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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE: LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell Who Is One of the Greatest Fighting Lawyers in the World for the Right, Starts on the War Path After the Hon. State's Attorney of Cook County HIS BILL OF COMPLAINT RECENTLY FILED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT TO RESTRAIN HON. HENRY STUCKART, COUNTY TREASURE, ROBERT M. SWEITZER, COUNTY COMPTROLLER AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM PAYING OUT ANY MORE MONEY TO DETECTIVE OR SECRET SERVICE AGENCIES. O'DONNELL CONTENDS THAT THE HON. STATE'S ATTORNEY IN A MOST HIGH HANDED MANNER SQUANDERS MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR ENTERTAINING CROOKS AND OTHER DESPERATE CHARACTERS AT SOME OF THE LEADING HOTELS IN THIS CITY SO THAT THEY CAN APPEAR AS WITNESSES AGAINST HONORABLE CITIZENS AND CORRUPT OR MUDDLE THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OR STREAM OF JUSTICE IN THE CRIMINAL COURT OF COOK COUNTY. AT DURING THE REIGNS OF HON. CHARLES S. DENEEN, HON. JOHN J. HEALEY AND THE LATE HON. JOHN E. W. WAYMAN IN THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE; THAT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE SMALL TAXPAYERS MONEY WAS EXPENDED BY ALL THREE OF THEM WHICH COVERED A PERIOD OF SIXTEEN YEARS. THE TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN OSCAR DE PRIEST IS NOW RUNNING AT FULL BLAST-FIVE WITNESSES FOR THE STATE ASCENDED THE WITNESS STAND THURSDAY AFTERNOON TWO OF THEM GIVING TESTIMONY FAVORABLE TO MR. DE PRIEST. OF THEM DECLARED THAT MR. DE PRIEST HAD INFORMED HIM THAT HE WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH GAMING OR GAMBLING IN THE SECOND WARD. TORNEYS CLARENCE S. DARROW AND EDWARD H. MORRIS, WHO ARE TWO OF THE MOST EMINENT AND RESOURCEFUL CRIMINAL LAWYERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR ASSOCIATE ADAM E. PATTERSON ARE MAKING A DESPERATE EFFORT TO EXTRACT MR. DE PRIEST FROM HIS UNPLEASANT SITUATION. EST ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY FRANK JOHNSTON, JR. AND HON. EDWARD E. WILSON ARE LEADING THE FIGHT FOR THE STATE. JUDGE GEORGE F. BARRETT SEEMS TO BE FAIR AND REASONABLE PRESIDES WITH BOTH EYES OPEN ALL THE TIME AND HE WILL NOT PERMIT THE LAWYERS TO PUT ANYTHING OVER ON HIM. l. XXII. ATTORNEY FIGHT the Y Cook THIS BILL OF COMPLAINT RE- Court TO RESTRAIN HON. H. URBER, ROBERT M. SWEITZER, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SOR MONEY TO DETECTIVE. R. O'DONNELL CONTENDS THAT A MOST HIGH HANDED MANY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR CROOKS AND OTHER DESPER- LEADING HOTELS IN THIS CITY WITNESSES AGAINST HONOR MUDDLE THE FOUNTAIN HEA- CRIMINAL COURT OF COOK C AT DURING THE REIGNS OF JOHN J. HEALEY AND THE L THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OF SAND DOLLARS OF THE SM PENDED BY ALL THREE OF SIXTEEN YEARS. THE TRIAL OF FORMER ALDER RUNNING AT FULL BLAST - ASCENDED THE WITNESS ST OF THEM GIVING TESTIMONY. THE OF THEM DECLARED THAT HIM THAT HE WOULD HAVE A GAMING OR GAMBLING IN THE ATTORNEYS CLARENCE S. DARRO ARE TWO OF THE MOST EMIN- LAWYERS IN THE UNITED ADAM E. PATTERSON ARE M EXTRACT MR. DE PRIEST FRO EST ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTOR- HON. EDWARD E. WILSON ALE STATE. JUDGE GEORGE F. B. REASONABLE PRESIDES WITH AND HE WILL NOT PERMIT T OVER ON HIM. Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell, who one of the greatest fighting lawyers the world for the right, recently as one of the taxpayers of this city, filed a bill of complaint in the Superior Court of Cook county, to restrain Hon. Gary Stuckart, County treasurer; Robert M. Sweitzer, County comptroller; Peter Reinberg, Bartley Burg, William House, Joseph Carolan, Joseph M. Fitzzard, Thomas Kasperski, William H. Lean, George A. Miller, Daniel Mariarty, Albert Nowak, Owen O'Malley, Dudley D. Picerson, Frank Ragen, Daniel Ryan, William D. Scott and Jon Maclay Hoyne, all of whom are sole defendants to his bill of complaint. The sole aim or object of the bill is to stop the above high county trials from continuing to further peril the Hon. State's Attorney to render in a most high handed and skillless manner hundreds of thousands of dollars of the small taxpayers' money for highly entertaining well known and self-confessed thieves and other highwaymen for a long period of time of some of the leading hotels in this city and many of them have assisted in the past, as witnesses against vulnerable citizens to brazenly corrupt and muddle the very fountain head or stream of Justice in the Criminal Court Cook county. Mr. O'Donnell further avers and argues that he is informed by the sworn testimony of Charles C. Case, Henry A.berger, Hayden N. Bell, Edwin J. Rauer, Ernest Buchler, Sarah Wexler and others, which testimony was recently given in a certain cause heretofore cited in the Criminal Courts of Cook County, and further is informed upon the statement of Nathan Steinberg, Marrin Kleiman, Harry Green, and others, and further is informed by circumstances, documentary evidence, court records and other sources of information, and which information your information, and which information your information and belief he avers, shows and hopes. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY That for three years last past and at the present time that the said Maclay Hoyne, defendant herein, has made a general practice, and is now making a general practice of taking numerous persons whom he elects or chooses as witnesses used, or to be used, in the Criminal Courts of Cook County, and in violation of law and contrary to law causes and orders said witnesses to be placed in hostelries, hotels and private dwellings and therein places custodians or guards over said persons so detained, and contracts for and causes to be paid the expenses of their maintenance, support, clothing, necessities and luxuries while they are so detained; and causes to be paid large sums of money out of the County Treasury of Cook County to those dependent upon them for their maintenance, support and benefit; and causes salaries to be paid to the persons so detained as above set forth. That the said Maclay Hoyne places guardians or custodians of said persons detained in charge thereof, and out of the County Treasury of the County of Cook causes the said guards to be paid salaries and given maintenance. That specific instances of such payment of public money for maintenance, support, clothes, food, drink, housing and guarding said witnesses have been paid and contracted to be paid out of the County Treasury, contrary to law, in the following amounts, to-wit: Abe Frank and his son, Benny Frank, and the policeman guarding him for one year, $7,947.75. Alex Goldman for the above purposes and in addition for wages paid to his wife for one year, $7,070.00. Policewoman Reilly as guardian, guard and landlord of Mrs. Sarah Wexler at the rate of $40.00 per week for many months: James McCarthy, policeman, connected with the State's Attorney's office as guardian, guard and landlord at the rate of $40.00 a week for many months. CHICAGO, JUNE 2, 1917 H. O'Donnellers in the After th Benjamin Fink for guards, guardians and custodian and for hotel services, clothing, etc., at a Chicago hotel at the rate of $6,000.00 per year, for a period of, to-wit, 26 months. All of which said sums were paid out of the County Treasury upon the request of said Maclay Hoyne to the County Commissioners of Cook County and by the order of said County Commissioners upon the treasurer of Cook County. That the said persons above named, or some of them were registered in the hotels under false and fictitious names aid their accounts kept under false and fictitious names, and that in many instances were not registered under any names, but were kept with the police, their guardians, custodians, who themselves, registered their names and concealed from the records said witnesses that they had in charge, and that in many cases the said witnesses, or supposed witnesses ordered wantonly and extravagantly as a result of urging by those who had them in custody, and OKed their own bills to the State's Attorney's office and on a certain occasion an exorbitant bill for drink and carousel in a bar room was ordered with the knowledge, consent and approval of some of the head chiefs of the State's Attorney's office, to be distributed over certain food bills, that the County Commissioners and public should be deceived as to the nature of the bill, and the dissipation and extravagance for drink thereby be concealed from the County Commissioners and from the public. That the said Maclay Hoyne contrary to law has during the three years last past spent many thousands of dollars in so boarding, maintaining, supplying and clothing said witnesses or prospective witnesses, and has paid many thousands of dollars to their custodians, guards and keepers out of said county treasury contrary to the law of the State of Illinois, and contrary to the state thereof. That among those whom he has so maintained, supported, housed, or caused to be housed, are the following: Nathan Steinberg, a professional burglar; Isador Wexler, a professional burglar; Ike Kaminsky, a professional burglar and safe blower; Sarah Wexler, a consort of burglarls and a lewd woman; Isaac Levin, a professional burglar; Sarah Levin, wife of Isaac Levin, and a receiver of stolen property; Abe Frank, an ex-convicted burglar and con man; Alex Goldman, a consort of fallen women, and many others have been maintained, supported, housed, fed, partially clothed and generally supported for long intervals of time out of the county treasury at the instigation, contract and approval of the said Maclay Hoyne, his aids, assistants and agents. That the said Maclay Hoyne as State's Attorney has during the three years last past and is now employing a large force of private detectives and a large number of private detective agencies, and that the said private detectives and private detective agencies are drawing from the county treasury on a contract made with the said Maclay Hoyne and approved through the official channels very large sums of money annually, to-wit, many thousands of dollars; and that he has employed, among others, the Thiel Detective Service Company of the City of Chicago; and has paid to the said Thiel Detective Service Company, through the official channels, many thousands of dollars annually; and that he has employed other detective agencies in like manner has caused the County of Cook to pay and now threatens to cause the County of Cook to pay further large ell Who Is the World for the Hon. S One of the most f on the war p sums of money amounting to many thousands of dollars, and has paid them many thousands of dollars during the last year; and has employed many other detective agencies and individual private detectives, as your orator is informed and verily believes. That by reason of the payments of money to the said witnesses above enumerated and other witnesses, that through the payments of said moneys and through the favors and immunities granted to them, such witnesses have been suborned and through such witnesses so suborned and produced wilful corrupt evidence, wilful false testimony and false accusations against citizens in the Criminal Court of Cook County have been produced, and justice has been generally corrupted and polluted by means of said expenditures and said inducements so given to the witnesses aforesaid. one half of the contents of the bill of complaint. It might not be of place to state right here at this time that during the reigns of the Hon. Charles S. Deneen, the Hon. John J. Healy, the Late Hon. John E. W. Wayman in the State's Attorney's office all three of them put together did not spend more than one thousand dollars with private detective agencies and for boarding or maintaining witnesses at hotels and there is no logical reason on earth why the present Hon. State's Attorney, without a manly protest on the part of some one, should be permitted to spend several hundred thousand dollars each year of the small tax payers money, in that direction, like unto a half drunken lord. Thursday afternoon the trial of former Alderman Oscar De Priest started ing and gambling worth knowing. one time worked for the Hob Nob street, followed his Vernon and neith able to shed much outside of fading ius W. Jones who a gambling clubs at State street and witness stand that been raided several that he called one Priest to see if he Healy who was in ton Ave. Station his clubs and M claimed that Mr. formed him that "and that he had do with gambling Second Ward" to That by reason of the payments of money as above set forth to said private detective agencies he, said Maclay Hoyne, offered and offers continuously a reward, incentive and inducement for such detective agencies to stir up strife, to make false accusations, to manufacture false evidence and to assist in the corrupting of justice in the County of Cook by private gain and private inducement so offered to said agencies by the said Maclay Hoyne, State's Attorney of Cook County. Everything seems to indicate that there are hot times ahead for the Hon. State's Attorney, when he will come in contact with Mr. O'Donnell face to face in the Superior Court and answer in person to his startling bill of complaint and if one-half of the things are true which he relates in it then it is very hard for us to understand how the Hon. State's Attorney will ever be able to look honorable men in the face for so far we have only published about ATTORNEY PATRICK H. O'DONNELL. one half of the contents of the bill of complaint. It might not be out of place to state right here at this time that during the reign of the Hon. Charles S. Deneen, the Hon. John J. Healy, the Late Hon. John E. W. Wayman in the State's Attorney's office all three of them put together did not spend more than one thousand dollars with private detective agencies and for boarding or maintaining witnesses at hotels and there is no logical reason on earth why the present Hon. State's Attorney, without a manly protest on the part of some one, should be permitted to spend several hundred thousand dollars each year of the small tax payers money, in that direction, like unto a half drunken lord. ```markdown ``` Thursday afternoon the trial of former Alderman Oscar De Priest started in in full blast in the Criminal Court and the court room was full to overflowing and after the Hon. Frank Johnston, Jr., had finished his long opening statement to the jury, as to the facts in the case and after painting Mr. De Priest as the head and front of the gambling trust in the Second Ward, claiming that he received from two to three thousand dollars per month from Henry (Teenan) Jones whom he claimed was one of the high lights of the sporting world, for police protection and after further stating that Mr. De Priest was a very bad man generally and had attempted to become the Colored political boss of Chicago and Mr. Johnston, who was born and raised down in the old rotten state of Mississippi, came mighty near saying that Mr. De Priest felt himself almost as good as some White men. E. Leach who was one of the box men at the Blue Jay Club, 14 East 35th street, was thrown on the witness stand as the first witness for the state and what he did not know about crap shoot- No. 37 ing and gambling in general was not worth knowing. Wm. Moore who at one time worked for William Bass, head of the Hob Nob Club, 3433 S. State street, followed him. S. Mackey, 3328 Vernon and neither one of them was able to shed much light on gambling outside of fading in crap games. Junius W. Jones who at one time conducted gambling clubs at 3501 and 3502 S. State street and he declared on the witness stand that after his clubs had been raided several times by the police that he called on Alderman Oscar De Priest to see if he would capt. S. K. Healy who was in charge of the Stanton Ave. Station to permit him to run his clubs and Mr. Jones loudly exclaimed that Mr. De Priest firmly informed him that "he was an Alderman and that he had nothing whatever, to do with gambling or gaming in the Second Ward" to say the least the testimony of Mr. Jones was very favorable to Mr. De Priest, Lieut. John E. Hawkins, 3535 S. Wabash Ave., was the last witness on Thursday afternoon for the State and his testimony failed to do anybody any harm and he did not help the State's case one bit. It was evident from the very start that Attorneys Clarence S. Darrow and Edward H. Morris who are by far two of the most eminent and resourceful all around criminal lawyers in this country and their associate Adam E. Patterson are ready and willing to wage the greatest legal battle of their lives to clear Mr. De Priest of the many wrongful acts which he is charged with committing while serving as Alderman from the Second Ward and all three of them are hopeful of being able to pull him through the Criminal Court without many scars being left on his body to remind him of his tilt with the powers (Continued on page 4.) bo owners anocimectorns Dan M. Jackson - Phones Calumet 6164 Geo. T. Kersey o ‘Automatic 71-629 David A. MeGowan Ahmed A. 