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THE BROAD AX Hon. John M. Harlan, With the Aid of The Broad Ax, Out Ran Mayor William Hale Thompson in Chicago and Cook County for Delegate-at-Large to the Republican National Convention. THE DENEEN-WEST-BRUNDAGE COMBINATION DEFEATED HIS HONOR THE MAYOR IN TWENTY OUT OF THIRTY-FIVE WARDS GIVING THAT COMBINATION CONTROL OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE ENABLING IT TO NAME THE COUNTY TICKET THIS COMING FALL. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT GOV. DENEEN FELL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BREAST WORKS IN HIS HOME WARD—THE 31ST WARD—HE AND HIS FRIENDS WILL STILL BE IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE REPUBLICAN MACHINE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. HON. ROGER C. SULLIVAN AND HIS WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ROUTED FORMER MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON AND HIS FOLLOWERS AND SUPPORTERS AND MR. SULLIVAN WILL STILL BE THE HEAD CHIEF OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THIS CITY AND IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. ROBERT E. BURKE, ROBERT M. SWEITZER, HON. MICHAEL ZIMMER, HON. ROGER C. SULLIVAN WILL HEAD THE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. HON. WILLIAM H. WEBER IS MORE THAN LIKELY TO BECOME THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE OF COOK COUNTY. HON. ISAAC M. POWELL AFTER A HOT SCRAP WON OUT FOR WARD COMMITTEEMAN OF THE SEVENTH WARD. HONS. MARTIN B. MADDEN AND GEORGE F. HARDING WERE ELECTED DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE ON THEIR HANDS FROM THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. THOMAS J. HEALY AFTER AN EXCITING CONTEST DEFEATED JAMES W. BREEN FOR COMMITTEEMAN OF THE THIRTIETH WARD. STATE SENATOR RICHARD J. BARR OF JOLIET BECOMES A. LIVE OR AN ACTIVE CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ILLINOIS. COL. FRANK O. LOWDEN WHEELS IN LINE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS. Vol. XXI. Hon. John Ran Ma County Convene THE DENEEN-WEST-BRUNDAGE COUNTY THE MAYOR IN TWENTY OUTSIDE OF THE BREAST WORK WARD—HE AND HIS FRIENDS TROL OF THE REPUBLICAN MAY OF ILLINOIS. HON. ROGER C. SULLIVAN AND HIS ROUTED FORMER MAYOR OF LOWERS AND SUPPORTERS AT THE HEAD CHIEF OF THE D AND IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. ROBERT E. BURKE, ROBERT M. S. HON. ROGER C. SULLIVAN WILL TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATION. HON. WILLIAM H. WEBER IS MON NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE R COUNTY. HON. ISAAC M. POWELL AFTER A COMMITTEEMAN OF THE SEVEN HONS. MARTIN B. MADDEN AND G DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLIC OUT ANY TROUBLE ON THEIR SIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. THOMAS J. HEALY AFTER AN EXEC W. BREEN FOR COMMITTEEMAN. STATE SENATOR RICHARD J. BAR AN ACTIVE CANDIDATE FOR THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ILLINOIS. COL. FRANK O. LOWDEN WHEEL NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR Tuesday, April 11, 1916, will long be remembered by many of the most powerful as well as by the gutter snipe or the small fry politicians in this city, the State of Illinois and throughout the United States for all in all it was a day in which many of them went down to their everlasting political defeat and many new ones sprang into their places, who will for a very brief period successfully ride on the political wave and then they will be forced aside to make room for others who will occupy the high places of honor and thus the world moves or runs on regardless of the likes or the dislikes of the politicians. It was indeed very astonishing or surprising to all the politicians and would-be statesmen in this city and throughout the State of Illinois, when the returns began to roll in Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning to learn that with the aid of The Broad Ax, the Hon. John M. Harlan outran Mayor William Hale Thompson in this city and county and came within an ace of putting him out of the running in the State of Illinois for delegate at large to the Republican National Convention. This is indeed very remarkable when we take into consideration the fact that one short year ago the Hon. William Hale Thompson was elected Mayor of this city with one hundred and forty-seven thousand majority at his back—that more than one hundred thousand milk and water Democrats, composing the bread and butter brigade of former Mayor Carter H. Harrison, greatly assisted to boost Mayor Thompson into the City Hall and it must be perfectly evident even to those who are unable to run and read the signs of the times; that Mayor Thompson is not near as popular now as he was one short year ago. There is only one way left open for Mayor Thompson to regain the full confidence of those who freely voted for him one year ago and of those who failed to vote for him and that is to let the politicians alone, refrain from attempting to build up or construct a personal political machine and make an honest effort to earn the eighteen thousand dollars a year salary which the tax payers of this city are paying him --- HEW TO THE LINE: LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY to transact their public business for them. Notwithstanding the fact that the Hon. Charles S. Deneen fell on the outside of his political breastworks in the 31st Ward—his home ward—the Deneen-West-Brundage combination will still control the county committee, which will place them in a position to name the county ticket this fall for they elected ward committeemen in 20 wards leaving Mayor Thompson fifteen wards, the Deneen-West-Brundage combination will also still be in absolute control of the Republican machine throughout the State of Illinois. Hon. Roger C. Sullivan and those belonging to his wing of the Democratic party routed or put to flight former Mayor Carter H. Harrison and his followers who supported the Hon. William Hale Thompson for Mayor in 1915 and Mr. Sullivan will still be head or the high chief of the Democratic party in this city and in the State of Illinois. Robert E. Burke, Robert M. Sweitzer, Hon. Michael Zimmer, Hon. Roger C. Sullivan will head the delegates at large to the Democratic National Convention. The indications are that the Hon. William H. Weber will be the choice of the Deneen-West-Brundage combination for chairman of the new Republican committee of Cook county and if he is selected for that position he will more than be the right man in the right place. Hon. Isaac Newton Powell after a red hot scrap easily won out for Ward Committeeman of the Seventh Ward, and Robert R. Levy followed suit in the Third Ward. The four or five little dark clouds which hovered over or around Hons. Martin B. Madden and George F. Harding for the past six weeks all faded away and completely disappeared from the faintest view on Tuesday, April 11, and they were both elected delegates to the Republican National Convention without any trouble on their hands from the First Congressional District of Illinois and at the same time Congressman Madden was re-elected committeeman of the Second Ward. The big politicians throughout the state are just beginning to wake up now, the Presidential primaries are CHICAGO, APRIL 15, 1916 over and State Senator Richard J. Barr of Joliet who is very popular in his home town and in all parts of this state has become an active candidate for the Republican nomination for Attorney-General of Illinois and he expects to be in the running until the state-wide primary day September 13, and Senator Barr, feels that the gods are more than favorable to his nomination and election. Col Frank O. Lowden wheels in line for the Republican nomination for Governor of Illinois and from now until the September primaries he will use all honorable methods to secure the nomination. See his announcement in another column of this paper. DOCTOR U. GRANT DAILEY, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION VISITS TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA AND ATTENDS SESSIONS OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THAT STATE. Dr. U. Grant Dailey, who was recently united in marriage to Miss Eleonor Curtis, the highly accomplished sister of Dr. A. M. Curtis of Washington, D. C. the wedding being one of the most brilliant ever held in that city; spent this week at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Dr. Dailey is the highly honored and progressive President of the National Medical Association. He is attending the twentieth annual meeting of the Alabama Medical and Pharmaceutical Association in conjunction with the Third Bi-Annual meeting of the TriState Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association which held its sessions at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Dr. Dailey, during the sessions, read several very highly instructive papers on Advance Surgery, diseases of the Chorion, with special reference to Chorionic tumors. He also displayed his great medical ability by giving clinics. He and Dr. L. W. Johnson, member of the Alabama State Board of Health, were the two most distinguished M. D.'s present and carried off all the high honors belonging to them. Dr. Dailey returned home this morning from his delightful trip to Tuskegee. THE REV. HONORABLE ARCHIBALD JAMES CAREY, PH. D. D. D. SHOULD NOT BE ELECTED ONE OF THE BISHOPS OF THE A. M. E. CHURCH. The Twin City Star which is published in St. Paul, Minn., and several other newspapers which are published in the interest of the Colored race throughout the country, are wasting their ink and white paper in puffing or boosting the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D. up for Bishop of the A. M. E. Church; the conference meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., early this coming May. It will be recalled that the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D. was a candidate for Bishop at the annual conference held in Kansas City, Mo., in 1912; that the great majority of the delegates attending that conference solidly voted against him for Bishop for they did not feel that he was the right man for that position and as he is more of a ranting rattled brain politician than a safe, sound and sane preacher, he should again be defeated in his efforts to become one of the Bishops at the Philadelphia conference. JULIUS F. TAYLOR TO SPEAK ON THE "POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS." This coming Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the meeting of the Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club, 3256 Rhodes ave., Julius F. Taylor will talk for fifteen or twenty minutes on the "Power and Influence of the Press." 107 COL. FRANK O. LOWDEN Republican candidate for the nomination for Governor of Illinois to be voted at the state wide primaries this coming September. COL. FRANK O. LOWDEN BECOMES AN ACTIVE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS. HE WILL NOT TAKE PART IN ANY LOCAL FACTIONAL CONTEST IN ANY PART OF THIS STATE. THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. Chicago, April 12, 1916. "At the State Fair last September I stated publicly that if the sentiment favorable to my candidacy, which then existed should continue, I would at the proper time, be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. According to the information which I DOCTOR ANNA BEATRICE SCHULTZ - KNIGHTEN FOUND GUILTY AND CONVICTED OF ABORTION. SHE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FOURTEEN YEARS IN THE JOLIET PENITENTIARY. The first of this week, a jury in Judge David M. Brothers Court on the North Side, returned a verdict convicting Dr. Anna Beatrice Schultz-Knighten of murder by abortion and she has been sentenced to fourteen years in the Joliet Penitentiary. Her bond was raised after her conviction from $10,000 to $20,000 and being unable to induce any one to sign up for that amount of money at this writing she is still resting up in the big gray stone building on the North Side. She was convicted for performing an illegal operation on Flossie Emerson in 1914 which caused her death. Dr. Schultz still has many friends who deeply regret that she has gotten herself into her present unpleasant predicament. have obtained from different parts of the state, this sentiment has continued, and I have decided to become a candidate. "I shall make a vigorous, statewide campaign, but it will be a fair campaign and free from personal abuse. The voters are entitled to know my views upon questions pertaining to the administration of the state government, and I shall, from time, to time, present and discuss my views upon these questions in my public speeches and in public statements. "W. H. Stead, of Ottawa, former Attorney General, will have the management of my campaign and headquarters will be opened in Chicago, in APPMATTOX DAY CELBRATEE BY THE APPMATTOX CLUB. Monday evening, the Appomattox Club, 3441 S. Wabash avenue, fittingly celebrated Appomattox Day by giving a banquet in the spacious parlors of the club. Col. John R. Marshall, President of the club very ably and brilliantly presided. Lawyer B. F. Moseley and Dr. Roberts were the principal speakers and their talks were exceedingly interesting. Monday evening was rather a bad time to hold the affair, for many of the politicians and orators had to retire early that evening and hustle out of bed early Tuesday morning in order to be able to take part in the State wide presidential primaries; so it was impossible for them to be present and join in the festivities on that occasion. Between sixty and seventy-five of the members of the club and their friends occupied seats around the banquet table. No.30 the Lumber Exchange Building. A committee of well known representative republicans, selected regardless of past or present factional alignments, will have special charge of my campaign in Cook county. "I am not, and will not be, the candidate of any faction and I will take no part in local factional contests, either in Cook county or in any other county. "I will not be a party to any slate ticket. As a candidate, I shall make no promises, either express or implied, and shall have no alliances, either direct or remote, which will embarrass the free exercise of my best judgment in discharging the duties of governor, should I be nominated and elected." C. PORTER JOHNSCN DIES WHILE IN ST. LOUIS, MO. C. Porter Johnson, formerly a well known figure in Illinois politics and at the Chicago bar, died Thursday in St. Louis. Mr. Johnson was about 50 years old, a native of Vermillion county. Mr. Johnson served four years in the Illinois state senate during the Altgeld administration. He was elected from the old Second district in 1892 and was redistricted into the Fourth district, embracing the Town of Lake wards. He was elected as a Democrat. In Springfield, as in Chicago, he received considerable prominence as an orator. Later in Chicago he became an assistant corporation counsel during the Dunne period. He was an advocate of municipal ownership. In St. Louis he became affiliated with the Republican organization. He was married to a sister of Roy O. West, Republican national committeeman from Illinois. Mr. West went to St. Louis Thursday, called there by Mr. Johnson's death. PAGE TWO THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and as all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxes, Republians, or anyone else can have their way, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. 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The Flag of Denmark In the year 1219 King Waldemar of Denmark, when leading his troops to battle against the Livonians, saw, or thought he saw, a bright light in the form of a cross in the sky. He held this appearance to be a promise of divine aid and pressed forward to victory. From this time he had the cross placed on the flag of his country and called it the Dannebrog—that is, the strength of Denmark. Aside from legend, there is no doubt that this flag with the cross was adopted by Denmark in the thirteenth century and that at about the same date an order, known as the order of Dannebrog, was instituted, to which only soldiers and sailors who were distinguished for courage were allowed to belong. The flag of Denmark, a plain red banner bearing on it a white cross, is the oldest flag now in existence. For 300 years both Norway and Sweden were united with Denmark under this flag. The Gegenschein The Gegenschein is the name given to one of the most inexplicable objects known to astronomers. It is visible in the night sky under favorable conditions, is rounded in outline and is situated always exactly opposite the place of the sun. It has been termed by one eminent astronomer "a sort of cometery or meteoric satellite" attending the earth. He supposes it to be composed of a cloud of meteors situated about a million miles from the earth and revolving around it it in a period of just one year, so that the sun and the meteors are always on opposite sides of the earth. It is estimated that the size of this ghostly satellite may be nearly the same as that of the planet Jupiter-i. e., about 86,000 miles in diameter. A Modern Venus. If a girl could have the neat ankles of the hosiery ads., and the trim waist of the corset ads., and the hair of the grower ads., and the teeth of the tooth-powder ads., and the complexion of the cold cream ads., wouldn't she be a wonder? What would she do for a heart? She wouldn't need a heart or a brain. We could give her the emotions of the heroines in the best seller ads.