The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The High Priests or Leaders of the Second Ward Republican Organization Seems to Be Always in Favor of Rewarding Its Members with High Political Honors or Positions Who Have at One Time or Another Endeavored to Disrupt or Break It Up 1910 HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT, WHOM THE HON. A. H. ROBERTS CLAIMS "HAS HAD HIS MOUTH GREASED WITH A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR PER YEAR PORK CHOP," RAN FOR ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD AND ATTEMPTED TO DEFEAT WILSON SHUFELT, THE REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION CANDIDATE; AND ALL THE COLORED PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR MR. SHUFELT AT THE ELECTION AS AGAINST MR. WRIGHT WERE BITTERLY DENOUNCED AS ENEMIES AND TRAITORS TO THE RACE. 1911 THE LATE LAMENTED JOHN C. BUCKNER, HON. OSCAR DEPRIEST AND HON. ROBERT R. JACKSON, ASSISTED TO DEFEAT HON. MILTON J. FOREMAN'S RE-ELECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THAT WARD. THEY SUPPORTED AL TEARNEY, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, FOR ALDERMAN, PROUDLY MARCHING AT THE HEAD OF HIS PARADE FROM 37th AND STATE STREETS, NORTH ON STATE STREET, RIGHT INTO THE CITY HALL WITH A BAND OF MUSIC IN THE LEAD. THAT ALDERMANIC CONTEST THE REV. HON. ARCHIBALD JAMES CAREY, Ph. D. D. D., SO THEY CLAIM, PLAYED BOTH ENDS AND THE MIDDLE—THAT IS, ONE DAY HE WAS FOR ALDERMAN FOREMAN AND THE NEXT DAY HE WAS CLOSED UP BY THE SIDE OF THE HON. AL. TEARNEY, WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN HELD IN THE HIGHEST ESTEEM BY THE LEADING SPORTING PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. COL. WRIGHT SUPPORTED CHARLES A. GRIFFIN FOR THE NOMINATION FOR ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD AT THE PRIMARIES IN 1914 AND AT THE ELECTION THAT SAME SPRING HE THREW HIS STRENGTH AND INFLUENCE TO COL. WILLIAM RANDOLPH COWAN. AT NO STAGE OF THE GAME DID HE HAVE ONE WORD TO SAY IN FAVOR OF THE RE-ELECTION OF ALDERMAN HUGH NORRIS. IN 1915 MR. WRIGHT AGAIN SUPPORTED MR. GRIFFIN FOR THE NOMINATION FOR ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD AND BITTERLY FOUGHT THE HON. OSCAR DePRIEST, WHO WAS THE REGULAR CANDIDATE OF THE SECOND WARD ORGANIZATION FOR ALDERMAN. AT THAT SAME PRIMARY THE HON. LOUIS B. ANDERSON ENDEAVORED TO BUST UP THAT ORGANIZATION AND KNOCK OUT MR. DePRIEST. IN 1917 THE HIGH CHIEFS OF THE SECOND WARD REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION ENDORSED MR. ANDERSON FOR ALDERMAN, THEY BEING FEARFUL IF THEY FAILED TO DO SO THAT HE WOULD UTTERLY WRECK THE ORGANIZATION AND TOSS IT ONTO THE SCRAP PILE. Vol. XXII. The High Organizing Who rupt IN 1910 HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT CLAIMS "HAS HAD HIS MOUNT AND DOLLAR PER YEAR IN OF THE SECOND WARD AND SHUFELT, THE REGULAR RDATE; AND ALL THE COLONEL SHUFELT AT THE ELECTION BITTERLY DENOUNCED AS RACE. IN 1911 THE LATE LAMENTED PRIEST AND HON. ROEBERT HON. MILTON J. FOREMAN'S CILL FROM THAT WARD. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, RING AT THE HEAD OF HIS STREETS, NORTH ON STATE SQUARE WITH A BAND OF MUSIC IN. IN THAT ALDERMANIC CONTEST CAREY, Ph. D. D. D., SO THE MIDDLE—THAT IS, ONE MAN AND THE NEXT DAY HE THE HON. AL. TEARNEY, WHICH HIGHEST ESTEEM BY THE LAND CITY. COL. WRIGHT SUPPORTED CHARITATION FOR ALDERMAN OF THE IN 1914 AND AT THE ELECTION HIS STRENGTH AND INFLUENCE COWAN. AT NO STAGE OF TIME TO SAY IN FAVOR OF THE IN NORRIS. IN 1915 MR. WRIGHT AGAIN SUPPORTATION FOR ALDERMAN OF FOUGHT THE HON. OSCAR D. CANDIDATE OF THE SECOND MAN. AT THAT SAME PRIMADE ENDEAVORED TO BUST UP OUT MR. DePRIEST. IN 1917 THE HIGH CHIEFS OF THE GANIZATION ENDORSED MR. BEING FEARFUL IF THE FATTERLY WRECK THE ORGANIC SCRAP PILE. The short and stormy history of the second ward Republican organization clearly indicates that its members who contact themselves like servile slaves are get anywhere in the way of holding good positions and especially is this true on the part of its Colored members for just as long as its Colored members feel that they should feel highly accustomed to receive a bare bone with the meat all picked from it that is most all that the rank and file come contact with except one or two bones on primary or election day for it is on those days that they feel that they shine forth as real statesmen. It always has been so and it always will so, namely, that the wily and oily machine politicians never give the class of Colored voters the slight consideration when they feel reasonably sure that they can vote them so many dumb driven cattle, and a general rule they have no use for the Colored man who thinks and for himself along political lines. The leaders and the high priests of the second ward Republican organization stand forth as an honored exception in that respect, for those who rule despite over its destinies have for many years past felt that it is their duty to favor or highly reward among its members with the highest political honors or positions who attend at all times put forth their best effort to break or bust up that organization. example prior to the spring elec- cation in 1910, the Hon. Edward H. Knight, who is known far and near to the head dog in the meat house and in the head bearcat around the Appo- mattox Club, for he can talk longer and louder than any of its other long winded wind jammers, who greatly delights so it is said to play a stiff game of stud poker and it is claimed although it may not be true, that lately some of the gambling members of the club skinned him out of almost two thousand dollars, that two decks of marked cards were used in that memorable game, was the right hand man of Col. C. Dewey who was for some time the White Republican boss of the second ward and Col. Dewey placed his stamp of approval upon Col. Wright making him the Colored boss of that same ward. Frequently Col. Dewey and Col. Wright would ride through that ward in the same buggy and Col. Wright would have his big feet sticking out over the dash board and whenever he would stop and point his finger at a Colored precinct committeeman or captain in the presence of Col. Dewey and inform him in his most bulldozing and rough house manner that "he was no good" that Colored captain or committeeman would then and there be stricken down and shorn of his political power and honor. Long before the spring election in 1910, Col. Wright felt his oats to such an extent that he let it be known that he was in every way much smarter than Col. Dewey and that he would become the real boss of the second ward by running and being elected Alderman, but he was informed by Col. Dewey that the time was not ripe for a Colored gentleman of his make up to represent the people residing in the second ward in the City Council; then Col. Wright declared that "he was the CHICAGO, MARCH 24, 1917 biggest boss in that ward and that no one could tell him when he could or could not run for Alderman. $ ^{17} $ So Col. Wright without asking or consulting anybody, appointed himself the head leader of the Colored people residing in that ward and he entered the race as the independent Republican candidate for Alderman of that ward and after branding everybody who failed to shout for him and proclaim him the king of the Colored people as enemies and traitors to the Colored race, he received one thousand five hundred and eighty-three votes as against one thousand and eighty-one votes for Edward C. Wentworth, another independent Republican candidate (White) and Wilson Shufelt, the Col. Dewey or the regular Republican candidate trampled Col. Wright under his feet, he receiving three thousand six hundred and nineteen votes and was duly elected to the City Council from the second ward and for sometime thereafter Col. Dewey placed his big Texas feet on Col. Wright's neck. It will be recalled that in 1911, that the late lamented Major John C. Buckner, Hon. Hon. Oscar DePriest and the Hon. Robert R. Jackson brought about the defeat of Alderman Milton J. Foreman in his effort to succeed himself in the City Council from the second ward and those three eminent leaders of the Colored race loyally supported Al. Tearney the Democratic candidate for Alderman, greatly assisting to put him over the plate and on the night he was sworn in they proudly marched at the head of his parade from 37th and State street, north on that street with a band of music in the lead, right into the City Hall. In that same Aldermanic contest the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D. so they claim played both ends and the middle and sometimes he shouted for Alderman Foreman and at other times he was loud in sounding the praises of the Hon. Al. Tearney, who has always been a dead game sport and as it has been so well stated by the Hon. A. H. Roberts when he exclaimed that "the Hon. Edward H. Wright has had his big mouth greased with a five thousand dollar pork chop as his reward for fighting the second ward Republican organization and the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D. who misrepresents the Colored people like the Hon. Edward H. Wright, has had his mouth well greased with a smaller pork chop for doing the same thing. In 1914, Col. Wright still had his back up and refused to follow in the footsteps of the head leaders of the Republican party in that ward and he supported Charles A. Griffin for the nomination for Alderman of the second ward at the primaries and after his defeat he still felt mighty sore and very bitter and at the election that spring he threw his strength to Col. William Randolph Cowan and he was so mad that at no stage of the game would he have one word to say in favor of the re-election of Alderman Hugh Norris who was saved from marching on down to defeat with the aid of The Broad Ax. In 1915 there was more bitter fighting among the White and Colored Republican politicians and would-be statesmen residing in the second ward and Col. Wright again marched under the banner of Charles A. Griffin for the nomination for Alderman of the second ward and Louis B. Anderson and Col. Wright both fought and worked day and night and made a [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. class and honorable judges of the Superior this present position this coming fall and state for mayor of Chicago in 1919. One of the first class and honorable judges of the Superior Court, who will be re-elected to his present position this coming fall and who would make a dandy candidate for mayor of Chicago in 1919. Ben J. Davis of the Independent Runs Fake Story Down. Atlanta, Ga. In February, the following item purporting to be a news item, appeared in the columns of the Chicago Defender, a Negro publication, alleged to be owned and controlled by Wm. R. Hearst. Athens, Ga., Feb. 2.—Two little boys (one white) got to fighting in a town a few miles from here and the result was that the mother of the Race boy slapped the White one. Twelve men formed a mob and took her to the outskirts of the city and lynched her. They hung her body to a tree and then went to where her husband was working and asked him to come and help them cut down a cow which was too heavy for them. He went and dumbfounded when he saw that it was his wife. He humbly begged of them to allow him to go home and get a sheet to wrap it around her. They consented. While in the house he put his Winchester under the sheet and came back. They waited to watch him, but he had beat them to it. Approaching them, he opened fire, killing six. Before they could get to him he made his escape. The Associated Press never said anything about the matter. The Independent believing the story unreasonable, set about an investigation about the facts, and the follow- desperate effort to defeat the nomination of the Hon. Oscar DePriest and to break up and destroy the second ward Republican organization and after that exciting election was over our two warm friends Messrs. Wright and Anderson in company with their bosom friend the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D., made successful home runs and all three of them landed in good positions in the City Hall. In 1917 the grand high chiefs or priests of the Republican organization of the second ward wheeled into line on short notice and smilingly endorsed the Hon. Louis B. Anderson for the nomination for Alderman of that ward for they were fearful that if they failed to do so that he would fall upon them some way or other and utterly blot them all out of existence and heave the second ward Republican machine on the scrap pile or order it sold for so much old junk. Therefore it goes without saying that Mr. Anderson will be elected to the City Council from the second ward, Tuesday, April 3, with both hands down. Alderman Charles E. Merriam went down at the county before the election commissioners. They, under some pretext or other, side-stepped his petition and he will not make the race for re-election to the city council from the 7th ward, although he will continue as in the past, to work hard for election reforms and to divorce local politics from national politics. HON. CHARLES M. FOELL CHICAGO DEFENDER'S FAKE NEWS SERVICE. No.27 ing is our finding: And the Independent rises to remark that there is absolutely no truth in the item reported in the columns of the Defender; that no such crime has been committed; and no Colored woman slapped a White boy, and as a consequence of which no twelve men have lynched a Colored woman and no Nogro man has killed six White men. The whole thing is a base fabrication, manufactured out of the whole cloth, and the Defender ought to correct the article. It makes no difference what its feelings are towards the South, it ought to stand up to the truth. It ought to love the truth more than it hates the South, and in the interest of truth and justice, it should admit that it published a libel upon the community and against this section. B. J. DAVIS. MRS. JACKSON, SCULPTRESS. Work of Colored Woman Exhibited at Corcoran Art Gallery at Washington, First Recognition for the Race. (Washington, D. C., Special) A head of a child modeled by Mrs. May Howard Jackson of this city has recently been placed on exhibition in the lower loan room of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. It is an admirable piece of work, well constructed, nicely modeled and expressive and it takes its place well among the works in this gallery by sculptors of more experience and greater reputation. Dan M. Jackson Geo. T. Kersey David A. McGowan Ahmed A. Rayner Phones Calumet 6164 Automatic 71-629 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT The Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., Inc. 2959-61 South State St. Reliable Service & Courteous Treatment Reasonable Prices FREE CHAPEL IN CONNECTION Complete line of Funeral Goods. Automobiles for hire Telephone Douglas 6568 "THE MODERN SCHOOL" TERREVOUS L, DOUGLAS, Prop. CIGARS-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOX TRADE A SPECIALTY 3556 South State Street T. W. Cham Real Estate RENTING :: LOAN 5107 South S Chica A Wonderful Aboriginal City. A Wonderful Aboriginal City. Near Laguna, N. M., may be seen Acoma, the "sky city," claimed to be the most wonderful aboriginal city in the world. It stands on an isolated rock emufluence 400 feet in height. The city embraces three rows of houses over a thousand feet in length, rising up in terraces four and five stories. One is amazed when he stops to consider that the material for these buildings were transported long distances and up the cliffs upon the heads and backs of these human burden bearers. Their graveyard consumed forty years in building by reason of the necessity of bringing earth from the plain below, and their church must have cost the labor of many generations, for its walls are sixty feet high and ten feet thick, and it has timbers forty feet long and fourteen inches square—Exchange. A Story of Longfellow. In Longfellow's journal, in which he chronicled daily things that came under his observation, he notes that upon a certain occasion he attended a church where the minister took as his subject "Progress." He was very flattered when the latter quoted about half of the "Psalm of Life." After repeating the verses the minister said, "I could never read that poem without feeling the inspiration with which it was written." To this incident Longfellow adds: "But I had the conceit taken out of me on the evening of that day, when I happened to meet a lady at Prescott's and in our conversation she referred to the sermon in the morning and added, 'He quoted some beautiful verses, but nobody knew whence came the quotations.'" We. the People. Estimating the world's population as 1,600,000,000, the whole human race at present living could stand comfortably shoulder to shoulder in an area of 500 square miles. Taking the number of generations in the past 6,000 years as 200, the room taken up by them all on the above plan would be less than the area of the state of Colorado. To bury all the people on earth would need a graveyard little larger than that area. What Is a Hawaiian? A correspondent inquires whether it is proper to speak of a Hawaiian as a "Kanaka." The term is masculine. A "Kanaka" is a male Hawaiian. A "wahine" is an unmarried Hawaiian woman. A "wahinemare" is a married Hawaiian woman. These definitions are from the Hawaiian dictionary—Bellingham American Review. Inherited, as It Were. Professor—Yes, sir, your daughter is pretty well grounded in French, but it will, of course, take some time and trouble for her to acquire fluency. Father—Well, you know, that's rather strange to me. I had an idea that the fluency would have come sort of natural to her—Exchange. Explained the Matter Papa—I'm surprised that you are at the foot of your class, Tommy. Why aren't you at the head sometimes, like little Wille Bigbee? Tommy—You see, papa, Wille's got an awful smart father, and I guess he takes after him.—London Telegraph. Made a Difference "Why do you fire me? I work like sixty." "If you were sixty that might be excusable. But you're only twenty-five." —Louisville Courier-Journal. Happy the man who learns the very wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers—Goethe. PAGE TWO PH ONE DREXEL 3244 Phones Calumet 6164 Automatic 71-629 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT el Jackson g Co., Inc. Automobles for hire Automatic 73-657 LIARD ACADEMY - CLEAN AND RELIABLE St. Chicago RES. PHONE DREXEL 2082 Champion & Co. State Brokers INS :: INSURANCE State Street Chicago Outside the House. How many beautiful homes on which money has been spent lavishly to make them complete are marred by some defect in the landscape work! A few hours' motor trip through the suburbs of almost any city in the country will reveal many such cases. The most frequent jar the trained eye receives is from the poorly laid out walks and driveways in which badly arranged curves are used or walks made to curve around an oval grass plot placed in the center for no other reason than to make pedestrians take time to circle about that particular grass plot. Postmen, messenger boys and others take a short cut, and soon a path in the proper direction is worn across the sod. When a curve is used in a walk or driveway there should be a reason for it. If there is no other reason plant one; place a tree or two or shrubs in a position so the curve will seem necessary. People then will keep on the walk, and the plan will seem reasonable.—New York Sun. Making a Magnet The simplest way of magnetizing a bar of steel is that known as "single touch." The bar to be magnetized is laid on the table, and the pole of a powerful magnet is rubbed from ten to twenty times along its length, always in the same direction. If the north pole of the magnet is employed the end of the bar first touched will also become a north pole, while the opposite end, at which the magnet is lifted before returning, will be a south pole. There are other and more complicated methods, known as "divided touch" and "double touch," in which two and even four magnets are employed. A steel bar can also be magnetized by placing it within a coll of insulated wire, through which a galvanic current is circulating. The magnetism induced in this way, however, is weak compared with that which can be procured if the same strength of current is employed through the intervention of an electromagnet. Many William Shakespeare. Many William Shakespeare There have been many William Shakespearees in the past. Among the burials in the registers of St. Clement Danes, in the Strand, there is the entry, "Jane Shackpeer, daughter of William, 8 Aug., 1609." Warwickshire records show, among other things, that a William Shakespeare "paid 8s. to the Lay Subsidy, Walton super Olde;" another W. S. priced the goods of "Robert Shakespeare of Woxall" on March 19, 1563; another, a shoemaker of Coventry, made his will March 18, 1605; still another William Shakespeare, "gentleman," had "his daughter Susanna" (singularly enough) baptized on March 14, 1596, and yet again another W. S., a shoemaker of Warwick, fell into the Avon and was drowned. These are a mere fraction of the full list—London Chronicle. Falling Up Out of a Balloon. If a man falls out of a rising aeroplane or balloon he will not go toward the earth, but will continue rising into the air for an appreciable time. If the air machine were stopped in its ascent at the time it could catch the man as he came down. If the airship were ascending at the rate of thirty-two feet a second the man would rise sixteen feet before beginning to fall toward the earth. Thus, by reducing the speed of its ascent, the vessel might keep by the side of the man and rescue him. The reason why the man rises is the same as the reason for a bullet's rising when shot from a gun into the air—both the man and the bullet are given a velocity upward, and it takes some time for gravity to negative that velocity. --- Chicago THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 24, 1917. What Are You Worth? Have you any idea? Did you ever capitalize your wages and figure it out? This is the way to ascertain how much your labor is really worth. For instance, a man who has saved $20,000 and invested it at 5 per cent receives an annual income of $1,000 a year, or about $20 a week. The clerk in the office or the workman in the factory who gets $20 a week therefore receives the income at 5 per cent on an investment of $20,000. He is a $20,000 man—that is, he is getting as much week by week as the man with $20,000 who depends solely upon the income from his investments and who does not work for a living. The man who earns $40 a week has about the same income as the investor with $40,000 put out at interest at 5 per cent. So labor is capital. It has a market value. It can be called a commodity because it can be sold by its owner the same as any other possession he may have. John A. Sleicher in Leslie's. Shotguns In War That shotguns should be largely utilized in modern warfare is the contention of a number of military experts. It is pointed out that such guns would be particularly useful to sentries at night time, as an intruder might more easily be crippled and captured by a spreading charge of heavy shot than by a single bullet. Moreover, a person moving quickly might often be missed by a shot from a rifle, whereas a snapshot from a shotgun in semidarkness could hardly fail to find its object. In the trenches shotguns could be used with success. A shotgun loaded with about forty-eight grains of powder and one and a half ounces of big shot, with about twenty-five pellets, would be of much more value than the rifle, as during a night attack, either for attack or defense in semidarkness, a single charge would hardly fall to inflict serious wounds on one or more of the enemy.—Exchange. The Swiss Admiral. "As much business as a Swiss admiral" is a term sometimes used satirically. But the little inland nation actually had an admiral once. He was an Englishman, too, a Colonel Williams, who joined the Swiss colors in 1790. This Colonel Williams got together a small fleet on Lake Zurich and was ordered to oppose the French army, which was preparing to attack the Austrians and Russians massed near by. The French attacked their allied foes and routed them. Admiral Williams calmly watched the battle that was in progress on land. Then, enraged at his own inaction, he discharged his crews, scuttled his vessels and went back to England. Switzerland now has one armored boat on Lake Lucerne, but its commander is only a captain.—Kansas City Star. A Father Vaughan Story. Fathr Bernard Vaughan, the famous English Jesuit preacher, says what he means and means what he says and is never afraid of directing his criticisms even against the most powerful sections of society, especially the idle rich. An amusing reference was once made to the fiery methods of denunciation he employs when in the pulpit. He had been preaching in Rome and had, as usual, dealt out plain truths about everybody with his accustomed force. One of the cardinals remarked that he preached like an Italian. "Yes," said another dignitary, "but he is an Italian. He was born on Vesuvius, and we only sent him to England to cool."-London Globe. Salt and Toothbrushes Our dentist tells us a very interesting thing. Ordinary salt is one of the best methods for sterilizing toothbrushes that are known. But not only because it sterilizes it is so excellent, but because it has the effect of softening the bristles and making them expand in a way. One of the troubles so frequently met with is that the bristles come out and are swallowed, causing appendicitis. The salt causes the bristles to swell and so remain in the brush. This may be but another of the several million theories. It is important, however, that bristles do cause appendicitis—New York Globe. Substitute For Tobacco Throughout the tropical orient the natives employ a substitute for tobacco consisting of a slice of areca palm nut, wrapped in betel leaf, flavored with a fine lime made of native seashells and colored with carmine. The habit is universal, especially with the women, and sellers of "betel nut" may be seen on many of the street corners in Saigon and other cities of Indo-China. Handsome Serenity. "George Washington was never guilty of deception." "Maybe not. I don't believe, in fact, that he ever looked like his pictures on our postage stamps. But, of course, he wasn't responsible for them."—Washington Star. Logical Conclusion "Electric wires must be quick tempered." "Why?" "Because it seems so dangerous to cross them."—Baltimore American. No Hangings. Him—How did you like the stage hangings in that Shakespeare show? He—There weren't no hangings, y'boob! He killed 'em with a sword.—Cornell Widow. Men who are low and are falling do not revolt. It is men who, although they may be low, are rising who revolt—W. G. Sumner. YOU HAVE READ MUCH! THOUGHT SOME BUT NOW IS YOUR TIME TO ACT Your opportunity to be a part owner----to share in profits of "THE BIRTH OF A RACE" is passing. The shares of Capital Stock have been turned over to a strong firm of brokers. The sales are big --- in Chicago --- all over the country. The shares are going very fast. 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The average life of a modern battleship is about fifteen years. In the old days a battleship was on active service nearly the whole time of its commission, which was about a hundred years. The Victory was forty years old when she fought at Trafalgar, and the Royal William, which was built in 1670, was not "scrapped" until 1813.—London Mail. A squab grows enormously the first twelve hours and still more rapidly after the third day. Squabs are at first sparsely covered with long filaments of down, the root of each filament indicating the point from which each future feather is to start. The down for awhile still hangs on the tips of some of the feathers during their growth and is thought by some to be finally absorbed into the shaft of the growing feather. "Oh, come! Stop borrowing trouble." "Borrowing! Gee whiz, man, trouble isn't like money! When I borrow money I can forget about it right away."—Boston Transcript. 10 Using the Scrub Palmetto Using the scrub Palmetto. Once a prolific and troublesome waste product throughout Florida, the scrub palmetto is now being developed into an asset of great possibilities. Not only has it been discovered that paper of good quality can be made from it, but the manufacture of carpets, mattings, twines, rope and burlap from the plant is already an industry of high standing in the state. Only the green leaf, or fan, is used. Claim is made that the palmetto leaves when shredded and spun are very much tougher than the grass now used for mattings. The green leaves are fed just as they are cut into the shredding and spinning machines, and in three minutes they come out in twine. This avoids the discolorations and losses occasioned in drying, storing and handling grasses commonly used for matting. Palmetto can be cut every day in the year and immediately made into twine. The skeins of twine when hung up dry rapidly and uniformly. The twine is used as soon afterward as necessary.—Argonaut. Cread of the Busy Man. I believe in the stuff I am handing out, in the firm I am working for and in my ability to get results. I believe that honest stuff can be passed out to honest men by honest methods. I believe in working, not weeping; in boosting, not knocking, and in the pleasure of my job. I believe a man gets what he goes after, that one deed done today is worth two deeds tomorrow, and that no man is down and out until he has lost faith in himself. I believe in today and the work I am doing, in tomorrow and the work I hope to do and in the sure reward which the future holds. I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing, somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready—right now!—Elbert Hubbard. The Sadness of a Wedding There is something sad about a wedding. The young groom is leaving a home in which he always has had his way and is going into one in which he never will have his way. Although his parents do not go through the formality of giving him away at the altar, they know well enough that in a few minutes he will be a son-in-law to another woman, while to them he is nothing but a son. There he comes, with another man holding to his arm. It looks as if he might have made an attempt to escape and that the strong best man captured him and brought him back. He is as happy as he is nervous and so trustful that he has no fear for the future-Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Why Not? Clerk—Now, see here, little girl, I can't spend the whole day showing you penny toys. Do you want the earth with a little red fence around it for 1 cent? Little Girl—Let me see it—Life. BIRTH OF RACE PHOTOPLAY CORPORATION, Suite 416, 29 Se. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill. Please send me, without obligation on my part, full information about "The Birth of a Race." Life of a Battleship. Sguaba. The Wrong Word. Hia Grouchy Opinion: PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Cleaning the Teeth. 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No pruning will be required the first season, but the second season cut back the strongest canes to three or four buds and remove all others. Prenex Physical Education. Proper Physical Education The purpose of physical education is of course, not merely to build up the bodies of boys today, but to put into the lives of boys that thing, whatever it is, that will make the boy stay strong and ablebodied when he reaches manhood. Such men—lovers of fine air of hiking in the wild, of sleeping out under the sky—men who can both enjoy and endure, are the men who will make up a strong nation and not a nation of weaklings—Scouting. Cape Horn's Lighthouse Cape Horn's Lighthouse. Probably the most desolate and dreary spot in the world inhabited by white men is the lighthouse that is maintained by the Argentine government at Cape Horn. This is claimed to be the southernmost lighthouse in the world. One at a Time. "Does your husband worry about the grocery bill?" "No; he says there's no sense in both himself and the grocer worrying over the same bills."—Exchange. Queen: "Your wife gave us a splendid lecture on cooking last evening. Why weren't you there?" "I was home with a terrible attack of dyspersia." Health lies in labor, and there is an earthly royal road to it but through toll.—Wendell Phillips. Potatoes as a Food. At high prices the potato is not a good food, it is not at any price one of the best. Civilized humanity existed without it for centuries, rising to its ninth in a potatoeless old world. Habit and convenience in storage have led to overuse. The potato is three-fourths water and not quite one-fifth starch, which is its chief food substance, an excellent one for outdoor workers in severe climates. It is less valuable for sedentary workers indoors. Only one-eleventh part of the potato is fat; 3 per cent nitrogen, 2 per cent sugar. These more valuable substances are so slight that during the famine of 1837 Irish cotters formed the habit of cooking potatoes "with a bone in the middle"—that is, of undercooking them so that they might delay and stave off hunger. directions. There are substitutes, of which rice nearly approaches the potato in values and defects. The correct instinct of rice eaters has mended the latter by the invention of pilaf, in which rice is supplemented by chopped meats or marries—New York World. Cermans In America. The total number of German born in the United States is 2,501,333. If Austria-Hungary is included the total is increased to 4,171,915. The natives of Germany and Austria-Hungary comprise 31 per cent of the total foreign population of the country and less than 5 per cent of the total. New York has the largest German population of any state in the Union. The total is 463,700. The German population of New York city is only 14 per cent of its foreign population. The half of Cincinnati's citizens were born in Germany. The other centers in the order of their population of the German vote are as follows: Baltimore, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Newark, St. Louis and San Francisco. In its proportion of Germans Wis- In its proportion of Germans Wisconsin leads, Minnesota second.-Syrae Post-Standard. Our Fishing Presidents. Fourteen of the twenty-seven presidents of the United States have been fishermen. When fishing and the presidency are mentioned the mind instantly recalls Cleveland, the fishing president. He is the one president who wrote a book discussing angling. It is not generally known, but the first president of the republic was an enthusiastic angler. It may be of interest to the enthusiastic anglers of the nation to record the names of the fishing presidents. They are George Washington, Martin Van Buren, John Trier, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Simpson Grant, James Abram Garfield, Chelan Alan Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howell Taft—New York Sun. An Exercise For Typists Is it of any value to know how to say the alphabet backward? A correspondent says: "I think this is new, as I am the inventor, and it is of some use in exercising on the typewriter if for nothing else. The twenty-six letters of the alphabet are used as initials of words divided into five groups of four initials and one group of six. The groups are connected as follows: Dekras Foed, Xylophones Whacked, Voices United To Sing. Read Quick, Pass On! Nature May Lack Kindness: Attices Inside Hanging Grapes— Friends, Enemies, Dogs, Cats, Bats, Ants, A Way the Dutch Have The Dutch have a delightfully original way of collecting their taxes. If after the notice has been given the money is not sent the authorities place it or two hungry militiamen in the house, to be lodged and maintained at the expense of the defaulter until the amount of the tax is paid. Its Oddity. "There is one thing in a lawyer's pro- mission which is different from any other." "What is that?" "The longer he is at it the more he is of a brief career."—Baltimore american. In His Line "He is building an immense artifice mountain on his country estate." Well, I guess it comes sort of natual for him to put up a bluff." - Puck. Marital Amenities "My hand is always in my pocket." "That just what I'm complaining about. It never comes out."—Exchange PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT Consumption. A diet of peanuts is suggested a secure for consumption by Dr. Brewer in the Journal of Hygiene. This seems too simple to be true, but Dr. Brewer tells of two young women who had grown sick of cod liver oil and touls and who were treated by him with salted peanuts—all they could eat—combined with inhala- tions of vinegar. One would think this a very indigestible diet," he writes, "but they craved them, and it has always been my policy to find out just what my patients desire to eat, and unless it is too unreasonable I humor them. Both young ladies have become plump and after one year's inhalation have ceased coughing, and I pronounced them cured." skinns are recommended also for sleeplessness. Self Training Is Best, Says Armour. In the American Magazine is an article by J. O. Armour entitled "Armour Men Who Got Ahead—and Why," in which Mr. Armour gives his opinion of the qualifications that make for business success. "One of the truest axioms I know," he says, "is the business saying that 'the best trained man is the self trained man.' It is my belief that no man developed by a formula in a business organization can ever reach the power of one who is put on his own responsibility, knowing that his advancement depends on his own brains, foresight and application. "By this I do not mean that a business leader should let his men go along blindly. He must always give something of himself. He must teach them the overhand and crawl strokes where they knew only the breast stroke before. But in any office organization the man who has never had to stand squarely on his own feet is never in a position to march ahead." Work of a Microscope One of the newest of astronomical instruments is the blink microscope. The principle involved is similar to that of the moving picture machine. In the latter the film used consists of a series of pictures, each a little different from its predecessor. If these are presented in rapid succession the series is fused into one picture in which the succeeding differences appear as motion. The blink microscope enables one to compare a photograph of a portion of the heavens with another of the same region taken several years later. An ingenious contrivance brings first one then the other plate into view in rapid succession. If in the interval between two exposures a star in the region has changed its position appreciably it will appear to move and can be detected at once. Formerly it was necessary to measure carefully the positions of all the stars on both plates in order to detect those with large proper motions. Such stars are sometimes called "runaway" stars. Complaint of the Stupid. It is only stupid people who complain that they are misunderstood. If they were not stupid they would know that there is absolutely no such thing as being misunderstood, and therefore that there is nothing whatsoever to be gained by complaining about it. Wise people who want to be understood do not spend their time complaining, but in perfecting some means of expressing themselves by which they may reveal to the world about them some slight remnant, at least, of their souls or their minds or their ideas or their discoveries or their eccentricities or whatever it is they want to make known. When you complain about not being understood the only thing you make clear is that you are a complainer.—Puck. Eskimo Carving All of the Eskimo carving today is done with steel tools, but there is work in existence that dates back to the stone age. The older Eskimos say that their ancestors used tools of flint, and it is known that they have been carving ivory for many generations. Some of the very poorest of them and those that live in the most out of the way places are noted for their work of this kind. They seem to do it for pastime and make many toys and dolls for their children. They have a way of softening the bone, horn or ivory before they work it, and to make the carvings more distinct they etch lines on the surface with a black paint made of a mixture of gunpowder and blood. This, when put on the freshly cut bone, makes a permanent stain. What He Didn't Know. Peyton R. Hayden was long a conspicuous figure among the lawyers of Boone county. While he was fond of studying lawbooks, he cared little about literature. During a recess one day in the Boone county courthouse a lawyer named Field from Lafayette county asked him what he thought of Byron's "Chilide Harold." Hayden replied: "Egad, sir, I did not know that Byron had a child named Harold."—"Bench and Bar of Boone County, Mo." A Giveaway. Mrs. Blabbit—I don't like her at all, dear. She's a deceitful woman. The other day she tried to get me to say something against you. Mrs. Gaddeigh—She did! How? Mrs. B.-Why, she asked me to tell her confidentially what I really thought of you—Boston Transcript. Oddity of the Sturgeon. The sturgeon has no skeleton. This fish has many tubercles fixed in the skin along the back and sides. If these tubercles are boiled with a little soda it will be seen that they are beautifully ornamented, somewhat resembling very fine Chinese carving. Easy Judgments. "Oh, he had it easy. There were no technicalities in his day, nor did he have to decide cases with the alienists easily divided."—Exchange. When He Got the Hint. "What started you thinking about marriage all at once?" "She wouldn't let me buy her a box of candy—sald I would need the money." —Houston Post. Romance and Fiction. When a very rich man marries a very poor girl, that's romance. When a very rich girl marries a very poor man, that's fiction.—Galveston News. Meet trouble like a man and cheerfully understand what you can't cure. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 24. 1917. The kitchen is the real workshop of the family. Most of the work there has to do with preparing food for the family, cleaning it up and putting it away. The old fashioned kitchens never took into account economy of steps and time, but today this is always done. There is a logical order for the arrangement of the equipment. Things that belong to each process should be together, within the reach of the worker. The icebox, cold pantry, kitchen cabinet, stove and serving table are used together and should be in a close continuous line. This is the food preparation side of the equipment. For the cleaning up of the same economy should be practiced. The sink should be near the china closet or in a butler's pantry, the track should be straight for clearing up. Always have plenty of table room near the sink. A drain board on each side is the best plan, or at least a set of hanging shelves, a hinged shelf and extra ta table or a wheeled table at the right. If the drain table is porcelain a rubber mat will prevent breakage—Exchange Aluminum and Oxygen Aluminum is in many ways a wonderful substance, albeit in the natural world most of it is oxidized and turned to clay. Its avidity for oxygen is one of its most salient characteristics. It is said that one never sees the metal, directly, in air, but always and only through a vell of superficial oxide which forms on its free surface with marvelous rapidity. It is stated that if a fresh surface of aluminum be prepared by scraping with a knife the oxygen of the air runs in as fast as the scale is peeled off and keeps close behind the knife blade. If it were not for this superficial scale of oxide, which acts as a barrier to further action, the metal would burn up or deflagrate in air. The large amount of heat developed by thermite, a mixture of powdered aluminum with oxygen giving substances, bears witness to the activity of the oxidizing process when completed.—Washington Star. Tokyo's Prolific Slums No tourist crosses the Sumida river unless it is to visit the great amphitheater for a wrestling match or a chrysanthemum show, yet there is where the real secret of Tokyo's future lies. It is the factory and slum sections of the city, and the population there has increased in the last decade ten times as fast as has the population in the district of Kojimachi, which surrounds the palace. In the last generation the population of the five greatest industrial and commercial cities in Japan has increased by 314 per cent as against an increase in the whole empire of 15 per cent. The trend in Japan is cityward, and the visitor to Tokyo, seeing the streets crowded with people, does not realize that in the suburbs the growth in population has run from 250 to 500 per cent in the last decade.-Christian Herald. Argentina's Military System. Every native or naturalized citizen of Argentina, at home or abroad, on reaching the age of eighteen years must be enrolled. The federal executive power takes charge of this national enrollment, which serves at once as a registration of voters and national defenders. A given individual, if at home, is enrolled in one of the five military districts into which the fourteen states and ten territories of Argentina are divided. If he resides abroad he is enrolled in his consulate, for the government follows him with precision wherever he may wander. With the exception of these consular registrations abroad the general enrollment is entirely in charge of the military authorities, who are counted upon to get more thorough results than a civil census provides.—World's Work. A Help to the Soil A French chemist attributes to carbonate of manganese in very minute quantities the power of rendering fertilizers more readily assimilable without undergoing any change itself. Experiments have tended to show that with the use of an ounce to about seven square yards germination was more free, growth more rapid and yield better—that is, used with other fertilizers. By itself it is supposed to have no effect whatever. His Idea. "Binks has an idea that he expects to make a lot of money out of." "What is it?" "An electric plano with a slot machine attachment." "There's nothing new in that." "Oh, yes, there is. The coin you put in stops the playing."—Buffalo Express. Flannagan's Way. Cassidy—Flannagan's thinking of goin' into the haulin' business. He bought a foine new cart today. Casey—But shure he has no horse. Flannagan—No, but he's goin' to buy wan. Casey—Well, that's loike Flannagan. He always did git the cart befour the horse. —Philadelphia Ledger. A. Confirmed Taste "I'm blest if I can see what Blabkins finds to admire in that Miss Jorkins," said Hinkleigh. "Why, she's wholly made up." "That it's, I guess," said Harkawzy. "Blabkins always was crazy about fiction."—Harper's. Severe Treatment Howell—Why did Rowell allow himself to die of starvation? Powell—He said he wouldn't humor his stomach any longer, as it was getting to be a regular grafter.—New York Times. There are things we must try to attain, yet it is not really the attainment that matters; it is the seeking.—Gilbert Murray Bees and Fruit. An agricultural society of Florence, Italy, has recently carried out a thorough investigation of the alleged injury of fruit by bees and has completely exonerated the latter. Bees are unable to perforate the skin of the fruit, and it is only incidentally that they suck the juices of fruits injured by other natural causes. The damage sometimes attributed to these insects is due to poultry, wild birds, wind and hail, and even more frequently to hornets, wasps, vine moths and other insects. Instead of being harmful to orchards and vineyards, bees perform the useful service of effecting the cross pollination of flowers, and hence the setting of fruit as well as the destruction of damaged fruits (especially grapes) by sucking the juice and pulp and thus preventing fermentation and rot extending to sound individuals. The orchards and vineyards frequented by bees give the most constant crops.—Scientific American. Idolatry as It Is. After months spent in idolatrous lands I have been unable to see much real worship in heathen shrines. The educated worship with their tongues in their cheeks and the ignorant with their hearts in their mouths. But the amount of real worship that exists in heathen temples is very small. Sometimes a bereaved mother will enter the temple and draw from her kimono the tiny bib of a departed little one and tie it to the statue of Jizo, the god of motherhood. Sometimes an old man or woman almost blind will enter the temple and rub the eyes of a wooden god and then rub his own in the hope that eternal darkness may not close in on his alfrighted soul. In some places Buddhist services are as dignified, as well attended and as helpful as our own. In Hakodate I attended a Buddhist preaching service that smacked less of idolatry and more of morals than some ceremonials in our cruciform chapels.—Christian Herald. The Arabic Language Though the Arabs number less than the population of London, their language is one of the most widely spoken and influential in the world, for it is the language of the Koran. Seventy millions of people in Asia and north Africa speak some form of Arabic as their vernacular, and quite as many more know something of the language from the Koran, which in the original is a text book in the day schools of the Mohammedans from Turkey to Afghanistan and New Guinea. Nor is Arabic unworthy of this extensive use. Renan, after expressing his surprise that such a language should spring from the desert regions of Arabia and reach perfection in nomadic camps, declares that it surpasses all its sister Semitic languages in richness of vocabulary, delicacy of expression and the logic of its grammatical construction.—London Chronicle. Politics and Tobacco Something like half a century ago a man named Dan Bradley started the custom in a little cigar store in Brooklyn of keeping a box of smoking tobacco on the counter, with a sign above it saying, "Fill your pipe." Partly on the strength of his popularity, due in no small degree to the free fillings for a pipe, Bradley ran independently for the state senate and was elected as against the regular candidate. "Five thousand clay pipes did the trick for Dan" was a saying at the time. trick for Dan" was a saying at the time. "A man would have to give away automobiles to get elected to the senate nowadays," observed one of the new school of politicians. "The days of the election cigar and tobacco are gone forever."—New York World. Ramascus Swords. Damascus swords, whose fame at one time made them almost one of the wonders of the world, were made of alternate layers of iron and steel, so finely tempered that the blade would bend to the hilt without breaking, with an edge so keen that no coat of mail could resist it and a surface so highly polished that when a Moslem wished to rearrange his turban he used his sword for a looking glass. That Held Him: A Yankee clinched his heated argument with an Englishman as to the relative size of the Thames and Mississippi by saying: "Why, look here, mister, there ain't enough water in the whole of the Thames to make a gargle for the mouth of the Mississippi." Too Much to Ask "Bliggins is a little annoying in manner, but his heart is in the right place." "Yes," objected Miss Cayenne, "but you can't be expected to perform a surgical operation on every disagreeable person to ascertain where his heart is."—Washington Star. Doing Her Part: "Wife, will you thread a needle for me? I want to sew on a few buttons." "Why, certainly. There you are. Now you can sew on your buttons while I go to the bridge club. Sometimes I wonder how you managed before you were married." Consolation. Sappleigh—It's an awful thing to realize that you've made an egregious ass of yourself. Miss Keen—Haven't you got used to it yet?—Boston Transcript. Neutral Ground Individuals, like nations, must have suitable, broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them.-Thoreau. Could we but think with the same intensity we love with we might dc great things.-P. J. Pailey's "Festus." Fragrant Farm Some say it has the fragrance of new mown hay. It reminds others of fresh strawberries. There are also those who detect it in the perfume of the wild rose. Opinions differ as to what the fragrance resembles, but all opinions are unanimous in praising it. So they call it the fragrant fern. It grows in small, round clumps in clefts on the face of a precipe, out of reach of collectors, who haven't the patience to hunt for it. For this reason it is not well known. Its out of the way haunts provide an effectual hiding place. The hardiness of the fragrant fern surprizes the amateur collector. It grows in full glare of the sun, in places where more common ferns would be scorched and withered. Yet the fronds remain green throughout the year, and even the year-old fronds, which turn brown at the end of the season, curl up around the roots of the plant and cling to the rocks.—Philadelphia North American. Tact and Success. Tact is a combination of good temper, ready wit, quickness of perception and ability to take in the exigency of the occasion instantly. It is never offensive, but is a balm allaying suspicion and soothing. It is appreciated. It is plausible without being dishonest, apparently consults the welface of the second party and does not manifest any selfishness. It is never antagonistic, never opposes, never strokes the hair the wrong way and never irritates. Tact, like a fine manner, eases the way, takes the jar out of the jolts, oils the bearings, opens doors barred to others, sits in the drawing room when others must wait in the reception hall, gets into private offices when others are turned down. It admits you into exclusive circles, where wealth abounds, even though poor. It secures the position when merit is turned away. Tact is a great manager. It easily controls people, even when combined with small ability, when genius cannot get along. Little Things Count: The more complex life grows the more these little things count. One or two men at the pumping station could produce a water famine for 2,000,000 people. Cut a very thin wire, and a city is in total darkness. Five cents' worth of calco is enough to eclipse Raphael's finest Madonna. When everybody walked to his appointed place of work nothing short of a universal calamity would keep everybody away from work. Now a defective feed wire will halt a hundred thousand in trolley cars. And because these little things do foot up to such big totals the human element remains important despite all our inventions. Most failures are men and women failures, not machine failures.-Philadelphia Ledger. Lettres de Cachet Lettres de cachet was the name given in France to warrants sealed with the king's seal ordering persons to be thrown into prison or exiled. The first came into use about 1670 and shortly became one of the popular terrors of France. It is said that no less than 9,000 lettres de cachet were issued during the reign of Louis XIV, and 80,000 during the reign of Louis XV. In many cases these terrible documents were secretly sold and used as a source of illicit revenue. They were frequently signed in blank, and the holder of one of these royal terrors could write in the name of any person against whom he happened to have a grudge. The national assembly abolished this iniquitous privilege of issuing lettres de cachet on Nov. 1, 1789. Battling Windows In some houses the windows have an unpleasant habit of rattling at all times of the day and night when there is the least wind. In such a case an ordinary clothespin is most effective. It must be split in half and one half inserted on each side between the framework and the window or between the sashes. A good plan is to paint the clothespeg the same color as the window frame and secure the pieces by a cord and screw to the frame so that they will be in readiness when needed. A Problem "That is my hired man asleep up there in the croft of that oak tree," said honest Farmer Hornbeak. "You are entitled to one guess as to whether he clump up there to slumber or went to sleep on the ground on top of an acorn which grew up with him."—Kansas City Star. A Cent. The habit of calling the cent piece of our American colnage a "penny" is utterly without foundation or excuse. We have no penny in our colnage. At one time half cent pieces were coloned, but now the unit is a cent, the hundredth part of a dollar. Wonderful In the art department a few days ago one of the students drew the picture of a hen so lifelike that when she threw it into the waste basket it laid there. Liverpool Post. Give Her Time. Mother—I hope you do not allow him to kiss you as yet. Daughter—I cannot break him of all his foolish habits in a month, can I? His life. Brain Trouble "Cholly has brain trouble." "Is that so? What kind?" "It troubles him to think."—Boston Transcript. We have no right to say that any good work is too hard for us to do. PAGE THREE Dust Dangers. An analysis of the contents of a vacuum cleaner made recently showed that the dust which had collected on the bookshelves in a library consisted of "hair, green wool, white wool, cotton fibers, celluloid, pieces of finger nails, fly wings, sand grains, wood, paper, string, metallic iron and leather. The hair was probably derived from soft hats, the wool and cotton fibers from clothing, sand from the mud tracked in on shoes and the gradual pulverizing of the floor, fly wings from dead flies and paper from book leaves." Curiously enough, very few germs were found in this dust. Yet there is no question that inhaling it might lead to various diseased conditions. This would not be the result of any disease germs contained in the dust itself, but to the irritating effects produced by the dust particles when brought into contact with the bronchial membranes. Thus it is evident that even germ free dust may be harmful when inhaled.—Los Angeles Times. Clever Advertising. An ingenious advertisement recently made its appearance on the walls and boardings of a French town. It said: "A wallet containing the sum of 300 francs and a large number of orders has been lost by a traveling salesman of the firm of X. & Co. The finder is requested to return the orders to X. & Co. and to keep the 300 francs as a reward for his trouble in so doing." Of course everybody read the advertisement. Of course everybody said to himself that the batch of orders on X. & Co. must be a nice, fat one. Thus by a clever stratagem X. & Co. managed to diffuse among the public the impression that theirs was a large business, with an immense number of customers. "Not even the Americans," says the proud Frenchman who reports this example of Gallic enterprise, "not even the Americans could have worked the trick better."—New York Post. Houses Made of Glass. Glass is becoming more generally used as a building material each year. For some years glass bricks have been utilized where strength and durability as well as beauty were essential features. Glass is used for wainscoting, for partitions, for ceilings and for facing the fronts of buildings. It is also being used for foundations. It has been demonstrated that the crushing strength of glass is three times that of granite, six times that of ordinary brick and ten times that of concrete. Another advantage it has over these materials is that it is absolutely nonabsorbent, so that a glass building can be perfectly dry inside, no matter what the atmospheric conditions outside.—Atlanta Journal. Fish Versua Mosquitoes. Myriads of mosquitoes used to infect the rice plantations of Madagascar. Dr. Legendre, a savant well known in scientific circles in Paris, conceived the idea of freeing the region of malarial trouble by the introduction into the watercourses of cyprin, or red fish, which are very eggs of both mosquitoes and their eggs. Within five months 500 fish multiplied to 10,000, and these destroyed nearly all the mosquitoes. The fish besides being a malaria destroyer became very important as an addition to native food—London Telegraph. Smiled the Wrong Way. "Well, my boy," he asked cheerfully at the breakfast table the morning after Cholly had taken the leap, "how did things go last evening? Did she smile on your proposal?" "No," said Cholly faintly, pushing away a breakfast roll. "She smiled at it."—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Compensation Life is compensatory to this extent: When a man reaches the point at which his wife is compelled to make the living for the family he has also reached the point at which the fact ceases to humiliate him.—Topeka Capital. What Every Woman Knows. A woman always knows when a man is in love with her. A man often knows a woman is in love with him when she isn't—b Exchange. He Was Fat. Skinny—What made the tower of Pisa lean? Aver D. Pois—If I knew I'd try it—Yale Record. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT Rheumatism. Fos acute articular rheumatism the following treatment is recommended by a writer in the Medical Adviser, quoted by the Medical Record: An ointment made of four drams each of ichthyl, methyl salicylate and oil of turpentine, mixed with four ounces of lanolin, is applied to the affected joints and covered with cotton and oiled silk. The patient is put to bed in flannel nightclothes and between blankets for absolute rest. His diet must be liquid, preferably milk, together with fruit juices and plenty of water. Elimination through bowels, skin and kidneys must be attended to carefully. At the beginning of the treatment a dose of calomel and bicarbonate of soda is given and followed after four hours by rochelle salts or a selidltz powder. Rhubarb and soda may be given to advantage until the tongue is clean. Throughout convalescence the patient must abstain from all animal foods and alcohol. a ee — ee ; [oe ae “a Be | a ae } oo i . a | a 7 Re ee ae oe — = ' ae a _ ‘MR. ISREAL COWEN. ‘High class lawyer; straightforward in all his dealings with his fellowmen, who should be selected to make the race for judge of the Superior Court at the judicial election this coming November. There are unmistakable signs of Spring noticeable everywhere. The Spring feeling, early as the season is, is already invading Chicago. One of the noticeable evidences that this is true is the increased number of complaints received by the Health De: partment in every mail, concerning dirty, vacant lots, backyards and alleys. This means that we are al: ready having a few early eases of eleanacitis; one of the diseases that the Chicago Health Departmerft likes to see in evidence. In fact, it does not alarm the health officials any to see it ‘assume epidemic proportions. For this reason we are not viewing with any alarm the first few cases that have come in. There is only one unpleasant and dangerous feature connected with at- tacks of cleanacitis, and these are com: plications known as shakeabus, rug: abus, Lack porchabus. This may not be good Latin, but it is meant to cover that neighborhood sin of shaking rugs on back porehes, annoying to nearby neighbors and also detrimental to health. However, it is fortunate that not all eases of cleanacitis have this unpleasant complication. Another cloquent sign of Spring is the rapid growth of the city lot garden- ing movement, whieh is already assum- ing city wide proportions and is being rapidly brought into such definite and well organized shape that it promises great things for the coming growing season, This is a movement that the Department of Health wishes to en- courage in every way and has no hesi- taney in urging people everywhere to help it along. Planting flowers and vegetables, growing things of use and beauty is a splendid pastime. It takes us out into the open under sky and sun, It gives us needed exereise and tends in every way to promote bodily health and vigor. Of course, there are other signs of Spring. ‘The boys are busy now with roller skates, tops and marbles. Hens are beginning to eackle, and the more they eackle, the chances are that the less will be the price of good, fresh eggs. Take it all in all, the Spring season means much for our health, happiness and comfort. Let us utilize it im every way and especially along the lines of making Chicago a cleaner city this year than it has ever been iia: Contagion Comes from Persons. Remember the greatest source of in fection is from a person in a contagious condition. All contagion eminate: first from a diseased person. House: only become infected from persons with disease germs present. A house, cleaned and disinfected, is safe until & person carries infection into it. De not depend upon one disinfection or ‘one scrubbing of the house to keey free from contagious diseases. Keep children away from the mildly sick. Keep children away from those severely sick. Keep children away from any person with a sore threat, fever, cough, rash, or any indefinite symptoms which may turn out to be & contagious disease. Do not need: lessly visit the sick yourself. March is one of the worst months for pneu- monia and all other acute communic- able diseases. ‘Measles is now prevalent and is very angerous to children under two years of age, Keep the baby from measles and save its life. Scarlet fever is prev- alent and is killing children, but just PAGE FOUR SIGNS OF SPRING. now it is less dangerous to babies than measles. Old people should dress warm so as not to become chilled in the eold, damp winds of Mareh, Pnuemonia will get them, if they do not watch out. CARDINAL GIBBONS PRAISES THE NEGRO. Addresses Colored Audience and Tells of His Efforts to Uphold Rights of Race in Baltimore. The Racial Characteristics Gratefulness, Warm-Heartedness and Religiousness Saving Virtues of Sa- ble Race. New Orleans, March.—Cardinal Gib- bons of Baltimore was recently in the city on his annual visit to his brother, John Gibbons, one of the leading whole- sale merchants of New Orleans. On these visits the Cardinal has made it a rule to take a complete rest. This time, however, he modified the rule sufficiently to pay a visit to Xavier University, which Mother Katherine Drexel established here for Colored people. The Cardinal made an address to the school, over which the faculty and students were overjoyed. The visit was an informal one and the ad- dress characteristic. Despite a slight cold, his eminence, after saying how cdified he was at the manifest success of Xavier University, continued, in clear, distinet voice: “<T am glad that your respected pas- tor has referred to Booker T. Wash- ington, the great leader of the Colored race. I had the pleasure of meeting him when on one of my trips from Baltimore to New Orleans. He asked permission to see me in my private apartment and, of course, I was glad to tender him an invitation, and we had a long conversation together. Tells of Experience With Colored People. “I must modestly say that’ I did something to elevate, to uplift, and, when it was necessary, to uphold the rights of the Colored race in the city of Baltimore. I said a good word for them. They have never forgotten this kindness. In my experience with the Colored race and in my dealings with them during nearly fifty years, I have been struck by the fact that they have three characteristics: First of all, they are exceedingly grateful, that is to say, they are always ready to ac- knowledge with gratitude any benefit, and gratitude is one of the noblest virtues. Secondly, they are a very affectionate race, a warm-hearted race, their hearts easily expand. Thirdly, I am happy to say, that the Colored peo- ple are deeply and naturally religious. There are some people, some races, that can hardly be aroused to recog- nize the Christian religion, the religion of Christ, whereas, the Colored race are always Fesponsive to it, and I have yet to see or to hear of the first Col- ored man who has ever yet proclaimed himself an atheist, an unbeliever.”? PREVENT SALE OF CHURCH. ‘Washington, Mar., Special.—Singing ‘The Old Time Religion is Good Enough For Me,’? 8 number of mem- bers of McKinley Memorial Baptist Church appeared on the scene just in time to prevent their church from be- ing sold for a mortgage indebtedness of $5,000, They were armed with cer- tifled checks. Rev. S Geriah Lamkins is pastor of the church. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 24, 1917. ————— PHYLLIS WHEATLEY AND OTHER|THE DEATH AND FUNERAL INTERESTING NOTES. FORMEE JUDGE AEB. — ‘WATEEMAN WHO WAS A PA ‘The 2ist Anniversary of the Phyllis| OTIC OITIZEN AND A LO ‘Wheatley Club was observed Wednes-| FRIEND TO THE COLORED B day evening, Mar. 2ist at the Phyllis — Wheatley Home, 3256 Rhodes Avenue. | He Was the First Judge of the 4 A splendid program was enjoyed by all| late Court to sand Down a De present, This club has done a great| in Favor of Sustaining the Pr work in the past years and under the| Civil Rights Laws of Ilinois, able leadership of its president, Mrs. — Elizabeth L. Davis, it expects to ae-|In 1901 He Presented Julius F. T complish a great deal more in the eom-| With a Copy of His Book En ing years. Many new members have| ‘‘A Century of Caste,”’ ‘‘The been enrolled and much interest is be-| and Simple Annals of the Poor. ing manifested. — — Last Sunday funeral services Mr. Arthur Wells, husband of our |held over the remains of the Jate < vice-president, Mrs. Ophie Wells, is|Arba N. Waterman at his home quite ill at their home. We hope the|Groveland Park; interment at members will pay him a call. wood Cemetery. The U. 8. Grant — Grand Army of the Republic also Mrs. Alice J. Caldwell, one of our|services in his honor at the chay earnest supporters, is also confined to | Oakwood. her home on account of illness. For many years Judge Wate 3 i eee ee Miss Georgiana Whyte, another good worker is on the sick list. We hope the club members will find time to visit these members. Watch for the Japanese wedding, it will take place about April the 25th. This will be a pretty affair. Our club is very busy assisting Mrs. Waring to raise money for the Doug: lass Mortgage Fund. Let each*mem- ber give at least one dollar. MR. ROLAND W. HAYES IN RE CITAL AT THE WABASH AVE. NUE DEPARTMENT Y. M. C. A. The music lovers of Chicago em- braced the privilege and opportunity of hearing Mr. Roland W. Hayes, tenot of Boston, Mass., in recital at the Wa bash Avenue Department Y. M. C. A on last Thursday night. To accommodate the large number of patrons, it was necessary to render the program in the gymnasium of the department and it was filled to its capacity. Every one was delightfully entertained and highly pleased with the sweetness of voice, the volume of tones and the individual characteris. ties that so plainly identify his rendi- tions and rightfully place him among the world’s greatest artists. Mr. King, the accompanist, displayed a very rare ability at the piano and promises to take an eminent position in the musical world. The Umbrian Glee Club deserves special comment for the excellent man- ner in which they rendered the two selections during the program. The following program was highly interestingly rendered: | Rondo Capriecioso, Op. 14, Mendels- sohn—Mr. King; (a) Thank God for a Garden, Del Riego, (b) Three Sha- dows, H. T. Burleigh—Mr. Hayes; A Legend gf the Rhine, Smart—Um- brian Glee Club; (a) Why Roses for You, Roland W. Hayes, (b) Twilight, Katherine Glenn, (c) Nita Gitana, De Koven—Mr. Hayes; On the Sea, D. Buck—Umbrian Glee Club; (a) A Toi, Bemberg, (b) Arioso (Canio) Pagliacei, Leon Cavallo—Mr. Hayes;; Rustle of Spring, Sinding—Mr. King; On-Away, Awake Beloved, 8. Coleridge Taylor— Mr. Hayes. ‘Mr, Hayes received several enchores, however, the one deserving special eom- ment was, ‘I Hear You Calling Me.’? Tt was rendered to the full satisfaction of every one present. THE DEATH AND FUNERAL OF FORMEE JUDGE AEBA N. ‘WATERMAN WHO WAS A PATEI- OTIC CITIZEN AND A LOYAL FRIEND TO THE COLORED RACE. ‘He Was the First Judge of the Appel- late Court to Hand Down Decision in Favor of Sustaining the Present Civil Rights Laws of Ilinois. In 1901 He Presented Julius F. Taylor "With a Copy of His Book Entitled | “A Century of Caste,’’ ‘The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor.’ Last Sunday funeral services were held over the remains of the Jate Judge ‘Arba N. Waterman at his home, 649 Groveland Park; interment at Oak- wood Cemetery. The U. 8. Grant Post, Grand Army of the Republic also held services in his honor at the chapel in Oakwood. For many years Judge Waterman who was always full of love and sym- pathy for all mankind regardless of their color or nationality was one of the judges of the Cireuit Court and. as such it fell to his lot to write the optn- ion and hand down the first decision of the Appellate Court in favor of sus- taining the present Civil Rights Laws of Dlinois. Shortly after returning to Chicago to reside, ig 1899, the writer had the pleasure of meeting Judge Waterman and in 1901 he presented us with a copy of his highly interesting and in- structive little book entitled ‘A Cen- tury of Caste,’? “The Short and Sim- ple Annals of the Poor.’? While the funeral services were being held over his remains last Sunday afternoon we sat very quitely and re-read the book from cover to cover and as long as we live we shall always highly prize it. In the death of Judge Waterman, Chicago has lost one of its best and most patriotic citizens and one of the best and warmest friends of the Col- ored race has passed on into the next alam APPOMATTOX CLUB CITIZENS CONFERENCE. Club Parlors, 3441 8. Wabash Ave, Sunday, March 25th, 1917. 3 to 5 P. M. Program. Introduction of Beauregard F. Mose- ley, Chairman Civie & Public Affairs Committee, Col. J. H. Johnson, Pres. Musie, (Under the auspices of Dr. 8. ©. Dickerson); Address, ‘Our Duty to Our Fellow Man,’? Hon. Medill Me- Cormick; Remarks, Representative, Morris & Co. and P. D. Armour & Co.; Address, ‘The Justice of It,’? Judge B, P. Barasa; Remarks, ‘What Can We Do,’’ Mr. Edw. O. Green; Address, “Our Own and Our Duty,’? Louis B. Anderson; Remarks, ‘(As the Press Sees It,"? R. 8. Abbott, Defender, J. F, Taylor, Broad Ax, S. B Turner, Illinois Taea. Executive Session. Organization by citizens represent- ing Civie and Social Clubs and churehes of Chicago, of a Home and Employment Finding Bureau for migrants. Each chureh is entitled to one representa- tive each, and one from the Sunday School and Literary, and each Civic Association three representatives. An earnest effort will be put forth to es- tablish upon a permanent basis, an organization to handle not only the migrants who come to Chicago, but those who are leaving the south for any point north. The members of the club and all strangers are invited to be present —‘‘L.?? DAVIS FACTION WINS. | Atlanta, Ga., March. — Following closely the decision of the State Su- preme Court upholding the Georgia faction of Odd Fellows led by Benja- min J. Davis, his followers have begun to take steps for the upbuilding of the Order in Georgia. The District Grand Lodge will meet in Macon next Au- gust. Mr. Davis has been deluged with letters of congratulation. The litigation was started thirteen months ago, after Davis had been ousted from the Order by the Sub- committee of Management. He sue- ceeded in having receivers appointed, and that somewhat bindered the plans of the Sub-committee to put an end to his control. How to beat the high cost of living— go to minstrel show April 9th and you will ‘laugh and grow fat.’? ‘Mrs. Louie Usselmann, wife of Doe- tor Louie Usselmann, the popular and Progressive jeweler at 3150 S. State street, has completely recovered from the painful accident sustained to one of her eyes and she is glad to be out ‘again to breathe the delightful spring ‘air. Attorney Timothy J. Fell, Chamber of Commerce Building, returned home the first of the week from a three weeks’ business and pleasure trip to Southern California. Mr. Fell would make an ideal candidate for judge of the Superior Court. He greatly en- joyed his vacation trip. ' nee ee | na ee E a | i i ot | eek Ad ! | Pe \ | Ll & ALDERMAN ALEXANDER A. McCORMICK. One of the most popular and valuable members of the city comcil why be re-elected to that body from the Sixth ward. He has almp st friendly disposed towards the Colored race. He constantly camaey Colored chauffeur and houseman. ‘ Alderman Alexander A. MeCormick, who was elected to the City Council from the sixth tvard, two years ago, is one of its most valuable and influ- ential members. At all times, he de- ports himself like a highly polished gentleman and he is ever ready to give consideration and patiently listen to the hard luck stories of all classes, both White and Colored and every one must take their turn as he plays no favor- ites when they call to see him in his offices on the ninth floor of the Rook- ery Building. In 1912, he was elected President of the Board of County Commissioners of Cook county and as an evidence of his fairmindedness and friendly disposi- tion towards the Colored race shortly after he assumed the duties of his office some Colored men and women suecess- fully passed the County Civil Service examination for various positions in the county hospital and when that fact became known, a delegation of White ‘Mr. Richard Moore, Jr., the popular dancing master, is having his voice waxed for Easter Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Eberhart avenue, will on Thursday evening, March 29th, eclebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. A recep- tion will be held from 8 to 11 P. M. It may not be true, but it is report- ed, that before the end of the present year that Miss Mande J. Roberts will be united in marriage to Attorney Al- bert B. George. Mr. Thomas Carey, 4497 Grand Boulevard, president of the Carey Brick Company and owner of the Hawthorne Race Track, will return home this morning from his winter home, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 S. Dear- born street, has bought a new home in the 38th block on Calumet avenue, which slie will move into shortly after Easter and rent out her place on Dear- born street. Frank L. Hamilton, former presi- dent of the Appomattox Club, has for the past week been confined in the ‘Wesley Hospital from the effects of serious illness. His many friends hope for his speedy recovery. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis will leave for Peoria Monday to attend the Tist Anniversary of Ward Chapel, A. M. E. Church. She will be the speaker of the evening, Wednesday, March 28, subject, ‘‘Problems.’’ J. W. Casey, agent for the Cran- ford Building, 3600 Wabash avenue, started on a trip to St. Paul and Min- neapolis, Minn., and other points in the Northwest last Friday, and he -was snow bound for four or five days be- fore he was able to return to Chicago. sa One Advantade. ae eee “So you have adopted a baby to raise?” we ask of our friend. “Well, it may turn out all right, but don’t you think you are’taking chances?” “Not a chance,” he answers. “No matter how many bad habits the child ‘may develop, my wife can’t say he in- herits any of them from my side of the house.”—Life. He Was Equal to It. A student who could not sound the letter “r” was given the following sen- tence to read: “Robert gave Richard a rap in the ribs for roasting the rabbit so rare.” He studied it in silence a minute, then glibly rendered it as follows: “Bobby gave Dicky a thump in the side for cooking the bunny so little.”— Albany Knickerbocker-Press. help from, the county insttatins waited on President MeCoriek a protested to him at the sume tne oy ing him not to certify the Colored ne and women who had won oat ia ty examinations as the White hep aj not want to work with them, President MeCormick made sigs work of their foolishness and rey prejudice and he simply said, “a gy White help in the county institating who feel that they cannot work wig decent Colored people are requested walk right up to the captain's of, and get their pay.’? And strange say that no one quit their position ‘That act alone on the part of Alin man MeCormick, who was bora aaj raised in Philadelphia, Pa, and who i not related to any of the other Ms Cormick families in this city; eatitis him ieee the vote of every Og ored mM and woman residing in ty sixth ward, for he is a tried and tne friend of the Colored people. PUTTING BUSINESS RIGHT WITH THE PUBLIC. 4 few years ago some big industria’ organteations and certain railrsis en. ployed business tacties which, acd. ing to the popular idea, would make the financial adventures of Puam, Morgan or Captain Kida look as ame teurish as the verbal exploits of Bobby Make-Believe. All are more or less acquainted with the details. We will concede that there were some glaring abuses, but the pub Me when it came to apply a remedy ig. nored the fact that these were pecai to comparatively few institutions el instead of tackling the trouble wher ft lay furiously assailed everything classifiable as business—the trust maz nate, the independent manufactut ready and anxious to obey the law, te smal] retailer, a law abiding and we ful citizen—the innocent and the gully suffering alike, Seeminsly the low was invoked not to regulate, but to pent cute. ‘There could be but one result. Bat ness was demoralized, and the wise country has felt the evil effects. Nor the public is beginning to reall i error and in a rather grudging wy making some concessions. Business is being permitted to set for itself, and a movement has bea stituted by the leading busines Da of the country under the title of tt National Industrial Conservation More ment for the purpose of repairing the damage that has been done. Nothit revolutionary is contemplated. Tw plan is simply to educate the publi by taking it into the business man's 6a @ence. Meetings will be held a tet ous trade and industrial centers i classes of citizens will be invited. ™ purpose of these meetings is to sive pablic a new and correct viewpolat # to the effects of drastic lesislation restriction of business on the prose ity of the country. Every effort wi be made to give the public a clear viet of the problems and difficulties whi beset business. Special favors are not sought thre these meetings, only fair play. Tt believed that once the citizen sm tthe situation his whole attitude tow ‘business will change and that be ‘readily co-operate towerd bringing about better conditions. Commercial and other civic organise ‘tons and the local press are ait ‘showing great interest in this ‘ment, and it is reasonable to — that much good will come from Industrial Conservation, ¥. ¥- Common Capitalists: very man or woman who posses a dollar or owns a set of tools 4 capitalist. People generally make 0 mistake of thinking that the only of apttal tn existence is the mii eurrency—the dollar, franc, rm mark, lire or pound sterling. Yetere body knows that many ® sacceett Peuloess, man's oly oviciaal <x was brains, knowledge, ability, 4% mination or ingedtits. 1 woul wwell for more people to recor truiam before abetting, cltber 57 5 tion or attitade, ceaseless efor 2 part of some political oF oe seekers, to hobble business net dustrial development. Soch is Bee of industrial patriotice which a in America.—Induatriat 00 Hom, New York. Monday Night, April 9th 8th Reg. Armory BENEFIT OLD FOLKS HOME OUTDOOR SHOWMEN GO ON RECORD FOR UPLIFT Endeavor to Check Unjust Attacks on Their Business. Sunday Sends Message. New York.—In these days of uplift movements the statement of the newly organized Association of the Outdoor Showman of the World that its chief purpose in life is to uplift and purify the outdoor show business has attracted attention. The association is a unique aggregation of outdoor show interests, embracing every variety of outdoor amusement enterprises, from the big exposition and circus to the fair, carnival and concession men, and the officers are carrying on a wide campaign to secure membership in all parts of the world. One of the outdoor showmen's announcements, made at the organization meeting and banquet at the Hotel Ascari, was that of President Frank P. Spellman, who in explaining the scope of the organization said that Billy Sunday had been invited to become a member and to attend the banquet, as it was recognized that "he is the greatest man of us all." Billy Sunday in acknowledging the letter of introduction said in characteristic fashion, "You fellows could go some for God if you would." "We have more practical objects, of course, than the ethical uplift of the outdoor show business," said President Spellman. "We propose to exert our influence to make certain that we get a square deal in the various state legislatures. We will have legal representatives in every city, and we will correct other abuses that we believe exist. We will endeavor to check unintent attacks made on the outdoor show business and to secure fair and equitable treatment. We believe the public will be with us in this campaign." LACE GROWS ON TREES Planta Product May Take Place of Mosquito Netting. New Orleans, La.-Lace grows on tiles on the isthmus of Panama, and the trees grow wild in the swamps. Dustin L. W. Richards of the steamship Norwalk brought a fine sample, but merely as a curiosity, but to induce us as to the probable utility of the树 or the tree in this section. When the bark of the limbs is stripped there are rolls of filmy substance and a texture very much like mosquito netting. The size of these layers increases with the size of the tree, the greatest being about a foot in diameter. The fabric is strong and can be sewn without tearing. the nails use the stuff in making nails. Captain Richards believes that by cultivation the trees may become very valuable, and if the lace lovers cannot be enlarged some process may be perfected by which they can be draped into a fabric which will make the finest mosquito bar and may even serve for summer raiment. UTATO PROFIT 108 PER CENT Here What South Jersey Farmers Earned on Their Stock. Woodstown, N. J.—Farmers are pro- spects, at least down in southern New York city, where a large percentage of New York city's potatoes are grown. The South Jersey Farmers' exchange did a 100 per cent stock dividend and an 8 per cent cash dividend. The exchange is a co-operative sell- ing organization, with 750 farmers as members. At its sixteen stations last 907 carloads of white potatoes were handled at an average price of 90 a bushel. It did a total business in 1916 of $1,087,347.70, with a net profit of $34,237.70. This was the big- gest year since its organization in 1900 Haute, Ind.-Mrs. Joseph Mar- child, wife of a miner east of the city, gave birth to triplets, and all are doing well. The mother is thirty-six years old and the husband forty-seven. A year after the mother gave birth to twins, still still live. The triplets make ten doubling children. BIG REAL ESTATE BARGAINS. Biggest bargain in the City. Fine interior, new baths, good light, convenient to 35th St., Indiana surface and Elevated cars—only $500 Cash down. Phone or write H. E. Evans, 517 E. 422d St. Phone Oakland 2726. FOR SALE FOR COLORED PEOPLE Beautiful 2 flat buildings, brick and stone, hot water and furnace heat, 5, 6 and 7 room flats. Located on the North side, in one of the best districts. Only two blocks to the Wilson Ave. and Evanston “L,” and the Broadway cars. One block to beautiful Sheridan Road, 2-blocks to the new Clarendon Bathing Beach. Convenient to the剧院, stores and churches. This neighborhood offers great opportunity for employment, many positions being open for janitors, porters, laundry work, etc. Prices range from $4,600.00 to $6,000.00. Small cash payments, balance like rent. For further information address—Julius F. Taylor, 6418 Champlain Ave. Phone Wentworth 2597. Designates Transcontinental Course as an Official Mail Route. Washington. — Delivery of United States mail by aeroplane will be a feature of the cross continental race planned for next June, as the route of the contest will be designated as an aerial mail route by the postoffice department. In accepting the Aero club's offer of co-operation the second assistant postmaster general, Otto Praeger, says in a letter read at the aeronautics exposition in the Grand Central palace, New York, by Alan R. Hawley, president of the club: "The field superintendents of the railway mail service have presented to the department thirty-seven practicable aeroplane mail routes. The postoffice department will appreciate it if you will designate a committee to co-operate with this bureau in making an investigation as to the designation of such cities in various states as aerial mail stations, where satisfactory landing places can be provided." SLATES MAY COME BACK High Price of Paper Forces Them Into Use In New Jersey. Pennsgrove, N. J.-Slates may come into vogue again in south Jersey schools, in spite of objections to them on sanitary grounds, as a result of the shortage and increased cost of paper. County Superintendent of Schools Dixon has already issued an order to pupils of the Salem county schools to use both sides of the paper in preparing written lessons. A number of organizations and church societies throughout this end of the state are collecting and selling old paper as an effective method of raising funds for their various schemes. The most systematic paper saving campaign in this part of the state is being conducted at the new Du Pont villages, where a salvage department has been established. Old paper is regularly collected in wagons, and presses have been set up for baling it into 100 pound bundles for shipment. BEAR IN RUSSIAN ARMY. Huge Animal Fights With a Regiment on French Front. Petrograd—Fighting with the Russian army in France is a huge bear from the Caucasian mountains, who seems to enjoy his sojourn on the French front fully as much as his masters enjoy theirs. He is the mascot of one of the Russian regiments that were transported halfway round the world from the Russian to the French front to show the solidarity of the allies. When the time comes for the bear's regiment to go to the front line trenches for its six days of duty the bear goes along. He keeps the all night vigils with the sentinels, and as there is nothing else to eat but the regular rations brought up from the rear he permits the soldiers to divide their share with him. COUGARS EATING DOGS. Live Canines as Bait Very Popular Among Mountain Beasts. Los Angeles.—John B. Miller, president of the Southern California Edison company, has encountered a problem which he did not consider when he built his country home in Liveoak canyon, north of Pomona, last summer. The problem is how to get rid of the mountain lions. It not only is worrying Mr. Miller, but threatens to spread to the county authorities for determination of the question whether or not live dogs may be used for bait. Reports from the Miller home were that the tracks of the lion were as large as a man's hand and that the distance it covered when it leaped on the animal killed was fifteen feet. Hannibal Gets Mark Twain's Chair, Hannibal, Mo.-A willow chair, which was Mark Twain's favorite seat, has been presented to the boyhood home of the humorist in Hannibal by Albert Bigelow Paine. Accompanying it was a photograph taken by Twain seated in the chair in 1000, upon which the humorist wrote: "This is my best Mark Twain." THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 24, 1917 Charles E. Stump in His Travels Through the South Visited Tuskegee Institute and Had a Pleasant Interview with Doctor Robert R. Moton Jacksonville, Fla.—Strange, yet it is true, you can never know a man or how much the people think of him until he is dead. That is true in this country, and is not applied to any particular race or people. Those who will say away with him, and will say all manner of things about you, will some day collect around your open grave and praise God for your life. This came to me March 13th as I stood over the grave of the late Rev. Matthew W. Gilbert, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church, Nashville, Tenn., and heard the man say "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes," and heard the dirt fall on the box in which was encased the casket holding the lifeless body of that great man. And he was a great man. It will be hard to fill his place. He was great because of his ability, because of his work, and because for what he stood in this world while here, and his name will ever live in the hearts of the people. Dr. Gilbert died in Nashville, Tenn., on March 5th, and was buried here in Jacksonville, because it is here where several children are buried and it is here, where he erected a monument 25 years ago in the shape of the Florida Baptist college, one of the best institutions in the south for the training of our children. It is a great thing to leave something in the world, that will keep alive your name, and the man who establishes an institution of learning has done something worth while. This name will live by the side of the late Booker T. Washington. In addition to this, he has left behind two sons, William Gilbert and Ralph, and that of course means that the family name will not die, and then there is a daughter, Miss Ruth Gilbert, who is a first class stenographer, and while she may marry, she declares that she will hold to the name Gilbert. She was devoted to her father, and loved him like she loved her own life. The widow is a woman of much learning and ability coupled with common sense. Ministers came from far and near, to be present at the funeral. Rev. John E. Ford, formerly of Chicago, preached the sermon, or delivered the funeral oration, and then consigned the body to mother earth, where it must remain until the resurrection morning. That will be a glorious day. He has lived well his life, and it is an example for others. I will not be able to enter into details about the funeral this week, but will let you know that I was present. My last letter to you was from the land of Vardaman, but I have jumped out of Mississippi and I am now in the land of flowers and sunshine, and I have been doing some riding before I got here. For from Aberdeen, Miss., I went to Montgomery, and saw a heavy rain storm, and left in the rain for Demopolis, Ala., a place I have never been before since I have been in the world, but it was a place worth going and there were things there worth seeing. My people in Demopolis are doing things, and some of them are just helping to put the town on the map. For instance Prof. U. S. Jones, principal of the public school, as a worker and educator stands second to none. Right by his side is to be found his wife, who is some educated woman herself, and is considered one of the finest musicians in this race. She has not been on the stage, for she got right down to real hard work when she had completed her education, and is today the director of the music in the public schools. Prof. and Mrs. U. S. Jones, live just like two little children and they are real happy. I was indeed delighted to look into their faces, and to see them, what they were doing for the young people. He said that he was glad to see me, and of course I was glad to see him, and that is some gladness believe me. The weather got real cold there, and I did not get out much on Sunday. I got out, but the people did not get out, because they stayed close to the fire, those who had any and the people who did not have fire went visiting. It caught many unprepared, because it had been so hot, and the cold did not come until Saturday night, and it was impossible then to get coal and wood, and if you did not have it you had to shake or go to see your friends. The churches were without coal, and while some could borrow, others did not. The A. M. E. church, had taken down the stove, thinking summer was on hand, and they held services in the parsonage. I saw some people and got some busy while in town, and when I left there, I went to Selma, Ala., to visit one great educator, Prof. R. B. Hudson, principal of the public school, and one of the best in the country, and secretary of the National Baptist convention, which position he has held for a long time and will continue to hold as long as he desires to hold it. He knows how to be a real secretary and his work is being done. While in the city, I was the guest of Selma University, Dr. R. T. Polard, president. It was to me a pleasure to be in this institution, and to see that large number of young people getting ready for real life and duty. They have a great plant there, and soon will start out to raise $15,000 for the purpose of getting out of debt. For a school to get out of debt, means that it is only getting out to go back again. I keep on going to these schools, I will come out with some education myself. I just go into the class rooms, sit down and look wise, hear what they are talking about, and that always gives me something new. In the ministerial class, under Dean Owens, and he is some educated preacher, I caught me a word like this, "Deamputurelus," and I am going to learn the meaning of that word and use it when I go back on my farm, to talk to my young mules, for it is the youngster who ought to know these big things. Getting away from Selma, a day was spent in school in Montgomery, Ala., and it was a real happy day for me, for I got to see something and to hear something. I got to touch the people and they touched me. I spent a whole day in the State Normal school there. Prof. John W. Beaverly, is at the head of the school and he is doing good there. He has been connected with the school ever since "Heck was a pup" and you know that noted dog lived to get so old that he died from old age, and did not take any kind of disease. Nearly a thousand young people were there getting education in the latest style and methods. All I need to do now is to just say to you that I went to Tuskegee Institute, and at once you see the late Booker T. Washington, and his successor, Dr. Robert R. Moton, and to see him, you see that prominent figure, Emmett J. Scott, the secretary of the institution, and the man who stood right by the side of Dr. Washington, and he is to be found by the side of Dr. Moton. Of course you will remember that Mr. Scott is also secretary of the National Negro Business League, which is to meet next August in Chattanooga, Tenn., and I am trying to get money enough to be right there on the job, telling about this farming business. Dr. Moton is a busy man, and as busy as any one man can be. His friends are anxious that he shall take good care of himself, and live a long time. We need these big men, the men of brain, the men of thought, the men who are truly representing our race, and who touch arms and elbows with the men of the other race, and then it is thought touching thought, and brain associating with brain. We are proud of our men. I will not discuss Tuskegee Institute this week, but will have something to say about it later, also about the National Negro Business League. I am told that Chicago is going to Chattanooga in large numbers. From Tuskegee, I went to Atlanta, and you know they have some schools there. I went to three of them, and then was sorry that I did not get to more. I visited Moorehouse college, Prof. John Hope a member of our race, president. He is the first member of this race to be president of that school and his success led to the appointment of Z. T. Hubert, at Jackson college. Then the election of John E. Ford, D. D., president of Leland University, and I am going to talk about that later. The 50th Anniversary of Moorehouse was celebrated last month. Atlanta University, one of the best known schools in the country, and right by its side is Spelman Seminary for girls. Now these two institutions have White presidents, and when I left them I went to Morris Brown, where I was again at home, because Dr. W. A. Fountain, Talks on HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. Dr. W. A. Driver 3300 So. State Street Phone Douglas 3617 THE AIR AND THE SUNSHINE Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious by the advent of spring. There is health in the very air and the sunshine of these days. The disagreeable cold of winter is past and now is the time to get out of doors and enjoy the wealth of nature's giving. Get out in the open early in the morning and walk out boldly forth to conquer the disease that lurks in the else quarters of the indoors. Take long walks and breathe deeply. Such action is better than any other substitute. It is the custom of some to take a spring tonic every year at this season; the best tonic is a natural product and nothing is capable of taking the place of fresh, cold, pure air and sunshine. When a medicinal tonic is indicated your doctor can be relied upon to give it. Best assured of that but no doctor will say that fresh air and sunshine are ever contraindicated. You can not get too much of either in these dandy days of the typification of the resurrection of life. is president of this school, and he belongs to my race, and it is the work of the A. M. E. church. They have a large student body there. Dr. Fountain is doing his work so well until his church will show their appreciation in the next general conference, by making him a bishop, and we will all rejoice. I have been doing so much going, and meeting so many people that I cannot tell it all in one letter. I have not had chance to mention Rev. Ernest Like many other French words relating to war and hunting, "marechal," in its older form "mareschal," is of purely Teutonic derivation in both its parts, and the word has had a curious history. Some words rise in the world with the passage of the centuries and others fall. This is one that from the very humblest of beginnings has come to great estate. The marshals do not owe their name to Mars, though they are his votaries. In the olden times they were about the humbleest men in an army—horse servants, or grooms. Then they advanced to the dignity of being horseshoers, and those highly respected artisans are still "marechals" in France, though "ferrants" has to be added to make their calling clear. And, while "marechal de France" is a magnificent title, there are also "marechals des logis," who are in cavalry regiments only what "sergeants" are in infantry regiments—Exchange. Gun Salutes In India The viceroy of India, as representative of the king-emperor, is entitled to a salute of thirty-one guns. This number had its origin in a mistake. Formerly he was entitled to twenty-one guns. When the time came, years ago, for allotting the salutes to the various native rulers of India the three principal of these vassal sovereigns—namely, those of Hyderabad, Mysore and Baroda—were each accorded twenty-one guns. It was discovered a little late in the day that the superior rank of the viceroy had been overlooked in the matter, and the necessity was pointed out of his supremacy over the vassal rulers being emphasized in the eyes of the natives. So instead of reducing the number of twenty-one guns that had been accorded to the three rulers in question the viceroy was given ten more guns and is today the only person in the world who is entitled to that altogether exceptional number of guns.—London Spectator. How Buffalo Bill Got His Name How Buffalo will get His Name. Many years ago, when the Union Pacific railroad was completed, the question arose as to how all the laboring men were to be fed on meat, as meat was thought necessary to make muscle. General W. E. Webb had the contract to feed the men, and in talking the matter over one day with some of his subordinates one of them suggested that he call in William Cody, then a famous government scout on the plains, to help solve the problem. Cody suggested that he be allowed to hire men and kill buffaloes for the railroad men. This plan was adopted, and Cody became later world famous as Buffalo Hill. In those days the buffaloes were plentiful that it is on record that more than one engineer had to stop his train until a herd had croused.—A. G. Herman in New York Sun. PAGE FIVE [Name] It is a mistake to sleep away the early morning hours. It is a mistake to wait until the dirt, dust and smoke have saturated the atmosphere before sauntering forth into the activities of the new born day. There is an indiscribable charm in the early air and sunshine of the budding day. It pays big dividends to invest an hour or two walking out leisurely early in the morning and listening to the chirp and chatter of the early birds who appreciate the golden health harvest in the sunshine and balmy air. Get the habit now and each morning respond to the invitation to get close to nature. Get out of doors and stay out as long as convenient. The joy of living will shine resplendent and your tasks will be easier and mind and body will attest to the benefits derived. Visit the park nearest you and if you cannot do that walk along the boulevard or into the woods or countryside. That is a species of richee within the reach of all who possess corporal freedom and the power of locomotion. Take on the new birth of air and sunshine as exemplified in our wonderful springtime. Hall, D. D., formerly of Illinois, but now pastor of the Liberty Baptist church. He is a scholar, an orator and a preacher. He put it in his heart and head. I could tell you about the Statesboro high and industrial school, but as I am going back there I shall then tell you about the teachers and the school. I have been to Savanah, Ga., and then on to this place. I will tell you about them later. I must stop here, because this letter is long enough. Are Anglo-Saxons conceived about their pre-eminence in matters of machinery? A book, "English and American Tool Builders" by Professor J. W. Roe of Yale, answers the question thus: "Practically all the creative work in tool building has been done in England and America. * * * The French have shown an aptitude for refinements and ingenious novelties. * * * The Swiss are clever artisans, but have excelled in personal skill. * * * Germany has developed splendid mechanics, but the principal machine tools had taken shape before 1870, when the empire began. The history of English and American tool building therefore covers substantially the entire history of the art." A Daring Voyage. The smallest boat to cross the Atlantic under her own sail was sailed by Captain Andrews. This craft was but fourteen feet long, but in it Captain Andrews crossed the ocean in 1891, landing at Palos, Spain. He traveled about Europe exhibiting his boat until the World's fair in Chicago, when he returned to this country and placed it on view there. He had previously made two unsuccessful attempts to cross the ocean. A Good Matte "We've got a good motto for our paper," said Kidder. "What is it?" asked his acquaintance. "What we have we hold." "Oh, I see! Referring to your circulation. By the way, I didn't know you were a publisher." "We're not; we manufacture fly paper."—Chicago News. Inhuman. "Gentlemen of the jury," said the lawyer for the plaintiff, "the defendant claims that when he ran over my client his car was going but three miles an hour. Think of the agony endured by my client when being run over as slowly as that!"—New York American. Very Thoughtful. Miss Askit-Did your husband smoke those cigars you gave him for his birthday? Mrs. Nuwed-He smoked one and said he would keep the rest to remind him of my kindness. Contrariness of the Sex "How was it your wife came to give up housekeeping?" "Just her contrary ways. First she broke down, and then she broke up."—Baltimore American. National Forest Lands On about 2,000,000 acres of national forest lands grazing by domestic stock is either entirely prohibited or is greatly restricted to provide range for elk. There is no gate into heaven except at the end of the path of duty.—Van Dyke. JAUD O1A THE BROAD AX Published Weekly In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Be- pulliens, Democrats, Catholies, Pro- testants, single Taxers, Priests, infid- els or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6418 Champlain Ave., Chicago, Ill. PHONE WENTWORTH 2507. 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. with the British Armies in France, via London. One of the most thrilling flying episodes of the war was recorded when the British observer in a two seated machine which had been damaged by German shell fire climbed out on one of the wings and steadied the airplane while the pilot brought it safely to earth. Two young aviators were leading an offensive patrol when an anti-air craft high explosive shell burst just behind the right lower wing of the airplane. The machine was completely riddled. Three of the stay booms were cut, one blade of the propeller was blown away and all the controls except the elevator were put out of action. The machine was further smashed by the broken propeller blade and became uncontrollable. Realizing the situation, the observer did not hesitate, but climbed out three-quarters of the way on the right wing tip in order to balance the machine. The air craft continued to fall in spirals, however, until it was about 2,000 feet above the earth. Here the observer succeeded in balancing it, and the machine glided down evenly. When about 200 feet from the earth a slight movement by the man on the wing caused the machine to spin again, but the pilot was able to control it when just ten feet above the ground, and the air craft landed with neither man injured. PLANS FOR TRAINING EASTERN CITIZENS Plattsburg to Have Four Camps Others at Portland and at Plum Island. New York—Major General Wood, commander of the department of the east, announces that training camps for civilians in the department will be held this summer at Plattsburg, Plum Island and Portland. The Plattsburg camp will be for the senior division and the other two for the junior division. The senior camp contemplated at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., is still under consideration. There will be four camps at Plattsburg—June 2 to July 1, July 7 to Aug. 5, Aug. 11 to Sept. 9 and Sept. 15 to Oct. 14. Men between eighteen and forty-five are eligible. Applicants from forty-five to fifty-five must obtain special permits to attend and do so at their own expense. The junior division for boys from fifteen to eighteen will hold two camps at Fort Terry. They will be from June 30 to July 29 and from Aug. 2 to Aug. 30. Two camps will also be held at Portland for the same periods. Plans are being made for a camp for negroes on Plattsburg lines. If 200 possessing the necessary qualifications apply for membership it is intended to begin instruction in June under the direction of regular army officers, assisted probably by noncommissioned officers from the crack negro regiments in the service. WOMEN CROSS HUDSON ON ICE Five From Highland Falls Make Perilous Trip In Safety. Albany, N. Y.—On a dare five young women, including Miss May Strebbling of Highland Falls, safely walked across the ice on the Hudson river recently, they jubilantly reported, from Highland Falls to Manitou, Putnam county. Although the ice could be heard cracking and rumbling in places, they hurried across safely. Few men have crossed the river south of Newburgh this winter on the ice, and no such ventures have been made by women. With Miss Strebbling on the risky trip were Miss Nora Connors, Miss Annie O'Malley, Miss May Fuller and Mrs. Mary Cook of Highland Falls. Prominent Youths Want to Serve Country In War. FRANKLIN K. LANE, JR., IS ONE Vincent Astor Some Time Ago Declared Willingness to Aid Defense—Admiral Deary Clares Aerial Patrol Should Consist of One Hundred Stations Along the Coast. Washington.—There has been the liveliest interest in aviation as a means of national defense and almost every day some prominent man signifies his willingness to aid his country by joining the aviation squad. It is only a short time since Vincent Astor, one of the wealthiest youths in the country, declared that he'd serve in the air brigade. Now, Franklin K. Lane, Jr., son of the secretary of the interior, is preparing for war at Newport News, Va. Mr. Lane is only nineteen years old. All over the country there has been intense interest in aeronautics. Rear Admirals Robert E. Peary and Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N., were the chief AIRCRAFT AVIATOR Photo by American Press Association. FRANKLIN K. LANE, JE., IN AIRSHIP. speakers at the "Congress and Aerial Defense day," observed at the pan-American aeronautical exposition recently. Charles R. Witteman spoke of a scheme whereby the regular Whitehead auto torpedo may be launched from an airplane as effectively as it is launched from a destroyer. Mr. Witteman said: "The aviator approaches his target from a great distance and high up in the air, and when say six or seven miles away he volplanes toward the water, runs above the surface of the water a short distance, heading toward his target and when ready simply pulls a lever. The action of pulling the lever releases the torpedo, which is rigidly held under the airplane, and at the same time throws back the starting lever, with the result that the torpedo falls into the water in the same way as if it had been dropped from a destroyer. "I received private information from Europe about a year ago that a lieutenant in the British navy made four flights over the land into the sea of Marmora in an airplane under which a Whitehead torpedo was secured and sank four Turkish vessels, using fourteen inch torpedoes weighing 731 pounds each." Admiral Peary said an aerial coast patrol should consist of 100 stations along the coast from San Diego to Cape Flattery and Eastport to Brownsville, from each of which aerial planes would patrol as far out to sea as 100 miles. DOG LOCATES BOY'S BODY. Faithful Animal Leads Searchers to Victim of Shooting. Carlisle, Pa.—After a party, headed by his father, had searched all night a faithful dog brought them to a point where Chester Nelson, aged seventeen, of Doubling Gap Springs had been accidentally shot. The boy went hunting for raccoons, and when he did not return a search was instituted. While the party were in the mountains the dog, which had accompanied the boy, met the party and led them to where his body was lying. The boy had found a raccoon, and in an effort to get it out of a hole in the rocks his gun had been accidentally discharged, the entire charge entering his heart and causing instant death. WOMAN GETS A FARM. Mrs. Reagan Went to California With Her Parents in 1853. Oroville, Cal.—"Once a pioneer, always a pioneer," said Mrs. Charlotte Reagan, seventy years of age, who proved up on a homestead claim near Blomer mountain recently. Five years ago Mrs. Reagan filed a homestead under the old law and since then has lived almost continuously on the tract of 160 acres. She has built a home, planted an orchard and developed an irrigation system. In addition, she has enrolled as a student in one of the correspondence courses of the University of California. Mrs. Reagan came to California with her parents in 1853. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. MARCH 24, 1917. SEEK MANY GIRLS Thirty-five Hundred Disappear Yearly In New York. ONE-HALF SEEM TO VANISH. Recent Search For Ruth Cruger Recalls Case of Dorothy Arnold and Others Police Assign Among Reasons Family Troubles, Failure at Business, Disappointed Love. New York.—B-z-z-z-z. It's the telephone on the lieutenant's desk at police headquarters. "Hello, _____," _____ is missing." The lieutenant jots down a few words, the description is flashed to every detective headquarters, and the search for "another missing person" is on. Ruth Cruler, pretty high school girl, was sought by the police. Leaving her home, happy and contented, she was swallowed up in the swirl of the great city and no clews to her whereabouts had been unearthed. Because her family is of prominence and because of her father's insistence the case was widely discussed and given much publicity, but the case of Ruth Cruler was only one of hundreds. Every year there are 3,500 missing persons in New York, according to police estimates. Most of the missing persons are girls—pretty, happy girls, youthful and of good home training. They are swallowed in the highways and byways of the mammoth city. Most of them never return, and the public hears of the disappearance of but very few. Dorothy Arnold went shopping on Fifth avenue one afternoon in 1910. No one saw her leave a certain shop she entered, and the four corners of the globe have been searched for her. They still seek her. Ruth Wheeler needed a job, and she answered an advertisement. Her battered little body was found days later, and a ne'er do well, Wolter, was later put to death for her murder. The hacked up body of Anna Aumuler was found in the river. Hundreds of anxious mothers and fathers viewed her body, believing it might be their daughter. Her slayer was also executed. These are but a few of the hundreds of missing. Why missing? Police answer-white slavery, lack of courage to face disgrace, failure at business, family troubles, broken faith, disappointed love, wanderlust and the lure of adventure. Do they come back? Police say of the 3,500 or more who disappear each year perhaps a little more than half return or are found. The other half? They seem to vanish. The telephone bell of the lieutenant's desk at police headquarters buzzes—another addition to the hundreds of missing. PITCAIRN ISLAND MAIL First Dispatch From United States by Steamship Australplain. Washington.—For the first time since its colonization in 1789 by mutineers of the British warship Bounty and Tahitian women Pitcairn island, a dot in the Pacific about midway between Panama and New Zealand, is to receive mail from the United States. The historic event is announced in the usual dry, formal mail notice as follows: "Postmaster Morgan advises that the steamship Australplain will sail from New York on or about March 15, 1917, via the Panama canal for Pitcairn island, being due to arrive there within twenty-five days of the date of sailing. He issues this notice in order that the patrons of the postal service may take advantage of this unusual opportunity for the expedition dispatch of mail for the place named." It is not likely that the mail to Pitcairn island will be a heavy one, since only one Pitcairn islander, Miss Emily McCoy, has ever visited the United States to make friends here. Miss McCoy left the island about fifteen years ago to study nursing. Probably she will be the only person in the United States to whom the mail service to Pitcairn island will be of interest. There are about 170 men, women and children on the island. INDIANS FORCED TO WED. Young Chippewas Rush to Judge to Avoid Arrest. Deer River, Minn.—This village was visited by a large delegation of young Chippewas Indians from the Bowstring country, who came to be married by Justice Cahill, in accordance with the ruling he made that he would give them a week in which to get married subsequent to many arrests by the sheriff of itasca county on complaint of the Indian agent at Bena. It is not the intention of the department, it is said, to interfere with the marital rights of the older natives who married years ago under tribal laws, but it is the younger members and in most cases the well educated ones, some of whom have college educations, the department officers are watching. Twins Run In the Family Evansville, Ind.-The sixteenth birthday of Elsie and Ethel Brady, who are the second of three pairs of twins in one family, was celebrated at their home at 1 Randall street. The mother of the girls is a twin sister of Mrs. Iora Young of Rockport. The younger sisters of Mrs. Brady are the third twina. $500,000 HOSPITAL IN TOKYO. Japanese Contribute $75,000 to New Mission Structure. Tokyo.—Announcement is made that the fund of $500,000 for the construction in Tokyo of the new St. Luke's International hospital has been completed at a luncheon given by the Japanese advisory council. The Japanese contributed $75,000, including $25,000 from Emperor Yoshihito. The remainder has been either contributed or pledged in the United States. The proposed hospital will replace the present St. Luke's hospital, which was founded by the American Episcopal mission many years ago and which has achieved a reputation throughout the far east. Dr. R. B. Teusler, its present director, will have charge of the enlarged institution, work upon which will be started as soon as a proper site is decided upon. The hospital will be international in scope. It is hoped later to add a training department for doctors and for nurses, and to that end an effort will be made to secure further assistance in the United States. The proposed hospital will probably be the most complete modern medical institution in the far east. HOLD AN ODD FUNERAL. Salvation Army Takes Charge of Obsequies For Victim of Diphtheria. Chicago.—A band of Salvation Army workers stood in the alley in the rear of a dilapidated house in the slums and sang "Lead, Kindly Light," "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and then knelt in the mud while the adjutant offered a prayer. Face pressed against the dugy window, stood a blind man and a tearful woman. As the prayer ended the basement door opened and a little white casket was quickly carried out, placed in a hearse and hurried away, unescorted, to a cemetery. Such was the unusual funeral accorded Josephine Tomaszewski, six, diphtheria victim. Her parents' home was quarantined because her two little sisters and one brother were ill from the same disease. The mother insisted upon a funeral ceremony for Josephine, and the Salvation Army hit upon holding it in the alley as the way of overcoming orders of the board of health against entering the house. BULING FAVORS TEACHERS. Justice Levy Sets Basis of Pay "Docking" For Absence. New York.-Schoolteachers absent from work in the past have been "docked" one twentieth-fifth of a month's pay for each day lost. Justice Aaron J. Levy of the municipal court ruled that the proper basis is to deduct 1.355 of a year's pay for each day's absence. His decision was returned in the case of Mary A. Broughton, teacher in public school 198, who lost eleven days' work because of illness in October, 1915. The decision also holds the signing of a receipt for pay "in full" is no bar to action for recovery. The battle is an old one which the teachers and principals have been waging against the board of education. Years ago they were "docked" only one-thirtieth of a month's pay for each day lost. William G. Willecox, president of the board, pointed out that under the Levy ruling the teacher could be absent 190 days, a full school year, and still demand almost half a year's pay. PHONES FUNERAL SERMON. Preached at Long Distance Because Storm Held Up Railways. Fond du Lac, Wis. — A funeral by long distance telephone was conducted the other day when the body of the Rev. Frank Millar of Oakfield was sent to its last resting place through the drifts about the village where Mr. Millar had been a pastor. The storms tied up all railroads leading to Oakfield from here, a branch line of a few miles in length, and with the main line in trouble no effort was made to resume traffic. The country roads were also drifted so deep that the village and countryside adjoining had been isolated for half a month. The Rev. Robert S. Ingraham of this city was to conduct the services over the body of his Methodist colleague, Ingraham being the district superintendent. Trying to reach Oakfield by road, he was stalled and worked his way back to the nearest farmhouse, where he arranged to read the service by wire. A listener at the Millar home took his words and repeated them to the mourners. RICHEST VILLAGE TO BE CITY. Glen Cove, N. Y., Votes to Incorporate In the Third Class. New York.—First steps toward the incorporation of the richest little city in the United States were taken when residents of Glen Cove, N. Y., in a test voted to incorporate the village as a third class city. The vote was more than two to one in favor of incorporation, which will include a population of 10,000. Glen Cove is considered the largest millionaire colony in Long Island. Among its residents are J. P. Morgan. J. T. Pratt, H. L. Pratt, G. D. Pratt. Captain J. R. De Lamar, Percy Chubb. H. W. Maxwell, Edward L. Young. Justice Townsend Scudder, F. W. Woolworth and Harvey S. Ledow. $50,000 For Two Daughters- Greensburg, Ind.-Issaac Sefton, one of Decatur county's wealthiest residents, presented each of his two daughters with valuable farm land as gifts. The gifts comprise 461 acres of land that is said to be valued at $50,000. CHINESE IN FRANCE CHINESE IN FRANCE Thousands Imported to Work In Munitions Factories. OTHERS EMPLOYED ON FARMS. Contracts Provide For Double Oriental Wages and Return of Bodies of Dead. Exportation Has Been Going on For More Than Year—Only Biggest Men Taken. Chicago.—The pick of Chinese skilled and partly skilled laborers is being sent from Tientsin, China, to France at the rate of more than 1,000 a week, and from Indo-China to France in at least equal numbers, mainly to work in French munition factories, according to a representative of one of the largest British manufacturing and trading concerns in China, now on a visit to this country. "They are carried over to France at the rate of between 2,000 and 3,000 a ship," he said. "It does not take a large ship to carry 2,000 Chinese, for they go practically as freight. A Chinese can flourish in a space that would hardly do a white man for his grave. "Only the best selected stock is going to France from Tientsin. A large # 1930年11月28日 上海电车公司 上海电车公司 上海电车公司 Photo by American Press Association. CHINESE WORKERS AT HAVRE, FRANCE percentage of the men are six feet tall. For the most part they are Chinese who have learned something about machinery in British mills and factories or in construction camps. Some are agricultural laborers, taken to France to increase food production. "The exportation of Chinese to France has been going on at Tientsin for considerably more than a year, and the number of Chinese now in France, including those from French China, is probably more than 100,000. "Before they can be induced to leave China these Chinamen all insist on a contract providing not only for their wages, which are small enough, but binding the French government to ship their bodies back to China for burial if they die in France. It also provides in detail for the apparatus of a Chinese burial. Every Chinese who dies must have a new set of clothing for his appearance in the future world and for the food which goes for the spirit of a Chinese of his class, from rice to roast goose and pig. He must be assured that other funeral ceremonies will be faithfully observed, such as the burning of a string of tinfoil imitations of Chinese money, the burning of a paper house, a paper chair or carriage. "In our factories in China we pay Chinese workingmen who have some mechanical knowledge $12\frac{1}{2}$ cents a day, American money. The contract which induces them to go to France provides for wages of 20 or 25 cents a day, and that is enough to recruit the Chinese as fast as ships can be found to carry them out." HE MADE GOOD. Man Released on Forgery Charge Is Now a Wealthy Landowner. Los Angeles, Cal.—Furnishing proof that he had made good since he was released on his own recognition thirteen years ago, after his arrest on a forgery charge, Charles Ross was given permanent freedom recently by Judge Willis and his case dismissed. Mr. Ross now is a wealthy landowner of Mexico. He was released by Superior Judge B. N. Smith in 1904 and told to get out in the world and make good. Philadelphia. - Wrinkles, the sixteen-year-old fox terrier of Professor Mauritz Leefson of Forty-fifth street and Osage avenue. West Philadelphia was buried recently in Fred Triblet's animal laboratory. 1718 South South Side. It was an auto funeral. Wrinkles had four trips to Europe, knew how to many West Side residents. The burial was in a rattan burying chamber. BOY SCOUTS TO PLAY A PROMINENT PART IN WI C. H. Livingstone Says Half Million Are Available For Various Duties. Washington.—In the Boy Scouts of America the country has a well trained "peace army" of 220,000, backed by reserves of 350,000 "veterans," the former well qualified to take the place of police in guard duty, to give "first aid" and to do the work of older men in many things, and the latter particularly well qualified to serve their country in any capacity required of a citizen, according to Colin H. Livingstone, president of the national council of the Boy Scouts of America. "The Boy Scouts of America is not a military organization," said Mr. Livingstone. "Primarily its aims are character building and citizen making. Our boys get an outdoor training, and with them it is a case of playing soldier in the field and camp, getting a handy training for the duties of citizenship, building up health and mind. "I told the boy scouts of Buffalo recently that they were part of a militia of service. In the event of war they will perform all the services that can normally be expected of them. For instance, they will be able to relieve the police of guard duty over waterworks, reservoirs, public buildings, bridges, and so on. They will look after families whose heads have gone to war and help relieve any suffering." WANTS DOCTORS, TOO, TO PREPARE FOR WAR Medical Journal Tells of Qualities Needed in an Efficient Military Surgeon. "If War Comes" is the heading under which the New York Medical Journal says editorially: "Modern warfare demands the complete mobilization of every resource of the countries involved. Defeat is the price paid for unpreparedness, and the conquered pays the bills for both sides. Therefore it pays to be prepared. Every war in which the United States has taken part, has accentuated the necessity for and the deplorable lack of preliminary preparation. "Surgeon General Lovell in his report for the year 1817 says of the war of 1812: "There could be little doubt that where one man had died from improper medical treatment ten had been destroyed from want of a knowledge of the many duties peculiar to an army surgeon." The same comment could have been made at the close of the civil war and of the war with Spain. "In no direction is preparedness more important than in the medical departments of the army and the navy. The public and a large part of the medical profession erroneously assume that be cause a man is a qualified medical practitioner or surgeon he will therefore make an efficient medical officer. This is not true. The military surgeon is much more than an efficient surgeon or a competent practitioner. He must also understand sanitary tics; he must be familiar with the organization of the medical department and know how to handle men and material. Without this knowledge he cannot perform the full measure of his duties. "Therefore every patriotic physician should at once enroll in the medical department of the reserve officers' corps, where he can learn the essentials of military medicine by devoting a few hours a week to home study without interfering with his practice. Then when the need comes he can serve his country acceptably and with credit to himself and his profession. Applications for enrollment in the corps should be addressed to the surgeon general of the army, Washing ton." GIRL WOULD BE SOLDIER Writes a Letter Asking to Enlist in the United States Army. Muncle, Ind.—The following letter has been received by Sergent Joseph R. Finney of the local recruiting station: Union City, Ind. Captain Finney, Army Recruiting Office Muncle, Ind.: Dear Sir—I sent in my application to the army recruiting office several months ago and will write you about it. I wish to join the United States army. Whatever way you may see fit to use me, I shall be willing to give you my best service. My present position is in a grocery store. Now, if it is any way to use me let me know. If it is to on the firing line I am willing even to go there. Hoping to hear from you soon. am, sincerely yours, MISS MINNIE HARMON. R. R. 2, Union City, Ind. Sergeant Finney, after an investigation, said the young woman who sent the letter is a pretty girl who clerks in a country grocery near Union City and that she is in earnest about desire to be a soldier or to enter the army in any capacity. Sergeant Finney has written to her that he has not the authority to enlist women for any pose, but that she might find army work with the Red Cross association. White Negro Called a "Hoodoo Hot Springs. Ark.-Claiming he is a "hoodoo" and practices sorcery, an old negro was given five days to leave the town of Earle, Ark., by three negroes, who recently beat him and pursued him through the streets with brooms. Their belief is said to be based on the fact that the old man's skin has covered white, except for a streak about the eyes, giving him an uncanny look. | re) i pe cal wor General Leonard Wood’s Wife Is Also Busy. goTHER oF TWO BOYS. ute Reputation a8 ‘& Hostess Wh ar Husband Was Military Gace og cobs, and 1s Now Enthusiastic font Red Grons Works , yr: Woot's positon in Cuba when pe general WAS military governor of © Sand was unique, and her oppor iy t0 obverse conditions and to fais the character of the Cubans as eidnals a rare one. Here ts what weace said alout the Cubans: pes are a Very 200d Sort of peo- pe indeed, 215 in the United States ge ive pot understood. Among the > we hs 8 ~~. : Py i. ‘ 4 oe aio by American Press Association. RR RS ggvated are as charming men and waen as oue Would meet anywhere. oi their feelinz toward the United fate is extremely friendly. Indeed, tismore than that, Lecause there is isncere gratitude at the bottom of £ Bot how can they feel otherwise erall that our government has done fe them?" Itis easy to icliove the testimony of reers that Mrs. Wood was a thor- ily tactful hostess in her Santiago ime. Above ull, she is a devoted ad- tire of her hiisiand. Ms. Woot’: personality is all her om, vhile he: social adaptability 1s dectes pavily due to her training Sst gil in tye <ocial life of Washing- tas dplow:tie eivetes. ix Woot has many points of per- sail attraction. She is tall, with a sm lulls deue that suggests ath- ic tastes: !or face in repose is keen- Fistelicest and when she smiles is Bat attractive: she has good, honest By etes qd plenty of soft, reddish bora his. Eis prohaliy because of Mrs. Wood's fee, determinvition and executive ea- ity that the report of her being an ‘tonplished medical student arose in tte. She vievtares, however, that she bad no medical training, ‘is not @ ere woman and has never consid- fede profession of any sort. Ia the cut Mrs, Wood wears a ster- {Sei sown, worn as she made band- ‘8s for the New York division of the hi Cross. To Keep Liquids, Spe juice, zinger ale, fruit Juice or &kind of |ujuid of like nature may Heiept for anny period if Iaid upon its or piace bottom up, ‘Thus if the Mid covers ihe cork, the moisture Weep tiie cork expanded and there Mle no ron for the air to find its Win and ruin it, T remove siains from earthenware fies and pistes caused by putting fea in tiie oven, soak in strong borax i bot wa: To ship a irror without breaking ie arrow strips of paper ally sc" ss the glass, ‘This breaks Sriirstion ool prevents the damage Met often re its, Whe weiss ¢ molasses for cooking Rms four the scale well and the Miasse. 0 off quite easily. 5 Mo-k Pin Tucks, 2 eee. « von's clothes, lingerie € foe io od imitation of pin Rts mar {> cicained by machine ttehine, ssary to use about OFe8 thread: che bobbin and as fine Wthread as 1 the needle. Stitch Me nsierint os si'0 wrong side, letting Be eeatss thie} ome on the right. i this eoss heen whieh 1OOKs Be te pin - nd ft is ever so Rieter (0. Tt might be « good en Wenn the inate ee: very Bey in = work. Spanich Macarena. ey hens . Fry ontons fn a hethatter ve oil until brown; wt! tiene of Worcestershire S822 tblesroontal of chil pow Bits tie capt of need wists “ates, salted, and cook wn- neue about twenty-five minutes. wee ottined macaront tn a. bate = sctine dish and pour the onions Pace Scan ce tonctocs orer he” mee Sprinkle with grated te one ® half hour in a mod- DRAPED SKIRTS, Beart Sear T ‘The Peg Top Has Brought In Tassels and Jackets. ‘The really, truly newest yet in sil. houette is that affected by the draped skirt, worn with flowing sleeves, ball fassel sash ends and wide spreading How this type of skirt is devised is interesting. It looks like a straight, rather narrow skirt, cut extra long, then just looped up on each side to shorten it to the required length, giv- ing a puffed effect that somewhat re sembles the barrel, the peg top, or ‘Whatever you care to call the side in- flated appearance of some of the new skirts, Tassels form the finish for the drap ing of these skirts, and the effect is really pleasing, especially when the fabric is one that drapes softly. An interesting model of this type re- cently seen was a fine dress serge, decorated with a twelve inch banding of hand embroidery, done in a con- trasting color, the tassels being of the embroidery color. Following ini the trend of the draped skirt is the flounce skirt, with a close fitting under or drop foundation. And then the long, tunic skirt, with flaring Pockets on each hip. ‘Then there is the straight, gathered skirt, flaring at the hem; then a straight line skirt, not more than two yards and many times less than this, with a short, fall tunic, either plaited or gathered. Some straight skirts hve a cute lit- tle apron tunic, plaited and set across the front of the skirt. Other straight skirts have an apron tunic effect back and front, the back apron being longer than the front. Next comes, quite as a matter of course, the perfectly slim, straight skirt, close and trim and fashionably short, a fitting mate for the slim, straight jacket with which it is de- signed to be worn. A MUSHROOM GROWTH. Natty Hat For Next Month Is Here Il- lustrated. 7 Mushrooms in cherry chip straw are considered nonpoisonous this spring. This one is faced with cherry faille, Le vr ee Lo ee a 6 6UCUCTlCl jpeg co a Pe eo # ae ee CF ee Po ee rr Yh UO i i\e @ fF =e RS | Pe oe . - 5» ‘UNCLASSIFIED BOTANY. while the crown is appliqued with bell shaped flowers in gay contrasting shades, done in loose buttonhole stitch. FOR BIRD LOVERS. Hints About the Care of Your Canary Each Day. Canary birds are a joy when they sing and such comfort for a home- maker when she is alone, but they surely make a great deal of muss. ‘Most women find that the cages really should be cleaned every day and the floor under which they hang brushed ‘at the same time. If several pieces of paper cut the shape of the bottom of the cage are used the cage will only have to be cleaned once a week. Bach day lift the top piece of paper out, and the next piece will be spotless. ‘A good plan which bird lovers often use is to make a bag for the cage. ‘This bag may serve a double pur- pose if wanted. Make it long enough to fit the entire cage, so that it may be tied all over at night to protect the birdie from the glaring light and cold. In the day this same cover may be tied about the middle’ of the cage. It fs held in place by a drawstring. ‘This prevents the bird from throwing the seeds on the floor, Marquisette ‘and dotted swiss are good materials for this purpose. , . The Linoleum Rug. If you have an irregularly shaped Kitchen and rent your house instead of owning it do not try to cover the en- tire kitchen floor with linoleum. Prob- ably it will not fit the new kitchen ‘when you move, and it is rather expen- sive to have ft cut to fit the kitchen where you are. Instead, have a large Mnoleum rug made, just as you would have in any other room, and have it ound with dark tape. Leave a border around it two féet or so, and have this fled and finished so that the floor can be wiped with a mop and dusted. Pastel Shades In Voile. ‘Among the daintlest dresses for wear at semitropical resorts or for summer are those made of fine cotton voile in pastel shades and in white. ‘Tan, Copenhagen blue, gray, wistaria, beige and light rose are taking well. In straight line styles white with touches of hand embroidery or bead- ing in soft colors is also selling freely. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 24, 1917. re ite FOR YOUNS FOLKS | ustesr woror toss. er | This Commanding Coat Is Sleepy Time Story About the Ear- dust the Thing For the Car. : Fern ly Life of a Forest Tree. | Practrats pa eee — and cap, the latter of blue velours HOW THE SEED WAS PLANTED | Waterproof cloth set off with a dr: ae | ree Many of,Its Comrades Had Planned In| 2-3) —_ ‘Advance What They Were Going to| (3) (imam Do, but Most of Them Perished—Good | s Work of a Squirrel | P| Well, said Uncle Ben to Little Ned h t ed agd Polly Ann, tonight I am going | , tell the story of y | THe irre acorn. ‘| | ee Once there was a beautiful big oak tree. It grew in the woods, and it was the only oak around there. ‘The oak was lonely, and so when fall came and the little acorns went pat- tering to the ground each was anxious to hide in a nice, safe place, so that when spring came they might send up little green shoots and grow up to be oak trees themselves, Each little acorn as it swung on its branch looked about carefully for a nice place in which to fall. “I'm going to drop right in the midst of that pile of leaves,” said one. “The leaves will keep me warm when the Winds blow and the snows fall, as they say they do in the winter.” “I am going to fall in the midst of that bank of soft earth. ‘Then I can work my way down into the soil,” said another acorn. “I shall choose that marshy place over yonder.” said a third acorn. Every acorn had something to say except a little thing that grew on the lower limb. There wasn’t much choice for him. Ry and by when the wind loocened his hold on the tree all he couid do would be to fall on the rocks. ‘There he had little chance of finding + place in which to grow, and there, without a cover, the first frosts of win- er would pinch him to death. The ‘ther acorns did not even think it worth while to ask him where he meant to fall. One morning the biggest aco gave a groan. “There's a squirrel coming up the tree," he said. And the tree began to shake so that the squirrel could not climb up and steal the acorns. The little gray squirrel had just got as far as the lower limb, and he grabbed the first acorn he could see and darted down the trunk with it. He ran to the little hole he had dug in the ground and popped the acorn in. But the squirrel did not bother going back to the tree that was so hard to climb, After awhile the other acorns began to drop off, but the pile of leaves blew away aad left that one to freeze. An- other found the soil that looked so soft very hard to pierce, and a third rotted in the swamp. When the spring came the only one that was alive was the acorn which the squirrel had buried in his little cel- lar and forgotten to dig up. That acorn sent up a little green shoot, which became a tall sapling and in time an oak tree, the pride of the forest. An Interesting Pair. Recently there was held a great dog show in New York city. It is one of the largest and most popular held any- where and there were on exhibition dogs of every imaginable breed. Large 4 Re law ety : Zz = - we os. oe Re po Pr SS SS ee Photo by American Press Association. LITTLE GIRL AND HER PET. dogs and small dogs were there to be seen, Some won prizes and others did not, to the grief of their owners. Among the happy ones at the show was little Miss Iris de la Torre Bueno, whose Pekinese Alcelias Chum Chum, won a ribbon. Their pictures are here shown. ‘Those Glees and Glums Again. “Now,” said the Glums, “it's a dark, rainy day, and we'll just make little girl and little boy dull and cross!” “No, you won't,” answered the Glees, ‘who happened to overhear the conver- sation. “We're just on the way to the nursery ourselves, and we're going to remind them of @ whole lot of merry, pleasant things to do!”—Philadelphia Record. Charade. Before your relatives place a tree: In astonishment you may ask, ‘What is the meaning of this I see? Behold it is naught but a cask. Answer: Fir, kin—Firkin. LATEST MOTOR TOGS. _ This Commanding Coat Is dust the Thing For the Car. Practical and attractive are coat and cap, the latter of blue velours and waterproof cloth set off with a draped Pea joe ee eae Cie. ei a gee eee : fay @ # Bee ee ia 13) Neer iGa Co ae 7 a + ‘ ca a poe ccs ee i REAL SERVICE. chiffon veil. The military cape is espe- cially effective, and please note how slyly the veil is coutingd from breezes by the belt strap. HOW TO MAKE BATH BUNS. As Well as a Resipo For Sweet Milk ei he ak To make bath buns take one pound of dry, sifted flour, one cake of com- Pressed yeust, half a cupful of luke warm milk, balf a cupfu! of sugar, three-quarters of a cupful of softened butter, a pinch of salt, grating of lem- on rind, four eggs. Soften the yeast in the liquid and stir it into the flour to make a sponge. Add the other in- gredients, knead for half an hour, add more ‘flour if required, but keep the dough soft. When risen to double its bulk in a covered pan in a warm place shape into balls, brush over with sugar dis- solved in milk and bake for about twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Brush over again and sprinkle with crushed Iump sugar. Stand in the oven again until well glazed. Here, too, is a recipe for sweet milk rolls: Take half a pound of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, a pinch of salt, one ounce of butter, a teacup- fol of cold milk. Sift flour and baking powder and salt together. Rub in the butter with floured fingers, mix with the milk, add a dessertspoonful of sug- ar, make into rolls, bake at once. Brush over with milk when half baked and then finish. Te Know Good Linen. ‘There are many persons who do not know how to distinguish between the two qualities of linens. A microscopte examination of the two qualities shows that the needle cutting through the chemically bleached linen leaves broken and ragged threads. A punc- ture of the needle in the grass bleach- ed linen shows that the needle simply separates the threads by passing be- tween them. In one case the threads are bent, and in the other the threads are broken. The fibers of the chem- {cally bleached linens are uneven, brit- tle and inferior; the fibers of the grass bleached linens are practically unim- paired, so that when the needle 4s withdrawn and the cloth rubbed and pulled the threads of the latter resume their former position, and the cloth will be as gocd as ever. Me EF EE Ee er q a ¥¢ PATCHWORK QUILT OF SILK. ne re cae wé One may start a silk pateh- 1 % work quilt or a cotton one, but % %¢ the former is easier to make be! #¢ cause of the softness of the silk. w Scraps cut from old dancing w frocks of taffeta or satin in Mf w pastel colorings make very dain- w ty quilts. * ~ One charming quilt of this % @ kind was evolved from a cast- W off evening coat of pink faille # # in a delicate morning glory %% w shade and a discarded dance # W frock of rose flowered pussy wil- i w low taffeta. The pattern was # w done in blocks, flowered and w plain silks cut in triangles and % # the blocks joined with strips of # w pink satin ribbon, Such a quilt # ye should be lined with plain color- # ed thin silk and a sheet of cot- w ton wadding laid between. % ~ * SWEET PEAS NOW The Time to lant Them Has Al- most Arrived. EVER TRIED THE TRENCH? Hasten Germination by Soaking the Seeds In Warm Water and Try Put- ting the Seeds In a Pit That Has Been Well Fertilized. (Prepared by Kansas State Agricultural College.) Now is the time to plant the sweet peas. These flowers are easily grown if the soil is properly prepared and good seed is used, according to M. F. Ahearn, professor of landscape gar- dening in the Kansas State Agricultur- al college. “Germination may be hastened by soaking the seeds in warm water be- fore planting,” said Professor Ahearn. “The trench method is considered the most successful way of planting. The trench should be from six to eight ineb- €3 deep and a foot wide. ‘The bottom of the trench should be turned and well rotted manure worked into it Firm the soll ‘and plant the seeds. in the bottom of the trench in two rows six inches apart, one seed to an inch in the row. “The pit should be left open until the plants appear and filled gradually as they grow. This encourages the de- velopment of long roots and gives the plant the ability to withstand the hot summer months, If the weather is cold when the plants first appear the pit should be partly filled with dry leaves to protect them until the warm weather. Thin the plants to a dis- tance of three inches. “A trellis should be provided for the vines. It may be made of wire net- ting, crossbars being nailed between the uprights for support. A netting that sags causes injury to the vines and is unsightly. The trellis should be from four to six feet high. The tips of the vines should be clipped when they attain a height of six feet. More blooms will follow each picking.” HELPFUL HINTS. Some Tips to Encourage the Spring Bride's Housekeeping. When making starch try mixing the starch with cold water and pouring this into the boiling water. Boll the usual time, and if used when warm will not need to be strained. If sheets are wrung first by the sel- vage and next by the hem there will be no more bother with selvages turning in when you iron them. If a teaspoonful of saleratus is added to the water in which onions are cook- ing and the water poured off and new added and this is repeated after they have cooked a short time longer, you will find onions more tender and di- gestible. ‘Try baking your pork chops, sausage and bacon. No more tiresome turning them over and saves the stove from being covered with grease. You will find that the fat that cooked out of them 1s clear and can be used in a great many ways. To make oranges juicier and sweeter pour boiling hot water over them and let stand for half an hour. SISTER GOES CALLING. Picturesque Gown For the Twelve- Year-Olds. Navy and green plaid taffeta is the fabric used for this boxy jacket shirred jon to a yoke and the shirred skirt. EZ ESE ee a Ors eS S 4 . le : oe | See ie RE ae. Sanaa Pe i Af ae ey, eae ee ee de aS yey Pcl yn es eo fF is ae: ae mu Be . oe ey . a Pex PROUD OF IT. Grownup touches are lent by the ecru batiste collar and vestee edged with creamy val lace. Palm Leaf Beaded Stockings. Stockings having the Paisley palm embroidered with crystal beads are novel and were worn first at Nice this winter. These stockings were of sheer black silk and colored crystal beads were used for the Paisley palm, which appeared on either side of the instep. PAGE SEVEN PIQUANT STYLE. This Spring Mode For the Real Spring Maid. Navy blue pussy willow satin put up with a finely box plaited skirt and a suggestion of hip drape, which never OS aS Py t7? ¥ S are | JS . A Ae ‘ | ié i | : ,. | zu | ae = SURE OF HERSELF. theless destroys none of the straight lines, is here featured. Georgette crape gives the girlish waist, and hand em- broidery in metal. threads adorns the ene) ek YOUR BEDROOM. New Ways of Freshening Up the Same Old Spot. No matter how attractively one’s bedroom may be furnished one cannot help growing tired of one’s surround- ings. Then, too, as the season changes from extreme cold to extreme warm weather it is advisable to change the furnishings of the bedroom. For many Years cretoune and sprigged materials have been chosen for the summer hangings and coverings. According to predictions, plain chambray will be ‘sold extensively next summer. An example displayed in an artistic shop showed the bed cover, bolster sham, rest pillow, covers for dressing table and chiffonier and hangings for the window of blue chambray, combined with white, The bed cover, or spread, being the largest piece, showed more white than any of the other pieces. In fact, the spread was of white sheet- ing, fringed along all its edges. On the center was appliqued a square of blue chambray, which was embroider- ed in white. A noticeable point about the blue square was that the hem was turned up on the right side and held down with white tape, which looked Yery much like white seam binding. If one desires to make the set a little more elaborate hand crocheted lace or imitation cluny might be used to edge the various articles. Old rose, pink green or yellow cham- bray would be equally as effective as the blue. If you will begin now to make a set you will have plenty of time to do the work, and the result ‘will be better than if {t is done in a hurry. Think of the joy you will ex- perience if you will be able to produce ‘@ complete set for your bedroom or Your guest room when spring house- ‘cleaning is over and the winter drape- les are put away. Pockets Are a Feature, In fact, principally in the pockets Hes the Fariety of the sport suits and separate sport skirts. There are cres- cent pockets which start from the waistline down. There are also patch pockets of any shape your fancy can imagine and of considerable size, enough always to be conspicuously decorative, or if you can invent a new pocket for a sport suit so much the better. Otherwise the skirts seem to be made with two or three seams and of striped, coin spotted or plain goods. Plain short coats of rajah or tussore have their collars and coat fronts faced with a contrasting color, as sol- ier blue coat faced with ivory white. Waistcoats of Every Sort, Waistcoats of all kinds, shapes and materials are being worn. Two very attractive ones are of Chinese embroid- ery, one of black satin having a wide edging of the embroidery. Imitation caracul is worn, too, but the effect of this is rather heavy.’ On the whole, the most effective waistcoats are those of the embroidery. ‘The Fichu Is Back ‘The fichu style in neckwear has been revived and shows a novelty made of black tulle edged with fur. This piece of neckwear takes the form of a deep sailor collar in the back with fichu ef- fect in front, crossing over at waistline and tying on side front, forming long sash ends. TEENAN JO TEENAN JONES' PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 41591 The finest and the BUFFET and CA Side. First-Class HENRY "TEENAN Residence 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 313-329 Reaper Block Clark & Washington Sts. Phones Central 239 Auto. 41-916 CHICAGO finest and most UP-TO-DATE ET and CAFE on the South First-Class Entertainers. Y "TEENAN" JONES, Proprietor. The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY "TEENAN" JONES, Proprietor. PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4183 AUTOMATIC 33-786 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7900 M. Farmer NNEY AT LAW 84 WASHINGTON ST. LIC CHICAGO Phone Main 2017 Automatic 32-395 A. L. WILLIAMS Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARYPUBLIC CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 West Randolph St., Chicago Suite 708 Delaware Building Tel. Central 3142 FRANK DUNN T. B. McCAHEY Trustees Established 1872 TEL. OAKLAND 1650, 1651, 1652 JOHN J. DUNN WOLESALE COAL RETAIL Fifty-First and Armour Avenue RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and Armour Ave. Chicago Spr One day it is balmy and goes out— The next day it is cold you have suffered enough comfortable, you start the Whether you let your car constantly burning, the cost unsatisfactory and uncommon of temperature is dangerous The way to keep healthy discomforts of Chicago S. gas heater always handy—will begin to warm up a car be turned off in a second. We have gas heaters to suit all pocketbooks. This to anyone purchasing the cost only $1.95. Larger house connections included. For fireplace equipment Humphrey "Radiantfire" and economical appliance known as "The Opal Fire." For factories, offices, the Gasteam Radiator is just the complete heating plant required is gas. All the above appliance monthly installments. Talk this matter over with experts. If you cannot call on you. Ask for Wabas House Heater The Peoples Gas Line Central 3142 Trustees Established 1877 AND 1550, 1551, 1852 Chicago Spring Weather The day it is balmy and beautiful and the furnace out— The next day it is cold and dark and dreary. When have suffered enough and become thoroughly unfortable, you start the fire again. Whether you let your coal fires go out or keep them constantly burning, the cost is excessive. Besides being satisfactory and uncomfortable, this constant change temperature is dangerous to health. One way to keep healthy and happy and defeat the comforts of Chicago Spring Weather is to have a heater always handy—ready for use. A gas heater begin to warm up a room in one minute and can turned off in a second. We have gas heaters to meet all requirements, and all pocketbooks. The smallest one we give away have purchasing the hose and connections, which only $1.95. Larger heaters can be had from $5.50, connections included. For fireplace equipments we recommend the new Sphrey "Radiantfire"—a most beautiful, effective economical appliance. This equipment is also known as "The Opal Fire." For factories, offices, stores, churches and halls a team Radiator is just the thing. Every radiator a delete heating plant in itself. Only connection needed is gas. All the above appliances can be paid for in small only installments. Talk this matter over with some of our house heating units. If you cannot call on us, telephone and we call on you. Ask for— Wabash 6000 House Heating Section Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Chicago Spring Weather One day it is balmy and beautiful and the furnace goes out— The next day it is cold and dark and dreary. When you have suffered enough and become thoroughly uncomfortable, you start the fire again. Whether you let your coal fires go out or keep them constantly burning, the cost is excessive. Besides being unsatisfactory and uncomfortable, this constant change of temperature is dangerous to health. The way to keep healthy and happy and defeat the discomforts of Chicago Spring Weather is to have a gas heater always handy—ready for use. A gas heater will begin to warm up a room in one minute and can be turned off in a second. We have gas heaters to meet all requirements, and suit all pocketbooks. The smallest one we give away to anyone purchasing the hose and connections, which cost only $1.95. Larger heaters can be had from $5.50, hose connections included. For fireplace equipments we recommend the new Humphrey "Radiantfire"—a most beautiful, effective and economical appliance. This equipment is also known as "The Opal Fire." For factories, offices, stores, churches and halls a Gasteam Radiator is just the thing. Every radiator a complete heating plant in itself. Only connection required is gas. All the above appliances can be paid for in small monthly installments. Talk this matter over with some of our house heating experts. If you cannot call on us, telephone and we will call on you. Ask for— Wabash 6000 House Heating Section The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company KINKY HAIR Atlanta, Ga. Exelento Med. Co. Gentlemen. I picture shows you what you fine. EXELENTO QUININE POAMAGE has done for my hair. Before I used it, my hair was not so coarse, and now it is 24 inches long, and so soft and silky that I can do it up any way, until it CELLA GREER. Tours truly. Don't let some fake Kink Remover fool you. You really can't straighten your hair until it's nice and long. That's what EXELENTO QUININE POAMAGE Does, removes Dandruff, feeds the Roots of the hair, and makes it grow long, soft and silky. After using a few times you can tell the difference, and after a little while it will be so pretty and loved that you can it up to suit you. If Exelento don't do we claim, we will give your money back. 25c by mail on stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Write for Particulars. EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- --- PAGE RIGHT Office Phones: Res. 5133 Ss. Wabash Ave. Oakland 6062, Ante. 73-058 Phone Dresel 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 Automatic 32-395 Phone Main 2017 Residence 5548 Jefferson Av. Phone Midway 5515 Chicago A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St., Chicago Suite 615 to 616 PHONE MAIN 2214 THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MARCH 24, 1917. The Starvation Point The Starvation Point. To the question, "If there were a siege, how long do you think the soldiers and civilians could live after the food supplies gave out?" an English paper answers: Science tells us that if he can get drinking water an ordinary man can exist for thirty days without food. At the end of that time the machinery of the body will not be spoiled and can be brought back to its former strength by careful feeding. About a quarter of our body weight is fat, and it is mostly this fat that is absorbed as food during the period of starvation. We can absorb and burn up our muscles until 60 per cent of their weight is gone. We can do the same with from 30 to 40 per cent of our livers and digestive organs and 20 per cent of our lungs. Our hearts can lose 10 per cent and our brains and nervous systems can lose 5 per cent. It will be seen that the more vital organs—brain and heart—yield least of their valuable substance for the life of the body, while the less essential substances—fat, muscle fiber, etc.—are consumed first. Don't Be Afraid of Work. Don't be Afraid Charles M. Schwab, the well known master of Bethelhem steel works, has no more patience with the man who works by the time clock than has Adam Bede with his fellow workmen who dropped their tools at the sound of the whistle. In his book "Succeeding With What You Have" he writes: "I have yet to hear of one instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. Not long ago a man was promoted in our works. How did you happen to advance this fellow? I asked his boss. 'Well,' he explained, 'I noticed that when the day shift went off duty this man stayed on the job until he had talked over the day's problems with his successor. That's why.' The man who fails to give fair service during the hours for which he is paid is dishonest. The man who is not willing to give more than this is foolish." His First Golf Play. H. Chandler Egan's first golf was played on a three hole course in a pasture back of his father's house, at Highland Park, Ill. The former champion and his brother laid out the links, then invited their cousin, Walter, to teach them the game. The latter teeing up a ball on the first, hit it straight down to the broomstick which served as a flag pole. The ball bounced along the uneven green and disappeared in the hole. Turning to his astonished gallery, he remarked: "There, you see, it is very simple. That is the way you do it." Chandler Egan tried, but didn't succeed, and although he won the amateur title twice, he claims he was never able to equal the wonderful drive his cousin made that day.—Golfers' Magazine Eyes of Rubber. Artificial eyes of rubber are taking the place of the old style glass optic in Europe. The rubber eyes have the advantage of being unbreakable, and as they are of pneumatic construction they maintain an elastic contact between the eyelids and the back of the orbitary cavity. To make the new rubber product a cast formed of liquid plaster is made of the orbitary cavity, and from this is constructed an eyeball, the face being of vulcanite. The front and back parts are made of soft rubber, there being a space between the two parts which is occupied by air, making the eyes pneumatic.—Popular Science Monthly. A. Motorcar Race In 1895. In 1895 a few enthusiastic "horseless carriage" manufacturers decided that the time was ripe for a race. As we look back at it now the contest was a mechanical jest. The vehicles started bravely and then stopped lamely while their drivers made repairs. One inventor followed his mechanical wonder with a team of horses. The winner of the race had averaged the mad speed of seven and one-half miles an hour. His engine, carefully tested after the feverish contest was over, was found to develop an amazing four horsepower. —Waldemar Kaempffert in Harper's Magazine. Football and Matrimony "Well, I wish him luck," said Mr. Jones after reading in the paper an account of the wedding of a popular member of a college football team. "But," he added in a ruminating tone, "marriage is very much like football." "Don't talk so ridiculous!" snapped Mrs. Jones. "How can you compare football to marriage?" "Why," replied Jones, "it looks so easy to those who haven't tried it." Should Dissemble. "You claim to have loved and lost." "Yes." "Yet you go around with a perpetual grin on your face. When you have loved and lost, deference to the lady makes it proper not to appear to be too cheerful a loser."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Ellis Island. In the prehistoric days of the American continent the Indians called what is now Ellis island, the immigrant station in New York harbor, Kloskow, which in English meant Gull island. The tribes thereabout had some strange traditions about it. "In my time." declared grandma, "girls were more modest." Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule—Quintus Curtus Rufus Length of Our Wars. The first American war, that of the Revolution, dated from April 19, 1775, to April 11, 1783, a period of eight years; the northwestern Indian wars, from Sept. 19, 1790, to Aug. 3, 1795; the war with France, from July 9, 1798, to Sept 30, 1800; the war with Tripoli, from June 10, 1801, to June 4, 1805; the Creek Indian war, from July 27, 1813, to Aug. 9, 1814; the war of 1812 with Great Britain, from June 18, 1812, to Feb. 17, 1815; the Seminole Indian war, from Nov. 20, 1817, to Oct. 21, 1818; the Black Hawk Indian war, from April 21, 1831, to Sept. 30, 1832; the Cherokee disturbance or removal, from 1836 to 1837; Creek Indian war or disturbance, from May 5, 1836, to Sept. 30, 1837; the Florida Indian war, from Dec. 23, 1835, to Aug. 14, 1843; Arostock disturbance, 1836 to 1839; the war with Mexico, April 24, 1846, to July 4, 1848; the Apache, Navajo and Utah war, from 1849 to 1855; the Seminole war, from 1856 to 1858; the war between the states, from 1861 to 1865; the Spanish-American war, April 21, 1898, to Aug. 12, 1898, and the Philippine insurrection, from 1899 to 1900. The British Manicure Lady. "In English barber shops you do not have to pay for mirrors, elaborately tiled floors and a manicure girl," writes Homer Croy in Everybody's. "Over there a manicurist is considered the last vocable in the way of smartness. The manicure girl hasn't the run of the shop there as she has here. She has a little cage down in one corner, where she is bottled up as if she were a rare liquid. When a man wants to have any light housework done on his hands he thrusts one of them through the bars, while the proprietor hurries up with a newspaper for him to read. In America we would be insulted if the owner of the shop put something into our hands to read while the manicure girl was working on us. In England the art of jollying the manicurist is unknown." Room For Thrift The American Society For Thrift is sounding a warning that should not go unheeded. The statistics it has gathered indicate how reckless we are with our money and how little we lay up for a rainy day. We are pre-eminently a nation of spenders who believe in living while we live. Statistics show that ninety-five of every hundred Americans who reach the age of sixty are dependent upon their daily earnings or on others for support. The total, of course, includes wives, mothers and daughters who had not tried nor expected to accumulate a competency. But after they are eliminated the percentage of workers who have a nest egg at sixty is very small, even if that is generally considered too young for retirement. Woman and Electricity. When a woman is sulky and will not speak—exciter. If she gets too excited—controller. If she talks too long—interrupter. If her way of thinking is not yours—converter. If she is willing to meet you halfway—meter. If she will meet you all the way—receiver. If she wants to go farther—conductor. If she would go still farther—dispatcher. If she wants chocolate—feeder.—Exchange. Stamp Taxes. Taxation through the use of stamps is nearly 300 years old. The states general of the Netherlands offered a reward for the invention of a new tax, and some person in 1624 suggested that stamps be required on legal documents. England first used stamp taxes in 1694, the United States in 1797.—New York Sun. Getting It Right. Mrs. Quilzzer-I see your friend, Mr. Singleton, is here. He was the best man at your wedding, was he not? Mr. Whizzer-No; he was merely the luckiest-New York Globe Convincing Proof Harker—Why do you think he is a great practical joker? Parker—Because when I played a little joke on him the other day it made him furious.—Indianapolis Star. His Wish. Bronchitis. Symptoms of an ordinary cold accompany the onset of bronchitis. A chill is rare, but there is invariably a sense of oppression, with heaviness and languor and pains in the bones and back. In mild cases there is scarcely any fever. The bronchial symptoms set in with a feeling of tightness and rawness beneath the breastbone and a sensation of oppression in the chest. 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