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For the very small girls white is the accepted thing, and perhaps there is no great variety or novelty within the necessarily circumscribed limitations, but as soon as the little lady graduates into colors her wardrobe begins to of- fer more variety, if not greater daintl- ness. : There are mothers who dress their daughters entirely in white even be yond the years of babybood—white Pique, white linen, white wool, white Jawn, batiste and mull—and-the fad ts @ pretty one, but impractical for any whose purse 1s not well filled. Practical little dresses in serviceable pique and linen are appearing in an al- most inexhaustible supply, and many of them attain a certain dressy alr, the style being in their hue and fineness of their details, for simplicity 1s the watchword here as elsewhere in the sphere of tasteful child clothing. Many of these frocks of linen or pique are made on straight lines, hay- ing a narrow belt of the material or patent leather, fitting the figure loosely and placed at a low waist line. ‘There are also many frocks made on the one plece Russian Hnes, Semimilitary effects in embroidery and buttons, such as have been used for certain smart blouses designed for grownups, are introduced with excel- lent effect down the fronts of some lit- tle one piece frocks in white plque or heavy white linen, and pretty jumpers of linen or pique have front embroid- ered panels. ‘The Eton jacket or bolero model is always more or less a favorite idea with designers of children's garments, and this spring there are many frocks for the small girl as well as for older folks made with jaunty short bolero. The little maid must have her barrel Pockets, lke everybody else. An at- tractive flapper coat from Lanvin is made of blue serge cloth, with over collar and revers of white faille mati. nee ‘silk, stitched in rows with blue sewing silk matcbing the blue serge cloth. ‘The belt buttons at either side, and below the buttons hang the huge barrel pockets, which stand well out from the coat and give a smart bulging line. FLOWER FADS. ion Just Now. Fashions change even. in flowers. ‘There was a \time when the fuchsia was all the rage. Then the dablia had a time of tmmense popularity, and hundreds of new varieties were on the market. ‘Then came the turn of the chrysan- themum, but as it needed « house and & lot of attention it was soon left to the specialist, like the orchid. ‘Then came the great sweet pea boom. Anybody who had a garden at all filled it with sweet peas, and new varieties were called after every imaginable per- son of note on eatth, Now there is a new star—the snap; dragon. People used rather to despise this flower. But, lo, the expert has taken notice of it, and it has suddenly become the rage. If the seed pods are nipped off they put out new shoots, which bear flowers until one ¢magines they are, lke Tennyson's brook, going “on forever.” FRENCHY DESIGN. What Paris Sends Us For a Breakfast Coat. Smoke gray chiffon is the fabric used for this beautiful garment. The front RE aes Bt y y (pe 4 (ae 4 aye ‘ih as eo ‘a “ y BECOMING NEGLIGER is finely hand tucked, and-femininely dainty ruffles of the chiffon adorn the collar and cuffs in double rows. A string belt of the fabric ginds the waist loosely. Eat your bread stale and not fresh if you want to avold indigestion. Slice it, dry in the oven and toast a delicate brown. E Saved the Waste. Customer—But these cigars seem shorter than the others I had at the same price. Plausible Salesman—Yes, sir. You see, the makers of that spe- cial brand found that gentlemen threw away about an inch of each cigar, so they decided to save on that by mak- ing them a trifle shorter.—Passing Show. 5 KNIT YOUR BIT. - ~ | How to Make Three Useful Articles For Sailors. _ The word has gone forth that a warm sailor is better than a cold one. This is no sentimental catch phrase; it is a literal physiological fact. A warm sailor can work and fight with a stead- jer nerve, with an increased physical efficiency, with a higher courage, for the effect of warmth is to stimulate. Now, then, what can you, as a wo- man, do about it? You, a woman witp a pair of knitting needles, can keep at least one sailor warm. And remember, the sailor that you keep warm is going to be a better defender of your flag. ‘The government supplies many of his wants, but there are three articles not supplied, and these are the sleeveless knitted jacket, the muffler and the wristlets. He will use them when he is doing exposed work—this may be laying a mine or serving on picket duty or in submarine and patrol boat service. The comforts committee of the Navy League of the United States, with headquarters in Washington and at 509 Fifth avenue, New York, will help you to form an organization for knitting or to purchase wool or will receive your finished articles that you've made alone in odd times when Susie was quiet in the bathtub or Johnny busy feeding the rabbits. But if you are going to knit do tt according to directions. Here they are: ‘The Mufller.—Cast on 50 stitches. Plain knitting for fifty-eight inches No. 5 celluloid needle. One-balf péund dark blue knitting yarn. ae The Wristlets.—Cast on 52 stitches, Knit 2, purl 2 for 12 inches. Sew up, leaving 2 inch space for thumb 3 inches from top. No. 3 bone needles. One bank gray knitting yarn. ‘The Sleeveless Jacket—Cast on 80 stitches. Knit_2, purl 2 stitches for four inches. Knit plain until sweater measures 23 inches. Knit 28 stitches, bind off 24 stitches for neck. Knit 23 stitches. Knit 10 rows on each shoul- der, cast on 24 stitches. Knit plain for 19 inches. Purl 2, knit 2 stitches for 4 inches. Sew up sides, leaving 9 inches for armholes. No. 5 celluloid needle. Threefourths "pound gray knitting yarn.—By Sarah Comstock of the Vigt lantes. THE BROAD AX,.CHICAGO, JUNE 2, 1917 —————— —— FOR YOUNG. FOLKS! [__samer reece ie al a Neat Model For fers Sleepy Time Story About a Useful ee oe ee and Handsome Bird. 7 peer T THE DROP OF MAGIC BLOOD.| #7 ss soe, [ How It Came to Ornament the Crest of Ss i ‘a Little Feathered Friend of Man-| [] Be kind—Battle Between the Knight and the Wicked Wizard. + : ‘Tonight, said Uncle Ben to Little . 4 Ned and Polly Ann I am going to tell cy oes ee THE WOODPECKER. | é Fj Wis bo The woodpecker bores right through the bark of trees to get at the buss that otherwise might injure them. You have often admired doubtless the gay little crest on the woodpecker’s beak. He is not only a faithful worker, but a handsome fellow. ‘There is a story about the wood- pecker that may please you, ‘The first woodpecker, accordifig to the fairy stories, had some gifts that other woodpeckers to have lost. For instance, he could talk with man. He wished very much to be friendly with the human race. It happened that near the home of the woodpecker there lived a fierce wizard, His castle was in the middle of a big black swamp, and whenever he walked abroad his breath poisoned every one whom he chanced to meet. Many brave went out to meet the wizard, but no one was able to fight against him. . Whenever a stran- ger came along the wizard would blow his poisoned breath and kill him. One day a knight, a very brave sol- ier, began to fight the wicked old wiz- ard. He shot once, he shot twice, but still his arrows failed to do harm. The wizard hooted and laughed at the knight's poor marksmanship. The ar- rows glanced off the wizard's skin as if it were steel. At last the knight had only three ar- rows left. He had vainly sent several dozen at the wizard. He was almost ready to give up, which would have meant his death, for the bad wizard would then have certafnly killed him. Suddenly a wee small voice called down to the knight: “His heart is too hard to pierce. Shoot your arrows at his forehead.” ‘The knight looked up, and, lo, it was the friendly woodpecker who had spo- ken, After thanking the bird the knight fitted an arrow to his bow and sent it straight at the wizard’s head. It gash- ed the flesh, and the blood began to flow. A second time the knight shot, and the arrow went still deeper. At the third shot the wizard fell dead. ‘Then the knight called the little woodpecker down from the tree. A drop of blood from the wizard’s fore- head fell upon his feathers—right on top of his head. It was magic blood, and ever since all birds of his family have had red head feathers. Boy Scout Farmers. More than 2,000 boy scouts of Wash- ington, D. C., recently mobilized and marched with rakes and hoes over their shoulders to a tract of 800 acres in East Potomac park, which their Uncle Sam had donated to them fora mon- ster vegetable garden. As they march- ed past the White House thus “In bat- array” they were reviewed by the president and War Secretary Baker. Dame Nature's New Suit. . Damo Nature is out In her gayest of clothes Of emerald green, ‘With a touch of the rose Her gown ts the daintiest Ever was seen, ‘With its billowy ruffles Of feathery green. Philadelphia Record. The Almond Tres: Almonds growing on the-tree have hard green shells. If they are allowed to ripen naturally this shell dries, bursts open and drops the fruit upon the ground. A Young Patriot. ‘The little patriot here pictured has been very much interested in soldiers and the flag since she saw a company a ye ik te Sa ee i i ' a Soe es Photo by American Press Association. TRUE TO THE FLAG. of soldiers marching along the street with flags flying end band playing. Now she is out every pleasant day with her fing. Her name is Bertha Harris, and she lives in the Bronx, New York city. a tonal ——— Neat Mode! For Morn- ing Wear at Home Toe “22 7 ee AN ios ee | eee or ve ee ee Lae ge ee Ge bei. eee | PS | ee liyhey coe eethea” ee ae reg Tk eh a i eas Pa a ae ee 2 oe oe = ES a ee oe ‘EASILY MADE Blue and white striped voile cleverly used so the stripes intersect each other on the waist gives an attractive frock for simple uses. White voile is used for collar, cuffs and the end of the plaited apron front. ABOUT ROSES. The Soils and Fertilizers That Best Sult Free Bloomer. ae eS ee pene : of agpicuiture._ Tee cee lawn and border group are adapted to a wide range of soil conditions and may be count- ed on to succeed in any but ex- tremely heavy or very sandy solls. Many of them will do well even on such soll types. The principal essentials are-thorough drainage and a plentiful supply of organic matter, with a rea- sonably constant water supply during the growing season. In general, a soil capable of grow- ing good garden or field crops is suitable for roses, The deeper the soil and the better the prep- aration at the beginning the more satisfactory will be the re- sults. ‘The best fertilizer for roses is rotted cow manure, though any other well rotted manure or good compost will serve the pur- pose, Fresh manure, especially horse manure, should be avoid- ed, though if no other manure is available it may be used with extreme care. It must not come in direct contact with the roots when planting, nor should any quantity of it be used immedi- ately beneath the plant to cut off direct connection with the subsoil and the water supply. Of the commercial fertilizers ground bone is.excellent as addi- tonal food. ft will not, how- ever, answer as a substitute for an abundant supply of compost. Cottonseed meal, where it is cheap enough, may be used as a substitute for bone. Wood ashes are sometimes a helpful addi- tion, or when they are not avail- able lime and muriate of potash may be used and should be ap- plied separately. Rose growers having only sandy soils should make more frequent applications of manure than those dealing with the heavier soils, since the organic matter burns out more rapidly in a soil rich in sand. Your Figure. One hears a great deal about the “per. fect 86,” and it really isn't 36 at all. Here are the alleged measurements: Neck, 13% inches; bust, 37 inches; waist, 26 inches; hips, 40 inches. ‘The length of the skirt from the waist line to the floor is 42 inches. ‘The perfect 36 should measure 19% inches inside the sleeve measure. The Une down the back from the base of the collar to the waist line should be 15% Inches. These figures are for the average, but the measurements, of course, a vary. For instance, the Derfect 36) according to tallors and Gressmakers, range from 36 to 38 inches, although 37 is the ideal. Seventy-five per cent of women are below the 36 standard, and most of the Test are over. ‘This is because they have permitted their muscles to be- come flabby and loose from lack of ex- erciso and have either taken on weight or lest it. FEEDING TODDLERS Menus For Two and Three Year Olds In Summer. BEST INTERVALS FOR MEALS. Expert Points About Regularity,Combi- nations of Foods sand Balance of ~ Growth Builders For the Small Mem- bere of Your Family. by Ohio state department of (Prepared ‘After the first year a ebild should in most cases have three regular meals 4 day. Two very light lunches, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, may be permitted in certain cases. The hours would be breakfast at 6 a. m., lunch at 10 a. m, dinner at 12 m, Junch at 8 p. m. and supper at 6 p. m. Some children never need the light lunch betweer meals, and it should be abandoned if not required. When used the single small glass of milk or milk and a bit of cracker is all that the child requires. The hours for meals should be scrupulously observed, as it 1s of prime importance that the food be given at regular intervals and that the hours of rest between the taking of food be suficiently long to give the stomach an opportunity to recuperate after its last period of work. Proper habits at the table are not merely a matter of courtesy. Food should be properly chewed, because it can only be properly digested in the normal length of time under such conditions. Milk.—Remember that during this pe- riod milk is the chief article of a child's diet, and for this reason the mother should know her dairyman and be sure that she buys the best and cleanest milk available. Cereals.—Cereals form another large portion of the diet. They must be very thoroughly cooked, the fireless cooker being the easiest and best means of preparing them satisfactorily. Oatmeal, the heaviest of the cereals, should not be used in large quantities. Farina, cornmeal and rice may all vary the diet. The dry cereals are often ap- petizing, but their food value is small except for thie milk or cream which is used with them. Meats.—Meat should be very spar- ingly used. A small scraped beef pat- ty, using a tablespoonful of meat, a Dit of mutton stew or white meat of chicken, if very finely divided may be used. Never should more than one feeding of meat a day be given, and eggs are to be substituted for meat with very little children. Fruits.—Thoroughly stewed or chop- ped fruits are permissible. Baked ap- ples, apple sauce, stewed prunes or dates may be given. Orange and lem- ‘on juice are both invaluable. Orange Juice is used to advantage each morn- ing. Bananas are prohibited. Vegetables.—Spinach, lettuce, string beans, peas and carrots, if given in finely mashed or strained fashion, may be used; also macaroni and cauliflow- er. Be careful not to orercook caull- flower, as it may be made pasty and indigestible. Breads.—Breads should never be fresh. Zwieback and toast are the forms in which they should be used. Crackers may be given in moderate quantities if they are plain kinds. Desserts.