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THE BROAD AX Mustering in of the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard Col. Franklin A. Denison, Commanding into the Federal Service, Almost Completed the Regiment, May Leave Camp Dunne the Middle or the Latter Part of the Coming Week for the Borders of Mexico COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON PRESENTED WITH A FINE RIDING HORSE, HON. JOHN P. HOPKINS, EX-MAYOR OF CHICAGO, MR. B. E. SUNNY, PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY, DENNIS J. EAGAN, CHIEF CLERK OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AMONG THOSE WHO ASSISTED TO PURCHASE IT FOR HIM, JUDGE THOMAS F. SCULLY, PRESENTED IT TO HIM AT CAMP DUNNE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STATE SENATOR MOERTON D. HULL BECOMES THE DENEEN CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, IT WILL BE A TERRIFIC FIGHT BETWEEN HIM, COL. FRANK O. LOWDEN AND COL. FRANK L. SMITH AND AT THE PRESENT TIME IT IS HARD TO TELL WHICH ONE OF THE THREE WILL WALK AWAY WITH THE NOMINATION AT THE STATE WIDE PRIMARIES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH. Vol. XXI. Mustering Col. B Service Camp Comi COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON P. HORSE, HON. JOHN P. HOPKIN E. SUNNY, PRESIDENT OF THE DENNIS J. EAGAN, CHIEF CL COMMISSIONERS AMONG THE IT FOR HIM, JUDGE THOMAS S. AT CAMP DUNNE FRIDAY AFT STATE SENATOR MORTON D. HUY DATE FOR THE NOMINATION WILL BE A TERRIFIC FIGHT LOWDEN AND COL. FRANK TIME IT IS HARD TO TELL V WALK AWAY WITH THE NO PRIMARIES TUESDAY, SEPTEM This week the members of the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard, Col. Franklin A. Denison, Commanding have been busily engaged in being mustered into the Federal service and as the First Regiment, the Second Regiment are already on their way to the Mexican War and the fighting Seventh Regiment Col. Daniel Moriarity Commanding is on eve of departing for the scene of action, the chances are ten to one that the Eighth Regiment will stack arms at Camp Dunne and pull out for the borders of Mexico the middle or the latter part of this coming week, so the wives, the sweethearts and the other loved ones of the members of the Eighth Regiment had better sleep with one eye open for awhile and be amply prepared to rush to Camp Dunne on short notice to bid those composing the regiment a last or a parting farewell for at almost any hour they are liable to receive orders to shoulder arms and forward march. As further evidence that the best citizens of Chicago regardless of color are greatly interested in the members of the Eighth Regiment for many of the large business concerns which employ Colored men who belong to the regiment will pay them just the same every week while they are away at Camp Dunne or in Mexico fighting to defend the stars and stripes, which is indeed very commendable on the part of such employers, as further proof that Col. Franklin A. Denison is held in the highest esteem by his fellow NATIONAL NEWS NOTES. Brief Bits of News and Comment On Men and Women. New York, N. Y.—The Theatre Magazine for June, published in this city, probably the most lavishly illustrated publication in America, devotes an article entitled, "A Unique American Playhouse," to a description of the Lincoln Theatre, located in West 135th street, this city. Not only is a picture of the theatre shown, but also pictures of Ophelia Muse, leading woman of the Lincoln Stock Company, and Walker Thompson, leading man of the same Company. The Theatre Magazine article, in part, says: "Unique among the playhouses of America is New York's New Lincoln Theatre, located on 135th street, just west of Lenox avenue. During the past three months, long enough for the success of the undertaking to be firmly established, the Lincoln, catering exclusively to a Colored clientele, has housed a stock company composed of Negro players under the direction of Billie Burke, a manager and playwright of long experience. Not merely as an oddity in the history of the stage, but as a factor in broadening the outlook of many hundreds of New York's Colored residents, the work being accomplished at the New Lincoln merits attention." And thus the Negro is coming into his own. Five years ago no such article referring to the Negro people could have found its way into so high class a publication as The Theatre. --- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY citizens, on yesterday afternoon he was presented with a fine riding horse. Hon. John P. Hopkins, former Mayor of Chicago, Mr. B. E. Sunny, President of the Chicago Telephone Co., Mr. Dennis J. Egan, Chief Clerk of the Board of Election Commissioners were among the public spirited citizens who assisted to purchase the horse for Col. Denison and Judge Thomas F. Scully, wended his way to Camp Dunne, Springfield, Illinois and presented it to him on Friday; Col. Denison was so overcome with joy and delight that it was very hard for him for a few moments to find words to fittingly express his deep and everlasting gratitude to the donors. A great political bomb was exploded this week among the big Republican politicians when it was announced that State Senator Morton D. Hull from the Hyde Park district, this city, had finally decided to become the Deneen candidate for the nomination for governor of Illinois and on now until the state wide primaries September 13th it will be a battle royal and a terrific fight between him, Col. Frank O. Lowden and Col. Frank L. Smith and the friends and managers of all three of them will turn or train their guns or forces against each other in the most bitter and savage manner and for sometime it will be mighty hard to tell which one of the three will walk away with the Republican nomination for governor of the great State of Illinois. "MODEL" DRY COUNTRY. Chicago, Illinois.—For many years prohibition speakers throughout the country have pointed to White County, Illinois, as a "Model prohibition county." White County was held up as an example for other counties to emulate. Now comes the Illinois State Board of Health with a report on conditions in White County that has shocked all of the drys in the Middle West. Complaints reached the Board of Health that tuberculosis had reached the proportion of an epidemic in White County and an officer was sent to that section to investigate. The report of the representative of the Board of Health shows that not only is tuberculosis alarmingly prevalent in White County, but there are other contagious and infectious diseases; that the moral tone of the county is at low ebb; that the inhabitants are deficient in education; that many families related by blood have intermarried; that the crop of imbeebles and cripples is large; that blind tigers are numerous; that the health of many of the women has been wrecked by the indiscriminate use of patent medicines and other nostrums; and that racial steps are necessary by the health authorities to reform conditions. White County has lost the "White ribbon" and there is grief in the Anti-Saloon League Camp. Denver, Colorado.—In an interview CHICAGO, JULY 1, 1916 Eighth Rea . Denison, t Complete the Middle or the Boro in the Denver, Colorado, "Post," the Right Rev. C. H. Brant, Episcopal Bishop of Manila, said recently: "In the Southern States, where prohibition has almost become universal, the increase in the sale of drugs per capita is greater than the increase in population. The legitimate amount of opium calculated as absolutely necessary for medical and commercial purposes for one year's consumption is 60,000 pounds. Last year over 480,000 pounds were brought into the United States through the Custom House. This, of course, does not include the vast amount that is smuggled over the borders. The use of opium, cocaine and other such drugs is, I regret to say, largely on the increase all over the United States, especially in localities where the sale of liquor is prohibited. The pure food laws have done good work regarding the sale of patent medicines, but the drug store has taken the place of the saloon in many of our cities where the sale of liquor is not permitted." PULLMAN GRANTS RAISE TO PORTERS AND CONDUCTORS. Length of Service Made Basis for Substantial Wage Boosts. The next time you need not feel that the extra 25 cent tip means so much to the porter who brushes your hat and shines your shoes on the Pullman—if you are lucky. Porters who have been in the service for fifteen years, it was announced the first of this week, would find another 5 per cent in their pay envelopes beginning July 1. Employes who have been in the service longer will get an additional $2 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent increase for each five years of service thereafter. The wage boosts will affect more than 1,000 conductors and porters. "The new arrangement will affect 135 conductors and 294 porters who have been in the company's employ fifteen years." "There are ninety-six conductors and 223 porters of twenty years' service, fifty-seven conductors and 115 porters of twenty-five years' service, twenty-four conductors and fifty-three porters of thirty years' service, four conductors and nineteen porters of thirty-five years' service, one conductor and six porters of forty years' service, and two porters of forty-five years' service. Julius Chambers of New York and J. B. Newsome, 214 West Thirtieth street, Chicago, are the two men who have been in the service for forty-five years. "The old system of yearly bonus to men employed fifteen years or over is automatically abolished. The company will, however, continue to give free uniforms to employees of ten years service or over and an extra month's pay for a clear service record during the calendar, year regardless of the length of service." This is the second "reform" instituted by the Pullman company during the last few months, the first being a scheme of offering stock to employees on a saving basis. PYTHIANS DEDICATE $100,000 BUILDING. Dallas, Texas, June 30th—Special. At the annual session of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of the State of Texas, the $100,000 Castle Hall was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. Roscoe Conklin Simmons, orator and journalist, delivered the dedicatory address. Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green and Supreme Worthy Counsellor Joseph L. Jones, also de- Number to Be Affected. Second Pullman Reform. Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois, warm friend of the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards, who sent his check from Washington, D. C., to assist to secure a saddle horse for Col. James H. Johnson. Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois, warm friend of the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards, who sent his check from Washington, D. C., to assist to secure a saddle horse for Col. James H. Johnson. livered addresses. Dr. A. N. Prince, grand chancellor, was reelected to succeed himself, his election being regarded as an endorsement of his work in erecting the Temple. M. M. Rogers was elected grand keeper of records and seal and George W. Guest was elected grand master of exechequer. W. S. Willis was elected secretary of the endowment department. W. E. King, editor of the Dallas Express, who was a candidate for grand chancellor, was snowed under. AFRO-AMERICANS IN THE GOV ERNMENT SERVICE. Diplomatic and consular service 15; salary $28,400. Departmental service, Washington; D. C.—State 26, salary $19,960; treasury 926—$588,801; war 176—$130,830; navy 74—$52,610; post office 187—$118,173; interior 593—$35,112; justice 43— $26,640; agriculture 164—$59,816; commerce and labor 139—$94,800; Washington navy yard 139—$94,000; government printing office 364—$228,454; interstate commerce commission 41—$22,080; U. S. capitol 115—$73,100; library of congress 46—$42,920; Washington, D. C., city post office 171— $174,600; D. C. government, including unskilled laborers 2,413—$1,479,000; miscellaneous 194—$104,114. Departmental service at large—State (diplomatic and consular) 16, salary $38,410; treasury 1,082—$743,373; war 2,342—$1,075,320; post office 3,599— $2,807,134; interior 31—$25,738; agriculture 102—$53,217; commerce and labour 64—$42,612; U. S. army, officers 11—$29,295; U. S. army, enlisted men 4,416—$1,133,766; U. S. navy yards and stations 2,146—$1,210,070; miscellaneous (including unclassified) 775— $581,515; total employed 22,400, salaries 12,456,760. M. J. HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN. less from the First Congressional District Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard ton, D. C., to assist to secure a saddle hoo COL. JAMES H. JOHNSON PRESENTED WITH A FINE SADDLE HORSE BY CONGRESSMAN MARTIN B. MADDEN AND OTHER CITIZENS OF CHICAGO. Col. John R. Marshall Journeyed to Springfield, Illinois To Make The Presentation. On yesterday morning Lieutenant James H. Johnson was presented with a beautiful horse by the Citizens of Chicago as a token of their high esteen for the Colonel as a soldier and a citizen. This horse was purchased by popular subscription through the efforts of his personal friend and comrade, Colonel John R. Marshall, who for many years associated with Colonel Johnson when in command of the 8th Regiment. Colonel Marshall made the presentation at Camp Dunne. Colonel Johnson is one of the best informed men in military circles in the United States; having served in the 9th Cavalry before becoming a member of the old 9th Battalion, Ill. N. G. He is a great asset to the 8th Regiment and is such a valuable man one often wonders who could take his place. He served as Lieut. Col. (being the first of his race to have the high honor, to ones knowledge in the United States), in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898 with the 8th Regt. U. S. of A., and has remained with the organization throughout the entire 18 years in this office. He is an untiring worker and always at his post of duty. Col. Johnson is married and is greatly inspired by his very charming wife who is known throughout the city for her great philanthropies. Being connected with many charitable clubs she spends the greater portion of her time administering to the poor. We wish No. 41 National Guard the Federal May Leave art of the act of Illinois, warm who sent his check se for Col. James H. for Colonel Johnson God-speed and a safe return to the friends who love him and his own fireside.—"E." 8TH REGT. MAN ADMITS KILLING POLICEMAN. Arthur Brown, 3628 South Dearborn street, Chicago, recruit of a week in Company F, Eighth Infantry, confessed to Colonel Franklin A. Denison, commanding, on Thursday that he shot Frank J. Crowley, Springfield policeman, through the heart about midnight. Crowley was killed as he and his partner, Matthew Campbell, approached a group of Negroes, soldiers and civilians, on the Illinois Central Railroad right of way between Tenth and Eleventh streets. The Colored men fled, but news of the shooting preceded them to camp, and Brown, with Norman Turner, 3354 Wabash avenue, and Almer Terry, 2935 Vernon avenue, privates of Company E, were arrested as they attempted to slip into camp. Turner accused Brown, who broke down and admitted the shooting, claiming that he fired because he feared the policeman would shoot him. The three guardsmen were away from camp without leave. Brown was turned over to the civil authorities. Brown should be severely punished for his rash act and for being bull or hot headed he will either hang up by the neck until he is dead or he will be forced to spend some time behind the bars in the pen at Joliet. Col. Denison deserves to be highly commended for promptly turning him over to the civil authorities for punishment.—Ed. PAGE TWO THE BROAD AX Published Weekly In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Republians, Democrats, Catholies, Protestants, single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, over claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 6532 St. Lawrence Ave, Chicago, Ill. PHONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. AUTHORIZED AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS FOR THE BROAD AX. L. W. Washington, 5465 Kimbark avenue. B. W. Fitts, 3315 S. State street. Phone Douglas 4049. The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the last named place and news items and advertisements left there will find their way into these columns. Artificial Ears Artificial ears are so skillfully made that they may with difficulty be distinguished from natural ones, so it is claimed. When the person who has lost an ear applies to the manufacturer for a substitute there is made a mold of the remaining ear. If there be left any part of the other a mold of that part also must be taken to assist in the fitting of the artificial. Manufacturers assert that no two ears are alike and that it takes a skillful workman to prepare an ear from the mold or molds. When finished the new ear is pasted on the stump or simply set in the position of the lost ear. It is really only the first artificial ear that is expensive, the chief cost pertaining to the making of the mold. Vulcanized rubber, which can be bent and twisted, has been found to constitute the best material for the making of artificial ears—Detroit Free Press. A Question of Size. If old Garge Jones was the most inquisitive man in the village, Tom Morton was certainly the surliest. One afternoon, as Garge perambulated slowly along the one narrow street, he paused at Tom's garden fence and gazed inquiringly over at Tom, who was busily nailing a very large box together. "Afternoon, Tom!" said the old chap genially. "Whatever be 'ee puttin' that great box together for?" Tom paused in his hammering long enough to retort curtly: "To hold all your questions, if so be as it's big enough!" Garge eyed him in palmed silence for a few moments. Then he took an empty matchbox from his pocket and threw it over to Sandy. "Then that'll do for yer civil answers if so be as it's small enough!" he retorted quietly—London Express. Lotteries In England. Lotteries for the purpose of raising money for the state have never caught on in England. But for definite ends of a semistate character, such as building canals or founding a British museum, sanction has been readily granted. Our first recorded lottery is that of 1500, when the prizes were pieces of plate, the chances 40,000 for 10 shillings each and the desirable object the maintenance of harbors. But, once familiar grown, lotteries corrupted the ancient virtues of John Bull, and by the time of Queen Anne the state stepped in and suppressed every private lottery as a public nuisance. By an act passed in 1823 sanction was given to a particular lottery, and that was the last. At the same time all sale of tickets for home or foreign lotteries was forbidden—London Times. Fair Enough. "Yes," we admitted, "it's a fine car, and we'd be glad to own it, but we can't afford to buy it, and there's no use wasting your breath trying to persuade us." "Listen," pleaded the agent. "This car isn't going to cost you a cent. All you've got to do is to take out an accident policy in our favor and the car is yours. We'll even pay the premium on the policy. Can anything be fairer than that?"—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. U.S. FLIERS ACTIVE Lieutenant Thaw Wounded After Thrilling Fight With German. ALLIES PRAISE AMERICANS. Gain Further Distinction as Result of a Hot Battle—Thaw Likely to Go on Legion of Honor—Corporal Rockwell Also In Conflict, and His Exploit Attracts Attention. Paris.—In one of the sharpest aerial battles yet fought the American-squadron gained further distinction. Lieutenant Thaw and Corporal Kiffin Rockwell flew out at 5 o'clock in the morning recently and saw a Fokker and an Aviatik close by. Lieutenant Thaw dived for the Fokker, and Corporal Rockwell followed. The Aviatik dived for Lieutenant Thaw, but, catching sight of Corporal Rockwell's machine, turned and hurried to safety. Lieutenant Thaw when fifteen yards from the Fokker fired. The German machine fell at almost the first shot. At 8:30 on the same morning the whole American squadron went out over the German lines, its work being mainly preventive, to stop Germans from flying over to make observations of the French lines. The squadron soon found itself in the midst of a group of German aeroplanes and a general battle followed. Eight distinct duels were registered during the next two hours. A bullet hit Corporal Rockwell's wind shield and exploded, fragments hitting him around the nose and mouth but not seriously injuring Photo by American Press Association. LIEUTENANT THAW. him. As a result of Corporal Rockwell's exploit he has again been mentioned in dispatches. Lieutenant Thaw's machine received several bullets. One of these hit him on the elbow, breaking the small bone. Nevertheless he made a perfect landing, wondering whether he was within the German lines until he was relieved by seeing two French soldiers come running up. He is now in Paris, where he will stay until his arm is better. The injury is not severe. He has already been promoted to a full lieutenancy and is now proposed for the Legion of Honor. His victory over the Fokker is likely to assure his receiving the honor. Corporal Chapman engaged two Aviatiks and put them to flight. An explosive bullet hit his machine, and another grazed his arm, not wounding him. He has been proposed for mention in the order of the army. Lieutenant Cowdin had two fights, one resulting in the downing of a second aeroplane. He has been proposed for promotion to a second lieutenancy. Bert Hall was actively engaged in the melee and has been proposed for the military medal. The squadron's French captain and lieutenant were also hotly engaged. The fight was remarkable in that it happened for the most part at no great height—between 1,000 and 2,000 meters. Norman Prince had the bad luck to smash his machine in starting and was unable to take part in the battle. Private Lufbury has arrived at the front to join the squadron, and Private Pavelka is under orders to join it. Fred Prince, Willis Haviland of Chicago and Robert Rockwell of Cincinnati have received brevets and have gone to finish their schooling as aviators at Pau. BULLET IN ANKLE 12 YEARS. Victim and Man Who Shot Him Now Close Friends. Kansas City, Mo.—A bullet shot twelve years ago by Casimir J. Welch, now justice of the peace, has been removed from the ankle of Martin J. Crowe, county marshal. The shot was one of several fired in a political fight between the two at Twelfth street and Grand avenue. The encounter was in a political campaign in which Welch was working for one faction of the Democratic organization and Crowe was supporting W. T. Kemper, candidate for mayor. Don't Know Neck Was Browed Grass Valley, Cal.-W. J. Mow, a miner of this place, has just learned that he has had a broken neck since last August. Mow was struck on top of his head by a falling pipe at that time, but apparently was not much injured. Recently he suffered pains and applied to the accident commission for compensation. An examination disclosed that the bones of his neck were splintered. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 1, 1916. "When I was in China," a firewren man said, "I was astonished to find how little the people knew about pyrotechny beyond their own Chinese crackers. They can make these crackers much more cheaply than they could be produced in America. But of set pieces, rockets and such like, the Chinese know practically nothing, and their attempts to make them are erased in the extreme. "A Chinese cracker maker living near Hongkong challenged me once to compete with him in a fireworks display, and a friendly mandarin was called in to act as judge. My Chinese opponent set off a lot of gigantic crackers and made a terrifying noise, but the mandarin had been used to that from infancy and wasn't at all impressed. My show, however, astounded him, although it was really a mean exhibit, for I wasn't going to waste my best pieces on a private competition. I got the award easily enough.—Washington Star French Army Helmets. There are sixty-four distinct operations necessary in turning out one of the plain steel helmets worn by French soldiers. The first step is stamping out disks from large sheets of steel. A special machine is used for this purpose, exerting a pressure of 150 tons and capable of cutting out 5,000 steel disks a day. Each disk is placed under a shaping machine, which presses the disk into the form of a helmet with a broad rim. Polishing and cutting machines remove all irregularities in the helmet, after which it has holes punched in the crown, some for ventilation purposes, others for fastening on the regimental crest. Each helmet is cleaned and dipped in a special mixture which makes it a dull, inconspicuous bluish-gray. A lining and leather chin straps are then fastened on, and the helmet is complete—Pearson's. The Wesley Oak. The Wesley oak, according to the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal, stands on St. Simon's island, less than a mile from Fort Frederica. It is 200 feet high, and its cool shade rests like a benediction over an area of several acres. According to local tradition, this tree marks the exact spot on which the Wesleyes preached. Charles Wesley engaged himself to Oglethorpe as private secretary before leaving England. But he afterward took orders and devoted much of his time to preaching near Frederica. From time to time John Wesley came down from Savannah to join him. This famous oak stands at the gateway to the churchyard of Christ church, and several generations sleep within the enclosure that it guards. Mosses hang down from its limbs, and it is solemn and beautiful. United States. If you should hear some stranger mention the United States are you positive that you would know what he meant? In the eastern part of South America the term "United States" is regarded as an unqualified designation of the republic of Brazil, while a little way to the north the term is taken to refer to Venezuela. In almost all parts of the southern continent the mention of a country in the northern hemisphere called "United States" is likely to suggest Mexico, whose official title is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. There are still those who speak of the republic of Colombia as "the United States," because during the period when its federal constitution was in force, from 1861 to 1886, it was called Estados Unidos de Colombia."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Self Reliance. The spirit of self help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual, and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigor and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates. Whatever is done for men or classes to a certain extent takes away the stimulus and necessity of doing for themselves, and where men are subjected to overguidance and overgovernment the inevitable tendency is to render them comparatively helpless.—Samuel Smiles. A Close Connection "I'm tryin' to get some information about a friend of mine named Fox, who came out here," said the stranger from the east. "They tell me he died of some throat trouble." "I guess that's about right," said the cowboy. "What was it? Bronchitis?" "Bronchitis? That's a new one on me, but I reckon I see the connection. He stole a broncho." — Philadelphia Press A Vagrant Thought "I was just thinking about that longevity record established by Methuselah." "What about it?" "If he hadn't set such a high mark maybe more men would go after it"—Louisville Courier-Journal. Decided Change. Mrs. A.-How marriage changes a man! Mrs. B.-Doesn't it? Take my husband. He used to offer me a penny for my thoughts, and now he offers me $80 to shut up.-Boston Transcript. Find the Grouch: "Say, dad, what's bonds of matrimony?" "They ought to be bonds to keep the peace, but they're not." — Richmond Times-Dispatch. Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.—Bulwark-Lytton. Son Who Cared For Father Since He Passed Century Mark Falls Victim to Measles. Balaton, Minn.—William has the measles. He's sixty and has been taking care of papa since the latter passed the hundred year mark, but now papa is taking care of William. William is the son of John Shequin, who soon will be 108 years old. Mr. Shequin, Sr., has been alling a little lately, but under the care of his wife and William he is able to be up and about again. Father and Mother Shequin celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary three years ago. Mr. Shequin, Sr., was born in Franklin, Vt., and was seven years old when the war of 1812 ended. He couldn't enlist in the civil war because he was too old. His wife was Louise Bigford of Standbridge, Canada. She is nearly ninety-eight years old. The Shequins moved here from Freeborn county, Minn., in 1873. William, being only sixty, is expected to recover from the measles. WEDS CONVICT; NOW WORKS TO FREE HIM Bride Hopes to Gain Pardon For Her Husband, a "Lifer"—First Occurrence In Oklahoma. McAester, Okla. — "Love laughs at prison bars" is an old saying that was given practical demonstration at the Oklahoma state penitentiary. Etta Martin, a pretty young Spanish girl from St. Louis, became the bride of John Cieloha, Bohemian, who is serving a life sentence for murder. It is the first sentence on record where a life term convict was permitted to marry and the third case of marriage in which an Oklahoma prisoner appeared as principal. The first case was that of a trusty, who married before marriage license clerk or officiating minister knew of his record. In the other case the ceremony took place in the warden's office, but the bridegroom held a parole in one hand. The young bride of John Cieloha expects to bring about the release of her husband through pardon or parole. "If he hadn't escaped from the penitentiary he would have stood a much better chance," suggested a newspaper man in talking with the newlyweds shortly after their marriage. "But if he hadn't escaped I wouldn't have found him," was the quick reply of the young wife. The persistence with which she pursued her demand for marriage with a convict leads one to believe that she'll keep her word as to freeing him. Cleiola was charged with being accessory to the murder of David Conway, an aged bridge keeper on the Midland Valley railroad, near Muskogee, seven years ago. Conway was found beaten to death, presumably by robbers. BURGLAR ROCKS BABY. After Order is Restored Policemen Find Negro Alongside of Child. Aurora, Ill.—A noise at her bedroom window early in the morning aroused Mrs. William Lustic. As she looked timorously in the direction of the window she saw a negro crawling into the room. She screamed and fled, clad only in her nightgown. Her husband jumped out of bed when he heard his wife's shriek. He bumped into the negro and was so frightened that he, too, ran out of the house. In their panic Lustic and his wife forgot their one-year-old baby daughter, who slept in a cradle. Of a sudden Mrs. Lustic heard the baby cry. Policemen who were summoned found the negro seated in a chair rocking the baby. LAYS SIX EGGS AT ONE CACKLE Connecticut Hen Has Busy Birthday. Rooster Acts as Cop. Hartford, Conn.—A hen and a rooster near here have joined the "super chicken" class. In Willington a White Leghorn he celebrated her birthday by laying six eggs at one cackle. After she stopped laying recently an agricultural college student performed an operation on her, which was more than successful. A dangerous "blind" bridge at Boltch Notch which is guarded by a rooster. The fowl, which is called Speaker by his owner, Mrs. Minnie Howard, because of his parilamentarian qualities, did traffic cop duty all afternoon, warning automobiles to slow down before crossing the rickety structure. TRAINS LONG TO WHIP RIVAL Waits Nine Years to Do It and Then Gladly Pays a Fine. Hiawatha, Kan.-Robert Noe of Powhatan waited nine years to whip Garrett Bartley and then gladly paid a fine for doing it. Nine years ago Noe, then a boy, won a foot race from Bartley. They afterward fought, and Bartley whipped the victor. Noe promised to even up later and trained for the event. Meanwhile Bartley had moved to another part of the county. A few weeks ago Noe moved into the same neighborhood. The first time he met Bartley they fought. Morgenthau Says Condition In Turkish Empire Is Pathetic. SIGHTS WOULD BRING TEARS. Former Ambassador Declares if Americans Could Only See Distress as He Had Seen It the Need of Aid Would Be Fully Realized—Says Only Way to Express Sympathy is to Contribute. New York.—Former United States Ambassador Henry Morgenthau in a recent interview gave as one of the main reasons for his resignation as ambassador to Turkey his great desire to make known to the people of the United States some of the conditions in the Turkish empire, especially as they affect the long suffering Armenians. He wants to assist in the raising of funds for Armenian relief, to explain the real conditions in Turkey and to make known in a tactful way to the Turkish authorities the thoughts of the American public on the conditions in that land. Referring to the tragic sufferings of the Armenians and of the need of immediate help to save thousands of men, women and children from dreadful death by starvation, Mr. Morgenthau made the following statement: In my childhood I cried over 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' and wept at the way the negroes were sold into slavery. P. A. Photo by American Press Association. HENRY MORGENTHAU. Later on I read 'Evangelline,' and my heart went out to the poor woman and her lover, but all of these things are nothing compared to what went on in Turkey under my own eyes. I do not want to give too many harrowing pictures, but I will say that I have been requested to state that most of the stories that have reached the United States are founded on facts. "The Armenians were living just as quietly and peacefully as possible, in friendship and close contact with their Turkish associates, when suddenly they were picked out to be deported. It was then that my heart bled for them. I had been given the privilege of dispensing charity without stint and with full authority on behalf of the English, Russian, French and Italian nations—even the Servians had sent me money, and Russia and Italy permitted me to help the poor Montenegrins in my charge. Suddenly, without available funds, I was confronted with the terrific problem of the destitute Armenians. Can you conceive how I felt? It was then that I sent an appeal to the secretary of state for help, and the response came promptly. "If the people of the United States could only see the distress as I have seen it! If they could see the gaunt little figures of children, the little orphans brought to Constantinople by friendly Turkish officers, the need of prompt aid would be fully realized. If I dared repeat the tales I have heard, sworn to and signed, they would make men and women weep, and every one would see the need of sympathy and help. "There is no use of accusing anybody or finding fault with any one. What this great country should do to show its appreciation of the wonderful blessings that have been showered upon us is for each one of us to make up his mind to do his share. "We are the only people to whom they can appeal for help today, the only people who dare express their sympathy by actual giving. The people of other nations are afraid and unable to do it." Mr. Morgenthau is a member of the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief, of which Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Greer of the Episcopal church, Dr. James L. Barton of the American board of foreign missions, Dr. Arthur J. Brown of the Presbyterian foreign mission board, Dr. Frank Mason North of the Methodist foreign mission board and other prominent ministers and laymen, Protestant, Catholic and Jew, are members. The committee has sent $600,000 to the Armenians and native Christians in Turkey, Persia and Syria since Turkey entered the war, and it is stated that $5,000,000 will be required to save and rehabilitate these peoples. Hundreds Present When Inventor's Wife Hits Clothing—Urge Girls to Be Modest. New York.—Hundreds of women recently heard well known women who were delegates to the National Federation of Women's Clubs convention discuss dress—the right and wrong kind of dress, the future dress and the cost of dress. All the speakers advocated greater individuality in dress Mrs. Thomas A. Edison made an appeal for greater modesty in dress, particularly of young women, and in no unmistakable terms assailed clothing which, she said, tended to lead sons down to degradation. She denounced "the present abbreviated skirts and uncovered shoulders," saying: "I had a father who frequently renplumed me, 'Daughter, be modest.' I think this would be good advice to our girls today." Her husband, Mrs. Edison said, had declared there was not more than one woman in a hundred who was well dressed. Clyde Has Several Claims to Distinction In Connection With Country's Wars. Sandusky, O.—The village of Clyde, fourteen miles southwest of this city, was the home not only of the highest ranking officer killed during the civil war, but also of the first American killed in the Spanish-American war. It has the distinction also of being the nucleus of what is now the Women's Relief corps. General J. B. McPherson, killed at Atlanta in the civil war, and George Mack, the first American killed in the Spanish-American war, are both buried there. According to Joel Elliot of Clyde, Mrs. Hattie McPherson, aunt of General McPherson, organized the first Ladies' Aid society after the civil war began, and it was from the Ladies' Aid society of the sixties that the Women's Relief corps of the present day grew. Elliot says further that army records at Washington will show that in proportion to population, more men enlisted at Clyde for both the civil and Spanish-American wars than from any other place of its size in the United States. President Garfield was to have been the principal orator at the unveiling of the McPherson monument when on Saturday, July 2, 1881, he left the White House to go to the seaside to spend Sunday with his family before proceeding to Ohio and was shot while waiting for his train. NEW WAY OF GETTING A SUIT Prisoner Worried Owner Until He Gave It to Him. San Jose.—A new way of getting a suit of clothes was introduced here when William Shore, a prisoner, confessed to Police Captain Campbell that he had "mooched" the suit he wore. "I saw the suit on a man on the street and liked it." he said. "So I went up to him and asked for it. He got mad and wouldn't give it to me, so I followed him around day and night for two days, asking for it at every turn. Finally he got disgusted with me and gave me the clothes." Shore told Police Chief Fuller, who threatened to put him to work pitching hay, that he "wouldn't pitch enough hay in a week to keep a canary bird alive for one day." REFUSED TO QUIT JAIL. Muncie (Ind.) Resident Said It Was the Best Job He Ever Had. Muncie, Ind.-Albert O'Harra, sheffl, had a hard time to make Frank McLaughlin quit the county jail. A friend paid McLaughlin's fine, but he steadfastly refused to leave the jail until his sentence had been served, the sentence being for eleven days. "I never had a better job than this," said McLaughlin. "All I had to do was a little scrubbing out in the morning, and I had a good, warm place in which to sleep and a good place in which to eat and had plenty of things to eat in the bargain. Believe me, Sherif O'Harra is the best landlord I've ever known." CALICO FROM THE SKY. Windstorm Drops Bolt of Goods in Needy Woman's Yard. Hume, Mo.—In a recent windstorm here a bolt of calico fell in Mrs. Jenny Harrie's chicken lot in the north part of the city. It was quite a lucky haul for Mrs. Harrie, when the price of calco is considered, and she needed the goods. It is supposed that the calco was taken up in the clouds in the path of the tornado south of here. Where it came from no one knows. Hog With Six Legs. Puente, Cal.