record. Congress is going to have an electrical device for use in recording votes taken at the sessions. Time thus saved can be devoted to talking—Detroit News. Now it is declared that Mrs. Christopher Columbus discovered America. They'll be telling us next that Mrs. Noah built the ark—Detroit Free Press. China may have a few diplomatic cards up her sleeve, but the advantages afforded by a Japanese kimono are not to be overlooked.—Washington Post. Echoes of the War. Each party is willing to make peace at once-on its own terms.—Philadelphia Record. Neutrality might now be defined as an attitude that is equally offensive to all the belligerents.—Chicago News. Possibly more peace talk would be audible if the warring nations would still their cannon fire for a few moments.—Detroit News. There are a good many authorities telling us what is going to happen after the war. But wouldn't it be more to the point if somebody could say when after the war will be?—Philadelphia Press. fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. Speech Fires House. Major Jackson made the speech of his life which set the members of the house and the many visitors on fire, causing them to stand up on their feet all the time he was speaking, winning a decisive victory over those who were attempting to defeat the bill. In closing he maintained that the moving picture interests were behind the effort to kill his bill. The measure prohibits the exhibition of any film that shows a lynching or unlawful hanging and is based on the theory that presentation of such pictures tends to race hatred and to rioting. Calls Bill Too Sweeping. Representative Louis J. Pierson of Wilmette led the fight against the bill. He made an extended argument, alleging that the bill as drawn affects much more than the Negro race difficulties. He contended in his speech that the bill if it becomes a law prohibits in a religious way the use of any reproduction of the crucifixion in any church, any film which would raise the racial issue in any form, and in effect would put the movies out of business. SIRES AND SONS. Like Caruso, Sir Edward Elgar, the famous musician, is gifted with the pencil and is an excellent caricaturist. Rene Vidal, a French reserve soldier, received 138 distinct wounds from the explosion of a shrapnel shell. He is living. Gustav Lindenthal, who is building the Hell Gate bridge at New York, the greatest structure of the kind in the world, which will have a length of three and one-half miles, is an Austrian by birth. General von Schubert, of whom little is heard, has won great honors in the present war. His official title is general of the artillery of the German army, and to him more than to any other one person is due the credit for the manner in which the German artillery has performed the work mapped out for it in the war thus far. Thomas Benton Howard, who has just attained the rank of admiral under the operation of the new law creating this rank, graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1873. He took part in the battle of Manfla Bay as navigator of the Concord and later served with the Charleston and the Monadnock during the Philippine insurrection. English Etchings. Altogether seven Englishmen have been knighted for acting. There are 17,000,000 acres of waste land in the United Kingdom. The ribbon of the Victoria cross is crimson for the army and dark blue for the navy. No foreigners have ever been admitted to the freedom of the city of London, as they are unable to declare allegiance to the sovereign. The largest single dock enclosed by artificial walls in Great Britain is at Newport, Monmouthshire. Its total water area is 110 acres and its dimensions 4,000 feet long by about 1,000 feet wide. Household Hints Every cellar should be alred and sunned often. Use paper bags for covering pitchers with food in them. When you paste labels on glass jars that are used for spices or cereals put the labels on the inside. They will stay more securely. To put a new wick in any lamp burner quickly thread a needle first, run the thread across the wick and pass needle through burner. Use no soap on window glass. Use old muslin and clean soft water. A cotton cloth dipped in a little alcohol will add brilliance to the final rub. After a woman becomes the wife of a great man she wonders what causes his greatness to evaporate. The fellow who starts out to find a new home always discovers that somebody is living in the house he wants to rent. Statisticians announce that on April 4 the population of the United States reached an even 100,000,000. Those who doubt it are privileged to count noses. HOTEL LINCOLN Arverne, L. J. Phone 1417 Apparently a man never gets to be so old that he ceases to be surprised when women's fashions change. Do not allow the making of plans for tomorrow to interfere with doing what you planned yesterday to do today. One dollar spent on the prevention of disease will bring bigger dividends to any town than $10 spent on relief or cure. The figuring of war indemnities will represent one of the biggest tasks the expert accountants have had to undertake. Warmbad has just appeared on the war map. As it is located in equatorial Africa the name can't be ascribed to inefficient heating. Garrett Serviss says the latest aeroplane is like a winged lobster. If he'll now tell us what a winged lobster is like our stock of information will be complete. Timely Tips. Now comes the season when the Sunday automobile accidents crowd the Monday morning papers.—Philadelphia Ledger. The American spirit of restlessness is typified by impatient search for last year's rod and line.—Baltimore American. It is time to clean up back yards and front yards. In fact it is always time to clean up yards.—Albany Knickerbocker Press. Swat the files before they are beam. You can do that by swatting the fifty places where the files are hatched and brought into existence by the hundred thousand to torment humanity.