—Junket, custard, chocolate blancmange and simple gelatin if homemade may be used as desserts at this age. Remember quantities should be small, variety is very desirable and that the child's taste should be catered to to a certain degree. Children must be tauzht to eat the different kinds of food, and this 1s often dificult, but may frequently be accomplished if a special favorite is withheld until the ene Which bn Giatentatet San teen ene FRUITY MODEL. A Krnockabout Hat on the Modish Lines. A tall brimmed sailor of novelty hemp straw is trimmed with perpen. AS pm det : Lk! | i E hy ee : E i a ke Te rete BN NAS Be eer eat ame Bees go AAS ae * RA ~*~. pe a ae a POR MORNINGS. dicular strips of narrow blue velvet ribbon. Running around the top of the crown are field strawberries so lus. ‘lous that we are tempted to eat them. .. MRS. BILLY Helpmate of the Met Oelist lve, JUST AS FAMOUS nal After Experiences aij Over States Mrs. Sunday Thea a of Dispiay is ‘the Greatent te American Women, | “I think the chiet vice of Tromen is thelr 1 of dpi on style to Keep Up with the etn man, buying clothes and they oughtn't to afford, ett more than they can alforg striving, striving. “And they Satisfaction in it,” says Mie be Mrs. Sunday was born nese but grew up in the city itt her father was a successtal mat ice cream dealer, “I was a Christian before | Sunday,” she explains, “ang wet slastic member of the yomg soctety in the chureb, be fA what I should now call a cP No, Indeed, 1 wasn't ensions tx Sunday to give up his bal) Paytg go into Christian work. 1 aiiay ‘ advise him to £0 axuinst Gals for when in the spring of 1391 ws {t up to the Lord to get his mg from the Philade'pbia team, witty he ‘had signed up for three jam wouldn't have cared if the f hadn’t come. 1 had two tay that time, and 1 knew what jag ball and going into the ¥. x 4 meant—it meant that hed be every day and every evening tm <a. 4 pe & 4 * } i a (were SL s, , . e we A that I'd be at home alone with the housework and the also it meant less than balf tte salary. However, 1 kept my shut, and when the Philadeptis agement suddenly and unexpectel leased Mr. Sunday in March of Year and he became religious wat Tector of the central branch ¥. C4 tn Chicago I had not a worl ® against the change. I thitk ought to know and understand the tails of their husbands’ busies be able to give advice when siti needed, but I think a woman cut! be mighty careful about urgg husband to do anything agus Lord’s will. A ood many wise their extravagance force thet bands to make money their elie and interest in life. It's a mista wife ought to be a helpmate snl! spiration to a man, not a goad! money for her to spend.” “Ma” Sunday {s of that O% womanhood that backs its mes fit the end, be that end bitter ot works like a borse when cheers, admires, advises, defends idea of having any interests @ separate from her lusband’s bas 2 entered her lead. Nobody cag imagine what begs wind husband would do witht ‘They arerrarely separated for # She has not only stood back of Us every campaign, put shoulder der beside him. Nobody in all bis audiences is ever more appreditiy his telling points than the plaia, ant faced woman with the brown eyes who always sits him on the platform. And when hurled his lust imaginary bl re over his audience, shrilled Leo nunelation and from very eS stopped with an abrupt “Good po that 1s curiously reminiscent ti generate sinners who just will Mie fze vaudeville) of Harry Oy “Gude nicht”—then he tums "yy to her and mutters boarself. eat ft, ma!” And they beat it Don't Frazzie Baby: ‘There are cross bables and babies, placid babies and ner pa bies, ugly babies and smiling The only difference between * with a mean “ispostion end the Up person with a meen also that the baby usaally bas 2 his meanness which may De Although a cross baby isnt leat fick babs, someting op we wrong if a baby cies a Tae owe and then tere MA oq Bane chat is cross because tag receive too much attests tbe makes baby more peer Oost trotted around all day £08 88 Sr ae ment of the tay 8 2 night for bis ow2 oer 1a thee very easly ands BM pe atives, be 1s ‘sal com ‘tired. CLAIMS IN MEXICO American Citizens Seek Damages Aggregating $475,000,000. PILING UP PAST TWO YEARS. Mexico Will Readily Obtain Loan Through Influence of This Government as Soon as Investigations by Ambassador Fletcher Satisfy President Stable Government Exists. Washington. — Claims against the Mexican government from American citizens for loss of lives and property amount to $475,000,000, and those of foreign governments filed with the state department bring the total against the southern republic to more than $100,000,000. These claims have been piling up for the last two years, and it is believed these now presented to the state department represent about all of the valid ones. As a more stable government is established in Mexico American citizens and foreign governments are pressing their demands for payment. The situation is one of the utmost concern, not only to the United States, responsible to our citizens for the settlement of their claims against Mexico for loss of oil property, mines and lives, but also those of foreigners. As to claims of foreign governments, the [Picture of a man with white hair and a dark suit and tie. He is facing the camera, looking directly at the viewer. The background is black. The man's face is centered in the frame.] Photo by American Press Association. HENRY P. FLETCHER. United States has no legal concern, but hassuch as it assumed control over the situation under the Monroe doctrine it will exert its diplomatic influence to see that these claims are paid. American and English capital to the amount of $1,500,000,000 is invested in Mexico, and in the last three years the revolutions have damaged the mines and oil wells, in addition to piling up claims for the loss of lives of forgers. Mexico needs money badly not only to begin payment on these claims, but to re-establish her domestic affairs. The new ambassador from Mexico to this country, Ignacio Bonillas, fully explained the financial needs of his country to President Wilson, when he was received here recently. Since then this government has been considering advancing a loan to Mexico. A member of the administration expresses the opinion that Mexico will readily obtain a loan through the influence of this government as soon as investigations by Ambassador Fletcher satisfy President Wilson that a stable government exists. No other country will consider a loan to Mexico, and this government will not aid Mexico chronically until a stronger government is set up. HE FEARED CONSCRIPTION. Married Bridegroom Tries to Kill Wife and Himself. Middletown, N. Y.-Fearing he would be conscripted for war and that he would have to leave his seventeen-year-old bride, whom he married on Christmas day, Harry York, twenty-four years old, shot his wife, Anna Day, in the head and then fired two bullets into his own brain. Ever since it had been announced that men between twenty-one and thirty might have to go to France York worried about leaving his bride. He was reading the questions to be answered by those registering for the subscription aloud to him when he suddenly pulled a revolver and without a dead shot his wife and himself. Wolf Pack Rounded Up Damignee, Okla. — Twenty-one gray wolves, the largest pack reported in Oklahoma in years, was rounded up recently twelve miles northeast of Maysa, Okla., by J. A. Scott and Boyce Brown. There were two old wolves and another partly grown pups in the pack. Dogs ran the pack to earth, and the other wolves killed two of the dogs before the hunters came up. The old wolves and several of the younger ones and to be killed before the hunters would take some of the ripe alive. HERO MINUS LEG AND ARM SAVES GIRL, WINS A BRIDE Maimed Expert Swimmer Snatches Miss King From the Surf. New York.—The loss of his left arm and left leg did not prevent Ludger Gagne, Jr., of 20 Wesland avenue, Boston, from being an expert swimmer or from saving Miss Louise King of 25 Salem street, Winchester, Mass., from drowning at Revere Beach last summer and eventually winning her for his bride. When twelve years old, just half his present age, Gagne's swimming and diving records were considered marvelous. Then he fell beneath the wheels of a train and lost a leg and an arm. After his wounds had healed and although Boston harbor was full of whitecaps and storm signals were set he swam without trouble to Boston light, six miles out. Gagne was talking to a life guard at Revere Beach last summer when cries for help came from the water. A girl was struggling a considerable distance from shore. Gagne reached the girl first. She was Miss King. Gagne and Miss King became engaged. Her parents favored the match but advised the young couple to wait until Louise was twenty-one. They vetoed the suggestion, however, and were married by Deputy City Clerk Cruise in the municipal building chapel, this city. NEBRASKA'S CONVICTS MAY GO TO THE FRONT They Are to Be Drilled In Tactics by the Warden In the State Penitentiary. Lincoln, Neb.—The state penitentiary is to be turned into a military garrison for a part of each day, and the state's prisoners will become soldiers if necessary. Warden Fenton has decided on military drill for practically all the convicts as soon as sham wooden guns can be made. Prison Secretary O'Connell, a member of the First Nebraska regiment in the Spanish-American war, will be drillmaster in chief. Should the war with Germany reach such a stage as to become a drain on the citizens of the country Warden Fenton believes the younger prison inmates may be called to the front. He says he is adopting the military drill as one of preparedness. The warden will himself take the training with his charges, and if the convicts are summoned to war he will offer his services. He is popular with the men, and they say they would want no better leader. Many have expressed their eagerness to enlist—three-quarters of them—the prison authorities say. There are about twenty former soldiers and sailors in the prison, and these are expected to act as aids to Secretary O'Connell in teaching the war game. The warden says he will see to it that the men lack nothing in knowledge. He has issued a call to the three cooks in the prison that they show their patriotism by complying with the request of President Wilson with respect to wasting of foods. The penitentiary farm is to be enlarged materially. HOARDING IS UNPATRIOTIC. Boston Man Says Those Who Lay Up Food Are Traitors. Boston.—Henry B. Endicott, executive manager of the Massachusetts committee on public safety, issued a statement asserting that the person who hoarded money and large quantities of provisions for an indefinite period "should be pointed out as a traitor to his country and to his fellow men." "Certainly nothing could be further from patriotism or helpfulness to other people," he said, "than for a set of men who have money and credit to selfishly purchase an unusual amount of supplies for themselves and by so doing inflict upon their less wealthy neighbors the burden of unnecessarily high prices." Food Grown Along Railroad Durham, N. C. Vegetable gardens bordering the railroad tracks is a new idea in North Carolina to add to America's food supply in the world war. The Durham and Southern railway, owned principally by the Dukes, wealthy New York tobaccoists, has offered its right of way for planting. It has furthermore offered free seed to encourage the growers. + FINDS WEDDING RING + + LOST FOR SEVEN YEARS + Wilmington, Del. — It is not only the proverbial bad penny that frequently turns up, as is proved by the case of a long lost wedding ring. Seven years ago Mrs. Frank Carey of 1802 Gliphn avenue lost her wedding ring in the yard of the house in which she was then living. Recently it was returned to her by the present occupant of the house, who discovered it while planting flowers. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JUNE 2. 1917 Will Build Up Lines of Traffic In France. NINE REGIMENTS CALLED. They Will Be Part of Regular Force, and at Head of Each Regiment as Colonel Will Be Engineer Officer of Army—Construction Will Be Main Work. New York.—Need for expert railroad men to repair the lines in France is so pressing that an urgent call has been sent out by the railroads war board to the various roads of the country for assistance in organizing nine regiments of railroad men to go at once to France. They will be a part of the regular army, and at the head of each regiment as colonel will be an engineer officer of the army. The plans of the board call for five construction regiments, one shop or repair regiment and three operating regiments. Construction will be the main work of the men sent over, but the repair and operating needs are hardly less immediate. A notice sent out by the railroads war board says: "The French railways are badly run down. They need more or less complete rehabilitation. France has no men who can be spared for this work. She wants all her men at the front. Before we can train men to go into the trenches we can supply France's railroad wants, and we can do it practically immediately. Any men we send over must be soldiers, so it will be necessary for the railroad forces to enter the army. "We propose to make up five construction regiments of six companies each to do this rehabilitation. Each regiment will have an engineer officer of the United States army as colonel and another officer from the army as an adjutant. The other officers will be made up of railroad men, except that the commissary will be provided by the United States army. Each lieutenant colonel will be a chief engineer of a railroad or some one else of similar experience. The captains will be taken from the engineers of maintenance of way, the lieutenants from supervisors or road masters and the noncommissioned officers from track and bridge foremen. The privates will be track laborers. "The pressing need just now is for officers for these,regiments. They will require five chief engineers, thirty engineers of maintenance of way, ninety supervisors or road masters, sixty track foremen and thirty bridge foremen. Each company will have 150 track laborers and fourteen bridge carpenters as privates. "The next important requirement of the French railways is for shop forces. They are short of men to repair their locomotives. It is proposed to organize a shop regiment, to be made up the same way as the construction regiments, except that the lieutenant colonel will be a superintendent of motive power, the captains will be master mechanics, the lieutenants will be shop foremen and the noncommissioned officers gang foremen. The rest of the company will be made up of boiler-makers, machinists, blacksmiths and their helpers." TOY GUNS POPULAR. Modeled After Anti-aircraft Weapons Used by Zeppelins. Washington.—Teddy bears and miniature anti-aircraft guns are by far the most popular toys in Great Britain, says Consul Wilson in a report from London to the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Teddy bears have always been more or less popular, but recent events seem to have created a greatly increased demand for this toy. The toy guns are modeled after the anti-aircraft guns which were brought into prominence by the visits of the Zeppelins. Toys that find the most ready sale are those of a military character. NEW FORM OF "CON" GAME. Two Inches of Butter Spread on Sand Sold to Chicago Consumers. Chicago, Ill.-A new form of confidence game has been practised with success here during the last few days. Several storekeepers and hospitals have reported to the police that they have purchased from agents tubs purporting to contain sixty pounds of butter, but have found when cutting into the tubs that the butter extended but one or two inches from the surface and that the rest of their purchase was sand. The tubs were sold for as high as $19.50, making the price of the butter in the neighborhood of $4 a pound. FAVORS DAYLIGHT SAVING. President, However, In Doubt as to Necessary Legislation. Washington. — President Wilson expressed his approval of the daylight saving plan to a delegation headed by Representative Borland of Missouri and Marcus Marks of New York, president of the National Daylight Saving association. The president told them the only question in his mind about legislation to carry it into operation was whether congress leaders would look upon it as war legislation, to which they have tactly agreed to limit the session's activities. The subject will be taken up with the leaders. MAY EAT OAT BREAD. Swedes Ask Permission to Sell It Hunger Marches Continue. Stockholm—The Bakers' Association of Sweden presented a memorial to the state economic commission setting forth the difficulties of obtaining sufficient rye and wheat flour and asking the authorities to permit and to order them to use a certain proportion of oat or barley flour in bread. The bakers assert that the situation indicates with certainty that such a measure must be eventually resorted to and point out the advisability of doing it now instead of delaying until the time when the proportions of barley and oats must necessarily be greater than would be the case now. A body of female factory workers estimated at 5,000 marched recently in an orderly manner through southern and western Stockholm to the office of the largest local milk company, where they demanded a better distribution of milk and lower prices. Hunger demonstrations continue at various places in the kingdom. METEOR LIKE SEARCHLIGHT. Crashes Into Mountains and Illuminates Whole Valley... Bishop, Cal.—Illuminating the upper Owens valley for half a minute like a searchlight in the skies, a meteor of extraordinary size and brilliancy fared across from east to west one night and brought up against the high Sierra Nevada. There was a crash that could be heard for miles when the foreign body hit the mountain side far above the floor of the valley. It sounded like the impact of a projectile from a great gun against a fort. Residents were startled by the passage of the mighty streak of blue-white fire through the darkness and again by the loud explosion that followed contact with the "granite range which stopped it. Then followed a tumbling of dislodged stones not far from the camp of the Round Valley Tungsten company. MORGAN ON PATROL DUTY. Financier's Son Assigned to Ship. Young Iselin Also Enrolls. New York.-Junius Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan, who recently received an ensign's commission in the naval coast defense reserve, was called into active service and assigned to duty on a coast patrol boat. Ensign Morgan has always been interested in boats and sailing. Last summer he shipped as an ordinary seaman on the U. S. S. Maine for the civilian training cruise. Adrian Iselin 2d, son of C. Oliver Iselin, who has sailed many cup defenders to victory, enrolled in the naval reserve as chief boatswain's mate. Paul Nevin, son of the late Ethelbert Nevin, called at the naval reserve offices to enroll. Mr. Nevin came from Tulsa, Okla. As a member of the civilian crew of the Maine last summer he made a record in gunnery. DOG ADOPTS COYOTES. Takes Four Into Her Charge on a Ranch. Santa Ana, Cal.—Four coyote pups have been adopted by a mother dog on the ranch of Arthur Pefley, north of Santa Ana. The coyotes were found in the foothills back of El Modena by Virgil Pritchard, a high school boy, whose dogs fought off the mother coyote while Virgil got away with the little coyotes, Clarence Pefley had a dog with two puppies. The four strangers were put on the ground near the mother and the puppies, who were busily engaged in partaking of a meal. Rather bewildered, the coyotes crept to the mother dog. The dog eyed the coyotes, then when they approached she began licking them, and soon the coyotes were just as busily engaged in eating as were their cousins. CHARLES P. TAFT 2D ENLISTS With Nine Yale Students Enters Artillery Service. New Haven, Conn.—Charles P. Taft 2d, son of William Howard Taft and a junior in Yale college, enlisted for the artillery branch of the regular army with nine other undergraduates. All the enlistments were of students who were under age for the reserve officers' training corps of the university and all had consent of their parents. The squad will go to Fort Myer, Va. The students who were enlisted with Taft were John M. Anderson, Jr., Cincinnati; Robert T. Cairns, Overbrook, Pa.; George H. Ennis, Jr., Derby, Conn.; John E. Fasick, Altoa, Pa.; Francis T. McNamara, Clinton, Mass.; Cyril B. Mosher, East Greenwich, R. I.; Albert H. Stackpole, Harrisburg, Pa.; H. S. Porter, Higganum, Conn.; Carl M. Thomas, St. Louis. DROWNS BATHING TOY. Child Fails From Claremont Boat Club's Float. New York.—In an effort to give her Teddy bear its first deep water bath Virginia Peterson, three and one-half years old, toppled from a float anchored off the Claremont Boat club, One Hundred and Eighth street and the North river, and was drowned. The child was a prime favorite with yachtsmen along the North river and with her mother lived at the boat club, where the latter is employed as maid. Robert Harris of 201 West Twenty-sixth street recovered the body, but resuscitation was impossible even with a pulmotor. Seasoned Veterans to Be Under Colonel Doyen's Command. MAINLY FROM WEST INDIES. Colonel Doyen, Fifty-eight Years Old, Is Graduate of Naval Academy—He Has Seen Service In the Philippines and Orient and In Haiti and Santo Domingo. Washington.—A regiment of veteran United States marines, equipped as regular infantry, will go to France as part of Major John J. Pershing's command. There will be approximately 2,600 men in the regiment, probably the largest numerically that will be engaged on the western front. Colonel, Charles A. Doyen, at present commandant of the United States marine barracks in this city, who has been in the service thirty-four years, will command this new American contingent. For the most part the marines will be taken from regiments now on duty in Haiti. Santo Domingo and Cuba. ROBERT M. BURKE Photo by American Press Association. COLONEL CHARLES A. DOYEN. This means that Secretary Daniels will send the pick of "sea soldiers" with General Pershing's command. Every marine in the contingent will be a veteran who has been frequently in action. The American marines have been characterized as the peer of any fighting force on earth. Colonel Doyen is a graduate of the Naval academy. He is fifty-eight years old, but remarkably active for a man of his years. He has seen service in the Philippines and the orient, in Haiti and Santo Domingo and in other places wherever marines have been in action. Secretary Daniels would give no inkling as to when the big regiment will go across the Atlantic. This information will be in absolute secrecy, just as the departure of General Pershing and his staff and the force which is to follow them will be closely guarded by the military authorities. SCHEME TO BEAT U BOAT. Connecticut Man Would Corral Torpedoes With Magnet. Waterbury, Conn.-Fred Hemmings has invented a device to offset the danger of the torpedo in its attack from the submarine or otherwise. The device is an electric arrangement of great magnetic power attached to the side of the ship, which will attract the torpedo, bring it to the side of the ship attacked and then lift it to the deck without exploding it. Mr. Hemmings believes it is destined to revolutionize sea fighting and will make vessels practically immune from torpedo attacks. Lawrence Addicks, chairman of the naval board, is now considering its adoption for service. Theodore Roosevelt has congratulated Mr. Hemmings in a private letter. PLOWING DAY AND NIGHT. Tractors and Searchlights Used to Help Cayuga County Farmers. Auburn, N. Y.-The Cayuga County Home Defense league committee began intensive food production on the farms of the county by putting out tractors which will plow continuously day and night. Searchlights have been installed, and three crews will go with each machine, working in eight hour shifts. The committee charges farmers $2.50 per acre to plow and $3.50 an acre to plow and fit the land, which covers cost of operation and maintenance. PLAN HOW TO MAKE AN EGG WEIGH MORE Simple as adding two and two is the plan launched in Chicago by the American Poultry associa- tion to increase the nation's meat supply by 100,000,000 pounds in four months. Raise chickens, is the answer. Lone egg doesn't weigh much, but in four months it can be trans- formed into a chicken weighing three pounds. PAGE THIRD FARM HANDS GET $45 A MONTH, WITH BOARD That's In South Dakota, Where Bumper Crops Are Predicted. Sloux Falls, S. D.—Because of a shortage of farm hands it has become necessary in many parts of South Dakota for the women and boys of the households and even the girls to work in the fields. So the farmers and their wives and children are hard at work putting in what is believed to be the greatest acreage of spring wheat in the history of the state. With the prospect that prices for foodstuffs will continue high during the war the farmers have decided to increase their crop acreage. With a favorable season South Dakota will produce this year the greatest crop of foodstuffs in its history. The residents of towns are preparing to have larger vegetable gardens than ever before, so there is every indication that the state will make a new record in crop production this year. Farm hands ready for work demand from $35 to $45 a month and board, and in many instances the farmers pay these prices. Only a few years ago good farm hands could be had from $12 to $20 a month and board, and those who received the higher figure were the envel of their fellows. NATIVES LOOTED SHIP DRIVEN IN BY A U BOAT Battle Between Crew and Beach Combers, During Which One of Latter Was Killed. New York.—Driven by pitless "tigers of the sea" into the clutches of equally pitless human tigers lurking along the beaches of northern Spain was the fate of the officers and crew of the schooner Phineas W. Sprague, the captain and chief officer of which vessel arrived in an American port on board a passenger liner from Cadiz. According to Captain F. A. Jarvis, the Sprague was pursued by a German U boat while coasting through the bay of Biscay and was forced to seek refuge inside the three mile limit. There the vessel was caught by a treacherous current and thrown on the beach near Carbonares, Spain. No sooner did the residents of that part of King Alfonso's domain see that the schooner was helpless, declares the captain, than they boarded the vessel in droves and commenced to loot her. A battle between the crew of the schooner and the beach combers ensued, during which one of the latter was killed. The Sprague was a total loss. On board the same vessel which brought Captain Jarvis and his chief officer back to this country were several other survivors of submarine disasters, including Captain Phillip H. Johnson and twenty-one men of the steamship Zward and five men from the schooner Edwin R. Hunt, both of which were destroyed by U boats. OWL MAKES TOWN DARK. Alights on Electric Wire, Damaging Lighting Service. Durham, N. C.—A few nights ago about 9:30 o'clock the electric lights of Morgantown, N. C., began flickering and finally went out. It was later discovered that a little insignificant screech owl was the cause of the trouble, losing its life as a forfeit for attempting to alight on an insulator. The bird was shown on the streets of the town. Its wings were scorched from tip to tip and its body was burned by contact with the live wire. When the owl alighted on the insulator the current was started racing to the ground, and the insulator burst. The line wire was burned in two, and when it fell the current was cut off automatically at the switching station. BREEZE GOT THE MONEY. Any One May Keep Three One-Dollar Bills if He Finds Them. Wichita, Kan.—The wind blew fretfully the other day in Wichita. Mrs. Sam Sanders of Whitewater, who had been shopping, did not close her pocketbook securely, and at the corner of Main street and Douglas avenue a five dollar bill and three one-dollar bills were blown out. They rose high in the air, and John Young, a police captain, and others went in pursuit. A block away a negro overtook the "five." The others had disappeared. Taking the "five" to Mrs. Sanders, he returned it, with a bow. "Thank you," said she. "You can have the others if you find 'em." DRAFT SONS TO FARM. Fathers Plan Land Purchase to Exempt Boys From Army. Washington.—Casting about for ways to keep their sons, who are a little over twenty-one, out of the army, two rich men in upper New York state have written to Representative Charles B. Smith to know if they purchased farms and put their boys on them would not that exempt their sons from the draft. They proposed to make their sons superintendents of the farms and thus entitled to exemption, they thought, as "agriculturista." At the war department it was said that this ruse would not get very far, as neighbors could be depended upon to expose it. PAGE FOUR THE TRIAL OF FORMER ALDER- MAN OSCAR De PRIEST IS ON IN FULL FORCE. (Concluded from page 1.) that are now in the saddle in Cook County. As stated before the Hons. Frank Johnston, Jr., and Edward E. Wilson, are leading the fight for the State but no one in the court room can see the unseen power behind them in another part of the same building which is willing to go the limit in every direction in order to land Oscar De Priest. Hon. George F. Barrett, the presiding Judge seems to be very fair and reasonable at all times and his wise judicial eyes are wide open for all the time as much as to say that he will not permit the contending lawyers on either side to put anything over on him. WAR DEPARTMENT, THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Julius F. Taylor, Chicago. (Special.) The following letter to the Chief of Staff Departments of the Army gives a brief outline of the provisions made for training camps for Colored citizens. 1. "You are advised that training camps for Colored citizens will be established at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, under Section 54, National Defense Act, and the regulations prescribed for present training camps, except as modified herein and hereafter. The camp is under the control of the Department Commander, Central Department, who will prepare and conduct the same. The total attendance will be twelve hundred fifty, of whom two hundred fifty will be noncommissioned officers of Colored regiments of the Regular Army, to be sent on detached service status, and one thousand citizens either enlisted under Section 54 National Defense Act for three months beginning June 18th, with agreement to accept appointment tendered, or members National Guard whose status will be as in the case of National Guardsmen now in training camps. 2. The contingents of citizens and National Guardsmen from the various departments is as follows: Northeastern Department 40, Eastern Department 240, Southeastern Department 430, Central Department 195, Southern Department 75 plus contingent from Twenty-fourth Infantry 84 and Tenth Cavalry 57, Western Department 20. 3. As far as consistent with the character of applicants, it is desired that men selected shall be not less than 30 years of age. Local distribution as between various States and cities and between citizens and National Guardsmen is left to the discretion of Department Commanders. From all applicants Department Commanders will select their contingent so that definite notice to proceed to the training camps may be given the selected men not later than June 9th. The training camps will be ready to receive the noncommissioned officers of the Regular Army, June 5th, and all others June 15th. The course of instruction begins June 18th. In addition to the contingents mentioned above, 84 men will be sent from the Twenty-fifth Infantry in Hawaii and 25 men from the Ninth Cavalry in the Philippines. Applications should be addressed to the Commanding Generals of Departments as follows: Northeastern Department, Boston, Mass., Eastern Department, Governors Island, N. Y., Southeastern Department, Charleston, S. C., Southern Department, Fort San Houston, Texas, Central Department, Chicago, Ill., Western Department, San Francisco, Cal. The contingent from each Department will be as follows: Northeastern 40, Eastern 240, Southeastern 430, Central 195, Southern 75, Western 20. The remaining 250 will be noncommissioned officers from regiments as indicated above. W. P. McCAIN, The Adjutant General. RACE RIOTS IN EAST ST. LOUIS ILLINOIS GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN, PROMPTLY CALLED OUT FOUR OR FIVE COMPANIES OF THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARDS TO QUELL IT OR TO STAMP IT OUT. The first of this week race riots broke out in East St. Louis, Illinois, which was started by some leaders of the labor unions from St. Louis, Mo., who very much hated so many Colored men engaged in working in the mills and factories in East St. Louis, and the result was that a number of Colored people were beaten up and shot at and it seems that many White men were shot by the Colored men and in order to restore law and order at once the Hon. Frank O. Lowden rushed four or five companies of the National Guards to that city and without much trouble they stamped out the disorder and the majority of the Colored men have resumed their labors in the mills and factories. THE STEVENS-HUDLUN WEDDING. Mr. Joseph P. Griffin, President of the Chicago Board of Trade, Presented the Bride with a Check for $25.00 as His Wedding Present. Last Tuesday evening, Mrs. Emma Stevens who is quite well known in secret society circles, was quietly united in marriage to Mr. Joseph H. Hudlun, at the residence of Rev. W. D. Cook, pastor of Bethel church. Mr. Joseph E. Snowden was best man and Mrs. Hattie B. Turner, sister of the groom was the matron of honor. It was a regular family wedding, Mrs. James H. Porter, Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Watkins, all sisters of the groom, prepared an elaborate and tempting wedding supper for the contracting parties and some of their many friends, which was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Porter, 3302 Rhodes avenue. The newly married couple are now at home to their numerous friends in nicely and tastefully furnished quarters at 5323 S. Wabash avenue. Many years ago, Mr. Hudlun succeeded his father as the head custodian of the Chicago Board of Trade Building and he has always been faithful and honest to the trust reposed in him by all of its head officials in the past and at the present time and by his quiet and unassuming manner, he has long since won the respect and the confidence of all the members of the Board of Trade. Among the many presents received by the happy bride and groom was a check from Mr. Joseph P. Griffin, the popular president of the Chicago Board of Trade, for $25.00 and in presenting his wedding present to the bride, he informed her, face to face, that he honestly felt that as Mr. Hudlun was honest and steady and knew how to handle and take care of his money, that she was getting a good husband and that he heartily joined with the rest of their friends in wishing them much joy and happiness throughout their wedded life. MANY BIG REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS RECEIVE SOME RICH PLUMS FROM THE HANDS OF THE HON. FRANK O. LOWDEN. The latter part of last week and the first part of this week many of the most prominent Republican and Democratic politicians throughout the State of Illinois, received some very rich plums, the following are some of the gentlemen who received consideration from the hands of Governor Lowden. Commissioners of Lincoln Park—Nelson B. Lampert and Bertram M. Winston, reappointed; Francis T. Simmons, vice Timothy J. O'Byrne, William Wrigley, Jr. 