The Broad Ax

BROAD AX Ralph W. Tyler, Formerly Fourth Auditor of the Navy and a Prominent Newspaper Representative of Columbus, Ohio, Has Become a Candidate for Delegate At-Large from the Buckeye State to the Republican National Convention THIRTY-EIGHT DELEGATES ARE TO BE CHOSEN FROM THAT STATE AND THE HIGH CHIEFS OF THE PARTY WOULD ONLY CONCEDE ONE ALTERNATE DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO THE COLORED VOTERS. CHAS. W. ANDERSON, GILCHRIST STEWART AND J. T. GIVENS ARE SLATED AS ALTERNATES FROM NEW YORK STATE ALL THE OTHER HIGH HONORS AS DELEGATES-AT-LARGE BEING GOBBLED UP BY THE BIG WHITE REPUBLICANS. LAWYER AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS IS STILL KICKING UP SOME DUST IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. HE IS THE ONLY COLORED MAN IN THIS SECTION OF THE MIDDLE WEST WHO IS STRIVING TO SIT IN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AS ONE OF ITS DELEGATES. Vol. XXI. Ralph W. Prom Ohio from Conv THIRTY-EIGHT DELEGATES ARE AND THE HIGH CHIEFS OF THE ONE ALTERNATE DELEGATES ERS. CHAS. W. ANDERSON, GILCHRIST SLATED AS ALTERNATES FROM OTHER HIGH HONORS AS DELEUP BY THE BIG WHITE REPUE LAWYER AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS IN THE FIRST CONGRESSION THE ONLY COLORED MAN IN WEST WHO IS STRIVING TO S CONVENTION AS ONE OF ITS Cincinnati, O.—A good-sized bomb was exploded in political circles of Ohio when Ralph W. Tyler, of Columbus, and former auditor for the navy, filed his petition to be a candidate for delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention which meets in Chicago, Tuesday, June 7. His name will now go on the official ballot to be voted for at the April primaries by all Republican voters in Ohio. Mr. Tyler is the first Colored man in 49 years to aspire for this honor. The Republican slate makers refused to place a Colored man on the slate for delegate to the National convention, although the Colored vote is one-seventh of the total Republican vote in the state, and although Ohio's quota of representations will be 38 delegates. All the slate-makers would agree to was to give the Colored voters one alternate delegate-at-large and an alternate has no vote, merely gets the honor of wearing a 25-cent badge pinned to his coat lapel. Mr. Tyler is an old time newspaper correspondent and he is one of the few Colored writers who have been able to hold a good job down in connection with the owners of White newspapers for a long time before he assumed his duties as fourth auditor of the navy at Washington, D. C., he held a responsible position with the leading daily newspaper of Columbus, Ohio and for once we would be delighted to see him selected as one of the delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention. The great unnumbered army of Colored voters residing throughout the great state of New York, will be represented at Chicago by one Colored alternate-at-large and two district alternates, namely, Charles W. Anderson who is one of the greatest orators in this country and who worked harder and done more to keep the Colored JUDGE ORDERS NEGRO BOY SALUTE FLAG AT SCHOOL Des Moines Youth Who "Has Salvation" Will Also Have to Contract .Patriotism. Des Moines, Ia.—Hubert Evans, 17, Negro Boy, must salute the flag each morning at Clarkson's school, by order of District Judge Dudley. He was brought into court because of his refusal, and his parents also instructed him not to sing songs unless they contained the words "Jesus Christ." Parents and boy said he had salvation and recognized no country or flag. School authorities tried to convince Hubert that he was wrong, but did not succeed, and the court action under the juvenile law followed. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAX voters almost solidly in line for the Republican party than any other living man, Gilchrist Stewart and J. T. Givens. The approaching Republican national convention will be the 16th national convention of the Republican party. It will also be the 9th one to be held in the city of Chicago. Among the prominent Republicans who have sat in the national convention four years ago from New York who have since died are Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff, Hon. Edwin A. Merritt, Jr., Hon. George R. Malby and Hon. Sereno E. Payne. Among the distinguished men who have been sent as delegates-at-large to national conventions from that state are: Chauncey M. Depew, five times; Thomas C. Platt, five times; Andrew D. White, twice; Warner Miller, three times; William M. Evarts, Roscoe Conkling, Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. Daniel Sickles, Seth Low, Elihu Root and Frank S. Black, once. By all means our highly esteemed James H. Anderson, Editor of the Amsterdam News, New York City, should have been selected as one of the delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention for in every way as one of its delegates-at-large he would have reflected great credit on all the Colored people in all parts of the United States. Lawyer Augustus L. Williams, single handed and alone is still kicking up some dust in the First Congressional District of Illinois for he is the only Colored man living in this part of the middle west who is endeavoring to sit in the Republican national convention as one of its district delegates and he cannot reasonably expect to make much headway in that direction unless he is able to induce the Colored voters residing in that district to fall or wheel in line for him. NEGRO BOY AGAIN REFUSES TO SALUTE AMERICAN FLAG. Hubert Eaves, Arrested, Says This Is "White Man's Country" and That He Has No Country. Des Moines, Ia.—Hubert Eaves, 11 Negro boy, who was brought before District Judge Dudley because he refused to salute the flag at Clarkson school and who was ordered to return to school and obey orders again refused to salute this morning and was arrested by the truant officers and taken before Judge Dudley on a contempt of court charge. Hubert says "America is a White man's country" and that he has no country. He says he will not salute the flag, no matter what Judge Dudley does to him. It is true, that the Southern White man loudly or arrogantly boast, that, "This is a White man's country, that the Negro should not be permitted to CHICAGO, MARCH 25.1916 have any voice in it, nor to participate in its affairs." Whether this is true or false, the parents of Hubert Eaves, should teach him to salute the American flag at all times, that being born and raised in the United States, he knows nothing about the flag of any other country, neither is he, subject to the laws of any other country on earth, with all of the rampant race prejudice against the Negro in this country, he has advanced farther and made more substantial progress in it than those belonging to his race have, in any other country in the civilized world. Therefore, the parents of all Negro children, that is, if they claim to be citizens of the United States, must and should instruct them to salute the American flag.—Editor. S. W. GREEN, SUPREME CHANCELOR OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HAD HIS DAY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AND JUDGE FOSTER ORDERED THE JURY TO RETURN A VERDICT IN FAVOR OF THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. Supreme Attorney S. A. T. Watkins, Feels Sure That The Case Will Be Reversed By The United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Wednesday morning S. A. T. Watkins, Supreme Attorney for the Knights of Pythias throughout the world, returned home from New Orleans, La., where he was the leading counsel in the case of Grand Chancellor S. W. Green, against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The other lawyers associated with Mr. Watkins in the case were: Woodville and Woodville of New Orleans, S. G. McGill, Grand Attorney of the Knights of Pythias of Florida, who resides at Jacksonville, that state and E. B. Smith, Grand Attorney of that order of Louisiana. It will be recalled, that the latter part of May, 1913, that Mr. Green made a trip from his home in New Orleans to Jacksonville, Fla., over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He occupied a state room all by himself, so that he would not be compelled to come in contact with the White passengers and have any words or trouble with them. On his return trip, he was taken off the train at Milton, Fla., by the sheriff who claimed, that he had a warrant for his arrest for violating the separate coach or "Jim Crow" car law of that state, the sheriff placing him in jail and after remaining in jail over night, he was rushed before a justice of the peace early in the morning at Milton, and fined $25, and cost, which sum, Mr. Green, was forced to pay or work out his fine in the chain gang. After escaping from the hands of the justice of the peace, he was forced to don overalls and disguise himself in every way in order to escape the vengeance of the mob, who were bent upon shedding his blood simply for exercising his rights as a law abiding American citizen. Shortly after returning to his home, Mr. Green through his attorneys brought suit against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. for $25,000 his lawyers contending that he being an interstate passenger and riding on a through train with a through ticket; that he was not subject to the "Jim Crow" or separate coach law of Florida. 72 JULIUS P. TAYLOR, EDITOR THE BROAD AX. Dear Sir:—Please allow me a little space in your valuable newspaper, which is ever ready to "Hew to the Line and Let the Chips fall where they may," to say or speak a few words of praise in behalf of one of the noblest native sons of the great state of Illinois, in the person of Alderman Joseph Higgins Smith who very ably represents the 14th ward in the city council. He is truly the second Abraham Lincoln to the Black man for he knows It was brought out at the trial that the conductor of the train on which he was riding and the other trainmen made not the slightest attempt to protect him in any way, at the time he was arrested he was riding away up in the front part of the train, in the end of the baggage car all by himself and not weighing over one hundred and twenty-five or forty pounds it would have been instant death to him if he had resisted arrest or had attempted to fight the mob who were close to the sheriff at that time. After listening to all the evidence in the case, United States District Court Judge Forster, instructed the jury to bring in or return a verdict in favor of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. Mr. Watkins states that he now has a splendid record of the case—that without any delay the case will find its way on up into the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, where he feels confident that the verdict or the findings of the lower court will be reversed. Mr. Green should be highly com- ALDERMAN JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH date for re-election to the city council from no man by the color of his skin, while that is the case he has served in the capacity as Alderman with credit to himself and to all the people residing in his ward and he has proven himself to be one of the biggest men in that body, right here, I want to sound a warning to his many friends and supporters not to make any mistake but vote for him for re-election to his present position, the little skirmish he is in or was in at the primaries does not or did not amount to much, because the good citizens of the 14th ward are all with him tooth and toe nail and there are hundreds of others who mended for manfully fighting for his rights as an interstate passenger for if ignorant mobs of White gentlemen are freely permitted to pull a respectable Colored man off a through passenger train, because his actions fails to suit them they are just as liable to do the same thing to White passengers if the notion happens to strike them that they feel that they are superior to each and every one of the members of the mob. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN BUYS PROPERTY. Philadelphia, Pa. — Special — Amos Scott, the proprietor of the famous Scott Hotel and president of the citizens Republican Club, has purchased the two properties adjoining his hotel on Pine street, and the architect is now making plans for a five-story addition, which when completed will make it one of the finest Negro hotels in the country. No.27 see and know him as I do and you know it never does to turn down the old for the new. On the evening of the election Tuesday, April 4th after the polls close and Alderman Smith, is returned to the city council, such men as John Brown, E. P. Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln will turn over in their graves because they know that we have done our plain duty. Respectfully yours, SAMUEL S. TAYLOR, 1728 Fulton street. ATTORNEY CHAMPION J. WARING BECOMES UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MRS. DELIA MARTIN. Last Saturday evening, March 11th, Lawyer Champion J. Waring was united in marriage to Mrs. Delia Martin, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albee, 3830 Rhodes avenue, Rev. Mathew Martin officiating. It was the intention of the newly married couple to journey to Milwaukee, Wis.; the former home of the bride, but the groom being engaged in a long drawn out law suit he was unable to make the trip. After enjoying a few days vacation or honeymoon as it were, Mr. and Mrs. Waring are now at home to their friends at 2802 S. 42nd Court, Crawford, Ill. Mr. Warings' many friends among the lawyers and other friends, in every direction are extending their hearty congratulations to him over his recent marriage. Old Time Witchcraft Jane Weenham was indicted at the Hertfordshire assizes on March 4, 1712, for "conversing with the devil in the form of a cat," under the provisions of the act of 1604, repealed in 1736. Her prosecutors wished to have her also indicted for practicing witchcraft to the harm of Ann Thorn, a servant girl sixteen years old, but this was not allowed, although evidence was produced at the trial to show what injury had been done the victim by means of crooked pins and by placing cakes and cats' hair in Ann Thorn's pillow and how the prisoner had caused the death of some cattle simply by walking through a turnip field. The jury brought her in "gulley," and Justice Powell passed sentence of death, but took steps to quash the verdict. Wenham's prosecutors published an account of the case, but their arguments were pulverized by scientific men. Jane Wenham herself was liberated and taken under the protection of Colonel Plummer, who gave her a cottage, and we are told by Dr. Hutchinson that in 1720 the whole country was fully convinced of her innocence.—London Spectator. The Game of Life Life becomes, as the stoics more than once tell us, like a play which is acted or a game played with counters. Viewed from the outside, these counters are valueless, but to those engaged in the game their importance is paramount. What really and ultimately matters is that the game shall be played as it should be played. God, the eternal dramatist, has cast you for some part in his drama and hands you the role. It may turn out that you are cast for a triumphant king. It may be for a slave who dies of torture. What does that matter to the good actor? He can play either part. His only business is to accept the role given him and to perform it well. * * * Success or failure is a thing he can determine without stirring a hand. It hardly interests him. What interests him is that one thing which he cannot determine—the action of your free and conscious will—Gilbert Murray. Kings and Shaving The classic case of a king who knew better than to let anybody else shave him is that of Dionysius the elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who appears to have been unable to shave himself, for he is said to have resorted to the uncomfortable device of singing off his beard with hot walnut shells, says the London Chronicle. We may suspect that Napoleon's was another case of the kind. Rogers asked Talleyrand whether Napoleon shaved himself. "Yes," replied Talleyrand; "one born to be a king has some one to shave him, but they who acquire kingdoms shave themselves." That way of putting it pleasantly emphasizes the practical superiority of the parvenu to the helpless, spolled child of heredity, but prudence probably entered into the matter also, if Talleyrand's statement was correct. A Queer Fish. A male fish which hatches the young of its mate is the Chromis paterfamilias. It is found in the lake of Tiberias, Palestine. Strange to say, this industrious fish hatches its young in its mouth. When the female has spawned in the sand the male approaches and draws the eggs into his gills, where they remain until hatched, when they struggle out of their confinement into the parent's mouth. As many as 200 perfect young are sometimes found in the mouth of an adult male. How the fish manages to feed itself without swallowing its young is a mystery. The grown fish is about seven inches long and one and three-quarters wide. Its back is olive green, shot with blue, and the belly is silver white, marked with green and blue. Reason For Complaint "I keep the best bread," said a certain baker the other day to a poor fellow who complained of the inferior quality of the article he had purchased of him the day before. "I do not doubt it," replied the customer. "Then why do you complain?" asked the baker. "Because I would suggest that you sell the best bread and keep the bad." was the reply--Pittsburgh Telegraph. Some Evidence. "You say that preparation will make the hair grow?" asked the thin haired man of the druggist. "Why, say," came from the drug man, "I know a customer who took the cork out of a bottle of that stuff with his teeth, and now he's got a hairlip." -Yonkers Statesman. Part Often Overlooked "It is all right to pat yourself on the back occasionally," said the dispenser of sage advice. "Yes?" said the player up. "But don't forget to call yourself down when you need it, my boy."—Pittsburgh Post Treat For the Boarders. "Give them to me and I will stir them into the frosting for the coconut cake," said her mother.-Youth's Companion. Lively Cheese. John—I'll bring you a fork, sir. The Customer—What for? John—The camembert, sir. The Customer—A fork's no good. Bring a revolver.—Exchange. Sincerity's own realm is one's secret chamber; strong here, a man is strong everywhere.—Salgo. Chicory, so extensively raised in France, is harvested either by hand or by plowing. As fast as the plants in one line are pulled the roots are gathered in heaps after the removal of the leaves and are roughly cleaned. They are then transported to the factories, where they are mechanically washed in flowing water and dumped on a perforated conveyer that permits them to drain while traveling toward the root cutters. The roots, when cut in small pieces, are conveyed to the malt kilos or special driers, where they remain thirty-six hours or more, and after cooling they are bagged. The chicory, having now become friable, passes into a series of crushers. After each crushing the broken material is passed through sifters that divide it into four grades. From the crushers the chicory goes to the roasting retorts and then receives a final manipulation, that of tinting, which consists in giving the grains a coating of impalpable chicory dust. The last operation is that of packing the chicory, either by hand or by machinery.