The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The Hon. Shadrack Bailey Turner, Member of the Legislature of Illinois, Severely Condemned the Hon. Edward F. Dunne in the Columns of His "No Idea," November 2, 1912, Just a Few Days Before He Was Elected Governor of Illinois. Notwithstanding This Fact, the Hon. Shadrack Bailey Turner Received Almost $1000 Worth of State Printing from Governor Dunne in 1914 AT THAT TIME IT WAS HERALDED FAR AND NEAR THAT THE HON. EDWARD P. DUNNE WAS A COMPLETE FAILURE AS MAYOR OF CHICAGO. THAT HON. WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL, HIS COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS; HIS CHIEF OF POLICE, AND HIS ATTORNEY FOR THE POL ICE DEPARTMENT AND TREASURER OF HIS CAMPAIGN, WERE ALL INDICTED BY THE COOK COUNTY GRAND JUBY FOR CONS SPIRACY, CHEATING AND DEFRAUDING. THAT MAYOR DUNNE FAILED TO SETTLE THE TRACTION QUESTION; THAT HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE CITY; THAT THE DISORDERLY OR CRIMINAL ELEMENT FLOURISHED LIKE A GREEN BAY TREE UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION; THAT HE LEFT A LARGE DEFICIT IN THE SCHOOL FUND, AND OTHERWISE GREATLY MIS- MANAGED THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO. IT SEEMS THAT GOV. EDWARD P. DUNNE IS ONE OF THOSE BARE OR PECULIAR CONSTITUTED INDIVIDUALS WHO FEELS THAT IT IS HIS SOLEMN DUTY TO BEARD THAT CLASS OF COLORED RE- PUBLIC NEWSPAPER MEN WHO DELIVER TO BELITTLE HIS BUSINESS ABILITY AND PICTURE HIM OUT AS BEING THOROUGHLY INCAPABLE OF MANAGING OR DIRECTING THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF THE GREAT STATE OF ILLINOIS. Vol. XX. The Hon. of Illinois in the C Few Day Notwith Receive Governe AT THAT TIME IT WAS HERALDE EDWARD F. DUNNE WAS A O CHICAGO, THAT HON. WILLIAM L. O'CONNE WORKS; HIS CHIEF OF POLICE LICE DEPARTMENT AND TREE ALL INDICTED BY THE COOR SPIRACY, CHEATING AND DEFICIT THAT MAYOR DUNNE FAILED TO THAT HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN DISORDERLY OR CRIMINAL ELBAY TREE UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION IN THE SCHOOL FUN MANAGED THE AFFAIRS OF T IT SEEMS THAT GOV. EDWARD F. PECULIAR CONSTITUTED INDIES HIS SOLEMN DUTY TO REWAR PUBLICAN NEWSPAPER MEN BUSINESS ABILITY AND PICTURE INCAPABLE OF MANAGING FAIRS OF THE GREAT STATE If there is one man in the great state of Illinois who can successfully ride many political horses in many directions at the same time, that man is the Hon. Shadrack Bailey Turner, member of the Legislature of the grand old state of Abraham Lincoln; and if there is another White politician, either Democratic or Republican, in this state who can surpass the Hon. Edward F. Dunne in falling for his kind of noise, they can have our goat every day in the week and Sunday, too, for on Saturday, November 2, 1912, just a few days before the Hon. Edward F. Dunne was elected governor of this state, he was severely condemned by the Hon. Shadrack Bailey Turner through the columns of his No Idea. At that time he contended that the Hon. Edward F. Dunne was a dismal or a complete failure as mayor of Chicago. That dishonesty and robbery were rampant in all the departments of the city government while he was weakly attempting to discharge his duty as its chief ruler; that the Hon. William L. O'Connell, his commissioner of public works; his chief of police and his attorney for the police department, and treasurer of his campaign, were all indicted by the Cook County Grand Jury for conspiracy, cheating and defrauding the public in one way or another. That Mayor Dunne absolutely failed to settle the traction question; that he utterly failed to maintain order in this city; that the disorderly or the criminal element bloomed and flourished like a Green Bay tree under his administration; that he left a large deficit in the school fund, and otherwise greatly mismanaged the affairs of the city of Chicago. Right at this point we will step aside for a few moments and permit the Hon. Shadraek Bailey Turner to set forth his opinions of the Hon. Edward F. Dunne in his own way and very brilliant style. EDWARD F. DUNNE Mr. Dunne is mayor of Chicago: A failure. He failed to settle the traction question. He failed to maintain order in the city. He failed in the selection of men for chiefs of his departments and members of his board of education. His chief of police, commissioner of public works, attorney for the police department and treasurer of his cam- paign were indicted for conspiracy, cheating and defrauding. He demoralized the public works. In two years he increased Chicago's expenses $14,765,393. This was at the rate of $7,382,696 a year. His law department expended $100, 000 more than that of his predecessor. He left $1,000,000 deficit in the school fund. Mr. Dunne as governor PAPERS SCORE DUNNE AS MAYOR OF CHICAGO. The Tribune Calls His Administration an "Unremitting Brain-Storm" —Others Condemn Him. Voters will find the comments of Chicago newspapers on Mr. Dunne's administration as Mayor interesting this last week of the campaign. Those opinions, written at the conclusion of Mr. Dunne's term of two years as mayor may well cause voters apprehension as they approach the election next Tuesday for governor. The following are some of the editorials: The kind of administration that might be expected from Mayor Dunne if he were elected is exactly the same kind that we have had for the last two years. His weird school board, his kaleidoscopic traction policy, his inefficient department of public works, his crime-protecting police force have tremendously damaged Chicago in the last two years. A continuation for four years of this unremitting brain storm would mean a civic disaster.—Chicago Tribune. As the tool of radicals whose methods are harmful or impossible Mayor Dunne has been a demoralizing force. The board of education, for example, has been transformed with his consent into an instrument to record the wishes of a handful of uneasy spirits among the teaching force and of their advisers. The fire department has become a rallying point for agitators. The mayor's boast of beneficial service are joined with deliberate debauching of the police for political purposes.—Chicago News. Dance halls are operated in connection with calons. Disreputable persons are given permits. Liquor is sold after hours. Liquor is sold to minors. Disorderly hotels are usually maintained as annexes. The police leaf at the CHICAGO, JUNE 19, 1915 bars and take no steps to enforce any of the applicable ordinances. Under Chief Collins' protecting care organized eliques of gamblers have reaped their regular profits without disturbance, and only "outsiders" have been interfered with. For the last few weeks the town has been "wide open" to all kinds of gamblers, but the protected elements know that this is but a temporary phenomenon and that the chief can be counted on to give the favorites their monopoly again as soon as the election is over, if he has the chance. The slot-machine graft under police protection has been notoriously of service both to campaign funds and to private funds, and a slot machine is merely a device for robbery masquerading as a gambling machine. Mayor Dunne thinks such conditions as these are "good politics." The vote next Tuesday should show him that he has made a mistake.—Chicago Record-Herold. Edward F. Dunne Taken Up. "Opposed to Gov. Deneen we have a candidate who was inefficient and a disappointment as mayor. His administration was a series of failures. He failed to maintain order in the city. He failed to conduct the affairs of the city in a businesslike way. The appropriation for the expenses of the city of Chicago the last year of his administration were $12,888,935.97 in excess of the annual appropriation under his predecessor. He left a deficit of $1,000,000 in the board of education and demoralized the schools. "Yet with such a candidate opposed to Governor Deneen, the 'Bull Moose' party has come to Mr. Dunne's assistance. Every vote that is given to Mr. Funk will help Mr. Dunne. Mr. Funk stands no show of election. With this situation facing us, it is time for friends of good government to awake to the situation. Mr. Dunne is a menace to Chicago's prosperity and his election would be a public disaster."—From the Illinois Idea, Saturday, November 2, 1912. It seems that the Hon. Edward F. Dunne is one of those rare or very peculiar constituted White birds who feels that it is his solemn duty to reward that class of Colored Republican newspaper men who delight to belittle him in every way and to make fun of his business ability and picture him out as being in every way incapable of managing or directing the affairs of the great state of Illinois. And for writing and publishing the above article which appeared in the columns of the No Idea Saturday, November 2, 1912, the Hon. Shadrack Bailey Turner received almost one thousand dollars' worth of state printing from the Hon. Edward F. Dunne in 1914 as his reward or pay. CLAIM COMMISSION FUNDS ARE WASTED. Colored Men Ask Appropriations Committee to withhold Further Funds from Negro Semi-Centennial Commission. Charging that certain members of the special commission created by the general assembly two years ago to prepare for the celebration of fifty years of Negro freedom are wasting the money appropriated, a committee of Colored men appeared before the appropriations committee, Wednesday evening, June 9, to protest against the fur- ARGENT ARRISER KENSINGTON LONDON One of the most noted musical instructors in the United States who will be extended a welcome reception by the citizens of Chicago at Olivet Baptist Church. Monday evening, June 21. ther allowance of state money unless the commission is reorganized. "All but $2,000 of the $25,000 appropriated two years ago is spent because the Colored leaders in the commission have been running up expense accounts and having a good time," declared J. F. F. Taylor of Chicago, editor of The Broad Ax. The White men on the commission are not taking their work seriously and the Colored men are profiting by it. They are without business ability and the money is being squandered." The men who came to protest beside Editor Taylor, are, C. C. Wilson, of Cairo, editor of the Baptist Truth; W. H. Pitts, of East St. Louis, editor of The Eagle; the Rev. G. W. Dickey of this city; D. J. Smith of Peoria; and W. T. Scott, H. B. Hughes and Richard Bean of Springfield. Thomas W. Swann of Chicago, secretary of the commission, and the Rev. A. J. Carey of Chicago, a member of the commission, are said to be mainly responsible for the expenditure of the appropriation moneya. George W. Ford of this city and Major R. R. Jackson of Chicago are also members of the commission. The plan is to hold the celebration in the coliseum at Chicago, between the dates of August 22 and September 16.—From Illinois State Register, Springfield, Ill., Thursday June 10, 1915. ED. J. F. TAYLOR DOWN TO LEAD DELEGATION AGAINST APPRO- PRIATION OF $25,000 MORE FOR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FREEDOM, TO BE MISMANAGED BY CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED $5,000 WITH RESTRICTIONS. Ed. J. F. Taylor of Chicago, publisher of The Broad Ax, spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the city. He came down to join the down state delegation who are protesting against Rep- resentative R. R. Jackson's bill asking for an appropriation of $25,000 more for the aid of the half century of freedom exposition for the commission who have recklessly spent $23,000, it is said, of the first $25,000 appropriated with practically no result. The delegation called on the governor and consulted many members of the appropriation committee and stated their grounds for protesting against the legislature appropriating any more money until said commission is reorganized by removing the secretary, Thos. Wallace Swann, and the three commissioners, Major G. W. Ford, Dr. A. J. Carey, and Rep. B. R. Jackson, who have placed their relatives on the payroll. The records show that Mr. Ford placed his son, Dr. Carey his daughter and Major Jackson his son on the payroll and drew, the taxpayers' money. The record also shows that the Fraternal Printing Company of Chicago has drawn a large sum of money, No.39 legislature al F. Dunne 1912, Just a of Illinois. Hiley Turner ting from over $4,000, for printing and it further shows that Major R. R. Jackson is the president of said printing company and he is a representative and a commissioner and that he voted for the appropriation of the first $25,000 and now wants $25,000 more set aside. The delegation succeeded in having the amount asked for cut down to $5,000 with restrictions and they don't think the house should vote that sum to them to be distributed with no apparent results.—The Leader, Springfield, Ill. June 12, 1915. NEGRO PELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The program at the Negro Fellowship League Sunday June 20th will be rendered by the Alpha Suffrage Club. All are cordially invited to be present at meetings held every Sunday at the Reading Room, 3005 State Street, 4 P. M. Last Sunday a rousing meeting was held. Mr. W. C. Farmer and Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines gave many vital points on what the Negro should do in regard to the "Birth of The Nation." It was voted to send a delegation to Springfield to aid passage of Jackson Bill against it. Prof. Kelly Miller of Washington D. C. and Dr. Robert Park of the University of Chicago, were present and made brief talks. The League is planning a conference on race matters some time in the near future. Ida B. Wells Barnett, president. Page TWO =—— , A STORM CENTER } , Been Waged Around It ‘Three separate sieges of Preemysl have made the great Gali¢ian fortress ‘one of the memorable centers of the Buropean war. During lest Septem- Der the Russians first swept down upon Prsemysi and Russian howitzers pounded away for several weeks with little result upon the fortifications, Re- enforcements reached the Austrian gar- ison and the Russians were forced to move off to the north. Before the last of October the Rus- sians were again pressing down upon the gates of Preemysl, but in the pe- wiod of Austrian occupancy the city had been well stocked with ammunt tion and food and was prepared to re sist a long siege. A Russian army “ Pe ne GEEEEAL MACKENGEX AXD A SROTION GF ‘PREEMYSL. variously estimated at from 125,000 to 200,000 settled down for # siege of the fortress and encircled it with a ring ‘of tron, while other Russian forces Dressed the AustroGerman armies southward to the Carpathians. Several attempts were made to re Neve Preemysi, but the Austrian gar- ison finally surrendered on March 2% 1915, after the greatest slege of the war. A big Russian army, released by the surrender of Przemysi, was rushed sputhward for the drive by which the ‘Russians attempted to pierce the Car- pathians and invade Hungary. With the Russians beaten back in the Carpathian fighting General Macken- sen at the beginning of May began the @rive that sent the Russians reeling back in west Galicia. Two weeks later he arrived before Preemys! with a great Austro-German army and begun the actual siege operations, and in twenty days the fortress fell, Thus the AustroGerman armies achieved the main object of the great thrust against the Russian lines in western Galicia. MISS CLARK A JUNE BRIDE. Her Forthcoming Wedding to James ‘Thomson Creating Wide Interest. ‘The wedding of Miss Genevieve Clark, danghter of the speaker of the house, to James M. Thomson takes place on June 30 and is exciting very ‘widespread interest. Miss Clark has { £ i a F i ee ; \\aeoar eee t A | Photo by American Press Association. ‘MISS GEXEVIEVE CLARK. ° een extremely popular in Washington society, and she is also held in the highest esteem by the people of her home town, Bowling Green, Ma, where ‘the ceremony will take place at the Glark home. Thousands of tuvitations bave been sent out for the event. Miss Clark is just nineteen years of age, while the groom, James M ‘Thomson. is just Gouble her aga, or. ‘thirty-cight, He comes from New Or S the Mer Otews Toe He fret Set Gt inn Dew in paige f2 SIRES AND SONS. British Admiral 8. H. Carden is fifty: eight. Born in Templemore, Ireland. Rev. J. A. Mulry, new president of Fordham university, New York, is only forty-one years old. Lord Derby dresses almost-as badly as Mr. Churchill Wet or fine, his trousers are turned up at the bottoms, sometimes almost to come over the tops of his boots. James R. Mann, the Republican floor leader in congress, knows just how long it will take him to make a speech. When he sets out to talk five minutes he sits down at the end of five min- utes—right to the second. * James Chapin, a coleader of the ex pedition of the American Museum of Natural History into the Kongo, has returned after spending six years in Africa. “He comes home a great col- lector and a naturalist with an inter- national record. Dr. Kari Helferich, largely through whose genius Germany has raised two war loans exceeding $3,000,000,000, is one of Germany's most successful finan- clers, although only forty-three. years old. He was director of the Deutsche bank, the largest in Germany, until the kaiser selected him to handle the war @nences Pen, Chisel and Brush. ‘Miss Marie Van Vorst, the novelist, says marriage is now regarded as an incident, not as a career. ‘Scholem Aleichem ts the name chosen by a man known as the Yiddish Mark ‘Twain. The two words mean “peace ‘unto you.” Jenny von Wilklenrath is a twenty- four-year-old Danish woman sculptor who has gone al! over the world doing clay and bronze portraits of famous race horses. Mr, John Singer Sargent, who for many years has refused to paint por- traits at any price, now announces his intention of painting one more portrait in oils, the sitting for which is to be auctioned off to the highest bidder and the proceeds to go to the British Red Cross society. Current Comment. None of the people who follow Mert can leaders appears to get anywhere.— ‘Washington Star. It 4s a curious thing that the coun- try which invented the “quick lunch” also prides itself on the scientific study of foods and thelr digestibility —Lon- don Spectator. A New York physician claims to have Giscovered a harmless bichloride of mereury tablet. Now be may try his hand at inventing a harmless unload- ed gun—Detroit Free Press. This country has been notified that the thirteenth international congress on navigation, which was to have met in Stockholm this year, has been post- poned indefinitely. No wonder!—Cht- cago News. Short Stories. Both bread and wine have been made from parsnips. ‘The latest design in torpedo nets may be placed in position in three min- utes. It bas been noted in South Africa that leprosy may exist in a native servant or nurse for a long time before its presence is recognized by the em- ployer, . Russian is already the dominant tongue of 170,000,000 people, and the statisticians declare that by 1960 tt will be spoken by no less than 300,- 000,000." PITH AND POINT. | ‘It's a long, long way to civilization. | The afflictions of our neighbor al- ways seem trivial. . ees ‘Man is seldom famious for the things iam hs tentet boos ‘We can always see opportunity tug at the other fellow’s iatchstring. ‘When 2 so called vocalist murders a song the sound ts not deadened How on earth did our parents man- ‘age to live without dyestuffs or pot- ash? Mexico tight really enjoy a regular government if it could only manage to get one. With a billion dollars’ favorable bal- ‘ance, we afe a preferred creditor of the world. Its a rare European country nowa- Gays that has not been invaded or ‘threatened with invasion. Just because China invented gun- powder is no reason why Japan should ‘hold her to so close an accounting. — ‘We have had white books, green books and yellow books, but none of the warring nations seems to be par- tal to cerise, ody has invented a plano that eaeaee 120 pounds. She ought ta be able to wrestle with one like that without waiting Zor father to come home Astron experts say that the Mellish comet bas SD ing to, €0 itkewiee the comet is to. oeeoe! fon econ Ee eeeet A 8 THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 19, 1915. TINY SAN MARINO | DSS te. owown ‘Anne Pouder of Baltimore years old. Miss Anna Hamm has been A BELLIGERENT |..'.sss.tsra.sos, lice force, a cc thoes pupae obich can 8 6 The Little Republic Has Main- | some xe any omer pattern. x The Vanderbilt hotel in Ne tained Long Independence, |>ss Bred,s st! 20 taxi stars AN MARINO fs so small that it 1s seldom to be found on the maps. The greater number of geographies ignore its existence, nevertheless it has the honor of being the oldest if the smallest republic tn the world. San Marino bas a place in the sun, on the fit top of Monte Titano, a spur of the Apennines, 2,650 feet above the Sea level. It has rested there proudly and securely for more than 1,000 year. Its entire territory is thirty-three square miles in area. A census taken in July, 1913, gives it a population of 11,041. Until recently its military force con- sisted of 39 officers and 950 men. It is surrounded entirely by Italian terri- tory and its strategic position gives it importance. It is but twelve miles from Rimini and dominates the Adri- atic. Had it continued neutral, Aus- trian aeroplanes could have taken ref- uge in San Marino, been repaired, se- cured new supplies and then returned home. Now, with the republic joined with Italy in the war, this is not possi- ble. San Marino's aid gives Italy a further hold on the Adriatic because it is strongly fortified by nature. The city of San Marino climbs the side of a mountain 2,650. feet high, with three summits ringed with defenses. ‘The Brobdingnagian nations in the war broke peace to fight each other, but this liliputian repubile merely open- ed hostilities after a truce of fifty years. After the statesmen of San Marino had issued their neutrality declaration they discovered that the nation had declared war against Austria fifty years ago, and San Marino entered the war by merely reaffirming that a state of war exists with Austria. ‘As all the inhabitants of San Marino are Italians, the sympathy with Italy re FP aaa aes ee oe - al a ee PAR acer erat | ic ie ata ; giabdste ® ~é , rae = | we aah ae SB ae Odd Fs a eh Tee Se ee a & ee eee ae Oe eS AS CEA is natural, and the entrance of San ince ints te oat ne tone ocae for some time. On Nov. 12, 1914, San Marino defied the kaiser in a reply to the demand of ‘the'German ambassador that the wire- less station at Monte Titano, which is in direct communication with the Eit- fel tower, be demolished. San Marino in its reply recalled the ancient tradi- tions of liberty and the dignity of the republic and described the demand of the ambassador as an unjustified and intolerable interference. “The republic of San Marino,” it said, “strong in its right, has never ermitted interference by other states fm its internal affairs.” In January last the German govern- ment protested at San Marino, accus- ing the republic of encouraging espion- age through its wireless station, and threatened to send a German commis- sion to inquire into the matter. The republic declined to receive the com- missioners. Once before, in the eighth century, the people of San Marino defied the Germans, or at least the Holy Roman empire, in the person of the mighty Charlemagne, who, according to his secretary, Einkhard, was destined to die without ever having heard of San Marino or its declaration. But that declaration exists and is said to be the oldest document preserved which de- fines the status of the republic. ‘Two years ago, although all the peo- ple of San Marino are Roman Catho- lics, the republic was for a time at loggerheads with the Vatican on the question of ecclesiastical property withy in the state San Marino passed laws empowering the government to distrib congregation. with the pope pre- sued @ deciaration saying ra tes pp | ee eee ad | Sas ae Yetiean wn ti “‘(‘sé‘SC:SCS - *, DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Anne Pouder of Baltimore ts 108 ‘years old. Miss Anna Hamm has been promot- ed to sergeant of the Los Angeles po- Hee force, Sage, Late teats now cele hots of paper which can be copied at home like any other pattern. ‘The Vanderbilt hotel in New York has hired a girl as taxi starter. The new plan is called the Virginia Mooney system after the young woman en: ployed. Mrs. M. A. Gowdy of Kansas City is sixteen years old and weighs more than a quarter of a ton, or, to be ex- act, 587 pounds. Aside from being the “biggest girl in the world,” Mrs. Gow- dy is a recent bride. Mrs. Thomas 8 Robie of New York city, who “never worked outside her home until she was sixty-eight years old,” is a great suffragist. She is also an interior decorator, having taken up this new profession at seventy and branched out for herself at seventy- seven, only last year. German Gleamings. Prussia was the frst modern coun- try to adopt untversal military service. ‘The Berlin military authorities are awarding an fron cross to all school- masters who induce 100 school chil- ren to subscribe to the war loans. ‘The great war loan recently brought out by the German government was taken up by no less than 2,113,220 in- dividual subscribers, thousands of ‘whom bought securities to the amount of $48 oF less. Berlin policemen are the best edu- cated in the world. Those stationed in important thoroughfares have a knowledge of several languages, and flags of the nations on their sleeves indicate what foreign tongues they speak SHORT AND SHARP. Enrope seems to have bad several scraps of paper. Vesuvius will now please go out and get a reputation. Some people air opinions that should be packed away in moth balls. ‘When you go sailing with a man who “knows” there is no danger you take a great risk. a It fs also important that those new seagoing submarines shall be able to ‘come back. Some people spend half thelr ives in making promises and the other half in breaking them. Enough neutral nations are needed to Provide diplomatic corps at the capt tals of the belligerents. There are 7,000 miles of tunnels in the Pennsylvania coalfields. Why is a trans-Atlantic subway impossible? Don’t ever assert positively phat you Secuhd ured Gus Sn’ aeethoct arian position. You only think you know. Following the war there may be & change in the rating of the great navies of the world. Uncle Sam's Is the only one not suffering at present. Diamonds cost more than ever, owing to the war, but if it comes to extremi- ties the most of us can breakfast very comfortably without diamonds. S ‘When the time comes for putting in- ternational law in working order, The Hague no doubt will have enough oc- cupation to make up for the leisure that has been forced upon It. Fashion Frills. ‘There seems to be a prevailing opin- fon that anything different is stylish — Nashville Banner. Men would better stop sneering at woman's styles or woman may resvr- rect the bustle.—Chicago News. A fashion note says women may go without hats this summer. If some of them do not their husbands and fa- ‘thers may have to.—Indianapolis Star. ‘Those fashion experts who are reviv- ing the tight skirt must be at thelr wit’ end for novel devices. We all know there's nothing new in it— new meee Flippant Flings. ‘Vie Emmanuel's picture in the paper came high, but he just had to have it— ‘Washington Post. Between the dictograph and Marco- ni, where's a man going to be safe?— Boston Advertiser. ‘With both states “dry” the governor of North Carolina seldom speaks to the governor of South Carolina —New York American. ‘The total wealth in the United States ts $187,739,000,000. iush! All those fellows now fighting may combine and start over here —New York Telegram. Train and Track. ‘The railway between Ladysmith and Datmiara, South Africs, is being dou- ble tracked. A “safety first” book issued to the terminal employees of a railroad tn New York is printed in four languages, Although "there are 1,900 ‘miles of railway lines-to-Urogusy, there is bat one tunnel in the entire country. It was bored more for the yurpose of pre- eenttas coneertve corres Sand - ENGLAND'S NEED David Lloyd-George Sounds a Warning. Noto, David Lioyd-George, the minister of munitions in the British coalition cabi- net, holds a new and unique position as well as an entirely new minister- ship, specially created for the present troublous times. He has taken hold of his new duties with the vigor that is characteristic of him and is waking up England to the fact of the necessity of ample munitions of war in order that England may win out in the struggle In a recent speech he said: “It depends more upon the masters and men occupied in running work- shops than upon any part of the com- munity whether Great Britain will Eg ae % -_ St ae Ne ae IP . if af a he aoe Bas > Photo by American Press Association. DAVID LLOTD-GuoncE, emerge from this colossal struggle beaten, humiliated, stripped of power, honor and influence and a mere bond slave of cruel military tyranny, of whether it will come out triumphant, free and more powerful than ever for good in the affairs of men. “I come bere to tell you the truth Unless you know it you cannot be ex- pected to make sacrifices. “Our Russian allies have suffered a severe setback. The Germans have achieved a great success, not because of the superior valor of their soldiers or strategy of their generals. “The German triumph is due entire- ly to superiority of equipment, to over- whelming superiority of shot and shell and munitions and equipment. It was a battle won by the use they made of their skilled industries and especially by the superior organization of Ger man workshops.” EXIT OF DR. DERNBURG. His Position In Thie Country Always More or Less Troubled. Dr. Bernhard Dernburg by interna- tional agreement has been granted safe conduct to his home in Germany, the British, French and Russian govern- ments having given assurances that he would not be molested. It was generally believed that Dr. Dernburg was an official spokesman for the kaiser, though at times he de- = 3 AN 4 4 A Gared that be was speaking for him- self only. His activities in this coun- try were distasteful to sympathizers with the allies, especially his speech at Cleveland following the Lusitania disaster. Dr. Dernburg is no stranger in Amer- fea, for in his youth he clerked in a great Wall street banking establish- ment. In Germany Dr. Dernburg and his famfly live in Bertin, though he is often away fram home, as he has been & great traveler. He fas crossed Af length of Siberia, visiting ‘most re- mote settiements. He has explored China and Japan and made extensive tiga though Merino nerve fer time as colonial minister. — es ee BRIGHT BRIEFS, ~ ~- Switzerland sti hangs on ag ‘Rocent bystander, an ie ‘The war costing $2,900,000 an Why, "tain’t worth itt — Might as well sicep on us tise earty ‘4nd sit around with folded hands. Sor ag ua bitious wi Fare simply for things. eine As many people run away with thoughts as allow their thoughts to me them away. ‘The more ingenuity ts appiied to the making of excuses, the poorer thelp quality is likely to be. | The same woman who believes her son can do no wrong bas a husband ‘she thinks can’t do anything right, buying twenty-nine motor boats aan have rubbed all the point off the joke about the Swiss navy. | Switzerland is natura'iy a little anx. fous as to whether her territory {s gp. Ang to be made to do service as ‘thoroughfare. Merely mentioning a prominent cit for the presidency 1s enouzh to set him looking over his private score card for the error records. Earnest highbrows who write history for the coming generation are in dan- Ser of being confronted with more ms. than readers. Statistics show that there are more insane men than insane women. The explanation is easy. ‘The men sreen- zy over the women. If the numbers of prisoners reported captured by the various armies in Es- rope are correctly stated one wonders how they are kept in submission and how fed and housed. Facts From France. Police licenses are issued to women cab drivers in Paris. “La Marseiliaise” obtained its name from the fact that it was first sung in Paris by a band of revolutionaries hail- ing from Marseilles. Standard clocks in the Paris observa- tory are kept ninety feet under ground, where the variation in temperature bas been less than 1 degree in several years. French cycling soldiers are provided with machines so constructed that they can be taken to pieces in two or three minutes and carried on the soldier's back when he comes to some piece of ground over which he is unable to ride Echoes of the War. ‘The war has largely become a strug: gle for ammunition.—Boston Herald. ‘A French economist says the war is costing $2,000,000 an hour. War & civilization’s greatest extravagance— Detroit Free Press. ‘Unless Europe finds itself in a new frame of mind after the declaration of Peace a great deal of blood and tress ure will have been wasted—Chictso News. ‘The formation of a league of net tral nations is gaining favor at Wash- ington. Better form it quickly, of there won't be any material left—Cht cago Herald. Pert Personals. Balfour now batting for Churehill— Chattanooga Times. Northeliffe gave Kitchener a cuff, bat George gave bim a garter.—Philadel phia Ledger. One of life’s mysteries to us Is where 01d Doe Cook gets traveling expenses from.—Detroit Free Press. One thing to his credit, Huerta isn’t trying to tell us how to run the coun try.—Memphis Commercial-Appeal Lord Kitchener is in a position to understand how Walter Johnson feels when a man In the twenty-five cent bleachers yells, “Take him out!"—Bos- ton Transcript. The Royal Box. In Spain the sovereign comes of age at sixteen. When the Prince of Wales marries ‘his wife will receive £10,000 a year, ‘be increased to £30,000 should she sof vive bis royal highness. The queens of England, Prussia, Spain, Italy and Denmark are taller than their husbands, and so is the czarina taller than the czar. ‘King Victor Emmanuel’s official dis- nities include “king of France,” “King of Spain,” “king of England.” “king of Greece,” “king of Hamburg.” “master Of the deep” and “king of the earth.” s Popular Science. Tt ts estimated that about balf the globe is composed of iron. Red, no matter how distant, neve ceases to look red. ‘This is not true of any other color, though « good sree® fairly approximates it. By means of the microphone the Yer7 faintest sounds, such as the fall of feather or'a very delicate piece of OF sue paper; may be distinctly beard ‘That he bas melted metals in * 9 focusing the sun's T375 0S ‘osing « container of Bish ‘properties is the ssa ‘selentist. : Woman’s World = . hs Sa Ye . i" or) S\ i a > = The first words Helene Berg said when she was asked about the reasons for ber coming to this country were: “I am really here on account of the war, and I hope America will not get {into it too. It will only make ft hard- ec for all the other neutral nations f she does. You cannot help those who are already dead. You would only add your dead to ours in Europe. We ‘Ut- tle peoples’ turn our eyes over here to this big country and are giad that one nation is at peace. No one here knows what war is. Europe is a madhouse. ‘There will be an untold value in hav- ing one nation out of war when peace is declared.” Helene Berg is an academician, a graduate of the University of Copen- hagen, social worker, lecturer and leader in the effort to better the con- dition of theabnormal child. For many years she has been eager to see what America is doing for its children—its defectives, delinquents, ilegitimates, its helpless and its handicapped—and now that there is a lull in what she can achieve in ber own land because of the war she has chosen this time to come here. Also in another sense she has reach- ed a stopping place in her lfe work since the long fight of women for the ballot has been successfully terminat- ed in Denmark. In May the Danish diet passed a resolution conferring full suffrage upon womes. There remained aly a final ratification of the act, but this was felt to be a mere formality. Helene Berg was also a leader in the Yoman's congress which undertook to Temedy the position of the unmarried mothers of Denmark. The Danish jaw, when it is Sinally passed, will give the illegitimate child the right of inberitance from its father and the use of his name. “Cora” Crochet Lace. Abbreviations. —Ch., chain; dc. dov- bie crochet; tr,, treble. ‘This pattern, which measures two fuches across, is suitable for trimming Gainty underwear. Crochet cotton No. 90 fs a good thread to use for it, and narrow ribbon may be run through the footing holes as a finish. Insertion.—6 ch., join to form a ring, *2tr, 2 ch, and 2 tr. into ring; turn with 5 ch and repeat from * (putting 5 Diep into & oh) ser the temgeh Se First Row.—* 5 ch., 1 dc. into loop of 5 ch. at side, 7 ch, 1 d.c. back in first, 10 ch, 1 dc. back in first, 7 ch, Sch ces eS ieee ad ee rsd ol oe a: a A ge i ae Be or acm Sew od ee ae it Re et ae ed RP a ee I pt ot ee a at aa oe Be ee " Se Gh ed po Sg S ae Te? a ul Sa —— 1 dc. back in first and 1 d.c. into same loop, repeat from * all along. Second Row.—6 ch., 1 dc. under each loop of chain except between trefolls, When the chain must be omitted. ‘Third Row.—* 5 d.c. under first loop, 5 dc. under second, 3 picots of 4 ch., and a slst. into frst ch, 5 de. under Rext loop, 5 ec. under next, 5 ch; tun—1 de. tr first picot, 5 ch, 1 de in next picot, 5 ch, 1 de. in next, 5 ch, 1 de in first dc made (at begin- Ene of row); torn and. work § Ge. un each loop of ch., and nepeat from *. Footing, Firat Row—S ch and 1 de. {nto each 5 ch. loop. oa Third Row chy 4 1er tnto aes Dints for Housewives he dimaiiecer ten ‘That the American housewife is self quite capable of doing all the few mixing desirable, is the commentary of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture ‘Vrooman on the mooted mixed flour Question. He says further that the American housewife could materially Teduce the cost of living if she were to get the flour mixing habit. “There are some thirty substitutes that can be mixed with wheat flour in making bread. Many of these are more nutritious than wheat flour; some of them are cheaper than wheat flour, ‘nd of these two or three at least are ee obtainable almost any- “Potatoes, corn flour and rice (in cer- tain sections) can be used with profit in mixture with wheat four in making yeast bread. With wheat flour as dear &s it is now, the carefal housewife ‘stands to effect quite a saving by using one of these products to eke out her wheat flour. Experiments have shown that the substitutes can be used suc- cessfully in the proportion of one part to three parts of wheat flour. At least three-fourths of the mixture must be ‘good wheat flour. “Potatoes have a certain advantage im this regard, since potato bread can be made without going to the trouble to get the commercial potato meal. Plain mashed potatoes, four parts of mashed potatoes to three parts of wheat flour, will serve the purpose quite well. If the dry potato meal or fiake is used the ratio should be one Dart of potato to three parts of flour. Bolled rice can be used in much the same way as mashed potatoes, care be- ing taken to allow for the water in the Fice and to use about three times as much in bulk as would be used of the ——— “In making potato bread the sponge should be used and just enough water to serve to mix the yeast with the po- tato, since the sponge becomes very | soft after partial fermentation. The remainder of the flour is worked in afterward, care being taken to make an extra stiff dough, which should be Taised till quite light. This bread ts much moister than bread made of straight wheat flour. “Corn flour, which should cost about two-thirds the price of wheat flour, may be mixed with wheat flour direct, one part of corn flour to three parts of wheat flour. Use the mixture just as though it were wheat flour, and mix it yourself. “It should be remembered that the addition of starchy materials, such as Potatoes, rice ur cornstarch (which Is sometimes used to adulterate wheat flour in baking), tends to make a loaf Jess rich in protein and hence less nu- tritions than the straight wheat flour. ‘The addition of corn flour makes little if any change in the nutritive value of the bread, but makes it cheaper. “There are other flour substitutes, such as soybean meal and pea flour, which serve to add greatly to the no- tritive value of the loaf when mixed with wheat flour. These products un- fortunately cannot be recommended in the present emergency, since they are not as yet common articles of com- merce in this country. “In this connection it should be said that a great saving could be effected if the housewife would emulate the pro- fessional baker and buy low grade wheat Sours. There are flours on the market quite as good for home baking as the fancy patent flours, which cost in bulk from 25 to 40 per cent less than the fancy grades, Such are the so called ‘second clear’ and ‘low grade’ flours, which are graded lower than patents merely because they are dark- er, not because they are any less nutri- tious of less palatable. In fact, the darker color may be evidence that the flour %s more nutritious than white four. “Boston brown bread may be men- toned as a good and very popular me- dium for the profitable use of four substitutes. It is made of equal parts of corn meal, rye meal and graham dour and is a very nutritious bread. “There are various ways of making over bread itself so as to effect a con- siderable saving. Thus stale bread, crusts, crumbs, etc., can be worked into palatable products such as bread pancakes, breadcrumb biscuit and breadcrumb cookies. “The nub of the mixed flour question hangs on who does the mixing. If the | housewife does the mixing sbe gets the | saying entailed. If the baker or the wholesaler does it he ts very apt to/| get the saving as additional profit” =| To Make That French Twist. A simple way to arrange the French twist is to gather up the hair that grows upon the crown of the head, as if one were to form an old fashioned roach, as displayed in the old time pho- tographs. .Pin this so it will be out of the way. ‘Take the back hair and a bit ‘above the ears and do in a French twist. “With the topknot hair form 2 thick, wide roll from one side to the other, Anchor with a bair net. You ‘will Jook a bit weird, but what matter? You will be in style, and think what glory that is. Though the freaks of fashion te abun. to dierurard them oe ee te And then, ter be tramp, but Wf crete a post tive dislike for the la@y in the joking THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 19. 1915. DAINTY AFTERNOON FROCK.. : ad Embroidered White Net With Pretty Rosebuds of Silk. _ ray ‘ 2) te oy | 5 PS <m ay OS rs ve ot ge. So Fa tf & Bs Al hb = i A i aoe os os. 4 H } ia oy 4 Wiiisey Ps. 3 u ed = ae = . Te Be: ba etch aa: ‘PRETTY SUMMER CREATION. Charming afternoon frock of em- broidered white net, the edge forming Pointed scallops. Heavier embroidery forms the hip yoke and trims the bodice, which is built with a square neck and long sleeves. Dainty rose- buds of pink silk add a bit of color. TAKE CARE OF HAIR. Be Careful Not to Tear Scalp or Split Hair, but Stimulate by Massage. Few women take proper care of thet hair. They believe that if they give i @ brushing at night and wash it every two or three weeks they are doing ail that is needed. Under normal conditions the proper care of the hair is very simple. The objects to be kept in mind are to pre ‘serve its natural Inster and texture by “means of absolute cleanliness and to “massage the scalp sufficiently to re ‘move any dandruff that may adhere to it and thereby promote the setive cir culation of the blood. All this must be done without injury to the scalp or the hair by pulling, scratching or tear- tng. Cutting the hair frequently has & tendency, especially in youth, to thicken the individual hairs and pro- mote their growth. Neither this nor any other known process, however, tends to increase the actual number of hairs. All claims to the contrary are the pretensions of charlatans. Professional hairdressers do not ad- ‘Yocate shampooing the hair oftener than once a month. A thorough brushing once or twice a week is re garded by them as sufficient for clean- Miness and as much more beneficial to the hair and scalp. Much contradictory advice has been given on the subject of brushing the hair, some persons saying that stiff brushes should be used and the scalp and hair brusbed by means of them with 2 good deal of vigor, others rec- ommending soft brushes and a very moderate amount of friction. These differences are probably due to differ- ent views of the objects to be attained by brushing. One object is to promote the health of the scalp and hence to give strength and vigor to the bair. For this purpose brushes with hard. stiff bristles may be used with consid- erable vigor provided the skin is not injured. ‘The other objeet is to smooth the hair and free it from dust. For this purpose brushes may be soft and used with a very moderate pressure. Care should be taken on the one hand not to scratch the scalp, tear the roots of the hair or cause it to split, and on the other not to neglect the stimulating effects of massaging the scalp and removing dandruff. ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN. Prominent New York women have subscribed $8,000 to pro- vide medical treatment for drug ‘users. A Georgia woman has invent- ed and patented a new kind of a hoe. > Bellevue hospital, in New York > city, has a female ambulance doctor. : Female telephone operators in . England are paid $5.50 2 week y during their training period and » $6 when trained } ‘Miss Mabel Guppy, an Bngilah } git who has been teaching Eng- } Mish in a Japanese school, has re- > aigned ber position to become a } Buddhist nun. Spon pg apron greggrnened ; Kan, have joined cr mare ore » and now ot sem Dens Sit walk he streets. with any > man who smokes cigarettes, “; ig Oe Pe fe oe ee IN BLACK AND WHITE. EERE, Bea ronene nee "| a GW ‘aes B aw me ae » aS WANS A Nat FNS) Py YOR AFTERNOON. Charming afternoon frock of wide Diack and white striped indestructible Voile. On the skirt the stripes run ¢rosswise, and on the plaited apron- like tunic the stripes run up and down. Vest and collar of soft, creamy lace. Wide girdle of black’ moire ribbon, a Plaited heading finishing the lower edge. INDEPENDENCE DAY HINT. ‘The Housewife by Careful Planning May Find Her Day Free From Care. It is often true that holidays for the family in general are not at all holi- Gays for the housekeeper—so much food to cook, so many dishes to wash, extra work at all times. But every housekeeper can make the glorious Fourth a true Independence day, free from work and worry, even if she has a number of guests. ‘Make the cleaning as easy as possi- bie and do it several days in advance, 80 that the rooms need only the very slightest brushup the day before the holiday. Plan your menu for the six ‘or more meals of the week end and market for them in the middle of the ‘Week before the stores are crowded, when you will get better service and Materials. As it is likely to be “typ- feal scorching” weather, your menu might be almost cold. A meat loaf, a fresh ham, a veal or chicken aspic can be made two days in advance and should serve two meals or more. A quart of boiled mayon- naise and cake made either in a loaf or in smal! shapes will also serve for double meals, different vegetables be- ing used on different days and the same cake being iced differently. All of the desserts of the Bavarian cream type can be made in advance and left on ice until needed. A quantity of lemonade sirup and cocoa sirup can be Prepared so that an instant beverage will be at hand. A dozen hard boiled eggs can be used cold with potato salad or in delicious supper dishes in combination with cheese and toast. If there are.many guests it is really only fair to have each make his own bed and leaye his bedroom in order, and if they are in- formal guests none of them should mind giving a “helping hand.” Elaborate service is not necessary, and the simpler the table the more at- tractive it may be made. Perhaps many meals can be eaten outdoors in true “picnic” fashion. If almost all the cooking s done beforehand, as sugzest- ed, and paper plates and dishes used for at least some meals the dishwash- ing problem should hold no terrors. It is much better to really enter into the spirit of a holiday than it ts to have everything in the house so im- maculately clean that much of your time is taken away from your guests on the day itself. Mothers too seldom enter into the fun of things, they are so often wondering whether this or that is “right.” But a holiday is just the time to develop “chumship” with sons who are perhaps beginning to feel that mother doesn't know any- thing except housekeeping or with otb- er young people to whom you may serve as a stimulus if you only stop thinking of housework and such things long enough to enter into thelr play afd plans. Cotton Wedding Gowns. At a recent fashionable wedding the bride's dress was of fine cotton voile, almost like chiffon, made up in 1820 period style. The trimming was sheer White cotton lace, frilled to form the border of the long court train and in the form of ruchings on the short skirt Garlands of lilies of the valley were used. The white net vell was arranged im cap style, held in place by a wreath Of Wies of the valley. The shower bov- Yuet was of the same delicate flowers, tied with long loops of white satin ribbon. ‘The bridesmaids’ dresses were of printed organdy, trimmed with ruch- ings and festoon ruffles of lace, one reas being in 2 blue and yellow com- bination and the other in pink and lav- niet. To keep the wedding attire stumple long Girectotre canes of white quota. The wae its ictemed bets ‘quaintly trimmed with velvet nosegays of tiny, old fast Care of the Baby In Summer Artificial Feeding. (Prepared the children’s bureau, Unit- py Ae ‘When a baby is deprived of breast milk altogether and fed entirely from & bottle this method is called artificia! feeding. If he is partly nursed and partly fed from the bottle this method is known as mixed feeding. In both of these ‘methods the preparation of the bottles and the amount and kind of food to Use afe questions of vast importance to the baby. Many thousands of bot- ‘tle fed babies die every year because they do not have breast milk or be- cause of some mistake in feeding or because they cannot adapt themselves to a strange food. Artificial feeding 1s not only hard on the baby, but imposes no slight task Upon the mother. To bring up a baby on the bottle without mishap requires unremitting daily attention to a multi- tude of petty details which can only de neglected at the risk of making the Daby sick. ‘The milk must have special care from the moment it is delivered at the house until it is fed to the baby. ‘The utensils used in the preparation of the feedings and the bottles and nipples must be kept scrupulously clean. The strength and quantity of the food must be increased or decreas- ed in accordance with the baby’s vary- ing needs as indicated by his age, his weight, the condition of his bowels and other things. All this necessarily makes such demands on the time and strength of a mother that she will not undertake this burden if breast milk can possibly be bad. Even a little “a on ie breast milk is far better than none, as ‘@ baby frequently thrives very well on mixed feeding. After the first month the average healthy bottle fed baby requires one ‘and one-half ounces of milk in twenty- four hours for every pound of weight ‘Thus, a ten pound baby requires fif- teen ounces of milk in twenty-four ‘hours, increased by the proper amount ‘of water and sugar to suit his age. It ts impossible to give complete ai- rections for milk mixtures in a brief article. As far as possible the feeding of @ bottle baby should be under the direction of a good doctor. City moth- ers may take their babies to the near- est infant welfare station for the ad- vice and help they need. Country mothers who are far from the doctor will need to have some book giving directions for the feeding of the baby. There are several good books of this kind which may be bought ‘The children’s bureau of the depart- ment of Iabor at Washington will send ‘free to all who ask for it a little Pamphlet called “Infant Care,” which gives some simple rules for feeding. VALUABLE HINTS. Tuck For Shrinkage—When making up wash material to al low for shrinkage before turning the hem the first time take a tuck on the inside before turn- ing and stitch down at the sec- ond time. This can be easily let out and the result is most satisfactory. This is especially g00d for growing girls’ dresses. ‘To Make Gas Mantles Last— ‘When lighting the gas do not turn the key on full, but only four-fifths of the way and see that sufficient air enters through the air passage. This will elim- imate the hissing and give pro- portional flow of air and gas. ‘When the mantle gets black ‘throw a little ordinary salt in the same from the top, which ‘will consume the carbon and make your mantle clear and white. It also adds a thin coat- ing to the mantle which makes ft last much longer. ‘A Care For Runners—I hed such a time with runners in my silk stockings, and after trying many plans to prevent them I finaly ‘hit upon’ ») satisfactory fee two toch este rgson 7 pat ing two iedee secctons eis the garters to bold it. mes not a single runner, and 80 Tito tt for tee toe teeaey of silk ‘stockings is no longer one I ‘mst be denied. ees PAGE THREE For the Children A. S aed tg OS (S eS 2 fees ae Fi = ae | “es oo Sr Os aaa lige e, pe a Photo by American Press Association. Not long ago there was held at one of the big New York hotels a flower show that was attended by many so- ¢lety folks. Among the visitors was ‘Miss Ruth Atkins, a sweet little miss, whose portrait is shown herewith. Buth was greatly pleased at the beau- tiful display of flowers, and many of the people at the show thought Ruth was the most charming rosebud of all the gorgeous display. As she was go- ing abont with her mamma the cam- era man came along, and he was so struck with Ruth that he snapped her picture then and there. If by chance Ruth should see her picture in the pa- per she would be a surprised little gir. Gets cn tie | This is a boy scout game and is play- (ef im a clearing or open fleld with « egular association football or basket- ball, One scout takes his position in the clearing, and the rest seek cover as near as possible. With a scoutmas. ter acting as umpire, the ball ts rolled ‘tato the open space and the scout in- aide immediately kicks it out and rush- es out to tag any other scout he can find and catch, but directly the ball is Kicked back into the clearing he must return and kick it out. The umpire watches the ball and as soon as it ‘comes to a standstill inside the clear ing blows his whistle to indicate the fact. While the one scout is returning ‘to Kick it out the others may change ‘thelr positions or seek fresh hiding places. ‘The scouts who are caught remove their scarves or wind a white hand- Kerchief around one arm and then help their captor to catch other scouts. ‘They must not kick the ball, but must return to the clearing each time the ‘whistle is blown. The winner is the scout who is caught last. In an open field the “clearing” is indicated by a twhite mark on the grass or by corner ‘posts and scouts have to elude cap- ture more by dodging than by seeking cover. As a variation successive patrols tmay “hold” the clearing and endeavor ‘to capture the rest of the troop in the shortest posible time The patrol leader only is allowed to kick the ball out of the clearing. The winning pa- rol is that which takes the shortest time. In this variation the scouts who are caught do not take any further part in the game.—Scouting. | Wall Scaling For Scouts. ‘The exciting and trying sport of wall | scaling is being taken up by many of ‘the more aggressive troops of boy ‘scouts. Wall scaling looks daring, ap- ‘Deals to the eye and gives opportunity for snappy contests. Teamwork counts and fumbies are glaring. Altogether, to the troop which has or can make the necessary equipment wall scaling ‘is well worth the effort There are few exercises so thrilling with so lit- fle of the element of danger of mis- hap. Many troops are practicing wall sening at this time with a view to putting on exhibitions at various pub- Be gatherings, encampments and the ‘Mike this summer. “___ Girlie’s Troubles. ‘My name is little Albertine, mother calls me Tommy ‘Sodas sey toes oe over aan, ‘My bands are always gummy. fhe stops me racing through the house, She is bw A he a ‘And put on pants and jacket. ire mod pias hs Ge esters ‘to say “Thank you” and “Please” — 'T want Bread and batter. (And after I am bathed at night,” ® “Lord ber - PAGE FOUR THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Inhabitants, Single Taxes, Republicans, 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.....$8.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 6532 ST. LAWRENCE AVE., CHICAGO, ILL PHONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered on Second-Class Matter Aug. 18, 1908, 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. MARCHING ON BOSTON. The Fifteenth Anniversary of the founding of the National Negro Business League will be celebrated at Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 18th, 19th, and 20th, 1915. The Boston Local Negro Business League, as well as the Local Negro Business League of Cambridge, is hard at work perfecting arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the delegates who are planning to be present. Aside from the regular business sessions of the League, the social side of the convention will not be neglected. A Guarantee Fund has already been secured for the purpose of financing every feature of the entertainment and reception of the delegates. Historical Traditions. Historic Boston, with its many traditions intimately connected with the life and history of the Negro people, and particularly with the movement which led to their freedom and enfranchisement, is a Mecca toward which our race should from time to time turn. It was in Boston that the first meeting of the League was held August 23rd and 24th, 1900; and in holding the meeting there this year, it will fittingly celebrate the Fifteenth Anniversary of the founding of the League, afford an opportunity for "taking stock"—an inventory, as it were—of racial progress and development since the organization of the League; and fortified by the accumulated knowledge and experiences of these years, the business men and women of the race may face the future with greater inspiration and a firmer grasp of the complex problems of modern business. Gains by the Race in Fifteen Years. In 1900, when the National Negro Business League was organized, there were about 20,000 Negro business enterprises; now there are 45,000. In 1900 there were two Negro Banks; now there are 51. In 1900 Negroes were running 250 drug stores; now they have 695. In 1900 there were 450 undertaking businesses operated by Negroes; now there are about 1,000. In 1900 there were 149 Negro merchants engaged in wholesale businesses; now there are 240. In 1900, fifteen years ago, there were 10,000 Negro retail merchants; now there are 25,000. Further Economic Progress. In the fifteen years since the National Negro Business League was organized, farm property owned by Negroes has made a remarkable increase. From 1900 to 1910, the value of domestic animals owned by Negro farmers increased from $85,216,337 to $177,273,785, or 107 per cent; poultry from $3,788,792 to $5,113,756 or 36 per cent; implements and machinery from $18,586,225 to $36,861,418, or 98 per cent; land and buildings from $69,636,420 to $273,501,665, or 293 per cent. In ten years the total value of farm property owned by Negroes increased from $177,404,688 to $492,892,218, or 177 per cent. Arrangements are already being made for the comfort of delegates who intend to attend the meetings. A National Negro Business League special train, which will carry delegates from the far South to the Boston meeting, is already being planned for and, in addition, arrangements will also be made for our friends from the West, with Chicago as the center, to make the trip to Boston in a body. Further details with reference to these arrangements will be published shortly. The officers of the affiliated organizations of the National Negro Business League, including the National Negro Press Association, the National Negro Banker's Association, the National Negro Funeral Directors' Association, the National Negro Bar Association and the National Association of Negro Insurance Men are each individually planning their several programs so as to add interest and to make them constructively worth while. Further information as to detailed plans for the coming meeting etc., may be secured from. Booker T. Washington, President. J. C. Napier, Chairman Executive Committee, or from Emmett J. Scott, Secretary Tuske gee Institute, Alabama. HEALTH NOTES. The pupils in the Curtis School under the leadership of Miss Meta Wellers have organized for a clean up and swat the fly campaign and are already doing effective work. Miss Wellers composed a song and drill for the boys and girls in costume, which is being sung and practised with much enthusiasm. Here is the song: THE FLY BRIGADE. (Air—Tramp! Tramp!) Girls— In our homes we watch and work To exterminate the fly That is bringing death and sickness to our door, And with footsteps firm and light, Swatting to the left and right, We will rid our homes of flies forever. Swat! Swat! Swat! the girls are coming! Cheer up! Soon the victory's won. And within our city's gates We shall breathe a purer air When the last of all the filthy flies is gone. Boys— In the battle front we stand Ready for the fiercest charge On the alleys filled with dirt and broken cans, And we'll pour on garbage piles And the stagnant water round, Oil that stills the festive 'skeeters' buzzing clans. Chorus— Clank! Clank! Clank! the boys are marching! Forward, comrades, join the fray! Charge upon the deadly germs, Breeding in the reeking filth, Ere we fall to them a helpless, hopeless prey. Boys and Girls— So we form a willing band Charging at our Chief's command On the pests and plagues that fill the summer air; And we'll fight with all our might, Doing all that we can do, As we help to make our city free and fair. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! together marching. Till the last of all the pesky flies is gone. Girls, aprons, dust-caps and flyswatters. Boys, overalls, straw hats, bandanna handkerchiefs and oil cans. It is a great deal easier to do the things that will prevent flies from breeding than it is to kill them after they are born. If all the flies that are born each summer lived two years or more and were permitted to continue their wonderful reproductive capacity, they would become a worse plague to humanity than any of the terrible visitations of the seven year locusts have ever been, not excepting the one told of in Holy Writ in the days of Moses. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB. The Alpha Suffrage Club arranged a program for the meeting Sunday afternoon, June 20th at the League. The Club is very much elated over the success of the Mother's Meeting at the Y. M. C. A., at which time Judge Mary M. Bartelme was chief speaker to three hundred women. An invitation is hereby extended for all interested persons to come and hear Mr. W. L. Bedine, superintendent of compulsory education, speak on "The Colored Boy Problem in the Public Schools" on Wednesday evening June 23rd. Mr. Bedine was expected on this Wednesday evening, but sent word that on account of another important meeting he could not be present. Meetings held every Wednesday evening at 8005 State Street, 8 ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 19, 1915. The Great Street Car Strike Which Tightly Gripped Chicago for Almost Two Days and a Half, Suddenly Came to an End Through the Untiring Labors of Mayor William Hale Thompson HE SUCCEEDED IN INDUCING THE STREET CAR OFFICIALS AND THE CHIEFS OF THE UNIONS, WHICH EMBRACED FOURTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MEN, TO AGREE TO ARBITRATE THEIR DIFFERENCES. MAYOR THOMPSON, JUDGE KICKHAM SCANLAN AND H. E. FLEMMING MAY SERVE AS ARBITRATORS WITH A VIEW OF BRINGING ABOUT PEACE AND HARMONY AMONG ALL PARTIES CONCERNED IN THE STREET CAR STRIKE. M. M. One of the gentlemanly and honorable judges of the Superior Court of Cook County who is making good as one of the members of the Appellate Court, and who has many friends who would like to see him become the Republican candidate for Attorney-General of Illinois in 1916. From early on Monday morning until Wednesday at ten o'clock not one street car nor one on the South Side Elevated Line moved or turned a wheel and more than six hundred thousand people who use the street cars every day in this city in going and returning home from work and places of business in the downtown district were for that length of time forced to resort to all kinds of transportation in order to get about, over or around the city, for Chicago was tightly gripped in its greatest of all its former street car strikes. But notwithstanding that fact, all its bustling and hustling citizens, both men and women, from the highest to the lowest, were good natured and they rather enjoyed the novel experience which they passed through in getting to and from their homes or lodging places. One thing must be said to the everlasting credit of the fourteen thousand five hundred men employed on the various street car and elevated lines in this city, that they to a man refrained from resorting to rioting and they did not commit one unlawful act during the strike. Their manly conduct in that respect won the sympathy of the great majority of the people residing in this city. It was the untiring work or labor on the part of Mayor William Hale Thompson, who is looked upon by the street car officials, the heads of the Labor unions, the street car men and by the vast army of working men throughout the city, as well as by the small business men and the great captains of industry, as their new Moses, and too much credit cannot be given him for bringing the strike to a sudden close without riot and the shedding of human blood. It was Mayor Thompson or "Big Bill," as he delights to be called by his army of friends, who finally succeeded, after working night and day, in inducing all parties actually concerned in the strike to agree to arbitrate their differences, and Mayor Thompson will serve as one of the arbitrators and Judge Kickham Scanlan and H. E. Flemming may be his associates. The Following Questions Are to Be Settled. Following are the questions which will be arbitrated: 1. Percentage of straight runs and consecutive hours in which swing runs shall be completed. 2. Maximum time covered by straight runs on Sundays. 3. Allowance for fall-backs for meals and reliefs, if any, on the streets for meals. 4. Hours of service, including weekdays, Sundays and holidays, other than trainmen, provided for in this agreement. 5. Length of wage scale and wages for all trainmen, including trainmen on cinder, sprinkler, supply and other cars. 6. Hours of service and wages paid car repairers, motor repairers, inspectors, dopers, car placeers, car cleaners, janitors, terminal men, or other men around barns. 7. Allowance for turning-in time. 8. Seniority and efficiency with reference to men outside the train service. Health, Cleanliness Proper Living Sanitation, Etc. 3300 So. State St. Phone Douglas 3617 CATARRH OF STOMACH; GASTBIT IS; DYSPEPSIA. As its name implies, gastritis is a disease characterized by an inflammation of the stomach, particularly the lining membrane of that organ. There are two forms, acute and chronic. It is one of the most common of ailments, occurring at all ages. The principal cause of the acute and chronic gastritis is found in errors of diet. Medical authorities say that most people eat too much, that many of us dig our own graves, figuratively, with our teeth, that the platter kills more than the sword, that more maladies arise from excess in eating than from excess in drinking and that most people eat too fast. Too large a quantity of food and too poor a quality often cause indigestion which is known also as catarrh of the stomach and gastritis. It may follow the ingestion of more food than the stomach can digest; the undigested portion decomposes and irritates the mucous membrane causing the symptoms of an uncomfortable feeling in what is called the "pit" of the stomach, headache, abdominal distension, depression, nausea called "sick at the stomach". eructations "belching" which generally gives relief and vomiting which also often relieves. Another cause is the polluted and decomposed foods, contaminated from various sources especially the common fly. The dirty habits of the fly are well known; that it can carry millions of the little deadly germs on its hairy legs to our food and produce dyspepsia, gastritis, catarrh of the stomach and other kindred diseases such as cholera infantum is not so well known. It is the dirty little fly that causes so much disease of the stomach during the hot weather. The public has long since recognized the terror of this pest which is evident in the swat the fly movement. Other causes of gastritis are abuse of alcohol, a very common cause, unsuitable and improperly prepared food, too much of sweets and fats, the use of tobacco, the habitual use of hot bread and hot pastry, the drinking of large quantities of ice water during meals GIVE US THE PYTHIAN TEMPLE The article in The Broad Ax last week aroused them to action. We are publishing letters from the most influential and prominent Pythians of this city. The South cannot afford to fight us in this matter. You can if you will, so give us the temple. We hit a tender cord last week when we asked that action be taken by the Pythians of the supreme order be taken favorable to the erection of the temple promised for Chicago. There should not be any hesitation upon the gallant Knights of the South, the East and the West in doing their full duty in this matter. Chicago the greatest city in the world for Negroes should have the greatest temple in the world. The Pythians of this city, have done much for Pythianism of this country and should receive a hearty response from the Pythians elsewhere, give us the temple this year by all means, let Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware as well pull for it. If you do this you will find a spirit of unity from our Northern states, which will spell success for Pythianism in the nation. The following letters from our most prominent Pythians will tell you how they feel about it. Let us hear from you Brother Pythian, give us the temple. PROM OOL JOHN B. MAESHALL. Dear Sir: It has been the cherished wish and fondly hope of the Pythians of Illinois for the past 10 years to have the Pythian Temple erected in Chicago, the plans for which were consumed long before it was seriously contemplated to build a Sanitarium at Hot Springs, Ark. The necessity of such a project was fostered by a large number of the Supreme Lodge representatives at Louisville, Ky. in September 1907. The Supreme Representatives at this session from Illinois were heartily in accord with the purchase of the santi- A. E. and the habit of eating at irregular hours as well as eating too rapidly and imperfectly chewing the food. Constipation, disorders of the liver, chronic heart-disease and certain lung affections also cause indigestion. There is no fever in this disease except in the severe acute forms, when the fever rises as high as 102 or 103 degrees. The attack may set in with a chill. The tongue is heavily coated and there is a copious flow of saliva. The breath is of a peculiarly heavy odor. There may be constipation but often there is diarrhoea. Herpes called "fever blisters" may appear upon the lips. The abdomen is often distended and tender on pressure in the epigastric region better known as the "pit of the stomach." In the chronic form there is distress after eating, a coated tongue and a bad taste in the mouth. Headache and vertigo are associated; there is generally constipation in this variety. Eruptations are frequent after meals; with the gas bitter fluids may be brought up. Vomiting is not frequent in the chronic form; it may occur immediately after eating or an hour of two later. The vomitus consists of slimy mucous and food in various stages of digestion. To prevent the disease as well as to cure the same the causes must be avoided. Proper foods in proper amounts should be eaten, at the proper time. No foods should be used that have been exposed to sources of contamination. All foods should be carefully masticated. When the disease is present a careful and systematically arranged diet must be given. Every case must be given individual treatment as each person has a peculiar susceptibility in the matter of digestion. “One man's food is another man's poison” is an old adage which is probably more like truth than fiction. Constipation must be corrected. In alcoholic gastritis all alcoholic beverages must be forbidden. In acute cases all food must be forbidden for a day or two, later certain liquids are allowed. If well bourne solids may follow and great caution must be observed. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” tarium and in the interest of humanity and the desire to provide a retreat and healthatorium for the weak and disabled brothers of the order stepped aside and gave its support for the purchase 7 years ago, which has since been rebuilt on account of the fire which almost destroyed Hot Springs in August 1913. The property now owned by the Knights of Pythians at 33rd and 8 State street was purchased 10 years ago as a site for the great Pythian Temple Building, since then this property has more than paid for itself by the income derived from the rents together with a good interest on the money therein vested. At the coming session of the Supreme Lodge at Columbus, Ohio plans and specifications for the building of the Pythian Temple which has already been drawn under the supervision of the Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green will be submitted and we have every reason to believe that at this session appropriations will be made to build a temple here in Chicago, which will be the pride and will bring to the order, Fame and Fortune, such as no other efforts have hitherto brought to us such an act of legislation would receive the commendation and plaudits not only of every Pythian, but of every race loving citizen who believes in the progress and advancement of his people. The Representatives to the Supreme Lodge from Illinois attending the supreme session at Columbus, Ohio in August 1915 will be found laboring with untiring efforts and energy to secure such legislation as will secure the building contemplated. Yours sincerely, John R. Marshall. Mr. L. W. Washington. FIRST COLORED TO BE AP- POINTED. Louisville, Ky.—Miss Florence Anderson, formerly a teacher in Maryland, has been appointed State Supervisor of Colored Rural Schools. She enjoys the distinction of being the first person of the race to hold the position. She is an alumnus of Hampton Institute. HYDE PARK NEWS By L. W. Washington We were certainly glad to see the cars in route again, because, it operated both against our physics, and our pocket books as well. After a cessation of 36 hours, it was a pleasant sensation, to look these common carriers in the face once more. Miss Ada Franklin has returned from her trip in company with a Jubilee company. We are very sorry to hear that the Hunter Brothers have lost the last sister of the family. We reported her leaving the city last week. We now learn that she became worse after arriving at her home in Ohio; died and was buried the other day. Mr. Chas. Hunter, attended the funeral. Mr. Leach is worse at this writing The Rev. White preached Sunday evening at the A. M. E. Church. His subject was "The Shepherd, The Leader." The Christian Endeavor was lead by the Sunday School Supt. while the members were called upon to discuss the topic "The Call to Young Men." The pastor addressed himself to the subject so did the writer. Afterwards we remained for Church services, and by special request of the pastor, we assisted in taking up the collection. This church has the youngest organist in the world, Miss Victoria Raymore. The Rev. Williams, Pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church is quietly, but surely getting things in shape financially to build a new church. We get this message from the little newspaper bird which keeps us posted on all up to date news matter. The Hyde Park Colored waiters have organized a Benevolent Society. Mr. Fred Manning, Pres. Mr. Webb, secretary. QUIN CHAPEL --- A splendid musical program was rendered by the choir last Sunday morning and evening under direction of Prof. Edward Morris, organist. "Soul's Awakening" was impressively sung by Madam Rosa Lee Tyler, Mrs. Laura Williams sang "O Divine Redeemer," "Sanctus" was aby rendered by Mr. A. Gerwood-Maiolo, the Hawaiian Tenor, Mr. W. C. Buckner sang beautifully, A Basso Solo, Rev. Joseph C. Anderson preached on the insurance against trouble with adequate scripture references. THE HOTEL LINCOLN IS RUNNING AT FULL, BLAST. Last Saturday, June 12, the Hotel Lincoln, Long Island, N. Y., which is under the management of Mrs. C. A. Breckenridge, held its formal grand opening. The leading new features of the Hotel Lincoln are first-class service, ocean boating, Sunday concerts, delightful music, new tennis court and dancing afternoons and evenings. (See ad in another column of this paper.) MACBETH GETS APPOINTMENT Special to The Broad Ax. Los Angeles, June 14.—Hugh E. Macbeth, who formerly edited a newspaper in Baltimore and who is now practicing law here, has been appointed a deputy prosecuting attorney by District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine, a Southern Democrat. NOTICE! NOTICE! NOTICE! We have nice clean rooms at a reasonable rate, all modern improvements, with respectable people, and a quiet neighborhood, for young men or man and wife. Ideal accommodations for the price. Investigate and see for yourself. 509 E. 36th street. CHIPS Mrs. Phil Green, 243 W. 47th street, is home again after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends in Lexington and in other parts of Kentucky. Mr. W. A. Wallace, Pres. of the Equality League has called a meeting of the officers of that league to take some action on the Birth of the Nation. Mrs. Pauline McBride, last week, secured a divorce from her husband, Mr. A. L. McBride, who is one of the head members of the Appomattox Club. Mrs. Priscilla Leggons has removed from Highland Park, III, to 3628 Vernon avenue, this city, and she is now enjoying a short vacation trip to Grand Haven, Mich. Mrs. Laura Jackson, wife of Charles S. Jackson, the funeral director for the Western Casket and Undertaking Company, at $249 S. State street, is by mutual consent suing her husband for divorce. D. B. Peyton, one of the oldest Afro-American residents of Chicago who is well known to all the older inhabitants, passed away this week. Funeral services were held over his remains at Bethel Church on Thursday. Mrs. Eva Monroe, head of the Old Folks Home at Springfield, Ill., has for the past two weeks been the guest of Mrs. Teresa Macon, 506 W. 56th street. She will leave for her home on Sunday morning. The members of the Colored Business Men's League of Chicago will hold forth at Olivet Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon, June 20. Mr. Anthony Overton, president. A splendid program will be rendered. Subject for discussion will be "Patriotism of the Negro in Business." Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, 3226 Prairie avenue, left last week for an extended trip through the South, in the interest of the New Citizens Magazine of Boston, Mass. She will visit Nashville and Chatanooga, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Jacksonville, Fla., and the Exposition at Richmond, Va. in July, after which she will return to her home. Miss Adelphia Boger, who has been instructor of music for several years at the Colored State College, Orangeburg, S. C., the first of this week, returned to her former home, Aurora, Ill., where she will remain until after July 1. Then she will go to Boston, Mass., to resume her studies of music and engage in concert work. The writer called upon Mrs. Bodise of 507 E. 36th St., upon learning that she had in her possession a cup which contains the picture of Abraham Lincoln. And, I must say, that is very strange incident indeed; about two weeks before the election of Wm. Hale Thompson she being an ardent supporter of his, was sitting at the table without taking thought she turned her cup up side down in the saucer. On getting ready to wash the dishes, turning it up again, she became impressed with this picture, since that time she has shown this cup to about 75 persons, and every one of them except 1 person recognized it without being told. The face is still visible in this cup. Anyone is at liberty to see it. It is very strange indeed. The Street Car strike is ended; thanks, to reason and arbitration, both employee and employer are to be congratulated, on their ability to get together, and most assuredly do we take off our hat to his Hon. the mayor Wm. Hale Thompson of doing the best things at the right time, and holding the confidence in his tireless efforts, in justice and discretion of bringing out a great conflict, peace, to all Employee, Employer, and Citizen, alike. The over coming of this gigantic rock, put another feather in his cap. We congratulate the union men because of the peaceful manner in which they conducted the same, and the city council, for raising the city's flag out of the dust, and making it by example possible for home rule. If out-siders had been permitted to interfere, the condition by this time would have been worse and neither side would have yielded a point believing that the arbitration board will do its full duty, in adjusting the whole matter without prejudice. We again congratulate citizens and contestants. Crack of a Bullet: That bullets neither whine, hiss, howl, hum nor whisper, novelists to the contrary notwithstanding, is information given by Edward C. Crossman in Outing. With one possible exception—when in certain conditions of open country modern military bullets hiss to those standing back of the firing line—nothing is audible except a sharp crash of air closing around the bullet's base when it travels at high speed. At a velocity of 1,500 feet a second, or more, the noise is "like nothing so much as a long and very violently cracked snakehawk whip." Those who stand far enough from the rifle hear the bullet's crack and later the dull, thudding noise of the rifle itself, which has been outspeeded. Jack London makes a soldier hit at 600 yard range first hear the sound of the modern rifle and then feel the blow of the bullet. But the bullet would have killed him half a second before the sound from the rifle reached him. Recon on Sea Power. It was Francis Bacon, after the ships of England had destroyed "the invincible armada," who in a chapter entitled "Of the True Greatness of Kingdomes and Estates," proclaimed his idea that sea power is world power. He said: er. He said. "We see the great Effects of Battles by Sea. The Battille of Actium decided the Empire of the World. The Battille of Lepanto arrested the Greatnesse of the Turke. There be many Examples, where Sea-Fights have been Final to the Warre; But this is, when Princes or States, have set up their Rest, upon the Battilles. But thus much is certain; That hee who Commands the Sea, is at great Liberty, and may take as much, as little of the Warre, as he will. Whereas those, that be strongest by land, are many times nevertheless in great Straights." THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 19, 1915. Anne of Russia's ice Palace. Probably the most remarkable building constructed wholly of ice was the palace built on the Neva by the Ossarina Anne of Russia. Large blocks of ice were cut and squared with great care and laid on one another by skillful masons, who cemented the joints with water, which immediately froze. The building, when completed, was fifty-six feet long, seventeen and one half feet broad and twenty-one feet high. It was of but one story. The facade contained a door surmounted by an ornamental pediment and six windows, the frames and panes of which were all of ice. An elaborate balustrade, adorned with statues, ran along the top of the facade and another balustrade surrounded the building at the level of the ground. The grounds were further adorned with a life size figure of an elephant, with his mahout on his back. A stream of water was thrown from the elephant's trunk by day and a flame of naphtha by night. A tent of ice contained a hot bath, in which persons actually bathed. There were also several cannons and mortars of ice, which were loaded with bullets of ice and iron and discharged. Bullet Stopping Tricks. Five feet of clay, three feet of loose earth, or two and a half feet of sand will stop a modern rifle bullet at the closest range; but, curiously enough, as the layman may think, ramming earth hard reduces its resisting power, and high velocity bullets have less penetration in sand at short than at medium range. Eighteen inches of sand between boards is bullet proof, also nine inches of well bulled brick work. Soft wood, like fir, across the grain is bullet proof at point blank range if forty-eight inches thick, or at 500 yards if half as thick. Similarly, twenty-seven inches of hard wood, like oak, is point blank proof, or fifteen inches at 500 yards. Half an inch of wrought iron or mild steel, a quarter of an inch of hard steel, or a fifth of an inch of special steel is bullet proof. So are six inches of shingle, fifteen inches of coal, or, as some people may be surprised to know, eight feet of snow.—London Express. Napkin Rings. But for the napkin rings. They are relics of a departed age, reminders of the era of the Saturday night bath, the old folks' concerts and the painted panoramas of the Nile. They abide now in out of the way corners, tarnished and forgotten, bands of old silver, often affectionately inscribed at the command of givers long since turned to dust. They are the sort of reminders of a gentler but less fastidious generation that we do not like to part with except for some good reason and have no desire to keep. The serial napkin went long ago. To the melting pot, by all means, with the rings, and that they may melt up into millions of dollars worth of silver is our sincere wish—New York Times. The Cigarmakers' Luxury. Besides the privilege of having newspapers and novels read to him while he works, the Cuban cigarmaker demands another indulgence—that of cheering his labors with cigars provided by the firm. Every morning six high grade wrappers are handed to him for his own use, and in these he folds as much as he likes of the tobacco supplied him for the day's work. The cigars thus made and consumed are said to cost the Havana tobacco industry a sum of close on $250,000 a year. The head of one great firm once declared that he would willingly make over his factory and plantations to his employees if in return they undertook to give him the cigars they rolled for themselves. The Slay Race. History has contributed to separate the two masses of Slavs. The Mongol yoke for two centuries introduced Asiatic customs among the Russian Slavs. The Turkish yoke for many centuries and down to our own times influenced the character and customs of the Bulgars and Serbs. On the other hand, the Latin Slavs followed the historical evolutions of the occident—they were with Godfrey de Bouillon at the crusades, they were touched with the flame of the renalsance, they have had their part in the development of modern thought—Literary Direct. The Loon a Good Diver As a diver the loon excels, and naturally, for it is his sole means of livelihood. Not only is he marvelously quick, but he can remain under water for a seemingly endless time. In swimming under water he uses both wings and feet and can go for several hundred yards in this fashion. The loon, like many other waterfowl, sleeps on the water with his head tucked under his wing. Mostly Himself: "I hear he brought back some interesting views of foreign places." "Yes; he has photos of himself standing on London bridge, himself leaning against the leaning tower of Pisa and himself in front of the pyramids"—Louisville Courier-Journal. Not Spotless "No, me'am; it got some ink split on it." *Baltimore American.* Origin of "Editor." One of the most interesting verbal or philological trails that scholars now are following into the past for light on origins is that which has the word "editor" stamped upon it. Yale's authority on evolution of English speech, Professor Lourbury, could find no earlier use of the term as applied to the chief writer and director of a periodica than in 1768, but there is evidence in the superb collection of British and American newspapers owned by the Antiquarian society. Worcester, Mass., that it was so used in 1761. The alleged use of the title in the Boston Newsletter of 1728 proves, on examination of the file in the Boston public library, to be inaccurate. Undoubtedly Isaiah Thomas, in 1773, spoke of himself as editor of the Royal American Magazine. The interesting point to be noted, while the hunters are busy on the trail, is that, relatively speaking, "editor" is a new word in journalism, "Printer" and "publisher" preceded it — Christian Science Monitor. Way of the Bluejay The bluejay-Cyanocitta cristan—a purely an American bird. He is about twelve inches long, is light purplish blue above and graying below. The collar and frontlet are black and the wings and tall ultramarine, barred, the outer tail feathers being tipped with white. What a graceful, beautiful bird this is, impertinent and noisy, his raucous scream followed by a chorie that sounds much like a mocking "Ha, ha, ha, oh, my." He is accused of robbing the farmer's corn crib, of sucking the eggs of other birds and even of tearing to pieces their young. The sportsman as he goes through the woods, gun in hand, thoroughly hates the jay, which is a kind of game warden, sounding an alarm to the other birds as their enemy approaches. Naturalists have placed him in the crow family despite his beautiful plumage but his manners and his morals are more like those of the sparrow hawk—Indianapolis News. The Darkness Before Dawn. It is proverbial that "the darkest hour precedes the dawn." W. F. Denning, the English authority on meteors, has recently called attention to the literal accuracy of this proverb, as established by his own observations on thousands of nights. He says: "Before dawn a greater darkness seems to drop down like a mantle upon the immediate surroundings. Objects which were plainly observable during the previous hours of the night are blotted out, and a nervous feeling is sometimes induced by the dense opacity of the air." He claims to have noticed this phenomenon when the subject was far from his thoughts, so that it could not have been purely subjective. He is unable to state the exact interval before sunrise when the remarkable darkness comes on nor whether it is common to each season and sky conditions. Wellington's Wounded. It is difficult to realize the callousness toward the sick and wounded against which Wellington struggled in the peninsula. One evening at dinner he heard that at a post several miles away a large number of sick soldiers were lying in the open, exposed to the weather. He rode promptly to the place, found the sick in the plight described, while the healthy officers were in comfortable houses, and was told by the commanding officer that there was no accommodation for the sick. He instantly arranged in detail for the billeting of the sick in those houses, but, suspecting what might follow, paid a surprise visit the next night and found that the invalids had again been turned out into the open. Wellington immediately reinstated them, arrested the officers and had them tried and dismissed for disobedience. A Little Problem. If the telephone company charges 15 cents to carry your voice across the Hudson river, and if the telegraph company charges 25 cents to carry ten words across, and if the ferryboat charges 3 cents to carry your body across, and if the tunnels charge 7 cents for carrying your body under the Hudson river, and if the express companies charge 28 cents for carrying a 20 pound parcel across, and if the government charges 15 cents for carrying a 20 pound parcel across, compute the amount of logic in a square inch of modern civilization.-Life. The Cheapest Paper. London used to possess the cheapest journal ever published. It was called the Six-a-Penny; or, Penny-a-Week Town and Country Dally Newspaper, and subscribers of 1 penny weekly had the paper delivered to them every day, while single copies were a farthing. Unhappiness. They who have never known prosperity can hardly be said to be unhappy. It is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed.—Emile Zola. His Own Sweet Self. Bix—Who do you consider your best friend, the one who would do the most for you? Mabel—Marry him! Why, his grand- father kept pigs! Edith—I know. He told me that your grandfather stole two of them—New York Globe. No Hints For Her. Crawford—Has your wife hinted yet about a new bonnet? Crabsaw— Histed? Why, she's issued an ultimat- mum—Buffalo Courier. Tagore's Fame in India. As showing something of Rubindranath Tagore's fame in his native India, Ernest Rhys tells the following story in his biography of Tagore: "Mr. Montague, the undersecretary of state for India, was on one occasion riding through an Indian forest at night when he came upon a clearing where two or three men sat around the fire. Not being certain of the road," says Mr. Rhys. "he was glad to discount and rest his tired horse. Shortly after he had joined the group a poor looking, ill clothed lad came out of the forest and sat down also at the fire. First one of the men sang a song and then another. The boy's turn came, and he sang a song more beautiful both in words and music than the rest. When asked who had made the rest he said that he did not know, they were singing these songs everywhere. Awhile after Mr. Montague heard the words that he had used again, this time in a very different place, and when he asked for the name of the maker of the song he heard for the first time the name of Rabindranath Tagore." Care of the Mouth. The use of a tooth wash does not approach the conditions of a laboratory test, though there can be little doubt that a good deal of germicidal work in the mouth is done by the vigorous application of the toothbrush, and it may be pointed out that the tongue may well be included in the process. To be effective, however, the action of all antiseptics takes time, according to the vitality of the organisms they encounter, and usually the tooth brushing process does not occupy many seconds. This question of time exposure is important, but it is very generally overlooked and consequently the antiseptic treatment of the teeth falls short of that effectiveness which is shown to be the case in laboratory experiments. The tooth washing process should be more prolonged and the antiseptic wash allowed to remain in contact with the teeth and gums for some minutes instead of seconds before finally washing the mouth clear of antiseptic with plain water—London Lancet. His Yallerweed. Many persons are under the impression that America has few, if any, native plants worthy of cultivation in the home garden. They have been accustomed to look upon them as weeds and wild things, and so unfamiliar are they with native flowers that they fall to recognize them when they meet them outside their native haunts. A writer tells how he transplanted a stalk of goldenrod from a fence corner in the pasture to a place in his garden. It flourished luxuriously and sent up many stalks as high as a man's head, each crowned with a great plume of brilliant flowers. A neighbor was attracted by the beauty of the plant and declared it must have cost its owner some dollars. When told, however, that numbers of the same plant were flourishing behind his barn he exclaimed: "What! You mean to tell me it's yallerweed!" And he went away with the air of one who had been imposed upon.—Country Gentleman. Thievery In Chile The Chilean masses have a bad name for larceny. In Chilean ports ship passengers are warned to lock their cabin doors, and loaded lighters have to be guarded at night. Chilean stokers will saw through the bulkhead into the vessel's hold, steal goods and hide them in the coal bunkers till the night after they arrive in port, when they find opportunity to lower them overside to a confederate in a boat under cover of darkness. Harbor thieves will even cut a hole in the bow of a vessel and make off with boatloads of freight. The Germans of southern Chile have the worst opinion of Chilean honesty, and in Santiago I was bidden notice the high walls and grated windows of the houses of the better class.—Professor Edward Alsworth Ross in "South of Panama." Defining a Batman What is a batman? The term seems to be a military one. It apparently means the driver or manager of pack horses. A bat horse is a pack horse which carries officers' luggage. "Bat" is a pack saddle and, like so many military words, it is French. There is a common French proverb, "Cest la que le bat le blesse"—"That is where the saddle hurts," or, as we say, "where the shoe pinches."—Manchester Guardian. Great Name. "Who is that long haired fellow at the other table?" "That is Bzzxvynskcitz, the famous Russian pianist. He has made a great name for himself." "Must have made it out of barbed wire, didn't he?"—Exchange. Anxious Waiting. Detective (2 a. m.)—Hey, youseil Wotcher hanging around this 're ear front door ferr.? Supposed Burglar—I'm waiting for 'th' lady inside to git asleep. We're married.—Philadelphia Bulletin. "You've got the wrong preposition. Make it 'for' instead of 'of'."—Browning's Magazine. "I don't know. Sounded to me like neuralgia expressed in music."—London Tit-Bits. PAGE FIVE Whale Curiosities Little is really known about his whaleshake. This is surprising, considering he is such an interesting subject. The blue or sulphur bottom whale is the largest animal living today. Specimens have measured eighty-seven feet in length, which in all probability weighed about seventy-five tons. Oddly enough, although the mouth will permit twelve men to stand in it the throat is only nine inches in diameter. These particular whales feed on minute shrimps—about three-quarters of an inch in length—and they probably never touch fish while they can obtain these. From the inside of one of these whales five barrels of shrimps were taken. The sperm whale possesses spermaceti in liquid form in the upper portion of its head. From one of these whales twenty barrels of spermaceti were taken out of the "case." This same type of whale also yields ambergris, that valuable substance used so extensively in the manufacture of our best perfumes. A Lost Sea. "One of the most curious experiences I ever had," says James Oliver Curwood, the author, "occurred on my first trip to James bay, the southern portion of Hudson bay. We reached the bay just at sunset. It happened that I was the first to awaken in the morning, and when I crawled out of my tepee I gave a yell that roused the camp. The sea was gone! Not a sign of that vast grass grown dip in which it had been. My first thought, and a natural one, was that I was out of my head. Where had the sea gone? Had we really camped on its shore the night before? I strained my eyes, but could see nothing but that dip speckled with pools of water. I was in the company of a Hudson bay factor at the time, and I turned to find him laughing. Then the explanation came. At this point James bay was unusually shallow, and at low tide the sea dropped back seven miles! During the night it had actually left us seven miles inland." Japan First With Japanese. Japan First with Japan. Every Japanese is a Japanese first, whatever else he may be second. In this unified patriotism they are incomparable. It extends even to the minor affairs of life. There is no Japanese, of high or low degree, who will admit any fault of his country to a foreigner, however strict his censure may be when talking to his friends. If there are faults the Japanese conceal them. They never volunteer any information as to drawbacks, and they always have an excuse for failures. No condition can arise in Japan whereby a foreigner can learn from a Japanese of anything to the detriment of the country. The statesmen will not tell you anything. The coolies will not tell you anything. They are units of concealment. They put the good face on everything. it is Japan first with them. Japan first always, and always a super-Japan.—Samuel G. Blythe in Saturday Evening Post. Chinese Names of Places Chinese names of places often define their character. Thus the terminal "yang" means fortress, Pingyang the "fortress of peace." "Cheng" means a "walled city." "Shan" is a mountain, "haf" the sea, "Kuan" a camp; thus Shankalkuan is the "mountain sea camp." A "ling" is a mountain pass; Motionling, near Mukden, is the "heaven scraping pass." The suffixes "tao" and "to" indicate islands; "po" or "pho," a harbor; "wan" a bay; "kiang" and "ho," a river; "kow," a port; "fu" a first class city; "ju," a provincial capital. "Pel" is north, "nan" is south, "king" is capital. These suffixes help to explain such familiar names in these days as Sanshantao, Chemulpo, Talleuwan, Yangtsekiang, Hoangho, Yinkow, Chefu, Anju, Peking and Nanking. Maculay and His Razors Macaulay was a self shaver—though not with a safety—and the woeful results are recorded in his biography. When he sailed for India and his chambers were cleared there were found between fifty and sixty strops, hacked into strips and splinters, and innumerable razors in every stage of disrepair. At one time he hurt his hand and had to go to the barber. After the operation he asked the charge. "Oh, whatever you usually give the person who shaves you," was the answer. "In that case," said Macaulay, "I should give you a great gash on either cheek."—London Mirror. The Alpaca. In spite of attempts to introduce the alpaca into countries away from its native habitat, failure has attended them. It is rarely found below an altitude of 5,000 feet. Its wool is of an exceedingly fine luster and quality and occasionally attains a length of six inches. "Good Morning." It is customary in most countries to say "Good morning" as a greeting even when it isn't true. But the Englishman says "Beastly morning," and it generally is—New York Independent. Sharing the Head In New Caledonia heads of infants are squeezed into different shapes, the faces of boys being lengthened to look like warriors and the girls' faces made oval by pressing up the chin. Baby Talk. The first infant speech is the use of the consonants "m" and "r" "g" or "t" and the first words "mum" and "goo." Unless what we do is useful our glory is vain.—Pheadrus. Self Denies Is Rare. ) “The average human being does not “want to live hygienically!” exclaims een anes sees ‘4nd ‘he backs up his agsertion with the fol lowing: “Once we published an account of a “ease of Giabetes we bad treated with ‘some success. A distinguished retired army officer read ft and as 2 conse- quence called upon us. We began to explain the regimen necessary when be ftiterrapted to say: “Indon't want any diet I want you to give me a treatment that will allow me to eat anything I want, in any quantity! We resigned. “Mr. Man doesn’t want to stop drink- ing or smoking or working or playing too much. What he wants of us is the means to keep on as he has been liv- ing. Madam does not relish our advice ‘to cut down her bridge parties, loosen her corsets and quit gorging. She wants medicine to restore ber youth, take off her fat and enable her to keep it up until she has had enough. “They all come to us, not for reform, but to be enabled to go on sinning.” PLE ay ‘The salt industry of San Francisco bay is one of farreaching tmportance, ‘and the method of production 4s sim- ple in its operations since the finished article is the result of evaporating the sea water. Claim is made that more salt is thus made here than anywhere else in the world Water is collected im prepared shallow ponds, where, aft ‘er evaporation has been completed, the salt is shoveled into small railway cars, taken to the refining works, re melted and crystallized out in vacuum pans. It is washed and cleaned About a year elapses from the time the sea water goes into the ponds until the product is ready for the market, ‘because the evaporation from the sur ‘face of the ponds is only about twenty- eight inches a year, over and above the natural rainfall. The process usu- ally starts in May or June of each year, so as to take as much advantage ‘as possible of the warm period of the sommer.—Argonaut ———— Oe ‘There are degrees of pain, as de grees of faultfulness, which are alto gether conguerable and which seem to be merely forms of wholesome trial or discipline. Your fingers tingle when you go out on a frosty morning and ‘re all the warmer afterward; your limbs are weary with wholesome work and lie down in the pleasanter rest; you are tried for a little while by hav- ing to wait for some promised good. and it is all the sweeter when it comes. But you cannot carry the trial past a certain point. Let the cold fasten on your hand in an extreme degree, and Your fingers will molder from their Sockets. Fatigue yourself but once to utter exhaustion, and to the end of life you shall not recover the former vigor of your frame. Let ‘heartsick- ess pass beyond a certain bitter point ‘and the heart loses its life forever— ‘Buskin. ‘Bleck: Tenia on Genders Our ability to personify a sea ship by ‘wsing the pronoun “she” and to keep ‘the Zeppelin in place as “it” brings out ‘one strong point of our language. It is Smpossible to be so subtle in French, which bas no neuter, or in German, ‘with its arbitrary seattering of gen- ders. Mark Twain gave as 2 typical instance of good German: “Wilhelm, ‘where is the turnip?” “She has gone to the kitchen.” “Where is the accom- plished and beautiful English maiden?” “It has gone to the opera.” Mark went ‘on to observe that in Germany a tree 4s male, its buds female, its leaves neuter; horses are sexless, dogs male, cats female; including tomeats. “By some oversight of the inventor of the Janguage 2 woman is a female, but a ‘wife (welb) is net."—London Mail ‘The Right Door and Another. A junk desler én an Indiana town had been persistently suspected of act- ing as a “fence” for stolen goods and finally was arrested on a charge of ‘that kind. However, after a jury trial the was acquitted on a technicality. ‘Commenting soon afterward with 2 ‘friend on his acquittal, the junk dealer suid, “A long experience in the junk business leads.me to believe that the door of success is mighty close to the door of the penitentiary, and if a man is not careful he is likely to take the ‘wrong door.”—Indianapolis News. Better Still. “But,” said a student of one college to = friend who was attending a rival 4ustitation, “your college never turns ‘ut gentlemen.” “Of course it doesn’t,” replied the other. “It allows gentlemen to go right on and graduate."—Providence Trib- me . Natural Enough. He fnsist on wearing his hair pompadour? ‘Btubbe—He can't help it His batr, following the rule that prevails ‘teroughout nature, abhors a vacuum ‘and secks constantly to make its es ‘eape—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Great Triumph. “Well, how aid yopseome thryagh that afternoon tea?” “Came through all right Didn't spi guything on anybody but myself."— ‘Kansas City Journal. Note Meking Him Wise. | Jonea—Do you know, I fancy I bave ‘ ‘a literary bent,“ Friend—All right, 4 bass iy sh pes 00 be Vane \ Bett; Fou bb beoker—Bteay Bho ile eee a arms, bot ‘The ancients believed that there was ‘@ certain kind of mineral substance in ‘xistence by means of. which all the ‘common metals could be turned into ‘gold. ‘This supposed substance was ‘called the philosopher's stone, and the ‘alchemists of classic times and during the middle ages spent much time and Jabor in search of this wonderful sub- stance. Of course, since nothing of the kind ever existed, tt was never found, but it is worth remembering that some of the most notable inventions were discover- ed in this wide search. It was in look- ing for the philosopher's stone that the German chemist, Botticher, stumbled upon the secret of making the beauti- ful Dresden porcelain. Roger Bacon, im the same way, discovered the com- Position of gunpowder. Geber found the properties of acids; Van Helmont discovered the nature of gas, and Dr. Glauber found the secret of making the salts which now bear his name.—Co- tumbus Dispatch. Rrinters and Miah Hate In no trade, writes’ a correspondent, has the fall from favor of the top hat been more marked than among print- ers. The old time compositor—the “case‘ hand,” as he is now termed to istinguish him from the linotype op- erator—never forgot that he was the aristocrat of the labor world, entitled, as he proudly claimed, alone among ld time craftsmen to wear a sword. the mark of the gentleman. A quarter of a century back top hats were com. mon wear in printing offices. They are found still in quiet backwaters of the trade, But what would happen if the Mnotype operator came to his “mangle” nowadays wearing one? He ‘would probably be pelted to death with “slugs.” If he owns one he keeps it for fonerals, christenings and weddings One hat I know of has already com: mitted polygamy, having been freely loaned to bridegrooms whose wardrobe was minus the bat of state—London Chronicle. i AFA Se ‘There is a chapter in the natural his- tory of animals that has hardly been touched upon as yet and that will be especially interesting with reference to families. ‘The volces of animals have a femily character not to be mis- taken. All the canidae bark and how! —the fox, the wolf, the dog—have the same kind of utterances, though on a somewhat different pitch. All the bears growl, from the white bear to the small black bear of the Andes. All the cats meow, from our quiet fire- side companion to the lions and tigers and panthers of the forest and jungle. ‘This last may seem a strange asser- tion, bat to any one who has listened eritically-to their sounds and analyzed their voices the roar of the lion is but ‘a gigantic meow, bearing about the ‘same proportion to that of a cat as its ‘stately and majestic form does to the smaller, softer, more peacefal aspect of the cat—Agassiz nik te ia Rhee A simple enlarging machine may be made of an oak board seven-eighths of an inch thick, and a little wider than the camera with which it 1s to be used. A box is built on one end of the board, with an opening the size of the camera in that side of the box which faces the other end of the board. A thirty-two candle power bulb backed with a reflector is mounted in the box behind the opening. A slot is made in the baseboard, running from the box to the other end, and a moving up- right, with a block and set screw run- ning in the slot, is provided to hold the Printing paper on which the enlarge- ment fs to be made. In order to make an enlargement of a negative the plate (or film inclosed between two pieces of glass) is mounted in the usual place in the camera, the lens is opened and the light turned on.—Tethnical World. ‘Tellina the Ane of a Fish. ‘The age of a fish can be determined ‘with accuracy by inspection of the oto- liths, or bony concretions, which are found in the auditory apparatus. ‘These otoliths increase in size during the entire life of the fish, each year adding two layers, a light colored layer formed in summer and a dark layer formed in autumn and winter. The alternate layers are sharply contrasted ‘and very distinct, so that there is no difficulty in counting them. The num- Der of pairs of layers is equal to the number of years the fish has lived — Scientific American. His Meanness. “Why the dissatisfaction, girlie?” “My busband has such a small in- come.” : “You knew be had a small income when you married him.” “Yes, but I didn’t think he'd be mean enough to insist on my living within t"—Kansas City Journal. Hopeless Case. _ Mrs. Hemmandhaw—I was just read- {ng in the paper about a man who was riven to suicide by the third degree. ‘Mrs. Shimmerpste—Mercy! John just told me be expets to take the thirty- wecond degree at his lodge tonight— ‘All He Wanted. one , my boy, won't buy every- “I know, pa, but if you'd let loose a Rttle of it you could get me a.bicyele.” —Detrott Free Press, Reconciled. cee Serer = LAY oe oat et you city men once in awhile—Phi- ‘edeiphia Balletin. ~~ es sAT | Ago. JUNI * & ———— A Cure That Faitered. How Many Years Left! Samuel L. Clemens used 0 relate | If you want fo know how ms on the lecture platform a comedy of | years you are likely to live—s courtship that might well have served | to the law of average, that | to Mlustrate his dictum that there are | the following formola: Take t three kinds of funny storles—the witty | 80. Deduct your present age story, which ts French; the comic | thirds of the result will equal | story, which is Engilth, and the hu-| ber of years you have to } morous stors, which is American—and | ward to. that the latter is the only hard kind| Let us suppose, for example, to tell. He recounted how a young| are 26. Take 26 from $0 and 3 swain was rejected simply because of | 54. Two-thirds of St equals 9 his embarrassing impediment of speech, | is the answer. and how a friend counseled his taking} Of course this formula ts ; the whistling cure—whenever he felt | proximate. It makes no allow & disposition to stutter just whistle. | people who are already over 8 He tried it, and with such surprising | man of 80 has still five year success that in a very few weeks be| credit—nor does it different sought his lady to announce his com-| tween the sexes, but in comp plete recovery. Unfortunately theex-| results with the actual figure citement of the occasion proved oR have been worked out by stat much, and those who have heard Mark | it is very near the mark in all Twain will recall how he would stand| between 10 and 70, though th trembling on the platform, earnestly | may take an additional couple: stuttering out of one side of his mouth | their expectation of life averag and conscientiously whistling out of | years more than that of men-- the other, until bis audience fairly | Answers. groveled in mirth.—Washington Star, eee ____ Moon Signs, Huske of the Prodical Son. The moon plays an important! It appears that the “husks” (siliquoe in Latin) which were fed to swine in the east and to which the prodigal son was finally reduced were nothing more nor less than the large, podlike fruit of the carob tree, whose botanical name is Ceratonia siliqua. This plant per- tains to the pea family, and the husks are sometimes nearly a foot in length ‘These husks contain very hard seeds resembling beans, which may be eaten with relish, although one would soon tire of them as a sole article of diet. Occasionally these husks are to be found in England and this country in confectioners’ shops, where they are known as “St. John’s bread.” In the east in the old days the plant was regarded with disfavor, not be- cause it was thought to be unpalatable, but because of its association with swine. Together with the acorns of a species of onk called Quercus aegilops, it served as the principal food of pigs and hogs.—Every Week. eee tees Then BO In Japan almost every house has a statue of three movkeys. The hands of one are over his eyes, those of an- other are over his ears, and those of the third are over is mouth. See ne evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, is the interpretation of them. ‘There are great men in the world, but there are few great men who talk much. When they do talk they do not utter idle words, hence little evil creeps into their speech. There are loved men in the world. generous and pitying, but they have no time to listen to gos. sip and evil communications. ‘There are other men who see evil. not through morbid curiosity. but with an eye to its correction; nor do they impute evil and view with suspicion all human ac- tions except their own. Evil communications, seeing evil hearing evil, speaking evil, corrupt bu- manity. There are many who can af- ford to ape the three monkeys —Phila. delphia Ledger. - tte ein oak i ea In spite of statements made to the contrary, tall hats were invented long before 1813. A Mr. Toft of Tottenham, ‘who died in 1767, left £50 to the goy- ernors of the Tottenham free grammar school, the interest of which was to be devoted to the purchase of three tall hats as prizes for the three best boys. ‘The hats used to be purchased from @ hatter in Bishopsgate street named Greenway for 24 shillings. But in 1811 he informed the governor that a duty of 1 shilling each had been imposed ‘and the cost raised to'27 shillings. ‘The uty was again raised to 2 shillings each and in 1813 to 2s. 6d. The duty ‘was afterward repealed, but by that time the governors were purchasing Bibles instead of hats for the boys.— Pall Mall Gazette. = His Qualifications. “Bo,” said the old general, “you think you would make a good valet for an old wreck like me, do you? I have 8 giass ere, a wooden leg and a wax arm that need looking after, not to mention false teeth, etc.” “Ob, that’s all right, general,” replied the applicant enthusiastically. “I've had lots of experience. I worked etx years in the assembling department of an automobile factory."—Ladies’ Home Journal. Geek tee, einen “I'm glad to know that you liked my sermon,” said the minister to an enthusiastic member of his flock. “Indeed I did. It was so true and s to the point I wish a neighbor of ‘mine could have heard it I know it ‘was intended just for him.”—Detrott Free Press. Assuming Responsibility. “This poem of mine,” declared the Poet proudly. “is strictly and entirely original.” “It is kind of you to say that,” said ‘the editor. “It relieves somebody else from a great responsibility.”—Somer- ‘Ville Journal. Gashed. First Chauffeur—Who was that fel- ler you ran orer? Second Ditto=I ness it must o’ been th’ glass eater at the vodyville theater. Look at that tire!—Cieveland Plain Dealer. = fe Disgraced. jeary Willie— Meandering Mike ‘Worked « hull day last week Dusty Bhoads—Yep. Ain't it awful what some people do for money?—Philadel- ae aaa eats ‘by other les—Einfle Auger, =i (!; How Many Years Left? If you want to know bow many more years you are likely to Iive—according to the law of average, that’ is—stody the following formula: Take the figure 80. Deduct your present age. Two thirds of the result will equal the num- ber of years you have to look for ward to. Let us suppose, for example, that you are 26. Take 26 from 80 and you have 54 Two-thirds of 54 equals 36, which fs the answer. ‘Of course this formula is only ap proximate. It makes no allowance for people who are already over 80—and a man of $0 has still five years to bis credit—nor does it differentiate be- tween the sexes, but in comparing its results with the actual figures which have been worked out by statisticians it {s very near the mark im all the ages between 10 and 70, though the ladies may take an additional couple of years, their expectation of life averaging two years more than that of mem.—London Answers, ites ‘The moon plays an important part ta sign telling. I know several old ladies who regulate all thelr household af- fairs, and even the conduct of life, by this luminary. AN kinds of weather hang upon the changes of the moon. As a matter of fact, you and I rather like to see the new moon over the right shoulder. ‘To be sure. we have no faith in the baneful intluence of this sign. Still, it is just as well to be cautious about offending her ladyship. Farmers study the shape of the new moon to determine if the month {s to be wet or dry. The Indians used to say that if you could hang a powder horn upon the curve of te new moon the month would be generally pleasant. A circle about the moon means a storm ap- proaching. ‘The number of stars with- in the circle tell the number of days which will elapse before the storm be gins. Farmers tell about planting corn in the old of the moon.—Margaret Woodward in Countryside Magazine. eS Spe ras King Victor Emmanuel of Italy ts extremely democratic, and {t was the remark of a workingman that first led him to be so. Formerly he was very reserved and was not often to be found mixing among his people. One day. however, he granted a private audience toa prominent workman. His majesty discussed many subjects with his guest, including the latter's work in a glass factory. At last the king hinted that he might visit the factory himself one day, to which the workman replied: “Your people have been a very long time without seeing your face, sire— ‘except on stamps.” The king did not say anything at the time, but he thought the man's words ‘over very carefully, and henceforth no Italians had canse for complaint that his majesty kept himself aloof from them tn the seclusion of bis palace. Swics Nave Mercantile Navy. Long before Germany was to be reck- oned with as a seu power Switzerland possessed a feet equipped for warfare. Eight bundre| yexrs azo on all the larger Swiss lakes armed galleys were maintained bs the rival cantons Skilled shipwrich:s had to be import- ed from Genoa for the construction of these vessels, some of which carried crews of 500 men. The largest Swiss flotilla was maintined on the lake of Geneva when the inhabitants of Ge neva were at war with Savoy Since the neutrality of Switzerland has been guaranteed by the powers there has been no need for warships on the Inkes. The Swiss, however, possess a mercan- tile navy, which carries a considerable amount of trade over the 342 miles of navigable waterways in the republic.— London Spectator. What She Had She'd Held. It was the happiest moment of their lives. He had just proposed, and she had grab—er—accepted him. ‘Then he took a tiny leather case from his pocket and slipped a sparkling cir- clet on her Gnger. while she beamed with pride. “I'm afraid it’s rather loose, darling,” be murmured. “Shall I take it back and have it made smaller?” ‘The damsel shook ber head decid- edly. “No, Rupert.” she said calmly. “An engagement ring is an engagement Hing, even if I have to wear it around my Beck.”—London Telegraph. ‘The Other Way. A compositor once set up the word “doughnut™ so that it read “donat.” “Don't you know how to spell better than that?” asked the foreman. “Well,” said the compositor thought- fully, “do you know it didn’t look just right to me. 1 had a ‘w’ in there once and took it out.”"—Kansas City Star. Distressed Him. “You called me a bonebeaded Jelly fish” “Tea” “Well, I don't care about your opin- fon; but, for beaven's sake, don't tix your metapbors!"—Louisville Courier Journal. A Woman's Prerogative. “Wille, aid you see my new shaving brash?" “Yep; mom is using it to repaint the bindeage"—Colambia. Jester. eee ss irescpentatle loon on tighe ioe ‘own frienda, and the rest of the world foean't care bow you look Chicago Rabie ST et » Beats dt perspiration are the jewels “et banat. beban® astth: the edevemeen How Plants Breathe. Plants have two experiences commen to all living things, although they have none of the senses possessed by ani- mals. They breathe the air and per- spire. The leaves and stems of plants correspond to the respiratory organs of animals, and it is by this means the plants take in the air. Plants are chiefly water absorbed from the earth. Of the 25 per cent solid matter the principal constituent is carbon, nearly all of which is absorbed from the at- mosphere by the action of minute bod- fes contained in the green leaves. Plants also absorb oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen from the atmosphere through their leaves and also through their roots. All contribute to building up the organic structure of the plant. Used up moisture is given off by plants through their leaves, just as animals perspire through the pores of their skins. Calculations made as to the amount of water thus perspired by plants show that the sunflower, only three and one-half feet high, gives off as much moisture as a man. How the Flow of a River Is Measured. If you see a man leaning over the railing of a bridge intently watching the river with a telephone receiver at his ear do not think that the man is trying to talk to the fishes or to a diver below the surface. He is proba- bly one of the government's engineers measuring the amount of water pass- ing under the bridge. This is done by lowering ap instrument known as a current meter into the water at several points under the bridge to determine the speed of the water and by meas- uring the depths of the water at the same points. From such information the flow of the river at that particular time and height can be computed, and when such measurements have been made at a number of different heights the flow of the stream at any height can be determined. Then if a record of the height of the river is obtained each day from a river gauge the flow for each day can be computed. ‘Secheidi hs aa cee iia politician at the end of a speech was congratulated for his oratory. “What is your recipe for good ors- tory?" a reporter asked. “I am afraid oratory comes natural,” ‘was the reply. “There is, though, one recipe for it—old Job Walmby’s, but it is hardly satisfactory. ‘Tha wants to be a public speyker, dos tha, lad? Job in his Yorkshire dialect would say, ‘an’ tha thinks Aw'm the chep to put tha up to a wrinkle aboot it? Tha’s right; Aw awm. Now, hark tha! When tha rises to meek thy speych hit taable an’ oppen thy mawth. If nowt comes tak’ a sup o' water an’ bit taable again. Thin oppen thy mawth wider than afoor. Thin. if nowt comes, tak’ thy- sen off an’ leave public spekin’ to such as me. "—London Tit-Bits, i tial elit ats i ‘The national pledge for cur Hag was recommended by the American Flag Day association. The pupils, standing ‘with right hand uplifte, palm upward, to a line with the forehead, in the atti- tude of salute. repeat the pledge in these words: “I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands. One nation, indivisible, with Uberty and justice for all” At the words “to my flag” each one extends the right hand gracefully, palm up- ward, toward the flag until the end of ‘the pledge; then the hand is dropped to the side. Children in the primary grades are taught to repeat a shorter pledge in these words: “I give my head and my heart to God and my country. One country, one language, one flag.”—Phil- adelphia Press iceitiate Radin Diet Wien, Road mirrors are not rare in Eng- land, where they are set at dangerous turns or crossings to warn drivers of Vehicles or pedestrians just around the corner. Their success was immediate, ‘and some American cities are showing ‘an interest in the device. Bombay, however, has led the world with the largest road mirror on record as well ‘as the first in India It is set at the corner of Gamdevi road and Hughes road, a dangerous point, and measures 5 by 10 feet, which is seven times as large as the average English road mir- Tor.—New York Independent Consolation. “You were not at the theater yes- terday when the first representation of your new piece took place.” “I was kept away by an important engagement.” “Indeed! (Kindly) Well, you didn’t miss anything!’ — Munich Fliegende Blatter. A Vague Meaning. “Now,” said the doctor, “you take this medicine just as I told you, and you-will sleep like a baby.” ‘The patient surveyed the medicine Goubtfully. “Well, doctor,” he said, “if you mean like our baby I guess I won't ‘take it"—Ladies’ Home Journal aah Elsie—When Betty married old Mon- eybags she gave her age as twenty- five. She's older than that. Flo—Ob, I suppose she allowed one-third off for cash—Dallas News. | In a Big Horry. | Benham—tI believe in taking time by the forelock. Mra. Benham—I notice that you tear a sheet off the calendar before the month is over—New York Press. earns ste et, -Mother—' don’t you save some of your candy till tomorrow, dear? Hel- en—I'd rather eat it now, mother, and get it off my bands—Judge ~ ‘The Amateur as Bootes... In the early days when Tolstoy adopt. ed mannal labor as a religious duty ne took lessons in, bootmaking to occupy fhm during the long winter evenine, ‘He was at work diligentiy hammering the wooden pegs into the red sole, a grt he had just mastered, says the ‘Reminiscences of Tolstoy.” by lis sone when Prince Obolenski came in, “Look, tsn't that grand?” said my tq. ther exultantly.“hohting ont his work for the visitor to see. “It doesn't seem so very diteutt said Obolenski, halt in joke. “Well, you try” “Right you are!” “Very good, but on one condition— every pes you drive in Fil pas you g Fouble, and every one you break yout Pay me 10 copecks. Agreed?" Obolenski took the boot, awl ang hammer and broke eight pers, one ate er the other; then he lanzhet with his geod humored laugh and amid generat hilarity paid 80 copecks, which went to the shoemaker. Rae ice trving contributed to the gayety of @ supper a story about Lawrence Bar. ret. One night Barrett and bis olf friend, Edwin Booth, met at their cin fm New York. Barrett, after a briet greeting, bustled towanl the door with every appearance of remembering a pressing engazement, “Halloa! Where are you of tw? Booth asked. “To a rehearsal,” said Barrett. “What's the plas?” Barrett said it was “Romeo and Jo Het.” “And what part do you take?" Booth asked in sudden access of interest. “There is only one part for me in the play,” Barrett said, drawing himselt up in lofty indignation. “Ob, ab, yes,” said Booth; “T now the nurse!” ‘The angered tragedian stood forth in hanghty silence and did not speak to Booth for two days—Strand Mazazize, Cp ee ee After Elba Napoleon became a bogey to the whole world as well as to the British government, which bad the guarding of him. “Loni Bathurst be Meved.” says Norwood Young in “Na ‘poleon In Exile: St Helena (18> 1821),” “that Napoleon spent his time im concocting plans for escape.” But, said the outlaw to O'Meara, “Wher ‘could I go to. allowing that T got out of the island? Every place I could arrive at I would find enemies to setzs me.” This panicky dread of Napo Jeon’s escape from St. Helens led to England's annexation of the uninhab- ted island of Ascension, 700 miles dis tant. The even more distant fslant of Tristan d’Acunha was similarly taken possession of the following year, Decause it was thought to be too dax- gerously near the Napoleonic init ence. ‘Theifty Turks. ‘The Turk is invariably a brave man when he is in a subordinate capacity. Directly, however, he becomes one bav- ing authority he turns to peculation ‘There is a true story of a Turkish war ship which had a wooden propeller shaft, her captain having sold the orig- inal shaft at scrap iron prices. ‘There 4s also the story, equally true. of a bat- tleship laid down many years #20 which, when nearly ready for launch- ing, had her construction suspended for lack of funds. A few years later the kaiser, in bis capacity of the friend of Islam, having arranged a German Joan, it *vas decided to complete the ship. But when they came to look for her no trace remained. Everything had been stolen.—London Mirror. ‘iii a Gee “When dat uppity collid man trie! © staht a ‘spute wid me.” stated old Brother Cuddyhump, “by axin’ if de ‘world is round, like some folks sty “tis, why de doose don't de people on de yudder side drap off, I says to him: “Putt it in writin’, sab: dess putt it in writin’, and I'll consider so’ distex tion.’ ‘And dat sho’ took de gas outs his biloon! Uck, dat ignunt nigset kain't write, and I kain't read if be could. If he could write and I could read I wouldn't uh instigated him putt ft in writin’, ubkaze I don't know de answer no mo’ dan be does!"—Pitts burgh Press. Piano and Violin. It ts undoubtedly true that between the plano and the violin the latter 8 the harder instrument to master. The piano is much more of a machine than ‘the violin. and its technique 23 com pared with that of the violin is very much easier to get hold of. The most buman of all instruments. the violin ' ‘almost boundless in its demands vpn the skill of the performer. —New York American. ane Ci iat ta tee “Now's the time to spring tbat new gown on pa.” “Why? Is he in a good mood?” “The best. 1 just heard him brag ging that be played the best golf of bis Iife yesterday afternoon.”—Detrolt Free Press. Delayed Knowledge ‘When a bride begins to meet ber Bot pand’s relations she is astonished thst fa man like him came from 8 familly like that —Galveston News. ore es en “The man I marry must bare ©” mon sense.” she said baughtily. “He won't.” replied be bitterly Denver Clarion. A cow to 0 very ood animal tn 8 field. bat swe turn ber out of # & —Jobneca. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO CAPITAL, $200,000.00 NICKELS CENTS This Registering Home Bank FREE to our Savings Depositors; will start you saving and keep you at it. A Savings Account is the first step to wealth. OPEN one with US. The City of Pola. Since the Austrians made the city of Pola their chief base in 1848 they have accomplished wonders there. It is claimed that with the assistance of submarines and aircraft Pola is virtually impregnable. Its commodious harbor, almost land locked, has been enlarged so that it easily contains the entire Austrian fleet. It is divided into two basins by a chain of small islands. The entrance is strongly defended, and an extensive system of fortifications on the hills inclosing the harbor insures complete protection. There is a good roadstead in the large channel of Fasana, which separates the mainland from the Brionian islands. The marine arsenal of Pola is a vast establishment with all the requisites for a large fleet. Artillery laboratories and powder magazines are situated on the north shore, and behind the arsenal is San Polcarpe, with huge barracks and hospitals. - Argonaut. 44 Byron's Famous Swim Byron was cruising up the Dardanelles in a British warship, the Salette, when he accomplished his famous swim from Abydos to Sestos, the distance (a little over four miles) being covered in seventy minutes. "You will smile at this exploit," the poet wrote to R. C. Dallas in a letter describing the swim, "but as it made an ancient immortal I see no reason why a modern may not be permitted to boast of it, particularly as I had no mistress to comfort me at landing." According to Hobhouse, his traveling companion, Byron "had previously made a more perilous but less celebrated passage, for I recollect that when we were in Portugal he swam from Old Lisbon to Belem城 and, having to contend with a tide and countercurrent, the wind blowing freshly, was but little less than two hours in crossing the river."—Pall Mall Gazette He Wouldn't Give Thanks An eighteenth century clerical humorist, one Thom of Govan, the Glasgow Herald states, had a great fondness for days of nation fasting or even of thanksgiving. At the close of the American war he commenced a sermon thus: "My friends, we are commanded by royal authority to meet this day for the purpose of public thanksgiving. Now, I should like to know what it is we are to give thanks for. Is it for the loss of thirteen provinces? Is it for the slaughter of so many thousands of our countrymen? Is it for so many millions of increased national debt? I see, my friends, you are all laughing at me, and I am not surprised at it, for were I not standing where I am I would be laughing myself." Politeness In China In China parents are held responsible for the manners of their children. Accordingly, for the credit of their parents, people try to be polite. If you are mobbed in a Chinese town you should look straight at one or two of the people and say: "Your parents did not pay much attention to your manners. They did not teach you the rules of propriety." A remark like this will make the crowd slink away, one by one, ashamed of themselves. Novel Proposal. "Have you ever been engaged to be married before?" asked the young man. "Yes; six times," replied the sweet young thing. "Well, if your hand is not working just now I'd like to ask for it."—Yonkers Statesman. Baby Army Officers It used to be the custom in England to buy commissions in the army for infants, and then they would be promoted as vacancies occurred. In this way a boy would have high rank when he was old enough to become a real soldier. Argument Spoiled. She - Too many men expect their wives to run their homes on practically nothing. They forget that no one can make bricks without straw. He-My farm out of four-Stray Stories. 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. Recent Inventions A coat hanger to which is attached a clothes brush has been patented by a Denver resident. A solder has been invented which holds rimless lenses against the metal parts of eyeglasses without screws. A tumbler with a compartment that can be filled with ice or hot water to keep its contents cold or warm has been invented. Flies can enter a garbage can that a New York man has patented, but as they try to get out they are caught in a wire trap, which can be detached and the insects destroyed. Current Comment. It isn't a Mexican "crisis" now. They just call it any old thing and let it go at that—Atlanta Constitution. It took the revolution to remind the world that Portugal has been calling itself a republic—Boston Herald. Working for a safe and sane Fourth is worth while even this year, when gunshot and other wounds are so plentiful elsewhere—Chicago News. Only a year from now it will be time for the conventions to be held to nominate the next president. Why not begin to get excited?—Boston Globe. Short Stories. Luxemburg covers 1,000 square miles and has a population of 200,000. The total circulation of money in the United States last year was $3,419,168,-368. Uruguay has suspended specie payments until the close of the European war. The bayonets used at the battle of Waterloo were about a foot longer than the modern weapons. On the island of Romblon, one of the Philippines, an immense body of limestone is attracting attention. Fashion Frills. Even the shoemakers are realizing that something is wrong with the prevailing types of last. There is hope—Chicago News. Fall skirts are to show the ankles, according to the fashion reports. Well, what are the spring and summer skirts doing?—Pittsburgh Dispatch. The old time fear of sun spots is rapidly disappearing. Some girls now wear them on their faces and call them blushes.—Albany Knickerbocker Press. BRIGHT BRIEFS. Keeping out of trouble is enough to keep every man busy. Another big item in the war budget is that deadly gas bill. An old man has as much use for advice as a young man hasn't. You have to make some men talk, but most women are self starters. The way of the transgressor is not only hard, but blamed slippery. Before starting on the right track be sure you are headed the right way. Most of the things postponed until tomorrow could have been done today. Opportunity makes the man, but only when the man knows what to do with it. Mankind is not half as proud of itself now as it was in the middle of last July. At sixty man knows that he didn't know what he thought he knew at twenty. An optimist is a person who smiles at knocks; a pessimist is a person who knocks at smiles. The man who is irritable about home can exercise a lot of patience when holding the end of a fishing rod. Napoleon Used Milton's Tactics. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is not the first English author whose writings have been studied for hostile ends by his country's enemies. Napoleon assured Sir Colin Campbell at Elba that he greatly admired "Paradise Lost" and had read it to some purpose. The plan of Austerlitz was borrowed from book 6 of that work, where Satan brings his artillery to bear upon Michael and his angelic host with such direful effect: Training his devilish enginery, impaled On every side with shadowy squadrons Submarine Badge. As a crown is the badge of k three balls are the badge of pkers, so the badge of a submarine is a handful of cotton wastes the half dozen officers of a modi marine, clad in their black leather terproof suits, come aboard a stands on the tiny gangway to them, and to each he hands his rolled in a neat ball. The rea that the steel doors and steel in a submarine sweat oil eternally steel seats sweat oil. The sub officer before opening a door on To hide the fraud. This mode of warfare appeared to Napoleon so likely to succeed if applied to actual use that he determined upon its adoption and succeeded beyond his expectations. By reference to the details of the battle of Austerlitz it will be found to assimilate so completely with Milton's imaginary fight as to bear out the emperor's assertion.—London Chronicle. Why Men Eat More Food than Women. That men eat 5 or 6 per cent more than women—not because they are gluttony, but because they actually require that much more nourishment—appears as a result of an investigation made in the nutrition laboratory of the Carnegie institute at Washington by Francis G. Benedict and L. E Eames, says the Literary Digest. The reason for the discrepancy seems to be that women have a smaller proportion of active tissue than men of the same weight and more inactive material, such as fat. The investigation disclosed that the average woman generates only 1,355 heat units in the twenty-four hours as against 1,638 produced by the man, or about 2 per cent more for the latter per pound of body weight. When groups were compared after careful selection of individuals of nearly the same height and weight the men were found to produce about 12 per cent more heat than women. Marriage Superstitions In some parts of Germany the duties of the bridesmaids are tinged with superstition. It is one of their duties on the morning of the marriage day to carry to the bride a myrtle wreath, for which they had subscribed on the previous evening. This they place on her head and at night remove it, when it is placed in the bride's hand, she being at the time blindfolded. The bridesmaids then dance round her, while she endeavors to place the wreath on one of their heads. Whoever is fortunate enough to be thus decorated will, it is believed, be a wife before another year has passed. In removing the bridal wreath and veil the bridesmaids are careful to throw away every pin or the bride will be overtaken by misfortune, while any unwary bridesmaid who retains one will lessen her chances of marriage—Dundee Advertiser. The Meteoric Hypothesis The nebular hypothesis of La Place has been abandoned in favor of the meteoric hypothesis of Lockyer and planitesmal hypothesis of Chamberlain. All suns, planets and moons, by these nearly identical theories, were made by the falling in from space of small cosmic bodies, such as the meteors now falling on the earth. Trillions of years ago there was a meteor moving in space. It is now in the center of the earth. Another meteor joined this by collision, then another, and this falling in is now going on at a vastly diminished rate, so that comparatively few are now coming in, as may be seen on almost any clear night—Edgar Lucien Larkin in New York American. White Man's Graveyard. Africa is a remarkably beautiful country. Its coast lines are picturesque, graceful, fascinating, alluring. Its seaport towns and cities are usually clean, pretty and reasonably healthful. Equatorial Africa has, until the last two decades, been called the white man's graveyard, but clean living, quinine, mosquito netting, sobriety and sanitary improvements have made Africa a place where one can not only exist, but live in as much comfort, take it all in all during the year, as in the city of New York—New York Telegram. Stale Candy. Stale candy can generally be worked over by reboiling. In the case of acid candies, such as lemon drops, the candy is boiled, the acid is withdrawn by the use of lime or chalk, and the sirup may then be used in the manufacture of that or any other species of Taking Up Time. "I like to have my friends extend their congratulations," said the newly appointed public official. "Yes" "But that last caller extended his over an hour and a half."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Refined It "Here's a dealer advertises a sale of hereditary mahogany furniture." "Just what does he mean by that?" "That's merely a polite way of saying secondhand."—Pittsburgh Post. Inefficient Management. Smythe (dismally) — Nell, I simply can't meet my creditors. Mrs. Smythe —Why should you? What in the world do you employ a secretary for?—Puck. Setting a Veritable Record. "I don't like him. He's as unreliable as the weather." "As the weather predictions, you mean."—Philadelphia Ledger. The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.—Vauvenargus. Submarine Badge Submarine Badge. As a crown is the badge of kings, as three balls are the badge of pawnbrokers, so the badge of a submarine officer is a handful of cotton waste. When the half dozen officers of a modern submarine, clad in their black leather waterproof suits, come aboard a sailor stands on the tiny gangway to receive them, and to each he hands his waste rolled in a neat ball. The reason is that the steel doors and steel walls of a submarine sweat oil eternally. The steel seats sweat oil. The submarine officer before opening a door or before sitting down wipes the oil from the knob or from the seat with an unconscious gesture like that of pulling up the trousers to keep them from bagging. Jovial young submarine lieutenants say that even the dishes sweat oil on a submarine trip. They say that before filling their plates with meat they mechanically wipe the oil from them with their balls of oily waste.—Cincinnati Enquirer. A. Sharp Distinction. A merited retort is not always a retort courteous. The rebuke that was administered to a party of intruding tourists by the old watchman who was set to guard the ruins of College hall at Wellesley not long after the great fire conveys a keen but subtle reproach. "We've got to keep out!" he ordered gruffly when he caught them trying to slip under the ropes that surrounded the crumbling walls. The inquisitive visitors paused and eyed first the ruins and then their determined guardian. "See here," a callow youth accosted him; "we're willing to risk it, and we'll take all the responsibility. What do you care if we lose our lives?" "We've got to keep out. I ain't thinkin' of your lives; I'm thinkin' of me job." Youth's Companion. Nothing to Wear. There are women who live to dress, and the more frequent and radical the changes are the better they like it. If their pocketbooks can stand it, no great harm is done. But the great majority of women can't afford to keep up with this pace. The result is that some stay at home because their clothes are not in the latest style, many are made unhappy, and others keep up with the procession, it matters not what may be the cost. If a man can wear the same dress suit for eight or ten years and not look like a freak, why is it not possible to design an evening gown for women that will be in good style as long as it may be worn? It is absurd to hear a woman say, "I haven't a thing to wear." when she may have a half dozen gowns all in good condition—Frances Frear in Leslie's. Highland Mary. Small as is the number of statues of women in Britain, there are two of one woman, concerning whom very little is actually known save that she was of humble origin and was associated with the life of Scotland's greatest poet. Passengers by the Clyde steamboats are familiar with the statue of Mary Campbell, whom Burns immortalized as Highland Mary, which overlooks the pier at Dunoon. There was a good deal of controversy about the memorial at the time of its erection, and the late Mr. Henley referred to it in his famous "Essay on Burns" as a "fantasy in bronze." Liverpool, with which Mary Campbell had no association whatsoever, has also chosen to commemorate her, and a marble statue stands in the palm house at Sefon park, encircled with choicest blooms all the year round—London Mall. Lost Votes. A parliamentary candidate lost quite a number of votes by making a generous promise to his own wife. He promised his better half that if he were successful at the poll he would buy her a new sealskin coat and hat to match. His wife was so pleased with this kindly offer that she at once went and told all her lady friends about it. Every lady to whom this piece of news was imparted, of course, said to the candidate's wife at once, "Oh, how very nice, dear!" but equally, of course, immediately went off home to her husband and said: "Take care you don't vote for Mr. A., dear. Fancy that stuck up Mrs. A. in a new sealskin while my old one is so shabby"—London Express. Kipling Wouldn't Talk Invited in 1890 to speak at a public dinner in London in aid of an orphan asylum Rudyard Kipling wrote: "I simply can't make a speech in public. It isn't in my power—not for all the orphans in the world. I have experimented on grownup people, and the result wasn't pretty. 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Excellent Cuisine, Mod- fee. oo For information write C. A. BRECKENRIDGE Proprietor Why He Failed. “I understand Jinks has found tt nec essary to close up his electrical busi- ness, What was the matter?’ “Well, ag nearly as I can make out, when be failed to spark properly, his banking connections became short cir cuited, and his customers failed to sup- ply the necessary current. These mis- fortunes tore the insulation from his Imes of credit and be became afraid ‘he was no longer a Itve wire. “The poor fellow had to shut up shop. Asa matter of fact,” said the narrator, dodging 2 blow, “he didn't know what else to do.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Over the Mark. “Does he aim at realism in the sto- ties be writes?” “He may aim at it, but he doesn’t hit within a million miles of tt” “How's that?” “The bero of his last story t» a ‘spendthrift Scotchman.’ — Houston Post. West Point Gradustes ‘Sait Money. “Your salary js’ yout “salt meney.” Goldiers once received salt pa part of ‘heir pay. When the salt was com- fatten for cash the latter wan called - .” salt money, or “salary.” THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 19, 1915. SC THE BEOAD AX CAN BEB FOUND. i OM SALE AT THE FOLLOWING oe NEWS STANDS: ‘Mr. John Redmond was “sus From on and after this date The| on the very frst day he sat i Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the| ment. following news stands: ‘As president of the French iu nies & ope lars eames N. B. Jones, magazines, cigars, to bacco and sews stand, 248 E. 35th St N. ©. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, no- tion store and news stand, S012 8. State street. L. E. Chilton, news stand, & E. eor- ner Sist and State streets. 8, Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; 31 W. 51 Street, near Dearborn. E, H, Faulkner, nows agency; 3109 8. State street. George I Martin, maker of fine cig- ars and news stand, 18 W. dist 8t. near State. R. M. Harvey’s barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to bacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State Bt. 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 MeGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobaceo and news stand, 2636 State Bt. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near Btate. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 6. Btate St. George MeFaro, shoe shining parlors and news stand. 3800% 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, tobacce and news stand, 3342 8. State, street. Miss EB. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Rose A. Gray of Newark, N. J., has been employed in one position with the same firm for the last fifty years. In recognition of the devotion of Lady Ralph Paget the municipality of Uskub, Servia, has decided to rename the finest street in that city after her. Much of the credit of the home re Met work done in Philadelphia during the last winter is due to the hand work of Mrs. J. Willis Martin, wife of Judge Martin. Miss U. L. Poinkalszky has charge of the unique school maintained on Ellis island by the United States gov- ernment to teach immigrant children quartered there. ‘Miss Helen Lozoniteh, who has come to this country to co-operate with the Servian agricultural relief committee, is the daughter of the former secreta- ry of agriculture and commerce of Ser- via. She was decorated by her country for heroism and valor as a war nurse. She reads and speaks English well. annaDitants of the Americas have a Perfectly good hemisphere with plenty of zoom on it, and they should stick Hatred in plants kills men, says a scientist. A toadstool, then, must be @ mushroom in a highly peeved state of mind. Burope lingered on the verge of war for many years; more by far, it is ‘hoped, than will be necessary to bring about @ preparedness for peace. Train and Track. ‘The International and Great North era railway, Texas, is about to spend $1,000,000 for improvements. In a new type of interurban car the engine runs st a constant rate, the speed of the car being governed by friction drive, which is applied to each af the eight wheels independently. ‘Without stopping his train an en- gineer can move a lever in his cab and open a newly devised switch to enable him to enter a siding, the switch auto- matically closing when the last car thas passed over it. The Royal Box. ‘The Prince of Wales, it is said, after the war will give his attention to agrt- culture. ‘The kaiser is entitled to wear the ‘uniform of every regiment in the Ger- man army. Bvery year the king of Siam sends a contingent of Siamese scholars to Eng- land to be educated at his expense, King Victor Emmanuel of Italy ts « great numismatist and possesses a ¢o}- lection of over 20,000 coins, which fs ‘said to be the finest in Buropa. English Etchings. Hyde park, in London, comprises ‘about 360 acres ‘ ‘There were only 7,000,000 people tn Great Britain in 1750. ‘Less than « thousand Victoria crosses have been awarded since they were ftrst fashioned in 1856, = er fied ty he ale of mm SIRES AND SONS. ‘Mr. John Redmond was “suspended” on the very first day he sat in parlia- ment. As president of the French republic ‘M. Poincare receives a salary of $120,- 000 per annum. Baron Barian, minister of foreign af- fairs for Austro-Hungary, has had a Jong and honorable career as a states- man and a diplomat. John Fowler, who bas been in the consular service of this country in Chl- na for the past quarter of a century, will henceforth be stationed at Rimou- ski, Quebec. He is a native of New Hampshire and entered the govern- ment service in 1879, Brigadier General William Lather Sibert, whom the war department has named as commanding officer of the Pacific coast defense district, with headquarters at Fort Miley, San Fran- cisco, 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 decorat- ed by four rulers—those of China, Ja- pan, Russia and Great Britain. He ts a native of Scotland, a veteran of the United Free church of his home iand and bas lived to devote himself to the work at hand. Town Topics, Now that Detroit is to have a speed- way here's hoping the joy riders can be confined to it—Detrolt Free Press. ‘There's a movement on foot to make Chicago a city of gardens. Beer, vege- table, summer or Mary?—Washington Post. ‘The man who enunciated that axiom, “What goes up must come down,” nev- er studied the career of the New York tax rate.—New York Press. Philadelphia justifies its title of the Clty 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 con- tinuously a train would cover the cir cumference of the earth in seventeen days. ‘There is an electric railway ten miles Jong in the south Tyrol which ts op- erated entirely by adhesion, though the maximum gradient is 6.2 per 100. By authority of the Brazilian govern- ment 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 ag- gregating over $1,000,000. ‘St. Louis estimates that 27,000 tons of soot yearly fall in its streets and on tts roofs from the 9,000,000 tons of soft coal annually burned in city limite, Industrial Items. ‘There are 180 shoe factories in Can- ada, 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. Tt takes a woman twenty years to reach a maximum wage of $15 a week im many New York department stores. SHORT AND SHARP. ‘The vacant lot league has also epen- ef its season. ‘Too many of the things we wait for are not worth the delay, Little things console us becanse most of our affiictions are little ones. It costs $25 to tip anybody im Wis conain 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 ettmb down from the ladder of fame grace- fully. ‘Why do some men look so startied when their wives call them “dear” in pablic? Satan seldom collects pay in advance, but he never negiects the accounts at the windup. Best let sleeping dogs le, is an old aphorism whose value has been proved ‘many times. Chtina finds that being a repubite does ‘Bot free it from the kind of troubles to which it bes been accustomed. Prophets who predicted that the war would soon be all over now hasten to explain that they meant all over Be ope. : _ One trouble about starting the day ‘a laagh is that 2 laugh sounds 80 mocking at € o'clock fm ‘ae 2. S&S STORE LMAN HILLMAN = a ee The: Cranford Apartmeit Building. $600. Wabash Ave, et : ~ ee 5: - o/~ * { ee N. A. ime fo reaieen he Fee gw.% | ee i: es a ee = Su, Pee Ce eo : EE eee | ee a ee | ee oe f if iB | e 4 =! : , / rf 5; 7 : 5 i | a doe The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago, Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey,Agent, "Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WAS@ANGTON STREET. A Prosperity Booster— Three Car Loads of This Range— p= wet ot F =— FR y=) mae | \\\ gy ‘es YS. EAR pl i Se) | 4 ( Composite Acorn No. 450 One Dollar and a Quarter Down One Dollar a Month $21.25 in all SAME range we WING to the fact that I show on page 42 of our O we have ordered three new 1915 Catalog, and car loads of this partic- sell at $26.00. ular ae we are able to We never carried a more m™ake this unprecedented popular style. While it i /ow Price, divided into Mitt exceptionally small and 4+ everybody may enjoy cee ce a complete the advantages of a modem, Composite in every respect The “with all the covential Gree carloads are fr is features of the higher priced sale only, and this offer styles. holds good while they last. On display at all our branch stores and our big salesroom down town. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4567 CicgRe Toe ie APEC RANK DUNN ESTABLISHED TEL OAKLAND J.B. MoCAHEY 1877 v900, 1554, 15 ‘TRUSTEES JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE : COAL mera FIPTY-FIRSt STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS Stet St and LS 2 B.S. Gist 9. and ARMOUR AVE. RANK DUNN @nigase PITH AND POINT. ‘Life is @ hurdie race over the tts and buts, cath A bluff ts usually admitted to be one aly when it fails. Si O0 mess at nent to weet some men are so far anead of the times that the times will never cate ‘up with them. ‘A paragraph suggesting the binebist as the dove of peace finds the redbist introducing its claims. One edvantage in talking with 7% eat is that you can fully agree Wi SF er cec » al. 5