The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Death and Funeral of Frank Lester Hamilton. Bright's Disease Was the Immediate Cause of His Passing Away in the Midst of Much Pain and Suffering. He Was President of the Old Folks Home Unto the Day of His Death and Ex-President of the Appomattox Club. His Remains Laid in State in the Parlors of the Club from Monday Evening Until Late Tuesday Afternoon When They Were Laid to Rest in Oakwood Cemetery THE FLORAL TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS MANY WARM FRIENDS WERE NUMEROUS AND VERY BEAUTIFUL. MRS MARTHA B. ANDERSON AND T. THEODORE TAYLOR, SANG SOLOS. B. F. MOSELEY WAS MASTER OF CEREMONIES. REV. FORDE PASTOR OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 48TH AND DEARBORN STREETS, OFFERED PRAYER. REV. W. D. COOK, PASTOR OF BETHEL CHURCH, PREACHED THE FUNERAL SERMON AND PAID A GLOWING TIBUTE TO THE WORTH AND CHARACTER OF MR. HAMILTON AND LOUDLY PRAISED HIM FOR BEING DEEPLY INTERESTED IN THE COMFORT AND WELFARE OF THE INMATES OF THE OLD FOLKS HOME. EDWARD H. WRIGHT SPOKE ON MR. HAMILTON'S CONNECTION WITH THE APPOMATTOX CLUB AND HOW HE HAD LABORED NIGHT AND DAY TO BEING IT UP TO A HIGH STANDARD OF EFFICIENCY. HOWARD T. CORNWELL READ THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED 3Y THE APPOMATTOX CLUB LAMENTING HIS DEATH. HENRY S. ANDERSON READ THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE NORTHWESTERN CLUB. DR. CHARLES L. LEWIS READ THE RESOLUTIONS FROM THE OLD FOLKS HOME. UNIVERSAL LODGE NO. 65, MASONIC, OF WHICH MR. HAMILTON WAS A MEMBER, ATTORNEY JAMES E. WHITE, MASTER, WOUND UP THE SERVICES OVER HIS REMAINS. CHARLES S. JACKSON, THE POPULAR FUNERAL DIRECTOR, WAS IN CHARGE. vol. XXII. Death and Immediate Suffering His Death Laid in Late Tu Cemetery THE FLORAL TRIBUTES TO HIS FRIENDS WERE NUMEROUS MARTHA B. ANDERSON AND T. B. F. MOSELEY WAS MASTER REV. FORDE PASTOR OF THE SEVENTH AND DEARBORN STREET COOK, PASTOR OF BETHEL CITY SERMON AND PAID A GLOWING CHARACTER OF MR. HAMILTON BEING DEEPLY INTERESTED OF THE INMATES OF THE OLD EDWARD H. WRIGHT SPOKE ON ME THE APPOMATTOX CLUB ANTI-AND DAY TO BRING IT UP TO O HOWARD T. CORNWELL READ THE APPOMATTOX CLUB LAMENTION READ THE RESOLUTIONS CLUB. DR. CHARLES L. LEWIS THE OLD FOLKS HOME. UNIVERSAL LODGE NO. 65, MASON A MEMBER, ATTORNEY JAMES THE SERVICES OVER HIS REE CHARLES S. JACKSON, THE POPULAR CHARGE. The reaper of death early on last Sunday morning with its sickle keen ended the earthly career of Frank Lester Hamilton at the pleasant home of Col. and Mrs. James H. Johnson, 3650 Prairie ave., and right here it must be said to the everlasting credit of Col. and Mrs. Johnson that they treated him just like their own dear brother, in fact no one could have treated him with more kindness and with greater consideration. It is true that Col. Johnson and Mr. Hamilton were members of the same Masonic Lodge, that is Universal Lodge No. 65, but in many instances members of the same Lodge will not take each other into their homes to die. Three weeks prior to his death, while he was still confined to Provident Hospital, Col. Johnson while visiting with him asked him if there was anything that he wanted him to do for him and Mr. Hamilton replied that he would like to be conquered to his home as he did not want to die in Provident Hospital and on Tuesday evening, May 1, he was removed to the home of Col. and Mrs. Johnson where he lingered between life and death until last Sunday morning and both of them spent many sleepless nights and anxious hours in watching by his bedside and endeavored to make his last days here on earth happy, pleasant and cheerful. MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON SHOULD APPOINT A HIGHLY EDUCATED COLORED WOMAN AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Many of the present members of the Board of Education and some of them whose terms will expire in the near future are engaged in fighting among themselves like so many mad cats and dogs plainly indicating that they are not the proper persons to be at the head of the school affairs of this great city and inasmuch as some of them have turned traitors to Mayor William Hale Thompson, even after he had used his influence to have their appointments confirmed by the city council. Mrs. Alice Wilson, his sister of Los Angeles, Cal., sat by his bedside day and night for more than six weeks amply showing her love and her steadfast devotion to him. As stated above Brights Disease was the immediate cause of his death. His remains were removed from the home of Col. and Mrs. Johnson Monday evening to the parlors of the Appomattox Club, 3441 S. Wabash avenue where it laid in state until Tuesday afternoon at which time funeral services were held over the remains and laid to rest in Oakwoods Cemetery. He had hundreds of friends among all classes of his fellow citizens and his funeral was largely attended. At the time of his death he was still the President of the Old Folks Home and Ex-president of the Appomattox Club and for some time he was one of the directors of the Negro Fellowship League and he was always actively interested in everything for the advancement of the Colored race. The floral tributes were numerous and very beautiful. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson and T. Theodore Taylor sang solos and B. F. Moseley was the master of ceremonies; Rev. Forde, Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, offered the first and the closing prayer and Rev. W. D. Cook, Pastor of Bethel Church preached the funeral sermon Therefore, under all the circumstances, the best thing he could do would be to select a highly educated Colored woman for one of the members of the Board of Education and we cheerfully submit the names of the following women for his serious consideration. Mrs. Daniel H. Williams, Dr. Daince Emanuel, Mrs. David M. Manson, Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, Mrs. Johanna Snowden Porter, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Mrs. Mary F. Waring and Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett. Each and every one of the above mentioned women would make a creditable member of the Board of Education. They can all speak the English language correctly, which is much more than can be said in favor of some of the present members of that board, for CHICAGO, MAY 26, 1917 and paid a high tribute to the worth and character of Mr. Hamilton and highly commended him for being deeply and greatly interested in the comfort and the welfare of the inmates of the Old Folks Home and he glowingly referred to the fact that Mr. Hamilton had become connected and had become a member of Bethel Church before he had passed on into the great beyond and that he honestly felt that he will find favor in the sight of God. Aside from many other timely remarks Rev. Cook read the following obituary: Frank Lester Hamilton, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27, 1871. When still in his youth, he came to Chicago and at once became recognized for his aggressive attitude in all things that tend to the uplift of humanity. He lent his ear to the plea for help without discrimination and was foremost in any effort to advance the race he loved. He was a member in good standing of the Universal Lodge No. 65, F. & A. M.; his work as President of the Appomattox Club first brought it into prominence as a factor to be reckoned in the civic world. As President of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colleagues, he placed it on a solid financial basis and seen to it that the dear old folks were assured permanent comfort. He also interested himself in other charities in which he had no official connection. Among them the Phyllis Wheatley Home to the aid of which he came in an emergency and saved it from closed doors. He had a lingering illness to which he succumbed at 5:50 Sunday morning, May 20th, 1917. During his illness his heart was touched by the love of the Saviour and he found him, the "Port in the Storm." His regret was that he had not earlier, given himself to Christ and his admonition to his comrades was "Get right with God now." He leaves to mourn his loss, his sister, a brother, Parker Wilson of Detroit, Mich., and hosts of devoted friends. Lovingly, in his memory, His devoted and loving friend. For 19 years Mr. Hamilton held a responsible position with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and he was they not only chop up the English language in a horrible manner but no true American can pronounce some of their names. Therefore let Mayor Thompson select an intelligent Colored woman for one of the members of the Board of Education and cover himself over with lasting glory. ```markdown ``` ALDERMAN ANDERSON HAS OPENED AN OFFICE IN THE SECOND WARD. Alderman Louis B. Anderson has opened a ward office for complaints at 3333 So. State street. He can be found there any evening between the hours of 6 and 8. M. highly respected by all of its high officials, for some years prior to that he had charge of the private car of James J. Hill, the great railroad king of the Northwest, and at all times he always discharged all of his duties in an honest and straightforward manner. Edward H. Wright spoke in behalf of the Appomattox Club and how Mr. Hamilton had labored hard for its advancement. Howard T. Cornwell read the resolutions adopted by the Appomattox Club which were as follows: Resolutions. Appomattox Club. Whereas, God in his infinite wisdom has seen fit to remove from our midst our friend and fellow club member, Frank L. Hamilton, and, Whereas, the club members have lost one of their most congenial associates; Appomattox Club one of its staunchest members, and the community one of its best citizens, therefore, be it DR. LOUIE USSELMANN HAS RE- MODELED AND REDECORATED HIS UP TO DATE JEWELRY STORE FROM END TO END. The past week, all the finishing touches were put on the up-to-date jewelry store of Dr. Louie Usselmann, 3150 S. State street, for it has been lavishly redecorated and remodeled from end to end and the showcases and other furnishings are all slick and clean, in fact, they are so slick and clean that it is almost impossible for a fly to light on them. Dr. Louie who always extends the glad hand to his army of customers now has one of the most attractive jewelry stores in Chicago and his dutiful and pleasant wife, Mrs. Louie THE LATE FRANK L. HAMILTON. Resolved, by the members of the Appomattox Club, that we extend our deepest sympathy to the bereaved sister and brother, and be it further Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved sister and brother, and a copy spread upon the minutes of the club. Howard T. Cornwell, Secretary. Henry S. Anderson read the resolutions passed by the Northwestern Club and Dr. Charles L. Lewis performed the same service for the Old Folks Home, Universal Lodge No. 65, Masonic, of which Mr. Hamilton was an honored member; Attorney James E. White, master, concluded the services over his earthly remains and Charles S. Jackson the up-to-date funeral director was in charge. Mr. Hamilton was honest through Usselmann, states that it is now a pleasure to assist her husband every Saturday night to wind up the business for the week. --- MADAM ANITA PATTI BROWN DOES NOT SEEM TO BE VERY POPULAR IN ST. LOUIS, MO. Madam Anita Patti Brown, one of the sweetest song birds of the Negro race, was greeted last Monday night at the Y. W. C. A. auditorium, by a small but appreciative audience, that enthusiastically applauded every number of a splendid program. Madam Brown never appeared happier or sang more sweetly, notwithstanding the many empty chairs in the hall, which only proved her claims to the No.36 and through to the back bone. Several weeks before he was removed from Provident Hospital to the home of Col. and Mrs. Johnson he sent for us to come and see him at once as he wanted to pay us every cent that he owed as his subscription to The Broad Ax and on entering his room he extended his hand to us and exclaimed, "this is my good friend Julius F. Taylor!" then he said that he wanted to settle his account in full to date as he was fearful that something serious might happen to him and when we presented him with a copy of this paper dated April 21st, which contained his picture he was greatly pleased with it and for several weeks he kept it close by his side and showed it to all of his friends who were allowed to enter his sick room. This incident shows that Mr. Hamilton was honest and highly honorable in his dealings with his fellowmen. title of the true artist. Society, which was conspicuous by its absence, missed a rare musical treat, in the rendition of a brilliant repertory by a worthy artist, who deserved a better reception from the music lovers of St. Louis. The Fraternal, Clairion, St. Louis, Mo., May 19, 1917. No comment by the editor of this paper. --- Harry T. Burleigh, the noted musical composer and one of the greatest song writers of the race in this country was last week at Washington, D. C., awarded the third Spingarn Medal, it being admitted that his achievements were the highest during the preceding year of any of the contestants along the lines of human endeavor. Dan M. Jackson Geo. T. Kersey David A. McGowan Ahmed A. 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Address Dept. 84 In a French War Hospital Serving a community of fifty a three course meal-soup, meat and vegetables and dessert-is a man size proposition, says Elizabeth Frazer in the Saturday Evening Post. Serving it on be tables, often cutting up the food and feeding the armless patients, further complicates the task. The first day I completely lost my head. My clamorous young brood, nine of whom were under twenty-two, reminded me of nothing so much as a nestful of yawning baby robins waiting to be fed. It was: "Look out for my leg, mees!" "More bread, mees!" "My serviette, mees!" "Have you forgotten me, mees?" "My soup's tipped into my bed! I'm afloat, 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, Mile, France and Paul Portier, entomologists, of Paris find that fish have survived 5 degrees F., frogs 8 degrees below, mollusks 18 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 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 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 Fortune How David Garrick Made His Fortune. 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 Courier-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. 26. 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, 16). Incongruous Little Alick—What is an incongruity, uncle? Uncle William—An incongruity, child, is a divorce lawyer humming a wedding march. 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 Doubleoops 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 crier made proclamation from the steps of the Royal Exchange of London that after that date the doubloon would cease to be legal tender in the West Indies; including British Guiana, the doubloon 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 "doubloon" 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 halled as eagerly as Kipling was halled 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 department 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 $3,000 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—Stavenson 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 music 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, speaking 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 flirted with any one, and, secondly, his name isn't Rupert."—Passing Show. "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 men?'" "Married men, my boy," replied the father.—London Telegraph. We like to give in the sunlight, to receive in the dark. than their death and love? Nju—Than all combined. There must surely be something; otherwise the whole thing would be so meaningless. —From the Russian Play "Niu" 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. 