—Life Considerate. Mrs. Brindle—Now, Mary, I want you to be extremely careful. This is some very old table linen—been in the family for over 200 years and— Mary —Ah, sure, m'am, you needn't worry. I won't tell a soul about it, and it looks as good as new, anyway. — Chicago News. Making Friends. Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but, above all, the power of going out of one's self and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.-Thomas Hughes. Rubbing the Eyes. The Italian child is never allowed to rub its eyes. If it bursts into tears it is not repressed, but allowed to have the cry out. This, it is claimed, beautifies the eyes and makes them clear, while rubbing the eyes injures them in many ways. More Urgent. "Daughter, don't you want to improve your mind?" "Of course, ma, but I'm busy with my complexion now." — Kansas City Journal. Crab Locomotives. The queerest locomotives are the types used in mining and called "crabs." Gliding into the black galleries of coal mines and halting at a crevice in the wall from which issues the distant ring of pick and shovel, the crab lets out a flexible tentacle (a steel cable) for perhaps 200 or 300 feet, drawing it back presently with a car of coal in tow. Feeling into the holes, first on one side, then on the other, it moves along and never fails to secure its prey. Finally, with a dozen or more cars in its wake, it proceeds to the shaft or outlet and delivers its booty to the crusher. These crabs operate by trolley conductors. They run through the main passages of the mine. Each crab is furnished with an electrically operated drum, on which are carried 200 or 300 feet of steel cable. This is hauled into the side passages or drifts by a man, who couples the end to a loaded car, then gives a signal, and the crab does the rest.—George Frederick Stratton in St. Nicholas. Eccentric Paying. It is related that when Maximilian Emanuel succeeded to the throne of Bavaria he celebrated the event by causing one of the roads leading to his palace to be paved with plates of burnished copper. This, gleaming in the sunshine, gave all the effect of the more precious metal—gold. We are told also that Louis XIV, paved one of the courts at Versailles with squares of silver, each of which had recorded upon it some triumph of the French arms. In the center of the court stood a large tablet of gold in representation of the luxurious monarch's favorite emblem—the sun. Memoirs of the time of Louis make mention of a lodge erected to the love of his youth, the fair Louise de la Vallere. The approach was paved with mirrors, wherein was painted an allegory setting forth the undying devotion of the king to Louise. A Test of Youth. You often see a woman at the market pinching the end of a chicken's breastbone to find out how tender—in other words, how young—the fowl is. Oddly enough, the same test with human beings is one of the most reliable known. If in advanced life the lower end of your breastbone feels elastic when pushed inward, you may assume that no important changes have yet taken place in your arteries or otherwise in your anatomical makeup. The human breastbone is shaped like an ancient Roman sword, and the upper part of it is like the sword handle. Its point is a piece of cartilage, which anatomists call the "xiphoid" cartilage. The early hardening and stiffening of it indicate that the changes that accompany old age have prematurely begun.—Youth's Companion. Insect Sites on Its Eggs Family matters in the case of insects usually mean only the depositing of eggs in suitable situations for the independent development of the offspring, the parent insects often dying before the young appear. The earwig, however, provides a remarkable exception to the general rule, for it sits upon its fifty or more eggs until they are hatched, just as a bird would do, and, moreover, if the eggs get scattered it carefully collects them together again. In the early months of the year, when digging the soil, female earwigs may frequently be found together with their batch of eggs. At the slightest sign of danger the young ones huddle close to their mother, hiding beneath her body so far as it will cover so large a family.—Strand Magazine. Insect Wonders. Nothing can exceed the perfection of the minutest parts of the insect organization in general. The finest strand in a spider's web, which can scarcely be seen, is said to be composed of no less than 4,000 threads. On a single wing of a butterfly have been found 100,000 scales and on that of a silkworm moth 400,000, each of these minutes scales being a marvel of beauty and completeness in itself. So thin are the wings of many insects that 50,000 placed over each other would only be a quarter of an inch thick, and yet, thin as they are, each is double. Elephants In Uganda. "Elephants in Uganda have a peculiar aspect that I have not noticed elsewhere," writes a traveler. "They cover their bodies, as a protection against files, with the bright red volcanic dust contained in the soil. This gives them a remarkable appearance, as instead of being a slaty gray, as in the Nile valley, their color when thus covered with dust resembles that of a chestnut horse." His Birthday Present Fair Customer—I want a birthday present for my husband. Dealer—Yes, mum. How would this old clock suit you? Fair Customer—Let me see. I've got a corner in my boudor that will just do for it! And I've been wanting an old clock for a long time. Yes, that will do! Unhappiness. They have never known prosperity can hardly be said to be unhappy. It is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed.—Emile Zola. Not Jealous. Mrs. Jawback—John, I do believe you are jealous of my first husband. Mr. Jawback—Well, no; I don't believe I'd call it jealousy. Envy is the word. The only wealth which will not decay is knowledge—Langford. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 15, 1916. In many recent editorial contributions and magazine articles it is conclusively proved—were new proof necessary—that the railroad is the most potent of all factors in the civilization of mankind. Not only in a commercial sense, but in an ethical and religious sense, the railway is a pioneer, for it makes possible the intercourse of nations, the broadening of ideas, the seeking of newer and better things and the escape from the undesirable. In the wake of the railway come better conditions of every sort, for better transportation advantages beget better commercial conditions, and they in turn beget more intellectual development and higher ethical standards. That the railway is built primarily as a business investment does not alter the case. No claim was ever made that the railway was an ethical enterprise, but the fact remains, whatever the motive, that the railway is the handmaid of national progress, commercial, intellectual and religious—New York Mail. Frost Cracks. In the annual lists of earthquakes registered at the Harvard seismographic station occasional shocks occurring in winter are noted as due to "frost cracks"—i. e., the sudden opening of fissures in the ground, resulting from freezing. The late Professor Shaler in one of his lectures mentioned the occurrence of a sensible shock at Cambridge some forty years ago, which he traced to a crack in the frozen ground. An apparent earthquake near Akron, O., probably due to a frost crack, was described in the American Geologist. Vol. 1, 1888, while another, which caused a mild panic at Attleboro, Mass., was reported in the Attleboro Sun of Jan. 23, 1903. Professor Woodworth says that "this idea of frost cracks is very widespread in New England as an explanation of many small shocks coming at a time when the frozen ground is known to have cracked open."—Philadelphia Press. Discomforts of Coaching Days Posterity will know nothing of the misery their forefathers underwent in the traveling way, and whenever we hear—which we often do—unreasonable grumblings about the absence of trifling luxuries on railroads we are tempted to wish the parties consigned to a good long ride in an old stage-coach. Why, the worst third class that ever was put next the engine is infinitely better than the inside of the best of them used to be, to say nothing of the speed. As to the outsides of the old coaches, with their roastings, their soakings, their freezings and their smotherings with dust, one cannot but feel that the establishment of railways was a downright prolongation of life—Surtees (1858). Theodore Hook and His Chest Theodore Hook and His Chest. Thomas Moore held the post of registrar in the Bermuda government, but he only held it for a few months and left after appointing a deputy. Another famous man of letters, Theodore Hook, held a somewhat similar position in Mauritius, but left suddenly under a cloud, owing to some irregularities with the treasury chest. It is said of this incorrigible joker that on his passage home he was asked by one of the passengers why he was leaving Mauritius and calmly replied that it was owing to "a little trouble with his chest."—Westminster Gazette. Expensive Lighting. It takes 40,650,000 candle power to light up the outside of the Woolworth building, in New York, every night. Six hundred projector lamps, with reflectors covered with silver—not mercury—filled with nitrogen gas, each consuming 250 watts of current and delivering 67,750 candle power, are used in this illumination, which makes the tower visible twenty miles away.—New York World. Nobody at Home. "They say." remarked the spinster boarder, "that the woman who hestates is lost." "Lost is not the proper word for it," growled the fussy old bachelor at the pedal extremity of the table. "She's extinct."—Indianapolis Star. Keeps You Waiting. "The time, the place and the girl are seldom found together." "True. The girl is usually half an hour late."-Louisville Courier-Journal. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Cancer Precautions. A writer in a medical journal mentions, among the kind of things on the skin which must be observed for cancer, all moles and warts which grow in size; all moles which change their color and grow dark brown or black; all scaling warts, especially on the lips, the ears, the eyelids, the cheeks or the hands. He further states that "perhaps the most frequent excitant of all, so far as skin cancer is concerned, is dandruff. It falls from the scalp and lights on the ear, eyelids, nose, neck, lips and face, and if there is already a scaling spot or a thickening or a wart, a mole or a gland ready to receive the dandruff scale it sets this spot alive with activity, and it goes on to form a skin cancer. Probably 60 per cent of skin cancers are due to this cause, and many a cancer has been prevented and may be prevented by curing the dandruff or by preventing it." ```markdown ``` True Fish Stories. The Cyclosama negrofasciatus will fight with the savage tenacity of a bulldog and will leap high out of the water in pursuit of a tantalizing finger. The walking perch from India will climb out of the aquarium and take a stroll around the floor looking for another pool unless you put a wire over the top of his home. The shishigashira has a round fat kewpie body topped by a chubby cheeked cherub head, with the tiny eyes, small mouth and nose of a human being. Its coloring is marvelous, and it is considered sacred in Japan. The angel fish is wider than it is long and has a chameleon-like quality of changing its color at will. The Indian gouramis has arms with which it feels its way about or inspects anything new in the aquarium. There are tallless fish and scaleless fish and fish without fins, blue fish, pink fish, lavender fish and particolored red, white and blue fish, but they are all goldfish, especially as to price. Philadelphia North American. Abusing a True Friend. The truest and most devoted friend that man ever had is the little inanimate bundle of nerves that stands guard by his bedside through the dead hours of the night, its palpitating little heart spreading cheer and confidence over the surrounding gloom. Yet man often forgets the debt of gratitude he owes this faithful and tireless little friend for the sleepless, watchful hours it subjects itself to in order that he may slumber in security and comfort, and when it sings its merry morning lay I have seen him, instead of bestowing fond caresses, reach from his warm quilts, grasp it ruthlessly and slam it into the farther and darkest corner of the room, crushing the dainty hands that seemed uplifted in an attitude of horror and protection, scornfully muttering such uncouth and unworthy reproach as "Hang that blinkt-blank alarm clock, anyhow!" then return to his snoring!-Zim in Cartoons Magazine. Stevenson's Brownies. Stevenson maintained that much of his work was only partially original. His collaborators were the brownies who ran riot through his brain during the hours of sleep. He instances the case of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." "I had long been trying to write a story on this subject," he writes, "to find a body, a vehicle for that strong sense of man's double being which must at times come in upon and overwhelm the mind of every thinking creature. For two days I went about racking my brains for a plot of any sort, and on the second night I dreamed the scene at the window and a scene afterward split in two, in which Hyde, pursued for some crime, took the powder and underwent the change in the presence of his pursuers. All the rest was made awake and consciously, although I think I can trace in much of it the manner of my brownies." Lordly Disraeli Disraeli once told a woman that two possessions which were indispensable to other people he had always done without. "I made," she said, "every kind of conjecture, but without success, and on my asking him to enlighten me he solemnly answered that they were a watch and an umbrella. 'But how do you manage,' I asked, if there happens to be no clock in the room and you want to know the time?' 'I ring for a servant,' was the magnulloquent reply. 'Well,' I continued, 'and what about the umbrella? What do you do, for instance, if you are in the park and are caught in a sudden shower?' 'I take refuge,' he replied, with a smile of excessive gallantry, under the umbrella of the first pretty woman I meet.' A Warning. "Watch out how you holler fer de worl' ter look up at you when you gits ter de mountain top," said Brother Williams. "Of all time dat's de one time tay low ler, fer de worl' will find you when it gits good an' ready. An' dis other thing is what you got to consider: De minute you hollers old man Trouble locates you an' sets his traps ter trip you an' send you rollin' down ter de bottom, whar you come from!" -Atlanta Constitution. Flower of the Air. There is a plant in Chile and a similar one in Japan called the "flower of the air." It is so called because it appears to have no root and is never fixed to the earth. It twines around a dry tree or sterile rock. Each shoot produces two or three flowers like a lily—white, transparent and odoriferous. It is capable of being transported 600 to 700 miles and vegetates as it travels suspended on a twig. Perfect Machinery. "Their household seems a perfect piece of machinery." "Yes; the wife's the governor, the children safety valves and the husband a crank."—Philadelphia Bulletin. His Views. "Dear me, I forgot to send her an invitation to our wedding!" "I imagine it won't make much difference. We won't miss one pickle fork."-Kansas City Journal. Astronomy. Astronomy is one of the most exact of the sciences. The powerful telescopes, the spectroscope and other almost perfect instruments come pretty near telling the truth. Elephants' Toes The African elephant has two toes on its rear feet and three on its front feet, the Indian elephant has three on its rear feet and four on its front feet. Origin of the Penny. The "maiden name" of the penny was "denarius," and the English penny is a survival of the Roman rule in the British isles. Like the coin which preceded it in Rome, it has been debased in value until its name has lost its original meaning. The first denarius was minted in Rome about 268 B. C. and was the principal silver coin of both the republic and the empire. It at first weighed seventy-two grains troy and was as nearly pure silver as durability would permit. It bore on one side the helmeted head of Roma and the mark X and on the other side the images of Castor and Pollux. Later these twin gods were replaced by the head of the Roman emperors. By 215 A. D. the coin had deteriorated in value until it was only 40 per cent silver. The X, which signified the value of ten asses, had wholly lost its meaning. Diocletian finished the degradation of the denarius by applying the name to a small copper coin. In England the largest silver coin was called a denarius at a time when the English forin was called a gold penny.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Edison and His Mother. During the short time that he attended school Thomas A. Edison was nearly always at the foot of his class. On one occasion a teacher remarked to the inspector that the boy was "addled" and that trying to tutor him was a mere waste of time. The youth overheard the remark. He repeated it to his mother, who promptly took the child back to the school and told the teacher he did not know what he was talking about and that the lad had more brains than the teacher. Referring to this critical period of his existence, Mr. Edison once said: "Had it not been for my mother's appreciation and faith in me I should very likely never have been an inventor. She was so true, so sure of me, that I felt that I had some one to live for, some one I must not disappoint. The memory of her will always be a blessing to me."—Columbus Dispatch. Proof That We Are Sheepish. The Pittsburgh man who several years ago won a dinner from an Indiana county relative by taking a small piece of wood, a hammer and a nail and blocked traffic on lower Fifth avenue of the steel metropolis by hammering the nail into the shingle resting on the sidewalk has a follower here who did a similar stunt. The New Yorker won his wager by placing a ball of paper six inches in diameter at the corner of Wall street and Broadway and by staring at it got a crowd of a hundred people in five minutes. It proved the old contention of the psychology of crowds, showed that all the yokels are not living in the country and revealed that we humans all are more or less sheep.—New York Letter to Pittsburgh Dispatch. Origin of Patents Patents (from pateo, I lie open) originated with the so called nobility of France. Lest their superiority to other folks should be in doubt, the nobles got out titles of nobility, so that the fact that they were better than the rest of the people might "lie open" to the world. It was in connection with the printing of books that the first real patents were issued, about 1550. By 1625 it began to be customary to issue patents protecting the rights of inventors in the arts and manufactures. Since that time the patent offices of the world have had a steadily increasing business. Got Some of the Poison. "The late William Vaughn Moody," said a Harvard instructor, "was well liked. Moody hated gossip. One of our professors had a nasty, venomous tongue, and one day this gentleman appeared in chapel with his hand tied up. "What's the matter with him?" some one asked. "Oh, he's been trying to hold his tongue," said Moody."-Exchange. However, Father Was Moved. She—Was father very angry when you broke the news of our engagement? He—I don't think so. His most polignant emotions, so far as I could discover them, appeared to be sympathy and relief.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Its Sort. "That woman's tongue goes as fast as an express train." "And it's always on the rail."—Balti- more American. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Troublesome Tonsils Rheumatism is only a minor consequence of enlarged tonsils. Tuberculosis, asthma, epilepsy, articular rheumatism, golter, valvular heart disease, stomach and intestinal ulcers, gallstones, glandular troubles and a dozen other serious or even fatal diseases are caused directly or are materially predisposed to by infection originating in the tonsils. The cure is simple. Have them either amputated or atrophied. Radical removal is more effective than slower shrinkage. But get rid of them in any event if they persist in occupying more than their proper share of space and attention. The operation in efficient hands is quick, safe and certain. And if the tonsils reappear the operation or the shrinkage treatment can be repeated. ```markdown ``` Luxury In Puritan Days At no time, of course, was luxury completely absent from America. Men spend when the purse is full, even though the purse be small. Not all the sumptuary laws of seventeenth century Massachusetts could prevent sober Puritans from launching into extravagance, from purchasing apparel—"wollen, slike or lynnen with face on it, silver, golde, silke or threed." Even the plots slid back into embroidered doublets with slashed sleeves into "gold or silver girdles, hatt bands, belts, ruffs, beaver hatts," while women of no particular rank appeared in forbidden silk and tiffany hoods. A century later we encounter disapproval of John Hancock's "show of extravagance in living," of his French and English furniture, his dances, dinners, carriages, wine cellars and fine clothes. Washington starved with his soldier at Valley Forge, but lived like an English gentleman in his home at Mound Vernon. Luxury, pomp, ceremonia were not absent in the eighteenth century.—Walter E. Weyl in Harper's Magazine. Initiative and Resolution: Every young man should adopt the L and R. in his life. That means initiative and resolution. That is, originate something; think up something to do in the world. Don't depend upon others to initiate for you. The world owes no man a living. Every one owes the world a life. Then there is resolution. That's a man's virtue. It is a man's soul put in action. This sounds like sentiment, but it is solid fact. Half of the social and industrial disasters we experience today in politics, education, commerce and industry is because we practice resolution and dependence. We will never settle our social and industrial troubles that way. We must think of something else to do, something we can resort to in case of misfortune and disaster. A man should save his earnings and invest them in land, in mine in shop, in store—something on the outside to take up in times of emergency—Ohio State Journal. Dolls as Scapegoats. The earliest dolls found were the "Answers" of the ancient Egyptians, which were buried with important personages in order that they might fulfill such duties as the rulers of the nether world might impose on the dead dignitary in his next incarnation. The more important the dead the larger the number of dolls buried with him. Even to this day the doll plays its part in the folklore of the banks of the Nile. When the river does not appear to rise properly a doll is thrown into its waters, representing the living virgin or boy who used of old to be thrown in to propitiate the Nile god, and a similar performance takes place on the banks of the Tiber, where a doll made of plaited rushes is used as a substitute for the human victim.—Westminster Gazette. George Washington's Sobriquets. Washington was called by many soilbruquets. He was first of all "Father of His Country." "Providence left him childless that his country might call him father." Sigourney calls him "Pater Patriae;" Chief Justice Marshall, the "American Fabius." Lord Byron in his "Ode to Napoleon" calls him "the Cincinnatus of the West." For having a new world on his shoulders he was called the "Atlas of America." The English soldiery called him by the sarcastic nickname of "Lovely Georgius." Red Jacket, the Seneca Indian chief, called him the "Flower of the Forest." The Italian poet Vittorio Alfieri called him "Diverler of America." His bitter opponents sarcastically called him the "Stepfather of His Country" during his presidency. Death. Death, the dry pedant, spares neb ther the rose nor the thistle, nor does he forget the solitary blade of grass in the distant waste. He destroys thor- oughly and unceasingly. Everywhere we may see how he crushes to dust plants and beasts, men and their works. Even the Egyptian pyramids that would seem to defy him, are tro- phies of his power, monuments of de- cy, graves of primeval kings.—Hein- rich Heine. Simple. "Those twin boys of yours are so much alike that I don't see how you can tell them apart." "That's easy enough. When they're on their good behavior they answer to their own names, and when they've been in mischief each one answers to the name of the other."—New Orleans Times-Pleasant. That Was All. "Maria," demanded Mr. Billus in a loud voice, "what have you been doing to my razor?" "Nothing," said Mrs. Billus, "except sharpening it again after shaving Fido's doil with it. It's all right, isn't it?—Exchange. Courtesy. Courtesy in the mistress of a house consists in feeding conversation, never in usurping it. She is the guardian of this species of sacred fire, but it must be accessible to all. -Mime. Swatcheline. Serious Intentions Nelle - Hasn't Mr. Elewailey proposed yet? Nora-No, but he has gone as far as to ask what time we have breakfast and whether mother is a good cook.-Exchange. His Specialty. Hokus - Scribbler has had no less than nine plays rejected. Pokus - What is he doing now? Hokus - Writing essays on the decline of the drama - Life. OUR LOVE OF SHAM Why American Novels Lack Life-likeness and Grip. SENTIMENT VERSUS REALITY. One of Our Artists Thinks That Our Public Demands a False Optimism Instead of the Compelling Facts of Life That Give Power and Charm. In a recent interview Ellen Glasgow, one of our popular American novelists, stated: "I think that in America we demand from our writers, as we demand from our politicians and in general from those who theoretically are our men of light and leading, an evasive idealism instead of a straightforward facing of realities. In England the demand is for a direct and sincere interpretation of life, and that is what the novelists of England, especially the younger novelists, are making. But what the American public seems to A. B. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW. desire is the cheapest sort of sham optimism. And apparently our writers—a great many of them—are ready and eager to meet this demand. "I don't know which is the more tragic, the fact that a desire for this sort of literary pabulum exists or the fact that there are so many writers willing to satisfy that desire, but I do know that the widespread enthusiasm for this sort of writing is the reason for the inferiority of our novels to those of England, and, furthermore, I think that this evasive idealism, this preference for a pretty sham instead of the truth, is evident not only in literature, but in every phase of American life. "Look at our politics! We tolerate corruption. Graft goes on undisturbed, except for some sporadic attacks of conscience on the part of various communities. The ugliness of sin is there, but we prefer not to look at it. Instead of facing the evil and attacking it manfully we go after any sort of false god that will distract our attention from our shame. Just as in literature we want the books which deal not with life as it is, but with life as it might be imagined to be lived, so in politics we want to face not hard and unpleasant facts, but agreeable illusions. "Of course," said Miss Glasgow, "we must distinguish between a realist and a vulgarian, and I do not see how a writer who is absolutely without humor can justly be called a realist. Consider the great realists—Jane Austen, Henry Fielding, Anthony Trollope, George Meredith. They all had humor. What our novelists need chiefly are more humor and a more serious attitude toward life. If our novelists are titanic enough they will have a serious attitude toward life, and if they stand far enough off they will have humor. "I hope," Miss Glasgow added, "that America will produce better literature after the war. I hope that a change for the better will be evident in all branches of literary endeavor." Baking Hints. When making angel cake be sure to beat the whites of the eggs stiff, until you can turn the dish upside down and the whites of the eggs will not move. You will find your cake almost always will come out right and will be much lighter. In baking bread be sure when rising it forms a thin crust before putting into oven, and when taking out of oven listen and see that it does not "sing," because if it "sings" it is not done. When baking lemon pies do not have your oven too hot, as the lemon will curdle and boil over your crust. Rhubarb Cobbler Chop rhubarb pretty fine, put in a pudding dish and sprinkle sugar over it. Make a batter of one cupful of sour milk, two eggs, a piece of butter the size of an egg, one-half teaspoonful of soda and enough flour to make batter as thick as for cake. Spread it over the rhubarb and bake. Turn out on platter upside down so rhubarb will be on top. Serve with sugar and cream. Linings When a cape is a part of a new frock it is usually lined with a contrasting color. Sometimes, too, overskirts and panniers are lined, and sometimes even the skirt, finished irregularly in scallops or points, is lined. A NEAT ENSEMBLE. The Small Tifings That Score For the Well Dressed Woman. There was a time when it was far more difficult to look smartly dressed than it is today. That was the time when we wore separate belts, when there was dress braid on our skirts, when we wore separate neckwear. We had to be careful that the braid on our skirts didn't become ripped, to hang in loops of untidiness. We had to see to it that the belt of our skirt didn't sag. We had to see to it that the leather belt we wore exactly coincided with the skirt belt. We had to see to it that the ribbon or muslin collar we wore exactly made connections with the blouse beneath it. Yes, those were indeed difficult days. Today neatness counts as much as ever, but there are not so many pitfalls for the woman who would be neat. Neatness of footgear counts more than ever before. The shoes must be spotless, well polished and in good repair. Heels that slant are an outrage on good dressing; moreover, they are decidedly unhealthful. It goes without saying that the hair must be neat. A hair net sometimes produces a stiff effect, but that is better than a sloppy one. So choose the hair net in windy weather, and learn to adjust it becomingly. This year, when our milliners tell us to wear our hats straight on the head, neither tipped to left or right, neat hair is more than ever essential. Immaculate gloves count for much in producing a smart appearance. Soiled gloves, ripped gloves or worn gloves are a disgrace. Nowadays, when washable gloves can be bought at almost any price, it is possible for everybody to have clean gloves. The cotton ones, if clean, always look well—infinitely better than soiled kid ones. And a stitch now and then will keep gloves always well mended. Then there is the handbag. In this case the more you pay the better, for an expensive handbag outwears two cheaper ones and looks better the last day it is carried than the cheap one does after the first few weeks. There are little details, like the handkerchief, which should always be sheer and snow white, that count quite as much as some of the bigger things in giving the impression of smartness, which the modern woman aims to attain. AN EASTER NOVELTY. A Jaunty Bag to Hold Your Mirror and Puff. White kid plaited into a circle, each plait being overlapped with strips of black patent leather, is the secret of X A HAPPY SPHERE this smart wrist bag. The inside is lined with king's blue tussore silk and fitted with mirror, puff and purse. HALE WORN COSTUMES. How to Freshen Up Your Old Gown So It Looks. Actually, French. Fashions change so rapidly that women of limited means are often sore tried in their attempts to keep up with these periodic and quick movements. A Frenchwoman, whose husband was among the first to respond to his country's call, saw her opportunity and seized it. She made the fact known that she was clever at adapting clothing and that she was ready to exercise her skill on reasonable terms. Plain materials are easily added to, the introduction of contrast is often permissible, and the present vogue for trimming has greatly facilitated her enterprise. The tunic was one of her best resources when she first started her business. Now she finds that the contrast hip joke and the panel serve her very well. Frequently sale bargains come in admirably for her purpose, and she is always ready not only to assist in adapting, but to give her aid in choosing from the big stocks of rich and beautiful material which are shown. A serge gown done up recently had the last season's bodice remodeled into a bolero arranged over an undervest made of a piece of rich silk picked up at a sale and sold off because this winter's patterns will not be brought out again for another season. Mint Sauce. The best way to make mint sauce is with a boiled sugar sirup. Add the chopped mint to this when it is hot and let stand until cold. Serve cold. Make the sirup of sugar with enough white vinegar added to make a sirup of the right consistency when boiled for about four minutes. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 15, 1916. FOR THE CHILDREN FOR THE CHILDREN An Entertaining Sleepy Time Story For Little Folks. THE MOUSE IN THE TRAP. Wonderful Fortune That Came to a Kind Hearted Lad—Many Things of Interest For Young People—A Boy and His Dog Sandy. Night was falling when Polly Ann and little Ned settled down to hear Uncle Ben's good night story. It was about AN ENCHANTED PRINCESS. Once there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife in the middle of the forest. He had three sons called Edward, George and Albert. The two eldest were thoughtless, but good natured. One day Edward, the eldest, said to his father, "I am going out to make my fortune, father, and when I have made it I will come back." His father let him go sadly. On the way Edward passed a trap with a poor little mouse in it, but as he was so thoughtless he did not think of letting it out. A few days after George set out to make his fortune. He, too, passed the mouse, but did not let it out. After that Albert left home to make his fortune, but when he came to the trap he went up and let the poor little mouse out. Instantly it became a beautiful princess. "Thank you, dear Albert," she said to the astonished boy. "A wicked witch turned me into a mouse, but will you come and set my castle free?" Albert said "Yes" gladly. So he followed her, and at last they came to a grand castle. When they went in nobody was there. Then the princess said: "Tonight you will be tortured by invisible beings. You will see only their hands and feet, but don't say a word, and in the morning I will come. This will happen for three nights, but on the third day the castle will be yours." That night when Albert was reading ten pairs of hands and feet appeared and pulled his hair, pinched and kicked him and tore his book to pieces, but he never said a word. Next morning the princess came, and with her came a hundred attendants, whom he had made free by his watching. That night the same happened, and in the morning the princess came with 200 servants now. The third night passed, and still he did not speak, and in the morning the princess came with 300 servants and embraced him. She showed him all the cellars full of gold. A few days after they were married, and after that Prince Albert went to his father's home to bring him to his castle. The brothers had come back penniless through their thoughtlessness. They all went to the castle, and the mother and father lived with Princess Marion and Prince Albert. The brothers married the sisters of Marion, who also had castles. They all lived to a good old age. Fond of His Dog. It is plain to be seen that the little boy in the picture is fond of his dog. Most young folks like pets and usually treat them kindly, or mean to at any rate. But sometimes they forget, and the little beast or bird suffers be- ```markdown ``` Photo by American Press Association. MASTER CARTER CARNEGIE cause of their neglect. Be sure to feed and water regularly any animal pet. It depends on its owner to do this, and neglect is cruelty. The boy here photographed is Master Carter Carnegie. The dog he holds so lovingly is named Sandy. YOUR SPRING COSTUME A Suit Built on Harem Lines, Although Full Skirted. Cut with tucked up skirt hem, corresponding with the finish of the coat bottom, this suit of oyster colored satin trimmed with disks of silk embroidery in the same tone is very ultra. The A MODISHLY GARBED. Russian blouse is double breasted and high necked, with disk embroidery almost circling about the belt. The turban that gives gayety to this outfit is covered with green leaves and red and black cherries. EARLY BULB PLANTING Expert Tips About How to Manage Your Lily Bed. Bulbs are real harbingers of spring, and there are no plants so easily grown nor so inexpensive as hyacinths, tulips or daffodils. Inside a bulb are many thickened scales, which contain enough stored food to develop the blooms. Because of this nourishment such bulbs as the hyacinth, paper white narcissus and the Chinese sacred lily may be grown in water if desired, though water contains practically no plant food. The whole growing period is supported by the food in storage. For the same reason the soil used for potting bulbs needs to be loose and porous rather than rich, so that roots may easily develop. If the soil is a heavy clay it should be lightened by the addition of sand or even finely sifted coal ashes. Fresh manure must not be used. Even well rotted manure should be avoided unless it is thoroughly incorporated in the soil. The best bulbs that can be bought are rarely too expensive. A cost of 5 or 10 cents each for bulbs is unimportant when growing plants from which you expect the best results. Tulips, daffodils and most other bulbs should be planted four to eight in a pot, but hyacinths appear best when planted singly. The pots should not be large. A little broken pottery is put over the hole in the bottom for drainage, and the pot is filled with enough soil so that when the bulbs are placed in it they will be just underneath the soil surface. A little space is left at the top of the pot for water. After potting, the bulbs are to be watered thoroughly and placed in the dark so that they may start their roots before their tops. Most failures in bulb planting are due to a lack of attention to this simple detail. Shad Delicacies. Baked Shad.—Try to get a thick fish. Most dealers scale the fish for you. Remove the head and tail, split down the back and remove the backbone and the small bones along the edge. Wash in cold water, but do not allow fish to lie in the water, and dry with a piece of cheesecloth. Brush a shallow pan with one tablespoonful of drippings, lay the shad in, skin side down, sprinkle with one teaspoonful of salt, one-eighth teaspoonful of white pepper. Melt teaspoonful of butter and put over the shad, dust with a little flour and pour over one-half cupful of milk; put into a very hot oven twenty-five to thirty minutes. It should be light brown, and the hotter the oven the better the shad will be. If it browns in less than fifteen minutes reduce the heat, as it takes twenty-five to thirty minutes to bake thoroughly. Directions For Frying Shad Roe.—Wipe the roe with damp piece of cheesecloth. Put one tablespoonful of drippings into fry pan; when hot put in the roe, cover with tin plate or lid and fry very slowly ten minutes. Remove cover and turn carefully with cake turner so as not to break the roe. Dust with salt and pepper. cover and fry for five minutes, uncover and fry light brown on both sides. Serve with lemon and garnish with parsley. Always be careful not to break the roe. SUMMER STORAGE How to Care For Your Pet Furs and Woolens. MOTH BALLS TO THE FORE. Although We Can't See Our White Winged Enemies Flying About, Their Larvae May Even Now Be Boring Into Our Ermeine Stoles and Sables. Now is the time to lay away all woolens, furs and similar articles which must be stored during the summer. The time when the moth does most damage is not when we see him flying around. The mischief has been done by the biting of the little larva or worm from which he came. The first thing to do in laying clothes away is to see that they are perfectly clean. Everything woolen, like bath robes, blankets and underwear, should be brushed with a whisk broom, if it cannot be washed first, and exposed to the sun and air. If the garment cannot be washed in water and we do not care to send it to the cleaner it should never be laid away dirty with spots of grease and food, because these are just the things that will attract the moth worm first. The little spot on the lapel of the overcoat, the slight dirt on the shield of a child's fannel suit, these are the places that Mr. Moth Worm goes for first. Materials which are not thoroughly washable in water should be given a bath in gasoline and thoroughly aired. Dresses trimmed with fur should never be laid away with the fur on them, but have the fur ripped off, cleaned in gasoline, brushed and placed in separate packages. In fact, all fur must be thoroughly cleaned, brushed and aired before being laid away. Moth balls and camphor paper have been used for a long time and are still used, but we have modifications of these now in the tar paper bag and camphor bag, which are more efficient in many ways. These bags come in various sizes, some very small for children's coats and sweaters, others half length and others even full length for evening dresses or for overcoats. Another cheap way of putting clothes away is to put them into the paper boxes, such as come with underwear and other articles and seal the covers firmly with strips of gum paper. There are many other articles which we perhaps cannot lay away, such as tufted furniture, cushions, etc. The best plan is to spray them with gasoline or benzine, using a small atomizer or hand spray, or they can be very carefully sponged with a diluted solution of corrosive sublimate in alcohol made just strong enough to leave a white stain. Light, air, low temperature and frequent inspection are the things necessary for perfect storage. A MERMAID'S CAP. Spanish Effects Invade Even Our Seagoing Garb. Best quality of soft terra cotta rubber has been plaited into this good looking bath cap. Over the ears are READY TO DIVE. two rosettes finished with a chic little rubber cord and tassel. These caps come in extremely gay shades to tone up somber bath suits. Fish Bisque. A fish bisque is made from one cupful of cold fish minced very fine, one cupful of hot milk and a cupful of any white stock. The carcass of a chicken cooked slowly will yield an excellent stock for this purpose. The seasoning consists of a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, salt, a dash of cayenne and a teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Put fish, seasoning and stock together in a pan. Mix one tablespoonful of flour and the same quantity of butter together and stir into the fish mixture. Cook and then stir in the boiling milk, adding a tablespoonful of cracker crumbs. For Easter Week. In the Easter parade this year silk waistls will be prominent. Taffeta will probably predominate, but there will be suits of fallle, silk poplin and gros de Londres. The checked and striped silks are popular. The silk suit is freely trimmed and is usually in demitailored or dressy effects. The skirt may be in tiers or have cascade draperies. Bandings of velvet give a rich finish, and the ruchings are especially adaptable to silks. PAGE THREE JUST SMART. A Suit For Service and Style Combined In One. Built of navy gaberdine, a full skirt and a bobbed jacket, this suit will prove a satisfaction. The coat is fin- THE FASHION HER EASTER TAILLEUR. ished with a black taffeta band, like the cuffs, and a white satin vestee and collar. The hat is novelty blue straw with a tam top of black taffeta. WHY HUSBANDS LEAVE What Statistics Show About Wife Deserters. Why do so many husbands run away? A statistician connected with the bureau of public welfare has been trying to answer the question. After investigating thousands of cases of desertions he finds that the husband's action can usually be ascribed to one of the following causes: Ill health and peevishness of the wife. Slouchiness of the wife either in her own person or in her housekeeping methods or both. The wife's habit of nagging or gossiping. Dislike for children on the wife's part. This statistician found that the strongest incentive to reconciliation in cases of family discord is almost invariably the child. He also found that very few wives are deserted who are—Physically well and mentally cheerful. Able to contribute to the family income either by outside labor or by frugality in home management. Affectionate and home loving. Sympathetic and considerate of their husbands. The very interesting and valuable statistics which he collected prove that native American husbands are more prone to desert their wives than are the foreign born. They also show that married life is the happiest when husband and wife are nearly alike in age, nationality, religion, moral standards, temperament, health and physical strength. Mohair For Spring. Mohair and worsted mixture is a fabric peculiarly suited for spring wear. It is light, cool, has a lustrous, silky sheen and because of its springy texture is perfect for the new flaring skirt and cape coat. Mulberry is a new color, which is especially glowing and soft in the mohair and worsted weave, and the new Bolling green is notably rich and distinguished in this material. A Lanvin frock shows green mohair and worsted in stitched bands on a skirt of green georgette crape. The close bodice buttons straight down over the bust with white pearl buttons, and the long bishop sleeves are of the green crape with white satin cuffs. The collar is of white satin veiled with green georgette crape. New Use For Peanuts. Here is a new use for peanuts. Says a doctor: "Eat a handful of peanuts before retiring. They quiet the nerves of the stomach." What do you think about that? Isn't that a rather interesting sleeping potion? Then we are also told to eat them after each meal as an aid to digestion, provided they are fresh roasted. Bought salted peanuts are good, but homemade ones are better. So easily prepared, it is a wonder more people do not try them. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, Ete., required by the act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of THE BROAD AX, published weekly at Chicago, Illinois, for April 1, 1916. State of Illinois, County of Cook. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Julius F. Taylor, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the publisher and owner of the The Broad Ax and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State personally appeared Julius F. Taylor, who, having been to law, deposes and says that he is the publisher and of Ax and that the following is, to the best of his knowl statement of the ownership, management of the afores date shown in the above caption, required by the A embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations. Name of— Post office address— Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of April, 1916. VIOLETTE N. ANDERSON, Notary Public WHERE THE NEGRO DECIDES. “* * * * My father was a co-worker with William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and others of that period, so I was brought up in belief in the possibilities of the Colored people, who seem to me a remarkable race in their capabilities. What other race has accomplished so much with such handicaps?” Such is the confidence of one of the good friends of our race who gives unselfishly of her resources not only to help Tuskegee Institute, but to help many other Colored schools. We quote from this particular letter because it is typical of that sympathy for us which exists among many white people, North and South. It is that innate feeling of sympathy and long suffering which the righteous strong bears towards the helpless and striving weak. All along the line of the forward march of our race, there will be tests of various sorts; tests of courage, of patriotism, of patience, of race loyalty, of race solidarity and countless other tests of varying shades and differences. In these tests, the race is always "on trial" before the public opinion and hesitating or doubting friends are quick to express the belief that we cannot measure up to the requirements. Doubsters will challenge and scoffers deride, but always the Negro must decide in these tests. The Booker T. Washington Memorial Fund in which the Colored people have been asked to contribute for the erection of a permanent monument to Dr. Washington and to perpetuate the work which he founded, is a test imposed upon the race by circumstances and conditions. It is a test of loyalty to the race's biggest single organization and a test of appreciation for the service unselfishly rendered by the race's most noted educator and organizer. One cannot read the following editorial remarks from the New Bedford (Massachusetts) Evening Standard without appreciating the significance of the statement above that the white people of the country regard this campaign among our people as a test of our sense of loyalty. It is as follows: " * * * But perhaps the best part of the whole scheme is that which proposes that the Colored people of this country shall contribute an eighth part of this amount. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is the portion of the fund that the people of Washington's race and of the race that is directly benefiting by the maintenance of the school are especially asked to provide. The appeal puts the matter in exactly the right way—that "quite properly, the trustees have felt that the 'bedrock' of interest in this effort must rest with the Colored people. * * * "It is an inspiring movement to contemplate this of the Negroes broadcast throughout the country contributing to the cause of education as a tribute to the member of their race that did a great work in the cause. Nothing could bring it nearer their own hearts or strengthen their desire for its fullest development than sacrificing something of their own pleasure or oven of comfort for some measure of its fulfillment at Tuskegee." Another significant statement on this subject comes from a Southern white man whose letter was published in the last issue of The Student. This letter was from a County Judge in Texas who had been requested to send the names of Colored school teachers in his county. We repeat his brief letter here: "We have no Negro schools here. There is not a Colored man, woman or child in my county. I herewith enclose my personal check for One Dollar to put into the great cause that you represent. Booker T. Washington was a great man and should never be forgotten by your race." Here are white people, the one in Massachusetts, the other in Texas: though they may have differences of opinlon and traditions, yet in this one big test for our race, they are saving --- PAGE FOUR State of Illinois, County of Cook. } ss. (My commission expires August, 1916.) NATIONAL NEWS NOTES. Brief Bits of News and Comment On Men and Women. Washington, D. C.—For the benefit of delegates soon to be sent to the Republican national convention at Chicago, it may be well to recall that, in 1912, Justice Charles E. Hughes said: "The Supreme Court must not be dragged into politics, and no man is as essential to his country's well-being as is the unstained integrity of the courts." Since this is the kind of statement that is not conditioned by time limits, it is one to be reckoned with now. The Republicans of New York City who once tried to induce Mr. Hughes to be a candidate for mayor, against his will, found that he could not be coerced by so framing the issue that his refusal would make difficulties for them. This sort of tactics traps many men, but evidently not this jurist. CARDINAL, GIBBONS SPEAKS. Baltimore, Md.