The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts Dealt Terrific Sledge Hammer Blows to Women or Equal Suffrage; State Wide Prohibition Defeated in Ohio by a Large Majority, and the Wets Are Jubilant THE LEADERS OF THE GRAND OLD PARTY OF PROSPERITY, GREED AND GOLD AND THE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BOTH CLAIM THAT GREAT VICTORIES WERE ACHIEVED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTIES ON TUESDAY'S ELECTION IN THE EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRY OLSON OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT, ANTON J. CERMAK, CHIEF BAILIFF OF THAT COURT, AND "BIG BILL" MAYOR WILLIAM H. THOMPSON ARE ALL ENGAGED IN FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES LIKE SO MANY MAD CATS AND DOGS. CHIEF JUSTICE OLSON STATES THROUGH THE COLUMNS OF THE PUBLIC PRESS THAT HE COULD IF HE WOULD SAY MANY THINGS CONCERNING THE ACTIONS OR THE CAREER OF MAYOR THOMPSON WHICH WOULD NOT LOOK WELL IN PUBLIC PRINT ALTHOUGH IT WOULD MAKE MIGHTY INTERESTING READING. MR. CHERMAK, THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED SOCIETIES FOR LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT INTIMATES THAT MAYOR THOMPSON BAKED IN A LARGE ROLL OF MONEY CONSISTING OF A JACKPOT WHILE ENGAGED IN A BIG POKER GAME ON HIS RECENT TRIP TO THE PANAMA AND PACIFIC EXPOSITION WHERE HE STARTED HIS BOOM FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. S. A. T. WATKINS SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE APPOMATTOX CLUB WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST OPPOSITION FOR IN ONE SHORT YEAR HE HAS SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING IT ON THE MAP IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT FAR SUBPASSES ANY CLUB OF ITS KIND AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY. Vol. XXI. Pennsylvania Sledg State Major THE LEADERS OF THE GRAND CITY AND GOLD AND THE LEADERS CLAIM THAT GREAT VICTORY SPECTIVE PARTIES ON TUESDAY AND MIDDLE STATES. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRY OLSON CITY J. CERMAK, CHIEF BAILIFF MAYOR WILLIAM H. THOMPSON AMONG THEMSELVES LIKE SOME. CHIEF JUSTICE OLSON STATES THE LIC PRESS THAT HE COULD CONCERNING THE ACTIONS OF SON WHICH WOULD NOT LET THOUGH IT WOULD MAKE MORE. MR. CERMAK, THE SECRETARY OF CAL SELF GOVERNMENT IN BAKED IN A LARGE BOLL OF WHILE ENGAGED IN A BIG TO THE PANAMA AND PACIFIC HIS BOOM FOR PRESIDENT CITY. S. A. T. WATKINS SHOULD BE BREAKING POMATTOX CLUB WITHOUT THE ONE SHORT YEAR HE HAS MAP IN SUCH A MANNER THAT OF ITS KIND AMONG THE AFTER- The people residing in most of the eastern states are not in favor of equal rights for women for they seem to entertain the idea that the men are the supreme Lords of the land and that women was simply created for no other purpose than meekly serve them in the way of discharging their household duties, this fact was strongly brought home to women residing in such states as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts, where on Tuesday and at an earlier date, woman suffrage or equal rights for women was dealt some terrific judge hammer blows, for our part we honestly believe that the men folks living in the states just mentioned displayed their selfishness or hogishness in the greatest degree, for it should seem to all fair minded people namely that as long as women have the right to own property in their own name and are forced to pay taxes on the same to assist to support or maintain the local, state and national government they should have the undisputed right to freely and fully record their votes either for or against those who are elected to rule over them or govern them, to make laws for them many times against their will and to impose heavy taxes on their property, for no one should be impelled to pay taxes without permission. It is our firm opinion that in time the ballot will be freely accorded to the women in all parts of this broad land and when that time comes this country will be much better governed than it is at the present time, for the wheels of progress never turn backward, but slowly and surely they must and they will continue to move forward. State wide prohibition was put in the clock or defeated in Ohio at the election on Tuesday and the wet forces throughout the country are mighty jubilant and for some time to come the people living in that state will be able to get all they desire to drink every day in the week and some times on Sunday too. The leaders of the grand old party of prosperity, greed and gold and the leaders of the Democratic party both claim that great victories were scored by their respective parties at the elections on Tuesday, but time will tell whether or not those victories will count for anything at the close of the polls at the November election in 1916. Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Municipal Court, Anton J. Cermak Chief Bailiff of that court and "Big Bill" Mayor William Hale Thompson are all still engaged in fighting among themselves like so many mad dogs and cats, Chief Justice Olson contends that through the columns of the public press that he could if he would say many things in connection with the past and the present actions or career of Mayor Thompson which would not look well in print, although it would make mighty nice or interesting reading. Mr. Cermak who is the secretary of the United Societies for Local Self Government strongly intimates that Mayor Thempson pulled or raked in a large bundle of money consisting of a jack pot while he was engaged in a poker game on his recent rip roaring trip to the Panama and Pacific Exposition where he started his boom for President of the United States. For many years the people of this country have been taught to believe that none but the ignorant leaders of the Colored people fought each other to the death, but at the present time the people of Chicago and of the entire world for that matter, are witnessing some of its most prominent city officials wallowing in the filth and mire like common hogs. S. A. T. Watkins, who has in the past honorably served as assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, should be re-elected President of the Appomattox Club, for in one short year, he has succeeded in putting it on the map, in such a manner that it far surpasses all similar clubs among the Afro-Americans in this country. He has made many lasting and much needed improvements in the interior of the club rooms which greatly adds to their beauty and comfort and honor should be given freely to those to whom it is due and Mr. Watkins is the right man in the right place. Again we say that he should be re-elected as President of the Appomattox Club, without the slightest opposition. ESSAY CONTEST BOOMING Six leading Literary Clubs of the city have appointed representatives to take part in the sixth annual Essay Contest to be held at Olivet Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 19th, at 3 o'clock under the auspices of the Standard Literary Club. The people of Olivet are looking forward with great pride for the coming of this great Literary Carnival. The names of the clubs and their representatives will be published in next issue. CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 6.1915 DR. WASHINGTON URGES COOPERATION BETWEEN BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS. By authority of the Executive Committee of the National Negro Business League, I am writing to urge the officers and members of State and Local Negro Business Leagues to take active steps at once to arrange "Get-together Meetings" with the farmers of their states and communities. By carefully working out plans in advance for these meetings great interest can be aroused throughout the surrounding rural communities and, in my opinion, much good accomplished. Notice should be sent to the farmers telling them of the coming of Local League Members, and acquainting them with the purposes of the visit. It is a better plan to use buggies, carriages or automobiles than railroads as these conveyances will permit wider areas to be covered and more people reached. The program of these tours might include calling on individual farmers, speaking in churches and schoolhouses, and visiting small country stores. By cooperating with the farmers in this manner, greater confidence may be established between producer and merchant, mutual buying and selling methods adopted, and the volume of business of Negro merchants increased. Another way to bring about results through Negro Business League work is for the Local Negro Business Leagues in cities not too far distant to have joint meetings. For instance, the Local League at Tuskegee, Alabama, has recently held joint meetings with the Local Leagues at Montgomery, Opelika and Union Springs, Alabama. As the result of these joint meetings more helpful business and trade relationship has been established between the business men of these several communities. I very much hope that the Local Leagues will take hold of these matters for by so doing they will help the farmers solve their problems, and at the same time increase the business of Colored merchants. Booker T. Washington, President, National Negro Business League. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, November 1, 1915. JUDGE SAMUEL ALSCHULER MAY LAND SOME ONE IN PRISON FOR GEABBING OR MAKING AWAY WITH ONE OF HIS COPIES OF THE BROAD AX. Last Monday noon while we were rushing west on Madison street between Clark and LaSalle streets, we ran right square into Judge Samuel Alschuler, who is one of the honored members of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and after eyeing us right sharp for a few moments Judge Alschuler exclaimed, "Mr. Julius what become of my copy of The Broad Ax, of October 23?" We assured his Honor that the copy of the paper of that issue had been mailed to his home at 160 Lincoln avenue, Aurora, Ill., that as he has been a regular subscriber to the paper for the past fifteen years and had always promptly paid his subscription to it; that we would not think about working him out of one copy of the paper which rightly belonged to him; that some one must have made their getaway with his paper of that issue. To this he replied, that he had instructed the members of his family to carefully lay the paper aside for him every time it arrived at his home and on giving him our word and honor that we would send him another copy of the paper of that issue he strongly intimated that no one would be sent to jail for contempt of court for trifling or getting away with any of his copies of The Broad Ax. [Name] Supreme Attorney for the Knights of Pythias throughout the world; ex-assistant corporation counsel of Chicago, who should be re-elected president of the Appomattox Club without the slightest opposition. Supreme Attorney for the Knights of Pythias throughout the world; ex-assistant corporation counsel of Chicago, who should be re-elected president of the Appomattox Club without the slightest opposition. NEARLY 100 PERCENT OF POPU LATION SUFFERS FROM PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT. National Tuberculosis Association presents figures in plea for nation-wide medical examination day, December 8th. In a plea for every man and woman in the United States of adult age to join in a movement for annual or other periodic medical examination of themselves, which will be launched on December 8. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis presents figures in a Bulletin issued today which show that practically 100 percent of the supposedly well people of the United States over 30 years of age have some physical defect or impairment. About 70 percent of these impairments were of a more or less serious nature. There were besides about 30 percent of defects of a minor character. The figures which the National Association presents are based upon the careful studies recently made by the Life Extension Institute among two highly specialized groups of people, the first group consisting of workers in the Ford Motor Company of Detroit, and the second group consisting of employees of commercial houses, banks and trust companies in New York. The records of these examinations show that practically none of those examined, men and women, are normal in the strict sense of the word. Another striking fact in the examination is that only 10 percent of those who were impaired were aware that there was anything the matter with them. This fact alone, the National Tuberculosis Association points out is sufficient to make every man and woman in the United States give careful consideration to the necessity for at least one physical inventory of his entire body a year. The largest group of more or less serious impairments discovered were those showing sugar, albumen or casts in the urine. More than 45 percent of the above-mentioned groups showed de- feets of this nature. In the same groups about 23 percent showed abnormal blood pressure, while nearly 27 percent showed combined disturbances of circulation and kidneys. Organic heart disease, thickened arteries, lung trouble leading to possible tuberculosis, nervous affections, digestive troubles and venereal disease were among the other impairments discovered, practically all of which had escaped the notice of the individuals examined. During Tuberculosis Week which will be celebrated throughout the United States from December 6 to December 12, a national medical examination day will be observed on December 8. Groups and individuals will be urged to make arrangements for physical examination on that day. A circular describing in detail how the advantages of medical examination day may be obtained and indicating certain physical impairments which everyone should look for will be sent on request from the office of The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, 105 East 22nd Street, New York City. ONLY NEGRO U. C. V. GIVEN MILITARY HURIAL Little Rock, Special to The Broad Ax.—"Major" Stone said to be the only Negro member of the United Confederate Veterans' organization, was given a full military funeral at Batesville last Sunday. The "Major" died Friday. When Company K of the Arkansas Rifles was organized a man named Jeff Stone joined it. With Stone was a Negro servant called "Major." Stone was promoted to a captaincy, but at the battle of Chickamauga was killed. Through a rain of bullets, risking death at every step, the Negro carried his master's body into the Confederate lines and buried it. For this act he was permitted to join the Batesville camp. No. 7 DAVID McGOWAN, WHO FOR SOME TIME HAS BEEN CONDUCTING THE KEYSTONE HOTEL, AND OTHER COLORED SALOON MEN HAVE GAVE UP THE GHOST. The first of this week, David McGowan, who for the last three or four years has successfully conducted the Keystone Hotel and Buffet at 3022 S. State street and other Colored Saloon men; gave up the Ghost. Randall Woodfolk who was in business at 3958 S. State street and William Bass, 3119 S. State street are among the other Colored men who followed Mr. McGowan in that respect. It is said that some Greek gentleman will soon open up the Keystone and run it for Colored gentlemen. ERNEST H, WILLIAMSAM IS ONE OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AFRO-AMERICAN UNDERTAKERS IN CHICAGO. There are quite a number of successful Afro-American undertakers in this city, but none of them excell Ernest H. Williamson, who is located at 5028 and 5030 S. State street. Phones Kenwood 455. Auto. 73-867, he makes a specialty of handling fine funeral goods. His funeral car will seat 26 people and the expense of conducting funerals is reduced fifty per cent. Mr. Williamson owns an elaborate $4,000 automobile and that and other autos are furnished for all occasions. See his advertisement in another column of this paper. THINK ON THESE THINGS. True worth is in being, not seeming— In doing each day that goes by Some little good, not in dreaming Of great things to do by and by; For whatever men say in their blind- ness, In spite of the fancies of youth, There is nothing so kingly as kind- ness, And nothing so royal as truth. - PAGE TWO ——— “" What"is'a Camper? ~~” ‘The world now knows the answer to the motnentous question, What is 2 camper? ‘The United States public health service gives the information in these few simple words: “Campers are persons who, of their own volition or through the enticement of others, re- vert to primeval modes of existence and ostensibly obtain enjoyment there- from. Both place and persons then fa- vor the development of irregularities, encourage more or leis irresponsibility and lead to immediate wildness. In this there is no harm and often much good. However, one thing should not be for- gotten—the arrangements. Allow the ‘animals’ to break loose once more for the seasonal enjoyment, but by all means have the camp sanitary, so that to helt wildness they will do no harnt.”* Add to this the ability to bal- afce a dough god on the left knee, hold a cup of coffee in the right hand and brush’n ‘black fly off the right ear with the left hand, and you have the com- plete camper.—Outing. - - —iie Marcus Pickney had been arrested through the activities of his 200 pound Scotch wife, and the pair were facing the fudge. : Jt seemed that Pickney was a shift less, ne'er-do-well, lazy man, with a strong disinclination to honest toll. Moreover, he was in the habit of com- ing“home “corned” and beating his thrifty better half. It was on the oc- casion of the last of these episodes that she bad brought about his arrest. After patiently hearing testimony the Judge said: “Mrs. Pickney, it seems to me that this is a case where prosecution is pos- sible {pt nonsupport.” “Ob, your honor,” wailed the excited woman, “they can’t bring that up ag’in me! I've took in washin’ and giv’ him what you might say was fine livin’ ever since we was marrit. No; he can’t acense me of that, judge.”—Case and Comment. ta in lle aie 1 asked the old negro porter at the inn at Newburyport what the town was principally noted for, and he an- swered its purity and the landing here of the Siamese twins. He added that tey were both dead, and I do not |uow whether he referred to the two attractions, purity and the Siamese, or simply to the twins. 1 was shocked that he did not speak of Washington and Lafayette, who had slept in a neighboring mahsion, but notables who were not freakish by na- ture he held in small esteem. Even the hotel clerk was rather blase about these distinguished guests, opining that the two gentlemen, if one could judge by tablets all over the county, slept more than any other men in history.— Louise Closser Hale in Century Maga- zine. Not What He Exnected. This story is told by an English paval officer who witnessed the oc currence at Manila: “As I was cross- ing one of the numerous bridges across the Pasig river | saw a native Fill pino spit in the face of a Spanish of- ficer and then run for protection to the American sentinel, who was pac- ing the bridge. It was some time be- fore the Filipino could make himself understood. When the sentry compre- hended his action be was very prompt indeed. He handed his gun to the Spanish officer, caught the native by the nape of his neck and the seat of his trousers and pitched him off the bridge into the Pasig river. Then he calmly took bis gun from the officer and began pacing bis beat as if noth- ing had happened.” ” 2 Queer Floating lelend. There is a floating tsland in Derwent- water, Enztahd, not far from Lodore falls. Its travels are restricted to al- ternations between the bottom of the lake and the surface. When moved to retirement it sinks and remains in wa- tery seclusion for periods which vary from a few months to as long as seven or eight years. ‘Its existence above or below water appears to be determined by the presence within the island of gases Whose quantity governs its buoy- ancy, Esthwaite lake. in the same neighborhood, boasts a not less puz- ziing but more amenable island. This has served as a ferryboat to conduct as many as fifteen persons at a time across fie bosom of the water upon which it rides. ° es ‘Courtesy. Bhall ‘cougtes¥’ be done only to the rich:and only by the rich? In. good, breeding, which differs, If at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others rhther than . gracefully insists on {ts own rights, I discern no special connection with wealth or birth, but rather that it lies in human nature it- self, and {s due from all men toward all men.—Cariste. * Beyond Him. “I cawn't comprehend,” said Cholly Tanspatts, “how it—aw—can be that the moon, doncherknow, makes the— aw—tides rise ‘and fall—aw—when they’rise and fall just the same when We—aw,—have no moon, doncherknow, deah'boy!”