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 woo derful 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 3,538,500,000,000 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-em- the gents here usually remember my services. Guest (pocketing all the change)—Do they? They ought to be more charitable and forget them! Clover Sheen Shearers. Diet For the Aged. Diet For the o The aged should have food at frequent intervals—little o often should be the rule—food o every three or four hours. The o appetite is not as keen in old age o as it is in youth, nor is the di- sition so good. o Fresh vegetables are needed o and relished by elderly persons, o and they are a valuable addition o to the dietary if they are troubled with constipation, as they o 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. Dr. Carrel's Wife Was Only a Day Behind the Germans. AMBULANCE OVER FIRST AMBULANCE OVER: An Appeal From the Trenches For the Children and Sick In Noyon After the Retreat of the Germans From the City Recently. In her letter of appeal for clothing and food Mime, Alexis Carrel, wife of Dr. Carrel, thus describes her entrance into a city a day after it had been retaken by the British-French soldiers: "On Sunday the news of the German retreat from Noyon reached me, and I pushed to Ribecourt, at four kilometers distance. There I found that the Mary MME. ALEXIS CARREL. bridges had been blown up. Instead of lingering, I returned, as I had seen the cavalry fording the stream. "However, on the morning of Monday, the 19th, I asked our head surgeon for an ambulance, but he refused, as he suspected my motives and did not think it necessary or sensible for me to be killed. I then went to the chauffeur and ordered the ambulance out on the road and filled it with what I found that seemed necessary and then urged the man to drive it. He answered me that we could not go unless we had the necessary permits. I replied that this was no time to wait for permits. In a very short time I reached the bridge which was being temporarily put up, watched the work for twenty minutes, then dashed up to this structure, and am glad to say mine was the first ambulance to cross. I joined the heavy artillery, and when aboutted at by a sentinel I answered, 'Service, service,' and passed on with the artillery. We had to wait for a second bridge to be constructed and then found ourselves in Noyon, only twenty-four hours after the last Germans had moved away. "Every woman between the ages of fourteen and thirty had been carried off by Germans nine days before the retreat began. Thus all these poor people whom we found crowded in the cellars had hideous tales to tell. "None of the French civil population had had any meat of any kind for seventeen months. They had lived on black bread and rice. Many had died in their struggle to keep alive, and the mortality among the children had been terrible. The bodies of those who had died had been kept for five days unburied in the midst of the living. "In the orphan asylum, in a small room, the beds were so close together that they touched, and on these beds were children who had slept without mattresses, pillows or covering since the month of December, in their clothes, unwashed, unkempt and uncared for. No words can describe their condition. "The wounded French who were still in the hospital had not been cared for and were being slowly taken into our own hospital at Compleigne, which is twenty-three kilometers from Noyon. The men who were brought in at midnight had been reduced to the last gasp." Oven Efficiency: Some women find a use for both their range oven and a small removable oven at the same time. When baking cookies, set the small oven on the front of the stove and use both ovens. You will be through in a short time. When you want to cook one kind of food slowly and another rapidly, set the small oven on at the back of the stove and use it for slow heat. Keep the range oven hot. In this way you may bake custards, apples or light bread as slowly as desired and at the same time be cooking pies or biscuits in a hot oven. Newest Hate. Fabrics are greatly used by the millers, and whole hats, crowns and brims are fashioned of crepe de chine, georgette, chiffon, satin, taffeta or whatever the designer happens to fancy. Georgette and crepe de chine are perhaps more used than any of the other materials, always excepting nets and laces, and a hat entirely covered with crape and showing straw only in the facing of the wide brim is sometimes untrimmed save for a drapery and knot of the crape. Other crape covered models are flower trimmed or feather trimmed. RIDING TOGS. Pointers About the Spring Models For Horsewomen. Leaving out the horse, the saddle and bridle and the riding crop—all substantial items in the equipping of Miss Debutante for her spring canter in the park—a smart outfit will cost about $75 or $80, this including riding habit, hat, silk riding skirt, heavy gloves and specially made riding boots. Is it any wonder that horseback riding is a sport indulged in only by the rich? Any girl who can provide herself with a sport skirt and coat and a bag of golf clubs can indulge in the fashionable game of golf if she lives within trolley distance of a public golf course. Roads or bridle paths are free to anybody, but only the few can afford to use them. Riding is a sport which demands the utmost of conventionality in its equipment. Everything about the riding costume must be flawlessly correct and in accordance with the canons of good form. There is no prettier sight on a spring day than a pretty girl riding down the leafy bridle path under budding spring trees, but there is no doubt about it, she does represent a deal of money. For spring there are coat and breeches riding habits of Oxford waterproofed cloth or of checked worsted, the breeches re-enforced with buckskin and chamois, the coat partly rubber faced. Such a suit costs about $40, bought ready made. One may pay up to $100 for a custom made suit. The riding sailor of fine straw, in black or dark green, costs about $4; heavy riding gloves about $2. For a smartly made silk riding skirt one must give $6. Riding boots of fine leather, stiff in the leg, supple over the foot, cost $15. One may economize a bit hereby wearing puttees, costing about $4, over one's ordinary laced sport shoes, but of course the riding boots are most desirable and lend not a little of its complete perfection to the costume. SEE THIS TRAVELER. For Your Summer Vacation You Need This Outfit. Beige taffeta makes the smartest kind of a tailored suit, especially when it is elaborately stitched with heavy MODISH EFFECT. silk of the same shade, revers, peplum and cuffs. The turban is one of the ever fashionables, crisp green foliage and a splash of flowers in color. Hand Work on Blouses. Hand made blouses were never more in demand, and a particularly chic example shows an original shoulder yoke continued in side pieces, which, reaching to the waist, give a certain shape-liness to the whole and at the same time allows for a seam arranged in pretty openwork fashion and so adding considerably to the decorativeness of the garment. Narrow front pieces, little more than strips indeed, secured with buttons and buttonholes down the center, are again added, the material between them and the yoke side piece—if the term may be pardoned—being slightly gathered to the shoulder yoke, where again the openwork seam is arranged, as on the juncture of the somewhat deep cuff on the ample bishop sleeve. For a Rainy Afternoon. When the day is rainy and the kiddies are peevish and you have exhausted all your ways of entertaining them pull out the sewing machine, unthread the needle and remove the bobbin. Then let the youngsters take turns at making weird designs on thin paper. Fold a square of paper diagonally once and then again and a third time. Then, placing the point of the triangle under the needle, let the youngster guide the needle haphazard about the triangle. When unfolded it will be found that the square is filled with a beautiful, symmetrical design. Care should be taken that the needle is not allowed to run into the too eager little fingers. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. MAY. 26. 1917. FOR YOUNG FOLKS FOR YOUNG FOLKS Sleepy Time Story Abbut a Well Known Field Creature. Green Coated Youngster Had a Narrow escape When He First Emerged Into the World—How He Changed His Clothes—About Mrs. Catbird. Tonight, said Uncle Ben to Little Ned and Polly Ann, I will tell you the story of— GRASSHOPPER GREEN. Grasshopper Green began his life down in the ground. Early one summer he crawled out of the dark hole in which his mother had left the egg from which he came and hopped to the first stalk of grass he saw. It wasn't a bit too soon, for a sharp eyed robin was watching the hole and would have whisked him up to the nest and fed him to one of his hungry nestings. That is what had happened to every one of the little brothers and sisters who had come out of the hole before Grasshopper Green. The reason Mr. Robin missed Grasshopper Green was because he happened just then to spy a fat caterpillar which would make a much more appetizing meal. So he let the young grasshopper go and took the caterpillar instead. “You'd best be careful, young sir,” warned Mrs. Criket, who was hiding near by. “Hop under here or that robin will have you next.” The little fellow stayed under the leaf until Mr. Robin went elsewhere. Then he skipped out and made off as fast as he could. As yet he had no wings and could only hop about. In a short time, however, he had grown so much that his skin split and through the hole in his back could be seen the little green wings which would help him to get out of the way of the hungry birds that are looking for nice fat insects. When Grasshopper Green had wriggled his way out of the skin and stood fanning his wings in the sunshine he found out something odd. By rubbing the right wing over the left one he could make what seemed to him very delightful music. Like the locust and the crickets, his cousins, he carried a violin on his back. So pleased was he that he now sat squee-squeeing away, forgetting to keep an eye open for enemies. In the bushes beside him a catbird had her nest. "What's that?" Mrs. Catbird exclaimed as she propped her head on one side. "Sounds like a grasshopper," she chuckled. Then, very quietly, she poked her head out of the bushes. There sat Mr. Grasshopper Green on top of a grass blade, sawing away at his little violin. With a bound Mrs. Catbird had the grasshopper. "He tastes a good deal better than he sounds," Mrs. Catbird remarked as she hopped back into her bush. Big Men In Boy Scouts. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Major General Leonard Wood, the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, the chief of staff of the United States army—these men, seriously concerned with the proper preparation of our boys for their full duty as citizens, are officers of the Boy Scouts of America. A Busy Little Girl. The industrious little miss in the picture is a patriot and is determined to do all she can to help Uncle Sam in the war. She is learning to use needle THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAYS Photo by American Press Association. THE SEAMSTRESS. and thread, with the idea that when she becomes sufficiently skillful she will be able to help mamma in Red Cross work. A very good example that other girls might follow. Good Manners. Two little bolts that will unlock To any one who stops to knock; The bolts are these: "I thank you, sir." And "If you please." -Philadelphia Record. SERGE FROCK. How One Servicesable Gown Is Designed For Youth. THE WOMEN'S WORLD NEW MODEL Navy serge is here shirred on to a top, the plaits of which feign a bolero jacket. Gray beads pick out girdle and cuffs, while the high collar and pockets are contrasted with gray tussore silk. Gray and blue are a favorite combination. ECONOMY POINTS. Simple Ways of Doing Common Things Best. A satisfactory way of fixing hangers to light weight dresses or blouses is to crochet them on. Insert the crochet hook into the cloth on the inner seam of the sleeve and make a chain stitch of the desired length, then fasten like a loop. Children's sleeves often have to be lengthened, and the best way to provide for this is in the cuffs. Cut the cuffs about one-third wider than wanted, then stitch one side to the sleeve and sew sleeve and cuff seam together before sewing the other side of cuff to sleeve. Turn sleeve wrong side out and turn the extra width of the cuff in and whip to sleeve. When the sleeve is to be lengthened it is an easy matter to take out the whipping stitches, let down the cuff and whip it into place again. When sewing on hooks and eyes pin a tape measure where the hooks are to go and sew the hooks an inch apart. Then pin the tape measure on the opposite side and sew on the eyes. You will find that in this manner you can do the work much quicker and it is less wearisome than measuring each one. Gathering or shirring by hand is tedious, and the work can be done with more ease on the sewing machine. Simply lengthen the stitch and hold the top thread between thumb and forefinger and sew as usual. The tightness of the top thread will gauge the fullness of your gathers. From your old blankets you may be able to cut enough to make a baby blanket. Bind the edges with white satin feather stitched in place and if the blanket warrants it embroider a dainty wreath with baby's initial in the center. Beauty Hints. When the eyes are very tired bathe them with hot water and drop a few drops of diluted boracic acid in the eyes with an eye dropper. Use ten or fifteen drops of the acid to one ounce of distilled water. The habit of raising the brows continually will also tend to produce wrinkles, more quickly than the passing years. Before combing your hair place long, narrow strips of court plaster just above the center of the eyebrows and reaching halfway to the hair line. Every time you raise your brows this will be a silent reminder, and soon you will learn to know when you use those muscles that you know work unconsciously, and this will soon break you of the habit. Wear the plasters whenever you can until broken of the habit. Purple Hats. You can have a big hat of very dark purple straw faced in delicate pink, its crown entirely covered by violets with a simple pink camellia nestling among the violets near the front, or your purple hat may have grapes in rose and gray and green and dull blue clustered in wreath fashion around its crown top, or may have cerise roses harmonizing with its purple. There are much orchid and mauve, as well as purple, in the summer millinery, often with soft old blue in combination, a color scheme very charming if successfully handled and quite hopeless when it goes wrong. CLIMBING GARDENS CLIMBING GARDENS Crawlers Must Be Made to Get Off the Earth. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR VINES. An Expert Gives Home Gardeners Advice About Caring For Squashes and Plants That Naturally Trail—Soy Beans as a Substitute For Meats. [From National Emergency Food Garden Commission.] As usually grown cucumbers are planted in hills four or six feet apart and allowed to spread out along the ground. But in small gardens cucumbers should not be grown unless they are to be trained upon poles or trellises. When they are trained to climb the vines may be fifteen or eighteen inches apart. A useful method is to plant them on the south side of the garden fence so that the vines may grow up on strings to the top of the fence. In training the vines tie them with soft cotton yarn, and if large, slicing cucumbers are grown it may be necessary to support the fruit with loops of tape. Since cucumbers thrive in rich soil a suggested method is to plant them around a leaky barrel, training them up the sides. In the barrel should be placed two bushels of manure, and water should be frequently poured in the barrel. Leaking out, it will fertilize the plants round the bottom. Cucumbers may be planted up to July. Summer squashes are bushy and need less space than the winter variety. When the vines are allowed to run along the ground they may be planted in hills four feet apart, whereas the hills of winter vines should be planted eight to ten feet apart. Three or four squash vines will supply a family. When vines are allowed to run it is well to throw a spadeful of earth over each vine every three or four feet at a leaf joint. Where it is thus covered it will put out roots, offsetting any injury to the vine nearer the main root. Inasmuch as it is not safe to set out eggplant in the garden much before the middle of June and because the plant requires a long growing season, the seeds should be sown indoors. One third of an ounce of seed will produce enough plants to make a row 100 feet long. These seeds are usually sown thickly in rows in the seed boxes, and when the plants are large enough to handle they are transplanted to flower pots filled with rich soil. From Japan, home of some of the most intensive farming the world ever saw, comes the soy bean. Imported first as a crop to build up the fertility of American soil, it is now claiming a place in the American diet. Soy beans will not grow well in soil where they have never grown before unless that soil is impregnated with certain microscopical germs which the roots must have—that is, for soy beans the soil must be inoculated. This is simple. All that is needed is to get a little soy bean culture or some soil which has produced soy beans. This culture is sold by seedsmen. It is cheap, and a handful is enough for a bean patch. SCHOOL GOWN. What Betty Wears to Work and Play In Summer Time. For small girls is this interesting dress made of apple green gingham. Both kangaroo pockets are smocked 1930 JUST EIGHT. with white linen, and the bolero top reaches around under the arms in tabs that button in the back. Please note how a white plique collar and black ribbon tie set off the gingham. PAGE THREE The Kind of Evening Gown That Appeals to You. G THIS CLASSIC. Fashioned on long straight lines is this charming frock for formal occasions made of turquoise blue velvet, front paneled with silver sequins. The veiling about the neck and shoulders is of tulle in a matching shade of blue. WOMAN'S WORK. What She May Do to Help on the National Struggle. What can "she" do? How did Eve spend her time while Adam was hunting dragons? How did Calpurnia help when Julius Caesar was practicing frightfulness on the Gauls? What aid did Mrs. Grant give while the general was fighting the Virginia campaign? What have heroic women always done when the war cloud descended upon their country and their men took up spear or crossbow or rifle? Just the same, thing that the women of America are to do during the continuance of the tremendous war. "Ski" can keep the family going. The profession of most women is homekeeping, and there is no lessening of demand for competent mothers and sisters and aunts and sweethearts to feed the hungry, bring up the children and strengthen the hearts of the faint. Every country that goes into a real war fights on the base line of the home, from which aid, comfort and love flow without cessation to the men in the trenches. The great work of the home, which is the preservation of civilization, must go on, war or no war. If the father is where he cannot take part, the mother must shoulder care. "She" can take a part in the industrial life of the country which will set hundreds of thousands of men free for the hard campaigning which they alone can perform. She has long been a workwoman in a factory, a saleswoman, a stenographer, a bookkeeper, a business woman—all those things she will keep on doing, and she will add innumerable tasks that are waiting for women to perform. In the great organization of the industrial forces of the country she will give indispensable help. The war cannot be successfully fought without her. New opportunities will open up to her as telegrapher, department clerk or confidential secretary. She will have the most glorious opportunity in the history of womankind to share in the constructive work of war "She" is wanted as an actual sharer in warlike operations. She will furnish the nurses, the experts in cooking, the storekeepers, the accountants, the searchers for lost soldiers, the aids to the convalescent. She will offer to many a poor wounded fellow that touch of home and humanity which will coax him back to life. She will furnish courage to her man on the firing line and to some other girl's man in the hospital. "She" will nerve the nation up to its work. She will hold the patriotic meetings and organize the women of her city or of her hamlet to work together for the common need. She will be brave in defeat, she will urge on after victory. She may be depended upon, whether maid, wife or widow, to bear her equal share of the sacrifices and sufferings, of the joys and triumphs of the national struggle. New Ribbons Bold effects confront one from the ribbon counters nowadays. The latest in ribbon fancies show vivid plaids and unusual color combinations in stripes. The reason for such is evident when the number of sports styles is taken into consideration. One could never use a dainty flowered or figured ribbon for a sports girdle, tie or vest, but these huge plaids and striking stripes are just the thing for the bright sports suit or dress of solid color. Some of the ribbons even go so far as to combine stripes, checks and plaids in one pattern. A. M. HON. JOHN E. OWENS Popular citizen, prominent lawyer, who of Chicago Popular citizen, prominent lawyer, who will make a dandy candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1919. Popular citizen, prominent lawyer, who will make a dandy candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1919. KITCHEN ECONOMY. The current issue of Home Life, a Chicago magazine, gives some excellent hints on "Kitchen Thrift" that should be of value to housewives. Here are some of the practical suggestions offered: Don't throw out any left- overs that can be reheated or combined with other foods to make palatable and nourishing dishes. Every bit of uneaten cereal can be used to thicken soups, stews or gravies. Stale bread can be used as a basis for many attractive meat dishes, hot breads and desserts. Every ounce of skimmed or whole milk contains nourishment. Use every drop, either to drink or to add to cereals, soups, sauces and other foods. Sour milk and buttermilk are valuable in many kinds of cooking; do not waste any. Every bit of meat or fish left over can be combined with cereals or vegetables for making meat cakes, meat or fish pies, and to add flavor and food value to other dishes. Every bit of clean fat trimmed from meat and every spoonful of drippings and every bit of grease that rises when meat is boiling can be clarified and used. Don't fatten your garbage pail at the expense of your bank account. Valuable food and flavoring get into the water in which rice and many other vegetables are cooked. Use such water for soup making. Don't pour your nourishment down the sewer. Careless paring of fruits and vegetables means waste. Finally, you must know your job. Make it your business to know what foods and how much your family needs to be efficient. Learn how to make the most of the foods you buy. * * * Just now there is a good deal of talk about good and bad housing. And this naturally leads to the inquiry, “What is good housing?” Well, to answer this query briefly, here are the fundamental things that make for good housing, there should be in every home: Space, that is plenty of room in which to work, play and sleep without erowding and without trespassing on the rights of others. Unlimited supply of clean, fresh air to promote bodily health and vigor. Plenty of light and sunshine with clean, attractive surroundings to add to the joy of living. Thorough drainage, which means freedom from dampness and musty odors. Adequate and decent toilet facilities to insure cleanliness in both person and apparel. Proper protection from winter cold and summer heat, so that a proper indoor temperature may be had all the time. An unrestricted supply of pure water for drinking and all household uses. Freedom from the nerve racking noises, especially at night when rest and repose are essential for both health and comfort. * * * The milk of human kindness does not need to be pasteurized in order to make it safe for the babies. Lots of people in this big city know better than they do in matters affect- PAGE FOUR ing neighborhood comfort and safety. The trouble is they don't care. * * * * Dirty hands are dangerous; keep them clean. NATIONAL NEWS NOTES. Brief Bits of News and Comments On Men and Measures. CONFERENCE TAKES UP QUESTIONS OF WAR PROHIBITION. Reported by the Associated Press. New York, May 14.—A Conference on Prohibition during the war was held here today between a committee of sixty, representing the Council of National Defense and representative of the United States Brewer's Association. The brewers reminded members of the Council that the brewers had placed themselves unreservedly at the president's service and added: "They are prepared to make any sacrifice for the country's sake that competent authority after investigation may demand. They insist that any attempt to force the administration into radical action without due inquiry and consideration in order to exploit a favorite theory is not only mischievously but decidedly unpatriotic." The theory alluded to, the brewers said, was that the brewing industry was using up a large proportion of the nation's cereals. In presenting their statement the brewers said they were "well aware that the committee of sixty is a prohibition body, seduously seeking to bring about the adoption of that system as a war measure, despite the fact that, as its letters show, it is not in possession of complete information on the subject." Little Foodstuff Used. The brewers told the committee their actual consumption of foodstuffs last year was less than 46,000,000 bushels of grain. They added that based upon the government's estimate of a 1917 production of 50,000,000 barrels of beer proposed federal liquor taxes would yield more than $137,500,000. The statement pointed out that the brewers' cooked grain that is turned over for feeding of cattle, stimulates the flow of milk. "It would be reasonable to suppose," the statement says, "that one result which would follow the stoppage of brewing would be an increase in the price of milk in many cities." It points out further that the European nations at war serve rations of beer or light wines to their troops "showing that they regard the light alcoholic in some form as a necessity." "These are evidences," the statement concludes, "that there is much corn still held on the farms in this country because of the difficulty in transporting it to market. It must be plain from this and other circumstances that the chief problem in regard to the food supply relates to transportation and the prevention of speculation." PROGRESS AND THE NEGRO. Detroit Free Press.—It takes years for great movements to produce visible results. In the South a gregarious, pleasure-loving, improvident race has seemed to be but slightly affected by the economic and industrial changes of the time. The Negro has been the unskilled laborer, the poor tenant farmer, raising his bale or two of cotton and turning it over to the local buyer in liquidation of his debt for the year's living expenses. The teachings of institutions like Tuskegee, Calhoun and Hampton are producing a class trained in trades, efficiency and initiative, whose influence is a leaven slowly permeating the mass for industrial uplift and awakening in the Negro a sense of his economic value. The labor shortage has been an advantage to him. Seven thousand Negroes applied to the Federal Department of Labor last year in regard to opportunities for employment; testimony to the spread of industrial education. seemed to have been the though governed the meeting, for no untreated to segregate himself, the temptation to wear should and receive $100.00 per month ferred to several times by the tors. The Negro stands ready to die for his country, but he is not to accept a position in public vate life that means a surr his manhood, without complaint. Among those present were Wright, Dr. Charles E. Bentley, gard F. Moseley, S. B. Turner, Walden, Bishop Parks, Dr. Geed and many others.—"M" "B" FREDERICK DOUGLASS THE SUMMER SCHOOL. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, May 22. The eighth annual session of the Tuskegee Institute Summer School for Teachers will be held June 11 to July 20, 1917. Preparations are under way for a large attendance. The correspondence indicates widespread interest on the part of teachers, not only in Alabama but in many other States. Last year fourteen States were represented By reason of the facilities offered for instruction in all the subjects taught in rural and city schools, and in the best and latest methods of the presentation of these subjects, and also for instruction in all industrial branches, the Tuskegee Summer School is endorsed by educators and school officials everywhere. New courses this year are a combined course in Measurements in Education and Vocational Guidance, special lectures on making school grounds more beautiful and a story telling hour. A splendid faculty is employed. Among the special lecturers at the eleven o'clock hour are Principal R. R. Moton, Dr. George Haynes of Fisk University, Miss Laura Wilkes, Washington, D. C. public schools; Hon. W. F. Feagin, Sueintendent of Instruction for the State of Alabama; Dr. J. H. Dillard, Director of the Slater Fund and Jeanes Board. Mr. M. L. Brittain, State Superintendent of Instruction for the State of Georgia; Dr. J. H. Phillips, City Superintendent of Schools, Birmingham, Alabama, and Mr. Bruce Kennedy, Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Montgomery, Alabama. There will be periods of recreation and entertainment to which the Summer School teachers will be welcome. All Alabama teachers who attend the entire six weeks, and take the prescribed courses will have their certificates extended for one year. The regular State examination will be conducted Monday, July 16th, on the school grounds. Reduced railroad rates have been granted by the South Eastern Passenger Association, including the State of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia. Persons planning to attend the Summer School should inquire at the ticket office five or six days ahead of time. The entrance fee for all persons is $3.00. This should be sent in advance. The board for the six weeks is $18.00, making a total of $21.00. If this is paid in advance the total will be $20.00. Rooms will be reserved for those who write for reservation in advance enclosing $3.00 entrance fee. --- REPRESENTATIVE NEGROES REFUSE TO BE JIM CROWED; ARE WILLING TO FIGHT BUT ARE OPPOSED TO SEGREGATION. The attempt Sunday at the Y. M. C. A., to have the young college men of the race volunteer for service in a segregated training camp for Negroes, met with complete failure. The room was filled with young men and representative men of an older type, who listened to the explanations by the sponsors of the meeting, and through Rev. A. J. Carey, Bishop H. B. Parks, and Col. Franklin A. Denison, reached the conclusion that somewhere among the men who hold power, must at least be one who would remember that we are guardians not only of the nation, but of that common heritage of thought and heart and a human way of life into which we were born, but which our children may find wasted by our blind violence and hate. It was pointed out that a Jewish Rabbi recently cautioned the Jewish people to enlist and serve our country as American citizens and not as Jews. Attention was called to the Irish people, who have paused upon the threshold of victory or defeat to British arms, to demand a free Ireland, while the Polish people are demanding that the allies shall declare for a free Poland as the slogan to which they shall march. Shall the Negro be less considerate? Something is wrong when loyal, patriotic citizens, ready and able to fight, are compelled to petition their government for an unproscribed opportunity to fight for it, and whatever that something is, should be corrected now, so that all citizens may die if need be, defending the life of a Government that stands for equality of opportunity and a fair and square deal to all. This seemed to have been the thought that governed the meeting, for no one volunteered to segregate himself, although the temptation to wear shoulder straps and receive $100.00 per month was referred to several times by the promotors. The Negro stands ready to fight and die for his country, but he is not ready to accept a position in public or private life that means a surrender of his manhood, without complaining. Among those present were E. H. Wright, Dr. Charles E. Bentley, Beaugard F. Moseley, S. B. Turner, J. A. Walden, Bishop Parks, Dr. Geo. C. Hall and many others.