The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Rev. George C. Powell, the Fearless and Eloquent Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City, Contends That Now Is the Time for the Twelve Million Colored People in This Country to Wage a "Bloodless Battle" for Every Right Which They Are Entitled to Enjoy Under the Constitution of the United States ol. XXII. Rev. George the Conto Color Battle Enjoy Rev. George C. Powell, the brave and manly Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City, has the courage of a fighting lion, he exclaimed from his pulpit during the course of his sermon Sunday morning that now is the time for the 12 million Colored people in this country to stand up and contend for every right due them under the constitution of the United States. Rev. Powell spoke in part as follows: "In my opinion, this is the proper time for us to make a special request for our constitutional rights as American citizens. The ten million Colored people of this country were never so badly needed as now. They are not only needed in the factories, business firms, and on the farms, to produce the necessities of life, but they are needed to help keep the Mexicans quiet, to help sweep the commerce destroying submarines of the Central Powers from the oceans, to help crush German militarism, and perhaps they will be needed sooner than some people expect to prevent the Japanese from landing on these shores to ask for a redress of their grievances which have been piling up for the past few years. Get Assurances of Better Treatment. "As a Race we ought to let our government know that if it wants us to fight foreign powers we must be given some assurance first of better treatment at home. Perhaps some will say that this is an inopportune time for such talk. Some may argue that to demand our rights now, when the nation is perhaps facing the greatest crisis in its history, would show a lack of loyalty and patriotism. Those who make such arguments are not acquainted with the rise and development of Races. All history will prove that most oppressed people have secured their rights when their oppressors were facing a crisis. The Irish people thoroughly understand this philosophy of history and they are now making a supreme effort for home rule. This effort is being made at a time, too, when the English government needs all of its men and all of its resources to fight enemies on land and sea; and everything indicates that the Irish are going to get the independence for which they have been seeking for years, because they know how to work at the proper time." "Four hundred thousand railroad employees secured eight hours work with ten hours pay the other day because they threatened to walk out on a day when America needed every single car and every railroad man in the country. At a normal time the American people would not have yielded so readily to their just demand. "For centuries the common people of Russia have been depressed and crushed by plutocracy and absolutism. In vain they have attempted to secure their liberties in times of peace, but a few days ago when surrounded by foreign foes these people rose up en masse and accomplished the complete overthrow of the colossal rotten superstructure of the Romanoff dynasty, and in twenty-four hours succeeded in abolishing all racial, social and religious distinctions. The new government has already assured the entire Russian people of their political freedom and equality before the law. Government Has Stood by With Arms Folded. "Why should not the Colored Americans make a bloodless demand at this crucial time for the rights we have been making futile efforts to secure for the past fifty years. Instead of hurrying telegrams and special deliveries to Washington assuring the government that has persistently stood by with folded arms while we were oppressed and murdered that the ten million Negroes may be used as targets for German bullets and shells? "It would not cost the President, governors and representatives a single cent to ask in their speeches and messages, the American people to abolish Jim Crowism, segregation, and the awful lynching institution, and give to Colored men political equality; but it would mean a new birth of freedom for ten million people who have always stood ready to give their life's blood to perpetuate American institutions." "In spite of all that the big Negroes are saying to the contrary, this is the psychological moment to say to the American White government from every pulpit and platform and through every newspaper, 'Yes, we are loyal and patriotic. Boston Commons, Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, Fort Pillar, Appomattox, San Juan Hill and Carizal, will testify to our loyalty. While we love our flag and country, we do not believe in fighting for the protection of commerce on the high seas until the powers that be give us at least some verbal assurance that the property and lives of the members of our race are going to be protected on land from Maine to Mississippi.' Let us have the courage to say to the White American people. 'Give us the same rights which you enjoy, and then we will fight by your side with all of our might for every international right on land and sea.' "If this kind of talk is not loyalty, then I am disloyal; if this is not patriotism, then I am unpatriotic; if this is treason, then I am a traitor. It is not that I love Caesar less but these black Romans more, who have been true to the flag for two hundred and fifty years. It is infinitely more disgraceful and outrageous to hang and burn Colored men, boys and women without a trial in the days of peace than it is for Germans in time of war to blow up ships loaded with mules and molasses." NEGRO APPOINTED TO DETECTIVE FORCE. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.-The city commissioners in session at their regular meeting on last Friday morning appointed three additional men to the city detective force and among those appointed was John Singleton. Detective Singleton has been doing plain clothes duty for several months although his appointment to that position had not been acted upon by the commissioners until last Friday. The promotion carries with it a salary of $90 per month. The race has cause for elation also over the appointment of David Saunders, a local Colored citizen, to the police department, making a total of five members of the race now serving on the city police force. Mayor John E. McMillan, popular among the Colored race in the city be, cause of his interest manifested in their welfare, nominated the two members of the race for the positions. CHICAGO, APRIL 28, 1917 GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN FILLS MANY IMPORTANT AP- POINTIVE POSITIONS AND HE HAS EXERCISED MUCH CARE IN SELECTING BIG BRAINEY MEN FOR BIG JOBS. The plum tree has been shook real hard the past week by Governor Frank O. Lowden and many of his camp followers are now mighty happy for many of them have within that time landed in first class positions the following gentlemen have been chosen for chiefs of the new departments lately created by the new administrative code of the State of Illinois. Director department of registration and education—Francis W. Shepardson, Chicago, salary, $5,000; Director of agriculture—Charles Adkins, Bement, salary, $6,000; Director department of mines and minerals—Evan D. John, Carbondale, salary, $5,000. Three assistant directors: Department of trade and commerce—J. S. Baldwin, Decatur; Department of finance—Everett H. Tripp, Belvidere; Department of mines and minerals—Martin Bolt, Springfield. Department of agriculture—Board of agricultural advisers, Alvin H. Sanders, Chicago; Eugene Davenport, Urbana; Eugene Funk, Bloomington; J. T. Williams, Sterling; W. S. Corsa, Whitehall; J. P. Mason, Elgin; W. E. Taylor, Moline; Henry Davis, Springfield; C. V. Gregory, Chicago; C. R. Doty, Charleston; John M. Crebs, Carmi; H. J. Sconce, Sidell; J. Frank Prather, Williamsville; J. Gimboden, Decatur; J. C. Saylor, Cissna Park. Department of trade and commerce—Thomas E. Dempcy, East St. Louis, public utility commissioner (chairman), to take effect May 1; Fred E. Sterling, Rockford, public utility commissioner, to take effect July 1; Fred W. Potter, Albion, superintendent of insurance, to take effect May 15; John G. Gamber, Ottawa, fire marshal, to take effect June 1. Department of public works and buildings—Henry H. Kohn, Anna, superintendent of purchases and supplies; H. L. Williamson, Springfield, superintendent of printing to take effect forthwith. Department of finance—Joseph C. Mason, Chicago, administrative auditor. Department of public welfare—A. L. Bowen, Springfield, superintendent of charities; Frank D. Whipp, Springfield, fiscal supervisor. Francis Wayland Shepardson, director of education and registration, was born in 1862 in Cincinnati and educated in Denison University, Granville, Ohio; Brown University and Yale College, from which he was graduated in 1892. Chicago U. Teacher. Since 1890 he has been connected with the University of Chicago, being at various times instructor in American history, secretary of lecture study of the extension division, assistant professor of American history, secretary to the president and associate professor of American history. His home is at 5558 Kimbark avenue, Chicago. Charles Adkins has been a farmer all his life. He was born in 1863. Mr. Adkins has served repeatedly as local 18EU 101 supervisor, member of the school board and chairman of the county board. Elected to the house of representatives from the twenty-fourth district in 1906, he was re-elected in 1908 and again in 1910, when he was chosen speaker of the house. Since his retirement he has been engaged in farming and lecturing throughout the state. John Veteran Miner. Evan D. John has been engaged in mining in Illinois for a number of years. He served a term as mine inspector from the twelfth district and is at present engaged as inspector under temporary appointment by Governor Lowden. Joseph C. Mason, formerly was a Chicago newspaper man. He was appointed by former Governor Deneen as secretary and chief examiner of the civil service commission. For the last few years he has been in business in Chicago. He came to Springfield with Governor Lowden and was made institution auditor. Other important appointments recently made by Governor Lowden are as follows: Director of Finance—Omar H. Wright, Belvidere, president Second National Bank of that city and of Illinois Mutual Insurance Company and a member of executive council of State Bankers' Association; has served in his home city in city council and as president of board of education; salary $7,000. Directors of Public Works and Buildings—Leslie D. Puterbaugh, Peoria former judge of Probate, Circuit and Appellate courts, and in 1913 Republican nominee for justice of Supreme Court in fifth district; author of "Puterbaugh's Pleading and Practice," vice president of the Dime Savings and Trust Company of Peoria, director of the Commercial-German National Bank, president of board of trustees of Bradley Polytechnic Institute and vice president of Illinois State Bar Association; salary $7,000. Director of Public Welfare—Charles H. Thorne, Winnetka, chairman of board of directors of Montgomery Ward & Co.; salary $7,000. Director of Trade and Commerce—William H. Stead, Ottawa, attorney general of Illinois from 1905 to 1913, and manager of Lowden primary campaign and considered governor's chief adviser; salary $7,000. Director Public Health-Dr., C. St. Clair Drake, Springfield, secretary state board of health; formerly connected with city health department in Chicago, his work in public health service extending over period of twenty two years; salary $6,000. President State Civil Service Com- No.32 mission—Albert D. Early, Rockford, president Illinois State Bar Association and active in Civil Service Reform Association of Illinois; was trustee of the Rockford public library for fifteen years and is now trustee of Northwestern University; salary $4,000. It must be said in all fairness to Governor Lowden that is highly deserving of a great amount of credit for surrounding himself with big brainy men to assist to honestly conduct the public affairs of the people of the great State of Illinois. WILLIAM F. HARRAH UNANI- MOUSLY RE-ELECTED SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. At the meeting of the new City Council, Monday evening, James T. Igoe, was duly sworn in as the new City Clerk and Clayton F. Smith became the new City Treasurer, and William F. Harrah, who is the right man in the right place, who is always pleasant and genial and very popular with the city daddies and with the big politicians was unanimously re-elected Sergeant-At-Arms, of the city council and John Toohig, was chosen as his able assistant. Dan M. Jackson Geo. T. Kersey David A. McGowan Ahmed A. Rayner The Emanuel Undertaking 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 Automatic 73-657 THE SOLACE BILLIARD ACADEMY "THE MODERN SCHOOL" - CLEAN AND RELIABLE "THE MODERN SCHOOL" CLEAN AND RELIABLE TERREVOUS L, DOUGLAS, Prop. 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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 fond 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. 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—Exchange Skinny—What made the tower of Pisa lean? Aver D. Pois—If I knew I'd try it—Yale Record. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT For 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 drums 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, prefer- ably 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 seidlitz pow- der. Rhubarb and soda may be given to advantage until the tongue is clean. Throughout con- valescence the patient must ab- stain from all animal foods and alcohol. PAGE TWO Compensation. He Was Fat. Rheumatism. Phones Calumet 6164 Automatic 71-629 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Paul Jackson ng Co., Inc. Automobles for hire Automatic 73-857 ILLIARD ACADEMY - CLEAN AND RELIABLE et Chicago 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 affrighted 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. "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. Damascus 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. Automatio 73-657 THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. APRIL 28. 1917. The Transformation After the hero of seventeen looks at the heroine of fifteen she is a different person. Before he looks at her she likes the fine brick houses in the neighborhood. In fact, she sees many elegant houses in town that she thinks would make ideal homes. Unlike her mother, she even likes the house in which the family lives. But after the hero looks at her you couldn't give her a big brick house. To her such places look cold, and she hardly would take one of them as a gift. But she just worships every little four and five room cottage she sees. They look so cute and neat and dear and sweet and cozy and snug. Oh, if she could just have a house like that and a hero like him—he is the only one there is of his kind—he would be just too happy for anything! And she would makeudge and have a regular home, only it would be far happier than other homes.—Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tragedy of Being Dull. In the Woman's Home Companion Arnold Bennett describes the tragedy of being dull: "The man lacking imagination is the utterly matter of fact man. He is necessarily the man who never has and cannot have any point of view except his own. He is the Wordsworthian man to whom a primrose by the river's brim was stricly a yellow primrose instead of being a miracle. He is imprisoned in what to him is the actual, and he is always the exact center of the prison, which is of thickest iron. His tragedy is that he does not suspect and is incapable of suspecting that he is in prison at all and that the prison walls and floor and roof entirely prevent him from really 'getting at' any other human being whatsoever. He is always in his own place. This is the deep meaning of dullness, and this is the dull man's doer." How a Bullet Falls. In order to solve the problem a special stand was erected in Germany, and experiments were carried on along the shores of a lake the surface of which was frozen. The ice was covered with strong planks. It was shown that an infantry bullet shot upward in a vertical direction passes downward in the same position in which it passed upward. In other words, it came back to the earth with its bottom first. Why was it not upset at its culmination point? The answer is that the propelling force ceases to act at the culmination point, but the twist has as yet not stopped, and therefore it starts its fall with a twist. Even on impact the twist has not stopped, as was indicated by the warping of the wood fibers in the planking on the ice.—Popular Science Monthly. Where the Five Points Was The Five Points, once a most dangerous part of the New York slums, is now the site of Paradise park. It is at the crossing of Worth, Baxter and Park streets, near the junction of Park row and the New Bowery and Chatham square and practically adjoining Mulberry bend. In 1740 fourteen negroes were burned here during the negro insurrection. Here the Dead Rabbits had their headquarters and fought the Bowery Boys. The Seventh regiment was called out July 3, 1857, to quell a riot here. The Five Points mission was incorporated in 1850. Shrewd. The manager, writing out the announcement of his show, ended with these words: "The patronage of children under eighteen is not encouraged." "That," he remarked shrewdly, "will appeal to the children over eighteen!" -New York Post. Hard on the Records Freshman (in awed voice)—See that big fellow over there? He broke three records last week. Sweet Young Thing—Mercy, I wouldn't let him run the phonogram!- Penn State Froth. Blindfolded If blindfolded, it is said, no person is able to stand five minutes without moving. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Restrain a Cough. A patient German statistician has calculated that a patient who coughs once every quarter of an hour for ten hours expends energy equivalent to 250 units of heat, which may be translated as equivalent to the nourishment contained in three eggs or two glasses of milk. In normal respiration the air is expelled from the chest at the rate of four feet per second, whereas in violent coughing it may attain a velocity of 300 feet. This waste of energy is especially important because it occurs for the most part in persons whose assimilative functions are already working under difficulties; consequently the ingestion of the corresponding quantity of nourishment by no means compensates for the exertion. It follows that persistent cough is per se a cause of emaciation, though there are many other factors which tend in the same direction; hence the desirability of restraining cough within safe limits, especially when it is due to irritative reflexes, such as are excited by laryngitis and pharyngitis.-Medical Critic and Guide. Dreams May Be Overtime Work. Dreams are a good test of the need of sleep and many times answer the question of overwork or idleness, according to Dr. Percy G. Stiles, lectured at the Harvard medical school on "Sleep." "It is possible to judge by one's dreams whether one needs sleep," he said. "If the dreams are of a rambling variety, the kind that seem to pop from nowhere or anywhere, it is a pretty good sign that you are not overtired. On the other hand, if the dreams are a continuation of the day's worries the chances are that you are overtired. Dreams remote from the day's work are a vacation, but dreams connected with the day's work are overtime. "To go to sleep get the body and mind comfortable. The body is easier to make comfortable than the mind. A rubdown, a bath and a little bit to eat help bring that about. To compose the mind read some familiar book or poetry. That soothes the mind, for no exertion is necessary to read it"—Boston Journal. The Actor's Indifference. It is probable that the height of indifference is reached in the veteran actor. I saw one at the Press club recently who confirms this suspicion thoroughly. He is in a good show, but has a small part, appearing only in the first act. "How is the show?" I asked him. "Pretty fair, I'm told," he answered. "What's it about?" "Can't say." "How does it end?" "Don't know." "For goodness' sake," I asked. "haven't you ever seen the play? You are in it yourself?" "No," he answered, with a look of being bored. "Several times I have thought of going around front to see what it was all about; but, my dear old chap, I have never seemed to get around to it."—Washington Star. Keeps Milk From Boiling Over. Among the various devices which are intended to prevent milk from boiling over we noticed one which solves the problem in a very simple way, says the Scientific American. It consists of a straight tube of say two or three inches in diameter at the top and expanding somewhat toward the bottom, where it is provided with a firing and cup shaped end of rather large diameter, the whole being somewhat of trumpet shape. Out of the lower part are cut, say four suitable openings, and we set the device upright in the vessel with the small end just out of the liquid. Should the milk tend to boll violently this action commences at the bottom, and the liquid is forced up the tube, then falls upon the surface again, so that the boiling action will continue in this way and the milk has no tendency to leave the vessel. Submarine Torpedoes Launching a torpedo from a submarine is simple. The torpedo fits closely in a tube or cylinder, with an opening at the rear made airtight when closed. At the desired moment there is a discharge of cordite and the torpedo is on its way. When the torpedo is projected from a ship or boat into the water a lever is thrown back, admitting air into the engines, causing the propellers to revolve and drive the torpedo ahead. The torpedo travels under water at a high rate of speed. It carries a large charge of explosive, which is ignited on the torpedo striking any hard substance, such as the hull of a ship. The distance the tube is submerged depends on the target, but the nearer the surface the more effective. Shun "Tips" if You Play Stocks "Whatever you do, don't go it alone," is the advice that Harold Howland gives to women investors in the Woman's Home Companion. "Shun the financial gossip of the uninformed, the cocksure counsel of the irresponsible, the glittering generalities or the more insidious particularities of the conceited ignoramus. Beware of rumors, 'tips' and 'inside information.' Base your transactions upon the firm ground of accurate information, sound judgment and disinterested advice. Don't try to 'get rich quick.'" Hia Modesty. "Are you an art connoisseur?" "Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox, "although I should never speak of myself as such." "Why not?" "Because I'm not absolutely sure I know how to pronounce the word."—New York American. A Matter of Protection Actor—I say, old man, I wish you'd advance me $5 and take it out of my first week's salary. Manager—But, my dear fellow, suppose it happened that I couldn't pay your first week's salary. Where would I be?—Boston Transcript. Probably. "Pop, you know that famous bare-foot winter at Valley Forge?" "Yes, son. What of it?" "Was that the time they said tried men's soles?"—Baltimore American. Sharp. Jack—Do you know that Kitty is an awfully sharp girl? Percy—Yes; she cut me on the street the other day.—Cornell Widow. The best photographs of the canals of Mars were taken through red and orange screens. Perseverance always wins in the long run—usually in a walk. An interesting feature of artillery fire is the "curtain" or "barrage" fire. This means simply keeping up such a terrific fire on a certain area that an enemy cannot or will not cross it. When an infantry attack is launched a barrage on the ground beyond the enemy's front line prevents his re-enforcements coming up while the attacking infantry are having it out with the defenders of the trench. If the attack carries beyond the first line the artillery of the defense promptly interposes a barrage to prevent its reaching the second line. If the attack on the first line fails the defending artillery puts a barrage behind the attacker's line to prevent re-enforcements coming up to it and to enable the victorious defenders to counterattack and destroy the enemy in his own trenches. It is merely a wholesale development of a long established method of supporting the infantry.—Major E. D. Scott in National Service Magazine. Mystery of a Fish. In the economy of nature nothing is more remarkable than the metamorphosis of the flounder, which when young swims in an upright position, as do all other fish, but when maturity develops it becomes topeheavy, falls over on its side and its existence is passed as a flat fish. That nature moves in a mysterious way is here freely illustrated, for when the flounder falls flat the two eyes, which originally were on either side of the head, are transposed to the upper side of the fish, where they always face the light. The process by which this strange change is accomplished has never been discovered by scientists and is a marvelous instance of nature's operations, for while the fish usually rests upon bottom it can readily swim about in any depth of water.—New York Sun. A. Short Business Talk: In a certain store the merchandise manager sent for the ready to wear and millinery buyers and said to them: "You men are getting a bad accumulation of stock that is hard to move. Hereafter you will make a daily and weekly inventory and send the report to this office." Both buyers declared this to be impossible, but the merchandise man told them to go and do it. Especially he wanted them to show the age of the goods in stock, the sizes and the colors. After attempting to take some of these daily inventories the buyers decided that an easier way would be to get busy and sell the goods faster. This same plan has been used in many departments with fine results. There is nothing like the spot light to engender selling activity in a store. Philadelphia Record. All In the Dialect A New Zealand man vouchs for the truth of the following story: Dick Seddon was of Lancashire origin, and when he died the Lancastrian society in New Zealand sent a wreath with the following inscription: "I have gone whoam." The journalist who reported the funeral evidently did not come from Lancashire and consequently was somewhat puzzled by the wording and, after thinking hard, concluded that some one had blundered. His report read: "The Lancastrian society sent a beautiful wreath bearing the inscription: "I have gone. Who am I?" Destroying an Idol "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Torkins, "you can say anything you like nowadays about George Washington, can't you?" "Yes. The lid seems to be off." "Well, I never liked to mention it before, but I have my doubts about his being incapable of an effort to deceive. His pictures look to me as if the old gentleman wore a wig."—Washington Star. Luxury and Labor Alexander the Great, reflecting on his friends degenerating into sloth and luxury, told them that it was a most slavish thing to luxuriate and a most royal thing to labor—Barrow. Happiness. Happiness rarely is absent. It is that we know not of its presence. The greatest felicity avails us nothing if we know not that we are happy. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT Diet and Health: In an article on "Taming the Liver" World's Work says that the daily meal of the average business man consisting of meat and potatoes and white bread is ideal for inducing constipation. Most of us should not eat more than once a day. Eat the shells of your baked potatoes and eat whole wheat bread or graham for the help that what we call "roughage" has in stimulating bowel action. And see to it that you take liberal portions of at least two kinds of vegetables at both luncheon and dinner, such vegetables as peas, beans, lettuce, parsnips, carrots, turnips, celery, oyster plant, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, salisfy, Spanish onions, asparagus and spinach. If you dislike these you will be able to substitute fruits that you do like. Eat the right things, get sufficient exercise and rest and you will have no need for habit forming laxatives which eventually may do you much harm. Vacations, according to the New York Medical Journal, are nature's safety valves for the relief of the high pressure resulting from efficiency. Efficiency demands that throughout working hours all the faculties be taxed to the utmost without waste of material or of energy, but if properly directed it aims at making an efficient man before an efficient product. Therefore production may not exact that the man speed up beyond his endurance The recent application of efficiency methods makes the vacation more than ever necessary. "The vacation," says the Medical Journal, "should be the nearest approach to the simple life. It is for this reason that the country, with all its many inconveniences, is so often chosen for the place of vacation. The vacation period allows for the absorption and elimination of the fatigue products from the system accumulated in the pressure period of the work. The longer the vacation, therefore, the better the subsequent work." Plant For a Hanging Bed Indoor gardeners will be interested in watching this plant grow. It follows the plan of the strawberry in sending out runners and starting new growths at the end of the stem. The strawberry, however, has the earth to establish its new growths. This indoor plant sends out the runners groping for earth where there is none. It's called the saxifrage. It is a favorite plant for hanging baskets. A small tuft of leaves develops at the end of each vine. From this tuft other runners are sent out and these in turn develop more tufts. By this method the saxifrage keeps on expanding until the basket is covered with a network of vines and a blanket of leaves. The leaves, shaped like those of the geranium, are a reddish olive color veined in white. It requires ordinary soil and a moderate amount of water and shade.-Philadelphia North American. Real Democracy Before Denmark consented to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States a plebiscite was held, and the electorate voted upon the question. The people of the United States, however, were never consulted as to whether they desired to make the purchase. The people of England vote directly on national questions whenever parliament is dissolved, and the government "goes to the country" on nearly every matter of really vital import. Many Americans fondly imagine that the United States is the only real democracy in the world. As a matter of fact, in Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand government is more directly responsible to the people than in the United States; Canada's government is at least equally representative as ours, while England, although nominally a constitutional monarchy, probably is more democratic than the United States. -St. Paul Dispatch. Art and Nature Art is the revelation of man, and not merely that, but likewise the revelation of nature speaking through man. Art pre-exists in nature, and nature is reproduced in art. As vapors from the ocean floating landward and dissolved in rain are carried back in rivers to the ocean, so thoughts and the semblances of things that fall upon the soul of man in showers flow out again in living streams of art and lose themselves in the great ocean, which is nature. Art and nature are not, then, discordant, but ever harmoniously working in each other.—Longfellow's "Hyperion." What She Wanted A woman was knocked down by a horse, but happily escaped with a few scratches. A man rescued her and said, "Can I get you anything?" She (much out of breath and gasping with excitement)—Oh—oh—can you kindly get me— He—Some brandy? She—No—not drink—some safety pins. I feel I'm falling all to pieces—Pittsburgh Chronicle. Heard at the Club. "That's Fred Darling just come in. You know his wife made him." "You mean that fellow with a waxed mustache and manicured nails?" "Yes." "Well, I knew women did fancy work, but I never knew they did anything as fancy as that."—Exchange. On the Lookout Friend—You are not going to run again? Congressman—No; It's too strenuous. I was sent down to Washington to look out for my constituents, and from the tone of their letters I've got to look out for them when I get home—Puck. Second Sight. "Do you believe in second sight? 'No, but my wife does. When I go shopping with her she always says to the assistant, 'I'll come in and look to these again.'" -London Telegraph Did Her Best. Did Her Best Teacher—Do you know the population of New York? Mamile Backrow—Not all of them, ma'am; but, then, we've only lived here two years—Puck. The Champion Lie. Probably the unmitigated falsehood most frequently told year in and year out takes this form: We welcome honest criticism—Ohio State Journal. To fret and fume is undignified, succidly foolish and theoretically unpassable—Robert Louis Stevenson. Millionaires Offer to Buy Camp and Train Novices. PLAN TO TEACH IN GROUPS Scores of Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Other University Men File Applications With Aero Club of America Main Recruiting Station. Guard Will Assist Destroyers. New York.—A syndicate of New York millionaires, headed by H. P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co. and Lewis S. Thompson, has notified the United States navy department that it is ready to acquire the site and bear the entire expense of a camp to be established somewhere on Long Island for training in groups of 100 each college men as aviators to aid the navy in coast defense and for any other branch of the service desired. Rear Admiral Peary, head of the national aerial coast patrol commission, is acting advisor, and several conferences with navy department officials have been had. Mr. Davison and his wife gave the robustic support which brought PETER H. Photo by American Press Association. H. P. DAVISON. about the organization of the Yale aerial unit last summer, and their two sons, F. Trubee Davison and H. P. Davison, Jr., are now expert filers, training with the Yale unit at West Palm Beach, Fla., which camp is financed by Mr. Davison, Sr. The men there are under full military discipline. Henry Woodhouse of the Aero Club of America recently gave them an airplane gun and 2,000 rounds of ammunition, in the use of which the young aviators will receive instruction from naval officers. The personnel of the Florida camp has been increased since the arrival of the Yale unit. Besides the Davison boys and Robert A. Lovett, son of Judge Robert Lovett, president of the Union Pacific railroad, the members are all of wealthy and socially prominent families. Scores of Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and other university men are filling applications with the Aero Club of America, the main recruiting station. The duties of the aerial coast guard will be to locate and assist destroyers, trawlers and submarine chasers, to locate and assist trawlers in destroying submerged mines, searching the coast for submarine bases, convoy troop and merchant ships on coastwise trips, to patrol the coasts, holding up and inspecting doubtful ships and convoying them to examining stations, attacking hostile ships and submarines with torpedoes, bombs and guns; protecting ships at sea and in port from attacks of submarines and battleships, communicating to incoming ships information regarding the location of mines, submarines and the courses to follow to avoid mistakes, confusion and accident; serving as the "eyes" of mine plants, minimizing the time required for mine planting, and defending and protecting naval bases from naval and aerial attacks. PURPLE CARNATIONS NOW. Jersey Professor Produces One and Values Cuttinga at $100 Each. Trenton, N. J.—Governor Edge received from the State Agricultural college the first purple carnation ever originated. It was produced by Professor M. A. Blake by artificial hybridization, and a cutting is valued at $100. It was brought to the executive offices by Dr. I. G. Lipman, director of the experiment station. Purple is the color of the Northwestern University of Illinois, and that institution asked for a cutting, but the experiment station has decided first to accumulate enough stock to be distributed free to the florists of New Jersey. FINDS BULLET IN PILLOW ON HIS RETURN HOME Newark, N. J. — When John Burkhardt and his wife returned to their home the other night they found a bullet hole through the center of the pillow on which Burkhardt sleeps. Some one had evidently fired through the window in the darkness, and Burk- hardt is thanking his lucky stars that he was not at home. SUGGESTS WAR HONORS FOR ARMY OF FARMERS Reoruit All Unfit For War Work For Service In the Fields. New York.-Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of weights and measures, has laid before the council of national defense a plan to remedy the shortage of agricultural labor by the mobilization and training by the government of an agricultural army. The scheme provides for enlisting ablebodied men unit for the army and navy on account of minor defects, such as weak vision, deafness, tooth trouble, and so on, and also of conscientious objectors. "In view of the present food situation and the need for more food in future," said the commissioner, "the farmer must have help in increasing his crops. American agriculture has suffered from the drift of farm labor to munition factories, and when the nation begins to raise an army there will be further subtraction from farm labor through enlistments, while the consumption of food certainly will not decrease. "Under the circumstances it seems we ought to honor the man behind the plow as well as the man behind the gun. Each is serving the nation. Such an army might easily number several hundred thousand. It would be regularly organized and officered, and its men would wear uniforms, marking them distinctly as engaged in the service of the United States. After brief training they could be distributed in regiments or companies where needed, according to crop seasons. These men would be paid by the government, just as soldiers are paid, and they might well receive the advantages after honorable discharge that are given in some places by law to ex-soldiers. Farmers who receive this aid from the government could pay the wage rate current in their neighborhoods." ALL PRIVATE WIRELESS PLANTS DISMANTLED ALL PRIVATE WIRELESS PLANTS DISMANTLED Report of Sea Raider Off Coast Moves Government to Speedy Action. New York.—Immediately on the declaration of war against Germany the police began executing the order that all private wireless stations throughout the city be dismantled. The federal authorities have instructed them that every apparatus of this character must come down, even those having permits from the department of commerce. Apparatus not removed by the owner will be dismantled by a police wrecking crew. It is estimated there are 1,500 wireless receiving stations in Greater New York, most of which have been encouraged by the government because student wireless operators must have plants in which to practice. One thing that moved the government to take prompt steps against the wireless was the report of a sea raider off the coast. Particular attention is being paid to automobiles driving along the south shore of Long Island, because there is reason to believe that many times during the war radio connection has been established between German spies in this city and sea rovers. Apparatus powerful enough to throw waves 1,000 miles can be carried in the tonneau of a motorcar. Secret service agents have picked up messages supposedly sent in this way. DISCUSS SHRAPNEL HELMETS Great Quantities Can Be Turned Out In Single Month If Needed. Washington.-Officials of the war department declared that, while the army was not yet provided with the shrapnel helmets found so indispensable in European military operations of the last two years, the department had already approved patterns for their manufacture and that great quantities could be turned out within a single month in the event they were needed. The war department has also accepted patterns for poison gas helmets and trench guns, adequate supplies of which also may be obtained on short notice, it is said. The army has no plans at present for the provision of liquid fire, which the Germans introduced and which the allies have since found so useful in trench operations, but it is stated that this, too, could be secured in this country in case its use became temperate. The pattern of shrapnel helmet accepted by the war department is described as unusually heavy, weighing between three and four pounds. It will not be worn except in active field operations. CAT FLOATS ON KEG. She Went Through a Gale at Sea and Was Rescued. Redondo Beach, Cal.—Carl Hansen and George Fitch returned from a fishing trip the other day bringing with them a large black cat which they found riding an empty keg five miles out at sea. The cat was famished and had undoubtedly weathered a fierce storm when the wind blew at a rate of fifty miles an hour, but had tenaciously clung to the keg. On a brass plate attached to a leather collar around the animal's neck was the word "Utanica," presumably the name of the boat upon which the cat was a mascot. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 28, 1917. MAKING OFFICERS MAKING OFFICERS More Than 20,000 Are Required For United States Army. HOW TO OBTAIN COMMISSION Candidates Will Be Grouped by Cities, and Examining Officers Will Be Sent to Conduct Examinations at Central Points—First and Most Important Requisite Is Military Training. Washington.—The new army will require more than 20,000 officers of the line, including those of the regular army and the reserve. In the next few months, therefore, opportunities will be open for thousands of capable young men to enter the military service. The method of obtaining a commission is not what it has heretofore been in times of emergency. The applicant may send his application to the secretary of war or he may, if he has acquaintance with his congressman or senator, send it through either of these. His application once on file in the war department, he will be duly notified as to every step necessary for him to take to qualify for a commission. Naturally at this time, when the increment necessary must be crowded into a short period of time, many requirements will be less rigorously enforced than in ordinary times. Candidates will be grouped by cities, and examining officers will be sent to conduct examinations at central points. Examining officers will conduct examinations in a selective manner, maintaining a ratio of one major to five captains, five first lieutenants and five or more second lieutenants. The first and most important requisite is military training, but military training alone will not admit a man to the officers' reserve corps. He will be examined as to character and sobriety, personality, address and force, reputation and standing in his community, power to command respect of officers and men, and adequate education. Military efficiency, however, will determine the grade to which he will be appointed. In case of men who have had little or no military training candidates will be recommended for appointment as second lieutenants subject to the thirty-second year age limit, provided they are college graduates, or seniors in college, or clearly well educated men, or have demonstrated ability in business, athletics or other activity and possess in a marked degree the ability to handle men. The war department expects that it will be possible under this standard to obtain from forty to fifty good reserve officers of the line from each congressional district. Instructions to examining officers are to hold the general examination as to character and capability up to a high standard. Orders have gone out from the war department to speed up examinations and recommendations because it is recognized that it will require time to make an army of even 500,000 men effective for service under the conditions of fighting employed in the present war. POWER BOAT TUITION. Squadron Association Places Units at Government's Disposal. New York.—The United States Power Squadron association took action to place its resources, comprising twenty squadron units in the principal Atlantic and great lakes ports of the country, at the disposal of the government. Owing to the fact that of the thousands of motorboats owned in the United States comparatively few are of sufficient size and power to be used in operations against submarines, the association decided to place the hundreds of vessels represented in its fleets at the command of the navy department to be used as training vessels for personnel while the larger craft are being built. The proposition to utilize the motorboat fleets for training purposes was transmitted to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt by Theodore I. Coe, head of the Power Squadron association The men who have been put in charge in the various districts are C. N. Burnall for Boston, H. M. Williams for New York, Dr. E. P. Sweet for Providence, J. K. Murphy for New Haven, L. P. Clephane for Washington, H. H. Hungerford for Chicago and Maurice G. Belknap for Philadelphia. CITIZEN SECRET SERVICE. Organization For Seven States Announced at San Francisco. San Francisco.-The intelligence office of the western department, United States army, announced the organization of a secret interstate citizens' intelligence organization to be known as the Nathan Hale volunteers. Any man or woman who is a citizen of the United States may hold membership. The states of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Montana will be covered by the organization. The object will be to aid the government in connection with anti-spy, pro-German and anti-American activities. Brigadier General E. G. Hunt of the California national guard is chief of the advisory board of the organization, which is divided into ten divisions in the western department. The identity of the members will be kept secret, and the men and women selected to act under orders will be furnished with identification credentials. REPAIR RECRUIT'S TEETH. Twenty Thousand Members of Dentists Preparedness League Offer Services Preparedness League Offer Services. Washington.-Bad teeth need deter no one from offering his services to the United States either as soldier or sailor. The Preparedness League of American Dentists, with a membership of 20,000 throughout the United States, has organized and is ready to repair defective teeth for any prospective recruit without charge, so that not a man need be lost to the country on this account. The New York unit of the league has offered its services to General Leonard Wood, who has accepted the offer. The faculty of the New York College of Dentistry and the New York College of Dental and Oral Surgery, the clinics of Bellevue and allied hospitals, Orthopedic hospital and the health department dental clinics have been placed at the disposal of the league. The equipment comprises nearly 300 chairs, and a body of representative men have volunteered to keep this equipment in operation. It is expected that dental supply concerns will aid the patriotic work with free contributions of materials. Virtually every dental college in the country will cooperate in the movement. CRIPPLED HERO ON RECORD Arm Gone, He Haa Woman Sign De- laboration Backing Training Plan. New York.—More than fifty years ago William Neary gave the best years of his life to his country. Recently he paused on Broadway to listen to a young woman who was urging the crowd about her to sign a declaration in support of universal military service. William Neary pushed through the crowd. "I'd like to sign that paper, young woman," he said, "but, you see, I can't." He pointed to the sleeve that dangled where his right arm used to bulge and drew a postal card from his pocket. "There's my name," he said. "It's a call to the meeting of my Grand Army post. You see they call me 'comrade.'" Comrade Neary watched carefully while the young woman transcribed his name and address. His left hand rose to his hat brim in salute. "Young woman," he said, "there should be more like you. The country needs them." HAWK BREAKS WINDOW GLASS Famishing Bird Attempts to Feast on Parrot. Green Bay, Wis.—Polly, a parrot, the companion of Mrs. William Anderson, was preening herself in the sunshine at the window of the front room when a hawk, swooping down, crashed through the window glass. Before the bleeding bird of prey could reach the parrot with its talons Polly soared out through the same hole and perched in an apple tree. Polly set up a frightened chatter that brought her mistress, who couldn't imagine how she got out of the room. Mrs. Anderson hurried out and to the window, where she saw the havoc and the great hawk flopping about the floor, sprinkling blood all over her erstwhile immaculate parlor. When Mrs. Anderson and a neighbor had pinned it down and chopped off its head they found it three feet five inches from tip to tip. The bird was thin and seemed nearly starved, probably, they thought, because of the deep snow. WARNS OF FOOD SHORTAGE. Armour Favora Government Control of Production and Price. Chicago—"If immediate and radical steps are not taken to increase and conserve the food supply in the United States," said J. Ogden Armour, "this country will find itself next fall and winter in as bad a state so far as food is concerned as any of the warring nations of Europe. "Our first duty, as I see it, is to make certain that both our own people and our allies have an abundant food supply. I favor government supervision and control of food production and food prices. "Let the government, for instance, fix the wholesale price of all meat products. Let the government guarantee to the farmer a minimum price of $1.50 a bushel for all the wheat he can raise." HIS LAST JUDGE A TRAIN. Man Acquitted of Railway Murder Is Killed on Same Road. High Bridge, N. J.—Over a year ago John Wesley Beam was acquitted of a charge of murdering William Beam (not a relative of John's) by pushing him under a railroad train on New Year's eve, 1915. The case was tried before Justice Parker of the supreme court and Judge Salmon of the Morris county court. Recently John was killed by a train on the same railroad. He had fallen asleep on the High Bridge branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. His body was taken to his parents' home at Bunnyville. WILL NOT MINGLE RACES. War Department to Train Whites and Blacks Separately. Washington.—It was learned authoritatively at the war department that negro and white troops will not be camped and trained together and that the department does not contemplate any action which would smack of offending the south. The problem has been solved in the past, and a solution will be found during the present war, it was said. FARMS ON LINKS Golfers Will Raise Food Products For Country. F. U. ADAMS ORIGINATES PLAN Idea of Well Known Author Has Been Enthusiastically Received — Adopt Motto "We Are Not Too Proud to Hoe"—Expect to Realize Several Million Dollars. New York.—The golf players of the United States will turn farmers and raise on their links huge crops of potatoes and other food products for the use of the United States and its allies. Such is the movement set on foot by the Dunwoood Country club at a special meeting held in its Yonkers clubhouse. The plan originated with Frederick Upham Adams, author and golfer. The plan of operation is simple and is declared to be practical. Dunwoood. [Name] FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS. in common with all golf courses, has several acres of tillable soil not used for golfing purposes. The club has set this aside for cultivation. More than a hundred of the members have already volunteered to do the work of cultivation, and it is predicted that this volunteer farming corps will soon number fully 250 golfers who will try to prove themselves as efficient with a hoe as with a niblick. These volunteers sign the following pledge: "The Dunwoodie Country club has the honor of taking the initiative in a national campaign on the part of golf clubs to aid in winning the war now declared. We propose to set aside for cultivation all of our land not absolutely needed for golf purposes. We propose that our members shall cultivate this land; that the club shall purchase its product at a fair market value and that members shall do the same, and that the total cash proceeds shall be devoted to the purchase of ambulance trucks and other necessaries required in the successful prosecution of war. "The undersigned members of the Dunwoodie Country club now volunteer their services in the Dunwoodie volunteer garden corps and pledge themselves to work in these gardens for an average of two hours a week for the twenty weeks which constitute the season. We also agree to pay $1 as initiation fee and further pledge ourselves to obey the rules which will be adopted to govern the execution of this patriotic duty." Two hours a week for twenty weeks makes forty hours' work for each member, which means that a volunteer corps of 250 members would perform 10,000 hours of farming labor. This now has a market value of not less than 30 cents an hour, an item of $3,000, and the Dunwoodie farming experts predict that the muscle of their golfers will create a product which will sell for not less than $4,000, of which the club will be chief patron. Mr. Adams, President Austin L. Babcock of the Dunwoodie Country club and other originators of this movement point to the fact that there are fully a thousand golf clubs in the United States and predict that several millions of dollars will accrue for war purposes from this campaign. "The Dunwoodie plan" has the hearty support of Howard F. Whitney, secretary of the United States Golf association. The Dunwooodie Country club will at once prepare a pamphlet containing the details of "the Dunwoodie plan" and will mall it to all of the golf clubs in the United States. The motto adopted is "We are not too proud to toe," and the popular anthem for golfers this year will be "Way down yonder in the cornfield." GYPSIES RIDE IN AUTOS. Caravan de Luxe Attracts Much Attention at Briarcliff Manor. Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.—A band of about twenty gypsies, travelling de luxe from Boston to San Francisco, camped here. Three new high powered automobiles are used to carry the gypsies, and three smaller cars carry their goods. The men are plentifully supplied with money. The caravan attracted much attention as they passed through the village and pitched their camp in a small slump of woods at the foot of the hills. PAGE THIRD WILSON AT SIXTY YEARS LOOKS TO BE ONLY FORTY WILSON AT SIXTY YEARS LOOKS TO BE ONLY FORTY President In Fine Trim to Handle Tremendous War Problems. Washington.—Facing the worries and tremendous responsibilities of a war the end of which cannot be foreseen, President Wilson at the age of sixty years is in perfect physical trim. He looks and acts about forty. Many things contribute to the president's fine physical condition. He is a stanch believer in outdoor exercises—plenty of air. He takes both regularly and in time of stress defies the weather to keep him from the golf links or a long walk with Mrs. Wilson. "Relieve the mind by exposing it to the sunshine," appears to be the president's creed. Whenever there has been a crisis it is the president's custom to attend a theater, and he plays golf usually after his decision has been made. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the president's private physician, has played a prominent part in keeping him strong and well. Whenever a danger signal is flashed along the president's system Grayson "catches" it. On those occasions the president is sent to bed to rest. The president and Grayson may always be seen together when an international snarl is being dealt with. They may either play golf together or ride about the Washington drives swapping stories. By holding to simple rules of living the president finds himself—a war president—physically and mentally fit to cope with the big problems ahead. ARMY AND NAVY TAKE FINGER PRINTS OF MEN Hope by This Means to Identify Recruits In Case of Death or Illness. Washington. Because of the war situation and the general unrest the police are anxious to keep a watch on criminals and take into custody such as are at large. Crooks have often been able to slip through the hands of small police forces which lacked a finger print system. The army and navy are now taking finger prints of all men who enlist so that in case of death or illness the victim may be identified. The police department at one time aided the government in this work, but today the army and navy have their own print system. "Any one," Inspector Faurot of New York said, "after a little instruction and practice can take a person's finger impressions successfully. To learn how to classify them, however, is a different matter. It requires a knowledge of finger prints. Our department has reached such efficiency that in four minutes we can take a prisoner's impressions, make a research for his former impressions and place his typewritten record before you." Inspector Faurot told of a prisoner who was brought to headquarters. When his assistants looked up the prisoner's record they discovered his prints had been sent from Belgium, where he was wanted in an $80,000 embezzlement. Finger impressions of a man arrested in Sydney, Australia, for the shooting of a policeman there were sent here. His impressions revealed that he was wanted for murder in Boston. Many employers of labor today have finger prints taken of their employees for identification. Laborers who work in ditch gangs wander from one place to another so that their identities frequently become lost. PANAMA TO DEFEND CANAL German Residents Will Be Interned if Involved In Plots. Panama.—The president of the republic of Panama, Dr. Ramon Valdez, signed a proclamation committing Panama unreservedly to the assistance of the United States in defense of the canal. The president also canceled the exequators of all the German consuls in Panama. The proclamation declares: "Our indisputable duty in this tremendous hour of history is of a common ally, whose interests and existence as well are linked indissolubly with the United States. "I therefore declare that the Panaman nation will lend emphatic co-operation to the United States against enemies who execute or attempt to execute hostile acts against the territory of the canal or in any manner affect or tend to affect the common interests." It is announced that Germans resident in Panama will be interned if they give any evidence of being involved in plots. AN AUTOGRAPHED EGG GETS HOME TO ROOST Pittsburgh.—His name and the date, "July 15, 1916," written on an egg, shocked Lawrence Kendall of Mansfield, O., when he emptied a case of "strictly fresh" at a hotel here. He remembered marking the hen fruit while a packer last summer, but the shock occurred when the eggs, which left him at 21 cents, came back at 55 cents a dozen. [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit] [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. DR. GEORGE CLEVELAND HALL One of the guiding spirits of Providence by the Medical Forum, at One of the guiding spirits of Provident Hospital, who was royally entertained by the Medical Forum, at St. Louis, Mo. April 23rd. DR. GEORGE CLEVELAND HALL WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR OF THE ST. LOUIS MEDICAL FORUM MONDAY EVENING APRIL 23RD. (Special to The Broad Ax) St. Louis, Mo.—Dr. George Cleveland Hall, who is one of the most prominent medical doctors in this country, who is on his way to spend a short vacation at Excelsior Springs, Mo., was on Monday evening, April 23rd, the highly honored guest of the St. Louis Medical Forum BOOST FOR THE BABIES Concurring with the action of the National Child Welfare Bureau, the City of Chicago through the Mayor and the Department of Health and its many co-operating agencies has set aside the first week in May, May 1 to 6, to be known as Baby Week. Plans are already under way for the organization of the various forces that are contributing to make this week of effort count along the lines of conserving the child life of the City of Chicago. Arrangements have been made by which speakers will be furnished every day at all of the important or prominent stores in the loop district, and certain stores will conduct infant welfare conferences during the week, where lecturers will be present to speak on matters pertaining to the care of babies. Requests have come in from many local organizations, asking for meetings in their wards and signifying their willingness to co-operate. All the churches in the city will be asked to conduct special exercises on Baby Sunday, May 6th, and it is planned to have approximately 250,000 Sunday School children take part in these exercises. The Board of Education will also cooperate and will aid in the spreading of educational matter to the children through the teachers in the public schools. The chairman of the Entertainment Committee, Miss Helen Hamilton, has made arrangements for an entertainment, known as "A Modern Cinderella," to be given at the Strand Theatre, 7th and Wabash Ave. During the week beginning April 30th, the Strand Theatre will be open from 10:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. every day. Arrangements have also been made to conduct an ideal infant welfare station at this theatre every day from 10:00 A. M. to 12:00 noon with good speakers in attendance. On Friday and Saturday of Infant Welfare Week will be presented the play, "A Modern Cinderella," under the auspices of the Twenty-first Ward Women's Clubs. The preliminary arrangements, so far as worked out, promise a week of unusual activity and much good is expected to result. The earnest, cordial and aggressive co-operation of every citizen is solicited. A WAIL FROM THE DIRTY FOOD DEALER. Verily, the food inspector is no friend of mine. He forceth me to screen my doors and windows and to provide coverings for all the eatables which I keep in my store. He causeth me to scrub my ice box once a week. And hepeth upon me his wrath, when I insist that twice in a twelve month should suffice. Yea, he waxeth hot and threateneth me with the law, because I remove not daily all garbage and other refuse from my store. Likewise, he fumeth and frotheth, when he findeth my meat grinder and my sausage mill are not clean. And neither doth he hesitate to tell me my sausage is sour and flingeth it into the garbage can. Also he laugheth me to --- PAGE FOUR An elaborate banquet was served in his honor by Dr. Charles Henry Phillips, Jr., served as toastmaster. The following toasts were responded to. "Our Guest" Dr. A. W. Cheatham; the "Physician" Dr. J. W. Breedlove; "Beginning" Dr. T. L. Walker; "As To War" Dr. E. H. Gordon; "The Past" Dr. J. Meade Benson; "The Future" Dr. R. C. Haskell; Address, Dr. George Cleveland Hall. To say the least, it was one of the most pleasant affairs ever held in St. Louis. scorn, when I do protest against the injunctions he insists I must obey, or "tell my story to the judge in the court." And always he sayeth unto me, that I must clean up and keep clean, or he will take from me the license for which I have paid, and take me into court besides. And so all my days are days of trouble and fear, that I do not the things which he commands, though I can see in them no reason or good at all. All these things vexeth me much, for from my tormentor I can find no relief; for it seemeth that he shall follow me all the days of my life. Selah. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CHILDREN'S BUREAU, WASHINGTON. The Fourth of a Series of Weekly Arti tles on the Care of Young Children THE CARE OF THE GROWING CHILD'S TEETH. By the end of the second year the baby should have his milk teeth complete and until the sixth or seventh year, when the permanent set will begin to appear, these teeth must serve all the purposes that the final set will serve later. Since this is the time the child is learning to chew his food, a process necessary not only for proper digestion but for the strengthening and developing of his jaws and for the proper growth of the permanent teeth, it is important to keep the first teeth in the best possible working order. The condition of the teeth is a fair index to the general health of the child. Until the child is old enough to use a toothbrush himself, the mother should wash his teeth every day; but as early as possible the child should learn to care for his own teeth. If the teeth can not conveniently be cleaned after each meal, the mouth may at least be rinsed. Children should be taught that it is of special importance to wash the teeth and mouth after eating nuts, or any sweet, sticky, or pastry food. The teeth should be carefully cleaned at bedtime since the fermentation of food particles left in the mouth, which leads to the decay of the teeth, proceeds more rapidly at night, when the mouth is still. The child should be taught to brush the teeth from the gum downward or upward toward the cutting edge. When the teeth are brushed crosswise, the tendency is to push whatever is on the teeth or under the edges of the them into the cracks and crevices of gums. The inner surfaces of the teeth should also be brushed up and down, and the grinding surfaces should be scrubbed in all directions; after the scrubbing is finished the mouth should be thoroughly rinsed with warm water. Some hard food like a stalk of celery or part of a ripe juicy apple eaten at the end of a meal scours the surface of the teeth and leaves a fresh clean taste in the mouth. Children should be taken regularly to a good dentist once or twice a year after the first set of teeth is complete. If cavities appear they should be filled with soft fillings, and each tooth should be saved as long as possible. If the temporary molars are extracted before the sixth year molars come in, the latter will be apt to crowd forward into the space left vacant, and when the later teeth come they will be pushed out of their regular places, destroying the natural line of the mouth. The first molars furnish the grinding surfaces necessary to proper chewing of the food. If they fall out too soon the child is hardly able to chew hard or tough food, and is likely to swallow such food in chunks. THE LOUISE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS HAS MOVED FROM 6130 ADA STON TO A LOVELY THIRTY FARM NEAR THE GLENV TRAINING SCHOOL. Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald Its Sutendent Is Greatly Pleased Everything In Connection With In the spring of 1907, almost handed and alone; Mrs. Elizabeth The care of the child's first teeth is important also because the health of the permanent set is largely dependent upon that of the first set. The second teeth are much larger than the first and consequently need more room in the gum. For necessary development the jaws must be given plenty of exercise. Consequently the child should have a mixed diet, including some hard food which he can not swallow without chewing. Toast, crusts, hard crackers, certain fruits like apples, salad, vegetables, and meats should provide the food elements needed for healthy teeth if the child is thriving. COL. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL'S VISION OF WAR. The past rises before me like a dream. Again we are in the great struggle for national life. We hear the sounds of preparation—the music of boisterous drums—the silver voices of heroic bugles. We see thousands of assemblages, and hear the appeals of orators. We see the pale cheeks of women, and the flushed faces of men; and in those assemblages we see all the dead whose dust we have covered with flowers. We lose sight of them no more. We are with them when they enlist in the great army of freedom. We see them part with those they love. Some are walking for the last time in quiet, woody places, with the maidens they adore. We hear the whisperings and the sweet vows of eternal love, as they lingeringly part forever. Others are bending over cradles, kissing babies that are asleep. Some are receiving the blessings of old men. Some are parting with mothers who hold them and press them to their hearts again and again, and say nothing. Kisses and tears, tears and kisses—divine mingling of agony and love! And some are talking with wives, and endeavoring with brave words, spoken in the old tones, to drive from their hearts the awful fear. We see them part. We see the wife standing in the door with the babe in her arms—standing in the sunlight sobbing. At the turn of the road a hand waves—she answers by holding high in her loving arms the child. He is gone, and forever. We see them all as they march proudly away under the flaunting flags, keeping time to the grand, wild music of war—marching down the streets of the great cities—through the towns and across the prairies—down to the fields of glory, to do and to die for the eternal right. We go with them, one and all. We are by their side on all the gory fields—in all the hospitals of pain—on all the weary marches. We stand guard with them in the wild storm and under the quiet stars. We are with them in ravines running with blood—in the furrows of old fields. We are with them between contending hosts, unable to move, wild with thirst, the life ebbing slowly away among the withered leaves. We see them pierced by balls and torn with shells, in the trenches, by forts, and in the whirlwind of the charge, where men become iron, with nerves of steel. We are with them in the prisons of hatred and famine; but human speech can never tell what they endured. We are at home when the news comes that they are dead. We see the maiden in the shadow of her first sorrow. We see the silvered head of the old may bowed with the last grief. These heroes are dead. They died for liberty. They died for us. They are at rest. They sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Palace of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars—they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead; cheers for the living; tears for the dead. SEES 12,000,000 NEGROES AS RICH NATIONAL ASSET. The Negro population of the United States has increased from 4,000,000 to 12,000,000 since the close of the civil war, declared Dr. Charles F. Taylor of New York, who spoke on "The Negro as a National Asset," before the Rotary club at the Hotel Sherman Tuesday. "Two hundred thousand Negroes today own their own farms," said Dr. Taylor, "and 400,000 more own their own homes. The way to deal with the Negro problem is to educate the Negroes." THE LOUISE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS HAS BE- MOVED FROM 6130 ADA STREET ON TO A LOVELY THIRTY ACRE FARM NEAR THE GLENWOOD TRAINING SCHOOL. Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald Its Superintendent Is Greatly Pleased With Everything In Connection With It. In the spring of 1907, almost single handed and alone; Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, founded the Louise Training School for Colored boys in her little cottage home at 130 Ada street. She started in with about 5 or 7 boys, most of them being wards of the Juvenile Court, and no other institution in Cook County wanted them or would take them in and provide a halfway decent home for them. Very quietly she continued to push ahead with her work in that direction and the boys have continued to increase from the Juvenile Court and from parents who have separated and left them homeless, until now, there are from fifty to sixty boys in the home, under the immediate care of Mrs. McDonald. About four years ago, the Louise Training School for Colored boys, was duly incorporated under the State laws of Illinois and now it is under the protesting wings of the State Board of Administration. The old quarters at 61st and Ada and also on Loomis street; have for some time, been entirely too small to accommodate all the boys and the first of this week, they were removed onto a lovely thirty acre farm, which is highly improved in every way and is located near the Glenwood Training School. There are all varieties of fruit trees on it and plenty of ground to raise potatoes and other garden truck. Also a large house, steam heated, polished hardwood floors and other modern improvements. There are also several cottages that can be used for housing the boys, a large dairy or creamery house and a barn which will hold fifty to sixty head of horses and cattle. Mr. Leo Phillips, superintendent of the Glenwood Training School, states that he will see to it that "the boys of the Louise Training School, who are well advanced in manual training, will be permitted to attend the Glenwood Training School three or four days each week." Mrs. McDonald and the boys feel that just as soon as they get everything straightened out in their new home, that they will be right up to the very gates of Heaven on this earth. RED CROSS SEAL PRIZE WINNERS Over Five Seals per Capita Sold by 235 Towns—City and State Pennant Winners Announced. New York, April 18th—Red Cross Seal prize winners were announced today by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The localities winning pennants for the largest per capita sale, in each of the ten classes, divided according to population, are: Thornburg, Pa. Hershey, Pa.; River Falls, Wis.; Sewickley, Pa.; Morristown, N. J.; Elmira, N. Y.; Troy, N. Y.; Rochester, N. Y.; Buffalo, N. Y., and Brooklyn, N. Y. An unusual number of new records were made by the smaller cities and villages in the last Christmas Sale. There were 235 localities selling five or more of the little holiday stickers per capita in a countrywide sale that raised more than $1,000,000 for tuberculosis work. The little town of Hershey, Pa., with less than 2,000 population, took the lead. Here there were nearly 79 seals sold for each man, woman and child in the town. Satin banners will be presented to the pennant winners by the American Red Cross and the National Association at the annual meeting of the latter in Cincinnati, May 9th to 11th. Agents in each of the towns selling five or more seals will also receive a certificate of commendation. The ten inter-city contest classes have the following dividing points of population: 600; 1,200; 2,000; 8,000; 25,000; 50,000; 150,000; 400,000; and 1,000,000. First and second prize winners with their per capita sale are: Class Town Per canis 1. Thornburg, Pa. 30.7 Broadview, Mont. 24.8 2. Hershey, Pa. 78.6 Holtville, Cal. 29.2 3. River Falls, Wis. 15.6 Beacon Falls, Conn. 8.8 4. Sewickley, Pa. 17.6 Bridgeport, O. 16.1 [Picture of a man in a suit with a bow tie and a badge on his lapel]. REV. W. SAMPSON BROOKS The eloquent and straightforward Pastor Kansas, who still has many friend his Lord and Master for many ye 5. Morristown, N. J. 10.6 Ithaca, N. Y. 9.5 6. Elmira, N. Y. 7.6 Madison, Wis. 7.5 7. Troy, N. Y. 6.3 8. Ft. Wayne, Ind. 6.0 9. Rochester, N. Y. 4.08 Indianapolis, Ind. 4.00 9. Buffalo, N. Y. 4.4 Pittsburgh, Pa. 3.4 10. Brooklyn, N. Y. 2.335 Manhattan & Bronx Boroughs, N. Y. City 1.6 THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY. About a month ago President Wilson wrote a letter to Prof. R. R. Moton, of Tuskegee Institute, Ala., asking him if the American Negro would remain loyal to the country in the coming crisis. Prof. Moton, moved by a spirit of diplomacy as well as by a spirit of patriotism, replied with a letter pledge. will be the Subject of Capt. A. C. Beech, at the Appomattox Club, Sunday, April 29th, 1917, at 5:30 P. M. The Public Invited. At last, a real serious effort to establish an aero club and train an Aviation Corp among the Negro people of the country is about to be launched. The Appomattox Club has stood for a good many projects, beneficial to the race, and this effort on the part of its Civic & Public Affairs Committee, to secure the co-operation of the public, with the officers of the 8th Regiment to equip an Aviation Corp of Colored men who can fly, is in keeping with its policy of progressive preparedness along all lines. Capt. John H. Patton of the 8th Regiment will talk upon the advisability of such a Corp and there will be a set speech by Captain A. C. Beech, upon "The Most Famous Aviators in the Country." Col. Denison will speak upon the "Efficiency of the 8th Regiment and Its Needs." The Areo Club of Illinois, expects to have representation there. Chairman Beauregard F. Moseley promises a real, live program to those who believe in doing their bit at this time towards the race and their country. The public is cordially invited. Mr. David Manson of the club who has recently purchased a brand new 1917 model car is determined to add flying to his Repolomie before he closes his career. Hon E. H. Wright and Ald. L. B. Anderson has promised flowers. AMERICAN GIANTS BANQUET, LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, AT THE ELITE #2 The friends of the American Giants were banqueted to a feast of seasonable delectables in both viiands and oratory. One would scarcely believe that some of the American Giants Base Ball players have concealed about their person, such splendid oratory. Among those to make hits as speakers, outside of the toastmaster, Beauregard F. Moseley, and the Sporting Editor of the Chicago Defender, F. A. Young, and the Editor of the Broad Ax, J. F. Taylor and Lieutenant F. L. McFarland, were Pete Hill, Richard Reading, Bruce Petway, Frank Wickware, Wm. Francis, Frank Dunean and Louis Schooler. A number of their admirers were present, and were forced to conclude that the American Giants could do no more than play base ball. They had two other qualities, at least; they could eat and they could talk. Andrew Foster, as usual, closed the banquet with a logical talk, in which he gave the credit for base ball and its present status to the toastmaster, Beauregard F. Moseley, who, he said, started him in the business in Chicago and had stood with him ever since. LEARN TO FLY. ator of St. Paul A. M. E. Church, Wichita is in this city where he labored hard for years. THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY. About a month ago President Wilson wrote a letter to Prof. R. R. Moton, of Tuskegee Institute, Ala., asking him if the American Negro would remain loyal to the country in the coming crisis. Prof. Moton, moved by a spirit of diplomacy as well as by a spirit of patriotism, replied with a letter pledging the loyalty of the Colored American and at the same time calling the President's attention to the numerous wrongs suffered by the Colored people in the south and asking for some word of promise of reform. The following was the President's reply: White House, Washington, D. C., March 16th, 1917. My dear Principal Moton: Accept my warm thanks for your kind letter of the fifteenth of March and allow me to tell you how deeply I appreciate your generous assurances (Signed) Woodrow Wilson And then the White American waders why it is that the Colored American isn't yelling himself hoarse for the President and abusing Germany from the housetops.—Ex. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The Negro Fellowship League will have a Ladies' Day program Sunday, April 29, at 4 P. M., at the Reading Room, 3005 State Street. Addresses will be made by Mrs. M. E. Jackson on Conditions in the South; Miss Daisy Samson on The Infant Welfare Station; Mrs. Barnett on Lessons from the War. Miss Lenora T. Curtis will furnish the music. All presidents of women's clubs especially invited. Last Sunday another interesting conference on Real Estate Segregation was held. Mr. G. W. Faulkner presented the recommendations which were adopted as the report of the committee before the Real Estate Board. The League passed a resolution requesting Mr. Faulkner to call the Colored real estate men together and form an or organization among themselves, also to join the Chicago Renting Agents Association. Mr. Faulkner promised to do this for the Race's benefit. IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT, President Governor Bickett of North Carolina has cabled Foreign Minister Millyovkov of Russia greetings to the new republic. "The State of North Carolina," the governor wired, "sends warmest greetings to the greatest republic of the old world. The high tides of human thought and feeling all set in your direction and all the stars of destiny smile on you. The Russian people have asserted their divine rights in joining the brotherhood of man, and may the Lord of Liberty keep them steadfast." Think of it! Old "No'th Calliny," home of the K. K. K., the jincrow car, mob murder, segregation and damma congratulating the new-born Russia, talking about the brotherhood of man and hoping that the "Lord of Liberty may keep them steadfast!" snort.—Ex. To the above we say Amen! Amen! Amen!—Editor. THIS IS RICH. Last Sunday afternoon, the American Giants Base Ball Team, under the leadership of Col. Rube Foster, played their first game for the season 1917; in their park at 39th street and Wentworth avenue; defeating Jake Stalls' Tricker-Jack Team, by a scope of 5 to 2. Alderman Lewis B. Anderson, tossed the first ball across the plate. Although the air was cold and sharp, a large crowd of fans, both men and women were present and heartily enjoyed the game. THE GREATER HAMPTON PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT MEETING HELD AT QUINN CHAPEL LAST EVENING. The Greater Hampton Patriotic movement which was to hold forth at the Eighth Regiment Armory last evening was for some cause or other switch-to Quinn Chapel. The following were the most prominent speakers of the evening:—Dr. Raece Conklin Simmons of Louisville, Ev. Major R. R. Jackson, Chicago, III. Motion Pictures, "A Trip Through Hampton" was very pleasing to behold. Hampton Quartette, of Hampton institute rendered some fine singing. REGORES NOT WANTED AS NAVAL RECRUITS. Washington, D. C.—The story is told of three Howard University sophomores who offered to join the navy. When they asked what service would be required of them they were told they would be assigned to the "mess department"—that is, to the dining room service. The young men declined. They were not burning with desire to serve the nation in war times as servants for naval officers, and they were quite right about it. COLORED MEN ARE READY FOR THE ARMY AND THE NAVY. Charleston, S. C.—Thomas E. Miller, former president of the State Negro college, has addressed letters to President Wilson and Governor Manning offering to organize 30,000 South Carolina Negroes for active service in the army and navy. MASONS TO BUILD Philadelphia—Local Masonic lodges are planning to build a large hall, and are already filed notice for the incorporation of the Masonic Joint Stock and Building Association. CHIPS Dr. George C. Hall, delivered the principal address for the Y. M. C. A. hall, at St. Louis, Missouri, last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Louise Webb, 3807 Vineennes avenue, who is a prominent factor in the Order of Eastern Star and other secret societies, expects to spend several weeks in visiting with friends in St. Paul, Minn., this coming summer. Mrs. Carrie Warner has removed from her old home at 5223 Dearborn street, into her new and more modern home at 3822 Calumet avenue, where she will be more than delighted to receive her many friends. Mme. Musgrove has the distinction of being the only Afro-American consumer in the downtown district. She is located Room 200, 180 W. Washington street. She makes, alters and repairs theatrical costumes of every description at the most reasonable prices. Mrs. James H. Johnson, 3650 Prairie avenue, has thoroughly familiarized herself with the field duties of the Red Cross nurses and whenever the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, starts off for the seat of war, she will call in line and accompany it wherever it goes. Madam M. Callaway-Byron, 3300 Blades avenue, has been suffering with a severe cold for the past three weeks, that she has been unable to do any singing; in the near future she expects to fill a return singing engagement at Washington, D. C. Mrs. J. Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal., has come on to Chicago in order to be at the bedside of her brother Frank L. Hamilton, who is still confined at President Hospital, and just as soon as he requires sufficient strength, he will step his ear and depart with his sister for that sunny clime. Mrs. Delia Hendricks of Anniston, she has for the past month been the guest of Mrs. Stella Drish, 6120 S. Ada street and on May 1, she will leave with her son, William Hendricks for Los Angeles, Cal., where she will make her home with her son Oscar Hendricks. Madam E. Acalia Hackley expects to return home by May 1st from her five months' concert and vocal demonstration tour, through the east and resume the active management of her normal institute, 3019 Calumet avenue. Mrs. P. L. Randle, who has for some time conducted a most exclusive dancing class or school in this city; reopened her class Wednesday afternoon at Kenwood Hall, 40th street and Cottage Grove avenue. It was largely attended. Dr. Louie Usselmann, the progressive jeweler, 3150 S. State street, has lately installed a new fire and burglar-proof safe in the rear end of the store which also serves as an ornamentation. It weighs more than six thousand pounds and is of steel construction and it will be used for the safe storing of his diamonds and other costly jewelry each night and on holidays. Dr. Louie will also fit up a lovely little reading or rest room in connection with it, for the comfort of his many patrons. APPLICATION FOR PARDON. Application for the pardon of Louise Jackson, who was convicted before the Criminal Court of Cook county of the crime of murder, September term, 1913, and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for fourteen years, will appear before the Board of Pardons at the July term and ask for pardon. R. R. JACKSON, MRS. W. LAWSON, Petitioners. BIG REAL ESTATE BARGAINS Sacrifice—Two Flat! —Only $3,850— 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. 42nd St. Phone Oakland 2726. FIVE AND SIX ROOM FLATS FOR SALE. For Sale -Big bargain, 5 and 6 room brick flats; all modern, 5931 and 5935 La Fayette Ave., rented to Whites at $22.00 and $25.00 a flat. Small cash payment, balance $0.00 per month, including interest. Price $5000.00, worth more. Nehf. 21 N. La Salle St. Telephone Franklin 3966. TO RENT. FOR RENT in new Colored district, south of 59th street. Beautiful modern newly decorated, light 5 and 6 room brick flats, stove heat, large yard, con- venient to "L" and 3 surface lines. Reference required. Flats shown by appointment. Rents, $24.00 and $27.00. NEHF and NEHF, 21 N. La Salle Street. Telephone Franklin 3966. THREE STORY BRICK RESIDENCE ON LANGLEY AVENUE, NORTH OF 38TH STREET FOR SALE FOR $3250.00 ON EASY PAYMENTS. Non-resident, offers for sale a three story brick residence, clear of all in- cumbrance, located on Langley avenue, north of 38th street; for $3250.00 on easy payments. Rental $30 per month. If you desire a bargain, address T. L. Care of this paper or phone Wentworth 2597 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 theatres, 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. Could Not Be Disturbed. Although Jed Hoover was the laziest man in town he always had strength to hold a book or a magazine in his hand. It was only in emergencies that the neighbors called upon him for help. One hot day in July, when the clouds threatened rain, a farmer hurried to his shack and asked him to "rake after" the last load of hay. Jed hesitated a minute, and then his eye fell upon a pile of old magazines that were stacked in a corner of the sagging plaza. "Well, now, I'd like to help out," was the reply, "but I'll have to refuse you this time. I'm a little behind with my reading."—Yontiha Companion --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 28, 1917. Smoke Screens in Naval Warfare. The smoke screen or smoke attack that is so effective in naval warfare originated in the United States navy. being first used in our destroyer fleet when it was under the command of Captain Eberle. Bell With the Wall of a Ch A queerly shaped gong which plies a position of honor in the of the city of Seoul, Korea, is be one of the largest in the wor is called "the bell with the wa child in its voice." When fir The writer well remembers being present at such an attack off Block island several years ago, when five groups of destroyers, twenty in all, crossed the head of a column of battleships until they were in the windward position, and then, with the leading destroyers smoking heavily, swept down the line of the enemy at a distance of about 1,300 yards. The pall of dense smoke rolled down to leeward, enveloping the enemy and screening the destroyers from observation, but above the dense and low lying bank of smoke could be seen the successive pairs of fighting tops of the battleships, and had the maneuver been an actual battle some of the capital ships would have been heavily torpedoed.—Scientific American. Largest Zoo In the World. The New York zoological park, both in point of area covered and the number of living creatures maintained there, is the largest menagerie in the world, and even the old established institutions of the kind in Europe, where there is no free admission, can boast of no better buildings or more splendid grounds. At the New York zoological park there are more than 5,000 specimens, representing about 1,300 species, and all of these have to be fed and well fed. In fact, some of the specimens, far removed from their native habitat, must be supplied with certain dainties which they would obtain but occasionally in their native wilds, but which help them to thrive here. Nowhere are animals, birds and reptiles more carefully looked after, and the very few deaths at this park long since established it in a class by itself.-New York Telegram. Proving Multiplication The following method, which is taught in nearly all English elementary schools in India, is the quickest way of proving multiplication, and it will be found that it is absolutely correct in every case. Example—Multiply 84,689 by 5,214=441,568,446. Add all the digits of the multiplicand till one digit is obtained, thus: $8+4+4+8+9=35=3+5=8$. Do likewise with the multiplier, thus: $5+2+1+4=12=1+2=8$. Multiply the two results and add the digits till one digit is obtained: $8\times 8=24=2+4=6$. Lastly, add the digits of the product till one digit is obtained, thus: $4+4+1+5+8+4+8+4+8=42+4=2+6$, and if the result agrees with the result obtained by adding the digits of the preceding sums the product is correct. We get 6 in both cases. Hence the product is correct—Machinery. Using Bits of Embroidery. Save any embroideries of dolls, cushions, etc., after the material itself, on which the embroidery is done, is so worn out that the piece is of no further use. The initials from handkerchiefs and old lingerie can be put on new lingerie again. They are almost always as good as new. With the rest of the embroideries charming little gifts can be made. The pretty butterflies in colors on a wornout cushion were set in the flaps of a child's white apron. The trailing popples of a cushion were applipped on a natural color linen garden apron. Other uses occur from time to time. Motorcar Suggestions Examine your battery every other week; fill it with water if necessary. Examine the oil level in your crank case before each trip. Keep out of the car tracks and ruts. Do not tinker with parts you know nothing about. Turn up the grease cups and fill the oil holes without waiting for squeaks. Test the inflation of your tires twice a week and keep them pumped up. Read the instruction book you received with your car. Wash your car immediately after every trip. Denied the Statement. "Sister is a very good child when she is asleep," said Tom facetiously, having heard some one else say the same thing. "I ain't dood when I'm asleep," declared sister. "I has bad dreams and wake mamma up." - Philadelphia Ledger. A Lot of Nothing An Englishman, leaving a fortune of over $200,000, provided for his wife in the following terms: "I bequeath to my once dear wife nothing. She left me for nothing and wants for nothing, and I have nothing more to say respecting her." - Argonaut. Do It. Skillfully. "You are lying so clumsily," said the observant judge to a litigant who was making a dubious statement of his case, "that I would advise you to get a lawyer."—San Francisco Star. Fine Comparison. "Well," replied Glilson. "the fact that a boiled chicken has wings doesn't prevent me from enjoying it!" Real Hunger. A baby shouting for his morning meal makes as good an example of what a food riot really is as anything we know of.—Milwaukee Sentinel. Nobody is thoroughly accomplished unless he has the ability to mind his own business—New York Sun. Bell With the Wall of a Child. A queerly shaped gong which occupies a position of honor in the center of the city of Seoul, Korea, is said to be one of the largest in the world and is called "the bell with the wall of a child in its voice." When first cast the bell sounded with a harsh and cracked note, and the superstitious emperor, fearing an ill omen, consulted with his magicians. These gentlemen held a long confab and finally stated that the bell would never sound right until a live child was given to it. The mass was then melted again, and a live baby was thrown into the molten metal. The wall of agony uttered by the little tot as the bronze engulfed it seemed to be repeated every time the bell was toiled, and today the Koreans still claim that the wall of a child can be heard in the voice of the metal. Uncalled For Courtesy. The Vicomte Toussaint was formerly a colonel in the French army and mayor of Toulouse. He was a brave man and a dashing officer. During one of the hottest engagements of a terrible year of war, noticing that his troops were bending forward under a galling fire to escape the bullets of the enemy while he alone maintained an erect position, he exclaimed, "Since when, I should like to know, has so much politeness been shown to the enemy?" The sarcasm took instantaneous effect, for the soldiers rushed forward and carried everything before them. Selenium Is Sensitive By substituting a selenium cell for the human eye at the telescope M. Fournie d'Albe believes it would be possible to detect stars five magnitudes fainter than any now observable, thus enormously increasing the powers of the greatest instruments. Theoretically a selenium cell of sixteen square inches would register the light of a twenty-eighth magnitude star, but this would require longer exposure—several days—than would be practicable. Philip's Reminder Philip, father of Alexander, had a servant whose sole business it was to remind him that he was human. It is said accordingly that he never went from the house and, having returned, never gave audience to any one within out first this servant saying to him three times in a loud voice. "Philip, thou art but a man!" Right In Line. "Have your millions enabled your children to marry well?" "Rather. My daughter married a cabaret dancer and my son is engaged to a prominent chorus girl. We're headed for the best society now."—Pittsburgh Post. No Enthusiasm. "Your friend did not appear to be enthusiastic when I spoke of a coming wireless age." "No wonder. He is a wire walker in a circus."-Baltimore American. A. Cumbersome Cure. "Eat a gumdrop every time you want a drink," advises an exchange, but who the dickens wants to go tagging around with a water bucketful of gumdrops on his arm?—Macon Telegraph. Putting His Foot In It She—Don't be downhearted, Richard, even if father does say you'll be young enough to marry five years from now. He—Oh, I don't care for myself, but how about you?—Exchange. God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comfort ers.—J. Jowett. Wanted a Studious Air. A certain widely known character of the Rialto appeared on Broadway the other day bearing a huge pair of tortoise shell glasses athewart his nose. "Didn't know you wore glasses," a friend told him in surprise. "I never have," he answered, "but I think they give me a studious air." "But don't they impair your sight?" persisted the other. "Oh, no," was the response. "I can see as well as ever when I look over the rims."—Exchange Doesn't Know How. Albert, aged three and a half, had failed to respond to verbal reprimand, and at last his mother said: "If you don't behave you will have to be spanked. You would not like that, would you?" "I wouldn't like daddy to spank me." was the quick response. "Why not?" "He doesn't know how. He hurts." —Life. Restraint of Trade The Dentist—I'll have to charge you $2.50 for pulling that tooth. The Patient—I thought you charged 50 cents. The Dentist—Yes; but you yelled so loud you scared four other patients out of the place.—New York Times. Tenacity. "Grain has been found clutched in the hands of an Egyptian mummy." "It beats all," commented the Chicago man, "how some of those speculators will hold on."-Washington Star. A Pedestrian Once More "I see Brown riding on the street cars. I thought he owned an auto." "He does, but he made the mistake of teaching his wife to drive it."-Detroit Free Press. Real Optimism Our idea of an optimist is a farmer who thinks he could live happily in town on $40 a month.—Galveston News. Talks on HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. By Dr. W. A. Driver 3300 So. State Street Phone Douglas 3617 PROPER VENTILATION. As simple as the subject of ventilation is there are many who fail to understand it. They fail to study the matter; they do not know that it is one of the most important matters of life Some idea of the matter of proper ventilation is not enough. To get a thorough knowledge of ventilation is the proper thing. No family can have good health without the complete airing of the bed rooms during sleeping hours. Complete airing demands proper knowledge of how. The top portion of the window has a definite part to play in proper ventilation. It should always be down during sleeping hours in each bedroom. It should also be kept down a trifle in living rooms. The bottom portion of the window also has a definite function in the matter of ventilation. It should be up in the sleeping rooms during the hours of sleep and up a trifle in the living rooms during the other hours. Proper ventilation not only requires windows to be open top and bottom in the bedrooms during sleeping hours Henry James' Adverbs Stevenson spotted the unconscionable repetition of certain adjectives in "Roderick Hudson," but probably the most marked characteristic of Henry James' style is his passion for adverbs and adverbial clauses. He is the most adverbial of English writers. You will find more adverbs to the page than even in Meredith. And he had a quaint habit of putting the adverb before the verb, when most writers would put it after. One of his ladies (for examples are taken at random) "thankfully felt," another "quite beautifully and tenderly smiled." And "after all" crops up all over the place. But one would not have these things altered; they were part of the man. One does object to them, however, in his imitators, who have learned the trick, but missed the spirit behind it.-London Chronicle. Chawing the Crude Rubber. About the first process rubber goes through on the way to become a tire or tube is mastication. After the crude Para is washed it is broken up into lumps and tossed into the crackers. These are machines with heavy rollers, which take the rubber in between them and chew it. Entering the masticating room of a factory, the first impression is that there is a brush fire burning or else there is a den of snakes at hand. The rubber snaps and crackles like burning branches and then hisses shudderingly. The stuff is kept at until it comes up in regular sheets, very thin and looking like a sort of cake dusted with crumbs. Then after thorough drying in vacuum chambers it is ready to be put in with the chemicals and other things that make up the compound—New York Sun. A Hint For Young Romeos. If the hero has no bad habits he should acquire some or at least lead her to believe that he has one or two. Courtship isn't complete unless the heroine can beg him to quit something that is destroying his sweet health or, worse still, something that makes him almost a bold, bad man. She used to beg and beg us to quit gambling, and a few years after the wedding she was cruel enough to tell us that she knew all the time that we were not a gambler. She was just humoring us.-Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star-Telegram. An Irresistible Call Hulda, the Swedish maid, had served her mistress faithfully for a year when one day she announced her intention of leaving. "Why. Hulda, what is the matter? Is the work too hard? Or don't you like your wages? "De vork he be all right, an' de vages he be. too, but the beau—he moost have me."—San Francisco Chronicle. Warning. "He says I am the only girl he has ever loved." "I'd beware of him." "Why?" "I think it dangerous to tie up for life with a man who takes the first thing that comes along."—Detroit Free Press. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another man than to knock him down.—Johnson. PAGE FIVE A. E. but the occupants should sleep with the heads turned toward the cold air that enters at the lower opening. The head should always be kept cool and the feet should always be kept warm for the preservation of health. It is the habit of many people to be afraid of cold air. Such fear induces many diseases chief of which are pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia. Sleeping with the feet turned toward the window is uncomfortable and illogical; it is wrong and the result is error. Such uncomfortable action causes many to decry ventilation of bed rooms. The whole process of ventilating bed rooms is spoiled if the head of the occupant is placed where the feet must find comfort. Th proper position of the bed is a matter for the attention of the housekeeper; the occupant will assume the proper position if that is suggested by the correct placing of the bed. Let every housewife learn that the cold air should reach the head first during sleeping hours. The open window is the best friend of all the people, especially at night and all night. Night air is cleaner and hence better than day air. Get it. Roasted coffee is an excellent disinfectant for sickrooms. Stories of a Buddhist image. Interesting stories are told of a Buddhist image in a temple in the suburbs of Kloto. According to a record contained inside the image it was carved by a famous Buddhist priest, and it is believed that worshipers of the image will surely receive divine favor. At one time when a fire broke out in the temple, unknown to the caretaker, the image awoke him by calling "Fire!" and thus saved the temple from destruction. Another story says that the image was once stolen by a thief, who, however, fell dead when he was running away. Still another report says that no dust ever accumulates on the head of the image. Gray Hairs Can't Make You Old. People do not grow old so fast as they used to. Time was when the fathers and the mothers seldom left home. They would not think of taking part in any sort of frivolous conversation. Grandfather and father, too, went around the house with a "dark as the tomb" sort of face, and if the young folk got too hilarious "Tut, tut," you would hear them say. Now granddad enjoys a good play, a football game, and a baseball game makes him as young as the next one. Bravo! That is the right idea. Don't give up to the gray hairs. Silver threads should not absorb all the golden hues from your life. Keep abreast of the times. Read up so you can converse with your children on modern topics. Interest yourself in their work and their play. Help them play and you will keep your heart young.—Los Angeles Herald. The Day After Jack—Who is that fine looking girl that just bowed to you? Tom (gloomily)—Oh, that is my sister. Jack—Why, old chap. I wasn't aware that you had a sister. Tom—Well. I wasn't aware of it myself until last night. Indianapolis Star. But They Are Not Voters. Politician—Who's back of you? Officeseeker—Ten generations of glorious ancestors! Politician—Uh; I might get you a job classifying fossils in the Smithsonian Institution—Puck. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Do You Know That— A little cough often ends in a large coffin? Bodily vigor protects against colds? Careless sneezing, coughing, spitting, spread colds? Open air exercise cures colds? Overheated, air tight rooms be- get colds? Neglected colds often forerun pneumonia? Persistent, oft repeated colds indicate bodily weakness? Efficiency decreases as fatigue increases? A cold bath every morning is the best complexion remedy?— United States Public Health Service. THE BROAD AX —E=iEE In this city since July Uh, 1809, without minsing one single iasus, Be- publicans, Democrats, Catholics, Pre- testants, single Taxers, Priests, inf- dels or anyone else ean have their say as long as their language t proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is & newspaper whose platform is bread enough far all, ever alsiming the editorial sight te apeak ite own mind. Loes] communications will ressive attention. Write only oa one side of the paper. Subscriptions mest be paid ia ad- vance. Ome Year.......eeccceeeeeee+s + 6200 Advertising sates made known on 8p- plication. Address all communications te THE BROAD 4x 418 Champlain Ave, Chicago, IIL PHONE WENTWORTH ss97. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Méit - and Pub sher. Entered as Seeond-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chieage, Tlinois, under Aet of March 3, 1879. with the British Armies in France, via London.—One of the most thrilling fying episodes of the war was record- 4 when the British observer in a two seated machine which had been dam- aged by German shell fire climbed out on one of the wings and steadied the airplane while the pilot brought it safe- Jy to earth. ‘Two young aviators were leading an offensive patrol when an antiaircraft 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 uncon- trollabie. Realizing the situation, the observer 14 not hesitate, but climbed out three- quarters of the way on the right wing tip in order to balance the machine. ‘The sir 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 alight movement by the man on the wing caused the machine to spin again, but the pilot was able to control it when Jost ten feet above the ground, and the ‘air craft landed with neither man in- 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 Gslafd and Portland. The Plattsburs amp will be for the senior division ‘and the other two for the junior divi- sion. ‘The senior camp contemplated at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., is still under consideration. ‘There will be four camps at Platts- barg—June 2 to July 1, July 7 to Aug. &, Ang. 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 spe- fal permits to attend and do so at their own expense. ‘The junior division for boys from fifteen to eighteen will hold twocamps at Fort Terry. They will be from June 30 to July 29 and from Aug. 2 to Ang. 80. Two camps will also be held at Portland for the same periods, Plans are being made for a camp for wegroes on Plattsburg lines. If 200 possessing the necessary qualifications apply for membership it is intended to begin instruction in June under the dl- rection of regular army officers, assist- 4 probably by noncommissioned off cers from the crack negro regiments tm the service. WOMEN CROSS HUDSON ON ICE Bive From Highland Falls Make Per- ilous Trip In Safety. Albany, N. Y.—On a dare five young women, including Miss May Streb- Bing of Highland Falls, safely walked ‘cross the ice on the Hudson river re- ently, they jubllantly reported, from Highland Falls to Manitou, Putnam county. Although the ice could be beard xecking and rumbling in places, they burried across safely. Few men have qzomsed the river south of Newburgh (this winter on the ice, and no such ‘ventures bave been made by women. ‘With Miss Strebbing on the risky trip ‘were Miss Nora Connors, Miss Annie Malley, Miss May Fuller and Mre Mary Cook of Highland Falls. - Dials ta Rat Bo Anclent~ ie Madrid is not a city of great en- tiguity. Many efforts, it is true, have Deen made to trace its history back into classical times and even beyond, but the first authentic mention of the town opcurs in the Arab chronicles, and this does not carry one back far ther than the first half of the tenth century. ‘The place was, of course, occupied by the Moors when they were the dominant power of Spain, but was finally taken from them by Alfonso ‘VI. in 1083. Henry IV. used it as 0 hunting seat, but it did not attain any importance until the reign of Charles Y., who made it a place of residence and was wont to visit it occasionally. It was in the reign of Philip Il. that at last it attained to the dignity of a capital city. He created it his capital and unica corte, or only court, in 1560, and it has remained the capital of Spain ever since in spite of occasional efforts on the part of sundry kings to transfer the government to Valladolid and Seville—National Geographic 80- clety Bulletin. Shen Sitenn Geet ‘Miss Helen, the daughter of the fem- fly in which jet black Maria Jackson occasionally worked by the day, had been given a beautiful cup and saucer of rare china. She showed it to Maria and said: “I mean to put it away in my hope box. You know what that is, Aunt Maria? It’s the box a girl puts things into in the hope that she will some day need them as a bride.” “Lawzy, chile, I knows all about dem hope boxes. I got one of my own. chile.” “Why, I thought you were already married.” “I is, chile, an’ my hope box is one I 4s puttin’ money into fas’ as I kin ‘until I has enough to pay fo’ a divorce- ment from Pete Jackson. Morel one kind of hope box is mixed up with mat- rimony, Miss Helen.”—New York ‘Times. Easy Jail Methods. ‘Tha greatest leniency is shown to criminals in New Zealand Thus in one jail at the end of the South is- land a prisoner may keep a race horse and is permitted to transact business concerning it. In the same jail well behaved prisoners are allowed an after- noon out occasionally. Prison authorities in New Zealand are believers in the moral effects of open air. In one of thelr institutions the newly arrived misdemeanant is al- lowed the choice of living in jail or outside it, tents being erected at the back. This system of sending people to jail by letting them live outaide has, however, its disadvantages. In one case the “prisoners,” resenting harsh treatment in the way of a “lockout,” lifted up the “Jail” and deposited it far away in the bush. Kilted Troops. ‘The Greek kilted troops, the Evzones, bear a variant of a name which was given to troops in the days of ancient Greece. Euzonol, meaning well girdled and so girt up for exercise as kilted men are, were light troops or even the heavily armed hoplital, but without their weighty shields. At first, how- ever, the term, as in Homer, was used only regarding women, the “zone” be- ing the lower girdle worn by them about the waist, but by an easy and natural transition this came to mean a man’s belt. Then, as the belt sup- ported the short skirts, kilted men were called well belted. Use of Gas. It is now a hundred years since gas was first used for illumination in this country, and this is supposed to be “the age of electricity,” yet the amount of gas consumed is still increasing. There has indeed been a falling off in the amount used for lighting, but a great gain in the amount used for fuel. This is not only the age of electricity, but also the age of the gas burning cook stove. jn aaa “Is Binks as close fisted as he used to ber” “Oh, no, Coming down to business im the morning he frequently buys a newspaper instead of trying to read that of the man in the next 'seat”"— Richmond Times-Dispatch. So He Forged. Judge—How came a man of your ability to stand here convicted of for- gery? Prisoner—It is all owing to my taking good advice, your honor. When I left school my teacher told me with my talents to go on and forge ahead.— Baltimore American. Mitigating Circumstances. “How did her friend break it to ber gently that she had suddenly become a widow?” “Told the dear creature she looked so stunning in mourning that it was lucky she bad a chance to wear it”— Exchange. Right Up to the Minute Methods. “Is this an up to date city?” “Very. Whenever we have an im- portant place to fill we always go out of town to get the man for the job.”— Detroit Free Press. Pe cee er near eer “Keep a smile on your face till 10 o'clock and it will stay there all day.” says Douglas Fairbanks in the Wom- an’s Home Companion. In College Towns. “What is the rent of your room, Hen- ry? I suppose they ask a lot for it” “Yes, all the time”"—Harvard Lam- Poon. Justice without wisdom is tmposst- ble—Frovde. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 28, 1917. SEEK MANY GIRLS $500,000 HOSPITAL IN TC Japanese Contribute $75,000 te ae Mission Structure, . . ‘Tokyo.—Announcement is mai Thirty-five Hundred Disappear} the tund of $500,000 for the co tion in Tokyo of the new St Yearly In New York. International hospital has beer pleted S aaa given by tt 2 anese a council. ‘The Ja ONE-HALF SEEM TO VANISH.| Soctriputea $75,000, including a from Emperor Yoshihito. ‘The t Recent Search For Ruth Cruger Recalls |Ger has been either contribu Case of Dorothy Arnold and Others | Pledged in the United States, Police Assign Among Reasone Fam-| The proposed, heepital wit ily fees Failure at Business, Dis- wes ous cake the a appointed Love. pal mission many years ago and New York—B-z2-1-22. It's the tele | has achieved a reputation thro phone on the lieutenant’s desk at polict ae fences ey = — or, headquarters. pretence | ee eee em sing.” The lieutenant jots down a few words, the description is flashed to ev- ery detective headquarters, and the search for “another missing person” is on. Ruth Cruger, 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 fam- ily is of nrominence and because of her father’s insistence the case was widely discussed and given much publicity, but the case of Ruth Cruger was only one of hundreds. Every year there are 3,500 missing persons in New York, according to po- lice 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 ber. Ruth Wheeler needed a job, and she answered an advertisement. ‘Her bat- tered little body was found days later. and a ne'er do well, Wolter, was later put to death for ber murder, ‘The hacked up body of Anna Aumul ler wag found in the river. Hundreds of anxious mothers and fathers viewed her body, believing it might be thelr daughter. Her slayer was also exe cuted. ‘These are but a few of the hundreds of missing. Why missing? Police an- swer—white slavery, lack of courage to face disgrace, failure at business, fam- fly troubles, broken faith, disappointed Jove, wanderlust and the lure of adven- tare. Do they come back? Police say of the 3,500 or more who disappear each year perbaps 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 te the hundreds ef missing. PITCAIRN ISLAND MAIL. First Dispatch From United States by Steamship Australplain. ‘Washington —For the first time since tts colonization in 1789 by mutineers of the British warship Bounty and Ta- hitian women Pitcairn island, a dot in the Pacific about midway between Panama and New Zealand, is to re- celve mail from the United States. The historic event is announced in the usual dry, formal mail notice as fol- lows: “Postmaster Morgan advises that the steamship Australplain will sail from New York on or about March 15, 1917, via the Panama canal for Pitcairn is- land, being due to arrive there within twenty-five days of the date of sailing. Ho issues this notice in order that the patrons of the postal service may take advantage of this unusual opportunity for the expeditious dispatch of mail for the place named.” It is net likely that the mail to Pit- cairn island will be a heavy one, since only one Pitcairn islander, Miss Emily McOoy, 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 serv- fee to Pitcairn island will be of inter est. There are about 170 men, women ‘and children on the island. INDIANS FORCED TO WED. Young Chippewas Rush to Judge te ‘Avoid Arrest. Deer River, Minn—This village was Visited by a large delegation of young Chippewa Indians from the Bowstring country, who came te 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 ts not the intention of the de partment, 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 edu- cations, the department officers are watching. ‘Twine Run In the Family. Evansville, Ind —The sixteenth birth- day 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 ee eee ae Tsora Young of Rockport. young er sisters of Mrs, Brady are the third $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 construc- tion in Tokyo of the new St. Luke's International hospital has been cou pleted at a luncheon given by the Jap- ‘anese advisory council. The Japanese contributed $75,000, including $25,000 from Emperor Yoshihito. The remain- der 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 Episco- pal mission many years ago and which has achieved a reputation throughout the far east. Dr. RB. Teusler, its present director, will have charge ot the enlarged institution, work upon which will be started as soon as a proper site 1s decided upon. The hos- pital will be international in scope. It is hoped later to add a training de- partment 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 Obse- quies 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 din- gy 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 ac- corded Josephine Tomaszewsky, sir, diphtheria victim. Her parents’ home ‘was quarantined because her two lit- tle 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. RULING FAVORS TEACHERS. custies Lavy Sete Saws oF Vay Seem ing” For Absence. New York.—Schoolteachers absent from work in the past have been “docked” one-twenty-ffth 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 Octo- ber, 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 Jost. William G. Willcox, president of the board, pointed out that under the Levr ruling the teacher could be absent 190 days, a full school year, and still de mand almost half a year's pay. PHONES FUNERAL SERMON. Preached at Long Distance Because ‘Storm Held Up Railways, Food du Lac, Wi.—A funeral by Jeng distance telephone was conduct- 4 the other day when the body of the Bev. Frank Millar of Oakfield was sent to its last resting place through the drifts about the village where Mr. Mil. lar had been a pastor. ‘The storms tied up all railroads lead- ing to Oakfield from here, a branch line of @ 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 8, Ingraham of this city was to conduct the services over the body of his Methodist colleague, Ingraham being the district superin- tendent. ‘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 Incerporate In the Third Class. New York—First steps toward the incorporation of the richest little city im the United States were taken when residents of Glen Cove, N. ¥., in a test Voted to incorporate the village as a third class city. The vote was more than two to one in favor of incorpora- eas setae nia tacieda a Dometaiton ac Glen Cove is considered the largest millionaire colony in Long Island. Among its residents are J. P. Morgan, J. T. Pratt, HL. Pratt, G. D. Pratt, Captain J. R. De Lamar, Percy Chubb, HE W. Maxwell, Béward L. Young, Justice Townsend Scudder, F. W. Woolworth and Harvey 8. Ladew. (960.000 For Twe Dauchtera. Greensburg, Ind—Isaac Sefton, one ef Decatur county's wealthiest resi- dents, presented each of his two danugh. ters with valuable farm land as gifts. ‘The gifts comprise 461 acres of land that fs said to be valned at $50,000. ---~Béing Te the Right Way. For every right way to do a thing there are ninety-nine wrong Ways. ‘Take the apparently single matter of loading sugar in cars of putting it i storage houses. ‘The difference be tween any one of the ninety-nine ‘wrong ways and the one right way is 2 sufficient reason for the world’s big. (gest sugar company to issue « book about it. “An amateur wouldn't dream there ‘could be so much science in rolling 150 ‘Darrela of sugar in a box car. But this little book, filled with diagrams ‘Ys a school of instruction for all em- ‘ployees, There they learn to do it the right way and to avoid the ninety nine wrong ones. ‘The fellow who learns to load sugar the right way soon finds out that the thing contains higher mathematics chemistry and finance. ‘The American people eat just about their own weight in sugar in @ year, ‘and even the tiniest saving on each pound achieved by this scientific han- dling is quite enough to pay all salaries ‘and leave a snug margin to boot—Gt rard in Philadelphia Ledger. Pener From Wood Pulp. ‘The idea of making Peper w oatty originated in Germany in the early forties with Gottfried Keller, tradition having it that be in turn received his inspiration from a wasps’ nest. Keller collaborated with a manufacturer of machinery, Heinrich Voelter, in whose ame the patents were executed. It was not until 1966 that the pos- sibilities of this invention in this coun- try were recognized, when Albrecht and Rudolf Pagenstecher induced their cousin, Alberto Pagenstecher, to build a mill in this country and financed the purchase of machinery and the build- ing of a mill. ‘The choice of location fell to Curtis- ‘ville, now Interlaken, Mass., where the outlet of Stockbridge bowl seemed to supply an adequate amount of power. ‘The mill was built and on March 5, 1867, the first ground wood pulp was produced.—New York Globe. A Nation With No Language ‘The Swiss alone, of all the peoples of the world, may in a sense be said to possess no language, a fact that is the more surprising when we consider that there is no people showing a more in- tense patriotism. ‘The official languages of the little re- public are French and German. The public documents are published in these tongues, both of which are spoken by many Swiss. Roughly speaking, how- ever, about 75 per cent of the popula- tion ‘speak German, while the remain- der divide four other languages among them, mainly French and Italian. ‘These tongues vary, as a rule, accord- ing to the proximity of the people to the country whose language they speak. In the Swiss parliament members de- liver their speeches elther in French or German, for nearly all the members understand both tongues. ‘When “Old Women” Abounded. In the eighteenth century women soon grew old, says an English writer. At the age of twenty-nine Marie An- toinette, the wife of Louis XVI., grave- ly @iscussed the Question with her modiste, Rose Bertin. She would soon be thirty. Her idea was to change ber manner of dress, which inclined too much to that of extreme youth. In consequence she should wear no more flowers or feathers. The glorious Georgiana, the duchess of Devonshire, complained to the French ambassador that she was already seven and twen- ty years old. “Consider,” said the glorious one, “what an age that is!” to which the ungallant ambassador re- plied that “in Brance at seven and twenty a woman was considered elder- ye Homemade Cold Cream. Here is the recipe for a homemade cold cream, the kind always used by the famous Lillian Russell: Pure lanolin, four ounces; sweet almond oll, four ounces; spermaceti, one-balf ounce; white wax, one-half ounce; orange flower water, two ounces; tincture of benzoin, forty drops. Melt spermaceti and white wax in an enamel vessel, add almond ofl, then lanolin. Beat constantly and add orange flower water little at a time; lastly, the benzoin, drop at a time. Beat hard till all is consistency of @ light cream. Making the Best of It. | “What would you do if a situation arose which compelled you to fire a oun?” “1 be nervous,” confessed Mr, Blig- gings, “and yet I'd be exceedingly thankful I was the man with the gun and not an innocent bystander.”— Washington Star. —_ Reversed. “Did you read about the man who spent twenty years in jail?” “What about him? “I see he has had his case reopened and his sentence reversed.” “I suppose that gives him back those twenty years, ch?”—Louisville Courier- Journal. Restful. Laura—Alice Flitter is such a rest- ful friend. Charles—Restful? She talks all the time. Laura—That's it. I never have to think about what to say when Tm with ber. —— Fuller's Earth, Fuller's earth is now used in bleach- ing, clarifying or filtering vats and rarely for filling cloth, the purpose for which it was employed originally. ee A man must be well off who fs trrt tated by triftes, for in misfortune trifles ‘ate not felt—Schopenhaver. BOY SCOUTS TO PLyy 4~ PROMINENT PART jy “a ©. H. Livingstone Saye Hayy ~~ Are Available For Various Poin Washington —In the Bey Sem Americe the country bas a wat at ed “peace army” of 202,000, 5 Feserves of 350,000 “veterang™ ai” mer well qualified to take the an’ Pons te Euard Ay, to aim ae 81d” and to do the work of olde, im many things, and the latter larly well qualified to sere tieteage try tm any capacity required ot ee se, ‘according to Cetin thet stone, president of the nation east of the Boy Scouts of Americs, “The Boy Scouts of America ay ‘© military organization,” ‘mug’ Livingstone. | “Primarly it aing character building and citizen Our boys get an outdoor trating of with them it 18 a case of paying at dler in the field and camp, geting, handy training for tho davies of ft zenshilp, building up health and mig “I told the boy scouts of Butile cently that they were part of « nis ot service, In the event of war the Will perform all the services that normally be expected of them pe instance, they will be able to raion the police of guard duty over was, works, a Date Yada, bridges, and so on. wil after families whose heads bare pe to war and help relieve any sufte. WANTS DOCTORS, T00, TO PREPARE FOR WiR Medical Journal Tells of Qualte Needed In an Efficient Mi. itary Surgeon, “If War Comes” is the heading der which the New York Metial ioe nal says editorially: “Modern warfare demands the em, plete mobilization of every resoure ¢ the countries involved. Defeat is te rice paid for unpreparedness, and the conquered pays the bills for both sie, ‘Therefore tt pays to be prepared. I. ery war in which the United Stats has taken part has accentuated the as cessity for and the deplorable lack ot preliminary preparation. “Surgeon General Lovell in his m port for the year 1817 saye of the War of 1812: ‘There could be litte doubt that where one man hed died from improper medical treatment ten had been destroyed from want ot s knowledge of the many duties peculr to an army surgeon.’ The stm om ment could bave been made at te close of the civil war and of the w ‘with Spain. “In no direction is preparedness Bm important than in the medical deer ments of the army and the nary. Ta public and a large part of the medial Profession erroneously assume that b+ cause a man fs a qualified medical pe titioner or surgeon he will therein make an efficient medical officer. Ts fe not true. The military surgeon's much more than an efficient surges @ ‘@ competent practitioner. He muta Understand sanitary tactics; be mat be familiar with the organization « the medical department and know bw to handle men and material Withet this knowledge he cannot perform te fall measure of his duties. “Therefore every patriotic physidas should at once enroll in the metésl department of the reserve offcer corps, where he can learn the exe tials of military medicine by devetss ‘& few hours a week to home sly ‘without interfering with bis practi Then when the need comes be cf serve his country acceptably 2d eredit to bimseif and bis profesion ‘Applications for enrollment ia ‘corps should be addressed to the si geon general of the army, Wastitt —_= GIRL WOULD BE SOLDIER Writes a Letter Asking to Enlist * ‘the United States Army. Muncie, Ind—The following Ht has been received by Sergeant Joxm Binney of the local rering * Union City, Ie Captain Finney, Army Recruiting Of Muncie, Ind: ‘Dear Stroi sent tn my appilcation 1 ‘army recruiting oftice several mosthé Sort "wan told to write you abeat Wish. to Join the United states 55) Whntover'way you may see it 10 05 Yranall be wiling to eve You SY Sop service. My present, position % Br Grocery sore. Now, if 70a 90% 5 ‘way to use me let me know. iit sto ge the Sing Hine 1 am ‘wing ov 2 Saray ego io bef 7 Gas wenevre HARMON RR.& Union City, In ‘is Sergeant Finney, after > eee che youns woman ¥DO Ms the letter is a pretty sisi who er) ‘8 country grocery near Union Cis, that she is in earnest aboot Sys to be a soldier or to eater 20 hs any capacity. Sergeant * twaitten to her that be bas not Tae 7 Saline women, for a7 Fey pose, Tout tat abe might Sad 0 ‘work with the Red Cross White Negro Called 8 ine si Spcing, Areca aE, Syne ics ee SS senruerie'goeres by three: fwho recently. beat BO Feat Him through the see wi him throat be Say Boat el ld aaa 2 aoe ed white, except for & eae eres, giving bim a2 — A Woman Becomes a Chief Yeoman In Our Navy. ASSIGNED IN PHILADELPHIA. Only Twenty Years Old, This Young Lady Passed Both Her Physical and Mental Examinations and Went Directly to Work as Recruiting Agent. Miss Loretta Walsh, cousin of Dr. James J. Walsh, former dean of the faculty of medicine of Fordham university, has entered upon her duties as a chief yeoman in the United States navy, the first woman ever enrolled for service in the country's naval arm. Miss Walsh, who is twenty years old, used her physical and mental ex- Mary MISS LORETTA WALSH. innations and was immediately assigned to duty under Lieutenant Commander F. R. Payne of the United States Naval home, by whom she was worn in. The oath was administered at the home and was witnessed by a large number of women attached to the Navy league. The young woman enlisted under the recent order of Secretary Daniels directing recruiting agents to accept the applications of women for enlistment in certain classes. The ruling reads: "A limited number of women may be enrolled for clerical work to take care of increased correspondence in the various naval districts during a war. All reservists when in active service either have quarters and subsistence furnished by the government or a money allowance is paid them for this purpose. The pay of a nurse is $50 a month. The pay of a woman enrolled for clerical work is $33." Teoman Walsh has been furnished with a uniform and will take up her duties as a recruiting officer at the station as her home. She will pay particular attention to other women who wish to join the service, but also will use her influence to persuade men to assist. KITCHEN HINTS. Help For Mrs. Newlywed In Her Struggles to Succeed. Begins to Success. Everybody does not know that food in general should not be allowed to eat in tin, copper or iron. It must be placed while hot in agate, china or well glazed earthenware. Green vegetables should be dropped into boiling water, to which a pinch of carbonate of soda has been added. Put in salt when the article is half cooked. If you have covered a pan in which meat is to be roasted never open it to taste the meat. Keep it covered from start to finish. The idea is that the meat are filled with steam, which penetrates the fibers of the meat. If desired, to brown the outside leave the cover off for the first half hour in a quick green. The shank bones of mutton, of so little general value, if well soaked, add to the richness of gravies and soup stock. When boiling haricot beans or dried limbs do not put in the salt until they are nearly cooked; otherwise they are apt to split and come out of their skins. They should be brought to the boiling point, the water poured off and fresh boiling water poured over them. Indian Ornaments it was to be supposed that when America grew enthusiastic about the essential novelties that were introduced from China and Japan some clever person would look up our Indian work and bring it out as a rival. There are now Indian beads from Australia used as trimming for hats and gowns, and the Indian embroidery, as well as the beaded work, tassels with queer Indian ornaments growing together, and sweaters made of harpe blankets are among the things offered and accepted. To Bead Georgette Grape bead georgette crape stamp the pattern to be headed on to a piece of marry white writing paper, then baste on to the cloth with little, fine matches. The pattern can be very plainly followed, and being on the stiff paper it is very easy to handle. FASHION CUES. Points About the Very Latest Spring Togs Are Here. Despite all the rumors to the opposite effect, there is a strong directorel influence in some of the spring suits and frocks. Especially is this true of the Paris collection. In the suits this effect is obtained in the placing of the belt and in the size of the revers. As for the materials used, there is a quantity of satin and charmeuse besides figured and striped foulard and striped mousseline. Embroidered chiffon is used to drape over satin or charmeuse. There are seen both the barrel and the draped skirts, while the skirt for the suit is narrower and occasionally plaited. Jackets for the two pieces suits are short, for they reach to the waist, not even the conservative finger tip length that had been predicted for the early spring. These short jackets frequently show panels of accordion plaits and a combination of materials, but in a different order from that which we have been accustomed to—for instance, the skirts will be checked material and the jackets of plain. At the southern resorts, for cycling, which is eminently southern sport, the suits are most attractive, the skirts short and the bloomers of the fitted riding type, and these of a striped, checked or blocked material, and the jacket of the predominating tone of the figured material. The material used for these sports clothes is home-spun, and this, by the way of a change, is quite acceptable and very attractive. The skirts as often as not are divided, and the knickers are, of course, of the same material. On all sides we hear of the slip-over effect of suits and blouses and even wraps. Organdie and linen make a southern wear frock on this order. Top coats come in all the bright new colors and are most attractive in design. Some have quite a directoire effect, while others show belts at the natural waist line. Velvet ribbon enters into the trimming of these as well as the dresser suit. FULLY PREPARED For Play Is This Comfortable Two Piece. Blue linen trousers strongly, obviously buttoned into a waist cut with a stylish twelfth century neck makes a THE FIRST YEAR READY FOR ANYTHING. very satisfactory uniform for small rogues to romp in. Short sleeves are best to punch things in. A Tidy Linen Closet A linen closet that is tidy and neat is a delight not often met with. The linens may be placed in neat piles when the laundry comes home, but when searching for a particular sheet or pillowcase or towel the pile is apt to become disordered. If you will use bands and tie each pile you will find that the shelves will present a much better appearance. A band of linen about ten inches long and about three or four inches wide is scalloped in blue and the words "Sheets," "Pillowcases," or whatever the article may be, are worked in cross stitch. Tape strings are attached to each end. Bindings Ready. When making children's clothes have bias binding and facing ready to put on. Save pieces of lining lawn, colored linens and gay plaid gingham, and cut them into one inch bias strips and sew together and fold into neat rolls and put in the machine drawer, where they will be handy when needed. The linens and ginghams are excellent for pipings on contrasting materials for children's school dresses. For Sweeping Day. A common handled basket that sells for 8 or 10 cents will save more steps on sweeping day than one would think. Line with table oilcloth, make pockets all around to put in such things as tacks, string, soap; then in the basket proper put dust brushes and cloth, bottle of furniture polish—all the other things one needs for cleaning. Try it and see how many trips to the kitchen it saves. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APBIL 28, 1917. ONE SPRING BRIDE. A Beautiful Design For the Youthful Betrothed. THE WEDDING DRESS THIS QUEEN. White satin made short skirted with a corselet effect for bodice and white net sleeves is also further beautified by a hem and shoulder straps of small pearls. The graceful white net veil is confined with conventional flowers and their foliage. SUN BATHS. Health Tips About This Popular Way of Getting Strength. Prolonged exposure of the human body to bright sunlight in those not accustomed to its rays is dangerous. The damage is more than the sunburn which results, for physicians have shown that headache and symptoms of meningitis have developed after youths under their observation had been lying several hours in the sunlight with unprotected head and no clothing but bathing trunks. The symptoms shown by these patients demonstrated that the sun's rays had evidently penetrated the skull, thus indicating that a sunstroke is the consequence of direct exposure to the sun. Sun baths are most popular with anemic and nervous city indoor workers, but too much is most apt to harm the nerve system of nervous people. Instead of being benefited by long exposure to the sun the nervous are rendered more nervous, and when the summer is over they are tanned, but otherwise in poorer condition than in spring. No one welcomes more than the physician the "back to nature" tendency of recent years, but they are now being careful to warn against excesses and abuses in the "enjoyment of nature." For Middle Aged Women. Women who are middle aged and rather stout will find a cold bath every day with plenty of friction afterward an admirable fat reducer. If you can't take a cold bath have a cold sponge down after your warm bath and dry yourself vigorously with a rough towel. There is something very stimulating in the friction induced by thorough drying after a bath. Plenty of fresh air is essential to health, and it is essential, too, to avoid much lolling about in easy chairs. This last induces that fatal habit of stooping, as a result of which there is formed, as we get on in years, an unsightly roll of fat between the shoulders, which hangs over the top of the corsets. Very often faulty corsets are responsible for the formation of this figure blemish, corsets which are laced so as to press the fat upward between the shoulders. To cure it in the first instance you will require to go through a course of scientific massage. Massage is also splendid for fat which forms beneath the waist line and for double chin. Shoe Back. "I have found a shoe rack a very useful and convenient addition to my bedroom closet, as it saves space, keeps the shoes from getting scratched and keeps them in order," said a housekeeper the other day. "It is a six inch board as long as the width of closet placed on a forty-five degree angle at a desirable height. Fasten it to the sides of closet by means of cleats naked or screwed. Nail a one inch strip full length of board on the top about one inch from upper edge to hook the beels over." For the Guest Room. An electric hand lamp in your guest room will prove the greatest convenience to your guest, saving him from stumbling about hunting for the light switch or matches should he wish to set up during the night. FOR YOUNG FOLKS Sleepy Time Story About a Beautiful Spring Blossom. LEGEND FROM OLD GREECE Quaint Tale of a Handsome, Golden Haired Lad Who Fell In Love With His Own Reflection—The Nymph in the Pool—Birth of a Flower. When Uncle Ben came to see Little Ned and Polly Ann he had a bunch of yellow cup shaped flowers. He said: I will tell you the STORY OF NARCISSUS. The daffodils and the jonquils all belong to the narcissus family and are among the first flowers to bloom in our gardens in the springtime. These, of course, I bought of a man who sells flowers. They were raised in a hothouse. Daffodils do not grow wild in this country, though in some parts of southern Europe they do. The name narcissus was given to the flowers by the Greeks. They had a story about them which you may like to hear. Long ago, the Greeks' story ran, there was a handsome lad named Narcissus. So beautiful was he that every one who saw admired him. Most of his time was spent in wandering about the woods and fields alone. One day he went to the woods to hunt. Tired and thirsty near the middle of the day, he looked about for a place to get a drink. Deep in the forest he found a beautiful clear, deep pool. It was shaded by tall green trees, and the violets that grew by the water were the most lovely and fragrant of their kind. Narcissus knelt to drink from the pool, and lo, just beneath his own face looked up another, a face which he thought the most attractive he had ever seen. There were no mirrors in those days save the polished silver ones that belonged to kings or the rich. The simple country youth did not know that it was his own face that he saw looking up at him out of the water. Narcissus leaned down and the face in the water seemed to come closer, but though he dipped his in the pool he could not touch the other. The foolish boy was happy, for he thought that what he saw in the water was the nymph or the fairy guardian of the pool. But, though he begged the image to come out of the water and talk to him, of course it could make no reply. Day after day Narcissus came to the pool to gaze at himself in the water. He forgot to eat, to drink, to sleep and at last he faded away and died. But he did not really die, for from his body sprang a wonderful flower whose golden head hung over the pool as his head so often had done. The flower was called narcissus, and, though I would not have you believe this story true, yet it may help you to remember the name. The Mayflower. Trailing arbutus, or the mayflower, is to the northeastern part of North America the true harbinger of spring. In the pine woods of the north it makes its fight against the cold weather and wins. Through the long, bitter winter its leaves stay green, and its dainty little flower blossoms out in the coolest days of spring. Of all the flowers of the wildwood trailing arbutus is one of the wildest. It grows in profusion, carpeting the cool glades, its faint perfume sweetening the forest. But when taken to a garden it sickens and dies. Baseball Season Has Begun. All over the country the warm spring sun has wrought a transformation. Along with flowers and green leaves the game of baseball has appeared. Balls, bats, masks and mitts have tak- Photo by American Press Association. WATCHING THE GAME. en the places of marbles and tops. The American boy is the most enthusiastic of all baseball fans, and everywhere he is to be seen engaged in this favorite diversion. The group here pictured was snapped by the camera man on the side lines. They are watching a runner who had just made a hit. What Boy Scouting Does Moral courage is no less necessary in times of national peril than physical courage, and it is more largely a product of training. The boy scout leaders seek to develop both, but they put most emphasis on the moral element, believing that the other is likely to follow as a natural result.—Portland Oregonian. THE CHAFING DISH Why Not Polish It Up For Spring Breakfasts Now? AS CHEAP AS GAS BILLS. There Are Any Number of Menus That Small Families Enjoy Cooked Right on the Table—Besides, It's More Fun Than a Range. Why in many homes is the chafing dish relegated to the sideboard as an almost useless ornament, dragged forth only for "company?" If the chafing dish proves itself a useful and practical means of preparing a meal for guests, why is it not equally good to cook family meals, especially the lighter supper, tea and luncheon? Many a time when the hostess herself has to prepare meals she would save herself labor by using the chafing dish instead of cooking in the kitchen and trotting back and forth with the various foods. Perhaps, too, father would not complain so much that he "doesn't get a chance to talk to mother," because she has to spend so much time preparing a meal, if mother used the chafing dish and talked while she cooked. The chafing dish is a habit which more women should acquire. Once accustomed to the idea of cooking on the table it becomes just as natural and easy as cooking in a special place like the kitchen. The points in favor of the chafing dish are that it obviates the necessity of the hostess rising, that the food can be served piping hot and that with its blazer and pan it is one of the most sanitary food vessels to use and clean. Many articles used in family suppers, such as creamed chipped beef, oyster stew, broiled or panned chops, kidneys and many more of the dishes having a creamed sauce, can be prepared fully as well in the chafing dish as over any other kind of fuel. Why not use the chafing dish blazer instead of the ugly frying pan to cook the hamburg steak balls for tonight's supper? If the salad and dessert are already prepared the balls can be made ready, cooked in the dish at the table and served directly to each plate without even soiling the platter. A breakfast of creamed codfish can be managed most effectively in the blazer, as can bacon, sausages and other morning dainties. Oysters can be sautéed, fried with bacon or made into a stew before our very eyes. The chafing dish burner does not smoke and make an odor, as does the kitchen range, and if used with a percolator or toaster there is no reason why an entire meal cannot be made and served vis-a-vis. The "expense," some say. But we now have denatured alcohol at a low price, which is practically the same as gas at $1 a thousand. A small ten cent can of alcohol burns a long time—enough certainly for three breakfasts. The chafing dish itself is easier to wash than pots and pans, and it permits a most graceful accomplishment to be added to the hostess' repertoire—that of table cookery. Polish up the chafing dish, install it on the side table instead of behind closed doors and use it every day in the week. Why allow an expensive piece of equipment to be used once a month? If you have current have connections and plug which will permit your chafing dish to be operated electrically. It will be more fun and cosier than getting breakfast all by yourself in the kitchen. CAT TAILS FOR STYLE A Sport Hat That Has All the Hallmarks. Mushrooms still lead for sport headgear. Yellow and black figured silk is the fabric of this one, and two smart THE WEEKLY PRESS THE LATEST. black silk cat tails accentuate the tall crown. Please note how the figure in the material is not unlike a cat tail itself. Creamed Asparagus Cook fresh, tender asparagus in salted water, barely covering with water. When done make a plain white sauce and pour over it. Sauce made of fresh cream, a little flour, salt and pepper. Arrange on a piece of nicely toasted bread and serve at once. For a variety omit white sauce, add butter, pepper and salt to asparagus, arrange on fresh hot toast and serve immediately. PAGE SEVEN A Beautiful Outfit For After Easter Social Events. THE LADY OF THE ROOM THE REAL THING. Smoke gray satin is fashioned into this simple costume of narrowish skirt and jumper top over long sleeves. A Palsley pattern is embroidered in silver threads, a very rich effect indeed. The stringy belt confines loosely the blouse, which is of graded length. THE JOB HUNTER. How to Face Work Without Any False Pride. A very good piece of advice, which, however curious it may sound, should be impressed on all women who are trying to find employment is, "Do not be a lady." There is a vast distinction between being a lady and being a gentlewoman. The word "lady" is most misused and in its present day application it stands greatly in the way of those who are seeking work and who, time after time, cling to this description of themselves, despite the failure to gain employment that its use entails. Remember that good, hard, honest work is never lowering. If you are a gentlewoman by birth and nature you will be as much a lady when you are scrubbing the floor as when you are receiving guests in the drawing room. Numbers of women refuse good positions because they consider themselves too ladylike to undertake the work involved. The aim of hundreds of girls today is to be described as "young lady." To achieve this they prefer to work for long hours in a shop or typewriting office at rates of pay which only with a hard struggle provide food, lodging and clothes, rather than take a better paid and far more comfortable situation as a domestic, and all because they think that domestic work is beneath them. The modern young woman in many cases will wait for weeks on the chance of finding a position as lady companion or lady housekeeper, and yet when it comes to hard facts she is serving her employer just as much in one situation as in the other. Whoever works for another is a servant, and from the highest to the lowest we all serve in some way or another. If women would only take this matter to heart and cease struggling after a false social position they would find life much easier, and many of the serious problems of the labor market would be easily solved. Keeping Wicker Clean. Many a housekeeper has discovered the difficulty of dusting wicker chairs. No amount of careful rubbing or flickering of the feather duster can reach far into these crevices; there the dust collects and there it ordinarily stays. But not long ago a woman—and a very busy one at that—hit upon a new plan for cleaning her wicker chairs. One by one she carried them into the bathtub and turned the spray upon them. The penetrating stream of water pierced them through and through, and after the process was complete each chair fairly shone with freshness and cleanliness. "If housewives could know the amount of dirt and dust that I succeeded in washing out of my three chairs," said the woman in question, "they would not hesitate long to follow my example and pop them into the bathtub." To Keep the Blankets Clean. No matter how careful one is to cover cold creamed hands with gloves before retiring, the top of the blanket is quick to become solled. But there is a way to check its progress along this line. Bind the blanket with a piece of heavy cheesecloth or with muslin a yard in width. This will allow eighteen inches on each side of the blanket. If the material is held on with slip stitches it can be easily removed when it is necessary to send it to the laundry. Shrimp and Radish Salad. Drain a can of shrimps, plunge into cold water, drain again and add one bunch of radishes, cut in thin slices. Molsten with cooked salad dressing and serve on lettuce leaves. TEENAN JONES’ PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 4591 The finest and most. UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY “TEENAN” JONES, Proprietor. Residence 1262 Macalister Place ‘Telephone Monro 2710 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Seite 313.328 Reaper tech Clark & Washington >te. Pronee (eet oie emcaco PHONES. OFFICE. MAIN 4188 AUTOMATIC 38-736 RESIDENCE. DREXEL 7000 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARY PUBLIC CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 West Randolph St., Chicage Suite 708 Delaware Building Tel. Central 3142 PRANK DUNN Eebiiched a7? ‘FEL OAKLAND 1880, 1901, 1582 JOHN J. DUNN youu CO L wm Pitty-Piret and Armesr Avenue RaLvaRDS eter sone 88 SiSt St 225 “Remete ive. AAAS When You Move-— Do You Ever Worry About the Gas? When you move we shut off the gas at the old place and turn it on at your new home the same day. It cooks breakfast at the old place; it is ready for lighting the new home, or to cook the evening meal, before the moving van is unloaded. The gas is shut off and turned on whether you are there or not (if the’ key can be had from agent or janitor) all without a pen scratch from you— without a written order, a contract, or any formality, except a telephone message. _ This service is at your command by telephone and has been for years, without charge and without question. It acts promptly and surely; but we are trying all the time to improve it. So, this year, we are asking you to help us improve it by giving us timely notice of your moving plans. Timely Notice Insures Prompt Gas Service In the moving season we have more than 250 trained and experienced men shutting off and turning on the gas for moving families. Last year they shut off and turned on the gas for nearly 200,000 homes in April and May alone; they set a record of more than 10,000 in one day. We do not ask thirty days notice, or even ten; a few days will do. When you know the day the movers are coming (as you always do several days in advance) just ‘phone us. Call Wabash 6000, ask for the Application Department, and tell us what you want. We will do the rest. ‘The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company ‘Michigan Ave. and Adams St. ‘Telephone Wabash 6900, SR) res het : | Sime % i ‘erro re } oar \e Popes for my tate. Beker esstty Goaae ‘ Sep Dork tod serve Beer and go sti end 3 <7 you fen oo ss aay wer Twas ‘Tou tats, cai Gane gor Yenfecly cant sgtitien oer ait ‘Sati t's niceand long. ‘That's what EXELENTO SUncr Soar aces Seee orest Sly, After using a few Cnmes yor cen tell {he diference and, afters Htsie while 1 Kine bred you. i Exslontetertgoes Rup toncityon i tdoas ESsty mallee recep ot stage Grecia: AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE, ‘Wie Der Perteaars EXELENTO MEDICINE ©0., Astenta, Ga, © nm * Sean See a ee ee See ont Office Phones: ‘Res, S133 Se. Wovash Ave. easton an wan Toes heaton Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST 4709 S. STATE STREET CHICAGO oricamner misrincscere pear assis Phone Main 2017 Antomatie 32395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Bids. 184 W. Washington St. Residence 5548 Jef-reon Av. ~ Phone Midway 5515 Chieago A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St., Chicage Suite s1ste ere ruSwnluasmiasse THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 28, 1917. aa i ee ee ee ee | Ceo ee 2e ee ee ee ae In an address before the leading ear nose and throat specialists of the coun- try Dr. Hill Hastings of Los Angeles recently called attention to the danger of a person's swimming, and particu- larly diving, when he has a cold in the head. Comparatively few persoris rea- lize “that it is dangerous, and many even believe that when they have re- covered from a cold and are still an- noyed by excessive thick secretions in the nose they can find relief by diving or plunging the head under water. The purulent matter washed out is not only a danger to others, says Dr. Hastings, but the diver himself runs a risk of forcing some of the pus into bis middle ear. Most specialists have observed that cases of mastoid abscess are com- mon every summer during the swim- ming season. At the large ear, nose and throat hospitals it is recognized that the swimming season invariably brings on “a crop of mastoids.” The advice to keep out of the water until a “head cold” is entirely cleared up can- not be too strongly emphasized. Baie ‘The gift of imagination appears to be the peculiar privilege of man. The architecture of the beaver is’clever and ingenious, but the work of one beaver differs only from that of his fellow in the shape and nature of the wood at their respective command. The cells of a honeycomb, beautiful and mathematically correct as they are, differ in no particular from those in every other bee's construction. Every village boy knows that one thrush’s nest is repeated character for character in that of another. With you it is different: each one of you can put something of himself into his work, and unless he does so he be- comes a mere copyist, an echo and not @ sound. a purveyor of “white robed tnnocence” and “flower bespangled meads."—Samuel Johnson. Stow War Comex. The precedents of history show that the great majority of the world’s con flicts have been begun before formal declarations of war were made. Ac. cording to authorities on international law, a condition of war arises in three ways: First.—Declaration of war. Second.—A proclamation or manifes to declaring that a state of war ex- ists. ‘Third.—Through the commission of hostile acts of force. One authority ou international hw. describing ways in which hostilities may begin without formal declaration, says, “Acts of force by way of reprisals or during a pacific blockade or during an intervention might be forelbly re sisted, * * * hostilities breaking out in this way.”—New York World. Vast Russia. “It is difficult without a map to give the reader any idea of how fey aes northeast Siberia is.” says an iglish magazine. “The Evropean imagination travels slowly beyond the Ural moun- tains into that great frozen plain which embraces nearly the whole of northern Asia and ends at the Pacifle ocean. Russia in Europe is vast, but the area of her Asiatic dominions exceeds that of the whole of Europe by more than a million square miles, though this enormous tract of country contains fewer inhabitants than half the popv- lation of London.” Giant Spider Crab. The giant Japanese spider crab 1s the ugliest looking shellfish in the world. Its body measures about one foot across. and the claws have a “spread” now and then of over twelve feet. These’ spider crabs inhabit the Japan sea and often live 2,000 feet be low the surface of the waves. Bobby's Reason. “Why did you spell ‘bank’ with a cap- ital, Bobby?” “"Cause pa seys a bank ought al- ways to have a good big capital.”— ‘Boston Transcript. ; ‘ian Beek Blobbs—The average wife tells her husband everything she hears. Slobbs —And a lot she doesn’t.—Philadelphia Record. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. inci pita @ The most common form of « @ jaundice is that known as ca- ¢ @ tarrhal jaundice because it is « @ caused by an inflammation of « @ the mucous membrane of the « bile ducts. That affection is ¢ @ usustly the result of some indis- ¢ @ cretion of diet or of exposure to ¢ @ inclement weather. Sometimes @ the symptoms are very slight. ¢ © The patient merely feels a little ¢ @ out of sorts or bilious; he loses < @ his appetite, bis tongue is fur- ¢ @ red. there is perhaps a little nau- ¢ @ sea,and bis bowels are sluggish. ¢ @ He hardly recards himself as ¢ @ sick and is quite surprised to be ¢ @ told that he bas grown yellow. ¢ @ The yellow color affects the ¢ @ whites of the eves as well as the ¢ ® skin, and sometimes it is almost ¢ @ entirely confined to the eyes. 4 \ The treatment of this form of ¢ ® jaundice is simple. A light diet. ¢ @ 2 blue pill or a dose of salts and ¢ @ rest in bed for a day or two will ¢ @ usually suffice. If the symptoms ¢ @ pérsist cousult « physician, for ¢ @ they may be tHe first indication ¢ @ of some grave liver trouble. In- ¢ @ deed, it Is safer to consult a ¢ @ physician at once and let bim ¢ @ take charge of the case from the 4 @ very start ‘ “i = a As NearAsYourT, | DISTANCE IMMATER, JN,g Menopabinn Cy of his ts deh minutes at some door. 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Its erec- tion in the Place de la Concorde was marked by a fine example of civic cour- age. “It had been brought from Egypt by the engineer Lebas in a river boat especially constructed at Toulon to navigate the Nile and the Seine. This boat was towed through the sea by & warship. When the cables used in rais- ing the obelisk in its position in Paris were strained almost to breaking Le- bai placed himself at once under the enormous stone as it began to move. If a single cable had broken all would have been over with the engineer. Ex- plaining his hardihood, Lebas sald it was to show the crowd of onlookert that he was sure of his calculations. A single error and he would have been crushed, and he preferred a tragic end to dishonor. “This,” said Le Cri de Paris, “was before our day of inter- views, and Lebas occupied only a few lines in the Constitutionel, no more, no Jess than the periodical adventures of the sea serpent.” The- Cranford Apartmeyt Building. 9600. Wabash Are; ‘The Graham Bread Myth. Most people suppose they are getting more nutrition in graham or whole wheat bread than they get in white bread. Another mistake, says the Kan. sas City Star. This isn't a matter of guesswork, for there are elaborate ta bles worked out after the most thor: ough experimentation in laboratories and published, for instance, in Dr. E. A. Locke's book on “Food Values.” Roughly, food is valued in accord. ance with its fuel contents, which is figured in calories. A pound of brown bread contains about 1,050 calories, 2 Pound of rye bread 1,180, a pound of gluten bread 1,160, a pound of grabam bread 1,210, a pound of whole wheat bread 1,140 and a pound of ordinary white bread 1,215. The white bread has more nourishment to the pound than any other kind. The notion that milling deprives it of its nutriment 1s fiction, ‘Penile Se race ass os fo ee PA ‘aioe of ee aaa 1 Fa V1- i ty y Hy | : ae 4 ee = a ci ee ee Fine Art In Candle Making. ‘The making of candies is not ordina rily considered a fine art, but the Ital ians have made it such. The distinc tively Italian votive taper is made by hand. The materials are pure bees wax, which is kneaded and tempered and mixed with a secret ingredient tc retard combustion and which has spe cial Egyptian cotton for wicks. The cotton, too, is treated with chemicals to keep it from feeding too fast. Smali candles are molded. Large ones are made by rolling up sheets of wax. ‘That gives the candle great strength and enables it to stand erect when « molded candle would bend under the heat. After the candle is fashioned it goes to the decorators, men who are skilled in the use of the brush, and ‘when it leaves their hands {t is a work of art. The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chieap Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, me Phone Main 263 133 W. Washington aE Dishes and Divorce. If, as oue clever writer avers, most divorces start over the breakfast cups how very important is the selection of one’s china. For, despite the time honored legend that would have us be- Neve the way to a man’s heart ts through his stomach, it is quite certain that beauty of the eyes goes as far toward promoting happiness as does digestion. Often they are one and the same thing. So in providing pretty tableware one never knows what dire calamities may be averted. “Living up” to a fine bit of china, a g00d picture or piece of rare old silver has its advantages, not the least of which is the lasting pleasure of own- ing something really beautiful.—Moth- er’s Magazine. * All Eye Trouble | SEE Br. Lovie Use. 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Arcturus is one“Ofthe most brilliant stars that we can see in the heavens. Its diameter is 62,000,000 miles, The ght that comes to us from it is over 200 years old when it enters our eyes The sun is distant 93,000,000 miles. Just compare the eight or nine min- utes it takes for the sun's light to reach us with 200 years. Bile Oanertunityv_ “Belentists say that blonds will dis- appear in a few years.” ‘This gave the golden haired girl her ‘opportunity. “Well, if you want one,” said she sweetly, “you'd better speak up now.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. Easior. The Landiady—At our table, Mr. Biinks, it is customary to return thanks at each meal. The New Board- er—That's fine. I like it lots better than paying cash—New York Journal. Seated We Win are c net The Elite Cafe | AND BUFFET 2030 @TATE STREET ona She—Do you really think I married you for your money? He—Well, the way my money has been going it looks suspicious.—Boston ‘Transcript. Misunderstood. Marcella—Did I understand you to say Gerty Giddigad won't take you se- viously? Waverly—Not exactly. I ‘aid seriously, she won't take me at all. —Youngstown Telegram. 1 will listen to any one’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself. Ihave plenty of my own—Goethe