—Browning’s Magazine. Suitable. “So you think Katherine made a very suitable match?” “Yes, indeed: you know what a ner. ‘Yous, jexcttable’ pirt’she was. Well, she married. g composer.” Not ‘Too Obscure. Artist's Wife (during quarrel—You Were quite obscure before 1 married you, . Artist—You. didy’t have any trou- ble in nding me—Boston Transcript. SORTER atonger than aversion | ‘Simpte Enough. A manufacturer of some patent com- pound" came into the laboratory of an analytical chemist one day with a bot- He containing aif unwholevome looking mixture. “L would give £20," he said to know what would wake the water and off im this-mixture separate.” ‘The chemist looked at the bottle. “Very well,” he said; “write out your check.” “Check?” the other echoed. “Yes, your check for £20. You say you are willing to give that, and for that price I am willing to tell you what will make the water and oil sepa- rate.” The visitor hesitated a moment and then wrote a check for the sum nam- ed. ‘The chemist carefully deposited it in bis pocketbook, and then- quietly Gropped into the liquid a pinch of com- mon salt. Instantly the water and oll ‘separated, and whether the client was satisfied or not, he had got what he wanted, and he had paid his own price for it.—London Tit-Bits. Bed Hearina. When Proctor Knott, now dead, was governor of Kentucky an influential citizen of-a mountain county in the eastern end of the state was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of years in prison. Having an aversion to going to pris- 6n the mountaineer brought pressure to bear upon the executive office with a view to securing a pardon. His en- emies were equally active in fighting his petition, and they set on foot a movement to convince the pardoning power that he was a menace to the Peace of the community and belonged behind steel bars. One day the governor received a let- ter written personally by the convicted man. It began as follows: “Deer Gov—if you've heared what T've heared you've heared you've hear- ed a lie."—Saturday Evening Post. ‘iia ii ‘The correct way to increase the pro- ductivity of the memory is to link ev- ery new thing with an understood thought already in hand. Merely to memorize the Bible and thus to be able parrot-like to speak it “by heart” ts not memory. Intellectually and emo- tionally to appreciate and understand one psalm or proverb is memory. To know where to put your finger on the right verse or passage of the Bible on your table is practical and useful ree- oliection. Dictionaries, directories, en- eyclopedias, indexes ‘and reference books do the mechanical part for you. Reason, association, adaptability and the perception of relationships are bet- ter than much Latin and more Greek, however beautiful and instructive these may be in themselves—Exchange. Old Times at the Cantal. In recalling the lively and pictur- esque incidents which the old timers enjoyed in Washington one 1s moved almost to tears over the commonplace nature of his own times. John Adams used to bathe in the Potomac every morning at daylight because he had no bathtub in the White House, and no one ever pulled a camera on him. Prest- dent Taylor used to walk about the town and stop and chat with every one he met, like a policeman. A reception in the White House in these days is relieved of monotony only by the great crush of guests, who trample the clothes off one another's backs. Anoth- er president set up in the east room a 600 pound cheese and Invited the mul- titude to come in and help itself, which the multitude proceeded to do. World’s Oldest Industry, ‘The pearl fisheries of Ceylon are said to be the oldest industry in the world For over 3,000 years the pearl oyster harvest has been gathered by the na- tives, who, skilled in diving, have hand. ed down the industry from one genera- tion to the next. Pearl fishing in Cey- ton today fs somewhat of a speculation, The greatest care is taken lest When ‘the shells of the bivalves are opened any of the precious gems be lost or stolen. A very strict watch is kept over the natives who are employed in this kind of work, but in spite of the greatest precautions some of the small- er stones are frequently concealed. The refuse from the shells Is very carefully examined subsequent to this first ex- amination. Even the dried dust of the oyster is carefully sifted. Smokeless Powder. Smokeless powder dates back some fifty years, but it was not until about 1886 that it attained its real efficiency and sprang into general use. It must be understood that even the best of this powder is not absolutely smoke- Jess. It is not smoky enough, how- ever, to “do any harm,” and as com- pared with the old powder may well be called “smokeless."—New York American. Charlies Reade’s Mistake. | “It was Charlies Reade, wasn’t. It, who wrote, ‘Nothing is so terrible as a | fool? “Yes, but he was wrong. I live next oor to a newly married couple. If ‘Charles could see them he would at once admit that two fools are even more terrible."—Chicago Herald, A Long Pull. Personally we never expect to have any trouble with our appendix. We think the dentist pulled ft out when he fetched . that tooth.—Galveston News, Egos. ‘The earliest Scriptural mention of eges as 2 food is found in Job vi, @: “Is there any taste in the white of an ere?” Men are born to succeed, not to fall. —Thorene. THE BROAD AX CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 6, 1915. ‘aan oe Homing Instinct of Crabs. gs An eee See canae % needlewoman, “hd occasion to open | tures having well developed dome my shirtwaist box the other day. She | instincts we must include the bun came to me, saying. “My. but you are | fabs, the “spiders of the sea,” as extravagant! You have eleven. pretty | tor Hugo calls'them? Once under silk waists in that one box. How did| ter, we might expect one part of you happen to buy so much wash silk?'| Sea to be as homelike as another, ‘My answer surprised ber. My husband | that only shows how little the aver works in a bank-and must wear clean | human beifg understands a cri linen. He ts partial to silk shirts, but|Doint of view. Some one, howe as soon as there is the least break near | suspected them of the homing inst the collar they are thrown away. and so tried the experiment of ca “Shortly afterward 1 appear in a new | ing a pair of them on the Yorks silk waist, for the rest of the shirt is | coast, in England, and, after mark perfectly good. He is a large man, and | them, carrying them south fifty m there is not the least trouble in getting | or’ more, returning first one and t the waist from the sbirt. Sometimes 1| the other to the water at differ vary them by putting on a plain collar] points on the shore, Then the Yi and cuffs. shire crabbers carefully searched ¢ “You will find that when using this| traps as they made etch haul, on {dea you do not mind at all how many | Jookout for the possible return of new shirts the man of the house| wanderers. Strange to relate, one chooses to buy. You will even suggest | not one, but both of the crabs ¥ at times that a certain shirt in the win-| canght a second time, having m dow would look well on bim—and, in-| their way back across the interver cidentally, on you.”"—Pittsburgh Dis-} mites of sea bottom to their Yorks! patch. home.—St. Nicholas. * Dog Hero of Austertlitz. In the annals of the French army Mustache {s still a celebrity. Mustache was one of the dogs used in the Italian campaign when Napoleon was first consul. He saved the French army from a night surprise and annihilation. Later he tracked and captured a spy who bad secured valuable information. But this dog’s crowning achievement was at the battle of Austerlitz, ‘The standard bearer of the regiment had Just fallen dead. Mustache’s teeth and an Austrian soldier's hand grasped the tattered banner simultaneously. Mus- tache flew at his enemy's throat and bore him down. Then, seizing the flag, he carried it back to the reciment. Napoleon gave Mustache the highest decoration for his valor. He met a sol- ier's death not long after this. racing forward beside the tlaz. leading the regiment in a furious charge—New York Sun. i Sele e ee ae The list of curious street names is inexhaustible. Bermondsey possesses a Pickle Herring street. Near Gray's fon there is to be found a Cold Bath square. Most of the Nightingale lanes and Love lanes are hidden ironically enough in the slums of the east end. But for really bizarre street names one should go to Brussels. The Short Street of the Long Chariot, the Street of the Red Haired Woman and the Street of Sorrows are remarkable enough to catch the least observant eye. The Street of the One Person 4s, as one might guess. consiJerably nar- rower than Whitehall. But the cream of Brussels street names surely belongs to the Street of the Uncracked Silver Cocoanut. This in the original appears as one ponderous thirty-six letter word. —London Chronicle. i le eel eat os _ Professor von Herkower, the famous painter, had such a struggle to gain @ living in his early days that had ft not been for his inexhaustible stock of Patience and self confidence he would probably have abandoned art entirely. He sold his first picture for 2 guineas and later on earned for a short time a couple of pounds weekly for a wood. cut which he supplied to a comle paper. This modest salary coming to a stop, he was at his wits’ end to know what todo. He applied to a troupe of min- strels for an engagement as zither player, but in vain, and then took to designing carpets. For some years he battled with poverty, achieving no suc- cess unti] he obtained employment on ‘a weekly illustrated journal.—London Globe. Ownershio of Deserts. ‘The national government virtually owns all our deserts, although in Texas the state owns all the public lands. It is probable that eventually the desert lands ‘will pass from public ownership inte the bands of private owners by allotment of areas, the size of which will be relative to their productiveness, For it must be realized that whereas in @ well watered region five acres may be enough to support a family, any- where from 500 to 10,000 acres may be needed to support a family in the des- ert. It is all a matter of water supply, for water is primarily the basis of land utility and value. as it is the prime means of subsistence of all living things, whether plants or animals,— Youth's Companion. Tropical Snake Killer. Among the rare reptiles in the Bronx zoo, in New York, ts the mussarama, or snake killer. It ts nonpoisonous it- self, but attacks, conquers and kills such deadly reptiles as the tropical viper and the fer-de-lance. To their poison it is altogether immune. The snake kills by coiling about its victim and squeezing it to death. Against the coral snake's poison, however, the snake killer bas no protection and quickly succumbs to the paralyzing ef- fects of a coral snake bite. peers The Difference. Mrs. Dash—The ivea of Mrs, Rash having society aspirations! Why, her father was a peddier! Mr. Dash—Yes, she's entireiy too forward. She ought to hang back until people have forgot. ten it. Now, in your case, my dear, it was your grandfather who was 8 Peddler. Libel. : Libel once meant any Hittle book, bat ag many. small tracts in the early days of printing were personal and offen- sive In character the word acquired its present significance. The Skeptics. Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood was considered ‘so ridicu- lous at the time of the discovery that for ten years not a single patient con- gulted him. : Homing Instinct of Crabs. ‘Who would believe that among crea ‘fares having well developed domestic instineta we must include the bumble erabs, the “spiders of the sea,” as Vic tor Hugo calls'them? . Once under wa. ter, we might expect one part of the sea to be a8 homelike as another, but that only shows how little the average human being understands a crab’s point of view. Some one, however. suspected them of the homing instinct and eo tried the experiment of catch- ing a pair of them on the Yorkshire coast, in England, and, after marking them, carrying them south fifty miles or’ more, returning first one and then the other to the water at different Points on the shore. Then the York. shire crabbers carefully searched their traps as they made each haul, on the lookout for the possible return of the wanderers. Strange to relate, one day mot one, but both of the crabs were caught a ‘second time, having made their way back across the intervening miles of sea bottom to their Yorkshire home.—St, Nicholas. * lees. ‘The waterspout at sea and the tor. nado on land are munifestations of reat instability of the atmosphere in @ vertical direction, caused either by an abnormally warm surface layer of air or an abnormally cold layer at the cloud level, says Nature. The former cause is common in summer; the lat- ter occurs both in summer and winter and fs usually associated with a “line squall” or V shaped barometric de- pression. The waterspout shows the track along which surface air passes spirally upward to restore equilibrium. ‘The commotion of the sea ts due to the exceedingly violent character of the phenomenon. The funnel itself 1s probably composed partly of moisture condensed out of air by the sudden diminution of pressure which occurs and partly of sea water in the form of spray. Sometimes the middle portion of the visibie funnel fs absent, but there must in that case be a corre- sponding complete funnel of rotating air from the surface of the cloud. ke Melancholia does not mean depres- sion of spirits. A man may be as de Pressed as it 1s possible to be and still not have melancholia. Melancholia {s despondency on account of painful de- Iusions. One of the two typical delu- sions of melancholia is that the unpar- donable sin has been committed, that God has been offended beyond redemp- tion and that hell is to be the ultimate goal; the other ts that of impending poverty. Everything is lost or is about to be. The patient and his family are going to end up in the poorhouse. ils acts alone have brought about this ter- rible calamity from which there is no escape. It can be readily seen that a Person having delusions of this type must be necessarily depressed. ‘There is probably no form of insanity in which the angutsh of the patient equals that of the melancholiac. Life is one continuous horror.—Exchange. iain sei ‘The combined area of pan-America, exclusive of Canada, {s 12,000,000 square miles. of which the Latin American countries occupy approx mately 9,000,000 and the United States 8,000,000. This physical extent of pan. America is better realized when it is compared with that of Burope, ‘which has 3,750,600 square miles, with Africa, which has 11,500,000, and with Asia, which has 17,000,000, Pan-America’s real greatness, ‘sig- nificance and power in world relation- ship are emphasized by appreciation of its present population and the future Possibilities for 2 vast increase. Its twenty-one nations can now boast of @ population of 180,000,000, of which 100,000,000 are living in United States territory and 80,000,000 in Latin Amer- fea—John Barrett in North American Review. a a a “Is your husband so very fond o art?" “Art! He doesn't know a Raphae from a hair cut.” _ “Why. I understood him to say tha he was an art patron.” “Patron! That man wouldn't trad a club sandwich for a Bouguereau ‘What does he mean by calling himself ‘an art patron?” “Why, he says it costs him ter thousand a year to pay for the bogus Masters the smvoth .dealers coax you to buy—and that makes bim an ar patron.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Obeying Directions. “Good heavens, John, what made you pick out such an ugly woman tc send home? She scared the baby al: ‘Most into fits.” “Just did what you told me, Maria, ‘You said you wanted a plain cook, and I got the plainest one to be had."—Bab timore American. A Strenuous Singer. | It 1s possible for a singer to be too ‘strenuous. All students of musica} his- tory know that the famous tenor, Ru- bini, actually fractured his collarbone while singing a double forte on B flat. Explained. Proud Father—That is a sunset my aughter painted. She studied paint- ‘tag abroad. you know. Friend—Ah that explains it. 1 never saw a sunset Uke that in this country.—Puck. ‘Those Girls Again. Edith—Mins Oldcir! says she has just reached the marriageable age. Marie— ‘You don’t say! 1 wonder what delayed ber!—Boston Transcript. Thrift ts not a virtue of tomorrow, ‘Dut of today. He Didn't Sprout Horns "The first Japanese to drink milk 41d so with misgivings lest be sprout horns ike a cow. That was in” 1861. ‘The man that took that big chance fs Mr ‘Tsubol, who fs still alive and absotute- ly free from horns. At that time Mr. Tsubol was an ap prentice. He became ill of a disease that baffled the skill of the Japanese physicians, so Lis master called in Dr. Hepburn, an American physician, who then lived im that district. Dr. Hép- burn prescribed milk, one bottle to be “taken” every morning. The poor boy, believing that the growth of horns was inevitable if one drank cow's milk, begged his master not to make him take the doctor’s prescription, but his frantic pleas were denied. ‘There was considerable difficulty about getting milk then because, as there was no demand for milk—the greater part of the population sharing the boy's belief that its consumption was sure to rulse horns—there was no dairy or milkmen. Finally some was obtained from a Japanese who eared for a cow kept by a foreigner.—Japan Advertiser. ‘The Herned Lark. - Looks léke Satan, the horned lark does, with his two black horns of feath. ers sticking out on top of bis head. Hoe wears a suit of a grayish brown touched with pink. A black curve over his eyes and auother black crescent under his chin help give him a wicked aspect. His satanic topknot, the two tiny tufts of black feathers on. the back of bis head, gives him the name He's the horned lark. But really he's not so bad as he looks. You know that the minute you see his brown eyes and hear him sing. The farmer knows he isn't such a wicked bird too. The horned lark eats all kinds of wild seeds, beetles, weevils and bugs. If he gets tired of his diet he will start in and clean up the grass- hopper and cutworm crop. Sometimes he wil! visit an oat field, but he doesn't cause enongh damage to get his picture in the rogues’ gallery as a dangerous thief. — Philadelphia North American. Nursing a Grouch. ‘What a dissatistied bunch of mortals we are! Three hundred and sixty-five days of the year we grumble about the weather. It’s either too hot ot too cold, too wet or too dzy. You meet a friend who says, “It's a fine day today!" You answer, “Delightful! The next one you meet says, “Ain't this beastly weather?" You answer. “The foulest ever!" You're always ready to agree with and join the knocker. Even the Poor, innocent weather cannot escape your hammer. Everything in this world was made wrong—except your- self, I mean. You are the quintessence of perfection in your own mind. When you're invited to a party you are mad because you are invited. and if you are ignored you're mad again just because that condition fits your disposition. Why don’t you, for a change, look at the bright side of things and maybe your “disgustion™ will tmprove.—Car toons Magazine. (ita iii al is | The woman who tells you all about something in such a way as to leave you in complete ignorance of the essen. tial things which yon wanted to know about. ‘The woman who flatters you about yourself as a screen to give herself the opportunity to talk about herself. ‘The woman who fs silent when she has nothing to say. This woman talks incessantly. ‘The woman who asks you what you think about somethiig and then heads you off from telling by keeping on talk- ing herself. ‘The woman you marry.—Life, Temperament In Folly. ‘The fool in his heart saith a num- ber of things. Suppose he happens to be a phlegmatic fool with a fondness for luxury. “I do not care,” saith he, in that case, “to go out into the damp, cl woods and mistake a toudstool for a mushroom. I much prefer to get up in the night, in my comfortable flat, and drink out of the wrong bottle.”—Bos- ton Journal. Sy Sar “What, you want to marry my daugh- ter? Why, you haven't a cent in the world! How do you expect to support her?” “That will be easy enough. As soon as I'm known to be your son-in-law I can get all the credit 1 want."—Pitts- burgh Press. A One Sided Rule. Once when P. T. Barnum was tak- ing tickets at the entrance of his cir cus a man asked bim if he could go in without paying. “You can pay without going in,” said Barnum, “but you can't go in without Paying. ‘The rule doesn’t work bota ways.” ‘Hydrofluoric Acid. Hydrofuoric acid is the best agent to use for removing sand from cast- ings, particularly those of iron and steel, as it attacks the sand and dis. solves it, while other acids attack the metal and only loosen the sand so that it falls off. ee Mieetins Alaska bas an area of 600,000 square miles, one-fifth the size of the United States, which means that it will make fourteen New Yorks and nearly 500 Rhode Islands. Tempering Steel. It te significant that ip the matter of tempering steel we are no further ad- vanced than our ancestors of some 5,000 years ago. Cartoons of Truancy. “Certain cartoonists.” says a writer im Cartoohs Magazine, “have been tak- em to task for picturing with too al- luring @ pencil the joys of going bare- foot in summer, of hunting Indians, of climbing apple trees, when they should bave been in schvol studying. Their work is an invitation to the small boy to_play truant, especially when the birds are singing and the gun is shining and a dog companion clamors for an excursion over hill and dale. Enter the plea Guilty! “Who would care to be the owner of a small boy who when the red gods called wouldn't follow, who wouldn't occasionally steal away from school and come back bramble scratched and sunburned? Any boy whose name is Johnnie and not Archibald or Ferdi- nand wil! need no invitation to run after the pied piper of happiness and seek relief from the eternal three R's under the willows or in forbidden ap- ple orchards. Given a golden day, the ‘smell of summer In the air, a south wind. a schoolroom, no more than tron bars, can a prison make. “Nobody but an old fashioned schoolmAster would expect a ‘feller’ to be proper—always.” Storks. We have no true stork in this coun. try, but we have the ibis, which be longs to the stork family. This bird, which breeds in the far southern states, often goes as far north as Indiana, for it is a bird of long and easy flight, standing thirty or thirty-one inches in its length of body. Its plumage is white, but wings and tail are black. It 1s considered a bird of gentleness and good nature, associating with ducks, geese and other water fowl on Pleasant terms, The white stork of Europe migrates to Africa in winter. It comes and goes in great flocks, returning year after year to Denmark, Germany and other parts of central Europe, where the birds are welcomed and protected on account of their value as scavengers. ‘The common name for the stork in Holland means “the bringer of good.” and in that country, as well as in Den- mark, the people believe that good luck will attend the house on whieh the stork has built its nest.—Savannah News. ‘The Machete. Because it is as useful in peace as in war the Spanish American machete has a distinction of Its own as a weapon. It is a sword, spade, hedging bill, ax, hatehet and pruning knife. It is frst cousin to the United States cavalry saber, and almost every male in Span- ish American countries above the age of childhood carries one. The laborer carries it to cut sugar cane, prepare firewood and trench ground for his crop, The horseman wears it to cut his way through woodlands during Journeys over rough country. The hi- dalgo wears it with silvered hilt and tasseled scabbard. His humbler neigh- bor is content to carry it bare and hilt- ed with horn, wood or leather. The machete is made in about thirty differ- ent forms, and the blade varies in length from ten to twenty inches. It may be blunt. pointed. curved or straight, broad or uarrow. The favor- ite with the laborer is of medium length, with unornamented handle and broad, straight biade.—Boston Herald. ia am Rheumatism in its many forms 1s, according to Dr. Seymour Taylor, the famous British specialist, the most dangerous disease with which physt- cians have to deal, more dangerous than even tuberculosis, cancer or blood disease. He notes that 75 per cent of young patients wHo'are the victims of acute rheumatism also suffer from dis- eased tonsils and asserts that “rheu- matism affecting young children or adolescents leaves mitral stenosis (cou- traction of the mitral valve of the heart) as its most frequent and crip- ‘pling valvular affection.”"—New York World. A Possible Retraction. ~- “I hear you are having a ‘take tt back’ campaign in this town.” “Yes,” admitted the Plunkville citi zen. “Have you borrowed something that you have failed to return?” “Oh, no. 1 want to see a man who called me a Har about three years ago.” —Pittsburgh Post. Vain Concsit. = “The only fault 1 have to find with Kippers is that he bas an exaggerated idea of his own jmpgrtance.” “I hadn't noticed it.” “But It's a-fact. Why, he thinks he’s the only min on earth who could have married Mrs. Kippers.” — Bir- mingham Age-Herald. His Misfortune. “So you were driven out of the the- ‘atrical profession by the movies?” ‘asked the sympathetic old Indy. “How did that happen?" “You see, ma’am,” replied the trath- ful tramp. “there ain't much of a de- mand for stage hands these days.”— Buffalo Express. The Doctrine f Chance. He—Was your father very angry when you told him of our engagement? She—Not particularly. He said be bad Deen rather fortunate in the stock mar- ket of late and figured it was about time for his luck to turn.—Richmond ‘Times-Dispatch. . Uabeied: “Jiggs is a rather unusual charac tr” “He certainly ts. For a fact, his Felatives are as welcome at his house as his friends."—Buffalo Express, The only knowledge that & man has is the knowledge that he can usa— Lerd Macasky. 2 .__ Sad Fate of the Woman Has Stirred the World, The shot that killed Miss Edith Ca- yell, an Englishwoman and head nurse of a surgical institution in Brussels, at the order of the German military court, has certainly been heard around the world. Miss Cavell was prosecuted for hav- ing helped English and French so}- diers, as well as Belgian young men, to cross the frontier and go to England. She admitted by signing a statement before the day of the trial and by pub- lic acknowledgment in court that she ‘was guilty of the charges, not only that oo on Si rt: ~~ ee _— -- £2 & _ ‘ =a Ba ? Ez SS (see ; poate Ig seis wien tee canter Gawacas she had helped these soldiers to cross the frouticr, but also that some of tem had thanked her in writing when arriving in England. Ina letter to the London Post a cousin of Miss Cavell says: “My cousin's intense devotion to the alleviation of suffering caused her to cevote her life to nursing in Brussels. She voluntarily remained there to con- tinue her work when the elty was taken by the Germans. She would have nursed a German with as much tender care as an Englishman. “She allowed the womanly quality of compassion to get the better of pru- dence and self interest. For this she suffered untold miseries and died a martyr's death.” A FAVORITE OF FORTUNE. Little Foundling Adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard. One of the most fortunate youngsters in the United States is a little found- ling of about five years of age who has been legally adopted by Mr. and Mrs, Finley J. Shepard. Mrs. Shep- anl, formerly Miss Helen Gould, Is widely known for her philanthropic and charitable work. She inherited $10,000,600 from her father, Jay Gould. é. | Cane | A Nemes | Al Bees | NT er eee Ne TE ee, RS e Ve | iS, A ed AE IAT oA Poo Vee, © 5 Ses ee [> A ae oe Bo tame a fe ea ea Tiers. o SOS ees s PINGNY J. SHIP Hi, J YORMERLY JOBN Tarts SO. 10k ‘The litle boy had been abandoned by his parents, whose identity 1s still unknown, and was found upon the stops of St, Patrick's cathedral in New York «ity at midnight by a policeman on Sept, 12. 1914. He was placed at St. Christopher's home, Dobbs. Ferry, X.Y. a Methodist institution for par- entless hoys and girls and situated not far from the beautiful home of Mrs. Shepard at Irvington-on-the-Hudson. "The little waif was known at the in- stitttion as John Dee No, 104. He ts uw Finley 4. Shepard, Jr. and the heir prestenptive to a large fortune. Ue hes the run of an extensive estate. oue of the finest in the country, and ts cujoving far more than the average comforts of home. Surely no. fatey reudmothor ever did better for @ pevbeon: SIRES -AND SONS. Baron Motono, doyen of the diplo- matic corps at Petrograd, is one of Ja. pan's foremost diplomats. He has lived in Petrograd since 1906. Captain Edward W. Eberle, whe succeeds Rear Admiral Fullam as su- Perintendent of the Naval academy at Annapolis, has been commandant of the Washington navy yard and superin tendent of the naval gun factory since last December, Judge George E. Downey, who has been chosen to fill the vacancy on the bench of the United States court of claims, was until his appointment comptroller of the treasury. Judge Downey comes from Indiana, where he was for ten years a judge of the circuit court. Otto Praeger, who has been appoint ed second assistant postmaster gen: erai, succeeding Joseph Stewart, 1s s Texan by birth and has long been the Personal friend of Postmaster General Burleson. Before his appointment as postmaster he was a newspaper corre spondent, Jose Pardo, who has again assumed the presidency of Peru, is entering upon his third term, having beer first elected in 1904. | His career i most unusual, regarding jt from the political standpoint, for bjs father was a famous statesman, who became pres. {dent of Peru, The Writers. Kate Douglas Wiggin, it is said, re- celves $50,000 a year in royalties on books and plays taken from her most popular novels. Mrs. Fenwick Miller, well known English journalist, has been elected president of the Women Writers’ league in England. Rudyard Kipling prefers the night hours for work, frequently sitting up until 2 or 3. He is most elaborate in his methods and pronounces aloud ev- ery word that he writes in order to test its fitness. “Marse Henry” Watterson, the noted editor, spent years in training for a musical career. An accident which cut short the use of his left hand made 1 necessary for him to abandon his mu- sical plans. Train and Track. Every large railway company in Eng land has a special royal train for the ‘use of the king and queen. At the present time the New York Central station in New York is the ‘world’s greatest railroad terminal. Last year in the United States 5.471 Persons were killed while walking o1 railroad tracks. This was at the rate of fifteen a day, or one every ninety six minutes. ‘The Hawkesbury railway bridge it New South Wales, Australia, is 2,906 feet long, supported by six piers, eact on caissons of depths from 101 feet tc 162 feet, the deepest foundations of any railway bridge in the world, Current Comment. More than twice as many persons vis- ited the national parks this year. So there was something in that “seeing America first” after all.—Pittsburgh Dispateh, Governor Goethals had a hard time putting the Panama canal on the map. but it is said he anticipates an even harder one in trying to keep it from sliding off.—Baltimore American, ‘Think of the oratorical flood that will be let loose when congress assembles! Legislators elected a year ago must be by this tine almost bursting with ad- vice for the erring world.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. SHORT AND SHARP. A bank account takes you out of the blank account. Idle talk sometimes manages to make somebody busy. Spain will shortly be the only inno- cent bystander in Europe. Persuasion indicates a strong will and obstinacy a strong won't. Big jobs habitually postponed until tomorrow are never undertaken. Vassar sets a precedent for the sex by admitting that she fs fifty years old. Somebody has found a good word to say for joy riders—they are not abus- ing horses. We suppose now that “Alice blue” ‘and “Helen pink” will be eclipsed by “Bolling green.” Don’t tell your troubles unless it s the only way to prevent the other fel- low from telling his. Speaking of lessons of the war, the most Impressive is that it is not going to be worth what it costs, When man’s stomach works harder than his hands everything will become ‘a bore to him sooner or later. It’s a safe bet that Orville Wright got more for his aeroplane interests this year than he would have got ten years ago. Vigorous bombardment of the censor: 4s reported both from London and Par is, but no list of resultant casualties has been published as yet. Some gentus has discovered that soar can be made from an oll extracted from grape seeds. And along comes Burbank and spoils tt all by Inventing ag seedless grape. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 6, 1915. OAMES AND DAUGHTERS. THE TRAGEDY fee ee once a San Francisco primary sch teacher, OF LAKE COMO Miss Eva Rabstedt, a former pupil Mme. Curie, the radium expert, b —— been appointed professor of radiolo at the University of Stockholm. The Chariton Case Remarkable | ,.viinia cudersicove, dean of & to make les vas ve de In Criminal History, | to manace's gimir contege HE trial of Porter Chariton for the murder of his wife, which recently ended in a verdict of guilty and the sentence by the Italian court of six years and eight months’ imprisonment, has gone down as one of the most interesting recent chapters in criminal history. The jury held that Chariton was only partially responsible and that there were exten- uating circumstances, The term to which he was sentenced is reduced by the time he has been under restraint, something over five years. Moreover, a year is deducted under the amnesty for all offenses committed before Italy entered the war. Consequently Chari. ton will be incarcerated but twenty- nine days. Porter Chariton, a slender, shy young man—he is but twenty-six years old now—was married to a woman many Years his senior. He is the son of Judge Paul Chariton of the Porto Rican courts, a classmate at Yale of ex-President Taft. He married the di- vorced wife of Neville H. Castle of Nome, Alaska, and a sister of Captain Henry Harrison Scott of the United States army. They lived in New York for awhile and then went abroad. ‘The news of Mrs. Charlton's murder came by cable from Milan on June 10, 1910. Her body, stuffed in a trunk, was found by fishermen in Lake Como, near the village of Moltrasio. The back of Lil png . ye co . Se en : i ae ee ae ae [Mp |. Rte i: Z eS SUAS Pals? bod z Be aa ae ae a : OES es em Te ere N NTI ‘conto. her skull was crushed, as if with a club or iron bar, and her arms and shoul- ders showed signs of brutal handling. Charlton had disappeared. The Charitons, it was learned, bad arrived there several weeks kefore and had gone to live in a villa which they had rented from a Russian, Persons who lived rear by said that Charkon and his wife, whom they knew as Mr. and Mrs. Porter, had quarreled fre- quently and often the woman was heard crying late into the night. Fourtcen days after the body was found Chariton walked off the lner Prinzess Irene on to the North German Lloyd pier in Hoboken. Confronte! there by Captain Scott, his wife's brother, and Chief of Police Hayes. he broke down, admitted his identity and confessed the murder. He sald in his confession: “My wife and I lived happily to gether, but she had an uncontrollable temper, and so had I. On the nizht of the murder she had the worst outbreak of temper I ever saw. I told her to keep quiet or I would make her keep quiet. Then she had another outbreak. I took up a wooden mallet with which I had been preparing a table and hit her on the head and body two or three times. At midnight I put the body ina trunk, dragged it to the lake and threw it in.” For three years Chariton was held prisoner in Jersey City before he was returned to Italy for trial. Every legal means was used in an endeavor to Keep him from being sent back, the case even going to the supreme court of the United States, which decided that he must be extradited. In the course of his incarceration in New Jer- sey a board of aljenists examined Chariton and dectared that he was of unsound mind and not responsible for the commission of the crime. In August, 1913. Chariton was lodged in Jail at Como, and since then three successive dates were set for the trial, but each time circumstances arose to eause postponements, The war was the cause of the last. In the meantime ‘@ commission had been appointed to {inquire into Chariton’s sanity, and be ‘was found to be sane. OAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Blanche Bates, the actress, was once a San Francisco primary school teacher, Miss Eva Rabstedt, a former pupil of Mme. Curie, the radium expert, has been appointed professor of radiology at the University of Stockholm. Virginia Gildersleeve, dean of Bar. nard college, knows just as well how to make pies and biscuits as she does to manage a Zirls’ college. Miss Charlotte Knollys, who has been for forty-two years in Queen Alexan- dra’s household and is her majesty’s oldest and most intimate friend, can write in German, French and Italian, but in addition to her native tongue she can speak only in French. Miss Zelia Nuttall of Coyoacam, Mex feo, who was chosen by the women’s board of the Panama-Pacific exposition as one of the three most noted women of our country, is an archaeologist. Het mother was a Mexican, but she was born at San Francisco. France, Ger- many and Italy, as well as the United States, contributed to her education. Short Stories. The view from the top of Pikes peak embraces an area of 60,000 square miles. Martinique used to enjoy a large in. come from the sale of coffee. An insect destroyed the industry. _ Hypodermic injections of water will often induce sleep if the patient think: ‘Tmorphia is being given. ‘The Filipino child is a-very apt schol ar, but he or she leaves school general. ly at the age of fourteen to marry. Sao Paulo, somewhat more than twice as large as Illinois; is probably the finest farming state in Brazil and produces practically three-fourths of the world’s coffee. It is also rich in cotton, sugar and tobacco. PITH AND POINT. The man who cannot make a mis- ‘take never tried. Evidently Cupid never heard of the eight hour working day. Economy is the road to wealth, but it's a hard road to travel. Many a man fails to arrive because he started with cold feet. ‘The best way to learn how to waste money is to make it easy. The shiftless man usually prefers to ‘follow the line o7 least persistence. World peace, too, seems to have de- cided to dig herself in for the winter. Do not imagine that many persons are lying awake nights worrying over your troubles. It's a mansion when you are boast- ing to a friend and a shanty when the assessor comes along. Now come the doctors and say that sugar is the best thing for burts. Moth- ers knew that long ago. Do not allow the making of plans for tomorrow to interfere with doing what you planned yesterday to do to- day. ae A court has gravely held that babies have the rizht to cry. Just how would the court have gone about enforcing a contrary verdict? Not all heroes by any means are on fields of battle. Some of the greatest of this war's heroes are serving in hospitals and in missions. The Hall of Fame senate rejected the name of Jolin Pant Jones because he was a soldier of fortune. There is no doubt John Paul was a soldier of our young republic's good fortune. Town Topics. Baltimore is carrying out its reputa- tion as the convention city. The ery fs still they come. And once here they all want to come agein. — Baltimore American. Chicago has 2 religions revival plan- ‘ned to last six montis. If they would make it a permazient institution there ‘might be seme hope for Chicago— ‘Cleveland Plain Dealer. If all the people would obey the law which forbids the throwing of paper or any kind of weste into the streets what a tidy town good old Philadel- phia might be!—Philadelphia Press, Recent Inventions. Miss Katherine Minebart of Phila- delphia has patented a handbag which ean be opened and converted into a seat. A mirror has been mounted on the portrait photographer's camera so that the patron may see what the resulting pictures will look like. A patent has been granted for a win- dow frame with the usual sliding sash, but which can be swung into a room for cleaning or outside to further ven- tilation, Some Questions. What's become of the old fashioned woman who called lingerie “red flan- nel?" Bless het!—Ruffalo News. What will the Natural History mu: senm of 1,000 years hence preserve as the dodo of our day?—New York Sun. What has become of the old fashion- ed statistician who used to demonstrate that a world war conld not possibly last more than a year?—New Orleans Times-licayune. 00) | yak 0 ive, Se AN aE) PARARE BAER PANAS Thirty Thou2and Suffragists March In New York Gity, The biggest suffrage parade ever held in the history of woman suffrage marched through the streets of New York city on Oct, 23. With splendid precision, between two huge througs of onlookers, women by the thousand, hour after hour, filed past to martial music. Enthused with the spirit of the principles for which they were fight- ing, enrollers by the hundreds and thousands so swelled the ranks of marchers that it looked as if the pa- rade might be swamped by its own i. fed a a 4 ‘gl a e- = § Pe, Bee Fy ry Bh a Bat orn fan met 2. : ol a he a Ia —~> ee : ge. eae i eee Photo by American Press Association. MES. HERBEKT CARPENTER, WHO MARCHED Wt la: FADE. numbers. it was a lerculean task to handle sklilfuliy and inteligently the 30,000 women Who, in spite of cold and wind and hours of patient standing, were determined to march. ‘Their spirit was undaunted. No amount of dis- comfort could make them waver from their grim determination to prove to the voters of New York state that wo- men were in earuest in their demand for the vote. ‘The week before the suffrage banner parade suffrzgists stood on prominent street corners and enlisted enrollments. So spontanvous and overwhelming was the response that the parade commit- tee was almost floored by the huge throngs who iusisted upon marching. The grand staud could not accommo- date half the number of prominent city officials who wanted seats. It had to be enlarged to twice its capacity. Men by the hundreds enrolled and marched over ground where a few yers ago a little band of ninety faced the scoffinz and raillery of the spectators. In the year 1915 along the line of march there ‘were none to belittle by jest or quip the brave men who marched to the plaudits and cheers of the crowd. The parade proved that woman suffrage is no longer a joke. THE FATE OF ANTON LANG. A Report Denied That He Was Killed "Fighting With the German Army. Through Alois Lang, a cousin of Al- ton Lang. who played the part of Christus in the Oberammergau Passion ‘play, came a report that Anton had been killed in the Champagne district cae fighting with the German army. | ibden Prch ag 7 | fess a7 ky % | i$ 3 4 3 E E os | es } 4 i o~. f C \ \ \ . 4 i \ 3 3 ¥ ay <i ANTON LANG 4S CHRISTUS. But, on the other hand, Otto Lang, a nephew of Anton, who resides in New York city, states that he has recently received a letter from Anton Lang hitm- self and that Alton is not in the Ger. man army and has not been near the western battle front, where it was re ported he had been killed. ‘The report of Anton's death has no been confirmed from any official Ger man source. It {s believed that a mis take has been made by confusing the identity of the Oberammerzau player with that of a relative of the same name. Anton Lang. the player, ts. sc well known throughout the world that it is doubtful that he should meet Jeath without the fact becoming known. PAGE THREB . BRIGHT BRIEFS. Envy has torpedoed many a friend- ship. Swe | alg Reilroad men certainly have thelr own trials. It's getting about time for father fo intrench for Christmas. ‘The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of It And when the canal is open again how long will it stay open? ‘The last straw couldn't break’ the camel's back without a great deal of assistance. ‘The first step toward being a politi- cian is learning to call strangére by their first names. 2 a " Here and there some little natioa ‘on the outer edge of things has not’ yet entered the big war. = Discovery of a new planet is’ an- nounced. but it's no recompense” for tearing this one to pieces. mr If wishing is praying some peopleare praying nearly all the time and. with- out getting their knees dusty. * Few things are necessary for’ the wants of this life, but it takes an inti- nite number to satisfy the demaiids of opinion. Bere Yale university is almost a million dollars richer than a year ago, says an exchange, again illustrating the power of knowledge. <3 At least they were good enough to wait until the American doctors cleaned | up the typhus in Servia before they re- | sumed fighting. Spain has submitted a bid femgthe peace conference. but it may be barred by the statute of limitations before the date for opening the bids arrives: - Echoes of the War. The sizhts of many famous European cities are new spelled “sites.”4Mem- Phis Commercial Appeal. The decisrations of war since the first one in August. 1914, are now twenty-five.— Boston Herald, Why not put Europe's trenches to some good use? They would be an ex- cellent place to bury the hatchet.—Chi- cago News. “War is a disguised blessing.” says a preacher. There may be two opin- jons about the blessing, but only one on the effectiveness of the disguise.— Wall Street Journal. Lord Kitchener now says that it is a strugzle between Birmingham and the Krapps. The man behind the guns has given way to the man who makes the gun.—Detroit Free Press. Fashicn Frills. Some women wear comfortable clothes, while others dress in style.— Macon News. Short skirts for general wear are still cutting in upon the business of the burlesque shows.—Chicago News." But, at that, perhaps with the women going in for trouserettes the men ean't be blamed if they turn to near corsets. —Pittsburzh Dispatch. “Women in America dress better than men.” remarks a woman writer. Uh, bub. and at last accounts water was still running downhill.—Philadel- phia Inquirer. “Fashion.” says an authority, “is a state of mind.” What horribie mental disorders some of those designers of late styles must be suffering trom!— Detroit Free Press. Incian Statistics. Canada’s Indians number about 100,- 000, oF, including Eskimos, 107,221, a decrease of 2.716 compared with 1913. Since 1500 the Indian population of this country has increased materially. There are wow 300,000 members of various tribes compared with 254.300 in 1860. They ewn lands valued rough- Ty at S600,000,000, Over 3,000 students have been fully gtaduated from sovernment Indian schools and several hundred from mis- sion schools of various denominations. The majority of these are well known and respected citizens in their respec- tive communities. Flippant Flings. | At any rate. this administration may go down as the weddingest administra- tion in our bistory.—Chicazo News. If this war keeps on for another year We'll probably find out how far a kile- meter ixs.—New York Evening Sun. Possibly it woukl be the correct en- gineering thin: tv reef over the Pan- ama canal aud make it a subway.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. = A flax for the vice president being demanded. we suzzest an emblem with ‘that imperishable device. “Hope springs eternal.”"—Waxhinzton Post. | Pert Personals. . Schwab has beucht another steel company. Charley betieves in doing his early.—Cleveland Plain Dealer! ~ Just as though the president did not have troubles enough. his danghter has told the reporters that he has a “really beautiful tenor voice."—Boston Herald. . Rudyard Kipling must be the great- est of modern poets, since he isthe ‘only one for whose works a glosaary and concordance have been tssped,— Chicago News os Agents and Correspondents Wanted to Handle THE BROAD AX. Liberal Commissions to Live Agents. Address, Julius F.Taylor, 6532 St. Lawrence Av., Chicago PAGE YOUR YUBLISHED WEEKLY. Waar promulgate amd st all times uphold the true principles ef Democracy, but Cummetics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, ‘Simgie Taxcrs, Republicans, or anyone cise ean Reve their oxy, an long a thelr Ian- ange ts proper and reapensibility ts fixed. ‘Hae Brond Ax ts = néwspaper whose platierm is broad enough for all, ever labsSing the editertal right te speak ite own mind. Leeal communications will recetve siten- tem, Write only on one side of the paper. SeBscriptions must be paid in advance Advertising rates made known on appli- cation, ‘Addzess all communications te THE BROAD AX 6508 9, KAWRENGH AVE. CHICAGO, ILL. ERONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULES ¥. TAYLOR, Balter and Publisher ‘Matered as Secené-Clase Matter Aug. 12, 1908, at the Pest Oflice at Chicage, Hlinets, under Act of March 8, 1573. — REMOVAL NOTICE. Prom on and after this date, all letters or other mail matter intended fex Julius F. Taylor or Mrs, Annie E. Taylor or The Broad Ax, should be addressed to 6532 St. Lawrence Ave, Jackson Park station. Phone Went- werth 2597. “"Caristopher™” Columbus, the dis- coverer of America, after landing, the first human being that he discovered was the ‘‘red’’ man (the Indian). His struggles as a leader were many, to subdue them and bring thein unto hum- ble submission of the white man in order that'he may be used as hewers o& wood and drawers of water. But the red man (the Indian), of an irre- sistible character, fought like demons to regain the lands they once possessed notwithstanding the fact that they had shed blood that would float a small eanoe, and had been annihilated to a minority of all races that inhabit the American continent. Still they fought, first with the bow and arrow, then with the pen, until today they are vie- tors of all they surveyed, having been reimbursed by the government for their possession of American lands, educated in some of the best schools, colleges and universities of the country. The Indian who fought in those days did not fight altogether for himself or that he would be a recipient of the pos- sessions that he fought for, but he, iguorant and savage, seems to have had an ‘instinet’? to live or die for his posterity. Apparently Providence has so reserved his posterity that they are this day, yet redueed to a minimum far belew any race that inhabits the Western Hemisphere, but because of his. persistence in contending for his rights he has been reimbursed for his native land; his birthright that was usurped has been achieved by the pen througle the highest court of the land. ‘The American Negro. It is true, according to history, that the American Negro is an alien and a native. First an alien because he was brought to this country against his will, without being entitled to citizen- ship in many respects, politics and civil service, where that he pays first-class price and gets third-class service, in many instances denied entirely. Sec- ond, natives, because that the children of tha alien Negroes were born in America and were made hewers of wood and drawers of water under the lash of a whip. The Negroes have done mare for this government and a greater benefactor for the White man than the Indian. He was used as breastworks for the two contending ferees during the wars from 1812 to the present day. He has spilled his blood not for himself, but for the na- tien. Why should our claims be hope- less? Answer: Tho government has no. money for Negroes. ‘Don't let nobody turn you around.’? Class legis- lation. Yet he is ignored in the high- est court of the land, for his claim as am: ex-slave. What has he done to put forth such a claim? He has made the mountains, plains and the valleys level; he has cut the trees of the forest aud made timber to lumber; he has plowed the bosom of a reluctant earth; he has excavated the way for railways acroas the American continent; he has eared for his master’s family while they were at war; she has nursed their children when they were enjoying the garden of Eden—in fact he is the most humble man, woman or child of the American continent. He is the servant of the people (white). ‘The servant is worthy of his hire,’? so saith the Bible—Ex. HEALTH NOTES. Plants will not grow and thrive in dark, ily ventilated basements. Neither will human beings. Both need plenty of air and sunshine. Be temperate in all things to protect your health and enjoy long life. In paddling your own canoe toward the Harbor of Health, rocks are not the only things to avoid. Do not run into the other fellow’s boat. A good way to fight disease is to cultivate health. Cateh that fall fly. The man with health is not lacking in wealth, More people are killed in this eoun- try by over-eating than by starvation. Some men are old at 45, others are still young at 70. It is not so much a question of the calendar as it is a matter of right living. A pig has appetite plus, and little brain. A man is little more than a porker, if he runs to banquets and neg- lects his biceps. Forty inches about the waist in a man five feet eight inches tall, whether twenty years old or fifty, is a porcine proportion. If he is not lazy, his en- ergy runs to pushing a pen, eating enough for two and “sitting tight.’? He rides to and from his office, be- hind a chauffeur, if he has one. Ten to one he has to consult a doc- tor suddenly, some day, for gall stones, kidney stones, Bright’s disease or other serious trouble. He spends the Inst ten years of his life trying to escape pre- mature decay. Food is a misfit when worry, fear, anger hate, or disappointment domin- ates. They check the flow of stomach juices just as they interfere with ap- petite. Good appetite and good diges- HYDE PARK NEWS. By W. L. Washington. Mrs. Rosa Fouche won a fifty Ib. sack of flour at a Holloween Party given at Odd Fellows fall last Satur- day night. She was costumed as a messenger boy. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Phenox the newly wed is now living at 5539 Har- per ave., where they are keeping house and wish to see their many friends. Mr. James Raymore has moved from 5606 Lake Park ave., to 5338 Kenwood ave, The Willing Workers Club gave a Holloween Party at the Hyde Park A. M. E. Chureh, Two prizes were awarded, the successful contestants were Mrs. Stella Davidson and Mrs. Joseph Gumm, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Miller is now living at 5338 Kenwood ave. Another waiter working at the Hyde Park Hotel by the name of Hender- son, This is the third Colored waiter that has died very suddenly at this Hostelry since last April. All of them with the very same complaint. Many are asking the question, why is it? Is it the sulphur water or the food, or is it from dissipation, something should be déne to find the cause. Let us find the cause, then we may be able to apply the proper remedy. The last subject became the victim of an in- quest, which said by its verdict that he died from eating or drinking some- thing. What was it he ate or drank that took his life, does not this state- ment call for some investigation? ‘The waiters have organized a Hotel Employes Benevolent Association for the purpose of stopping their unfortun- ate brothers from being sent to the Potters field or from being buried by public begging. Self preservation alone should be the greatest incen- tive for all waiters to join it end keep up their dues while employed. As was the case of the last name mentioned he had no insurance, he belonged to no lodge, and had no bank account, and left no record of his relatives #0 that they could be communitated with THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 6, 19 and now he lies at the morgue wait- ing for public sympathy to put his body away decently. Every Colored waiter of this city should at once be- come a member of the Hotel Employes Benefit Association. POLITICS AROUND TOWN. ‘The Political Equality League met at Chas. Jackson’s Chapel, 33rd and State St, with Mr. W. A. Wallace the President presiding. Some of the familiar faces were Mr. W. H. A. Woods, ‘Mr. E, H. Wright, James Brew- ington, Mrs. Ada MeKinly. The prin- ciple features of the meeting was the co-alition movement with other clubs. And the opinion expressed by some of the leaders before the meeting con- vened of the ‘‘time is not yet for an- other Colored Alderman.’? ‘Mr. Carroll Nelson a second ward precinct captain, who gave more votes for Thompson, feels that he has been ignored by the Colored Political lead- ers who represent the administration and makes no bones about expressing his disappointment in very strong lan- guage. ‘Mr. Gus Simms who was one of the most active workers Alderman De Priest had, is silently waiting his ap- portunity with his political ax. And Oh! how those political chips will fly, when he begins to chopping down those political trees. Another important secret political meeting was held the other night at or near 3ist and State streets and it is rumored that there will be several Colored candidates in the field next year, from ward committeemen to con- gressman of the United States. While theer seem to be a great deal of pres- sure being brought to bare to prevent it. It looks now that we must have it any way. The Political pot is boil- ing, the fire is raging and the cooks are busy as the bee in her hive. The Mayor is silent, while the Alder- man is gumshoeing it. While other leaders are sitting in the saddle hold- ing the reins and are trying to keep in the middle of the road, which seems to be a very hard thing for the driv- ers to do. FERDINAND PINNEY EARLE MARRIES AFFINITY No. 4. Promises to Love, Honor, and Cher- ish Woman Who Has Been His Com- anion in Vicissitudes. New York, Nov.—Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the man who made the word “affinity”? famous, has again promised to love, honor, and cherish a wife, as set forth in the conventional marriage ritual, it beeame known today. His latest bride, the fourth in the course of twelve years, is Miss Char- lotte Herman of Rutherford, N. J., who has been his companion through many vicissitudes, including stays in Dutch and Freneh prisons, since 1913. "The marriage ceremony was per- formed on the evening of Oct. 7 at Oceanie, N. J., by the Rev. Dr. Charles Fees in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of Sea Bright, N. J, where Mr. and Mrs. Earle are now living with their daughter 10 months old, Today the certifiente of the cere- mony will be filed in Newark. In announcing the ceremony, which adds another splash of color to Mr. Barle’s large canvass of many loves, he said tonight that ‘‘the union’? has but become a “legal fact,’? and that the immediate families of both parties knew of the action and were ‘friendly amie alae 98 ae BEE LINE HIGHWAY SELECTED BY COMMISSION. ‘Will Bun South from Danville Through Terre Haute to Evansville, Thence to Springfield, Tenn. Evansville, Ind, Nov—The Dixie Bee Line highway us finally selected by the board of commissioners will run south from Danville, Ill, through the following cities: Cayuga, Newport, Clinton, Terre Haute, Sullivan, Vin- cennes, Princeton, and Evansville, crossing the Ohio river at Henderson, Ky,, thence south through Dixon, Mad- isonville, Hopkinsville, Pembroke, Trenton, and Guthrie, Ky., striking the Dixie highway at Springfield, Tenn. A branch line will run from Madisonville, Ky., east through Greenville to Rus- seliville, Ky. joining the Dixie high- way there. REV. ALONZO J. BOWLING HAS BECOME ASSISTANT PASTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. Rev. Alonzo J. Bowling, who is a life member of the Alumis Association of the University of Michigan, attended their annual banquet at the Hotel La Salle, last Saturday evening and as assistant pastor of the Institutional Church, he is accomplishing much needed work and improvement there. ‘He has succeeded in installing elec- trie lights throughont the eburch or building and the Sunday School has doubled its membership under his su- pervision. He recently succeeded in having constructed a new bulletin board in front of the church which cost $25. * NEGRO SPEAKS GERMAN TO GERMAN CONFERENCE. St. Joseph, Mo., Special to the Broad Ax.—On last Thursday, the Rev. J. B. F. Shaw, president of the Meridian In- stitute, Meridian, Miss, appeared be- fore the German Methodist Conference which was in session here, and de- livered an address in mterest of the Freedman’s Aid Society of the Metho- dist Episeopal Chureh. ‘He spoke in German, and it was the first time in the history of the con- ference that it had heard an address in the German language by a Negro. FOR SALE. Begin Small Payment Down Rather Spend All for Rent. 28 room houses in fine residential neighborhood, all conveniences, stone fronts, clean and best condition, ready to move in, bargain terms. Telephone Kenwood 3791. THE WEBER COMPANY, THE UP- TO-DATE TAILORS. The Weber Company the up-to-date merchant tailors at 27 West Washing- ton street, bank floor, Max Weber, manager, make to order all kinds of fine clothes which they will turn over to their regular customers on easy payments, see their ad in another col- umn of this paper. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Delbert L. Lee have removed from 3239 Prairie avenue, to 3403 Forest avenue. The Chicago Treble Clef Club, will give a popular concert at Quinn Cha- pel, Tuesday evening, November 9, Mrs. Martin B. Anderson, director, Mrs. Estella U. Majors, accompanist. Ad- mission 25 cents. Mark C. Cowan, who in connection with his brother W. R. Cowan, has charge of the Imperial Building, 260 8. Clark street old number, was oper- ated on last Saturday at Provident Hospital. So far he is holding his own and is improving. Attorney James L. Curtis of New York City, who at one time resided in this city, has been selected by Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson, as resident Minister and Consul-General of the United States to the Republic of Li- beria. He will sueceed Dr. G. ,W. Buckner, of Evansville, Indiana, who recently resigned that position. ‘The Literary Essay Contest will be held this year at Olivet Baptist chureh, 27th and Dearborn streets and the prize for the successful lady contest- ant will consist of a fine diamond ring and a gold watch and chain will be awarded to the gentleman winning the lueky prize. The prizes will be dona- ted by Dr. Louie Usselmann, 3150 8. State street, the up-to-date jeweler. Inauisitive. Edgar, aged six, was recently sent to school for the first time, and upon his return home he asked, “Papa, who ‘taught Adam the alphabet?” | Pert Personals. One thing to be thankful for ts that nobody as yet has sent Henry James to report a battle. Miss Farrar has told us herself that marriage is not for the artist. If she marries now will that be the end of her art, or is she simply defying consisten- cy?—New York Sun. - Ambassador Morgenthau, at Con- stantinople, representing eight nations besides his own, would like the name and address of the person who says American diplomats don't earn their salaries.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, Opening the Dardanelles is an enter- prise whose consumption of time and capital would discoarage any engineer in time of peace. A speaker can always get the glad band by declaring for good roads, but the enthusiasm wanes when he dis- cusses ways and means. Only one person in every 25,000 thinks, according to one professor, while another says the ratio should be two in every 25,000. And each proba- Diy thinks he is thinking. Talks on Health, Cleanliness Proper Living Sanitation, Etc. by / Dr. W. A. DRIVER 3300 So. State St. VENTILATION. There seems to be a common error in regard to the proper way to venti- late. Many persons think that ven- tilation means to open the window or windows at the top. Some other peo- ple are of the opinion that ventilation must not be done during the sleeping hours. The proper way to ventilate is to have the windows open a little at the top and bottom, all day and all night, in fair weather and in foul weather. It has often been stated in these col- umns that there is no danger in night air, the only danger of night air is not getting it. Lack of ventilation is the cause of many diseases of the respiratory or- gans. The two most deadly diseases are known as respiratory disorders. ‘They are called pneumonia and tuberculosis. They are both easily con- tracted by persons who live in poorly ventilated houses. This is the season of the year that respiratory diseases flourish. The reas- Dumas’ Last Jest. Dumas the elder was the son of a general of Napoleon Bonaparte, who would take his soldiers by the breeches and fling them over the painsades to an assault Dumas inherited much of that same spirit. It is said that Dumas left Paris for the last time taking witb him ‘8 single gold piece, which he solemnly laid on the mantelpiece of his room at Puys: Toward the end his eye wan- dered across the sickroom to this coin, and, pointing to it, he said to his son: “See there! Fifty years ago when } came to Paris I bad one louis in my possession. Why am I accused of be- ing a prodigal? I have preserved and Possess it still. See! There it is!” ‘This was Dumas’ last Jest. When Jackson. Dined. ‘When Colonel Davy Crockett was a member of congress and was at his home in Tennessee some one asked him about the dinner hour in Washington. He said the common people ate dinner at 12, the next above them at 1, the merchants at 2, the representatives at 8, the senators at 4. members of the cabinet at and the vice president at 6 “But when does the president dine?” “What! Old Hickory?” said Crockett, anxious to fix a time that would suit his idea of Jackson's greatness. “Well, be doesn’t eat till next day!" Removing Stumps. ‘The German method of removing stumps is simpler and less dangerous than our way. They bore a hole in the stump and pour into it equal parts of ‘nitric and sulphurie acids. After a few weeks the largest stumps of hard wood are eaten by the acid and easily cram- bled with a pick.—New York Times. Kept His Word. Condemned Murderer (to lawyer)— You said you could get me off with a Ife sentence, and here I am to be elec- trocuted in a week. Lawyer—That'sall right. You will be tmprisoned for life, won't you? And only a month, instead of long, weary years. Be reasonable, man.—Boston Traveler. His Cure. A man who married a widow has in Vented a device to cure her of eter nally praising her former busband. Whenever she begins to descant on his noble qualities, this ingenious No. 3 merely says, “Poor, dear man—bow I do wish be bad not died!” A Waiting Mansion. Perhaps there is a mansion in heaven that will always be empty—a mansion waiting to receive those who in their youth never snubbed their anzious par- ents.—J. J. Bell. Naturally. ‘Teacher—In the sentence I have just read tongue is a noun, Why? Ob- servant Pupli—Because it 1s a part of speech. —Baltimore American. < “Sa % oF on for their spread is the tendency to fear the fresh air. Fresh air will pre- vent many diseases and will aid in the eure af many, especially the respi- ratory disorders. Do not close the windows but leave them open slightly top and bottom. To close them even in severely cold weather invites diseases of deadly type. ‘Many persons close the windows in order to save fuel. It takes more fuel to heat warm air than it does to heat tne fresh cool air that comes in at the lower opening of the window. ‘The dead expired air passes out at the opening of the top of the window that is lowered. ‘The live health giv- ing air comes in at the bottom of the raised window. The ideal condition is to have the window open top and bot- tom at the same time. The openings need not be more than a quarter or an eight of an inch. ‘The air is friendly at all times. Use it freely. Higher Than Pikes Peak. Ask any schoolboy to give the high- est point in the state of Colorado, and nine out of ten will name Pikes peak. Pikes peak is 14,110 feet above sea level, but there are many higher peaks in Colorado. Massive mountain, in Lake county, {s one of the two highest points in the state, whose height has been determined by the United States geological survey and {s 14,402 feet above sea level. Elbert mountain, in the same county, has the same eleva- tion. Blanca peak, in Costilla, Heur- fano and Saguache counties, is 14,390 feet high; Castle peak, in Gunnison and Pitkin counties, is 14,250 feet bigh; Evans mountain, in Clear Creek coun- ty, 14,260 feet; La Plata peak, in.Cha- ney county, 14,332 feet; Quandary peak. in Summit county, 14,256 feet; San Luis mountain, triangulation station, in Mineral and Saguache counties, 14,149 feet; Uncompahgre peak tri- angulation station, in Hinsdale coun- ty, 14,306 feet, and Wilson mountain triangulation station, tn Dolores coun- ty, 14.250 feet—all higber than Pikes peak.—Geological Survey Bulletin. Sunset ead Twiliaht. Twilight is a phenomenon caused by atmospheric refraction. When the sun gets below the horizon we are not im- mediately plunged into the darkness of night, Although the sun ts below our horizon, rays of solar light are bent or refracted by the terrestrial atmosphere and continue to furnish some slight fllumination. ‘The process eontinues with diminishing intensity until the sun is so far below the horizon that the refracting power of the atmosphere ts no longer able to bend the rays enough to produce a visible effect. The time after sunset that the sun reaches such a position varies with the lati tude of the place, There is less tw light at the tropie zone than at the temperature or frigid zone. This is due to leas time taken by the sun's rays to Pass through the atmosphere, at the tropic zone the sun's rays being per- pendicular and at the temperate and frigid zones oblique. in Various kinds of materia) including linen, silk, cottan, celluloid films and aluminum foil, have been tried for covering the wings of aeroplanes, but none has proved so satisfactory so far as linen covered with several coats of & rubber solution. This coating in- creases the strength of the linen about 5 per cent, makes it more enduring un- der varying weather conditions and causes it to stretch to an absolutely smooth surface, a feature that ts of the utmost advantage in fast fights Silk, which would seem to make an ideal covering on account of its light- ness and strength, bas been found un- satisfactory, as it does not withstand exposure to sun and rain and does not Jend itself readily to the application of eoating compounds.—London Answers. Charles E. Stump Still Continues His Travels Throughout the South Land; He Lately Visited Normal, Ala., Where He Held a Pleasant Interview with Walter S. Buchanan, President of The A. and M. College Normal, Ala.--You will see from this letter that I am just a little more in the south, and will be even more before you can get through with this letter. I am a little disappointed in this reporting business, and I thought at one time I would send in my resignation. My work does not seem to have the ring like some I have read, yet I am stuck on what I have written and I just tote it around all the time and show it to people, but they don't seem to make a fuss over it like I do. I have thought that I would send in my resignation and give up, but then I have not been writing so long, and should not get tired before I have really commenced. Do you blame me for this? I will try a little longer. For instance I am now into the place where we must have separate accommodation in almost everything you go into, yet I am not going to complain, but I am just taking mine like a man. I had just reached Nashville last week when I wrote to you and had a few things to say to you then about affairs in this part of the world. I did not tell you that I had the pleasure of stopping at the home of Bishop Evans Tyree, one of the Bishops in the African Methodist Episcopal church, and it was one of the finest homes I was ever in since I have been in the world, and just to think that I was the guest of that home, coming almost direct from the farm. This was encouraging to me. Mrs. E. Tyree, was at home, and with her was the Bishop's mother, the daughter and her daughter. All tried to make it pleasant for me. Bishop Joshua H. Jones, held a conference here in Nashville, and it is wonderful how he lives in the hearts of the people. Bishop Jones has made good and he is kind and tender with his men and for that reason they all love him. Strong resolutions were passed in the conference asking for his return, and the delegates elected to the general conference will ask for his return and I will not blame them. He deserves anything that he wants in his church. It would seem strange to find two big meetings in session at the same time in the same town, but such was true, and as true as can be. The A.M. E. conference and the Baptist State convention, and there were some lively times in both of them. For the next year or so you will find wherever there is a Baptist convention there will be something doing, and I don't mind telling you about this, because I am a Kansas Baptist right from the farm. You want to know what happened, and I will have to tell you. The followers of the real National Baptist convention were there, and then there were the followers of Dr. E. P. Jones, and they were there to capture the convention just like they tried to do in Chicago, and did not have any more success, and jumped right into court and got a black eye. The court decided against the case that he brought there himself. I tell you God is some where in this matter. Dr. E. C. Morris must be right, because God and the people are with him, and he is just sweeping the country. He is a strong man, a good man, and a friendly man to all of his people. You will say this also when you have the pleasure of meeting him. I spent all the time I could in Nashville, and then saw the close of the conference, and Tuesday, I got myself together to start for another part of the world. I went down to the stable and got on the N. C. & St. L. wagon headed for Chattanooga, but I wanted to come to Normal. Of course I found my way to the place set apart for us to ride, and I did not fail to find my way there. I am not going to get mixed up in the least with this law down here, but intend to be a law-abiding citizen, but I am not going to tell you that I am satisfied. I enjoyed being with my people until we reached Decherd, when I had to change, and then made another change, and reached here about 9 o'clock Tuesday night. Perhaps you have not heard of this place. This is the location of the Agriculture and Mechanical college, started by that great educator, Prof. W. H. Councill, who now sleeps in front of the library. Prof. Councill laid a foundation and now comes along his son-in-law, Prof. W. S. Buchanan, a brilliant young man who is just building. He is doing something. Here I find 250 young men and women preparing for life's work. They are certainly meeting with success and I am proud of it. Right by the side of President Buchanan is his wife, who is the daughter of the late W. H. Councill. She is well educated. Her father had her trained that she could be of some use. One of the finest musicians of our race in America. I was indeed delighted to have the pleasure of meeting these young people down here in the south. We don't know much about the good work that is being done here. We don't know much about the real people who are doing the work. I never dreamed of finding such an institution in Alabama, and they tell me there are some others. In this state is Tuskegee and Dr. Booker T. Washington. I am looking out in all directions trying to get another look at Dr. Waskington, for I heard him in Chicago. This is one of our leading schools, and it was well worth the money it cost me to get to this place. I am on Alabama soil. Every direction you look you can see men with great wagons of white stuff. They tell me it is cotton, and they are selling now getting ready to sit back to the fire this winter while all we others must be up and hustling. This statement has been sent out concerning the school and I read it, and think you will enjoy reading it. Here it is: "The 41st annual session of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, Normal, Alabama, opened Monday, October 4, with the most promising enrollment that the institution has had for years. There have been several changes in the faculty, looking towards the strengthening of the teaching force. "Miss Birdie O. Bird, Boston Normal School, Secretary, English, Dr. A. G. Robertson, M. D., Leonard School of Medicine, Shaw, Resident Physician, Miss Samanthy M. Brawley, A. & M. College, Normal, English Branches, Plain Sewing, Miss Ethel S. Storey, THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. NOVEMBER 6. 1915 Tuskegee, Primary grades, Home Decoration, Mr. James H. Wilson, Cincinnati High School, Bandmaster, Vocal Music, English Branches, Mr. W. T. McKenzie, Tuskegee, Blacksmithing, Rev. J. Walter Ramsey, Fisk, College Pastor, Printing, Mr. W. E. F. Pickett, Tuskegee, Carpentry, Mrs. Odessa M. Parker, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Ill., Domestic Science, Mr. G. A. Harney, A. A. M. College, Painting, Mr. S. E. Johnson, A. A. M. College, Accounting, Commercial Branches, Miss Mackie Rush, Provident Hospital, Chicago, Head Nurse, Mrs. Ellen M. Darnell, School No. 80, New York City, Millinery and Fancy Sewing, Mr. W. T. Gravitt, A. A. M. College, Farm Manager, Mrs. Cornelia J. Pickett, In charge of Laundry. Adjunct Teachers: Mr. H. C. Butler, A. A. M. College, Brick masonry and Plastering, Mr. H. W. Black, Oberlin Business College, Shorthand and Typewriting, Mr. I. C. Portlock, Croombury Cutting School, Chicago, Tailoring, Mr. A. M. Washington, A. A. M. College, Dairying. "The High School and College courses have been organized on the credit system, and the recent additions to the faculty argue well for the maintenance of high standards in every phase of the work." Early Coal Discoveries. The first mention of coal in the territory which afterward became the United States has heretofore been credited to Father Louis Hennepin, who showed on a map published in 1689 the location of a "cole mine" along Illinois river near the site of the present city of Ottawa. According to S. O. Andres of the Illinois state geological survey, the credit for this first mention of coal does not belong to Hennepin, as the discovery of coal in the United States by Europeans was made by Jollet and Marquette in 1673. However, nearly a century and a half elapsed after the discovery of coal in Illinois before mining began. The Journal of the Franklin institute for 1836 states that the first mining operations conducted by white men were at the Mount Carbon mines, in Jackson county, Ill. These mines were opened in 1810 and worked to a small extent for many years. The earliest recorded production was in 1833, when 6,000 tons of coal is said to have been mined—Detroit Free Press. A Kindly Human Touch. How rapidly nature repairs and beautifies the torn places! The gash left by the uprooted tree is soon covered with green, and moss and vines are quick to make the old stump into a thing of beauty. Humanity might well learn a lesson thereby, to its own great advantage. Sympathy may easily transform the unsightly and give it beauty. If earth's soil responds to the touch of nature in such a way it is reasonable to suppose that human life would not be less responsive. Hundreds of lives at present harsh and repulsive are within reach of every one, and they might be wholly changed by a little sympathetic seeding and kindly culture. After all, what more is needed than the persuasion of the kindly human touch? There is no greater miracle than that which is wrought by love, and there is no man who may not work it if he will—Christian Register. Tinted Polygamy. The old negro had been arrested for "having more than one wife," the last woman being the complainant. He happened to be well known locally and an orderly character. "How many wives have you had?" demanded the judge. "Six, yo' honor," was the reply. "Why couldn't you get along with them?" the judge insisted. "Well, suh, de fust two sp'lied de white folks' clothes when dey washed 'um, de thud won't no cook, de fo'th was des nacherly lazy en' de fif'—I'll tell yo, jegue, de fif' she"— "Incompatibility?" the court suggested. "No, yo' honor," said the old negro slowly, "it won't nothin' lik dat. Yo'jes' could not get along wid her onless yo' wuz somewhars else."—Case and Comment. Grease Spots on Books. To remove grease spots from the pages of books, gently warm the soiled page of the book, which should have a piece of thick paper under it, by holding a hot iron at a little distance from the paper. Next press upon the spots pieces of clean blotting paper, one after another, so as to absorb as much of the grease as possible. Have ready some clear essential oil of turpentine heated almost to boiling point, warm the soiled leaf again a little, and then with a camel's hair brush apply the heated turpentine to both sides of the spotted part. If this application is repeated the stain will shortly disappear. Finally, take a clean brush, dip it in rectified spirits of wine and paint over the place. Charles Lamb and May. Charles Lamb did not like May. Here is a filing of his against the merry month: "I do not mind the utmost rigor of real winter," he wrote to Bernard Barton, "but these smiling hypocrites of May wither me to death. * * What lies you poets tell about the May! It is the most unengal part of the year, cold crouses and cold primoses; you take your blossoms in ice—a painted sun— "Unmeaning joy around appeara, And nature smiles as if she smears." -Westminster Gazette. Winning an Autograph Winning an Autograph. Like Rudyard Kipling, the famous novelist, Hall Caline has a great dislike for the autograph "fiend," and he has to be a clever collector who can get the signature of the author of "The Manxman." On one occasion, however, Mr. Hall Caline was beaten by a very smart trick. While on a visit to America he was besieged by autograph hunters, but he refused them all. Then one day a porter at his hotel brought him a registered letter. He was asked to sign a receipt, and was then informed that he must sign a second paper which had to be returned to the sender of the letter. Quite unused to American ways, he did so, and when he opened the letter, after the porter had retired, his astonishment may be imagined when he found that it contained nothing but a note of thanks for his autograph, which he had of course appended to the paper!-Pearson's. Expense Didn't Bother Him That the East Indian of wealth is a luxury loving individual and cares no more for his rupees than does the Pittsburgh millionaire for dollars when entertaining is shown by the following example: One afternoon an Indian gentleman, clad in modern English garments, entered the salesroom of an automobile firm in Calcutta. The visitor was met by the salesman, who proceeded to explain the various good points of five electric vehicles on exhibition. The Indian stopped him with a wave of his stick and said: "Send them to my palace at once." "Which ones?" asked the surprised salesman. "All of them," was the answer. The purchaser was the nizam of Haldarabad, and the above incident is related by T. K. Stuart, an American electrical engineer, who knows India by heart from long experience. An Old London Paper. On Sept. 8, 1606, a special number of the London Gazette was issued, the reason being, as described in its first paragraph: "The ordinary course of this paper having been interrupted by a sad and lamentable accident of fire lately happened in the city of London, it hath been thayt fit for satisfying the minds of so many of his majestic's good subjects, who must needs be concerned for the issue of so great an accident, to give this short, but true, accompt of it." The first number had been published on Nov. 14, 1605, when the court was at Oxford on account of the great plague, and the paper was therefore called at first the Oxford Gazette. With its twenty-fourth number, however, it became the London Gazette, by which name it has been known ever since. Boys and Playgrounds I do not know of any better way to teach a boy to be honorable and straight than to give him a chance to play with his comrades, says Justice Hughes. In the playground he learns because he does not want anybody else to cheat him, and he is "down" on the boy that does not play fair; he will establish standards of conduct which we must maintain in the community and particularly in our great cities. If there is one thing that we need more than another it is the constant emphasis among our citizens of that spirit of fair play, that willingness to give and take, that generosity in defeat and that lack of assertiveness in victory which we identify with true sport and which is learned best of all in childhood upon the playground.—Chicago Journal. A Singular Marriage Custom. A Singular Marriage Custom. The Kurds have a very curious and somewhat dangerous marriage custom, which one would think would be more honored in the breach than in the observance. The husband, surrounded by a bodyguard of twenty or thirty young men, carries his wife home on his back in a scarlet cloth and is desperately assaulted the whole way by a number of girls. Sticks and stones are hurled at the bridegroom, who in the coming home with his bride can hardly be considered a very happy man, for the irate amazonos often inflict on him marks which he carries to the grave. It may be that among the lady pursuers are some of the bridegroom's former "flames," who turn the mock attack into downright earnest to avenge slighted love. Think and Live Long. Brain workers, according to a medical expert, live longer than muscle workers. Those who make use of both live longer than either, and the greater brain workers live longer than the lesser ones. "Life insurance companies realize the progressive shortening of life as one goes down in the scale of education when they refuse to accept illiterates because they are bad risks." What He Lacked. "They tell me," said the innocent mald. "that your marriage was the result of love at first sight. Is it true?" "It is," answered the round shouldered man sadly. "Had I been gifted with second sight I'd still be in the bachelor class!"—Chicago Herald. Music and Madness Handel and Mozart each died insane, while both Donizetti and Schumann composed much of their very best work while actually inmates of lunatic asylums. Sure Proof. Hokus—I can always tell a woman who takes things just because they look cheap. Pokus—How? Hokus—Simply by looking at her husband.—Judge. Beyond Endurance A company in Philadelphia was playing "Madame X." at the same time that Bernhardt was playing it, and the manager desired his players to see the divine Sarah in it. They could get away only on one day-Friday. So the Philadelphia manager went to Bernhardt's manager and asked him if it would be possible for Bernhardt to give a Friday matinee. Her manager, eager to please the Philadelphia, but dubious, finally agreed to ask Bernhardt. When he had explained, she readily agreed to give up her afternoon of rest. Her manager went back to the lobby in a daze. "Bernhardt is more than mortal. She is capable of the work of tenmen," he told the Philadelphia. "She is going to give that extra matinee Friday." Suddenly the ticket seller poked his head out of his cage. "Extra matinee Friday!" he yelled. "Good gracious! What does that woman think I'm made of?"—Green Book Magazine. Wood and Water. All wood contains more or less water. Even the driest wood known contains two or three pounds of water to every hundred pounds of weight. Absolutely dry wood is unknown, for the heat needed to obtain it would dissolve the wood and convert it into gas and charcoal. An eminent Swiss authority on the characteristics of wood believes that a sufficiently powerful and perfect microscope, could it be made, would show that the ultimate wood cell is composed of crystals like grains of sugar or salt and that thin films of water hold the crystals apart, yet bind them into a mass. A good microscope shows the wood cell and reveals its spiral bandages and its openings and cavities, but no instrument yet made reveals the ultimate crystals that, as many believe, do exist, and that would explain why water cannot be expelled from wood without destroying the wood itself. Timidity of the Horse The horse is by nature a timid animal, as, generally speaking, all animals are to whom nature has given powers of swift flight as their chief means of self preservation. Of course individuals differ in this respect, but the rule is so general that it should never be lost sight of in training. That the horse can be trained to war simply shows the extent to which his natural impulses can be modified and subdued by the art of man. Breeds of horses differ in regard to natural timidity. The pure bred Arab is beyond all comparison the most fearless horse in the world. It is possible that this may be owing in part to the fact that his natural development was for long ages in an open country, where he was not in constant danger from unseen foes, but chiefly I think because he is a higher evolutionary type than any other horse.—Farm and Fireside. An Indian's Comment. Are we civilized? A young woman who visited the Grand canyon a few weeks ago had an educated Indian as a guilde one day, and the party went along they saw a father, aggravated by something his young son had done, stop on the edge of the canyon and give the boy a thorough spanking. The Indian was indignant. "That is what I call barbarous," he exclaimed. "Now, that boy will always remember this great canyon as the place where he received a spanking. He might have carried a picture of its grandeur in his mind that would have assisted in developing him, but now all that is spoiled. We Indians don't do things that way. We expect our children to endure pain, but we don't inflict it." And wasn't the Indian right?—Leavenworth Times. Fully Informed. Uncle Mose aspired to the elective office of justice of the peace in the "black bottom" part of town. One bar there was to his preferment; he could neither read nor write. His master advised him to go to the commissioner of elections and ask whether he was eligible. Mose went and returned. "What did he tell you, Mose?" inquired the master. "It's all right, sah," answered Mose; "dat gen'lemum suttnily was kind, yas, suh. He tole me Ah was illegible fo' dat office."—Argonaut Firedamp. Firedamp is the ordinary name for the carbureted hydrogen which issues from "blowers" or fissures in coal seams. It is inflammable, and when mixed with air in certain proportions is highly explosive. Its ignition is attended by the danger of an explosion of coal dust. His Adventurous Life. "Uncle, have you had many exciting adventures in your life?" "Oh, yes, my boy. Several times I have been caught in automobiles driven by fool friends who wanted to show me that their cars could make sixty miles an hour."—Dustoff Free Press. A Native Interpretation. "Tell me," said an inquiring Englishman of an American friend, "what is the significance of the eagle shown on your money?" "It is an emblem of its swift flight." Acquired. Wife—it's a mystery to me that I didn't see these faults in you before we were married. Hub—No mystery about it, my dear. I didn't possess them then.—Boston Transcript. What is called luck, good or bad, is only the result of the operation of the law of compensation.—Albany Journal PAGE FIVE All a Dream. There is an amusing example of oriental subtlety in an anecdote that Mr. Sidney Whitman tells in "Turkish Memories." The story is of a young diplomat who was sent to Constantinople to be trained for his profession. One day the diplomat met a carriage guarded by a eunuch that contained some ladies of the sultan's harem. The young man endeavored to peep in at the window and got a blow across the face from the vigilant eunuch. He made a great uproar and lodged a complaint with the sultan himself. He was received in private audience, and Abdul Hamid listened patiently to his story of the outrage. On its conclusion the sultan replied: "My dear sir, I have gone carefully into the case and see exactly how it stands. You are a gentleman; therefore you could never have committed such a breach of good manners as is alleged to have taken place, and consequently no enunch could possibly have presumed to strike you. The whole affair must be the product of your fancy; pray let us dismiss it." Vanity Tickled During the early excesses of the French revolution a rabble of men and women was rioting in the streets of Paris. Lafayette appeared and ordered a young artillery officer to open fire upon them with two cannon. The officer begged the general to let him try first to persuade them to withdraw. "It is useless to appeal to their reason," said the general. "Certainly," answered the officer, "and it is not to their reason, but to their vanity, I would appeal." The officer rode up to the front of the mob, doffed his cocked hat, pointed to the guns and said: "Gentlemen will have the kindness to retire, for I am ordered to shoot down the rabble." The street was cleared at once, for none could brook the idea of being classed with the scum of the city. The Eternal Conflict Society is nothing more than a continuation of the conflict of nature under the guidance of intelligence. It is vain to hope for any amelioration of society from the prevalence of an intellectual education. Culture of the intellect supplies new weapons for use in the conflict and may render it less rude in appearance, but cannot change its nature. * * * Doctrines and creeds are forms; the will supplies their contents. Just as a vehicle may convey substances having wholesome or injurious or indifferent properties, so any system of thinking—theological, social or political—may be made to bear any purport, good or bad. To try to shape opinions so that they may not be made subservient to any evil purpose is all labor in vain.—Schopenhauer. Wars and Words. The wars with Spain in the sixteenth century enriched the English language with many new words. To them, as Logan Pearls Smith has pointed out, "we owe the Spanish words 'embargo' and 'contraband' and the Dutch word 'freebooter.' Among other Dutch or Flemish terms that were perhaps brought back to England by soldiers in their campaign in the low counties may be mentioned 'furlough,' 'cashier,' 'league,' 'sonce,' 'onslaught,' 'drill' and 'domineer.' 'Comrade' is a Spanish word, but seems to have been a soldiers' term learned in the low countries, and 'forlorn hope' is a military phrase, being the Dutch 'verloren hoop,' in which 'hoop' means a troop and is cognate with our word 'heap.'"—London Chronicle. Didn't Raise Them. A young housewife who lives in a suburban town went to the village store to make some purchases. "These chickens look very nice," remarked the customer. "How much are they? "One dollar apiece, madam," was the prompt response of the obliging proprietor. "You can't find better poultry for the money in the whole country." "One dollar," thoughtfully mused the customer, and then added: "Did you raise them? "Oh, no, madam!" was the hasty assurance of the misunderstanding storekeeper. "That is the same price I offered to sell them for yesterday."—Philadelphia Telegraph. A Graceful Compliment Some famous compliments have been paid to members of the sterner sex, and one of the most gracefully turned was that uttered by Bolieau, who, when the virtuous De Mesmes, president of the parliament of Paris, was elected an academician, congratulated him in these terms: "I have come to you, sir, in order that you may congratulate me on having you one of my fellow academicians." Moslem Wives. Under the Moslem laws the provision for securing to the wife the free and uncontrolled possession of her property is minutely stipulated in the marriage contract. A suitable sum is also arranged for her maintenance in accordance with her husband's rank. The Jail. "I am going to visit the fall. There is a man I want to see there." "Is one all? I know about forty whom I should like to see there."—Indianapolis News. Not Present. He—Do you remember Horatius at the bridge? She—I don't think I ever met him. You know we invite so few men.—Judge. Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.—Horace. PAGE six Woman’s World one te sf eS — =. 8 es a é™ 4 \ 9 4 4 sos eure cae eee ‘Miss Beulah Livingstone enjoys the ‘unique distinction of being the first woman theatrical business manager in the country. Still a girl of twenty-five, Miss Liv- ingstone has forged ahead remarka- bly from a kindergarten teacher tim- idly venturing Into the magazines by composing children’s tales to a position of tremendous responsibility, requir- ing the handling of large sums of mon- ey and constant judgment in the writ- ing of all advertisements, booklets, window cards, designing the three sheets, attending to correspondence, paying salaries and generally running the business end of a play in one of New York city’s new theaters. This southern girl, with her golden hair and laughing eyes, is the very last person you would expect to find in an office with her own name on the door. She was born and educated in Georgia. A few years ago she went north and entered a normal school, later becoming a kindergarten teacher on the east side. In this corner of “the great melting pot” nearly every nationality was rep- Tesented. These children could not un- derstand, as a class, tales that the average American child can grasp. So she wrote her own stories and finger plays. One morning the supervisor de- manded where she had got them, as she had not seen them in the other schools. The young pedagogue blush- ingly replied that she had written them herself. Later she sold these, her first “masterpieces,” to the New York Tribune. At the end of her first scribbling year ‘Miss Livingstone had saved enough money for a trip abroad. Armed with letters of introduction to Rodin, Zuluoga, D'Annunzio, Beer- bohm Tree and Sir Oliver Wyndham, sh> traveled through Europe and Af- rica, selling her stories of a trip through the desert on camels. Return- ing home, she resigned her position as schoolteacher and, thrilled by her suc- cess at breaking into print, began free lance work, writing everything from “how to ice cake” to stage stories. While in France she met Lou Tel- legan, Sarah Bernhardt’s leading man, who asked her to become his press agent. Few women have made good in this line of work. Most press agents are men. But Miss Livingstone was soon recognized a8 one of the most successful members of her profession, next representing such stars as Anna Pavlowa and Mr. and Mrs, Castle, and last winter she did the press work for the company that produced “Alice In Wonderland.” ‘The theater business promises to be @ fascinating field for women of spe- clal gifts, both as producers and as managers. For Thanksgiving. On a table covered with the snow- fest of white linen is spread a circle of red oak leaves, gathered in October before they could become shriveled and dried. From this circle at the ceuter of the cloth extends to each corner a line of the leaves tacked light- ly in place, But the glory of the table is a inge pumpkin hollowed out and filled with a golden mass of yellow chrysanthe- mums. As the turkey is brought to the table It should have an enormous chrysanthemum in the breast. ‘Where artificial light is preferred for the long dinner at the middle or end of the day oak leaves are not used on the cloth. Instead two large branch- ing candelabra > the ends of the table on either si% of the flower filled pumpkin, Their candles furnish the only illumination in the room except perhaps for one or two candlesticks or lamps on mantelpiece or serving table. The latter should be hidden beneath crape paper shades or Inexpensive pa- pier mache globes in the shape of pump- kins with grimacing faces, which are on sale at all good confectioners. ea ce Remove the skin and seeds from one cupful of white grapes, cut three ba- nanas in cubes-and cover immediately with lemon juice. Remove the skin and white from six oranges and cut 4n small pieces. Mix with mayonnaise @ressing. Arrange in nests of white lettuce leaves or serve in halves of or- anges. Garnish with mayonnaise @fecsias. Training Girls to Be Homemakers How few girls of today have evel the slightest knowledge of the,art of homemaking! Most of them are s0 very busy studying art, music or the languages that domestic science re- ceives but scanty attention. Yet what subject deserves more attention than this? On it depends the well being of whole families. Why, then, should mothers allow their daughters to grow up in complete ignorance of cooking, sewing and general house manage- ment? A year or so after they leave ‘school or college they marry and settle down in homes of their own without any idea as to how bread is baked or & stocking darned. Scarcely one girl-out of every score who marry has studied domestic science or has had any experience in housekeeping. She attempts the man- agement of a home as if ft were a game whose outcome was of no par- ticular importance, Consequently she has one failure after another. She faces discouragement and despair be- fore she acquires even the smallest ex- perience. How much better it would be if all mothers would begin training their daughters in the different branches of domestic science when they are as young as thirteen or fourteen! By the time they were of a marriageable age the girls would have a fairly efficient knowledge of homemaking. Let the wise mothers put their heads together and see how the domestic science lessons can be arranged in such way that they will prove welcome and enjoyable to the girls and at the same time will not interfere with their school lessons or exercise. Why not form a girls’ club to meet two after- noons a week, let us say, once for sew- ing, once for cooking, and not to last longer than two hours on either after- noon? Such an idea would be sure to appeal to young girls. The cooking afternoon should fall on the cook's afternoon off, so that the girls may take possession Of the kitchen. Let us say that Mon- day is reserved for the sewing and ‘Thursday for the cooking. Each week it should meet at different homes. The mothers of the girls should take turns in entertaining or rather in instructing the club members. Let the girls start with the simple things. Show them how to darn stock- ings well for the first sewing lesson. When they can accomplish tals satis- factorily teach them how to darn Hnen. Once they have learned how to mend, they should be allowed to learn the creative side, progressing from making hems and buttonholes to the cutting out and fitting of garments. In the Thursday afternoon meeting the girls should begin with boiling po- tatoes, which is not as simple as it sounds, and should then progress to broiling a steak and chops, working up gradually to bread baking and pastry making. Z Once or twice a year, preferably dur- ing the school vacation period, the mother should allow her daughter to run the whole house for a week or two. In this way she will gain experience. The club idea is a particularly prac- ticable one, for the girls will enjoy meeting together and will learn all the quicker for the competition. Some such club, which might be named something like the “Efficient Housewife club” or the “Domestic Science Students,” will be of infinite value to the girls in later years when they set up housekeeping for themselves, Winter Foliage. Cook has a hanging basket all of her own in a sunny window of her kitchen which 4s a pleasure to the calling tradesman as well as herself. She took a good sized sponge and planted it full of rice, oats and a little barley. Then she placed it for a week or ten days in a shallow dish of water, as much as the sponge would absorb, and soon tiny green shoots began to appear from the sponge. Then she ran a narrow ribbon through the sponge and suspend- ed it to the top of a sunny window, where it now has become a mass of fluffy green which will keep all winter. When it dries she takes it down and immerses it in a bowl of water, letting it absorb all that it will. Later on she will sow grapefruit, orange and lemon seeds among the others, as they have a glossy xreen leaf which will make a pleasing contrast to the other follage. Minced Chicken With Cream Sauce. Put Into a saucepan one tablespoon- fn} of butter, one gill of stock and two tablespoonfuls of stale breadcrumbs and stir until boiling. ‘Then add one pint of cold chicken chopped fine, a tea- spoonful of salt, a dash of pepper and a teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Re- move from the fire and add two well beaten eggs; fill into small greased molds, stand in hot water and cook in the oven for fifteen minutes. Serve hot with a cream sauce made from rich milk thickened to the consistency of cream. Expressions of Love. It is In keeping the love of others that most of us woefully fail. And we fall very largely because we are not careful in expressing love. Here we ought not to be confused by terms. Ex- pressing love does not necessarily mean using the language of endearment. On the contrary, those who love most deeply are likely to be the least given to endearing terms, which may indt- cate a poverty of deep love or the ab- sence of any inve. THE BROAD AX CHICAGO, NOVEMBER. 8, 1915." goseaseoacse;0%%5000000803 | soooasodsoeoco9s000006: 3 A SMART TOPCOAT. 8/2 ANOTHER DANCE FROC csv pean eee eee RNS sos 3 OF White Chinchila, St Of 3|8 Scalloped and Beaded, Thit 2 With Huge Pear! Buttons. S Gown Has Newest Touches Daamananeacnanaoonnasoaoanadoneeast 2. *: —-..-......_._._. _... ye yh Cie Oe . p> E> aed (RE y ‘é 2S oe ges De ee i) 4s Be a pee eS ee ie ewe ee oe ey eet Pook. ae Oe oe 7 oe -y ft 2 eee fe aye fe CORRECT YOR SPORTS. ‘This beautiful coat may be cut of ‘any suitable material. ‘The line is the thing. Loose, warm and belted, of finest quality of chinchilla cloth, with @ snug beaver collar, it will fill many needs. The smart hat suitable for this coat has a white velvet crown above a black elvet brim. around which runs a band of beaver with dangling fur balls on one side. THE NEW POSTILION. ‘The Fourth Variation of the High Win- ter Hat. Of pressed black silk beaver this Postilion has for its only trimming, except a narrow band. a fiuted ribbon 2 i 3 ov wi? — oN : So ae - . ¥ ‘ ? ? oa ae , ial a fancy faced with black jet beads nat- tily set on the left side. We now have four varieties of high hats—the “top- per,” which is exactly like men’s dress hats; the chimney pot, the witch's hat and the postilion. Two Thanksgiving Hints, Cold storage turkeys naturally share all the defects of other poultry treated in this barbarous fashion. But at most times, and especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas, it is easier to find dry picked turkey free from cold storage than chicken. For a twelve pound turkey boil until tender two pounds of large Italian chestnuts. Remove the skin and mash them as you would potatoes; mix ina half cupful of butter, salt and pepper. Fill with this the interior of the tur- key; sew it and arrange for roasting as you would a chicken. It should cook about two hours. If it browns too fast butter a plece of white paper and cover it with it, removing it a Hittle later. Escarole.—The leaf of the escarole is narrower than the lettuce, so much so that the rib forms the greater part of it. Tt is, in fnet, a coarse kind of chic- ory. The green part of it ts discarded and the white Is separated, first in. two, lengthwise. and-cut up in three or four pieces. Not being as tender as the lettuce, It needs to be cut finer. Tt ls prepared and dressed like lettuce. eR aaa ° $ ANOTHER DANCE FROCK. ened s Scailopad and Beaded, This © Gown Has Newest Touches. 8000000000000000000000000' ca ca ie aS fant oe) e oe HW EN TRA P Fri Si Pe Ry i 1 FE a a fo Wy Pd ee We ee ei Pe nt i P : tL fad a: Fhe ee 4 <4 io oe oy al r ES oe fe Bh J# fi SIMPLE BEAUTY. Pussy willow silk in changeable rose color fashions this frock. The deep, wide scallops ‘around the short skirt are bordered with silk flowers, a pret- ty detail. Silver lace net furnishes sleeves for the simple bodice with a dash of metal trimming at the waist Une, while metal lace accentuates each skirt seam. Kose satin slippers finish the pretty effect. THANKSGIVING FAVOR. ~ This Delicious Kewpie Will Decorate Your Table For You. ‘This first cousin to the brownie fam- fly believes in the stylish height of hats, his own being fashioned of an = aL Le fee Lar Oe ge eS eg AS bs ; Dent ae soe inverted pumpkin blossom. Orange colored crape paper is also used to cover the candy box, which is filled with homemade chocolate drops. Some of your “kewps” may be clothed in other autumn shades. Dame Pashies. A white crepe de chine blouse of the newest cut shows eyelet embroidery quite like that worked on a Madeira tea napkin, worked in white silk on sleeves and fronts, One of the new blouses is made of Plaid taffeta, with straps and pockets of heavy blue serge trimmed with but- tons. Children’s hats with down turning brims are trimmed with a band of braid or silk and a long tassel hanging down at one side. Plaid ribbons in bright colors are shown in the shops. They are used for trimming hats and frocks as well. ‘Sport Scarfs and Ties. Sport scarfs are made in all of the bright sweater colors, and many are in a combination of colors. Rose, green and white and black combinations, white with black stripe borders and rose or green with white or black striped borders are all popular. Sport ties are made of inch wide grosgrain silk ribbon and.are a yard in length. They are made in bright color combi- nations. Many are in roman stripe colors and black'and white stripe com- binations in bayadere effect. The ends are finished with fancy bead orna- ments, and many have sildes of the wie “She Died == OF Things” ‘This touching epitaph was placed on woman's tombstone by her affection- ate husband. ‘Things—things and still more things —most women spend the better part of their lives battling with them. The housekeeper knows the story well. The multiplicity of her possessions and the care of them seem too often to be come her chief concern. It is as if life existed for things, instead of things for life. And it is not alone the housekeeper who finds herself a victim of things ‘The business woman perhaps finds the problem an even more serious one, for she, too, often accumulates not wisely but too well. “Somehow I'm going to get ahead of these unruly possessions of mine,” said such a woman to another when in the midst of a perfect orgy of clearing up her small apartment. “1 seem to spend half my time put- ting things away and taking care of them, collecting my scant wearing ap. parel and keeping it all in something like order.” “Perbaps.” suggested the other wo- man, “you are starting at the wrong end of the problem. Instead of devis- ing better ways and means of arrang- Ing your possessions and keeping them in order, why not apply a little more thought to the process of accumula- tion? “Most of us accumulate twice as many things as we need or want Whether it's clothing or bric-a-brae, {t's quite possible that we would be much better satisfied if we had fewer things and had them better, and cer- tainly life would be simpler.” In any event, it would be a happier arrangement for our executors, for things, unfortunately, even useless things, have a persistent way of stay. ing on after we go. Women bs right ought to be con- tractors and engineers. They love to make things. They want to put two previously useless things together and make one perfectly useful thing, which, it must be admitted, ts a worthy and commendable aspiration.” But while they are making, how happy a thing it would be if they al- ways made things that were worth while! Creative effort is too precious a thing, too rare a thing, too desperately needed in this world to be squandered. ‘Pherefore when a women suggests that by crocheting an edge or sewing lace around the cuffs of men’s discard- ed shirts one may make excellent pot holders for the stove we feel impelled to take kindly but respectful issue with her. Let us not burn our fingers.on hot kettles if we can help it, and by all means let us use up old shirts in this excellent way if we so desire, but as long as we have breath let us save our constructive effort for a more lofty cause than belaced pot holders. FOR THE TEA TABLE. Nothing is better with the cup of aft- ernoon tea perhaps than a slice of erisp buttered toast. But now and then a sweet cake is relished as a change. ‘Moreover, it is far easler to prepare tea and cakes than tea and toast, for the cakes can be made ahead of time and kept in one of the pretty cake boxes specially made for tea table use. Some of them are tin boxes covered with ehintz or cretonne; some of them are tin boxes painted or enameled daintily. Here are recipes for sume delicious cakes and cookies, all of which ean be Kept on hand for many days without losing thetr freshness: Marguerites.—Cut a sheet of sponge cake into small rounds with cooky cut- ter and dip in melted sweet chocolate. While still moist form a daisy on the top of each, using blanched almonds for petals and round yellow bonbons for the centers. Ginger Nuts.—One and three-quarters Pounds of sirup, ove pound of moist sugur, one pound of butter, two and three-quarters pounds of flour, one and one-half ounces of ground ginger, one and one-balf ounces of allspice, one and one-half ounces of coriander seed, sal volatile size of a bean, a little cay- enne, flour enough to roll out, but not thin. Cut with a winegiass or roll be- tween your hands into small balls and pinch, Citron Heart Cakes.—Beat half a Pound of butter to a cream, take six eggs, beat the whites to a froth and the yolks with half a pound of sugar and rather more than half a pound of sifted flour; beat these well together, add a winegiass of brandy and quarter of a pound of citron cut in thin slips; bake it in small heart shaped tins or a ‘Square tin pan rubbed over with a bit of sponge dipped in melted butter; put the mixture in half an inch deep; bake fifteen or twenty minutes in a quick oven. Nut Wafers—One cupful fine brown sugar, one tablespoonful butter, mixed together; add one beaten egg and one and one-half tablespoonfuls four, heap- sug; one cupful chopped English wal- nuts. Drop yvith a teaspoon on well buttered tin sheets. Bake tn hot oven. — Slightly before removing from the Oatmeal Cookies.—Four cupfuis rolled oats, two cupfuls wheat flour, two eup- fouls brown sugar. one cupful butter, one-third cupful water or, milk, seant teaspoonful soda; roll quite thin and cut fm squares, For Young Fos POR SS | ~ ee: ae os Sea ee © by American Press Association. Notable among the skillful horseback riders at the recent horse show held at Piping Rock by the New York society folk was Master Freddy Pratt, son of Herbert Pratt. Ever since he was big enough to sit on a pony’s back Fred has been used to riding, so that now he is perfectly at home in the saddle. No longer he mounts ponies. He must have a regular sized horse. although the ani- mal must be well broken. Many chil- dren in the country learn to ride at an early age and without much instruc tion elther. Hardly a farm boy or girl who hasn't mounted bareback to drive the horses to water and to and from the pasture. It is fine sport, and the country lads get as much fun out of it ‘as thelr city cousins. ‘The Spider and the Fly. ‘This incident comes from Albany, N- ¥.: A small garden spider bad spun his web in a corner where a perpendicular column and a horizontal rail met and from the ambush of a hidden crack awaited his prey. A handsome yellow wasp passing that way espled the graceful trap and made for it. Setting his feet lightly on two or three of the meshes, he started up a great buzzing. which shook the web from end to end. The watchful spider ran out a little way, stretched forth a delicate foot to make sure of the location of the sup- Posed fly, and then rushed for it, alighting on the wasp with a gleeful jump and no doubt a grin of hideous triumph. But Mr. Spider had reckoned without bis host. Like a flash of light- ning, the wasp's six nimble legs closed upon him, the graceful body bent near- ly double, and once, twice, thrice. again and again. the sharp sting piere- ed the Inckless spider. As his strug- sles grew fainter and finally ceased, the wasp. with a spring, disentangled himseif from the silken net and bore away his spidery victim in triumph. Three Deep. All of the players but two form in a double ring. with one player directly behind another. ‘The two odd players, one of whom is the ruaner and the oth- er chaser, start outside the circle. The object of this game is for the chaser to tag the runner. The runner may save himself by stopping in front of any couple standing in the ring, where- Upon, since that file is “three deep.” the third person in front becomes run: ner and tries to escape being caught by the chaser. Should the chaser tag the runner they exchange places immediately and continue the game. ‘This game {s one that is a favorite for children and grownups as well. Cat Wears Life Belt. In an English magazine there recent- ly appeared a picture of a cat wearing & Iife belt, which was specially made for him by the jackies. The belt has a sufficient number of corks attached to tt to keep the little animal afloat on the surface of the water. ‘The cat must be saved at all hazards, say the jackies. ‘The Little Pig’s Lesson. A little piggy-wig once went to court ‘To seo the king and queen, But they said, “Little pig. you can't come in Because your face tm’t clean.” Bo they wheeled him away in a wheelbar- row ‘To the middle of the market place, And pumped and pumped till there wasn't. & speci Of dirt upon his face. ‘Then they wheeled him back in the wheel~ barrow Because his face was clean, ‘And he took off his hat and made a bow ‘Before the King and queen. ee SIX BOOM BRICK COTTAGE FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN ON EASY PAYMENTS. Beautiful six room and bath, cement basement, furnace heat, hardwood floors and trimmings, one and a half story brick cottage located on St. Lawrence avenue, near Marquette Road, 66th street Boulevard at a bargain, if purchased at once, small amount of money required. For further particulars, address Julius F. Taylor, 6532 St. Lawrence avenue. Phone Wentworth 2597, no agents wanted. FIVE BRICK HOUSES FOR SALE AT A GREAT BARGAIN We have for sale a group of five brick houses that are offered at a bargain, they are to be sold all at once, and on easy payments, three to five hundred dollars down and the balance the same as rent, they are located on South Park Boulevard near Thirty fourth street. Do you want to be a member of a syndicate that will purchase these houses! If so address X care this paper. THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: N. B. Jones, magazines, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 248 E. 35th St N. C. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, notion store and news, stand, 5012 S. State street. L. E. Chilton, news stand, S. E. corner 51st and State streets. S. Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; 31 W. 51 Street, near Dearborn. E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3109 S. State street. George I Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGlofin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 S. State St. George McFaro, shoe shining parlors and news stand. $3800 \frac{1}{2}$ State street. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3342 S. State street. Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. No Alleviation. A belted earl was in the habit of playing golf daily at Musselburgh. This gentleman had contracted some alliment which made his head always shake a little. Frequently he had had occasion to rebuke his caddie for excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors, and one day he spoke to him very sharply. "Robert, you are drunk today. It is a disgrace. You are very drunk!" "Drunk!" replied the caddie. "I know I am drunk, but I'll be sober tomorrow. You're daft, and you'll never be right!" —Dundee Advertiser. Right Up to Date. Mother—Are you sure you can give my daughter all the luxuries and privileges enjoyed by the married women of her set? Suitor—I can give her town and country houses, motorcars, a string of polo ponies and dancing lessons at once, and a divorce and allmony within two years.—Life. The Inexitable Thing "Did you get any stock in that balloon line project?" "Yes, but I think I paid for it more than it was worth." "That is what was to be expected. An air line would naturally have inflated stock."-Baltimore American. A Chance Yet. Tom—Is it true that you proposed to Alice and were rejected? Jack—Not exactly rejected. She said when she felt like making a fool of herself she'd let me know.—Boston Transcript. Those Uncaught Fish Those Uncaught People Maud—Don't you think there are just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught? Marle—Well, they're certainly smarter. All He Has. "No. But his name is Rich." - Dearest Free Press. Ruskin In the Kitchen. In her book of reminiscences, "Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life," Mrs. Alec Tweedle says that her father, Dr. Harley, a well known London physician, was a great friend of Ruskin and often stayed at Brantwood. One night Ruskin asked Dr. Harley whether he liked tea or coffee before he got up. "A cup of tea," he replied. "Why don't you choose coffee?" "Well, to tell the truth, I have lived so much abroad that I don't fancy English coffee. It is generally so badly made." His host said nothing. The next morning Dr. Harley was awakened, and a strong smell of coffee permeated the room. Turning to a servant, he asked, "Is that my cup of tea?" "No, sir; it is Mr. Ruskin's coffee." "Mr. Ruskin's coffeel. What do you mean?" "The master was up early. He roasted the coffee himself, he ground the coffee himself, and he made the coffee himself, and he hopes you will like it." Growth of Wealth. The wealth of the world grows very slowly, and the amount of real saving is amazingly small. If, for example, the wealth of the United States when George Washington became president was equivalent to a billion dollars—and that perhaps is not a bad guess—and this amount could have steadily earned a little over 5 per cent every year since, this gain, compounded, would exceed the present estimated wealth of this country. This means that all the rest of the saving and the gains from new enterprises and a rapidly increasing population have only just about balanced the annual waste and loss. True, more than two-thirds of the wealth of nations is still the human machine and not the visible taxable property, but the fact serves to show how slight is the annual gain even in the premier get rich quick country of the world, the United States.—Carl Snyder in Collier's Weekly. No Simple Life at Ayr. The "simple life" finds no sympathetic atmosphere in Scotland and, above all, not in the "Auld Ayr" of Robert Burns— Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses For honest men and bonnie lasses. George Ferguson Munro is a newspaper person who writes articles for a Scottish newspaper. Munro wanted to live a free, untrammeled, outdoor life. He began last spring. He wandered over hill and dale, doing nothing, finding enough to eat and drink, lying on a shaded hillside reading a good book. He interfered with no one. The earth was his bed, the starry sky his roof. When it rained he went into a barn. Yet for leading this simple life he was taken by the rough hand of the law as a vagabond and sentenced by the magistrate of Ayr to three months' hard labor.—Indianapolis News. Dumas an Enigma. The elder Dumas was the greatest enigma in the literary world of Paris, for who has ever been able to explain just how and when all the books that bear his name were written? He loved the mysterious for its own sake. He told me how he had dabbled in magnetic and mesmeric experiments. He spoke with absolute conviction of the power of magnetism and declared that the whole of life and society was, to his way of thinking, nothing but a manifestation of magnetic force. His talk was like the man himself, calm, nonchalant, without a trace of emotion. He was so far above discussion as to ignore it. When he was speaking he seemed to imply by his look and manner that it made no difference to him whether you believed what he was saying or not—Francis Grierson in Century Magazine. Simply Separated. The janitor of a hall in a country place was asked by an entertainer from the city if there wasn't a piano that he could use for the evening's entertainment. "Waal, yes, there is a piano down in the cellar," said the janitor, "but you couldn't play on it—leastways, not as it is, for it's full of books." Then the janitor bawled to his wife: "Susan, where's the works of that piano? And Susan's voice floated down from upstairs: "Ain't they out in the garden?"—Washington Star. Largest Star Known. Canopus, the largest star known, with a luminosity of 47,000 times that of the sun, is invisible from the northern hemisphere. O. R. Walkley, an English astronomer, adduces testimony at great length to prove it the central sun of the universe about which all other orbs revolve. Appearances Deceptive. "Thompson has made a discovery." "Indeed?" "Yes. He says that he has discovered that the more buttons there are on a woman's coat the greater the probability that it really fastens with hooks and eyes."-Puck. Garbage For the Dogs Instead of throwing her kitchen refuse into a garbage receptacle the poor Constantinople housewife puts it into a sort of kennel outside her door for the wandering dogs of the city. Notable Exceptions Mrs. Bloobumper—Yes, everybody is always ready to give advice. Bloobumper—There are exceptions. "Are there?" "Yes, doctors and lawyers." Let them obey that know not how to rule—Shakespeare. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 6, 1915. Both Trumpeters. Among the quaint old epitaphs collected in England by an American with a fancy for odd verse and ancient brasses are two commemorating trumpeters. The first is often quoted: Till Angels' trumpets on the Final Day Shall Blow and Graves shall Ope Ancient Gardens. Statues were a decorative element which the Florentine garden arch made expensive use. At first a antique busts were placed along parapet of the terrace or under central loggia, but ere long Greek and heroes, fauns and nalads Here Abram crumpten in his Tomb doth Lay And Write the Callin in He And Waits the Call in Hope. The second is less known and, with all its quaintness, has a fine, bold swing to it. Moreover, the deceased, as a prose addition to the inscription makes clear, was a gallant soldier as well as a musician and had served through many campaigns, civil and foreign. Thus it runs: When Gabriel, Angell, shall hys Trumpett blow Uppe from the Sod commanding all below, Vaster than Armys when those Millions rise Ansring that Summons from the Pealing Skye, Therees One lyes Here will joyful Rouse And sound a manful Echo to the Blast—John Petres, Trumpetter, who All his Dayes new for the Kynge his Wars and God his Prayse. —Youth's Companion. Both Far Away: A prominent Kentucky lawyer had been in Jackson during the hearing of a big land case and after the strain of several weeks in the courtroom had decided to take a trip up in the mountains and enjoy the quieting influences of the hills. He traveled the paths and narrow mountain roads till he found himself, at the end of several days' journey, about forty or fifty miles from the railroad. It was about noon, the lawyer judged, for his watch had run down and he could not be exact. But in the midst of this deep contemplation the lawyer came upon an old darky sitting upon a bowler alongside the road. "What time have you?" he asked of the old darky. "Well, su, boss, the old watch says she's about ten minutes to 12." was the reply. "Is that sun time or railroad time?" again questioned the lawyer. "What difference at make? One's nigh as fur frum heas at de yudder."—Argonaut. Scotch Breakfasts Dr. Redgill, in Susan Ferrier's "Destiny," dwells on Scotch breakfasts with custo. After proclaiming that Scotland in general is "a perfect mass of rubbish" and the cookery not fit for dogs he adds: "But the breakfasts! That's what redeems the land, and every county has its own peculiar excellence. In Argyllshire you have the Lochfine herring—fat, luscious and delicious, just out of the water, falling to pieces with its own richness, melting away like butter in your mouth. In Aberdeenshire you have the finnan haddock, with a flavor all its own, vastly relishing, just salt enough to be pliant without parching you up with thirst. In Perthshire there is the Tay salmon, kippered, crisp and juicy—a very magnificent morsel. In other places you have the exquisite mutton of the country made into hams of a most delicious flavor." Judges' Gowns. The London Law Times points out that the silk gown of the bench and bar owes its original use to its having been adopted as a form of mourning at the death of an English sovereign. On the death of Queen Mary in 1694 the present silk gown was introduced as mourning and, having been found more convenient and less troublesome than the regular dress then worn, has since been continued. The late Sir Frederick Pollock is said to have expressed an opinion in reference to the ordinary costume of the bar that the bench and bar went into mourning at the death of Queen Anne and have so remained ever since. American courts adopted the gown along with the English common law. Bad Handwriting. Sometimes the worst of handwriting becomes intelligible when one grasps the rules, for a man's script—particularly an author's—is frequently made difficult chiefly by his deliberate or unconscious inversion of the accepted rules of calligraphy. Henry Ward Beecher had a daughter who acted as copyist, and she read him with ease simply by remembering three principles—that in her father's manuscript no dotted letter was meant for an "i," no crossed letter stood for "t," and that no capital letter ever began a sentence—Indianapolis News. Where the Trouble Was. "Mamma," said small Edmund, "I'm very sorry I ate the cake after you told me not to." "So your conscience is troubling you, is it?" said his mother. "I don't know." answered Edmund. "I thought it was my stqmach."—Chicago News. Chinese Junks. Although there is no written history of the earliest bulk oil carrier, the Chinese Newchang junk, originally built for the carriage of water in bulk and afterward used for oil, must be among the earliest examples of this class of vessel.—Exchange. A Rebuff. "Not exactly, but I received a couple of repulses today." -Indianapolis News. Three Vitriols. The "three vitriols" are green vitriol (sulphate of iron), blue vitriol (sulphate of copper) and white vitriol (sulphate of zinc). In life's small things be resolute and great—Lowell. Ancient Gardens Ancient Gardens. Statues were a decorative element of which the Florentine garden architect made expensive use. At first a few antique busts were placed along the parapet of the terrace or under the central loggia, but ere long Greek gods and heroes, fauns and nalads were seen at the end of every alley, while giants and caryatides were introduced to support walls and porticoes. One great charm of renaissance gardens was the skillful manner in which nature and art were blended together. The formal design of the giardino segreto agreed with the straight lines of the house, and the walls, with their clipped hedges, led on to the wilder, freer growth of woodland and meadow, while the dense shade of the bosco supplied an effective contrast to the sunny spaces of lawn and flower bed. The ancient practice of cutting box trees into fantastic shapes, known to the Romans as the topiary art, was largely restored in the fifteenth century and became an essential part of Italian gardens.—New York Telegram. Curious Telegraph Lines The most original telegraph line in the world once extended from La Plaiz, the capital of Bolivia, to the neighboring town of Oruro, a distance of about 150 miles. There are no growing trees in this part of the world, and wood of any kind is so rare that the telegraph poles were made of the same material as the natives' household furniture—dried mud. The pillars were built on stone foundations and measured about five feet square at the base, with a tapering height of fifteen feet. They were placed about 360 feet apart. Another curious telegraph line was constructed in Uganda by a British engineer, who transported growing trees to the roadside and used them as poles because he could not find any "dead" wood that would withstand the ravages of the white ants. In Dutch East India growing trees are also turned to account in this manner, but there a wire is stretched across the road between the trees on either side and the actual telegraph line suspended down the center. Fleas as Jumpers The jumping powers of fleas have been much exaggerated, according to a bulletin on these insects issued by the department of agriculture. The species known as the human flea (Pulex irritans) is probably the best jumper. According to Mitzmain, the maximum horizontal distance this species can jump is thirteen inches and the maximum vertical distance less than eight inches. The question of the flea's jumping powers is of importance in connection with the spread of bubonic plague and other diseases of which this insect is the carrier. The Indian plague commission, which has investigated the habits of the Indian rat flea, finds its maximum horizontal jump to be only five inches, while Mitzmain records the maximum height to which it can jump as three and one-eighth inches. One species of flea, the "sticktight," is nearly incapable of jumping. Limitations of Science. Johnny was sent to study mathematics, and the teacher told him that it was a true science. "For instance," she said, "if it takes one man twelve days to build a house, then twelve men can build it in one day." Johnny replied: "And 288 men will build it in an hour, 17,280 in a minute, 1,036,800 men will put it up in a second. Now, I don't believe they could build even a single brick in that time. Again, if one ship can cross the Atlantic in twelve days, twelve ships should be able to cross it in one day. I don't believe that either, so I'm not going to study mathematics." And Johnny left the teacher studying it herself.—Exchange. Her Word of Honor "Don't you love me?" "Oh, Jack, that wouldn't be honorable! An engagement is a sacred thing, not lightly to be entered into or broken off. Besides"— "Well!" "Well, I'm engaged to two men, and that makes it even worse."—Boston Transcript. Anxious to Help He (after the:honeymoon)—Has your father said anything about helping to provide a home for us? She—Oh, yes, indeed! He said that when we had a home of our own he would buy me a cookbook and allow mother to come and teach me how to use it, even if it took a year—New York Weekly. Nautical. "Father," wired the young yachtman, "please advance me some money. My boat is entered in tomorrow's race and I'm sure she will win." And father promptly replied, "Not with a time allowance from me."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Keep on the watch. Opportunity may knock at your door." "I'm not going to wait for that. I'm going to pound on Opportunity's door." Loulsville Courter-Journal. Poor Product "Well, there is one thing you needn't worry about." "What is that?" "Taking out a patent." Actinic Rays. The ultra violet ray is of all light elements the hardest on the eye. It is also called the actinic ray and is described as "like a light barbed arrow." LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO 3105-07 SOUTH STATE STREET CAPITAL, $200,000.00 A DELIVERY BANK A MORTGAGE FINANCE CORP NICKELS CENTS Comm Saving Foreign Safety Mortg Int Your 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. STATES MILLINERY 3332 South State Street A. DANIZIGER, Prop. LADIES' ATTENTION:— The next time you are out, it to call in and SEE our LATEST millinery, designed and trimmed by •RECENTLY FROM PARIS. The next time you are out, it will pay you to call in and SEE our LATEST MODELS in millinery, designed and trimmed by Miss Roberts RECENTLY FROM PARIS. HATS TRIMMED FREE NOTARY PUBLIC Faustin S. Delany Attorney and Counselor at Law 312 S. Clark St., Suite 422 CHICAGO COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY Res. 4510 St. Lawrence Ave. Tel. Drexel 5260 PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4153 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7990 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARYPUBLIC CHICAGO Office Phones: Res. 5133 So.-Wabash Ave. Oakland 4662, Auto. 73-058 Phone Drexel 18815 Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST 4709 S. STATE STREET CHICAGO Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays by Appointment Phone Main 2017 Automatic 32-395 Suite 706 Firmenich Bldg. 184 W. Washington St. Residence 5548 Jefferson Av. Phone Midway 5515 Chicago Boy Do this No Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE? No Money Needed This is not a Prize Contest. Every boy who fills out and mails the corner coupon can earn this high-grade Bicycle for very little effort during spare time. ASK "The Bicycle Man." Mail this coupon TO-DAY. "The Bicycle Man" % The McCall Co. 238 W. 37th Street New York City Dear "Bicycle Man": Please tell us a how to get one of your high-grade Bicycles, without money, and for very little effort. Name Address BANK OF CHICAGO ATE SUPERVISION 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. ON:— you are out, it will pay you our LATEST MODELS in and trimmed by Miss Roberts PARIS. IMMED FREE A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St., Chicago Suite 615 to 616 PHONE MAIN 2214 Residence 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 313-329 Reaper Block Clark & Washington Sts. Phones Central 239 Auto. 41-916 CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 West Randolph St., Chicago Suite 708 Delaware Building Tel. Central 3142 Phone Res. 508 E. 36th St. FRANKLIN 2727 Phone Douglas 4397 AUTO. 41-543 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 25 N. Dearborn St. Union Bank Building Suite 311 CHICAGO FRANK DUNN} Trustees Established 1877 J. B. McCAHEY TEL. OAKLAND 1550, 1551, 1552 WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL Fifty-First and Armour Avenue RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and Armour Ave. CHICAQO Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE ALL THIS COUPON TO DAY "The Bicycle Man" % The McCall Co. 230 W. 37th Street PAGE EIGHT S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. TEENAN JONES' PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 4591 The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY "TEENAN" JONES, Proprietor. A. F. CODOZOE, DOUGLAS 5971 J. H. WHISTON, Proprietors Phones DOUGLAS 3256 CHAS. HARRIS, Manager AUTO. 72-379 The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET 3030 STATE STREET CHICAGO JOHN BLOCKI, President F. W. BLOCKI, Treasurer JOHN BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO C. E. KREYSSLER, Druggist 5057 South State Street NOT ON THE CORNER FOR HIGH GRADE DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF BLOCKI'S IDEAL & BLOCKI'S FLOWER IN BOTTLE PERFUMES $1.00 PER WEEK $1.00 PER WEEK WEBER COMPANY $1.00 PER WEEK CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS TAILORS CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS SUITS AND COATS MADE TO ORDER AND READY TO WEAR Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing 27 W. WASHINGTON STREET, Bank Floor TEL. CENTRAL 6757 MAX WEBER, MQR. $1.00 PER WEEK $1.00 PER WEEK $1.00 PER WEEK Keeping Young. Happiness. Mankind is always happier for having been happy. So that if you make men happy now you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it—Sydney Smith. When middle age arrives a lot of beauty blemishes come with it little gray hairs, yellow spots on the skin, stooped shoulders and sometimes a middle aged figure. All these troubles can be kept at arm's length by beginning early to follow some simple rules of hygiene. Drink plenty of water, sleep with the windows wide open, walk out of doors every day, keep up with the books and the tattle of the times. Slack up one minute, woman, and the world gets ahead of you. Therefore keep yourself young by right living and bright thinking. In the floods on the Norway coast the clearness of the water is wonderful. Objects the size of half a dollar may be seen at a depth of twenty-five to thirty fathoms. We think a happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.—Cicero. of hygiene. Drink plenty of water, sleep with the windows wide open, walk out of doors every day, keep up with the books and the tattle of the times. Slack up one minute, woman, and the world gets ahead of you. Therefore keep yourself young by right living and bright thinking. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 6, 1915. ERNEST WILLIAMSON 26-Passenger Auto Funeral Coaches Carries Complete Funeral to Any Local Cemetery and Return Greater Elegance, Half the Cost My Funeral Guestpartners Auto-Earth Are Unwillingless Funeral Services In Chicago. They Are Virtually Preferred to Single Carriages and Autos, as they Insure For Greater Elegance and Scantert, and Besides Save More than Half the High Cost of Carriages and Automobiles Tel. Kenwood 455 Calls Promptly Amended-Day or Night Auto. 73-867 ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON PRIVATE CHAPEL UNDERTAKER NOTARY PUBLIC 5028-5030 S. State St. Automobiles for All Occasions Chicago, Ill. Beautiful Automobile FUNERALS $65.00 Auto Hearse, Two Limousines carrying twelve persons, black-broad cloth casket, or any color in plush, Grave, Out Side Box and Embalming. Calls answered at any hour, day or night, to any part of city or suburbs F. A. RAWLINS, Undertaker and Funeral Director JAMES DAUGHERTY, Assistant Funeral Director. 4821 S. State Street, Chicago Phone Oakland 1328 -:- Automatic 72-185 W Arthur's $2 Hats Set This Season's Styles I AM celebrating my fifteenth season selling Men's Fall Hats that are remarkable values even for my three hat stores, with their large selling organizations and their consequent small amount of profit on each sale. MY SERVICE I keep the hats you buy from me in good condition. I deliver to all parts of the city. I cheerfully refund money without any questions. I have an extra force of experienced salesmen for all rush occasions—for today, for instance. This means the kind of service your money rightly deserves. are practically unlimited, so you can buy a fall hat of any color, size or shape with the positive assurance that you are going to like your selection—GUARANTEED BY ME, PERSONALLY. ARTHUR'S 3 LOOP STORES 34 West Van Buren Street (Main Store) 109 So. Dearborn St. 11 W. Madison St. Advertise in the Broad Ax --- "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. Make it a point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special bargain offerings that we give in all departments. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. THE HOTEL The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 'Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. ```markdown ``` They Burn Gas or Coal COMBINATION RANGES Two New Styles—Just From the Factory All the conveniences of a gas range for every day cooking—with an ever-ready coal range for below-zero emergencies. The gas section has practically the capacity of a standard Composite Range, while the coal section has a large "two-hole" top surface. You can inspect these Combination Ranges at any of our branch stores or our big salesroom downtown. Ask about monthly payment terms. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company All Eye Trouble SEE DR. LOUIE USSELMANN The Practical Optician THE MOST COMPLETE OPTICAL ROOMS IN THE CITY BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES Consultation or examination FREE. We have 28 different ways of testing the eyes and guarantee to give satisfaction. 3150 S. STATE ST. Phone Douglas 5308 CHICAGO ---