—"M" "B" FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER GARDEN. The Frederick Douglass Community Garden, at 33rd St. and Wabash Ave., was the secee of an interesting occurrence on Saturday, last. Some thirty-five or forty of the members of the Community Garden, with farming utensils, under the arrangements made by Chairman Beauregard F. Moseley, and a committee composed of E. H. Wright, Alderman Louis B. Anderson and Maj. R. R. Jackson, assembled upon the grounds at 4:30 and had their pictures taken by a well known photographer, Mr. Webb, who promises to have the same finished for our next issue. The garden is now planted in sweet corn, Irish potatoes, onions, Swiss chard, lettuce, tomatoes, okra and sweet peppers. As soon as the cabbage plants are large enough, they will be transplanted to the strip in the north west corner of the lot. The rain caused the garden products to improve wonderfully in the last few days and it is anticipated that ere June is past, vegetables will be eatable from the garden. The Garden committee meets Thursday night at the Donglass Centre. REV. AND MRS. W. SAMPSON BROOKS ARE NOW LOCATED IN THEIR NEW HOME IN BALTIMORE. MARYLAND. The latter part of April, Rev. and Mrs. W. Sampson Brooks, who was for five years the hard working pastor of St. Paul's A. M. E. Church, St. Louis, Mo., and who was until recently the pastor of the A. M. E. Church, Wichita, Kan., are now located in their new home at 1405 Argyle avenue, Baltimore, Md. Rev. Brooks is now the pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church in that city which is one of the best and one of the largest in the A. M. E. connection; the building costing several hundred thousand dollars and he expects to cut its indebtedness more than half in two, under his leadership. △△△ PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CLUB NOTES. The meeting of the Phyllis Wheatley Club, Wed. May 23, at the Home was held under the auspices of the Civic Department, Mrs. Irene Goins, Chairman. A goodly number of women listened attentively to the illuminating talk of Mr. S. B. Turner on the Constitutional Convention. Dr. McNab explained the work of the American Red Cross Society and the important value in urging every man, woman and child to enroll as members in order to help America and Americans to care for not only those at the front and in the trenches but the dependant ones who remain at home. The Civic Department of the City Federation and Mrs. McNab were guests of honor. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The Negro Fellowship League will discuss "Colored Camps for Colored Officers" in the United States Army, Sunday May 27th at 4 p. m. at the Reading Room, 3005 State St. Major Albert Ford, U. S. A., has been invited to deliver the principal address. You are urged to be present and give your views on the subject. The league last Sunday listened to an original story by J. E. Hughes, Sec. The story was well received and discussed by Messrs. C. J. Jackson, W. H. Clark, C. E. Hansberry and others. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Pres. TAG DAY. The Committee for Tag Day, May 14, deserve great credit for their uniting efforts in making the day a success. Miss Laura French, Chairman of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People and Mrs. J. Snowden Porter, Ch., of the Phyllis Wheatley Home are very grateful to all who participated in any way to bring about the following splendid results. Net proceeds for the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People, $801; Phyllis Wheatley Home, $579. ▲▲▲ Miss Emiley M. Gannaway, 3628 Prairie avenue, will leave on Tuesday, by way of Normal, Ill., for Los Angeles, Cal., where she will spend two months in visiting with her friends in that city. [Image of a military officer in uniform, wearing a high-collared cap and a decorated uniform with a star insignia.] COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON Commanding the Eighth Regiment Illinois National G march away to war whenever he receives his order in-chief of the army and navy of this country. Commanding the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard, who is ready to march away to war whenever he receives his orders from the commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this country. SPECIAL NOTICE. An Extraordinary Treat Will Be Given All Who Attend Bethel Literary, Sunday Afternoon, May 27th, at 4 P. M. Honorable Thomas Pearson Will Address You. Subject: "The Blot Upon The American Escutcheon." Come Early To Secure Good Seats. Splendid Music. Rev. W. D. Cook, D. D., Pastor; Sandy W. Trice, President; J. T. Weakley, Secretary. COLORED MAN APPOINTED CHIEF CHAUFFEUR. H. E. Nasby, a young Colored man of Jacksonville, Ill., has been appointed "chief chauffeur" of that city, through the state automobile department. This office empowers Mr. Nasby to check, or arrest, all violators of the state or city motor laws. CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Wilson have removed from 3815 Vernon avenue to 3704 Prairie avenue. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Scott have removed from 312 E. 30th street to 3710 Prairie avenue. Mrs. J. S. Porter, 3302 Rhodes avenue, left the city Tuesday for Indianapolis, Ind., where she addressed the State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. "Lovie Joe" J. H. Whiston, part owner of the Elite Cafe No. 1, is still visiting among his many friends in Los Angeles, Cal, and they are royally entertaining him. Hon. and Mrs. Michael Zimmer are now comfortably located and are at home to their many friends in their apartments in the County Hospital where Mr. Zimmer is serving as its superintendent. Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, the National President of the Colored Women's Clubs passed through Chicago enroute to Des Moines, Iowa, where she will deliver a lecture on the subject of "Woman's Part in the Great Crisis." She has just completed a tour of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida in the interest of the Douglass Fund. This project will succeed through the efforts of Mrs. Talbert 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—Ub; 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. --- △ △ △ --- ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` --- ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Salvation Army Takes Charge of Ob- quies For Victim of Diphtheria. Chicago.—A band of Salvation Army workers stood in the alley in the rear of a dilapidated house in the slums and sang "Lead, Kindly Light," "Neerer, My God, to Thee" and then knelt in the mud while the adjutant offered a prayer. Face pressed against the disg window, stood a blind man and a tearful woman. As the prayer ended the basement door opened and a little white caest was quickly carried out, placed in a hearse and hurried away, unescorted to a cemetery. Such was the unusual funeral recorded Josephine Tomaszewski, skilful diphtheria victim. Her parents home was quarantined because her two little sisters and one brother were ill from the same disease. The mother insisted upon a funeral ceremony for Josephine, and the Salvation Army hit upon holding it in the alley as the way of overcoming orders of the board of health against entering the house. RULING FAVORS TEACHERS Justice Levy Sets Basis of Pay "Docking" For Absence. New York.—Schoolteachers absent from work in the past have been "docked" one-twenty-fifth of a month pay for each day lost. Justice Anna J. Levy of the municipal court ruled that the proper basis is to deduct 1.985 of a year's pay for each day's absence. His decision was returned in the case of Mary A. Broughton, teacher in public school 198, who lost eleven days' work because of illness in the ber, 1915. The decision also holds in signing of a receipt for pay in that is no bar to action for recovery. The battle is an old one which the teachers and principals have been waging against the board of education. Years ago they were "docked" only one-thirtieth of a month's pay for each day lost. William G. Willcox, president of the board, pointed out that under the Larry ruling the teacher could be absent 100 days, a full school year, and still the mand almost half a year's pay. PHONES FUNERAL SERMON Preached at Long Distance Because Storm Held Up Railway. Fond du Lac, WI. — A funeral by long distance telephone was conducted the other day when the body of the Rev. Frank Millar of Oakfield was sent to its last resting place through the drifts about the village where Mr. Millar had been a pastor. The storms tied up all railroads leading to Oakfield from here, a branch line of a few miles in length, and with the main line in trouble no effort was made to resume traffic. The country roads were also drifted so deep that the village and countryside adjoining had been isolated for half a month. The Rev. Robert S. Ingraham of this city was to conduct the services over the body of his Methodist colleague Ingraham being the district superintendent. Trying to reach Oakfield by road, he was stalled and worked his way back to the nearest farmhouse where he arranged to read the books by wire. A listener at the Millar home took his words and repeated them to the mourners. RICHEST VILLAGE TO BE CITY Glen Cove, N. Y., Votes to Incorporate In the Third Class. New York.-First steps toward the incorporation of the richest little city in the United States were taken when residents of Glen Cove, N. Y., in a test voted to incorporate the village as a third class city. The vote was more than two to one in favor of incorporation, which will include a population of 10,000. 10,000. Glen Cove is considered the largest millionaire colony in Long Island. Among its residents are J. P. Morgan. J. T. Pratt, H. L. Pratt, G. D. Pratt. Captain J. R. De Lamar, Perry Chubb. H. W. Maxwell, Edward L. Young. Justice Townsend Scudder, F. W. Woolworth and Harvey S. Ladew. $50,000 For Two Daughters. Greensburg, Ind.-Iasca Setton, one of Decatur county's wealthiest residents, presented each of his two daughters with valuable farm land as gifts. The gift comprise 416 acres of land that is said to be valued at $50,000. SS a ey _—, ~ js You Backing the Right Horse? te you 4 young genkas in, you par ass te el of the Amer Miguine. “Do the rest of you yo NET save in order to provide en Pot eversthing for him? De oe Mr sacridces 0 that he can go oye educated—so that he can 85 eye opportunities tm the world fe fp his powers? wets interesting situation does not gai sour bome it exists tn some ome on your street. Anyway Hare seen a case of it and won- ol ‘about it. You have wondered fy tbe right and wrong of it, the Pein or the folly of it You have it sometimes that no human be fetorever brilliant, bas a right to Kot so much from others. Then fore is often the question as to wheth- bie favored cve in such a family ts ey the must sifted one after all ms alte possible-if only one can go i at William should come home from sPEusical studies in New York and eary 2o.oa with ber art. There ts Eco thine as being sure that you Bre picked out the right genius to ——— What a Billion Means. ya railway train proceeding at the ie of a mile a minute bad been at } dawn of the Christian era started food the earth on a straight track. fb object being to Fun 1,000,000,000 ass without stop, ft would have been feesary for that train to circle the gro 40.000 times, and it would not fre come to the end of its journey etl nearly New Year's eve, 1628, six- fa centuries after Christ was born. perg its frantic dight 1t would have ea the Saviour live and die; Rome gs, fourish and decay; Britain dis- preted and vangulsbed by the Roman jgons, and London and Paris built. jy would have proceeded omits jour- yy throughout the dark ages. It wid have witnessed the birth of Co- jgnbus, the discovery of America and iyre a couple of hundred years yet to ratinue—Los Angeles Times. Senten Vounn ieee Se. Anne Ato ward Slew wee ste] bow she kept so young she re- pei that, though it may have been maning for trains all her life, yet she gnither inclined to think that “mental rity and constitutional cheerful- wes" are always responsible for keep- bg youn. “4 woman whose mind is active does wt realize that she is not always at axtiy the sume age,” said Dr, Shaw; ‘terefore she never grows old. It is ut the mental activity that keeps her mg; she Is young. My advice to fee who are growing old is to keep iss. The really important thing in Beto me is to be so absorbed by a pat fundamental principle and to be ninsiired by a love of humanity that ya forget everything else. ‘This is the imatain of eternal youth.” Se ‘Tee poet La Fontaine was remark- siyabsentminded. An instance of his foetulness is related in a little study tepoet’s life by M. R. Peirsall. La Fasaite, he relates, had attended the feral of oue of his friends. Neverthe. is, not very long afterward, his feet smaying naturally toward the familiar iiestep, hie went to call upon him. A jtuked servant informed the poet that jewsieur was no longer living. La futtine also was shocked, but pres- Jat recovering from his surprise mur- jured regretfully as he turned away: ‘True, true! I recollect I went to is funeral.” Follow Up Efficiencies. Immediately after any workers are ied on standard time and bonus Heir eficiencies should be watched. t they do not soon become bonus rs aud if their efficiencies do not stinuously improve until they reg- tsriy average about 100 per cent the ftuse of this failure should be investi- Red, and if it be found that the stand- ti time is too short it should prompt- {be corrected.—G. H. Shepard in In- fstrial Management. ‘Pisaatabon “Believe me, Grace, when I am away Tam thinking every instant of your tae eyes and of your lovely fair hair.” “Tut, tut! Iam sure you said the ‘Axe thing to another girl before me!” “Grace, don't be cruel. I swear sol- fmaly that you are wrong. The girl More you was dark.”—Puck. The Purest Iron. The purest iron known is that now king made for scientifie use by the bur Sa of standards at Washington, In- ‘ts about G by 2 inches in size are Fepared for the bureau's own work, J are also supplied to scientific *in- Situtios and laboratories in various Rts of the world. A Great Descent. ‘Tecan trace my descent from Ho- Sr,” said Lord Slatey proudly. “Indeed,” replied Miss Cresse, who fit sem to be at all impressed. ‘Wis certainly a great descent.” Inside Information. “Dear sir," wrote the man who owed Sstailor and had received a letter ask- ‘Se for payment of the bill, “your let- % was extremely impertinent, and I ‘tara it to you unopened.” 7, Oe 06 <U¥ant to look at. a aaa WNatered stock, ma “Ushould say not. My husband bas Tis! mouey enough on that kind.’ Tetwit Free Press, Tae best preparation for the a Uitte resent’ well seem to, the “fy well doue, ~~ Pride and Wealth. ‘Wealth built « splendid mansion and invited Pride to inspect it. Pride came gladly, but found fault with the house and everything in it, from cellar to garret. “Why,” said he, “Competence has as good carpets and furniture, and Well- to-do has more costly draperies and pictures and a much more elegant main staircase, Furthermore, I see you have consulted Convenience in re. gard to some of the arrangements, and this I can construe only as a bitter in. ‘sult to myself.” To placate Pride, Wealth sold his house for a fraction of its value and built a far more costly one. This time Luxury and not Convenience was con- sulted, and the result pleased Pride so well that he took up permanent quar ters in the mansion. He invited in his comrades, Vanity, Ostentation and Prodigality. Wealth was the only one who could not see that the house he had paid for belonged, not to himself, but to Pride. Moral—Wealth builds and Pride oc cupies.—Pearson’s. Watering Plants Drop by Drop. Lucien Daniel, a French botanist, has made some experiments with cabbages, chicory, lettuce, etc., which prove that they thrive far better by a system of continuous watering than by drench- ing the soil thoroughly every other day. ‘The new method, which is simplicity itself, depends upon the law of capil- lary attraction. As presented to the Academy of Sciences in Paris it con- sists of placing near each plant a large mouthed jar containing water, in which is dipped one end of a strip of linen ‘or cotton whose other end lies near the plant, Mr. Daniel determined the ex- act amount of water required by any given plant for its best development and proved that in general this unin- terrupted supply of water, drop by drop, gave infinitely better results than the usual method of intermittent drenching and with a minimum ex- penditure of water.—Literary Digest. Sinteabiens Gitte _ Here are suggestions for transfer. ‘ting the embroidery design before you to any material: Perhaps the easiest way is the “win dowpane” method. ‘This is successful when the material is thin, like linen batiste, etc. Pin the sheet of paper and the material together and hold them up against the glass of a window. With a sharp Pencil draw on the material the design, which can be easily seen through the goods. If one-half of the design is given unpin the paper and turn the other side to the fabric. If you have carbon paper you should place the sheet between the fabric and the newspaper. The latter is on top. With a sharp pencil go over the out line of the design. The impression wil be left in fine lines and will last until worked—Exchange. Cuts of Meat and Calorific Value. ‘The kind or cut of meat used does not usually make much difference in the full or calorific value. ‘There is a popular belief that porter house steak and other choice cuts of beef represent the highest forms of nourishment to be obtained. This is, however, a misconception. The ful value of brisket or ribs of beef, as well as mutton and lamb, exceeds the much desired tenderloin steak. According to Langworthy, expert in charge of nutrition investigation of the United States department of agricul- ture, “for all practical, everyday pur- poses it may be considered that the protein obtained from a given weight of meat differs very little either with the kind of meat or the cut.” ‘They Sanc It Acain. Florence Howe Hall describes in ber book, “The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a scene in 1864 in the house of representatives at a meeting of the Christian commission, at which President Lincoln was present and an immense audience filled the hall. Chap- lain McCabe sang the Battle Hymn by request. Men and women sprang to their fleet, wept and shouted and join- ed in the song. Lincoln, with the tears rolling down his cheeks and a strange glory lighting his face, cried out, “Sing it again!” and the great multitude, led by Chaplain McCabe, sang it through again. Banishing the Avalanche. Along the side of an Alpine railroad an ingenious device is used to prevent avalanches from falling upon the track. ‘A wall was built which intercepts the sliding snow and forces it to precipi- tate itself in a leap whereby it clears the roadbed and hurls itself into a ca- nal upon the other side. Practical Value. “las your college education been of any practical value to you?” “You bet it has! If it wasn’t for my experiences in track athletics I'd have to leave my house five minutes earlier every morning in order to catch the 7:58,” replied the commuter.—St. Louis athe Took the Count. “Bobby, you have been fighting with that Stapleton boy again. Did you count ten before you struck him, as I have always told you to do?” “No, but I was told that somebody counted ten after he landed on me.”— Chicago Tribune. en nt oe The man who laughs “fit to kill” need have no fear of tuberculosis. A real, hearty, rib tickling guffaw is bet- ter than a yawn for emptying the low- ‘est passages of the lungs. To some the past gives only regret, the present sorrow, the future fear— Lambert. ‘ __ THE BROAD AX a MAY, 26, 1917. Charles E. Stump Jumps from Denmark, South Carolina to Jacksonville Florida and Other Points in the South; His First Jump Being from Washington, D. C. to Baltimore, Md. Denmark, 8. C.—This getting educa tion is interesting business, yet ther are so many young people who do no seem to care for it but are contenteé to go right on plodding along getting by as best they can, and at the enc it is the end. But before taking up my pen to sa3 to you what I have in mind this week, I must extend sympathy to Edito Julius F. Taylor, for it is he who jus recently lost the dearest of all friends his mother. It is possible for one t¢ get another wife, and sisters and brothers may be supplied, but when the one who bore you to the world leaves, there will never come another, for man comes into the world, but one times and goes out accordingly. The sleepless nights mother bear: and enjoys for us. When we ery in the cradle she is never too tired to get up and see ‘‘What the baby needs,’? and ‘‘if the baby is sick.’? ‘This man who today ranks with the men of thought and worth, feels deeply and keenly the sting of death in depriving him of his mother. But she will be there to welcome him when he shall journey from this earth to the Great Beyond. Her body has been consigned to mother earth while her soul has taken its flight to the God who gave it. Every which way we turn these days, we learn of some dear and prominent man or woman leaving this world. Tt wae with sadness and regret that I learned of the death of Walter P. Hall, of Philadelphia, who was during his days the largest poultry man in the market of Philadelphia, but he is through with his work and has gone to his long eternal rest. Who will be the next? A letter from Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Quiney, IIL, tells me how her mother left her with a smile on her face in amuary, and just a few weeks later, the father died with his head resting on her arms, his soul taking its flight from daughter to mother. It must have been a sad hour for this young woman, and to her I extend sympathy as well as to other members of the family. Rev. T. L. Smith, was one of the old Baptist ministers of Ilinois—in fact he was president of the Teachers’ In- stitute of the Wood River Baptist Sun- day sehool convention, and was a live wire among the young people. He had been in the ministry many years and was a good preacher, and then he had been married about 45 years, and it is fitting that he should follow so closely behind his wife. Some day, I must lay aside my farm implements, lay down the shovel and the hoe, untie the old mule and eman- cipate him so far as I am concerned and then fold my arms and lie down to sweet dreams, to be with those who have gone before me. There are a few people who will miss me, and perhaps drop a tear here and there. But then why talk about myself? I am only thinking of others, but will leave that just now and try to talk about some other things. It is a long jump from Baltimore, Maryland to Jacksonville, Fla, going to Washington, Fredericksburg, Va, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Va, Norfolk, Lynnhaven, and to\the place where I am this week as I try to write to you. I had the pleasure of spending a little time in the office of the Afro- American, one of the oldest papers, and believe me it is aggressive, and fitted up just like one of the daily pa- pers of the city. On the first floor is to be found the counting room, or busi- ness office with their business manager and clerks, also the press room, and a Inrge reception room. ‘There is a read- ing room in the back for the men who are employed around the building. On the second floor is the office of the edi- tor, the city editor and reporters. Tele- phone connected in all parts of the building, a typesetting and type mak- ing machine going under the direction of Daniel H. Murphy. I am going to jump all the other places and make right to Jacksonville, for it was there I went to attend the commencement of the Florida Baptist college and to hear the annual address which was delivered by Charles Ste wart, from Chicago or some other go I got down there in time to hear th tobacolawerauterus sermon. It wa preached by the Rev. Dr. W. W. Car ter, pastor of the Central Baptis chureh right in Jacksonville, preache the sermon, whatever it is called an: it was preached to a queen’s taste Now that is some preaching man, an he just tried himself on that sermon He talked plain language to them 1 young people who are to soon tak their places in the busy world anc amid the activities of life. I have told you time and time agait ‘about this great young educator, Prof N. W. Collier, and I am of the opinion that there are none like him in thi world. You may light you a candi and at midday go through the street and you would not find his mate. A refined cultured christian gentleman He is honest and this is what he should be in such a position. He has gone right into the hearts of the people. Prof. Collier has brought around him a fine collection of brains, men and women who are prepared in their line and who are doing their work and doing it well. Miss 8. A. Blocker, is one of the faithful and she is well educated herself, and is devoted to the life of her girls. ‘The exercises were first-class, and as I told you I heard the address. Getting through with this and having a real good fine dinner, next found me at the reception, then in company with some preachers, and that same evening I left for this place to see them get some good edueation down here. «*Edueatum et religionratus et rel- lustus,’? were the sounds I tried to get out when I touched them educated peo- ple. They got dictionaries and other big books to find out what I had said. Now a fellow is doing some teaching and some talking too when he can make college professors and teachers break to the word whieh has all the words in them whether you know the meaning or not. This school where I am now is Voorhees normal and indus- trial school. It was founded by a little woman who was just from college and with the idea and mind of a Booker T. Washington, desired to do something fur her people. To make a contribu- tion toward her race. In this she went down and established this school, and having the right spirit and character back of it, soon found a friend who purchased the land for her, put up buildings, and then got the school in good shape, and to the place where a child ean by doing right handle it, and then she folded her arms and went home, and Mr. Vorhees has also gone, but Prof. Martin A. Menafee, who was with her in the school and its establishment, is yet the treasurer, but he is seeing to it that the schoo! is kept on its feet, doing the great work, and then that the grave of Miss Wright is kept green. He honors and reveres her name, because she was a great woman, and the race some day will awake to her greatness, 1 accepted an invitation to come here and witness the commencement exer- cises, and I am glad that I did come because I have been inspired, I have been lifted up, when I touch such able people as I found here. From the Flo- rida Baptist college comes 18 gradu- ates and from this school here in Den- mark are 8, These will mean 26 think- ers turned into the world and they are going to do things believe me. ‘They reached out and got one of the great men of our race to come down here and deliver the commencement address. It was Hon. J. C. Napier, of Nashville, Tenn., who was at one time the man who had to write his name on all of your money in order to make it worth spending, and in addition to this, he is now president of the Na- tional Negro Business League which will soon meet in Chattanooga, Tenn. This will take place in August, and will be one more great big meeting, and will contain many good things. It promises to be one of the best sessions ever held. I am proud to have been there myself and to have seen these good things and met these great peo- ple. Talk HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. By Dr. W. A. Driver 3300 So. State Street Phone Douglas 3617 There is a constant battle between the forces that are for health and those that make disease. The forces that maintain health are capable of develop ment as are those that bring disease. Avoiding disease is the first law of nature if self preservation is the first law of nature. Ignorance of how to avoid disease is the deplorable condi- tion of a host of people. It takes spe- cific knowledge to avoid disease. It is our duty to learn all we can of the way of health and to aid as much as posssible in the spread of such educa- tion. Avoiding disease is easier when our associates are properly informed. It is easier when every person in the com- munity is properly employed, properly paid, thoroughly informed and prop- erly housed. No individual is safe from disease whose neighbors are exposed to the Coming back to it, Mr. Napier did deliver one great speech. He is a well educated man, and one of the Fred Douglass, J. M. Langston type of men. He has gone into the hearts of all the American people, and he will never be forgotten by these young people who heard his wonderful address. He did not bite his tongue in talking to them and telling them what they should do in or to make it. This is his charge to them: “Young friends, if you meet the expectations of your parents, your friends, and of this school; if you dis. charge the obligations which your pre- sence and your stay on these grounds have placed upon you; when you go away from this school, when you accept its certificate of character, its guaran- tee to the world that you are worthy, you will go out with this firm resolve ‘in your mind and heart: “I am going to be something. If I must, I am going to begin at the bottom. I am going to do something worthy of the opportunities before me; something commensurate with the ad- vantages which I have here enjoyed, and something worthy of the progres- sive race of whieh I am proud to be a member. “If you have this ambition to start im this direction, suecess will certainly erown your efforts. ““My charge to you is, Build char- acter after the model of the lowly Nazarine. ‘(Make friends of the people with whom you live and by whom you are surrounded, and, once made, cling to them as with hooks of steel. “Let reliability, promptness and thoroughness characterize your under- taking. “Be courteous, patient and perse- vering. “Let your life be one of honesty, charity, veracity, integrity and cheer- fulness.’’ I heard all of this and could hardly keep from shouting. We are living in a wonderful age. I am glad that I belong to the age and to the commun- ity. God help us all to keep up in this world of thought. I note that lawyer F. L, Barnett has moved into a new office. I congratu- late him. I shall have to stop here. Hope to have more to say to you an- other time. Look out for my letters now. If you want to write me, send your letter’care Prof. M. M. Rodgers, Pythian Temple, Dallas, Texas. me ‘The precedents of history show that the great majority of the world’s con- ‘filets have been begun before formal ‘declarations of war were made. Ac- cording to authorities on international Jaw, @ condition of war arises in three ways: First.—Declaration of war. Second.—A proclamation or manifes- we declaring that a state of war ex- Third—Through the-commission of beste acts of force. authority on international law, eseribing ways in which hostilities ‘may begin without formal declaration, says, “Acts of force by way of reprisals or during @ pacific blockade or during an intervention might be forcibly re- sisted, * * * hostilities breaking out ‘m this way.”—New York World. PAGE FIVE a : ‘ 5 ae at diseases that attack by the method called contagion. Many diseases find encouragement where poverty depletes the vitality. Fighting poverty is equiv- alent to fighting disease. Overwork is a disease producing foree. Insufficient food is another. Every person should get at least eight hours of sleep in twenty-four as a gen- eral rule. Lack of sleep lowers vitality and gives the advantage to the germs. Overerowding of living and sleeping rooms is decidedly bad for the health. Many diseases are spread in that way. Improper ventilation is responsible for much disease. Keep out of poorly ventilated theatres, stores and build- ings where there is overcrowding in stuffy quarters. To avoid disease keep clean and keep your habitation clean. Do what you can to spread the gospel of cleanliness far and wide. Bad habits are to be studiously avoided. Avoid infected individuals and thereby hangs a huge matter. BIG REAL ESTATE BARGAINS. Sacrifice—Two Flat! —Only $3,850— Biggest bargain in the City. Fine interior, new baths, good light, con- venient to 35th St., Indians surface an@ Elevated cars—only $500 Cash down. Phone or write H. E. Evans, 517 B. 42nd St. Phone Oakland 2726. FIVE AND SIX ROOM FLATS FOR SALE. For Sale—Big bargain, 5 and 6 room brick flats; all modern, 5931 and 5935 La Fayette Ave, rented to Whites at $22.00 and $25.00 a flat. Small cash payment, balance $50.00 per month, in- eluding interest. Price $5000.00, worth more. Nebf. 21 N. La Salle St. Tele- phone Franklin 3966. TO BENT. FOR RENT in new Colored district, south of 59th street. Beautiful modern newly decorated, light 5 and 6 room briek flats, stove heat, large yard, con- venient to ‘‘L’? and 3 surface lines. Reference required. Flats shown by appointment. Rents, $24.00 and $27.00. NEHF and NEHF, 21 N. La Salle Street. Telephone Franklin 3966, THREE STORY BRICK RESIDENCE ON LANGLEY AVENUE, NORTH OF S8TH STREET FOR SALE FOR $3250.00 ON EASY PAYMENTS. Non-resident, offers for sale a three story brick residence, clear of all in- eumbranee, 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. I, Care of this paper or phone Wentworth 2597. HIS LAST JUDGE A TRAIN. Man Acquitted of Railway Murder te Killed on Same Road. High Bridge, N. J.—Over a year age John Wesley Beam was acquitted of a charge of murdering William Beam (not a relative of John’s) by pushing him under a railroad train on New Year’s eve, 1915. The case was tried before Justice Parker of the supreme court and Judge Salmon of the Morris ‘county court. Recently John was killed by a train on the same railroad. He had fallen asleep on the High Bridge branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. His body was taken to his parents’ home at Bunnville. WILL NOT MINGLE RACES. War Department to Train Whites and Blacks Separately. ee eee ee Washington.—It was learned author- itatively at the war department that megro and white troops will not be camped and trained together and that the department does not contemplate any action which would smack of of- fending the south, ‘The problem has been solved in the past, and a solution will be found dur- ing the present war, it was said. BAYU OLX THE BROAD AX Published Weekly In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Republians, 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 6507. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. 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 Militiam. 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 militants detailed 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. --- The Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, notwithstanding his numerous visits to Vienna, never succeeded in making himself welcome to the Austrian aristocracy. For a long time the aged emperor refused to receive him. After much useless scheming to get the ear of Francis Joseph he was advised to obtain the aid of Mme. Schratt, who held at Schoenbrun an influential position. Ferdinand sent to this favorite a jewel box with a note: "I desire to offer to you the earrings that my mother wore until her death. Delign to accept them and intercede in my favor with the emperor." Mme. Schritt used her kindly offices, and Francis Joseph consented to receive the king of the Bulgars. Ferdinand had brought a napkin filled with papers that he wished to show to the emperor. After Ferdinand's departure the emperor, turning to his grand chamberlain, said: "It is 'curious that a king should be so lacking in manners. This fellow has spoken to me as though I were a mere notary!" Welding Glass. Welded glass suitable for certain optical instruments and other apparatus is a novel material that is stated to be of great practical value as well as much interest. As the welding process is described by Parker and Dallaway to the Faraday Society of London, the glass surfaces to be joined are placed in good optical contact under pressure and are heated to a carefully predetermined temperature, which, to avoid distortion of optically worked surfaces, must not approach too near what is defined as the "annealing point." This point of appreciable softening is determined for any kind of glass by noting the temperature at which the internal heat stresses seen in the glass with polarized light quite suddenly disappear. Similar glasses unite perfectly well below this point, but with very unlike kinds the softer becomes distorted before the harder is hot enough to make a good weld. Stewed Apples. To stew apples so each quarter is unbroken and so clear one can almost see through it is an art, and yet it is a simple thing to do if one only knows how. Peel tart apples very thin, cut them in quarters and remove the cores and seeds. As fast as you can peel and quarter them drop the apples in a saucepan in which you have already placed cold water to the depth of two inches. When the apples are all in put the saucepan over a slow fire, cover it till the water reaches the boiling point, then remove the cover and let the apples simmer almost imperceptibly till you can pierce them easily with a toothpick; then sprinkle the sugar over them and let them just simmer until it is all melted. Remove the saucepan from the fire and let it stand where the apples will get cold before turning them into a dish for the table. Bumps on the Head. The lump raised by a blow on the head is due to the resistance offered by the hard skull and its close connection with the movable elastic scalp by many circumscribed bands of connective tissue. The result of a blow when the scalp is not cut is the bruising and laceration of many of the small blood vessels or capillaries. Blood or its fluid constituent, serum, is poured into the meshes of the surrounding connective tissue, which is delicate, spongy, distensible and cellular, and the well known bump or lump is quickly formed. This cannot push inward at all and naturally takes the line of least resistance. Similar bumps may be formed on the shin in exactly the same way, for the shin bone also is covered only by skin and subcutaneous connective tissue. Wisdom of Persia Purity is for man, next to life, the greatest good. That purity is procured by the law of Mazda to him who cleanses his own self with good thoughts, words and deeds. Thou shouldst not become presumptuous through any happiness of the world, for the happiness of the world is such like as a cloud that comes on a rainy day, which one does not ward off by any hill.—From the Zend-Avesta, Ancient Persian Scriptures. Continental Congress The first session of the continental congress was held in Carpenter's hall, Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774, with forty-four members present. All the colonies were represented except Georgia and North Carolina. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was president and Charles Thomson was secretary. Correct. "It's easy to find out what time it is," said a married man. "If the hall clock says 5:20, and the drawing room clock says 5:50, and the dining room clock says 6:05, and my watch says 6:15, and my wife's little dinky watch says 6, it's 6 o'clock in our house."—Exchange Dad Gets Back. "So you are going to marry a chorus girl, hey?" "Now, don't kick up a fuss, dad. Two can live as cheaply as one." "I'll give you a chance to prove that. Not a cent increase of allowance do you get."—Louisville Courier-Journal Perseverance. Perseverance is more prevailing than violence, and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little. To know how to wait is the great secret of success.—De Malstra. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. MAY. 26. 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 Philippines 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 thereon. Henry Hamilton of Idaho, now working on a nearby ranch, is growing a luxurian 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. Hiawatha, 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 No. $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 activating 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 semilactive 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. X.-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 impracticable. 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 Jerseyville, Wis. Mode n Dreadnaughts. Beyond all doubt modern dreadnaughts represent the highest level of controlled strength that the human race has yet seen. The fact that 25,000 tons or more of metal can be driven through water at the speed of an express train while its big guns hurl shells weighing three-quarters of a ton to a distance of twenty miles is a miracle in mechanism. During the evolution of the warship to its present state of efficiency marine engineers have been faced with the problem of protecting vital parts of the vessel from the ever increasing hitting power of large shells. In other words, the fighting value depended upon its ability to take as well as give hard knocks. Some idea of the difficulty may be gathered from the fact that a fifteen inch shot strikes a blow at its maximum point of speed capable of lifting 50,000 tons a foot from the ground.-London Standard. Swamp Lands. The national chamber of commerce declares that had not the hospital corps of the army definitely determined the status of the mosquito and thus caused menacing swamp lands to be drained it is an open question whether the building of the Panama canal would have been possible. In following up this work we find that the United States in draining breeding places of the mosquito has reclaimed thousands of acres of land and made them available for agricultural purposes. There are approximately 100,000,000 acres of swamp lands in the country where for years the mosquito has held undisputed sway, of which 75,000,000, or about one-eighth of the total area of the country, can be reclaimed for the plow-share. The only value of swamp land lies in its possibility of reclamation; otherwise it is a serious liability as a breeder of disease—Lesile's. The Crested Fly Catcher Why does the crested fly catcher select a dried snake skin to line his nest? Some naturalists believe it is to render the nest waterproof. Others think the dried skin serves as a burglar alarm, to rattle at the approach of a squirrel or other enemy. This bird builds his nest in hollow trees, stumps or posts. Sometimes he rents the abandoned home of the woodpecker. Professor H. A. Surface, Pennsylvania state zoologist, tells of one that usurped a rural mail box for his flat. Of recent years they have been known to inhabit box homes put up for their special benefit. So if you want to encourage the crested fly catcher, build him a box nest. He'll pay the rent many times over. He eats beetles, flies, grasshoppers, butterflies and moths.—Exchange. A Dangerous Precedent: The worst case of law versus justice and common sense is one which Montaigne relates as having happened in his own day. Some men were condemned to death for murder. The judges were then informed by the officers of an inferior court that certain persons in their custody had confessed themselves guilty of the murder and had told so circumstantial a tale that the fact was placed beyond all doubt. Nevertheless it was deemed so bad a precedent to revoke a sentence and show that the law could err that the innocent men were delivered over to execution.—London Mail. Among the Accidents Amateur Tenor—That's odd. I can't find any account of my singing at the Swellmore's musical last evening. His Friend—Where did you look for it? Amateur Tenor—Among the musical notes, of course. His Friend—It might be in the paper after all. Why not try some other department?—Exchange. An All Around Boss "But," exclaimed the man of delicate sensibilities, "will your conscience permit you to do as you suggest?" "Look here, friend," answered the New York politician, "I am accustomed to be boss even of my own conscience." —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Agriculture. I know of no pursuit in which more real and important service can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture.-George Washington. Modern Machinery Not to see poetry in the machinery of this present age is not to see poetry in the life of the age. It is not to believe in the age-Gerald Stanley Lee. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Hardening of the Arteries. Hardening of the arteries cannot be cured. The vessels have been overstretched day by day and white, inelastic fibers have taken the place of the elastic fibers that have been lost. The elastic fibers can never be restored. But one can regulate himself so that his life may yet be long and comfortable. Temperance in eating, drinking and working must be the unalterable rule of conduct. The man with arteriosclerosis should have his blood pressure taken periodically. In case of dizziness and a considerable rise in pressure he should guard against apoplexy by starving and purring. When the pressure rises suddenly and sharply he should have his urine examined for albumen, as Bright's disease is even more of a menace than apoplexy. Form of Oath Equivalent to Enlist- ment 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 immig- rants will take in any national crisis for the last eight years and has the approval of the war deprived. department. This consists of a recruiting camp on the east side for the Macao bean brigade, as it will be called. The house of the James G. Blaine 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 air which virtually binds them to federal military service for the duration of the war. A form of oath equivalence 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 units in companies or other units, but will go where assigned. Will Apply Lessons of Great Struggle In Europe to Grand Army Maneuvers. New York. — The grand army neuvers 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 Ll. assassinated on dolls many years ago, was the feudal chief. To provide for the final review by the emperor a few rice fields will be closed 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 apply a knowledge of the latest features of modern warfare. Airplanes and planes 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 I. 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 Herreshoffs at Bristol, R. I. 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 horse power. 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—Province Corpse by Committing Suicides Bishop, Cal.—After having carefully for his own funeral Job Shortall, a mining man, went out and shot himself through the head. shot himself miserable. A man 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 Moclan, between Benton and Laws. Desecrators Will Be Arrested, Justice Department. Washington.-Warning against desecration of the American flag by a citizen was issued by the department of justice. The following notice was sent to federal attorneys and marshals: "Any alien enemy tearing down, mutilating, 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 conduction." French General an Expert Tactician and Strategist. HE'S NOW CHIEF OF STAFF. When War Started He Was Colonel. Admitted Master of Offensive—His Motor Transport Catch Phrase, "They Shall Not Pass," Became an Actuality at Verdun. Paris.—The appointment of General Petain as chief of staff of the ministry of war recalls Petain's services during the critical stages of the battle of Verden in February and March, 1916. When Joffre, after placing the French armies in a high state of organization, was made a marshal of France and retreated from field service it was believed at first that Petain, the hero of Verdun, would succeed him in command of the armies in the field. It is understood that the offer was actually made to him. However, his demands GENERAL PETAIN. for authority were so sweeping that the politicians immediately cooled toward him, and Nivelle was selected for the post. Nivelle was appointed as a proponent of the offensive in warfare. Above all, Petain is known as a fighter. He has the St. Cyr training and is acknowledged an expert tactician and strategist. Petain was born near Calais sixty-one years ago and by 1890 had become a captain in the elite Chasseurs a Pled. When the war started he was a colonel. Almost instantly he was made a general of brigade, and by Sept. 14, 1914, he had become a general of division. Seven months later he was commanding the Twenty-third army corps and took part in the allied offensive in Artois. His work here was so brilliant that he was placed at the head of the Second army, which he led through the Champagne offensive in October. 1915. His famous "iron division" of colored colonial troops, whom he had personally trained, largely contributed to that victory. By this time Petain was admitted a master of the offensive. It is reported that when the German storm broke over Verdun the French ordered to evacuate the fortress. The rumor of this aroused a fury of indignation in France, and General de Castelnau was rushed up from Paris with orders that Verdun must be held at all costs. Petain was selected to do it. Under his command General Herr organized the now celebrated motor transport system, and the catch phrase, "They shall not pass," became an actuality. NO FIREWORKS THIS YEAR. Adamson Won't Permit Sale of Noise Makers In New York. New York.--This year's Fourth of July is to be absolutely sane and noiseless. Robert Adamson, fire commissioner, has decided against granting licenses for any kind of fireworks. He gives as his reasons—first, alien enemies might take advantage of the public sale of fireworks to store explosives; second, the powder that would go into fireworks ought to be conserved for war purposes. --- FIVE HUNDRED REDMEN WILL FIGHT FOR FLAG Eastport, Me.-Five hundred Passamaquoddy Indians, led by Chief Peter Neptune, marched six miles from their reservation to this city to escort a company of Maline infantry to the railroad station prior to its departure for duty in another section of the state. All male members of the tribe of military age offered to enlist and then were accepted. BOY TO GET A MEDAL FOR RESCUING ROBIN It Was Held In Trestop by String and He Climbed to Free It. Hartford, Conn. — The Connecticut Humane society, through its president, the Rev. William Deloss Love, has informed ten-year-old Michael Ravolefe of the Second North school, East Hartford, that he is to have a medal for rescuing an imprisoned robin a few days ago. Little Michael had to climb an elm tree seventy-five to eighty feet high to effect the rescue. The robin had flown to one of the topmost branches with a long string in his bill for nest building. The string caught in a stout twig, and as the robin worked to get it free the string tangled itself into a double hitch about one of its legs. It was then held prisoner and was noticed for two days helplessly trying to work itself loose and squeaking plaintively. Michael's schoolfellows were talking about the bird, and he asked them to lead him to the elm. It took him more than half an hour to work his way to the top at the tree. And at the last of the job it required nerve and coolness, for he was out on very slender and swaying branches. But he managed to reach the twlg to which the string had fastened itself and snapped it off. With this hanging to its leg the robin fluttered to the ground, was released and flew off wildly chirping at its restored freedom. STRENGTH OF U. S. NAVY AMAZES GOCHEPRAT Our Fleet, Second In World, Will Hasten Victory, Says French Admiral. Washington.—Vice Admiral Cocheprat, representing the ministry of marine in the French mission here, said that he had "every reason to hope that we shall succeed in establishing the closest possible co-operation between the American and the allied navies for the assurance of freedom of the seas, the protection of trade and the triumph of our rights." "The United States is in possession of the most powerful fleet in the world next to the British, and this is bound to weigh heavily in hastening the day when final victory will be wrung from the foe," he said. "Your navy is wonderfully equipped, and I really felt amazed when I chanced to see recently some of its units, among them the battleship Pennsylvania and those trim looking destroyers that came out to meet us at sea. There is no need to praise your naval personnel. Throughout my long sea life it has often happened that I have come across American men-of-war, and I am pleased to say that on every such occasion the very high merit of the officers as well as the perfect training of their men has aroused my intense admiration. "What I have seen here since my arical serves only to emphasize my previous impressions. And so I am sure that the American navy is ready to support in the most advantageous fashion the cause of the allies now shaping a course toward victory." FIND $4,000 IN "HOME BANK." Money In Small Coin Hidden by Aged Woman. Manitowoc, Wis.—Over $4,000 in nickels, dimes, quarters and half dollars, the accumulation of years, was found by a woman engaged in cleaning the home of the late Mrs. Fred Pingle, aged eighty-eight, pioneer resident of Manitowoc. Money was found among rubbish heaps, sewed in mattresses and quilts, under the carpet and in almost inconceivable places all through the house. The Pingle family at one time lost a fortune through the failure of a bank, which was said to be responsible for the aged lady having secreted her savings about the family home. MORE REPUBLICS AHEAD. Spain, Greece and Sweden Moving, London Hears. London.—Republics in Spain, Greece and Sweden before the end of the war were predicted by a speaker at a conference here of journalists representing the European neutral countries. The speaker, who had returned recently from Sweden, asserted that republican doctrine is becoming popular there. The conference discussed the political and economic conditions in the neutral countries. The effect the Russian revolution had on the countries named was debated at length. It was declared that republican sentiment had won many converts in the three countries. HER OWN ATTORNEY. Mrs. Laura Ella Ruddick In Court Against Brothers. Columbus, Ind.-Mrs. Laura Ella Ruddick, a wealthy resident of this city, acted as her own attorney in a case where she is plaintiff and her brothers, Marcus Hollowell and Hayes E. Hollowell, are defendants. She prepared and filed a motion for a new trial in the case without legal advice. The motion covers several typewritten pages and is written in legal phraseology. Mrs. Ruddick recently was ordered to jail for contempt of court by Judge John W. Donaker. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. MAY. 26. 1917. FOR DRY FARMING Can Be Practiced Where Water Is Not Available. In Missouri, In Drought of 1914, Use of Dry Farming Methods by Only Part of Farmers Largely Increased Yield of Corn Per Acre as Compared With That of 1901. Washington.—With the burden of supplying the world's wartime crop facing this country, the committee on statistics and standards of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States has called, attention to the possibilities of dry farming. Such methods, it is declared, can be made to fit the requirements for raising many of our most important products. Dry farming is said to be the only form of agriculture which can be successfully practiced in any region where water is not available for irrigation and where rainfall is not sufficient for humid farming. The inherent purpose of dry farming, it is pointed out, is to conserve moisture in the soil until needed for growing plants. The dry farmer resorts to methods of timely and proper cultivation, harrowing, disking and plowing, to increase the penetration of water, prevent evaporation and store moisture in the soil for the benefit of the plants. "Dry farming is not an easy job, nor is the lot of the farmer in the semiarid regions any happier at times than that of the policemen in the 'Pirates of Penance,'" says Archer Wall Douglas of St. Louis, chairman of the national commerce committee. "It is a business requiring much industry, patience, fortitude and intelligent understanding of the surrounding conditions. Likewise in the beginning it needs some reserve capital against emergencies. For there are years when, through weeks, even months, of rainless heat, the sky is as brass and the earth as iron underneath, and rainfall only a distant memory. "Yet persevered in and intelligently stuck to, it is apt to record a success and to furnish a great need for the utilization of the vast area of semiarid country. Once exploited as a panacea, then denounced as a fad, it has at last come into its own as an intelligent scientific form of agriculture, absolutely essential to the development of a large section of our country." Of particular interest in meeting war time conditions is the argument that dry farming methods are applicable not only to farming in the semiarid, but likewise humid regions in times of drought. In Missouri in the drought of 1914 the use of dry farming methods by only a part of the farmers largely increased the yield of corn per acre, as compared with similar conditions in 1901. TRAINING FLEET FOR LAKES. Eastland, From Which Many Lives Were Lost, Will Be Flagship. Great Lakes, Ill.—A fleet of training ships shortly will be sailing the great lakes, it was announced at the United States naval training station here. Captain W. A. Moffett, commandant, has planned the mobilization of a number of vessels mounting guns ranging from one pounders to six inch pieces. The fleet will serve to train recruits passing through the training station here, which has been greatly expanded since the outbreak of war, in addition to protecting lake cities. The steamer Eastland, which turned over in the Chicago river in 1915 with a loss of 812 lives and which is now being rebuilt as a gunboat, will be the flagship. Other vessels in the fleet will be two of the former Spanish gunboats which were captured by Dewey at Manila bay. SLACKERS NOT WANTED. But This One Enlisted After He Changed His Name. Newark, N. J.-A heavy set young man walked into the army recruiting office here and told the officers in charge he wanted to enlist. "What's your name?" asked the lieutenant. "Slacker," was the reply. "Nothing doing," shot back the officer. "We don't want any slackers here." The man later explained that he was Andrew Slacker of Middletown, Sussex county, N. J., and that he wanted to break off diplomatic relations with his name. He was accepted. QUESTIONS ASKED IN WAR REGISTRATION The questions which are to be answered in the nation wide war department registration involve comparatively few subjects. Here they are: The name in full, the age in years, the home address, the date of birth, the quality of citizenship, natural born, naturalized or the condition of declaration of intention; the place of birth, trade, occupation or office, employment and by whom employed, dependents if any, married or single, race, former military service and where it was rendered and lastly claims of exemption from draft, with the specific grounds therefor. DAY COACHES FOR TROOPS. Sleepers Not to Be Provided Under War Conditions. Washington.--It is announced by the secretary of war that standard Pullman and tourist sleepers will not be used for the transportation of troops under ordinary conditions during the war. Day coaches hereafter will be used on the basis of one officer to each double seat and three men to each two double seats. The new order applies to all cases except journeys of unusual length, covering more than one night and one day, which cases will be separately considered when they arise. It is explained that the new regulation is necessary owing to the limited number of sleeping cars available for troop movements and to the congestion that would arise on transportation lines if sleepers had to be collected for every large movement of troops. Moreover, by doing away with sleepers, it is declared, the number of cars necessary to handle the movement is decreased by one-quarter. DE POTESTAD OFFERS SWORD Son of Ex-Spanish Diplomat Seeks United States Officer's Commission. Baltimore.-R. E. L. de Potestad, son of the late Marquis de Potestad-Fornarl, formerly Spanish diplomat in the United States, has applied for a commission in the officers' reserve corps from Maryland and has virtually been accepted by the army examining board at Johns Hopkins university. Lieutenant Ellott, chief examining officer, said that although Mr. de Potestad is past fifty-two he is the finest specimen of manhood that has been examined here and has the physique of a man of thirty. Mr. de Potestad's father represented the Spanish government during the settlement of the Cuban claims after the Spanish-American war. He died in Switzerland several months ago. His son has a large estate near this city and is an American citizen. POMEROY CONSENTS TO WORK Notorious Life Convict at Last Mingles With Other Inmates. Boston.—Jesse Pomeroy, the state's notorious life prisoner, abandoned his objections to the revised terms of his sentence and for the first time in forty years mingled with his fellow inmates. He has been put to work. When Governor McCall and his council last January commuted that provision of Pomeroy's sentence which stipulated that he should spend his days in solitary confinement Pomeroy objected to the change that made him liable to labor. His refusal to work was punished with twenty-four hours in a dark cell and a diet of bread and water, but he declined to yield until recently. CURED BY LIGHTNING. Sufferer From Rheumatism Says He Is Well Now. Indiana, Pa.—A sufferer from rheumatism each winter for the past fifteen years, Walter Loring of Rayne township believes that he was permanently cured of the disease by a stroke of lightning. While sitting in his home during a severe electric storm, the house was struck by lightning, and both he and his wife were rendered unconscious. It was with difficulty that they were revived. Lately he has not been troubled, and he believes the rheumatism was burned out of his system by the electricity which passed through his body. PROTECTS ENLISTED MEN. Bill Will Prevent Slight to Uniforms Anywhere In United States. Washington. — Representative John Jacob Rogers of Lowell, Mass., introduced a bill in the house to prevent discrimination against enlisted men wearing the uniforms of the military or naval forces of the United States in places of public entertainment. A similar law enacted in 1906 prevents discrimination in the District of Columbia and in the territorial possessions of the United States. The Rogers proposal would make this law effective in all states as well. The measure will have the support of the administration, it is stated. MUST HOLD FLAG SACRED. Aliens Warned Summary Arrest Follows Desecration. 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, mutilating, 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." GAINS SIX POUNDS IN DAY. Eats Four Heavy Meals to Reach Weight For U. S. Aero Service. Chicago.—McMillan Weddell of Hinsdale, a suburb, has been accepted as a recruit to the government aero service after having been refused earlier. Weddell, who is an experienced aviator, tried to enlist, but was found to weigh but 142 pounds. Recently he was accepted, having brought his weight up to the required 148 pounds by eating four very heavy meals during the day, the meals being made up of many eggs and large quantities of other foodstuffs, together with much water. PERFECT WOMAN FORTY AND HAS FIVE CHILDREN She Is Athletic, Mechanical, Pious, Patriotic and a Politician. Liverpool.—"The perfect woman" has just been defined by a conference here of teachers from girls' schools throughout England. Here is the result of their united efforts: The perfect woman is forty, is married and is the mother of five children. She is in happy circumstances, living in a beautiful part of the country a few miles from a big town. She is the center of a good home, in which there is a high standard of cleanliness and comfort and where good taste is everywhere visible in furniture, carpets, curtains, wall paper, ornaments, clothes. The ideal woman is sensible and businesslike, and her home is a place of peace. She is patriotic and interested in politics and does all she can to remove the causes of suffering among the poor. She is a delightful companion and has a gift for friendship. She is religious and tries to fulfill her duty toward God and toward other people. She takes walks, rides bicycles, climbs, swims, dances, skates, rows and plays games. She can ride a horse and drive a motorcar. She is proficient in many branches of practical learning. She can do anything and everything about the house. She has some knowledge of the law, knows how to invest money, can use a typewriter. She is a great reader; every day she reads some serious book as well as a newspaper and a novel. She speaks three languages beside her own and reads foreign books. She is fond of gardening and has learned several crafts—woodcarving, metal work, bookbinding and embroidery. BOY FARMER A PATRIOT; SAVES MOTHER A FINE Gennaro Didn't Go to School, but Cultivated Twenty Acres In Westchester. New York.