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Animal Oddities The queen-bee lays 200 eggs a day. The swallow has a larger mouth in proportion to its size than any other bird. The sea elephant uses its trunk to seize its prey and to transfer food to its mouth, just as does its brother which roams the land. A hawk can spy a lark on earth almost exactly the same color at twenty times the distance at which it is perceptible to a man or dog. The roar of a lion can be heard farther off than the sound of any other creature. Next come the cries of the hyena, the screech owl, the panther and the jackal in succession. Flippant Flings. Sherman omitted to go on record about neutrality.—Wall Street Journal. The highest ambition of the Panama canal seems to be to act as much like a folding bed as a canal can act.—Chicago Herald. Philadelphia is to teach geography by moving pictures. That is about the only way to keep up with European geography.—Indianapolis News. We shall miss having to listen to people who have been to Europe this summer, but already people who have seen the San Francisco fair are returning.—Detroit Free Press. Short Stories. Reindeer are more numerous in Norway than horses. The services of about 70,000 are required to take a census of this country. In the United States there are 6,361,502 farms, with a total acreage of 878,798,825. There are now sixty-seven bird reserves in the United States where wild fowl may live unmolested. A law in Montreal compels the bakers of that city to stamp on each loaf its weight and their initials. Recent Inventions. Paper clubs for policemen, practically indestructible, have been invented by an Englishman. A cone shaped adjustable cover has been invented that will fit any ordinary sized cooking utensil. A gas meter has been invented that automatically prints bills for the gas that has passed through it when a lever is pressed. Two Wisconsin inventors have patented a kerosene lamp that is automatically extinguished if upset or even lifted from a support. HOTEL (American or European Pla PAGE FIVE THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Anglicans, Single Taxes, Republians, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, over claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 6532 ST. LAWRENCE AVE., CHICAGO, ILL PHONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 18, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. REMOVAL NOTICE. From on and after this date, all letters or other mail matter intended for Julius F. Taylor or Mrs. Annie E. Taylor or The Broad Ax, should be addressed to 6532 St. Lawrence Ave., Jackson Park station. Phone Wentworth 2597. PITH AND POINT. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to wish him good luck. "Love just happens." says a woman writer. So do mistakes. Only those who hesitate can have the benefit of second thought. Swimming the English channel is not a very popular sport just now. It is better to take up another line of work than to remain in the "has been" class. While a man knows that he pays high for experience, he keeps on buying it. Sometimes a man just pays you a compliment when he owes you real money. Huerta says this is a great nation. It was a trifle too great for Huerta's own good. Every young man should understand that his dead ancestors cannot hold his job for him. Fools not only rush in where angels fear to tread, but they sometimes get away with it. Possibly a cleanup week in the Balkans would go far toward dispelling the typhus plague. BRIGHT BRIEFS. Peace continues to be an increasing long felt want. _____ The one who hesitates may lose a good opportunity. _____ The man who is too proud to ask for favors doesn't get many. _____ The world owes every man a living, but doesn't furnish a collector. _____ To be content with what you have imagine how you would feel if you had lost it. _____ Stock Exchange seats are about to be listed once more among the seats of the mighty. _____ It is never easy to find a good excuse for not doing something that should have been done. _____ It is better to live within your pay envelope, even at the risk of being known as a cheap skate. LINCOLN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Combines the restful quiet of the country and seashore with the galatiess of a great city. Only a few minutes' ride by train separates New York City from this delightful spot. Hotel Lincoln is within three minutes' walk of the Beach, where there is boating, bathing and fishing; 26 magnificently appointed rooms, single or en suite. Every convenience to suit the most exacting. Excellent Cuisine, Moderate Rates, Best of Service. For information write one 1417 Hammel G. A. BRECKENRIDGE Proprietor PAGE EDX ANCIENT YPRES NOW UTTERLY DESTROYED Former Capital of Flanders Center of Fierce Battles. The very ancient and historic city of Ypres is no more. It has been entirely destroyed during the hot fighting between the allies and the Germans that has raged about it. Its famous Cloth Hall and its ancient cathedral have been laid low in the dust, and scarce even the remains of a house are left standing. All the little suburbs and places in the district have also shared the sad fate of Ypres, whose destruction was completed when the city was swept by flames. Fanned by the wind and fed by scores of bombs fired into the ruins by the Germans. THE CHURCH Photo by American Press Association the vast conflagration spread until hardly a vestige of the old town remains. The town of Ypres is situated only twenty miles from the French frontier and was in olden times the capital of flourishing Flanders. Times were very troubled in those days, as they are just now, and Ypres took a prominent part in all the great events. The town was attacked by both the French and English with Ypres fighting sometimes on one side and sometimes on the other. It suffered greatly during the great religious wars of the middle ages, and nearly all the great armies of Europe have at one time or another marched through Ypres. In the fourteenth century it had 200,000 inhabitants, but at the opening of the present war it had barely 17,000. Its famous Cloth Hall and the Cathedral of St. Martin were