'vice John P. Friedlund, Anthony Lanquist vice Bernard-Jung, Samuel M. Felton vice William Rehm, John E. Hardin vice August F. Bruchman. West Chicago Park Commissioners—John F. Smulski vice Joseph H. Ankielbrant, Jens C. Hansen vice James C. Denvir, W. M. Granschow vice Joseph Andrew Laseek, Isaac Shapiro vice Edward Mullen; William F. Crower, reappointed; John I. Bagdziunas vice Camillo Bolini, Richard J. Powers vice Peter J. O'Brien. Other appointments are as follows: William H. McCulloch, Chicago, superintendent of lodging house inspection; Fred C. Dodds, Springfield, superintendent of registration; Walter E. Schmidt; Chicago, chief inspector of grain; vice L. D. Vincent, deceased. Gordon A. Ramsay, Glencoe, public administrator of Cook County, vice James A. Bishop, term expired. W. C. Lewman, Danville, superintendent of free employment office; John J. McKenna, Chicago, chief inspector of private employment agencies; W. L. Sackett, Morris, superintendent of waterways; J. E. McClure, Carlinville, assistant director of public welfare; W. M. Colvin, Springfield, superintendent of pardons and parole. COLORED MAN HAD 14 WIVES. All Were White Women Averred Man Who Claimed to be 125 Years of Age. Middletown, N. Y., Special.—Nicholas Vann, an old Colored man, known throughout Orange and adjoining counties as Doctor Vann, was found dead in his lonely cabin, four miles from this city and a half mile from the highway. He is believed to have died two weeks ago, but as very few had occasion to visit his home, his death was not discovered until parties investigated because he had not been seen in several days. Vann achieved considerable notoriety by claiming that he was one hundred and twenty-five years old. He asserted that he had been the husband of 14 wives, all of whom were White women, and are dead. Vann recently announced he was seeking a fifteenth wife, but that he could not be induced under any circumstances to marry a Colored woman. Mrs. Margaret White, 3852 Vincennes avenue, was the first part of this week secretly divorced from her husband. Mr. Alfred White. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, JUNE 2, 1917. Muffal One of the most honorable judges of the Superior Court of Cook County who will be re-elected to his present high position at the judicial election this coming November. One of the most honorable judges of the Superior Court of Cook County who will be re-elected to his present high position at the judicial election this coming November. "Mexican Land for Negroes," will be the subject for discussion by the Negro Fellowship League, Sunday, June 3, 1917, 4 P. M., at the Reading Room, 3005 S. State St. Mr. S. R. Campbell, a wealthy real estate owner in Sonora, Mexico, will be the Chief speaker. All desiring to learn of these opportunities are invited to be present. Remarks by Lieutenant Thompson, Mrs. A. C. Bennett and others who have invested. Come early. Last Sunday one of the most interesting meetings that the League has held for many days occurred. The subject of "Colored Camps for Colored Officers!" was thrashed pro and con. Maj. Albert Ford gave one of the finest of talks. He told the requirements necessary to get into camp. One must be a college graduate to be admitted. He said the Government would pay one hundred dollars a month for three months of training with transportation, that the one requirement would the refunded for the return of the property in good condition. Maj. Ford said that Illinois had 196 fillotments and that 87 have already been filled. The League appointed Mr. J. E. Hughes to reply to the Tribune on the Editorial on Lynching. IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT, President. EIGHTH REGIMENT, I. N. G. AWARDS SIX COMMISSIONS. Capt. John A. Patton of the Eighth Illinois infantry announces six promotions. The men promoted are: Second Lieut. Lilburn Jackson to first lieutenant; Private Michael H. Browning, Jr., first lieutenant Company F; Private Benote Lee, second lieutenant Company E; Private Oliver M. Polk, second lieutenant Company C; Sergt. William C. P. Philips, second lieutenant, machine gun company; Sergt. Harry L. Allen, second lieutenant Company H. EASTERN STAR' CHAPTERS WILL HOLD FORTH AT QUINN CHAPEL SUNDAY EVENING. This coming Sunday evening, June 3rd, the Eastern Star Chapters, Masonie, will hold divine services, "Ester Day" at Quinn Chapel, 24th and Wabash avenue, Rev. J. C. Anderson, officiating. Mrs. Carrie L. Keetes, of Garden City Chapter No. 33, will serve as mistress of ceremonies. THE ANNUAL MINSTREL AND DANCE. Wednesday evening June 6th, the Women's Amateur Minstrel Club, will give their annual minstrel and dance at the Eighth Regiment Armory; 3517 Forest avenue; for the benefit of Provident Hospital. Minstrel at 8:30, dancing at 10:30. Admission 50 cents. Mrs. George C. Hall, and the other ladies connected with it are working hard to make the affair a success and as it is for a good cause, it should be well patronized. Dr. Carl G. Roberts has removed his offices from 1130 N. Wells street to 152 W. Division street, where he is now at home to his many patients. Mr. Elijah H. Johnson and family acknowledge with sincere appreciation your kind expression of sympathy in their recent bereavement. 50,000 NEGROES QUIT GEORGIA Atlanta, Ga.—Fifty thousand Negroes have left Georgia for the north during the last ten months, according to a statement made today by Hal M. Stanley, state commissioner of commerce and labor. CHIPS Miss Bertha L. Moseley, the highly accomplished daughter of Lawyer and Mrs. B. F. Moseley, 6248 S. Sangamon street, who is a graduate of the Chicago University, will in the near future, so it is reported, become united in marriage to Col. Cary B. Lewis, of Louisville, Ky. Col. B. F. Moseley, will address the Bethel Literary Society, which meets at Bethel Church, at 4:30 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, June 3rd. He will talk on the migration of the Colored people from the Southern states to the Northern states. Rev. G. H. McDaniel, head of the Enterprise Institute, 3800 Vincennes avenue, last Sunday evening preached the annual sermon for the sisters and daughters of the Mysterious Ten at the Hermon Baptist Church. It was crowded, and it is said that Rev. McDaniel walked about and preached as he had never preached before. Thornton and Chancellor, who rank among the most eminent lawyers in this city, Hon. Charles S. Thornton, excorporation counsel of Chicago, standing at the head of the law firm, have removed their extensive law offices from the Pullman Building to the Tower Building, Madison street and Michigan avenue and they now have the most comfortable law offices in Chicago. Lieut. Col. James H. Johnson, of the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guard; left Thursday evening for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he will be one of the military instructors in the United States Military Camp. He will remain there until August and then join the Eighth Regiment, wherever it is located after it leaves here about July 25th. Mrs. Kitty Terrell, of St. Paul, Minn., has for the past week been the house guest of Mrs. Louis Webb, 3807 Vincennes avenue. Mrs. Terrell, while in the city attended the reorganized meeting of the Trustee Board \ of the Masonic Home, Rock Island, Ill. A. A. Martin of Cairo, Ill., Grand Master, Mrs. Louise Webb, Grand Matron and many of the high light Masons of the Masonic order were also present and in the future will assist to conduct the affairs of the Masonic Home. Unbelievable Amherst In the chapter of Hugo Munsterberg's unfinished autobiography, published in the Century under the title, "Twenty-five Years In America," the Harvard professor tells some of the amusing misconceptions of America current in Germany a quarter of a century ago. "The one, however, who brought me nearest to America was the historian Holst," wrote Professor Munsterberg. "In the lecture room his real life work was silenced. Who would care to study American history? But in the drawing room he did not talk of anything else; America and America again. Sometimes we had to listen to American stories through whole dinner parties. I do remember that at my first Freiburg party he reached his climax when he told the fascinated company that he had been in a hotel in New York where his room had a private bathroom in which he could have a hot bath at any hour of the night. The lady next to me relieved the dramatic tension by whispering, I do not believe it." Well, no one believed much of what he heard concerning America." Length of Wireless Waves. In articles on wireless telegraphy such expressions as 200 meter wave lengths, 600 meter wave lengths, 15,000 meter wave lengths are constantly used. In reply to a correspondent who asks how the length of the waves is measured the Scientific American-gives the following simple explanation: "The length of an electric wave is determined by a wave meter. The natural wave length of an aerial is four times its linear length, just as the wave length of a note of a closed organ pipe is four times the length of the pipe, and the wave length of the note of a tuning fork is four times the length-of the box which is resonant with the note. However, other considerations make it difficult to measure the wave length by a rule, and the wave meter gives a more correct result than can be found by measuring the length of the wire." Through Customer's Glasses "How much experience have you had behind the counter?" asked an electric shop manager of a young man who had just applied for a job as a retail clerk. "None," admitted the applicant, "but I've had a heap of experience as a customer." The ability to put on the customer's glasses and see windows, cases and prices from the buying side of the counter is an asset that cannot be too highly valued. Every electric store salesman is also a buyer. He must purchase clothing, neckties and shoes. The electrical man who can remember how other salesmen and clerks showed him their merchandise in a way that invited his interest and encouraged him to buy and who can apply these methods in his own everyday selling is the man who will contribute to the building of a clientele of satisfied patrons for his store—Electrical Merchandising. Fragrant Wild Flowers. Readers of the American Botanist have been trying to decide which is the most fragrant American wild flower, and their opinions on the subject exhibit remarkable diversity. In New England the majority give first choice to the pink azalea, with the white water lily second. There are many votes for the trailing arbutus; but, as the editor suggests, its fragrance is doubtless overestimated owing to the fact that it is the earliest fragrant wild flower of spring. Other candidates for the first place are the partridge berry, the common locust, horned bladderwort (of which John Burroughs says, "In a warm moist atmosphere the odor is almost too strong"), yellow jessamine, spotted wintergreen and some of the magnolias. Village Life In China. Chinese village life is essentially democratic, almost communisite. There are not today—have not been for centuries—feudal lords or even great landlords. It is a country of peasant proprietors, clan government, with practically all the men of middle age and over in a community having equal voice and authority in local affairs, with land split up smaller and more equally than in any other country in the world. Revising an Old Saying. The old saying that where there's a will there's a way still holds good, with certain restrictions, but the modern way of doing things demands both will and skill. The individual who possesses both these virtues will find the road to success comparatively thornless.—Bakers' Weekly. Doing Your Duty. Those who do it always would as soon think of being conceited of eating their dinner as of doing their duty. What honest boy would pride himself on not picking a pocket? A thief who was trying to reform would.—George Macdonald. Contradictory "What did Blank say about me?" "That you owed him $10." "Why, the lying scoundrel! Well, he can just whistle for his money now. I won't pay him one cent till I get good and ready."—Boston Transcript A Household Jewel "Very. She can even fool agents and peddlers into believing that she's mistress of the house." - Pittsburgh Press. Only two countries, Chile and New Zealand, usually harvest their wheat crops in January. Life doesn't consist in playing a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well The Finding of Old Glory. When the day came that our revolutionary fathers needed to design a base for the new nation of their hope, founding they had but to lift their eyes to the heavens to find the banner of their faith and pride. In the glowing west, in the burning clouds of the sunset sky-streaming across the wide horizon in alternate bands of flame and mist—they saw the symbol of their own fair dream, mystic, mighty and baffling. And so. And as they looked there came a sudden rending of the fleecy mass by a wind of liberty's own sending, through the monster rift thus made they beheld a patch of azure sky thick with silver stars. The stars—the stripes—the blue-Gold Glory, blazoned in beauty across the wonder of God's heaven, for all the world to see. it is our flag-God makes us worthy of it—Anna Southern Woman's Magazin False Economy Some people begrudge the expenditure of money to beauty the home or to bring the comforting message of friendship in time of trouble. To them flowers are of no use, pictures and music a waste of money. But a life restricted to things that go into the pot or are worn on the back results in starving the spirit. "If I had two loaves of bread I would sell one of them to buy white hyacinths to my soul." That was the tense and poetic sentiment of a truth not lected. Even the poor need other things more than they need money. The money will be gone next month, but the memory of a great bunch of flowers remains. "Flower mission" furnish a beautiful ministry that most any Sunday school class can exercise. Send your posies to the hospital or to the children of the slum-Christian Herald. Ministers' Sons An investigator finds that one twelfth of all the men whose names appear in "Who's Who" are sons of predeceased Four presidents were sons of ministers—Buchanan, Arthur, Cleveland and Wilson. Three of the great Boston group of writers—Emerson, Lowell and Holmes—were of ministerial parents, so were Parkman and Bancroft also the remarkable Field brother-Cyrus W, David Dudley and Stephen J. The influence of the eminent Jonathan Edwards appears to have extended far down in the line of his descentants, for the list include one vice president, three senators, thirty judges, sixty authors, twelve college graduates, and not one of the 1,204 who were traced was ever convicted of a crime. The list of clergymen duggishened sons could be greatly extended for they are to be found in every line of activity—Indianapolis Star. How Houses Explode The most remarkable phenomenon connected with tornadoes is the explosion of houses, which literally burst scattering their fragments in all directions. Sometimes substantial dwellings are carried high into the air and then explode. It is now understood that this is due to the fact that the "funnel cloud" involving at a rate of at least 500 mln an hour) has a vacuum inside. That is sucks up everything in its path, even emptying wells. It sucks all the air from around a house over which it passes, and the house (a vacuum helium thus created outside of it) prompts explosions, owing to the pressure of the air, at thirty pounds to the square inch, from within. The house, in a word, is transformed into a bomb—Philadelphia Press. About Temperature The best authorities on the science of meteorology tell us that without the various changes in the temperature there,would be a perfect calm at all times in all parts of the globe. A more form and unvarying atmospheric pressure would everywhere prevail, and there would be no change of seasons no evaporation or condensation, no clouds and no rain. In short, without changes of temperature, which we sometimes think so uncomfortable, the atmosphere would soon become palpous, stagnant and incapable of maintaining human life. Awkwardly Put. "I grovel here before you in the dust" observed the impassioned point as he sank on to the drawing room floor. "I don't know what you mean to dust," replied she coldly. "I look at this room most carefully myself every morning."—London Tit-Bits. Top and Bottom "My friend," said the long have passenger to the young man in the se opposite, "to what and has your life work been directed?" work been directed. "To both ends," was the reply. "have the only first class hat and also store in the village." To Clarify Fat. Fat is easily clarified if a few pieces of raw potato are added to it and then it is heated slowly in the oven or on top of the stove. When it ceases to bubble, strain through cheesecloth and let it stand till firm. Keep in a cool place. Good Reason. "Why don't you ever laugh at any of my jokes?" "Because I was brought up to respect old age and feebleness."—Baltimore American. No man gets rich whose pocket is a flag station instead of a terminal—Youth's Companion. = How the World fs Fed. i stady of bow the word ts fed re eds many interesting facts. Austra- ‘pe smallest continent, for tn- Js tis the largest meat center of woe all Asia, largest continent, on Seether hand, 1s the smallest meat Ser among them. Africa and South Seca lean toward vegetarianism, Jie Europe and North America ae Pree consumers of meat and other an- fo products. Taking the world's sup- fy of cattle, hogs and sheep, writes Ffrold J. Shepstone in the Millgate Heothls, st appears that mankind at Jrge uses in the neighborhood of 20, Know tons of meat a year. This Goold be an average of about thirty- gine pounds per capita throughout the oir. 10 butcher's meat we find the Sustratian consumes 192 pounds, the Sperican 172 pounds, the Englishman 9 pounds, the German 113 pounds, be Frenchman and Belgian eighty fonds, the Russian fifty pounds— Menchester Guardian. a Nobody's tongue is still for a moment _at all events, in waking hours. The {pague is the most incessantly active of ‘il the body's members. . We think of the tongue as an organ of speech, but it is also an organ of feeling. When one eats it is constantly feeling about in the mouth and deciding ‘at of its own “mind” what particles {food are small enough or too big to sallow. "Yes, indeed, the tongue has a inind of tts own—a ganglion or minor brain— fiat is busy at mealtimes in regulating he supply of food to the stomach. But for its unceasing guardianship we gold suffer much oftener than we do trom the distresses of indigestion. We think of the finger ends as our post sensitive organs of feeling. They ge not such at all. The end of the fmgue is incomparably more deli- ate and discriminating.—Philadelphia oe ee Geakateiiie Snuiionen, ‘The ordinary mucilage with which the faps of envelopes are gummed is composed of gum arable or dextrine if is only too amenable to the per- gusiveness of inoisture or “steaming” {nthe bands of the unscrupulous, Per- was who wish to guard their incfo- sures, whether emotional or financial, against such pllfering can seal their letters by a method referred to in the Annales des Telegraphes. This con- sists in applying white of egg to the fap of an ungummed envelope, then before it has time to dry of itself seal- fog it by passing a hot iron over it. If the temperature of the latter is from 90 decrees to 100 degrees ©. the albumen will be coagulated and the two surfaces of the paper will be sol- idly united and water tight. itech Per Vaur Chnnee. “Every young man has chances com- fog his way constantly; it is not a question of having chances, but of rec- oguizing chances -when they come,” says President Bedford of the Scand- and Oil Company of New Jersey. “You sometimes lear a fellow say, ‘I had a ¢ance once, but didn’t take it.’ Never mind the chance that is past; watch at for the next one ang qualify to be Able to seize tt. é “Success that is worth while is, after al, very largely a matter of plain, eersday morality combined with tre- mendous industry and a deserved rep- Uation for integrity and for fairness toward tlic other fellow."—B. ©. Forbes in Leslie's. e ! Japan's New Naval Base. Japan's purchase trom Portugal of the little island of Macao, at the mouth éf the Canton river, near Hongkong, tus given Japan a strong naval base, fuch as Gibraltar gives to Great Brit- tin and Helgoland gives to Germany. It can be used to menace any Euro- pean power that tries to thwart the ‘tmbitions of Japan in China. Mint. Mint occurs only in Matthew xxii, %, and Luke xi, 42, as one of: those herbs the tithe of which the Jews were ‘erupulously exact in paying. The horse Rint is common in Syria. Not Identical. 4 “Time is money.” remarked the pro- Verbialist. “And yet the man with mfllions is the one who seldom seems to have five Rinutes to spare.”—Washington Star. Het ee eee se eeeeses é + $ PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. + a + + eas Rin ieee z 5 ,\vhen an animal is sick it does $ uct worry about it nor about * the outcome. Its mental attitude # does not hinder nature's healing £ Processes. It goes into the sun- * shino, takes the rest cure and * stops eating and recovers. But $f we ave heumatism in one * Joint we expect other Joints to be- £ come attected. We worry about ft Its, of course, well estab- # Ushea that the right mental att | $ todo assists in cure, and it is | $ squally important to understand | § ttat the wrong mental attitude | : hinders heaith restoration. Bea- Son, imagination and will power - ¢ te big factors in the restoration | § sud maintenance of health. Ev- { & one should know the laws { of suszestion and apply them in $ Nation tohealth. Discover what | § habits of uving—exercise, breath- $ ‘ug, dict, mental habits especial. $ Srare conducive to health, live ¢ Woslenically and expect ealth. ¢ Mviuess and success. ‘The right $ Rectal attitude te vitally impor $ toe i $ j a "You Must Cure Weurecié. Se ace ew ere nee 1 do not care how many Hcensed phy. sicians there are in the world; I do not care how many drugs and how many drug stores there may be in the town; I care not how many schools of medi cine there may be. I say unto all you Persons who are sick and ill that you will never be cured by licensed medi. ¢ine. The doctors never will and never can cure you. Drugs never cure. You must cure yourself. And if you have not the will power and the courage to reform the conduct that made you il you are already a goner. Nothing can aid you, not emen nature. “Medicus sanat; natura curat.” This is the Latin of the medical schoola ‘The doctor sanitates, but nature alone can cure. And nothing in nature can cure you but your own conduct—by reformation, by resorting to the right food and the right drink, It is up to you whether you are to be an invalid all-your life or a well man— a well woman. It is a question of personal morals, individual ethies—O, F. in Los An- geles Times, Abeolich Fahrenheit? There is a growing crusade against the Fahrenbelt thermometer used in all English speaking countries, and the Plea is made that the Centigratie ther- mometer be employed in its place. The Centigrade is used forgnearly all scien- {ite porposes and ie decided iy superior to the Fabrenhelf, but the latter is in familiar use among the great mass of People who use heat measuring instru- ment PrecUcally all English speaking peo ple dba the Fahrenheit scale, even with all its inconveniences, and people who imagine that they can effect a change by an act of congress reckon without authority, Nothing is more difficult than to change the established habits of a People, a truth which will slowly dawn upon the enthusiast who undertakes to change the meteorology of a nation. —Locomotive Engineering. Wer end Human Neture, Referring to the oft repeated claim that there can be mo such thing as unt- ‘versal peace, because war is a phase of human nature—that men always have and always will fight, Dr, Frank Crane thus speaks: “War, human nature! ‘Yes, as leprosy is human nature, or tu- bereulosis, or epilepsy, or homicidal madness! ‘As demons in hell, in human shape, are human beings.” The idea that men of sense will justify war be- cause it is human nature would fit them for the lunatic asylum. And then the doctor goes on to say: “Give human na- ture a chance. Let the people manage their governments and war will speed- ily cease forever.” ‘And that's true too. It 1s despicable the way some people will blame human nature for war. By that argument ey- ery crime could be justified. — Ohio State Journal. Garden Soil. Test your garden soll for acidity. Procure a dime’s worth of blue itmus paper at a drug store. Make a slit or incision in the damp soll, put in paper two-thirds its length and leave it for a half hour. If the change of color is to red or deep pink your soil needs heavy liming. If there is no change of color Uming will be of little value. If garden soil is héavy, or “hungry” —that is, harsh and lacking in humus— give it plenty of well rotted stable ma- nure,’ Nothing could be better. If the soll is in excellent physical condition bonemeal with the addition of a little potash will supply the plant food nec- essary for any ordinary crop of plants or mere annual growth. Something In Your Eye. Foreign bodies in the eye, if they have not penetrated any part of the eyeball, are best removed by pulling the lid away from the eyeball with the fingers, so that the tears will fow and. wash the particle away. Never rub the eye. When the eyeball is pen- etrated you cannot see an oculist too quickly. i The Practical Girl. < He—You are the prettiest girl I ever ‘saw. She—That sounds all right, but I don't know how much the compli- ment is worth until you tell me how many pretty girls you have seen. Sad Fate. “I hear Adele has gone into comic opera.” . “There was always something sv- premely sad about the girl.”—Life. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Heartburn. ¢ Heartburn is due to hyperacid- + ity or excess of acid secretion * in the stomach. This interferes + with digestion by preventing the # proper digestion of starch, and } in this condition acid foods and $ sugar are especially irritating. } It can be relieved, but not cor- + rected, by the use of alkaline # drugs. Bicarbonate of soda and } similar remedies umy be taken + for temporary relief. Acid foods $ should be avoided. Baked pote- $ to is alkaline and is usually ac- + ceptable in such cases. The food ® should be thoroughly mixed with saliva and should be confined for a time to stale bread, potatoes @ and a small amount of beans in bee coe ‘The mental state is @ frequently an important factor in ‘ @ the cause and correction of the | » malady, but lack of proper exer @ cise is the principal cause. Sys ® tematic exercise, including walk- | » ing, should be adopted gradually @ and followed regularity. The sim- » pler the diet the better. a . ~— 4 Charles E. Stump Visits Orangeburg, So, Caro- lina, Atlanta, Ga. and Other Educational Cen- ters for the Colored People During His Travels Through the Southern States are getting education, and just now the schools are turning them out in large numbers and in every part of the country. I have been to several com mencements and have seen much to cause me to feel happy and to feel. like I want to be a graduate myself, but it is too late now. ‘There-has been much said from time to time about South Carolina, the home of Senator Ben Tjllman, Gover- nor Cole Blease and many others of that type, but in the face of all this, the state fs making preparation for ovr education, and every boy, and girl in the state can get a good education if they so desire, and a college education at that. No trouble; but can be had by simply taking the required time. I was at the state college commence- ment last week, located in Orangeburg, and I could not ‘prevent from shouting right out during the speaking, and I think some of them must have thought that I was crazy, but I was not. It was only the Holy Spirit coming down on me, and I tell you when it strikes you, you must speak on, and let the world know you are happy. I want to give you a chance to shout with me. At the head of this institu- tion is one of the best trained men I have ever seen, Prof. Robert-Shaw Wil- kinson, a college man himself, and has been in the teaching business for over a quarter of a century, and if I had not said over I would have said a quarter and,then some. This man was just born to educate people, and he is doing it. A little man, unassuming, modest, but well trained. I could not keep from looking at him and his greatness. ‘ ‘They turned out sixty-five graduates and among them was to be found the daughter of President and Mrs. Wilkin- son, Miss Helen R. Wilkinson, and she was one of the four speakers, having won her place by hard work. With a class of sixty-five, and the only girl to wint a place, means a whole lot, believe me. Of course there. were many other girls in the class, but this young woman won third place, and she held her own. I am sorry that I did not take time to count the girls in that class, but there were many. They did make Old Rome howl, so to speak, and then there came a message from ancient Greece, and many other places, but after all this, they got right down to South Carolina, and told about the state and its needs, and it will be gratifying to note that most of rhem have already secured work in the state, and declare that they reeog- nize that they owe something to the state in return for what they have re- -eived. The’ young men, recognized a debt to the state, and also to the country. They declared that they stood ready to io whatever they were demanded to do for state and country. Many of them will go to makiig foodstuff, while ythers will offer themselves to the Na- ional government to become soldiers. [ feel that they will be accepted be- fore the war is over, but I am proud that they are going in the food mak- ng business. Concerning the young women who graduated from the school, they are prepared to do anything you want Jone around the house, and some of hem are to be expert dairymen, and ome took agriculture and can hold heir own in this line. We are living na wonderful age, an age when woman is prepared to take her place py the side of man, and contest her ights on every side of the road. God rive us more men and more women, men and women who are thinkers, I shall not attempt to tell you all he people I met, but I must tell you hat I heard Judge Moss make one more speech. He is » judge in the ourts there, and had been around our people all of his life and he knew heir worth and their loyalty. He poke of the woman who helped to yring him up, and impart to him his re- igious principles, and her son is just , few days older than the judge. This ee Sone ee eee Pd a ee ree rate her ane ge re eee self, and makes the division. ‘‘He is an honest man,’? said the judge, “‘and if anyone touches him they touch me also.’ ™ There ig one man who is protected and I thank God fér him. Dr. N. F. Haygoodzof the C. M. E. Church in Columbia; made the address, and he certainlyidid make an address. Dr, L. ‘M. Dunten, of Claflin University also made an‘address. I was proud to hear and to see him. He is a wonderful man. He was called a pioneer in work- ing among my people in the South. 1 was so pleased to hear and to see this man. I will not go into details of the commencement, but will say it was just fine, es South Carolina is a big state, and it would surprise you to know that the Rev. Dr. Brooks was chased out of Aiken, 8. C., after having been fined one hundred dollars for toting a pistol, and then there were other charges against him. The judge himself got disgusted with the many things that were said about the vender of the gos- pel, and just told him that it was a shame, and he could not listen to more things about a minister. ‘‘I will sus- pend the fine until tomorrow, and if you are found in town tomorrow you must go to jail. The minister handed back some change and left about 3 o’elock for parts unknown. From Orangeburg, I went by Colum- bia, and had the pleasure of meeting the Rev. Dr. Manee, president of Allen University, and made a few remarks to the students there, and then talked with Dr. Ruth Carroll, who toted me over in her automobile to see her father. Then I called on a White man, told him who I was and where I was going, and he just told a young woman to write me out a pass over his road. Wonderful age. It was in the state of South Carolina. I made connection with another road and reached this place right on time. I am here for a few hours looking at them get eduea- tion here. Morris Brown College is a great in- stitution for the education and train- ing of our.people. It is an institution of the A. M. E. Church, and has made wonderful progress. At the head of the school is one scholar, one pastor, one preacher, one clean Christian gen- tleman, Rev. W. A. Fountain, D-D., who is doing things, and who is worthy of the highest position in the gift of his chureh. Of course you know when you do things in this race of ours there is a fight made on you, that is, they do not want you to go any higher. Dr. Fountain is going to be a bishop in his ehureh, and eee put it down that I told you so. He is another modest man. I met him in his office and in greeting him in an unknown tongue, I said, ‘‘Professordustus Imperrumpusti, Dompedeti letiretium. He looked wise at me without saying a word. I belteve he did not understand them words, for I did not myself, but I wanted to say to him that it was a source of delight to shake hands with a college presi- dent. I have translated them and you do not need to get a dictionary or any other kind o? nary for you will not find them, I make my own outlandish language. I make my own educational phrases and sounds, and when you read them you must simply guess. Now then over to Morehouse College, and here is where stands Prof. John Hope, who got his wife right there in Chieago. She was, in her maiden days, Miss Eugenia Burns, but she is truly the wife of a real college president, and one of the best in the country. You may get an idea when I tell you that they are now speaking of him for the presidency of Howard University, and that is the largest and most influ ential separate school in this country for our people. They have never had a man of our race president, neither had Morehouse College until they experi- mented on Prof. Hope, and he has sp greatly improved the school, until the Home Mission Society of New York called in other men of our race to be college presidents. | Prof. Hope broke the ice in this case HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, - SANITATION, ETC. | By Dr. W. A. Driver 3300 So. State Street Phone Douglas 3617 PREVENTING AND CURING TU- BEECULOSIS. ‘Thete is no getting around the con- vietion that tuberculosis is the biggest disease entity of them all. It is a germ disease. For thé benefit of those who do not believe that it is a germ disease it is suggested that a study of germ life be made by means of the miero- scope. Another way of proving it a germ disease is to study its method of spreading. The average person knows enough to avoid the coughing and spit- ting of those who are in an advanced state of physical decay. The reason is not far to see. The fight against tuberculosis is everybodys"concern because each vietim is capable of infecting any other in- habitant. It is a healthy sign of the times that antituberculosis societies are being organized all over the land. The public officials of every progressive community are using the power they possess to rid the people of the disease. Bad habits are productive of a weak- ened constitution and the germ of tu- berculosis easily kills the weak and de- bauched. Poorly ventilated work rooms dirty places and close stuffy quarters are hot beds of tuber@plosis. There are movements on foot to secure better and he can make it in another, and he has down the college spirit. I was so delighted to touch him, and become his ‘guestus, and interetumi deletilus. Look wise one more'time, but don’t say any- thing. Of course you know they have had one more fir> in Georgia. I mean in Atlanta, and they are doing all kinds of talking here. They are talking about segregation, and doing it by running -a park through the city and not permitting the Colored people to live on certain varts of it. That is to be the dead line. Of course our people are not doing mueh talking about it, but are saying wait until they get hold of their insur- anee money and then the White people can have all the city. Good’ for them. God bless us all. I will have more to say about it in my aext letter. Mrs. Alice Wilson, the devoted and steadfast sister of the late Frank L, Hamilton, departed for her home in Los Angeles, Cal., where she and her husband own a nice two apartment building and they are thrifty and high- ly respected. Bic/REAL ESTATE BARGAINS. Sacrifice—Two Flat! —Only $3,850— Biggest bargain in the City. Fine interior, new baths, good light, eon- venient to 35th St., Indiana surface and Elevated cars—only $500 Cash down. Phone or write H. E. Evans, 517 E. 42nd St. Phone Oakland 2726. FIVE AND SIX ROOM FLATS For SALE. For Sale—Big bargain, 5 and 6 room brick flats; all modern, 5931 and 5935 La Fayette Ave. rented to Whites at $22.00 and $25.00 a fiat. Small cash payment, balance $50.00 per month, in- cluding interest. Price $5000.00, worth more, Nehf. 21 N. La Salle St. Tele phone Fragklin 3966. TT) RENT FOR RENT in new Colored district, south of 59th street. Beautiful modern newly decorated, light 5 and 6 room brick fists, 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 NEEF, 21 N. La Salle Street. ‘Telephone Franklin 3966. THREE STORY BRICK RESIDENCE ON LANGLEY AVENUE, NORTH OF STH STREET FOR SALE FOR $3250.00 ON EASY PAYMENTS. Non-resident, offers for sale a three story brick residence, clear of all in- cumbranes, 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. 1. Care of this paper or phone Wentworth 2697. PaGs FIVE = oe > ie oe > ae living conditions for the poor who are more often the victims of the tubercle bacillus, the organism that produces the disease. Preventing and curing tuberculosis involves the cleanest possible living. It is a mistake to trust in patent medicine and socalled cures. Those who lead clean lives have the better of the tu- berele bacillus; those who live carelessly are at a disadvantage in the warfare against the little rod shaped germ. ‘Aleoholie beverages, such as beer, gin, whiskey and the like are sowing the seed of weakness which invite lung consumption. So says an eminent au- thority on tuberculosis. In a circular issued bf the Ilinois State Board of Health it is said the use of tobacco should be prohibited and that smoking is injurious and chewing always a filthy habit, becomes exeeed- ingly dangerous in the consumptive on account of the necessary spitting. It also condemns spitting in general. Cus- pidors are also condemned as foul cess- pools ang invitations or suggestions of dirty habits. To prevent the’ disease teach our neighbors not to spit on the ground and otter places where the dried sputum may contaminate others. a ae Re ONE Fe an ee Oe | i ao TREES 7 \ is a ay ‘i : #154 m 4:4 45 ie 4 ee ee : oo - Ae el One of the season’s fads is silk, pon- gee or satin topcoats, especially appro- priate now for motoring. This picture is navy blue meteor nattily belted, with @ huge sailor collar topped by one of white organdy and picturesquely but- ton trimmed. Little Economies In Kitchen Pointed Out In Brief Warnings. ‘The housewife must semember that when trying to save the little things one usually discards there must be system. Have a definite place for bits and look them over constantly. Beware also these little wastes, as they mount up into many dollars: Dried fruits left unprotected to grow wormy. Good sheets used for the troning table. : Fiatirons wiped on the ironing sheet instead of cloth or paper. Napkins used for dish towels and dish towels for holders. Soap left to waste in dishwater. Soup set away covered while hot to sour. ‘Mops and brooms not hung up and carpet brooms used to scrub with. ‘Tin dishes or wash boilers set away ‘wet to rust. ‘Wooden pails and washtubs left dry to fall apart. Real kitchen preparedness means looking after every little leak. (COOL BLEGANCE AVOID WASTE. 2 AWZ 012 THE BROAD AX Published Weekly In this city since July 10th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Rep- publicis, Democrat, Catholies, Pro- testants, single Taxers, Priests, in- fidels 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 ad- vance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6418 Champlain Ave., Chicago, Ill. PHONE WENTWORTH 2507. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. 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. 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. Fellies 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. 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 Delosso Love, has informed ten-year-old Michael Ravolese 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 on out very slender and swaying branches. But he managed to reach the twig 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 COCHEPRAT 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, JUNE 2, 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. 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 oary may be responsible. In every case treatment must include treatment of the underlying cause. ```markdown ``` Spanish Doubleons. Spanish Doubloons. 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 cried man 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 Lald 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 Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. Nassau Street Became Identified With the Jewelry Trade More Than Half a Century Ago. The bronze tablet is on the exterior of the building at the northwest corner of Nassau and John streets. It was erected by the Malden Lane Historical society in 1916—New York Sun. William De Morgan In spite of himself William De Morgan became famous. He deliberately violated all the rules made for the guidance of novelists who seek to become popular. None of his novels was addressed to the greater public that is avid for the latest thing of the moment in fiction, but nevertheless they reached that public. He was a law unto himself in the novels that he wrote during his marvelous career that spanned only ten years. It is doubtful if in English literature or in any other can be found a writer whose life and literary career are comparable to his. He was an old man when the world of readers came to know him, and his age was an asset toward celebrity. At seventy he was hailed as eagerly as Kipling was hailed at twenty, and in his way he was no less a prodigy than the younger writer—Bookman. The Emerald. The emerald has been known since early times both in Europe and in certain parts of the orient, where its attractive color and rarity have endowed it with the highest rank and a varied lore. Its name may be traced back to an old Persian word which appeared in Greek as "smaragdos," mentioned by the 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. Hie 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 do?—Philadelphia Record. Let us teach people as much as we can to enjoy, and they will learn for themselves to sympathize. Stevenson Necessities of War. When Lloyd George in England undertook to organize the ministry of munitions a glazier began to stamp out cartridge clips; a manufacturer of 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 periscope; 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. Antolnette 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 firted with any one—and, secondly, his name isn't Rupert."—Passing Show. Profitable Writing "My writings bring in a lot of money every month." "That so? I didn't know you were an author." "I'm not. I'm the man that makes out the bills for our firm."—Detroit Free Press. Trials of Authors "You do not know," Saint-Beuve wrote to George Sand, "what it is to remain a whole day with your head in your hands, squeezing your unfortunate brain to find a word." Silent Heroes "Father," asked Tommy, "what are silent heroes?" "Married men, my boy," replied the father.—London Telegraph. We like to give in the sunlight, to receive in the dark. He—Or—or death? Nju—No; there is something still higher. He—Than life, death and love? Nju—Than all combined. There must surely be something; otherwise the whole thing would be so meaningless—From the Russian Play "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 trivallis 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. Lawnns that are frequently watered need more fertilizers than those that are not, as the water washes away much plant food.—New York Sun. Glengarry's "Treason." How startling was the difference in the customs of the English and the Scots even less than a century ago is shown in the story of the way in which the famous highland chief, Alastair Macdonell, of Glengarry frightened George IV. out of his wits. In 1822 Glengarry was one of a party of Scottish nobles and gentlemen who banqueted "the first gentleman of Europe" in Holyrood palace. Colonel Macdonell was the last chief to wear the full highland costume, and when the company sat down to dinner he, according to custom, placed a brace of loaded pistols by his plate. The king started up in alarm and was persuaded to remain in the room only on the assurance that Glengarry meant no treason.-London Spectator. Stevenson's Wife A half caste sailor once said, "Mr. Stevenson is good to me, like my father, and his wife is the same kind of man." King Tembinoke said of Mrs. Stevenson, "She good; look pretty plenty chench" (sense). Perhaps they both meant what the poet Edmund Gosse so well expressed when he wrote of her as being "dark and rich hearted, like some wonderful wine-red jewel." But the best tribute in Mrs. Stevenson's praise came from the pen of her husband—Critic. Our Coal Supply. The United States coal supply is nearly one-half that of the entire world. Estimates put the available coal supply of the United States at 3,538,538,000,000 tons out of a world total estimated at 7,837,533,000,000 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 Pushing. "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 first." 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—hem the gents here usually remember my services. Guest (pocketing all the change)—Do they? They ought to be more charitable and forget them! Clever Sheep Shearers Averaging everything, from young wethers, which are hard, to old ewes, which are easy, experts in Australia will shear about 90 or 100 sheep a day. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Diet For the Aged. The aged should have food at frequent intervals—little and often should be the rule—food every three or four hours. The appetite is not as keen in old age as it is in youth, nor is the di- tention to good. gestion so good. Fresh vegetables are needed and refilled by elderly persons, and they are a valuable addition to the dietary if they are trou- bled with constipation, as they contain fibrous tissue, which gives bulk to the contents of the intestinal canal and supplies something for the intestines to contract upon. Stewed or raw fruits are useful, as well as reg- etables, and one or the other should be eaten two or three times a day. 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 hurt 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 eger 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 plowshare. The only value of swamp land lies in its possibility of reclamation; otherwise it is a serious liability as a breeder of disease.—Leslie'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 Montagne 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 Swellman's musicale last evening. His Friend—Where did you look for it? Amateur Tenor—Among the 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 be 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. Temperature 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 purging. 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. 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 Seeka United States Officer's Commission. Baltimore.—R. E. L. de Potestad, son of the late Marqués de Potestad-Fonarl, formerly Spanish diplomat in the United States, has applied for commission in the officers' reserve corps from Maryland and has virtually been accepted by the army examining board at Johns Hopkins university. Leutenant Elliott, 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 such 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 Depsecution. Washington.—Warning against desecration of the American flag by allens 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. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 2, 1917. 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 100 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 draftsman 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 the attend the imperial conference here, received the freedom of the city of London. General Smuts in an address said: "The United States entered the struggle because, like us, she recognized that universal liberty was at stake. The end of the struggle is coming nearer. I have learned the spirit of our armies and know that it is magnificent in its confidence to carry the struggle through to a victorious end." General Smuts will be offered a high military command, and it is expected he will accept it. LEAGUE WILL START TO TRAIN IMMIGRANTS Form of Oath Equivalent to Enlistment Pledge Drawn Up. New York. — A movement to train New York's immigrant population in readiness for military service was started at a meeting held in the offices of the National Liberal Immigration league. The league has been at work on the situation concerning the part immigrants will take in any national crisis for the last eight years and has the approval of the war department. This consists of a recruiting campaign on the east side for the Maccabean 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 oath which virtually binds them to federal military service for the duration of the war. A form of oath equivalent to the army enlistment pledge has been drawn up by the adjutant general of the eastern department at the league's request. Recruits will be trained under competent instructors and then will be available either to be mustered into the regular army, the national guard or service as reserve officers if they show progress enough. There will be no stipulation that they be accepted in a body, keeping their racial unity in companies or other units, but will go where assigned. JAPANESE ARMY TO HOLD SHAM BATTLE OF SOMME Will Apply Lessons of Great Struggle In Europe to Grand Army Maneuvers. New York. - The grand army maneuvers in Japan next November will be held in the country adjacent to Lake Blwa, in Shiga prefecture, near Kloto, says the East and West News. Headquarters will be located in the town of Hikone, of which the famous Lord Li, assassinated on dolls' day many years ago, was the feudal chief. To provide for the final review by the emperor a few rice fields will be cleared for that purpose. A great feature of the war play will be the conduct of battles after the latest methods adopted by the Germans and the allies in the valley of the Somme, northern France. Geographically the lay of the land about Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, closely resembles that of the Somme war theater. Staff officers familiar with the ground in France will conduct the operations from which the soldiery and underofficers will acquire a knowledge of the latest features of modern warfare. Airplanes and seaplanes will also be actively employed for the first time in Japan. The art of war has advanced a hundred years since the battle of the Marne, two and a half years ago. NEW U BOAT DESTROYER. Will Be Turned Over to Government Early In July. Wilmington, Del.-A submarine destroyer of a new type which is pronounced by experts to be the most efficient conceived is being constructed for Alfred 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., is of all steel torpedo boat destroyer construction. It is 110 feet long, has a fifteen foot beam and a draft of only four and one-half feet. The latter dimension is so small as to render the boat immune from submarine torpedoes. The destroyer has a guaranteed speed of twenty-seven miles an hour. The two high pressure steam generators will develop approximately 1,500 horsepower. Oil, which is used as fuel, can be carried for a cruise of 1,200 miles at fifteen knots or 650 miles at full speed. PREPARES OWN FUNERAL Thought He Had Cancer—Provides Corpse by Committing Suicide. Bishop, Cal.—After having prepared carefully for his own funeral John Shortall, a mining man, went out and shot himself through the head. Death was instantaneous. A month ago he had undergone an operation for a growth on his lip and had become obsessed with the fear that it was a cancer. This led him to self destruction. Shortall was sixty four years old and had been long in the Owens valley. His mining property, a promising copper proposition, is located in Moclano, between Benton and Laws. MUST NOT ABUSE FLAG. Desecrators Will Be Arrested, Says Justice Department. Washington.—Warning against desecration of the American flag by allens 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." FOR DRY FARMING Can Be Practiced Where Water Is Not Available. REQUIRES MUCH PATIENCE. 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 Penzance,'" 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 is 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. PAGE SEVEN Emperor and Czar. 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. Schratt 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 Dalladay 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 soffer 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 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. 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Wife—That makes no differ ence. Whenever I ask you for money to go shopping you are always short. —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Harsh Words Indeed. “Nothing is so unclean as a used tea. cup, nothing is so cold as toast which has once been hot, and the concrete ex- pression of defection is crumbs.”—“Se- lected Tales,” by Barry Pain. ‘yA Very Little, ~~~ Bob—Before marriage she told me she loved me a little. Rob—Well? Bob —But, my stars, if I had only knows bow little!—London Answers. The Right Key. He—Have you heard my new song. "The Proposal?’ She—No. What key bb it in? He-Be mine-er—Boston franscript. At ws well to moor your bark with fewe anchors.—Publius Syrus. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 2, 1917. Ee % Lava le Siow to Cool. -"> ‘The Length of Revolution Peasants ou the slopes of Mount| For its size and significance t Aetna can still boil water over the lava | gian revelution was one of the that flowed from the voleano during | and least sanguinary on recor the eruption of 1910. Lava, according | gays acer teseail so Pitta Woodharll Hyde of tha Unt | suetseenaces thas tases years versity of Pennsylvania, writing t the | between the storming of the | Geographical Review. often reaches @ | and the proclamation of the Fre temperature of 2,000 degrees F. public. It took six days of ba ‘Even the ancient poets recorded the | aghting in 1880 to persuade Cha tenacity with which lava retains its | to abdicate, but Louis Philippe heat, and Borelli, describing the great | 1848 after only two, though the eruption of 1609, says the lava took | quent state of siege lasted eight years to cool. It fs related that | months. steam was still rising in 1830 from] England was ten years in est lava ejected in 1787. And this is not | ing @ commonwealth, and five astonishing when we remember that | sumced to convince James I the stream of molten lava which | Prench soil was healthier for hi: reached the sea at Catania on that oc-| English. ‘The Italian ,wars of casion was at least 600 yards in | tion occupied most of 1860, and breadth, forty feet deep and contained | gurrection in which the Gree 8,532,000,000 cubic feet. It banked ut | hosed King Otho in 1862 was « ‘against the walls of Catania, which | togrteen days. The quickest rev were sixty fect high, until it fowed | on record was that of Portugal { cover the top and destroyed a large part | which was ovef in a day—Lond of the city, The huge promontory that | server. acts like a breakwater to the harbor is the rem-iins of that stream of lava that How the Hi fly Bites. Rowen at see we When a horsefly alights on s a he walks around looking for A Sincere Compliment. gpot. and this be finds with his I remember as a boy bearing the late Rev. Sam P. Jones tell my father of what he considered to be the most sin: cere compliment he ever received, says a wrteg. ts the Dallas Pitchfork. “I was holiing a meeting in the city of Louisville.” Rev. Sam Jones related, “and spending the nights with an old Methodist colonel who owned a fine country home. During my first eve ning at the colonel’s Lome the old col: ored yard man was instructed to bring out one of the colonel’s Guest saddle horses for my review. The aged negro did as he was lustructed and led before me a magnificent animal. The borse was a deep bay stallion, and be walked with high, swaggering steps. I said t. the old negro, ‘What makes him ste) 80 proudly? And be answered without hesitation: ‘Dat hoss las got sense Brudder Jones. He knows who's look in’ at “im.” Sam Jones said that was the sin cerest complimeut he ever received. ieenter Sieebeaiet. On the first apprgach to a Roumanian village ove is startled by the largest haystack that the American will prob. ably ever have seen. [od upon rod this monster stretches upon the horizon. ‘The explanation ia simple one. Hay is one of the largest articles of produc tion in Roumania. [Landed proprietors and peasants, one and all, raise It and depend upon it for their support, When, however, a peasant feels grievances in- tolerable, it is a matter of no great difficulty to set the proprietor’s hay afire—and no peasant in the district would think of assisting in the detec- tion of the incendiary. So the law per- mits the proprietor to force all the peasants in the district to place their hay with his, a record of the weight of each man’s contribution being kept by both sides. In the event of fire—and it now behooves both sides to guard against all this—all contributors suffer in proportion.—Exehange. * such Food in Small Bull. ‘The British soldier when fresh bread 4s not available is supplied with what he calls “doz biscuit” It looks like Just that, beinz a thick cracker four inches square and weighing three ounces, Of whole wheat flour pressed solid, it might be described as a con densed loaf of bread. ‘The French have a “war bread’ somewhat similar, which when put into hot water or soup swells up like a sponge. ‘The famous German “pea sausage” is composed of pea meal, bacon and fat. It was the invention of a Berlin cook, who discovered a process where by pea meal could be made proof against deterioration. One sausage eight inches long yields twelve plates of nutritious soup. Both Cheating Themselves, You as a manufacturer are helping to keep prices up because you have not fully realized that men can do in six to seven hours what they are now doing in nine or ten. As workers you are helping to keep prices up because you are not doing all you can in the hours tbat you work. You are both cheating yourselyes.—Industrial Man agement. ‘Guin Wien. State forests. with a total of over 8,600,000 acres, lave been established in thirteen states. Of these New York has the largest forests, which comprise 1,826,000 acres; Pennsylvania is sec- ‘ond, with 1,008,000 acres, and Wiscon- sin third, with 400,000 aeres. Potted Foods. ‘There is much probability in the sug- gestion that we owe our system of Potted foods to the North American Indians, who for many years have Gried venison, pounded it into a paste and pressed it into cakes for winter food. : Had No Hills, . “Going to pant potatoes in that five acre lot you've rented in Suburbus?” “Like to, but it’s level field and my book on “farming says that potatoes should be in bills."—Buffalo Express. <a Why He Didn't Save. “Do you save your money?" “Mister, if 1 saved my money I'a have to cheat the grocer and the coal man.”—Detroit Free Press. Inquisitive: “That fellow is a positive joke.” “Relative of your wife's or holding ‘a better job than sou?"—Detroit Free ‘Press. Riches hare wings. and grandeur ts a dream - Cooper a As Near AsYourTelenhon, DISTANCE IMM. JN. Meuopaian Cy of hi sae dea thirty. minutes at some door. 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It took six days of barricade fighting in 1880 to persuade Charles X. to abdicate, but Louis Philippe fled in 1848 after only two, though the subse- quent state of siege lasted four months. England was ten years in establish- ing a commonwealth, and five weeks sufficed to convince James IJ. that French soil was healthier for bim than English. The Italian ,wars of lbera- tion occupied most of 1860, and the in- surrection in which the Greeks de- posed King Otho in 1962 was over in fourteen days. The quickest revolution on record was that of Portugal in 1910, which was over in a day.—London Ob- server. ea ‘When a horsefly alights on a horse he walks around looking for a tender spot, and this he finds with bis bairy feelers. Then he cuts a hole with the scissors on each side of his central tu- bular tongue. ‘An ordinary lead pencil cannot be sharpened to a point without sharpen- ing the lead. So it is with the tubular end of this tongue-like extension of the horsefly, says the Popular Science Monthly. Nature has provided it with barbéd, plercing “derrick ropes.” ‘The fly inserts these sharp points into the horse and then pulls back on them. The barbs hold, and the fly's tongue is forced down into the horse's flesh. But if the hole has already been made then it is not necessary for these elaborate tools to be taken from the sbeath in which they are placed within the tongue or proboscis. The blood is sucked up by the tongue in practically the saine way as by other forms of files. ‘The Cranford Apartmei Building, eee a NBS peers ye et eee SS ETS ES 3S ho ee ara. f 1 ie oe ale 2 Ee ee ae cH aa San: a fe Se FE. a et Le eae ae . | ae ee: ' re FE 4 ie E tag A Te WJ es s Pi : 3 Saad ae ae: i i Fe eee Ee iM Ei : ir a © e } E =e Fi ee cae ee oe ee Pesos eae aed res Inequality of Punishment by Fine. An anomaly in our jurisprudence Mmited, however, to the administration of criminal law, is the evil of allowing the purchase of immunity from punish ment, writes Franklin Taylor in Case and Comment. A penalty is impose with the alternative of paying a fine ‘The rich man pays and goes free. The poor man is imprisoned for not having the money. And even among those who can dfford to thus purchase im: munity the result ts most unfair, be cause the punishment, instead of be ing commensurate with the degree o! the offense, meets its severity accord ing to the size of the defendant's pocketbook. To one man the amount 4s of no consequence, is not even a pun: ishment. To another, because of his lowly position, a similar amount may mean weeks of toil, hardship, priva- tion and suffering to bimself and his dependents. Effhis finest burldzaglevari Gpeued tas Collared teaote a Cig Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent Phone Main 263 133 W. Washington & ies iil ian a A. f.copozos. ooustas se: J. H. WHISTON, Proprietors Phones DOUGLAS 2286 GPCR CCRC CCEEEIOOCEEEEIO CCHEEEIOCH . ‘ The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET © 3030 STATE STREET CHICAGO The Manchu Tartars, who conquered the early Chinese, have left the impress of their former manner of life upon many styles seen today in Chinese fash- fons of clothing. For instance, the offi cial coats, as seen in China at the pres ent time, are made with very peculiar sleeves, shaped like a horse's leg and ending in what is an unmistakable Hor completely covering the hand. are known as horseshoe sleeves. ‘This 1s owing to the intense love of the early Tartars for horses, from whom they were practically inseparable dur- ing their generations of wild wander. ing before settling down in China prop- er. The old cue is also said to have been worn in imitation of the horse's tail and also as a useful halter to tie about the horse when the Tartar curled up beside his beloved dumb friend for alia All Eye Trouble SEE | Dm. Louie USSELMAN The Practical O tican eeepc THi MOST compLere earn ROOMS IN THE CITY en BEST G000S AT THE LOWEST PRICES = Consuitation or examination | 3150 S. STATE ST. Sees |e eae WRarantes to give satisfaction. CHICAGO Walrus of Alaska. ‘The Alaska walrus are enormois. ‘The average one 1s as big as an ox, and {t often weighs more than a ton. A walrus was recently killed by some whalers near Point Barrow, whose head welghed eighty pounds, and skin, including flippers, 500 pounds. That animal had a girth of fourteen feet, and its weight was over 2,000 pounds. ‘The skin was from half an inch to three inches in thickness, and the blub- ber weighed 500 pounds. Air In the Lungs. In one minute, in a state of rest, the average man takes into his lungs about 488 cuble inches of alr. In walking he needs 97.6 cuble inches;-in climb- ing, 140.3 cuble inches; in riding at a trot, 201.3 cubic inches, and in long dis- tance running, 847,7 cubic inches, Enlamaticel, “Bluffy certainly speeded some in his new automobile before the cops got Bim. The machine attracted lots of attention.” “Yes, I noticed a great many persons were struck by it”—Baltimore Amerl- —_ JOHN BLOCK! & SON PERFUMERS weer G0 70 ————— C. E. KREYSSLER, Druggist 5057 South _—_ Street NOT ON THE CORNER FOR HIGH GRADE DRUGS, 5, CHEMICALS a All Preseriptions Carefully Compounded BLOCKI’s IDEAL & BLOCKI's FLOWER IN BOTTLE PERFUMES Almoet Unforaivable. “I asked Arthur how old he thought I was, and he guessed right the very first time.” “Have you made up yet?’—London Stray Stories. Reduced to Nothing Boy—What is “slag,” papa? Dad- ‘The residuum of a man’s tron will aft. er going through the matrimonial fur. nace!—Town Topics. Planting Potatoes, ‘Twelve to fifteen bushels of potatoes are required to plant an acre when the potatoes are cut two eyes to a Piece, One learns from time an siniable iat. stode with regard to beliefs and tastes —Justice Holmes.