—Mrs. Rosa de Rosa, a widow, missed being fined in the municipal term court for keeping her son Gennaro home from school by just twenty acres. These acres are part of her home at Mill Lane, Westchester, and for the last month they have been plowed and harrowed and fertilized and planted and cultivated by Gennaro alone, and he is only fifteen. It was his age that got Gennaro into trouble, for the compulsory education law compels parents to keep their children in school until their sixteenth year. That is why Mrs. De Rosa appeared in court, very much frightened and escorted by Attendance Officers Puglieri and Carney. Magistrate Appleton looked sternly at the little Italian woman until she had explained that she was a widow, that there was a mortgage on her home and that Gennaro was her only support. Then he smiled, and after Publieri and Carney had testified that the twenty acres were under intensive cultivation and that one fifteen-year-old lad was doing all this work the magistrate announced his decision. "Sentence suspended," he said. "Your son, Mrs. De Rosa, is doing a patriotic duty. He is a real benefit to the community—more so than if he went to school, as the law requires." Gennaro did not hear this praise. He was up in Westchester, cultivating the twenty acres. OLD MAN TRIED TO ENLIST. Wanted to "Help Out" In Any Way, but Was Refused. Topeka, Kan.—The fact that the United States government does not admit a man over thirty-five years of age to enlist in the army prevented the officers in charge of the local recruiting station from passing on S. L. Palmer, a prosperous Pawnee county farmer, the other afternoon. Mr. Palmer is sixty-two years of age, but appears to be a man of about forty. He appeared very much grieved when he was told he was too old for the service. Neither money nor the desire for experience had anything to do with Mr. Palmer's applying for service in the ranks. He owns 700 acres of good Pawnee county land. His only reason was his desire to "help out," he told the officers. He wanted to be admitted as a telegrapher, a draftman or a mechanic. He said he had fifteen years' experience as a telegrapher. LONDON HONORS GEN. SMUTS. Boer Leader Likely to Be Offered High British Command. London. — Lieutenant General Jan Smuts, who was relieved of the command of the British forces operating against the Germans in German East Africa to attend the imperial conference here, received the freedom of the city of London. General Smuts in an address said: General Snuts will be offered a high military command, and it is expected he will accept it. PAGE SEVEN MUST DRAFT MEN. Volunteer System Cost Britain Specialists and Inventors. TO SAVE AMERICAN BRAINS. Sir Ernest Shackleton Says: That No Matter How Long War Lasts, No Matter What Burden of Suffering She Places on Rest of World, Germany Is Beaten. New York.-The selective draft finds a strong advocate in Lieutenant Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, the antarctic explorer, who arrived here on his way to report at London for duty on a special mission. The world, he said, would have to look to America for the next thirty years for its specialists, inventors and scientists, and only by saving these by selective conscription would the United States be able to perform this great service. "Selective conscription," he said, "assigns these specialists to the posts where they will do the most good for the country instead of sacrificing them PETER H. HARRIS Photo by American Press Association. SIR ERNEST H. SHACKLETON. in life trenches. I am satisfied that volunteering is the costliest system in the long run. The volunteer system fails at the crucial moment, for there comes a time when all of the high hearted have volunteered and recruiting dwindles away. "That is what is happening in Australia, where conscription was defeated by popular vote. Australia already has contributed 280,000 men out of a total population of about 5,000,000, but it requires a monthly quota of 12,000 to keep this force up to strength, and already there are signs that the supply of men to be secured by volunteering is approaching exhaustion. The Australians are learning their lesson, and I think that Sir William Hughes, the premier, and his supporters will carry conscription. "England's losses in brains under the volunteer system have been incalculable. Our specialists are being destroyed on the battlefield. America should profit by the mother country's mistake. "No matter how long the war lasts, no matter what burdens of suffering she places on the rest of the world, Germany is beaten." BEAVERS ATE HIS TREES. But State Doesn't Have to Pay Damages to Barrett. Mount Vernon, N. Y.—Following a contest in the courts for five years, William G. Barfett of Katonah has lost his claim for $1,900 against the state of New York for destruction of poplar trees by beavers on his game preserve in the Adirondacks. The decision of the court of appeals reverses the appellate division, which affirmed a judgment for that amount granted by the court of claims. The case was the first action of its kind ever tried in the state. The court of claims found that the destruction was caused by four beavers liberated on Eagle creek and their descendants that used the branches for their houses. The claimant claimed that the beavers were wards of the state. Not One Graduate Divorced. Lafayette, Ind.-Records of graduates of Purdue university show that not one young woman graduate of Purdue has been divorced. The records show that an unusually large percentage of the girl graduates are married. ```markdown ``` WHOLE FAMILY TO SERVE UNCLE SAM Cincinnati,-Cincinnati boasts it is the only city in Ohio to have an entire family enlist for war service. The family is that of James A. Vine. The son is a member of a guard regiment. His father has joined the regi- ment band. Vine's wife and daughter, evidently not of the "clinging" type, have enlisted in a Red Cross unit. TEENAN JO TEENAN JONES' PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET Telephone Douglas 4591 The finest and most UP-TO BUFFET and CAFE on the Side. First-Class Entertainer HENRY "TEENAN" JONES, Prop the finest and most UP-TO-DATE FET and CAFE on the South First-Class Entertainers. RY "TEENAN" JONES, Proprietor. The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY "TEENAN" JONES. Proprietor. Residence 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 Suite 313-329 Reaper Block Clark & Washington Sts. PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4188 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7090 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW. SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARYPUBLIC CHICAGO Franklin A. 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"He says I am the only girl he has ever loved." "I think it dangerous to tie up for life with a man who takes the first thing that comes along."—Detroit Free Press. How Could It Be? First Office Boy—Wotcher doin' lookin' at the office wot fired you last week? Tryin' to git took back? Second Office Boy—Naw; I jest' dropped rom' to see if they wus still in business—Albany Knickerbocker Press. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, MAY. 26. 1917. A Life Preserver of Sheet Metal. Metal swimming plates have made their appearance in the field of life preservers. They consist of metal parts put together just like two tin plates soldered with their faces joining, allowing the space between them as a dead air chamber, says the Popular Science Monthly. The advantage of these plates lies in the fact that they will not rot or crumble like a cork life preserver. A properly applied paint prevents rusting, and they are always ready for use. They do not have to be inflated like the water wings which are used by some swimmers. There is no danger of leaks or punctures, and the total weight of the appliance is about three pounds. The plates are not uncomfortable to wear, and they allow a free arm movement to the swimmer. Three of the plates are joined together with a web band having a shoulder strap which buckles about the body under the arms, with two plates on the back and one on the chest. Small wire loops make the joinings. Magicians of the Pen. While W. W. Jacobs confesses that he often sits, pen in hand, a whole morning without putting a solitary word on paper, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has written a story of 12,000 words without once leaving his desk. Even such a painstaking writer as the late R. L. Stevenson had his spasms of lightning work, in one of which he completed his famous "Jekyll and Hyde" story within seven days, and Hall Caine wrote the first and last lines of his "Life of Coleridge" in three weeks. While Sir J. M. Barrie counts 500 or 600 words a "good day's work," H. G. Wells has often written 10,000 words between breakfast and bed, and Mrs. L. T. Mende has produced 20,000 words in a busy day. The late Andrew Lang, when in the mood, has more than once written 5,000 words of a book between breakfast and a late luncheon, and it is said that S. R. Crockett wrote the last half of "The Stickit Minister" in forty hours—London Answers. Potato Culls. Among the many products which are being successfully dried at present and which otherwise would go to waste are potato culls—that is, potatoes which have been injured in digging and therefore are below market standards. At least 10 per cent of the potato crop falls into this class. This percentage is now being dried and converted into potato flour. A pound of dried mixed vegetables made up of carrots, turnips, onions, cabbage and potatoes, prepared especially for soup, is sufficient for sixty or more adults. A barrel of the same vegetables weighing 100 pounds provides enough stock stock for nearly 6,000 persons. The raw vegetables which go to make up this mixture before drying fill thirty barrels and weigh in the neighborhood of 1,500 pounds.—Popular Science Monthly. Mozart's Music A recent biographer says of Mozart that the most wonderful fact about him was that he directed his art toward success without any sacrifice of himself and his music was always written with regard to its effect upon the public. Somehow it does not lose by this, and it says exactly what he wishes it to say. In this he was helped by his delicate perceptions, his shrewdness and his sense of irony. He despised his audience, but he held himself in great esteem. He made no concessions that he need blush for; he deceived the public, but he guided it as well. He gave the people the illusion that they understood his ideas, while as a matter of fact the applause that greeted his works was excited only by passages which were solely composed for applause. Grease Spots. Grease spots can be removed with gasoline or with ether. But careful manipulation is necessary. Gasoline and ether must be kept away from any flame. Pour enough gasoline or ether on a tablespoonful of starch to make a paste, place the paste on the under side of the spot and allow to remain several minutes. Brush off the starch when it is dry. Ether evaporates more rapidly than gasoline and leaves no unpleasant odor. Names Ending In "Velt." Veldt is a changed form of the Dutch "veld," the same as our English word "field." It means simply open ground, or prairie. Westervelt means west field; Roosevelt, rose field; Blauvelt, blue field. There are other Dutch names ending in "velt" and many parallel names in German and other tongues. "That rich man proposing marriage to her." "Why not?" "Well, he was introduced to my daughter the same day he met her."—Detroit Free Press. What Hurts. Doctor--You mustn't stay out late at night. Patient (a married man)--Is the night air bad for me? Doctor--No; it is the excitement after getting home that hurts you--London Telegraph. Voice of Experience "Your wife seems to be very angry." "Yes." "What's the trouble?" "I didn't inquire. That only makes words." Do the right and your ideal of it grows and perfects itself. Do the wrong and your ideal of it breaks up and vanshes... James Martinico. Our Losses by Fire. If one could imagine all the buildings destroyed by fire in the United States in a year arranged along one highway, each building occupying a lot sixty-five feet wide, the highway would extend from New York to Chicago, and the buildings would line it on each side. Such is the calculation of the department of the interior. Furthermore, a person traveling this scene of desolation would pass in every thousand feet a ruin from which an injured person has been taken. At every three-quarters of a mile he would encounter the remains of a human being who had been burned to death. For years, it is estimated, the amount of actual property annually consumed by fire in this country reaches $250,000,000, and another sum of about like proportions is spent for the maintenance of fire departments, waterworks, insurance premiums, etc., to prevent still greater losses.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Care of Silk Stockings Of course you know that nothing, however durable, will wear either well or long if not cared for properly. Silk stockings are no exception to this rule. They demand proper care. First and foremost, washing every time the stocking is worn is almost imperative. Perspiration tends to rot the fiber, consequently the little holes that pop out so unexpectedly. Make a lather from a mild white soap, "swish" the stockings about in it, rinse and iron when quite damp. If the stocking is only mercerized and you desire the silky sheen, then rinse in water that is a bit soapy and press damp. And a word about mending: Silk on cotton and cotton on silk is easy to remember and a deal more satisfactory in the long run. Matter of Fact Lovemaking For downright prose Dr. Johnson's offer of hand and heart to his second wife would be very hard to beat. "My dear woman," said Johnson, "I am a hardworking man and withal something of a philosopher. I am, as you know, very poor. I have always been respectable myself, but I grieve to tell you that one of my uncles was hanged." "I have less money than you, doctor," demurely answered the lady, "but I shall try to be philosophical too. None of my relatives has ever been hanged, but I have several who ought to be." "Providence and philosophy have evidently mated us, my good woman," said the doctor as he pressed a chaste salute upon the lady's brow. The First Iron Bridge The first iron bridge ever erected in the world and which is in constant use at the present time spans a little river in the county of Salop on the railroad leading from Shrewsbury to Worcester, England. It was built in the year 1778 and is exactly ninety-six feet in length. The total amount of iron used in its construction was 378 tons, Stephenson, the great engineer, in writing concerning it said. "When we consider the fact that the casting of iron was at that time in its infancy we are convinced that unblushing audacity alone could conceive and carry into execution such an undertaking." Proper Question. The grocer was attending to his customers when a nice little boy approached the counter and asked in an innocent manner: "Have you any dry herrings, sir, if you please?" "Yes, my lad," answered the grocer, looking benevolently down at the youngster. "Well, why don't you give them a drink?" said the nice boy as he fled—London Globe. He Meant Well Visitor—We would like to locate a sanitarium on your lot. Uncle Eben—Hunt all ye want to, but I don't think ye'll find one. I've Nived here fifty years, been over every foot of the ground, and I ain't never run across one.—Puck. In Certain Cases. "You bet they do when you don't get your wife the string of 'em she's set her heart on." - Baltimore American. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Chronic Rheumatism. Although acute rheumatism may occur at any age, it is more common in adolescence or in early adult life; chronic rheumatism is essentially a disease of later life. It often attacks sailors and outdoor laborers, who apparently bring on the malady by exposing themselves to cold and wet or by overworking or failing to eat nourishing food. Treatment of chronic rheumatism is very unsatisfactory; no actual cure is known, and the most that can be done is to relieve the pain and stiffness during the attacks and try to prevent or delay their recurrence. Unless the pain is so bad as to call for an anodyne, much comfort can be obtained by rubbing and massage and the application of a hot water bag to the joints. For constitutional treatment, in addition to internal anti-rheumatic remedies, benefit sometimes comes from a sojourn at a mineral spring resort. The patient should have a simple, nourishing diet and should avoid exposure in cold and damp weather. As Near As Your Telephone DISTANCE IMMATERIAL IN a Metropolitan City of this size, death knocks every thirty minutes at some door. Too often that death not only brings sorrow, but misfortune as well. Let the price you pay for a funeral be a business proposition and you will benefit by it in service, quality and cost to you in dollars and cents. 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