—Argonaut. Double Action Waterfall. There are a good many salt water cataracts in existence. They may be found in Norway, southern Chile and British Columbia, where narrow flords, or arms of the sea, are obstructed by barriers of rock. The rising tide flows over the filters through such reefs into the great natural reservoirs beyond, but the water is held back at the ebb until it breaks over the obstruction in an irresistible torrent. Most curious of all is the waterfall at Canoe passage, where the island of Vancouver approaches the British Columbia mainland. Here the floodtide from the gulf of Georgia to the southward is held back at a narrow cleft between two islands until it pours over in a boiling cascade eighteen feet high with perhaps double the volume of the Rhine. At the turn of the tide, however, the waters from the north rush back into the gulf, producing a cascade of equal height and volume. The waterfall actually flows both ways.-Baltimore Sun. Wet Weather and Camels. Camels are very sensitive to moisture. In the region of tropical rains they are usually absent, and if they come into such with caravans the results of the rainy season are greatly feared. The great humidity of the air explains the absence of the camel from the northern slopes of the Atlas and from well wooded Abyssinia. This sensitiveness expresses itself in the character of different races. The finest, most noble looking camels, with short silklike hair, are found in the interior of deserts, as in the Tuareg region in north Africa, and they cannot be used for journeys to moist regions. Even in Fezzan, south of Tripoli, the animals are shorter and fatter, with long coarse hair, and in Nile lands and on coasts it is the same. These animals, too, are less serviceable as regards speed and endurance. British Red Tape An English officer who had been, through mistake, reported "killed in action," on his return from the front went to his bank to cash one of his checks. The clerk at the counter, instead of asking the welcome question, "How will you take it?" looked doubtful and puzzled, stared at the soldier and finally hurried away to seek advice elsewhere. He presently returned with the news that the check could not be cashed. "But you know me, and that is my signature!" exclaimed the astonished officer. "M—yes," said the clerk hesitatingly, "but the fact is, sir, that you're—you're dead, you see, and I'm told we shall require you to give proof to the contrary before we can pay the money." The Eyes of the Musk Ox The skull of the bull musk ox is remarkable for the development of the eye orbits, which project sufficiently beyond the plane of the frontal bones to compensate for the interruption the horns would otherwise make in the range of vision. The musk ox, however, does not seem to rely greatly on keenness of sight, far less on acuteness of hearing, for the ears are of small dimensions and are completely covered by the heavy growth of fur about them. The organs of scent are evidently more highly developed, and they exact of the hunter his greatest cunning. Mind Reading. "Do you think there is any such thing as mind reading?" asked the eminent diplomat. "Oh, yes!" replied Miss Cayenne. "If I pay very close attention to what you say and analyze it carefully I often fancy I get a glimmer of what you are thinking about."—Washington Star. Growing Up. Percy Poodles — Congratulate me. I'm engaged to Molly Multirox. Ain't I the lucky dog? Polly Plekles—You certainly must be. But how time does fly! It seems but yesterday I heard her father speak of you as a puppy.—New York Globe. So He Does. "Pa, what is a detective?" "A detective, my son, is a man who pokes his nose into other people's affairs while minding his own business." Modern Affliction "Doctor, what shall I do to stop this constant ringing in my ears?" "Better have your telephone taken out."-Baltimore American. Further Information Wanted. Tramp — Kind slr, will you please help me in my extremity? Gentleman —What's your trouble, baldness or corns?—Boston Transcript. A Hungarian Barbizon. All that is most vital and interesting in present day Hungarian art is directly or indirectly traceable to the activities set in motion at Nagybanya, a beautifully situated little town in eastern Hungary. Here, under the inspiring leadership of Simon Hollosy, a group of the most progressive artists were united by kindred aims. They reaffirmed the gospel of light and air triumphantly enunciated by Monet and Manet; they introduced into Hungarian art a fresh and vigorous note of realism that liberated personal and racial traits of character. "Nagybanya became the Hungarian Barbizon in the sense that here art returned to nature and was purified." With this return to nature came a revival of interest in their long neglected peasant art, and thenceforth naturalism developed hand in hand with a marked tendency toward decoration that found its inspiration in the oldest traditions of the race. After many and diverse wanderings Hungarian art came back to its own and was rejuvenated.-J. Nilson Laurvik in Century. Her Suggestion. In the American Magazine a woman tells of a suggestion she made as the result of a butcher's indifference. "I don't wish to complain about your service," she stated to the manager, "but I should like to tell you how to improve it—at least in my town." The manager smiled in a weared sort of way and resignedly asked, "Well?" "Tell your butcher at Blank to extend the same courtesies to a woman who makes a twenty cent purchase of pork chops that he does to one who buys a two dollar leg of lamb. Your man is a good butcher, but he is hurting trade by humiliating your poorer customers. His method of obtaining big sales will result in no sales." The manager, to her surprise, jumped up and grasped her by the hand. "Thank you," he said, "for the sanest criticism that has come to me for weeks." And he gave her a good job then and there. Birds as Oracles A most remarkable superstition of the Kenyahs of Borneo is the consultation of birds. If, for example, a Kenyah has to undertake a long journey he will not risk it without having first consulted the "flakki," a kind of hawk. If the hawk flies with its wings spread out to the right side it is a good sign, but if it goes to the left or flaps its wings then the journey is not begun in any circumstances. The next day the Kenyah tries once more until the hawk gives the sign which he wants. Thus the continuation of the journey depends on the flight of the birds. Some birds are of greater importance than others, and also to the singing of the bird attention is given. Other animals are also consulted, and the sea Dyaks all every animal a "bird" when they consult it. Phonograph Records Phonograph records are made by the cutting of lines in wax, from which a matrix is then formed for the manufacture of the records for use. Edison found that this matrix could be made by gold plating the wax impression and backing up the film of gold with copper. A special wax is used, made of stearin and paraffin, and when the record is originally made on the wax it is electrotyped with copper and nickel to give it a hard wearing surface. The actual records used on the phonographs are made from the matrix of shellac, wood charcoal, barium sulphate and earth coloring matters; the matrix is heated and placed in the warm plastic material, where it is pressed and cooled. Records are made by the various phonograph manufacturers. One of Garrick's Reforms. It was Garrick who first struck a blow at the custom of allowing members of the audience upon the stage, a practice which at Lincoln's Inn theater, in London, in 1721, led to a most dangerous disturbance, only quelled by calling out the military. In October, 1747, a Drury Lane playbill had the following appended notice: "As the admittance of persons behind the scenes has occasioned a general complaint, on account of the frequent interruption in the performance, it is hoped that gentlemen won't be offended that no money will be taken there for the future." Matrimonial Considerations. "Why do you object to my marrying your daughter?" "Because you can't support her in the style to which she has been accustomed all her life." "How do you know I can't? I can start her on bread and milk, same as you did."—Chicago News. Real Troubles. "Does it require great mental effort to be a photographer?" "Yes, indeed," replied Mr. Snappum. "You have to sit up nights learning funny stories to tell customers in order to make 'em smile and look natural."-Chicago News. Paradox Dad's Reason: "Your father refused his consent." "He did. Did he give any reason?" "Only that he insists on selecting his own son-in-law." —Detroit Free Press. He that lives for gold sees everything yellow.—Japanese Maxim. Mountain Trees Some interesting facts relating to mountain trees are given by EnoS A. Mills in his "Rocky Mountain Wonderland." He says: "A few timber line trees live a thousand years, but half this time is a ripe old age for most of the timber line veterans. The age of these trees cannot be judged by their size or by their general appearance. There may be centuries of difference in the ages of two arm in arm trees of similar size. I examined two trees that were growing within a few yards of each other in the shelter of a crag. One was fourteen feet high and sixteen inches in diameter and had 337 annual rings. The other was seven feet high and five inches in diameter and had lived 492 years. "One day by the sunny and sheltered side of a bowler I found a tiny seed bearer at an altitude of 11,800 feet. How splendidly unconscious it was of its size and its utterly wild surroundings! This brave pine bore a dainty cone, yet a drinking glass would have completely housed both the tree and its fruit." Origin of the Letter V. The letter V may be regarded as the mutilated remains of one of the symbols used by the ancient Egyptians in their hieroglyphics or picture writing. A common animal in their country was the two horned sandviper, a representation of which stood for V. The priests ultimately found that for the practical purposes of everyday life it was a waste of time to use elaborate hieroglyphics and invented a kind of shorthand to meet the occasion. In this the snake was reduced to a V with a dash (V-) to represent horns and body. The Phoenicians adopted this letter, and from them we get our V by loss of the dash, leaving only the two little horns of the original picture. This snake is still common in Egypt and is probably the one mentioned in Genesis xlix, 17. "Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." Travelers tell us that it is still addicted to this unpleasant habit. Music of the Church. Nothing is plainer than the seemingly hopeless decadence of the music of the church as compared with modern possibilities and realities of musical art today. It is now some 200 years since the spirit of music left the church—since the church could hold and spiritually feed a great composer as it had done in the preceding centuries. The spirit of music, enamciated from the materialistic and puritanical influences which overtook established religion, brought forth the great modern art of music, with Beethoven as its leader, says Musical America. What has happened to that art at the hands of composers less lofty and less spiritually minded than he the world knows only too well, especially of late. The divorce has become almost complete. Not only has music, in its greatest powers, forsaken the forms of the church; latterly it has departed from spiritual vision and aspiration within its own artistic province. Factors That Determine Salaries In the Woman's Home Companion a successful business man says that salaries are fixed by the amount and quality of work that a man can deliver. "Pull," in his opinion, is a negligible factor in the business world. "And that applies to the man who is getting $30,000 a year just as truly as it does to the man who is getting $30 a month. The only way that I can be paid more money than I am getting is by delivering more work to my company than I am now delivering or by showing my company how to save more money and so have a larger profit at the end of the year." Wax Matches. Wax matches, so called, are made by drawing strands of fine cotton thread, twenty or thirty at a time, through melted stearin with a small admixture of paraffin. The wax hardens quickly upon the threads, and the long tapers thus produced are smoothed and rounded by pulling them through iron plates perforated with holes of the desired size. Finally the tapers are cut into match lengths and dipped. Social Distinctions "What train do you take coming into town in the morning?" "I used to take the Pinochle express at 7:44, but since I became a member of the firm I've been travelling on the Bridge Whist limited, which leaves at 8:23."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sailing Orders "What's that sheet there?" asked the sick sailor. "That," explained the nurse, "is your chart." "So? Well, what's the next port I make after quinine? I don't like that stop."—Kansas City Journal. Madeira. Conchologists hold that the finding of certain land snails on the island of Madeira, known to exist or to have affinities in no other place in the world except Europe, is sufficient proof that Madeira was at one time connected with the mainland. Highly Recommended Replying to yours of the 10th inst. asking for information about one John Mullen, beg to state that I can say nothing to discredit of same, to his credit even less.—New York Post. Character is to wear forever. Who will wonder or grudge that it cannot be developed in a day?—Henry Drummond. Hearing but Not Listening. In the course of a visit to Nagpur, the capital of the central provinces, writes Mr. Stanley Coxon in his Indian reminiscences, I heard of an amusing ending to a civil case. It was an appeal case, and on one side was a Mr. Stanyon, an English barrister, and on the other a number of native pleaders. The arguments on both sides had been heard, and the case closed for judgment. Suddenly one of the native pleaders got up and addressed the court once more Mr. Stanyon suffered it for some time; but, losing patience, he also stood up and, addressing the court, said, "Your honor, I would beg with all respect to point out to the court that my learned friend opposite is entirely out of order in addressing the court, and if I may be permitted to say so the court has no right to be listening to him." The court, who at that time was writing, put his head over the desk and said, "Mr. Stanyon, it's a great piece of impertinence on your part to assume that the court is listening to him." Moving Picture Shows. An observer says the reason that all classes like motion picture plays is that each person puts into the mouths of the silent actors the exclamations, words and lines that he himself would use under like circumstances. Incidents and situations are flashed on the screen, but the spectator tells the unspoken story to himself, and there is no possibility of artificial strained or incomprehensible dialogue. What the spectator imagines is the thing that is natural to him. To one who watches Hamlet with Yorick's skull the words of the play may come. "Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, might stop a hole to keep the wind away." To another's imagination Hamlet says, "Well, we all gotta come to it." Could explanation be simpler, yet more profoundly true? — Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Early Circus. Leaving out of count the great circuses of Rome and Antioch and coming down to something of modern times, the first circus in England was on a footpath known as Halfpenny Hatch, in the Waterloo road, London There, in 1770, Astley's first performance was given, with the aid of a drum, two fives and one clown. A charge of sixpence was made for the front standing places. There was no building and not even a tent, but merely a ring of ropes and stakes. Primitive as were the arrangements, Astley soon attracted good audiences and was able to add to his program conjuring, transparencies, vaulting and tumbling, with displays of fireworks. In course of time he was able to hire an enclosed ground and erected seats under a substantial roof. He called the place Astley's amphitheater riding house. Women and Golf In Olden Days Clark, in his "Golf, a Royal and Ancient Game," printed, a few decades ago, recounts how strangers at the old St. Andrews course abroad were given a trial on the famous holes, and if they proved to be of the tribe of turf diggers and sand lifters they were ignominiously thrust into the outer darkness of the "women's green." The accommodations accorded to women in the old days were in the nature of a sop to Cerebus, merely to keep them quiet and satisfied while the men in dugged in the more serious pursuit of a serious business with a better equipment on a finer course. In the annals of one old golf club it is recorded that since a certain green was habitually flooded and generally useless it was recommended that a new hole be built in its place and the old green given over to the women. The Sleep of Seeds Oats, corn, fennel and some flower seeds were exposed during 118 days to a temperature of 40 degrees F. below zero. Afterward, when placed in suitable surroundings, nearly all of the fennel, oat and corn seeds and many of the others germinated. It is concluded that the protoplasm, or the principle of life, in a resting seed is in a state of inaction not comparable to that of a smoldering fire, but rather like that of a chemical mixture which is capable of forming a combination whenever the required conditions of temperature and illumination are present. How She Was Named A little colored girl, a newcomer in Sunday school, gave her name to the teacher as "Fertilizer Johnson." Later the teacher asked the child's mother if that was right. "Yes, ma'am, dat's her name," said the fond parent. "You see, she was named for me and her father. Her father's name am Ferdinand, and my name is Liza. So we named her Fertilizer."—Boston Transcript. Copper Came From Cyprus The word copper is generally admitted to be derived from Cyprus, as it was from that island that the ancient Romans first procured their supplies. In those remote days Cyprus and Rhodes were the great copper producing districts. Two Tests. The test of a lover is not how many he has loved, but how well; the test of a philanthropist is not how well he has loved, but how many.—Alice Wellington Rollins. No Breach of Confidence. "Say, what do you mean by telling Jones that I was a blockhead?" "Why, it isn't a secret, is it?"—Boston Transcript. A Curious Ball Game Theodore Roosevelt, writing in Scribner's of his Brazilian journeys, describes a curious game of ball played by the Parecis Indians, in which the head alone is used. "There are, of course," he writes, "no such rules as in a game among civilized men, and I saw no disputes. There may be eight or ten or many more players on each side. The ball is never touched with hands or feet or with anything except the top of the head. It is hard to decide whether to wonder most at the strength and dexterity with which it is hit or butted with the head as it comes down through the air or at the reckless speed and skill with which the players throw themselves headlong on the ground to return the ball if it comes low down. "Why do they not grind off their noses I cannot imagine. Some of the players scarcely ever failed to catch and return the ball if it came in their neighborhood and with such a vigorous toss of the head that it often flew in a great curve for a really astonishing distance." Clever Reasoning Rather an original lesson in political economy was that once taught by the Japanese nobleman Awoto and thus translated by Sir Edwin Arnold in "Seas and Lands." One evening as he was going to the palace to take his turn in keeping the night watch he let 10 cash drop out of his tinder case into the stream and then bought 50 cash worth of torches to search for the lost coin. His friends laughed at him for spending so much in order to recover so little, and he replied, with a frown: "Sirs, you are foolish and ignorant of economics. Had I not sought for these 10 cash they would have been lost forever—sunk in the bottom of the Namerigawa. The 50 cash which I have expended on torches will remain in the hands of the tradesman. Whether he has them or I is no matter, but not a single one of the sixty has been lost, and that is a clear gain to the country." Watch Your Shoulders When standing before a looking glass notice if your shoulders are the same height. Generally the right is higher than the left. The reason for this unevenness lies in the way one sits. You get into a comfortable chair at your desk, and at once you rest your right elbow on the arm of your chair or your desk, thus throwing one shoulder higher than the other. This is especially the case where one writes a great deal. When you notice that one shoulder is higher than the other the thing to do is to change your way of sitting at your desk. Two simple exercises will be beneficial. The arm of the lower shoulder should be extended upward, the hand grasping a dumbbell. That of the higher shoulder should be lowered and made to support a heavy weight. Madagascar. The great island of Madagascar, in the Indian ocean, lying off the east coast of Africa, was officially recognized as a French colony in 1896 after a war of occupation. The majority of the natives are not Africans, the Malayan element predominating in their greatly mixed blood. Of the total population of more than 2,500,000 by the last census, the Hovas, the dominant race, numbered about $50,000, and they are regarded as belonging to the Malayan stock. The Sakalavas, whose negro affinities are strongly pronounced, rank next in numbers, and besides other indigenous races there are many persons of Arab and Indian descent. The seat of the government is at Tananarivo, which has a population of about 60,000. Nature the Healer. The influence of the forms and actions in nature is so needful to man that in its lowest functions it seems to lie on the confines of commodity and beauty. To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street and sees the sky and the woods and is a man again. In their eternal calm he finds himself. The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired so long as we can see far enough -Emerson. Explained. "Our air mattresses." said the dealer, "are filled in the months of April and May. That accounts for their remarkable resilient qualities." "Is the air of those months better than others?" "They are the spring months, you know."—Exchange. Remembered Him Uncle George — Come here. Willie. Don't you know who I am? Willie— You bet I do! You are ma's brother, who stayed here two months one time and never offered to pay a cent for board. Oh. yes! I've heard pa speak of you often — Indianapolis News. Argument Spoiled She—Too many men expect their wives to run their homes on practically nothing. They forget that no one can make bricks without straw. He—My wife does—out of four. Stray Stories. Consoling Her Bess—I sometimes wish I might see myself as others see me. Nell—Oha you poor dear! Why, you just couldn't believe your eyes!—Browning's Magazine. No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.—Cicero A CABINET LADY. Wife of New Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker. BOUND FOR WASHINGTON. The Newest Member of the President's Cabinet Brings a Wife and Three Charming Children to Grace Social Circles at Our Capital. Once the wife of the mayor of Cleveland, Mrs. Baker is now presented to the cabinet ladies at Washington. Born Miss Elizabeth Wells Leopold, daughter of Howard Leopold, a retired merchant of Pottstown, Pa., Mrs. Baker was for several years an instructor in music at Wilson college. © 1910 MRS. NEWTON D. BAKER. Chambersburg, Pa., of which she is a graduate. She married Mr. Baker July 3, 1902. As well as being a talented soprano singer and pianist, Mrs. Baker is also the mother of three interesting children—Betty, the oldest; Newton D. Baker 3d, alias "Junior," and Peggy, the baby. Politically, then, intellectually and artistically, Mrs. Baker is well fitted to assume the responsibilities of her position in the social life to which our new secretary of war brings her. VARIOUS INITIALS. Hints About Marking Child's Garments So They Won't Mix. One can buy in the various stores initials by the yard, worked in red or blue outline stitch on narrow strips of linen tape, three-eighths or a half inch wide. These letters are used for marking plain underclothing, etc. They are of great use to the mother with a large family, who has neither money nor time to spare on embroidery and who finds it necessary to have some distinguishing mark on the clothing, especially when there are two children the same size. The letters are cut off from the strip when needed and overcast on the inside of the garment, any place where it will be invisible when worn. When this system is used even stockings are easily paired. Sew each child's initial at the top of the stocking on the inside; then put a cross stitch in red under the letter on each stocking of the first pair. Use a blue cross stitch on the second, yellow on the third, etc. It is an easy matter to sort even a large pile of stockings, two M's with red crosses being a pair of Mary's stockings, two M's with green crosses another pair, while two J's with blue crosses are a pair of stockings belonging to Jack. If two children have the same initial use the blue letters for one and red for the other. Street and Motor Coats The ripple coat for spring is made in both cloth and silk. Belts are placed at the normal waist line, at slightly higher than normal or a few inches below the point. Some are short waisted in the front and long waisted in the back. Both styles are liked. Many coats have high collars and button up to the throat. They are made so that they can be worn open or closed. Oblong sailor collars, draped collars, ruche effect collars, cape collars and simple notched collars are approved. The cape collar is made detachable, being fastened with clasps or with buttons. Sleeves are dressy, both in cut and by means of fancy cuffs. Motor coats are in plain colors, stripes, checks, plaids and mixtures. Your New Veil. If you would preserve that new novelty veil of yours and get from it the greatest possible wear do not fold it when putting it away. Instead take a piece of cardboard, around which you may roll it without creases, cover it with tissue paper and keep it in the box with your hat, and it will always be in the best condition and ready for wear. Child's Cereal Set Nowadays there are many American wares of rather coarse clay finished in beautiful colors and made in pretty shapes. A child's set, consisting of a plate, bowl and milk jug—a cereal set—is yellow, and around the top of the jug and bowl and around the edge of the plate is a decoration of white ducklings. FOR SPRING WEDDINGS One Attractive Way to Give the Bride a Shower. With spring already upon us, the thought of spring weddings is now in the air. This is the ripe season for linen showers and other showers of household necessaries given to the bride by all her friends. The girl who is to be married in April will be the rectcipient of many an entertainment before she is safely wedded, but she will enjoy nothing more than a shower if her friends have any novel ideas on the subject. The chief point in a shower must always be its surprise; otherwise it would not be a shower. If you are thinking of giving such an affair for some friend who is soon to be married be sure that every detail is kept a secret from her. That is half the fun. A novel idea for a linen shower can be executed in the following way: Invite the bride to be to spend an evening at your home with a few old friends. See that she arrives the first and is comfortably seated and chatting when the other guests begin to arrive. Of course the latter are in the secret or else there would be no shower. Each guest must come in carrying an umbrella. The bride may not notice the first one, but she will certainly remark before long that every one who enters carries an umbrella. She will probably ask before the last one arrives if it is raining, in which case the guest questioned should answer, "No, but it looks like a shower." When all the guests have arrived each one must gain possession of her own umbrella in case it has been laid aside on her entrance. At a given signal, which should be some such remark from the hostess as "Did you say it looked like a shower?" the guests should all open their umbrellas with the answer, "It certainly does." From the steel ribs of each umbrella should be suspended by a string the parcel holding the piece of linen which the guest intends to give the bride. Any big bundles, like a tablecloth, will make the umbrella a bit bulky when closed, but in such case the guest will have to smuggle her umbrella in noticed. But most linen pieces can be done up in such small parcels that they can easily be concealed in a closed umbrella. At the signal to open the parcels will all hang down by their strings. The guests must then hold their umbrellas over the bride-to-be's head. The hostess provides her with scissors to cut down her various bundles, and the point of the shower is made apparent. AN UNUSUAL MODEL A Black Satin Hat to Go With Your Spring Suit. This smart hat with a close fitting brim has a flat crown topped with a 1920 A LA MODE blackbird. The lines are good, and the tim effect is becoming to many types of women. The vell is a hexagonal mesh with a floral scroll pattern. A Hygiene Note. When a child begins with a cold isolate it from the other children in the house and do not let it attend school until it is better. Not only is a cold contagious in itself, but in children a cold is often the beginning of a contagious disease, and it is not fair to other children to let them come in contact with a cold until it is proved to be nothing serious. There is no better gargle or nose douche for a beginning inflammation than salt and water. Of course the solution must be weaker for the nose. Nose douches should be taken only on a doctor's advice, as the membrane of the nose is very delicate and the treatment must necessarily vary with the child. Never let the child go out of doors after spraying nose and throat. Roxbury Cakes One-fourth cupful of butter, one-half cupful sour milk, one teaspoonful cinnamon, two eggs, one-half cupful of raisins, one-half cupful brown sugar, one-half cupful corn sirup, one and one-half cupful flour, one teaspoonful of soda, one-half cupful English walnuts. Cream butter, add sugar and beaten egg yolks. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture alternately with the corn sirup and the sour milk. Add egg whites beaten dry, chopped raisins and nuts. Bake in small pans. This will make eighteen to twenty little cakes. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 25, 1916. FOR THE CHILDREN Some Interesting Information For Boys and Girls. BIRDS AND THE WEATHER. Our Little Feathered Friends Not So Wise as We Give Them Credit For Being—Making the Most of Opportunity—Portrait of a Little Girl. That birds are not such good weather prophets as they are generally believed to be is one of the assertions of Frank M. Chapman, the well known ornithologist, in an article on "Birds as Travelers" in St. Nicholas. Birds make as serious miscalculations as the rest of us, according to Mr. Chapman. "Sometimes," he says, "encouraged by an unusually mild period, birds come so far ahead of their usual time that they are trapped by the sudden return of cold weather. Then if they do not retreat they may suffer for lack of food. I have seen geese on the coast of Texas migrating northward in large numbers, urged onward by a warm wave. The next day, to my surprise, they all came flying back. But the day following that a severe 'norther' suddenly arrived. The geese had evidently encountered this storm and were driven back by it." Make the Most of Opportunity. Don't wait for your opportunity—make it, as Lincoln made his in the log cabin in the wilderness. Make it, as Henry Wilson made his during his evenings on a farm, when he read a thousand volumes while other boys of the neighborhood wasted their evenings. Make it, as the shepherd boy Ferguson made his when he calculated the distance of the stars with a handful of beads on a string. Make it, as George Stephenson made his when he mastered the rules of mathematics with a bit of chalk on the sides of the coal wagons in the mines. Make it, as Douglass made his when he learned to read from scraps of paper and posters. Make it, as Napoleon made his in a hundred important situations. Make it, as the deaf and blind Helen Keller has made hers. Make it, as every man must who would accomplish anything worth the effort. Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, and the greatest advantage will make you ridiculous if you are not prepared for it.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Stars In the Sky. Man may never know how many stars there are. The best we can do is to figure on the number that can be seen with the largest telescopes that have been invented, for you know there must be many millions of them which to us are invisible. We have counted the stars so far as we can see them, or, rather, so far as we can photograph them. Astronomers have found that a photographic plate exposed to the stars will show more of them than can be seen with the naked eye. By this method, the "Book of Wonders" tells us, man has been able in a way to count the stars he can see. It adds up to more than a hundred million of them. Astronomers found this out by taking photographs of the heavens at night, devoting one picture to each section until the entire heavens had been covered and then counting all the stars shown in the pictures. A Care Free Little Girl. Quite undisturbed by the great events of the day is Miss Betty Gerard, whose portrait was snapped by a photographer at Palm Beach, Fla. Little Miss Betty has almost nothing to do but en- A Photo by American Press Association. MISS BETTY GERARD. joy herself, and, judging from her happy expression, she finds that an easy and pleasant occupation. Betty was caught among the palms, where she and a number of her little friends were at play. She is a member of a prominent New York family, and this is her first winter at the famous winter resort. THE DRESSY FROCK. How Fusiness May Be Subdued to Good Silhouette After All. Fashioned of white net ruffles and a scant piece of figured crepe de chine, cornflower blue and white, this pretty 1 PICTURESQE MODEL spring gown may be easily copied. The seven ruffles are edged with narrow lace, and the peplum of the waist folds into an elongated drape forming a front panel. A bertha collar finishes the surplice, which takes a crushed girdle of cornflower blue taffeta. TABLE LINEN. Hints About the Keeping of Your Favorite Fad. "Table linen must be properly handled in the laundry if you would have it retain its freshness," says Marle. Strong bleaches must never be used on fine table linens. Of course the linen is often badly spotted and needs to be cleaned in some way, but boiling water removes coffee spots, cold water removes cocoa stains and sunshine removes many more spots. When stronger agents must be used they should be applied and removed by intelligent hands. They should be allowed to remain on the spots just long enough to eradicate them and then rinsed thoroughly out with clear water, for if they remain on too long they remove not only spots, but pieces of the linen. For fruit stains pour boiling water through them while the stains are damp, if possible. If they dry on rub them with lard and put through the usual washing process. Some old fashioned housewives have their table linen dipped in buttermilk to whiten it. The linen is allowed to remain in the buttermilk for a day or two, if necessary, and is then thoroughly rinsed in cool, clear water and later in warm water. Always dry linen out of doors in the sunshine. If possible have a little bleaching green of grass. Table linen must be quite damp when it is ironed, and it must be ironed until it is perfectly dry. Napkins should be ironed on both sides and a tablecloth, too, to give it the best appearance. Physical Fitness Woman's Big Asset. No woman nowadays can afford not to be well. Ill health—even mere "delicacy," with no positive manifestation of disease—costs too much. There is the obvious, direct expense of doctors' bills and medicines. But indirectly you pay a much higher price for not being well. If you are a wage earner your lost time and energy, due to a lack of physical strength, must also be computed in lost dollars. Poor health will interfere constantly with your social good times. It will mar whatever beauty you may possess sooner than any other cause. If you are a wife and mother illness and weakness will interfere with your duties and the comfort of those dear to you. Whatever your station in life you will find that the role of invalid and weakling is no longer fashionable or popular. For awhile you will have the sympathy of your friends, but the best of them will be bored with you sooner or later. They can't help it. A worship of physical fitness is in the air, and instead of whining and pitying yourself you must bend all your energies to the task of becoming well. Cinnamon Rolls. When it is desired to mold bread for baking take one leaf on a molding board. roll out to nearly a quarter of an inch thick, spread quickly with butter, brown sugar, white sugar and cinnamon. Roll up and cut off one and a half inch pieces. Have considerable melted fat in a dripping pan and dip the top of each piece into the fat. Allow them to rise until after the rest of the bread is baked, so that the rolls may be very light. They should be baked from twenty minutes to half an hour. ABOUT GARNISHING Some of the Sprigs That Make Food Attractive. THEY APPEAL TO THE EYE. There Are Two Sorts of Trimming, One For Flavor and One For Decoration—Garnishing Often Turns a Despised Dish Into a Favorite. With spring spleenness upon us, it is well for housewives to bait appetites. Very often a dish may be delicious to taste, but unattractive to the eye, and the eye judges it before the palate does. So make it attractive to the eye if you would have it a successful dish. There are two sorts of garnishes—those that add flavor as well as decoration and those that are only decorative and do not add flavor. Mushrooms, for instance, served with a ragout of meat, add to both appearance and taste. A bright green leaf under half a musk melon adds only to appearance. This second class of garnishes need not be served when they are used on the serving dish. Parsley is perhaps the most useful garnish. In sprigs with cold meat, minced with soup and vegetables and salads, it is always fresh in color and tempting in taste. Mushrooms are useful because, canned, they always can be kept on hand. And so can peas. A mound of canned peas served in the middle of an Irish stew makes it far daintier than a mound of plain boiled potatoes. Potatoes, however, can be used for garnishing. Scoop raw potatoes with a round scoop and boil them. Serve them with melted butter and parsley for a garnish, or force soft, mashed potatoes through a stiff paper cone and brown in the oven, or fry brown small rounds of potatoes, or use French fried potatoes, and potato garnish is suitable with cold meat. Green and red peppers, too, can be used to garnish vegetables, meats and salads. An egg salad is much improved if it is dotted with bits of red pepper. Minced green pepper or shredded green pepper adds both taste and looks to potato and cabbage salad. Beets and carrots can be cut in rings or stars, cooked tender very carefully and then used to garnish substantial meat dishes. Barberries are one of the purely ornamental garnishes. Holly, too, can be used in season, and bits of evergreen can often be called on to help make a simple dish attractive. Remember that the garnishing of a dish will often change it from something not liked to a favorite with the family. BEDROOM SLIPPERS. Various Nether Comforts That May Also Be Good Looking. It is possible to have attractive bedroom slippers which match your negligee, or at least are in accord with it. There are endless varieties of "mules" in gay colored silk or satin, edged with silk cord and decorated with tiny rosebuds. This is the kind of work that the expert needlewoman enjoys, but besides such dainty trifles more sensible everyday ones can be bought which do not clash with one's beauty loving ideas. Kid slippers, with low, comfortable heels, may be bought in pinks, blues and browns. Very similar to them are the felt styles, whose instep is decorated with a cut out design of the felt over a contrasting color. White kid well covered with a Japanese embossed design are shown. Most luxurious are the slippers of bright quilted satin, whose ribbon rosettes hold a tiny rhinestone. Made with only a toe covering, but minus the heels attached to "mules," are other models, some covered with white fannel, decorated with a satin bow; others, to be used en route to the bath, are made of checked towelling, the edges bound with corduroy and the sole being very woolly. NEW SILVERWARE. Two Pieces Any Housewife Will Welcome In Her Dining Room. This cake basket, which is sterling, has a new feature in its graceful handle. The pattern is one easily kept TWO OF A KIND. bright and clean, matching the casserele, which is of pretty blue ware. For her who enjoys serving meats in the dishes they are cooked in this casserele will make an attractive wedding gift. Matting. Rub every two or three months with salt water, lukewarm, and dry quickly with a clean cloth. PAGE THREE THE SLIP-ON. A Quaint Gown For Her Who Does, Her Own Housework. This simple frock is made of buff gingham striped with blue. One piece frocks for housework have long been 1 VARIATION OF THE ONE PIECE popular. This is cut loose, belted, short sleeved, while shapely in lines. A bit of embroidery finishes the buttoned front, the collar edge and the cuffs. For Spring Brides A dainty and acceptable gift to tuck into the bride's traveling bag as a little surprise to her when her destination is reached is a boudor set of cap and ribbon slippers. The whole output may be folded very small in its tissue paper wrapping and will take up scarcely any room at all in the bag—not as much as the handful of rice which is sometimes slipped in by a mischievous bridesmaid. The cap is an ordinary boudor cap of white point d'esprit, filled with fine white lace and trimmed with the best quality satin ribbon in pale blue or pink shade. A bow of the ribbon is caught against the cap with a fty rhinestone buckle. The slippers have very flexible soles, cut from pale blue or pink goldenrod satin; two layers of satin for each sole, and a thin layer of cotton batting may be slipped between if one fancies a little thicker sole. Two inch blue or pink satin ribbon is sewed around the edge of the sole and fastened together at the back. About two inches of the ribbon are gathered along the upper edge over cord elastic to hold the slipper on the heel. Ragged Sailors. Materials.-Two cupfuls flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-half cupful sugar, an egg, one-half teaspoonful salt, three tablespoonfuls butter, one-half cupful chopped nuts, two-thirds cupful milk. Directions.-Sift the flour, salt and baking powder, rub the butter in; then add sugar and nuts. Mix to a soft dough with the egg and milk, roll out thin and sprinkle with sugar. Roll up with the sugar inside, cut in slices three-quarters of an inch thick, place on a greased baking tin, brush over with beaten egg and bake about fifteen minutes. Attractive Suits. Every woman who can possibly afford it will invest in one of the attractive suits of pongee, poplin or silk homespun. They are a delightful combination of style and utility and, though rather high priced, are well worth the cost. They are to be had in white, cream and oyster white, tan, brown and biscuit Dutch, navy and gray blue, besides different tones of green and gray. Now It's a Book Wagon. Now we have little wagons to use in the library. Their rubber tired wheels move noiselessly over even hardwood floors, and their top is edged by a framework high enough to hold books, while two lower shelves contain the two different sizes of the magazines of the moment. These book wagons do not take up much space in the library. Satin For Blouses. A new blouse of white satin shows a delightful touch of color in the lining of primrose yellow taffetta that appears in turnover points of the high collar and the jabot-like frill on the front and in the lower side of the frills that finish the long sleeves. PAGE FOUR SPECIAL NOTICE PHONE CHANGED THE EMANUEL JACKSON UNDERTAKING COMPANY, 2959-2961 State St, begs to inform its patrons and friends, that our "Tele- phone" has been changed to "CAL- UMET 6164." Automatic remains same—71-629. Prompt service day or night. DAN M. JACKSON, Pres. GEORGE T. KERSEY, See. FEDERAL CONTROL UGED FOR TUBERCULQIS. National Body Proposes Division of Tuberculosis in United States Public Health Service. Participation of the Federal Government through the United States Public Health Service in the study and control of tuberculosis is urged by a resolution adopted by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis made public today. The National Association proposes that by act of Congress a special division of tuberculosis be established in the United States Public Health Service with an adequate appropriation. This division should be manned by experts and should study the tuberculosis problem from every point of view and should, so far as possible, set up standards for the treatment and prevention of the disease throughout the country. One of the problems which it is proposed to study first would be that of the indigent migratory consumptive, particularly in the health resorts of various parts of the United States, such as California, New Mexico, Colorado and Texas. Another problem which it is proposed should be studied is that relating to the causes of tuberculosis. A bill introduced by Congressman Kent of California in the House and by Senator Norris of Nebraska in the Senate provides for some of the things which the National Association asks for and also for a Federal subsidy to hospitals caring for non-resident consumptives. Commencing on the resolution, Dr Charles J. Hatfield, Executive Secretary of The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, says: "In spite of the fact that tuberculosis is costing the United States from $500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 every year in lives lost, the amount of money being spent annually by all private and public agencies is not much more than $20,000,000; and while a nation-wide crusade to stamp out tuberculosis has been organized, we are still ignorant of many of the factors that produce it. A few thousand dollars wisely spent in scientific research under Federal supervision will secure results of incalculable benefit to this country!" A SOUTHERNER'S ESTIMATE OF WASHINGTON. As I stood by Dr. Washington's grave, I asked myself the question which I had before asked of others: Can you name any man who during his life influenced for good so many human beings? Others, after thinking, said, No; and I, as I stood there near the new-made grave, said, No. I could not name another who, I thought had influenced for good so many human beings. Booker Washington was not only a great educator and a statesman; he was, as the basis of all his worth, a great man. There is no surer mark of real greatness than the quality which, for want of a better word, we may call simplicity. The world's best heroes and helpers have had this mark. In these greatest there is a sort of simplicity and directness that defies description. Booker Washington had this, whatever it is. When difficulties mounted highest he had an instinct for the right thing. It was this that let him win an audience that might have faced him at first with prejudice and even with hostility. He never failed to win an audience, and it was this mysterious quality which won. It won his foes and surprised his friends. It opened for him courthouse doors which had been closed before he came. The downright simplicity and directness of the man overleaped all obstacles. Instinctively, across the barriers of prejudice, people felt and acknowledged his greatness. At his death, all over the South conferences and conventions of Southern White people passed resolutions of admiration and regret. And it was all absolutely sincere. It was a tribute to a great man—one whom all regarded, not only as a great educator who saw clearly the present needs, and not only as a great statesman who dealt wisely with the present problems, but as a great man who served his day and proclaimed the gospel of good will. JAMES HARDY DILLARD in the Southern Workman. The Broad Ax feels very keenly the sudden death of the very dear wife of Mr. C. A. D. Ball of 452 E. 35th St. Mrs. Georgia Ball is one of the old settlers and has been an employee of the Post Office for 10 years. She is also a member of several societies and the Grand Army Circle. Abram Dale Gask President of the Illinois Highway Commission who was lately re-appointed to that honored position for six years more by Governor Edward F. Dunne. Col. Gash, is one of the most eminent lawyers in Chicago, a classical writer a silver and golden tongued orator combined and for twenty years he has been one of the warmest friends of the writer. [Picture of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. The regular Republican candidate for re-election to the city council from the second ward who has the united support and the solid backing of the great majority of the Republicans residing in that ward who feel more than confident that he will be re-elected to the city council with an increased majority. HEALTH NOTES. This big city is dotted with piles of stable refuse that will breed flies, unless they are promptly removed. Back yards are littered with the refuse of the home. Vacant lots are covered with tin cans and cast off material of every kind that have been tossed there by thoughtless citizens during the long winter months. In short, to be frank about it, unsightliness strikes the eye everywhere. Let us have a clean up from Evanston on the North to the Indiana line line on the south. Let us make Chicago clean and let us keep it clean. Let this coming summer be a flyless summer: let it be a summer during which babies will live and thrive rather than sicken and die. This will mean work for all of us; not the few, but the many. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the city. Eventually, why not now? All dieticians are agreed as to the THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 25, 1916. value of fruits tending to promote bodily health and vigor. Among the many delicious table fruits, there is none rank higher in dietetic value perhaps than the orange. At this season of the year too, oranges are plentiful in quantity, good in quality and reasonable in price. A great many caroids of these delicious fruits are brought into Chicago every day and consumed by Chicago people. There are, however, many who do not realize or understand the value of fruits, served either raw or cooked, at the family meals; especially are they valuable for the morning meal. The Department of Health wishes to recommend at this time that people be liberal in their use of fruits. They have a distinct health value and should form a place in every family's table bill of fare. Especially too are fruits good for children and they should be encouraged to partake of them liberally. A great [Image of a man in a tuxedo with a bow tie]. ALDERMAN HUGH NORRIS. Publican candidate for re-election to the c who has the united support and the solid the Republicans residing in that ward wh he will be re-elected to the city council many stomach disturbances and fits of indigestion are caused by excessive eating of meats and rich gravies, especially during the winter months. The liberal use of fruits tends to correct excesses of this kind and to restore digestive vigor and regularity. Do not foget then to have fruit on your tables. Encourage the children to eat oranges and apples. They form an essential part of a well balanced diet for either old or young. --- Noticed any spring flies yet? If so, swat 'em now and save a million swats later on. --- Houses in a clean, well kept community will sell for more money, will rent more readily and to a better class of tenants, than will the same kind of houses in a dirty, neglected neighborhood. It pays in dollars and cents to keep clean. HYDE PARK NEWS By L. W. Washington. The 8th I. N. G. has several members residing in Hyde Park and are elated over the splendid showing they have made during the Federal inspection. Not a man was tardy, or ill groomed. But felt when they answer the roll that "Duty" and "Obedience" were the first test of and efficient soldier. The Hyde Park A. M. E. Church is quite fortunate on being able to procure the splendid service of Prof. Bryant, as instructor of its choir, such a step means a musical progress in our churches out here. On last Friday, Mar 17, Mr. Marion Jones, a nephew of Mrs. Nettles of Kenwood Ave. was given a birthday party which was well attended by his young friends. A delightful time was spent. * * * The new Pastor of the St. Paul Baptist Church is the Rev. G. W. F. Oldham. Mr. Glover the District Supt. of the Allen Christian Endeavor installed the newly elected officers, the other evening. The feature of the occasion was the novel "Chop Suey" supper. Mr. Robert Breckenridge of 5426 Kenwood Ave. has changed his residence and has now become a guest of the Y. M. C. A., 38th and Wabash Ave. A Free Moving Picture Show was given at the St. Paul Baptist Church the other night, and the house was packed to the doors. It seems to me that a politician ought to blow either hot air, or cold. And not attempt to do both at the same time for this is attempting the impossible, and is simply fooling yourself, and to carry water on both shoulders, unless you are a very good jugler is vanity personified. You may not think so, but it is true never the less, and such political treachery confuses the voters, which in turn retards their patriotic order. Why not be a Republican, a Progressive, a Prohibition, or a Democrat? Don't try and make your fellows believe that your politics is his what ever it may be. You may be able "To fool some of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." In other words if Partisan politics has become a failure in our country, and has out lived its usefulness, then give us something better. But for God's sake men for the sake of our Country let us be sincere, let us be honest. Let the nation without prejudice be first in the hearts of our Countrymen. Give the citizen a chance to be a statesman, and hold him to a strict accountability for his conduct, make him know that the eyes of the nation are watching his deportment and woe be unto him if he destroys their confidence. The traitorous acts of a Benedict Arnold can not compare with the men who are trifling with our national affections. For when we see these things we are compelled to cry out, as did Jefferson when he said "I tremble for my country, when I think that God is just." ONCE MASTER AND SLAVE; NOW HAVE SAME "BOSS." Magnolia Springs, Fla.—Special.—Visitors to Magnolia Springs take great delight in meeting Alfred Thomas and "Aunt" Maggie Thomas. He is White and she is Black, and they were once master and slave. Both were born here on the Thomas farm, 66 years ago, "Aunt" Maggie being two weeks older than her former master. The fact that their names are the same is due to the custom of slaves taking the names of their owners. Thomes is the son of Daniel Thomas, of Bangor, Maine, who married a Florida woman in the forties, her dowry including 30 slaves. When the Civil War broke out the senior Thomes was preparing to send his children to school in Maine, but the rebellion prevented it. The Yankees came down to Magnolia Springs and took the slaves to Jacksonville. Young Thomes believed in the freedom of slaves and ran away from home and enlisted in the United States navy at Jacksonville, on May 3, 1864. He was then 14 years old and only 4 feet 4 inches high and was shipped on board the man-of-war Pawnee. He was mustered out on the New Hampshire in July, 1865. After the war the slaves returned to the Thomes farm. "Some of them stayed here until they died, while others married," said Mr. Thomes. "‘Aunt’ Maggie is the only one left." Alfred Thomes and Maggie are both employed by O. D. Sevey, proprietor of the Magnolia Springs Hotel. Thomes acts as guide for the sportsmen and is general caretaker of the property. He likes to hunt alligators, a sport he has followed with great success for the last half-century. Losing a Situation. In the American Magazine is an article on getting and holding a job by Hugh S. Fullerton, in which he says to men who have been discharged from their positions: "Don't try to tell me, 'Some one had it in for me,' or, 'The boss didn't like me,' or that So-and-so 'had a pull.' If you are an office man it cost the firm from $200 to $250 to find out you would not do, and if you are a shop worker it cost about $60. And it will cost the firm that much more to try out each person until it finds one that uts and can hold the job. No matter whether it likes you or not, no firm or corporation wants to throw away $60 or $250 in time and money. "The firm wanted to hire you and was disappointed because it could not. Every one was 'pulling' for you to make good' and was disappointed when you failed. The bosses hoped to find you fit for promotion and were a bit discouraged when they discovered they could not promote you." Leadership In a Democracy. There was a day when the absolute monarch seemed the ideal of human greatness. The names of such are scattered throughout time. But their age has vanished. The masses below have surged to the surface—they will not be denied. The age before us is the age of the free and aspiring many. In such an age the strong man is the leader of thought. He wins following by the constraint of a powerful mind and a virile character. He appeals to reason and to the higher emotions. He looks far into the future, and his constructive imagination is a lens through which the people may see clearly things as they are and as they are to be. His qualities must be higher than those of a despot. The freely followed leader of a free people is greater far than emperor or king.—Harry Pratt Judson, President of the University of Chicago. Insect Life. In a report to the Smithsonian institution James Buckland says few persons realize how enormous is the number of insect species or how amazing is their power of multiplication. The number of insect species is greater by far than that of the species of all other living creatures combined. Although 300,000 have been described, probably twice that number remain to be examined. Virtually all living animals, as well as most plants, supply food for these incomputable hordes. The fecundity of certain insect forms is astounding. Professor Riley once computed that the progeny of the hop aphis, which sees thirteen generations born to it in a single year, would, if unchecked to the end of the twelfth generation, multiply to the inconceivable number of ten sextillions of individuals. Subtle Advertising A successful hotel manager pointed to the advertisement of a hotel at a fashionable resort. This advertisement read: "Special rates to single men." "The proprietor of that hotel," said he, "deserves to succeed. He lays in his advertisement a subtle trap for mothers with marriageable daughters. They read the advertisement, and they conclude that, given lower rates at this hotel, single men will be plentiful. They therefore decide that there is the place undoubtedly to take their daughters." Then, laughing, he concluded: "These mothers quite correctly believe that as far as their daughters' chances of matrimony are concerned the more the marryer."—Exchange. Military Skaters In the Norwegian army there is a corps of infantry every man of which is an expert skater. On skates this corps can perform a day's march of eighty miles, which equals the performances of the best trained cavalry in Europe. The evolutions of the corps are confined to the great florids which indent the coast of Norway, these florids being frozen over during the long winter season. Whole Hog or None The old saying "Whole hog or none" refers to Mohammed allowing his followers to eat all except one portion of a pig, but failing to mention what the portion was, so that if a Mohammed did not leave pork strictly alone he might as well consume the whole hog as risk eating any part of it. Drives Him to Drink "I'm so sorry about it, but my husband actually hates music." "How strange!" "Can't it? His prejudice is so strong that he has to jump up and leave the theater whenever the orchestra is playing an act." -Cleveland Leader Rust Nothing can rust unless it has iron in it. Rust is made by iron touching moist air. The oxygen in the moist air acts on the iron and forms what we call "oxide of iron." or rust, which crumbles away and spoils the iron—Exchange. Chaperon. The word "chaperon" comes from the name of a mantle worn by Spanish duennaes, with which they are supposed to cover and shield the young girls under their care. In the Laboratory. "What are you making the most of? "That final analysis you've heard so much about," answered the chemist—Louisville Courler-Journal. Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far—Eurlipides. Talks on HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. Dr. W. A. DRIVER 3300 So. State Street Phode Douglas 3617 "As a man thinketh so is he." Those words are the product of the brain of the greatest devotee of wisdom according to popular opinion in the Jewish and Christian environments. As far as ocular evidence is concerned a person who presents a clean exterior is generally and popularly accepted as a clean individual physically and mentally in almost all but fortunately not in all environments. For the purpose of showing the inefficiency of mere outside cleanliness such as the eye beholds of the person, let us call your attention to the fact that the physical man has a "feeding tube" called by some the inner man but known to the scientific world and to the physician in particular as the GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT. It is not called GASTRO-INTESTINAL because gas often forms in the stomach or other parts of that tract. As a matter of fact gas does not form in the gastrointestinal tract of a wise person. Such a person keeps clean internally as well as externally. Such an individual is normal physically inside as well as outside; such an individual shows the priceless asset wisdom by eating the proper quantity as well as the proper quality of nourishment. Such an individual takes the proper amount day and NIGHT by way of the ELEVATED window of the greatest demonstrable the invisible factor—FRESH AIR. Such a person takes daily that other indispensable, comparatively free the visible chemical combination called WATER and let it be understood that the wise person takes a plenty of water internally and externally via daily bathing the entire body by immersion in a bath tub of ample proportions and via frequently drinking UNADULTERATED water several times daily. Let us pause here and now to ENJOY the greatest and freest gifts of all NATURE'S BENEFACTIONS—a drink of water and fresh air. Pause! "HERE'S LUCK!—Not even the cup that cheers can excel the two donations from PROVIDENT NATURE'S LABORATORY that like six feet of earth make us all of one size. We are taught that the sage Solomon also said: "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding. "Wise persons are not gluttons for many reasons. They realize that excess of food produces an un- 107 1917 MR. AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS Lawyer and Republican Candidate for Convention from the First C Lawyer and Republican Candidate for Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the First Congressional District of Illinois. CLEANLINESS Physical and Mental [Name] clean mind as well as an unclean gastrointestinal tract. And it does not require such wonderful psychology to understand that an unclean mind is an abnormal mind or in common language a diseased mind. Likewise an unclean gastrointestinal tract is an abnormal one, at the same time a diseased part of the body, capable of INFINITE HARM to every part of the body, producing disease and its end product dissolution—DEATH, just as the proverbial rotten apple will spoil a barrel. Gluttony also aids in producing wealth poverty as well as health (mental and physical) poverty. A bad breath is not a sign of wisdom. It is an evidence of the worst type of poverty—mental poverty, foolishness that leads to physical poverty and purse poverty. Note the paradox: An unclean mind will produce by gluttony an unclean gastrointestinal tract and an unclean gastrointestinal tract will produce by the body fluids an unclean mind. The vicious cycle being established mental and physical diseases functional as well as organic follow, in accord with THE HIGHEST LAW—the LAW OF NATURE. These diseases or rather this disease shows so many different symptoms that physicians are often baffled as to the real cause which is obviously necessary almost always to know in order to effect a cure. And can the patient who has been unconsciously producing the damage readily find the cause? It appears not, judging from the failures of HOME MEDIEMIES, PATENT MEDICINES, COUNTER PRESCRIBING DRUGGISTS, PRAYERS, INCANTATIONS and LAYING ON OF HANDS and OTHER NON-SENSE of the various CULTS. The MEDICAL PROFESSION has its HANDS FULL to take care of the diseases of the people in a sensible, scientific and rational manner and the medical profession devotes its life to the cause of HEALTH, mental and physical. Medical science recognizes now that cancer is very probably due to an abnormal MODE OF LIFE, or derangement of the vital forces. It knows that appendicitis, gastritis, pneumonia, ulcer of the stomach, diabetes, constipation and a host of other "DISEASES" have their fonset origin in the BRAIN and BELLY, as designated by the terms faulty metabolism, abnormal mode of life, derangement of the vital forces and the plain old common sense word GLUTTONY. THE NEW YORK TIMES for Delegate to the Republican National Congressional District of Illinois. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. MARCH 25. 1916 Charles E. Stump Attended the Founders' Day Celebration of the Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He Was Well Pleased with the Orations of Its President, J. S. Clark and T. H. Harris, Superintendent of Instruction of That State Baton Rouge, La.-Southern University celebrated Founders' Day, March 9th. The exercises marked the Second Anniversary of the institution upon its new site. President J. S. Clark in opening the exercises reviewed the history of the reorganization of the institution. He called attention to the dilapidated condition of things that existed two years ago. The opening of the institution suggested to him the history of the early settlers a great deal more than the history of an institution. "Two years ago," he said, "when we settled upon this spot, there was one temporary building 20x40 which served at that time as the main building of the university." "We started out with 63 pupils, 18 of the number were boarders; the faculty consisted of 8 instructors." "This faculty lived about in the cabins on the plantation and on a porch and often under trees and worked hard at whatever they were called upon to do, having no water, we were obliged to drink poor water out of an impure cistern or drink water from the river. "But, in the midst of all these hardships, I managed to keep my teachers and students in good cheer." "Many of the teachers had left their families behind, but they worked cheerfully and appeared to be happy. Our tract of land consisting of 540 acres was in a pretty poor condition, no ditches, practically no fences, but we went to work." Our class rooms and our shops were temporary structures, but increased as the first year went on." "We have now, three excellent brick buildings, well equipped with modern furniture, and an excellent power plant which furnishes light, heat and hot water to all of the buildings." "There are several temporary buildings on the campus that serve an excellent purpose. Southern University has a student body now of 447 persons, coming from all parts of the State, a faculty of 32 teachers, including the extension agents, a class of 20 persons to graduate from the Teachers' Training Course. Many of the students are well advanced in home economics, carpentry, agriculture, and blacksmithing. The school has increased 700% in attendance over what it was two years ago. We are encouraged and feel that we have made considerable progress along the right line. We need the friendship of our White neighbors and if doing the right thing will win it, we are going to have it. I am pleased to announce that Southern University has a host of substantial friends among the White and Colored people. We stand greatly in need of a dining hall and agriculture building, and that I believe our friends in the coming legislature will give us." Here State Superintendent T. H. Harris was introduced and delivered a very able address. He said in part: "It seems to me that some very substantial things have been done here. You have three good buildings, two nice dormitories, power plant and good quarters, but there is an accomplishment in my mind greater than these improvements, greater than any of these physical accomplishments, and that is, the high esteem in which the school and its management are held by the surrounding country and that is worth a great deal more than these buildings, more than class room work, more than the shop and field work that you are doing. You have been here for two years and I am very glad to say that the opinion is universal in Baton Rouge and among other people who know something about this school, that you have made good and that it was a good thing to establish such an institution here, and I hope that the conduct of your school in the future will be such that this feeling will grow." "I am thoroughly convinced myself that the right kind of education is the best investment for ennobling a race no matter what the color is, but it is necessary for that people to sink into the good will of all the people of the State before we can make satisfactory progress for all the Colored race. You have made good up here for that sentiment. I meet men in Baton Rouge who were against locating this school here, but who are now telling me that Southern University is a fine institution and is making remarkable progress and that it is doing good work and that the education of the students is a sane, sensible education." "I understand you have but a little sickness up here; the reason for this, is you, are observing the laws of health, you drink good water, you have proper bathing facilities, you keep the mosquitoes out, the grounds properly drained and you observe the other principles that enter into sanitary conditions in thrift. Don't throw useful things away, don't break things up, but learn to save and take care of what you have. This wastefulness can be applied to all of the people." "One kind of work is just as wholesome as the other if intelligently done. It does not make any difference what kind of work people do if they live right and work profitably. Be loyal to Southern University." At the conclusion of the program, three pictures were unveiled:—One of Booker T. Washington, Gov. L. E. Hall and State Superintendent T. H. Harris Mr. Harris expressed himself as being well pleased at the splendid progress Southern University has made during these two years. "President Clark and his faculty," said he, need to be complimented for the splendid manner in which they have carried on the work." 1876 RELICS FOUND IN CORNER- STONE AS OLD QUINN CHAPEL IS RAZED. An interesting cache of relics of 1876—a Bible, a hymn book, a collection of contemporary newspapers, and a handful of coins—was disclosed Wednesday when the old chapel in Federal street—a few doors south of Van Buren—was torn down to make room for a modern structure. The cornerstone was uncovered and the mouldy collection removed gingerly. The dampness of years had seeped through and rendered the books and papers almost unrecognizable. The relics at present are in charge of Rev. J. C. Anderson, pastor of Quinn Chapel, 24th and Wabash avenue, which was one among the first A. M. E. Chapels established in this country, it was founded in 1847 and for a long time it stood where the Monadnock Building now stands. The new chapel was built in Federal street in 1876. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY WOMAN'S CLUB NOTES. The twentieth birthday of the Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club was celebrated Wednesday, March 15th. Mrs. Ophie Brown Wells, Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, Mrs. Annie Dunmore and Mrs. Fannie Battles gave interesting reminiscences of the early days of Club life." More than one hundred women listened to the instructive addresses of Mr. Webster, Field Sec. of the Juvenile Protective Association and Judge Uhler of the Morals Court. E. L. DAVIS, Pres. IBRENE GOINS, Cor. Sec. WHITE NIGHT RIDED IS KILLED BY COLORED MAN. Valdosta, Ga.—Special—Barney Newsome, Jr., a young White farmer from Clyattville, was a member of a White cap party on the night of February 10, attempting to run away from the neighborhood Will Clark, a Negro farm tenant. Will Clark fired a load of bird shot into Newsome's body and Newsome died in a hospital here on March 3 at 11 o'clock at night. The shooting of Newsome was not cleared up until his family made a statement concerning his connection with the white cap party. Newsome was married and the father of one child. Another member of the party was wounded by Clark, who made his escape and is still at liberty. THE APPOMATTOX CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. The following are the announcements of the Appomattox Club for the remainder of March and the month of April: Sunday March 26th, 1916, 4 to 6 p. m., "States of Haiti" by Geo. H. Jackson, music; Friday, March 31st, 1916, 9 to 12 p. m., Junior Promenade and Leap Year Party; Monday, April 10th, 1916; 9 p. m., Appomattox Day Banquet, $1.00 per plate. Reservations to Steward or Secretary not later than April 8th. COL. J. R. MARSHALL, President. D. A. McGOWAN, Secretary. Reduced membership rate expires Monday, April 3, 1916. A. LINCOLN'S COACHMAN LIVES Washington, D. C.—Special.—Richard Wells, a Negro, who lives at 1633 O. street, and who was born in Prince George's county Maryland in 1836, enjoys the distinction of being the only man alive who waited on President Lincoln when he headed the nation. Well's was Lincoln's coachman. He served in the Civil War on the side of the Union, and when he returned to Washington he was given employment by Lincoln. Wells served many of the foreign legations in Washington and was known for years as the dean of the diplomatic door tenders," having served the Mexican Legation twenty-four years in that capacity. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. Mr. George H. Jackson, candidate for Ward Committeeman, will address the Negro Fellowship League at the Reading room 3005 State St., Sunday March 26, at 4 p. m. Mr. Jackson will explain the reasons for his candidacy and his hope for success. All are cordially invited to hear his appeal. Last Sunday a large crowd was out to hear the discussion "Resolved that the United States has a Right to Invade Mexico." There was much enthusiasm and many new members joined. The attendance for the past was two hundred and eighty-nine. JOHN E. HUGHES, Secretary. THE ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB. The Alpha Suffrage Club held its regular meeting Wednesday evening of last week and had a fair attendance in spite of the storm. Preparations for the parade are progressing nicely. Mrs. H. M. Brown, president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association has been invited to address the club next Wednesday night. All friends who are interested are urged to be present and meet our State Suffrage Club President. IDA B. WELLS BARNETT, President. NOTES OF THE PEEERLESS CLUB By Carl L. Cotton, Corr. Sec'y. The regular business meeting of the Peerless Club was held Tuesday evening at the home of the corresponding secretary. The meeting was well attended, and many interesting topics were discussed. The next meeting shall be held at the residence of Mr. Ben. Cornelius, 5743 LaFayette Ave., Monday evening, March 27th. BRIGHT BRIEFS. After a rough lie has been polished it is called hypocrisy. Can't is a longer word than can, but it seems easier to use. The road to success is full of the ruts of other men's failures. Speed the day when they will beat the war stocks into plowshares. What has become of the old fashioned steer that grew the cheaper cuts? Remember that the money you intend to save doesn't draw any interest. Every man was born at a very early age, but some of them never seem to get over it. The man who is too poor to lend money to his friends will never have many enemies. PAGE FIVE THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will premulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Cothelbe, Protestants, Priests, InIdle, Single Taxes, RepublKnann, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$3.00. Six Months.....1.00 Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6533 ST. LAWRENCE AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered on Second-Class Matter Aug. 18, 1903, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. AUTHORIZED AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. L. W. Washington, 5465 Kimbark avenue. B. W. Fitts, 3315 S. State street. Phone Douglas 4049. The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the last named place and news items and advertisements left there will find their way into these columns. CHIPS Rev. John W. Robinson and family have removed from 4925 S. Wabash avenue to 4233 St. Lawrence avenue. William L. Martin, has removed his law offices from 25 N. Dearborn street to suite 304-184 W. Washington street. Mrs. John R. Marshall, 3630 Calumet avenue, to the great delight of her numerous friends continues to improve in health. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Eberhart avenue and Mrs. J. J. Johnson, 3722 Forest avenue, left last Thursday evening for Hot Springs, Ark., where they will spend several weeks. Dr. D. E. Burrows, 3221 S. State street, has built up by constant attention to business, one of the largest practices enjoyed by any physician or surgeon, in this city. Miss Beatrice Lee, the highly accomplished daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Samuel I. Lee, 5269 S. Dearborn street graduated this week from the Chicago University with high honors. The Fisk Jubilee Singers entertained the President of the United States at the white house last week. Mr. Wilson was greatly pleased with the singing of the quartet. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Davis, 3236 Prairie avenue, who has worked very hard for many years for the upbuilding and advancement of the Phyllis Wheatley Club is arranging to hold a press afternoon at the Home, 3256 Rhodes avenue Wednesday afternoon, April 19, and the writer has promised to be present on that occasion and deliver a fifteen minute talk on the power and influence of the Colored press. Household Hints. Dipping in a solution of alum will fireproof paper candle or lamp shades. Keep tacks in bottles; it saves opening many boxes to find a particular kind. Salt thrown on the fire once a day prevents the accumulation of soot in the flues. A pail of boiling salted water should be poured down the kitchen sink every week to prevent its becoming stopped. Cotton gloves to wear in doing housework are better in every way than old kid gloves. If bought especially for this purpose get a size larger than usually worn. Sparks of Fire. To protect wood against fire, silicate of soda is the most effective remedy. There are traces of an organization for the extinction of fire as far back as 2,000 years B. C. There is no doubt that the original method of finding fire was by the friction of two pieces of wood. No Greek or Roman army crossed a frontier without carrying an altar on which a sacred fire always burned. The origin of fire varies, according to old time fables. The Greeks held that Prometheus brought to earth the torch he had lighted at the sun, and hence there was fire. [ ] PAGE SIX RULES FOR NAVY'S CIVILIAN CRUISE COURSE TO BE FOUR WEEKS Those Enlisting For Trip Will Have to Pay Traveling Expenses to Seaboard and Deposit $30—Starting Points Will Be At Coast Cities—Enrollments Close June 1. Washington.—The navy's civilian cruise, which is expected to do for the navy what the Plattsburg training camp did for the army, will begin Aug. 15 and last until Sept. 12, according to an announcement made by Secretary Daniels' department. Battleships of the Atlantic reserve fleet will be used for the cruise, it is stated, and the starting points will be Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk and possibly Charleston. Civilians enlisting for the cruise will have to pay their traveling expenses to the seaboard and return and also a deposit of $30 to cover the expenses of the cruise. The detailed regulations issued by the department, which will govern the cruise, have been tentatively adopted and in part follows: "Recruits for the cruise to be citizens of the United States between the ages of nineteen and forty-five, and must be able to pass a prescribed physical examination. They must be able to demonstrate to the recruiting officer that they possess some nautical knowl- [Image of a man in a suit with a tie]. Photo by American Press Association. SECRETARY DANIELS. edge or have had some technical training which would fit them for service in the navy. "The applicants who qualify will be required to sign an application blank for enrollment. In this application the recruit obligates himself to hold himself during the cruise subject to the navy regulations, obey all authorized orders and perform such work on board ship as regularly assigned. "The objects of the training cruise are to help equip properly equipped men to act as reserves in time of war or national emergency by giving them a course of training on board warships under naval officers and naval conditions. "The total expenses of the cruise, outside of the cost of transportation to the point of embarking and for returning home, will be about $30. Upon reporting on board the ship to which assigned each recruit will deposit $30, which will cover the cost of his subsistence and the necessary clothing outfit. Should the actual cost of subsistence and clothing be less than this amount the difference will be refunded. " Upon reporting on board the civilian clothing of recruits will be turned over for storage, and they will be issued a sufficient outfit of uniform clothing. When all recruits are on board the ships will leave their respective naval districts and cruise for a period of four weeks, during which time the recruits will be given practical instruction in the duties required on board ship. "A portion of each day will be given to the study of special subjects, which will be largely optional, so that those who have an aptitude for or knowledge of such subjects as navigation, signaling, radio work, steam or electrical engineering, etc., may have an opportunity to specialize. Boat drill will be given and landings made, and recruits will be taught the manual of arms and military formations. "During the final week of the cruise the ships will return to the naval districts whence they came, and, in addition to the courses of instruction, recruits will be given a general idea of their own naval district and its defensive problems. During the final week also residents of the district who own yachts or motorboats which would be useful as auxiliaries in time of war will be given an opportunity to operate in conjunction with the ships. "Enrollments will be closed on June 1, and no application will be received after that date. Application blanks will be furnished to all who desire them by the navy recruiting officers at the various recruiting stations throughout the country." TO SCHOOL ON SKIS. Then Crawl Down to the Door Through a Hole in the Snow. through a hole in the snow. Ellensburg, Wash.—Coming to school on snowshoes and skis, sliding over the schoolhouse roof and climbing down to the door through twelve feet of snow is the experience of children at the school at Meadow Creek. Mrs. Mary Boedcher, county superintendent, has received a number of letters which tell the children's idea of the situation. "Our schoolhouse is about twelve feet high on the outside," writes one boy, "but the snow is so deep that a person can walk right over and not know that there is a building there. We have to crawl down eight steps through a hole in the snowbank to get into it." "We live in a tent," says a twelve-year-old girl in the seventh grade. "The roof is covered with large pieces of bark. All that you can see of the house is the very front, where you go out. I went halfway to school on the skis and crawled a little way so as not to go in so deep." Mrs. Beach, the teacher, in her report to Mrs. Boedacher, said that in spite of the snow school kept up every day and that only two absentees were noted during the severe weather. SHE TRAVELS FAR TO BE MRS. Young Woman Popped by Mail, Bought Ring and License. Des Molines.—After traveling over 600 miles Miss Augusta Knies of Lansing, Mich., became the first leap year bride of this city by leading Harley Decker of 1299 East Twenty-sixth street to the altar. She managed the whole affair. She popped the question, named the wedding day, paid her railroad fare, purchased the marriage license and bought the ring. Miss Knies, who is twenty-five, was strolling along the streets of Detroit with a girl friend last June. Her companion greeted a young man, and fifteen seconds later she was introduced to her future husband. It was Decker, then employed in a Detroit automobile factory. He was called back to Des Moines by the illness of a sister in February. Three weeks ago Miss Knies popped the question by mail, and Decker, who is twenty-nine years old, accepted. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Frank W. Mutchler of the Great Park Church of Christ. PREFERRED CAVE TO LIFE IN A SOD HOUSE Unique Home of Pioneer and Family Brought to Light. Garber, Okla.—The falling of five feet of cement porch of a farmhouse a half mile north of Garber brings to light the unique home of a pioneer of this section. Under this porch was a cave. The cave was dug in 1804. At a point along a little ravine a sandstone ledge cropped out, and there S. H. Peters tunneled under and excavated two large rooms, with a sandstone ledge about three feet thick for a roof. The rooms extended sixty feet under the ground, and at the deepest place there was perhaps eight feet of dirt on top. To the back room a skylight 3 by 5 feet was opened. The rooms were plastered and white-coated, and the rock roof was white-washed, making it light enough for one to read newspapers in any part of the cave. It was very dry at that time, and coffee kept in the cave ground easily. S. H. Peters and his family lived there many months before he built a home above ground. The stovepipe ran up the skylight, and to persons passing along the road the smoke coming out of the ground was a novel sight. Hundreds of persons visited this cave home, and all wondered why the roof didn't fall in, as it was not supported by timbers. When the wet years came a little spring in the cave which furnished all the water for the family overflowed the rooms at times, and in recent years when the drain became clogged the cave filled with water. The pioneer later built a house almost over the cave. S. H. Peters was but little longer digging the cave home than was required to build a sod house of the same size. Sod houses were the first homes of most of the pioneers. The plaster was the only expense to the cave home. Today this section has the finest country homes in the state and is in the wheat belt. Fifty-seven Years Without Vacation. Bridgeport, O..After being on the job for fifty-seven years as toll collector at the Bridgeport end of the Wheeling-Bridgeport bridge, John Richardson will retire. He had worked fifty-seven years without a vacation or illness, but a few days ago he became ill and was forced to abandon his post. He says he enjoyed his "vacation" so much that he will make it permanent Pneumonia Swifter Than Bullet. Passalc, N. J.—Charles Uhlermann of Clifton, who attempted suicide recently, is dead from pneumonia. The boy wrote a note to his parents telling them they "soon would know the reason" for his act, then shot himself. The wound was not serious, but pneumonia developed soon afterward. THE BROAD'AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 25, 1916. LIVED MODESTLY TO DO ACT Used Income of High School Instructor In Moderate Manner, and With Money He Earned by Writing He Was Able to Educate Eighteen Students. Everett, Wash.—F. D. Mack, teacher in the Central school, has spent about $40,000 in educating eighteen students, seventeen boys and one girl, during the last sixteen years, according to a story he reluctantly told a newspaper representative. Living on his school salary in a modest way both in Minnesota, his former home, and in Washington, he has earned the money to send students through universities by writing short stories and magazine articles. He has paid out between $2,000 and $3,000 on each of his "children." Some of the youngsters were orphans, and some had one parent, but all were eager to learn and were handicapped by lack of money. The thirteen boys who are alive are all actively engaged in the professions in which Mr. Mack has educated them. Two are druggists, one being in St. Paul and the other in Los Angeles. Two are instructors in the University of Minnesota, where they were graduated. One teaches mathematics, and the other is an instructor in German. This latter young man plans to be a physician and in 1914 married a girl who wished to go to Germany to get her master's degree, so he and his bride sailed for Germany to continue their studies, only to be turned back by the beginning of the war. Mr. Mack sent him through Normal school, the University of Minnesota and Harvard, where he received his master's degree. A young man who chose to be a broker received his education at the University of Illinois. He started out to be an architect, but changed his mind and took a commercial course. He was graduated four years ago and is now in Minneapolis engaged in the lumber brokerage business. He is the best money maker of the "family." In his four years out of college he has made $40,000. A mining engineer who was educated at the University of Minnesota is now working in a mine at Butte, Mont. The banker received a thorough commercial education, and then Mr. Mack set him up in business in a bank in Elgin, N. D. Mr. Mack says that if any of his boys wants to start in business he always gives them enough money to begin. He recently bought an eighty acre farm for one of them. A dentist lives in Chicago. He had four years at the University of Valparaiso. Mr. Mack says this boy married a rich nurse. One boy who studied to be a lawyer lost his health after his graduation from the University of Minnesota law school, so could not practice, and is now employed as chief of the Minnesota state fish and game commission, with headquarters at St. Paul. Self educated and quiet, Mr. Mack would not be thought responsible for one of the most unusual philanthropies in the world. NO PAINTER'S COLIC FOR HIM Bill For "Tint" Makes Bachelor Issue Leap Year Declaration. Elwood, N. J.—Robert W. Hunt, a retired college instructor, received a letter recently from a neighboring town containing a bill for 40 cents for "tint" purchased by "Mrs. Hunt." Hunt is a good looking bachelor with a steady income, and the inquisitive element of Elwood at once interpreted the postoffice bulletin in terms of leap year possibilities. To quiet the buzzing gossip, Hunt has issued the following statement: "We have had several offers of marriage, and one or two ladies have assumed we were engaged without making any offer, and it is with fear and trembling we pass each day of this year, which is divisible by four. However, when Mrs. Hunt does arrive she shall come as nature painted her, with eyes like the heavens, with cheeks like the rose and with lips like the damp of crushed strawberry. She shall have no need of 'tint.' When we want a kiss we don't propose to mess through two or three coats of paint to get it." Dogs Tree Insane Man. Oregon City, Ore.—Peter Brevio aged forty-three, an Italian, was treed with the aid of bloodhounds arrested and brought back to Oregon City and committed to the State Hospital For the Insane. Brevio lived in a hollow tree, and his diet consisted of roots, berries and what food he could find around neighboring farmhouses. He stole an ax from a farmhouse and passed much of his time chopping down trees. A number of men of the district determined to arrest Brevio and went to his tree home. The Italian ran away. Dogs were then put on his trail. RETURNED BABY'S BANK. Thief Robbed the House, but Brought That Back. Sierra Vista, Cal.-A thief with a conscience recently entered the home of Clark Rubido here and after camping with valuables amounting to $100 returned to the burglarized house and deposited a child's bank containing $2 in pennies, which had been part of the loot, on the front porch. The Rubido family visited friends in Los Angeles that day, and about noon a neighbor, Mrs. Caroline Martin, saw a well dressed young man carrying a suit case walk up to the front door of the Rubido home, fumble with the lock a moment and walk in. Mrs. Martin thought the stranger was probably a friend of the Rubidos, and when the young man reappeared some time after, still carrying the suit case, she told him that the Rubido family was passing the day in the city. The young man thanked her and hurried on. Half an hour later Mrs. Martin saw the young man come back and deposit something on the front porch of the house. When the Rubidos returned they found that the pleasant faced young man had carried away all their silver, several articles of jewelry and $30. The baby's penny bank, which had been returned, was about the only movable valuable not taken. SOAP BRINGS REUNION. Brothers Meet For First Time In Thirteen Years by Accident. St. Paul.—Charles McKee of Ray, N. D. , was sent to room 322 when he registered at the Hotel Sherman. Desiring to shave, he unpacked his grip. But his shaving stick was missing. "Have you got any shaving soap?" he asked a man who was issuing from room 324. "Sure," was the answer. They entered room 324 and turned on the light to look for the shaving soap. McKee looked at the other man critically. "What's your name?" he asked. "R. E. McKee of Shakopee, Minn." was the answer. "I'm your brother Charley," the North Dakota said. The two had not seen each other for thirteen years. They were reared in St. Paul and separated after their parents died. Charles went to North Dakota, where he owns a half section of land. R. E. McKee went to Shakopee, where he owns a section. In the last thirteen years they had not corresponded. Unknown to each other, each had amassed a fortune. SOUTH SEA ISLAND COLONY IN AMERICA Salt Lake City. — Discovered — the strangest community in the United States. It is a community of south sea islanders. A thousand in number, they are now settled in the Skull valley in Utah, between the Great Salt lake and the Nevada line. There are Maoris, Samoans and Hawaiians living and farming in perfect harmony, intermarrying and raising children. Twenty-five or thirty years ago the older men of this strange colony came from across the Pacific, some as sailors, some as stowaways. They wandered in small groups about California, and some of them came across the Sierras into Idaho and Utah. They were starving when a group of business men decided to help them. They secured 15,000 acres of land in the Skull valley, collected all the south sea natives that they could find and established them in a colony which they call Ioseppa. An American farmer was selected as superintendent. Each man was paid good wages at the start, and as soon as they were capable they were allowed to buy half acre lots and cottages at actual cost. Now there is a new generation growing up. Some of the boys have gone from the grade school and taken full courses at the State Agricultural college. Several of the girls have become stenographers in Salt Lake City. A number have graduated from the University of Utah. DRAW LOTS TO PREACH White Plains Pastors Try New Way of Exchanging Pulpits. White Plains, N. Y.—"We had the time of our lives," said the Rev. William Dana Street, pastor of the Ridgeview Avenue Congregational church and one of the six ministers here who filled pulpits that were assigned to them by drawing lots. Sealed envelopes containing the names of the churches were put in a hat, and each minister drew one. "None of us knew which church he had drawn," said Mr. Street, "until a couple of days after when we opened the envelopes." The Rev. Chaellis E. Nichols, pastor of the First Baptist church, exchanged with the Rev. Ernest L. Walz, pastor of the Chatterton Hill Congregational church; the Rev. Herbert E. Wright, pastor of the Memorial M. E. church, the largest Protestant church here, exchanged with the Rev. David W. De Forest of St. Paul's M. E. Protestant church, one of the smallest churches. EX-KING MANUEL TAKES LIFE EASY LAND SIDES WITH ALLIES. Former Ruler Apparently Is Not Worried Over Course Republic Is Pursuing—Germany Has Formally Declared War on Portugal, Although a State of War Has Existed: London.—While former King Manuel of Portugal is playing golf and taking life easy in England, the little republic of Portugal, once his domain, is completing preparations for war on the side of the allies. Germany has formally declared war on Portugal, although a state of war has practically existed between the two countries since the German troops invaded Portuguese Africa in 1914. Soon after this invasion Portugal sent re-enforcements to her. African possessions, and there have been a number of clashes between the German and Portugal colonial troops. The total war strength of the Portuguese army is 260,000 men. It is estimated that fully 100,000 soldiers have JOHN B. BURKE Photo by American Press Association. EX-KING MANUEL. been mobilized for some months to be ready for the conflict. It is over a year since the Portuguese government decided to co-operate with the allies whenever the step seemed necessary. While Portugal has been preparing for war for some time, internal political conditions have delayed matters. A peace party has made its strength felt in that republic, but with Germany's declaration of war party lines will be obliterated. Portugal has an alliance with Great Britain dating from 1703 that requires the Portuguese government to furnish Great Britain with 10,000 soldiers when the latter is at war. While these troops have not been put at the disposal of Great Britain in the European theater of war, the Portuguese have been cooperating with the troops of the allies in Africa. While the strength of the Portuguese army is only 30,000, with 8,105 more men in the colonial army, the government has 230,000 reserves and 871,476 available men for war purposes. The navy of the republic, however, is one of the smallest in the world. It consists of one second class cruiser, four third class cruisers, fifteen gunboats, five destroyers, four torpedo boats and one submarine. Most of these vessels are of an anti-quated type. The Vasco da Gama, the star ship of the navy, has been in service since 1878. It cost $680,000 and is of 8,600 tons displacement. It is equipped with two eight-inch guns, one six-inch, one twelve-pounder and eight three-pounders. The Vasco da Gama has a complement of 259 officers and men. Portugal, with the Azores and Madeira island, has a population of 5,957,985 and an area of 35,490 square miles. The population of the republic's colonial possessions in Africa is 8,300,000, and these colonies have an area of 823,384 square miles. The colonies in Asia have an area of 8,933 square miles and a population of 950,000. Portuguese Africa is made up of Angola, the Kongo, Guinea, East Africa and some islands. Many Portuguese have been bitter toward Germany for many years. They have felt that the kaiser's government has had designs on the Azores and Angola. The war party in the republic has long been enthusiastic to enter the contest on the side of the allies not only on account of the treaty with Great Britain, but on account of the long standing grievance against Germany. The wealth of Portugal is estimated at $2,500,000,000. The national debt amounts to $947,603,000. The revenue of the country is $81,966,000 a year, with an additional yearly revenue of $17,186,000 from the colonies. PRAYERS CURE AN INVALID. Healing of Seventy-year-old Pennsylvania man Regarded as a Miracle, Greensburg, Pa.—Walter McCluckle, seventy, for sixteen years a helpless invalid, is able to walk again, and his recovery is declared to be a direct answer to prayer. He is a member of the Youngwood United Brethren church. Recently a series of cottage prayer meetings was held, and at Mr. McCluckle's suggestion it was arranged to pray for his healing. The Rev. John Watson, pastor of the church, with twenty-five members, went to his home. Mr. Watson read from the third chapter of Acts, where it is recorded that Peter and John caused the lame man to walk, and from the fifth chapter of James, which declares, "The prayer of faith shall save the sick." The minister and others followed with prayers for Mr. McCluckle's recovery. The prayers finished, Mr. Watson said, "Let us rise and sing 'Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow.'" To the astonishment of all, Mr. McCluckle rose with the others, joined in the singing and then walked about the room. His recovery is regarded as a miracle. $50 FOR SEVEN WINKS. Following a Custom of Greece Looked Like Mashing Out In Missouri. Kansas City, Mo.—George Stamatois, twenty-six years old, 510 Main street, has not forgotten the customs of his native Greece. There it seems to be the fashion to wink at any woman you want to become acquainted with. The Greek custom brought Stamatois to grief in staid Kansas City. Stamatois entered a department store the other afternoon. He winked at six pretty girls to no avail. He winked at a seventh, who promptly seized him by the arm, showed him a store detective's star and escorted him to a crossing patrolman. Stamatois answered a charge of "mashing" before Justice Charles Clark, acting judge, in the north side court here soon after. "That winking trick's a favorite over in Greece, judge." Stamatoids said. "That's the way we meet all our nice women. I thought it was all right here too. I've got to show my appreciation of the girls some way." "That's a poor way." Judge Clark answered. "The wink is not favored in Kansas City. You're fined $50." WITH DONKEY AND DOG WALKS 3,400 MILES Victoria, B. C.—Edward P. Price does not wear medals in recognition of a world's record tramp, neither is he the author of any "Travels by Foot" tales—not yet—but he has made something of a record for stamina and is now hopelessly a victim to a relentless desire to walk every highway which may be casually named in his presence. He has walked from Chicago to San Francisco in a roundabout way, a distance of 3,400 miles. He does not claim that there is anything remarkable about that fact alone, but the circumstances of the trip make a good story. The first consideration is the fact that Mr. Price at the beginning of his tramp was a tenderfoot. The Price party, for he did not travel alone, was essentially a tenderfoot group. Perhaps the most experienced member was Bunny, a donkey whose eight years had at least taught him caution. Another member was a collie dog named Prince, which is now much more than mere dog to Mr. Price, and another thing which does not appear in the log of the journey, but upon which he admits the successful conclusion of the undertaking largely depended, was the taunts of Price's friends in Chicago. Price left Chicago in midsummer, 1914, traveling westward along the Lincoln highway. The tramp was the result of a wager and was to be made entirely on foot with the consideration that the conditions would not be fulfilled unless the journey was finished with both of his four footed companions. He insists without a blush that every inch of the journey was on foot. The certified statements of the mayors of the various cities along the route form the credentials. Starting without money, the commissariat was provided entirely by a gun and fishing tackle and the proceeds from singing at the show houses along the way. The camp equipment, including provisions, amounted to 100 pounds, and this was Bunny's burden. Hid Over $7,000 In Hut Cedar Falls, Ia.-More than $7,000 was found hidden in the hut of George Pound, eight miles north of here, when the administrator of his estate made an investigation. Pound died suddenly and was supposed to have left little money. Twenty years ago he lost more than $5,000 in a bank failure and thereafter never trusted banks. Gets a Civil War Letter Bangor, Cal.—L. E. Cole of this town received a letter recently written to him by his brother on Dec. 2, 1864. At that time the writer was a soldier in the Union army, and he tells of the chase into Mississippi after General Price's command. Where the letter has been for the past half century is a mystery. Leach's Stora Main Office 4430 So. 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Connection with St. Louis Mississippi River and Direct with the Gulf via the Mississippi Rivers. Energy Created from water for the Modern Means Efficiency and MYTH, - President EN, - Chief Clerk Y, - Comptroller en Building gan Ave., CHICAGO The Royal Box. The Archduke Francis Joseph of Austria has fifteen Christian names. Queen Alexandrine of Denmark is probably the least known of European queens. Prince Albert of England, who recently celebrated his twentieth birthday, has been a middy in the royal navy since 1913. King George's sister, Queen Maud of Norway, has many accomplishments. She has mastered Norwegian perfectly, writes charming verses and is an adept at wood carving. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 25, 1916. It is well known that shopkeepers make pounds by ignoring farthings or by giving something for them that is worth far less than a farthing, but where shopkeepers make the pounds banks and the English government make their hundreds of pounds. If a farthing is due from you in taxes you are charged onepence. On the other hand, you are never paid onepence for a farthing. The same principle is applied to fractions of pounds. Banks in reckoning interest for themselves call any part of £1 a full pound, whereas in reckoning interest for you odd shillings are left out of account. Thus for a deposit of £99 9a. 11d, you would receive interest on £99 only. It is amazing how the state profits by not paying fractions of pence. The government has a special fund in which are placed the fractions of pence withheld in paying dividends on government stock. This fund amounted to more than £150,000 in ten years before being used for other purposes. As far as the government is concerned, fardings mean a lot.—London Answers. Hie Little Lot. There were some interesting episodes in the life of Sir Charles Euan-Smith. Once in the market place of an Afghanistan town he was fired at by a native. He lodged a complaint with the ameer, who appeared to take no notice of the incident, merely remarking, "That's all right." Sir Charles complained again and met with the same reply. He still thought that the ameer was treating a serious matter with less consideration than it deserved, but thought it advisable to say no more on the subject. About a week afterward he was invited by the ameer to ride with him. They rode for some distance outside the town, and they passed gibbet after gibbet. At length Sir Charles said, "Your highness has been busy of late." "Oh, no," replied the ameer; "they are your little lot." He had seized all the members of the would be assassin's family and hanged every one of them. Be Natural. Holmes says: that there are six people present whenever two meet in conversation—the real A, the real B, A as he sees himself, B as he sees himself, A as B sees him and B as A sees him. The remark comes back when one goes out upon the street and considers himself and the other people who pass, particularly those who seem on the slippery road to success. It is not they themselves who go by; it is what they would have other people think them. If they are young and inexperienced they must tighten up their faces with an artificial solemnity; if they are getting on in years they must affect an artificial snappiness. They wear their outward aspects like clothes. One feels like crying in the ears of young men: "Be natural. Live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish, but be yourselves."—New York Globe. The Primrose. The primrose has suffered injustice from the poets, who seem to regard it as a floral weakling. Shakespeare wrote of "pale primroses" that die "ere they can behold bold Phoebus in his strength"; Spencer regrets "so fair a flower" should perish through "untimely tempest"; Milton laments the "rathic primrose that forsaken, dies," and many later poets have written of it in similar strain. Why? For the primrose is a hardy plant and will be found where few other flowers can exist, on the mountain heights of Europe and Asia and even on the highest ranges of the Himalayas. And Disraeli recognized its color in the fried eggs upon his breakfast table.—London Notes and Queries. He Was Right. A man rushed to the entrance of a lunatic asylum in the middle of the night and yelled to the keeper to let him in. "Let me in!" he cried. "I have suddenly gone insane." The keeper woke up, thrust his head out of a first story window and bellowed down in a rage: "What? Come here at this time of night? Man, you must be crazy!"—Brooklyn Eagle. The Unexpected. Amateur Photographer (touring in the country)—Pardon me, sir, but would you object to my taking your daughter just as she is? Farmer Green—Well, this is sudden; but take her, and be happy. Keep yer eyes on him, Sal, till I scoot round for the parson.—London Mall. Just a Suggestion. "I'm still waiting for you to pay me that $5 you owe me, Dubson." "Oh, don't let that worry you." "That's what I'm trying to do, but I would feel greatly encouraged if you would let it worry you occasionally."—Birmingham Ace-Herald. Curious Fishing Plant. There is a strange vegetable growth under the sea called the fishing plant, which opens and shuts periodically, like a big mouth. When fishes are near enough to this wonderful plant, all of a sudden it closes its "mouth" and swallows them. The Best Hour: "Gee whiz, mother! Don't I get an hour off at noon?"-Puck Poor Experience "Experience is do best teacher," said Uncle Eben, "but gittin' arrested ah' so way to study law."—Washington $tar. Geography. Geography is the sum total of all the places in the map that we don't know about. Geography is made up of boundary lines, river lines, dots and dashes like a telegraph system and shaded places which represent the high spots. It is also colored to suit the taste and in such a manner that it takes a bacteriologist to make you know the difference between the sea and the dry land. Historical geography is ordinary geography with whatever you don't know about history added to it. Historical geography consists of migrations, ceddings and other flora and fauna to suit. To make a historical geography get a few races and distribute them according to your fancy over a pink area in various shades to show how they spread out. As a matter of fact, they did nothing of the sort. But that makes the historical geography all the more interesting. In the hands of schoolteachers geographies are frequently believed in for years by confiding pupils.—Life. Ballads as Newspapers. The ballad, or that form of it which is associated with the broadside, was one predecessor of the newspaper as a commentator on events. It was written for the people and sold to the people. Printed on poor paper and passed from hand to hand, copies of early ballads were seldom preserved. Fortunately several men of the seventeenth century began to make collections of ballads, and the copies of broadsides printed before 1700 that are now in existence are supposed to number about 10,000. Soon after 1700 the printed form of the ballad was changed, the "black letter" disappearing, but the ballad continued as a chronicler of happenings and a commentator on political, military and other public events until the middle of the nineteenth century and in the United States as well as England. The "topical" song of today perpetuates the satirical function of the ballad.—Springfield Republican. Belgian Kongo. Belgian Kongo, founded thirty years ago, is still in the early stage of development. So far practically no manufacturing industries have yet been established, and, aside from the important copper mines in the Katanga district, the only large industrial enterprises are the railways and river transportation services. It may be said that all business activities in the colony are devoted to the collection of tropical products—rubber, ivory, gum copal, palm oil and kernels, cacao, etc—and the railway and river services are in reality only accessories to these activities, having been established primarily to aid in the transportation of these products to the seaports. The gathering of rubber in Kongo has never recovered its former activity, and in all probability will never again be so rich a source of income to the colony as it was previous to 1912. Ship Money. Charles I. was badly in need of money, and his attorney general in the course of his antiquarian researches discovered that in the dim ages of the past the crown had issued writs to the cities and towns on the coast requiring them to provide vessels for the royal needs, and he suggested that this ancient right might be brought into use again. Instead of the actual vessels a money contribution might be exacted instead. Thus the king would be able to tax a larger part of the realm while theoretically observing the laws. Writes for ship money were accordingly issued, but the patriot John Hampden declared that they were illegal and raised such a protest against them that they were practically nullified. Weed Pests. Of the 200 species of ferns native to this country a few have become more or less serious weed pests. The most troublesome are the hay scented fern and the brake. According to a bulletin of the department of agriculture, cutting off the tops close to the soil surface twice a year for two years will kill out nearly all ferns. The best times to do the cutting are just previous to sporing, or about the middle of June, and the middle of August. Life In Bermuda A feature of life in Bermuda which always impresses the stranger is the apparent prosperity of the natives, white and colored allike. Distressing poverty is unknown, and even the poorest families can boast of a stone house and a garden.—Argonaut. The Twins. We have heard of several cases wherein twins have borne a remarkable likeness to each other. But the most curious was the case of twin sisters who had to be told everything together because it was impossible to tell them apart. Corrected. "My husband tells me that he was out late last night with your husband." "That isn't so. I want you to understand that my husband was out with your husband."—Detroit Free Press Put Out. "Why do writers always talk of angry flames?" "Because, if you notice, flames are usually put out."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat Calendar Time. Mr. Bacon—What are you doing with that old, faded calendar? Mrs. Bacon—Oh, I just like to look into the dim and distant past!—Yonkers Statesman A trick is at the best but a mean thing—Le Sage. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO 3105-07 SOUTH STATE STREET DOLLAR BANK BANK AMERICAN TREASURY COUNT MICHELS CENTS In You 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. 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 Dresel 18815 Dr. Theo. R. Mooze DENTIST 4709 S. STATE STREET CHICAGO Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays by Appointment A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Bldg. 184 W. Washington St. Residence 5548 Jefferson Av. Phone Midway 5515 Chicago New Acquaintances. If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair.—Johnson. Mr. Banks—Don't you think my wife paints very nicely? Miss Millburn—Charming! It makes her look so much younger. I think.—London Telegraph. God sends a new duty to conquer such new pain.—Adelaide Procter. 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. C. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, notion store and news stand, 5012 S. State street. 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. E. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 S. State St. George McFaro, shee shining parlors and news stand. $ 3800 \frac{1}{2} $ State street. --- CAPITAL, $200,000.00 Phone Main 2017 An Artist PAGE SEVEN 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. 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 FRANKLIN 2727 AUTO. 41-543 Res. 508 K. 36th St. Phone Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 25 N. Dearborn St. Union Bank Building Suite 311 CHICAGO TEL. OAKLAND 1550,1551,1552 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. Nothing but an American. When I look back on the shifting scenes of my life, if I am not that altogether deplorable creature, a man without a country, I am, when it comes to pull and prestige, almost equally bereft, as I am a man without a state. I was born in Indiana, I grew up in Illinois, I was educated in Rhode Island, and it is no blame to that scholarly community that I know so little. I learned my law in Springfield and my politics in Washington, my diplomacy in Europe, Asia and Africa. I have a farm in New Hampshire and desk room in the District of Columbia. When I look to the springs from which my blood descends the first ancestors I ever heard of were a Scotchman who was half English and a German woman who was half French. Of my immediate progenitors my mother was from New England and my father was from the south. In this bewilderment of origin and experience I can only put on an aspect of deep humility in any gathering of favorite sons and confess that I am nothing but an American.—From "The Life and Letters of John Hay" in Harper's Magazine. TEENAN JON TEENAN JONES' PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 4591 The finest and most BUFFET and CAFE Side. First-Class Entrance HENRY "TEENAN" JOHN A. F. CODOZOE, J. H. WHISTON, Proprietors CHAS. HARRIS, Manager The Elite AND BUFFET 3030 STATE STREET JOHN BLOCKI, President JOHN BLOCKI PERFUME GO TO C. E. KREYSSI The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY "TEENAN" JONES, Proprietor. A. F. CODOZOE, J. H. WHISTON, Proprietors CHAS. HARRIS, Manager DOUGLAS 5971 Phones DOUGLAS 3256 AUTO. 721-379 The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET 3030 STATE STREET CHICAGO 5057 South State Street NOT ON THE CORNER FOR HIGH GRADE DRUGS, CHEMICALS MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF BLOCKI'S IDEAL & BLOCKI'S FI IN BOTTLE PERFUMES FOR HIGH GRADE DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS BLOCKI'S IDEAL & BLOCKI'S FLOWER IN BOTTLE PERFUMES All Eye Trouble SEE DR. LOUIE USSELMAN 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 When you talk of maintaining a principle be sure that it is not a prejudice. The man that feels like being kicked seldom allows another the pleasure of doing it. Unless all signs fail, this year will be a record breaker in the making of world history. Next June will give both Chicago and St. Louis new opportunities to pose as summer resorts. Everything can be overdone. Many a fellow has been fired with enthusiasm by his boss. The drug shortage is so acute now in England that many chronic invalids are rapidly becoming convalescent. If every man who was "a little odd" had to be arrested there wouldn't be enough men at liberty to enforce the law. Saying the right thing at the right time is equivalent to keeping your mouth shut when you have nothing to say. In another year the nation will again be giving earnest thought to the question of whether there is going to be any inaugural ball. It couldn't have been the landlord class that agitated the war as some would have us think. People in Europe are many millions of dollars behind in their rent. Political Quips. No lack of preparedness anywhere for presidential nominations.—Atlanta Constitution. Politically speaking, the rising temperature bulletin is already out for next June.—Washington Star. Some of the presidential candidates now in the race won't get much for their run except the exercise.—Philadelphia Press. It is wonderful how clearly a public officer can see what ought to be done—after his term of office is over.—Pittsburgh Post. Ohio has six native sons in the United States senate. not to mention the long waiting list for the presidency.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. --- most UP-TO-DATE CAFE on the South Entertainers. " JONES, Proprietor. DOUGLAS 5971 Phones DOUGLAS 3256 AUTO. 721-379 ite Cafe BUFFET ET CHICAGO F. W. BLOCKI, Treasurer BLOCKI & SON FUMERS GO TO SSLER, Druggist DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PREPARATIONS Carefully Compounded BY A FULL LINE OF & BLOCKI'S FLOWER E PERFUMES All Eye Trouble SEE Dr. LOUIE USSELMANN The Practical Optician 3150 S. STATE ST. Phone Douglas 5308 CHICAGO Courting In Spain. In sunny Spain etiquette is so very restrictive in the matter of courtship that it is a wonder that young people ever manage to get married at all. Even when, after many difficulties, the engagement is accomplished, the parents have a deciding voice in fixing the date, and, as they prefer long engagements, the wedding day is usually fixed somewhere in the dim future. The best man and maid of honor are expected not only to fulfill the usual duties, but to contribute—sometimes very substantially—to the expenses of the wedding feast. Wedding cake is unknown, but instead packets of sugared almonds are distributed among the guests and sent by post to those who are unable to be present.—Kansas City Star. A Tiger Story. There is a story current at Kuloang, central China, about a tiger which gave trouble in that quarter. A missionary and his wife had been worried by the tiger prowling nightly around their home. They determined to be rid of it and one night tied a cow up in the back yard and a dog at the front of the house. Then they armed themselves with guns and kept watch. The tiger appeared. The missionary fired and killed the cow. The wife rushed to see what had happened, and in her absence the tiger ate the dog—Exchange. Lazy Idleness. Beware of lazy idleness. It will have its effect on your whole system. It brings on degeneration of the muscles and the internal organs, sometimes resulting in an unhealthy accumulation of fat and sometimes in internal adhesion. In some constitutions it results in shrinkage and premature old age. Within Reason. Mistress—Jane, didn't you hear the doorbell? New Servant—Yes, mum. Mistress—Then why don't you go to the door? New Servant—Deed, mum. I ain't expectin' nobody to call on me. It must be somebody to see yourself, mum.—Passing Show. There is evil enough in man, God knows, but it is not the mission of every young man and woman to detail and report it all. Keep the atmosphere as pure as possible and fragrant with gentleness and charity. Dr. John Hall. SEE Evil Enough. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 25, 1916. 26-Passenger Auto Funeral Coaches Carries Complete Funeral to Any Local Cemetery and Return Greater Elegance, Half the Cost My Formal Compartment Auto-Zoos Are Revolvingstick Formal Services In Chicago. They Are Vastly Preferred to Single Carriages and Antes, as they Inserve For Greater Largeness and Kendert, and Buildies Save More than Half the High Cost of Carriages and Automobiles Tel. Kenwood 455 Calls Promptly Answered Day or Night Auto. 73-867 PRIVATE CHAPEL UNDERTAKER NOTARY PUBLIC 5028-5030 S. State St. Automobiles for All Occasions Chicago, Ill. The sycamore tree bears fruit after twenty years' growth. It has been found that the olive will live longer under water than any other tree. Flowering plants should never be watered with cold water. It chills the plants. The cactus and other desert plants have thick stems instead of leaves in order to reduce the loss of water by evaporation to a minimum. Nicotine is found in only one plant besides tobacco—a large shrub known to botanists as Duboisia hopwoodii, which is native to the interior of Australia. PITH AND POINT. A temptation well resisted is the best tonic a man could have. Many a good reputation has been stabbed by a pointed tongue. As nearly as can be figured out, a savant is a scientist on foreign soil. It is better for the drowning man to clutch a life preserver than a straw. Even persons who never tried it will tell you that honesty is the best policy. Many a man who prides himself on his physical strength cannot even hold his tongue. Aren't there enough peace palaces? A common sense, palest sense is the great need. Copper is the one basic necessity of the war, making it a copper bottomed war, so to speak. If the New York restaurants only charge extra for it the horse meat supply won't equal the demand. The high cost of living ceases to command attention when the high cost of destroying life is computed. There is one don't in this grip business worth all the others. It's all well enough to warn us about getting the grip, but the trouble is that we never know we've got it until it's got us. Breathe through the nose and keep the mouth shut, says a doctor, giving advice on the subject of health. Lots of people owe a ripe old age to keeping the mouth shut. The Royal Box. Princess Henry of Battenberg, governor of the Isle of Wight, is the only British woman ruler. King Peter of Servia is not a military man at heart. Rather he is a scholar and philosopher, as is shown by his admiration of John Stuart Mill, whose works he has anonymously translated into Servian. King Gustav of Sweden is a testator, and he and the entire royal family of Sweden are at the head of the temperance movement in Sweden. His mother for over forty years devoted her time and money and influence to the cause of temperance. Flippant Flings. France forbids the export of nuts. We show a welcome disposition to encourage it.—Wall Street Journal. Judging from the number of generals Joffre has retired, one would say he was bent on a general cleaning up.—Chicago Herald. Horse meat has been placed on the New York bill of fare by the health board. A saddle of colt ought to be palatable.—Detroit Journal. New York warehouses are full of cold storage food for Europe. If anything can make them quit fighting this prospect ought to.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Fashion Frills. Women don't object to old fashioned things if they are in style.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Hoslery manufacturers, it is said, are making tremendous profits, and nowadays it is easy to see where our earnings go.—Baltimore American. The news that women are wearing the farthingale doesn't distress us in the least. It's so much better than boops.—New York Sun. Why Not Save Some Money? To make room for our 1916 purchases we are clearing out our 1915 Composite Ranges at special prices. There are only 163 Ranges in this lot, which includes the following popular styles: 20 No. 289 Reliable, Cabinet Style. Glass door—very high grade range. $3.00 cash, 17 payments of $2.00 each. 10 No. 18-79 Composite Detroit-Jewel. Cabinet, enameled doors, very popular style. $3.00 cash, 15 payments of $2.00 each. 6 No. 18-76 Detroit-Jewel. Cabinet type with warming oven, glass door, canopy top. Very handsome. $5.00 cash, 17 payments of $2.00 each. 12 No. 367 Composite Acorn Cabinet. White enameled door and splasher back and side. $5.00 cash, 17 payments of $2.00 each. 16 No. 397 Composite Acorn. Cabinet style. Glass door, white enameled back and side. $5.00 cash, 15 payments of $2.00 each. 19 No. 576 Composite Clark Jewel. Glass door, short type cabinet. $3.00 cash, 15 payments of $2.00 each. which we advertised last year. Built to our order to give service and satisfaction. These special priced ranges are on view at our downtown salesroom only. The number is limited. If you wish to take advantage of the reduced price, make your selection at once. If it takes two to make a quarrel it also takes both sides to keep the peace. A good many fellows can grasp an idea without being able to hang on to it. It is better to lose than have the fruits of victory leave a bad taste in one's mouth. Some folks are so used to looking for trouble they don't recognize joy when they meet it. Europe has long been noted for cheapness. Now she has made human life the cheapest thing. Even Norway has borrowed $5,000, 000 in New York. Pretty soon every- body will be owing us. Occasionally the charity that begins at home never gets through warming its shins at the radiator. Nearly all of us do without things we actually need in order to be able to afford a luxury now and then. Prince Firman Firma is the new Persian premier. There should be nothing unstable about his government. Under present conditions Europe sees nothing paradoxical in the simultaneous promotion of a war loan and a moratorium. A German has invented an instrument which measures the ten-millionth of a second. The trouble is that after it measured it is too much of a back number to be useful. --- January Clearing Sale All goods must be sold at cost price Nemo Corsets $1.89 and $2.89 AT Ruttenberg's Dry Goods Store 3534 STATE STREET Phone Douglas 2824 Open Evenings The finest Steam heat, e 'Phone R my New Some take room for are clearing the Ranges and only 163 Ranges the follo 289 Reliable, high grade ran 0 cash, 17 pay 18-79 Compo- sured doors, ver 0 cash, 15 pay 18-76 Detroit- ven, glass door 0 cash, 17 pay 1867 Composite door and splas 0 cash, 17 pay 1897 Composite white enamel 0 cash, 15 pay 1876 Composite cabinet. 0 cash, 15 pay The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600. Wabash Ave. THE NEW YORK MUSEUM The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. All of these Ranges are the same famous Composite Ranges advertised last and satisfaction. at our downtown If you wish to like your selection Peoples C we advertised last year. Built to our order we and satisfaction. These special priced ran now at our downtown salesroom only. The rented. If you wish to take advantage of the rent make your selection at once. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Colored Help Employed Stanford Ap- tion. 3600. Wa- ng ever opened to Colo- right, tile baths, marble J. W. C. 803 74 W. WAS Save Money? In 1916 purchase our 1915 Com- mercial prices. There in this lot, which popular style Style. Glass door- of $2.00 each. Detroit-Jewel. Cabinet car style. of $2.00 each. Cabinet type with warm top. Very handsome of $2.00 each. Cabinet. White ename- and side. of $2.00 each. Cabinet style. Glass and side. of $2.00 each. Jewel. Glass door, sho- of $2.00 each. Built to our order to give special priced ranges a room only. The numb advantage of the reducce. Right & Coke Co. Nemo Nº326 LASTICURVE-BACK SELF-REDUCING