-While driving out a number of hogs from a pen on the Rowland ranch workmen in the employ of L. A. Meredith discovered that one sow was possessed of six legs. The animal has two extra forelegs perfectly formed, and all six legs are used by the animal in walking. Mr. Meredith says the two extra legs are just inside the "regular" forelegs and are somewhat smaller. THE ART OF SAVING The Illusive Dollar That Burns Our Fingers. LUXURY GROWS WITH SALARY A Discussion of How, With Increase of Income and No Apparent Increase of Pleasures, Coin Still Takes on the Vanishing Qualities of Mist. "It is easy enough to make money," said a business man the other day. "The hard thing to learn is how to save and how to spend it. The first year I was married I was earning three thousand, last year I pulled down four, and this year I am getting away with five. As I've said, it's easy enough to make money—any man with average intelligence can do it—but how in the world are you going to save it? I don't seem to be getting any more pleasure or comfort for the five thousand than I did for three. I am certain I don't put away any more than I did on the smaller salary, and the question that stumps me is, Where does the money go? There is certainly a leak somewhere. The whole trouble lies in the fact that I don't know how to spend it." This situation is one that many a family faces. All may not be in circumstances as comfortable as those of the man mentioned above, but the situation is practically the same. Family thrift is almost an unknown quantity in the average American household. Our men are famous for their generosity, and most of their wives run their households on the same generous scale. As the income grows larger the demands on it grow bigger, but so gradually does this change take place that it is almost imperceptible. A luxury or two here, a pleasure there, little things which seem of no consequence at the time of their indulgence, but mount up at an alarming rate at the end of a year. It is quite true that a man might not be able to put his hand on a single tangible thing which he was enjoying with a salary of $5,000 a year that he did not have when his earning capacity was little more than half this amount. Extravagance creeps upon us so gradually that the inroads it makes upon our incomes are hardly noticed at the time. It is only when we sit down and take account of our mode of existence that we realize we are spending more and getting less for the money. Every sane man and woman wants to save. They know it is their only insurance against the future. No matter how well matters are going at the present moment, every family stands the chance of facing a rainy day, and if they are wise they wish to be prepared for that dreary occasion. Sickness or loss of position has nothing like the dread for the man and wife who have a comfortable savings account tucked away in some bank as it has for the poor individuals who spend every cent as it comes in, draining the family exchequer to its last cent at the end of each month. Sickness or loss of position to such persons is a disaster, sometimes even a tragedy. Perhaps you think it is impossible to save on the salary you are earning at present. In many instances, unfortunately, this is true. But, whatever your income, sit down and make out a family budget that shall provide for a certain percentage of savings regularly. UP TO DATE SMOCK. What Flappers Like to Frolic In Is This Uniform. Kuickers and smock of khaki, linen, madras or cool chambray make a likeable outfit for girls bent on outings. 1940 HER CAMP TOGS. This one is smocked at elbows and yoke, belted and fitted with shirred pockets that hold treasures well. The bloomers are the regulation design. This one is smocked at elbows and woke, bolted and fitted with shirred pockets that hold treasures well. The bloomers are the regulation design. His Backbone Is a Spring. The snapping bug has a spring in his back, like a knife. When not in use as a spring it serves him as a backbone, so you see he is a believer in scientific efficiency and makes one part of his machinery do the work of two. His spring backbone, or backbone spring if you prefer, gives him power to jump, which in turn gives him his name. Nature probably gave him the spring to help him get on his feet when he's on his back. You've noticed how helpless some insects are when you lay them on their backs. Not this one, however. He slips his backbone out of its groove and then slips it back again suddenly. The spring pops him up in the air, he turns a somersault and drops right side up. Spring backbones are common in several other beetles. The beetle of the pestiferous wire worm, which destroys the farmer's crops, has a spring in his back. Other members of the family make their homes in trees or decayed wood. -Philadelphia North American. Resourceful Burglar A constable going the rounds of his beat in London a few nights ago noticed a light in a house from which the family and servants had gone out of town. After the officer had pulled the bell several times a man put his head out of the bedroom window to say that he would be down in a few minutes. He came down in a dressing gown and carrying a candle in his hand. The constable explained his suspicion, whereupon the man stated that he had just run up to town to see that all was right. After chatting for a little he invited the constable to have a glass of wine. He lit the dining room gas and produced a bottle of port. After they had drunk each other's health he let the constable out and bolted the door after him. The man lost no time in getting the "swag" together and left the house by another exit. Giving a Horse Its Name. The shire horse owes its name to Arthur Young's remarks, in the description of his agricultural tours during the closing years of the eighteen century, concerning the large old English black horse, "the produce principally of the shire counties in the heart of England." But long previous to this the word "shire" in connection with horses was used in statutes of Henry VIII. Under the various names of the war horse, the great horse, the old English black horse and the shire horse the breed has for centuries been cultivated in the rich fen lands of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire and in many counties of the west. Curiously enough, the Shire Horse society, which has done so much to promote the breed, was known for the first six years of its existence, which began in 1878, as the English Cart Horse society—London Chronicle. The First War. The first writing known to scholars was the account of a war waged between hostile nations in Mesopotamia, perhaps 3500 B. C. The first battle was that between Cain and Abel. Apparently men have always been quick to settle their differences by fighting. The first warlike king is said to have been Osmandyas of Egypt, who passed into Asia and conquered Bactria in 2100 B. C. Palamedes Bacgos is mythically reported to have been the first who ranged an army in a regular line of battle, placed sentinels round a camp and excited the soldier's vigilance by giving him a password. This occurred during the siege of Troy, the date of which is variously estimated at about 2,500 years before the Christian era—Pittsburgh Press. Reversing the Compliment A cashier of somewhat portly build was frowning over a statement of accounts just placed before him by his pretty typist. "As a young lady," he said, "I admire your type, but I can't honestly say I admire your typing." "How funny!" she replied smartly. "We are so different, for, though you are of course splendid at figures, no one could say you have a splendid figure!"—London Express. Quick Way to Drive Posts. To drive posts quickly take a section of log about fifteen inches in diameter and two feet long, to which are attached two handles at an angle. Two men, one on each side, can use this hand power pile driver while a third man holds the post to be driven and keeps it in alignment—Farm and home. Made Him Cross "I made my husband cross this afternoon," said Mrs. Caller. "How was that?" queried Mrs. Homer. "He was on the opposite side of the street, and I beckoned him to come over." explained the other. Cause For Thanks. Guest—Look here! This mirror is so fearfully dirty that I can't see my face in it. Hotel Servant—It strikes me you ought to be thankful for that instead of making trouble about it.—Exchange. Rope and an Oath: In Assam an oath is taken standing within a rope circle, to imply a wish to perish as the rope does if the witness does not tell the truth. Unhistoric Youngster. "What was the result of the flood?" asked the Sunday school teacher. "Mud," replied the bright youngster. —Chicago News. They have a right to censure that have a heart to help. The rest is cruelty, not justice—William Penn. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY-1, 1916. BURGLAR KEPT MONEY. Woman's Last Word About Funds In the Bank Brought Decision. Kansas City, Mo.—He was polite, even suave, as he unlocked the door and entered the room occupied by Mrs. William Buchanan of 1516 Locust street the other day. He closed the door so quietly and had such a gentlemanly manner that Mrs. Buchanan was too much surprised to scream. The intruder took her pocketbook, containing nearly $3, from the dresser. Then Mrs. Buchanan protested. "Please don't take my money. It is all I have," she pleaded. "But I understood you had lots of money," replied he, holding the cash in his hand. "But if this is all you have I'll return it." "But I have more than that," she insisted. "It's in the bank, but as I don't feel very well goodness knows when I shall be able to get more," she continued. The intruder hesitated, smiled and then took the money. Mrs. Buchanan then called the police. TOOK CLOTHES FOR DEBT. Because He Couldn't Collect $3 He Seized Four Suits. Indianapolis. — William Devine, a farm laborer, explained in the criminal court that, being unable to collect $3 from James Boyce, living near Flackville, he took four suits of clothes as payment. He admitted he was generous to himself, for the suits were of excellent quality and appearance. "First I put on one suit," he said, "and then I thought how much better it looked on me than it did on Boyce, so I took the others." With the disappearance of his suits and Devine, Boyce came before the grand jury and an indictment was returned against the farm laborer. Boyce paid $18 to find and return Devine to the city to face the larceny charge. Devine went to Madison, Ind., after taking the suits. Judge Collins sentenced Devine to the penal farm for ninety days. "I'M SO FOND OF MUSIC!" That Explains What Maid Does With an Advance of Wages. Chicago.—For a few days a young north shore matron believed she had solved the servant girl problem. Her first girl found the country life too slow and returned home "back of the yards." This experience afforded an inspiration, and she imported a girl from her former home at Galesburg. Kindly treatment was to be the keynote of success, so when she discovered the new maid lacked underwear she armed her with a dollar and shopping instructions. In thirty minutes the girl was back, but minus the underwear. In its place she had purchased a mouth organ costing 40 cents, which she exhibited proudly to her mistress with the remark: "I'm so fond of music." NEW USE FOR OLD GLORY. In a Brooklyn Court it "Protects the Bench." New York.—After an adjournment of the Brooklyn court of special sessions recently the bench and clerk's desk were bedecked with an American flag. "What's the idea?" Chief Probation Officer John J. Rooney was asked. "That's the duster," Rooney explained. "When the janitor sweeps he covers the bench and clerk's desk with the old flag." Indignant, the questioner sought out Chief Clerk Joseph L. Kerrigan and demanded an explanation of the apparent desecration of Old Glory. "Well, isn't the flag protecting the bench?" was Kerrigan's ready response. GETS EGG DURING TRIAL Hen Labeled "Exhibit A" Lays It In Court, and the Judge Benefits. Portland, Ore.—Maude, a White Leg- horn hen, was in District Judge Bell's court as Exhibit A in a suit over her ownership and that of two other Bidd dies and a cockeler. Suddenly there smote the air a shrill "cut-a-cut." It was Maude cackling, and she kept it up. "Baillif, kindly remove the ex- hibit," ordered the judge. The baillif approached Maude's coop. "Your honor," he shouted, "look!" and held up a snowy white egg. "Maude has hald it." Both litigants agreed that the judge should receive the egg, and he did. DRINKERS SENT TO FRONT. France Adopts Plan to Keep Temptation From Munition Workers Paris.—On account of a diminution of the output of munitions, due to excessive drinking, Minister of Munitions Albert Thomas recently issued instructions that any munition workers found under the influence of alcohol shall be immediately sent to the fighting line. The explanation is given that the penalty is not in the nature of a punishment, but because the man in question is unlikely to experience the same temptations at the front. First Bath In Twenty Years Charlestown, Ind.—After being given the first bath he has had in twenty years, according to his own admission, D. W. Hodson, who presented himself at the county farm for the poor, near here, suddenly disappeared. The mystery of his absence was solved when he showed up at his old home at Underwood, Ind., and told of the vigorous scrubbing the farm attendants administered. FOR CLUBWOMEN. An Army of Them Gathers In New York City. "SERVICE" IS THE KEYNOTE. The National Convention, Under the Presidency of Mrs. Pennybacker and Twenty Thousand Strong, Assembled From Forty-eight State Conventions. The greatest organization of women in any nation of the world, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, was born in New York twenty-six years ago. For the first time it returned to its birthplace, to hold its thirteenth convention. So complete, well manned and vital is the organization that the entire body responds to the pressing of the button or by a wireless that extends to every remote section of every state in the Union. It has working departments in every line of activity—art, civics, civil service reform, conservation, education, home economics, in- I MRS. PERCY V. PENNYBACKER. dustrial and social conditions, legislation, literature, library extension, music, drama, public health, and subdivisions of these committees to include child labor, woman suffrage, mothers' pensions, peace, preparedness, food sanitation, housing, prison reform, minimum wage, political science, tuberculosis, child welfare and hygiene, Americanization and current events and progress in every department of activity in national life. State federations, city federations and the clubs themselves are completely officered along this same organized line, all tributary to the General Federation. The president of this huge activity, Mrs. Pennybacker, in a recent interview said of the first biennial she attended in Los Angeles fourteen years ago: "The very immensity of the convention was an inspiration. There were women from every state in the Union, representing every phase, every group of our national life. While some feel that the General Federation must be reorganized so as to bring about a smaller attendance, let us never forget that a part of the inspiration comes from the bigness. History has never yet fully written the chapter as to the part the General Federation has played in wiping out sectional feeling. One reason why there is in this dear land of ours today so little north, south, east or west is because the women of all sections meet, counsel and labor together. When we learn to know each other appreciation comes and misunderstanding disappears. When we work together for some great cause petty differences drop from us like wormout garments. "It was also a delight to see that beauty had its place in this great gathering of women. No one has forgotten the 40,000 calla lilies which were used as decorations the first two days, followed by carnations, they in turn giving way to numberless roses of every hue. "Everywhere one felt that the women took their work seriously and with the conviction that it is truly worth while. On the last night this earnestness developed into a spiritual climax. We closed in a moment of cestasy as we sang 'God Be With You Till We Meet Again,' while from the galleries the fair hands of the California women let flutter down millions of rose petals, covering us with fragrance. "Is it not significant that these impressions make of themselves the one word 'service,' which is the keynote of our entire federation life?" Cream Salad Dressing. Mix one-half tablespoonful salt, two and one-half tablespoonful melted butter, one level teaspoonful flour, a shake of pepper and two egg yolks together until smooth. Add three-fourths cupful of thin cream. (You may take the top of the milk in the bottle and have the rest of the milk to use for something else.) Then add slowly one-fourth cupful vinegar or lemon juice, stirring as you add it. Cook over hot water until thickened. If too thick after standing to cool, thin with cream or milk. A Fashion Tip: The neck line of the modish summer frock is much wider and therefore much more becoming than was last year's-that is, the frock is cut away at the sides of the throat as well as in front, showing something of the shoulder line. O'Connell as an Orator. Few orators have been so fortunate as Daniel O'Connell in their physical appeal to the senses. Grattan, Curran, Emmet, Shell and Meagher were small men, not the least impressive to the eye. O'Connell was a man of royal aspect. His voice was seductively musical—the most musical, according to Dishnell, ever heard in the house of cominions. It was soft, of great compass, capable of expressing every imaginable emotion. His eyes, light in color and full, flashed or beamed or burned, according to the sentiment expressed. His contemporaries all mention the expressibility of his mouth. His gestures were free and bold, not in the least suggestive of elocution and yet infinitely graceful and apt. There was nothing in his manner indicative of preparation. His manner was easy and without effort. Wendell Phillips, who heard him, says in his lecture: "We used to say of Webster, 'This is a great effort,' of Everett, 'It is a beautiful effort,' but you never used the word 'effort' in speaking of O'Connell. It provoked you that he would not make an effort."—"The Irish Orators," by Claude G. Bowers. The Evil Eye. It is probable that the "evil eye" for which many hapless old women were harried to their death on the suspicion of witchcraft in "the good old days", was no more than a common squint, a "cast" in the eye, or "bossing" as it is called in many parts of the country to this day, writes Dr. N. Bishop Harman in the British Journal of Children's Diseases. Not only was the squint thought to be of evil significance, but the defect itself was considered to be the work of evil spirits. In "King Lear" we find the following in the scene on the heath at night: "This is the foul fiend Filibertigget. He begins at curfew and walks till the first cock; he gives the web and the pin, squints the eye and makes the harelip, mildews the white meat and hurts the poor creature of earth." Knew His Man. George Bubb, better known as Bubb Doddington, one of the wits of the eighteenth century, always dined well and always liked to doze after the repast. Falling asleep one day after dinner with Sir Richard Temple and Lord Cobham, the latter reproached Doddington with his drowsiness. Doddington denied having been asleep and to prove he had not offered to repeat all Lord Cobham had been saying. Cobham challenged him to do so. Doddington repeated a story, and Lord Cobham owned he had been telling it. "Well," said Doddington, "and yet I did not hear a word of it, but I went to sleep because I knew that about this time of the day you would tell that story." Lightning Rods. There were no lightning rods in ancient times. The first one that the world ever saw was set up by our own illustrious countryman Benjamin Franklin shortly after the year 1752. He had just had his celebrated experiment with the kite, in which he demonstrated the identity of lightning with electricity, and was therefore prepared for the construction of the rods for which the world had waited so long. It is not generally known that Franklin was as distinguished in science as he was in statesmanship and diplomacy.—Exchange. A. Bright Outlook "Do you—er—do you think, Miss Dobleigh, that you will be—er—engaged next Thursday evening?" asked Tommy very bashfully. "Well, really, Mr. Tommy," replied Ethel, "I don't know, but if you can get up spunk enough between now and then to do your share I think there's a fair prospect that I shall be." Different Kinds "I had a tooth extracted yesterday," remarked the fussy man, "and the dentist gave me gas." "Oh, that's nothing," rejoined the man with the bald spot. "Every time I get shaved the barber gives me a lot of it."—Indianapolis Star. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Hemorrhage. In treating hemorrhage the first thing is to find its cause and then try to stop it by local means. What these means are must depend on the state the patient is in and the site of the bleeding. If that is easily reached the hemorrhage can be stopped by packing or by pressure or by binding with ligatures. Sometimes the state of the patient is such that it is best to stop the flow by the pressure of the hand or fingers while other steps are taken to relieve the constitutional symptoms of shock and collapse. Sometimes only an operation can reach the point from which the blood comes. In that case it must be performed as rapidly as possible while the patient receives constitutional treatment. In many cases only a physician can find the source of a hemorrhage, but intelligent bystanders can do much to relieve the symptoms. Hot water bottles are needed to help in maintaining the bodily heat. Stimulants should be in readiness, and the salt box should be at hand, for saline injections are often given by physicians in dangerous cases of hemorrhage. PAGE THER FOR YOUNG FOLKS Sleepy Time Story About a Fairy and a Poor Farmer. How Luck and Fortune Came to a Good Natured Plowman—Finding the Magic Rake—A Little Lady on Horseback—Information For Little People. Polly Ann and little Ned were getting sleepy when uncle began his story. It was about THE MAGIC RAKE. Hans was a plowman, but was very poor, for, no matter how hard he worked, his wages were so small that he was barely able to get enough to eat. He was a most obliging and generous young fellow, however, and never wearied of helping his neighbors when they needed assistance. One day when Hans was busy plowing a field he found, to his surprise, a broken rake lying on the ground. "I wonder whose rake it is?" said Hans to himself. "It is a fine rake and only needs a little mending to make it as good as new." Stooping down, he picked up the rake, which was of a different pattern from any he had ever seen. "Some one has lost it," thought Hans, "or perhaps has put it down until he can have it mended." When the day's work was done and Hans was ready to go home he noticed that the broken rake was still lying unclaimed by any one. "I'll take it home and mend it," he decided. "Some one will most likely come and search for it tomorrow." So Hans took the rake home, and, as he was very handy with tools, he mended the rake so skillfully that it was indeed as good as new. The next morning Hans set forth to complete the plowing of the field and, taking the mended rake with him, laid it down where he had found it. On his way home he passed the spot where he had placed the rake, but it was no longer there. "The owner has come for it," said Hans aloud. "You are right, Hans," said a small voice near by. "The owner has now got his mended rake." Hans turned in astonishment, and there stood a little fellow not more than a foot high, dressed in brown leather, with a curious, conical cap on his head. "Thank you very much, Hans, for mending my rake. I have been able to do nothing with it for a long time, but you have made it better than ever," said the little man. He added: "Take it for your own. It will bring you luck." So Hans became the owner of the magic rake. Ever after his crops grew wonderfully, and in time he became rich. A Painter and His Pet. Rembrandt, the famous painter, had a monkey he loved very much. The monkey took sick and died as Rembrandt was painting the picture of a noble family. He was told at once, and he commenced to cry, and then he started to draw the picture he was making. Nothing would stop him from doing this, although every one tried to do so. When the man he was painting the picture for saw the picture he refused to take it, for Rembrandt told him the picture was of the monkey and not of his family. It is said this picture is still in existence. Three Word Square. 2. A receiver of sound. 3. Thirsty. When this square is completed the diagonal from the lower left hand corner to the upper right hand corner spells a nickname for father. Answer.—Bed, ear, dry. A Girl on Horseback. The fair young rider here pictured is Miss Frances Rockwood, daughter of Judge Nash Rockwood of Riverdale, A. Photo by American Press Association. MISS FRANCES BOCKWOOD. N. Y. She is a skilled horsewoman and when photographed was riding her prize winning mount. Aim of Scouting. Making real men out of real boys through a real program is the aim of scouting. [Image of a man in a suit with a tie and glasses, looking directly at the camera. The background is plain white. There is no text or additional details in the image.]] JUDGE J. B. VAUGHN THE ABLE AND POPULAR CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD OF ILLINOIS. [Name] MR. W. V. CONLEY THE GENIAL AND EFFICIENT SECRETARY OF THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD OF ILLINOIS. PAGE FOUR JUDGE J. B. VAUGHN THE ABLE INDUSTRIAL BO VACATION HINTS. The vacation season is here and from now until September thousands of Chicago people will be resting and rusticating at numerous resorts in the nearby states on their summer outings. Many of these resorts are beautiful and attractive places with plenty of fine, fresh, wholesome food and sanitary surroundings. This cannot be said, however, of all summer resorts; although the number of properly conducted places of this kind is constantly increasing. It is an encouraging sign that summer resort keepers are learning that it pays to keep their places clean and safe, as well as outwardly attractive. There are still, however, some resorts that, while they have beautiful scenery, good fishing and good food, yet they also have plenty of flies, polluted water and bad sanitary conditions. And because this is true, here are some things that those who are intending to spend their summer away from Chicago should look into, in connection with selecting places where they are to spend their summer vacation. Here they are: Water Supply—Water taken from shallow wells, located near a barn or outhouse, is certain to be polluted and, therefore, unsafe to use. Also waste water from the well is allowed to drain back into it, tends to make it unsafe. Toilet Arrangements—Open, unscreened privy vaults, together with swarms of flies, render eating in the vicinity a hazardous undertaking. These conditions, especially apply to many picnic grounds around and near Chicago, where picnic parties spend their day's outings and eat their lunches in the open air. Flies inhabit privy vaults and are fond of picnic lunches. Sewage and Drainage—If the summer resort you visit has sewers and drains its sewage, untreated, into a stagnant pool or lake and is taking its water supply from the same lake or uses shallow wells near the same, it is a pretty good place to stay away from. Also when you go in bathing, be careful to notice that no drains or sewers empty their contents in the near vicinity. Garbage Disposal—At some resorts, especially the smaller ones, garbage and refuse of every kind are hauled only a short distance away from the cottages and dumped in the open to breed flies and pollute the air. The properly conducted summer resort, either buries its garbage or burns it. Finally, if the general sanitary conditions are bad, hunt a place where they are good. As a matter of course all doors and windows should be equipped with screens. It is better to be safe than sorry. * * * To cut the high cost of living and escape high blood pressure, cut out --- highballs and an excessive meat diet. Dig in your garden and walk several miles a day. * * * A diet too hearty is as harmful as starvation, though slower in its evil effects. * * * Eat heartily and freely of a meat diet only when you are to engage in vigorous exercise of the body. The mind does not act well on a full stomach. * * * In hot weather you want to be possessed of a cool head. Don't overload your stomach and don't get mad. Keep cool and be temperate. 100,000 NEGROES READY TO FIGHT The following Associated Press dispatch was published throughout the country last week: Tuskegee, Alabama.—When informed by an Associated Press representative today of the killing of 12 Negro soldiers, Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of the Tuskegee Institute, called attention to the fact that eighteen years ago when war was declared with Spain that the late Booker T. Washington, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, called upon the Negro people of the United States, and particularly upon Tuskegee graduates and former students, to volunteer for service in defense of their country. Hundreds of Negroes followed this advice. Secretary Scott states that there are a dozen or more Tuskegee graduates and former students in Mexico now as members of the various Colored regiments. "Negroes," he states, "will rally to the defense of their country now as they have always done. As the first American soldier to lose his life in Mexico, March 24 of this year, was a Negro, so the first man killed in the Revolutionary War was a Negro. The Negro people take pride in the fact that it was the charge of Negro troops at San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War that turned tide there, and that Negroes have fought gravely in every war in which this country has engaged. The Negro was with Jackson at New Orleans, with Perry on Lake Erie, and 180,000 Negro soldiers served in the Civil War. "The Negroes of this country," he states, "will be no less patriotic at this time than in former periods of stress and storm. The Negro possesses a patriotism that rises above injustices and wrongs. He is American through and through. The President will find no hyphenates us. The Negro has never faltered in defense of his country; he will not falter now. If President Wilson desires to employ sturdy Negroes to defend the flag, he can be assured that a hundred thousand and more are at his disposal." THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 1, 1916. The Affairs of the Industrial Board of Illinois Are Ably and Judicially Handled by the Present Board of Commissioners BY KARL MONTE. The Workmen's Compensation Act has been a Godsend to the laboring man of the State of Illinois. This is true in other sovereign states, and in other countries where such an act has been adopted. It is no less true in the great State of Illinois. It is impossible to conceive that the sons of this great state, who fostered the framing of this wonderful piece of legislation, could have had any other idea in mind than the obtaining of the very results which have accrued from the wise and potent enforcing of this most popular law by such competent and widely experienced men of affairs, as, at the present time, are intrusted with that honor. The law provides that not more than two men of the same political party shall serve on the Board at the same time. This means that the Industrial Board shall be and is composed of Democrats and Republicans. But, in the administering of this law, that so vitally affects the poor laboring man, mere politics have been thrown to the winds, so to speak, factional alliances have been swept aside, party lines obliterated and all the energies of all the members composing this organization, and their immediate assistants have been concentrated with absolutely the one object in mind—the administering of the Illinois Workmen's Law so that there will exist a better understanding between employer and employee; a more amicable relation; a better laboring condition; more protection for the man by the sweat of whose brow great wealth is amassed; and his family which is dependent upon him; a greater stimulus for the laborer that he may take an increased interest in his employer's business from the fact that he knows his employer is protecting him, and will continue to protect him, in his illness and in health, thereby promoting an increased production. No man is so high nor any man so low; no man is so rich nor any man so poor that he cannot hope to secure justice and the benefits to be derived from the provisions of the Illinois Workmen's Compensation Law through the instrumentalities of this quasi-judicial organization. Many a man has secured these self-same results, in this manner, without the least assistance or advice from any attorney at law or other legal adviser, or personal representative; many a poor person, the heir of a deceased workman, has secured these same results in this manner. This result is brought about, in many instances, through the co-operation of the Board with other organizations, such as the Legal Aid Society and the Bureau of Personal Service, which refer cases that come to their attention to the Industrial Board which promptly investigates with the idea of bringing about an amicable adjustment of the claim without the necessary inconvenience of a trial. Also by direct cooperation with the employer by means of investigators—personal representatives of the Board. Is there a man who would dare assert that such was the case at Common Law? Then, how is this brought about? Why, and how is it possible for people without means as well as those who are wealthy to immediately secure their rights under this law. The answer is obvious. It is because the Industrial Board stands as a colossal bulwark between the indiscreet who would take advantage of the technicalities to do a wrongful act and those to whom it would be done. That is the reason. They say to the employer and to the employee alike "If you are working under and subject to the provisions of the Workmen's Law, you are expected to obey that law, and to conform to the requirements thereof. That being done, each shall have and receive all the consideration made possible by the provisions of that act." COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD. The law provides, further that one member of the Board shall be representative of the laboring element; one the employing class, and one shall be of neither. All three classes are well represented on the Board at this time. Representing the laboring class is a man than whom no person ever took a greater interest in his work. He is a regular glutton for work and can be always found at his desk when not hearing cases on review. He is one of the first to arrive in the morning and he is one of the last to leave in the evening—A big, broad-shouldered, broad-minded, big-hearted man is Mr. Robert Eadie. Mr. Eadie, who is a native of Sangamon County, was first appointed to the Board in December, 1913. He is a member and a worthy representative of the United Mine-workers of America, probably the largest organization of the kind in the world. Like the other members of the Board, Mr. Eadie is easily accessible. He never hides from anybody, anytime. He is always willing to see any person who may have business with his office. If any one has any doubt as to whether he knows the Compensation Law, let him read one of Mr. Eadie's opinions. So, too, is the employing element just as well taken care of in the person of a gentleman who stands very, very high in the estimation of all with whom he has come in contact. He is one of the most widely known political characters in Chicago and enjoys the high esteem of the members of all parties alike. Governor Dunne made no mistake in the appointment of Mr. Peter J. Angsten. Mr. Angsten is a business man of large holdings, having taken up where his father left off, in the cooperage business, in which he has made good until now he ranks as one of Chicago's most successful business men. Absolutely independent of any political emolument, he goes about his work as seriously, earnestly and conscientiously as though his very existence depended upon his status as commissioner of the Industrial Board. It is not claimed for him that he is infallible. He is, if anything, but human. He may make a mistake. But if he does, his friends have the satisfaction of knowing that it is positively unintentional. Mr. Angsten is known far and wide to be honest in his convictions. And then there is the place on the Board filled by one who represents neither the laboring nor the employing class—a man whose knowledge of the law no one questions. A practitioner, a jurist, an arbiter worthy of the steel of the best of them; who lives in and thrives upon his work; a credit to the present administration and to the State of Illinois is Judge J. B. Vaughn. As chairman of the Industrial Board, he occupies a very conspicuous place in the affairs of the people of this great commonwealth, the vast majority of whom are compelled to labor with their hands in the process of elking out an existence. One can readily see and understand why. Judge Vaughn has been delving into the Corpus Juris Civilis since early manhood, and every attorney who has had occasion to appear before the judge, respects him as a lawyer and a jurist, and has come away impressed with his fairness as a man. He ranked as a very worthy contemporary of the Hon. Mr. H. S. Tanner, his distinguished predecessor. In a speech before the Central Supply Association on February 25th of last year, the judge said, "I am always conscious that I may do somebody an irreparable wrong." This is within itself sufficient to establish the conscientious character of the man. SECRETARIATE—BIG JOB The most important position on the Board, after the commissioners, comes the secretary, who, in the course of a day, probably answers more questions, explains more propositions of law and questions of procedure than any other man in any other department in the service of the state. His duties are, certainly, to say the least, the most exacting imaginable. He must be a man who can feel the pulse of the people—employee and employer alike; he must know the law; he must make no mistake. Mr. W. V. Conley, the present incumbent has filled that office since the incipiency of the Board, and discharged his duties to the satisfaction of all concerned. He helped to set the machinery in motion and has materially assisted in keeping it going. He is fair and honest, and at all times ready and willing and anxious to co-operate with anyone having legitimate business in his department. Mr. Conley has had long clerical and executive experience, all of which admirably tend to fit him for the important position. He knows men; he has that knowledge of human nature indispensable in this work. [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. HON. PETER J. ANGSTEN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN AND COMMIS SIGNER OF THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD OF ILLINOIS. [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. HON. ROBERT EADIE UP-TO-DATE AND ENTERPRISEING BUSINESS MAN AND COMMISSIONER OF THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD OF ILLINOIS. OTHER DEPARTMENTS WELL HEADED. Assisting Mr. Conley is Mr. Joseph F. Clancy a young man of exceptional ability; a high school graduate; a civil service employee, and holds his position solely on his merits. Mr. Thomas A. Murphy, a young lawyer, is Chief Examiner and heads the arbitration department with several arbitrators and investigators under him. Mr. P. B. Carey, the Security Supervisor, passes upon the sufficiency of all insurance of employers on their em- MISS PAULINE J. LEE IN RECITAL On Monday night a large crowd gathered at Quinn Chapel to hear Miss Pauline J. Lee, contralto who gave her first recital at the completion of the free Vocal Scholarship presented to her by Mme. E. Azalia Hackley. Miss Lee proved a fine pupil and a splendid future is predicted for her. She was assisted by the High School Boys Quartette and George Bezille, a young baritone who also has a voice of great promise. All of the participants acquitted themselves in a manner to reflect great credit upon themselves and their teacher whose instruction to them was a labor of love. The recital was given to assist Miss Lee in future study. This young woman managed this her initial effort like a veteran, and shows good business ability besides musicianship. Her friends wish her great success. NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. Sunday will be Paul Dunbar day every one is cordially invited to be present. Quotations from Dunbars work will be given by the audience. Last Sunday should have been Dunbar day but the Marshall Field discussion took up all the time. A large gathering last Sunday heard the discussion of the treatment stirred every member of the League and passed the following resolutions. Whereas, it has been unquestionably established by careful investigation and proof that Marshall Field & Co., in the matter of public accommodation shows deliberate discrimination against Colored persons by denying them the right to purchase goods and material exposed to public sale, Resolved that the Negro Fellowship League take up for consideration and action this last manifestation of race hatred and endeavor to find some remedy against outrageous treatment of Colored patrons of the store. A committee of three was appointed to carry out the resolutions. It was placed in employee or their ability to pay compensation. With this competent force, the administration of the Workmen's Compensation Law of the State of Illinois is now being "rounded out" into its third year of successful operation. Only a sufficient appropriation by the General Assembly and a closer co-operation by employer and employee with the Industrial Board remains to place the Illinois Act in the category of one of the best, if not the best administered in the United States. the hands of Alderman DePriest who promised to bring it before the city council last Monday night. F. L. Barnett, Eugene Marshall and Rev. Threlkeld were made committee to take necessary action. ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB. Alpha Suffrage Club had its regular Wednesday evening meeting at the Reading Room 3005 State St., June 28th. The President, Mrs. Barnett, in the chair, members were urged to vote on disbanding for the summer or holding meetings only twice a month. A series of lawn parties have been arranged for the summer. Each member promised to double her effort to help swell the treasury. MRS. IDA B. WELLS BARNETT, President COLORED PEOPLE'S PROGRESS. A new race history, soon to be placed on the market at $1.50; an inspiring volume, showing the wonderful advancement of the Colored American, reads like magic, so rapid has been their progress in every department—Industry, Science, Art, Religion, Literature. Imparts practical suggestions for self-improvement and teaches the way to success. The publishers, Austin and Jenkins Co., Washington, D. C., are now placing agents. Anybody can sell SECURE THE AGENCY AT ONCE by getting a fine prospectus FREE for 10 cents in postage. AGENTS make $10.00 per day. It sells on sight. Mrs. Laura B. Lapsley, formerly of this city, has just returned here from Portland, Oregon after a five years stay to witness the commencement exercises at the University of Michigan. Her son, Lorenzo B. Lapsley, A. B. is a graduate of the medical class of 1916, and having passed the examination for internship at Freedman's hospital, goes to Washington to serve in that position in September. Talks on HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. BY Dr. W. A. DRIVER 3300 So. State Street Phode Douglas 3617 THE ELIMINATION OF FEAR AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Since time immemorial it has been taught that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That is the theory but few there are who can or do consistently practice it. On account of ignorance the facts of life are not discussed with frankness; disease is for the same reason confounded with sickness just as illness and disease are falsely regarded as synonymous. The result is that demonstrable pathological phenomena alone receives consideration. The prevention of disease, which means the prevention of undesirable emotions, as well as pathological physical findings, is not given the study and discussion that is consistent with progress along the other lines. Many of our observers claim that insanity is on the increase; there is a reason which would if known enable us to do much good to save future victims. The study of the prevention of fear is probably the solution of more ills than appears at ordinary and limited study. Fear is of all emotions probably the most injurious. Physiologists tell us that certain poisonous products are generated in the system by the undesirable emotions. Fear is without a doubt an undesirable emotion; it is a state that terrorizes and produces pandemonium. No better para- A3 HON. JULIUS JOHNSON REPUBLICATION FOR AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ILLINOIS. HON. JULIUS JOHNSON REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Julius Johnson of Moline, Illinois, Republican candidate for the nomination for Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois was born April 18, 1871, at Lynn, Henry County, this state, where his parents were among the most highly respected and early Swedish settlers. Mr. Johnson received his education in the public schools and at Augustana College, Rock Island. After completing his education, he returned to farming for several years and later on he became actively interested in a newspaper and in manufacturing industries at Moline, being still successfully engaged in that line of business. From time to time he has held various positions in the office of Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the State Insurance Department, and other branches of the state service. CHIPS James A. Scott, Jr., of Meridan, Mississippi, will spend the remainder of the summer in visiting with his father, Attorney James A. Scott, 312 E. 30th street. Attorney S. A. T. Watkins, left for Camp Dunne, Springfield, Illinois, Thursday evening, where for a few days he will be the guest of Col. Franklin A. Denison. Charles E. Morrison, special messenger to Mayor William Hale Thomp- --- BY J. E. H. dise can be conceived by finite conception than an absolutely fearless environment. Fear is not productive of a state of ease but on the contrary it is productive of a state of disease. Fear is a disease; there are many evidences of that fact. Hydrophobia is a disease which has as a leading symptom the fear or dread of water. The Greek words hydro means water and phobia means fear. If we take the time to find out we will find that there are other phobias capable of injuring the entire animal economy, if permitted to grow to full fruition. To eliminate fear means to get in harmony with the prevention propaganda. It means to be thoroughly in accord with a knowledge of the advanced thinkers' proved potentialities. Guess work must be relegated to the scrap heap of fogyism. Those who know and who know that they know must be consulted before not after. We must face the facts and cease to mislead the young with our evasion of free discussion of the most important question of life. We must give every person freedom from fear to have idealism. Can you imagine any better utopia? Imagine the beneficial effects on health. Ponder it; talk it over with the friends of humanity. Send the thought with endless increasing accumulation of interest down thru the endless years of eternity to come. He is thoroughly familiar with the business of the various state offices and departments and has a wide acquaintance in different sections of the state. He has taken an active interest in Republican politics in Illinois for more than twenty years, but has never before been a candidate for an elective office. For some years Mr. Johnson has been happily married and he and Mrs. Johnson are the proud parents of two children. He is affiliated with the Lutheran church and various fraternal and benevolent organizations. Mr. A. H. Roberts of this city and Capt. Byrd of the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard are old friends of Mr. Johnson and they and many other Colored people throughout this state speak of him in the highest terms. son, was among the contributors, who assisted to purchase a saddle horse for Col. James H. Johnson.4 Mrs. William Casey of 4542 St. Lawrence avenue has just returned from a flying trip to Idlewild, having been there perfecting plans for the building of a three room bungalow. She is very, enthusiastic over the prospect of the golfing and fishing there this summer.4 Miss Violette N. Andgrson, the upto-date and popular court reporter, 143 N. Dearborn street, who has engaged as official stenographer for the National Medical Association and the Na- tional Business League will leave for Kansas City, Mo., August 15th, to report the respective sessions of those associations. The death of the sister of Mr. Major McGooden, Mrs. Simpson, at Provident hospital last week was quite a shock to her many friends. Transfusion of blood was suggested as a last resort, and Mrs. McGooden bravely gave a pint of blood to save her friend and relative, but it was in vain. She leaves a husband, brother and many friends to mourn her cheerful smile and willing hands. Queer Tail of a Bird. Signal officer of the bird's arm is the racket tailed humming bird his duties nature has equipped with a pair of purple flags fast out of two long and peculiar tailers. He wigwags his signals from another, issues his chie to battle and courts his mate. he's not signaling he's slipping from the flowers and trying to his tail from entangling itself briars. He's a midget of the South An mountains. He has short wings, he operates at lightning speed tail is a combination of two w handles, with a purple tuft of f Changed Werda. The English language presents a large number of words that have been completely changed in their significance since they first came into use. In some cases their meaning has been exactly reversed. A conspicuous example of this is the word "let," which Shakespeare uses several times with the meaning "to hinder." Hamlet explained, "I'll make a ghost of him that lets me," of course "him that stops me." The word is used in the same sense in the Bible, as in II Thessalonians 1, 7—"He who new letten will let until he be taken out of the way." "Ravel" and "unravel" mean exactly the same thing, although at one time to unravel probably meant to reduce confusion to order. Compare the words "valuable" and "invaluable" and "loose" and "mpleose." As used frequently in the Bible "prevent" instead of meaning to "hinder" means to "precede" or "go before", which is, of course, its etymological meaning. Los Angeles Times. Holy Lands of All Religions Christians call Palestine the Holy Land because it was the birthplace of the Christian religion on earth as well as that of the Saviour, whose birth, ministry and death are inseparably associated with the history of Jerusalem and vicinity. To the Mohammedans Mecca, in Arabia, is the holy land, it being the birthplace of Mohammed, the saviour of the followers of that faith. India is the holy land of the Chinese and other oriental Buddhists, it being the native land of Sakya Muni, the supreme Buddha. Ellis, one of the several divisions of the ancient Peloponnesus, was the Mecca and the Jerusalem of the ancient Greeks. The temple of Olympus Zeus was situated at Ellis, and the sacred festivals were held there each year. The believers in the Shinto religion make annual pilgrimage to Sitsa Kara, the immense stone pillar where their supreme ruler last stood while talking to men. Pigeons In Constantinople. In no big city in the world are there so many tame pigeons as in Constantinople. In many squares in London there are small flocks of pigeons, but in the Turkish capital they are to be seen by the thousand. These pigeons are sacred, and, indeed, many a wealthy Turk leaves money to be devoted to buying food for them. The story of why they are sacred is rather interesting. When Mohammed, the Turkish prophet, was flying from his enemies he hid in a cavern. At the mouth of the cavern two pigeons built their nest, so tradition runs, while across the entrance a spider spun its web. The soldiers who came along some days later felt certain that no one had entered the cave, seeing the birds nesting and the spider's web, and so never troubled to enter it and search. Ever since then the Turks have held pigeons and spiders to be sacred. Gifts of the Grass. The grass is missed only by its absence. When we pass by a house which is minus a green lawn or grassy plot in front we exclaim, "What a blot on the landscape!" In a vague way we realize that the grass gives tone and color to outdoor life as nothing else can; that no picture is complete without it. All the beauties of the seashore—the bold rocks, the crested surf, the dashing waves, the lights and shadows which play at sunrise and sunset beside old ocean—cannot compensate for the lack of the grass beneath our feet. Friends wintering at southern beaches have told us that they grew homesick for the grassy fields and meadows of home—Margaret Woodward in Countryside Magazine. Naming the Baby. Give your baby a name that will suit him or her throughout life. Let it be a euphonious, well balanced name, indicative of intelligence, character and success and one so easily written or spoken that no nicknames will ever be found necessary. If there is available a family name with these good qualities, all the better. Do not indulge in laziness, do not give way to sentiment, do not surrender to affectation or romance in this matter of selecting a suitable name, and avoid novel combinations and plays upon words without leading the child down with cheap commonplace.—Dallas News. Covering the Neck. Soon we shall be thinking about pretty ways of decorating the uncovered neck and shall no doubt revive the old time lace hemmed net ruche fastened by a rose or a ribbon bow, which in the portraits of young French beauties of the eighteenth century looks so fascinating. Devices of this and other kinds the collarless blouses which are arriving will make possible and desirable. There is a decided leaning toward the decollete blouses, with a choice of chokers. Queer Tail of a Bird. Signal officer of the birds' army corps is the racket tailed humming bird. For his duties nature has equipped him with a pair of purple flags fashioned out of two long and peculiar tail feathers. He wigwags his signaas from one tree to another, issues his challenges to battle and courts his mate. When he's not signalling he's sipping honey from the flowers and trying to keep his tail from entangling itself in the briars. He's a midget of the South American mountains. He has short wings, which he operates at lightning speed. His tail is a combination of two wirelike handles, with a purple tuft of feathers at the end of each. He crosses them near the middle, and sometimes he brings the pair of "tracks" at the ends to his head, as though trying to fm himself. The male birds have a sort of love dance which they engage in during the mating season. Then they play all sorts of tricks with the rackets.—Philadeibla North American. Australia's Stony Desert Australia's Story Desert The great stony desert of north Australia was discovered by Captain Sturt, an Australian explorer, in 1845-6. It is north of the river Darling and is about 300 miles long and 100 broad, consisting of sandy dunes or ridges. Its want of trees, except along the creeks, gives the country a sterile appearance. These ridges were probably formed by the joint effect of winds and a gradually retiring sea. According to Captain Sturt, these waters were gradually lost by evaporation or carried to some undiscovered sea. The only vegetation, growing scantily, is prickly acacias in full bloom, all of stunted growth. Water is scarce except in the creeks which are sheltered, and this is generally brackish. Few travelers care to traverse this inhospitable desert. She Was an Expert: "Julia, do you know what love is?" The love sick young man put the question in an intense voice. "Yes," replied the fair maid firmly. "But do you really know?" asked again. "Have you ever been the object of a love as undying as the sun, as all pervading as the air, as wonderful and sparkling as the stars? Have you ever loved and been loved like that, Julia?" In an agony of suspense he waited for her reply. "Have I?" she presently murmured, staring thoughtfully into the glowing fire. "If you will come up into our box room I can show you a trunk full of letters and three albums full of photographs, and in my jewel case are seven engagement rings!" — Philadelphia Inquirer. A. Deadly Industry. One of the most deadly callings and one of which very little is known is that of the workers in champagne cellars. The work, which is light and without any obvious elements of risk to health, consists in turning over the bottles of champagne so that the wine may be clear and transparent and absolutely free from sediment. The men who do this work spend eight or ten hours a day in the dark wine cellars, turning over bottles by the thousand. This monotonous duty they discharge day after day in semidarkness, in a high temperature, unhealthy atmosphere and absolute solitude. These combined conditions affect the nerves and health of the workers so seriously that few of them can continue at their posts until middle age.—London Mirror. Method In Their Madness. After having her blood curdled badly by a thrilling story Mrs. Kurious was angry to find that it ended in an advertisement for somebody's tooth powder. With a pout she threw the paper containing the deception across the room. "What's the matter, dearle?" asked her hubby. Mrs. Kurious told her trouble and wound up with the remark: "Now, Jeremiah, I know why the Chinese people begin reading at the end instead of the beginning. Their intelligence is greater than ours."—London Mall. Explaining a Charge. Client—You have an item in your bill, "Advice, March 8, $5." That was the day before I retained you. Lawyer—I know it. But don't you remember on the 8th I told you you'd better let me take the case for you? Client—Yes. Lawyer—Well, that's the advice. —Boston Transcript. Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson, whose will is on record, was perhaps the poorest of all the presidents of the United States. He confessed his poverty and admitted that he had been ruined financially by his nephew, whom he had adopted and treated as a son. Good Suggestion. "We should speak nothing but good of the dead." "True. But why not extend the practice to the living?"—Detroit Free Press. Well. It Is Hard. "Which of your school studies do you consider the hardest, John?" "Oh, geology! It's all about rocks, you know." Pretty Bad. "Well, I should say. Why, even the lights went out at the close of the second act." Light cares speak; great ones are *umb.*—Seneca. Measure WM Prevent Injury to Smaller Cities and Towns From Cutthroat Monopolistic Methods of Mail Order Houses and Big City Stores—Will Ensure Uniform Prices and High Quality By W. *BOB HOLLAND. "A bill to protect the public against dishonest advertising and false pretenses in advertising." This is the comprehensive title of a measure introduced in the present congress by Representative D. V. Stephens of Nebraska. A similar bill has been introduced in the senate by Senator Ashurst of Arizona. No one can find fault with legislation that will achieve the objects stated in the titles of the Stephens-Ashurst bill. The public certainly needs protection "against dishonest advertising and false pretenses in merchandising." The bill now under consideration is the successor of the Stevens bill, a measure introduced in the last congress by Representative Stevens of New Hampshire. It was widely discussed and died in committee after several public hearings, at which its merits and demerits were considered. The Stephens bill embodies the changes that seemed advisable after these hearings and discussions, and it is believed that in its present form it safeguards the producer, the merchant and the consumer. For many years the right of a producer to contract with merchants for the resale of his products at standard, uniform prices was generally recognized and its legality was not questioned. Then the supreme court of the United States held that such a contract was "in restraint of trade" and "against public policy." The court divided on the question, 5 to 4, and the majority found no specific law forbidding the practice that had long been common, but held that congress had intended the Sherman law to prohibit such business methods. Agency System la Legal This court made law upset long established custom, but it does not prevent the end sought from being reached by other means. Producers who wish to have no discrimination shown to favored individuals can insure uniform prices for their goods by establishing branch establishments or by appointing agents. This is the method followed by manufacturers of automobiles. Bakers who sell their products within a restricted area can also regulate their prices by making grocers their agents and thereby retaining title to their bread and rolls until they reach the consumer. Producers of other articles, goods sold in small quantities and which must depend on established merchants for their distribution, are denied the right that men in other lines have. The Stephens-Ashurst bill is designed to restore to these producers a protection they had before it was taken away from them by the supreme court. Cut rate department stores, so called "chain" drug and grocery stores in the large cities, and mail order houses use cut prices on standard, well known articles to draw trade away from small stores and small towns. The loss they may suffer on these standard articles is more than made up by the high profits on anonymous goods or goods put up under their own brands. In this way the producer is injured because the reputation of his product is ruined; the retail merchant is damaged because he cannot afford to advertise widely a special bargain "hail" to attract customers to whom other goods may be sold at a profit; the consumer is damaged because producers are not encouraged to maintain quality and because inferior articles are substituted. Ample Protection Afforded. The Stephens-Ashurst bill is not compulsory. To take advantage of its provisions the producer must register his trademark or special brand with the bureau of corporations in Washington and must pay a fee of $10. He must not have a monopoly of articles belonging to the same general class of merchandise, and he must not agree with any competitor to control prices. The producer must also file a schedule giving the prices at which his listed article is sold to wholesalers, to retailers and to the consumer. This schedule of prices becomes a public document. The prices scheduled must be uniform to buyers under similar circumstances. This permits reduction in prices for quantity purchases and allowances to equalize freight rates. A merchant who decides to quit business, who wishes to discontinue any line of listed goods or who becomes bankrupt must first offer such listed articles to the manufacturers for redemption at the full price paid. Should the manufacturers neglect or refuse to redeem the goods then the dealer can sell them at any price he desires or can get. Damaged goods must also be offered for exchange or redemption, and if later offered for sale at reduced prices the reason for the reduction must be made known to purchasers. There is also a clause permitting seasonal sales. PAGE FIVE Travels Over Deep Snowdrifts to Become Bride of Young Los Angeles Business Man. Los Angeles, Cal.-Skiing fifteen miles over deep snowdrifts to be a bride, Miss Helen Skinner, eighteen-year-old daughter of F. C. Skinner of Pine Knot Lodge, Big Bear valley, arrived recently in Los Angeles and was married to Wesley P. Turner, a young business man. Miss Skinner, who passed last summer at Big Bear valley, had intended to leave there for Los Angeles earlier in the season, but was detained until all roads down the mountain had been washed out by the rains and lost under many feet of snow. When she learned that none of the roads would be opened until nearly summer she declared her intention of walking down to Los Angeles, no matter how far the snow extended. It was then learned that a stage could make its way to Dobble, a dead mining camp on the crest of Big Bear, hanging 6,800 feet above the Mohave desert. So the dauntless little bride elect, accompanied by her mother and father, downed skis and walked from Pine Knot Lodge to Dobble, fifteen miles, over snow that lay an average depth of three feet. At Dobble the party was met by a stage from Victorville. BIT OF GALLANTRY WINS HIM $200,000 BIT OF GALLANTRY WINS HIM $200,000 Frank H. Canning, Who Protected a Woman In Fight, Remembered In Her Will. Philadelphia.—As a result of a bit of gallantry to a woman more than three years ago Frank H. Canning, formerly of this city and later of Clarksboro, N. J., is to receive $200,000. Mrs. J. T. Elkins of Detroit, widow of a wealthy ranch owner, died several weeks ago, leaving an estate of $400,000. Half of the money goes to Mr. Canning, the remainder to a charitable institution in Detroit. Mrs. Elkins was formerly Miss Irene Chadley of this city. Miss Chadley was returning to her home on a trolley car late one night. She was the only woman on the car, the other passengers being half a dozen intoxicated men and Mr. Canning. Suddenly a fight started, and one of the men brushed against Miss Chadley and threatened her. Mr. Canning placed himself in front of the woman and, with the aid of the conductor, managed to overcome the rowdies. Miss Chadley was so upset that Mr. Canning called a cab and rode with her to her home in West Philadelphia. LIGHTNING STRUCK HOUSE. Russell, His Wife and Baby Have a Narrow Escape. Brady, Tex—Bob Russell, his wife and baby, who live six miles west of Brady, had a narrow escape recently when lightning struck their home, giving them a severe shock and setting the wall paper and bedclothing afire. The electric bolt passed across the roof and came down the wall inside the room where the family were asleep and passed to the ground by way of a telephone wire and two shotguns standing near a bed. Russell was rendered unconscious, and when he recovered he found the bed clothing and wall paper afire. He was able to extinguish the blaze with but little difficulty. The barrels of both guns were melted, as was also the telephone ground wire. SEEKS REMEDY FROM SEA. Physician Dips Thirty Fathoms For Pure Salt Water. San Francisco-To save the life of a patient in St. Winifred's hospital Dr. Winslow Anderson, accompanied by fourteen doctors and nurses, went out to sea in a Crowley launch for thirty-six gallons of the purest of pure sea water. The alliment from which the patient is suffering will give way only to a treatment in which pure salt water from the sea forms the chief element. The party carried twelve three-gallon jugs with heavy lead sinkers, by means of which the water was lifted from a depth of thirty fathoms. The launch went nearly to the Farallone islands, and the party did not return until late at night. ROBBER THANKS VICTIM. Sends Back Keepsake and Keeps $500 He Stole From St. Louis Resident. St. Louis. -The thief who robbed the home of L. L. Whitmoret of jewelry valued at $500 mailed a letter to the family. Inclosed was a miniature pair of opera glasses, used as a watch charm. His letter reads: To Whom It May Concern.-Very sorry to take this little keepsake. Thank you for the other articles, and AN OUTCAST. Fish Makea Long Swim. London.—A salmon which had been marked and returned to the water at Kintradwel, north of Brora, Sutherlandshire, was caught fifteen days afterward on the Aberdeenshire coast. The minimum distance covered by the fish was 140 miles, and it had lost one and one-half pounds in weight between the date of marking and its recapture. PAGE SIX TENNIS, 1916. Smart Outfit For the Season's Sport Girl. Striped worsted, buff with coffee colored stripe, is the material in this short sport skirt. The same material is used Tennis "VANTAGE!" for collar, cuffs, belt and pocket lids on a jersey slip on coat. The finger pockets, buttoned on, are an interesting feature. So is the slouch hat. MINERALS IN FOODS. A Discourse on Ingredients Needed For Pure, Red Blood. There are a large number of people who have some indefinite notion about iron in foods, thinking it is in amounts big enough to see with the naked eye if they but know how. It is not. Prospective mothers begin to learn about their mineral needs when the doctor prescribes lime tablets, which contain the inorganic mineral, known to be far less absorbable than when organic, as in plants. The plants take the inorganic minerals of the soil and make them over into live stuff for him. He cannot seem to get them so well in any other way. Not only anaemia, but many other illnesses come because not enough foods containing minerals are eaten, or if eaten are made ineffective because the strong acids taken go after them for their own use. If we could talk baby talk to them we might say, "The acids will catch you if you don't watch out." Now, just to get a little bit of a notion about how very slight in quantity, though so wondrous in quality, these vitalizing minerals are, any cook and any eater should study some reliable book on the matter. You will learn that there is nothing quite so heavy in line as turnip tops, which also means the tops of the kohlrabl. How much line? Oh, about one-half of 1 per cent, but that is a lot compared with what is in the valuable spinach, which has only .00 per cent. Sherman calls these minerals "ash constituents," which is a bit old fashioned. Others call them "nutrient salts," and common everyday people say mineral matter. How great are little things is what we need to realize in this connection. They are almost comparable with radium in this respect. A Shampoo Scheme. The possibilities of the hot water bottle as an adjunct in drying the hair after a shampoo have just been discovered by one woman. Half filled with hot water and applied to the scalp and hair it dries both rapidly and pleasantly. With a second bottle applied to the length of the hair it is possible to recline luxuriously with a book while one's hair is almost drying itself. Pound Cake. Take one pound two ounces of sugar, a pound of butter, a pound of flour, ten eggs, vanilla to taste. Cream the sugar and eggs together and the flour and butter. Mix both of these together, add vanilla and beat until light and creamy. It is best to use one's hand, as it makes the cake much lighter. Bake in moderate oven one hour. This makes four pounds. Way of Woman With an Old Shirt. Men's shirts are usually made of such good materials that it seems a shame to discard them because the fronts and cuffs are worn. One woman makes good looking aprons of them by using the back of the shirt for the front of the apron, finishing with a bias and cut from the worn fronts and getting strings from the sleeves. Apricot Tapioca. Simmer three tablespoonfuls of tapoca in two cupfuls of milk, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar and half a teaspoonful of almond extract. Cool, add a cupful of whipped cream and pour over crushed macaroons soaked in apricot sirup. Serve chilled with whipped cream and apricots. Gothic Architecture The styles called Gothic, springing from a common source in Romanesque architecture and developing throughout western Europe on differing lines, are in general characterized by the following features, although not all of these will be found in all examples: Ribbed vaulting, pointed arches, the flying arch and pinnacled buttress, clustered shafting, traceried windows in all but the earliest phases, stained glass, a progressive tendency toward loftiness, lightness of supports and suppression of wall surfaces, a system of decoration of which one element was the emphasis and adornment of structural features and another the use of sculpture and carving of human, animal, vegetable and grotesque forms, controlled by a definite didactic purpose and significance, and finally the use of available materials according to their nature upon principles in part of structural logic and in part of decorative effect.-A. D. F. Hamlin in Architectural Record. National Flags. If the question were asked which country's national flag had been longest in use the answer would be either the dragon banner of China or the chrysanthemum flag of Japan. The former has been used from a very early period, and the latter is as old as the present dynasty in Japan, which is the most ancient in the world. Among European national flags that of Denmark, a white St. George's cross on a red ground, is the most ancient, having been in use since 1219. No other flag has existed without change for anything like the same period as a national emblem, although there are royal standards that are older. The Spanish colors date only from 1785, and Great Britain's flag in its present form was first flown after the union with Ireland in 1801. The stars and stripes of the United States was first planned and ordered by Washington of an upholsterer in Philadelphia and formally adopted on June 14, 1777. -London Spectator. Shaving on One Side. The shaving on one side only of the heads and beards of prisoners of war was obviously done to prevent any attempt at escape. But there have been other motives for such half shaving, which occurs at all sorts of points in history. Sometimes the act has been pure insult, as when Hanun, king of the children of Ammon, shaved off half of the beards of David's servants. In these days the victims would have mended matters by shaving the other half. But Jewish reverence for the beard forbade that, and David told the men to "tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown." Demosthenes, when he shut himself up for months in a subterranean chamber to practice oratory, shaved half of his head to cut off all temptation to go abroad.—London Chronicle. Earrings Denote Widowhood Earrings Delicate Widowhood. That India is a land of curious customs is confirmed by the Popular Science Monthly. A widow, instead of wearing black crape, dons ponderous earrings made of solid brass. Since her widowhood is perpetual she is obliged to wear them the rest of her life. Each year another ring is added. The constantly increasing weight of metal stretches the lobe of the ear, to which it is attached, in an extraordinary manner. It is safe to say that no widow ever forgets the fact of her widowhood when wearing such a clumsy weight. A Silent City. No industry brings the village of Gilthoorn, Holland, into touch with the world. It is almost wholly inaccessible except by water, and the inhabitants are shy and keep within doors, betraying not the slightest interest in visitors. Indeed, Gilthoorn has been likened, empty and silent in its green picturesqueness, to a place visited in a dream.—Argonaut. Progressive. "When did you commit your first fatal extravagance?" "When my boss referred to my wages as my 'salary.'" "And when did you perpetrate this latest folly?" "The day my wife called my salary my 'income.'" -Cleveland Leader. Appropriate. Manufacturer—I'm going to call this new cigar "The American Lady In the Japanese Kimono." Dealer—Why? Manufacturer—Domestic filler and imported wrapper—Illinois Shren. The Feminine Pessimist The feminine pessimist worries because she is not as young as she once was; the optimist of the same sex rejoices that she is not so old as she will be.—Life. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Ptomaine Poison "Potamide is a scientific name for food poison," says a physician in Farm and Fireside, "and, although all potamines are not dangerous to health, there is no simple test for telling the dangerous ones from the others. Dr. Charles K. Francis, a noted chemist, gives the advice, 'When doubtful about a food do not eat it.' This applies especially to meat which has a peculiar odor or taste, canned goods, especially when they have been opened for some time, and other foods which do not seem just right. Taking a chance may be taking your health or life. Safety first!" THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 1, 1916 JUST BLOUSES. Latest Notes About This Pet Hobby of All Women. This is the season for blouses. They are needed for a multitude of reasons. The one piece frock has not vanished into the warm summer air because the separate blouse has come into fashion again. It appears to be necessary to have both even in the average wardrobe. There is always a struggle in the mind of the woman who is not plentifully endowed with clothes money as to how she should choose between a suit and a one piece frock for constant service, and probably the married man put it correctly for all women when he said that his wife brought the subject up to him semiannually every day for a fortnight, invariably decided in the end according to her own desires and was dissatisfied about her choice, no matter what it was, for the rest of the season. One of the advantages of blouse buying is that the average woman can get half a dozen to suit her different needs and moods. This season they are unrolled before her like a brilliant, never ending carpet. The design and the color constantly change. They have reached a degree of variety and gayy that has not been touched in several seasons. Fine colored muslins, solid and striped, are in the forefront of fashion, and white and colored organdles, which have been so extensively used for neckwear, have been cordially taken up by the makers of blouses. The plain white organdle waists are embroidered with one or more colors, sometimes in the simple and ever pleasing design of scallops, again in polka dots and triangles of brilliant red and blue, green, black and yellow. Because polka dot frocks are in fashion we will be able to wear separate blouses of polka dot fabrics with the pleased feeling that we are quite in the middle of the picture. Taffeta and satin are not looked upon with any degree of warmth, but taffeta is applied to chiffon and then embroidered in gold and silver to build up an ornate blouse. Every one knows by this time that the smartest of French blouses drops over the skirt instead of going under it after the manner of a miniature Russian blouse. Cherut sent this out in white organdle, with a sash of colored silk, and it has led the way for a dozen other conceptions by our own dress-makers. NOVELTY VEIL Another Interesting Accessory That Comes "by the Yard." With a close turban, flower wreathed, is worn a flyaway vell that may be as long as preferred, since it comes, I FOR MOTORING. all striped and gay with favorite spring colors, by the yard. Draped horizontally, the effect is picturesque. Menu For One Week Sunday.—Roast beef, Franconia potatoes, creamed cannellio, orange salad, steamed apple pudding with vanilla sauce. Monday.—Cold roast beef, hot gravy, scalloped potatoes, peas, pineapple and cake. Tuesday.—Cottage pie (chopped roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy), kidney beans, fruit salad, peach taploca with cream and cake. Wednesday.—Beef croquettes with stewed mushrooms, peas, mince pie and cheese. Thursday.—Veal cutlets, baked potatoes, macaroni and cheese and apple pie. Friday.—Creamed fish on toast, banana salad, prune whip and cake. Saturday.—Baked beans and brown bread, mustard pickles, Dutch apple cake with lemon sauce. Attractive Chains The new bead necklaces show combinations of jade and jet, coral and jet or jade, pearls and jet, with imitation pierced gold or silver filigree beads used at effective intervals for ornamentation. One chain, in which jade is used most attractively, has the pierced gold beads, with antique finish, and a piece of Chinese money used as a pendant. "Kissing the Book." When did "kissing the book" come to be recognized as a part of the English oath? Master William Thorpe, a priest, who was tried for heresy before the archbishop of Canterbury in 1407, has in an account of his own trial related a conversation between a "man of law" and a "master of divinity" on the subject of oaths. The man of law spoke of a witness merely laying his hand on the book, whereupon the master of divinity said, "He that chargget him to lay his hand thus upon the book, touching it and swearing by it, and kyssing it, promising in this form to do this thing, will say and witness that he that touchet thus a book and kisseth it hath sworn upon that book." So the practice is at least 500 years old. "Kissing the book" must have been a familiar practice in Shakespeare's day, for in "The Tempest" there is more than one jocular reference to it. "Swear by this bottle how thou camest hither," says Stephano to Trinculo. "Here, kiss the book," offering him his bottle of sack. There is also legal proof that the practice was well known in the seventeenth century.—London Opinion. Being the Vice President: "Isn't it easy to be a vice president?" remarked a young woman who had been sitting in one of the galleries for some time watching the senate work. "Cinch," colloquially responded her escort. But senators know differently, for they are fully aware of what it means to sit hour by hour and pilot their august body through the parliamentary jungles which frequently are confronted. The rules for legislative procedure in the United States senate are practically no rules at all, paradoxical as it may seem. The course of the upper house is guided largely upon precedent and past rulings of vice presidents, and as a consequence the presiding officer must be thoroughly conversant with what his predecessors have done from the time the nation was born. This means long hours of study and extensive reading.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Antiquity of the Ballet. Strictly defined, the ballet is properly a theatrical exhibition of the art of dancing in its highest perfection, complying generally with the rules of the drama as to its composition and form. It was in existence in Italy as far back as A. D. 1500, the court of Turin in that day making especial use of it and the royal family and nobles taking part in it. The ballet was first introduced in France in the reign of Louis XIII, and both that monarch and Louis XIV, occasionally took part in its dances. About the year 1700 women made their first appearance in the ballet, which up to that time had been performed exclusively by men, as was the case also with plays and operas, but no woman ballet dancer of any note appeared until 1700. Leggings of the Marines The stout leggings worn by members of the United States marine corps are not a purely decorative adjunct to their very nasty uniforms, as popularly supposed by civilians, but are a protection for the men against tropical diseases while in foreign service, naval surgeons say. Many of the most dangerous tropical diseases are transmitted by the bites of insects. Among these are malaria, yellow fever, bubonic plague, hookworm, elephantiasis and tropical ulcer. Fleas and mosquitoes are the prime carriers, and they make their first attack upon the ankles, thence working their way over the whole body. The leggings worn by the United States marines afford splendid protection to the ankles against fleas, mosquitoes and infected dirt. Shakespeare Altered A portable theater had been pitched in an out of the way spot where the prospective theatrical patrons were unsophisticated in matters dramatic. The players possessed the costumes for "Hamlet," and Shakespeare's tragedy was selected for representation. It then occurred to the proprietors of the show that the name might not attract, so they altered the title to "How the Stepfather Was Paid Out!"—London Mall. A. Virtue Misplaced "I ordered this steak not well done," said the impatient guest. "I know it," answered the intellectual waiter. "But the cook is one of those people who believe that no matter how small a thing is it should be well done." New Version. Mother was hacking at the fatted calf when the prodigal clumped into the kitchen. "Aw, say, maw," he grumbled, "lay off the veal and give us a little spring lamb. These occasions don't happen every day."-Buffalo Express. Big Balance on Hand "Jack, I have a notion to give you a piece of my mind." "You could do that, Juliet, and still have quite a surplus." — Richmond Times-Dispatch. High Art. Patience—They say that is a spurious painting. Patrice—Really! It looks like a watercolor to me.—Yonkers Statesman. A Question of Gifts "Why did you deliberately make an enemy of your old friend Jinks?" "Because he is to be married next month." People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to pattern after.—Goldsmith. Raised Decorations on Eggshells. It is easy to work out a design in relief on an eggshell, whether the contents of the egg have been removed or not. The first step is to draw with a pencil the design or the lettering that you wish to appear on the egg. Make only an outline and the leading points of the design. Then melt a small quantity of candle wax in a shallow tin and let it set a little, but while it is still soft take it out of the tin and spread it over the design on the egg. If there is any difficulty in getting the wax to hold touch it here and there with the heated blade of a penknife. Take vinegar enough to cover the egg completely and soak the egg in it for a period that may be half an hour or may be an hour and a half, according to the strength of the vinegar. At the end of that period take the egg out and peel off the wax. The design will then stand up in relief against the rest of the shell, for the acid of the vinegar will have eaten away the uncovered part and left untouched only that part which the wax protected. Youth's Companion. Tipping In ConstantPeople. The tipping evil is no joke even in this country. But it has hardly reached the degree of insidiousness marked by this tale from the near east: "On the morning of my departure from Constantinople I gave the letter carrier who had brought my letters during my sojourn here half a medshid as a tip. "In the afternoon a man came up to me and said: 'My lord, I am a stranger to you. You never received a telegram. But may it please you to know that I am the telegraph messenger. May it please you to know that it was up to me to deliver telegrams to you if such had been received for you in our office. I surely would have brought them to you most quickly. I know you will be just and you will not harm a man who has always been ready to serve you. I cannot be blamed that I have never been called upon to be of service to you. I, too, deserve half a medshid."—Bruno's Weekly. Masking the Guns. Against air craft observation one of the first precautions taken is to splash guns, limbers and ammunition wagons with different neutral tints so that they will blend with the ground about them. Any earthworks, pits, etc., that are erected or dug are strewn with leaves and branches and the earth disturbed generally, so that from above nothing unusual shall be spotted by keen eyed air men. A battery of guns is seldom placed along the sky line, for there it is an easy mark. Generally the guns are concealed some distance down the incline in front of the sky line, unless the guns are howitzers, in which case they can be best served from behind the ridge. The idea of placing the guns in front of the ridge is that the rising ground behind them serves as an effectual screen, as the guns themselves are painted to represent earth and foliage—London Standard. He Wanted to Know The late E. H. Harriman, says the Wall Street Journal, was a stickler for facts. He cared little for an approximate statement. When he asked his employees for information he wanted it definite. While traveling through Nevada one day with a number of the officials of the Union Pacific the train passed a little station with much platform, a bleak background of sagebrush and junplers and no habitation within sight. "What is it that station there for?" asked Mr. Harriman of one of the railway officials with the party. "They ship a few cattle and two or three cars of wool." "Which is it, two or three?" snapped Mr. Harriman. "Which is it? There is a difference of 33 1-3 per cent." Birds as Lamps The natives of Trinidad make use of the young guacharo in an unusual manner. The young are very fat and are frequently found to weigh more than the full grown birds. Their fat is used by the natives to produce an oil which is a substitute for butter. Also it is frequently the custom of the natives to draw a wick through the body of a young guacharo and use it as a lamp or candle. Thus the guacharo is sometimes called the oil bird. A. Great Secret Old Bachelor Uncle—Well, Charlie, what do you want now? Charlie—Oh, I want to be rich. "Rich! Why so?" "Because I want to be petted. Ma says you are an old fool, but must be petted because you are rich. But it's a great secret, and I mustn't tell it." The Aftermath Mrs. DuPuy-I was so surprised to hear that Edith and Mr. Sissingham were married. You know they always used to claim their attachment was merely platiconic. Mrs. Kolkremes-Yes, I remember. But now, I fear, they wouldn't claim it was even that. Spitzbergen's Minerals A little of almost every precious mineral has been found in Spitzbergen, but there are no signs, according to geologists, that precious minerals exist in paying quantities. Bit of Advice "One of your eyebrows is a trifle awry." "Ah, a bit of misplaced color." "Just so. Hue to the line, my dear."—Exchange. The more virtuous any man is the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious—Cleero. MINISTER GIVES GIRLS TWELVE GOLDEN RULES Divine Tells Them to Think Carefully and Prayerfully About Their Wedding Day. Cleveland. — "Twelve Golden Rules For Young Ladies" was the subject of the sermon delivered by Rev. Thomas Hughes, pastor of the Rocky River Methodist church. The twelve rules are: "Always remember to be a lady. "Don't be loud and bolsterous. "Be modest and virtuous. "Choose carefully your company of both sexes. "Open your eyes and ears, but keep your heart closed to the gush and nonsense from the so called lovers. "Be careful about your dress. Have it becoming and tasteful. "Be more careful about what is in your head than what is in your heart. "Don't be self conceited. "Don't keep company with a sinful young man. "Think carefully and prayerfully about your wedding day. "Be considerate about the time and money of your gentlemen friends. "Be true to the best ideals of womanhood." DRIVEN INSANE BY 100 CIGARETTES A DAY Sent to an Asylum Upon Saloon keeper's Complaint and Doctor's Testimony. Detroit, Mich.—Frank Winters, the man who smoked a hundred cigarettes a day, was committed to the Pontiac asylum by Judge Hulbert recently in the probate court. The incessant use of the cigarettes was declared by Dr. S. L. Layton, who examined Winters, to have affected his mind. Frequenting a saloon at the corner of Chamberlain and Lawndale avenues, Winters smoked until his supply gave out and his money too. After that he begged smokes from the customers of the saloon, according to Joseph Berman, the proprietor of the place. Berman petitioned the court to have Winters taken to an asylum. A German by birth, Winters was getting along well in this country until the cigarette habit got the upper hand. Given jobs by Berman, Winters even lost his power of application to simple work. "No more work for me," he would say as he would sit down on the job. Berman told investigators. The nicotine undoubtedly had a deteriorating effect on his mentality, Dr. Levton declared. FEWER KANSAS FARMERS. There Are Not So Many Now as Ten Years Ago. Abilene, Kan.—Fewer people are engaged in agricultural pursuits in Kansas now than ten years ago, according to J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture. "In 1895 of those engaged in all occupations 55 per cent were in agriculture," he declared, "and in 1905 50 per cent and in 1915 46 per cent. It is a very discouraging sign in a state like Kansas, where agriculture is the overshadowing industry, that fewer instead of more people are engaging in it." Some of the serious problems that must be solved in Kansas are those of the home seeker, the ownership of lands, employment of capital, better farming and the improvement of conditions of rural life, Mr. Mohler asserted. WOULDN'T SPOIL HIS FINGERS Artistic Hands, Out of a Job, Refuses to Shovel Coal. Montclair, N. J.—If a man has "piano fingers" and is offered a job on a coal wagon should he accept the job to support his wife and six children, or should a philanthropic society place him in some position where his digital refinement would not be affected by manual labor? This is one of the questions propounded in the annual report of Mrs. Nettle E. Patterson, superintendent of the Altruist society. Mrs. Patterson mentions the case in referring to the difficulties that confront the society. She said that a man, when offered a place on the coal wagon refused, saying he had been told he had "piano fingers" and did not wish to spoil them. UNABLE TO FIND A WIFE. Farmer Has Been Searching Sixteen Years, but So Far Has Failed. Bridgeport, Conn.-Joseph Cronan, a farmer of Derby, announced that he had searched forty-two states and two countries of Europe and that, while in a receptive mood, he had not found a grit suitable to be his spouse. "I am strictly temperate, a healthy and strong farmer, and I have been searching sixteen years for the right kind of a wife," he declared. "I have yet to find the woman, and I wish the newspapers would help me." Pig Ate Sixty Others' Tails Findlay, O.—Anson James, a Delaware county farmer, went into his hog yard and found sixty of his sixty-one pigs minus tails. He watched the drove for awhile and saw the sixty-first pls trying to eat his own tail. QUINADE GROWS HAIR REMOVES DANDRUFF SENIOR FOR SAMPLE QUINASOAP THE IDEAL SHAMPOO SOAP THOROUGHLY CLEANSSES THE SCALP QUINACOMB HAIR, STRAIGHTENER SHAMPOO DRYER QUINADE 25¢ QUINACOMB50¢ QUINASOAP 25¢ AT ALL DRUGGISTS SEEBY DRUG COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. THE SANITARY and SHIP CANAL Length - - - - - 32 Miles Depth - - - - - 22 Feet Width - - - 162 to 290 Feet THE CANAL OFFERS: Industrial Locations, Dock Facilities, Water Transportation, Railroad Connections, Electric Power, Concrete Building Material. Direct Connection with St. Louis via the Illinois River and Direct Connection with the Gulf via the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Electric Energy Created from Water Power for the Modern Factory Means Efficiency and Economy. Karpen Building 900 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO An Artist's Fad. A Parisian artist in lieu of a picture gallery has a collection of great painters' palettes, some 500 in number, among them being Corot's, Isabey's and Theodore Rousseau's. On many of the palettes are sketches by the painters who used them. Wycliffe's Bible. John Wyliffe, completed the translation of the whole Bible for the first time into the language of the English people. He was born near Richmond, in Yorkshire, about 1324. A Case of Fifty-Fifty. "Half the world doesn't know how the other half lives." "That's the half that minds its own business probably."—Philadelphia Ledger. The smallest thing well done becomes artistic—William Matthews. Flower of the Air. There is a plant in Chile and a similar one in "span called the "flower of the air." L 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. President Chief Clerk Comptroller Building Ave., CHICAGO Stevenson's Brownies. Stevenson maintained that much of his work was only partially original. His collaborators were the brownies who ran riot through his [vain during the hours of sleep. He h stances 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 magniloquent 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 ter lay low, 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 rolin' down ter de bottom, whar you come from!"—Atlanta Constitution. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 1, 1916. HAS ODD CAREER. HAS ODD CAREER. Woman at One Time Headed Six Living Generations. HAD FIVE SONS IN CIVIL WAR. While.She Was Celebrating Her One Hundred and Fourth Birthday It Was Figured-Out That Venerable Old Lady of Wisconsin Has 185 Descendants—Is Rugged and Enjoys Life. Prairie du Chlen, Wis.—Grandma Shrake is in her one hundred and fifth year.For she celebrated her one hundred and fourth birthday anniversary recently. She is a most remarkable woman in several respects. With the aid of a cane she is able to get about quite well, and she is always cheerful and happy. Up to a year ago she was able to read the newspapers, but her eyesight has failed fast since that time, and she is now able to recognize people only when they get within a few feet of her. She has a rugged constitution and is able to take care of three square meals a day and enjoy them. At the birthday anniversary thirty-five of her relatives were present to do honor to the event, an event that is exceedingly rare. While the circle were enjoying dinner it was figured out that this venerable old lady had 185 descendants living at the present time, as follows: Three sons, of which Sylvester Ault, aged eighty-three, of Oelweln, Ia., was present at the celebration and who declares that he is still a young man; forty-six grandchildren, ninety-two great-grandchildren, forty great-great-grandchildren and four great-great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Shrake herself was the mother of ten children, of which the three sons are all that are living of the first generation. And what a wonderful family record is Grandma Shrake's—the head at one time of six living generations, all female, the only known instance of the kind in the United States. Death has removed only two of the links.' The six generations are: Mrs. Lydia Shrake of Wyoming, Mrs. Margaret Elder (deceased), Mrs. Rachel Goff (deceased), Mrs. Malissa Spaulding of California, Mrs. Cora Gulley of California, baby Agnes Gulley of California. They all used to live at Wyalusing. Grandina Lydia Thomas Ault-Shrake was born in Connellsville, Fayette county, Pa., and at the age of four moved with her parents to Coshocton, O., where at the age of eighteen she married William Ault in May, 1832. To them were born five children—Louisa, Sylvester, Margaret, Elias and William. Two of these sons, Sylvester and William Ault, served in the late civil war, the former in the Fifteenth Wisconsin and the latter in Company A, Thirty-first Wisconsin. In September, 1830, her husband died, and two years later she married Jacob Shrake. In 1844 they moved to Green county, Wis., and in 1850 to Wyalusing, their home ever since. To the last union were born five children—Jacob, of Bagley; Jane, David, Abner and George. Three of these sons served in the civil war, Jacob in Company A, Thirty-first Wisconsin; David in Company H, Wisconsin's eagle regiment, and Abner in Company C, Forty-eighth Wisconsin. This makes five sons Grandina Shrake sent to the front in the dark days of the war, another remarkable thing to her credit and showing her patriotism. Her second husband, Mr. Shrake, who died in 1861, was also a soldier in the war of 1812. HOME AFTER 21 YEARS. Kansan, Long Thought Lost at Sea, Ends His Roaming. Pratt, Kan—Charles M. Short, who has been mourned as dead by his mother, Mrs. M. A. Annett of St. Joseph, Mo., has been found in this city and is alive and well. Short tells a peculiar story of a roaming life, which he has at last decided to stop and go home to his mother. About twenty-one years ago Short left his home at Excelsior Springs, Mo., and started out for himself. He went to San Francisco, where he went on the seas as a sailor. He never wrote his mother, but a word to a cousin in Nebraska gave the information that he was a sailor on a certain boat. This boat was reported sunk, and there was no report of Short's name in the list of survivors. His mother then mourned him for dead until recently a flash came over the wire from the cousin in Nebraska that Short had been found. FALLS ASLEEP ANY PLACE. Slumbers In Street, on Wharf, Falls In. Saved, Snoozes In Cell. Bayonne, N. J.—Roman Kowaski, twenty-six, of 145 Prospect avenue was found asleep recently in the street in front of his home. Passersby, believing him unconscious, had him hurried to Bayonne hospital, where doctors said he was in perfect health. He was taken home by friends. Shortly thereafter police headquarters received a message that a man asleep at Packard's dock at the foot of East Twenty-eighth street had fallen into the bay. With long ropes he was rescued by Policeman Hunter. At police headquarters he was found to be Kowaski. He was put in a cell and fell fast asleep. BRILLIANTINE TRIUMPHS. Beautiful Suit of a Serviceable, Modish Material. Navy blue brilliantine is featured in this Redfern model, the material being well adapted to the rippling folds. Fine white braid and buttons trim the M sleeves, high collar and girdle. The basque front is also braided. Tiny blue ostrich tips make the stickup on the turban. HEALTH FOR THE HAIR. How to Keep Your Tresses Bright and Beautiful. Fresh air is as necessary to the health of the hair as it is to the health of the lungs. The woman who is not guided by this truth has hair which, as a rule, is matted down and of an unattractive shade. The outdoor girl, whose coiffure is blown about by the wind, usually has a head of hair that is fall of life and vigor, and its coloring is fine. Fresh air and plenty of brushing, with the shampoo and gentle massaging of the scalp, will often make sickly hair healthy. Brush the hair for five minutes every night and massage the scalp briefly with the tips of the fingers. Then let the hair hang down unplaited until ready to get into bed. In the morning while preparing to dress again let the hair fall loosely. On balmy days stand at an open window so that the breeze may blow the hair about and the sunshine warm it. In cold weather stand in the sunshine for a short sun bath. When motoring or playing golf you should dress the hair loosely that it may have the benefit of the airing. Let the hair hang loosely in the sun for a few minutes each day if possible. This treatment naturally bleaches the hair slightly. The wholesome effect upon it of the sun more than compensates for the bleach. For a blond this treatment is especially effective; it maintains the fairness of the hair as nothing else will. Close fitting hats and extra puffs and braids cause the hair to perspire and do not allow the air to circulate through it to the roots. Lack of air is responsible for so much poor hair among city women. There is no hair tonic that equals nature's. Latest Ead of Brides For blankets the latest brides take pleasure in embroidering in silk immense monograms the color of the satin ribbon with which the blankets are bound. The same monogram may be used for sheets or toweling, and a pair of handsome blankets so bound and embroidered will be welcomed by any bride. For a cover for baby's crib or couch there is a charming fancy in blue or pink linen with a wide white border, the whole quilted as though made of silk. On the colored centers are appliqued fascinating white "bunnies" with long ears, cut out of white linen with embroidered black eyes. Homemade Rag Rugs. Take wool rags of medium weight one and one-quarter inches wide strips, no bias; turn in and baste to prevent raw edges, so wrong side will be smooth too. Braid a strand forty-eight inches long, double and sew, always carrying braid to left; hold full as you sew around ends; shade colors, growing darker as you proceed. Braid only one round at a time, so there will be equal number as you braid as regards colors. Use No. 12 cotton thread for sewing. 1 LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO CAPITAL, $200,000.00 NICKELS CENTS This Registering Home Bank FREE to our Savings Depositors; will start you saving and keep you at it. A Savings Account is the first step to wealth. OPEN one with US. PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4158 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 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Bldg. 184 W. Washington St. Residence 5548 Jefferson Av. Phone Midway 5515 Chicago Household Helps. To cut butter in small even squares for the table use a coarse wet thread. as this leaves no ragged edges. It is a waste of gas to allow the flames to blaze up the sides of a kettle or saucepan. This does not cause the contents to boll any more quickly. Wooden ware which has any odor of the food which has been in it—and wood absorbs odors quickly—should be soaked in hot water in which soda is dissolved in the proportion of one tablespoonful of soda to four quarts of water. 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 State street. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Sylvester McGlofin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 S. State St. George McFaro, shee shining parlors and news stand. $800½ State street. BANK OF CHICAGO STATE SUPERVISION (TH STATE STREET) CHICAGO, ILL. Auglas 200 SURPLUS. $20,000.00 Commercial Banking Savings and Checking Accounts Foreign Exchange Safety Deposit Vaults Mortgages and Bonds 3 Per Cent Interest on Savings Deposits Depository and Correspondent, Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Illinois. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St., Chicago Suite 615 to 616 PHONE MAIN 2214 Residence 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 313-329 Reaper Block Clark & Washington Sts. Phones Central 239 Auto. 41-918 CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 West Randolph St., Chicago Suite 708 Delaware Building Tel. Central 3142 Res. 508 E. 36th St. Phone Douglas 4397 Phone Res. 508 E. 36th St. FRANKLIN 2727 Phone Douglas 4397 AUTO. 41-543 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 25 N. Dearborn St. Union Bank Building Suite 311 CHICAGO FRANK DUNN} Trustees Established 1877 J. B. McCAHEY TEL. OAKLAND 1550, 1551, 1552 JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL Fifty-First and Armour Avenue RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and Armour Ave. OH10400 T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand, 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3342 S. State street. Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 State street. Why Not Be Friendly? Less than a third of the people in the average American neighborhood are natives. In thousands of cases practically all the population was born elsewhere. So why stand off when some one moves in from another section? Why be niggardly with neighborliness? Of course one may make an occasional mistake, but for every undesirable acquaintance we find several good people worth knowing. You, your neighbor and the newcomer are problems of your community, and as each of you may be the other two the problem ought to be simple. If you are an older resident greet the newcomer. There is a double blessing in a welcome. In giving you get. If you are the newcomer—well, your duty was never better stated than in these words of Ruskin: "It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in any place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness or speaking a true word or making a friend." The way to fill the lonesome hours is to be friendly—Country Gentleman. --- PAGE EIGHT TEENAN JO TEENAN JONES' PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 4591 The finest and BUFFET and C Side. First-Class HENRY "TEENAN A. F. CODOZOE, J. H. WHISTON, Proprietors CHAS. HARRIS, Manager The El AND H 3030 STATE STREET JOHN BLOCKI, President JOHN BLOCK PERF C. E. KREYSE 5057 South NOT ON THE FOR HIGH GRADE DR MEDICINAL I All Prescriptions C ALSO CARRY BLOCKI'S IDEAL & IN BOTTLE THE MOST COMPLETE OP BEST GOODS AT T Consultation or examination FREE. We have 28 different ways of testing the eyes and guarantee to give satisfaction. fineest and most UP-TO ET and CAFE on the First-Class Entertainmen Y "TEENAN" JONES, Prop ZOE, MON, Proprietors RIS, Manager DOE Phones DO AUT The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET STATE STREET KI, President F. W. BLOCK JOHN BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO KREYSSLER, Dru 5057 South State Street NOT ON THE CORNER HIGH GRADE DRUGS, CHEMICALS MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF I'S IDEAL & BLOCKI'S FL IN BOTTLE PERFUMES All Eye T SEE Dr. LOUIE USS The Practical BEST COMPLETE OPTICAL ROOMS IN THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES or examination have 28 different ing the eyes and give satisfaction. 3150 S. STAT Phone Douglas 5 CHICAGO of Philosophy. The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY "TEENAN" JONES. Proprietor. A. F. CODOZOE, J. H. WHISTON, Proprietors CHAS. HARRIS, Manager DOUGLAS 5971 Phones DOUGLAS 3256 AUTO. 72-379 The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET 3030 STATE STREET CHICAGO BLOCKI'S IDEAL & BLOCKI'S FLOWER IN BOTTLE PERFUMES All Eye Trouble SEE DR. LOUIE USSELMANN The Practical O tician THE MOST COMPLETE OPTICAL ROOMS IN THE CITY BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES Consultation or examination FREE. We have 28 different ways of testing the eyes and guarantees to give satisfaction. 3150 S. STATE ST. Phone Douglas 5308 CHICAGO A Test of Philosophy Slowbetter is a calm man, not easily upset. On one occasion, as his motorcar had come to a sudden stop, he crawled underneath it to see what was the matter. Somehow or other some petrol ignited. A fierce burst of flame and smoke came forth, enveloping Slowbetter. In the midst of the excitement he walked to one side with his usual slow and regular step. His face was black, his eyebrows and eyelashes were sung, and what was left of his hair and beard was a sight to behold. Some one brought a mirror, and he had a look at himself. As usual, however, he took matters philosophically. "Well," he said slowly and deliberately, "I was needing a shave and my hair cut anyway."—Exchange. Our First Free School The first free school established in the United States was in the province of Massachusetts Bay in the year 1641 by order of the general colonial court. In 1647 the same authority declared that free schools should be established within every town having fifty householders under penalty of a fine of $25. This fine was doubled by a declaration made in 1671 and again doubled in 1683. "So you are playing with your soldiers, Willie?" said the caller. "Yes, ma'am." "They seem very heavy soldiers." "Yes, ma'am. They're on their way home from the war and they've got a lot of lead in 'em."—Yonkers Statesmen. 'Warranted Not to Fail. Doctor—Your wife needs outdoor exercise more than anything else. Husband—But she won't go out. What am I to do? Doctor—Give her plenty of money to shop with. Getting In Debt Poverty is hard, but debt is horrible. A man might as well have a smoky house and a scolding wife, which are said to be the two worst evils of our life—Spurgeon. Madge-DMd you have anything to talk about at the club meeting? Marjorie-Lots! On account of the storm there were only three of us present-Judge. --- Lead Soldiers. Fine Field. most UP-TO-DATE SAFE on the South Entertainers. "JONES, Proprietor. DOUGLAS 5971 Phones DOUGLAS 3256 AUTO. 72-379 ite Cafe BUFFET T CHICAGO F. W. BLOCKI, Treasurer BLOCKI & SON DRUMERS TO TO SLER, Druggist State Street THE CORNER DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PREPARATIONS Carefully Compounded A FULL LINE OF BLOCKI'S FLOWER PERFUMES All Eye Trouble SEE Dr. LOUIE USSELMANN The Practical Otician TICAL ROOMS IN THE CITY THE LOWEST PRICES 150 S. STATE ST. Phone Douglas 5308 CHICAGO One of the most wonderful clocks in the world is owned by a Frenchman, Louis Descutter. It is mounted on a Louis Seize stand and has four faces. Besides marking the hours, it shows the tides at six different parts of the world, the mean time and the solar time, the age of the moon, the movements of the planets and all eclipses. It is also a perpetual calendar. It was made by Janvier of Paris in 1789 and took eleven years to manufacture. San Diego, Cal., has a wonderful clock with twenty dials, which tell the time simultaneously in all parts of the world, also the days of the week and the date and month. It stands twenty-one feet high, and four of its dials are each four feet in diameter. It is inclosed in plate glass, so that every action can be seen, and the whole is illuminated every night. It is jeweled with tourmaline, topaz, agate and jade and required fifteen months to build. The motive power is a 200 pound weight. The cost of the clock was $3,000—People's Home Journal. Styles In Indian Names. Although among the Indians there are not so many Deerslayers as there were in the days of James Fenimore Cooper, yet many of the names still possess strong individuality. This is shown by examining the names that were prominent in a recent sale of Indian lands in the Standing Rock reservation, in the Dakota. Here, for instance, was found Barney Two Bears, an amable neighbor to Miss Katie Good Crow. Melda Crowghost and Mary Yellow Fat have adjoining tracts, and there are also Mrs. Crazy Walking and Jack Elk Ghost in the same section. It is not to be wondered at that Mary Lean Dog looks enviiously from her door when Agatha Big Shield goes by with her aristocratic name, nor could any one blame Jennie Dog Man and Mary Shave Head if they fell all over themselves to assume on short notice the heroic name borne by Morris Thundershield, heir apparent to Long Step Thundershield.—New York Times. Net Too Thick "Well, not too thick, sir," answered the native. "We have to use this lake partly for navigation."—Louisville Courier-Journal. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 1, 1916. ERNEST WILLIAMSON Why They Walk In Circles. "If you were lost in a desert or in a forest and tried to find your way out," says a well known scientist, "you would be almost sure to walk in a circle." This well known fact is due to a slight inequality in the length of the legs. Careful measurements of a series of skeletons have shown that only 10 per cent had the lower limbs equal in length, 35 per cent had the right limb longer than the left, while in 55 per cent the left limb was the longer. The result of one limb being longer than the other will naturally be that a person will unconsciously take a longer step with the longer limb, and consequently will trend to the right or left, according as the left or right leg is the longer. The left leg being more frequently the longer, the inclination should take place more frequently to the right than to the left, and this conclusion is quite borne out by observations made on a number of persons when walking blindfolded. The inequality in the length of limb is not confined to any sex or race, but seems to be universal in all respects. Courtesy In Business Pays. In the American Magazine is a story by Fred C. Kelly to prove that courtesy in business pays. It has to do with George C. Boldt, manager of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York city and former manager of a Philadelphia hostelry. "One night when all the hotels in Philadelphia were crowded and it was almost impossible to obtain a room a man and his wife drove up to Boldt's hotel and asked in a tone of despair if he could not give them a place to sleep. "Yes," Boldt told them; 'you can take my room. That's all I have' "The next morning the guest told Boldt that a manager with his sense of courtesy would be an assured success in a much larger hotel. "And.' added the guest, 'I'm willing to provide you with the hotel.' "Since then that same guest has invested many millions of dollars in hotels under Boldt's direction. The guest was William Waldorf Astor." The Silver Fox. The silver fox is really a black fox, instead, as some persons suppose, of being almost white or a silver gray. The name is given on account of the presence of glistening white and grayish hairs which appear among the black. In the better grades the long, silky brush has a tip of pure white. About a quarter of a century ago the little animal, which weighs when full grown only about twelve pounds, became almost extinct. Because of the beauty of its fur the species was trapped until almost the last of them had disappeared. For a long time the standard price offered by the Hudson Bay company for silver fox pelts was around $1,000, and the efforts of the French Canadians, half breeds and Indian trappers to obtain this sum, to them a fortune, can be better imagined than described.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Curious Recruiting Custom. The Russian army in the early part of the nineteenth century had a curious way of raising troops. A levy of two to four men out of every 500 were selected and then medically examined at the army's headquarters, either at Moscow or St. Petersburg (now Petrograd). If the recruit successfully passed he was then turned over to an officer, who saw to it that he was correctly measured and, if the proper height, was sent into another apartment, where the front part of his head was shaved. If rejected as being medically unfit or short of the necessary height the back part of his head was then shorn of its locks to prevent him from appearing again among new levies. Heavy Holes. Mrs. Newed—Well, I don't want any of it. I'm not going to pay for a pound of cheese that contains a half pound of holes! Quite Deliberate. "I am glad to say," remarked Mr. Seckton, "that I never spoke a hasty word to you." "No, Leonidas," answered his wife mother gently; "I'm willing to give you credit for not hurrying about anything." Do You Want Lower Gas Bills? YOUR GAS RATES WILL BE REDUCED at once by the city's acceptance of the gas company's proposal, which is now before the city council. Here, in brief, is our proposition: Gas Company's Pro- posal to the City 1. Give us permission to make and sell "heat unit" gas instead of obsolete and expensive "candle power" gas. 2. We in turn will put into effect immedi- diately a schedule of rates materi- ally lower than present rates. 3. The lower rate schedule will be sub- ject to further revision when our property is valued, and can always be revised at any time by the pro- perly constituted authorities. 4. Present gas rates must be increased unless we are permitted to make and sell "heat unit" gas. We can prove this to anybody's satisfaction. The city's acceptance of this proposal will give you lower gas rates at once. Talk to your alderman about this. If any part of the subject puzzles you, write us about it. Just address your letter or post card to Depart- ment B, Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company, and watch for the answer in the advertise- ments now running in the big daily papers. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Peoples Gas Building Telephone Wabash 6000 Lines on the Palms of Hands. It cannot be said that the lines on the palms of our hands are of any great service to us. Indeed, it is doubtful if they are of any value in themselves, outside of the possible aid they may be in helping us to determine the character of the surface of things which we grasp or touch. It is possible that they aid in some slight degree in this way. There is little doubt, however, that they are a result of the work the hands are constantly called upon to do rather than contrived for any particular service. The habitual tendency of the fingers in grasping and holding things throws the skin of the palms into creases which through frequent repetition make the lines of the palms permanent in several instances. The peculiarity of these lines or creases in various individuals as to details and length and variations is the chief basis of the so called science of palmistry.—Exchange. Yourself. If you want to be miserable think about yourself—about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay to you and what people think of you—Charles Kingsley. Hit the Same Way. "Professor Jones has no right to teach. He doesn't understand his subject, and he can't explain"— "Yeah; I know. He gave me a low mark too."—Exchange. Answer It. Little Willie (who is of *e.* painfully inquiring turn of mind)-Mamma, tell me, do mosquitoes bite us because they like us or because they don't like us? - 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. THE MUSEUM S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago