The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Death and Funeral of Mrs. Mary Ann Gale Taylor Dixon at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Aged Mother of the Editor of this paper. She Had Almost Reached the Ninety-Third Mile Stone in Her Journey Through Life. Flying Trip of Julius F. Taylor to That City, Arriving Home Just in Time to Attend the Funeral Services at the First Baptist Church of Steelton, Pa. at 2:30 O'clock, Sunday Afternoon, April 29th REV. O. P. GOODWIN PASTOR OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PREACHED THE FUNERAL SERMON—IN DOING SO HE PAID A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE PLAIN, SIMPLE AND USEFUL LIFE WHICH SHE HAD LED FOR SO MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AND FOR OVER TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS SHE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA. GALILEAN FISHERMEN LODGE No. 78, OF WHICH SHE WAS AN HONORED MEMBER, CONDUCTED THE SERVICES AT THE CHURCH AND AT THE CEMETERY AND ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS LAMENTING HER DEATH. THE FLORAL TRIBUTES WERE MANY AND BEAUTIFUL—SHE WAS LAID TO REST IN MIDLAND CEMETERY—HER REMAINS WERE INCASED IN A BLACK BROADCLOTH CASKET WITH HEAVY SILVER TRIMMINGS. MANY WHITE CITIZENS, INCLUDING MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ATTENDED THE LAST SAD RITES OVER HER REMAINS. IN A MODEST WAY SHE ALWAYS CONTENDED THAT THE BEST AND THE BRAVEST FIGHTING ANGLO-SAXON BLOOD OF VIRGINIA FLOWED THROUGH THE VEINS OF THE TAYLOR FAMILY. vol. XXII. Death and Pennsy Almost Life. I Just in of Steel REV. O. P. GOODWIN PASTOR OF PREACHED THE FUNERAL SHE GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE N WHICH SHE HAD LED FOR SO SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE B SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AND FOR WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA. GALILEAN FISHERMEN LODGE NO ORED MEMBER, CONDUCTED T AT THE CEMETERY AND AD HER DEATH. THE FLORAL TRIBUTES WERE N LAID TO REST IN MIDLAND INCASED IN A BLACK BROAD VER TRIMMINGS. MANY WHITE CITIZENS, INCLUDE ATTENDED THE LAST SAD IN A MODEST WAY SHE ALWAYS THE BRAVEST FIGHTING AND FLOWED THROUGH THE VEIN Shortly after arriving home last Thursday evening and just before everything was ready for us to sit down to dinner, we made up our mind to open and read the six or ten letters which had been delivered since we had left home in the morning and we continued in glance over them as we laid them aside. Finally our eyes fell on a small envelope and on opening it it contained a telegram announcing the death of our aged and deeply beloved mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Gale Taylor Dixon. The sad news was so sudden that it completely insured us for a few moments and the remainder of the evening was passed in almost dead silence, for we felt that we had lost our very best friend on earth, who had made it possible in the darkest days of slavery for us in time to become a small factor in some of the affairs of this country; she was ten thousand times more than a true friend, for she was our mother in all that that name implies and there is no way to compare a friend with your own tried and true mother. On Friday morning we informed our good wife, Mrs. Taylor, that we could never feel happy in this world nor feel contented to leave it unless we could gaze into her loving face once more, even if her eyes had been forever closed in death, and just as soon as we could find out how the trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Chicago and that city connected up, we sent a telegram to our oldest living sister, Mrs. Virginia Frazier, 304 Ridge street, Steedton, Pennsylvania, which is a lovely suburb of Harrisburg, that we would arrive at Harrisburg at 12:40 Sunday noon; if that would be in time for the funeral, wire at once, and in a very short time we received an answer back that the funeral services would be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon and at 5:30 o'clock Saturday evening we departed on our sad mission on the Pennsylvania Limited, which is one of the finest and fastest trains running on the Pennsylvania Railroad between this city and New York City, and the train rushed over the country at a fearful speed until it was within a few miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; then something happened to it and when it finally pulled into the Union Station in that city it was one hour and a half late. A new crew was in charge of the train from that city to Harrisburg, and the conductor passed through the Pennman car in which we were sitting we asked him if he thought he would be able to make up any of the lost time and he stated that he would make up at least 30 to 40 minutes of it. That set our mind at rest for a few moments, but the train failed to make up one minute of its lost time and for the first time in six months it arrived at Harrisburg one hour and thirty minutes late. Mr. J. R. Garnett, who is united in marriage to one of our neices, Miss Pearl Frazier, was at the station to meet us, and in company with him we rushed right from the train to the First Baptist church of Steelton and we silently walked into the church at 2:30 o'clock, just as the funeral services began, and room was made for us by the side of our sister, Mrs. Frazier. The church was filled to overflowing with people who knew our mother the best in this life. It was the first time in our life that we could fully realize the true meaning of the word "death." Rev. O. P. Goodwin, the pastor of the church, who was assisted by Rev. Warren Brown, in his opening remarks stated she departed this life fully grounded in the Christian faith, Wednesday evening, April 25th, at 11:20 o'clock, and that she had been a member of the Baptist church for more than seventy-one years; that she was a devoted member of the First Baptist church of Steelton for more than twenty-seven years; that she was the oldest citizen residing in that part of the country; that she was highly respected and held in the highest esteem by all citizens, both White and Colored; that she was always cheerful and at all times looked on the sunny side of life; that in many ways she was a most remarkable woman; that she was always a pleasure for him to call on her and listen to her conversation; that long before the civil war, while she was still residing in the house of bondage down in Virginia, she not only had charge of her own slave children, but all the other slave children on the plantation were under her care, including her master's children; that her word was the law for all of them; that the first forty years of her life were contributed to the institution of slavery, which were her best, without receiving one dollar for her labor; that each and every member of the Taylor and the Frazier family seemed to always be deeper or devotedly attached to each other; that on his last visit to her bedside she requested him to see to it that "Rock of Ages," which was her fa- CHICAGO, MAY 5, 1917 Mrs. Mary A aged Mother of the Ninety-Thir of Julius F. end the Funer :30 O'clock, vorite hymn, was sung over her re mains, and after imparting many more words of consolation to the surviving members of the family and to the sorrowing friends, the choir softly and slowly sang "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee." The members of Galilean Fishermen Lodge, No. 78, in which mother was an honored member for many years, at that point, conducted the remainder of the services in the church and at Midland Cemetery and Mrs. Lollie O. Brown read the resolution lamenting her death. Her earthly remains were laid by the side of other members of the family. They were incased in a black broadcloth casket with heavy silver trimming. Many White citizens, including men, women and little children attended the last sad rites over her remains. The pall bearers were: Mr. George Sewell, Mr. George Thornton, Mr. James Miller, Mr. Randolph James, Mrs. Lewis Powell and Mr. Abraham Lincoln. The many beautiful floral offerings were contributed by the following persons or societies: Sympathy First Baptist Church missionary sisters; sympathy Mrs. Luckett and sister and the Misses Baileys; sympathy Mrs. Wixon and sister and Mrs. Priscilla Walker; sympathy Mrs. Sarah Mentin and family; sympathy Mrs. Susan Lee and family; sympathy grandchildren, Mrs. Marie E. Ball, Miss Amanda Frazier, Mrs. Pearl Garnett and Miss Garnetta Frazier; sympathy her two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Frazier and Mrs. Amanda Mimm; friends sympathy Mrs. Grimes and Mrs. Campbell; sheaf of wheat, Galilean Fishermen Lodge No. 78; sheaf of wheat, Mrs. Mary Carr. Walter G. Hooper, the leading Afro-American funeral director of Harrisburg, was in active charge of the funeral arrangement. Not so many years after our marriage, and while on a tour through the east with Mrs. Taylor, she bought a black satin dress pattern for mother and she was requested to have it made up to suit her at our expense and every time that we would visit home for the past 27 years we would have to remain over Sunday so that we could behold her dressed up in her satin dress, and on our last visit home several years ago she informed us in the presence of the other members of the family that "she was not figuring on passing away right there and then but that when her days were ended here on this earth she wanted to be buried in her black satin dress," and her wishes were carried out to the letter in that respect, for after she had fallen into her last long sleep, Mrs. Pearl Garnett and Miss Garnetta Frazier transformed it into a shroud which was neatly trimmed with broad cream-colored lace and when we beheld her for the last time with the badge of the Fishermen's Lodge pinned onto the waist, she looked ever so lovely and just as natural as though she was simply sleeping and dreaming very pleasant dreams. Her hair was beautifully dressed and despite her advanced age it was still black on each side of her head and in the back. Her face was full and very pleasing to behold, for at the time of her death she weighed more than two hundred pounds. About ten days before she silently closed her eyes in death, she was visited with a very severe paralytic stroke, causing her to fall while standing up in the center of her room before anyone could assist her, and in falling she broke her right The aged mother of the editor of this paper, who was laid to rest in Midland Cemetery, Harrisburg, Sunday afternoon, April 29. limb. Those two sudden shocks were the direct cause of her passing away. Being born on the 26th day of August, 1824, she was 92 years seven months and 29 days old at the time of her death. Right up to almost her last days she could run her sewing machine and was able to thread her own needle and she spent most of her time making fancy quilts for those who were near and dear to her. In her most modest way she always contended that the best and bravest fighting Anglo-Saxon blood of Virginia flowed through the veins of the Taylor family. She was the mother of fourteen children and she lived to bury them all except three. Those who survive her are Mrs. Virginia Frazier, Mrs. Amanda Mimm and Julius F. Taylor. Four of her grandchildren are still living. They are: Mrs. Marie Ball, Mrs. Pearl Garnett, Miss Amanda Frazier and Gilbert Frazier. She also has two great grandchildren, namely: Miss Garnetta Frazier and little Miss Garnett Frazier Smith, who is just four years old and she is very smart and bright. The twenty-first anniversary edition of The Broad Ax, September 9th, 1916, contains a complete and extended story of her transition from slavery to freedom. In conclusion we firmly believe and will always believe so until the end of time that she was one of the many billions of human beings who have, in the past, swarmed upon the face of the earth, who were able to walk with a steady stride to the river of the dead, conscious of a work well done, conscious of a victory won, to whose name no stain will cling in the presence of the King. GALILEAN FISHERMEN LODGE No. 78 ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS LAMENTING THE DEATH OF MRS. MARY ANN TAYLOR DIXON. --- Steelton, Pa., April 29, 1917. Officers and members of Galilean Fishermen No. 78 beg leave to submit the following resolutions: Whereas, The Great Ruler of the universe has in his infinite wisdom removed from our midst our worthy and esteemed sister, Mrs. Mary Dixon; and, Whereas, The intimate relation held during a long and useful life by her with the members of this lodge makes it fitting that we record our appreciation of her; therefore, Resolved, That the wisdom and ability which she has exercised in aid of our lodge work, by counsel, service and funds, will be held in grateful remembrance; Resolved, That the sudden removal of such a woman from our lodge, in which she has held a leading position for more than twenty years, leaves a vacancy and shadow that will be deeply realized by all members of this lodge and its friends, and will prove a grievous loss to this lodge and community; No.33 Resolved, That with deep sympathy with the afflicted relatives and friends of the deceased we express an earnest hope that even so great a bereavement may be overruled for their highest good. That recognizing the divine will, they may say, "Our loss is her gain." That they may look forward to the happy reunion, after the trials and turmoil of life are o'er. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family. Wm. Frey, R. W. Ruler. Lollie V. Brown, R. W. Scribe. DEATH OF MARY ANN TAYLOR DIXON. Mary Ann Gale Taylor, 93 years old, died at the residence of her daughter; Mrs. Jennie Frazier, 304 Ridge street, Steelton, Wednesday. She was born in Sheenadoah county, Virginia, August 26, 1824. Mrs. Taylor was the mother of fourteen children, three of whom survive: Mrs. Jennie Frazier, of Steelton; Mrs. Amanda Mim, Columbus, Ohio, and Julius F. Taylor, of Chicago.—The Patriot, Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, April 26, 1917. Hon. 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"Have you forgotten me, mees?" "My soup's tipped into my bed! I'm adout, mees!" And all in a rapid bubble of French that made my head spin. At last in sheer desperation I addressed them in the American language: "You darned kids—shut up!" The Little Oyster Grab The captain of a foreign ship, in port at Baltimore, at an entertainment given by friends was delighted with the oysters which were on the menu. Just before the ship sailed these friends sent to it several barrels of these oysters as a present to the captain. When he made the trip back to this country his friends asked him how he liked the oysters. He said: "Don't you know, we had to throw nearly all of them overboard. They were no good. Practically every one of them had a live insect on the inside, and, knowing they were not fit to eat, we let the whole lot go to Davy Jones." Investigation showed that the insect was the little oyster crab, which is a great delicacy, preferred by many to the oysters themselves, and which the epicure knows as a sure guarantee of the quality of the bivalve. It was a good joke on those sending and the one receiving the present, at which neither side laughed very much.—Christian Herald. A problem of the zoologist is the endurance of freezing by many animals. Collecting the records, Mlle. France and Paul Portier, entomologists, of Paris find that fish have survived 5 degrees F., frogs 8 degrees below, mollusks 184 degrees below, and bacteria have come out alive after exposure to 300 degrees below zero. The two French experimenters froze certain caterpillars—Cossus cossus—at a temperature just above zero. They became quite solid and brittle and could be broken like icicles. On warming, however, even broken ones returned to life. Several freezings and thawings were endured, but recovery became slower each time and ceased after the sixth thawing. Other genera showed like results. There seemed to be some physiological preparation for the cold, for caterpillars that survived the winter freezing all succumbed to similar temperatures in the spring. The Magnetic Needle: There are two places on the earth's surface where the magnetic needle must point due south. They are not easy places to reach. One is in the arctic regions north of the northern magnetic pole on the line between that pole and the geographical north pole. The other is in the antarctic regions, south of the southern magnetic pole, on the line between that spot and the geographical south pole. In the first case the point of the needle is attracted to the northern magnetic pole. In the second case the other end of the needle is attracted to the southern magnetic pole. The mission fathers brought the olive and the date from the Mediterranean regions and gave California one of its most important crops. --- PAGE TWO Living Icicles Phones Calumet 6164 Automatic 71-629 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Juel Jackson Eng Co., Inc. South State St. Courteous Treatment Table Prices IN CONNECTION s. Automobles for hire An Expert In Motives Cousin Henry is an expert in motives. If you were reading off a list of names and overlooked Henry he would understand. He would know exactly the motive that prompted you to do it. If you don't think to introduce him to the man who is with you he can see through it. He may have to go back four or five years, but he will make a complete case against you. In less than an hour he will know what your motive was. Right now he is angry because his daughter was not selected as valedictorian of her class. You may think that the other girl deserved to be selected, but you don't know all that Henry knows. It is a long story, but he is willing to tell it to you, and after hearing it you will understand that the motive—you will understand that it is a case of spite work.—Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star-Telegram. How David Garrick Made His Fortunes If David Garrick had had no more than his salary as an actor he would have had little to leave at his death. He made his fortune as joint proprietor, and for a time as sole proprietor, of Drury Lane theater, so that the amount set down to himself as salary was practically nominal. When he retired from the stage in 1776 he sold half his share in the theater for £35,000. He was probably the only actor who consistently made Shakespeare pay, and, like Shakespeare, he was actor, author and proprietor. It may be recalled that Garrick, who had no enemies outside his own profession, was the grandson of a Frenchman exiled at the revocation of the edict of Nantes and that his father was a captain in the army.-London Standard. Well Balanced Diet One of the most common faults of the diet is the eating of too much protein foods. In excess this is hard for the body to excrete and is likely to decompose in the intestines with the formation of poisonous waste products. Green vegetables and raw fruit are important elements of the diet. There is little energy in these foods, but they supply mineral salts which the body needs and curious substances called vitamins, which are easily destroyed by cooking. One food expert has suggested a rule for securing a well balanced diet. It is: An ordinary family should spend about as much for milk, vegetables and fruits as for meats, fish and eggs and as much for milk and eggs as for meat and fish. Follies of Science The history of science has seven problems which men in all ages more or less have tried to solve, but which have finally been given up by all. Today they are called follies. The usual list comprises the following: First, squaring the circle; second, duplication of the cube; third, trisection of an angle; fourth, perpetual motion; fifth, transmutation of metals; sixth, fixation of mercury; seventh, elixir of life. Some lists put the philosopher's stone for the last three and then add astrology and magic to make the seven. Too Much For Him. "I thought he was going to marry that girl?" "Well, he did think of it. But it seems when he called the other night she threw him down." "Well, if, she's as good as that at wrestling I don't blame him for quitting."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch Not That Bill. "I can't tell a canvasback duck from a barnyard specimen." "Experts say you can tell by the bill." "How so? The bill for one is always as high as the bill for the other. That's what I'm kicking about."—Louisville Courrier-Journal. Just a Change In Words Young Clerk—Do you like to stand in front of the store and see the crowds go by? Old Merchant—No, but I like to stand in the back of our store and see the crowds come buy.—Exchange. A Sticker Howell-Rowell is a man of tenacity, Powell-Yes. If he were a dog and got a grip on your trousers you would be perfectly safe in ordering a new pair. Pistols were invented at Pistoja, Italy, and were first used by English cavalrymen in 1544. Gold, like the sun, which melts wax and hardens clay, expands great souls and contracts bad hearts.—Rivarol. Pistols. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. MAY 5. 1917. He Lacked Concentration. Speaking of a man who was a failure because of his lack of concentration and his inability to know his own mind five minutes at a time, a captain of industry said he reminded him of a hunting dog he once owned: "At sunrise the dog would start out on his own hook after deer. He would jump a buck and run him for miles. When the buck was on the point of exhaustion the hound's nostrils would catch the taint in the air where a fox had crossed the trail, and he would instantly decide that, after all, fox was what he had come for, and he would turn aside to pursue the fox. Perhaps an hour later, when the chase was growing warmer every minute, his keen nose would detect the presence of a rabbit, and he would go after the cottontail, with the inevitable result that by 4 o'clock in the afternoon that hound would be thirty or forty miles away from home in a swamp with a chipmunk treed!"—Saturday Evening Post. George and His Legs. Bit by bit the historical grubbers are digging out the truth about our immortal George. We have heretofore been told that he wore false teeth and that at Valley Forge he unblushingly deceived his ragged and despondent troops with the arrival of ample supplies of ammunition, which consisted of powder barrels filled with sand, and now a correspondent of the New York Sun declares that in the full length portraits of Washington by Stuart, of which there is one in the New York public library, the legs were not his own. "I have seen the letter from Stuart thanking the true owner for his kindness in providing a symmetrical foundation for the bust of the great president and presenting one of the smaller portraits in thanks for his kindness." Free Speech. An old negro woman had lived with a certain family in the south for many years. One day her mistress had occasion to reprimand her quite sharply for something that had gone wrong. The negress said nothing at the time, but a little later her voice could be heard in the kitchen in shrill vituperation of everything and everybody, with a rattling accompaniment of pans and kettles. So loud became the clamor and so vindictive the exclamations that Mrs. C. went hurriedly down to the kitchen. "Why, Liza," she began in amazement, "who on earth are you talking to?" "I ain't talkin' to nobody," the old negress replied, "but I don't keer who in dis house hyars me."—Harper's Magazine. Misprints and Maxim Guns The late Sir Hiram Maxim says in his autobiography that when he organized the United States Electric Lighting company the printer sent home its stationery with the heading, "The United States Electric Lightning company." When he established his new gun company in England he told of this mistake in order to emphasize the importance of getting the stationery printed correctly. When the first sheets were brought to him, however, he found that the English printers had made his concern appear as "The Maxim Gum company." Easy Generosity: Mother (to small son)—Bobby, dear, I hoped you would be unselfish enough to give little sister the largest piece of candy. Why, see, even our old hen gives all the nice big dainties to the little chicks and only keeps an occasional tiny one for herself. Bobby thoughtfully watched the hen and chickens for a time and then said, "Well, mamma, I would, too, if it was worms."—Rochester Times. A. Generation: In the long lived patriarchal age a generation seems to have been computed at 100 years (Genesis xv, 1). Subsequently the reckoning was the same that has been more recently adopted—that is, from thirty to forty years (Job xiii, 10). Incongruous. Little Alick—What is an incongruity, uncle? Uncle William—An incongruity, child, is a divorce lawyer humming a wedding march. Vegetation In Polar Regions The rapid growth of vegetation in the polar regions is attributed to the electric currents in the atmosphere. --- PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Neuralgia - Neuralgia means nerve pain. - Neuritis means inflammation of the nerve. In neuralgia the pain comes and goes. In neuritis the ache is steady and sticks closely to the affected nerve. If the nerve could be taken out and examined we could find nothing abnormal in the case of neuralgia. In neuritis the nerve would be found to be inflamed. The question of what is behind the pain of neuralgia is more important than the answer to the cry for relief. It must be remembered that neuralgia is merely a symptom, not a disease. Sometimes malaria is the underlying cause. Other times it may be due to alcoholism, diabetes, lead poisoning, gout, rheumatism or Bright's disease. A diseased tooth or a diseased ovary may be responsible. In every case treatment must include treatment of the underlying cause. ```markdown ``` Spanish Doubleoons. Should one find a pirate's buried treasure he would have to dispose of his Spanish gold at its bullion value, for since Aug. 1, 1908, when the common crer made proclamation from the steps of the Royal Exchange of London that after that date the doubloom would cease to be legal tender in the West Indies, including British Guiana, the doubloom has not been the precious thing it was. In 1730 and for a century after it was worth $8, more or less. It has ceased to be coined in its native country, Spain, and since 1908 it has been unpopular in the West Indies, where for a long time it figured in a mixed circulation, embracing British, United States and Spanish coins. In the interest of romance, however, the name at least must survive. It signifies nothing more than that the coin was double the value of a pistole, but the "doubloom" was never such a mouth filling mockery as "pieces of eight," which suggests great riches, but means only Spanish silver dollars, pieces equivalent to eight reals.—Rochester Post-Express. A Famous New York Street Few of the thousands of people who pass the corner of Nassau and John streets every day know the early history of Nassau street. And yet right at that corner is a bronze tablet which gives in concise form the following historical information: "Nassau Street, Known Originally as the 'Street That Runs by the Pye Woman,' Was Laid Out About 1695 and Was Named In Honor of the House of Nassau, Whose Head at That Time Was William the Third, King of England and Stadholder of the Dutch Republic. Nassau Street Became Identified With the Jewelry Trade More Than Half a Century Ago." The bronze tablet is on the exterior of the building at the northwest corner of Nassau and John streets. It was erected by the Malden Lane Historical society in 1916—New York Sun. William De Morgan. In spite of himself William De Morgan became famous. He deliberately violated all the rules made for the guidance of novelists who seek to become popular. None of his novels was addressed to the greater public that is avid for the latest thing of the moment in fiction, but nevertheless they reached that public. He was a law unto himself in the novels that he wrote during his marvelous career that spanned only ten years. It is doubtful if in English literature or in any other can be found a writer whose life and literary career are comparable to his. He was an old man when the world of readers came to know him, and his age was an asset toward celebrity. At seventy he was hailed as eagerly as Kipling was hailed at twenty, and in his way he was no less a prodigy than the younger writer.—Bookman. The Emerald. The emerald has been known since early times both in Europe and in certain parts of the orient, where its attractive color and rarity have endowed it with the highest rank and a varied lore. Its name may be traced back to an old Persian word which appeared in Greek as "smaragdos," mentioned by Theophrastus over 300 years before the Christian era, and again in Latin as "smaragdus," seen in the writings of Pliny, who particularized somewhat on its properties and supposed medicinal virtues and was even shrewd enough to suspect its identity with the much more common beryl, although eighteen centuries elapsed before this suspicion was verified by scientific proof. His Hard Luck A small boy whose record for deportment at school had always stood at 100 came home one day recently with his standing reduced to 98. "What have you been doing, my son?" asked his doting mother. "Been doing?" replied the young hopeful. "Been doing just as I have been doing all along, only the teacher caught me this time." — Philadelphia Inquirer. Where Is the Profit? "I understand they sold their house for $2,000 more than they paid for it." "How lucky!" "Lucky nothing! After they'd sold it they discovered that they've got to pay $2,000 more than they received for their house for another home to live in."-Detroit Free Press. Books In Brazil In Brazil, as throughout South America, French is almost universally read. Editions of the classics are found in most homes, and bookstores are filled with modern French writers of prose or verse, sometimes in translation and as frequently in the original. Went Further "Didn't I tell you that when you met a man in hard luck you ought to greet him with a smile?" said the wise and good counselor. "Yes," replied the flinty souled person. "I went even further than that. I gave him the grand laugh." Best Way of Taking Iron When anemic persons have to take iron the best form in which to administer it is spinach, cabbage, green chicory, asparagus, lentils, carrots and peas, all of which contain much iron. About the Same Thing. Scribbler—Can you suggest a simile for giving advice? Scrawler—How would pouring water on a duck's back so?—Philadelphia Record. Let us teach people as much as we can to enjoy, and they will learn for themselves to sympathize—Stevenson. Necessities of War. When Lloyd George in England undertook to organize the ministry of munitions a glazier began to stamp out cartridge clips; a manufacturer of muscle rolls used his equipment to make gauges; a concern engaged before the war in preparing infants' food began delivering plugs for shells; an advertising agency manufactured shell adapters; watchmakers began adjusting fuses; a manufacturer of baking machinery became a contractor for six inch high explosive shells; a jewelry house devoted itself exclusively to periscopes; a phonograph concern sent millions of delicate shell parts to the assembling stations; a firm which made nothing but sheep shearing machinery started turning out shell cases; a cream separator factory manufactured shell primers. Among other producers of finished shells were candlemakers, flour mills, tobacco manufacturers, syphonmakers and the manufacturers of sporting goods.—World's Work. Stocking the National Parks. The United States is carrying on a very interesting work in exchanging the wild animals of one region for those of others—transplanting elk and deer and Rocky mountain bighorns from regions in the United States where they are plentiful to others where, so far as known, they have not lived. Some of the animals are being shipped long distances, says the Popular Science Monthly. Wyoming is full of elk. The herds in the Jackson Hole country are the largest of any of North American wild animals since the days of the countless buffaloes. But the big Yosemite National park of California, with its three-quarters of a million acres, until recently had no elk, or at least only a very few scattered specimens. But the elk shipped in from Wyoming have become very much at home and are breeding and multiplying rapidly, adding to the charm and picturesqueness of this popular national playground. Love and Marriage "First love is very apt not to be the lasting love," said Dr. Antoinette Konikow, spanking at the Boston School of Social Science. "Young lovers try to excuse all the faults of the loved one because they are not in love with the individual, but with love. Hence they may not choose the partner with whom they will find their happiness in later years. Many a man and woman is glad by middle age that the first love was frustrated. "Marriage should be based on love alone or it is immoral, and some change is necessary if marriage is to be saved from degradation. Real love always makes people better. Romantic love is the source of all the best things in life—the foundation of all the arts. And individual happiness makes up the happiness of the race."—Boston Post. Use of Bacon Drippings Bacon drippings make splendid shortening for light, flaky pie crust. It takes just a little less of the drippings than of ordinary lard or vegetable shortening. Use it for shortening in spice cake, gingerbread or any dark cake and note the delicious flavor. Spread rye bread with a thin layer of the pure drippings and sprinkle a little salt on it. Add to this a thin slice of any salt meat and you will have a delicious and highly nutritious sandwich. The European housewife has long made use of such sandwiches for the between meal snack for growing boys and girls. The Pygmy Hippopotamus One of the animals least known to the outside world is the pygmy hippopotamus of West Africa. This animal is just what its name implies, a pygmy hippopotamus. It is much smaller than the common hippopotamus, being no larger than an ordinary or fair sized hog. It differs somewhat from the common hippo in the character of its teeth, and instead of spending its time in the rivers and lakes in large herds it wanders about through the jungles singly or in pairs, much after the manner of swine in search of mast—London Spectator. Just the Time "No, I have never played bridge before." "So I should surmise," said the disgusted partner. "But how came you to enter an important tournament like this?" "Oh, I thought it would be a good time to learn."—Louisville Courier. All Wrong. "Now, look here, Alice, I know everything. You've been carrying on with another man. I even know that his name is Rupert." "How ridiculous you are! First of all, I haven't firted with any one, and, secondly, his name isn't Rupert."—Passing Show. Profitable Writing "My writings bring in a lot of money every month." "That so? I didn't know you were an author." "I'm not. I'm the man that makes out the bills for our firm."—Detroit Free Press. Trials of Authors "You do not know," Saint-Beuve wrote to George Sand, "what it is to remain a whole day with your head in your hands, squeezing your unfortunate brain to find a word." Silent Heroes "father," asked Tommy, "what are 'silent heroes?'" "Married men, my boy," replied the father.—London Telegraph. We like to give in the sunlight, to receive in the dark. The Ultimate. He—Do you know what I am going to say to you? Drop it! Nju—Drop what? He—Everything—happiness and love and work and God knows what else! It is all so provincial. Even our dreams, let them be what they will, are provincial—yes, even our sufferings. Nju—And what is there that isn't provincial? He—What! Art and death? No; art is too! Only death. Nju—Yes; I understand. * * * * * He—You don't love me, Nju. Nju—I love you very much. Really I do love you, only there is something that is more than love—something still higher. He—What's that—life? Nju—I don't know. He—Or—or death? Nju—No; there is something still higher. He—Than life, death and love? Nju—Than all combined. There must surely be something; otherwise the whole thing would be so meaningless. —From the Russian Play "Nju." Grass on the Lawn Grass seeds germinate in from fourteen to eighteen days. A quart of seeds is sufficient to cover 300 square feet-15 by 20 feet. Five to six bushels are required per acre. Do not sow grass seeds in hot, dry weather, particularly in July or August. Poa trivalis is good for shady lawns under trees. Festuca rubra is most suitable for hard wear and for dry or sandy soils. suitable for hard wear and for dry or sandy soils. Sharp sea sand applied lightly over lawns in the autumn—that is, over lawns on clay or loam—encourages the growth of fine grasses. Lawns that are frequently watered need more fertilizers than those that are not, as the water washes away much plant food. -New York Sun Glengarry's "Treason" How startling was the difference in the customs of the English and the Scots even less than a century ago is shown in the story of the way in which the famous highland chief, Alastair Macdonell, of Glengarry frightened George IV. out of his wits. In 1822 Glengarry was one of a party of Scottish nobles and gentlemen who banqueted "the first gentleman of Europe" in Holyrood palace. Colonel Macdonell was the last chief to wear the full highland costume, and when the company sat down to dinner he, according to custom, placed a brace of loaded pistols by his plate. The king started up in alarm and was persuaded to remain in the room only on the assurance that Glengarry meant no treason.-London Spectator. Stevenson's Wife A half caste sailor once said, "Mr. Stevenson is good to me, like my father, and his wife is the same kind of man." King Tembinoke said of Mrs. Stevenson, "She good; look pretty plenty chench" (sense). Perhaps they both meant what the poet Edmund Gosse so well expressed when he wrote of her as being "dark and rich hearted, like some wonderful wine-red jewel." But the best tribute in Mrs. Stevenson's praise came from the pen of her husband—Critic. Our Coal Supply The United States coal supply is nearly one-half that of the entire world. Estimates put the available coal supply of the United States at 3,538,500,000 tons out of a world total estimated at 7,397,533,000,000 tons. China ranks next to the United States in available supply, estimated at 1,500,000,000,000 tons. Great Britain, 180,000,000,000; Germany, 164,000,000,000; and Canada, 100,000,000,000 tons. Too Rushing. "I had an idea I'd grow up and own this business some day," said the discharged office boy. "That's just why you were fired." said the boss. "Ever since you started to work here you've been acting as if you already owned the business."-Birmingham Age-Herald. Forgiveness Waiter—Beg pardon, sir, but—ah-hem the gents here usually remember my services. Guest (pocketing all the change)—Do they? They ought to be more charitable and forget them! Clover Sheep Shearers Averaging everything, from young wethers, which are hard, to old ewes, which are easy, experts in Australia will shear about 90 or 100 sheep a day. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Diet For the Aged. Diet For the Age The aged should have food at frequent intervals—little and often should be the rule—food every three or four hours. The appetite is not as keen in old age as it is in youth, nor is the digestion so good. gestion so good Fresh vegetables are needed and relished by elderly persons, and they are a valuable addition to the dietary if they are troubled with constipation, as they contain fibrous tissue, which gives bulk to the contents of the intestinal canal and supplies something for the intestines to contract upon. Stewed or raw fruits are useful, as well as vegetables, and one or the other should be eaten two or three times a day. fe a RETURNED EXILE aim aan Russian Revolution” Is 73 Years Old. woMAN WHO DEFIED A CZAR. qhe New Russian Minister of Justice, wy. Kerenski, Has Invited “Baboush- jay’ as She Is Affectionately Known, tp Return to Petrograd. phatevina Bresbkovskaya was only sgnteen when, by her own confession, (be besan to “think.” She is now sev. ‘etyihree, and she has been doing jave and noble thinking throughout the interval. . ‘The fruit of her thinking is a mes. gsge which she bas received trom perograd, That message she await f throug forty years of exile, the st few years in the frozen city of jakutsk. ‘The coming of democracy in gossia brought her home from exile. Her prison place is so near the arctic erele that the daylight is only twilight {or two-thirds of the year and the blaz- ing hot summer lasts only two months. ‘ere is no spring and no autumn. The Le ESC awe ie . =z j *ey 4 Mandetkern, ee sow is on the ground up to the mid- de of May, and heavy frost falls in Ansust, To this hell she was sent be- amse she had learned to “think.” One of the first telegrams that throb- ted their way across Siberia after the hntial success of the upheaval at Pe- ttmd was the message to the “Grand- wider of the Russian Revolution,” in- fring her that the cause for which sietad worked since she was a young sl bad triumphed; that the imperial tine hiad tottered to its fall and that tte Russian people wanted her to re- tum to them. Toe first time Ekaterina Breshkov- saya was sent to Siberia was in 1874. Ste has twice been sentenced to the Siter mines of Kara—the first woman ho was ever sent there. The daugh- ‘e of a nobleman and an official, she kes swung the pick and pushed the terrow in a mine for years. Her last Satence was carried out less than fie sears ago, when she was trans- fered at seventy-one from noisoine Kiensk a full 2,000 versts farther wrth and east to frozen Yakutsk. Some idea of the misery to which Mue. Breshkovskaya has been con- éemned for more than half her long Yetime may be gathered from her own fim statement, “Every place in Sibe- 4a has its own peculiar poison.” Toa friend whose affection she had ‘ined on her visit to America in 1904 ‘tis grand old woman of Russian lb- ®¥ and of world liberty wrote a few Bonths azo a letter which breathes an ‘omitable spirit. It also discloses the Rtbos of a great tragedy. She wrote this letter: “Every minute when I am out of tors I'am followed by a row of po- Kremen, and one of them enters the hovse and even the apartments where Tam staying. “It is not difficult to wait. There are ® many excellent moments in my life. They are a part of my existence. “Do uot he sorry for my eyes. The. aulists sa my eyes will serve me long ough when carefully used.” Img enouzh for what? Long enough 1 see the wonder for which she bas teen waiting and working since she be- fa to “think.” Long enough to see her Pele froo—that vast gray mass which ‘8d sufored silence for so many cen- — that it had sunk into a semi- r Crosswise Strips. Ita thing is worth doing at all it ts Forth doin rigut. To cut crosswise “tips so that they will measure the Sze width throughout see that the i Aize of thie material is quite even iit the case of double width mate- loves it to its full width and place Ast on the table without a cloth. Take the cut edge and lay it evenly S&5 the riche hand selvedge in ttt line across the material and a “esonal tod running from left to Si pia to keep fold sharp and even, mete the fold, measure’ the ot strip required and mark at a Ghee of a few inches with chalk, hex with & pair of sharp scissors te. It will be wise to mark width Wied on a piece of cardboard and SU" with this, then the width ta MO te. thn earan theoneneer, SHOE STYLES. Tips From Paris About the New Feetgean Every American model that went to Paris a year ago showed the extreme. ly long, narrow shoe, but Paris boot- makers shortened the vamp when copy. ing it for their trade. ‘The shoe that is a la mode today and will be for spring and summer is the half short vamp with arch under the foot and the Cuban heel. If a boot, then it will be the black with colored top bordered in the patent leather around the lac- ‘ings at the top, and the seam at the back will be covered. The top part is of cloth or covert and the color beige. gray or white. If the shoe is low it will be of patent leather with a long tongue that extends above the instep and posed over the toes will be a wide black buckle—steel, if for afternoon, imita- tion black enamel if for morning. These two styles are the best, but there are a hundred variations, For evening the smartest thing is the ‘strapped slipper of brocaded silk (gen- erally yellow and white), or else the slipper is laced across with ribbons. then wound about the leg above the anklet, filet fashion. Some of the best bootmakers show the Ittle old fasb- joned slipper, cut low with just one strip over or above the instep. ‘This is for afternoon and evening wear, for it is equally pretty in black calf and white satin. Over the toes is a tiny chou of satin or leather. This model is extremely simple, in keeping with clothes, and it will be in fashion for a long time, The toe of all footgear ts neither round nor pointed, just a healthful, sculptural cut. ‘The heel for evening slippers is high and curved, but half an inch shorter than the original Louis XVI, which means that heels are quite moderate and simple. It took Parisiennes a long time to give up their dearly beloved buttoned shoe, but once relinguished they have taken to the laced article with en- thusiasm. For elegance they admit the buttoned model is the best, but the other article now appears so femi- nine to them that it is sure to remain. Frenchwomen of the old school cling to buttons on shoes, and dealers and makers have ceased trying to persuade them that the Inced shoe is better than the other. When buttons are used here they are half size, and fastidious women who can afford it have the but- tons of cut jet. NOTE THIS WAR NURSE. Have You a Good Pattern For the Hos- pital Fair? War conditions will send uniforms for trained nurses into the front rank of fashion. Here's a suggestion for the os ay Ge ght Ber zi we 2 aoe k > Y ge oN ¢. IS me = an \ et hospital benefit you will give. The gown and cape are blue satin, while the huge apron, cuffs and cap are fashioned of finest white organdie. Suagestions on Pie and Pie Crust Mak- ing. ‘One woman states: “To prevent juice or filling from running out, trim the undercrust even with edge of plate, al low top crust to hang over half an inch after wetting the rim of pie. Press closely together, then turn the over hanging crust under the bottom part, Ufting the dough from the plate little by little and tucking it under all the way around. Press down to the plate once more. This is a little more work than simply pressing the wet edges to- gether, but your filling won't run out if you do it. “When I was first married and get- ting all the information I could about cooking a friend told me to put the water into pie crust when mixing it as though it cost a dollar a drop. Too much water will make pie crust tough, no matter how much lard you have in it “Another friend told me that I should use a tablespoonful of lard to cupfal of flour, but if I went by guess I could tell when I had enough lard in by mak- ing a small ball of the lard and flour, and if I could toss it lightly from one hand to the other without breaking it it would be just right.” Eoced Veal Hash. Chop fine remnants of cold roast veal. Moisten with the gravy or wa- ter. When hot break into it three or four eggs, acording to the quantity of veal. When the eggs are cooked stir into it a spoonful of butter and serve quickly. If to your taste shake in a little parsley. Should you lack quan- tity, balf.a cupful of stale breadcrambe are no disadvantage. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 5, 1917. ee i cememenaeaneee ee FOR YOUNG FOLKS |7 “stance ccs La Jerz In a Fetching Sleepy Time Story About an Al- New Model For Spring. ways Welcome Spring Visitor. |" ae FE TE AN OLD AMERICAN LEGEND.|®) 9 = ge S How an Indian Maiden Rescued a|| 4 Handsome Young Warrior From ~s Wicked Magician—A Strange Race In ye, . the Forest Destroys a Sorcerer. a oe cook Well, said Uncle Ben to little Ned - and Polly Ann, this evening I am go-|| ing to tell you about h THE BLUEBIRD. 7 5 , As you know, the bluebird is one of the first birds that come to us in the spring. According to the old Indian story, the first bluebird was a brave, a young man who had been changed by a wick- ed magician into a bird with red and blue feathers just like the bluebird. He Was to be a bird until some beautiful maiden would consent to marry him. One day Minda, a young Indian girl whose father and six brothers had all been killed by a bad magician, was out in the forest gathering sticks. ‘The bluebird flew down to the branch of the tree beside her, and Minda, who had never seen a biuebird before, ad- mired it. She was astonished when the bird spoke to her, telling her that he was a young man who had been turned into a bird. He asked Minda to marry him. Though at first she would not agree, she at last became his wife. After that the hut in the woods where Minda and her mother and little brother lived was always warm and comfortable, for the blue- bird, who had now become a handsome young brave, hunted and fished and brought wood for the fire. One day the old magician called and asked the young man to run a race with him. ‘That was the way he had killed Minda’s father and brothers. Minda and her mother were frightened when the young man agreed to race with the old magician. The next day they all went to the lake where the magician lived. Now, it always happened that who- ever lost a race to the old magician came rushing in at the end, knocked his head against a stone post and drop- ped dead. So the young man ran his best and was as swift of foot as the old man. ‘The magician then changed himself into a fox and passed the young man. The young brave then changed himself into a bluebird and got in front of the old magician. ‘The magician next turned himself into a wolf, then into a deer, then into a buf. falo. After that he was unable to take on any new forms, and the young man. who was now bird and now man, won the race. and the bad old magician ran his head into the stone post. “My work is done,” the young brave eaid to his friends. “I must leave you Only my bride may go with me.” ‘Then he and Minda, his wife, were changed into bluebirds, and they flew away, singing as they went. ‘And they were the first bluebirds. Since then, so the Indians say, blue- birds have always been seen on earth co cheer the heart of man each year with their promise of the banishment of that cruel old magician, Winter. And if you will listen to their songs you will hear them caroling their prom. ise, “Tru-ly, tru-ly!” A Couple of Little Allies. ‘The pretty little children here pic- tured are French, and their picture was taken as they were strolling on the shore of the Mediterranean sea. yo 3 § . ~=\ J Fa Le " iat ie SS a LPL F ome pe a eae Pion a Ro . Photo by American Press Association. SMALL BATHERS. which borders the south of France It is of interest just now to American Kiddies, because the two nations are our allies ia the great war. World's Largest Flagstaff. A huge log 250 feet long and weigh ing eighteen tons was recently trans ported from British Columbia to Lon- don to be erected as a flagstaff in Kew gardens. ‘Upon its arrival in London a number of cranes, operating simultaneously, slid the timber free from stanchions and deck houses and dropped it into the water, where a line was secured to its butt to tow it up the Thames river to Kew, where it was erected. STRAIGHT LINES. La Jerz In a Fetching New Model For Spring. i wo. i. oe rf + ¢4 } a Li — oo Zs USEFUL ELEGANCE. Jade green wool jersey is here fash- ioned into a modish topcoat, the full- ness of which is box plaited in at the waist and girdled with a strip of the material beaded in white and green. The hat is covered with oriental silk and finished with a gilt tassel. IS YOUR NAME E? How to Crochet This Initial For Insets on Towels. Start with 23 holes and always ch to turn. First Row—After the 23 holes is the real commencing, 8 holes, 7 solid, 8 holes. Second Row—7 holes, 2 solid, 5 holes, 2 solid, 7 holes. ‘Third Row—6 holes, 2 solid, 2 holes, 2 solid, 3 holes, 3 solid, 5 holes. Fourth Row—6 holes, 2 solid, 2 holes, 1 solid, 2 holes, 1 solid, 1 hole, 3 solid, 5 holes. Fifth Row—5 holes, 3 solid, 4 holes, 1 solid, 2 holes, 3 solid, 5 holes. Sixth Row—¢ holes, 2 solid, 2 holes, 2 solid, 2 holes, 3 solid, 6 holes. Seventh Row—7 holes, 5 solid, 3 holes, 3 solid, 5 holes. Eighth Row—6 holes, 3 solid, 14 holes Ninth Row—9 holes, 3 solid, 1 hole, solid. § holes. ‘Tenth Row—10 holes, 1 solid, 3 holes 1 solid, 8 holes. Eleventh Row—9 holes, 3 solid, 1 hole, 1 solid, 9 holes. ‘Twelftl: Row-8 holes, 2 solid, 13 holes. Thirteenth Row—8 holes, 8 solid, $ holes. Fourteenth Row—6 holes, 1 solid, 1 hole, 2 solid, 4 holes, 2 solid, 7 holes. Fifteenth Row—6 holes, 2 solid, 5 holes, 2 solid, 1 hole, 1 solid, 6 holes. Sixteenth Row—6 holes. 1 solid. 2 holes, 1 sol‘d. 5 holes, 2 solid, 6 holes. Seventeenth Row—7 holes, 2 solid. 3 holes, 1 solid, 2 holes, 1 solid, 7 holes. Eighteenth Row—t11 holes, 4 solid, § holes. Nineteenth and Twentieth Rows—23 holes. FIFTY JOBS. A List of Occupations For Women Dur- ing Wartime. In Europe women are now working at all these occupations in order that men may be freed for trench service: Nursing, canteen cooking, automobil- ing, taxi, train and trolley driving, ga- rage work, wireless, carpentering, ship- building, aeroplane construction, rail- way porters, baggagemen, conductors, farm work, market gardening, mail carriers, truck drivers, bank clerks, street sweepers, plumbers, elevator runners, miners, builders, telegraph messengers, window cleaners, butch- ers, barbers, hotel clerks, hotel mana- gers, taxi starters, billposters, boot- blacks, policewomen, night watchmen, quarry workers, blacksmiths, metal workers, bootinakers, bakers, munition workers, coal carriers, engine cleaners, social relief work, army clerks, den- tists, rent collectors, gas man, electric workers, bandage making, fre fighters and dispatch riding. Chicken Sandwiches. ‘Chop cold cooked chicken, moisten with white sauce or mayonnaise dress- ing or season with salt and pepper and moisten with chicken stock or milk. Butter thin slices of bread, spread with the chicken mixture, then put a erisp lettuce leat on top and cover with another slice of buttered bread. Cut into neat shapes. Bread for sandwiches cuts better when a day old. Serve sandwiches piled on a plate or sandwich tray co¥- ered witb a dolly. THE KITCHENETTE But City eames These Real Playhouse Arrangements. BE SCRUPULOUSLY CLEAN. How to Hide Your Entire Cooking Out- fit In a Nutshell, to Say Nothing of a Bureau Drawer or the Washstand, le the Modern Problem. When arranging these Ittle doll: house cooking places one should con- dense arrangements in every possible manner, If a closet with a window is used all the better, as the opening will provide draft for smells, and the closet ¢an be got up # good deal in a regular kitchen manner. There could be the white paint that cleans so easily, a brick red linoleum and white enamel- ed shelves set with an array of cook- ing vessels and attractive crockery utensils for holding the things of the larder. If much cooking goes on an feebox is indispensable, and the porta- ble nursery ones are just the sort to get, as these are very small, although generous enough for the use of two Persons. A coffee pot, three earthen- ware casseroles, a double boiler, two saucepans and two of the little French plats of frying pans are enough fur- nishings for a modest closet kitchen- ette. If the householders are tea drink- ers the tea table, with all the ap- paratus used, could stand in the living room and so leave still more space in the kitchenette. ‘These little makeshift kitchens, which women of domestic tastes hare caused to be introduced into the smart- est apartments, are the inspiration for wonderful inventions in the way of cooking conveniences. One is a baker which seems to have been devised at the first period of the metal age—a sim. ple perforated tin plaque lined with something or other and topped with a heavy tin cover in one piece. On this minute thing almost anything small enough to go under the cover can be baked to aT, potatoes especially well. An omelet pan, folding at the center so that the goody itself does not have to be turned, a glass coffee grinder and pepper and salt casters with ‘two and three bottles are among the other handy things. Business women are given to put- ting their kitchenettes in odd places, in bureau drawers, wasbstands, in the space a door between rooms some- times gives, and so on. But if the lit- tle space used is fitted up compactly and kept neatly it may be anywhere. One thing is certain—the kitchenette adds to the Joy of life. It 1s, above all, the cure open to the woman away from home for homesickness and folly. But one must learn to cook, of course. BREAKFAST JACKET. How to Make One That Is Both Be- coming and Cool. Figured white crape, a straight piece that allows for kimono sleeves, is here almost tailored into a fetching jacket. a ——_—_— eal i r i ene ‘ a ‘ge 6 t lhe ip B Wed ie Ni : % TU: FROM PARIS. ‘The waist is girded into a draw ribbon that ties in front. Please note the flat neck and also that kimono sleeves are coming in again. Becoming Hats. Hats are this season particularly lovely, and the fabrics and materials used do much to contribute to their charm. Flexibility characterizes many of the hats, especially those which are made of sports silks, including practi- cally every kind of silk, indeed, of which sports wraps and frocks are made. This means, of course, that it will be comparatively easy to obtain hats that harmonize with the rest of one’s garments. Mixing Mustard. ‘When mixing mustard add a pinch each of salt and moist sugar and mix ‘with boiling water. It will keep moist much longer and improve in favor. PAGE THRER FROM PARIS. A Crispy Model From the City of Beautiful Gowns. Za oe F Se ‘ Yow > hy de = PE. - } ie ann i aT me li ® a oe + 4 "I 2a Figured taffeta is here put up with a net of the same shade, blue, the bodice and girdle being outlined with metal ribbon. Two upstanding ruches are used to accentuate a high waist and a hip line below the net. VINES FOR SHADE. ee eee ee eee eee ae or Your Back Fence. Vines for shading purposes require dense growth. One of the ways to get this after the proper ones have been selected is to insure good soil, plenty of water and frequent cultivation. Vines must make their growth quickly and uninterruptedly to make good screening or shading, and for this rea- son hardy perennial ones are best. To show rapid top growth a vine must have a large root mass. This can be assured by planting in a spe- cially prepared trench or pit excavated to a depth of eighteen inches. If the subsoll is hardpan or sticky clay, drainage material consisting of broken stones, large clinkers from the furnace or other mineral rubbish should be put in the bottom to a depth of three inches. Dense growing vines are gross feed- ers and soon exhaust the soil in the trenches if it is not naturally good and Kept up yearly. All those recommend- ed prefer a soil with an alkaline re- action, which is secured by the use of lime. If a good soil is not available make one from chopped up sods or good gatden loam, adding one-third the bulk of well rotted horse manure. For screening a north porch there is nothing better than the Dutchman's pipe vie (aristolochia), a vigorous and rapidly growing vine, bearing when grown in sunshine brownish flowers resembling a pipe. Another good vine for the north porch is the new form of the Virginia ereeper, known as Ampelopsis engel- manni, with very dense foliage of a light green color turning to crimson in the fall. a Both these vines for shaded places should be cut off a foot from the ground every winter and new shoots Tun up every spring, as this insures ‘a more dense growth of foliage. ‘The bignoria when grown semi-dwart 1s a good vine for the trellis. It bears profusely large trumpet flowers and is a rank grower. It should be cut back toa foot in height annually as it tends to make coarse stems if allowed to grow at will ‘The hop vines (Humulus hepulus) are very good for screening from the sun, growing very luxuriantly. ‘The euonymus is especially good for low porches, where a dense shade is desired. It is evergreen and of a deep green color. ‘Many pgrsons like honeysuckle for shade, and it is good if properly grown so that the foliage is well dis- tributed all over the vines. In order to accomplish this it should be grown on a trellis of wide mesh so that it can be cut back to the porch floor each winter and the old growth removed. Frequent clippings during the season will insure a continuance of bloom during a longer period. The best variety for screening is halleana, yellow and white and very fragrant. Combinations of afternoon blouses on the elaborate type made to wear with separate skirts that may be made at home or bought in the shops are very successful. They give the ap- Pearance of a whole dress and are all right for ordinary afternoon social oc- cutee. A striking feature of many Paris Ungerie gowns of net is the knee length blouse worn over a narrow underskirt, and the blouse in most instances is elaborately embroidered by hand. | GIRLISH LINES. ——————— Lincerie Gowns. A. B. REV. W. S. BRADDAN The eloquent pastor of Berean Baptist church and chaplain of the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard, who is ready to march to the seat of war with the regiment when Col. Denison gives the command. COL. THEODORE BOOSEVELT IN TOWN—MAKES A GREAT SPEECH AT THE STOCK YARDS AND RECEIVES HIS COLORED FRIENDS. Last Saturday Chicago was agog with patriotism, which was produced by the presence of the leading citizen of the world, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who paid us a visit for the purpose of addressing the people of the middle west upon our present day duties in this panicky, war-stricken time. It goes without saying that no citizen, official or private, has ever visited Chicago and received greater homage and a warmer reception, and his speech, which the daily press has given to the world, speaks for itself, and stands alone as one of the master talks of the age. It is a source of pleasure to know that the colonel was just as delighted and just as enthusiastic and just as cordial in receiving his Colored friends, led by Beauregard F. Moseley, as were any others in the city of Chicago. After greeting the committee and shaking hands warmly with them in that Rooseveltism style, he placed his left hand upon Mr. Moseley's shoulder and made a talk to the committee, replete with encouragement, in which he said that every opportunity, every facility and every aid should be given to enable the Colored people to develop and become useful along all lines, as any other racial group in the country, and that he stood pledged to aid them in any program they made for their efficiency, and that he believed that they ought to have in the army, and in the navy, and in the air, the same opportunity, the same treatment, that others are meeting with. He was very sorry indeed that his time would not permit him to address us at the Institutional church, but he was so busy that he could not afford to miss his train to New York the next day, and that we must not crowd the mourner. Dr. A. J. Carey, Snelson Travis, Geo. W. Ellis, J. H. Porter, S. A. McIntyre, Edw. D. Green, Jerry M Brumfield, Wm. Clark, S. B. Turner, Attorney Blackwell, Dr. Thomas and Beauregard F. Moseley comprised the delegation, and were well pleased with the reception the colonel gave and the promise he made to aid and assist in the organization, training and equipping our Colored aviation corps, to present to the government by the Colored people of the country."C." AMERICAN WHITE WOMAN NEVER HEARD OF JESUS. Atlanta (Special).—Arthur W. Spalding has found a grown-up White woman, uneducated but of more than average intelligence, in the North Georgia mountains who had never heard of the crucifixion of Christ. He tells a pathetic story of her comment. The circuit-riding minister, visiting the little family for the first time, told the story of the cross. They followed it with rapt faces, and when he concluded the woman, leaning toward him, whispered hoarsely: “Stranger, when did you say all this happened?” “A long time ago,” he answered; “nearly two thousand years ago.” “And they nailed him to that there tree when he hadn't done nothing to hurt 'em—only jest loved 'em?” She leaned further and placed her hand impressively on his knee. "Wal, stranger," she said, the tears standing in her eyes, "let's hope it ain't so." NEGRO TROOPS REACH ENGLAND Toronto, Can. (Special).—It has been officially announced through the Chief Press Censor's office that the No. 2 Construction Battalion, made up of Colored men, has arrived safely in England. The Colored troopers sailed from Halifax March 25th. Several hundred American Negroes are in the battalion. PAGE FOUR BRADDAN church and chaplain of the Eighth Regi- is ready to march to the seat of war on gives the command. REV. FLOYD GRANT SNELSON, PASTOR OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH DELIVERS A SOUND, SENSIBLE SERMON ON HEALTH AT THE QUARTERLY MEETING HELD AT THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. National Health Week was observed in Chicago by several organizations last week. A notable contribution to the great subject of the conservation of health among the Colored people, was a special sermon delivered by the Rev. Floyd Grant Snelson, pastor of St. Mary's A. M. E. Church at the Quarterly Meeting service, which was held at the Institutional Church last Sunday at 3:00 P. M. Text—2nd Samuel 20 chapter and 9th verse: "Art thou in health, my brother; is it well with the? For I shall yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance and my God. Thine health shall spring forth speedily and the leaves of the trees shall be for the healing of the nations." Doctor Snelson said that there ar 72 Bible references to health and healing, and declared that the new testament is one vast hospital of health. No race of people need greater health protection than ourselves, and he rejoiced that all of the national associations of the race have united in the call for the proper observance of Health Week. Without good health, and until we reduce the high death rate among us, there can be no permanent success in business, in property getting in acquiring education, and in general human uplift. It has been reported that one-half million Negroes are seriously sick throughout the year, entailing a cost of over $75,000,000 annually. In spite of the fact that race physicians are more numerous and more skilled, our annual funeral expenses are more than $15,000,000 a year. Every honest and serious effort must be put forth to reduce our death-rate, dehrone disease and guarantee physical efficiency and race-longevity. The problem of health may be solved by fresh air, proper food and drink, good lighting, and sufficient work, rest, and recreation. Upon the great and all-important problem of marriage and proper birth conditions, the health of the race hangs. Whom to marry and when to marry were suggestively discussed. Doctor Snelson delved and illuminated the mysteries of conjugal love and domestic happiness, and explained scientifically, prenatal influence on human life and destiny. He showed the relation of mother and child, of father and son, and cited the case of Sir Walter Scott's mother, Lord Byron's mother, Napoleon's mother, Nero's mother, and the mother of the Wesley's. In Virgil, book 2, he cited the story of Laacoon and his two sons, who were caught in the coils and bound by the great serpent, which the father had played with from its infancy. He showed how Rizpah with fierceness and heroic energy, as the "Mater Dolorosa of the Old Testament" with fierce sword in hand fought back the vulturous eagle which sought to eat the bodies of her seven sons, as they hung suspended from a lofty gibbet in the evening storm of rain. In like manner he urger the mothers of the race to war on disease, and urged cleanliness, and proper sanitary environment. All should work for mental health, pure hearts, unblemished homes, domestic purity, and a high social order. Clean up your debts, old sores, animosities, and the blessings of the races will be marvelously enhanced. If we would be a mighty race, and a great people, we must ally ourselves with moral reform, and work for a mighty physical regeneration. COLORED BOYS ELECTED. Medford, Mass. (Special).