-While a strong advocate of Temperance and Local Option, Cardinal Gibbons today in emphatic terms declared his opposition to the State-wide prohibition bill pending in the Legislature. The Cardinal made his position clear to a delegation of business men who called upon him. "Gladly, gentlemen, will I give you my views," he said. "I am strongly opposed to any State-wide prohibition bill passed by the Legislature, because I believe that such a law is impossible of enforcement in a city the size of Baltimore and its environs. Such being the case, a law of this kind interferes with personal liberty and rights and creates hypocrisy in the people. "The history of the world down to the present time demonstrates the fact that people always have indulged and always will indulge in the use of intoxicating liquors. Further, I am opposed to the passage of such a law because it would deprive the State of a large revenue without accomplish results, and that, too, at a time when both the city and State are very much in need of the revenue produced. "However, I am heartily in favor of temperance and whenever it is my pleasure to confirm a class of boys, I always exact from them the pledge to abstain from the use of intoxicants until they become of age. I am a firm believer in local option, and whenever a majority of the citizens of a county or any portion of the State want to vote on the question of local option, their wishes should be gratified. I do not hesitate to say that I contributed in no small measure to the suppression of the sale of intoxicants in St. Mary's County. In this case I was satisfied that the local circumstances demanded it. "Furthermore, it is true that the use of wines and liquors is often abused and leads to lamentable results. This I have observed from a long observation in the ministry, yet the best commodities are liable to abuse. What is more harmless, for instance, than the tongue? We all know the social and domestic joy and utility derived from constant conversation, and yet the bad use of the tongue daily leads to lying and misrepresentation, to quarrels and slander, to bloodshed and often even to murder. "It is a favorite practice of some friends of prohibition to charge their opponents with being subsidized by the liquor interests. That is a most grievous charge and often without the slightest foundation. But, would we be justified in putting a padlock on our mouths because of the occasional misuse of the tongue. We should regulate the use of intoxicants as we would regulate the use of our tongues, by proper safeguards and restraints." JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, APRIL 8, 1916 L.C. MISS MARION H. DRAKE. One of the most prominent leaders of the Progressive Party in Illinois. On Tuesday, April 11, she was elected Ward Committeeman of the First Ward, and delegate to the Progressive National Convention from the First Congressional District of Illinois. One of the most prominent leaders of the Progressive Party in Illinois. On Tuesday, April 11, she was elected Ward Committeeman of the First Ward, and delegate to the Progressive National Convention from the First Congressional District of Illinois. One of the most prominent leaders of the Tuesday, April 11, she was elected V and delegate to the Progressive Negressional District of Illinois. to the Negro, "Go thou and do thy duty."—Editorial, The Tuskegee Student, April 11, 1916. "HELP KEEP CHICAGO CLEAN." The above slogan again appears in the form of the "Annual Clean-up Week". The first week in May has been set apart for the yearly house-cleaning period for Chicago and the hearty co-operation of every man, woman, and child is necessary if this week shall be made one of profit to the City at large. The City Hall again heralds the cry "Remember Clean-up Week" and Mr. A. W. Miller, Superintendent of Streets, feels that the citizens will respond as never before. Chicago has not met with success along this line as have the other large cities, and whether this is due to a lack of pride, or carelessness, is difficult to say. It may be that the City has not made its campaign with the flourish and blaze that is necessary to arouse the interest and co-operation of its people. In the last few years the Bureau of Streets has made wonderful advances in methods and appearance of its street cleaning force. Modern apparatus and uniformed men now take the place of the old equipment, and all of this will be paraded through the Loop District in order to start off "Clean-up Week" with a vim. The Bureau of Streets fervently requests that you— Clean up your yards and vacant lots. Plant seeds, start gardens and grass plots. Burn dead weeds and leaves in some safe place, but watch the fire and don't leave it to cause trouble. Paint the old house, barn, fence, etc. Whitewash that dirty, smelly cellar and discard all old material such as rags and old furniture. Gather up the old tin cans, for they breed disease and mosquitoes. The City will cart the rubbish away. Don't pile the rubbish in streets and alleys. Put it in some convenient place, adjacent to the place of collection. Place it in a receptacle if pos- sll. fe. ve. tts. tgeagss.vf. nndsnds y [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie, facing slightly to the right.] HON. WILLIAM H. WEBER One of the most popular all-around po selected chairman of the Cooke One of the most popular all-around po liticians in the State of Illinois who he selected chairman of the Cook county Republican committee the Progressive Party in Illinois. On Ward Committeeman of the First Ward, National Convention from the First Con- sible. Don't wait until the last day to begin. Start the first day and plan to do some particular part each day. Here is a chance for all citizens to cover themselves and their City with a glory of cleanliness and beauty. Telephone your friends and ask them to help you. Join with your neighbor in making your block the cleanest in your district, and try to continue the good work throughout the year. If you would keep the doctor away, keep your premises clean. If you wish for a cleaner, healthier, and safer CHICAGO, help your municipality in this much needed work. If this is done you will reap the benefits, which are— Fewer flies and mosquitoes during the hot days. Less typhoid and Summer complaints. Freedom from disgusting odors. Freedom from disgusting odors. General improvement in appearances, and a valuable advertisement to your property and your City. So, with the 1st day of May "REMEM CLEAN-UP WEEK." A little of your time, with the aid of soap, water, paint and polish, will make Chicago spick and span. Your hearty co-operation is solicited. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB. The Alpha Suffrage Club listened to a report of the reception given by the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association to the visiting suffragists from the east made by Mrs. Barnett, its president who attended this reception in the Tower Building, Tuesday afternoon. The club also took action on Mrs. Barnett's report of the insult offered to its president at the Women's Civic Meeting held at the Institutional Church last Sunday night. It was voted to send a letter to all the clubs explaining the affair and asking an expression from them. Plans for the parade are going forward at a great rate. Already more than two hundred women have signified their intention marching with the Alpha Suffrage Club. IDA WELLS BARNETT, President. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a close-up of a person's face, but the details are not clear. politicians in the State of Illinois who he r county Republican committee ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS THANKS HIS FRIENDS FOR LOYALLY STANDING BY HIM IN HIS CONTEST FOR DELEGATE TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION FROM THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The following letter speaks for itself: Chicago April 13th, 1916. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, 6532 St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir:— Please accept my sincere thanks for the support that I got through your paper in the last primary fight for the office of Delegate to the Republican National Convention. Also I would be pleased for you to extend through the columns of your paper my hearty thanks to those two thousand citizens of the First Congressional District mostly white for their courageous effort given me at the polls, and if my people would have been true to themselves and the welfare of the race, there would be no question but what we would have representation in the National Convention from Illinois. You may also say for me that this fight for justice and equality according to the proportion of the vote of which we represent in this particular District has just begun, and in the future I shall ever be at the helm fighting only for justice. Nothing more we shall ask for nor nothing else we will stand for. Sincerely yours. AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The Negro Fellowship League will have its program furnished by the Wendell Phillips young men and women Sunday afternoon April 16 at three o'clock. The public is cordially invited to be present and encourage these young people. Among those to make an address will be Miss Bertha Moseley, a brilliant young race woman who is making such splendid use of her talent for the benefit of the young people of our race. Meeting to be held at Reading Room 3005 State St. Last Sunday a most interesting "Student's Conference" was held at the Reading Room. The splendid discussion by the earnest young people and their parents showed that all felt the need of work among ourselves for our own benefit. Everyone present at this crowded meeting realized that it marked an important crisis in our advancement. It means that the young school boys and girls themselves want to take a hand and that they are going to do so. By their own vote Mrs. Barnett appointed a committee of five to arrange for a permanent organization among themselves. This committee will report Sunday. JOHN E. HUGHES. Secretary. ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON, THE ENTERPRIISING UNDERTAKER LATELY BOUGHT A FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR AUTOMOBILE FUNERAL HEARSE. Ernest H. Williamson, 5028-5030 S. State street, phone Kenwood 455, recently bought a new automobile funeral hearse, which cost four thousand dollars and it is one of the finest in every way in this city. REUSE THE UP-TO-DATE LADIES AND GENT'S TAILOR. Recently L. Kruse opened a ladies and gent's tailor shop at 6456 St. Lawrence avenue. He is also an expert in cleaning, dyeing, pressing and repairing of ladies and gent's garments. Worked called for and delivered to any part of the city. Suits made to order, good, fit and workmanship guaranteed. Phone Englewood, 1346. THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY WOMAN'S CLUB WILL MEET AT THE HOME 3256 RHODES AVE. Wednesday, April 19, 2:30 P. M. Program—The Value and Responsibility of our Newspapers in the Molding of Public Opinion. Speakers: Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Mr. R. S. Abbott, Mrs. S. B. Turner. Executive Board meeting, 1:30 P. M. Visitors are welcome. ELIZABETH L. DAVIS, Pres. IRENE GOINS, Cor. Sec. CHIPS. CHIPS. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hall, have removed from 455 E. 32nd st. to 3749 S. Wabash avenue. NEGRO ELECTED ALDERMAN OF EAST ST. LOUIS East St. Louis, April, Special—S. R. Wheat, a Negro, was elected alderman from the Second Ward, here today, defeating the candidate on the Taxpayers' Protective Ticket 300 to 94 votes. Wheat's name was not on the ballot. WHY NOT ELECT A BUSINESS MAN? Candidate For President Should Have Commercial Training. GOVERNMENT IS A BUSINESS Set Back Professional Politicians, Horn Blowing Orators and Briefless Lawyers and Place at the Head of the Biggest Corporation In the World an Experienced Man. WHY can't we have a business man in the Presidential chair next time, is the query of a prominent New York newspaper. Government is a BUSINESS, and a BIG BUSINESS. Seagaging and overland commerce, taxation, tariffs, rate regulation, monopoly regulation, the mails and parcels posts, conservation of resources, development and maintenance of waterways, the huge payrolls of Government employees, the courts of justice, the national revenue collectors and police, the army and navy—what are all these but pure business problems, demanding the same trained and capable business executive direction that any great business concern demands? What board of directors would think of hiring a professor of Sanskrit to be president of a great railroad? What huge shipbuilding or engineering concern would select a peripatetic stump orator or a lyceum lecturer to direct its activities? Big Business Men Needed. Big business concerns seek big business men with big business brains to be executive chiefs. Now, here is this big business corporation in which every one of us, big and little, is a stockholder—the United States of America. It is the BIGGEST BUSINESS CONCERN the world ever saw. And what do we do every four years by way of selecting a head for this wonderful, gigantic business concern? Why, we always select a man who has never shown enough business ability to run a one-horse draying concern. In the fifty years that have elapsed since Abraham Lincoln died not one of the eleven Chief Executives of this colossal business corporation called the United States has had the SLIGHTEST BUSINESS TRAINING or any acquaintance with the complex, varied, ramifying and interrelated problems of finance, production, transportation and world exchange upon which depend the welfare and prosperity of the whole people and of each individual citizen. Hindrance of Prosperity. Is it any wonder that our national business is one long serial story of stupid HINDRANCE OF PROSPERITY, stupid depression of commerce and trade, stupid opposition to the forward impulses of business co-operation and consolidation and of wasteful and criminally extravagant expenditure of the people's money to the tune of thousands of millions? Is it any wonder that we WASTE each year an amount of money that would fortify our coasts, stock our magazines with ammunition, equip our navy properly and SECURE BEYOND ANY POSSIBLE DANGER the safety of our country? Suppose that just once, by way of experiment, we gently, but firmly and positively, set the whole lot of professional politicians, horn-blowing orators, briefess lawyers, pretty phrasemakers, theoretical schoolmasters and all that sort on a shelf in the back woodshed and put a BIG, BRAINY, CAPABLE, EXPERIENCED BUSINESS MAN, who has done big things well all his life, in the chair of the President of the United States? What do you think about this, citizens? For an Idea, Not an Individual. The views expressed in the above editorial are exactly the views held by THOUSANDS OF INFLUENTIAL BUSINESS MEN throughout the country. As an outgrowth of this sentiment there has been formed an organization called the Business Men's Presidential League, which has for its object the exploitation of an idea instead of an individual. What it seeks to bring about is the nomination of a candidate for president WHO CAN BE ELECTED, ed. to prevent action next June at Chicago that would be party suicide. An All Round Business Man. An All Round Business Man. To win next November the Republican party must DESERVE TO WIN. That means we must have a candidate who first of all merits and commands the confidence of the business men of the nation. Among the prominent men mentioned as candidates who would meet this demand is General Coleman du Pont, of Delaware. Du Pont is distinctly a business man. He has been everything, from a miner, working with a pick and shovel, to the director of one of our greatest industrial corporations. He has built and managed railroads and is a banker and a farmer. In every line his activities have been SIGNALLY SUCCESSFUL, and no man has had a more varied experience to equip him for the Presidency. He is the kind of man who could save to the taxpayers of this country the three hundred billion dollars that the late Senator Aldrich said were wasted annually in running the public business. Talks on HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. Dr. W. A. DRIVER 3300]So. State Street Phode Douglas 3617 TUBERCULOSIS AND MIGEATION. It has been the custom for the tuberculous to seek cure by going far from home and hence far from those who know them best and who would more readily contribute comforts. Such a practice is condemned by the medical profession of today. Osler, an authority on tuberculosis says: "Geographical position has very little influence. The disease is perhaps more prevalent in the temperate regions than in the tropics, but altitude is a more potent factor than latitude; in the high regions of the Alps and Andes and in the central plateau of Mexico the death rate from tuberculosis is very low." The most important factor in the cure of any malady is care which broadly considered is proper treatment. The proper treatment of tuberculosis means not only the constant regular care of the patient by a physician but it means all the other care that the nurse and anxious friends and relatives should give. Besides the proper drug 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 "fakki," a kind of hawk. If the hawk tries 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 birds attention is given. Other animals are also consulted, and the sea Dyaks call 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. "There is only one way that people can live happily—that's together." "Yes, and there is only one way that people can live at peace—and that's apart."—Judge. 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 every thing yellow—Japanese Maxim. J. E. H. treatment prescribed by a physician (never any other person) the other treatment should be rest, outdoor air, proper nourishment, and good cheer. If the patient is sent to some distant clime there is scant hope of cheerful surroundings among strangers. The usual patient who is tubercular is so because of poor environment; such a person is usually a financial as well as a physical wreck. To send such a person far from the aid of those who could give what was not obtained before the disease became established is adding fuel to the flames. Climate will do no good if the patient is not given the proper rest, nourishment, outdoor air day and night and freedom from worry. It is a well known fact that tuberculosis can be cured in any climate if the proper treatment is instituted. Wandering away from cooperation is not good for tubercular persons. It will increase worry which is a powerful force in the production and maintenance of tuberculosis. 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 Abyssinla. 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, air, that you're—you're dead, you see, and I 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. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 8, 1916. Charles E. Stump Visits Many of the Educational Institutions During His Tour Through the Southern States Jacksonville, Fla.—If you have never been educated, it is certainly an easy thing to get one in this country, because there are so many schools, and I have been to lots of them until I feel that I am one of the most educatedest men in the country. It is not a long distance from a Kansas farm to an educated man according to the progress I have made. I want to thank the readers of THE BROAD AX for reading my letters, because that has inspired me to continue to write to say something. I have been doing some riding as you can see from time to time and I am going to do some more. I have been to a few of them educated schools. In my last letter I was in Macon, Ga., looking around in that town, and visiting the schools to be found in and about there, but did not have much to say about them. My people are making good there. I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Nona Savage who is a trained nurse, and she acted like she was glad to see me. Miss Savage comes from Normal, under the late William H. Councill, and this alone tells you that she knows something. She is kept busy looking after the sick there. It is nice to see the young women of the race doing things. Of course you know I did not remain in Macon, but moved along going to Atlanta, Ga., which is the place where all the laws are made for the state, and where we are doing some business, and don't you forget it. It is a place where our people are doing some business too. It is nice to go to Atlanta, the head school city of Georgia, because we have more real good schools there than any other place, and then there are some business places. A visit to the Odd Fellow's building is enough to make anybody get religion, saying nothing about a real shout, because it is one of the best and finest buildings in this country owned by our people. The offices are filled with business men and professional men. It is a place where men could go with safety and see the world. Reaching the building I met a little man, C. C. Shanks. Perhaps you will want to know who this little man Shanks is, for I wanted to know myself. He was about like the man who wanted to see Jesus on that occasion and got way up in a tree. He is auditor of the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Association.. It is one of the companies in the south that is doing work like the Metropolitan and other white companies out West. I went in his office and saw so many clerks, I could hardly keep from shouting. His company has just been admitted to do business in Arkansas, and Mr. Shanks was busy getting the man off for to establish agencies and offices. A. F. Herndon is president and T. K. Gibson secretary. They are doing business in Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri. But I must not take up all the time to talk about it. I met one polite, courteous young woman, who wrote my letters for me. It was Miss Minnie Mae Cloud, who works in the afternoon and goes to school in the morning. She is smart. Then on to another part of the world. This time I went to see Morehouse college. Prof. John Hope is president of this school. He has some real college, and you can see the college spirit there. I have never seen such a fine set of young men. President Hope is of course, one of us and his wife is from Chicago. She is the sister to Adolph Burns up there in Chicago, but then she has an individuality of her own, and one worth while. She is a scholar and a wife and a mother. I took up some time walking around shaking hands with them professors. Dean Brawley, Prof. Archer, and Prof. this and Prof. that. They are all live wires, and I want to congratulate some body on getting together so much brains. Then to see Morris Brown University, was the next thing. This is the school of the African Methodist Episcopal church. It has grown and grown until it is one of the largest institutions in the south. It shows just what we are doing for our own education and uplift. At the head of this school is a great man, Dr. W. A. Fountain. He has made such a good record in the school, until they are now talking about making him a bishop. This will take place in May in Philadelphia, and he has won the place, by training and by hard work. I enjoyed meeting the men and women who were teachers here. They are way up stairs, believe me, honey. There are three other schools in the city, Atlanta University, Clark University, Spealman Seminary for girls; and now there is also Gallon Theological Seminary, where preachers are trained to tote the word. Some strong men have been turned out from this school. Up to Newman, Ga., was my next stop, and I am glad that I had the pleasure of going there. Dr. McWhorter, met me at the stable in his auto, and toted me to his house for breakfast, and then to visit the schools. McClelland Academy impressed me very much. It is a Presbyterian connection school, but it is opened for all. At the head of the school is Rev. F. Gregg, A. M., a fine scholar and associated with him are Rev. S. J. Ellis, Prof. F. D. Hooks, Mrs. L. A. Gregg, Misses A. J. Evans, N. W. Kelsey and W. B. Sliger. They are doing good work. From Newman back to Atlanta, then on to this place. I am here looking at Prof. N. W. Collier and his great work being done at the Florida Baptist college. This young man is a model school man and he is making things happen. He is one of the best young men I have met in any school. He stands for work, real work and plenty of it. I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Sarah Blocker of the Academy. She has devoted her life to this work, and it is almost impossible to see anything that looks like a black hair about her head, and all have gone in the cause of lifting up her people. She has won her crown of glory, and I am sure the Lord will give it to her when she goes to heaven. Such women should be free from personal care. Hundreds of girls have been helped by this wonderful character. She is a woman of worth and ability. I would mention Prof. Grimes and others. But it has not all been Sunday school work with my getting around this time. I have been riding in first-class cars. I have decided not to ride in Jim Crow cars any more. I do not care what the condition of it is, when I get in it I make it first-class, because I am riding. I was in one of these specials. A whole one, with a small smoking room. There were only 6 of us folks, and in the rear end was a long seat. It was long enough for me to stretch out, so I took it. It was on the Southern. Shortly after I was seated a man came in and told me to sit up higher. I turned right red in the face at this and asked him why. He told me that we had plenty room and some white gentlemen wanted to sit back here. The devil jumped in me as big as the engine which was to pull that carriage, and I told him in plain English that they had no business in there, and I was not going to get arrested by riding with them. It was strictly against the law of Georgia, and I was a law-abiding citizen of the commonwealth of the world. He then said the conductor wanted to sit there. I told him the conductor had from that iron horse back to the end of the car and I had only that one car, and would not move for the conductor. "I don't want to see you insulted," he added, "and this is what the conductor will do." "Then he will have to report to the authorities high up for doing so. I am some pumpkins myself, and important at that. I want to have you get yourself right out of here, and if you don't the angel will soon be acquainted with you white man, or them imps. I don't know where you have made up your mind to spend eternity, but if you intrude on us any longer you will have to go whether you have made up your mind or not." He got out in a hurry. Prof. J. M. Marquess has been elected at the head of the state school of Oklahoma. I congratulate him. I will stop here until next week. 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 "thin" 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, Ora—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. PAGE FIVE Old Time Witchcraft Jane Wenham 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 stolies 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 singeling 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 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 halred 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 Stateman. 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. Yes, said the player. "But don't forget to call yourself down when you need it, my boy."—Pittsburgh Post. Treat For the Boarders "Ma," queried the small daughter of the boarding housekeeper, "what shall I do with these basting threads?" "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.—Saigo. pee a GERMANS ACTIVE. dntemned Sailors at Newport Build i Novel Village. HAVE INGENIOUS DIVERSIONS. ‘Miniature Zeppelin Dropping Bombs on England One of Former Sea Raiders’ Amusements— Party Finds Every- , thing Spick and Span. | Norfolk, Va.—Many people would be surprised to learn that in neutral Amer- fica a German Zeppelin is flying around ropping bombs on English soll, or at Jeast English cliffs, and being in re- turn bombarded by anti-sir craft guns. ‘Time hangs heavy on the hands of the crew of the ‘interned cruiser Eitel Friedrich, which is tied up at the navy yard here. Since the sailors took to escaping last summer the restrictions have been rigidly enforced, and ‘one sailing past the big boat before ‘and since would be struck by the VaR >. ; Pheto by American Press Association. (COMMANDER THIERICHENS (ABOVE) AND CAPTAIN THIERFELDER. change in the appearance of the brass jand wood work, which is now tmmac- lately polished and scraped in an ef- fort to kill time. German sallors can ‘do many wonderful things, but even ‘they are hard put to it to invent occu- pations for hundreds of active men, and Commander Thierichens asked the Tepresentative of a society in New (Zork last autumn to send Christmas presents of games and puzzles and in- door sports rather than handkerchiefs and cakes and clothing. And lately a jew diversion has been attempted. From the clinkers of the furnace oom the cliffs of Dover have been ‘constructed at one end of the big din- ing saloon. They have been built in vaccurate imitation of the real ones jand colored white with salt. On top is a lighthouse with air guns mounted vat the base. At the farther end of the room rises a miniature Zeppelin num- ered 1820, which files around the room by electricity several times. It hovers for a moment over the light- house, drops several miniature bombs and makes its escape while the guns go off automatically and bombard the enemy craft with missiles. After hearing of these performances @ correspondent and some friends vis- ted the German encampment. Land- tng at the navy yard, they passed the dhuge drydocks in which ships of tre- mendous tonnage looked like pygmies, ‘and soon their attention was called to ‘a sturdy, high bow ship, flying the fisberies flac. Her sides looked of enormous strength, being rounded away from u sharp bow in an unusual Way. This was the famous Roosevelt, Peary’s arctic ship, now in govern- ment employment to protect the seal ‘fisheries. One of the most interesting sights at Norfolk is the model village built hy the German sailors. ‘At first sight the village resembled an arid waste of stag heaps, with piles ‘of condenmed material scattered all over, cinders, beaten earth and rub- (ish everywhere—not a tree, not 2 spear of grass, the acme of desolation. tas they advanced they sew a pysmy jwillage built in close formation—curi- ‘ous little houses in miniature yards, icarved and painted in fantastie ways. "This is the village the interned sailors are building out of waste material Before visiting it they went aboard the Bittel Friedrich, which ts tied up pa ae Hock andl ca which the sailors both cruisers are now living. | As they were leaving the boat Cap- Thierfelder of the Kronprins Wil- Joined them and escorted them ‘the village. Everything was found spick and span shape, and resem- tances of home scenes were many. BUCK SAVES FAWN FROM SWIFT RIVER ‘Latter Falls Behind In Swimming the Columbia to Escape From Some Dogs. Kettle Falls, Wash—Ed Roper, a farmer living on the Ferry county side ef the Columbia river, saw three deer @ztven to the Columbia river by dogs snd then forced to cross for safety the other day. Roper had crossed to this side of the river in a rowboat and heard the barking of the dogs near the Dank of the river that he had left. Three deer, a buck, a doe and a fawn, sought safety by swimming in the river and were swimming toward this side when Roper hid himself in order not to frighten the deer back again. ‘The fawn fell behind the others and appeared unequal to the battle with the swift cold water, and Roper thought it would surely drown, when the buck, which had been in the lead, turned back and assisted the fawn until the bank of the river was safely reached. The three deer then stood still and rested for some time. CLAIM TO HAVE FOUND SCARLET FEVER GERM Boston Pathologists Report Dis- covery of Bacillus—New York Physician Skeptical. Boston.—Dr. F. B. Mallory, patholo- gist of the Boston City hospital, and his assistant, Dr. E. M. Medlar, have @iscovered the bacillus that causes ‘scarlet fever, and it is believed it will not be very difficult to work out an antitoxin or vaccine for its prevention and cure. ‘This important discovery is laconi- cally described by Dr. Mallory and Dr. Medlar in a thousand word article in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Research entitled “The Eti- logy of Scarlet Fever.” It fs larzely owing to the short life of the actual germ that it has evaded @iscovery so long. ‘The germs are found sen after the skin eruption appears and usually find lodgment first in the tonsils or at the root of the tongue. The germ is less virulent than the @iphtheria bacillus, although it infects practically the same localities. Dr. — says it is a “grampositive ba- “A vaccine for the disease would be the more important,” says Dr. Mallory, “so as to render nurses immune to the disease. Scarlet fever is not conveyed, as many suppose, from the scaling of the patient. When that takes place all the germs in the body are dead.” It was said by a New York physi- clan that a number of doctors have claimed the discovery of the bacillus of scarlet fever, but have failed to sub- stantiate their claims. FINDS BURIED GOLD. Mrs. Grey Dug It Up, but Mrs. Judkins Buried It, Is Belief. | Chico, Cal—Fifty dollars in gold, be- lieved to have been buried more than ‘twenty-five years ago, was discovered here recently by Mrs. John Grey, wife of a shoe merchant of this city, while digging in her yard. Mrs. Grey, while seeking lily bulbs, turned up an old can and found in it, wrapped up in the remains of a handkerchief, the gold. More than twenty-five years ago a family by the name of Judkins occu- pied the home. Mrs. Judkins was known to have buried money, several packages having been found by her husband following her death. It is be- lieved that this money also was hidden by her. ‘The can contained one $20 and three $10 gold pieces. The can in which they had been placed was rusty, and the cloth which had been wound around the coins was decayed and fell to pieces when handled. OSTRICH EGG MEAL FOR ALL. Scrambled by Wife and Prosecutor's Family Heartily Partake of It. Kansas City, Mo.—While Prosecutor Floyd Jacobs and family were visiting the zoo at Swope park one of the at- tendants brought in a freshly laid ostrich egg about the size of a toy bal- loon. It was said to be slightly un- dersized, so Mr. Jacobs was told he might take it home if he would prom- ise to have it served for supper. “My wife scrambled it.” Mr. Jacobs said, “and it was about all the egg one family could eat at a meal. There wasn’t much difference in the taste from an ordivary hen's egg, so fir as I could determine, but it seemed to be a trifle richer. At least it satisfied the appetite quicker than the scram- Died eggs usually served at my’ table.” Mutes Make Tires. Akron, O0.—Sixty deaf mutes are em- ployed by a tire and rubber manufac- turing company here. It is the policy of this establishment to employ all deaf mutes who apply for positions who are strong, willing to work and who have good eyes. They have prov- ei to be efficient workers and are of- ten placed in responsible positions. Binde tadien Ralia Calico Rock. Ark.—Cal Branscum of Cotter, a lineman for the Arkansas- Missouri Telephone company, has ar- rived here loaded down with Indian arrow heads, which he found on a ltt- tie knoll in a small Seld a mile north of this place. - THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 15, 1916. “GETS MAIL WITH PULLEY. Fl YING AWS Farmer, Didn't Want to Walk to the Road to Get It There. ‘Whilesville, Mo.—To C. R. Thompson, @ farmer living uortheast of here, is | Titled ishwoman given the credit of originating the lat- even P ‘xt method of having his mail brought Cures Nervous rectly to his door. —— Some time ago Thompson decided that it was a waste of time and shee| IS HER OWN MEC Ieather to make the daily trip to his —— mail box down by the road, and he set hs mind and hand to work on a device | One's Eyes Would Open | which would make said trip unneces-| Avekland Modishly ary. . ‘Then In Overalls Reps He succeeded, and now by means of |” Mechine—Has Lost One a eet of wires ands pulley the trie ts Sack: Watters ‘After the mail man’s visit Thompeon | 8 from nerves, from en bas only to step to his door and draw | 18k of adventure step in tm his mail, box and all. aeroplane, rise gently frow ‘The box is sent back to its post by | #4 soar into the azure, ov the roadside in the same manner, ee asia eithe Others in the community are so pleas. ed with Thompson's device that they| Lady Auckland, whose r are going to follow his example, and it | obtained from any of the b will doubtless not be long until “going | With the British peerage, after the mail,” even so far as the | #Viation as a sport and as : gate, will be a thing of the past with | !g the last season she, w the progressive farmers of northwest | Conducted’ a school for ax iene. not merely lending her nan | BIBLE 332 YEARS OLD. Book Has Been In One Family Since 1584 and Is In German. Tonia, Ind—A. P. Fleckenstein of onia is the possessor of a Bible which has been in his family for 332 years. Most of the time it has been in Ger- many. It was in Hoerstin, Bavaria, until 1883. when ft was brought to America. In 1893 it was exhibited at ‘the world’s fair. - ‘The fiyleaf at the beginning of the new testament contains the following tribute to the translator: “A true translation into the German language according to the old transla- tions used in the Christian church and enlightened with many wholesome an. notations by the Rev. Dr. John Dieten- Derger. To the praise of God and the most gracious pleasure of the Roman imperial majesty and to the good of the common German nation and now embellished with illustrations and put imto this crand form. This book was printed at Cologne, Germany, in the year A.D. 1584 by Gerwin Calenium and the heirs of John Quentel. With the grace and liberty of the Roman im- perial majesty.” COLLIE HALTS A BULL. ther and Son. St Louis. — Fannie, a Scotch collie, saved the life of John C. Shafer, a farmer and the doz’s owner, and Jon Shafer, father of the dog’s owner, on two different occasions in one week, ‘when the men were attacked by an in- fariated bull, according to a story told in Marne, Il. ‘When the father went to the barn to feed, the bull attacked him. In trying to get away he fell several times and was bruised. His granddaughter, Nel- Ue Shafer, arrived home from school at that time, and she sent the collie into the lot. ‘The dog halted the bull and permitted the old man to escape. The next morning, when the son went to the barn to feed, the bull at- tacked him. His cries attracted, Mrs. Shafer, who went to the lot in her night clothes, taking the dog with her, for the second reseue. BOYS LEARN BACHELORHOOD. Taking Up Domestic Science and Will EERE I McPherson, Kan.—Leap year is pro- ducing reverse results in Central Acad- emy and College here. A dozen boys have applied for a do- mestic science course, and others will join. The instructor is Miss Viola Graham, and she has received a num- ber of additional applications. The course will include cooking and sew- ing and will continue the remainder of the school year. * The girls are doing their best to pre- vent the movement of bachelorhood by inviting the college boys to attend par- ties, but the domestic science boy stu- dents are busy practicing the culinary art, and they assert that if the women intend to live independent lives they also can. HOSTLER AN HEIR. Will Get Lawyer to Look After Estate When He Gets Time. Pasadena. (al—Roxie Shadwick, a hostlér at 2 local stable, paused in his work the otter day long enough to open a letter handed him by the post- man and read that he was an heir to the rich estate of a granduncle in Mo- doe county. Then he folded the letter and went back to smoothing the coat of one of the horses, He has 2 recollection of his grand- uncle und asserts that the last time he heard of him he was reputed to be quite wealthy. Whether this wealth tnereased or decreased he does not know, but says he will seek a lawyer in regard to the estate when he gets time. Finds Coin Minted In 1790, Fredericksburg, Tex.—Arthur Kuene- mann found a silver coin on his lot here which was found to have been minted in 1790 under Francis IL, em- peror of Germany, king of Bohemia and Hungary. The coin ts the size of & silver dollar and in « fair state of preservation. Out of Tobacco, They Chew Alfalfa, ‘Bedding, Cal—Farmers of Hat Creek valley who are addicted to tobaceo smoked and chewed alfalfa leaves for three weeks owing to their inability to get real tobacco liy parcel post. FLYING AUS SICK. Titled oe Says It Cures Nervous People. 1S HER OWN. MECHANICIAN. One's Eyes Would Open to See Lady ‘Auckland Moedishly Dressed and Then in Overalls Repairing Flying Maechine—Has Lost One Son In War. Palm Beach, Fla.—If you are suffer- ing from nerves, from ennui or from lack of adventure step into a hydro- aeroplane, rise gently from the ground and soar into the azure, over land and sea, descending upon elther as the im- pulse moves you. Lady Auckland, whose rank may be obtained from any of the books dealing with the British peerage, recommends aviation as a sport and as a cure. Dur- ing the last season she, with her son, conducted’ a school for aviation here, not merely lending her name to the en- terprise as a passing fad, but going nto it in the most practical manner. One rubbed one’s eyes to see her at one moment, modishly dressed, on the promenade with other fashionable vis- Gs fe Ae px ESS ey ti ‘ 3 . Ps : Ye, ae ve — a ‘LADY AUCKLAND. fters and the next in workwoman’s shirt and overalls making mechanical repairs on her flying machine. ‘The transition from London society to an American workshop and business enterprise is interesting. Lady Auck- land told the story. She is the daughter of Colonel George M. Hutton, C. B, a great landowner and a noted military man. Her mother was a granddaughter of Arkwright, the inventor, and on both sides of her fam- fly she is descended from distinguished forbears. “My early youth was spent at the old abbey of Knauth, on the banks of the river Trent,” she said. “It was a beautiful old black and white house of the Stuart period, built on the site of the Cistercian monastery razed by Henry VII. “I had a very unhappy childhood, as my mother never forgave me for being Dorn a girl, not even up to the time of my marriage. “I married when I was only nineteen years old, but my married life was not ‘a happy one. I had luxuries and all the advantages that social position can give, but my home life was not happy. My two boys were born nearly three years apart, and I became completely absorbed in ean “I had a ful shock in 1904 when I discovered that my husband had lost money on the Stock Exchange—all our moneys that were not in trust. “Our beautiful home at Gravenhurst had to be sold and with it many of its world famed art treasures, including gifts from Marie Antoinette to the Lord Auckland of that time, who was ambassador to France, “I found that unless I worked we could not keep our eldest son at Eton, and to take him from there at that time would have ruined his career. “I went to work as designer to a large electrical firm and remained with it until I got a better position with a well known firm of metal workers in London. By this means I succeeded in keeping my oldest boy at Eton until he left in the ordinary course for the examinations for the army. “Shortly after this time our dear old aunts died, and we were once again comfortably off and bought a heavenly place in the Isle of Wight. This house formerly belonged to Dickens, and here be wrote many of his works. The house was low, with a velvet lawn sloping to the edge of the steep cliff overlooking the channel. From this place we saw the Olympic pass and the fil fated Titanic on her fatal voyage. Here we lived some years until Lord Auckland again lost money. “After years of sorrow there was a culmination. I was only second fiddle, so my son and I made up our minds to come to America, where he decided to take up aviation. “My oldest son was killed at St. Eloi, pear Ypres, on March 1, 1915, with two of his brother officers while leading their detachment to take some trench- es. He was a Heutenant in the Six- Heth Royal rifles, having been appoint ed to that regiment by King George in 1913 after be had passed through he Military college at Sandhurst.” WISCONSIN” GIRL KILLS” WOLF WITH MOP STICK Declares It Was Not Much, but Gets a Bounty and Will Wear Hide as Fure ‘Menominee, Wis.—Since Mabel Hen. Gerson killed « woif with a mop han- le she has been kept busy answering letters that poured in from all parts of the country. Some wrote from curios ity to find out what kind of a girl she ‘was and others merely wanted to con- gratulate her. ‘When Miss Henderson stepped out of the house she saw the family dog fight tng with the wolf. She seized the mop handle, the first weapon that came into her hands, and went to the dog's res- cue. She killed the wolf and recetved a bounty of $10 from the secretary of state, with a personal letter of comgrat- ulation, and iso $10 from the county. ‘The skin of the wolf is being made into a set of furs, which Miss Hender- son will take pride in wearing. “It wasn't much,” said Mabel “I saw the wolf and got mad. I did not think of being in danger myself and just grabbed the first thing I got my hands on. That was all. I was sur arised that the animal did not run away. I guess I surprised him and hit him so hard the first time that he was too stunned to think of getting away. Anyway, I got him, and he won't bother our house any more.” GERMAN FEMINISTS WOULD DRAFT WOMEN Idea Is That All Girls Should Be Conscripted For a Year to Learn Useful Work. ‘The Hague.—Conscription for women is the latest idea of German feminists. German women have accomplished an amazing amount of work for the fatherland in the present war, but the feminist Jeaders assert that too much of the work has been dilettante, ill or- ganized and ill directed. ‘What is wanted, according to these ‘women, is the introduction of compul- sory service for women—not military, but home service. Each woman, they ‘say, should spend one year in the later teens learning work which should be useful to the state. At the end of that time she could return to the bosom of her family. At a meeting held at Berlin recently Dr. Gertrude Banmer developed this idea. She showed how feminine work tor the fatherland had been hampered by lack of training and organisation, drew a fine picture of what could have been done had the women been called upon at the same time as the men, each woman knowing her job and knowing where to go to it Finally, she urged the advantages in the way of discipline which the men got from their years of service. “We must be done with dilettantism!” she cried. “Every woman must learn that she owes a duty not only to her child, but to the home, and not only to the home, but to the state, and, above all, she must know what to do.” SLAPPED HIM IN COURT. Was Accused of Assaulting a Woman and Gets Thirty Days. Canton, 0.—A new cure for slapping faces has been demonstrated by Police Judge Quinn, who has become noted for the original sentences he hands down. Thomas Nickols was before him on the charge of slapping the face of Mrs. Bessie Mare, proprietor of the board- ing house where Nickols lives. Mrs. Mare was on the witness stand. “Demonstrate to the court just how Nickols slapped you,” she was ordered by the judge. She took the order liter- ally, and going up to Nickols gave him a sounding whack across the face with her open hand. “About that hard, jndge,” she said. “About thirty days in the workhouse for you,” the judge ordered, address- ing Nickols, as he called the next case. MEETS FORMER WIFE: WEDS. [NR eel ee ene ae oe ee ness During Year's Separation. St. Paul—John A. Hubbard, sixty- three, has decided that lonesome 1s as lonesome does. His wife, Jennie, for- ty-three, has decided the same thing. A divorce decree granted him at El- dora, Ia., last year after his wife had left him only added to his lonesome- ness, said Mr. Hubbard. He came to Minneapolis, found his former wife living at 417 Tenth street south and found that she felt much as he aid. ‘The two have been remarried by Court Commissioner W. E, Bates. To Work In Jail Where He Served. ‘Winsted, Conn.—Frank C. Barnes, former tax collector of Plymouth, who Tecently completed in the county jail at Litchfield a sentence for embezzie- ment, is again in the jail, this time as an employee. Barnes was a model prisoner, and High Sheriff Frank ‘Turk- ington has hired him to take charge of the prisoners sent out to work on jobs about Litchfield. Aged Woman Gets Divorce. Jackson, Tenn.—Mrs. Laura Payne, seventy-four years old, has been grant- eda divorce trom W. W. Payne, eighty- two, on allegations of cruel and inhu- man treatment. The couple had been married ferty-two years, but have no children. HITS “TOY” WIVES Girl feet ei Couple Should Quit When Love Ceases, ALL SHOULD EXPRESS SELVES Declares She Gives Vent to Her Feel. ings Every Morning In Singing, Shouting and Dancing About to Her Heart's Content. Eos Angeles, Cal—“Whea merrie people cease to love they shoud quit Marriage as we know it today is , terrible mistake. When two peopte fall im love nothing in the world should peep them apart.” ‘This statement was but one of a se. ries equally unorthodox which Miss ‘Violette Wilson uttered at her father’s ‘home in outlining her unusual theories regarding life. Miss Wilson is the daughter of J. Stitt Wilson, former So. cialist mayor of Berkeley. Reeentiy, following an eight months’ course at the University of California, she sud. Genly withdrew in order to get away from a system of education which she declared crushed her “indivkimafity” and deprived her of her intellectual freedom and joined her father and mother here. ‘Miss Wilson is pretty. Although she fs only nineteen, she outlined her ideals and aspirations with the touch of a woman twice her years. Also sho is epigrammatic. When she says 2 thing she puts a “punch” in her ev- ery phrase, and some of the things she says are, to say the least, interesting. “Why did I leave the university?” she echoed in answer to a question. “Simply because I was being stified. I would sit and listen from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. to some pompous professor who was telling me what he had read of other people’s thoughts. It was in- tolerable to me. I planned a Literary work. I began it in Berkeley. But in some strange way I found I could not work on it at the university. My ezo was being crushed, and L-left.” About the only things connected with modern college life of which Miss Wil- gon approves are the athletics and the student activities, such as the editing of papers. “Sororities should never be allowed,” she ejaculated. “Athletics develop initiative—permit one to ex- press self. At Baddale’s, the school near London which I attended, I was the only girl on the football team. I played center wing, and I had a great time too!” Freedom! That is Miss Wilson's fa- vorite word. “What is life without freedom?” she exclaimed. “I have left the university. Were my ideals to clash with those of my father and mother I would not hesitate to Jeave them. I most assuredly wouldn't give in. “We should all express ourselves. Before I take my bath every morning I dance. I put on a light chiffon gar- ment, throw all the windows open and give vent to my feelings in singing. shouting and dancing about to my heart's content. “The vast majority of men, especial- ly business men, want a pretty little plaything for a wife. The sweet things hardly ever give a serious thought to the rearing of children. They know nothing about eugenics. They are, it must be confessed, eling- ing vines. They have no intellectual interests in common with their hus- bands. They are toys—pets! “Some day there will be netther marriage nor divorce. We will rise to ach a plane that love will be back of ur unions—real love, which will not require a ceremony to make it legal and binding.” Meantime the professors ate won- tering why Miss Violette Wilson, one of their most brilliant pupils, departed SENT WRONG BODY. Finds French Officer’s Corpse Instead of Young Woman's In Coffin. Crawfordsville, Ind.—Miss Helen El- ston Smith of this city, niece of Mrs. Lew Wallace and of Mrs. Henry S. Lane, beth of whom were distinguish: ed Crawfordsville women, had the ‘Unusual experience in New York city Tecently of finding the body of 2 French army officer in the coffin which ‘was supposed to contain the body of young wonnn friend whose death oc curred in Europe. Miss Smith was ‘i New York to await the arrival of the body of her friend. It is presumed that in some manner a mistake was made in the shipment of the coffin and that Miss Smith's friend's body was buried in some part of war stricken France with military honors. BOYS HYPNOTIZE SELVES. Students Do It by Gazing Steadily at Bright Object. Columbia, Mo.