its principal and most interesting structures. To Cloth Hall in the olden times cloth merchants came to sell their wares, and the building was the finest of its kind in all Belgium. A WOMAN OF' NERVE Mrs. Carman Throughout Her Two Trials Showed Remarkable Control. Again Mrs. Florence Carman has been brought into the fierce limelight of publicity through her second trial for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, who was shot to death in the anteroom of Dr. Carman's office in Freeport, N. Y. The first trial resulted in a disagreement, the second trial resulting in acquittal. In the second trial Mrs. Car Photo by American Press Association. man appeared in a measure to conduct her own case. She frequently gave advice to her lawyer and even took a hand in the selection of the jury. Throughout the two trials Mrs. Carman showed a remarkable control over her emotions and seemed more like an interested and intelligent spectator than like one who was playing the silent role as the defendant in a trial for murder. SIRES AND SONS. Mr. Lloyd-George was born in Manchester. A. J. Balfour, noted British politician, is now sixty-six. F. M. Ball has completed fifty years of service in the New York postoffice. Dr. Archibald M. Fauntieroy, surgeon attached to the Navy hospital at Washington, has been designated by Secretary Daniels to make an observation tour of the war hospitals of France, Belgium and England. Clarke Butler Whittier, successor to Judge Emlin McClaim as head of the law department of Leland Stanford university, graduated from that school in 1833. Since 1902 he has been professor of law at the University of Chicago. General Roger A. Pryor now lives in New York city, a hale and active citizen, although eighty-seven years of age. General Pryor, who was born in Virginia in 1828, was member, in turn, of the United States congress and Confederate congress and general in the Confederate army. Gustav Hollaender, one of the most potent musical educational factors in Germany, recently celebrated his sixty-eighth birthday. Twenty years ago he took over the Stern conservatory of Berlin. Last year it numbered some 1,400 pupils, with representatives from practically every civilized country in the world. Industrial Items. St. Paul shoe factories employ 2,500 persons. Forty per cent of New York city's factory workers have the eight hour day. The first inquiry in America into the wages of working girls was inaugurated in Massachusetts in 1911. With adequate provision to save all the benzol and tar liberated in American coke ovens, enough of the ten crudes could be secured to more than cover the world's consumption in making artificial dyestuffs. Recent Inventions Electrical machinery has been invented to reset the pins in bowling alleys. Shears of a new design have no finger loops, a spring opening the blades after they are pressed together. For the aid of cripples a Texas inventor has patented a crutch with a folding camp stool between its sides. The outer walls of a new safe are perforated to permit the gases of an explosion to escape and thereby thwart a burglar who tries to blow it open. Science Siftings It is normal for a man to breathe eighteen times a minute. If the sun were made of solid coal it would burn out in less than 5,000 years. A "foot pound" is the force exerted to raise one pound a perpendicular distance of one foot from the earth. A process has been discovered in Japan by which silkworms may be raised ten times a year instead of twice, as usual, and better silk produced. Pert Personals. Chauncey M. Depew has celebrated his eighty-first birthday and is now almost as old as some of his anecdotes.—Houston Post The threat to investigate Mr. Morgan in England will hardly bother him any. He is pretty well injured to investigations.—Philadelphia Press. Jack Johnson has suddenly become so obscure that it may even be possible for him to travel incognito and evade the police.—Washington Star. SHORT AND SHARP. Any one can be successful as a hunter of trouble. Where do the Mexican factions get all their money? When a man borrows trouble, imagination is the loan agent. If some people are busy they imagine they are overworked. Happiness is merely the art of making what we get fit our desires. When trouble calls we are more apt to be fit home than when fortune knocks. "The sweet girl graduate" may be a joke, but average American men can take a joke. If the average bill of fare resembled the items in the health food column the h. c. of 1. would soon be solved. Europe is making straw hats of wood. The heads that wear them appear to be the only cheap material at present. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man. But for one man who can stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity. It isn't so much the amount of the indemnity to be demanded from the vanquished in the war, but how will the cash be raised? The war has brought about the rediscovery of iceeland, which has now diverted its trade to us because of a certain squeamishness against navigating among mines. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 22, 1915. DEADLY TORPEDO RULER OF SEA Lost Lusitania an Example of Submarine Dangers. THE torpedo is rapidly proving itself as the real terror, the real ruler, of the sea. The awful disaster of the Lusatiana is but a dire example of what this comparatively new and frightful engine of destruction can accomplish. A torpedo fitted with the newest type of gyroscope rudder is more deadly than a shell from the biggest naval gun, and the accuracy with which it glides through the water to its prey is almost uncanny. As soon as a torpedo hits its mark it explodes automatically, and there are only two methods of defense against it. One is to locate and shell the attacking torpedo boat or submarine; the other to drop steel wire nets all round the ship. These nets are by no means an infallible protection, however. The want of protection afforded the Lustania has been generally criticised. She had no nets, and there were no torpedo boats or submarine destroyers on hand to protect her. Torpedoes of modern type, fired in salvos, have scored one hit in three shots at a range of three and three-quarters miles in actual experiments made by the German navy. It was claimed last year that a squadron could be attacked at six and a quarter miles. The German torpedo or torpedoes that destroyed the Lustania were fired at a range of not more than 1,000 yards, and the torpedoes themselves probably traveled at a speed in excess of forty knots. The submarine or submarines from which the weapons were discharged were submerged not more than fifteen feet, and they had plenty of time to get the exact range before the torpedoes were discharged. Fur- 10 Photo by American Press Association. DESTROYER AND TORPEDO IN ACTION. thermore, the torpedoes were of the most modern and powerful type and of the highest possible speed. In Charles W. Demville-Fife's book entitled "Submarine Engineering of Today" is a chapter devoted to the torpedo, in which Mr. Fife says: "The modern torpedo varies in length from fourteen to nineteen feet and weighs up to half a ton. It has an extreme range of 4,000 yards. The blunt nose, or 'war head,' as it is called, is the business end of the torpedo and contains the dry and wet guncotton and the fulminate of mercury necessary for the explosion. Behind the explosive head is the air chamber to hold the compressed air by which motive power is furnished. Then we come to the search chamber, or 'braii' of the weapon, which contains most marvelous mechanism for directing and controlling the machine. Next comes the engine room and, at the tail of the torpedo, the buoyancy chamber. "So marvelous is its mechanism that in favorable circumstances a torpedo well aimed may be depended upon to strike within a yard or two of the spot aimed at. Briefly described, the gyroscope is a rotating wheel which automatically controls the torpedo's course. The method of firing a torpedo is very much like that of discharging a gun. It is expelled from a torpedo tube by compressed air. Upon reaching the water the torpedo is driven by its screws in the required direction. The missile is guided by a very ingenious invention called a 'torpedo director'. This is a little brass instrument fitted with 'sights' like a gun. When the sights are aligned on the enemy the officer in charge presses a key, and electricity causes the discharge." American submarine officers say that, while the Whitehead type of torpedo embodies the principal feature of all torpedoes fired from submarine tubes, it is possible that the Germans may be using a torpedo that in certain minor particulars may differ from the Whitehead. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. In 1904, at the age of sixty-three, Adelina Patti made her twelfth "farewell" to America. Mrs. J. L. Gardner of Boston owns a bedspread for which she paid $1,200. It is made of French fillet lace. Evelyn McComus, who owns many Cripple Creek mines, says, "I was born single, and I intend to remain single." The Marchioness of Tweedale, whose name is pronounced "Tweedle," is called the most beautiful woman in the British peerage. She is the daughter of a famous Greek family now Anglicized. Probably the youngest markswoman with records over the traps that compel recognition is Miss Beatrice McKay of Brooklyn. Miss McKay does not compromise on divided skirts, but wears out and out trousers like her brother marksmex. Echoes of the War. A busy submarine is very much like necessity—It knows no law.—Chicago News. The bayonet is still one point of the war view which none of the nations seems inclined to take.—Washington Post. Hague agreements are all good in time of peace, but when war comes Hague agreements are not allowed on the firing line.—Philadelphia Press. If the women can't do anything to stop the war let it at least be remembered in their favor that they didn't do anything to start it.—Chicago Herald. It may not be the last big war in history. But it will be a long time before the nations now engaged in hostilities get their finances in shape for another fight.—Washington Star. PITH AND POINT. If you're hitting a fast pace beware lest you skid. A friend in need is a friend you ought to help. A little learning is seldom as dangere- ous as a little ignorance. Nine months of war in the east have not made it more pronounceable. And after the war who shall arbi- trate the arbitration of the arbitrators? Wealth does not always make us more contented, but it usually makes us harder to please. There is something wrong with the life program of the individual who cannot smile before noon. The war will not cause a rouge famine, as feared. So the future has a rosy look on the face of it. The serious trouble is that the man who knows it all isn't in a class by himself. There are too many of him. If they keep on increasing the range of those big guns we may have to remove some of our coast cities farther inland. Edison has invented a process for keeping the air of submarines pure. But why this discrimination in favor of submarines? It begins to look as though the kings are determined to fight it out on this line if it takes every beloved subject in their respective domains. Europe so far has issued war loans aggregating nine billions. This will come pretty near to "staggering humanity" when it comes to paying it. State Lines. Montana and Nevada have no usury laws. Texas last year recorded bond issues totaling over $11,000,000 for public improvements. Massachusetts last year received $965,600.69 for its road fund from auto license fees. California is the second largest state in the Union in size and is an empire in itself, its area being no less than 158,800 square miles, exceeding that of the whole of Great Britain, with Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Bavaria added. College and School. A pharmacy preparatory course for boys has been introduced into Chicago's public schools. Wherever required New Zealand establishes schools for the Maori children. In 1912 there were 108 schools. Barnard college, sister to Columbia university, recently celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its foundation. A traveling museum that goes to the public schools with illustrative material at the time it is needed is successfully used by the St. Louis schools. The Royal Box Only Protestants may sit on the throne of England. It is said that the kaiser possesses a large collection of caricatures of himself. King Haakon of Norway is said to have easily assumed the free and cordial manners of the Scandinavian kings. He shakes hands with the clergy at church, speaks oftentest of Queen Maud simply as "my wife" and does not scorn to walk down Karl Johans garden at Christiansia quite as an ordinary citizen. YOUNG TARS OFF FOR TRAINING CRUISE Ship Will Take In San Francisco Fair Via Panama Canal. Just recently the New York state nautical schoolship sailed away for West Indian waters and started the longest cruise in her history. She will have logged 15,385 miles before she rounds Sandy Hook on the return voyage next fall. The 110 cadets aboard will have then seen many points of interest in the western hemisphere. Heretofore the cruiser has been to European waters. This time the schoolship will touch at West Indian points, then pass through the Panama canal and head for Honolulu. On the return from Hawaii the Newport will touch THE TRAINING Photo by American Press Association. FAREWELLS AT THE START OF THE CRUISE at San Francisco so the cadets can visit the exposition. She will arrive back in New York about the middle of October. On the return of the ship the first class will be graduated. The graduates will have had two years of thorough training and also the practical knowledge of a cruise to European waters, which was taken last year, as well as the experience gained in the present cruise. The officer instructors are furnished by the navy department. The cadets must be upon entrance between the ages of sixteen and twenty and must have had the equivalent of two years' high school education. A HERO OF THE LUSITANIA. Lindon W, Bates, Jr., of Belgian Relief Committee Gave Life Belt to Woman. Committee care for Linden Bates, Jr., one of the victims of the Lusitania disaster, the commission for relief in Belgium has sustained a great loss. Linden Bates, Jr., was from the beginning a member of the active executive committee of the commission in New York and London. He started and personally administrated through all the early crucial months the organization department, for which his political experiences pre-eminently fitted him. The basic forms, mechanism and methods of the commission in America were his. [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit] LINDON W. BATES, JR. They have proved their great efficiency and elasticity at all times to suddenly care for the vital emergency of saving a nation of seven millions. His last mission was to study in London and on the spot in Belgium how best to meet the greatest crisis sure to befall next autumn. He gave himself freely in large things and in small, to the very last minute of his life, to the services of others with simple and modest herolism. He took his life belt from around him and gave it to a woman, and herolically went to his doom. He was but thirty-two years old. His parents have received many messages of sympathy, among them the following from King Albert of Belgium: "I learn with deep affection of the death of your son, traveling to aid our distressful people, and express to you my most sincere sympathy." BRIGHT BRIEFS Things left unsaid avert a great deal of trouble. It's a wise war orphan who knows what it's all about. If you must practice exaggeration don't try it on your troubles. It is better to be on time, even if you have to wait for the other fellow. The latest thing in bombs is a gas that affects the enemy with homesickness. When the war is over and the royal kin sit at a celebration feast who will be Macgregor? Some men are so constituted that all of their sympathy is for the can that's tied to the dog. A man can insist that wealth is a burden and yet break his back holding on to his share. A few installments of the Nobel prize might be devoted to renovation and reorganization at The Hague. Though the hairs of our heads are said to be numbered, we can never get the back numbers that are missing. All jokes about the Swiss navy are off. The Swiss have just bought armed motorboats to patrol Lake Constance. Now that Culebra cut has been honored by a change of name to Gallard cut, it surely will succeed in being good enough to live down its past. Difference of opinion as to whether the electric chair is any better than the gallows. Only way to settle it is to let some one try both and submit a report to a committee of arbitration. Short Stories. There are upward of 30,000,000 grapevines in the Lake Erie valley. "The concert of Europe" consisted of the six principal powers-Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Austria and Germany. Sulphur mining in the Canary islands has been abandoned owing to the high temperature encountered a little below the surface. The Argentine Republic has never become reconciled to the British occupation of the Falkland islands as a naval base and annually lodges an official protest. The old name for the sunflower was soloscez, the sun follower. The ancient sunflower, or sun follower, was the marigold. The tall plants of the present day are of American origin. Flippant Flings. No one has suggested that poems written to the Liberty bell be used to stop the crack in it.—Atlanta Constitution. The United States last year exported nuts to the value of $33,608,778—and didn't get rid of all of them at that.—Detroit Free Press. Asphyxilating gas would be more effective in politics than the kind we are so much accustomed to, but it won't be allowed.—Philadelphia Press. The discovery of the petrified stump of a tree in British Guiana is held to identify the spot as the garden of Eden. The absence of a fossilized serpent, however, leaves the proof incomplete.—New York World. Fashion Frills. Besides, if the skirts get much shorter this summer there will be no excuse for making them as thin as they were last summer.—Dallas News. Even haberdashers are returning to the normal. It is announced that the bows on men's hats have shifted around to the side again.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. No matter whether skirts are narrow or wide, the corset manufacturers always say that they're the very kind that require a new style corset to give that grace and poise of carriage so greatly to be desired.—Ohio State Journal. German Gleanings. All soldiers in the German army are taught the history of the Prussian royal family. The latest fashion for German children is the "Hindenburg" blouse, named after the famous general. It is made in the German and Austrian national colors. Berlin women are not worried by the servant problem. If a maid is discharged at 3 o'clock, at 4 there will be a dozen girls clamoring for the place. Every servant has to carry a little book, which contains testimonials from her various employers. Base Hits. It is one thing to get to the top of the league and another to stay there. Detroit Free Press. A writer complains that baseball fans get no exercise. He forgets about the vocal cords.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. How much more interesting is baseball when it is played out of doors than when it is confined to courtrooms! Chicago News. If that Sing Sing baseball team developed a $20,000 beauty there would be no trouble getting a monster petition for his pardon.—Baltimore American. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO CAPITAL, $200,000.00 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. Early in April, 1912, a man living at Hambledon, near Godalming, wrote to the Spectator, saying: "As I sat reading the other afternoon I heard, or, rather felt, a long vibrating boom several times repeated. I thought at first it was a motor van maneuvering behind the house, but found nothing there. Then I guessed what it might be and forthwith wrote to the chief gunnery officer of his majesty's ship Orion to make sure. I am therefore able to state that the discharge of the Orion's guns was distinctly audible ninety-seven statute miles from the ship, the sound taking somewhere about eleven minutes to travel the distance." An even more remarkable instance of the immense distance at which gun fire can be heard was afforded at the time of the French victory at Steinbach. The booming of the guns was distinctly heard on the northern slopes of the Bernese Alps far down in Switzerland. The distance is just eighty miles as the crow flies, and in this case it must be remembered that the guns were not the 13.5 naval giants, but merely field artillery.—London Opinion. Ravenous Eastern Gibbon tells of Soliman, a caliph in the eighth century, who died of acute indigestion in his camp near Chalcia, in Syria, just as he was about to lead an army of Arabs against Constantinople. He had emptied two baskets of eggs and figs, which he swallowed alternately, and the repast was finished with marrow and sugar. In a pilgrimage to Mecca the same caliph had eaten with impunity at a single meal seventy pomegranates, a kid, six fowls and a huge quantity of the grapes of Tawf. Such a statement would dey belief were not others of a similar character well avowed. Louis XVI, could hardly boast of an appetite as ravenous as Solman's, but he would eat at a sitting four platefuls of different soups, a whole pheasant, a partridge, a plateful of salad, mutton hashed with garlic, two good sized slices of ham, a dish of pastry and finish this ample repast with fruit and sweetmeats—London Saturday Review. Fighting a Forest Fire. The combat with fire in the woods is usually as tense and as exciting as a confaguration in a city. From the instant smoke is discerned ascending into the blue above there is action. Upon reaching the scene the racing squads of fighters begin work by undertaking the tasks as outlined by the system. First one group starts with the cutting tools and rakes, clearing up a streak of ground several feet wide in the pathway of the fire. The men with water bags follow, wetting down this strip. Then come the back fireer, who start fires from this point back into the main confaguration. When the fires meet they extinguish for want of material to burn. When the atmospheric conditions materially assist the flames the work of back firing is best done at night or when the air is stillest.—L. R. Perry in Countryside Magazine Proved His Case A teacher was holding an oral examination in an intermediate geography class one day and asked, "What is the difference between the people of a state and those of a territory?" Only one hand was raised. But a radiant smile illuminated the face of little Donald as he rose and said, "The people of a territory cannot sing." This answer was puzzling to all, so the teacher asked him to explain. Whereupon he said: "The geography says that the people of a territory have no voice, so how could they sing?"—Cleveland Leader. Making It Clear to Him. He (bitterly)—Before we were married you never found my social deficiencies so annoying. She (sweetly)—Perhaps not, but you must allow something for the broadening influence of time. The very fact that I married you revealed my own callow inexperience—Bichmond Times Dispatch 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 Depository and Correspondent, Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Illinois. One of the most dramatic holdups in congress was made in 1901 by Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana, who talked to death a $80,000,000 rivers and harbors bill chiefly because the house had refused to appropriate money to irrigate the dry lands of the west. "I shall do what lies in my power to prevent this bill from passing," the senator shouted. "It will not pass if my strength does not fall to such an extent that I can no longer occupy this floor, and I am in a pretty fair state of health." To the laughter of the senate and the galleries Carter then described the clam flats and the mud banks of unheard of places for which large appropriations had been made in the present bill. He discussed the draft and tonnage of the scows and the lobster pots. He lasted for more than thirteen hours. When he was through the congress was dead, the senator's own term was ended, and it was time to inaugurate Vice President Roosevelt.-New York Herald. Boxing With the Feet. The form of boxing known as "la savate," in which the feet are used as well as the fists and kicks are as legitimate as blows, has for a long time been a popular exercise in French gymnastics and schools of arms. The first principle is that the whole weight of the body shall be placed on one leg and that the farthest from the adversary. The disengaged leg is used as an adjunct to the fists and flies out with astonishing swiftness and accuracy of aim. The "coup de savate" proper is the "chasse" off the right foot or "shin hit," a dangerous blow, but one that is easily avoided by raising the left knee to the level of the waist. Formidable as this method of assault and others, such as the "coup d'arret," or straight hit, and the "coup de figure," or swinging face kick, may be and undoubtedly are with an expert the parries and guards are simple and sure if properly used. — Washington Star. Commas. The French do not as a rule employ inverted commas to indicate a dialogue, but they employ the dash to indicate a change of speakers, which is just as bad. Certainly many punctuation marks are sadly misused or overused. Dickens flung unnecessary commas all over his pages—whole battalions of them. Walter Pater also employed them with extraordinary prodigality, frequently before the word "and" where the conjunction rendered them superfluous. Pater was also overfond of the mark of exclamation so that when he drops a "Yes" into his measured style it must needs appear as "Yes!". But, though the Bible does without inverted commas, there is real art in its punctuation. How admirably it marks the cadence and helps the drama in that great story of the prodigal son!—London Tit-Bits. Wash All Fruit. Incoming cargoes of fruits should be closely observed for traces of poisonous insecticides. Growers are not always careful to remove all traces of sprays before marketing their fruit. Housekeepers can protect themselves from danger from this source by washing all fruit in several waters before serving it. It would be advisable and insure greater safety to wash the fruit before placing it in the storeroom or ice chest. Sprays and powders of sufficient strength to kill insects which feed upon and destroy fruit trees and fruit would prove fatal to life if partaken of by human beings. Necessitarians The philosophic term "necessitariae" is used to denote those persons that deny the freedom of will and assert that in human conduct all volitions are determined by motives that obey the law of causation as invariably as do the forces of nature. The word "determinist" was suggested as a substitute by John Stusrt Mill and has been very generally adopted - New York American. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 22, 1915. A complete set of surgical instruments was found not long ago by men digging in a scrap pile in Cholophon, an ancient Greek city. In spite of the fact that they were used about 2,000 years ago, there is not much difference between them and the implements that are poked into the anatomy of a modern man. In the set are small knives with handles of decorated bronze, a metal which the Greeks thought was especially healing. There are also several pairs of forceps, one of them used to extract the heads of arrows and lances from wounded warriors. Another instrument is for the drilling of holes in the bones of the skull; another for cauterizing the flesh. Besides these are vessels for cupping and bleeding, a small covered bronze box for delicate instruments, a slab of stone for mixing certain drugs and a pair of scales which still balance perfectly. In addition to these there is a handsome purple glass beaker, probably the drinking cup of the unknown surgeon who made use of all these instruments. Kite Flying Contests The Japanese are devoted to their national sport of kite flying. At contests there are two umpires, at whose command two kites of the same size are sent up together. As the kites attain a sufficient height the men try to play the kites against each other. Each party wants to bring its kite into touch with its opponent and to bring the latter down. The kite that stays up till the wind ceases or until all the others are vanquished is victorious. This requires the strength of many men working a long time. And the art of fighting one's kite well is not easily acquired. Thus fifty or sixty men labor until exhausted. Some of the kites used in the contest are things to see—huge circular structures about ninety feet in length, including the tall, and having a width of fifty or sixty feet. The ropes for the fighting kites are made of strong hemp, and are more than 2,000 feet long and above one inch in thickness.—London Globe. How Eskimo Women Die On her first entrance to her new but of snow an Eskimo woman is buoyed by hope of welcoming a son. What of her last incoming to those narrow confines? She knows that the medicine man has decided that her sickness is mortal when she is laid upon her bed of snow. She gazes upon the feebly burning lamp beside her, upon food and drink set close at her hand. She sees her loved ones pass out of the doorway that needs no tunnel entrance to keep chill airs away, for presently the door is sealed with snow. The chill of death pierces through her enveloping furs. Her hort insures that no long tarrying will be hers. The soul, companioning with her, may refresh itself with food; but, starving and freezing, her feeble body will witness even that soul's departure and know that its hour has come to perish alone. -Harper's. A. Bed For Seventeen. Probably there is no bed capable of holding so many as seventeen in this country. But such a bed is to be found in the Mount Tet but (10,000 feet above the sea), one of the Swiss mountain cabins belonging to the Alpine club. The bed is really constructed to hold only fourteen, but the day on which a party visited the hut was so exceptionally clear and the conditions for climbing were so favorable that twenty-one members and friends, besides the guides accompanying them, turned up at the cabin to stay the night. The guides took possession of the kitchen, and the twenty-one sorted themselves out as follows: Seventeen "slept" on the bed, three on the floor and the remaining one in a chair. The Suave Oriental. Admiral Sah, the Chinese naval expert, once had the misfortune to lose a cruiser. On his reporting the wreck to the Chinese admiralty he received a letter thanking him for doing so and pointing out that as the cruiser was getting somewhat wormout a replace cruiser would be much more useful. Would he, therefore, at his private expense, buy the new cruiser as quickly as possible! Putting Him Wise "I'd like to make you my wife," said the practical young man, "but they tell me you can't keep house." "Don't you believe all they tell you," rejoined the girl in the case. "You get the house and put it in my name, and I'll prove to you that I can keep it"—Exchange. An Economy. "No money, no trunks," said the frate landlord. "If you don't pay your board bill we hold your trunks till you do." "Splendid!" said Dedbroke. "That'll save me the expense of storage on these things of mine until next season. By-by, old man!"—Judge The Fire Bag. The "fire bag" is a relic of the old days of wooden ships. Every whaler and sealer used to carry such a bag. It was of tarpaulin, about one foot in length and six inches in width. It was lined with waterproof material, with interlinings of oilcloth and thick flannel. In this was placed the flint and tinderbox for kindling fire. The bag was then securely fastened with double flaps and tied in such a manner as to keep its contents dry. It was the duty of the second mate to look after the fire bag, and in case of shipwreck to attach it at once to his person by means of stout straps provided for the purpose. So, if officers and crew were cast away on some deserted shore, the means of obtaining a fire were not wanting so long as the precious fire bag was safe. The modern steam whalers and sealers carry a fire bag stowed in the life-boats with the bread and water, but it is of rubber, and contains half a dozen water tight tin boxes of matches. Philadelphia Press. How a Siphen Acts The main principle of the siphon is the same as that of a suction pump—viz, that if a vacuum be created in a tube inserted in water the normal pressure of the atmosphere will cause the water to rise in the vacuum to a height of about thirty-three feet. The siphon is a bent tube, one side or leg of which is longer than the other, and the conditions of its successful operation are, first, that the shorter side or leg be placed in the water; second, the longer side or leg to hang freely over the edge of the vessel; third, a vacuum be created throughout the length of the tube by sucking the air from the longer side. This will be immediately followed by a flow of water, which will continue as long as the mouth of the shorter side or leg of the tube remains under the surface of the water. In transferring water from a lower level care should be taken not to remove the short side from the water, as that would destroy the vacuum and cause the flow to stop. English Conservatism. Day and night, winter and summer, in all weathers, a tug with steam up is stationed on the Thames at the Tower bridge. It is a floating illustration of the fact that parliament is sometimes—only sometimes, of course—needslessly fussy. When the bill empowering the corporation of London to build the bridge was passing through the house of commons a provision was inserted requiring the stationing of this tug as aforesaid, so as to be handy "in case of wreck." The promoters protested that the cost of the tug would far exceed any benefit to be derived from it. The commons thought they knew better and insisted. The bridge was opened about sixteen years ago, and the tug has cost the city of London £31 per week ever since. Yet its services "in case of wreck" or any other emergency have never once been required.-London Express. Earthquake Shocks. There are such things as earth waves as well as ether waves. But while the ether waves have, by the genius of a Marconi, been harnessed into the service of mankind, no scientist has yet discovered any uses for earth waves or even any means of utilizing them. The shock of a seismic disturbance travels in waves at the rate of two miles a second in the actual velocity of the disturbance, and this rate rapidly diminishes as the distance traveled by the earth waves increases. The deeper the originating movement happens to be the farther the shock travels, but the deeper the movement, on the other hand, the less extensive and usually the less serious, from the point of view of loss of life, is the visible effect on the earth's surface. A Retiary. A retiary was the name of a Roman gladiator armed in a peculiar way. He was furnished with a trident and net, with no more covering than a short tunic, and with these implements he endeavored to entangle and dispatch his adversary, who was called a secutor (from sequi, to follow) and was armed with a helmet, a shield and a sword. The name of the first is pronounced as if spelled re-shi-a-ry, the accent on the first syllable. Tactful Man. "I must say these are fine biscuits!" exclaimed the young husband. "How could you say those are fine biscuits?" inquired the young wife's mother in a private interview. "I didn't say they were fine. I merely said I must say so."—Washington Star. Belgium's Military Cross. The croix militaire of Belgium is an award founded in 1885 by Leopold II. It consists of two classes; the first is awarded to officers of twenty-five years' service, the second to noncommissioned officers and men who have served a similar period. 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