—The high school pupils have elected Leon Furr captain of the hockey team for the next season, and have elected Henry Jeffress, first sergeant of the school regiment, as captain of the track teams. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 5, 1917. NATIONAL NEWS NOTES. WHAT OF NEGRO? HOME Brief Bits of News and Comment On Men and Measures. The Destruction of Autocracy. Washington, D. C.—In these days while the world rocks and reels, domestic controversies here at the National Capitol are being subordinated, and national emergency and need are to the front as paramount questions of the hour. Every arm of the government is alive with enthusiasm to strengthen rather than to hinder, and citizens of every kind, color, and degree are supporting the government loyally and earnestly. The Negro and the part he shall play in the war is a subject of earnest discussion. His rights and wrongs, his handicaps and injustices are, along with other controversies, being subordinated to his duties and responsibilities in this hour of national crisis. His spokesmen at the National Capitol however feel that it is not amiss once again to call attention to the fact that this government is founded upon the theory of majority rule, a theory to which the American people have always and always will subscribe. But the principle of majority rule does not and never has included the power of the majority to override or ignore the personal and inherent rights of the minority. Such assumption of power is detrimental to good government and leads to a tyranny as repulsive as autocratic despotism. Repulsive as is the offence, it becomes duly offensive when a minority attempts to or succeeds in abridging or denying the personal freedom of the majority. Such a state of affairs is old world autocracy and repudiates the great American principle of judicious majority rule. Yet the agitation in the hall of Congress for the repression of Personal Freedom threatens to establish a precedent in that form of government. Figures from the last national election cast a light upon some startling facts. They reveal the amazing truth that in the so-called Prohibition states, that is, the Southern States, only 38,000 votes are necessary to elect a Congressman, while 45,000 votes are required for a similar representation from the Northern, Western, or so-called "wet" states. Thus a representative from a licensed state, speaking for a constituence of 45,000 voters has his vote offset by a Prohibitionist representing only 38,000! This inequality of representation paves the way for minority rule and raises the question whether or not the vote of one man is not as good as that of another. The comparison between some of "Dry" Mississippi has a national representative for every 11,000 voters; "wet" Ohio only one for every 50,000; "dry" South Carolina one for every 10,000 voters; and "wet" Illinois has only one representative for every 75,000 voters. Every such measure passed by Congress means another pace forward for minority rule and intolerance! THE OPENING OF THE DREAM-LAND BUFFET AND CABARET AT 3520 S. STATE STREET WAS A GRAND SUCCESS—MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE AT-TEMPTED TO ENTER IT AT THE SAME TIME. Tuesday evening the new Dreamland buffet and cabaret at 3520 S. State street, which was until lately known as Dreamland Hall, threw its doors open to the public and autos blocked the streets for two blocks each side of it, and more than six hundred people attempted to rush into it at the same time. At ten o'clock the doors had to be locked until all those on the inside could be served and turned out in order to make room for hundreds of other patrons. Its owner, Mr. William Bottom, was all smiles all the time while he was mingling with his many friends and guests and assisting to look after their wants and comforts. Five hundred patrons can be comfortably seated at the tables at one time. All the furnishings and fixtures in the new Dreamland are the best and the most expensive that money can buy. An orchestra on an elevated stage or platform discourses fine music throughout the afternoon and evenings. The natural light in all parts of the cabaret is perfect; it is large, airy and well ventilated. Everything seems to indicate that the new Dreamland, under the management of mine host Bottom, will be a great drawing card for some time to come on the State street stroll. SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. JESSIE TAYLOR JOHNSON. Early on Thursday morning, Mrs. Jessie Johnson, who was one of the best and the most popular Colored women-in Chicago, quietly passed away at her home, 3026 Vernon avenue, with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at Quinn Chapel at one o'clock, Monday afternoon. Rev. J. C. Anderson officiating. WHAT OF NEGRO? HOME BULE FOE ASKS AMERICA. Says England Has Equal Eight to Intervene for the Black Man. London.—Continuing its campaign against efforts to settle the Irish question, the London Morning Post today enlist the services of Frederic Harrison, the author and authority on international law. In a letter written here Mr. Harrison says: "What would the Americans do if we intervened in one of their dilemmas? What would they say if our former ministers, doctors and preachers were to summon them with passionate appeals to raise up their Colored citizens to equal human dignity, to wipe the national stigma off the commonwealth—that every man or woman born with dark skin is born into shame, exclusion, and the life of a pariah race?" The Morning Post, in an editorial, says that to grant home rule to Ireland would be comparable with "placing the state of New York, in the midst of a great war, under the control of, what we believe, is known in the United States as Tammany Hall." Now is the time for the Colored people to manfully contend for every right belonging to them under the Constitution of the United States. REV. RICHARD D. STINSON, PRIN CIPAL OF THE ATLANTA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE. VISITS CHICAGO. Rev. Richard D. Stinson, principal Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute, Atlanta, Ga., is in Chicago in interest of his school work. He says they have erected a commodious dormitory on the grounds of the school this term. He speaks most encouragingly of the work which is being done in the Institute along practical lines for the youth of our race in the South. He addressed the A. M. E. Minister's Weekly Union Monday, concerning emigration, saying among other things that the Negro church in Chicago has a tremendous work on their hands to educate and encourage and to aid in elevating the thousands of our people who are leaving different parts of the South to make their homes in the North. He says the majority of these emigrationists are from among our best church and Sunday-school members; they are people, of course, from among the laboring classes, but honest and upright and many of them are property owners. HOUSING CONDITIONS OF NEGRO LABORERS SCORED. Pittsburgh, Pa. (Special).—A charge that 98 per cent of the houses occupied by Negro laborers in Pittsburgh are unsanitary, resulting in a prevalence of disease that is almost an epidemic, was made by Attorney Robert L. Vann at a meeting in the Lyceum theater last Sunday. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Livingstone Memorial Hospital Association, which is promoting the movement for the establishment of a hospital for Negroes in Pittsburgh. The speaker scored the health authorities for not requiring proper housing conditions. He said that Negroes have great difficulty in obtaining admission to existing hospitals. Dr. Kerr, president of the city council, Dr. W. J. Thorne, Judge James B. Drew, Rev. Drs. D. B. Russell, W. H. Christian and C. W. Powell spoke. Resolutions were passed on the death of Rev. Dr. J. Leonard Levy. A collection of $707 for the hospital was taken. FORTY NEGROES RECEIVED PEN SIONS AS EX-CONFEDERATES Fort Worth, Texas (Special)—There are about forty Negroes in Texas receiving pensions as ex-Confederate soldiers, according to C. C. Cummings, historian, at a recent meeting of the R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans. Mr. Cummings read a letter from the Pension Board at Austin confirming his statement. The letter stated that the Negroes in question were free at the time of he Civil War and had enlisted voluntarily. CHARLES S. JACKSON MOVES INTO HIS NEW UNDEBTAKING ESTABLISHMENT. The first part of this week Charles S. Jackson, the up-to-date funeral director, who has been located for the last eight or ten years at 3249 S. State street, removed to his new establishment at 3315 and 3317 S. State street, and when all the finishing touches are put on here and there, he will have one of the most complete in every way undertaking establishments in Chicago. ATTORNEY BARCLAY TO ADDRESS THE BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY. Attorney Martin L. H. Barclay will address the Bethel Literary Society Sunday, May 6, at 4 p. m. Subject, "Reciprocity in Service." Sandy W. Trice, president. COLISEUM ANNEX 15th Street and Wabash Avenue MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 7th DRESS PARADE BAND CONCERT MUSIC BY FIRST REGIMENT K. OF P. BAND ADMISSION, 50 CENTS CHIPS Prof. and Mrs. A. J. Bowling have removed from 5330 S. Dearborn street to 5409 S. Dearborn street. Miss Violette N. Anderson, the court stenographer, left Monday for Rochester, Minn., where she will remain for two or three weeks while undergoing an operation in the hospital conducted by Mayo Brothers. On Tuesday evening Frank L. Hamilton was removed from Provident Hospital to the home of Col. and Mrs. James H. Johnson, 3650 Prairie avenue. He is still a very sick man, but he feels that the change will do him some good. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, who is widely and favorably known in all parts of this country, has removed his office from 3253 S. State street to the new Jordan Building, 3545 S. State street, where he will occupy fine up-to-date and elaborate quarters. Miss Cassandra Adelphia Boger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Boger, of Aurora, Ill., has become united in marriage to Lieut. Joseph Gardiner Holmes and they are now at home at 307 Cambridge street, Allston, Mass. The writer extends hearty congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Holmes. S. A. T. Watkins, supreme attorney for the Knights of Pythias throughout the world, left Thursday evening for Washington, D. C., on the Pennsylvania Limited, where he will remain for several weeks in the interest of his order. He will return home by the way of Philadelphia, Pa., and New York City. Attorneys F. L. Barnett, C. E. Ward and C. J. Waring have all removed their law offices from 143 N. Dearborn street to 160 W. Randolph street, and as soon as they are properly settled Mr. Barnett will have a very attractive and inviting suite of offices. He will be pleased to meet all of his old clients at his new location. Miss Grace Gallaway, who is a very deserving and energetic young woman, will still serve as his stenographer. The Community Garden meets every Thursday night at Douglas Center, 3032 Wabash avenue. Officers, Beauregard F. Moseley, chairman, Miss Lena Le Grande Perry, secretary. The garden will be planted this week. Mr. Henry Slaughter, of Kentucky, has been retained as gardener and is busy putting in Swiss Chard, potatoes and onions and sweet corn. Next week he purposes to plant tomatoes. The next week he purposes to plant lettuce, peas, carrots, beans and a few other root vegetables. Membership in the garden is $1.00 per month. Are you a member? 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 7238 FIVE AND SIX ROQM 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 $50.00 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, convenient 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 incumbrance, 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 Broad way cars. One block to beautiful Sheridan Road, 2 blocks to the new Charmina Bathing Beach. Convenient to the theatre, 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. WALKS FORTY MILES TO GIVE HIMSELF UP Man Wanted For Forgery Said He Wins Tired of Dodging. St. Louis. After an effort which involved a forty mile walk and appeals to the authorities of two Missouri towns, C. H. Brown, wanted on the Kansas side for forgery, succeeded in breaking into the Wyandotte county fall. Brown left town Jan. 23. Concien- tally an advertising company, by which he was employed, asked his arrest on a charge of forgery. For more than a month the police got no trace of the missing man. Then, the other day, a bedraggled individual walked into the office of the sheriff in Mexico. Mo "I've walked forty miles to get here," he told the sheriff. "I'm wanted in Kansas City on a forgery charge. Do I go back?" An investigation disclosed that the story was true. Brown had tried to give himself up to a marshal in Hawk Point, Mo., but the marshal hadn't been interested. Then had come the long walk. long walk. Even the Mexico sheriff wasn't ennobled thuslastic. Instead of putting Brown under arrest, he advised him that if he was really intent on getting in jail he might try the chief of police. he might by the chief, Brown, the king of a persistent nature, the chief. The chief tele- graphed Kansas City, and a deputy sheriff returned with the prison. "Nothing unusual about it," Brown when questioned. "I was tired of running around and hiding from the police, that's all. I'm ready to take my medicine now. The amount involved in the forest is 1000. Gratitude is the fairest blossom that springs from the soul, and the heart of man knoweth none so fragrant, while its opponent, ingratitude, is a deadly weed, poisoning the very atmosphere in which it grows. M. B. MR. GEORGE T. KERSEY One of the grand high chiefs of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and one of the head lights of the Emanuel Undertaking Company, 2950 South State street. Bell With the Wail 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 crucked 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 five 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 toled, and today the Koreans still claim that the wall of a child can be heard in the voice of the metal. Uncalled For Courtesy. Uncertain For Courtesy. The Vicomte Toussaint was formerly a colonel in the French army and marshal 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 piling fire to escape the bullets of the enemy while he alone maintained an erect position, he exclaimed, "Since then, 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. Pourrie 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, 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, ever gave audience to any one without first this servant saying to him three times in a loud voice, "Philip, you art but a man!" "Have your millions enabled your children to marry well?" "Father. My daughter married a charet dancer and my son is engaged to a prominent chorus girl. We're needed for the best society now."—Pittsburgh Post. "Your friend did not appear to be amused when I spoke of a com- wireless age." "No wonder. He is a wire walker a circus."-Baltimore American. "But a gumdrop every time you want drink," advises an exchange, but who the dickens wants to go tagging around with a water bucketful of gumdrops on the arm?—Macon Telegraph. Putting His Foot In It me--Don't be downhearted, Richard, mom if father does say you'll be young enough to marry five years from now. Oh, I don't care for myself, but now about you?—Exchange. God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforte- r-J. Jowett. Hulda, the Swedish maid, had served her mistress faithfully for a year when one day she announced her intention and leaving. "Why, Hulda, what is the matter? is the work too hard? Or don't you like your wages? "Do vork he be all right, an' de wages he be, too, but the beau—he must have me."—San Francisco Chronicle. mays I am the only girl he has ever loved." "I'd beware of him." "Why?" "I think it dangerous to tie up for him with a man who takes the first thing that comes along."-Detroit Free Press Philip's Reminder Right In Line. No Enthusiasm. A Cumbersome Cure How Could It Be? First Office Boy—Wotcher doin' look in' at the office wot fired you last week? Tryin' to git took back? Second Office Boy—Naw; I Jes' dropped roun' to see if they wuz still in business.—Albany Knickerbocker-Press. There are 56,000 seeds in a bushel of wheat. 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. 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+1+8=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: $4+4+1+5+6+8+4+4+4=42+4=2+6$, 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 Bite 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 popies 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. Wash your car immediately after every trip. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 5, 1917. Charles E. Stump, the Kansas Farmer Newspaper Writer Has Been Spending Some Time in Florida, Feasting on Grape Fruit. While in Washington, D. C. He Was Furnished with a Pass by Hon. Martin B. Madden to Enter Congress Chester, Penn.—Have you been on the water since war has been declared! I tell you a fellow has a funny feeling, and he is expecting every minute to have one of them sinking ships or boats to run under you and start you for Heaven if you are on the Lord's side, and if not, then you will have to go the other way via water route. While in Miami, I had an invitation from Mr. Jones to go down to his home. Perhaps you have never, heard of I. L. Jones, and perhaps you have, and if not I am going to make you acquainted with him right away, and you will know somebody when you do know him, for he is some pumpkins. He is a man among men, and one of the wealthy men of the race. Unless you are invited by him to visit his home there is no way for you to get there. There is one man who lives where people cannot just drop in and say, "I thought I would drop in and pay my respects to you." You can only go when you are wanted and leave when he is ready for you to leave. A long time ago, Mr. Jones found his way down to Miami, Fla., from up in North Carolina, and declared that to him it was the land of perpetual youth, and while his salary was small, perhaps five or six dollars a week, he declared that he was going to accomplish something. Right by his side at work was another honest, industrious young man, D. A. Dorsey. Next thing you found Jones purchasing some of those Florida Keys, and while he did not see much in them, he thought he would invest. He did invest, and then he went to growing grape fruits, limes, tomatoes and the Lord knows what else. He studied the chorals, the keys, and found how to make them produce. He began to make money and invest money, and now he owns Pogie Key, and Totten Key, and one or two others, and has sold one of the keys to Mr. Dorsey. He has his palace in Totten Key, which is 35 miles below Miami, and a rich place. He has a palace there, and all that heart and soul could wish is right there, and he lives and enjoys life with his wife while his boys are in the Florida Baptist College getting an education. It was after services Sunday afternoon, that in company with Mr. Jones and Mr. Dorsey, I started for the palace. We set sail. It was a beautiful afternoon. It is a fine sight as we go down to see the homes of the wealthy on the keys, the club houses, and then the keys are interesting study. We took it easy, and that little engine did do some grunting as it turned the screws, sending us down Biseayne Bay. We talked, and ate grape fruit, until dark, and then dropped off to sleep. Mr. Jones told us wonderful stories about the Ceasar Rock, and other things that happened back yonder when things were starting. I enjoyed hearing the story. But, behold, our captain got lost. He pulled out his compass, but that did not work, so instead of spending the night in that palace where has been entertained Andrew Carnegie, his wife and daughter, we had to drop anchor, and remain right there until the break of day, and we then got together, and were soon at that beautiful home. That man has accomplished something, and he is one of the largest shippers down in Florida. He has the goods, and is able to deliver them, and all because he has saved his money and has made it serve him. Mr. Dorsey is indeed a wealthy man, also, and I was delighted beyond expression to come in touch with him. He owns perhaps more real estate than any other one man of our race in Florida. He has just purchased a first-class hotel at a cost of $20,000 and he is bidding for the wealthy Colored people to come down and bask in the Florida sunshine when it is cold in the North. My congratulation to the great men, and the men of wealth. Rev. Jones is one of the best men I have ever met, and he is constantly doing things for his people. I was delighted to see and to talk with him and to be at the table where Carnegie has been, and to read a beautiful letter which Mrs. Carnegie had written to Mrs. Jones. Wonderful couple are these, and the boys are following in the steps of their father. It would just take a whole paper for me to tell you what I have seen and where I have been since I sent you the last letter. But, believe me, honey, I am on the Lord's side and I am sticking as close to Him as possible, for I am afraid of germs and Germans, and since my country has been plunged into war, I may have to go to the front, and, believe me, I have been taking running lessons recently, and one day I ran five miles without stopping, and I think I can outrun anybody's bullet. I am some runner and don't you forget it. I will enter the race any time now. Can you try it with me? I have been to Jacksonville, Fla., to be with Prof. N. W. Collier at the anniversary of the Florida Baptist College, and the twenty-fifth anniversary, at that. It means a whole lot for one school to live so long and be so useful, and this is just what has been in the case of this school. Miss Sarah A. Blocker, one of the greatest women of this race of ours, has been connected with the school ever since it was born, and she is still there doing good. She is a friend to girls, and will give her life for them. She recognizes the need and the care of the young girls of our race, and she is one woman who will do her duty whether you like it or not, and I like to see this class of women, for they are whole cloth, a yard wide. I have told you about her work before and what she meant to our race, also about President Collier. I had the pleasure of shaking hands with Dr. John E. Ford, and then I found my way around to see Prof. John A. Gregg, president of Edward Waters college, and another great educator. Dr. Gregg has given his best life and service to his church, and is now serving his church and people. There is no doubt about his training, and then he is a man of God. A long time ago he went to Africa and there spent some time in preaching there, and from that place, he returned to this country and took up regular church work, and was a success as a pastor. Now he is serving the college, and I am of the opinion that he should be made bishop in the next general conference. Why not? Then off to the North. I wish you could have seen that big crowd trying to make it to the north. I rode on the Seaboard Air Line from Jacksonville to Fredericksburg, Va., without getting off. When I got there I found a minister awaiting my arrival, but I am not going to talk much about that, but will look into the other things, for there were other things to claim my attention. I wish I had the time to tell you all about this place, but as I am going back there, I shall save what I have to say until my return to the place. From that town to Richmond, where I touched John Mitchell Jr., and after taking up some time with him, I turned my attention to Washington, D. C., and wrote a letter to Congress- Talks on Talks on HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. Dr. W. A. Driver 3300 So. State Street Phone Douglas 3617 CHRONIC COFFEE AND TOBACCO INTOXICATION. The former is more often seen in women and the latter in men. The ordinary coffee poisoning is a process of slow growth, taking sometimes years to reach its most dangerous manifestations in some persons. From the beginning coffee has a marked effect upon the organism. The best known effect is wakefulness due to the increased blood supply to the brain. Coffee is a stimulant and the habitual use of any stimulant is not the best habit. The result of the habitual stimulating of the brain, by the active principle of coffee or any other drug, is nervousness. The nervousness is manifested in different ways. The coffee habit is acquired by slow growth. Its evil consequences are hidden; they are not well known, which heightens the danger. The heart and the stomach are often affected by coffee and the victim, not knowing the cause, "adds fuel to the flames" by taking patent medicine. Many of the persons addicted to the use of coffee are in the habit so deeply that they keep the coffee pot on the stove constantly day and night and drink much as the tobacco user indulges in his narcotic. Coffee poisoning generally inflicts nervousness. It is the only symptom man M. B. Madden, from Illinois, asking him to furnish me with a pass to enter Congress, and believe me it came in the next mail, and now I can visit Congress at will. I was there in Washington, and had the pleasure of being at the Church Extension Board meeting of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and it was a meeting, I am here to say to you. Rev. B. F. Watson, is the secretary of the Board. He used to be pastor in Springfield, Ill., in fact he was there 17 years ago when he was elected to his present position, and has made good. He must have made good, for he would not have been elected so many times. He is a fine secretary and knows the work. I fell into the hands of Rev. W. H. Jernagin, and he took special interest in me and introduced me to many big men. His introduction put me in touch with such men as J. D. Lee, Rev. J. Milton Waldron, A. C. Garner, D.D., W. A. Taylor, Dr. C. H. Marshall, J. H. Randolph, J. Findlay Wilson, editor of the Eagle, L. D. Battle, and many others. I mention these men, because they went to see Secretary Baker of the War Department, and Dr. Jernagin invited me to go with them. I consider this a rare opportunity to get to see some of those big men up there in Washington. So I got up at 3 o'clock in the morning to get to go with them. I have not mentioned much about Washington, but you will have to believe me when I tell you that Colored soldiers are in evidence around and about the city of Washington. They are there and there in big numbers. They are guarding the bridges approaching Washington, the buildings in and around Washington, the capitol, and other places. In company with these big men, we were on hand little before 9 o'clock, for the engagement was for 9, but we could not enter the building without a pass, so we had to wait on that. While standing there my attention was attracted by a dark something approaching, and behold it was a detachment of soldiers of your race coming to be on duty in that building all day long, and I just shouted out. In due time we got before Secretary Baker, and he heard the men. He was courteous, and while he was a busy man, he told the men of my race to take their time and do it right while they were at it. It was time for those big men to come in to see him from Europe, the big French, and the big English, and he received them in great shape, after we were out. It would not be possible for me to tell you all that was said, but the Colored people were assured that they would be given an opportunity to serve the country. "I have lived around the Negroes, and I know them," said Secretary Baker. "I know their loyalty and their efficiency. They must do like PAGE FIVE 5 that is constantly noted. Other symptoms are not always found in all patients. Functional heart disturbances and stomach disorders are common. There is a variety of nervous manifestations; among them are impatience, involuntary movements, tremors of the lips, hands and tongue. The stopping of coffee drinking is necessary to effect a cure. Headache and other disturbances must be treated with suitable remedies in the meantime, for they often annoy the victim when coffee is given up. Chronic tobacco intoxication is as common as chronic coffee poisoning. The victims must use the drug several times daily. They are nervous with or without the periodical bracer or stimulant. The odor of tobacco is often obnoxious to a marked degree and especially so to abstainers. The victims are oblivious to the sufferings of nonusers who are often compelled to suffer in silence. The heart bears the brunt of the injurious stimulating from the nicotine and the nervous system is gradually affected. The gastrointestinal tract is not spared and constipation is often caused by the devitalizing material. The lungs obviously suffer especially in the chronic poisoning due to inhalation of the deleterious gases found in tobacco smoke.* Users and nonusers suffer in proportion to the amount of the smoke inflicted. the White man and every other man, just do what they are told to do in the critical times. I have many delegations and many letters and petitions and must consider them all." I am now in this city with Rev. J. R. Bennett. He is getting his wife ready to go to that big meeting in Atlanta, Ga., the National Baptist Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Congress. I think I shall be there myself. Look out for my next letter. Gray Haira Can't Make You Old. 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 beget 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. # AVE OLA THE BROAD AX Published Weekly In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6418 Champlain Ave., Chicago, Ill. PHONE WENTWORTH 2507. JULIUS P. TYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. PART OF BABYLONIAN EPIC IS TRANSLATED Missing Book of Gilgamesh, Regarded as One of Oldest Poems In World. Philadelphia.—In the University of Pennsylvania Museum Journal published recently is the translation of a Babylonian tablet, which will be of interest to the historical, religious and literary world. It is one of the missing books of the epic of Gilgamesh, regarded as one of the oldest and noblest poems in the world. The epic was composed about the time of Abraham, but all known tablets and fragments of tablets containing it date from a much later period. George Smith made the first discoveries more than forty years ago. The tablet in the University museum was probably written between 600 B. C. and 300 B. C. he says. It was translated by Dr. Stephen Langdon, curator of the Babylonian section of the University museum, and, according to that scholar, contains important new material bearing on the whole epic and also supplies missing data and mentions hitherto unrecorded nations. It tells the story of how barbarous man, in the person of Enkidu, is redeemed by the love and devotion of a woman. Gilgamesh, a half mythical king, by many identified with Nimrod, ruled so cruelly that the people asked the gods for relief. The mother goddess made from clay a wild satyr, covered with hair, but strong enough to oppose Gilgamesh, who was two-thirds a god. Eventually Enkidu is changed by love of a woman to a civilized being, loses his hair and becomes a rival of Gilgamesh, with whom he has a terrific combat. Finally the men become friends. Gilgamesh forsakes his evil ways, and the two heroes start on adventures, which are told in the other tablets already well known. WILL RUN CANTEENS. Girls and Boy Scouts Will Dispense Eatables to Militiamen. New York. — Canteen stations, at which girls and boy scouts in uniform will dispense coffee, chocolate, buns, sandwiches and cold ham to the soldiers, sailors and militiamen detailled on guard duty, are to be established in New York and other cities throughout the country, according to an announcement by Mrs. William Carrol Rafferty of the Waldorf-Astoria, wife of Colonel Rafferty, commandant at Fort Hamilton. Mrs. Rafferty has been made honorary commandant of the emergency canteen stations to be opened here after the plan originated by Mrs. James Montgomery Hendrick in London. Uniforms are now being made for girls of the Young Women's Christian association, who will be in attendance. ROMANCE NOT DEAD; HERE'S A CINDERELLA. New York. — Who says romance is dead or never shows itself in big cities? Miss Minerva Menke of New York insists it is not. Five months ago she lost a pump—size No. 2—as she was alighting from a trolley车. The footwear caught in the step. The motorman drove on, and a passenger, Jack Wolfson, found it. He advertised for the fair owner. She answered. He called—then called often. Soon Miss Menke will be Mrs. Wolfson. --- CUBA OFFERS AID Well Trained Troops at Service of United States. PORTS OPEN TO OUR SHIPS. Will Act if necessary as Halfway Station to Aid Northern Republic In Transportation of Troops and Munitions to Panama Canal or Other Points on Gulf. New Orleans.-In addition to declaring war on Germany immediately following the lead of the United States government, Cuba will place 25,000 well trained troops—infantry, cavalry and artillery—at the service of the northern republic for the duration of the war. President Mario G. Menocal has issued an order to this effect, and Colonel Aurelio Hevias, Cuban minister of war, is apportioning these troops and selecting the officers who will accompany them. First news of this placing of a whole army division of Cuban troops at the orders of the United States was brought to New Orleans by Eduardo R. Mendez, Cuban sugar expert, who has just returned from Havana. "Cuba entered the great war largely in an effort to show its sincere friend. [Name] Photo by American Press Association. PRESIDENT MARIO G. MENOCAL. ship for the United States," said Mr. Mendez at his home. "The island is the key to the gulf of Mexico and to the Caribbean sea, and by declaring war on Germany Cuba closes all her ports to Germany. More than this, all the ports of Cuba now are open to the United States as a war ally for indefinite periods and for unlimited supplies of all kinds, whereas had Cuba not entered the war American warships would have been subjected to all restrictions of international law as to time of stay and amount of fuel obtainable there. "In other words, Cuba desires to be the outpost of the United States in the gulf and to act also if necessary as a halfway station to aid the northern republic in its transportation of troops and munitions of war to the Panama canal or to other points on the gulf or on the Caribbean sea. President Menocal has announced officially in Havana that the entire Cuban army of 25,000 men will be placed at the orders of the United States government and will be supplied with officers who speak English as well as Spanish, for service throughout the war. This quota, constituting an entire army division, will be kept to full enlistment by constant recruiting throughout the war, and 25,000 more volunteers will be recruited to take the place in the army of those sent to the front or distributed wherever the United States wishes to use them. "Announcement also has been made that American warships will aid the Cuban navy in patrolling the waters around the island and such parts of the gulf as may be deemed necessary. The ill timed and badly advised revolution is at an end; General Gomez is a prisoner in Havana, and other revolutionists are being extradited from Haiti, so the full forces of the Cuban government can be turned to the prosecution of the war against Germany." BRITON ACTS AS GUARD Does Patrol Duty In Boston After Militiaman Collapses. Boston.—A sailor of the British navy maintained a part of the water front patrol here, bearing the rifle of a national guardsman who had collapsed on his post. The bluejacket, a member of the gun crew of a steamship which was tied up in port, found the guardsman on the wharf where he had fainted. Taking him into a nearby shanty, the sailor telephoned for a doctor, then shouldered the guardsman's rifle and for nearly an hour kept the post in a drizzle of rain until a corporal who encountered him arranged for relief. At Thirty-three Mother of Twelve. Oklahoma, Ark. — Twin boys have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Murkerson of Dobyville, making the third pair of twins in the family with less than two and a half years between the ages of the two younger sets. The new arrivals bring the number of Murkerson children to twelve. The mother is but thirty-three. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. MAY 5. 1917. PAYROLL OF ARMY Big Task Getting Money to Uncle Sam's Troops. RATES HIGH UNDER NEW LAW. Biggest Pay of Any Officer In the Field Is That of Lieutenant General, Which Is $11,000 a Year-United States Aviation Force Offers Wide Field and Is Remunerative. Washington.-Uncle Sam for the first time in nineteen years is getting ready to pay a big field army. The army on the border was designated as a departmental force. With 2,000,000 men scheduled to serve with the colors just as soon as they can be obtained, a big job faces the quartermasters at each of the six department headquarters, and the finance division of the depot here. The finance division of the depot in Washington is under the direction of Major George C. Barnhardt. It pays off all retired officers and soldiers under the war depot in the city, some in the Phillipines and some in Texas. Already it has a big task, and with the increase of the army it will be loaded down with work. The highest pay of any officer in the field is that of lieutenant general, which is $11,000 a year. There is no active lieutenant general now, however. Generals Miles, Bates and Young, who reached that rank, are all retired. The pay of a major general is $8,000 a year at the time of his appointment, and he gets a 10 per cent increase each five years. This 10 per cent increase each five years also applies to brigadier generals, colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, captains, first lieutenants and second lieutenants. The pay of a brigadier general is $6,000 a year; a colonel, $4,000, and lieutenant colonel, $3,500. Other salaries for line office are major, $3,000 a year; captain, $2,400; first lieutenant, $2,000; second lieutenant, $1,700. First and second lieutenants are very much in demand. Examinations are being held in many parts of the country to fill up the ranks of lieutenants in order that the big army of recruits may be drilled. The aviation corps, which offers a wide field and which is to receive much attention, in addition to opportunities for service, is attractive from the standpoint of pay. While on duty that requires him to participate regularly and frequently in areal flights, each duly qualified military aviator receives an increase of 75 per cent over the salary which the pay of his grade entitles him to. Chaplains appointed to the army will receive $2,000 a year, the pay of a first lieutenant. Privates receive $15 a month. In case they are sent to Europe they will get an increase of 20 per cent or $18 per month. A certificate of merit entitles a soldier to $2 a month more, and there is yet an additional sum for expert riflemen, sharpshooters and marksmans. Cooks receive $30 a month. GROWS HAIR FOR GIRL Man Arrested Tells Story About Accident to Daughter. Sacramento, Cal.—Because his little daughter two years ago, when she was but three years of age, fell into the fire and burned her scalp to a crisp, so that hair never again will grow there on. Henry Hamilton of Idaho, now working on a nearby ranch, is growing a luxuriant head of hair, it being his idea when he returns home to have the hair cut and made into a wig for his little girl. The story came out when Hamilton, who had been arrested while on a visit to this city, was questioned by Max P. Fisher as to the cause of the flowing locks. Hamilton said he had come to California to work during the winter because he could not get steady employment in Idaho during the cold weather. He added he expected to return home in a few weeks and prepare the wig for which he has been undergoing ridicule because of his long hair. After his story had been verified he was released. MRS. GEORGE DEWEY'S PLEA Enlist In Navy First, Says Admiral's Widow. Washington.—A national campaign to promote recruiting for the navy and marine corps has been started by the woman's section of the Navy league. Mrs. George Dewey, widow of the late admiral and president of the woman's section, has sent this appeal to all chapter heads: "Urge all young men of your community who are without dependents to enlist in the navy and marine corps, our first line of defense. There merit is recognized and promotion comes speedily. Send in the names of eligibles to the woman's section, Washington. Ask the newspapers in your neighborhood to co-operate with us. Help our country now, and may God bless your efforts and give us security." Almost 1,000 In Family. Hlawatha, Kan.-The biggest family in this country has almost 1,000 members. It is at Reserve, nine miles north of here. Reserve is a small town of 200 or more people with an average Kansas population in the country surrounding for an area of six miles. Yet in the town and the entire area of country there are not more than ten families who are not related to each other by ties of blood or marriage. WAR'S GOLDEN AGE. Cardiff's Subscription to British War Loan is $150,000,000. Cardiff, Wales.—Subscriptions from Cardiff to the new British war loan amounted to more than $150,000,000, an average of $750 for every man, woman and child in the city. This remarkable contribution is an indication of the golden age which the war has brought to Cardiff. In no British city has such vast wealth been earned so easily and quickly. At the outbreak of the war Cardiff had the largest export trade in the country. Freights began to increase. Ships doubled, trebled, quadrupled in value. Young business men, enterprising and daring, bought whole fleets on a speculative basis which would almost make a New York curb broker hesitate. Among the new millionaires of Cardiff are fourteen young men who before the war were shipping clerks earning not more than $10 a week. It has not been the owners only who profited. First class dock laborers, especially trimmers, have earned as high as $100 a week. The miners, too, have earned big money, and the shopkeepers, especially the jewelers and the department stores, have never known such prosperous times. TO DIG UP BANDIT'S LOOT. Man Says He Has Map of Buried Oklahoma Treasure. Columbus, Ind., J. N. Swain of Denver, who has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Swain, west of this city, has left hurriedly for Tulsa, Okla., to hunt for $200,000 in buried treasure. Several years ago Swain was a nurse in a Denver hospital, where a man known as Oklahoma Charley was a patient. Oklahoma Charley, Swain said, had been a bandit and buried large amounts of money in three different places near Tulsa. Before he died he gave Swain three diagrams showing where the money is buried. It all amounts to $200,000. Oklahoma Charley said. The supposed badit charged Swain with finding his daughter, a half breed, wishing the girl to share in the money. Swain said he never thought much of the affair until he read in a newspaper that Scout Younger was getting ready to dig for buried treasure near Tulsa. Then Swain caught the first train for Tulsa. ASHES ON LAKE BOTTOM. Scientists Will See if There Is a Volcano There. San Francisco.—A strange phenomenon is agitating the waters of the Laguna and the members of the San Luis Obispo (Cal.) Rod and Gun club. Whether the bed of the lake harbors a semiactive volcano, geyser or other eruptive force is still to be determined. Weird tales are also being told of a floating island in the lake, the waters of which are no longer clear, but turbid. In the bottom of the lake a sediment which resembles volcanic ash has been discovered. An effort is to be made to secure a scientific investigation of the strange phenomenon by scientists from the state university. In the meantime sportsmen are wondering what effect the disturbances in the lake are having on the fish that inhabit it. Fishermen who cast their lines for black bass on the opening day of the season have failed to get even a most remote sign of a nibble. VASSAR GIRLS TO TRAIN. Abandon Festivities to Study Women's Work In War. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-At a meeting of the Vassar College Students' association extensive preparedness measures were taken. The spring program was changed from a series of week end festivities to a strict curriculum of voluntary courses in which each girl will be prepared in some way to be of real service to the nation. All college events calling for a large expenditure of money will be eliminated or modified. The money and the time will be given over to instruction in wireless telegraphy, library work, Red Cross training, automobile mechanism and operation and stenography. Military drill was crossed from the list as being practicable. Commencement exercises will be greatly simplified. The hoop dance and procession of the daisy chain will be omitted. The third hall play and the senior prom are also stricken off. HAIR CUTS BOOSTED. But Members of Baldhead Club Plan a Back Fire. Milford, Conn.-The price of a haircut in Connecticut cities was boosted from 25 cents to 35 cents by barbers throughout the state. Led by members of the Baldhead Club of America, a revolution against the barbers is now in progress and a remonstrance against the action was sent to the state barbers' commission at Hartford. The Baldhead club plans vengeance with a capital V-"No tips" is the word being passed down the line. At the head of the protesting phalanx are George C. Woodruff, president of the club; John Rodemeyer, originator of the club, and Lew Stone of Winsted Had to Promise to Win Her Valparaiso, Ind.-Before she would marry him here recently Mrs. Edna H. Jewett exacted a promise from Otto J. Wankle that he would become an American citizen. Wankle is an Austrian, and Mrs. Jewett refused to sacrifice her own Americanism. The couple came here from Wiesbaden. Wils PLANS VAST FLEET Story of How Wooden Craft Building Plan Grew. TRIBUTE TO YANKEE GENIUS. General Goethals, Chosen to Head Work, Has Never Been Forgiven by Germany For Constructing Panama Canal When German Experts Said It Could Not Be Accomplished. Washington. — The administration's program for building a vast fleet of wooden cargo ships to transport supplies to the allies and thus defeat the German submarine campaign was put under way when the shipping board formed a corporation to build and operate the vessels. Major General Goethals, who at the direction of President Wilson has agreed to supervise building of the ships, will come to Washington to take charge of the work as soon as he can arrange to leave his task of building New Jersey highways. F. A. Eustace, a Boston mining engineer, who with PETER H. Photo by American Press Association. WILLIAM DENMAN, CHAIRMAN OF SHIPPING BOARD. F. Huntington Clark, a New York engineer, conceived the idea of a wooden ship fleet, probably will be associated with him. The story of how the wooden ship-building plan grew from an idea conceived simultaneously by two mining engineers until it has taken a place in the forefront of America's war policy reveals that Yankee inventive genius and ingenuity were as ready to meet the present emergency as at any time of national stress in the past After Mr. Eustace and Mr. Clark had been called to Washington by Chairman Denman of the shipping board, and the board decided to take up the plan, Mr. Eustace decided to interest General Goethals and went to place the situation before him. The canal builder immediately seized on the plan as the one way by which the United States could do most to aid the allies in defeating Germany. Then General Goethals was told the board wished him to take charge of the work. Reluctant at first to leave his post in New Jersey, the general finally was convinced the nation needed him. General Goethals was chosen to head the work. it was explained, for three reasons—his capacity, his German descent and as a testimonial to the loyalty of American citizens of Teutonic extraction and because he is considered the one man in the United States most offensive to Germany. Germany, it has been said, has never forgiven the man who constructed the canal when German experts said it could not be accomplished. In their efforts to persuade General Goethals to take charge of building the ships it was pointed out that he probably would spend before the war was over as much or more than was expended in building the canal. Troops to Get Bibles New York.-The American Bible society has issued an emergency call for $50,000 with which to provide large editions of New Testaments bound in khaki to be given to all soldiers and sailors through the Sunday School association and the Young Men's Christian association. The society has cooperated with these agencies in the distribution of about 1,000,000 copies to soldiers in Europe and 100,000 to men in the Mexican border. Similar distribution is to be started here with out delay. THEY COULDN'T STAND YELLOW STREAK SIGN. Pittsburgh. — Angry at the haste many young men were making to obtain marriage licenses in view of the country's call for unmarried citizens, an official of one of the Pittsburgh departments caused a big yellow card to be hung on the application clerk's desk in the marriage license office, with the remark that "he hoped it would turn some of the quitters back." It did. Of the first 150 couples who entered the room one day fully forty, after a look at the big yellow streak, quietly turned and disappeared. Form of Oath Equivalent to Enlistment Pledge Drawn Up. New York. — A movement to train New York's immigrant population in readiness for military service was start-ed at a meeting held in the offices of the National Liberal Immigration league. The league has been at work on the situation concerning the part immigrants will take in any national crisis for the last eight years and has the approval of the war department. This consists of a recruiting campaign on the east side for the Macca-bean brigade, as it will be called. The house of the James G. Blaire club has been offered by the president, Dr. J Levenson, and is open for recruiting. Applicants will enlist without any stipulation and will take an oath which virtually binds them to federal military service for the duration of the war. A form of oath equivalent to the army enlistment pledge has been drawn up by the adjutant general of the eastern department at the league's request. Recruits will be trained under competent instructors and then will be available either to be mustered into the regular army, the national guard or service as reserve officers if they show progress enough. There will be no stipulation that they be accepted in a body, keeping their racial unity in companies or other units, but will go where assigned. JAPANESE ARMY TO HOLD SHAM BATTLE OF SOMME Will Apply Lessons of Great Struggle In Europe to Grand Army Maneuvers. New York. — The grand army maneuvers in Japan next November will be held in the country adjacent to Lake Biwa, in Shiga prefecture, near Kloto, says the East and West New Headquarters will be located in the town of Hikone, of which the famous Lord Li, assassinated on dolls' day many years ago, was the feudal chief. To provide for the final review by the emperor a few rice fields will be cleared for that purpose. A great feature of the war play will be the conduct of battles after the latest methods adopted by the Germans and the allies in the valley of the Somme, northern France. Geographically the lay of the land about Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, closely resembles that of the Somme war theater. Staff officers familiar with the ground in France will conduct the operations from which the soldiery and underofficers will acquire a knowledge of the latest features of modern warfare. Airplanes and seaplanes will also be actively employed for the first time in Japan. The art of war has advanced a hundred years since the battle of the Marne, two and a half years ago. NEW U BOAT DESTROYER. Will Be Turned Over to Government Early In July. Wilmington, Del.—A submarine destroyer of a new type which is pronounced by experts to be the most efficient conceived is being constructed for Alfred L. du Pont and when completed early in July will be turned over to the government for use against U boats. The craft, which is being constructed by the Herreschoffs at Bristol, R. L. of all steel torpedo boat destroyer construction. It is 110 feet long, has a fifteen foot beam and a draft of only four and one-half feet. The latter dimension is so small as to render the boat immune from submarine torpedoes. The destroyer has a guaranteed speed of twenty-seven miles an hour. The two high pressure steam generators will develop approximately 1,500 horsepower. Oil, which is used as fuel, can be carried for a cruise of 1,200 miles at fifteen knots or 650 miles at full speed. PREPARES OWN FUNERAL Thought He Had Cancer—Provide Corpse by Committing Suicide. Bishop, Cal.—After having prepared carefully for his own funeral John Shortall, a mining man, went out and shot himself through the head. Death was instantaneous. A month ago he had undergone an operation for a growth on his lip and had become obsessed with the fear that it was a cancer. This led him to self destruction. Shortall was sixty-four years old and had been long in the Owens valley. His mining property, a promising copper proposition, is located in Mocano, between Benton and Laws. MUST NOT ABUSE FLAG. Desecrators Will Be Arrested, Says Justice Department Washington.—Warning against desecration of the American flag by aliens was issued by the department of justice. The following notice was sent to federal attorneys and marshals: "Any alien enemy tearing down the titling, abusing or desecrating the United States flag in any way will be regarded as a danger to the public peace or safety within the meaning of regulation 12 of the proclamation of the president, issued April 6, 1917, and will be subject to summary arrest and confinement." 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, passed her physical and mental ex 1920 MISS LORETTA WALSH. aminations and was immediately assigned to duty under Lieutenant Commander F. R. Payne of the United States Naval home, by whom she was sworn 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." Weoman 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 enlist. KITCHEN HINTS. Helps For Mrs. Newlywed In Her Struggles to Succeed. Everybody does not know that food in general should not be allowed to cook 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 bicarbonate 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 pans 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 oven. 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 cultural 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 Arizona used as trimming for hats and gowns, and the Indian embroidery, as well as the beaded work, tassels with queer Indian ornaments strung together, and sweaters made of Navajo blankets are among the things offered and accepted. To Bead Georgette Crane To bead georgette crape stamp the pattern to be headed on to a piece of heavy white writing paper, then baste this on to the cloth with little, fine stitches. 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 directoire 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 piece 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 CHILDREN'S HOLIDAYS 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, MAY 5, 1917. Value of Vacations What "Barrage Fire" Is 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 Basket 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 "No, but my wife does. When I go shopping with her she always says to the assistant, 'I'll come in and look at these again.'" -London Telegraph. Did Her Best. Teacher—Do you know the population of New York? Mamie 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, suicidally foolish and theoretically unapparable—Robert Louis Stevenson. 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. --- 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, who 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 overtired. "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 bolling 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 boil violently this action commences at the bottom, and the liquid is forced up the tube, then falls upon the surface again, so that the bolling 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 conceived ignorance. 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.'" His 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. "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. Jack—Do you know that Kitty is an awfully sharp girl? Percy—Yes; she cut me on the street the other day. Cornell Widow. Mara Photographs 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. PAGE SEVEN The Transformaflop 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 —she would be just too happy for anything! And she would make fudge 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 strictly 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 door." 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 an- nouncement 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 Gulde. --- ‘pean EIGHT TEE The BUFF! Side. HENR 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 "foiepbens Menves 2718 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Seite 313.320 Reaper Bleck Clark & Washingten Sts. 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OUr| navigate the Nile and the Sel Sundials, however, record a very dif-| boat was towed through the s ferent day. warship. When the cables use Tf you set up a sundial in a garden| ing the obelisk in its position and observe when it 1s noon today 8nd | were strained almost to breal ‘again tomorrow you Will find that it] pes placed himself at once wi exceeds the “sidereal day” by three] enormous stone as it began t minutes and fifty-six seconds. The| i¢ q single cable had broken a difference is due to the distance that | nave been over with the engin fhe earth has traveled on its orbit| piaining his bardihood, Lebas while it has been revolving on its axis. was to show the crowd of o The orbit motion makes it necessary | that he was sure of his calc for the earth to turn nearly four min-| 4 single error and he would h ‘utes longer in order to bring any place | crushed, and he preferred a tr to the same position with regard t0| to dishonor. “This,” said Le the sun that it had on the previows| paris, “was before our day day. views, and Lebas occupied on! a ne Unes in the Constitutionel, no : ‘The Navice’a Mistake. teen than the neriodical adven In “Tales of the Flying Service” ©- G. Grey tells about a strange entry in the official report of an officer who bad recently joined the service and was sent to pass a seaplane through its test for the English navy. He had to go up as a passenger with the con- structor’s pilot and to keep a log of what occurred during the test. This is what he put down: “9:05 a. m. eft slip; 9:10 a. m. altimeter shows 300 feet above sea; 9:12 a. m, curious phenomenon. Met a seagull fiying backward!” ‘That meant that the machine, flying ‘at the rate of about eighty miles an hour, overtook a seagull—which is not ‘a fast flyer—going at about forty miles ‘an hour, and that up in the air, with. out any background to give a proper sense of direction, the bird looked as if it were flying toward thera tall first. Probably the officer knows better now. ‘Teach Children Thrift. ‘We Americans are notoriously the most thriftless of peoples. You have heard how much we throw away. We are too prone to think of thrift as stin- giness. We hate to hear about saving. Dorothy Canfield Fisher in her recent book, “Self Reliance,” gives parents 2 strong word of warning. She says: “There is nothing in the fact of beinz children which need cut off our sons and daughters from a great deal of ac- curate information and considerable practical experience with the ins and outs of wise money spending. But there is a great deal in the fact of a being Americans which will shut tlem off from such information and experi- ence unless parents make a very deter: mined effort to see that they get the proper training, for the whole spirit of our country and age is against us in the effort.” ‘The City of the Dove. When mighty Amru went to conquer Egypt he camped on the east bank of the Nile opposite Memphis, that great twenty mile long capital of mud bricks whose western verge was the pyramids and whose mud brick house: have all vanished. Amru crushed the Egyptians and came back to get his camp to move over and occupy Mem phis. A dove had built in the folds near the top of his tent. Blood bathed Amru, the ruthless, would not let her be disturbed. A new city started about his tents. It grew northward along the Nile. It is today Cairo, Memphis is only a name. Can You? Here are a few things that you can not do: ‘You cannot jot down the square roo! of two. You cannot sneeze or yawn with your head under water. ‘You cannot state the number of but tons on your clothes. You cannot draw an envelope by only looking at the paper in a mirror. You cannot put your left foot and ‘shoulder against a wall and then raise the other foot. And yet you think you are clever!— London Answers. ‘That Was Different. Mrs. Tittle—What a beautiful world it must have been when there were only Adam and Eve in it! There was nobody to say nasty things about them, Mrs. Tattle—But, then, they had no- body to talk about. Mrs. Tittle—Well, I guess, after all, the world has im- proved since their time—Exchange. Ahead of the Times. “The trouble with my boy Josh ts that he’s always ahead of the times,” remarked Farmer Corntossel. “What has he done?" “Went to town to see about a post- tion, He found a strike in progress and joined the strike before he got the job.”"—Washington Star. Our Vanishing Forests, ‘The ax and the saw are insanely busy, chips are flying thick as snow- flakes, and every season thousands of acres of priceless forests, with thelr underbrush, soils, springs, climate, scenery and religion, are vanishing away in clouds of smoke—John Mur. | Once Bitten, Etc. “Why did that brilliant woman mar- ry such a stupid man?” “Because her first husband was a genfus.”—Boston Transcript. 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StateSt, - - - - Chicagyy In 1876 the granite obelisk that stood sentinel before the palace of Rameses TIL, at Luxor, for more than thirty centuries was taken to Paris. 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- bes 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 said tt 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 Apartmeit Building, 3600. Wabesh 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 {ts fuel contents, which is figured in calories. A pound of brown bread contains about 1,050 calories, a pound of rye bread 1,180, a pound of gluten bread 1,160, a pound of graham 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 ailing. ee en ae Perens ‘aa ee eae ee Soe Aes as Po elt Ss Se pA er 1 econ me Bo Me or ie Beet rae ree eo Hi - ia ete fi ie a re | on B i. es es ey Fine Art In Candle Making. ‘The making of candles is not ordina. rily considered a fine art, but the Ital- jans have made it such. The distinc tively Italian votive taper is made by band. 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. Small 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 i ‘goes to the decorators, men who ar akilled in the use of the brush,” and ‘when it leaves their hands it is a wort oft art. The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chica Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent Phone Main 263 133 W. Washingtons. Diches and Diverece. If, as one clever writer avers, mom Givorces 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 is 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, s good picture or piece of rare old silver has its advantages, not the least of which is the lasting pleasure of ows ing something really beautiful.—Moth ex’s Magazine. All Eye Trouble SEE BR. Lowe Usseim The Practical O tics TMi MOST ComPLeTe eetene ROOMS IN THE CITY eo BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES os Consukation or examination | 3150 S. STATE ST! RES Ba | ea (gearantee to give satisfaction. CHICAGO The Chestnut Blight. ‘The chestnut blight has already done Gamage estimated as close to $50,000, 000. ‘The disease attacks both Amert can and European species, but doe Uttle damage to those from Japan and China. Plant breeders by crossing Japanese chestnut and native chinqua pin have produced resistant trees Some of the Chinese chestnuts are said to grow 100 feet high in their home forests.—Tree Talk. SOM BLOOK!, Presisent FW. 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