—A demonstration of hypnotism by Professor Max Myer. head of the psychology department of the University of Missouri, recently showed that hypnosis can be induced without the influence of a hypnotist. Professor Myer hypnotized students by having them gaze fixedty at « bricht object with no sound to distract stten- tion. Later he suggested that the hypoe tized student was an artist painting picture, a wounded soldier home from the trenches or an intoxicated diver out, and the students acted their parts. Lee 8. Eads of Hamflton, Mo, was the star subject in Professor Myers Gemonstration of hypnotism. QUINADE GROWS HAIR REMOVES DANDRUFF SEND FOR SAMPLE QUINASOAP THE IDEAL SHAMPOO SOAP THOROUGHLY CLEANSSES THE SCALP QUINACOMB HAIR STRAIGHTENER SHAMPOO DRYER QUINADE 25¢ QUINACOMB 50¢ QUINASOAP 25¢ AT ALL DRUGGISTS SEEBY DRUG COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. 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The yield will easily be the largest in thirty-two years and, with one exception, the largest in fifty-one years. So California still remains the premier gold producing state in the Union. Recent Inventions. Clothing made of pressed feathers as a substitute for wool has been invented by an Italian priest. To lessen the labor of threading needles there has been invented a magnifying glass with a spring clip to hold it on a needle. Bostonians using a new invention, the oscillograph, were the other day able to hear the waves of the Pacific beating on the San Francisco shore. An Illinois inventor has patented a roadside signboard that is intended to show all the roads in the vicinity and other information of value to strangers by a map. Dress Hints. Green is an ill becoming color for brunettes to wear. White gloves can be tanned by soaking them in saffron solution until the required tint has been obtained. Always sew on buttons before wearing new gloves; otherwise at a critical moment a button will drop off, spoiling the appearance of the best glove. To make rubbers last longer put a half inch layer of crushed tissue paper in the heel of the rubbers. The paper will form a soft cushion for the hard heel of the shoe and lessen the wear on the rubber. H. President - - Chief Clerk - - Comptroller Building Ave., CHICAGO Laundry Lines. Be sure to iron garments with the straight of the goods and thus prevent stretching of the bias seams. It is best to give linens a long soaking before washing. If this method is followed stains will wash out easily. To remove ink spots from linen or cotton, dip the spots in pure melted tallow. Wash out the tallow and the ink will come out with it. Do not stretch the round centerpiece on the bias before ironing, but treat it as though it were square. Stretch first with the warp, then with the woof of the material and iron in the same way. The result will be a perfectly smooth, round surface. Woman's World. According to the census, Pennsylvania last year had 7,000 woman farmers, the majority of whom owned the land they worked. In Georgia during the past three years the number of woman farmers has more than doubled. The majority of the women go in for raising hogs, cattle and foodstuffs, leaving cotton planting to the men. The women of Des Moines, In., are credited with being responsible for the establishment of a municipal court in their city. A majority of the male voters went against it, but the majority of the women voters was so heavy that they won the day. Animal Oddities. Kingfishers make their nets of fish-bones. Man eating tigers are the exception rather than the rule. Alligators do not attain full size until they are nearly 100 years old. When a lion is frightened it trots away slowly until it thinks it is out of sight, and then bounds off like a grey-hound. When a lobster is about to shed its shell the latter splits down the back and drops off in two equal parts. Then the tail slips out of the shell like a finger out of a glove. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 15, 1916 FORTUNES IN FARTHINGS. 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 9s. 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, farthings mean a lot.—London Answers. Hia 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 injuctice from the poets, who seem to regard it as a floral weakling. Shakespeare wrote of "pale primroses" that die "they can behold bold Phoebus in his strength;" Spencer regrets "so fair a flower" should perish through "untimely tempest;" Milton laments the "rather 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 hunatic 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 belowed 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 Age-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. "Bobby, why aren't you playing with your cousin Ethel?" Poor Experience "Experience is do best teacher," said Uncle Eben, "but gittin' arrested ain' so way to study law."—Washington $tar. 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 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 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 no to do but en- A 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. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO CAPITAL. $200,000.00 A DOLLAR TIME BANK MORTGAGE TIME BANK NICKELS CENTS This Registering Home Bank FREE to our Savings Depositors; will start you saving and keep you at it. A Savings Account is the first step to wealth. OPEN one with US. PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4153 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7990 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW. SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARYPUBLIC CHICAGO Office Phones: Res. 5133 So. Wabash Ave. Oakland 4662, Auto. 73-058 Phone Drexel 18815 Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST 4709 S. STATE STREET CHICAGO Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays by Appointment Phone Main 2017 Automatic 32-395 Phone Main 2017 Automatic 32-395 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. An Artist 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. L. E. Chilton, news stand, S. E. corner 51st and State streets. S. Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and News Stand; 31 W. 51 Street, near Dearborn. E. H. Faulkner, news agency; 3109 S. State street. George I Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 Street. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to bacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. E. M. 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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. PAGE BIGHT TEENAN JON TEENAN JONES' PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 4591 The finest and most BUFFET and CAR Side. First-Class E HENRY "TEENAN" A. F. CODOZOE, J. H. WHISTON, Proprietors CHAS. HARRIS, Manager The Elite AND BU 3030 STATE STREET JOHN BLOCKI, President JOHN BLOOD PERFUM 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. 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Fifty per cent of the sickness in the world would be eliminated if everybody bowled. Walk or bowl every day. And at night lie flat on your back and raise your legs above your head slowly as many times as you can without fatigue. Then, anchoring your toes under a weight of some sort, raise and lower the body. These two exercises repeated fifteen or twenty times night and morning will do a lot for you. And you'll be surprised to find how quickly you develop endurance. Start with five times and increase each day or two until you reach twenty.-Woman's Home Companion. Something to Step On. We don't get very high in this world unless we have something to step on. That is why we put risers in stairs and rounds in ladders. When we were boys if we could stick our toenails into a crevice in the bark of a tree, be it ever so shallow, we could shin up to the top all right. When we got to the lowest branch we were all right. After that we could pull ourselves up easier. But it did seem a long ways to the lower limbs sometimes. That is the story of all life—getting the feet on something and then springing up. Life is fine, or it is a tragedy, just according to whether we see the meaning of the experiences which come to us and use them to climb up by—Farm Life. Her Lost Chance. Mrs. B.—I wonder why Miss Singleton refused the curate when he proposed to her? Mrs. D.—All a mistake my dear, a sad mistake. You know, she has grown a little deaf, and she did not suspect he was at all "come" on her. She actually thought he was asking her to subscribe to the new organ fund, so she told him she was sorry, but she had promised all her money in another direction. Mrs. B.—Then what happened? Mrs. D.—The curate felt himself insulted and departed in dudgeon, and London lost the only chance she ever had.—London Telegraph. on the most UP-TO-DATE CAFE on the South us Entertainers. N" JONES, Proprietor. 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When he does not stammer it has fifteen syllables and has been recorded phonetically thus: "Unifgraeerndlainalerfironajunguarrig-ujak" An Ancient Guild The Cutlers' company had probably existed long before the grant of the first charter by Henry V. Early in the previous century a fierce quarrel is recorded between the Cutlers and the Sheathers, who were accused of having discredited the Cutlers by supplying them with unworkmanlike sheaths for knives, daggers and swords, to which the Sheathers cruelly retorted that the Cutlers disgraced the sheaths by selling inferior foreign blades for English—London Spectator. Cyprus was an extremely popular resort for Britishers for a year or so after the announcement, in 1878, that it had become a British protectorate, but as the coast could not provide harbors to compete with those of Malta the vogue of the island receded as quickly as it had sprung up.-London Globe. Worms Used In Medicine The earthworm, or the common fishworm, was utilized by the medical practitioners in Europe two and three hundred years ago. The worms were for internal administration and sometimes made into an ointment or embrocation for external use.-Pittsburgh Dispatch. In the battle of Marengo 58,000 men participated, and of that number 13,000 were killed or wounded, about 22 per cent. Napoleon thought Marengo his greatest victory. He always kept throughout life the uniform he wore on that day. Cyprus. Marango. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 8, 1916. ERNEST WILLIAMSER My Furniture Compartment Auto-Ears Are Revolutionizing Furnal Services In Chicago. They Are Vastly Preferred to Single Carriages and Artists, as they Insecure For Greater Elegance and Gendir, and Builds Save More than Half the High Cost of Carriages and Automobiles Tel. Kenwood 455 Calls Promptly Answered Day or Night Auto. 73-867 SIRES AND SONS. J. D. Shoop, new Chicago superintendent of schools, a few years ago was a farm hand. Lord Selborne is England's most notable agriculturist and also the best judge of dairy cattle in Britain. Honus Wagner says that Rube Waddell, Kid Nichols, Clark Griffith, Christy Mathewson, Grover Cleveland Alexander and Jack Taylor were the six greatest pitchers he ever faced. Major George N. Evans during thirty-two years as disbursing officer, department of the interior, Washington, has handled $400,000,000 without error or loss either to the government or himself. The Duke of Norfolk is the shabblest of England's peers. At Gladstone's funeral he was taken for the abbey verger and quite recently was mistaken for the applicant for a job at a shop in Portsmouth. Sir Hiram Maxim, whose machine gun is a big factor in the present war, was a barefooted lad in the backwoods of New England sixty years ago. As a lad he worked a lathe in a coach builder's shop, the machinery of which was turned by a water wheel. Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank of New York, has taken on $600,000 more life insurance and is now in what insurance circles call the "million and a half class," as his policies written by several of the old line life insurance companies amount to that figure approximately. Music In Shakespeare's Time. Music in Shakespeare's Time. Shakespeare's time was an age of music. "Catches" were sung by gentiles as well as by weavers and tinkers, Lute, either or virginals were in every barber's shop for the diversion of customers. * * * Thomas Morley may be using the blessed argument of a music teacher when he tells us that a gentleman was counted but a boor if he could not play the lute or sing a part in a madrigal, but there is no getting over the craggy fact that over eighty collections of madrigals, ayres and songs were printed and published between 1587 and 1630, in addition to which vast collections of early music still remain in manuscript. With an aristocracy fond of music and accustomed to play and listen to music and song, music in the theater was almost as inevitable in England as in Italy, says the London Musical Record. It was considered a manly accomplishment to play the hunting horn. Every gentleman who kept hounds could wind it. A punctilious etiquette fixed the correct set of notes for each operation of the chase. Usually a play had at least one song. We are accustomed to think that only we humans become pallid with fear or agitated with joy, but some experiments with perch in the artificial pond show that when their repose is suddenly disturbed by tapping on the glass the fish visibly tremble, and the bars which are characteristic of this species actually disappear for the time being, only to reappear when the disturbance is removed and the equanimity of the fish is restored. Sometimes a pike that is rapidly advancing on his prey becomes suspicious about the latter's character. The pursuer will suddenly stop in an attitude of doubt, his back will arch, and he will remain suspended as though studying the cause of his suspicions. Only when he is thoroughly reassured does he become rigid, to advance to the final attack; if his suspicion is not allayed he drops to the bottom of the pond or swims off in disappointment. Popular Science Monthly. Success. "One night at Lady Jeune's house Joseph Chamberlain said to me that he believed any man of even moderate endowment could attain any given aim which he set before him with unremitting effort and 'enduring to the end.' To my question, 'Why, then, do so many men fall short of their ambitions?' he answered: 'They come to the place where they turn back. They may have killed the dragon at the first bridge and at the second, perhaps even at the third. But the dragons are always more formidable the farther we go. Many turn back disheartened, and very few will meet the monsters to the end. Almost none is willing to have a try with the demon at the last bridge, but if he does he has won forever.'"—Princess Lazarovich in Century. I WILL A Country of Earthquake Japan is peculiarly the victim of elemental forces. The only satisfaction its people can derive from living in a country which contains fifty-one active volcanoes and has an average of about 500 earthquake shocks yearly is that in all probability Japan would never have existed but for the seismic and volcanic agency which has elevated whole districts above the ocean by means of repeated eruptions. Ceres. In the classic mythology Ceres is the goddess of the harvest, or, to be more specific, of the cereals. According to Ovid, Meta., book 5, Ceres first taught men to plow the fields and also to have. fixed laws, the meaning of which is that laws originated with the settled state known as agriculture. A Hard Question. Modern Maiden—I wish advice. Old Lady—Certainly, my dear. What is it? Modern Maiden—Shall I marry a man whose tastes are the opposite of mine and quarrel with him, or shall I marry a man whose tastes are the same as mine and tire of him? Laws. The laws of a country must be like a large river and not like a small ditch. Men do not fall in a river because it is remarkably wide and deep, while they often fall into a ditch because it is so narrow and shallow.—Kyuso. Bad Arguments. The best way of answering a bad argument is not to stop it, but let it go on its course until it overlaps the boundaries of common sense.—Sydney Smith BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART GENERAL BANKING cent allowed on Savings Ac Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. 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. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. *Phone Randolph 803 OF COURSE, THE CANDLE POWER OF THE GAS HAS NOTHING whatever to do with light from a mantle. The flame inside the mantle is a blue-green. This flame heats the mantle to a white heat—the hotter the flame the whiter and brighter the mantle. In short, the value of gas for mantle light purposes, depends entirely upon its "heat units," not candle power. The ordinance which compels Chicago to test her gas for Candle Power, is an old timer. It is a relic of the days when our streets and homes were lighted with flat-flame burners. In those days the ordinance was a good thing. But think how times have changed. The old flat-flame burner is on the way to a shelf in the Field Museum. It is a "has-been" because the mantle unit gives six times more light and consumes half the gas. For this reason, 98% of the gas used for illumination is now burned in mantles. The Candle-Power-clause in Chicago's Gas Ordinance should, therefore, be eliminated. It is an embarassment to the City and an insurmountable handicap to the Gas Company in connection with its efforts to make gas cheaper and more efficient for lighting, cooking and industrial uses. Any Gas Company employee in our branch stores or our big salesroom downtown, can explain this to you in a few words, in connection with the demonstration of an Amber Glow Mantle Gas Light—any time you care to call. The Amber Glow Light gives a huge volume of brilliant light for very little money, and candle power of the gas has nothing to do with the case. S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 at allowed on Savings Accounts Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT